Looking at Ma Chao, who was looking directly at the fearless, Yan Xing smiled faintly.

This is a hard, cold, young face, his body is straight, his gaze is straight like a stubborn granite, he firmly believes in his "prophet", he firmly believes in his martial bravery, so he will also be ignorant and fearless.

Ten years of time are like a reincarnation.

It reminded him of a man.

Who said that there are only two roads to cross Longshan, and he himself walked the third road.

Before Yan Xing could speak, the staff and Peng Shi around him had already spoken out to reprimand Ma Chao for his rudeness and arrogance.

This is like not taking other people whose status and achievements are much higher than his in his eyes.

Yan Xing waved his hand to signal the people around him to stop, he met Ma Chao's gaze, with a smile in his eyes, he stretched out his finger and pointed to a cavalry on standby not far outside the tent.

"There are three hundred cavalry there, all of them are skilled athletes with bows and horses in Liangdi, if you can take them away, Lone will order you to chase Han Sui!"

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, originally he thought that under the obstruction of many civil and military forces, Yan Xing would hesitate for a long time, but he didn't expect to agree so simply.

He turned and glanced in the direction Yan Xing was pointing, but there was a cavalry on standby, and the armor on their bodies showed that they all belonged to the Ma Teng army.

Ma Chao turned around again, glanced at Yan Xing again, and then without saying a word, turned around and strode out.

Walking out of the makeshift military tent and leading his war horse, Ma Chao was relaxed for a while, although the sky was quietly drifting with light snow, but he didn't care at all, and walked quickly to the waiting cavalry.

There were few familiar faces, but Ma Chao could still feel the familiar aura.

"Cool ground athletes, come with me!"

Ma Chao's heroic laughter was as usual, he turned over and sat on the saddle vigorously, and greeted these Xiliang cavalry loudly.

But soon the palm he raised became stiff in the wind and snow, like a cold stone.

He subconsciously thought that it was snowflake frozen, and wanted to open and close his palm to activate it, but there was still a cold feeling from his palm, so that he had to slowly put down his hand.

During the whole process, none of the cavalry followed the horse, and they either impatiently patted the snowflakes falling on their armor, or lazily arranged the manes of the mounts next to them, except for the eyes that Ma Chao threw at them.

Of course they knew Ma Chao, but without the military order of the Chinese army, without Ma Teng's general order, they would not rashly follow Ma Chao and leave.

The current Ma Chao is a proton, he has a place to stay, but it is by no means a battlefield.

Ma Chao looked at these Xiliang cavalrymen who became unfamiliar in an instant, and the snowflakes that fell on his body for a while were like pins and needles, he was uncomfortable, but he was at a loss.

He looked at these indifferent Xiliang cavalry, and suddenly understood, understood the disdainful gaze of the civil and military in the tent, and understood the deep meaning under Yan Xing's smile.

It turned out that the Xiliang cavalry that left Ma Chao was still the brave and warlike Xiliang cavalry; And Ma Chao, who left the Xiliang cavalry, will not be the Ma Mengqi who is in battle.

Realizing this, Ma Chao lowered his head and smiled miserably at the white and shiny hair of the good horse under his crotch, but soon stubbornly raised his head again.

"Athletes from the cool land, let's go!"

Ma Chao urged the horses, and the mount happily spread its hooves and rode away.

The Xiliang cavalry, who stayed in place and waited, finally raised their heads, looked in the direction of Ma Chaoyuan, and just watched quietly.

Also in his eyes, there was Pei Juan, who quietly followed out of the tent, and after glancing at the direction of Ma Chao's gallop, he turned around and walked briskly towards the tent.

"General, Ma Chao rode away alone, or-"

Pei Wan walked to Yan Xing's side along the side and said softly.

Yan Xing was talking to the other staff, but he still turned to look at Pei Wan and shook his head.

"Let him go, the horse is tired of running, and naturally he will come back."

···

The temporary military conference continues.

Whether it is Zhao Hong, Yang Jun, Zheng Hun, Du Ji and other Peng Shi, or Yan Xing, Yang Feng, Bao Zhu and other generals who returned to their divisions, their interest is very high, but even the most optimistic and radical Wenchen generals, they have to admit that this year's military affairs must be over.

If the follow-up army advances to the area of Chencang, it is necessary to stop the pace of marching, otherwise they may repeat the mistake of Zhang Wen first winning and then losing in the second year of Zhongping, and fall into a situation where the grain and grass cannot be connected, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted.

At this age, the wars on the east and west sides are too frequent, whether it is the conquest of Li Dao, the surrender of Ma Teng, the defeat of Han Sui, or the flat Zhang Yan, Lian Cao Cao, and retreat Yuan Shao, they are all busy and tightly together, making Yan Xing lead the army back and forth, just like a trickster who holds the line in both hands and controls the puppets of the two sides.

The soldiers and horses are tired, as the commander-in-chief, Yan Xing can hide his fatigue, but the soldiers at the bottom will not hide it, in the long march and battle, they will only intuitively and rudely express their inner violence.

Grain and grass are scarce, and the strategy of Xun You, Du Ji, Zhang Ji and others to gather grain on the spot can only alleviate the urgent need, but it still cannot heal the huge wounds left by the years of war in the land of Sanfu.

This year's cold winter has come early, and the winter clothes, shoes and socks that the soldiers in the army lack need to be made in advance; Disaster relief after the onset of winter requires large quantities of food; Next year's spring and summer planting will require sufficient manpower, animal power, seeds, and water sources; To prevent next year's drought and locust plagues, it is necessary to store grain and straw in advance, repair weirs and store sources, and arrange manpower······

In essence, Yan Xing is not simply fighting against a certain force, but against a whole cannibalistic chaotic world.

Therefore, after a brief period of joy in a great victory, he must once again devote himself to the myriad of military and political affairs.

Among them, it happens to involve the most important matter at the moment.

That is the soldiers of Han Sui who were captured one after another after the war.

This number is initially expected to be about 15,000 in the army, including the Qianghu Yicong of various tribes, the Di people of Hanyang and Wudu, the Haoqiang tribes of Jincheng and Longxi, and some of the people of the Han family in Jincheng.

If the soldiers and horses captured by Zhang Ji, Guo Yan and others were treated in the past, Hedong would kill the recalcitrant generals and military officials, and absorb the elite men and horses selected among them, while the remaining captives were stripped of everything and became a small individual in the large government-run projects such as tuntian, salt mining, iron smelting, canals, city building, and road construction.

But this time, Yan Xing planned to forgive and pardon them, except for the Han family's subordinates, who would become the new labor of the Guanzhong government, the men and horses of the other families and tribes, after a combination of soft and hard admonitions, Yan Xing would order them to be given some rations and livestock, and they would be dismissed according to their families and tribes, and returned to Liangdi respectively.

Although there was some slight controversy about this resolution, Yan Xing still adhered to the original intention, and soon passed the military proposal, preparing to implement it in the army in the next few days.

···

After the end of the military discussion, the generals and colonels under Yan Xing's command were all returned to the headquarters, and Peng Shi also performed his own duties and retreated one after another, and the military tent that was originally temporarily built and slightly crowded suddenly became spacious.

However, Yan Xing didn't stay in this rare and spacious military tent for a while, he looked at the snowflakes flying outside the tent, thought about it, and took Pei Juan up and walked out of the tent.

As soon as he walked to the door of the tent, a cold wind suddenly rushed towards him, and Yan Xing slowed down slightly.

Pei Xuan, who was following behind him, saw it, and immediately asked the soldiers outside the tent to bring Yan Xing's big dan from the special tent where the storage was stored, but was quickly stopped by Yan Xing.

"Wen Chong, you will also be the one who will lead the troops in the future. It must be remembered that the military officers and the soldiers are in order, but as a general, they need to share the weal and woe with the soldiers. There are still soldiers in the army who have not been issued winter clothes, at this time, how can the commander of the army who is alone be able to wear a big hat and walk through the ranks! ”

Pei Juan had been following Yan Xing for a while, he was familiar with Yan Xing's temperament, and knew that Yan Xing was not joking with himself at this time, so he nodded hurriedly, seriously indicating that he had been taught and would never make the same mistake in the future.

Yan Xing smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and then stepped forward and walked out.

The snow outside the tent is still falling.

The cavalry on standby had moved to a place where they could avoid the snow, and only a part of the men and horses cleaning the battlefield were still in the snow-covered land, constantly leaving their long footprints.

This vast white snow, snow-white and crystalline, seemed to cover the cruel and tragic battlefield, but it could not stop the darkness shrouded in layers of black curtains.

It was getting dark, Yan Xing looked at the sudden snow, remembered something, and suddenly said to Pei Xuan:

"Wen Chong, remember it. When I return to Hedong next year, remember to remind the orphan envoy to prepare a gift and go to Jingxiang to get rid of a scholar named Zhang Zhongjing. ”

"No!" Pei Juan hurriedly responded, reached out and took the pen and ink from the hand of the guard behind him, and wrote it down carefully.

However, he was also aroused by Yan Xing's impromptu curiosity, and his curiosity was not this scholar surnamed Zhang, but other information in Yan Xing's words.

This winter, Yan Xing seems to be going to stay in Guanzhong; Next year, it seems that there is no rush to use troops against the cold land that is about to become a mess.

"General, do you want to discuss this ,,, with Hedong first?"

Yan Xing looked at the snowflakes in the sky and said solemnly:

"Guanzhong has not been settled for a long time, and there are still too many things to deal with alone. Lone can't leave for the time being, at least until the millet and wheat are planted, so that Lone can leave with peace of mind, and with food, there is hope, and people's hearts will naturally stabilize slowly. ”

"As for Liangzhou." Yan Xing smiled and continued:

"Let's let the lonely brother fight first. Han Sui's vitality was greatly damaged, and the people who wanted to take the opportunity to replace him did not know how many, Wei Duan, Zhang Meng, Handan Shang, Song Jian, let them fight, the harder the fight, the better. After the autumn of the next year, Lone will free up his hands again and clean them up in one go! ”

Listening to Yan Xing's words, Pei Xuan's heart calmed down a little, he couldn't help but smile, and was about to say a few words to echo this rare relaxed atmosphere, when suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance.

Pei Wan followed the prestige, it seemed that a horse had returned lonely from afar, a man and a horse were shrouded in snowflakes in the sky, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but the horses were still vigorous, and the knight's body was still straight, just like molten pig iron, like hard granite, ice and snow, severe cold, loneliness, tiredness, and hunger could not make them succumb!

Perhaps, nothing but death can bring them to their knees.

Pei Xuan's face was jealous, he turned to look at Yan Xing, Yan Xing looked at the general and vague distance, and smiled.

The distance under the wind and snow is still vague, and the ambiguity makes them fearful, but it also makes them look forward to it, because no matter what, it will be white after all, and it will be a new world.