Just when everyone was secretly rejoicing, the night of the change came.

The conspiracy of the edict was accidentally leaked, and Dong Cheng and others had to start an uprising in advance.

So in the spring of the fifth year of Jian'an, the smell of blood blew in the warm and cold spring breeze, and there was another bloody coup d'état in the new capital of the Han Dynasty.

It was only because the plan of Dong Cheng and others was leaked in advance, and under the hasty uprising, the anti-Cao people were quickly annihilated in the Xu Capital who were all over Cao Cao's henchmen and minions.

In just a few days, a number of courtiers who participated in the plot were arrested and imprisoned, and even Concubine Dong in the palace could not escape, and many criminals who were branded as "plotting rebellion and thieves" were quickly convicted and escorted to the execution ground to be beheaded for public display.

Everything, after a short period of noise, fell into an endless dead silence.

It wasn't until the bright red blood flowed into the earth that the frightened people in the city looked up and were surprised to find that before they knew it, the color of the sunset on the horizon had changed, and the bright red color was even more gorgeous than the peach blossoms that had just bloomed outside the city, which made people tremble to see!

It's just that under a bloody storm, something happened that made Cao Cao upset after all.

Liu Bei of Xuzhou brazenly rebelled, attacked and killed Xuzhou's assassin Shi Chezhou, Xiapi, Pengcheng, Peiguo and other counties responded one after another, once again out of Cao Cao's control.

Cao Cao immediately sent troops to attack and quell the rebellion, but Liu Bei won the support of the people of Xuzhou, struggled to resist, and contacted Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses in Qingzhou as foreign aid.

The Xuzhou Rebellion provoked by Liu Bei, in the context of the confrontation between the three families, soon became a new wrestling place for the Yuan and Cao families.

It was in this special period that Sikong Mansion finally received the envoy from Chang'an, and after the conspiracy to defeat Yuan Shao failed, and the relationship between the two families reached an impasse, Cao Cao reaffirmed the covenant of friendship and cooperation between Cao Yan and the two families, which made the envoy of Chang'an extremely happy and returned with a full load.

After confirming Yuan Cao's open and secret battles in Xuzhou and Cao Cao's attitude, Yan Xing, a hussar general who had been waiting for a long time, finally made up his mind and personally led his troops and horses to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion set off by Ma Chao, Lu Shuihu, and Xiding Ling in Hexi.

The mobilization of more than 10,000 elite soldiers and horses in Chang'an cannot hide the eyes of many well-intentioned people, but whether the hussar general led the army to go in person, except for a few high-level personnel in the hussar general's mansion, it is difficult for others to know.

In order to hide from the world, it also made the Yuan Cao family dare not act rashly. Yan Xing even left behind the military advisor Xun You, the secretary of the office Zuo Fu Gan, the lieutenant of the Chinese military academy Dian Wei and others, only brought Fa Zheng, Yang Fu, Yan Wen, Ma Jun, Zhang Zuo, Yan Gui and other Peng Shi with the army, with Gan Ling as the main general on the bright side, led Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Fu Gulu, Wulou Thorn, Quan Qu Evil and other Hu and Han soldiers to Hexi.

During the march, Yan Xing, who was in the carriage, sent someone to summon Fa Zheng to board the carriage to discuss the matter.

Seeing that the carriage was spacious, Fa Zheng, who rushed to the carriage, originally thought that there were Yang Fu, Yan Wen and others in the carriage, but after he bent over and entered the carriage, he unexpectedly found that only the hussar general was sitting on one side and looking at the map of Hexi, and there were many classified military and political documents on the case.

Summoned alone, some flattered Fa Zheng wanted to salute, but was stopped by Yan Xing raising his hand, pointing to the seat in front of him and saying:

"In the military, you don't have to be polite, let's sit down first."

"No."

As soon as Fa Zheng's buttocks touched Pu Xi, he heard Yan Xing ask:

"I discussed the Liangzhou counterinsurgency military before, but Xiaozhi never spoke, I don't know if I have a high opinion on the counterinsurgency strategy?"

"What you have learned is shallow, where do you dare to call it a high opinion."

Thinking of the last military discussion that Yan Xing personally presided over, Fa Zheng hurriedly humbled it, but when he met Yan Xing's shining gaze, he couldn't help but be touched by the block in his heart, and he quickly said again:

"Please also ask the general to pardon the courtier's innocence."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

After receiving Yan Xing's affirmative reply, Fa Zheng sorted out his thoughts and said some thoughts in his heart.

"During the march for several days, Zheng also took advantage of his presence in the army to collect and sort out a number of military documents on the two defeats in Hexi, and then found that these two uses of troops had the same reason for the failure, that is, the generals in Hexi all committed a taboo of the word 'urgent'."

Speaking of this, Fa Zheng secretly raised his eyes and looked at the hussar general's face.

The hussar generals have always acted vigorously and resolutely, and the generals in Hexi were eager to quell the rebellion, in fact, it was also related to the fear that the hussar generals would have a temper attack and send envoys to hold them accountable for slacking off in the military.

Fortunately, Yan Xing's face was calm and did not fluctuate in the slightest, Fa Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued:

"General Anxi is familiar with border affairs, and Captains Bao, Wang, and Yang Zhu are also brave generals in the army, but they all made the mistake of despising the enemy's situation and striving for merit and forging ahead when they went out of the fortress to pursue Ding Linghu and fight against Zhuhu under Yanzhi Mountain. Of course, this is also related to the fact that in recent years, the army is sure to win every battle, arrogance has grown, and the generals in Hexi are eager to redeem their merits. ”

"Hmm." Yan Xing finally nodded, "Go on." ”

"Therefore, the first thing the general should avoid this time is to be in a hurry. Calculate the time, the day the army arrived in Hexi, it was the time to turn into the middle of summer, Hexi rebel Hu is sharp, the rebel general Ma Chao is brave and invincible, the army should be deep ditch and fortified, step by step, to avoid a decisive battle with Hu Cai, let alone risk marching and deep pursuit.

"The general can first force the rebel Hu to withdraw from Zhangye with the strength of the army, weaken the morale of the rebels, and wait until the morale of the rebels is depressed and the men and horses are tired, and then use the army on a large scale, and all the departments will join together to echo and extinguish the rebellious Hu people in Hexi in one fell swoop."

After Yan Xing listened to Fa Zheng's suggestion, he nodded again, and his eyes also showed approval. Fa Zheng did not arrive at the front line in person, let alone grasp the overall situation in Hexi, but his strategy was similar to the strategy sent by Jia Xu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai and others, which can be said to be the same as that seen by wise men.

He took a pen and wrote down some more content on paper, preparing to try out the strategy proposed by Fa Zheng and others according to the changes in the actual situation after arriving at the Hexi front.

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In mid-May, Ma Chao and Zhi Yuanduo led a number of Qianghu men and horses to attack Guzang, Zhang Ji, Yang Qiu and other civil and military forces defended the fortified city and defended well, Ma Chao and Zhi Yuanduo repeatedly failed to attack, and lost a number of men and horses, so they could only retreat and return to Jiedan to join Yijian's prostitutes and concubines, and planned to turn around and attack Yang Feng and Zhao Hong in Jiuquan.

At the beginning of June, the raging and plundering Hu cavalry was attacked head-on by the vanguard Zhang Liao, Wuloujian and other soldiers in the territory of Wuwei, and the edge was frustrated again, so they retreated to the territory of Zhangye, and Zhang Liao and other generals were ordered to lead troops to recover the city and stationed around Zhangye on a large scale.

Under the pressure of reinforcing the Yan army, the Qianghu tribe gathered in Chelan began to prepare for a general meeting to discuss what to do with the Hu people next.

Ma Chao, who had left the hair, had become the temporary leader of the Zhuhu election, supplemented by Yijian's concubines and Zhiyuan, and they jointly presided over this military meeting that brought together the Qianghu lords of various ministries.

In the lobby, the captured military map was hung in the center of the hall, and the Qianghu lords of various departments gathered together to watch and discuss it.

When the soldiers and horses that had defeated Yang Aruo and the third lieutenant before were crisscrossing the west of the river, the big men of the various departments were arrogant and did not notice anything wrong, but it was only after the new reinforcements of the Yan army arrived that they were worried about their current situation again.

To the east of Zhangye, the newly reinforced Yan army was very tricky, and the lords of the various departments were obviously inferior in the battle with them, and they were now marching step by step, and were constantly tightening the blockade to the east of Zhangye by arranging the defense of Xianmei, Xiutu and other cities.

To the west of Zhangye, Yang Feng and Pang De reorganized their troops and horses, joined the elite soldiers of Dunhuang, made a comeback, and stationed in the city of Biaoshi, preparing to wait for an opportunity to recover Zhaowu, Jingde and other cities, and cut off the connection between the Zhangye rebels and Xiding Zero.

They are now in danger of being surrounded and flanked by the Yan army again, unless they can break the blockade as soon as possible, otherwise after the east and west sides are encircled, their various units will really be unable to fly.

They expect Ma Chao to lead them to victory once again.

However, Ma Chao came up with a different and shocking plan.

He heard that there were Han Sui and Zhang Lu on the right side of Longyou, if the soldiers and horses of Hexi could pass through the valley road of Qilian Mountain, toss and turn, break into Jincheng, Longxi and other places, and unite with the soldiers and horses of Han Sui and Zhang Lu, it would break the new blockade of the Yan army in one fell swoop and completely overturn the rule of the Yan army in the land of Liangzhou.

Yes, there are many small roads in Qilian Mountain that can communicate with Zhangye, Dunhuang, Jincheng and other places, and it is even rumored that they can lead to the Western Regions.

But this must pass through many Qiang tribes, including Ru Mao, who drank blood and were not easy to get close to, Faqiang and Tang Xuan.

All the lords spoke out against it, and they all claimed that Ma Chao's plan was too risky, and if he got lost in the middle, or maybe he was attacked by Faqiang and Tang Xuan, he might fall into the end of the whole army being wiped out and having no horses.

Ma Chao looked at these Qianghu lords coldly, of course he knew that these Qianghu lords were concerned about their respective subordinates in Hexi and the people, animals and goods they plundered, and he didn't want to send soldiers and horses to take this risk at all.

So after thinking for a while, Ma Chao proposed that he should lead the elite cavalry forward, but he was opposed by Yijian's concubines and Zhi Yuanduo.

Yijian's concubine and Zhi Yuanduo claimed that the reason why the Qianghu adults of the various tribes were able to gather was because of the orders of Ma Chao, who was both brave and prestigious, and once Ma Chao left, the adults of the various tribes would be leaderless, and it would not be far from being extinguished by the Yan army.

Of course, they also have their own careful thoughts, that is, if Lu Shuihu loses Ma Chao, he will not be able to steadily suppress the other Qianghu lords.

As a result, everyone in the hall quarreled endlessly, and the military discussion was entangled until nightfall, and only then did they reluctantly come up with a compromise strategy.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Yan army did not encircle, Ma Chao led the Qianghu men and horses to retreat to Lushuihu's capital, and then provoked and lured the Yan army to pursue deeply, leading the Yan army's soldiers and horses into the Hanhai and mountain ranges further north, and using the changeable and complex geography and climate, once again defeated the Yan army's soldiers and horses who were strong and strong but not familiar with the geography of Hexi.

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