Han Fu said to Zhang He again: "Zhang He, this is Lord Yuan Shao, the fourth generation of the Yuan family, and the third prince of the Yuan family. ”

Zhang He symbolically hugged his fists and said loudly: "The last general, Zhang He, see your lord." ”

Yuan Shao hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Ouch, General Zhang He, please hurry up." ”

Han Fu cleared his throat and said: "Today, this official will invite you to Yecheng, there is really something to tell you, the traitor Ma Yue did not respect the order of the Son of Heaven, and raised troops to invade the state without authorization, and the state assassin Shi Ding Yuan has sent an urgent document, saying that the horse will raise 30,000 cavalry, and the soldiers are divided into three routes, namely Kouluo Yanmen, Jinyang, and Shangdang. ”

"30,000 cavalry!?" Zhang He frowned and said, "My lord, is the news wrong?" ”

Han Fu said: "Why did General Zhang He say this? ”

Zhang He said: "As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the 30,000 army goes out, the grain and grass required are extremely numerous, and the 30,000 cavalry needs the grain and grass baggage is more than that, although Ma Yue defeated the siege of the four-way army, but also suffered heavy losses, and the grain and grass accumulated in the pile were burned, try to ask how Ma Yue raised the grain and grass needed by the 30,000 army in such a situation? If there is no food and grass, how can the army go on the march? ”

Han Fu snorted and said in a deep voice: "Has General Zhang He forgotten what Ma Yue's background is? The horse butcher Yellow Turban was born as a traitor, and what he is best at is robbery! For such thieves, why do you need to carry grain and grass to go out on the expedition, and you just need to kill and rob all the way? Didn't the horse butcher kill the Xianbei people, the Goguryi people, the Wuhuan people, and even the Huns in the past? ”

Zhang He said: "Ma Yuejun did rob the surname, but they never robbed the Han people!" ”

"." Han Fu said unhappily, "When the eight hundred Liukou flowed through Nanyang, Yingchuan, and swept through Gyeonggi, weren't the Han people robbed?" ”

"Uh~~" Zhang He frowned and said, "At that time, at this time, Ma Yuejun was still a rogue at the beginning, but now he is an official army of the Han Dynasty, and the two cannot be compared." ”

"Zhang He!" Han Fu said angrily, "You have repeatedly exonerated Ma Yue, what is your intention?" ”

A trace of gloom flashed through Zhang He's eyes, and he said in a condensed voice: "My lord, the last general did not intend to exonerate Ma Yue, the last general just said the doubts in his heart on the matter, after all, Ma Yue is as cunning as a fox, and if he is not careful, he may fall into his plan. ”

Han Fu said: "If you know that Ma Yue is as cunning as a fox, how can you not know that the horse butcher is as fierce as a wolf?" How can such a cruel and murderous person care about the life and death of the people in the state? This official is determined to raise troops, join forces with Lord Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, and go to the aid of Lord Ding Yuan, what do you think? ”

Everyone: "My lord." ”

"In that case, the matter is settled." Han Fu said and said to Zhang He, "Zhang He, this official ordered you to be the vanguard, lead 5,000 cavalry, and gallop to aid Jinyang." ”

Zhang He hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

……

Longxi, Liangzhou, General Dong Zhuo's Mansion, Dong Zhuo was reading the military book at his desk, and suddenly saw the military advisor Li Ru hurrying in.

"Lord, make a reward, Ma Yue will raise 30,000 cavalry, and the troops will be divided into three ways to plunder and merge the state!"

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo put down the book in his hand, Huo Di stood up, and said in a condensed voice, "Ma Yue raised 30,000 troops, and Kou plundered and annexed the state?" Is this ~~ possible? Although Ma Yue won the Battle of Hetao and burned Han Sui and Pan Feng's 60,000 troops, he himself suffered heavy losses and recovered in such a short period of time? ”

"Rejuvenation?" Li Ru sneered, "The population of Hetao is already small, and the Huns, who account for the majority, were almost slaughtered by horse butchers, how many strong men are left?" In Confucianism's view, the horse butcher's men died with 10,000 old troops, where did the 30,000 army come from? Only the two idiots of Ding Yuan and Han Fu would believe it. ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Even if Ma Yue only has more than 10,000 old departments, it should not be underestimated. The Battle of Hetao, although it buried Han Sui's 30,000 Xiliang cavalry, also let us see the true strength of Ma Yuejun, this is indeed a tiger and wolf army that can fight well! If Ma Yue really wants to attack and merge with the state, Ding Yuan may not be able to defend it. ”

Li Ru said: "But Confucianism thinks that Ma Yue will not fight and merge states at all. ”

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo said, "The meaning of Wenxiu, Ma Yue's attack on the state is just a pretense? So what is the real purpose of Ma Yuexing's soldiers? ”

Li Ru said: "The real purpose of Ma Yue's army, Confucianism has not thought of it for the time being, but Confucianism can be sure that Ma Yue will never really fight the annexation of the state, the reason is very simple, the conditions for the horse butcher to attack the annexation of the state are not ripe at all, and regardless of whether he can capture the entire territory of the annexation state, even if he is barely captured, how can he defend it?" In the end, it's not about making wedding clothes for others, who is a horse butcher? When did the lord see him doing a loss-making business? ”

"The words of Wen Xiu are very reasonable." Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "But ~~ What is the purpose of the horse butcher's posture of attacking and merging the state?" ”

Li Ru said: "No matter what Ma Yue wants to do, at least one thing is certain, that is, in the next year at least, the dispute between Ma Yue, Ding Yuan, and Han Sui will not subside!" In other words, at least for a year, Ma Yue will not have time to look west! ”

"Hmm~"

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded again and again.

Li Ru continued: "The defeat of Hetao and the annihilation of Han Sui's 30,000 iron cavalry are certainly embarrassing, but they are not all bad, at least the factors that hinder the lord no longer exist, and Geng's strength has also been greatly weakened. ”

"Huh?"

Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes.

Li Ru said: "The lord can order Xu Rong, Yang Qiu, and Hou Xuan to lead 5,000 elite soldiers out of Longxi and Wudu, and attack Baimaqiang, Guo Yan, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan can lead 5,000 elite soldiers out of Jincheng and take the West Sea, and the strategy is to burn Dangqiang, Li Xu, Zhang Heng and Zhang Heng can lead 3,000 elite soldiers to the north to Wuwei and Zhangye, and attack Le Sister Qiang, Niu Fu and Cheng Yi lead 3,000 elite soldiers to the east to go out of Anding and Beidi, and the strategy is Lingqiang, and the lord leads 8,000 iron cavalry to sit in Longxi, and responds in the center. ”

"Good!" Dong Zhuo got up and said excitedly, "Just according to what Wen Xiu said." ”

……

Luoyang North Palace.

Wang Yun knelt on the ground, shook the ground, and said loudly: "The minister Wang Yun knocked to see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live~~"

Emperor Han Ling waved his hand and said indifferently: "Wang Aiqing is flat." ”

Wang Yun said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Wang Aiqing, have you done what I have to do?"

"Your Majesty, it's done." Wang Yun said respectfully, "Luoyang Sword Hero Gongsun Ba led eighty dead soldiers to set off half a month ago, and at this time should have rushed to Lishi to join Lord Huang Wan. ”

"Hmm." Emperor Han Ling nodded, and said in a condensed voice, "I deliberately stationed 8,000 Zhang Huan's old troops in Lishi, and released the rumor early to deliberately seal Ma Yue as the general of the Huns, just to lure Ma Yue to be fooled!" As long as Ma Yue dares to go to Lishi to receive Zhang Huan's eight thousand old departments, he will definitely die. ”

Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Emperor Han Ling paced back and forth in the hall with his hands in his hands, and sighed, "But what I'm worried about is how the tiger and wolf army under his command will react after Ma Yue's death?" In case they want to avenge Ma Yue, desperately move south, and force Luoyang again, it will be a big deal. ”

Wang Yun's expression moved, and he suggested: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan. ”

"Oh?" Emperor Han Ling said happily, "Will the plan be released?" ”

Wang Yun said: "Ma Yue has two henchmen under his command, and he is relied on as his left arm and right arm. One is Pei Yuanshao, the other is Guan Hai, Guan Hai is dead, why didn't Your Majesty edict Pei Yuanshao as the captain of Wuhuan and control his people. In this way, even if Ma Yue is assassinated, his subordinates will not collapse and cause trouble to the north, and what is even more rare is that Pei Yuanshao is not as ambitious as Ma Yue, and even less as fierce and cunning as Ma Yue, and it is much easier to deal with it, hehe. ”

"Good." Emperor Han Ling said, "This plan is good, just follow what Qing plays, and handle it as soon as possible." ”

Wang Yun said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

……

Yanmen border.

After entering the boundary of Yanmen, there were villages and market towns on the desert, and there were fields and hard-working farmers on both sides of the official road, which were not as desolate and uninhabited as the Hetao area.

Under the banner of hunting and hunting, Pei Yuanshao was dressed in a military uniform and looked solemn.

Although Pei Yuanshao is not a good general, he has followed Ma Yue to fight for a few years, and he can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, but he has never fought such a strange battle! Ma Yue didn't have any specific military orders except for handing over the three thousand Wuhuan wolf horses to Pei Yuanshao and then letting his troops go out of Yanmen, and he didn't even explain the clear purpose of the battle.

Pei Yuanshao didn't know what the soldiers were doing when they came out of Yanmen? What made Pei Yuanshao even more confused was that Ma Yue obviously ordered Guo Tu to accompany the army, but this guy only followed the army to the river ferry and turned back to Meiji, and he didn't know what was going on? Moreover, the army only carried seven days' worth of jerky, and they were not allowed to rob it!

"Whew~~"

Pei Yuanshao breathed a long sigh of relief, it's best not to think about things that you don't understand, anyway, it's in vain to think about it, Bo Qi uses soldiers and is unpredictable, how can ordinary people speculate?

"Someone."

"What does the general command?"

"Give the order to go down, and the army will be stationed on the spot! There is also a strict prohibition of looting, let alone killing, violators ~~ beheaded! ”

"Yes."

……

Upper Party Border.

Zhou Cangzheng summoned the three centurions and thirty centurions under his command to discuss the matter.

Zhou Cang knocked the helmets of the Wuhuan Thousand Commanders and Centurion with a horsewhip, and said with a murderous face: "You all listen to Lao Tzu, after crossing the border, take care of your wolf cubs, no one is allowed to rob, let alone kill!" If one person robs, Lao Tzu will kill ten people, ten people will rob, the entire team of 100 people will die, 100 people will rob, Lao Tzu will kill all 3,000 of you, and then cut off his head to ask the lord for guilt, have you heard clearly? ”

The three Wuhuan Centurions and the thirty Wuhuan Centurions said in unison, "I heard clearly. ”

"Okay." Zhou Cang nodded and said sharply, "Let's go now, go with Lao Tzu to play the pot pass!" ”

Huguan is not a checkpoint, but the county governance of Shangdang County.

"But the general~~" a Wuhuan commander wondered, "The lord didn't let us attack Huguan?" ”

"Stupid." Zhou Cang snorted and scolded, "The lord didn't say that we should fight anywhere, but he said that we can fight anywhere!" ”

……

Jinyang, and the state of the history of the palace hall.

Ding Yuan was lying on the table and carefully inspecting the map, Lu Bu and Song Xian stood on both sides, and the sound of hurried footsteps sounded, Cheng Lian strode into the hall with his head held high, and said to Ding Yuan: "My lord, the horse is urgent." ”

Ding Yuan didn't raise his head, and said in a deep voice: "Speak." ”

Cheng Lian said: "Ma Yue's number one general Pei Yuanshao led 5,000 light cavalry to cross the river and march eastward, and has entered the border of Yanmen County to camp, and another fierce general Zhou Cang has crossed the border of Shangdang with 5,000 light cavalry, and is advancing day and night, approaching Huguan, it seems that he is preparing to take Huguan in one fell swoop." ”

Song Xian hurriedly said: "My lord, Huguan is not only the seat of Shangdang County, but also the key location, guarding the transportation artery leading to Sili in Bingzhou, there is no room for mistakes, and adults can quickly send troops to rescue." ”

"No, these two enemy forces seem to be menacing, but in fact, they are not to be feared, they are just Ma Yue's suspicious tactics, the purpose is to lure me into dividing the troops, this officer will never be fooled." Ding Yuan Huo Ran straightened up, raised his hand to stop Song Xian, and asked Cheng Liandao, "Where is Ma Yue's 20,000 army now?" ”

Lu Bu complimented: "The righteous father is wise, as long as the main army of Ma Yue is defeated, these two rangers will retreat without a fight." ”

Cheng Lian was embarrassed: "My lord, the last general's former soldiers have sent dozens of probe horses, but there has been no return of probes, so I don't know where Ma Yue's 20,000 troops have entered, but the last general inferred that Ma Yue's main army should have entered the Xishan area now~~"

"Inference? Should? Is this what you should say!? Do you know that such a military situation is likely to destroy tens of thousands of sons and daughters of the state, and even the people of the entire state! Ding Yuan said sharply, "The confrontation between the two armies can be regarded as child's play? Send more probes to explore again, and we must find out the specific location of Ma Yue's main army as soon as possible. ”

Cheng Lian said shamefully: "The last general will obey the order." ”

"Huh~~" Seeing Cheng Lian hurriedly go away, Ding Yuan breathed a sigh of relief lightly and said to Lu Bu, "Fengxian, immediately strengthen the patrol around Jinyang, don't let Ma Yue's army hit the door We only found out that this time the horse butcher is menacing, and it seems that he will not give up." ”

Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, father-in-law, the child will do it!" ”

……

Leaving the stone, Ma Yue camp.

A dim mutton oil lamp illuminated the short and small cowhide tent, and also illuminated the two figures almost crowded together in the cowhide tent, under the flickering firelight, Ma Yue and Xu showed three points of cunning, six points of insidiousness, and a point of weirdness.

Jia Xuyin said with a smile: "Lord, this old thing Ding Yuan must be in a hurry to transfer troops and generals, waiting for a big battle with our army in Jinyang, hehe~~"

Ma Yue said coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that our army's grain and grass were burned to the ground, General Ben would have really cleaned up this old thing this time!" ”

Dian Wei, who was guarding outside the cowhide tent, couldn't help but turn around and said, "Lord, can you grab the grain and grass when the baggage is gone?" Didn't the previous grain and grass baggage also be stolen from the Huns, the Goguryi people, and the Xianbei people? Crossing the river all the way east, Lao Tzu saw that the people of Bingzhou were much richer than those Hu people. ”

"Shut up!" Ma Yue scolded unceremoniously, "Can those Hu people be the same as the Han people? It doesn't matter how much General Ben robs and slaughters the Hu people in the north, but if he dares to rob the Han people in the annexed state, the situation will be very different! At that time, this general will be pointed at by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people. ”

Jia Xu also said: "Yes, the lord slaughtered the Xianbei people, the Gaogurli people and even the Huns, and the people of the Central Plains, scholars, and heroes have to be called heroes when they mention the lord, but if you treat the Han people like the Hu people, then the lord is no longer a hero, but really a butcher and an executioner." ”

After that, Jia Xu glanced at Ma Yue with a smile, and it happened that Ma Yue also looked at Jia Xu, the two looked at each other and smiled, with a tacit face, with the strength of the army under his command, the expansion of the territory, and the gathering of civil officials and military generals, Ma Yue's ambition is also expanding day by day.

Ma Yue didn't kill or rob the people of the Central Plains, but not to gain fame! In fact, Ma Yue never thought that fame was of any use. Although Ma Yue pretended to be a famous general, he was not a child of a family, like all the heroes who were born in the army and killed from countless corpses and mountains of blood, he only believed in the sword in his hand and the soldiers under him!

Ma Yue did not kill or rob the people of the Central Plains, not because of how merciful he was, let alone because he cared about the so-called ethics and morality, the sage education was even worse in Ma Yue's eyes, the only reason was that Ma Yue still relied on these people to provide him with food and soldiers!

(To be continued)