After Ma Chao became married, in addition to paying attention to the situation in Luoyang and the world, he did not forget the promise of the eighteenth son.

The Eighteen Sons and the Qiang people have a deep blood feud, and in Ma Chao's opinion, it was because his strength was not good before, so he couldn't compete with the other party at that time. But now it's different, now as a Liangzhou pastor, it can be said that he has a heavy army, if only in terms of all his own troops, although he is not as much as Dong Zhuo, but it is not a particularly big difference.

And you, who are the lords, now have the strength, so naturally you have to avenge your subordinates, or who will follow you. What's more, this is also something that I promised the eighteen sons a long time ago, and the eighteen sons of that year were largely because of this, so they all took refuge in themselves, didn't they.

Now there are more than 60,000 Liangzhou troops in Ma Chao's hands, although these are not his own private soldiers, but they are also at his disposal. And Pound still has his own 5,000 private soldiers, although the number is not too many, but the loyalty is enough.

And in the cottage of Guanhai in Qingzhou, after so many years of development, his cottage has more than 90,000 people and nearly 100,000 people at this time. Although Ma Chao also knew that when the time came, it would be impossible for more than 90,000 people to follow him, but even if it was only half, if only half of it was nearly 50,000 people, this was not a small number for him. In today's troubled times, even a soldier is very important, Ma Chao certainly understands.

Also, these are all private soldiers, they are the men and horses that he has spent countless amounts of money and food over the years, spent countless energy on his subordinates, and gathered little by little, not his army. So to say that Ma Chao still has confidence in Guan Hai, and no one thinks that he must be a thief, even if he wants to, but what about their own family and their own children, they can't want them to be the same as themselves.

On this day, Ma Chao gathered everyone and prepared to talk about the entry of troops into Xiqiang. Before, basically no one knew what Lu Dao thought, even if it was the eighteen sons, they only knew that Lu Dao his lord might have to make a move, but he didn't know when his lord would do it.

When his lord called him, of course everyone was there, and except for Pang De, because he had to bring five thousand private soldiers, Ma Chao didn't look for him. Excluding Pang De, Chen Dao, Cui An, Zhang Fei, Wu Anguo, and the eighteen sons left at the wedding banquet and Jia Xu, who had just joined, were all present at this time.

After Ma Chao saw that everyone had arrived, he opened his mouth and said, "Everyone, I have two things to say about calling you here today!" ”

Everyone listened attentively to what Ma Chao said, and almost everyone knew that it was rare for their lord to gather everyone, but once this was the case, there was definitely something important to explain.

Sure enough, I only heard Ma Chao continue to preach to everyone: "Everyone, the first thing is that I am about to send troops to Xiqiang, and this time I want to give the Qiang people a hard blow!" In this way, revenge for the eighteen sons is one of them, and revenge and deterrence of the Qiang people is the other, so it is imperative to enter Xiqiang this time!! ”

After hearing this, everyone understood, and dared to feel that their lord was going to use troops, and he still had to deal with the Qiang people. And to say that the most excited and happiest is none other than the eighteen sons, they know that this is their lord to avenge them, at this time watching themselves and others for many years of long-cherished wish to come true, they are naturally very excited. As for why they have so much confidence in Ma Chao, this is actually based on rumors, after all, in their impression, their lord seems to have never been defeated, and he has never fought unprepared and uncertain battles.

In fact, the idea of the eighteen sons is only half right, this is just like Ma Chao said, he wants to deal with the Qiang people, and the first thing is naturally to avenge the eighteen sons, this is right. But isn't there a second one, that is, Ma Chao wants to deter the Qiang people, which is very important and important.

If you want to say how many years the Han and Qiang people have been fighting, anyway, Ma Chao's impression is that from the time he was born to the present, it seems that it has not been broken. Of course, this does not mean that there has always been a confrontation between the two armies, not like that, but that the harassment and destruction of the Han by the Qiang people has never stopped. It's almost every year, and Ma Chao, the Liangzhou pastor, naturally cares about it.

To deal with the Qiang people, Ma Chao actually had this idea for a long time, but he has never implemented it. First of all, Ma Chaozhi said, it is impossible for you to destroy all the Qiang people, so since this is the case, he feels that it is necessary to deter them well. Because the style of the Qiang people is usually seen in Ma Chao, that is, they feel that the Han is easy to bully, and the situation of the Han is still unstable, so the Qiang people have been very unscrupulous over the years. So Ma Chao felt that he had to make a move when he should make a move, but the time had not yet come, and this time he couldn't wait any longer, or he would be sorry for his big man Liangzhou Mu.

As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, someone below said: "Lord, that's right, I've long seen that those grandsons are not pleasing to the eye, we should have killed their prestige a long time ago, but we can't defend as always like before!" ”

This is what Zhang Fei said, Zhang Fei has been unpleasant to the Qiang people all these years, in fact, in the eyes of most people, the Qiang people can be roughly divided into two categories, that is, two kinds. The first is the Qiang people who live in Liangzhou and live together with the Han people. To say that this part of the Qiang people is basically sinicized is very serious, not only can they speak Chinese, but also intermarry with the Han people, accept the customs and customs of the Han people, and live with the Han people, it can be said that the influence of the Han people is very deep.

The other part is not the Qiang people who live in Liangzhou and live together with the Han people, they have their own places to live, mainly in the Xiqiang area further west of Liangzhou, which is the territory of the Qiang people, but it is not that there are no Han people, but there are very few Han people. And what Ma Chao and Zhang Fei said is referring to the Qiang people living in the Xiqiang region, these people are the people who are eyeing the Han and Liangzhou, of course, it does not mean that the Qiang people living in Liangzhou are honest, but this is relatively speaking.

Ma Chao smiled when he heard what Zhang Fei said, he didn't mean to let everyone speak, in fact, he also knew that everyone agreed with what he said, but since everyone wanted to speak, let everyone say a few words, so it's okay.

"I also know what Yide means, but from today onwards, we don't have to!!"

Li Wei hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving our brother a chance to take revenge!" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he waved his hand slightly, "Chao is now a Liangzhou pastor, in fact, the trouble of the Qiang people should also be solved by Chao, but it is impossible for us to destroy all the Qiang people, so today it is still mainly based on deterrence, so let's take the burning as a Qiang knife, halu ha!" ”

Not to mention that Dangqiang was originally the enemy of the Eighteen Sons, just because their reputation is not good, Ma Chao definitely has to cut them.

"Hehe, there's another battle, that's great, the lord must let me go!!"

As soon as he heard this tone, he knew that it was Cui An's words, but Ma Chao only smiled at this, "Fudamo should be in a hurry, this time the army enters Xiqiang, and the eighteenth son must go with me!" After speaking, Ma Chao also glanced at Li Wei and them.

Li Wei hurriedly spoke: "No! Everything under the subordinates is arranged by the lord!! ”

Ma Chao nodded and said with a smile: "The eighteenth son must go, and Mr. Wenhe will stay in Longxian, and Mr. will take care of the affairs in the house!" ”

Jia Xu opened his eyes and nodded to Ma Chao, "No!" ”

Ma Chao has also learned a little bit about Jia Xu these days, and he knows that he is a person on such an occasion, if you don't talk to him, then he basically won't take the initiative to say anything to you. Just like at this time, if he doesn't ask him anything, or doesn't assign him any tasks, then he Jia Xu Jia Wenhe is not much different from passerby A. It's nothing more than just there, and then he closes his eyes, and no one knows what he's thinking there.

Anyway, after a long time, Ma Chao is used to it, and he has long been surprised, but fortunately, if you give him Jia Xu any task, after he responds, then he will definitely be able to complete it well. However, Ma Chao has always had a question, but he never mentioned it, that is, he didn't know what to say, Jia Xu was like this, or was he like this at this time. Ma Chao also thought about it, and the most concluding conclusion he came to was that Jia Xu would be like this when he was like this or something like this.

The eighteenth son and Jia Xu have all been arranged, and the rest of Chen Dao, Cui An, Zhang Fei and Wu Anguo are all looking at Ma Chao with blank eyes, to say that these people want to go, but they all know that it is impossible for everyone to go. As for how to arrange it, everything depends on your own lord.

Ma Chao smiled at the four of them, "Shuzhi, Fuda, Yide and Wu'an, you four don't have to worry, let's settle this matter today!" Look at this! ”

As he spoke, Ma Chao took out four bamboo sticks and held them in his hands, "Everyone, I have four bamboo sticks here, two long and two short, each of the four of you draws one, whoever draws the two shorter ones, who will go with me?" ”

As a result, as soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Cui An's side had already come forward to draw lots, and Zhang Fei did not show weakness, he followed closely, and then Chen Zhi and Wu Anguo did not fall behind. Ma Chao saw his heart and said, it seems that everyone didn't say anything, but they proved it with actions.

The last four people put out the bamboo sticks they drew and took a look, some people are indeed happy and some are worried, Ma Chao looked at it and laughed, "Since you chose it, then you don't have to say more." The one who accompanied me this time was Wu'an, and it was also virtuous! As for Shuzhi and Fuda, the two of you, follow Mr. Wenhe well in Longxian County, and wait for us to come back!! ”

"No!" "No!"

This is the same as gambling, he is willing to gamble and lose, although Cui An has a little brain problem, but he will not cheat on this, and it is even more impossible for Chen Zhi.

But Ma Chao said in his heart at this time, hehe, compared with me, you guys are still a little tender. That's right, this time it was the result of Ma's ultra-dark box operation, at least none of them found anything.

"Okay, it's over for today, let's go our separate ways!"

When his lord spoke, everyone took their leave. But Jia Xu glanced at Ma Chao with a smile as he left, but Ma Chao didn't notice it.