The news that Liu Bei led Xuzhou Mu quickly spread all over the world; Hearing this news, the other princes did not react much, Liu Bei's occupation of Xuzhou was reasonable, not abnormal; Xuzhou Tao Qian, his own ability is insufficient, he has been defeated in a row, exhausted, and his two sons Tao Shang and Tao Ying have no ambition to enter the office, Xuzhou has elite soldiers, but there is no unscrupulous general to entrust, Tao Qian "let" Xuzhou Yu Liu Bei is normal.

But Ma Chao, who pays close attention to the dynamics of Xuzhou, doesn't think so, Ma Chao already suspected that Tao Qian "made" Xuzhou's history problematic, and wanted to explore the truth of the matter, so he naturally increased his efforts to collect detailed information about Liu Bei and Lu Zhu in Xuzhou. Therefore, Ma Chao also learned far more information than other princes, so he naturally discovered the problems inside.

As everyone knows, Tao Qian's henchmen are Cao Bao and Xu Tan, who have mastered the Danyang elite soldiers under Tao Qian. Cao Bao is the prime minister of Xiapi and is the highest official of Xiapi. Xiapi is the seat of Xuzhou, that is, the political center of Xuzhou. When Tao Qian died, Cao Bao and Xu Tan were both leading troops outside and were not in Xiapi City, and it was Elk Zhu who passed on the news that Tao Qian "let Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei", and it was Lu Zhu and Chen Deng and other local family heroes who welcomed Liu Bei into Xiapi City and succeeded Xuzhou Mu. By the time Cao Bao and Xu Tan returned, the wood was already in the boat, and they could only accept the reality.

Ma Chao felt that the most likely explanation was that Mi Zhu falsely passed on Tao Qian's will, thus allowing Liu Bei to ascend to the position of Xuzhou pastor. According to what Ma Chao learned, after Liu Bei entered Yizhou, he worshiped Lu Zhu as the general of Anhan, and his status was above Zhuge Liang, and he was the most of Liu Bei's ministers. At that time, Mi Zhu's talent and contribution were not enough to hold this position, and at this time, Ma Chao suddenly realized that the root was here! It turned out that Mi Zhu gave Liu Bei the foundation of Xuzhou, so that Liu Bei had the first team in the troubled times, it turned out to be this reason! It can be said that the acquisition of Xuzhou was a major turning point in Liu Bei's career, and since then, Liu Bei has been able to settle down and occupy a place among the heroes in the late Han Dynasty! Mi Zhu's kindness, Liu Bei naturally will not forget, after getting Yizhou, he named him an Han general, and treated him as a guest.

Then why were Mi Zhu and Chen Deng able to control Xiapi City without military power? Ma Chao recalled the data in the 11th of the Three Kingdoms, Mi Zhu's intelligence was 77, his politics was 84, and his charisma was 85 (Mi Zhu's politics and charm were the highest among the generals of Xuzhou); Chen Deng intelligence 79, politics 78, armed force 62; Chen Deng's father, Chen Qi, has an intelligence of 82 (the highest for the generals of Xuzhou), a political 78, and a charismatic 76; And Cao Bao has an intelligence of 32, a political 21, a charisma of 26, and only a slight amount of force is 69; Tao Qian's intelligence is 59, politics is 59, and charm is 72, and Ma Chao understood in an instant: Cao Bao and Tao Qian are not the opponents of Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others in politics and strategy, and the difference between the two sides is not a grade at all, with Cao Bao's low intelligence and politics, it is normal to lose to Mi Zhu and Chen Deng.

After thinking about these, Ma Chao finally solved a historical problem left over from his previous life. However, since Liu Bei has successfully become the pastor of Xuzhou, he has returned to the historical track that Ma Chao is familiar with, although it is more than a year late, but it is acceptable, and this example also shows that although the "butterfly effect" exists, it will not completely depart from the original history.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao felt a lot more relieved and continued to focus on the development of Hanzhong military.

Before attacking Hanzhong City, Ma Chao built a Xiliang Iron Cavalry. It was by relying on these 10,000 iron cavalry that the Xiliang army won more with less and defeated the Zhang Lu army in Hanzhong. But after the war, the losses of the Xiliang army were also very large, and a small half of them were lost. Soon after, in the battle of Guandu, hundreds of thousands, 200,000 troops competed with each other, and his 10,000 cavalry was like a stone thrown into the sea, and the waves stirred up were not enough to see, so it was necessary to expand the size of the army to deal with the chaos behind.

In addition, the Chang'an Rebellion in history should start soon. Although there is a "butterfly effect", Ma Chao can no longer accurately estimate the specific time of the Chang'an Rebellion, but the ability and character of the characters cannot be changed. Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and other Dong Zhuo's old troops, although they inherited the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army, fought bravely and well, captured the capital division of Chang'an City, and controlled the government, but the intelligence and politics are very low, and the three of them do not obey each other, although nominally Li Dao is the leader, but Guo Yan and Fan Chou do not completely obey Li Dao's orders, according to the character of the three, sooner or later they have to fight, and it will cause chaos in Chang'an City!

Ma Chao improved the combat power of the army as soon as possible, and he could also prepare for the later attack on Chang'an. In case Chang'an City was empty due to civil strife, Ma Chao did not have enough military strength to attack Chang'an, and he had to die of depression.

The original 10,000 iron cavalry of the Xiliang Army has almost recovered after the replenishment of prisoners in these days. Ma Chao's policy was to give priority to heavy cavalry; In the ordinary cavalry, once young and strong excellent soldiers are produced, priority is given to the selection and replenishment of heavy cavalry, followed by supplementary archers, and finally rangers. The captured prisoners who surrender will also be tested, and the qualified prisoners can be supplemented to the ordinary cavalry of the Eastern Army, and those who are not qualified can only be assigned to various idle troops.

After taking Hanzhong City, although the total number of troops of the Xiliang Army increased a lot, its combat effectiveness did not increase significantly. Taking the Eastern Army as an example, it will take a long time to train the recruits who are now replenished to reach the previous level. In addition to the Eastern Army, Hanzhong City no longer has elite troops that can be used. Hanzhong City must build a new army and strengthen its military strength!

And Pang De has made a lot of contributions in the Eastern Army for more than a year, its force has increased to 92, the command has increased to 78, and he continues to be a thousand cavalry commanders, and it is indeed a bit overkill to lead the archers. And Pound has already brought the Archer Brigade on the right track, even if there is no Pound behind, the combat effectiveness of the Archer Cavalry will not be weakened much, so Ma Chao decisively decided to establish a new army - "Pingdong Army", with Pound as the commander of 10,000 cavalry and leading the 10,000 new army.

Where did these 10,000 new troops come from? Ma Chao thought of his father Ma Teng, Hanzhong City has been defeated, Tianshui is not in any danger, and the garrison can be reduced. In addition, although Ma Teng granted Ma Chao Hanzhong military and political power, it is impossible to say that such a big thing as the establishment of a new army is not reported to his father Ma Teng; After all, Ma Teng is the leader of the Xiliang Army.

Hanzhong City is more than 700 miles away from Tianshui City, but fortunately, Ma Chao's mount is a western domain with a mysterious pedigree, and it is not a problem to travel thousands of miles a day. The art master is bold, Ma Chao is strong in martial arts, and he is naturally not afraid of robbers and bandits on the way, so Ma Chao rode to Tianshui alone.