Three Kingdoms: Bandit Cao, let go of that woman!

Chapter 298 Occupy Xiliang, Another Beginning

Yang Xiu and Xu Chu had already left, Cao Peng heard what had happened, and then praised Zhang Song heavily.

Zhang Song felt that even if he offended someone, he was worthy of such a compliment from Cao Peng.

As soon as Cao Peng was happy, he brought Zhang Song to the training ground in his army.

At this time, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and others were training soldiers here. With the original squad and the remnants gathered this time, his total at this time was no less than 10.

When Zhang Song saw these soldiers, their armor was bright and their spears were shining in the sun, and seeing how energetic these soldiers were, Zhang Song couldn't help being secretly shocked in his heart.

"Look at my army, can it defeat Xichuan?"

Cao Peng deliberately asked such a sentence, Zhang Song hurriedly said: "More than enough, where did Xichuan have such a majestic army?"

Cao Peng smiled faintly, reached out and patted Zhang Song's shoulder: "I know you are a capable person, don't worry, there is definitely a chance for you to display your talents with me."

Zhang Song nodded vigorously. He also felt that Cao Peng was definitely a reliable person.

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The army marched all the way to the west, pacified the bandits along the way, and collected the remnants. Cao Peng's strength was still growing.

Just when Cao Peng led the army to Xiliang and confronted Ma Chao again.

Ma Chao is already in Longxi and has regrouped his forces.

After comparing the gap between the troops and horses of the two sides, I was surprised to find that Ma Chao had gathered another 8 or [-] horses.

It seems that this Ma Chao really has some reputation in Xiliang.

If you don't completely destroy him, it's like a weed.

Cao Peng sent troops to form a formation, and asked Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Liao to lead three armies to besiege Ma Chao.

Even if Ma Chao is brave, it is difficult to resist the troops attacking from these three directions at the same time.

Moreover, Cao Jun still has the powerful Liannu in his hand, which has a very high killing power.

"Despicable, thief Cao, you have the courage, don't use such despicable and shameless means!"

Even though Ma Chao scolded him like that, Cao Peng didn't take him seriously at all.

Ma Chao asked the Qiang people to support him, but Cao Peng called Wanyue, a Qiang woman, and went with her to persuade the Qiang people to surrender.

The leader of the Qiang tribe learned that his only daughter had become Cao Peng's wife.

Naturally, I was a little annoyed, but there was nothing I could do.

He loves his only daughter very much.

Now that Cao Peng has married his only daughter, there is no reason for the Qiang people to be hostile to Cao Peng.

But the leader of the Qiang tribe still cared about the friendship he had with Ma Teng.

Although Ma Teng is dead now, it is still impossible for them to make enemies with Ma Chao.

So, I had to tell Cao Peng that they would not help each other.

Cao Peng is already satisfied with such a promise.

Unhurriedly continuing the war of attrition with Ma Chao, Ma Chao fell into crisis again.

Ma Chao's military strength cannot beat Cao Peng's generals, his army is not as good as Cao Peng's, and even the last support of the Qiang people's support is gone.

Asked about Zhuge Liang, the other party thought that Longxi was not a place to live for a long time, and advised Ma Chao to go to Xichuan immediately.

Ma Chao also knew the form, even though he had no choice but to rectify his troops and horses, he marched westward.

As soon as Ma Chao left, the land of Xiliang was gradually recovered by Cao Peng, and one after another small forces were destroyed or surrendered.

Xiliang has become Xiliang under the control of Cao Peng.

The first thing Cao Peng did was to send the good news to Cao Cao in Xudu.

The second thing is to let Chen Qun lead the civil affairs and formulate a series of systems.

The purpose is to let the land of Xiliang recuperate, so that he can recruit soldiers smoothly in the future.

According to Cao Peng's arrangement, he has to recruit troops here and prepare everything before he will go west.

The land of Xiliang is known as the land of bitter cold.

Although the Xiliang army is strong, the food here is very scarce.

The reason is that although there is a lot of land here, there is no fertile land.

The Qiang people are also not good at farming, so there are not many fields where they gather.

However, the farming system was originally the norm in this era.

With the help of the army, the reclamation of fertile land went smoothly.

Although Cao Peng is very opposed to such a policy, because he believes that soldiers should take fighting as their bounden duty, and fight while farming. How can such an army have combat effectiveness?

However, such extraordinary measures can only be taken in extraordinary times.

Food is the guarantee for sending troops, and he can go to Xichuan to join in the fun a day earlier if he gets the food and grass a day or two earlier.

The land in Xiliang is extremely vast, and these are black lands, which can achieve high yields if used properly.

Cao Peng asked Huang Yueying to improve Quyuan pear, and the speed of reclaiming fertile land with this tablet immediately increased a lot.

Even though everything is advancing rapidly, Cao Peng still feels that it is not fast enough.

He took Wanyue, the eldest lady of the Qiang nationality, to the gathering place of the Qiang nationality in person.

Give the Qiang people cattle and sheep, even gold, silver and jewelry, so that the Qiang people are willing to work for themselves.

Although, the relationship between the Qiang people and Ma Chao was very good before.

However, under Cao Peng's offensive of sugar-coated shells, the Qiang people have already recognized Cao Peng's occupation of Xiliang.

They even felt that when Cao Peng was in power here, their life would be better than that of Han Suimateng.

After reclaiming the fields, Cao Peng had people plant countless potatoes, which he relied on as food storage for his westward expedition.

Of course, it will be several months before these potatoes mature in the first season.

Cao Peng is very busy, and everyone under his command is very busy.

They know that the busyness this time is different from before, and they are building their own foundation.

A foundation that belongs only to them.

On the other side, Cao Peng had arranged for Man Chong to ask Jin Yiwei to send his family members away. Zou, Mi and others were already on their way to Xiliang under the escort of Jin Yiwei.

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On the other side, after Ma Chao left Xiliang with Zhuge Liang.

They had just arrived in Xichuan, and they collided with Zhang Lu's army.

Zhang Lu has no fewer than 20 people, while Ma Chao has only tens of thousands.

I learned that Zhang Lu also intends to attack the land of Xichuan.

Ma Chao went crazy, and Zhuge Liang was also dumbfounded.

Forcibly fighting Zhang Lu will definitely not win. Now turn around and leave without a foothold behind.

After some discussion, Ma Chao decided to temporarily belong to Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu readily accepted, and he also admired Ma Chao's force value, thinking that he had obtained a general.

Although the counselors around him advised him, he must be careful about Ma Chao.

However, Zhang Lu refused to listen, he wanted to win over Ma Chao, so that Ma Chao would stay under his command forever willingly.

With this in mind, Zhang Lu thought of a way.

He has a daughter who is now in her youth, she cannot be said to be beautiful, but she is also beautiful.

If he let his daughter marry Ma Chao, Ma Chao would become his son-in-law.

Once this thought came together, he couldn't let it go.

(End of this chapter)