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Chen Lang left Jincheng and retreated to Di Dao. At this time, news came suddenly, saying that Ma Chao's remnant army had passed Jincheng and was coming over. Chen Lang was overjoyed and stopped at Di Dao to wait for Ma Chao and his party.

A day later, Ma Chao and hundreds of people came. I saw that each of them was scarred and embarrassed, but these couldn't conceal their hateful eyes that seemed to burn through the sky.

When Ma Chao saw Chen Lang, he immediately got off his horse and said, "General!"

Chen Lang immediately stepped forward to help Ma Chao and took a look at him. He saw that Ma Chao was not handsome, his face was stubborn, and his temperament was rough and sturdy. He was completely different from Chen Lang's original image, but he was extremely powerful. The temperament is well-deserved.

Chen Lang patted Ma Chao on the shoulder and said, "Sooner or later, I will avenge General Ma Teng!" Then he led Ma Chao into the big tent. Chen Lang asked the soldiers to send a wine bag full of drinks, and Ma Chao took it, raising his head and pouring it. Putting down the wine bag, he sighed for a long time, frowned and said with infinite hatred; "Although Dong Zhuo is hateful, he is no better than Han Sui!" Speaking of Han Sui's name, Ma Chao's eyes simply burst into flames! Ma Chao said word by word: "Sooner or later, I will capture Han Sui alive and dig out his internal organs to sacrifice his father's spirit in the sky!"

Chen Lang said; "Han Sui and General Ma Teng are friends of eight worshippers, how could they take refuge in Dong Zhuo?"

Ma Chao said angrily; "It's not that the temptation of Dong Thief's high-ranking official Holu!"

Chen Lang said: "Brother Ma Chao and I will return to Luoyang first. This revenge cannot be done overnight."

Ma Chao thought for a while and nodded.

Ma Chao came out of the big tent and led the remnants of his men to follow a tusk officer down.

Ma Chao and others came to the residence and rested. The brothers gathered together. One of them was a beautiful woman in uniform but was clearly beautiful and beautiful. This person is Ma Chao’s younger sister, Ma Yunlu; the other three are Ma Chao’s three younger brothers, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and Ma Dai.

With tears in his eyes, Ma Yunlu asked impatiently: "Brother, has the general promised to help us get revenge?"

Ma Chao nodded.

Ma Yunlu was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Then when shall we raise troops?"

Ma Chaodao; "This matter can't be done too hastily. Now Dong Thief's strength far exceeds that of the general in Guanzhong, and the general can hardly use Dong Thief for a while!"

Ma Yunlu frowned and asked angrily; "Why didn't he transfer the army? Isn't he allied with us?"

Ma Chao stood up, frowning and said, "It's no wonder that he. Most of his forces are now contained in Bingzhou. The Xianbei Huns are crushing the territory, and the Yingyang army can't move at all!"

Ma Yunlu couldn't help cursing: "The Xianbei Huns are coming to join in the fun!"

Ma Xiu said; "They are not here to join in the fun. I just heard an officer in the Yingyang army say that Dong Zei had already colluded with the Xianbei. The reason why the Xianbei suppressed the Yingyang army with heavy troops was to order The Dong thief attacked us at ease."

Ma Yunlu frowned and said angrily: "That Xianbei is also our enemy!"

Everyone nodded, and Ma Chao said to the younger brothers and sisters: "Everyone has a good rest tonight, and tomorrow will follow the general to Chang'an!" All the younger brothers and sisters nodded, bowed their fists to Ma Chao, and went out of the room and went back to their own room.

Ma Chao turned his head to look at the Dragoon spear inserted on the side of the weapon rack, and saw blood mottled on the spear blade. It was a trace of how many enemies had been killed!

Ma Chao stood up, walked over, picked up the Dragon Knight's spear, sat back on the Xiaozi, and wiped the spear blade with the corner of his shirt! The dragon cavalry spear gradually faded its blood, revealing a dazzling cold light. The cold light shone on Ma Chao's eyes, and the expression in those eyes was even more chilling!

Chen Lang and his party returned to Fufeng. At this time, there was an urgent report from Jincheng that Dong Zhuo's army had reached the bank of the Yellow River, but because the pontoon bridge was destroyed and it was difficult to find the raft, it was temporarily unable to cross the river.

Chen Lang thought for a while, and it was said that all the troops would retreat to You Fufeng, and all Xiliang areas west of You Fufeng, including Jieting, were abandoned. There is no way. Dong Zhuo is currently in full force, and the Ying Yang army is simply unable to defend this large area of ​​land that has been occupied. The only solution for the present is to shrink the force to prevent accidents. In the current situation, the Yingyang Army has completely withdrawn from the Xiliang area, and is guarding the Guanzhong Yongzhou area with Chang'an as the center. Five thousand soldiers and horses were deployed at Longguan and Sanguan between Xiliang and Guanzhong, and the main force retreated to Fufeng and Chang'an. Once Longguan Sanguan had police, the troops stationed in Youfufeng and Chang'an could immediately rush to help. ! Although this arrangement is not impeccable, it is not easy for Dong Zhuojun to break into the pass.

auzw.com said that Dong Zhuo rushed to Xiliang anxiously. He originally thought there would be a big battle, but he did not expect that the enemy army would have disappeared. Dong Zhuo's army immediately marched east and came to the bank of the Yellow River. It was blocked by the Yellow River for five or six days. After the pontoon bridge was built and the army crossed the Yellow River, the golden city in front of it became an empty city. Immediately Dong Zhuo received the news that the Ying Yang army had completely abandoned the occupied Xiliang land and withdrew eastward. On Li Ru's suggestion, Dong Zhuo sent several small troops to regain the city abandoned by the Ying Yang army, while he himself led the army to Longguan.

The army entered the city of Longguan, and the Yingyang army was standing by. The Xiliang Army raised its head and attacked fiercely. However, the terrain was too dangerous. The Xiliang Army lost more than 2,000 people in two days and failed to make any progress. Longguan still stood high in front of him, as if an insurmountable obstacle.

Dong Zhuo was very annoyed and asked everyone to come up with a way to break the barrier.

Li Ru clasped his fist and said, "Master, the subordinates think that we can only suspend the attack!"

Dong Zhuo was very upset and shouted: "What is the truth?"

Li Rudao: "Taishi, the enemy has already shrunk its forces. The terrain is so dangerous. Even if our army can fight over, we don’t know how many officers and soldiers we will lose! Now every one of our officers and soldiers is very precious. This is the Taishi. The capital of being proud of the world, must not be easily lost!"

Dong Zhuo frowned and nodded.

Li Ru continued: "Furthermore, our army has just gone through a great battle, and now it has rushed for thousands of miles. The officers and soldiers are very tired and unable to exert their due combat effectiveness! And just now the logistics officer came to report to me that our food and grass It is running out, and there is no way to support our army to continue the war! The subordinates think that the most urgent task is not to settle accounts with Chen Lang, but to gather the disbanded Ma Tengjun as soon as possible, and at the same time completely control Dunhuang County Jiuquan County to avoid accidents. Then rest and accumulate interest. Money and food, it's not too late to settle accounts with Chen Lang in the coming year!"

Guo Bang clasped his fist and said: "The final general thinks what Li Ru said is extremely true!" The generals agreed. Niu Fu originally wanted to oppose it, but seeing everyone agree, it was hard to say anything.

Dong Zhuo also felt that Li Ru's words were very reasonable, and seeing that everyone was saying that, he nodded and said, "So what do you do. The main force will garrison Zhalong County to guard against the enemy, led by Guo Bang," Guo Bang clasped his fist. swear.

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and ordered: "Immediately send an order to Zhang Ji to march to Dunhuang, Jiuquan immediately. There must be no mistakes in these two counties." Li Ru held his fist and promised.

Niu Fu held a fist to ask for a fight: "Taishi, the final general is willing to lead the Qiang people to help Zhang Ji!"

Li Ru hurriedly said, "Now that there are no enemy troops in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, General Zhang Ji is more than enough to deal with, and there is no need to mobilize the crowd! I think the Qiang people will temporarily return to their place!" The reason why Li Ru reflects so much is entirely because of the Qiang people. Burning, killing and looting at the passing place is extremely tragic! Li Ru didn't want the Xiliang area that was finally recovered to become a ruin because of the Qiang people. This Xiliang is the capital they use to gain a foothold and contend for the world's hegemony! In order to solve the problem as soon as possible, Ma Teng had to use Qiang people. Now that the overall situation is under control, if you don't need Qiang people, don't use it!

Niu Fu heard Li Ru's words and was very upset, and continued to ask Dong Zhuo to fight: "Taishi, my handsome Qiang can be dispatched to solve the problem in the shortest time!"

Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "There are no decent enemies now, and the Qiang people don't need to be dispatched! You can take them back to their place and wait for my order."

Niu Fu saw that the Taishi had said so, and he couldn't say anything anymore, so he held his fist and promised.

Seeing that the arrangement was done, Dong Zhuo returned to Tianshui under the **** of the flying bear army. However, as soon as I entered the city, I saw people kneeling on both sides of the street, all black. Looking intently, they turned out to be members of the Confucian clans wearing silks and satin. Dong Zhuo was very surprised and was about to speak. At this moment, the crying and shouting were loud, and they were crying together as if they were rehearsing, and they all started to cry together. In an instant, it seemed that the clouds of sorrow and grief had faded!

I saw an old scholar knelt and walked to Dong Zhuo's car and cried out; "Teacher, you have to call the shots for us!"

Dong Zhuo asked inexplicably; "What the **** is it?"

The old scholar cried: "Then Chen Lang has taken away all our property and land, and ask the Taishi to call the shots for us!"

Dong Zhuo said unhappily, "Chen Lang must have returned to Luoyang, what can I do!"

Everyone begged, with tears and noses, just to ask Dong Zhuo to call them the shots.

Dong Zhuo felt a little impatient. At this moment, Li Ru leaned into Dong Zhuo's ear and whispered; "The lord said that he would be the master of them and told them to retreat temporarily." Dong Zhuo raised Li Ru's words early in the morning; "Nothing! I will do it for you." You are in charge!"

Everyone was overjoyed and thanked one after another.

Li Ruyang said, "Although the Taishi agreed, this matter cannot be resolved overnight. Wait for a while." Everyone thanked them again and retreated to the side.

When a group of people came to the Supreme Master’s Mansion, Dong Zhuo said angrily: "These Confucian scholars used to be ignorant of me! Now they all cheekily come to me! I wish they would all die, but why did you want me to agree to them? Request?"