Ma Zong put down Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping's pair of living treasures, and rushed back to Zhangshan Village with the candidate horse.

Ma Teng has not been home for a long time since he became the lieutenant of Luoyang County, after all, the military affairs of the county are much heavier, not to mention that this time Ma Teng's sudden return home made Ma Zong notice something unusual, and naturally he quickly stepped up.

When I entered the village, Ma Zong saw eight or nine military horses tied in front of the door of his courtyard, and all the black horses were tall and strong, which was an excellent horse breed bred by the Danshan Military Horse Farm.

It was this kind of horse that he introduced to Zhang Shiping, with fast feet and sufficient endurance. The entire Han is only cultivated in the Danshan Military Horse Farm, and you can't buy it on the market.

On both sides of the courtyard gate, there are four Han soldiers on the left and right, wearing the white military uniform of Liangzhou, wearing a leather armor on the head, holding a shield in the left hand and a shield in the right hand, and standing straight at the door of their own house with the pride of the Han official army on their faces.

Ma Zong didn't know these Han soldiers, he rolled the saddle and dismounted in front of the door, hugged his fists and said: "Tell the eldest brother that Ma Zong is here." ”

As soon as he reported to his home, he had his own Han army lead the horse for him, and he swaggered in with the candidates.

As soon as he entered the house, Ma Zong saw Ma Teng kneeling on the edge of several cases in his regular clothes, reading a book, and his subordinate Yang Qiu was sitting on one side, and when he saw Ma Zong coming in, he quickly got up.

"Big brother, I'm back." As he spoke, Ma Zong waved his hand to Yang Qiu, signaling that he was not polite.

"Big Brother Ma."

Ma Teng smiled at the candidate, motioned for him to sit casually, and when Ma Zong sat opposite him, he pushed the bamboo slips on the several cases to the side, leaned on the cases with both hands and played a rhythm, and said with a smile: "How is it, is life still comfortable?" ”

Ma Zong pursed his lips, "What's comfortable, I'm dying of energy all day long, where can you be interesting to train sergeants with the third child?" Wait, get me a pot of water. ”

Ma Teng smiled and said with a playful expression: "It's okay if you're uncomfortable, such comfortable days will soon be gone." Today, the letter from Luoyang came over, and our Duan Taiwei from Liangzhou was executed for colluding with the eunuchs. The imperial court made a stinky move. ”

Ma Zong's eyes widened when he heard this, the person he admired most from childhood to adulthood was the man who was born in Liangzhou, the governor of Liangzhou, and made great contributions to the empire in Liangzhou.

Duan Ying is the symbol of the God of War in his heart!

The imperial court sent so many Central Plains generals, and each of them was beaten by the Qiang people, and they were beaten to obedience. Who else can break the Qiang people, only Duan Ying! Over the years, Duan Ying has carved a permanent imprint in the minds of Liangzhou people, such as Wei Qing and Huo Quai.

The imperial court only knew that Duan Ying was close to the eunuchs, but it didn't think about why all the frontier generals were close to the eunuchs. This was determined by the military and political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is no accident that Zhang Huan and Meng Tuo, who are also generals guarding the frontier, are also attached to eunuchs to varying degrees. In addition to the art of marching and arranging the formation, the most important factor that determines the outcome of leading troops to fight is logistics. Duan Ying and other generals who were fighting abroad had to make a detailed military budget to the imperial court every time they sent troops. Due to the economic problems of the Eastern Han Dynasty for many years, which had seriously affected any expenditure of the empire, the generals were always faced with the concern of insufficient military spending, and the eunuchs controlled the voice of the Central or Inner Dynasty, which was the closest group around the Son of Heaven, and held the most important economic lifeline of the Han Dynasty. If you don't have a good relationship with the eunuchs, it will definitely cause a shortage of military spending.

The soldiers can't even eat enough and can't put on their armor, so what can they talk about defeating the enemy?

Not to mention that the eunuchs also control the general direction of personnel appointments.

This is simply nonsense!

After a while, Ma Zong reacted and scolded: "Just put Duan Taiwei to death? The court is too mediocre to avoid it! ”

Ma Teng's fingers tapped on several cases and said, "Yes, this is the reaction!" Now the entire Liangzhou from the common people to the lieutenant generals and colonels, and even the civilian personnel, most of them are your feelings, what do you think? ”

Ma Zong was stunned for a moment, Ma Teng's words made him feel like a glacier waterfall coming from his head, and the whole person felt cold from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"That's... If someone raises their arms and shouts at this time, won't the whole Liangzhou be reversed? ”

Ma Teng nodded lightly, wrinkled his huge nose, took a deep breath and said, "Besides, there is no shortage of senior officers in Liangzhou who are invincible in the war against foreign clans. Compared with those who have never fought a few battles in their lives in the Fifth School of the Northern Army, this is a catastrophe. ”

Ma Zong nodded, "That... Big brother, what should we do? ”

Ma Teng stretched out a finger and said, "First of all, move the family to Longxian County and find a larger house to buy." And explore the terrain around Longxian County within a radius of 100 miles to build Wu Fort, it is best to build it by the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the sooner you find it, the better. ”

"Secondly, when Xiaodouzi comes back, let him install his own family in Longxian, at least ensure that there is a sergeant in the four gates of the county town that is controlled by his own people."

Ma Teng pinched his eyebrows, and then said: "I need money, lots and lots of money." Manpower is needed, preferably tough guys who have retired from the Xianbei battlefield. War horses are needed, weapons are needed! ”

"Our current strength is far from enough, as far as I can estimate that the current stable situation in Liangzhou can last for three years at most, and in these three years, those who are most loyal to the Han family will return to the Central Plains, Duan Taiwei is dead, but his ghost will curse this land. Countless successors will avenge him. ”

"In the future of Liangzhou, the source of the right to speak does not come from the imperial court, no longer from official positions, and even from origin. All the right to speak will be based on how many warriors, war horses, armor, strong bows and crossbows we have. ”

Ma Teng stretched out an arm, and Ma Zong clasped his brother's arm without hesitation.

"Saburo is still young. The future of the family, personal honor and disgrace are all tied to the hands of you and my brother! ”

Almost at the same time, the wealthy families and far-reaching scribes in Liangzhou who were the first to receive the news began to plan for the future, and as Liangren, they naturally understood what Duan Ying's death meant to them, and how much impact Duan Ying's death would have on Liangzhou. It would be to say that the people of Liangzhou want to rebel, but most of them are afraid of rebellion.

That's right, the fear of rebellion. This is inseparable from the cultural environment of Liangzhou, the number of Han people and ethnic minorities in Liangzhou is almost equal, most of the Han people live in the county seat, there are tall city walls to guard, but such as Qiang, Xiu Tu, Xiaoyue these tribes are settled in the form of nomadic settlements near the excellent horse farm, once the war starts, the first to bear the brunt of the damage is these people, they as Liangzhou's military source base if they don't want to live in misery will pay a lot of soldiers.

Therefore, when the influence of war is so great that it affects the form of the empire, they will revolt with the whole army.

When the ethnic minorities who had worried the Eastern Han Empire for decades were combined with the elite of the Han Empire after a hundred battles, when the fierce and fearless death of the ethnic minorities combined with the invincible tactics of the Han Empire to form a new Liangzhou Legion.

All this shows that once the war is rekindled, it will no longer be as simple as the Qiang plague of more than ten years ago. This time, the Liangzhou Legion will be dispatched regardless of the Qiang and Han Forces, these people are all experienced in a hundred battles, and they know the tactics of the Han family well, and their corps has excellent equipment no less than any army in the Han Dynasty, and they vent their pent-up resentment against the Eastern Han Empire for many years...