With Fa Zheng as the main officer, Xiao Ma was really much more relaxed, and every time he said that in addition to training with the sergeants, he used the night time to continue to analyze and explain the classic battles he knew in his previous life. The generals and officials also talked about it with relish, and the aftertaste was endless, often until late at night. Fa Zheng is the number one hardcore student, every time after the end of the game, he has to pick up a pen in the brocade to record for a while, and when he encounters something he doesn't understand, he asks Brother Xiao Ma early in the morning.

Brother Xiao Ma was immediately helpless, there was still a big difference between the combat methods in the era of cold weapons and the era of hot weapons, and he couldn't tell him that the guns and guns were engaged instead of knives and guns, right? Fortunately, every time Brother Xiao Ma can flicker in the past, and at the same time, he appreciates Fazheng's diligence and studiousness, and his meticulous and rigorous surname even more.

Three months passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, in August, the scorching summer was gone, and the northern land was first cool. After more than four months of hellish training, more than 7,000 sergeants were all tanned. But he finally lived up to expectations, basically met the requirements of mounted archery operations, and his desire to fight was very earnest, but Ma Chao was calm and abnormal, and there was no sign of sending troops.

During this period, Ma Teng also urged many times because the grain and grass were about to run out, and Brother Xiao Ma had shirked the past for various reasons, and Ma Teng visited in person in a rage, ready to scold Ma Chao for blood. But when he went to the barracks, he was immediately stunned, is this still his own Xiliang soldier? How can you be so obedient? And what are those two pieces of wood used for? Why did these 7,000 people become masters of archery so quickly? Can all of them ride horses and shoot arrows?

When Brother Xiao Ma reported the saddle, stirrups, and horseshoe truthfully, Ma Teng was stunned for a while, and then ecstasy. The father and son discussed all night, and then Ma Teng left early, and when he left, he took a pair of horse harnesses with him, and ordered his own soldiers not to say half a word about what they saw and heard here, otherwise they would be punished by the nine clans!

In August of the fourth year of Zhongping (187 AD), Zhongshan guarded Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju rebelled. Emperor Ling sent troops to the Southern Xiongnu to follow Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou, to fight against Zhang Chun. The Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Qiangqu sent his eldest son, Youxian King Yu Fuluo, to lead 10,000 cavalry to Youzhou. Subsequently, the Chinese people feared that the levy would be excessive, so they rebelled. The right part of the fall and Hutu Hu, the left Xianwang, the white horse copper, the sudden call and so on, attacked and killed Shan Yu Qiangqu, the second son of Qiangqu Xu Bu Gu as the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu, and led more than 100,000 people to attack Zhang Yi and Xihe County to guard Xingji.

When the news came, Ma was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the rectification of the three armies, that is, to set out for the battle. The morale of all the generals was high, and they were all gearing up and ready to go. In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Chao sat in the first place, and there were eight senior civil and military officials under him: Pang De, Fa Zheng, Wang Shuang, Yang Yuan, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Meng Da.

Ma Chao first said the news he got, and then said: "It has been four months since the army set off, and it has been four months of intensive training. After that, he got up and pointed to the map and said: "Although the Southern Xiongnu are unforgivable and have a heart of disobedience, they are still the ministers of our Han Dynasty on the surface, and if I attack them, they will give them a reason to rebel, so I will have been waiting for the opportunity." Previously, if our army went out, it could only bypass the Southern Xiongnu to attack the Northern Xiongnu Xianbei, as well as Wuheng in the northeast, the road was far away, not to mention the supply difficulties, even if it could win, it would be difficult to send the spoils of war through the Southern Xiongnu back to Xiliang smoothly. ”

"But now that the Southern Xiongnu have rebelled, after the Right Xian King Yu Fuluo sent troops to Youzhou, there was an army of 100,000 Baima Tong marching into the state, and its internal strength must be empty, how can such a God-given opportunity be abandoned? This time, the general was bound to stab him in the back, kill all their people, rob them of their livestock, and leave no chickens and dogs where they passed, just smash the Xiongnu royal court, and then attack the main force of the Xiongnu with the state army before and after, and the Southern Xiongnu can be broken. ”

"The lord is high, we admire!" Several people had already held back their strength, and they couldn't wait to fight immediately.

Ma Chao nodded and shouted: "Pang De, Wang Shuang, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, Meng Da listen to the order!" ”

"Mo will be!" The six of them put on their helmets and stood up in unison.

"Ming'er and the others each brought a thousand cavalry from their headquarters, Pang De, Meng Da, and Ma Tie were the left wing, and they kept a distance of twenty miles from each other and advanced straight to the Xiongnu royal court! Wang Shuang, Ma Dai, and Ma Xiu each took a thousand iron cavalry from their headquarters as the right wing, keeping a distance of twenty miles from each other and advancing straight to the Xiongnu royal court! ”

"A certain general will obey!"

Ma Chao said again: "I will sit in the Chinese army and take a thousand iron horsemen to smash the royal court!" If it is not my race, its heart will be different, and wherever it passes, no matter men, women, old and young, they will be killed, and they must not be soft, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law! ”

"Order!" Several people couldn't help but shudder when they heard this.

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he saw Pang De's hesitant face, and he sighed: "Actually, the general didn't want to kill, but these nomads are really difficult to completely conquer. Therefore, we must not be benevolent to women, and now because of your thoughts, thousands of Han people may die under the butcher's knife of these steppe peoples in the future. ”

Pound nodded again and again when he heard this, and asked: "But young master, in addition to the Huns, there are many Han people on the grassland, most of these people are slaves plundered by the Huns, and some people gradually merge with them to become Huns!" ”

Xiao Ma Ge naturally knew about this that the number of Han slaves on the Xiongnu grassland at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty even exceeded that of the Huns, and some of them were almost completely assimilated into the Huns, and they couldn't tell for a while. After thinking about it, he asked, "Xiaozhi, what do you think you should do about this?" ”

Fa Zheng was flattered, he didn't expect Ma Chao to ask his opinion, and pondered for a while: "The Huns are brutal and unkind, killing countless Han people, and it is not an exaggeration to exterminate the clan, as for those Han people, it is also easy to do, most of the Han slaves on the grassland are enslaved by the Han people, these Han people will sell their lives to the Huns for their selfish desires, and enslave our Han people for their tuntian, they really should be killed, as for those slaves can be spared death." ”

Brother Xiao Ma nodded and said: "This is exactly what I want, all Han slaves can be taken back to Xiliang as prisoners first, just use these free labor to open up the wasteland, those who obey can be the people of Xiliang in two years, and those who resist will be killed!" In addition, women of childbearing age who are about fifteen to twenty-five years old and have labor force cannot be killed, and the population of Xiliang is withering, these women can not only directly increase the population and labor force of Xiliang, but also better attract strong refugees from other states, just let them marry Han people, they can be completely assimilated, and their descendants are also Han people, and there will be no Huns. ”

"The young master is a great talent, and the last general will obey the order!" Pound happily agreed.

History records that the Eastern Han Dynasty, which had just experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, still had a population of more than 50 million, but thirty years later, during the period of the Three Kingdoms, the population of the Three Kingdoms together was less than 10 million, what a tragic thing? In other words, four out of five people will die in the turmoil. And when the Three Kingdoms were unified and the Sima family established the Jin Dynasty, the population of the whole country was less than five million, otherwise how could there be a tragedy of the Five Chaos in China?

Ma Chao said again: "General Yang led two thousand people to escort the baggage to follow behind to prepare to accept cattle, sheep and livestock and other booty and prisoners, and escort them back to Xiliang in batches. ”

"The last general commands!"

"Hmm!" Brother Xiao Ma could not suppress his excitement, and continued: "The army only brought five dry food, kettles, salt and other things, and this expedition was aimed at feeding the war with war, and the soldiers were noble and fast, and they did not bring anything except necessary materials such as feather arrows!" After speaking, he glanced at Fa Zheng with deep meaning, and said: "Xiaozhi led the remaining 1,000 people to guard the camp and take full charge of logistics matters, and at the same time continue to build feather arrows!" And ready to receive the materials shipped back from the front at any time, count the quantities one by one! This matter is very important, and filial piety can not be careless! ”

Fa Zheng bowed and said: "Although the lord is relieved, he is very important, although he is young, he does not dare to live up to the expectations of the lord." ”

Ma Chao nodded, turned around and shouted: "Pass the order, make food for the third watch, eat a full meal for the fourth watch, set off for the fifth watch, and the army will go straight to the Hun royal court!" ”

Before dawn the next day, the seven thousand iron cavalry soldiers went straight to the direction of the Xiongnu royal court in seven ways, and the seven-way army was more than 140 miles long, and the various departments were contacted through scouts. Yang Yuan led 2,000 follow-up troops to follow the army, and the group set foot on the prairie in a mighty way.

Because the Ma Chaoda battalion was near the border, and there were sparsely populated places within a hundred miles on both sides of the border, the march did not encounter stubborn resistance after running for more than 300 miles, and only killed a few small tribes, seized more than 5,000 livestock, and the population was hundreds. The nomads had no cities to defend, and almost all of these steppe people were soldiers, and they were usually divided into clans, tribes or tribal alliances, scattered on the steppes, and lived by grazing.

Since the Southern Xiongnu attached themselves to the Han Dynasty, gradually many Han people took a fancy to some fertile land on the grassland, so they gathered slaves for farming. Since then, a small number of Xiongnu people have lived a settled life, but they are far from forming a city, just some simple villages.

In order to avoid startling the snakes, he ordered to camp at the end of the evening, because there would definitely be more Huns encountered when he went inside. In order to achieve unexpected results, all the soldiers lay down in their clothes, taking turns to keep vigil and guard the horses.

There was no word all night, and the next day the army set off before dawn, and this time Brother Xiao Ma did even more desperately, seven thousand iron horsemen scattered, each hundred horsemen were a small group, watching each other, and went straight to the depths of the grassland.

Before noon, Ma Tie and Meng Da's team encountered a large tribe, with tens of thousands of livestock and hundreds of horsemen.

The two of them were overjoyed, and immediately ordered six nearby groups to meet them, and the two of them were well versed in guerrilla tactics, and used the advantage of bows and arrows to completely annihilate this resistance force in less than half an hour. This was followed by a one-sided massacre, a bloody massacre, in which only about 300 women of nearly 2,000 people in the entire tribe survived.

Then Ma Dai's troops on the right flank also encountered slight resistance, and there was no suspense in the result, although these Hun soldiers were brave, they were only beaten compared to Ma Chao's Shenwei battalion, and they couldn't even run. You chase me and run, turn around and shoot you with a strong bow, you run and I chase, shoot more coolly, die faster, this is the benefit of accurate riding and shooting.

This revolutionary tactic achieved unprecedented success, and in one day, Ma Chao's army advanced more than 300 miles, slaughtered more than 10,000 Huns, and captured more than 50,000 livestock, of which 10,000 were war horses, and there were not a few fine iron, grain and other materials. Yang Yuan immediately got busy, and successively sent two teams of sergeants to escort the supplies back to Xiliang Bumen.

The whole day of slaughter made the Xiliang elite soldiers who had been holding back for several months excited, and it was not until late at night that the army began to rest and reorganize. When the casualty statistics of the battalions were reported, no one was killed, dozens of people were slightly wounded, and five people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and no one was disabled.

Ma Chao was very satisfied with this figure, and immediately ordered the soldiers who had temporarily lost their combat effectiveness to withdraw with the follow-up troops to suffer major nutritional injuries, and at the same time ordered the remaining sergeants to choose war horses to ensure that each person had two war horses, one to carry people, and one to carry the looted materials.

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