All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 352 Xiliang Jin Ma Chao

"Liu Biao refuses to accept us, what should we do?"

In Wancheng, all the Xiliang soldiers were as sad as if they had lost their parents. "The world is so big, but there is no place for people like us from Xiliang~~~"

Li Cui reported the dire situation: "The army's rations are insufficient for a few days, and they will soon run out of food."

Some people shouted, "Why not save food?"

"How can we save money?" Li Cui shouted angrily, "We, the generals and lieutenants, only have a bowl of millet porridge every day. How can we save money?!"

At this time, the Xiliang troops and their families gathered in Wancheng numbered tens of thousands of people. No matter how frugal they were, they could not feed so many mouths.

Guo Si shouted, "Then go and rob! It is only natural for our Xiliang army to rob things!"

"Zhang Liao is watching closely nearby, and Liu Biao in the south cannot be defeated either. Where can we go to rob?"

At this time, Zhang Ji said weakly, "Why not surrender?"

Among all the generals of the Xiliang Army, the one who regretted the most must be Zhang Ji.

He was originally living a good life, but because of the drag of these former colleagues, he suddenly fell into the mortal world. The feeling of imbalance in his heart is indescribable.

"We would like to invest." Li Cui sneered, "But they won't accept it."

Zhang Ji, feeling depressed, simply got up and left, looking for a place to drink and calm down.

As soon as he left, Li Cui, Guo Si and others immediately discussed the matter.

"There must be some food hidden in the city."

"This person keeps shouting surrender all day long, I'm afraid he's an insider."

"I heard that he complains every day, saying that we are a burden to him."

"In this case, let's just go all the way!"

The news of Zhang Ji's murder soon reached Luoyang.

Zou, who learned the news, took the initiative to find Chen Ran and expressed his position, "Please ask the general to take revenge!"

Chen Ran said nothing and sat on the bed with his legs spread out.

Zou understood, and hurriedly knelt forward, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the essence of the sun and moon.

"Don't worry, we will kill those beasts of the Xiliang Army!"

He personally led his troops south and first defeated the Xiliang army in a field battle, but did not pursue and drive them away. Instead, he waited until the defeated soldiers fled into Wancheng before he moved forward and surrounded the city.

"My lord is worried that the defeated soldiers will scatter and cause trouble everywhere."

Guo Jia, who was accompanying the army, said with a smile, "Rather than letting them run around and cause harm to the people, turning into bandits, it is better to surround them in the city and let them fend for themselves."

"That's what it means."

Chen Ran did not attack the city at all. The Xiliang army in the city first ate all the last livestock, and then killed each other.

At first, it was to snatch food from others, but in the end, everyone was food.

It’s not that no one wants to break out, but once they leave the city gate they will be met with a hail of arrows from powerful bows and crossbows.

It is naturally impossible to charge into the sturdy camp, but when they try to escape they will be chased by Lu Bu, who is determined to avenge his humiliation.

Leaving the city would mean death, but hiding in the city would allow for some time.

When all the courageous ones left the city and died, the remaining people were all listless and lived day by day.

Half a month later, Chen Ran finally sent troops to attack the city.

There were no defenders at all, and the soldiers easily climbed to the top of the city wall and quickly opened the city gate to let the army in.

Not long after the army entered, they all ran out in panic.

"The city is littered with corpses and full of mosquitoes. A plague is spreading, and there may be a disaster!"

"Disinfect first." Chen Ran instructed to disinfect the soldiers entering the city, and then said, "Set fire, burn everything!"

A huge fire completely wiped out the once powerful Xiliang Legion.

Since then, the Xiliang Army, which once dominated the late Eastern Han Dynasty, has become a legend of the past.

Chen Ran quickly recovered Hongnong and other areas in Guanzhong, but soon encountered the troops of Ma Teng and Han Sui who were tentatively heading south.

“They are traitors.”

Facing the new generation of Xiliang Army, Chen Ran was very determined: "Fight!"

Ma Teng and Han Sui were both born into powerful families in Liang Province. They once joined the army to help the Han Dynasty suppress the rebellion of the Qiang and Di tribes.

However, he soon launched a rebellion and established his own regime.

Guo Jia suggested that Ma Teng, Han Sui and others be enthroned in the name of the emperor and summoned to the capital. "In this way, Xiliang can be pacified without fighting."

"It can be pacified, but it's only temporary." Chen Ran simply refused, "They will rebel again in the future. What I need is a place where the people can live and work in peace, not superficial loyalty from separatist warlords!"

He personally led the army to fight a decisive battle with Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in the Youfufeng area.

"Father." The young Ma Chao, with a white horse and a silver spear, looked proud. "I heard that the brothers Chen Ran and Lu Bu are unrivaled in the world. I will meet them today!"

"My son, please be careful." Ma Teng was very steady. "With a great reputation, there must be something to hold on to."

"It doesn't matter."

Ma Chao laughed loudly and rushed towards the opposing army. "Ma Chao from Xiliang is here. Who dares to fight me?!"

Lu Bu was overjoyed and was about to ride out to fight, but was stopped by Chen Ran, "You can beat him, let me do it."

Looking at the Red Hare rushing out like a flying horse, Lu Bu's head was full of question marks.

"I can win the fight, and then you go and fight, what does that mean?!"

What's the point? Of course it's just to grab fame!
Chen Ran came riding forward, and Ma Chao went forward to meet him with his spear.

Logically speaking, with Ma Chao's abilities, even though he is still young, he should be able to fight with Chen Ran for a while.

But the problem is that the inexperienced Ma Chao never expected that Chen Ran would use a trick.

During the hedging, Chen Ran's horse speed was average, but when Ma Chao was ready to attack, Chen Ran suddenly sped up, and the speed of the Red Hare suddenly increased, catching Ma Chao off guard.

He struggled to resist but couldn't exert any strength, and was knocked off his horse by Chen Ran's spear. Before Ma Chao, who was dizzy from the fall, could get up, Chen Ran, who had come back, leaned over and grabbed him, clamping him under his diaphragm.

Ma Teng was horrified and hurriedly wanted to send troops to rescue.

But before he could catch up, the extremely fast Red Hare had already carried Chen Ran back to the formation.

Chen Ran won the duel, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted. They shouted in unison, "Mighty, mighty~~"

"Second dick."

Chen Ran, who had arrived at the battle formation, threw Ma Chao, who had been fainted by the trap or smoke, to the ground and told Lu Bu to "dispatch the troops."

Lu Bu was speechless and could only lead his troops to charge out to fight.

As expected, the coalition forces of Ma Teng, Han Sui and other local warlords in Xiliang were unable to resist and had to retreat.

After the failure of the field battle, Ma Teng and others had to defend the city and wait for Chen Ran to run out of troops and food and fodder and retreat.

Here, Chen Ran received the tied-up Ma Chao.

'Meet Ma Chao, a character in the novel. He is one of the Five Tiger Generals. He is extremely powerful and good at using cavalry. He is feared by the Western Liang and is known as Jin Ma Chao. He is a famous general under Liu Bei.'

'Note: You can modify two of the words.'

"Luckily Cao Cao and Liu Bei are both two characters, otherwise it would be difficult for me to change them."

Chen Ran smiled and changed "famous general under Liu Bei" to "famous general under Chen Ran".

After the changes were made, he looked at Ma Chao, who was full of arrogance and resentment, and asked, "Are you willing to submit to me?"

Ma Chao was about to show his pride, but suddenly he felt palpitations and dizziness.

After recovering, he saw the man in front of him with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a righteous face, so he immediately saluted and shouted, "Chao, I am willing to die for my lord~~~"

"Okay." Chen Ran smiled and told his attendants to "untie them."

Guo Jia, who was the military counselor at the side, smiled and said, "The young general surrenders to the lord, and this victory is yours~~~"

"I would also like to ask the Major General to write a letter and ask General Ma Teng to put things right."

This was partly to verify whether Ma Chao was truly willing to surrender.

On the other hand, if it succeeds, it would be the best; if it fails, it can at least disrupt the morale of the troops.

Ma Chao didn't think too much about it. He immediately agreed and started writing the letter.

"Feng Xiao." Chen Ran instructed, "You should also write a letter and send it over, telling Ma Teng that he can only be pardoned if he brings the heads of Han Sui and others."

Guo Jia bowed and said, "Yes~~~"

After confirming that the letter was authentic, Ma Teng prepared to kill Han Sui and his men without any hesitation.

It was not just because of his eldest son's safety, but more importantly, he knew he could not beat Chen Ran.

Even the prestigious Xiliang Legion was destroyed by Chen Ran. How could our army, composed of local warlords, fight against them?
The troops of Ma Teng and others are equivalent to the militia of Liangzhou.

The Xiliang Legion is naturally the regular army of Liangzhou.

The regular army has been completely wiped out, so what else can the militia do?

As for his sworn brother Han Sui, the two had conflicts over the distribution of territory and other issues a long time ago.

If Chen Ran hadn't called over, they would have already started fighting.

There is no psychological burden in taking action against Han Sui now.

The unfortunate Han Sui was still preparing to discuss with Ma Teng how to fight when he was beheaded without knowing what was going on.

After Kaesong surrendered, there were no large-scale resistance forces in various parts of Xiliang.

After all, the Xiliang Legion has already lost a large number of young and strong men, and now the local tyrants have been purged again. How many people are willing to cause trouble?

'Ma Chao's modification has been completed, and rewards are now being issued.'

'Note: 100,000 roasted camels will be distributed.'

This is probably the best reward in this world.

Chen Ran was not polite and immediately took out thousands of roasted camels as a reward for the soldiers of the three armies.

The troops under his command, Lu Bu's Bingzhou troops, plus the surrendered troops of Ma Teng, etc.

Eating roasted camel and drinking fine wine boosted morale.

"Ma Teng." During the banquet, Chen Ran made a straightforward personnel adjustment, "You come back to Luoyang with me."

Hearing this, Ma Teng froze.

He knew very well that his future would be spent as a hostage.

He was unwilling, but he had no choice. For a moment, the camel meat in his hand no longer tasted good.

Chen Ran ignored him and looked at Ma Chao.

"Mengqi, you will be the General of the Western Expedition. Send troops to the Western Regions to eliminate the barbarians and take back the lost Western Regions for the Han Dynasty!"

After the Han Dynasty lost the Western Regions, the Han people living in the Western Regions lived a hard life.

Historically, it was not until the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years later that the Western Regions were retaken, but by that time, the local Han people had either been killed or assimilated.

Since Chen Ran is here, he naturally won't allow such a thing to happen.

"Fight well and take back the Western Regions. Don't let down the reputation of the New Marquis of Xi (Ma Yuan)!"

Ma Teng's family claimed to be descendants of Ma Yuan, which is indeed true.

Just like Liu Bei claiming to be descendants of the Han Dynasty, Ma Teng's family is just one of the many descendants of Ma Yuan.

They became well-known only after they became prosperous.

The young and energetic Ma Chao was overjoyed. He stood up, saluted, and shouted, "I will live up to the trust of my lord!"

Ma Teng also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am willing to follow you back to Luoyang."

(End of this chapter)