."Don't eat me, don't eat me!"

In a dark corner of Yangcheng, a young Qiang soldier huddled in the corner and shivered, muttering to himself from time to time.

His eyes were dull and he was as skinny as a stick.

He seemed to be going crazy. Whenever he saw someone walking towards him, he would subconsciously grab the weapons around him and roar hysterically.

This is just a microcosm of Yangcheng.

Ma Chao has become much thinner and no longer has the charm of Jin Ma Chao.

The eyes are sunken and the cheekbones are protruding. However, he looks in good spirits, but his eyebrows are furrowed...

"Is there any food left?"

"Gone!"

Beside him are the generals who have followed him for many years.

After Ma Xiu, Ma Dai and Hu Zun died in battle, the generals he recruited fled one after another. Of the tens of thousands of troops, there are now only a few thousand people left in the city. In addition, they have always been loyal and followed Ma Chao through life and death.

His personal attendant was named Ma Zhong. This Ma Zhong was from Zhangye. He lost his parents at an early age and was left alone. His parents died at the hands of Di people in Qiu Chi, and he was later taken in by Ma Chao and took him with him.

For Ma Teng, Ma Zhong does not have much loyalty.

But for Ma Chao and Ma Zhong, he was sincerely grateful and admired...

Now Ma Chaoshan is at the end of its rope, all the people around him are dead and running away, leaving only Ma Zhong to follow him.

"Lord, let's break out."

Ma Zhong said softly: "The last general is willing to cover my lord. Please break out of the encirclement as soon as possible."

"Breakout?" Ma Chao smiled bitterly, "Where can I go?"

Wuwei is gone, Jincheng is gone, Wudu is gone... In such a vast northwest, there is probably no place for Ma Chao to stand. Besides, Cao Jun has surrounded Yangcheng tightly. Xu Huang, Cao Hong, and Zhang He will never be able to stand alone.

Afraid. But the three of them... not to mention, Cao's army had ten times his own troops.

The situation changed so quickly that Ma Chao couldn't accept it.

He originally had the upper hand, but in the blink of an eye, he ended up in such a disastrous defeat! This time, he not only lost the war, but also the foundation of his career. It is conceivable that those Qiang Di will never listen to him again

Because in front of them, there was a stronger and more ruthless Cao Peng.

Flash forward, six years!

Cao Peng has become a famous general, but he is still struggling.

"Where to go?"

"Go to Mobei... I heard that the Xianbei people are not fighting Cao Cao?"

"Shut up!" Ma Chao shouted in a low voice, "After I am General Fubo, how can I collude with those Xianbei people and surrender to me? I, Ma Chao, stand upright and can do anything, but I will never do that person who betrays his ancestors and seeks glory.

thing."

Ma Zhong was immediately speechless.

Throughout Ma Chao's life, no matter how ambitious he was, he always remained wary of foreigners.

He was so powerful that the Xiqiang people were frightened by Hu Di.

Unfortunately……

Ma Zhong sighed and did not continue to persuade.

Yangcheng can no longer be defended!

This is a small town, an ordinary fortress, with a small population and not much food storage. Thousands of soldiers and horses are trapped in Yangcheng, and the food in the city has long been eaten up. Privately, many people have begun to use human flesh as food.

Food. It was originally the flesh of dead people, but now, many people have begun to kill and eat it...

Morale has dropped to the bottom, and there is no will to fight at all.

Although Ma Chao was disgusted with that kind of cannibalism, he could only turn a blind eye or close one eye when faced with such a predicament!

"Lord, look!"

Just when Ma Chao was deep in thought and silent, he suddenly heard Ma Zhong shouting loudly. Ma Chao raised his head and looked in the direction of Ma Zhong's finger. He couldn't help but be startled, and a look of surprise appeared on his thin face.

Cao Jun is retreating?

"Lord, it's the right time to break out of the encirclement."

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao looked at the retreating Cao army in the distance without saying a word.

"Lord!"

"He's finally here..."

Ma Chao's meaningless words stunned Ma Zhong.

He hurriedly raised his eyes to look, but saw a large banner in the Cao army's camp in the distance, which was in the opposite direction of Cao Jun's retreat, slowly approaching the city. The banner had white characters on a black background, with a gold edge and a silver thread, which read, "Captain Si Li,

In the center of "Dudu Northwest", there is a big word "Cao", which is particularly eye-catching in the sun.

Flags are fluttering and hunting sounds.

A group of soldiers and horses marched out from Cao's army camp.

The iron cavalry is in front and the white camel is behind.

A general wore a three-pronged golden crown with purple gold hair, a bright silver chainmail armor, an embroidered satin tabard, and a lion jade belt around his waist. He was a liger and a tiger, with a halberd painted in the sky in his palm. He was seen galloping from the flag gate.

Rushing out, he went straight to the foot of Yangcheng city and stopped. He placed Fang Tian's painted halberd in front of him, put up a pergola with his hands, and raised his eyes to watch.

Ma Chao suddenly puffed up his chest, strode to the edge of the city wall, held his hand on the female wall, and looked at the man intently.

"Cao Youxue, are you here to die?"

The voice was loud and still had a hint of arrogance.

Under the city, Cao Peng laughed!

"Meng Qi has lost weight..."

"I want to come to the northwest, it's already peaceful."

"Thanks to Meng Qi's blessing, Hehuang is in peace, Dou Mao and Suwei are conferred, and White Horse Qiang and Teng Zijing have sent a letter of surrender. They have begun to move from Huangzhong to Wudu to live. Guo then went to the foot of Xiqing Mountain and was defeated by our army.

He Shenlang Qiang's remaining soldiers were defeated and fled into the mountains, where they would die sooner or later. The Shenlang Qiang were destroyed, and all 80,000 Qiang people surrendered to the imperial rule... By the way, in the spring of next year, there will be a large number of immigrants entering Hehuang and Huangzhong.

I think it won’t be long before it becomes the second Hexi.”

Although he had already prepared, Ma Chao was still shocked when he heard the result from Cao Peng.

In other words, from now on, it will be difficult for Qiang and Di rebellions to arise again.

The Qiang-Di rebellion, which the Han Dynasty had spent hundreds of years unable to quell, was actually resolved by Cao Peng in just a few months.

In my heart, I felt a hint of admiration.

Ma Chao raised his hand and said, "Well, congratulations!"

"Meng Qi, why don't you surrender?"

Ma Chao smiled solemnly, "Cao Peng, don't say anything about surrender. Although Ma Chao is unworthy, he doesn't bother to be ruled by others. A man is born in the world, and he should hold a three-foot green sword to achieve fame. Now that Ma Chao has lost, there is no way

You can talk about it. Even if you give birth to Ma Chao, how can you give birth to Cao Peng... Cao Youxue, does he dare to fight with a certain family against Sanbaihe?"

Cao Peng, silent!

He had already guessed such a result, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Ma Chao was not a willing master. Even when he later joined Liu Bei, he was suppressed by Liu Bei. Even though he became a general of the Five Tigers, in terms of military performance and merit, he was far from comparable to others.

Zhang Fei can leave the town of Nanchong.

Guan Yu guarded Jingxiang for Liu Bei.

Although Zhao Yun did not lead an army alone, he had brilliant achievements in Changbanpo and Micang Mountain.

As for Huang Zhong, he also made immortal contributions in Liu Bei's battle to capture Hanzhong. Only Ma Chao, after surrendering to Liu Bei, seemed to have disappeared and never achieved anything again. The only achievement was to frighten the Qiang Di and not dare to

A peek into Nishikawa. But beyond that, what else did he accomplish?

Liu Bei was definitely wary of Ma Chao.

So in the end, Ma Chao died of depression...

Liu Bei couldn't control Ma Chao, but could Cao Cao control Ma Chao?

Cao Peng?

He definitely couldn't suppress Ma Chao, his ambition was too great! But if Ma Chao really died like this, Cao Peng felt it was a pity. After all, he was the hero in Cao Peng's childhood in his previous life. He killed Cao Cao by the Weishui River and cut off his beard.

Abandoning the robe, this is probably Ma Chao's most glorious achievement in his life...

He raised his head and stared at Ma Chao for a long time.

Suddenly Cao Peng turned around and waved to the formation.

The two cavalry galloped out and came to Cao Peng's side.
To be continued...