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King Qiuci was looking at the eldest princess with a surprised face at this time, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, King Qiuci hurriedly said: "General Ma Chao is indeed a rare talent, everything is up to Your Majesty!" ”

Cao Cao smiled and looked at the eldest princess, the eldest princess's cheeks were red at the moment, her head was slightly drooping, and she looked charming and shy.

Back at the Changshi Mansion, Sima Yi smiled and said, "If you fail to marry Your Majesty, the Lord of Qiuzi is only afraid that he will be very disappointed!" ”

Cao Cao smiled indifferently, remembered what was going on, and asked, "What is the current situation in the west?" ”

Sima Yi replied: "At present, the main force of the Guishan Army is storming the defense line of Kangju in Crow Mountain, and the losses on both sides are very heavy, but the Kangju Army should still be able to support it for ten days and half a month!" The most worrying thing now is two aspects, one is the elite of the Kushan army that passed through the Moshu grassland, and the other is Wusun! ”

Cao Cao frowned, sat down on the main seat, and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Didn't Sima Lang make any progress?" ”

Sima Yi hurriedly said: "My brother has done his best, but it seems that the Wusun side is not very interested in the conditions we proposed!" ”

Cao Cao said to Sima Yi: "Don't care about Wusun first, the most important thing at the moment is Guishuang, as long as Guishan is defeated, Wusun may not have the courage to jump out, the military situation is urgent, I will immediately lead the army west into the Green Mountains." Everything here is your sole responsibility. ”

"Wechen takes orders." Sima Yi agreed.

Cao Cao took a small and delicate mahogany box from Dian Wei's hand, glanced at it, and said to Sima Yi: "This is the seal of the Governor of the Western Regions!" You're done! ”

It's not the same as Wu Guo. In today's Wei State, the Metropolitan Governor is already an official position that is not in the normal rank. It wields a great deal of power and controls the civil and military affairs of the area under its jurisdiction. And has the right to make decisions on the spot in both civil and military affairs, so whoever is appointed as the governor of the capital must be Cao Cao's most trusted minister or general!

First, although the Metropolitan Governor had the power to mobilize the local garrison, he did not have the power to appoint and dismiss military officers, in other words, the army remained fairly independent.

Secondly. The Metropolitan Governor could not mobilize all the troops in his jurisdiction, and the only armies he could mobilize were the local army and the army formulated by the emperor's explicit decree, like Sima Yi's Metropolitan Governor, he could only mobilize the army of the Sixth Army and the Western Regions Alliance, and he had no right to mobilize other armies.

If he encountered a problem that the army under his authority could not solve, he had to consult with Ma Teng, the military commander of the Western Regions, who had some overlap in his duties with the Grand Governor, but was able to effectively check and balance the power of the Grand Governor.

Sima Yi knelt in front of Cao Cao and took the seal of the Governor of Dadu from Cao Cao's hand. He said excitedly: "Weichen thank Your Majesty Longen!" Weichen will live up to His Majesty's trust! The liver and brain are smeared on the ground, and then it is gone! ”

Cao Cao smiled and helped Sima Yi up, patted his arm, and encouraged: "I believe that Zhong Da will definitely be able to make my Great Wei control the Western Regions more firmly!" ”

Sima Yi heard this. I couldn't help but feel excited again.

Sima Yi remembered something and said, "Your Majesty, although the countries of the Western Regions have promised so much. But I'm afraid that only the logistics can be cashed out immediately! ”

Cao Cao nodded and sneered, "Although they are very respectful to us. However, he was also intimidated by the military might of Guishan and the pressure of Wusun! Until the situation is clear, they will not hand over the power to the bottom of the box to us! ”

"Let me arrest them and ask them for clarification!" Dian Wei suddenly said angrily. His eyes were spewing fire, and he looked like he was going to kill.

Cao Cao smiled: "Dian Wei doesn't have to be angry! It's human nature that they have such a plan! ”

Cao Cao told Sima Yi: "We must ensure the supply of logistics materials!" Also, keep an eye on Usun's movements! ”

Sima Yi said very solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry! ”

Cao Cao nodded, and left the Changshi Mansion.

Cao Cao marched out of the city under the escort of nearly a thousand imperial forest troops led by Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and the people of Qiuci crowded to both sides of the street, their eyes full of envy: the Han people in Qiuci were very excited, and some people even bowed to Cao Cao in public!

About an hour later, the army continued on its way, accompanied by 300,000 loads of grain and tens of thousands of Qiuzi laborers to the fortress.

Green Ridge Fortress.

Ma Teng stared at the sand table in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, looking a little anxious, the army led by Cao Cao would arrive soon, but he was still trapped in the fortress of Green Ridge.

The captain of the scout team hurried to the fortress office.

As soon as Ma Teng saw him, he asked urgently, "How is the situation?" ”

The captain shook his head and said, "Didn't find any way to dive into Rainbow Canyon!" Not even the locals knew there was such a road! ”

Ma Teng frowned, "If that's the case, even if His Majesty's army arrives, then it can only be attacked!" Although it is certain to win, it will inevitably pay a considerable price! ”

Ma Teng paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back. All the generals in the hall looked at Ma Teng, not daring to make a little noise, for fear of disturbing Ma Teng.

Ma Teng suddenly stopped in front of the sand table, his eyes looked at the terrain of the Rainbow Canyon on the sand table, and then pointed to the Rainbow Canyon and said: "The terrain of the Rainbow Canyon is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but what if the enemy takes the initiative to attack?" ”

A partial general asked puzzledly: "But how to get the enemy to take the initiative to attack?" ”

Ma Teng sneered: "In the past few years, Guishuang has won a hundred battles in the east and west, and he has not suffered the loss of our army, so he must have a contempt for our army!" Let's do this."

Early the next morning, Ma Teng led the 50,000 elites of the First Legion to leave the Green Ridge Fortress, and among these 50,000 elites, there were 3,000 Modao troops who had never shown their might in the Western Regions.

Of course, at this time, the Mo Dao Soldiers formed by the Great Wei Dynasty still have no way to compare with the Mo Dao Soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, the gap is not in the quality of the blades, but in the money and grain.

Although after more than ten years of development, Great Wei is obviously still some way from the rich and willful Tang Dynasty.

The 50,000 elites walked out of the Green Ridge Gorge, which was firmly controlled by the Wei army, and arrived at the entrance of the Rainbow Canyon inside and outside before noon.

At this time, at the entrance of the Rainbow Canyon, there is a barracks, the scale is not very large, there are only simple horses and not very tall flail fences on the periphery, this is the bridgehead fortress built by the Kushan army a few days ago, the appearance is very different from the fortress built by the Central Plains army, in which 10,000 Kushan troops are stationed. (To be continued.) )