Pang Tong did not delay and said goodbye immediately.

Ma Chao wanted to keep them for a few more days so that they could see the strength of their Qiang and Hu cavalry. So he summoned the leaders of various Qiang and Hu tribes to set up a banquet to entertain him. During the banquet, Pang Tong presented Ma Chao with dozens of exquisite swords made by famous craftsmen in Shu. Ma Chao then danced his sword to thank him on the spot, and sent people to lead several tall horses and give them back to Xuande Gong.

After the banquet, Ma Chao set up a large yard to hunt animals. With Pang Tong and Zhao Yun, more than 30 cavalry came, half of which were made of Han clothes, and some were Husbands with hair and heads. Ma Chao summoned his subordinates and accompanied them to hunt one-on-one.

During the process, Zhao Yun was only sitting and watching. Ma Chao persuaded him several times. Zhao Yun was helpless and then he was shot without any hesitation. Ma Chao was eager to try it, but when he was about to take the opportunity to distinguish Zhao Yun, he actually gave birth to some traits.

The next day, Ma Chao ignored Pang Tong's request for resignation and took them straight to the West Sea to pursue the defected Qiang tribe.

In this season, the peaks on both sides of the Huangshui River have already accumulated snow, and it looks like giants wearing white felt hats standing up to the sky. The towering mountains farther and farther away seem to be connected to the sky, which is the vast plateau area that no one has ever set foot on since ancient times.

The Qiang tribe dared to defect, so naturally made sufficient preparations. As soon as Ma Chao's front team passed Anyichuan, they burned the camp and rushed straight to the deep valley in the southwest.

Because this area is full of mountains, you must walk tightly along the valleys, and there are almost no fixed villages along the way, so you cannot get supplies at all. Obviously, they want to avoid the sharp edge of Ma Chao's troops and return leisurely when their main force cannot support the plateau for a long time.

After Ma Chao received the report, he immediately led the cavalry team to cross mountains and ridges to pursue him. Zhao Yun happened to be there at the time, and Ma Chao asked him for his opinion. Zhao Yun thought for a while and replied: "No matter how much the Qiang tribe fled, he always had to eat, and he always had family... In addition to the light cavalry of Qu and noble people, there must be a camp where the elderly, weak, women and children can be hidden, and food will be hidden. Perhaps, finding this camp and waiting for the tribe to come out to surrender unbearable to hunger is better than pursuing the deep mountains and chasing all the way."

Ma Chao laughed and said, "It's a good idea, but unfortunately it's not the habit of the men in Longshang."

That night, he ordered two thousand elite cavalry and went straight into the plateau. The two thousand cavalry traveled hundreds of miles day and night, and in one battle, they destroyed the main force of the Qiang people and killed 1,700 people on the spot. Ma Chao ordered his subordinates to hang the heads of these people on the saddle, hang their headless corpses behind the horse with ropes, and dragged them all the way back. When they met Zhao Yun again, most of the 1,700 corpses had been crushed to pieces, leaving only a stream of white bones, which were rustling with each other.

Such a fierce situation immediately made Pang Tong's face pale and almost vomit. Although Zhao Yun's expression remained unchanged, he was also vaguely alert. Ma Chao felt complacent and drank with the two thousand cavalry team for a night.

The next day, Pang Tong said goodbye again, but Ma Chao did not force him to stay.

After all, he confirmed that he could not only be granted the title of Cao Gong's princes, but also continue to maintain the alliance with Xuande Gong and receive support from food and fodder. He was still satisfied, so he personally sent Pang Tong and Zhao Yun out of the camp and watched their group disappear between the vast world with dim eyes.

Until the smoke and dust that the cavalry team stepped out was blown away by the wind, Ma Chao still stopped moving.

Because of the two failures of Chang'an and Brazil, many of his subordinates and generals died. At this time, the one who served as his deputy general was Pang De's cousin Pang Rou. At this time, Pang Rouce immediately came and asked, "Meng Qi, what did these two people say?"

Ma Chao stretched out his two fingers: "Two things, go and do it as soon as possible."

"Please speak, General."

"First go to the camp to find a scholar, I want to submit a letter to the court."

"……yes."

"In addition, I remember your subordinates got a new team of zero people to vote, claiming to be good at tracking traces?"

Pang Judo said: "It is precisely because they were in the Xianling division of Beidi County. Because they were defeated by the Xianbei people, they had to look for pastures in the Huangshui River Basin. These people had about 500 cavalry, all of whom were good at raising falcons."

Ma Chao pointed at the figures of Pang Tong and Zhao Yun who disappeared from the distance and said casually:

"Tomorrow, let those who first set out from here to the vassal state of Guanghan, and carefully investigate along the way. I want to know who dared to accept Pang Tong and others before, inform them of the news, and take them to the foot of Baishi Mountain. Well, after investigation, I will slaughter them all, and don't leave any living beings. If they do it neatly, I will give them the best pasture!"

Ma Chao was actually unable to understand the judgments about the court that Pang Tong said about how many are true and how many are false. But one thing he knew very well was that Longshang, Liangzhou was the territory of Ma Mengqi; the Qiang and Di tribe were Ma Mengqi's lackeys. No matter who wanted to shake, he must kill a group of heads to make everyone take it as a warning.

With this order, there were countless tribes in the mountains and valleys to be exterminated, but this was the norm for the Qiang and Hu seeds to the death. Pang Rou had long been used to it.

He immediately bowed deeply: "As for orders."

From a certain perspective, at this time, the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun were all exhausted and had no ability to fight. Only Ma Chao could still arbitrarily assign the Qiang and Hu seeds to the Guanzhong and Yizhou, maintaining a strong deterrence. However, after Ma Chao failed repeatedly, he finally shrank a little and was worried that his foundation would be unstable, and he missed this opportunity to expand his power.

At the same time, the cold wind from the northwest plateau crossed the continuous deep mountains in the northern part of Yizhou, drilled into thousands of mountains and valleys and continued to move south, and finally roared along the river and whistled downstream under the pressure of the mountains on both sides.

Wherever the cold wind went, the temperature dropped sharply, which surprised a soldier descending along the river.

When they left Chengdu, they could still touch the tail of autumn, but at this time, the cold wind swept over them, and it seemed that a world had changed in the gorge.

Looking up, I saw that the sun only showed its face slightly, and was covered by the peaks and ridges on both sides of the river. Even if there was occasionally a weak sunlight shining on the body, I couldn't feel any warmth. Along the riverside road, people lined up in long queues. Because the road was rugged and difficult to walk, no one could ride a horse, so they could only walk on horseback. Sometimes they wanted to shout and remind each other, be careful of the steep slopes. But with a little opening, the cold wind gushed into the mouths, making people speechless.

When this army was in Chengdu, it received a large amount of supplies. Now everyone put on thick clothes so that they could continue to move forward in the wind. But even so, the difficulty of the journey exceeded their imagination.

"How long will it take to get Yu Fu?" Lu Dai asked in exchange for a soldier.

"It will take another hour."
Chapter completed!