Inside a private residence in Huachi City, a middle-aged, sturdy man in armor addressed a burly man over two meters tall in a deep voice, "Hu Wei, the imperial army has arrived. Have you made up your mind?"

Mao Cheng had eight generals under his command, known as the Eight Vajras, and Hu Wei was one of them.

Hu Wei said in a tangled voice: "Uncle Zhang, the Marshal is my savior after all, I..."

Before Hu Wei could finish his words, he was interrupted by the middle-aged man, "If the Marshal had not colluded with the Turkic Tartars, we old brothers would have followed the Marshal and fought the government troops to the death.

But now the Marshal has colluded with the Turks for his own selfish reasons, which has exceeded the bottom line of the brothers.

Hu Wei, don't forget that your mother and father also died under the butcher knife of the Turkic Tartars!"

The people of the northern states of Liang State had been plundered by the four Khanates on the grassland for many years and had long accumulated deep-rooted hatred.

When Mao Cheng wanted to collude with the Turkic Khanate, he was strongly opposed by many generals within the bandit group. However, because Mao Cheng insisted on his own way, he finally invited 360,000 Turkic cavalry.

The middle-aged strong man's name is Ma Bei, and he is also one of the Eight Vajras under Mao Cheng.

When Hu Wei heard Ma Bei mention his parents being killed by the Turkic cavalry, he said sadly, "I haven't forgotten my parents' blood feud, but I really can't bear to betray the Marshal."

Ma Bei then snorted coldly, "Hu Wei, let me tell you the truth!

Now, among the Eight Vajras, except you, everyone else has decided to turn against Mao Cheng. If we were not from the same hometown, I would not have said so much nonsense to you.

I'm asking you one last time, will you do it?"

When Hu Wei learned that the other seven of the Eight Vajras were going to join the rebellion, he knew that Mao Cheng's fate was already doomed.

The Eight Vajras currently each command an army of more than 100,000. Although the personal guards controlled by Mao Cheng have the strongest combat effectiveness, they only have 80,000 people.

Hu Wei said bitterly, "If that's the case, then I can only apologize to the Marshal. After all, I have to be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of brothers under my command."

Hearing this, Ma Bei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "We've already made contact with the government troops. As long as we can get rid of Mao Cheng, the millions of rebels in Yizhou can all move to Xizhou and start a new life."

Sun Hao didn't expect that he would receive an unexpected surprise just after he led his army to the outskirts of Huachi City.

The generals under Mao Cheng's command actually surrendered to the army to suppress the rebellion after they were about to kill Mao Cheng because Mao Cheng colluded with the Turkic Khanate.

As a result, the only enemy the rebellion-suppressing army had to face was 360,000 Turkic cavalry.

"Kill—"

Late at night on July 30th, shouts of killing suddenly arose in Huachi City, and a large number of bandits with white cloth strips tied on their right arms rushed towards the county government office.

The county government office in Huachi City was Mao Cheng's residence.

Mao Cheng's 80,000 elite personal soldiers were stationed around the county government office. Even if the rebellious bandits had an absolute advantage in military strength, it would not be easy to defeat these 80,000 elite personal soldiers.

However, the collusion with the Turkic Khanate not only made the bandit generals under Mao Cheng dissatisfied, but also most of the ordinary bandits had become alienated from Mao Cheng.

As a result, the elite personal soldiers under Mao Cheng's command voluntarily laid down their weapons in large numbers when facing the rebellious bandits. In the end, Mao Cheng, the leader of the Yizhou bandits, was hacked to death in the county government office.

On the night that Mao Cheng was killed, 30,000 troops from the Right Guard of the Zhenxi Army entered Huachi City.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Ashin Dongtai, the King of Zuo Ren of the Turkic people, who was outside the city, learned of Mao Cheng's death and the news that millions of bandits inside and outside Huachi City had surrendered to the Liang court army.

"Prince Zuo Ren, now that Mao Cheng is dead, it seems that the promise he made to the Khanate cannot be fulfilled.

I suggest withdrawing immediately; there's no need to stay here any longer." A Turkic captain said in a deep voice to the Turkic Left King, Ashidongtai.

"Helu Tieshi, if we retreat like this, won't people laugh at our Turkic Khanate?

This prince intends to meet with the Liang Kingdom's border armies, especially the Zhenxi Army that crisscrosses the Western Regions."

Helu Tieshi, the Turkic general, hesitated for a moment and said, "King Zuo Ren, our one million friendly troops have become enemies.

Besides, the combined number of troops from Liang State is no less than ours. If we start a war, I'm worried that the losses will be huge."

The Turkic Khanate currently has a total of 96 cavalry units of 10,000 people, each with a strength of more than 10,000.

Among them, the six most elite cavalry teams of 10,000 people were called the Turkic Tiger Cavalry. Helu Tieshi was one of the six Turkic Tiger Cavalry captains. He was also the deputy commander of the Turkic Khanate's expedition to Liang State.

The Turkic Left King Ashi Dongtai smiled slightly and said, "Helu Tieshi, don't worry, I won't act out of loyalty.

I just want the people of Liang to see the warriors of our Turkic Khanate and get some more food."

On the afternoon of August 1, 391 in the Daliang calendar, Sun Hao received a declaration of war from Asidongtai, the Left King of the Turks.

However, in this declaration of war, the Turkic Left King Ashidong did not want to engage in a face-to-face battle with the Liang army, but to invite the Liang generals to participate in a battle with prizes.

According to the idea of the Turkic Left King Ashidong, the two sides had twelve duels. If the Turkic Khanate lost one, it would lose 10,000 Turkic war horses to the Liang State.

If Liang lost a battle, it would lose 200,000 dan of grain to the Turkic Khanate.

It turned out that Mao Cheng's original promise to the Turkic Khanate was that in addition to being willing to give Gaoqiu County and Linyi County to the Turkic Khanate as rewards, he would also give the Turkic Khanate four million dan of grain.

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