The cavalry attack from the left and right flanks made the barbarian rebel soldiers completely at a loss, and in this confusion, a large number of casualties appeared, and a large number of casualties brought fear to others, once the fear was born, it was difficult to extinguish, and the fear formed in a large area caused panic. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The barbarian rebels began to turn around and flee, more rebel soldiers stopped their horses, their front was blocked, and the retreat in the rear was quickly blocked, the cavalry of the Western Qin army kept running back and forth, and fired arrows at them without stopping, they once gathered together to break through to one side, but the cavalry of the Western Qin army who surrounded them moved the encirclement in the non-stop running and kept besieging them, until the last barbarian rebel was shot off the horse, the Western Qin cavalry stopped running, they sat on horseback, The ground in the middle was littered with the corpses of barbarian rebels.

Although the barbarian servant army of the Western Qin army could not see the details of the battle ahead, they could see that the cavalry of the Western Qin army used the way of running fast to besiege their clansmen in the middle and kept firing arrows, which made the servant army fearful, they were a nation on horseback, and they knew too well that it was too difficult to practice this tactic, not only required superb riding skills, but also required extremely tacit cooperation between the soldiers, and everyone needed to see the four directions and listen to all directions.

"Report-" A cavalryman galloped from the place of battle, stopped in front of Ma Luan and hugged his fists: "General, the barbarian rebels in front have been completely annihilated by our army, General Wang asks for instructions on the next move!" ”

Ma Xuan said: "Pass the order, the third light cavalry rests, the second department is responsible for cleaning the battlefield, burying the corpses, counting the spoils, the servant army is responsible for camping, the first and fourth departments are responsible for guarding, let's continue to march in the direction of Guazhou tomorrow!" ”

"Yes!"

Two days later, when Ma Lan led his army to Guazhou City, Guazhou City had become an empty city, and the remaining 1,000 barbarian rebels in the city learned that the 3,000 cavalry that had attacked had been wiped out, and immediately retreated to the east in the direction of Ganzhou.

After entering and occupying Guazhou City, Ma Lan immediately sent Bai Xiaode to report that he had led his army to seize Guazhou City and was recovering various cities and towns in Guazhou. At this time, Bai Xiaode had also conquered Yangguan and Dunhuang City, and was sending troops to recover Shouchang City and other towns in Shazhou.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Xinghan, Ma Lan rode a fast horse to Dunhuang to meet with Bai Xiaode to discuss military affairs.

"Hahaha, General Bai, have a good holiday!" Ma Lan saw Bai Xiaode clasping his fists and laughing.

Bai Xiaode also hugged his fists and said: "Happy holiday!" Come, General Ma, let's go in and talk! ”

The two sat in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion in Dunhuang City, and Bai Xiaode asked, "General Ma, have all the places in Guazhou been recovered?" ”

Ma Ling nodded and said: "Yes, the entire territory of Guazhou is currently under the control of our army, but there is one problem that is extremely difficult to deal with at present, that is, the problem of garrison!" The cities of Guazhou have been defeated, but who will garrison them? We can't send all the soldiers and horses to garrison the city, right? ”

Bai Xiaode rubbed his forehead and said: "I have also encountered the problem you mentioned, our soldiers and horses are too few, and if we are scattered in various cities, our troops are weak, and if we want to attack the barbarian rebels again, we will not have enough troops!" What do you think about it, and do you think of any solutions? ”

Ma Ling said: "I have 15,000 servant troops in my hand, all of them are composed of barbarian strong men from all over Guazhou, and there are also 4,000 Han troops, these people used to be the defenders of Guazhou, some of them were captured by the barbarians and were rescued by me, and the other part was scattered by the barbarian rebels and hid in the wilderness or villages. I don't dare to trust them too much, it's okay to take them with me to attack the city a little low, and letting them garrison everywhere is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain! However, even though I have recovered more than 4,000 Han soldiers who have been scattered, the garrison is still insufficient, so I have come to you to discuss countermeasures! ”

Bai Xiaode said: "Your method of recalling the soldiers of the original defenders who were scattered is very good, and I should be able to implement it on my side, but I really don't have anything to do about the soldiers who are still missing, this matter is really tricky!" ”

While drinking, Ma Xuan said to Bai Xiaode: "Actually, I have a way, but I must send a fast horse back to Xinjing to report to the king and obtain the king's consent before it can be implemented!" ”

When Bai Xiaode heard this, he put down the wine glass and hurriedly said, "What way?" ”

Ma Lan said: "Recruit Han strong men on the spot and train them into soldiers!" Then, while we were fighting the barbarian rebels, we handed over the recovered city to these newly trained Han soldiers. In fact, the number of Han people in Hexi and Longyou is not less than that of the Fan tribe, and many of the Han people who migrated from the Central Plains to Western Qin stayed here! It's not that I don't believe in the loyalty of the strong men of the Fan tribe, but you also know that the current rebellion is led by the Fan people, if you recruit the Fan people, on the one hand, it is difficult to guarantee their loyalty, and on the other hand, it is easy to be used by the barbarian rebels! ”

Bai Xiaode rubbed his face and said: "I agree with your method, the method is good, but you want to only recruit Han soldiers, which is obviously discriminatory, which will further aggravate the contradiction between the Fan and Han people!" ”

Ma Lan asked, "What do you think?" ”

Bai Xiaode thought for a while and said: "I know that you are wary of the barbarians, this is inevitable, after all, the repeated rebellions were initiated by the barbarians, and he is also the general of the barbarians." I am also a barbarian, but I am still loyal to the king and the Western Qin, and there are a large number of loyal ministers and warriors among the barbarians, even if they are Han people, not all of them are loyal ministers. The king has never discriminated against barbarian-born generals, even after An Lushan and Shi Siming, the servant bone Huai'en rebelled again, and the king still did not be wary of us barbarian-born generals, which is one of the aspects I admire him the most! You see if this will work, according to your method to recruit soldiers in the local area for training, no matter which clan, as long as you come to sign up, we will accept it if there is no problem after checking, but the barbarians can only be soldiers, not promoted to military leaders and officers! ”

Ma Lan weighed it and agreed to Bai Xiaode's proposal, "Okay, but this matter is not something that you and I can decide, this matter has to be reported to the top!" ”

Bai Xiaode said: "That's not necessary, right?" It will take a month to ride a fast horse from here to Xinjing, so we can't wait here for two months, right? I think it's better to recruit first, and then write a piece of music and send a fast horse to Xinjing, and talk about our current situation and the matter of recruiting soldiers to garrison! ”

Ma Lan shook his head and said: "General Bai, you must know that we are the leading generals, but we do not have the right to directly recruit soldiers and horses, recruiting soldiers is a matter for the relevant yamen of the Military Machinery Academy, we will be the master of recruiting soldiers without asking for instructions, and it will be very troublesome once the above is investigated!" ”

Bai Xiaode said: "How can I not understand what you said? But in a hurry, isn't there a saying that 'the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected'? If everything is done in a proper manner, it is likely that the fighter will be delayed! ”

Hearing this, Ma Lan sneered: "General Bai, are you really stupid or pretending to be confused?" From ancient times to the present, none of the leading generals who have done such a thing can die well! Even if the superior is not suspicious of us, we should take the initiative to avoid suspicion and not leave a handle for others! ”

Bai Xiaode was also a little angry: "Then what do you say, if it doesn't work, it won't work, can we just stay where we are?" ”

Ma Lan also frowned, in the end, the two of them had no better way, they could only recruit soldiers first, and at the same time send eight hundred miles of expedited horses to Xinjing to send good news, asking for instructions on recruiting soldiers on the spot for garrisoning, if Xinjing did not agree, immediately disbanded the strong men who had been recruited.

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On the eighth day of the second month, Xinjing, the village is in full bloom.

Zhao Ziliang and Yang Yuhuan walked along the Xinjing River to relax, Gao Shang walked over quickly with the official document and the seal, he was the secretary and deputy supervisor, mainly responsible for assisting Zhao Ziliang in handling military affairs and making suggestions, while Gao Shi was the main supervisor, mainly responsible for government affairs, justice and supervision of the official affairs and make suggestions, the division of labor between the two is different.

Gao Shang walked behind Zhao Ziliang and arched his hand: "King, the Military Machinery Institute has sent good news from the Eastern Expeditionary Army, Bai Xiaode and Ma Ling have recovered Guazhou and Shazhou, killed more than 7,000 people, and captured more than 3,000 people!" The other two should allow them to recruit their own troops on the spot to garrison the recovered city, otherwise they will not have enough troops to recruit the rebels if they want to divide their troops to garrison the recovered land! ”

Zhao Ziliang took the chapter and read it, and said: "Wait for this king to discuss this matter with the general of the Military Machinery Academy, and then reply to Bai Xiaode and Ma Lan!" ”

"Yes!"

The next day, Zhao Ziliang came to the Military Aircraft Institute to convene the military generals to discuss Bai Xiaode and Ma Luan's request to confidently recruit soldiers on the spot to garrison.

Zhao Ziliang threw the chapter on the desk and asked, "You have all read the chapter, how do you think this matter should be handled?" If they don't agree, they can only stop and wait for Xinjing to send troops and horses to take over the defense; If you agree, it will be tantamount to breaking the rule that the leading general cannot recruit soldiers and horses on his own, once a precedent is set, similar things will definitely happen in the future, and the rule will not become a rule! Let's talk about it! ”

Li Siye said: "King, maybe Bai Xiaode and Ma Lan have already started recruiting soldiers when they send someone to send the chapter, I don't know much about Ma Lu, but Bai Xiaode is definitely not a legalistic person!" Isn't it pointless for us to discuss it here? ”