Regarding the question of how to settle the army after the Liangzhou rebellion was quelled, Ma Teng and Han Sui both answered in a divided manner, and the ambiguous attitude made people scratch their heads, but they might as well make a bold guess.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the rebels in Liangzhou are about to be wiped out, which is already a sure thing, and in the early stage of the counterinsurgency war, only 5,000 Luoyang Han troops and county soldiers who retreated from Liangzhou fought against the rebels.

The war is about to end, Ma Teng and Han Sui jumped out, according to Xiang Qing's guess, At this time, it is time to get a piece of the pie, Ma and Han will take advantage of the war to establish meritorious deeds and obtain rewards from the imperial court, and when the time comes, the problem of leaving these soldiers will not be difficult to solve.

The Han army is always going to return to Luoyang, the original part of the county soldiers in Liangzhou was taken away by Zhang Huan, and the rest was the Xiliang army under Dong Zhuo, this part of the Xiliang army is not simple, after having sufficient war horse resources, a steady stream of cavalry is like an assembly line production.

After Xiang Qing and the Luoyang army returned to the dynasty, two new forces would form in Liangzhou, on the one hand, Ma Teng and Han Sui, and on the other hand, Dong Zhuo.

Despite this, Xiang Qing didn't care about these things, history developed like this, and since the matter had come to this, he didn't bother to care.

The aroma of barbecue wafted into the big tent, making people's appetite move, chatting for a long time, everyone looked a little hungry, Xiang Qing hadn't eaten meat for a long time, smelling such an authentic aroma of barbecue, gluttonous saliva was going to flow down.

Han Sui stood up and said with a smile: "General Xiang, eldest brother, after chatting for a long time, I am a little hungry, I have already ordered someone to kill the first sheep, why don't you go and eat some together, and it is not too late to talk after eating?" ”

"Just waiting for your words!" Xiang Qing immediately stood up and walked out, and beckoned a few people: "Xiao Xu mouse tiger!" What are you still doing? Gone, gone! ”

Seeing that Xiang Qing was not pretentious at all, and there was no red tape of the Central Plains, Ma Teng's favorability towards Xiang Qing increased, and they Northwest people like to be bold and straightforward, so he also whispered to the soldiers.

A shelf has been set up outside the big tent, there is a fire below, and the mutton on it is fragrant, Xiang Qing can't wait, but the mutton is not cooked yet.

The soldier next to him stopped: "General, you can't eat this yet!" Raw! ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I can eat a bite of barbecue, then I don't care about that!" Xiang Qing waved his hand, cut off a piece casually, put it in his mouth and chewed, and felt so happy! Xiang Qing said with satisfaction: "Well, your roasted meat is delicious!" Let your generals reward you, I didn't bring any money. ”

Liu Hu and Wang Shu didn't care, but Xiang Xu resolutely didn't eat it, he looked at the shelf, he felt very unclean, the meat was also greasy, and he didn't have an appetite at all.

The meat became more and more fragrant, and everyone was eating and devouring it, Ma Teng and Han Sui looked at them, just like a pack of wolves! The poor sheep had been eaten before its meat was at its most delicious.

"One more! This one is too small! Xiang Qing muttered dissatisfied, he was finally able to eat, how could he not eat enough?

Another sheep was put on the barbecue grill, and at this time, Xiang Qing and the others were not so impatient, and patiently waited for the meat to be cooked before eating.

"General Ma, with your help in Xiping County, there are many fewer deaths, and I still have to thank you for this matter." Xiang Qing said suddenly.

Ma Teng didn't expect Xiang Qing to suddenly praise him, and hurriedly replied: "Where is it, this is not the credit of the subordinates, even if there is no me, the general can eliminate those chaotic ministers and thieves!" ”

"After returning to Luoyang, I will ask for credit for you, the credit of this Liangzhou rebellion is enough to make you a big official." Xiang Qing didn't want to listen to Ma Teng say some modest words, and then said: "Everyone is a straightforward person, you don't need to thank me, even if I don't ask for credit for you, you will be a big official, after all, you still have so many troops in your hands." ”

Ma Teng and Han Sui glanced at each other, both of them smiled awkwardly, Xiang Qing never beat around the bush when he spoke, since they all talked about this, then there was no need for everyone to hide it.

"In the future, the general will only open his mouth wherever he can be useful, no matter where I am, the general only needs to send me a message, and I will definitely go, no matter what I am!" Ma Teng said confidently.

"Me too!" Han Sui also followed closely and said.

"Alright, let's not talk about those useless ones." Xiang Qing waved his hand and said, "I heard that General Ma's mother is a Qiang?" ”

When it came to this question, Ma Teng's face was a little unsightly, he was a serious child, a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan, but his father found a Qiang woman, and he felt that his arrogant background was stained with a big stain.

"General Xiang is asking why this is for?"

Hearing the unhappiness in Ma Teng's tone, Xiang Qing patted him on the shoulder: "General Ma, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, Wang Shu, you can talk about it." ”

Wang Shu stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "General Ma, in the battle of Yunwu in Jincheng County, there was a Qiang hunting horse and our army against each other, and then Yan Zhong was personally beheaded by my lord, the rebels were defeated and lost, and the Qiang hunting cavalry disappeared, and my lord specially ordered me to investigate the whereabouts of the Qiang hunting horse. ”

Ma Teng also frowned, the Qianghu people had not clashed with the Han army for many years, but they didn't expect that this rebellion would involve the Qianghu people.

"General Xiang, I can guarantee that although I have part of the blood of the Qiang tribe in my body, I have nothing to do with the Qiang hunting horse!"

"General Ma doesn't need to explain, I came here, one is to meet you, and the other is to come for Qianghu's intelligence, although you have nothing to do with Qianghu, it doesn't mean that you don't have Qianghu's intelligence here, do you know what I mean?"

Han Sui said in his heart, I see, Xiang Qing came here just for Qiang Hu's information? As Xiang Qing said, they did receive some internal news from the Qianghu tribe here, which had a lot to do with Liangzhou.

Ma Teng's face softened a lot, and he said, "The general may have received the news, right?" ”

"That's true." Xiang Qing said: "Wang Shu, share with General Ma the information we have in Liangzhou and Qianghu." ”

Wang Shu said: "General Ma, according to my intelligence, the rebels in Wuwei, Liangzhou, some time ago, were still actively rearming and fighting, the army looked like gunfire, complete armor, and sharpened knives, but just recently, the rebels suddenly dispersed, and suddenly split into several factions, it seems that the last leader has also left the rebels, as for where they went, no one knows." ”

Han Sui nodded and said, "We only know that the rebels in Wuwei County have several forces, but we didn't expect that it was because of the departure of the rebel leader that the rebels were torn apart. ”

"Not only that, according to our inference, whether it is the assassin Shi Geng Contempt, or the king Yan Zhong and others, they are not the culprits of the Liangzhou rebellion, they are just a chess piece, and the real mastermind behind the scenes is someone else." Wang Shu said matter-of-factly, attracting everyone's attention, and said: "Now there are not many rebels in Wuwei, and they are leaderless, General Ma can completely defeat them individually." ”

Speaking of the mastermind behind the scenes, Xiang Qing remembered the dream of that day, it was too real, he suspected that he couldn't distinguish between the dream and reality, the person he saw that day was Jia Xu, and he was also from the same place as himself, a modern person.

Combined with Zhang Huan's words, fighting in Liangzhou, no matter how he deploys troops, it is useless, the rebels are always anticipating the enemy first, just like being looked down on by a pair of invisible eyes in the sky, all actions will be known, so in a short period of time, he lost the entire territory of Liangzhou, not that we can't fight, it's really because the enemy is too demonic.

Xiang Qing set this mastermind behind the scenes as Jia Xu, but he didn't understand that if it was Jia Xu, why did he send Wang Guoyan Zhong and others out to fight after capturing the entire territory of Liangzhou? Surely he knew that it was impossible for these fools to win, and that was to send them out to die? Afraid that they will seize power?

Why did you abandon all the rebels when you still have the strength to give it a go? Did he think it was impossible to win?

There are many questions, Xiang Qing doesn't want to think about these complicated things anymore, he only thinks about quelling the rebellion in Liangzhou now, so he rushes back to Luoyang, to see his eldest brother, to see his sweetheart, thinking about it, he is a little out of the world.

Since Xiang Qing's side has shared the information, then Ma Teng's side must come up with something, everyone is a general who commands tens of thousands of people, and making a deal is to show sincerity.

Han Sui clenched his fists and said, "Then I will also talk about the information we have received recently." ”

"Just the day before yesterday, Qianghu had already begun to assemble and prepare to invade Liangzhou! Winter is coming soon, and today's famine in Liangzhou has a great impact, and even some rich families can't eat, and the Qianghu tribe can't eat, so their leader decided to go south to 'fight the autumn wind', not only in Liangzhou, but also in Yongzhou. ”

Hearing this news, Xiang Qing couldn't bear it, he never expected that the rebellion in Liangzhou was about to come to an end, but he didn't expect Qiang Hu to come to make trouble?

"How many soldiers and horses did Qianghu gather? What is the class configuration? Xiang Qing asked angrily: "Since he came, Lao Tzu will let him have no return!" ”

Han Sui said: "The Qianghu people are different from the Central Plains, they are nomadic herders, they have no fixed place, whether it is a man or a woman, they can become warriors on horseback, and they can become herdsmen when they get off the horse, this time a total of eight tribes were gathered, all of them are the most powerful tribes among the Qianghu people, it is estimated that there will be tens of thousands of people, and they are not small this time." ”

Wang Shu asked suspiciously: "Tens of thousands of people, all cavalry?" ”

Han Sui nodded, Wang Shu gasped, he remembered the battle of Jincheng, Xiang Qing only used five hundred cavalry to repel the attack of the rebels. Tens of thousands of iron horses galloping, what kind of scene is that?

"Hmph, our army also has 8,000 iron horsemen, I'm afraid he will do something!" Liu Hu snorted coldly, and his fierce momentum instantly ignited the audience.