Wei Kang summoned the generals to discuss matters.

Seeing Cao Cao present, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing and others were all surprised, especially seeing Wei Kang and Cao Cao so harmonious, they couldn't help but be suspicious and looked at each other, and their anger towards Wei Kang increased by three points.

Cao Cao explained the situation again. This time, he considered the problem from the standpoint of the generals of Liangzhou. Song Jian was ignorant of the world and had already harmed all the Liangzhou people. Without cutting off his head, the Liangzhou people could not prove their innocence. Today, there was a great chaos and the Guandong turmoil. The court moved the capital to Guanzhong. Liangzhou was the back, which was of great significance to the court. If the management was done well, the Liangzhou people were famous officials in Zhongxing, and wealth was expected. Didn’t Yang Fu, Zhao Ang and others enter the court? If Song Jian is pacified, you will naturally be granted marquis and generals, and you will be glorious and prosperous.

Unlike Wei Kang, Cao Cao was not very scholarly when he spoke, and was both majestic and harmonious, but he was very happy and pointed at the key points. The generals of Liangzhou were frightened by him and did not dare to talk too much. This matter was decided.

Taking advantage of the night, Wei Kang and Cao Cao changed defenses, which made a lot of noise. The soldiers in the city were afraid that they would attack the city overnight and dared not be negligent. They were alert all night, but they did nothing, and they worked hard all night. For three consecutive days, Wei Kang and Cao Cao changed defenses, and the soldiers in the city were exhausted and their morale was depressed.

The next morning, Wei Kang and Cao Cao launched an attack at the same time.

Although Cao Cao told Wei Kang that you can just attack with a feint and don’t be too serious, the generals of Liangzhou were moved by Cao Cao and wanted to kill Song Jian to prove his innocence and become a marquis. After entering the battle, they all competed for the first place, which was more brave than before. Wei Kang was stunned. However, he was happy to see it, boosted his morale and attacked fiercely, and wished he could break the city in front of Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao did not give Wei Kang this opportunity. Wei Kang attacked for more than half a month, and the South Gate had also filled in, and the South Gate had almost been demolished, but the city had not been broken. Cao Cao added some siege equipment and took advantage of the opportunity of Song Jian transferring most of his troops to the North Gate to launch an attack. Cao Cao personally took the ball and beat the drums to inspire morale. Cao Hong, Shi Huan, Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan led their troops to rush to the city.

The soldiers on the city looked at these "Liangzhou Army" soldiers who suddenly became brave and unbearable, stunned and could not believe their eyes. They beat the drum to ask for help from Song Jian, but Song Jian didn't believe it. They thought their subordinates were afraid of death, so they wanted to take the opportunity to make a request, and scolded them fiercely.

Before Song Jian discovered the truth, Yan Yan led his troops to climb to the top of the city and opened the city gate.

Cao Cao led his troops into the city. Cao Chun commanded his personal guards to attack Song Jian's palace, cut off Song Jian's head, and took over Song Jian's accumulated assets for many years, including letters from Liangzhou people who had communicated with him.

At the celebration banquet, Cao Cao promised Wei Kang and the generals of Liangzhou that he would not forget their contributions, and then divided the palace maids and property in the palace of Song Jian’s mansion into part, and everyone shared the money. The generals of Liangzhou were very happy and their impression of Cao Cao changed greatly. They felt that although he was a descendant of the eunuch and had a bad background, he was much better than Wei Kang, a scholar.

Cao Cao immediately drafted a document of victory, and together with Song Jian's head, he sent someone to Chang'an.

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After pacifying the Qinghan, Cao Cao did not rush to retreat. At Fazheng's suggestion, he asked Wei Kang to stay in the Qinghan, and he led his troops to sweep the surrounding Qiang tribes. The Qiang people had just passed a cold winter and had not recovered yet, so they had no time to contact him. They were beaten to pieces by Cao Cao and had no power to resist.

Cao Cao beheaded all these Qiang people, regardless of gender, age, and made military achievements. In a few days, nearly 10,000 were beheaded, killing the Qiang people and fled. Even the Shaodang Qiang in the nearby mountains suffered heavy losses, and many tribes with weaker strength were directly destroyed.

As the number of dollars accumulated, Cao Cao's waist bag quickly bulged.

Back at Shihan, Cao Cao took out some of the property and gave it to Wei Kang and the generals of Liangzhou, and promised to add their names to the credit book, which won praise from everyone. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Cao purchased thousands of war horses and recruited some knights, expanding the personal guards led by Cao Ren to 3,000. Yizhou lacked high-quality war horses. Not only was the journey far, but the price was high. This time, Cao Cao's chances were not wasted, and his strength increased sharply.

Cao Cao went to Ji County and returned to Ji County. On the way, the imperial edict arrived. The emperor praised Cao Cao for his merits in pacifying Shihan, appointed him as the right general, led the governor of Yizhou, and was granted the title of Marquis of Wuping, with a fief of 800 households. Cao Cao's father Cao Song was Marquis of Feiting, but Cao Song was still alive, and Cao Cao himself had no title. This time he was granted a title of marquis for his merits, which was a gain of fame and fortune.

Just after returning to Jizhou, the emperor's edict arrived again. Due to the achievements of pacifying the Qiang, the emperor added 300 households to Cao Cao's township and 1,100 households.

Cao Cao was satisfied. The emperor's generosity proved Fazheng's analysis. As long as he could be loyal to the court, strive for the first place, and be promoted to the title, it was a minor matter. Killing one Song Jian could be a marquis, killing a few Qiang people could be a new town, and killing Sun Ce to be a king is naturally a natural thing.

Cao Cao immediately led his troops back to Yizhou and entered Wudu County. He encountered trouble and was blocked by the Qiang people.

Wudu is mixed with Qiang and Han people, with a large number of Qiang people. There are Qiang people called Di people in the territory, while outside the territory is mainly Shenlang Qiang and Baima Qiang. It is not the same as Shaodang Qiang in Longxi County, but they are all Qiang people after all. Shaodang Qiang, Zhong Qiang was killed by Cao Cao and suffered heavy casualties. They were angry, so they rushed to Shenlang Qiang, Baima Qiang, and Baima Qiang asked for help to Cao Cao. Wudu borders Yizhou, and there are Shenlang Qiang in Yizhou. The tribes of Baima Qiang are distributed. Even if they do not help others, they cannot sit idly by for their own interests.

At this moment, Ma Teng was ordered to control Wudu and Longxi, and came to Wudu County. These Qiang leaders recommended the Wudu man Yang Teng as the leader and rushed to complain to Ma Teng, accusing Cao Cao of killing innocent people, beheading the heads of the people, and pretending to be military merits. Ma Teng heard this, but hesitated. He knew that the emperor was going to deal with Sun Ce now. Cao Cao was the general who the emperor relied on high expectations, but his Ma family had an indescribable relationship with Sun Ce, which was a thorn in the emperor's eyes. It was not wise to have a conflict with Cao Cao at this time.

After Ma Teng considered it, he provided some of the weapons to Yang Teng and asked him to organize the Qiang people to avenge him. Yang Teng is a great clan of Wudu, with certain strength and is very close to the Qiang. Seeing the chaos in the world, he was about to take the opportunity to develop his strength. After getting the weapons provided by Ma Teng, he gathered the Qiang and Di inside and outside the county, assembled 20,000 troops to defend the danger and prevent Cao Cao from passing.

Wudu is mountainous and rugged, and the roads that can be used to travel are counted. If Cao Cao wants to return to Yizhou, he must take the Wudu road, Shanglu, and go down through the Western Han River. After being blocked by Yang Teng, he did not take it seriously. Recently, he killed the Qiang people so hard. Since someone came to die, he didn't mind cutting a few more and adding one or two hundred fiefs. However, when the two armies fought, he found that this was not the case. Although these Qiang people had no rules for using troops, their weapons were not bad, and they defended them on the danger. If they blindly attacked, they would lose a lot.
Chapter completed!