Pei Qing worshiped Xie Zhongyong as the commander of the capital, not because he was afraid that their father and son would pose a threat to him when they were inside and outside, in fact, the requisition and deployment of government soldiers to solve the problem of military rations was a plan that Pei Qing had for a long time, but it lacked the support of suitable talents.

When he just crossed over, Pei Qing did not take into account the problem of military rations, or underestimated the problem of military rations, but fortunately he obtained some foundation when he crusaded against the Yellow Turban Army everywhere, which was able to barely support it, but after two battles against Chang'an, he knew how urgent the problem of military rations was? Because the consumption of military rations during the battle is several times that of peacetime, if you fight for a long time, even if you have a mountain of gold, sooner or later it will be eaten up.

Therefore, some rulers in ancient times were reckless, and the result could only be that the people were struggling to make a living, and finally ended miserably.

It is precisely in view of this that Pei Qing decided to join the government military system from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and establish a system of integrating soldiers and peasants, because the peasant households under the government military system had to join the army to fight, and they were equipped with their own weapons and food, so they could greatly save government expenses and military food consumption.

Of course, because Juntian has just been implemented now, Pei Qing had a policy before, and all those who participate in Juntian will receive preferential treatment, and those who join the army in Juntian households can be exempted from taxes and conscription for three to five years, and the Yellow Turban Army officers and soldiers at his starting price account for a large proportion of Juntian households, so this leads to his grain income is not rich, and it also leads to the fact that the regulations on bringing their own weapons and equipment and food are basically impossible to achieve, unless it is after the end of the tax exemption period.

Therefore, although Xie Zhongyong is now a lieutenant and controls all the reserves and militia in the entire Yuzhou, he actually does not have much power.

Of course, this is only relatively speaking, because there are still many people who have run from Guanzhong, and these people have now become Pei Qing's Juntian households, and most of them have not joined the army, these people have naturally become Xie Zhongyong's main targets, although the number will not be too much, but there are at least 200,000 people running from Guanzhong these days, and there is no problem in recruiting thousands of people among them, and with Xie Zhongyong's ability, a few thousand people are enough to cultivate an elite, although it is difficult to compare with Chen's Bai Yu army, But it's enough to become the elite of the world.

Xie Zhongyong didn't feel that Pei Qing treated him unfairly, because he could also see that after a few years, his Beifu soldiers would definitely have a very high development prospect, so he was very grateful to Pei Qing's arrangement and happily took office.

And just after Pei Qing's army celebrated the capture of Shangluo City, the Xiliang army was full of mourning, yesterday's battle injured 20,000 or 30,000 people, morale was extremely low, Li Wei was angry after cleaning up the remnants of the army to find the first general who led the army to escape, but because the situation was chaotic at that time, almost everyone who knew about it died in the chaos, and it was impossible to find out who did it, so it could only be stopped, only Jia Xu's eyes flickered, thoughtfully, it seemed to think of something, but Jia Xu didn't say anything.

Fortunately, at this moment, the army led by Ma Teng and Han Sui was reinforced in time, which allowed morale to be restored, and Li Wei's army originally had nearly 100,000 people, and now with Ma Teng Han Sui's army, the total number has reached about 200,000, which has far surpassed Pei Qing's army and once again achieved an advantage in military strength.

In addition, Han Sui and Ma Teng's armies have not yet participated in the First World War, and their vigor is flourishing, which also boosts the morale of the Xiliang army.

Li Dao is now very enthusiastic about Ma Teng and Han Sui, calling out "brother" one by one, hating to be the ancestor to offer, after all, now the morale of the Xiliang army is frustrated, and now all hope depends on Ma Teng and Han Sui to support the situation.

Of course, Ma Teng and Han Sui are not stupid, of course they know how strong Li Dao and the soldiers under his command are, even these people were defeated by Pei Qing's coalition army, and they naturally have no certainty, so of course they will not be this kind of bird, and their flattering reaction to Li Dao is very flat.

"Brother Zhiran, you also know that it is impossible for us to defeat Pei Qing alone, and we will not be stupid enough to die, so we should cooperate sincerely at this time, and the two sides should work together to concentrate superior forces to fight a decisive battle with Pei Qing, only in this way can it be possible to defeat the opponent, not to pass the buck to each other, nor to watch from the sidelines." Han Sui had become a brother with Ma Teng at this time, so his ideas could also represent Ma Teng's thoughts, and after hearing Li Dao's flattering words, he immediately opened the skylight and said bright words, so that Li Dao died to take advantage of their psychology, and instead sought sincere cooperation and unity.

Of course, Li Wei also knew that what Ma Teng and Han Sui said was correct, so he hurriedly apologized to them and invited them to a military meeting to discuss combat strategies.

"The last time we were defeated, it was because of the lack of strength and the unevenness of the army, and because of our lax law enforcement as generals, so that those soldiers who escaped from the battle escaped the sanctions of the military law, so this time we must give repeated orders, strictly enforce the law, and anyone who dares to escape from the battle, or disrespect the order, will be killed without forgiveness, and those who dare to surrender will be executed by the whole family.

At the military meeting, Li Dao first summed up the lessons learned, announced that military discipline would be strengthened in order to ensure that there would not be a situation of large-scale defeat like today's, and then discussed a specific plan for the march.

They repeatedly discussed whether to defend passively or actively attack, and finally after discussion, they unanimously decided to take the initiative to attack, because if they were passively defensive, once Pei Qing learned from them and used Peng Yue's method to capture Chang'an, then they would be finished, not to mention that now the Xiliang army is short of food and can't afford to consume it at all, once the other party cuts off their own food routes, then they can only sit and wait for death.

The most important thing is that most of the Xiliang army are cavalry, which is most suitable for large-scale field battles, and they give up the advantages of field battles and use the means of defending the city, which is really to sacrifice their strengths and weaknesses, and the gains outweigh the losses.

In the end, Li Dao made a decision, and said with a loud laugh: "Since this is the case, then we will fight Pei Qingxiao'er to the death, although he also has cavalry, how can he be compared with our elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry?" What's more, there is still a large part of the infantry under his command, and there are not as many of us as there are, as long as everyone works together, we will definitely be able to break Pei Qing in this battle, and when the time comes, we will break Pei Qing's might, meet in Yuzhou, and sweep the Central Plains, who else will be our opponent in this world? Haha......"