The Liangzhou machine, which was lying on the salary, was running like crazy.

The ten counties and three subordinate states under the jurisdiction of the Liangzhou Thorn History Department have countless recruitment lists. Whether it is the Han or Lu Shuihu, the Qiang or the Tuge people, the Liangzhou government is not afraid. It was a reckless conscription, in which the grain distributed to the counties for the recruitment was piled up into a hill, and the state and county treasury took one of three in the second month of recruitment.

Fifteen camps were erected on the loess north of Longxian County for the drills, accommodation, and preparation of the newly recruited soldiers.

Ma Yue clearly knew that on the battlefield, the chances of a soldier surviving were directly proportional to their hard and difficult training.

The craftsmen of the iron-making division worked day and night to rush out the armament, axes and spears. Zhang Jiachuan's chariot rode to all parts of Liangzhou, whether it was to appease the people or to investigate the generals. The three counties of Jincheng, Longxi, and Wuwei are all under the command of the generals, and they are not big for a while, and they are still unstable internally, but they are facing a war that they are about to provoke.

Ma Yue has no certainty of victory, only a benevolent heart.

By the beginning of the second year of this year, Liangzhou had recruited more than 17,000 soldiers, and there were more than 60,000 subordinates in the entire territory of Liangzhou. This is a very terrible force, the population of the whole territory of Liangzhou has gone through years of war, and according to the statistics of Hucao in the first two years, the Han people in the whole territory are only 420,000. And in this number, there are tenants and families, and they are really Han people in the whole territory. That's almost two out of every ten people joining the Liangzhou army.

Despite the 60,000 troops, the counties still had to be dispersed, and the private troops of the generals had to suppress the territory to prevent rebellion. In fact, the forces that Ma Yue could use in this battle were ...... Twenty thousand.

12,000 infantry soldiers who had no combat effectiveness, 5,000 cavalry who joined the army with horses, and 3,000 armored soldiers who spent years of hard work to build an army...... Fifteen camps cut off Longxian and Longguan, occupying the entire north-south Longchuan Valley Road, and the sound of practicing together can even be heard by the people in the countryside of Longxian.

Jia Xu said to Ma Yue, "Envoy, if we go on like this, our army has already been known by the imperial court before it leaves Sichuan, how can this battle continue?" ”

"I can't hide it, and I can't hide it." Ma Yue smiled bitterly, his family knows his own affairs, and no one knows what the situation in Liangzhou is better than him, "Once the war starts, the first thing that can't be held is our grain and grass, and it is not easy for Liangzhou to enter the customs, and the grain road is even more twists and turns, even if we have enough food, we may not be able to deliver it to our hands, not to mention that the grain and grass are only enough for the army to go out for five months." ”

Ma Yue looked at the huge map in front of him, from Longguan to Sanfu, Sanfu to Luoyang, the longer this road goes, the longer his battle line will be stretched, and the more open it will be.

But he has to fight this battle, Yuan's actions are getting faster and faster, not to mention the neutral state, Yuan Shu has already attacked Yizhou, and now the situation is chaotic, and the little emperor can still save his life. If the world is stable, Yuan Shaoding will narrow the princes of the Son of Heaven, and Ma Yue in Liangzhou will be the number one uneasy factor in the world...... At that time, it will be the real state to resist the world, and if he loses, there will be no way out, do you want him to flee to the Western Regions with his family?

This battle must be fought, and his original strategy was to lead Liangzhou to attack in the south and defend in the north, take Yizhou into the bag, and then try to merge the state. But now that the situation only allows for the invasion of the annexed states, the land of the three auxiliaries has become particularly important.

The situation is precarious, and since war cannot be avoided, he must take the lead in attacking.

Jia Xu asked, "Envoy, are you not planning to capture Luoyang at all?" ”

Ma Yue was stunned, "Why did Wen He ask that?" ”

"You see, Dingyuan in the north, Yuan Shu and Liu Yan in the south, the terrain of Liangzhou is like a curved arm, narrow and steep. We can't hold Luoyang after capturing it, and our troops will be cut off without Bingzhou as a flank, and without Yizhou, our base camp will always face danger...... Unless you want to throw away even the big battalion to help the emperor, your subordinates must tell you that such a war ...... We can't win, even if we drive away Yuan Shao, it's just a wedding dress for others. ”

Ma Yue squinted his eyes and smiled, raised his hand and pointed at Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, Wenhe!" Since you found out that you couldn't win, why didn't you tell me earlier? Up to now, the 20,000 troops have been trained and the grain, grass and baggage have been transported to the camp, and they will come back to me when the army is about to start...... You must have your thoughts, say and listen. ”

"Envoy, my subordinates have no ideas." Jia Xu had a little embarrassment on his face, and said: "The subordinates think that the envoy must have the idea of making the monarch do this, but to this day, I found that the envoy still has no action, just preparing the soldiers and horses, and transporting the siege equipment from the ironmaking division one by one, and the subordinates know that the envoy really intends to attack Luoyang City." ”

Ma Yue sighed, it turned out that Jia Xu couldn't help it. When there is a competition in manpower, even a person with outstanding wisdom is no match for the creation of heaven and earth.

The terrain of Liangzhou and the current situation of poverty have not been ten years, and it is difficult for even a person with complete modern knowledge to change, let alone such a ......

"Wenhe, if I continue to stay in Liangzhou, what do you think the world will look like in the next five years and ten years?" Although Jia Xu didn't have any way, Ma Yue didn't seem as worried as Jia Xu imagined, but smiled lightly: "I've known you for so long, you haven't talked to me about the general trend of the world in your heart." ”

"The general trend of the world? Envoy Jun, if it is not for his subordinates to pour cold water, Liangzhou is not qualified to discuss the general trend of the world. Jia Xu raised his eyes and looked around, and said with some melancholy in his heart: "If you are a pastor of Jizhou, or a pastor of Jingzhou, even if you are a pastor of Yizhou, your subordinates can chat with you about the general trend and set a strategy for the next five, ten, or even fifty years. ”

As he spoke, Jia Xu rarely showed the confidence of a strategist, but suddenly sighed like an old farmer in the field, "But you are a Liangzhou pastor...... Thirteen states in the world, Youzhou is located in a remote area, the north rejects the Great Wall outside the plug, there are proud soldiers inside, there are naturalized Wuhuan outside, and the king is torn apart. The hometown of the overlord of Jiangdong, the people are fierce according to the danger of the Yangtze River, the northern expedition is insufficient, and there is more than enough self-defense. Yizhou is fertile and beautiful, the people are rich, fight millions, fertile fields for thousands of miles, accumulate a lot, the terrain is convenient, and the country is the best in the world! But you look at our Liangzhou, the people's livelihood is withering, although you have made so many efforts, but now Liangzhou is rich, can it be compared to Sili County? ”

"My subordinates don't know if you have the ambition to be king, but the most likely moment for you to become king is when you occupy the general of Luoyang Auxiliary State, if you can guard Guanzhong like Emperor Gao at that time, there is still a glimmer of hope for clearing the world. But at that time, the government and the opposition were in turmoil, the people were not in harmony, and you were too young...... and even missed opportunities. Jia Xu's words were full of regret, "Today, it is almost impossible for you to re-enter the Central Plains, it is better to live in Liangzhou, your subordinates are not admonishing you not to fight this battle, you must fight, play the prestige of Liangzhou, but you can't garrison Guanzhong, because the princes of all places will no longer allow you to enter the Guanzhong, and those passes are not in the hands of the imperial court." ”

"This is Yuan Benchu's advantage, he is righteous, and he has a wide reputation among the scholars, he can coordinate the relationship between the princes of various places, even if there is no pass, no one dares to counterattack Luoyang. But you can't, if you occupy Luoyang, the princes of the world will attack it again. Jia Xu said: "You can fight the world again, but make the people fight, but don't teach the people how to fight...... Such a war is not won by the gods. ”

"Then what do you think, Wenhe." Jia Xu opened his heart to him for the first time, and although the situation was unfavorable to him, Ma Yue still asked: "How should this battle be fought, and to what extent?" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he immediately knelt on the map, pointed to the line of Huayin and Tongguan east of Chang'an with one hand, and drew a circle with the other hand to include the entire Sanfu land, and raised his head and said to Ma Yue: "The soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, all the way to the east, to capture Sanfu with lightning speed, send Dong Tai to guard the north and reject Ding Yuan, and you will personally guard Tongguan to resist the Xiong soldiers in Guanzhong." If it goes well, find the right time to go to Luoyang, spread the word to the world, and expel Yuan Shao. ”

"Once Yuan Shao retires as a general, you should immediately return the troops to sit in Sanfu, Zhang Bang Anmin levies taxes and mulberries, and all the heavy taxes are sent to Luoyang in accordance with the due law, and the rest are fed back to Liangzhou to support the soldiers." Jia Xu said: "Do not affect the people's livelihood, grasp the hearts of the people of Sanfu, and so on, after two years, you will occupy the entire Guanxi as the pastor of Liangzhou, and then send troops to capture Hanzhong, and propose to the Son of Heaven to take Hanyang, Sanfu, and Hanzhong together as the Yongzhou Thorn History Department, and take Yongzhou as the pastor, Liangzhou is your brother's leader, so that the internal contradictions within the family are resolved, and the land of the two states can be securely won, although it is still impossible to seize Guanzhong." ”

As Jia Xu sketched with his arm on the map, Ma Yue had already built a majestic blueprint in his mind.

"At this time, with the soldiers of Liangzhou, the wealth of Yongzhou, and the power of the two states, no one in the world can despise you. Sitting firmly on the right side of the pass, the princes of the world dare to enter the pass, and the Liangzhou horse will attack it rampantly! Waiting for the opportunity to go north to seize the benefits of fishing and salt in the state, invade the benefits of Yizhou Tianliang in the south, and see the heroes of the world rise from the storm. ”

Jia Xu is really bad, so bad!

Ma Yue likes this strategic trend too much, and likes Jia Xu's bad thief idea too much! Occupy Guanyou, although he has no ability to win Guanzhong, but no one in the world wants to occupy Guanzhong, suppress everyone in the corners of the world, and dominate Guanyou, invading half of the world's supply and developing itself, five years and ten years, who in the world dares to compete with Liangzhou Malaysia?

"Wenhe, that's a great point! Write it down, go back and write down the whole idea! Ma Yue patted Jia Xu on the shoulder and said: "It is difficult to take the pass, but it is not difficult to take the Kansai!" Wen and you don't know, I still have a wise and resourceful man under my command, since I retreated into Liangzhou, I have been operating in Sanfu, whether it is intelligence or stabbing in the intermittent situation, not to mention that Sanfu has many of my protégés and former officials, and most of the county magistrates have been favored by me, and it is easy to take Sanfu with 20,000 soldiers and horses! ”

"Look, I'm going to let you plan for me in Chang'an in May!"

Ma Yue looked up to the sky and laughed and pushed the door out, he knew that there was a man in the east who was planning for him, running for him, he always knew.