Zhangye.

Chen Yang's army had already entered here and took down the lost Lingju, forming a line of defense.

As Ma Teng and his friends retreated, Tianshui, Longxi and other places west of Chang'an surrendered one after another, and the lost places were quickly recovered.

After a lot of surrendered soldiers were recruited, their army was much stronger than before.

"Zi'an, if it weren't for you, we would still be defending Chang'an!" Cao Ang said gratefully.

Chen Yang stood on the city tower, looking at the Qilian Mountains looming in the distance, and smiled and said, "This time I went to the expedition, I will help you, and another reason. I don't want the land of the Han Dynasty to be trampled on by the iron hooves of the Huns."

His idea is simple, but it is actually quite complicated.

Cao Ang was grateful to Chen Yang and said, "What should we do next?"

"Jiuquan!"

Chen Yang said: "Ma Teng retreated to Jiuquan and was ready to resist us. My next plan was to capture Jiuquan. After Ma Xiu died, there was a crack in the relationship between Ma Teng and Han Sui. I had already figured out the means to deal with them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yang took his eyes back and walked down the city tower.

Cao Ang followed quickly, and he also knew the purpose of Ma Xiu's death. He trusted Chen Yang very much and did not question anything.

The army entered Zhangye, and except for the stubborn rebels, the others did not violate it.

At this moment, Zhangye has restored its previous prosperity and stability.

The style of the Western Regions is different from that of the Han Dynasty.

Chen Yang was not too surprised, but Cao Ang and others from the Central Plains were curious about everything here.

"Zhangye is quite beautiful. The prosperity here is not bad compared to our Xu Du. I really don't want such a good place to suffer war." Cao Ang said with emotion.

"Whether there will be war or not, we can control it, depends on what the Huns think. Obviously they don't want to let go of this place, so there will be unrest among Ma Teng and others."

Chen Yang said: "We must try our best to protect these places and not allow any external forces to disturb them. No matter what happens to us, it is our business and has nothing to do with others."

If it weren't for the alliance between Ma Teng and Han Sui and the Huns, this area would still be very stable.

Although the land in Liangzhou is barren, it can continue to maintain prosperity through business and other suitable agricultural production.

However, there are people in these areas, so it will be more troublesome to manage.

"Liangzhou has little precipitation, poor land, and difficult agricultural types. If you want stability, the best way is to trade."

Chen Yang continued: "The status of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce must be changed when necessary. Some systems are not static."

His words were quite ruthless in this era.

However, Chen Yang's object of confiding is Cao Ang, so there is nothing to do with it, because he had also said to Cao Ang if he was even more ruthless and rebellious.

"General, please stay!"

While walking on the street, Chen Yang suddenly heard someone stopping them.

He turned around and looked at the sound, and saw an old Taoist slowly walking towards him.

Judging from his appearance, this old Taoist is still a Han Chinese, and most of these places don’t believe in it, but he appeared in this place, which was a little surprised.

Chen Yang was wearing casual clothes, and he could also see his identity.

This old Taoist has good eyesight.

The Taoist walked up to Chen Yang and smiled and said, "Looking at the breath of killing, I should be generals who have been through the battlefield for a long time, I am disrespectful."

Chen Yang asked, "Is there anything wrong with Taoist priest?"

He has no good impression of Taoist people now, maybe because of Taiping Dao.

"Master, you called us to stop, what's wrong?" Cao Ang asked.

"I see that the two generals are different from ordinary people. They should be people who can accomplish great things. I have thought about some things to say to you."

The Taoist smiled heartily and said, "Last night, I saw that the imperial star in the north is bright, the imperial star in the south is dim, the imperial star in the north is prosperous and the decline in the south is a bad sign."

Chen Yang didn't believe these words and said, "Maybe the dark clouds covered the sky, you've just read it wrong."

The Taoist said: "The general is wrong. The two generals appear here, probably for the Huns. The imperial star in the north was formed from the inside of the Huns. In other words, in a while, a new emperor may appear in the Huns, as for the south..."

He hunched for a while and said, "I dare not say it, and I don't know if the two generals allow me to say it?"

Cao Ang said skeptically: "Come and listen."

The Taoist muttered a word for a while and said, "The darkness of the Southern Emperor Star means that the Han Dynasty is in trouble. I am afraid that the Cao family will not be able to stop the Huns. The Han Dynasty will retreat and may even be destroyed by the Huns. Alas!"

His words seem nonsense, but combined with the current reality, they are somewhat consistent.

Cao Ang asked, "Can you take it seriously?"

"If you believe, then you are true. If you don't believe, it's fake." The Taoist smiled and turned around and left slowly.

He seemed to be here specifically, just to tell them the news, his behavior was similar to that of the old man from Taipingdao.

"Zi'an, do you believe his words?" Cao Ang shook his head and didn't take it to heart.

Chen Yang was also skeptical, but he always felt that some content in Taoist words might be true.

However, he couldn't understand why he had such an idea in his heart.

Farewell to Cao Ang, Chen Yang returned to his residence in Zhangye.

"Husband, I went out for a while and I had a chance to play outside. I found that the customs and cultures here are very different. There are many things here and exquisite, and the people are very enthusiastic."

Sun Shangxiang laughed and said, "We have never seen things here before. It turns out that this is the case in the Western Regions."

"In fact, this place is not completely considered to be the Western Regions. It is further west, but Zhangye is an important city between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions."

Chen Yang hugged them and explained for a while, and then said, "Since this is the case, we will protect Zhangye and not let the Huns do anything again."

"My husband is right!"

Lu Lingqi agreed and said, "Are we going to send troops to Jiuquan?"

Chen Yang nodded and said, "Break Jiuquan down, Ma Teng and the others will be completely defeated, and the Liangzhou area will return to our control, and then the most important Xiongnu will be the Huns."

Lu Lingqi didn't know where she came from, and suddenly said, "Husband, this place is very good. I want to marry you here, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Marry? Here?"

Chen Yang looked at her in surprise and asked, "Lingqi, why do you have this kind of thought?"

Lu Lingqi thought for a while and said, "I may want to keep my best time in this favorite place. Do you agree with me, husband? If you don't agree, I will ignore you in the future."

"You call me husband, how can you disagree?" Chen Yang hugged her gently.

Lu Lingqi smiled sweetly, snuggled in Chen Yang's arms, and said, "Go and arrange it quickly. I don't want to delay the time of going to war, the faster the better."

Chen Yang rubbed her little head and said softly: "Okay, I'll follow your arrangements."

It was about to get married again, and in a hurry, Chen Yang was not prepared for anything. But it didn't matter. With their current identity, it was just a matter of one sentence.

After confirming the time with Lu Lingqi, Chen Yang went to find Guo Jia and asked him to mobilize officials in Zhangye to arrange marriage for himself.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Yang decided to use the local customs of marriage.
Chapter completed!