Chapter 374

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

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

"To have captured the entire Liang Province and Bing Province in such a short time, in this way, the pace of unifying the world has taken another big step forward!"

Thinking of this, Liu Bian was also overjoyed?

One must know that it had only been less than a month, and they were already about to capture the two provinces of Liang Province and Bing Province.

By then, as long as he took advantage of this momentum and issued an Imperial Edict to all the warlords of the world to return to the capital to report on their duties, then no matter what, there would be people who would respond!

After such an operation, the task of recovering the six provinces of the Great Han within half a year would basically be completed.

Even if it couldn't be completed, it wouldn't be far off; as long as he concentrated his forces and captured the missing provinces, then Task Four would be easily completed.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian hurriedly opened the System Task Panel...

System Task Four: The host's forces master six provinces 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 had only been less than a month, and he was already about to control three provinces.

He was still three provinces away from what the task required.

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

Completing the task was no longer a difficult matter.

It was just that he didn't know what kind of Town-Legion Divine Beast the system would reward him with by then!

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

A Divine Beast! In his previous life, that was a legendary existence.

He never expected that he would have the opportunity to obtain one now.

Just thinking about it was beautiful!

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 head-on.

At this moment, Ma Teng was leading a 70,000-strong army, surrounding the entire Linqiang City.

That black, overwhelming mass of a great army, surging with 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 beheaded 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 already rushed back.

Originally, he intended to go on a mission to Ma Teng for the sake of Shao Ge, but before he could even see anyone, Shao Ge had already been killed by Ma Chao.

And Ma Teng and Guan Yu and the others had ridden rapidly toward Linqiang City.

Helpless, Ya Dan only had to rush back rapidly, and finally, before Ma Teng and the others surrounded Linqiang City, he rushed back.

After Ya Dan returned, before his footsteps could land steadily, Ma Teng and the others were already at the city gates.

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

And Che Liji, at this time, also had no good solution; the most important thing at present was to be able to persuade Ma Teng to retreat and preserve the Qiang people.

Immediately, he listened to Ya Dan's suggestion and sent an envoy to negotiate peace, never expecting that Ma Teng would directly behead his envoy.

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

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

Only to see Che Liji looking at him with full expectation, asking:

"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 these years, Che Liji being able to subdue the various large and small tribes of the Qiang tribe could not have been done without the contributions of Ya Dan and Yue Ji.

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

Watching Che Liji look at him with expectation, Yue Ji shook his head with a heavy complexion.

Seeing Yue Ji shake his head heavily, Che Liji immediately fell into despair; he didn't want to die yet!

His dream hadn't been realized yet, and he was truly unwilling.

"Could it be that there is really no way?"

Seeing Che Liji like this, Ya Dan and Yue Ji were also very helpless; the enemy had a 70,000-strong army.

And they only had 30,000 soldiers who could fight; how could they withstand Ma Teng's 70,000-strong army.

However, Yue Ji still said to Che Liji with a solemn complexion:

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

After finishing, Yue Ji looked at Che Liji and Ya Dan with a resolute face.

"Marshal!"

"Why must it come to this!"

Seeing Yue Ji's resolute expression, Ya Dan immediately said with a face full of grief and indignation.

However, a flash of joy still crossed his eyes.

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

And as the Qiang tribe's Great King, Che Liji, after hearing Yue Ji's words, was instantly moved; only to see that his eyes looking at Yue Ji 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 had this disaster."

"Rest assured, if this King can break through, this King will definitely take good care of your family!"

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

"This subordinate thanks the Great King!"

Seeing Che Liji reveal his true feelings, Yue Ji said loudly with emotion.

"Marshal, then the city is fully entrusted to you; this King will arrange for personnel to prepare for the breakthrough."

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 subordinate will definitely hold back Ma Teng and the others for the Great King, so as to win time for the Great King to break through."

"Good, the Marshal is truly worthy of being 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 immediately 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 rapidly.

Watching the backs of Che Liji and Ya Dan as they went far away, Yue Ji muttered to himself with a solemn expression:

"Great King, Prime Minister, this is all this subordinate can do for you; whether you can break through or not 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's, and even they were completely wiped out."

"Just by relying on our few men, how could we be Ma Teng and the others' match?"

"Outside the city gates at this time, it is estimated that an ambush has already been set, just waiting for you to break through!"

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

These words were not heard by Che Liji and the other who had already gone far away; otherwise, one didn't know what they would think in their hearts!