According to Zhang Wen, the thieves not only came and went without a trace, but also suddenly appeared in strange places and raided their camp. Or they can leave abruptly before their main forces arrive.

Guo Jia almost laughed when he heard this, but in the end he held back.

There is no need for him to laugh, Zhang Wen said it so explicitly, Liu Tao understands that he is afraid that there should be thieves' eyes among these generals on the front line. It's just that exactly who and how many are not clear.

Thinking of this, Liu Tao seemed to understand why Zhang Wen would rather transfer troops in Youzhou.

First of all, it is to deal with cavalry, after all, the place where he wants to transfer troops in history is Liaoxi, and there is a cavalry under Gongsun Zan who is good at dealing with cavalry, called Baima Yicong. The second is the distrust of these generals on the front line, feeling that if the troops are transferred in Liaoxi, Gongsun Chan should be innocent no matter what.

Just like them now, they shouldn't have anything to do with thieves no matter what.

But to be able to think of this in 186, not in 187 or even 188...... Liu Tao couldn't help but wonder, who gave Zhang Wen the idea?

Perhaps, Zhang Wen originally planned to transfer troops, but due to the lack of materials, Liu Hong did not agree. Now that I brought it up, it happened that my own recital was submitted, so I agreed to it.

"When will we find out?" Liu Tao continued to ask, if there is a problem inside, then it is estimated that it is useless to find out the dynamics of the thieves, it is estimated that they will receive the news first, and then flee away.

"This ...... I don't know ......" Zhang Wen shook his head, he came here, in fact, it was not a few days. It's just from Huangfu Song to understand the situation of the thief, and then make a dispatch according to this.

But whether these dispatches are useful or not, to be honest, he doesn't have a bottom in his heart......

"Since that's the case......" Liu Tao thought for a while, "Today our army will rest in Chang'an for a day, prepare supplies, and we will leave tomorrow ......"

"Why did the general say that?" Zhang Wen was a little confused, is this to take the burden and not do it?

"There's no point in staying here." Liu Tao replied, "We are cavalry, can't we use it to defend the city?" Cruising outside is the only way to get the most out of our strength. We will cruise around Chang'an, and even explore the whereabouts of the thieves on our own, and pursue them. ”

Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and wanted to say that Liu Tao was so horizontal that he was going to take the burden when he first came, or that he wanted to extort some benefits, who knew that it was such a plan.

"The thieves have an army of more than 100,000 people, and they have been fighting with the crusaders for a long time, and they are slowly becoming more and more powerful." Zhang Wen reminded that after all, under Liu Tao's command, no more than 3,000 people died.

"When I raised troops in Zhuo County, there were only more than 1,000 people under my command, and I was facing tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves!" Liu Tao retorted.

"The strength of the rebels is not comparable to the Yellow Turban Thieves, they are all skilled Hu people with bows and horses!" Zhang Wen continued to remind.

"This part only occupies more than 10,000 people, and the rest are ordinary people who are coerced by them, similar to the Yellow Turban thieves." Liu Tao shook his head, did he really think he hadn't done his homework?

"That's ...... Tell me the plan in detail, and if you can, I'll send you. If not, you have to obey the orders here, after all, I'm the manager. Zhang Wen thought about it and decided to talk to Liu Tao in detail.

Liu Tao nodded, went to a private place with Zhang Wen, and then discussed this battle.

As a result of the discussion, Liu Tao expressed his suspicion that there were people in the army who reported to the thieves, which Zhang Wen said said that he was actually suspicious, and there was no evidence for the problem, otherwise he would not have thought of transferring troops elsewhere.

Liu Tao said on this issue: "If I am cruising outside, and you don't know where I am, then the eyes and ears of the thief naturally don't know, so there is no way to inform the thief in advance." As long as I can defeat the thief a few times, the thief will inevitably wonder if the person who gave them the news has changed his mind. ”

"But how are we going to get in touch with that?" Zhang Wen asked rhetorically.

"It's simple, I will send someone to contact me regularly, usually two to three days, and I will contact frequently when necessary. In addition, every few days, I will come back to Chang'an to replenish once. At the same time, I hope to get your warrant and get supplies in the counties. Liu Tao replied.

"This is okay, I could have agreed!" Zhang Wen thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed.

"We will have one-way contact with the general, but we also hope that the general will not tell others the news about us." Liu Tao felt that although this sentence was a bit redundant, it was still necessary to remind him.

"It's a bit harsh, but I could have agreed." Zhang Wen was a little dissatisfied, after all, Liu Tao actually believed him so much, but in the end he still agreed, "In addition, if there is a battle order, please obey it!" ”

"Of course, after all, we are also under the command of the general. We'll set off tomorrow, and the general will wait for the good news...... Finally, in terms of loot......" Liu Tao looked at Zhang Wen with some embarrassment.

"After pacifying the thieves, the imperial court will re-govern Liangzhou. When the time comes, money will be used everywhere. Zhang Wen is a little more serious in this regard, after all, there are too many interests involved in the loot.

"Fifty percent, one price!" Liu Tao immediately offered his conditions, "In the end, it is the spoils of war earned by the ability of my department!" ”

"Sancheng, it can't be higher, otherwise I won't be able to explain to Your Majesty." Zhang Wen, of course, hopes to further reduce prices.

In the end, in accordance with the basic principle of bargaining, the two sides reached a consensus on the seizure of 40%.

Zhang Wen is not worried that Liu Tao will falsely report the number of seizures, there are captures means that there are prisoners, how many people and how many materials there are, it is naturally clear after asking. Rather than having an unpleasant end up, it's better to say ugly things in front of you now.

Liu Tao can kill all the captives, and there is no proof of death. Zhang Wen can also determine the approximate number of seizures through the number of heads. He wasn't worried that Liu Tao would deal with part of the head, after all, the head level could be an important proof of military exploits.

No matter how many are captured, it is not as important as promotion, Liu Tao does not value it, and the generals under his command will also value it...... It's just that he obviously doesn't know that Liu Tao doesn't care about promotion at all. is even a little worried that he is too good at fighting, and what will happen if Liu Hong transfers him back again.

As for the generals under his command, they are all completely on his side, unless the court comes up with more tempting conditions.

The conversation ended like this, and Liu Tao also took the opportunity to take a stroll in Chang'an, mainly to meet Liu Ge, visit Huangfu Song and Sun Jian by the way, and finally meet Dong Zhuo for a while.

Under the leadership of the soldiers, he found Liu Ge's station, but as soon as he came in, he found that something was not quite right here, these soldiers under Liu Ge were too loose, and their morale was relatively low.

"Where's your captain?" Liu Tao immediately found someone to ask, "It's Liu Ge, take me to meet him!" ”

The other party was stunned, looked at Liu Tao, and felt that it was not easy to provoke, so he obediently took him to Liu Ge's camp.

As soon as he came in, he found that there was a smell of potion in the air, and Liu Ge was lying on the bed, obviously seriously injured......