After the storm, the prairie was in shambles.

The army was ready to go and continued to advance westward, and Ma Chao ordered Ma Lie and Ma Wan to share a car with Jia Xu and Chunlan.

There were no dangers along the way, and after a few days, they finally crossed the territory of Xianbei in Hexi and entered the range of Xihai County in Liangzhou.

Juyanze, originating from the Heihe River in the depths of the Qilian Mountains, flows through Liangzhou, Bingzhou and other places.

Here the water and grass are abundant, cattle and sheep are flocked, in the legend, the Taoist patriarch Lao Tzu sent a letter to Guguan in the west, and went to the immortal in Juyanze.

This is the herding paradise of the Xianbei people, and Xihai County is often harassed by the Hu people, but unlike the merger of the state, it is the boundary of Liangzhou, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the Xianbei people who have invaded it have repelled several times.

Xihai County is far away from the Ma family's Longxi County, Ma Chao is recruiting troops and horses here, there is a lack of everything here, except for war horses, Jia Xu's meaning, all the foot soldiers are equipped into cavalry.

Sima Cuo was ordered to speed up the training of cavalry, and at the same time, Gao Shun was training infantry, and they planned to train Ma Chaojun into a dual arm of horse and infantry.

The Great Qin Ruishi is a dual class of horses and steps, and it is necessary to rank first in the first class through foot combat and cavalry combat respectively, and then go through the battle level and the martial level in order to become a Qin Ruishi.

Jia Xu and others continued to study the map, judging from the map, from Xihai County in the west to Wuyuan, Dingxiang, and Yanmen County in the east, they could not march in a straight line, and they had to make a detour, otherwise, they would be attacked by the Qiang people and Xianbei people in succession.

The safe route of the detour just forms a "U-shape", and the left and right ends of U are Xihai County and Yanmen County.

The U-shaped shape is like a wine glass, and the wine in the wine glass is the current territory of Xianbei and Qianghu in Hexi.

Therefore, Ma Chao's idea was to recover this area, expand the boundaries of Liangzhou, and border with Bingzhou.

Only in this way can we fight with the Hu people in the north in the future.

Half a month later, Ma Chao's army expanded to a total of 20,000 people, all cavalry, and the Han people in Xihai County would also get on their horses to kill the enemy, so there was no need to practice too much.

"Report!"

The scouts came to report, and a large number of Xianbei cavalry suddenly appeared in the north!

"It's really early, it's better to come by chance."

Ma Chao stroked his palms and laughed: "Just use it to try the newly sharpened blade of our army, sharp!" ”

Juyanze is full of depressions and lakes, and the Xianbei cavalry comes on horseback, and the war horses are troubled by the terrain, and even the marching speed is problematic, let alone arranging for battle.

Therefore, Gao Shun ordered the order flag to be waved, and the 10,000 cavalry immediately dismounted, transformed into an infantry phalanx, stepped on the water and grass, and quickly broke through.

"Kill!"

This Xianbei cavalry was quickly routed and fled to the north, and Ma Chao ordered: "Pursuit!" Along the way, they bumped into the Xianbei soldiers, and they were all driven away, and they were driven to the east! ”

"Whoa!"

With the passage of time, a large number of Xianbei cavalry were driven away along the way, and there were even thousands of Xianbei herdsmen in the middle.

Ma Chaojun drove all the Xianbei people he met together, like driving cattle and sheep.

Soon, the number of Xianbei people who were driven away reached 10,000, and many of them wanted to rely on their numbers to start fighting back.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chaojun had already taken precautions, and as Su Dingfang changed formation, 20,000 cavalry were like flowing clouds, and the speed was extremely fast, killing the Xianbei people who wanted to resist in an instant.

The remaining Xianbei people had no choice but to be driven away by the Han people in the east.

Along the way, they met many different Xianbei tribes, including Yifu, Qihan, Zhedu, Yiyun, Sipan, Chegai, Wheat Field, Beishan, etc., all of which were driven away.

It's like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and the Xianbei people are resisting more and more, but to no avail.

Because Ma Chaojun has to hunt down and kill rebels every once in a while, after a long time, no Xianbei people dare to stand up and resist.

In addition, there are Ma Lie and Ma Wan to help Ma Chaojun communicate with the Xianbei people, and there are many young and strong Xianbei men who are fond of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty and are willing to join the Han army.

Ma Chao incorporated a Xianbei cavalry team of 5,000 people and handed it over to Sima Cuo to command.

Since then, Ma Chao's army has a total of 20,005 large cavalry teams.

Finally, the army returned to Xi'an County, Wuyuan County, and Ma Chao drove people this time, and even brought more than 20,000 Xianbei herdsmen to move into Wuyuan County to enrich the population.

The population of Gohara County also reached the size of 70,000 people, and the Han and Hu lived together, regardless of each other.

After migrating a large number of Xianbei people, Ma Chao sent scouts to inquire about the news of Xihe County.

The scouts reported that after Ma Teng's army captured Beidi County, he collected his troops and Dong Zhuo's army and jointly launched a surprise attack, but was defeated by the Xianlingqiang tribe and returned defeated, and now he is retreating in Xihe County, not daring to attack.

The situation was not good, Ma Chao sighed: "Hey, I didn't expect a good situation, but I was beaten into a turtle shell!" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Only in this way can we highlight the might of our army even more!" ”

"Hahahaha, that's right!"

Ma Chao sent people to Yanmen County and Mayi in the southeast to recruit troops, and the people of Mayi and the surrounding counties spontaneously organized a group of 1,500 volunteers to go to Wuyuan County to converge.

This time, the Ma Yi volunteers, under the leadership of several rangers, went to defect to Ma Chao, Ma Chao looked at it, and was very obedient, among the volunteers who came, there were actually 3 future Cao Wei generals.

They are Tian Yu, Zhaozhao, Xian Yufu, 2 Youzhou people, 1 Jizhou people, all of them are young people under the age of 20, with a lot of blood, wanting to defend the country.

These three people are all famous border generals, all of whom are masters of attacking Xianbei and Wuhuan in the east, and they come to admire the prestige of Ma Chaojun.

Since then, Ma Chao's account has been full of talents, Su Dingfang, Zhang Liao, and Sima Cuo, three lieutenants of the Northern Army, respectively, led Tian Yu, Zhaozhao, and Xian Yufu, and Gao Shun was Ma Chao's personal guard.

A total of 7 generals followed Ma Chao, and there were nearly 20,007 cavalry in hand.

In the military camp outside Jiuyuan County, Ma Chao raised the camp tent, looked at the seven generals on the left and right, as well as the strategist Jia Xu, and said with a smile: "I think that since I started the army two months ago, I have overcome all the thorns and thorns, conquered Dingxiang, attacked Jiuyuan, fought the Qiang people, drove Xianbei, attacked everything, and was invincible, so that I have today's might!" ”

"Meng Qi is young this year, God is pitiful, relying on you, Meng Qi is here, thank you for your help!"

Jia Xu took the lead, and a cadre of civil and military officers said respectfully: "We all rely on Lord Captain of the Northern Army!" ”

"Well said!"

After a period of greetings, entering the main topic, Ma Chao ordered people to put up a map and pointed: "A few days ago, it was reported that Dong Zhuo and Ma Tengjun of Xihe County were being suppressed by Xian Lingqiang, while the other Qianghu tribes were conniving at their subordinates, burning and looting everywhere, and doing all kinds of evil!" ”

Gently shaking the feather fan in his hand, Jia Xu asked, "Meng Qi, in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Ma Chao replied: "Master Jia, we should take advantage of the power of the winning streak, unite with Dong Zhuo and Ma Tengjun, and go south to attack Qianghu!" ”

Jia Xu frowned: "Now, the two armies of Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng have lost several battles in a row, retreated for hundreds of miles, and lost strategic points, and have become frightened birds, and uniting with them will only drag down our army." ”

"Master Jia, what should I do?"

Pointing to Beidi County, Jia Xu said: "Meng Qi, how many private soldiers does your Ma family have in Longxi County?" ”

After thinking about it, Ma Chao said: "There are about 1,000 people." ”

Jia Xu nodded: "Longxi County is not far from Beidi County, why don't you repair a letter from your family, attach a token with the family letter, and take it with the messenger, let your private soldiers recruit a volunteer soldier in Longxi County, and then go to Beidi County to be used by our army." ”

"Okay, I'll write now!"

Half a month passed, and the messenger replied: "Report to the young master, the family private soldiers have recruited a total of 2,000 volunteers, and Zhang Xiu, a native of Jincheng County in the north, has arrived in Beidi County with 500 volunteers. ”

"Zhang Xiu?"

Ma Chaoqi said: "Isn't Zhang Xiu Zhang Ji's nephew?" At this time, Zhang Ji was working as a general in Dong Zhuojun, and Zhang Xiu didn't go with him. ”

Zhang Xiu, the legendary Gun King of the Northland, studied under Tong Yuan, and was a brother to Yizhou General Zhang Ren, while Zhao Yun was Tong Yuan's close disciple. (Folklore)

There was a hundred birds towards the phoenix spear, which was amazingly powerful, and was later defeated by Zhao Yun's Seven Probe Snake Coiling Spear. (Folklore)

Ma Chao smiled: "It seems that Zhang Xiu's appearance in Beidi County is precisely to fulfill the title of the Gun King of Beidi in folklore stories!" ”