Attacked overnight, first Lingqiang was defeated and retreated to Xihe County, and Ma Chao's army finally held Jiuyuan City, whether it was the people or the soldiers, they were all overjoyed.

The fire burned down half of Jiuyuan Castle, and the reconstruction work was in order.

A soldier reported: "Lord Assassin sent a messenger." ”

"Hurry up and greet you."

The name of the person who came was Xu Rong, and he was a general under Dong Zhuo's account, although he was not young, he was at his peak.

Ma Chao remembered this person, who had successively defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jianbu, and after Dong Zhuo's death, he surrendered to Wang Yun, and when he started a war with Li Dao and Guo Yan, he died in the rebellion of the general Hu Zhen.

It can be said that Xu Rong's combat effectiveness is not bad.

Seeing Ma Chao and the others appear, Xu Rong immediately hugged his fists and congratulated: "Congratulations to the young general, congratulations to the young general!" ”

Ma Chao raised his eyebrows: "Oh? What's the good news? ”

"Lord Assassin Shi is in Xihe County, I heard that the major general has a good command of the army, and in a short period of time, he has successively conquered Dingxiang County and Wuyuan County, and successfully defeated the Xianlingqiang tribe, so he specially ordered him to come down and add officials and rewards!"

Ma Chao immediately led everyone and bowed his hands and said, "Welcome to the order of Lord Shi." ”

Xu Rong opened the warrant and said: "Ma Mengqi is brave and brave on the border, a young hero, and has made great contributions to me and the state." ”

"Feng, Ma Chao is the Taishou of Dingxiang County and Wuyuan County; Bai, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, allowed the recruitment of non-commissioned soldiers, and controlled the two counties. ”

"By, Su Dingfang, Zhang Liao, and Sima Cuo are the captains of the Northern Military Department, and Jia Xu is the strategist of the army, and they jointly assist Ma Chao."

In the Han Dynasty, the right of the school captain was greater than that of the school captain, and after the Sui and Tang dynasties, the power of the school captain was greater than that of the school captain.

Taishou is in charge of the administration of a county, and the lieutenant is in charge of the military of a county.

The Commander of the Ministry is a subordinate of the Commander, and because of the heavy military defense of the border, the Commander of the Ministry is in charge of the defense of one or several counties.

"Obey the orders of Lord Assassin!"

After sending Xu Rong to rest, Sima Coo's words said: "Dong Tingshi is quite generous. ”

Zhang Liaole said: "We have suddenly become military attaches who can control the two counties!" ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "It sounds very beautiful, but Dingxiang County and Wuyuan County are sparsely populated, and the population of Dingxiang County is less than 50,000, and it is a place where Qianghu has been invading, so it's actually just a mess." ”

"Well, that's good."

Ma Chao continued: "Dong Tingshi appointed me as the chief guard of the two counties, and concurrently led the captain, integrating the military and political power of the two counties, in order to let our army help him keep the territory, and even develop. ”

Su Dingfang sighed: "How difficult! ”

Jia Xu, who was staring at the map, said: "I think that Dingxiang County has no need to protect, after all, it is too close to Yunzhong County, and it will be invaded by Qianghu at any time. ”

"We should move all the people of Dingxiang County into Wuyuan County to enrich the population of Wuyuan County, and then take Jiuyuan County as the center, continue to send troops to the outside to conquer and move the population inward, as the foundation of our army."

When Ma Chao heard this, he stroked his palms and laughed: "Okay! Not bad! ”

When bidding farewell to Xu Rong, Ma Chao asked: "How is the war in Xihe County?" ”

Xu Rong replied: "Because the major general connected the two counties, cut off the grain land, and defeated Xian Lingqiang, the Qianghu army was shaken, and the army was unstable, and Xihe County has been relatively stable recently. ”

Back in the county office, Jia Xu first said: "Since you have received the Taishou and Duwei, then you must rebuild the Taishou Mansion and the Duwei Mansion in Jiuyuan County." ”

Ma Chao nodded: "Since Xihe County is relatively stable, then my father Ma Teng will definitely go west to Beidi County." ”

"I'll wait for a period of time to recuperate in Wuyuan County, and then set off into the territory of Xianbei in Hexi, and go directly to Xihai County in Liangzhou."

Hexi Xianbei, also known as bald Xianbei, is one of the tribes of the Xianbei tribe, which breeds in the west of the Yellow River, and has the same ancestor as the Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Baldness and Tuoba, are homonyms, characterized by the ugly Mediterranean bald hairstyle.

During the Han Dynasty, the nomads in the eastern part of the Xiongnu were defeated by the Xiongnu Maodun Shan Yu, and retreated to Wuhuan Mountain and Xianbei Mountain, becoming two major tribes of Wuhuan and Xianbei, collectively known as the Donghu Nation.

After a month of recuperation, the entire population of Dingxiang County has moved into Wuyuan County, Wuyuan 9 counties all over the country, because of the border people's fierce customs, so the recruitment system is adopted, 3 Ding draw 1, a total of thousands of young people are recruited, and Sima Cuo exercises.

He also recruited nearby rangers, horse thieves, bandits, and prisoners, no matter what crimes they had committed before, as long as they were willing to join the army to attack the Hu people, they would all be appeased.

At this time, in the north, the people were not able to make a living, and the drought lasted for many years, and it was already very good to have something to eat, so many people were willing to join the army.

During this time, there were knights from other counties who came to take refuge, the most famous of which was Gao Shun, Ma Chao accepted all the orders and became his minions.

According to statistics, after a month of adjustment, Ma Chao's army has a total of 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry.

Of these, 5000 cavalry were all well-equipped cavalry with bilateral stirrups, and the development of cavalry became very rapid.

The army of 15,000 is not a small consumption of grain and grass every day, if it were not for the capture of Jiuyuan City, the grain land of Qianghu, Ma Chao would not dare to recruit so many soldiers.

A month later, Xihe County made waves again, Dong Zhuojun and Qianghu Army fought several battles, winning and losing each other, and Ma Chao was promoted to the account.

After the generals sat down, Jia Xu took the lead and said: "Xu believes that while the two armies are fighting, our army should set off immediately, and it is also time to test the actual combat ability of the recruits." ”

Ma Chao nodded: "Master Jia is right, the time is just right, I want to go out as soon as possible, what do you think?" ”

Generals: "I am willing to go out with the young master to fight the enemy!" ”

Heading straight west from Gohara County, many places on the prairie have been eaten by herds to the point that only loess remains.

The 10,005 army, the target was too conspicuous, provoking all the Xianbei herdsmen who were grazing nearby to avoid it, for fear that the Han army would attack them.

Within a few days, a Xianbei cavalry team appeared in front, and the Xianbei people who took the lead rebuked loudly: "What do you Han people want to do? Dare to enter the territory of the Xianbei tribe! ”

"Xianbei Territory?"

Ma Chao sneered and scolded: "The land under my feet is Han land, which belongs to the Han court, when will it become the territory of you barbarians?" ”

"Look for death!"

The Xianbei leader was furious when he heard this, but he didn't dare to start a war with Ma Chaojun, so he left a cruel word and ran away immediately.

Su Dingfang said: "Young master, these Xianbei people must have moved reinforcements!" ”

Jia Xu said: "Yes, the prairie is endless, there is no terrain to rely on, in my opinion, we should divide the troops into two roads, all the way to continue to advance, all the way for the wing army, waiting for the opportunity to move, the two armies watch each other." ”

Ma Chao nodded: "Okay, pass on my order." ”

"Order, Su Dingfang and Zhang Liao led 5,000 cavalry as the wing army to track down the retreating Xianbei cavalry."

"Whoa!"

After the wing army attacked, Ma Chao, Jia Xu, Sima Cuo, and Gao Shun continued to advance.

During this period of time, Sima Cuo and Gao Shun have been like-minded, and they have been sticking together to discuss the method of training soldiers.

Gao Shun in history, with one of the special forces of the Three Kingdoms in his hand, held the "trapped camp", and he would conquer and win the battle.

He has successively defeated Liu Bei and Xiahou Xuan's subordinates, both civil and military, innocent and majestic, and loyal.

However, due to Lu Bu's suspicion of Gao Shun, he finally seized his military power, fell into the camp and fell under the control of Wei Xu, and was directly destroyed.

It can be seen that the soldier bear, the bear is one, and the bear is a nest of bears and bears.

Ma Chao also took a fancy to Gao Shun's ability to train soldiers and worshiped him as a personal guard.

[Name: Gao Shun (25 years old, Grade A)]

Country: Eastern Han Dynasty

Title: None

Loyalty: 70

Official position: Ma Chao's personal guard

Force: 68

Commander-in-Chief: 72

Strategy: 65

Interior: 10

Bond: None

Talents: Trapped in Camp (60% Understanding)

Stunts: Step by step

Equipment: Soul Chaser

After walking for a long time, the front sentinel Ma reported: "More than 1,000 Xianbei cavalry suddenly appeared in front, and the two captains of the two departments are leading the army to deal with each other." ”

Ma Chao immediately ordered: "Hurry up and rescue!" ”

The 10,000 infantry were immediately divided into three armies, left, center, and right, with Sima Cuo and Gao Shun each leading the left and right armies, and Ma Chao and Jia Xu sitting in the middle army.

When they crossed the steeper terrain, they saw two cavalry teams attacking each other.

Su Dingfang saw Ma Chaojun from a distance, and immediately divided his troops to Zhang Liao, and the 5,000 cavalry were divided into left and right wings.

The command flag waved, and Su Dingfang used his talent to increase the speed of the march, surrounded the Xianbei cavalry from the left and right, and outflanked the rear of the Korean Bei people.

The Xianbei cavalry never imagined that the Han people would be on par with them in horsemanship, and their speed was even better?!

In terms of numbers, the Xianbei cavalry was at a disadvantage, and the cavalry leader saw that the retreat was copied, so he had to break through.

Before I could run a few steps, I saw that 3 infantry phalanxes were rapidly approaching!

The Xianbei leader shouted: "It's not good, break through!" Get out! ”

Seeing that the Xianbei people wanted to break out of the encirclement before the cavalry and infantry troops were encircled, Sima Cuo, who was in the infantry phalanx, ordered: "Change the formation!" ”

The left and right flanks of the infantry immediately rushed to the two sides, while the Chinese army Ma Chao slowed down, and the Xianbei cavalry saw that the breakthrough could not be achieved, so they had to charge towards Ma Chao's Chinese army.

"Kill!"

The Xianbei cavalry drove at full power, charging wildly, and Ma Chao, who was sitting on the chariot, had a gleam in his eyes: "Pass my order, the sword and shield are forward, the spear and halberd are in the middle, the bow and arrow hall are behind, and the Chinese army is in formation!" ”

The large shield soldier in the front row pressed up, erecting a shield on the ground with one hand, slightly inclined to cushion the treading from the horses, and holding a ring-headed knife in the other hand to cut off the horse's legs.

Then, the middle platoon, armed with spears and halberds, reached between the gaps in their shields and used them to pierce the enemy.

Finally, there are rows of archers, projectiles from a distance.

More than 1,000 Xianbei cavalry had not yet approached the Chinese infantry phalanx, and a large number of Xianbei cavalry were shot by the thrown bows and arrows.

The rest continued to charge, the big shield was pushed forward, and the middle of the shield was designed with a "hook setting", and the spikes penetrated the body of the war horse, and the horse was in pain and neighed.

Bang, a big shield was knocked away by the war horse, and after the big shield, several ring-headed big knives immediately appeared, dragging the Xianbei people into it, and slashing indiscriminately, even people and horses, all chopped into meat paste.

Subsequently, other large shields quickly filled in and filled the gap that had been knocked open.

Many Xianbei cavalry fell to the ground, and more Xianbei cavalry were thrown out, directly flew and hit the hook on the shield, and were stabbed to death.

"Kill!"

The middle row of spears and halberds continued to pierce, the Chinese army was like a steel shield wall, and the Xianbei cavalry was only one face, and they were cut down a lot.

"This... This! ”

Seeing that there was nothing to do, the Xianbei leader screamed miserably: "Warriors of the Xianbei clan, today is the time for us to wait for the soul to return to the wolf, kill the enemy, and kill a few of them will be earned!" ”

The Chinese army was violently attacked by the cavalry, and many sword and shield soldiers were severely injured by the shock, vomiting blood from their mouths and falling to the ground.

The cavalry infantry of Su Dingfang, Zhang Liao, Sima Cuo, and Gao Shun finally came up and slaughtered all the Xianbei cavalry.

In this battle, Ma Chaojun only suffered more than 200 casualties, and the recruits were bathed in the bloody wind and rain of the first battle, exuding a tragic atmosphere.