Ma Yue didn't know that one day in the future, his old acquaintance Wei Qi would say something to his good brother and good friend Cao Cao that he was thinking about now.

The generals of the West are all upright and bent up, and they have no intention of the world, and they are just happy for the time being.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't buy it.

Their brothers all started from the beginning, but now they are different, they have him.

Liangzhou Mu, Meiyang Hou, Ma Junhao!

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Ma Yue opened a lecture in the state government, and even braved the goose feathers and heavy snow to lead his people to Longxian to draw on the spot, and deal with political affairs in his spare time, whether it is a cold winter coat or a mulberry seedling in spring, it is enough to give Ma Yue a headache, and then count the resettlement of displaced people from all over the country...... The more horses returned to Liangzhou, the more they looked like donkeys with round grinding.

It was Chinese New Year's Eve, Mazhou Mu was still not idle, sat in the state for a whole day, accepted the visit, read half of "Sun Wuzi", and the rest of the time was left to the commander of the salt and iron order, one by one, and corrected.

If we want to strengthen our troops and horses, we must first solve the problem of food and armaments, and salt, iron, and grain are the most important things. Because of the importance, Ma Yue did not dare to relax at all, and he stayed in the state since he received the Jian, and he couldn't leave the case even after three meals.

Feeling that the lights were fading, Ma Yue stopped his pen and looked out the window at the standing figure reflected in the room, Ma Yue shook his head and sighed, looked up and said, "Wenhe, it's cold outside, come in." ”

Outside the window, the snow is howling, and the northwest wind is rough like a knife, where can Jia Xu and a scribe bear it?

The silhouette on the window bowed slightly, leaned sideways, and heard a solemn voice say: "The state pastor is in the state to approve the administration of the government, and the subordinates are good to stay outside." ”

Ma Yue lowered his head and smiled bitterly, got up and asked, "What, does Wen He still want to pull you in from outside?" ”

As he spoke, Ma Yue had already opened the door, and the cold wind on his face made him shiver, and even his tone changed, and he said eagerly: "Come in!" ”

Jia Xu's face was already pleased, but after entering, he picked up the ink block and ground it for Ma Yue, but after a while, the cold inkstone poop was warm and the ink was a piece of ink.

"Wenhe, it doesn't have to be like this, put it down, I'll do these things myself." Ma Yue took the inkstone, brought a futon to Jia Xu, poured warm soup and said to Jia Xu: "I don't accept my rotten life for a day, and I am not used to being served by others, so you are welcome, sit down." ”

Twenty-five years, twenty-five years, how many twenty-five years can there be in a person's life? In the past twenty-five years, he has learned to recruit and fight, and he knows that when he raises his shield, he must bow his back when he charges, when he swings his sword, he must retreat and twist his waist, and he should not clamp his horse's legs too tightly...... He is used to too much, and even to the love and respect of others. But he still didn't know how to get used to living under the care of others.

Over the years, I have long been accustomed to doing everything by myself.

Jia Xu smiled, slowly put down the inkstone, knelt on the futon opposite several cases and took the warm soup handed by Ma Yue. Ma Yue said: "I drank first to keep warm, why, Chinese New Year's Eve is not reunited with my family, and I am running to the state to govern it?" ”

"My brother's family will only come here after a year, maybe the state pastor needs it even more." Jia Xu drank the warm soup, his face was slightly better, he stretched out his hand to bake the fire beside the copper stove, and asked, "Can you use the place below?" ”

Ma Yue put down his pen, rubbed his hands and said, "I've thought about what you told me, if they really dare to come to the wedding in a few days, I may really kill someone." Fearlessness is the enemy. ”

Jia Xu nodded, looking at Ma Yue with a little approval in his eyes, he said: "But even if you come, I'm afraid you can't kill the envoy, let's think about it in the long run, it's always bad to lose faith in the world." ”

Ma Yue moved forward and asked Jia Xu, "Wenhe, do you have a way to alleviate the current dispute in Liangzhou?" ”

Ma Yue asked this, Jia Xu was a little surprised, he thought that Ma Yue would openly and honestly ask everyone under his command how to recover the whole territory of Liangzhou, but he didn't want Ma Yue to ask himself alone, how to stop the war in Liangzhou, which made Jia Xu surprisingly surprised.

Obviously, Ma Yue was not the kind of reckless man he imagined.

"Dong Gong and Han Wen have an old agreement, so Dong Gong can recruit troops to face the west and garrison them, and send people to negotiate peace with Han Sui. The Song family had no big plans, so that Jun Kebing pointed to Longxi, and must suppress the two thieves at the turn of spring and summer, and cut off the three-way connection between them and Xianbei. Jia Xu said: "In this way, it is feasible to go away. ”

Ma Yue groaned and said that it is feasible to deter Song Jian with Han Sui, but cut off the relationship between the other party and the Xianbei people? Ma Yue asked, "Does Wen He think that the two thieves will collude with foreign clans?" ”

"Foreign? Who are the foreigners, and are the Qiangs or the Xianbei people? ”

Hearing Jia Xu's rhetorical question, Ma Yue smiled, Liangzhou, a magical land, is all foreigners, where is there such a thing as colluding with foreigners.

"Yes, this thing is feasible, if there is a chance to recuperate for a year, then there is a possibility of a counterattack." After getting the plan, Ma Yue was cheerful, ordered the attendants to fetch wine and food, turned around and took down the map of the thirteen states hanging from the wall and spread it at his feet, moved a few cases away Ma Yue sat cross-legged opposite Jia Xu and asked sincerely: "Dare to ask Wenhe, for the general trend of the world, through Liangzhou, is there a clever plan?" ”

Jia Xu looked at the map, pressed his palm on it, and asked Ma Yue quietly: "I don't know the will of the envoy, I don't dare to say anything." ”

"What ambition can I have, it is nothing more than to protect the country and the people, and to correct the world. It's just that the world is in chaos, and the shepherds in various places are too guarded and the herdsmen are in their own ways, resulting in the fall of the imperial power, and the precedent of raising troops and diligent kings is opened, lest the war will continue in the future, and the people will be miserable, and the people will not be able to make a living. Ma Yue said, his expression was also a little sluggish, shook his head and said: "Even if you have great ambitions, you can't return to the sky after all, a corner of Liangzhou is still so chaotic, if the Han and Song dynasties are not yet invincible, Hanyang County cannot be unified." There are jackals in front and tigers in the back, and it is difficult to walk. Bearing the courage of this nine-foot man, he hates to sit in the hall in vain, and talk about his ambitions! ”

Ma Yueyan's expression was indignant, and he slammed his fist on the ground next to his feet with hatred, but in the end, he wiped his face as if he had exhausted all his strength, and said: "Gaffe, what is Wen He's opinion on the situation in Liangzhou?" ”

Jia Xu pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and said to Ma Yue: "At present, the Liangzhou Han Army can be divided into three factions, one is the old Liangzhou department under the command of Brother Ling, born in a reckless manner, brave and ruthless, each of them is divided into land, and the Han army is under its command, and its people are fierce, but now they have their own family assets, they are concerned, and it is difficult to regain the courage of the year. ”

Ma Yue nodded, his mind was spinning, and the horse play with Jia Xu who had a grudge against the teacher was among them, if Jia Xu was classified by faction, then these people were in danger. He just said quietly, "Listen up." ”

"The second is Dong Gong, who has many powerful and fierce generals under his command, most of whom are from Liangzhou, all of whom have a reputation in this state and are famous for their martial arts. The Qianghu generals under his command are too much to measure, and the recruitment of troops can also get tens of thousands of people, Dong Gong's method of training soldiers, the art of conquest, and the right person in Liangzhou is only one person. It can be called Dong's soldiers and horses, followed by combat power. ”

"The last one in Liangzhou is the king." The king is the state pastor, in charge of the military and government, there are many generals under his command, and the generals who are in charge of the king, such as Guan, Gan, Xu, and Yang, are all mighty and warlike soldiers. And with the Liangzhou army as brothers, and with the Dong family soldiers and horses are also many friends, can be the royal battle. But there is no soldier in the hands of the king, and the number of people available is only double ten, if there is a change in Liangzhou, the king can only swallow the bitter fruit. Therefore, it makes the king's combat power the second. ”

Jia Xu's words were like a sledgehammer, smashing into Ma Yue's heart, all along, whether it was the Ma family or the Dong family, he attributed these soldiers and horses to his own hands, but today Jia Xu analyzed it like this, and he finally understood that those soldiers and horses were not his subordinates.

Between brothers, if there is no trust left, what should he do to regain the lost ground? But...... Jia Xu's words led him to some bad associations in his mind.

"Wenhe, I understand what you mean, but I won't rein in their military power, I trust them, just like they welcome me." Although some terrible thoughts remained in the bottom of his heart, at least they had not yet come to fruition, Ma Yue shook his head and said: "Now that the state is not enough money, do you have a way to gather gold?" ”

"It's not that I ask the envoy to collect the military power, one is not necessary, and the other is anxious to change, but the envoy does need to recruit a subordinate in person, the number does not need to be too much, three thousand people are enough. One is chaotic on all sides, so that Jun Yifang has just returned to Liangzhou, and the recent situation is unknown, and it is necessary to hold the military power tightly, one is to make people's hearts calm, and then to reorganize the displaced people and reduce the pressure on the state and county. ”

Jia Xu said reasonably, Ma Yue knows what the situation in Liangzhou is now, it is simply a microcosm of the Central Plains world, the Quartet is fighting endlessly, and the homeless people are running and begging, although he has sent people to collect the homeless people and properly resettle, but it is still difficult to avoid the strong people among the homeless people who are full of refuge but are incorporated into the private soldiers of the generals from all walks of life.

In other words, what Jia Xu means is, since others can gather the homeless people to form private soldiers, why don't you, the state pastor, do this, not to mention that you don't have a single soldier in your hands!

Ma Yue nodded, then pressed the table at this time, and asked: "In the general trend, even if we accumulate strength, we still can't start a war in three directions at the same time, what can you do?" ”

"Salt, iron, food, and money, just like what the envoy is concerned about now, with these four things, you can strengthen the army and horses, and rush to the ordnance. can attack Song Jian first, appease Han Sui, and at the same time provoke the relationship between the two families, the best thing is to let the two of them attack each other, so that the king can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman. When the Central Plains was in chaos, King Qin's iron cavalry went straight down to Chang'an to occupy the west of the Guanxi to seize the Hangu Pass, attack Yizhou in the south, and annex the state in the north. Sit and watch the rise and fall of Guanzhong, welcome Your Majesty and ask the world to be unappeased, so that the king's ambition ......" Jia Xu smiled predictively, and said softly: "It can be done." ”

Looking at Ma Yue, who was scorching, Jia Xu thought clearly about his hatred for his own family, and if he wanted to get rid of Ma Yue, he had to borrow Ma Yue's hand. And now that horses play with soldiers, Ma Yue is about to have soldiers. He only has eight words to set the big picture.

Soldiers are in hand, and they have their own murderous intentions!