The crowd is getting closer.

Cao Shu shouted: "Get on the horse! Get ready for the fight!"

Everyone got on the horses, and the Xiliang army, who had no horses, also picked up weapons and blocked the shield in front of them, and looked nervously at the crowd getting closer and closer.

Looking at the place where Cao Shu and the others were, the crowd was so dark that there was no end to see.

Just as Cao Shuo and his soldiers were ready to fight to the death, the approaching crowd stopped.

"They are the Qiang people in the north." Following Cao Shuo, Ma Teng said: "I only know that they are of a large number, and I never expected that there would be so many."

"It seems that there are 100,000 people." Cao Shu couldn't tell how many people there were from the other party's array.

"Cheng Yin's 30,000 people are still difficult to deal with." Ma Teng smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect to meet the Qiang people."

Just as he was about to order the soldiers to rush, Cao Shu saw several people walking out of the array opposite.

Seeing the two people in front, Cao Shuo and Ma Teng looked at each other.

Those two people are Ma Chao and Pang De.

From the respectful expression of the Qiang people, Cao Shu judged that Ma Chao had extremely high prestige here.

Surprised in his heart, he and Ma Teng took a look at each other.

"Father!" Seeing that Ma Teng was surrounded, Ma Chao signaled the Qiang people to retreat, and he rode his horse forward.

Until there were four or five steps left, Ma Chao stopped and bowed to Cao Shu: "I have seen the young master."

Ma Chao was right in front of him, and Ma Teng glared at him: "In your eyes, it turns out that I am still a father!"

"How can my father say that?" Ma Chao replied quickly: "I have been worrying about these days..."

"It sounds nice." Ma Teng said: "Since I am worried, why do you still have to raise an army to cause trouble even though you know I am in the Cao family?"

"The first time it was Zhang Song coming to Xiliang." Ma Chao replied: "He said that his father and two brothers had been killed..."

"Bastard!" Before Ma Chao finished speaking, Ma Teng cursed sternly: "The Cao family did not do anything to me, but was almost killed by me at an age."

With a cold face, Ma Teng asked again: "I won't say it for the first time, but what happened in the second time? Liu Xuande did not send anyone to Xiliang again. Why did you still betray the Cao family and even almost kill the Cao family's envoy?"

"Father knows it clearly, the second time is my last resort." Ma Chao replied: "Liu Bei sent someone to send a letter saying that I offended the Cao family. Even if Cao Gong is generous, the young master will not tolerate me."

"Liu Bei just said that?" Cao Shu asked.

"That's right!" Ma Chao responded, took out a piece of silk from his arms casually, held it in both hands and handed it to Cao Shu: "This letter was written by Liu Xuande."

Deng Zhan stepped forward and took the letter and handed it to Cao Shu.

He opened the letter and hurriedly browsed. After reading it, Cao Shu smiled coldly: "Such a clumsy trick can actually make Meng Qi fool."

"I know Liu Xuande's thoughts very well." Ma Chao replied: "He simply hopes that I will go against the Cao family so that she can benefit from it."

"I won't talk about Liu Xuande, I'll just talk about you!" Ma Teng frowned and asked Ma Chao: "Young Master has received the news that you were compromised, and he has come to Xiliang in a starry night. He has walked a lot now, but he didn't expect you to be the leader of the Qiang people here."

Before Ma Teng could speak again, Cao Shu interrupted him: "It would be strange if Meng Qi received the second letter. If he was not confused in his heart, he would of course make mistakes in his judgment. Liu Bei's preconceived ideas in his letter gave him the idea of ​​betrayal again."

"But that's not an excuse for him to betray the Cao family twice." Ma Teng glared at Ma Chao: "What's the use of me to keep such an unfaithful, unfaithful and unfilial person like this!"

"Father forgive me!" Ma Chao lowered his head and fisted, and accused Ma Teng on the spot: "I was just a ghost. Now that the young master is here, I am willing to hand over all the military power."

Ma Chao took the initiative to hand over all the military power, and Ma Teng stopped talking.

"The people of Xiliang believe in Meng Qi, but not me." Cao Shuo smiled indifferently and said to Ma Chao: "It is more appropriate for the troops and commanders of Meng Qi."

"Young Master, there is no need to refuse. With him here, the Qiang people dare not do anything to your son." Ma Teng said: "I had told the young master earlier that when I saw Meng Qi, I would definitely ask him to hand over all the military power. Now that he has such a team, it is indeed an opportunity for the young master to defeat Han Sui."

After looking at the Ma family's father and son, Cao Shu smiled indifferently: "Since both of you think it is appropriate for me to take over military power, I will no longer refuse."

Ma Teng and Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, half-kneeled in front of Cao Shuo: "We are willing to be loyal to the general to death."

Cao Shu smiled and raised his hand, saying that the father and son were in stock: "There is no need for this to be the two generals. We used to find Meng Qi to rescue the remaining soldiers. Unexpectedly, Meng Qi was not only fine, but also brought up such a team."

Ma Teng and Ma Chao stood up.

Ma Chao replied: "Young Master doesn't know anything. When I retreated here, I was surrounded by the Qiang people. It was me who led the army to kill the Qiang people and then held their army tightly in my hands."

"In this way, Meng Qi was a blessing in disguise." Cao Shuo asked with a smile: "How many people are there here?"

"Reporting to the young master, there are a total of 120,000 people." Ma Chao said: "The Qiang people are 90,000, and our old troops are 30,000. Our army was in a low morale earlier. After these days, it was the time when we were very motivated to fight Han Sui to the death."

"Send the order." Cao Shuo shouted: "Explore Han Sui's location, and the army goes to seek a decisive battle!"

After the order was issued, Ma Teng asked Cao Shu in a low voice: "Young Master, I've been rushing to travel these days. Now I've seen Meng Qi, should I rest for two days first..."

"Resting in Xiliang is just a burden." Cao Shuo smiled and said, "We thought the Qiang people were enemies earlier, but we didn't expect that Meng Qi brought me such a large army that was mostly composed of Qiang people. Han Sui had an advantage earlier, so we couldn't do anything to him. Now our number of soldiers is far more than them, so it is also time for him to experience the feeling of fewer people earlier."

Cao Shu had made up his mind, so Ma Teng stopped persuading him.

The Qiang people in the north are indeed somewhat different from the Qiang people who settled in Xiliang.

Living in a bitter and cold place all year round, their personalities are more tenacious.

Ma Teng and Han Sui would rather appease than be enemies with them, which shows how strong their combat effectiveness is!

Unexpectedly, the two veteran generals had not solved the problem for so many years, Ma Chao actually led the remnants of defeated generals to solve it.

Not only did he kill the leader of the Qiang people in the north, he actually conquered 90,000 elite Qiang people.

Leading the army, Cao Shuo moved forward all the way.

Along the way, he sent countless scouts to investigate Han Sui's movements.

A few days later, Cao Shu finally waited for news.

Han Sui led an army of 70,000 to station only ten miles away from them.

The two sides are already close, and a big battle is waiting for Cao Shu and his soldiers.
Chapter completed!