In the winter of the second year of Jian'an, Ma Teng and Han Sui gathered tens of thousands of Qiang people, subordinate to Chen Mobudao, raised 50,000 troops, claimed to be 200,000 south, avoided the Beidi and Feng Yi guarded by Xu Rong and Huaxiong, and took Longshang (Longxi, Nan'an, Hanyang, Yongyang and other places).

After Zang Hong heard the news, he quickly moved the people of Longshang to Ji County.

"Is this giving up Jincheng, Zuli and other places?" Chen Mo heard that the Ma-Han coalition army was coming directly from Longshang, and he was a little puzzled.

"It's a strategy to lure Huaxiong and Xu Rong to send troops." Zang Hong shook his head: "The Ma-Han coalition army seems to be huge, but according to the details, its 50,000 soldiers and horses are all composed of Qiang people of various ethnic groups, among which Burning Dang and Breaking Qiang are the heaviest. ”

Chen Mo mostly listened to reports on the situation in Xiliang, so it was naturally difficult to understand the overall situation, and Zang Hong had already figured out the situation of Ma Teng and Han Sui in this year.

Chen Mo nodded when he heard this: "It turned out to be a rabble, passed on my military order, ordered Zhang Ji to go to meet Xu Rong, and took advantage of the time when Ma and Han joined forces, to move the battle line to the north, take down Anding, and force Zuli!" ”

Since the other party brought the Qiang people to fight, even if they left their soldiers and horses in the rear, there is a difference between not having a boss and having a coach, Xu Rong is old and spicy, Hua Xiong is brave and good at fighting, these two join forces, even if they can't capture the nest, they can force Ma Teng to go back to defense, and when the time comes, only Han Sui will be left all the way, and it will naturally be easier to clean up.

"Qiang soldiers have always been known for their bravery, don't be careless!" Zang Hong was worried that Chen Mo would be careless and underestimate the enemy, after all, the terrain of this Longxi is complex, although the strong soldiers are loose, but they are familiar with the terrain, and they are born with the geographical advantage, and Tai Shici's department has only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the Malaysia-Korea coalition army is known as 200,000, but judging from the news obtained from the detailed investigation, it is only between 50,000 and 60,000, but even so, Chen Mo wants to win the other party with 20,000, and it is very reluctant.

"Teacher, in the battle of Tiger Pass, the combined strength of the Kwantung princes is ten times that of Dong Zhuo, but they haven't even broken Chenggao." Although Chen Mo understood why Zang Hong was worried, he still had enough confidence in this battle: "Ma Teng and Han Sui are not all the way, not to mention the soldiers and horses gathered by dozens of Qiang tribes?" ”

"At the beginning, Dong Zhuo had Xiongguan garrison, which was naturally difficult to attack, and in the land of Longxi, there was no Xiongguan Jiancheng." Zang Hong has a headache, his disciple is sometimes overconfident, and if it is so easy to succeed with less, then why should the princes be crazy about recruiting troops?

"But Ma Teng and Han Sui are not the former Kwantung princes." Chen Mingming thought about it seriously: "The most difficult thing to do is the two Qiang tribes of Burning Dang and Poqiang, as far as I know, these two clans alone have gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. ”

There is still difficulty, but in Chen Mo's opinion, it is not too difficult, there are two pieces of dry soil mixed in a plate of loose sand, that's it, besides, although Chen Mo despises the enemy, he doesn't really underestimate the enemy.

Strategically, he must say that the opponent is worthless, but when he really makes a move, Chen Mo will naturally not be careless, he is the type who seeks stability, even if he feels that he has an advantage, when he lays out, he will defend first and then attack, and will attack only after making sure that his rear is stable.

After all, with Chen Mo's power now, it has passed the time when he needs to take the sword to go sideways to make a small profit, and the reason why he only has 20,000 soldiers and horses left on his side is just because Chen Mo feels that 20,000 soldiers and horses are enough, and it will be a waste to put more here, and other soldiers and horses can be used to obtain greater benefits.

Zang Hong sighed, I hope Chen Mo is not overconfident.

At the moment, he no longer said much to Chen Mo on this issue, but asked people to bring a map: "The terrain of Longxi is quite complicated, but there is one place that Bodao needs to pay attention to. ”

"Street Pavilion?" Chen Mo asked.

Zang Hong glanced at Chen Mo, nodded, and pointed to the location of the street pavilion on the map and said: "The street pavilion is less than 100 miles away from Tianshui, here is about ten miles wide, about forty miles deep, the northwest is mountainous, the road is complex, the southeast is connected to the Qinling Mountains, it is not found enough for the army to pass, here is the place where the five roads converge, and it is also the main road connecting the east and west. Once there is a war, I can immediately set up a fortress here, and I can hold its throat, attack it, and retreat to defend it! As long as one general is sent to defend this place, our army can advance and retreat freely. ”

Chen Mo nodded, his teacher had obviously planned for a long time, and the location of the street pavilion was also the location that Chen Mo found when he came to Longxi that the terrain was set as a strategic location, but he didn't expect it to be so important.

"Teacher, this is not just guarding against Ma Teng and Han Sui." Chen Mo suddenly raised his head and looked at Zang Hong, this street pavilion was his own retreat at all.

"If you can't do anything, you should think about retreating, and although Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has formed an alliance with Bodao, he may not always be willing to be a vassal of Bodao, and the street pavilion is in hand, even if he suffers from the enemy on his back, Bodao can also retreat with his whole body." Zang Hong nodded, and did not hide it, he was indeed worried, after all, it was not uncommon to betray the alliance in recent years, Chen Mo personally supervised the battle in Longxi this time, but he only had 20,000 soldiers and horses around him.

Chen Mo nodded, although the possibility is not too great, but Zang Hong took Zhang Lu into account, and it really didn't make sense, he looked at the map again, if Zhang Lu was also involved, the 20,000 soldiers and horses were indeed not enough.

After thinking about it, he said: "Since this is the case, I ordered Wuyi to lead 10,000 troops to set up camp in the street pavilion." ”

Da Lang did not participate in the war this time, but stayed in Chang'an to train soldiers, and also to help Chen Mo guard his home, this time he also transferred Wuyi out, which was already beyond Chen Mo's budget, but Xu Rong's side wanted to attack the city and threaten Ma Teng's rear, and it was difficult to make contributions if there were too few soldiers and horses, so Chen Mo could only transfer another army and horses from the rear, after all, with the topography of the street pavilion, there were more than ten miles horizontally, and there were too few soldiers and horses to hold it at all, it was a strategic place, but it was not a dangerous place, and it was a place where the army could pass.

Zang Hong nodded, in this way, although the number of troops is still a little small, even if he is defeated, Chen Mo has a way out.

The strategy has been decided, and early the next morning, Chen Mo summoned the generals to discuss how to fight this battle.

To say that this time Chen Mo brought a lot of generals, Tai Shici and Gao Shun are all generals who can command the army under Chen Mo, Cui Geng, Bao Geng, Shi Geng, these people have followed Chen Mo for many years and have rich combat experience, as well as Wang Biao, Zheng Tu, Yang Mao are also generals with rich combat experience, in addition to Zhao Cen, Yang Ding, Liang Xing, these old generals of Xiliang, with the newly collected Xun You as the military division sacrificial wine, Zang Hong is responsible for logistics and transportation, and Dian Wei father and son.

If you count Xu Rong, Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji on the battlefield in the north, and Da Lang who was transferred to Jieting Lizhai, although Chen Mo did not dispatch the whole army this time, almost all the generals under his command who could fight were transferred.

In this regard, although Chen Mo has confidence in himself, he is still quite cautious when he really moves.

"Lord, according to the detailed report, the burning of the soldiers and horses has passed Di Dao, and the soldiers of the Qiang are going to Taoshui through Pingxiang to Ji County, our army is outnumbered, in the opinion of the last general, the two routes of the soldiers and horses are different, the time is different, the soldiers of the Qiang should be the first step here, the last general is willing to lead a soldier and horse to set up an ambush in the Pingxiang area, and the first to break the thief army all the way to the soldiers and horses!" Tai Shi Ci bowed.

Chen Mo looked at the map and nodded, "Do you know who this Broken Qiang Lord is?" ”

"Naimachao." Chen Rong bowed.

"Ma Chao?" Chen Mo pondered for a moment and said: "The son of Ma Teng, he has the reputation of being brave, I heard that he is quite brave in battle, although he is young, he is already quite prestigious among the Qiang people. ”

Zang Hong nodded and said: "This son is quite famous in Xiliang, and the Qiang people under his command are also quite convinced of this person, and the Qiang soldiers and horses led by him are not weak." ”

Chen Mo nodded, thinking back to Ma Chao's information, and said with a smile: "Twenty-one years old, younger than me, although the land of Xiliang is vast and sparsely populated, there are always some brave people, there was Huaxiong in the past, and Ma Teng is also a fierce general, and now there is a Ma Chao, not bad." ”

"Hey~" Although Chen Mo was praising Xiliang, it made Zhao Cen on the side a little depressed, Huaxiong didn't seem to be from Xiliang, and couldn't help sneering: "Lord, since the Taishi left Xiliang, how can there be any brave people in Xiliang now?" Ma Chao is just a child, why does General Lao Ziyi do it himself? The last general is not talented, and he is willing to send troops to set up an ambush, and he will definitely bring the superhuman head of the horse to the lord. ”

In the past, when Dong Zhuo was in Xiliang, how powerful he was, although Ma Teng and Han Sui became famous early, they were also kings and hegemons in the border land, and they were not even a prince, and now although Chen Mo is a fierce general in Xiliang, in Zhao Cen's opinion, where are the Ma family's father and son qualified? That is, Dong Zhuo took away the elite of Xiliang, so that such characters took advantage of the loophole, and now that they are back, Ma Chao is a little doll, what qualifications does he have to show off in front of him?

After Chen Mo subdued Guanzhong, he did use a lot of Xiliang generals, but Zhao Cen's status did not seem to have changed much, and even in terms of military power, it was not as good as before.

"General Zhao!" Tai Shici frowned, a little disliked, he proposed it himself, he should have led the troops by himself, this Zhao Cen had nothing to do to jump out and grab something?

Chen Mo waved his hand and said: "In this case, you will follow Ziyi to go together, this is the first battle, it is related to the morale of both sides, so take Zhao Cen as the vanguard of Ziyi." ”

Zhao Cen also helped Chen Mo a lot at the beginning, but although this battle was just one way, as Chen Mo said, there was no room for loss, Tai Shi Ci was the best choice, but Zhao Cen wanted to go, Chen Mo didn't stop him, first, the other party took the initiative to ask for a fight, Chen Mo didn't want to save the other party's face, and second, you can also let Zhao Cen probe the bottom of that Ma Chao, it is naturally best to win, if you lose, Tai Shi Ci will also be more prepared.

"My lord......" Tai Shi Ci frowned.

"Zhao Cen goes first, if he wins, it will be the best, but if he loses, Ziyi can set up an ambush for the second time, then Ma Chao will definitely not be prepared!" Chen Mo saw that Zhao Cen had already been ordered to order the troops, and said to Tai Shici: "This battle is the first battle, and it must be won!" ”

Hearing this, Tai Shici nodded silently and took the order.