Jincheng, located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, the east end of the Hexi Corridor, is named because of the production of a large number of golden sands, and is also known as the "small Chang'an outside the Saiwai", the city is tall, the population is large, it is the first giant in Xiliang, and it is also the place of governance!

In the Xiliang Thorn Mansion, 'General Andy' Ma Teng is exchanging views on the current situation with his sworn brother Han Sui, and has been discussing for two hours, and the second son of the Ma family, Ma Xiu, is serving tea on the side!

Xiao Yi regarded Ma Teng and Han Sui as evil wolves, and in turn, the two of them were not afraid of Xiao Yi like a tiger, with tens of thousands of horses, breaking the Hangu Pass, going down to Chang'an City, Li Dao and Guo Bian's heads made a skeleton lamp, and 50,000 Qiang cavalry were wiped out in a snap of their fingers.

"Those who come are not good, those who are good are not coming, the 'ghost face Xiao Lang' has done everything in the middle of the country, and his subordinates are strong and strong, the next step, it is inevitable not to peep into the Xiliang counties, I can't wait for it!"

Han Sui, nicknamed 'Jiuqu Yellow River', is thoughtful, the most strategic, and has more flowers than ordinary literati, and it is precisely because of this deceit that he sat in the second position among the warlords of Xiliang, as for the first place, it is naturally his sworn brother Ma Teng!

"That Xiao Yi has just won Guanzhong, his foothold is not stable, the soldiers and horses of his department have gone through several battles, and he has become a tired division, it is difficult for him to make a big difference in a short period of time, even if he really comes, the old man is not afraid, it's a big deal to fight him to the death!"

Xiliang Thorn Shi - Ma Teng is tall, has a loud voice, and walks in a standard military style.

In fact, this is not surprising, the ancestor of the Ma family is 'General Fubo' Ma Yuan, a famous founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the twenty-four generals of Yuntai, deeply relied on by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and often sent him to pacify the Western barbarians, so the children of the Ma family have been in the army for generations, and one of them has settled in the right to guard the west for the Han Dynasty!

Ma Teng's father once served as 'Tianshui Lan Ganwei', and later married a Qiang girl, that is to say, Ma Teng has half of the Qiang blood, this special identity, so that after he became a famous general of the Han family, he was also like a fish in water on the Qiang side, so Ma Teng imitated his father's method, and also married a Qiang girl as his wife, and gave birth to three sons - Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie!

In addition, Ma Teng's mother and wife are both from the 'Zhelan Department' among the Qiang people, and they are nobles in the tribe, so he has the heart to marry a Qiang girl for his eldest son Ma Chao, and even find a candidate!

"Huh! …… Meng Qi's crotch is the 'Sun, Moon and Frost Horse', and the 'Tiger Head Zhan Golden Gun' in his hand, he is brave and invincible, and all the departments of Xiqiang respect him as General Shenwei, and his brother has such a tiger, so he is naturally not afraid of Xiao Yi! Han Sui shouted compliments on the surface, but in his heart he was deeply jealous, the reason why Ma Teng was able to sit in the position of the boss of various warlords in Xiliang was based on three conditions!

First, he was born in a famous family, and the name after General Fubo was taken out, that is, an iron-clad signboard, which passed through the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty!

The second is the rich mineral deposits around Jincheng, there are tens of thousands of golden sands flowing into Ma Teng's pocket every year, with money, naturally there are no worries about soldiers, horses, grain and grass!

Third, and most importantly, he has a good son, Ma Chao is only nineteen years old this year, but he is brave and invincible, he has never had an opponent in Xiliang, and he once stepped on the seven camps of the Qiang people in one day, killing people with rolling heads and rivers of blood, so he was feared by the Qiang people - General Shenwei!

"Hehe, the virtuous brother praised it!" Speaking of his son, although Ma Teng was modest in his mouth, he showed a smug look on his face, but then he sank again, and asked his second son Ma Xiu beside him, "Where is Meng Qi now?" Why don't you come out to see the ceremony? ”

Han Sui and Ma Teng are sworn brothers, and they are the uncles of Ma Chao's brothers according to their generation, and now the two of them talk a lot in the lobby, but Ma Chao does not come out to greet them, which is quite rude!

"This ......, the eldest brother ......, he occasionally feels cold, and it is not suitable to come out to visit!" Ma Tie's face was a little pale, and his speech was also slurred, the three brothers of the Ma family, the eldest brother Ma Chao was brave, and the third brother Ma Tie was clever, but he was the only one who was loyal and never lied!

"Honestly, where the hell did your eldest brother go!" Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Ma Teng's face suddenly sank.

"Father's forgiveness, the eldest brother heard that the Qiang people were defeated, and even his cousin 'Zhelan' was captured as a prisoner, and last night he took Pang De, Ma Dai and more than a dozen guards to run to Guanzhong to save people, and said that he would meet that 'ghost-faced Xiao Lang' for a while, and see who the real Shenwei General is!"

"Rebel! Unfilial son! …… I don't know how thick the sky is! Ma Teng angrily took the case, but he didn't know how to reprimand, after all, it was his own son, if he scolded a few words like 'rabbit cub, bastard', it wouldn't be spared even himself.

Ma Chao's mother is the cousin of the big chief of the previous generation of 'Zhelan Department', so he and Zhelan are cousins, and Ma Teng also intends to match the two, in his opinion, Lang is talented and beautiful, a natural pair, and can continue to expand the influence of the Ma family among the Qiang people, I didn't expect such a thing to happen, that Guanzhong is now Xiao Yi's place, it is really like a tiger's den in Longtan, this time I am afraid that the blessing and misfortune will be unpredictable!

"Brother, the matter has come to this point, it is better to send someone to secretly enter Guanzhong and bring Meng Qi's nephew back!" Han Sui whispered comfort, but he had another idea in his heart, "Ma Chao is brave and invincible, but Xiao Yi doesn't dare to provoke it, if these two people fight, no matter who wins or loses, it is not a bad thing for him, if he is lucky, he will lose both, then ~~"

"Hey! That's it! With a long sigh, Ma Teng hurriedly began to send generals, and the soldiers sneaked into the pass secretly, and be sure to bring his son back, I hope everything is in time!

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Chang'an, the first giant city in Guanzhong, a prosperous and wealthy place, surrounded by eight rivers, convenient for business travel, there are straight official roads leading to Luoyang, communicating with the counties of Shandong, there are thousands of people in and out every day, very lively, recently because of the reason for recruitment, its prosperity is even more explosive several heat!

Looking at it, there are countless young people in Guanzhong who come to recruit every day, organized by the government in various places, some come by car, some come by boat, and some come from wealthy families, and they come on horseback with their own blades. The Diggers Army's is also snaring those peers in the pass everywhere, with more wolves and less meat, in order to compete for the best soldiers, the battalions can be described as eight immortals crossing the sea, and the means are all out!

Some people sent veterans with good export skills to persuade everywhere, promising all kinds of preferential conditions, and some simply put wine and meat at the gate of the camp, and the people who came did not say a word, first warmly entertained, and then pulled into the camp, and even those who were absolutely outstanding, directly sent people to set up teahouses and wine shops dozens of miles away from Chang'an City, and specially cut off the teams that sent troops from all over the country, and they were very busy!

When he came, he sent a cart of people, but when he left, he brought a large number of cattle and sheep, and even horses, this is the settlement fee issued by the governor - Xiao Yi, and the counties with a large number of recruits also rewarded war horses, anyway, these cattle and sheep, horses are all from the Qiang people for nothing, rather than holding them in their hands, it is better to send them to the people, the land in Guanzhong is fertile, and there are many pastures, with these cattle and sheep as seeds, it will not take a few years, the number will definitely multiply, and then you are afraid that there will be no war horses and ploughing cattle available?

And these horses to the people, can be very convenient for the Guanzhong teenagers to practice riding and archery, and after a few years, when the teenagers come to join the army with a body of martial arts, don't they even bring people and horses back, this account Xiao Yi calculates very clearly, he doesn't suffer!

Because of the favorable recruitment conditions, in just a few days, there are as many as 40,000 young people in Guanzhong who come to join the army, and all of them are physically strong, with strong personalities, and many of them have martial arts.

"Huh! …… The essence of Guanzhong, the iron-blooded warriors, are all in my hands! Looking at the endless stream of military troops, Xiao Yi couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and revised a sentence of Tang Taizong in the later generations, which shows the pride in his heart!

However, Xiao Yi is not satisfied with the number of 40,000, Guanzhong has always been a place to produce elite soldiers, although it has been ruined by Li and Guo in recent years, but the heritage is still there, millions of old Qin people with a martial spirit are still there, the Qin Empire, which had a population of only 5 million back then, in order to annex the six eastern countries, but it has recruited 1 million troops, almost one out of every two men in Guanzhong is a soldier, and then remove the old and young children, basically all the people are soldiers!

Xiao Yi has no intention of conscripting millions of soldiers, which is not realistic, unless all the manpower in the pass is squeezed out, but he also has a goal in mind - 100,000!

He has to recruit 100,000 soldiers this time, and he will damage more people's power and not enough to mobilize.

100,000, just right!