Desperate, Liu Bei finally chose to lay down his weapons and surrender.

Although he knew that if he put down his weapons, he would not escape death, but at this time, he also wanted to think about his two brothers.

With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's abilities, if they hadn't followed him, they would never have made a name for themselves in this world.

In addition, he also wanted to see Liu Xie again.

He didn't understand a lot and wanted to ask Liu Xie himself.

Boss Cao naturally agreed to Liu Bei's request. After Liu Bei really laid down his weapons, Boss Cao sent someone overnight to send Liu Bei and his party to Luoyang.

After spending nearly ten days arranging matters in Xuzhou, Boss Cao rescued Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun stationed in Xuzhou to prevent Sun Ce from Jiangdong.

As for himself, he was planning to go north to Qingzhou and wipe out Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi in Qingzhou first.

As for Liu Bei, he took a carriage and took a group of tiger and leopard riders to Luoyang, led by Zhao Yun and Tai Shici.

As soon as they entered Luoyang, the uncle Dong Cheng asked Zhao Yun to take Liu Bei to the post house to rest and wait for Liu Xie's summons.

Although Liu Bei was called a prisoner of war, both Zhao Yun and his uncle were relatively polite to him along the way.

Therefore, Liu Bei moved into the post house with the mentality of taking things as he came.

As for why Liu Xie didn't summon Liu Bei immediately, the main reason was that he really couldn't leave now.

First of all, good news came from Xiliang. Han Sui, who was entrenched in Xiliang, did not escape the military might of the Han Dynasty.

In the March of Ma Chao and Pang De's revenge battle in Xiliang, he first lost Jincheng, and then lost most of Wuwei, leaving only Guzang City.

At this time, Han Sui was defeated one after another, with no more than one city and less than 50,000 soldiers under his command.

In the past, Han Sui, who lived in Xiliang, was in such a miserable state. He knew that after he killed Ma Teng, he and the Han were on opposite sides.

Based on his previous experiences, he understood that even if he wanted to surrender again, Emperor Liu Xie would probably not agree.

So, seeing that his defeat was imminent, he simply gave up on himself and pursued pleasure all day long, not caring about the war at the top of the city.

He handed over the important task of defending Guzang City to his son-in-law Yan Xing.

Yan Xing accepted the important task that Han Sui entrusted to him, and began to perform his duties conscientiously.

But Yan Xing underestimated the selfishness of people's hearts.

Assuming that Han Sui can still hold on to the front line of Guzang City at this time, then the soldiers of Han Sui's army will persist even if they know that they are about to fail.

Whether it is Han Sui's soldiers or generals, they will grit their teeth and persevere with Han Sui. But Han Sui is one step ahead of everyone else and chooses to give up. How can you let others persist?

They are just pawns who don't need money for their lives. Everyone is working hard for you Han Sui, but everyone is fighting hard in the front, and you end up having fun in the city?

So, two months after Ma Chao led his troops to besiege Guzang City, nearly half of Han Sui's soldiers rebelled, and the remaining half chose to wait and see.

Only Yan Xing, with a small number of personal followers, quelled the chaos in the city.

However, there were too many rebels. Yan Xing blocked from left to right, but still could not stop the rebels. He even died among the rebels.

Without the obstruction of Yan Xing, the rebels quickly captured Han Sui's mansion, tied up Han Sui who was still drunk and fell into a coma, then opened the city gate and surrendered to Ma Chao.

Seeing Han Sui being tied up, Ma Chao originally wanted to stab Han Sui to death and avenge Ma Teng.

But Pang De and Ma Dai on the side grabbed Ma Chao.

Ma Dai persuaded Ma Chao, saying that if Han Sui refused to surrender, fought with Ma Chao on the battlefield, and was killed by Ma Chao, there would be nothing wrong with him.

But now Han Sui was captured by his own people and then surrendered. In this case, it would be difficult for Ma Chao to directly kill Han Sui.

Han Sui could only be sent to Luoyang and handed over to the emperor.

Although Ma Chao was very reluctant, he finally chose to let Han Sui go temporarily and had Han Sui escorted to Luoyang and handed over to Liu Xie.

And he himself began to gather the defeated troops and stabilize the people's livelihood in Wuwei.

It has to be said that the Ma family has an excellent reputation in Xiliang. Ma Chao is the eldest son of Ma Teng. He once again raised the flag of the Ma family in Wuwei, Xiliang.

Suddenly, all the Qiang tribes in Xiliang surrendered one after another and returned to the jurisdiction of the Ma family.

After doing all this, Ma Chao wrote to Liu Xie, hoping to return to Luoyang and see Han Sui's end with his own eyes.

Liu Xie is worried about this matter now. He is wondering whether to call Ma Chao back first.

In Liu Xie's plan, Xiliang is an important part of controlling the Western Regions and rebuilding the Western Regions Protectorate. Without the support of Xiliang, the Western Regions Protectorate cannot be established, but at least there will be a lot of troubles.

In particular, the Qiang people were extremely naughty and made a living by robbing passing caravans.

If there were no Ma family to suppress these Qiang people in Xiliang, and if I wanted to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes, I would have no choice but to send people to exterminate those Qiang people.

The Qiang people are located on the plateau, and the land there is already very desolate. If you send people to attack it yourself, you won't get much benefit at all, and the Qiang people are stubborn.

As long as you don't subdue them, they will treat you like a piece of dog skin plaster and apply it to you from time to time.

What Liu Xie needs is a stable and harmonious Xiliang, so Liu Xie is destined to have a gentle policy towards the Qiang people.

The key point of this Huairou policy is the Ma family.

As long as the Ma family is willing to come forward, the problem of the Qiang tribe will be solved. These Qiang tribes will even take the initiative to maintain the safety of the trade routes.

After all, if caravans pass through the trade routes, it will also bring a lot of benefits to the Qiang tribe.

The output of their Qiang tribe will also be purchased by merchants, thus increasing the income of their Qiang tribe.

Therefore, if you want to control the Western Regions, you must stabilize Xiliang. Whether Xiliang is stable or not mainly depends on the Qiang tribe, and whether the Qiang tribe is friendly to you depends on the Ma family.

Although Liu Xie doesn't like being controlled by others, he wants to establish a relationship with the Qiang tribe. At this stage, he can really only rely on the Ma family.

When the time comes, the Ma family must leave Xiliang. Liu Xie will never allow the family's reputation to surpass that of the imperial court anywhere in the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention other places, this is absolutely not allowed in the Han Dynasty itself!

That's right, the Western Regions have been included in the mainland by Liu Xie.

Taking this into consideration, Liu Xie finally decided to comply with Ma Chao's request and let him serve as the swordsman and execute Han Sui.
Chapter completed!