When Chen Zhi and Zhang Xiu led the army to appear in the Hanzhong Plain, they had become two tired divisions, but these two tired divisions made Zhang Lu of Nanzheng shocked, and the last bit of resistance in his heart also disappeared.

In July of the ninth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (196), the Liang army captured Nanzheng without blood, and Zhang Lu, the Taishou of Hanzhong, led the people to surrender.

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Hetao camp.

A martial arts exercise of the junior generation is underway, Ma Yue personally serves as the chief examiner, and Jia Xu, Fu Zhu, Guan Ning, Fu Xie, Fa Zhen and other important ministers of Xiliang serve as deputy examiners. In fact, the horse butcher really attaches great importance to this exercise.

The martial arts exercises are divided into four categories: mounted archery, technical attack, hunting, and cultural examination.

It can be seen from the setting of the martial arts project that the horse butcher has an obvious bias towards emphasizing martial arts and ignoring literature, but this is a troubled time, and the troubled times should be a martial arts world, so it is understandable to arrange this way.

The horn stopped, and Jia Xu stepped forward with the roster in his hand and read: "Childe~~ Ma Zheng!" ”

When Ma Zheng heard this, he bowed his hand to Ma Zheng and others.

The 11-year-old Ma Zheng is already seven feet long, although he is slightly thin but looks heroic, Ma Yue can't help but wonder in his heart, he has only been seen for more than half a year, he didn't expect this kid to grow so tall, especially what makes the horse butcher secretly happy in his heart is that Ma Zheng's spirit seems to have changed essentially, and it is no longer the annoying rotten atmosphere before.

It seems that the decision to let Liu Yan send him outside the Saiwai to exercise last winter was the right one.

Jia Xu turned the page and read again: "Childe~~ Ma Zhan!" ”

Ma Zhan stepped forward and stood on the left side of Ma Zheng.

The 8-year-old Ma Zhan's face is still childish, but his physique has developed into a powerful force, his height is only half a head shorter than Ma Zheng, but he is much stronger than Ma Zheng, and he looks like a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he is pitiful, Ma Yue couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, thinking that the advantages of this mixed-race child (Ma Zhan's biological mother Nai Zhenerduo is a Yueshi person, blonde and blue-eyed, and a Caucasian race) are really obvious!

Ma Zheng and Ma Zhan brothers just stood still, and suddenly there was a burst of noise outside the martial arts arena, Ma Yue looked back and saw that it was Ma Yang and Ma Qi, the twin brothers, who were waving their little fists to cheer for Ma Zheng, Ma Yang and Ma Qi were six years old, and they were from Yu Niang, Yu Niang and Liu Yan were sisters, and the little brothers naturally looked at the big brother Ma Zheng more.

Ma Yang and Ma Qi brothers flashed behind them, and Ma Yue, who looked like a little angel with pink makeup and jade peck, had already jumped up and running, crashed into Ma Yue's arms, and then raised his little head and called Ma Yue sweetly "Daddy", this father is Ma Yue's patent, Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan, Ma Yang, and Ma Qi The four brothers only dared to respectfully call their father when they saw Ma Yue, except for Ma Yue.

There is no doubt that Ma Yue loves this little angel-like daughter very much, and even forgot that this is a solemn martial arts arena, and forgot to use the steel needle-like beard on his face to tie Ma Yue's pink little face, Ma Yue stretched out a small hand like a lotus root to push Ma Yue's face, while giggling.

Fu Xie and Fa Zhen turned a blind eye, but Frustrated and Guan Ning were uncertain.

Jia Xu coughed lightly, turned another page, and read aloud: "Wang Shuang! ”

Wang Shuang is the eldest son of the late Wang Yuan, the chief of the Western Regions, who is twelve years old, but he has grown like a tiger and a bear's waist, and his body is like an iron tower.

"Tube!"

"Pawned!"

"Xu Yi!"

"Xu Qian!"

"Zhou Ping!"

"Pei Ding!"

"High and far!"

"Fang Ask!"

As Jia Xu read the name, a famous teenager came out one after another, standing next to Ma Zheng's left and right, just like the stars and the moon protecting Ma Zheng in the center, most of these teenagers are between eight and ten years old, Guan Qi is Guan Hai's widow, although he is young, he is already ten thousand households in the middle of Mobei, and it can be said that he is in a high position.

Dian Man is the eldest son of Dian Wei, and Xu Yi is the eldest son of Zhu Chu, as if this pair of sons and brothers are carved out of the same mold as their Lao Tzu. In addition, Zhou Ping is the eldest son of Zhou Cang, Pei Ding is the eldest son of Pei Yuanshao, Gao Yuan is the second son of Gao Shun (Gao Shun's eldest son died young), Fang Yu is the eldest son of Fang Yue, and Xu Zhen is the eldest son of Xu Huang.

Speaking of which, these sons and brothers are all from the Liangzhou Military Group.

To paraphrase a modern term, this group of people is the tide file, whether this group of people is competitive and whether they can support the foundation laid by their fathers will be directly related to the future of the Liangzhou Military Group! For the sake of long-term planning, the horse butcher took great pains to teach this guy.

"Well, it's all there." Jia Xu brushed the sparse willow whiskers under his chin and nodded, "The first item of martial arts~~ Riding and shooting!" ”

Ma Yue stood up, glanced at the sons and brothers coldly, and asked sharply: "In this world, what army is the most terrifying for the Kwantung Army?" ”

"Xiliang Iron Ride!"

Childe's buddy responded violently.

Ma Yue asked again: "What is the sharpest weapon of Xiliang Iron Cavalry?" ”

"Ride and shoot!"

"Yes, it's riding and shooting!" Ma Yue waved his arm fiercely and said sharply, "Your fathers have killed countless enemies, and the enemy army is terrified, today, I want to take a look at your cavalry shooting, don't embarrass your father!" ”

Jia Xu waved his hand and said loudly: "The martial arts show begins!" ”

There were already soldiers who brought eleven neatly draped foals, and Ma Zheng was the first to turn over and gallop along the demarcated white line, and there were ten straw men arranged in turn from thirty to fifty steps away from the white line, and the distance between the straw men was not equal, and the distance to the white line was also different, so it can be said that it was not easy.

When the war horse was galloping, I saw Ma Zheng holding his bow and arrows, and two arrows were shot out in succession, hitting two straw men respectively.

The soldiers gathered outside the martial arts arena to watch cheered lightly, Ma Yang and Ma Qi, the little brothers, even slapped their little hands swollen, even Fu Xie, Fa Zhen and Jia Xu couldn't help but cheer, only Guan Ning's eyes showed a complicated look, shook his head gently, and then let out a sigh.

Ma Yue, who had just sat down, was so shocked that he stood up again, obviously Ma Zheng's performance was greatly beyond his expectations, this time Ma Yue didn't expect Ma Zheng to have any good performance, as long as Ma Zheng didn't smear his horse butcher's face, he was already satisfied, but he didn't expect Ma Zheng to have such an amazing performance.

When Ma Yue was suspicious, Ma Zheng had another amazing performance.

When the war horse, the third straw man and the fourth straw man were in a line, he suddenly shot an arrow with a backhand, and this powerful arrow first shot through the throat of the third straw man, and then shot the lower abdomen of the fourth straw man without exhaustion.

Suddenly, there was another shocking cheer outside the martial arts arena.

In the hustle and bustle of the crowd, Zhao Yun nodded imperceptibly, although Ma Zheng's archery skills were not satisfactory to him, but it was not bad that he could enter the country in just over half a year, but it was a pity that Gongzi's strength was insufficient, and he could only pull away two stone hard bows after he grew up, so no matter how exquisite his archery skills were, he couldn't become a marksman, which couldn't but be said to be a pity.

But Rao is like this, Ma Yue has already seen his heart beating, looking back at Dian Wei behind him: "Gongzi Zheng's archery skills have entered the country within half a year, and there must be a master behind him, Dian Wei, you go to check and see who is teaching him archery?" ”

"Yes."

Dian Wei replied in a low voice and took the order.

On the martial arts field, Ma Zheng then performed two more three-star beads to shoot the remaining six arrows, and finally all ten arrows hit the straw man, and none of the arrows missed the target.

The second one on the field is Ma Zhan, but Ma Zhan's archery training is obviously not comparable to Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan is only trained in the Hetao camp, and Ma Zheng is taught by archery master Zhao Yun, so Ma Zhan's performance is far less brilliant than that of his brother, and he made consecutive mistakes with two arrows just up.

When the martial arts exercise was in progress, suddenly a small official hurriedly rushed into the martial arts arena, walked to Jia Xu's side and whispered softly for a while, Jia Xu looked indifferent, walked slowly to Ma Yue's side, leaned into Ma Yue's ear and said softly: "Lord, just now the horse returned, Zhang Xiu and Chen Zhi have gone down to Nanzheng without blood, and Zhang Lu, the Taishou of Hanzhong, has surrendered." ”

"Really?" A hint of brilliance flashed in Ma Yue's eyes, and he said, "Well done!" ”

Jia Xu said again: "My lord, General Fang Yue also said in his letter that although Zhang Lu surrendered, the situation in Hanzhong was still complicated, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang and other generals in the army successively disarmed their armor and returned to the field, Yan Pu and other Han sergeant clans also closed their doors, and only a few Hanzhong businessmen such as Yang Song fully supported our army to enter Hanzhong. ”

"And that's to be expected." Ma Yue nodded and said, "If it weren't for the prosperity of commerce and trade in Guanzhong over the years, and the business contacts with the surrounding areas have become more frequent, and Yang Song and other Hanzhong merchants have also reaped a lot of benefits from it, would they be willing to help my Liangjun?" Hmph, it seems that the world corporal clan is not an immortal who is not immersed in oil and salt, as long as they can give them benefits, they are still willing to change their position. ”

"All living beings are bustling, all for profit, and all living beings are bustling, all for profit." Jia Xu nodded and agreed, "Although the lords of the Shi clan in the world care about reputation and loyalty, but in their bones, they care more about the interests of their own family than about the righteousness of the court, and when their family interests conflict with the righteousness of the court, most people will still make changes!" ”

Ma Yue said: "Yes, it is precisely because of the monopoly control of officialdom and knowledge by these scholar clan lords, coupled with the narrow family concept, that today's situation of division has been caused!" Gu Ding should exterminate the warlords in various places in his lifetime, and then do a lot of private acquaintances, abolish the exclusive status of Confucianism, teach the children of the poor sect to the hundreds of schools, and then set up the imperial examination, and recruit useful talents, so that within three generations, the scholars will die, the gate valve will be destroyed, and the source of chaos in the world can be removed! ”

"The lord is wise." Jia Xu complimented Ma Yue without itching, and then changed the conversation and asked, "However, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yan Pu are quite influential in Hanzhong, and they must not be ignored, how should they be handled?" And how should Zhang Lu arrange a place to go? Particularly tricky was the 20,000 Hanzhong army under Zhang Lu's command, most of these soldiers were followers of the Wudoumi Sect, and they were extremely superstitious about Zhang Lu's tricks to confuse the people, and they must not be taken lightly. ”

Ma Yue thought for a while and said to Jia Xu: "Regarding the disposition of Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yan Pu and others, you and I don't know the actual situation in Hanzhong far away in Hetao, so let Fang Yue, Zhang Xiu, and Chen go to them to deal with it as appropriate, as long as they don't provoke a mutiny, as for Zhang Lu, he can't stay in Hanzhong any longer, and his 20,000 followers must also leave Hanzhong." ”

Ma Yue said: "Lone has an idea, this Wudoumi Sect must not be left to its own devices, otherwise the tragedy of Taiping Dao will be repeated, but since Zhang Lu has surrendered with all the people, he can't kill on a large scale, it is better to find a famous mountain and a river to raise Zhang Lu and his 20,000 believers, well, it is better to be Zhongnan Mountain." ”

"You can go to the imperial court, ask Taoism to be the state religion, respect Zhang Lu as the heavenly master, allow him to open a museum in Zhongnan Mountain to teach apprentices, teach Taoist skills, and every year the government will provide money and food to fund the living needs of Taoism, and its believers can also go out and join the army, but they are never allowed to privately grant apprentices outside Zhongnan Mountain."

Ma Yue's move is actually a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle.

First enshrine you high, let you enjoy the support of the government, food and clothing, and then gradually detach yourself from the common people at the bottom, so that you slowly lose the mass base, once you lose the mass base, then the Wudou Mijiao or Taoism will lose its threat to Ma Yue's Xiliang regime.

This is undoubtedly extremely wise, if Ma Yue adopts suppression tactics against the Wudou Mi Sect, it may be possible to eliminate the official existence of the Wudou Mi Sect on the surface, but the followers of the Wudou Mi Sect will turn from light to darkness and hide into the people to secretly develop their power like the followers of the Taiping Dao.

When Ma Yue's Xiliang regime was strong, these religious cults that hid in the people and inherited tenaciously would not cause any trouble, but once the descendants of Ma Butcher lost their morality, leading to chaos in the dynasty, or when disasters were rampant in the world and the people were in dire straits, the religious cults lurking in the folk would resurge and deal a devastating blow to the Xiliang regime!

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then clapped his hands and praised: "Wonderful, this plan is very wonderful, and it is worthy of the lord." ”

Jia Xu's voice fell, and a cheer suddenly broke out on the martial arts field, but the martial arts exercises of these sons and brothers had all ended, and as a result, Ma Zheng's archery skills stood out from the crowd and led the group, and the archery skills of other people were basically on the same level as Ma Zhan.

At this time, Dian Wei also came back, walked behind Ma Yue and whispered, "Lord, it's Zhao Yun." ”

"Zhao Yun!?" Ma Yue's face changed, he stood up halfway up and sat down slowly, and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?" ”

Dian Wei said: "Last winter, Gongzi was ordered by the lord to go to Mobei for exercise, and saved a dying young man in the slave camp of the old camp of Wanhu on the left. ”

Ma Yue said: "This young man is Zhao Yun? ”

Dian Wei said: "Exactly, according to Childe's guard captain Xu Shao, Zhao Yun has been following Gongzi since he was rescued, carefully teaching Gongzi martial arts and archery, Gongzi went out hunting Zhao Yun has always guarded the left and right, has saved Gongzi's surname from the hands of horse thieves several times, and once killed 600 horse thieves alone!" ”

Ma Yue was shocked and suspicious, and said in a condensed voice: "There is still such a thing." ”

Dian Wei said: "Madame and General Zhou Cang also found out that Zhao Yun had no ill will towards Gongzi, so they dared to let him stay by Gongzi's side. ”

Jia Xu on the side suddenly said: "Lord, this Zhao Yun is a fierce general, he shot Lu Bu back with an arrow before the Tiger Prison Pass, rescued Gongsun Zan from Fang Tian's halberd, and later was also the commander of the White Horse Yicong, is it a conscription into the army to lead the troops?" ”

"Nope." Ma Yue shook his head and said, "Just let him stay with Childe." ”

At this time, a member of the Liang Army Colonel hurriedly came to Ma Yue, hugged his fists and said, "Lianghou, the hunting ground is ready." ”

"Good!" Ma Yue stood up and said to Jia Xu, Fu Xie, Fa Zhen, Guan Ning and others, "Today, Lone will teach this group of little wolf cubs a lesson, and Lone wants these little wolf cubs to understand that fighting alone can only lead to self-destruction, and only by working together can they defeat a powerful enemy." ”

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On the west side of the camp of the Hetao, the hunting ground.

The mountains here are deep and dense, the artemisia grass is overgrown, the forest is rampant, there are fierce beasts from time to time, it is the place where the Hetao camp is specially used to train the art of hunting, and its purpose is nothing more than to hope that the little wolf cubs in the camp can learn the skills of fighting through hunting, or further learn the preliminary know-how of using soldiers.

There is a clearing in the dense forest, and there is a strong wooden fence built around the clearing, and the roar in the fence is repeated, and a colorful tiger weighing thousands of pounds is roaring and roaring inside, and from time to time grinning at the high platform not far away, revealing the sharp fangs of the cold forest, which makes people feel chilled.

Under the high platform stood Ma Yue, Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan father and son, Wang Shuang, Xu Zhen and other sons and brothers.

Ma Yue turned his head and nodded to Dian Wei, Dian Wei understood, raised his right arm and waved it down, and in an instant, a loud wolf roar resounded through the sky, Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan and others turned their heads sideways, only to see that the solid wooden fence suddenly opened, and a strong male wolf was driven into the open space by the soldiers.

Although the male wolf was already extremely strong, he was the largest of all the steppe wolves, but compared with the colorful tigers in the pen, he immediately looked extremely weak, and the hungry tigers immediately roared and pounced when they saw the prey, and the wolf was soon thrown to the ground, which became a delicacy in the tiger's mouth.

"See?" Ma Yue turned back to Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan and the others and said earnestly, "A wolf, no matter how strong it is, is never the opponent of the tiger!" And you are a little wolf cub, and when you grow up, you will face that fierce enemy. ”

The little faces of Ma Zheng and the others suddenly turned a little pale, and their bright eyes were full of confusion, obviously feeling powerless to defeat the tiger-like enemy.

"However, you don't need to be discouraged, one wolf can't defeat a tiger, but what about a pack of wolves?"

Ma Yue's voice fell, the strong fence suddenly cracked dozens of gates, hundreds of steppe wolves surged out from inside, the steppe wolves who were already hungry found the tiger in the circle at a glance, a particularly strong wolf king raised his head to the sky and howled, and the wolves immediately surrounded silently, surrounding the tigers in the center.

The tiger was obviously aware of the danger, gave up the meal and curled up its huge body, and then desperately opened its bloody mouth, roaring and demonstrating desperately at the wolves, and the wolves were different, coldly guarding the surroundings, neither attacking nor retreating, just expressionless guarding the tiger.

"Whew~~"

The strong wolf king let out a long howl, and the wolves, which had just been quiet and abnormal, immediately roared, and then frantically pounced on the tiger in the encirclement, the tiger was naturally unwilling to be killed, and a tiger and hundreds of steppe wolves launched a desperate fight for survival.

In the end, the wolf king bit the tiger's throat in one bite, and the wolves won the final victory.

Ma Yue said to Ma Zheng and the others: "Do you see it? No matter how powerful the beast is, it can't withstand the attack of the wolves! You are the wolves, your enemy is the tiger, if you don't want to be a meal for the tiger, if you want to defeat the tiger, you must learn to unite! ”

The little wolf cubs nodded as if they didn't understand.

A trace of twitching passed through Ma Yue's face, and he said to Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, put armor on the children, issue weapons, and then send them into the wolf pen!" ”

Jia Xu's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "Lord, this ......"

Ma Yue said in a low voice: "Wen He doesn't have to worry too much, Lone has already ambushed two hundred marksmen outside the wolf circle, if there is an accident in the circle, these marksmen can shoot the wolves with arrows in time, but ...... Lone prefers that these children can deal with the wolves on their own, and they ...... Need to find your own wolf king. ”

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(To be continued)