Chapter 101: Progress of Task Four

At this time, Liu Bian, hearing this, was also overjoyed.

"Good! My beloved ministers are truly the backbone of my Great Han."

"In such a short time, you have captured the entire land of Liangzhou and Bingzhou; in this way, the pace of unifying the world has taken another big step forward!"

Thinking of this, Liu Bian was also overjoyed?

You know, it has been less than a month, and they are about to capture the two states of Liangzhou and Bingzhou.

By then, as long as I take advantage of this momentum and issue an imperial edict to all the feudal lords of the world to return to the capital to report on their duties, then somehow, there will be people who respond!

After such an operation, the task of recovering the six states of the Great Han Empire within half a year is basically completed.

Even if it cannot be completed, it will not be much different; as long as he concentrates his forces to capture the missing states, then Task Four can be completed easily.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian hurriedly opened the system task panel...

System Task Four: The Host's forces control six states of the Great Han Empire within six months

Task Reward: Town-Legion Divine Beast

Task Failure: No penalty

Current Progress: 1/6

Remaining Time: 5 months and 4 days.

Seeing this, Liu Bian was even more confident.

It has been less than a month, and he is about to control three states.

It is still three states away from what the task requires.

Moreover, the system task time limit is six months, and it has been less than a month now.

Completing the task is no longer a difficult matter.

It's just that I don't know what kind of Town-Legion Divine Beast the system will reward him with by then!

Thinking of the Town-Legion Divine Beast, Liu Bian's heart was also burning.

A divine beast! In the previous life, that was a legendary existence.

I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to obtain one now.

Just thinking about it is wonderful!

Just when Liu Bian and Guo Jia and the others were still discussing, at this time, Ma Teng, who was in Linqiang City, had already met Che Liji's Qiang army head-on.

Ma Teng was leading an army of seventy thousand, surrounding the entire Linqiang City.

That black, overwhelming army with surging momentum made the Qiang people in the city terrified.

At this time, Ya Dan, who was the Prime Minister of the Qiang tribe, said to Che Liji in a deep voice:

"Great King, it seems now that it is impossible for us and the Great Han to reconcile."

"Ma Teng has slaughtered everyone we sent to negotiate peace, and sent their heads to us."

It turned out that as early as when Ma Teng and the others were coming toward Linqiang City, Ya Dan had rushed back.

Originally, for the sake of Shao Ge, he intended to go as an envoy to Ma Teng, but before he even saw anyone, Shao Ge had already been killed by Ma Chao.

And Ma Teng and Guan Yu and the others came to Linqiang City on fast horses.

Helpless, Ya Dan had to rush back quickly, and finally arrived before Ma Teng and the others surrounded Linqiang City.

After Ya Dan returned, before his footsteps were steady, Ma Teng and the others had already arrived at the city walls.

Knowing the disparity in strength between the two sides, Ya Dan immediately suggested that Che Liji negotiate peace.

And Che Liji had no good way now; the most important thing at present was to persuade Ma Teng to retreat and preserve the Qiang people.

Immediately, he followed Ya Dan's suggestion and sent an envoy to negotiate peace; he didn't expect Ma Teng to directly kill his envoy.

In this way, the path of negotiating peace was already impassable; according to the current situation of both sides, it was estimated that a great battle was inevitable.

After hearing Ya Dan's words, Che Liji turned to look at a middle-aged martial general beside him who was tall and sturdy and wearing leather armor.

Che Liji looked at him with full expectation and asked:

"Yue Ji, do you have any strategy to repel the enemy?"

It turned out that this person was Che Liji's number one subordinate, the Qiang tribe's Marshal Yue Ji.

Over the years, Che Liji had been able to subdue the various large and small tribes of the Qiang, which was inseparable from the credit of Ya Dan and Yue Ji.

Now, Che Liji also hoped that Yue Ji could deal with the predicament before him.

Seeing Che Liji looking at him with expectation, Yue Ji shook his head with a heavy face.

Seeing Yue Ji shaking his head heavily, Che Liji was immediately in despair; he didn't want to die yet!

His dream had not yet been realized, and he was really unwilling.

"Is there really no way?"

Seeing Che Liji like this, Ya Dan and Yue Ji were also very helpless; the enemy had an army of seventy thousand.

And they only had thirty thousand soldiers who could fight; how could they resist Ma Teng's army of seventy thousand?

However, Yue Ji still said to Che Liji with a grave face:

"Great King, when the enemy army attacks the city, you and the Prime Minister should find an opportunity to break out; this General will stay behind to cover the retreat!"

After speaking, Yue Ji looked at Che Liji and Ya Dan with determination.

"Marshal!"

"Why go to such lengths!"

Seeing Yue Ji's determined look, Ya Dan said with grief and indignation.

However, a flash of joy still flickered in his eyes.

Although he also agreed with what Yue Ji said, he couldn't show it too obviously; he still had to have the proper attitude.

And as the Qiang King Che Liji, after hearing Yue Ji's words, he was instantly moved; the eyes he looked at Yue Ji with were full of emotion.

"Marshal!"

"It is all this King's fault!"

"If it weren't for this King sending troops to help Han Sui, my Qiang tribe would not have this disaster."

"Don't worry, if this King can break out, this King will definitely take good care of your family!"

After speaking, Che Liji looked at Yue Ji with mist in his eyes, and his face was full of sincerity.

"This General thanks the Great King!"

Seeing Che Liji's true feelings, Yue Ji said loudly with emotion.

"Marshal, then the city will be fully entrusted to you; this King will arrange for people to prepare for the breakout."

Seeing that the atmosphere had reached this point, Che Liji made a prompt decision and said to Yue Ji.

"Please rest assured, Great King, this General will definitely hold Ma Teng and the others for the Great King, so as to win time for the Great King to break out."

"Good, the Marshal is truly a warrior of my Qiang tribe; this King thanks the Marshal here!"

Seeing Yue Ji agree, Che Liji bowed sincerely to Yue Ji to thank him, his face full of sincerity.

"Great King, this must not be; this is all what this subject should do!"

Seeing Che Liji's action, Yue Ji was startled and said to Che Liji in panic.

"Marshal, please take care!"

Finally, Che Liji held Yue Ji's hands and said his final farewell to him.

Subsequently, he took Prime Minister Ya Dan and left quickly.

Watching the backs of Che Liji and Ya Dan moving away, Yue Ji muttered to himself with a grave expression:

"Great King, Prime Minister, this is all this General can do for you; whether you can break out depends on your own fortune!"

"Do you think this Marshal doesn't want to leave?"

"The strength of E He and Shao Ge is not much weaker than this Marshal, and even they were completely wiped out."

"With just this few people of ours, how could we be Ma Teng and the others' opponents?"

"Outside the city gate at this time, I guess an ambush has already been set, just waiting for you to break out!"

"From the moment we decided to send troops to help Han Sui, our ending was already doomed!"

These words were not heard by Che Liji and the other who had already left, otherwise, I don't know what they would think in their hearts! ===== CHAPTER 102 =====