Ma Chao's confidence is not without reason.

The Ma family's golden sign is very useful in the territory of Liangzhou. Ma Chao, a mixed-blooded Qiang-Han, has maintained close contact with the Qiang people here, and it is definitely not comparable to Cheng Gongying's background. In the era when family background was valued, Ma Chao was able to command heroes and integrate greater power than Cheng Gongying.

Ma Chao thought that Cheng Gongying's attack on Ji County was not good, and he had become a loser. He had to be loyal to himself in order to protect himself. In order to show his importance to this person, he of course had to cross the river in person, which was nothing.

Looking at the cold water splashes of the Wei River, although Ma Chao crossed the river was full of confidence, he still felt a burst of coolness.

He suddenly missed his life in Guanzhong.

At that time, he was invincible and had no one in the world who could do martial arts skills. He should do something big with his passion.

But Ma Teng had lost his ambition at that time and lived a day of life. Ma Chao was very angry at that time, but after so long, he suddenly began to miss the time. At least his life was quite carefree at that time. Although he had been constantly in trouble with Han Sui, everyone was finally at peace under the mediation of the court. Now he was constantly in a state of trouble and was forced to leave his hometown and live a life of stagnation.

Fortunately, I met a good person like Zhang Lu.

Ma Chao swore that he must not be sorry to Zhang Lu this time, and that he must change his impression of him, Ma Chao, and in the future, he will respect talents in Liangzhou, practice benevolent government, and do something admirable.

Sure, certain!

After crossing the river, Ma Chao quickly arrived at Xianlian.

He heard that Cheng Gongying had crossed the river to pursue Chang Diao, so he simply sent someone to contact the surrounding Qiang and Di tribes and told them that Ma Chao had returned.

Ma Chao changed his previous recklessness. This time he was really patient and waited for a long time, but he actually received an extremely amazing news - all the Qiang Di tribes around him had fled, and none of them were left!

This news surprised Ma Chao.

The Qiang people here live a farming life, and few people are nomadic. Even if a few families are forced to move due to floods and droughts, they will not move away together, and no one will be left!

How is this possible!

Ma Chao was surprised and felt that this matter had exceeded his control.

He quickly sent someone to inquire, and then he learned that Chang Diao's water attack had caused a devastating blow to these tribes. Later, Cheng Gongying recruited the last young and strong men from each tribe to take revenge. Some deserters came back and said that Cheng Gongying was ambushed by Chang Diao and the entire army suffered heavy losses. If he turned around and recruited the young and strong men, it would really cost their lives and he had to move them all away.

"How could this Cheng Gong Bohua use such ruthless means? Isn't it different to the attack and defense of benevolence and righteousness? Our army is in trouble, and we should practice be kindness and morality and slowly plan to do it. How can we constantly recruit soldiers and fight in a hurry?

When I see this person, I must scold him hard!"

Ma Chao was filled with righteous indignation, but he was really guilty.

He used to fight like this, but now he is a little embarrassed to say that others are so righteous.

Fortunately, no one dared to accuse his shortcomings in person.

Ma Dai sighed worriedly:

"Brother, I don't think I can stay here anymore. Cheng Gong Bohua is probably defeated by Chang Diao's command. After that, Chang Diao's army attacked. Our army may not be able to defend Xian Ge. It would be better to retreat to the south bank of the Wei River, meet with Ling Ming first, and then go to great things?"

Ma Chao glared at Ma Dai and sneered:

“As soon as this happens, I can’t step back.

Everything in Liangzhou is my body. If I retreat, wouldn’t it be a pity for me to underestimate my hero in Liangzhou? It makes Cheng Gong Bohua even more disgusted? Zhiyue, I want to go back to Xiliang now and want to take back Liangzhou, relying on people’s hearts! People’s hearts! People’s hearts are more important than martial arts!”

Speaking of this, Ma Chao's face turned dark again, and he couldn't help but shake his head gently:

"Oh, it's a pity that I didn't understand this before, otherwise... I wouldn't have fallen here."

Ma Dai breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:

"Brother, I think Liangzhou is no longer a place to stay for a long time. My brother wants to get back here, but I am afraid it is a bit difficult."

"What can that be? Don't I know that the enemy is strong and difficult to break? But now that things have come to this point, if Liangzhou is not taken back, how can I be in this world?"

Ma Dai gritted his teeth and said, "I have a way. I think that Zhang Lu is not someone who can accomplish great things, but..."

"Stop!" Before Ma Dai finished speaking, Ma Chao frowned and his face was full of evil spirits. "Shi Jun is sincere to us, just like a new parent. If we were not Shi Jun, we would almost fall into a desperate situation and would not be able to stand here now! A man cannot repay his kindness, so what kind of man is he?

You are not allowed to insult Shi Jun again, otherwise I will be the first to turn against you!"

Ma Dai curled his lips and thought to himself that if it weren't for the beast Yang Ang's harm, we wouldn't have ended up like this. Brother Ah is too likely to trust others easily, and he is afraid that he will fall a big shot in the future.

Ma Dai knew that Ma Chao's health was far from as good as he looked.

The long battle battle and the pain of losing their hometown had severe problems before tortured Ma Chao. For a while, he could not even compete with Ma Dai during martial arts, which showed that his body was already very weak.

Ma Dai is now hoping that the two brothers can find a place to settle down as soon as possible to take care of themselves for one or two years. With Ma Chao's current health, if he encounters another big setback, he will probably never be able to recover.

Ma Dai could not convince what Ma Chao believed.

They stayed at Xian Kiss for three days, and heard that Cheng Gongying had indeed retreated and began to prepare to cross the river to return Xian Kiss. ​​Ma Chao cheered up and asked Ma Dai to go with him to welcome this resourceful Liangzhou famous scholar.

Ma Chao specially changed into a snow-white brocade robe that he had not worn for a long time, and paired it with the flags and scepters given by the Emperor of Han (to Ma Teng) that year. He also sent people to prepare a lot of gifts and waited by the river early.

On the way he came, he had been silently reciting the sentences he had written for someone, and was about to show his sincerity after seeing Cheng Gongying.

I think Cheng Gongying, who was defeated, should be depressed. He was in a panic all day long. He should be quite excited to see that he was, and the two still had the opportunity to cooperate.

Cheng Gongying's ferry was getting closer and closer, and the people on the boat clearly saw Ma Chao's flag, and seemed quite confused and surprised.

Cheng Gongying on the ship poked his head out and ordered the entire army to be on guard with the flag. Ma Chao saw that a group of archers were ready and quickly ordered his subordinates to retreat slightly to Cheng Gongying to the shore to show that he was not hostile.

Seeing this, Cheng Gongying breathed a little relieved. Knowing that Ma Chao had not surrendered to the enemy, he waved his hand to tell the generals not to be nervous and wait for the docking.

After a long time, Cheng Gongying's big ship finally reached the waterside. While waving his hand, he ordered everyone under his command to destroy all the ferries, he calmly went ashore. Under the protection of everyone, he walked to Ma Chao near him and said aloud:

"I wonder what General Ma has to do with his teachings?"

Ma Chao said with a smile:

"General Bohua, when I heard about General Han's death in Hanzhong, I was shocked and rushed to Ji County to attend the funeral for my uncle.

I heard that the thieves occupied Ji County and tried to plot against Xiliang, and I was even more angry.

He was very smart and knew that he could not fight Yunshan, so he came to ask Bohua for advice. I wonder if Bohua was willing to help me fight back the bandits and recover Liangzhou?

From now on, I will be equally divided between Liangzhou and Bohua, and I will never let Bohua be embarrassed!"

Ma Chao thinks that his conditions are already very good.

Although Cheng Gongying was quite wise, it was unrealistic to use his reputation to mobilize all the forces in Liangzhou.

However, Ma Chao has such reputation and ability. All Cheng Gongying needs to do is to give Ma Chao more advice. After that, Ma Chao will do the dangerous things to kill the enemy. After repelling Yunshan, Ma Chao can still give him half of Liangzhou.

There is no such good thing in this world, no one can refuse it.

But Ma Chao never expected that Cheng Gongying just looked at him with a sneer. After a moment, he slowly shook his head:

"The general is worried about it. He is old and he is no longer willing to work harder. Please help me to ask for a good wise man!"

The smile on Ma Chao's face froze immediately. He looked around and saw that the soldiers under Cheng Gongying were either angry or fearful, and did not regard themselves as their own person at all. He couldn't help but feel anxious:

"Why is this? Bohua, is there any misunderstandings?"
Chapter completed!