Gai Shun no longer doubts Ma Chao's identity, who else can there be such a capable person, besides Ma Chao?

Ma Chao personally helped Gai Shun up, the two did not know each other, and they were both temperamental, and Gai Shun admired Ma Chao very much, after a conversation, the two of them had a feeling of hating each other.

Subsequently, Gai Shun personally welcomed Ma Chao and others into the city, and set up a banquet to entertain Ma Chao and others.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Chao asked Gai Shun about the news of Dunhuang Suoshi, and Gai Shun heard Ma Chao suddenly ask about this, so he hurriedly asked: "Does General Ma have anything to do with Dunhuang Suoshi?" ”

"I'm just a martial artist, for the way of governing the country, not proficient, I have long heard the reputation of Dunhuang Suo, Suo's generations are wise men, and the leader of the Liangzhou scholars, so this is not far away, rushed to Dunhuang, I want to ask Suo's to help me, and Liangzhou is a peace." Ma Chao said very sincerely.

After hearing this, Gai Shun picked up the bowl of wine in front of him, drank it all, and then sneered and said: "General Ma, I advise you, it's better not to go to Dunhuang, Suo's name is vain, don't see it!" ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Suoshi is no longer the Suoshi of the past, and now Suoshi has become the minions of the Xianbei people, Dunhuang has been occupied by the Xianbei people, and Suoshi is the Dunhuang Taishou appointed by the Xianbei people." The more Gai Shun talked, the more angry he became, and finally it came to the point of gritting his teeth, it seems that there are some unpleasant pasts between Gai Shun and Suoxh.

After Ma Chao heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed, he never expected it. Dunhuang Suo's that he has worked so hard to find. has become a minion of the Xianbei people.

Yang Fu saw Ma Chao's solemn expression. With a gloomy face, he interjected and asked, "Lord Gai, may I ask, when did the Xianbei people occupy Dunhuang?" ”

"Just last year, the Xianbei people invaded Dunhuang and Jiuquan on a large scale, plundering a lot of property and people, and killing many people, making these two places deserted for hundreds of miles. I wasn't caught. They all fled. At that time, I led my troops to resist hard, so that the Xianbei people suffered heavy losses, and the Xianbei people saw that they could not capture this place in a short time, so they turned to plunder other places, anyway, this small barrier is not enough for the Xianbei people to stuff their teeth. It was also about that time that Dunhuang was captured by the Xianbei people, and Suoshi reached an agreement with the Xianbei people in order to protect themselves, and the Xianbei people appointed Suoshi as the Taishou of Dunhuang. And a few troops remained, most of the rest have been withdrawn. Gaishun said angrily.

Yang Fu then asked, "So." Did the Xianbei people who occupied Dunhuang ever attack the surrounding area? ”

"Last year, the Xianbei people plundered almost all the population, except for me here and Dunhuang City, there is no population in the rest of the place, even if the Xianbei people want to attack, there is no place to attack. However, they are afraid of me, so they do not dare to attack here. Gai Shun said proudly.

Yang Fu didn't ask anymore, he had already got the answer he wanted.

Ma Chao didn't speak again, but drank the stuffy wine by himself, his heart was extremely melancholy, and he definitely didn't expect that it would be such a result.

That night, the banquet broke up unhappily, Ma Chao slept in the guest room, and just lay down, he heard someone knocking on the door outside, so he asked angrily: "Who?" ”

"Lord, it's me, Yang Fu."

Ma Chao jumped off the bed, walked straight to the door, and after opening the door, he said to Yang Fu: "It's so late, why don't you sleep yet?" ”

Yang Fu said: "The lord can't sleep, how can I sleep?" ”

"You're looking for me, what's the matter?" Ma Chao saw that Yang Fu looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked.

Yang Fu nodded and said, "I do have something to discuss with the lord." ”

"It's getting late, what's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Ma Chao said that he was about to close the door, but he didn't want Yang Fu to block the door, and said to Ma Chao: "If you say it tomorrow, it will be too late!" ”

Seeing that Yang Fu was so stubborn, Ma Chao let Yang Fu in, yawned, and said, "Let's make a long story short!" ”

Yang Fu entered the room, closed the door, and said to Ma Chao: "The lord is not very happy at the banquet today, is it caused by listening to Gai Shun talk about Suo's defection to the enemy?" ”

"You're very observant, yes, that's what caused it." Ma Chao admitted.

Actually, the lord doesn't have to be so angry. In my opinion, although Soxhth has defected to the enemy, it is not necessarily as Gaishun said, there must be another reason. ”

"What other reason can there be besides greed for life and fear of death?" Ma Chaodao.

Yang Fu said with a smile: "The lord just listened to one-sided words, how can he conclude that Suoshi has really surrendered to the enemy?" In my opinion, there must be another reason for Suo's defection to the enemy, and this reason is also very simple, that is, to take this opportunity to protect our Han people as much as possible, otherwise, with the army of Xianbei people, if you really want to capture here, it is simply an easy matter, why would you leave here alone and not attack? ”

After hearing what Yang Fu said, Ma Chao suddenly brightened up, and hurriedly asked: "So, Suo's is not really surrendering to the enemy, but an expedient measure to surrender?" ”

"At least that's what I think. Dunhuang Suo's family is a loyal martyr, a generation of eunuchs, and when the Emperor Ling, there was a feat of the Suo clan who would rather die than obey the Qiang people, and finally was divided by the cruel five horses, and Suo's did not even blink an eyelid. Moreover, the Suo clan attaches great importance to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, how could they do treason and defect to the enemy? Yang Fu said.

Ma Chao frowned, he didn't know what to do.

Yang Fu said: "Lord, although you relax your mind, your subordinates will use the head of Xiang as a guarantee, Suo's is definitely not what Gai Shun said, tomorrow morning, we will set off for Dunhuang, and then the lord can find out." ”

Ma Chao nodded, Yang Fu immediately left, after Yang Fu left, Ma Chao was a little relieved, and what kind of family Suo's family was, Ma Chao was full of curiosity.

Early the next morning, Ma Chao took his entourage to bid farewell to Gaishun and went to Dunhuang.

Gai Shun persuaded Ma Chao not to send him to death, but Ma Chao insisted on going his own way and decided that he had to go to Dunhuang. Gai Shun was helpless, and he no longer stopped him, and after sending Ma Chao out of the city, he sent him more than ten miles, and then returned to Guangzhi County.

Ma Chao and the others continued to move westward, along the way, the Qianghu cavalry encountered relatively few, and when they were about to approach Dunhuang, they rarely encountered even a single figure along the way, let alone people, and even birds and beasts were almost none.

The quieter it is, the more scary it feels. But Ma Chao is a person who is not afraid of the sky and the earth, he just continues to move forward, he believes that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, if there is really any trouble, he can't hide if he wants to, he can only meet this trouble head-on, and try to solve it.

But what made Ma Chao feel disappointing was that he stopped and stopped along the way, and he didn't encounter a single trouble, and in the evening of the same day, everyone could vaguely see a lonely city standing on the ground - Dunhuang.

Dunhuang arrived, after a lot of hardships, Ma Chao and others finally arrived in Dunhuang, this way, what they saw and heard, let Ma Chao increase his knowledge, but also made his mind more mature.

Dunhuang City is much larger than that of Guangzhi County, and Dunhuang City has the unique charm of the northwest city.

Dunhuang City is surrounded by a sea of sand, Dunhuang City is like a flat boat, located in this sea of sand, when the wind blows, the wind blows the sand all over the sky, Dunhuang City is like a small boat swaying in the waves, there will be the danger of being capsized at any time. However, when the wind and sand pass, Dunhuang City will still stand on this land as always, with its lofty attitude, showing its majesty and unyielding to the world.

Dunhuang City, but also an important city on the Silk Road, the Han army built two passes in the west of Dunhuang, one is called Yumen Pass, one is called Yangguan, Dunhuang is like a throat, blocking the traffic arteries from east to west, and also makes him an extremely important place in the eyes of foreign people.

Therefore, the Xianbei people will not hesitate to capture Dunhuang.

Nowadays, the sky above Dunhuang City, there is a wolf's head fluttering, and the flag flutters in the wind of hunting, showing the subordination of this city to the world.

In addition, there will be hundreds of rangers roaming around Dunhuang City every day, these are the military forces left by the Xianbei people to protect Dunhuang City, and they finally occupy this place, and they will definitely not give up Dunhuang lightly.

However, the Xianbei people were very wise, they selected a person from among the locals to serve as the Taishou of Dunhuang, so that the locals governed the locals and did not attack the passing merchants, but there was a premise, that is, all the merchants who passed through Dunhuang must pay taxes.

Taxation has also become an important source of income for the Xianbei people, who have found that doing so is far faster than they can rob the money, and they can also willingly collect the money from others.

Ma Chao and the others unloaded all their armaments this time, only retained the equipment of a few people, and the rest were all disguised as merchants and prepared to approach Dunhuang City.

Dunhuang City under the control of the Xianbei people is very heavily guarded, twenty miles away, it is full of scouts of the Xianbei people, and the cavalry team of 100 people within ten miles can be seen everywhere, coming and going, giving a deterrent effect to the passing merchants.

It is reported that there were about 3,000 Xianbei cavalry left near Dunhuang City alone. This number, for any caravan, is extremely terrifying. Because these people can disintegrate a caravan in an instant.

Ma Chao's number is not large, only more than twenty people, and the camouflage is also very good, so even if he passes under the noses of Xianbei people, it does not arouse any suspicion.

Coming to Dunhuang City, the city gate of Dunhuang City is open, even if there are hundreds of Xianbei cavalry outside, but the atmosphere in Dunhuang City is extremely active, merchants and tourists gather, shops are lined up, a thriving scene, all kinds of people are gathered here, as if this is the paradise on earth. (To be continued......)