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Zhangye City, the political and economic center of Hexi, is also the location of Ma Chao’s Hexi Military Office. Perhaps the environment has changed people’s hearts. At the beginning of his tenure as the governor of Hexi, Ma Chao had no intention of rebelling. It is the source of war horses of the Han army. (Update is the fastest and most stable)

He even planned to conquer the West and rebuild the Protectorate of the Western Regions when the time was right. He had great ambitions, but he enjoyed the power and prestige of the king of Xiliang in Hexi and went out to inspect the honor guard.

The chieftains of the Qiangdi tribes offered countless gold and silver jewels and beautiful girls to the Lord, and their lives gradually became extravagant. There were more than a dozen beautiful concubines from Hexi who lived in a large tent covering several acres of magnificent gold and jade. They often held grand banquets and led the chiefs. We are used to all this when we go out hunting.

Ma Chao's mentality gradually began to change, and his ambition to rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate was forgotten. He was no longer satisfied with the position of Hexi Governor, and he betrayed Liu Jing's heart, but he hoped that Liu Jing could clearly promise to be the prince of Xiliang and be the lord of Hexi for generations.

But Liu Jing only agreed to be granted the title of Marquis of Zhangye and kept silent about the extravagant and lustful life, but declined the request to be granted the title of king of Xiliang. Although Liu Jing declined the request to become the king of Xiliang on the side that ruled the roost, Liu Jing could not stop the supporters from their determination to stand on their own.

It was at this time that the Battle of Hefei broke out. Taking advantage of the lack of time for the Han army to look west, Ma Chao began to expand his army. He recruited [-] elite cavalry from various tribes of Qiang and Di as his direct army. He also placed [-] Qiang people in the Han army to control the military power. But this move was firmly opposed by his brother Ma Dai.

Annoyed, Ma Chao simply split up the [-] Han army, let Ma Dai lead [-] troops to garrison Dunhuang County, and placed [-] troops in the south of Wuwei County, while the directly subordinate army controlled the core part of Hexi.

Not only that, in order not to disturb the Han Kingdom, they sent people to Guishuang Kingdom to visit King Dulin and bought [-] sets of armor, and also recruited [-] troops from Guishuang Kingdom.

At the same time, in order to increase financial resources, a checkpoint was set up in Jiuquan to impose heavy taxes on the merchants. At the same time, they sent people pretending to be horse thieves to harass and rob the merchants along the way, forcing them to spend a lot of money to ask the army to escort them.

All of this is going on in full swing. After the Han army ended the Battle of Hefei, Han King Liu Jing returned to Chang'an and Ma Chao also realized that time was running out and began to make final preparations for raising troops.

Of course, Ma Chao felt sorry for Liu Jing and didn't want to send troops to Longxi or Guanzhong. Even when Guanzhong was empty, he didn't move and only thought about separatist Hexi to stand on his own.

Just a few days ago, Ma Chao got the news that he sent assassins to assassinate the informer Li in Chang'an, and failed. This most likely means that Liu Jing knew about the plan to raise troops to support himself.

At the same time, news came from Wuwei County that a large number of Han people had left Wuwei County and began to move northward to Lingzhou. This meant that the Han Kingdom was preparing for the upcoming war.

The life and death of Ma Chao's wife, Liu Hu's sister, actually Ma Chao doesn't really care about it, but the two sons are very important to him. wife.

Only the Han army clearly stipulated that the wives and children of the leading generals abroad must live in Chang'an, including Zhao Yun, Pin, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and others, whose wives and children all live in Chang'an. When I returned to Chang'an, I became anxious and sent someone to pick up my son, but it was already too late.

In the military yamen, Ma Chao worriedly paced back and forth. The preparations were not enough. Pound also made it clear that Ma Dai was also silent. His son should not come to Zhangye City, and the repairs were still completed, and the army training was not enough, and there was not enough kerosene, and all kinds of things still needed time, but Chang'an It seems that they have already started to move over there. The migration of the people of Wuwei County is the best signal.

At this time, the soldiers reported outside the door: "Qi reported that a Chang'an envoy from outside the city of Duhou came to talk with Duhou on the order of the King of Han."

Ma Chao was startled and quickly asked, "What's the messenger's name?"

"Jingzhao prefect Zhang Ji."

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Zhang Ji was originally an important staff member of Zhong Yao's subordinates. On behalf of Zhong Yao, he went to Xiliang several times to facilitate the reconciliation between Ma Teng and Han Sui, and also facilitated the Xiliang army to assist Cao Gong. After conquering Guanzhong, I heard that Zhang was transferred to Nanyang, but I didn't expect to surrender in the end. Liu Jing was also named the prefect of Jingzhao.

However, since Zhang arrived, Ma Chao felt that he could have a heart-to-heart talk with Ma Chao, and Ma Chao immediately ordered: "Quickly invite the envoy to come and treat each other with courtesy!"

Not long after Zhang was led to the military office by his own soldiers, Ma Chao was already waiting at the door and bowed to salute, "Mr. Zhang hasn't seen you for many years."

Zhang Ji returned a salute and smiled: "How is General Ma?"

"Thank you Mr. Zhang, Ma Chao is safe and sound, Mr. Zhang, please enter the Yamen to talk!"

"Please!"

The two walked into the military office one after another with mutual humility, and the guests and hosts were seated in the meeting hall. Zhang Ji smiled slightly: "This time, I came here to talk to General Ma at the order of His Highness the King of Han. Here is a letter written by His Highness, please read it first!"

After finishing the sheet, he took out Liu Jing's letter and handed it to Ma Chao. Ma Chao took the letter with a complicated expression, opened it, and looked at the content of the letter. There is not much content in the letter, and there is less than half a page written. All the sons and grandchildren of Hexi can inherit the title.

Ma Chao sighed slightly in his heart, it was too late, even if Ma Chao accepted those Qiangdi chiefs, he would not accept it, and Liu Jing still didn't want anything when he finally gave in.

Ma Chao pondered for a moment and said to Zhang Ji: "Hanwang Highness is very vague in the letter, but I hope to get a clear promise, such as how power is related to Chang'an, the issue of army ownership, Hexi taxation power, etc. His highness in the letter involves only Hexi. According to the system of the Great Han Dynasty, those who conferred the title of Duke can establish a country, so does that mean that a country can be established in Hexi?"

Zhang Ji smiled: "Your Highness doesn't make the general the Duke of Hexi now, His Highness only promises that the general will be made the Duke in the future."

Ma Chao looked at the letter carefully again, and sure enough, there was an extra word "General" in the letter, and then things will happen later. Ma Chao's face suddenly turned cold: "When does 'General' refer to?"

"Now it's just that the Han Dynasty's favor order has already wiped out the power of the Han King and then divided up the vassal state, so the general Hexi country must wait until the world is unified, and then the Han King ascends the throne. Just three to five years!"

Although Ma Chao's ingenuity is not good, but with this brain, he immediately guessed that the King of Han's plan to slow down the army, once he ascended the throne, he would be the first to clean up himself, and he would not give him a chance to build a country.

Ma Chao took a few steps with his back behind his back. In fact, he had been thinking about a plan. In fact, he served Chang'an as a separatist regime, but he was not independent on the surface, and Liu Jing was the main one.

In this way, at least it will look good to everyone. Thinking of this, I turned around: "The matter of feuding the Duke and building the country can be done later, but let's talk about it first. If His Highness agrees to maintain the status quo and allows the recommendation of bureaucrats in Hexi counties, he can still serve as Hexi Governor and promise not to seek a superior position. Does Mr. Zhang think His Royal Highness the King of Han can accept the army without leaving Hexi?"

Zhang Ji was furious, wouldn't this be a de facto separatist regime?It seemed that Ma Chao was determined to support himself and Zhang Ji calmed down and stopped negotiating with Ma Chao and turned the issue to practical issues.

Zhang Ji said slowly: "I will report General Ma's wish to His Highness truthfully. Besides, General Ma's son is still young and misses his father very much. Doesn't General Ma want to see you?"

Ma Chao was stunned and suddenly understood Zhang Ji's meaning, and immediately said, "Of course I want to see the two sons, what is your Highness's condition?"

"Your Highness, the conditions are very simple. First, to avoid the hatred of the Hexi ethnic group, all farming people in Hexi must move to Lingzhou. The general must not stop him; second, the bureaucrats of the counties in Hexi must return to Beijing to report on their duties. The general must not stop him; that's all. If the general can do these two things, His Highness is willing to reunite the father and son."

Ma Chao originally obstructed the people of Hexi from moving to Lingzhou too much. Although he didn't want all the officials to leave, but thinking of the importance of his two sons, these officials didn't take it seriously. He immediately said, "Can you agree to your highness? I don't know when the children will be delivered?"

"As long as the two conditions are fulfilled, the general will naturally be able to meet his son. Since the king of Han has promised, he will not go back on his word!"

Ma Chao didn't quite believe Liu Jing's promise, but it would be nice to think that he could use this time to complete the final preparations. Ma Chao nodded, "Then it's a deal!"

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A few days later, Jiuquan County and Zhangye County also began to migrate Han people. The government took back the land of the Han people and asked them to leave within three days. Although many Han people were unwilling to leave their homes, under the government's order, the Han people and their farmers in Hexi counties had to clean up. Things start.

There are not many Han people in Zhangye and Jiuquan. They mainly live in Zhangye City and Jiuquan City. There are about ten thousand households, including many businessmen who came to Hexi to make a living. However, they followed the Han people and retreated to the east. There are many ethnic farmers, including Qiang, Di, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Tuyuhun, etc. Other nationalities also gave up their land one after another and retreated eastward. They all felt that the war was coming.

The officials also took their families to evacuate Hexi. Ma Chao stood at the head of the city with his sword in his hand, looking coldly at the mighty flow of people and vehicles going away.