At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

"Thank you, General Ma..."

Cheng Gongying shook her head helplessly, maybe this is God's will!

"Mr. Cheng, I don't mean to force you."

"To go or not to go is entirely at the wish of the sir."

"Even if you don't go to Dunhuang, sir, you will still be entrusted with important tasks!"

When Cheng Gongying heard Liu Zhang's assurance, there was a warm current in his heart.

Even though Liu Zhang was just talking, Cheng Gongying was still very moved.

"The lord is so kind, Cheng Gongying has nothing to repay!"

"I voluntarily go to Dunhuang to open the door to the Western Regions for my lord!"

After the dust settled on this matter, Liu Zhang's big problem was solved immediately.

If Yizhou Zhang Yi, Yang Hong and other talents are allowed to go to Dunhou, they can actually be competent.

It's just that they are from Yizhou after all, and they don't know the customs of Liangzhou and the Western Regions very well.

Cheng Gongying is a native of Jincheng, and has a great advantage over Yizhou talents!

"Thank you sir!"

With gratitude in his eyes, Liu Zhang thanked Cheng Gongying for his generosity.

"Your Majesty is being polite!"

The journey back was very smooth, and half an hour later, Liu Zhang led his army back to Yuzhong.

The battle outside the city had ended, except for Ma Yue who was still chasing Qiang deserters, Zhao Yun and Huwei Camp who were guarding the prisoners in the camp, all the rest were waiting at Liu Zhang's residence.

Today's gains are very rich, and everyone wants to report the results to Liu Zhang in person.

Liu Zhang did not delay, and directly led Tai Shici, Pang De, Ma Chao, and Cheng Gongying to the residence after entering the city.

After defeating the Qiang Allied Forces, Liu Zhang wanted to put down Liangzhou completely in one go.

Just as soon as he stepped into the county government office, a small episode happened.

"Patriarch Zhou!"

Ma Chao looked at Zhou Ping in front of him, his mouth shut in astonishment.

Not only did Zhou Ping, the patriarch of the Zhou clan of the Wuwei family, not die, he appeared in Liu Zhang's mansion without incident!

"Ma Chao!"

Zhou Ping also showed astonishment, he did not expect Ma Chao to follow Liu Zhang.

"you…"

"you…"

Ma Chao and Zhou Ping spoke in unison, and then looked at Liu Zhang with doubts in their eyes.

"Okay, let me explain to you."

The matter of Zhou Ping's surrender is a secret, and few people in Yuzhong City know about it.

Therefore, neither Han Sui, Ma Chao nor Ma Teng who was beside Liu Zhang knew that Zhou Ping was still alive.

"Meng Qi, when you attacked Yuzhong for the first time and fled after being defeated, the patriarch Zhou was captured by Ziyi... Maybe he was saved by Ziyi."

Zhou Ping had no objection to Liu Zhang's statement.

"General Wei is right. Without General Tai Shici, I would have died in the chaos!"

Nearly 300,000 people fled, who would care about the patriarch of a family!

If it wasn't for a coincidence that Tai Shici led the army to meet Zhou Ping, not only would he not escape death, but even his body would be difficult to save.

"General Wei, Ma Chao, is this...?"

The corners of Liu Zhang's mouth rose slightly, revealing a joyful smile.

"Meng Qi has surrendered to the general, and he will be the general under the general's account in the future!"

"I see…"

An imperceptible shock flashed in Zhou Ping's eyes, and then he nodded meaningfully.

Not long ago, Ma Teng was escorted back to Yuzhong, and Zhou Ping learned that Ma Teng had been captured again for his false surrender.

From rebellion to surrender to rebellion, especially false surrender, this nature is very bad.

Zhou Ping originally thought that Ma Teng would definitely die this time.

However, Liu Zhang showed his love for Ma Chao so unabashedly, Ma Teng might escape from death again.

"Patriarch Zhou, this is Cheng Gongying, you should know him, right?"

Zhou Ping nodded. He naturally knew Cheng Gongying, after all, he had also stayed in Daying before.

"General Wei and Mr. Cheng have surrendered. The battle in Liangzhou must have ended, right?"

Liu Zhang had promised Zhou Ping before that once the war was settled, he could be allowed to return to Wuwei.

"That's right, Han Sui has been beheaded by Meng Qi, and there are no Qiang people in ten. The battle of Liangzhou can be declared a victory!"

Hearing the news of Han Sui's death, Zhou Ping was even more surprised.

Han Sui and Ma Teng surrendered at the same time, which can indeed directly declare the victory of the war.

"Congratulations, General Wei!"

Zhou Ping hurriedly cupped his hands to congratulate Liu Zhang, and at the same time he was very grateful for his original decision.

If I hadn't sincerely surrendered, I'm afraid I wouldn't have talked to Liu Zhang like this today.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Zhou Ping bid farewell.

Zhou Ping is not Liu Zhang's subordinate, he just led the Wuwei Zhou family to submit to Liu Zhang, so it is inconvenient to disturb Liu Zhang too much at this time.

"Hey! Han Sui's defeat is not wronged..."

After Zhou Ping left, Cheng Gongying couldn't help but sighed helplessly.

"Mr. Cheng, what do you mean?"

Ma Chao was a little puzzled, and didn't understand why Cheng Gongying was so emotional when he saw Zhou Ping.

"General Ma, among the five major Qiang tribes, only the Gongtang and Qiang are different. They are extremely dependent on the Zhou family."

"Zhou Ping has surrendered, what will happen to Dian Wu?"

Being reminded by Cheng Gongying, Ma Chao immediately came to his senses.

Since being defeated by the Yizhou army for the first time, Dianwu did have a lot of weird behaviors.

To be more precise, it was after the news of Zhou Ping's death was confirmed.

"My lord, isn't Dianwu...?"

Liu Zhang nodded, and there is no need to hide anything now.

"That's right, Zhou Ping convinced Dian Wu to investigate the information and reveal some news about Daying to Yuzhong."

"I see…"

Ma Chao's mind suddenly remembered that Han Sui had invited a group of Qiang patriarchs to come to command the tent and discuss the decisive battle with the Yizhou army.

"It turns out that Dian Wu didn't compromise with Han Sui because of the death of the Qiang clan chief..."

No wonder Dian Wu immediately expressed his support for Han Sui's attack on Yuzhong when he came back from the tent.

No wonder Dian Wu seems to be in a state of vacillation all the time, but the final choice is always against Han Sui!

It turns out that Dian Wu had surrendered Liu Zhang a long time ago!

"My lord, there will be something puzzling at the end."

Ma Chao frowned tightly, and there was also a strong look of doubt on his face.

"Oh? What does Meng Qi want to ask?"

"My lord, are you not afraid that Dianwu will tell Han Sui the news that Zhou Ping is still alive? Are you not afraid that Dianwu...feigned surrender?"

When it comes to false surrender, Ma Chao can always think of his father Ma Teng, and he feels a little ashamed.

Liu Zhang smiled, and instead of answering Ma Chao, he looked at Cheng Gongying.

"Mr. Chenggong, come and explain Meng Qi's confusion!"

"Obey!"

The corners of Cheng Gongying's eyes twitched, she didn't expect Ma Chao to be so stupid.

However, due to Liu Zhang's request, Cheng Gongying patiently explained to Ma Chao.

"General Ma, after my lord Pianshi entered Wuwei County, all the Dianwu tribes were under the lead of the Yizhou army. He must be in fear."

"Gong Tang and Qiang, where Dianwu is located, have always followed Zhou Ping's lead. My lord asked Zhou Ping to persuade him personally. There is no reason for failure."

"What's more, our coalition army has been defeated by the lord several times when we have all the advantages, not to mention that we were almost in a desperate situation at that time?"

Ever since it was learned that Liu Zhang had increased his troops in Longxi County and Wuwei County, it can be said that the soldiers in the coalition camp have no fighting spirit, and there will be no fighting spirit!

Coupled with the lack of logistics, lack of food and grass, and the instability of the Qiang tribe, there is no problem calling it a desperate situation.

"Hey…"

Ma Chao sighed softly, finally convinced Liu Zhang.

All the movements of the coalition forces are under Liu Zhang's control, so it's no wonder that Han Sui was able to win!

I'm afraid that even without this civil strife, it would be impossible to escape the end of defeat!

(end of this chapter)