Liu Zhang gave the choice to Ma Chao. If Ma Chao was not willing, he could not agree to the matter publicly.
Ma Chao was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Liu Zhang to seek his opinion.
After looking at Han Sui's body and Cheng Gongying's slightly pleading eyes, Ma Chao finally made a decision.
"My lord, Han Sui was killed by the last general, so he understands the hatred. As for how to dispose of Han Sui's body, the last general has no opinion."
"Let's fulfill Mr. Chenggong's wish!"
After Cheng Gongying pledged his allegiance to the new master, he still did not forget the kindness of the old master, which made Ma Chao sincerely admire him.
Ma Chao had no objections, and Liu Zhang had no objections even more, and immediately gave the order.
"Ziyi, send someone to collect Han Sui's body."
"The general will obey your orders!"
The soldiers of Wufeng Camp moved very quickly, and in just a moment, everything was cleared away.
Liu Zhang was finally able to lead everyone on the road back to Yuzhong.
Although the sky was extremely dark, Liu Zhang seemed to see a ray of light because of the joy in his heart.
Liu Zhang was surrounded by people and moved forward slowly, and was soon attracted by Ma Chao's horse.
Sha Lifei was tall and mighty, and Ma Chao was a head taller than Liu Zhang when he was sitting on his horse!
"Meng Qi, where did your horse come from?"
Ma Chao tensed up and looked at Liu Zhang warily.
For a general, the most important thing is to have a BMW.
If Liu Zhang demanded it by force, it would be as uncomfortable as killing Ma Chao.
Seeing Ma Chao's guarded expression, Liu Zhang couldn't help but laugh.
"Don't worry, Meng Qi. If a gentleman doesn't take away someone's love, I won't covet your war horse!"
Ma Chao scratched his head awkwardly, but immediately relaxed.
"My lord, this horse is the top war horse of Dawan Kingdom in the Western Region. My father spent a lot of effort to get it."
"Shali Fei is the top being even in the entire Western Region, and is known as the second prince of Ma Zhong!"
Liu Zhang immediately became interested. There will be no shortage of war horses in the future, but war horses of Shali Fei's level are still rare.
If each of his generals could get a war horse like this, their combat power would definitely be even higher!
"Is there another big prince? Where is it?"
Ma Chao was not surprised. He had long expected Liu Zhang to ask this question.
"My lord, you should also know the eldest prince, the red rabbit horse that Lu Bu sat on."
"Red Rabbit!"
Liu Zhang exclaimed, then nodded slightly.
Indeed, only Red Rabbit Horse can compete with Shali Fei under Ma Chao's crotch.
But Liu Zhang thought that Shali Fei was not too old, and Chi Tu Ma must be at least ten years old.
"Meng Qi, I remember that Dong Zhuo gave the red rabbit horse to Lu Bu eleven years ago. Now that Lu Bu died in battle, I heard that the horse has been handed over to Cao Cao."
"Is it possible that your Shali Fei is more than ten years old?"
Ma Chao smiled and shook his head, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
"My lord, this horse is only in its fifth year, and is much younger than the red rabbit horse!"
"That's it..."
Liu Zhang originally thought that Red Tuma and Shali Fei were products of the same period, but he didn't expect that they were so many years apart.
"How did Meng Qi get this horse?"
"When Dong Zhuo got the red rabbit, I happened to see it. But due to Dong Zhuo's military power, I didn't dare to snatch it, so I found the businessman who specializes in selling red rabbits."
"But the businessman told me that Red Rabbit was born to the Horse King of the Western Regions, and there is only one horse! It is very difficult to find an equivalent war horse or something slightly worse."
Ma Chao gently touched Sha Lifei's mane, with a trace of happiness in his eyes.
"What a coincidence, the Horse King of the Western Regions gave birth to another war horse seven years ago, and it was this Shali Fei."
"This businessman is also very powerful. The war horse was only one year old, not even a minor, yet he transported it to Wuwei and offered a sky-high price of ten thousand taels of gold!"
Liu Zhang couldn't help but his eyes twitched. Ma Teng was really willing to give up ten thousand taels of gold!
Seven years ago, that is, the first year of Xingping, 194 AD.
At that time, Liu Zhang was still fighting against the barbarians in Nanzhong. Unexpectedly, Ma Teng spent thousands of dollars to buy war horses!
At that time, he had just experienced a joint sneak attack by Liu Biao, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others. It was precisely because of Liu Biao's compensation in Jingzhou that he had the money and food to put down the Nanzhong rebellion.
"Meng Qi, I remember that you and your son and Han Sui jointly attacked Yangping Pass and lost a lot of soldiers, right?"
Liu Zhang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Ma Teng is too rich!
That’s ten thousand taels of gold!
Even if the horse was placed in front of Liu Zhang at that time, he would not be willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy the horse.
Ma Chao's face turned red and he lowered his head in shame.
"Yes, we lost 40,000 elite soldiers in this battle!"
Thinking of his experience of defeat at that time, Ma Chao couldn't help but think of Han Sui again.
"If Han Sui hadn't betrayed his trust at that time, my father and I would not have nearly died! It was precisely because of that sneak attack by Han Sui that my father was more determined to eliminate Han Sui!"
"At that time, my martial arts skills were not as good as those of Yan Xing, so I was in urgent need of a powerful horse. It happened that a businessman came with Shali Fei. After my strong plea, my father bought this horse for me!"
Only then did Liu Zhang realize that Ma Chao had not known until now that Zhang Song had planned Han and Ma to kill each other!
Since Han Sui was dead, Liu Zhang no longer needed to explain.
It would be the best outcome for this misunderstanding to continue.
"Can Meng Qi still contact this businessman?"
Ma Chao sighed, then shook his head.
"My lord, since we parted six years ago, there has been no news from the merchant."
"But even if we find him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy a war horse of this level..."
Liu Zhang nodded slightly, showing a trace of regret.
However, he did not intend to buy war horses of the level of Red Rabbit and Shali Fei.
With Liu Zhang's current financial strength, he was unable to spend hundreds of thousands of gold to buy a horse.
With the support of the Chamber of Commerce, Yizhou seems to be very prosperous, but in fact there is a risk of bankruptcy at any time.
Now the total troops of Yizhou invested by Liu Zhang in Liangzhou are more than 150,000. Although the casualties in successive battles are huge, but including the newly surrendered Liangzhou soldiers and horses, the total number is still more than 100,000.
A hundred thousand soldiers and troops went on an expedition, and the daily consumption was astronomical!
Han Sui is destroyed, Ma Teng surrenders, and Yongliang will be pacified immediately.
After Yongliang was pacified, a lot of money would definitely be needed for development and restoration.
Conquering the Qiang people is also inseparable from the support of money.
At present, the Xianbei people still have more than 100,000 troops stationed outside Jieting City, maintaining a constant deterrent to Hanyang County.
Liu Zhang must not sit idly by and do nothing, and will definitely need a large number of troops to carry out a crusade.
Therefore, a decisive battle against the Xianbei people also requires a lot of money.
Since all the main forces of the Qiang in Yongliang were destroyed, Liu Zhang would have no worries after wiping out the Xianbei people.
The land of Guanzhong is fertile and wild for thousands of miles. Although it is now dilapidated, Liu Zhang is still coveting it.
Liu Zhang wanted to seize the opportunity when Cao Cao was concentrating his energy on Hebei and rely on strong troops to capture the entire Guanzhong in one fell swoop.
But when sending troops to Guanzhong, besides soldiers and horses, money is also indispensable!