When Ju Yi was riding his horse forward, a junior colonel suddenly galloped over and said loudly, "General, there is an urgent report ahead!" ”

"Speak!"

"The Xiliang rebels suddenly stopped advancing!"

"Huh?" Ju Yi's eyes sank, and he said coldly, "The rebels in Liangzhou are not running away!?" ”

Several partial generals leaned over and asked in a deep voice, "General, what now?" ”

Ju Yi's eyes revealed murderous intent, and he said sharply: "The art of war is full of energy, and then it is exhausted, tell the brothers, kill it in one go, and defeat the rebels in Liangzhou!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The generals agreed with a bang, and they all took orders and left.

In less than a moment, the sound of trumpets sounded in the wilderness, and when they heard the sound of the trumpet, the first deceased barely mustered up his spirits and marched forward.

……

The foothills of the Taihang Mountains.

Ma Chao's head was scorching in the wilderness, and behind Ma Chao, a full 10,000 Liangzhou iron cavalry were waiting for him, and suddenly a small colonel galloped back from the front, and said to Ma Chao: "General, the Jizhou soldiers are here!" ”

"Huh?"

Ma Chao Huo Ran raised his head, and saw the horizon in front of him rising billowing smoke and dust, in the suffocating heat wave, a group of Jizhou cavalry swept like a black pressure ant colony, a black flag proudly stood in front of the formation, was hunting and fluttering in the wind, and the flag was embroidered with a hideous beast shield, which was the totem of the first camp.

"Purr~~"

Ma Chao's sweat and blood under the crotch BMW made a dull snort, Ma Chao gently pulled the reins of the horse, rode the horse back, and the eyes of 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers focused on Ma Chao's face for a moment, and suddenly, the wolf gun in Ma Chao's hand had been raised high, and the cold blade of the gun went straight to the sky, reflecting a dazzling cold light in the hot sun.

"Sonorous sonorous ~~"

In the continuous sound of metal friction, the soldiers of Liangzhou raised their sharp swords.

……

Before the battle.

"Huh~~"

Ju Yi slowly drank the mount under his crotch, and at the same time raised his right arm, and the first dead soldiers behind him began to slow down, and followed Ju Yi to the wings. On the vast wilderness ahead, there stood a group of Xiliang iron horsemen, and the cold saber almost wanted to reflect the scorching sun of the cold dog days.

It is worthy of the most elite Xiliang Iron Rider, and after ten days of long journey, it can still maintain such a rigorous formation!

Ju Yi's eyes flashed with an inexplicable cold light, and his raised right arm waved forward abruptly, and shouted: "The officers and men of the whole army obey the order, dismount~~ Array!" ”

Ju Yi gave an order, and the 8,000 soldiers who had ascended to the dead quickly turned over and dismounted, and began to line up.

After all, the first battalion is an infantry, and its advantage is not in cavalry but on foot, so it is still necessary to dismount and line up when the battle is about to be fought.

Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry did not take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, because Ma Chao keenly found that while first boarding the camp and setting up the formation, the two thousand strong crossbowmen always maintained a high degree of vigilance, as long as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had any abnormal movement, Ma Chao believed that these cold-blooded killers would rush forward in the first time, and then the sharp arrows poured into the head of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

The first camp was able to set up a formation, and the corners of Ma Chao's mouth suddenly bloomed with an evil smile, and he suddenly shouted: "The whole army listens to the order, dismount~~ Array!" ”

"Sonorous sonorous ~~"

In the continuous sound of metal impact, nearly 10,000 Xiliang soldiers turned over and dismounted, entered the front of the formation and began to line up!

Xiliang Tieqi's sudden move was obviously beyond Ju Yi's expectations, Ju Yi's brows tightened for a moment, and a cold color swept through his eyes, what is Ma Chao going to do? The advantage of Xiliang Iron Cavalry lies in cavalry warfare, does this kid want to give up the advantage of cavalry warfare and fight infantry battles with the first battalion, isn't this a class to get an axe, purely looking for death?

In front of the Liangzhou array, Ma Chao raised his voice and shouted: "The shield soldiers~~ array!" ”

"Roar Roar Roar~~"

In the loud sound of the trumpet, 2,000 Liangzhou soldiers rushed forward and erected tall and solid shields in front of the formation, forming a thick shield wall in an instant. In order to deal with Ju Yi's first camp, Ma Chao obviously made careful preparations, because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was a light cavalry, and the light cavalry was generally not equipped with this kind of bulky oars and shields for infantry.

"Roar Roar Roar~~"

The loud trumpet sounded again, and in the sound of neat footsteps, two thousand Liangzhou soldiers rushed forward, but they were all pikemen, and when the sharp spears poked out from the gaps and tops of the shield, Ju Yi was already so angry that his face turned blue and picked up his shirt! This is a challenge to the first to go to the camp!

"Purr~~"

In the dull sound of the war horse's nose, Ma Chao rode forward, holding the gun in his right hand first above the top, and then slowly pressing forward, and finally pointed to the ground with the tip of the gun, Ma Chao's left hand also poked forward at the same time, turned over with his thumb, and pointed to the ground! Suddenly, nearly 10,000 Xiliang warriors behind Ma Chao poured out and shouted.

"If you are the first to climb the world, you will only be difficult to ride a horse on foot!"

"If you are the first to climb the world, you will only be difficult to ride a horse on foot!"

"If you are the first to climb the world, you will only be difficult to ride a horse on foot!"

"Damn, hateful!"

Ju Yi clenched his fists in a moment, his eyes almost wanted to erupt fire, Ma Chao deliberately let his Xiliang Iron Cavalry swing out of the infantry array that the Xiandeng Camp was best at, that is, he was picking up shirts from the Xiandeng Battalion, the intention was obvious: Our Liangzhou Iron Cavalry is not afraid of foot combat, do you dare to ride the camp first?

Ma Chao, you're dead!

Ju Yi waved his fist fiercely, turned over on his horse and raised the spear in his hand to the sky, and said sharply: "The soldiers of the three armies listen to the order, all get on the horse!" ”

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

"Get on the horse?"

"General, why is that?"

The generals and colonels around Ju Yi were shocked and looked at Ju Yi with confused eyes.

"Didn't you hear?" Ju Yi roared hoarsely, "General Ben told you to get on your horse!" ”

The generals were awe-inspiring and turned over their horses one after another.

Ju Yi slowly turned his horse's head to face the eight thousand soldiers, and shouted sharply with his spear: "The Xiliang soldiers deliberately set up a horse rejection formation, which is to bully our Jizhou soldiers who are not able to fight on horseback!" Brothers, pick up your spears and swords, and use your courage to tell the group of Liangzhou native dogs on the other side that our Jizhou soldiers are not only invincible in foot combat, but also invincible in cavalry combat! ”

"Ascend to the dead first, invincible in the world!"

"Ascend to the dead first, invincible in the world!"

"Ascend to the dead first, invincible in the world!"

Eight thousand first-timers responded with a howl of wolves.

Ju Yi pushed the iron gun in his hand forward fiercely, and roared: "Kill~~"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Eight thousand Xiandeng dead soldiers set up a cavalry formation, and swept over like a tide of horses rejected by the Xiliang soldiers, in front of the Liangzhou formation, the corners of Ma Chao's mouth suddenly burst into a sneer, this Ju Yi is even more belligerent than imagined! However, the first battalion can indeed be called an elite army, and it can maintain a strict formation in such a fast sprint, which is not something that ordinary cavalry can do.

However, if you go to the camp first and then fight bravely, you will not be able to escape the fate of destruction today!

Ma Chao looked back leisurely, and cast his eyes on the foothills of the vast Taihang Mountains in the distance, and suddenly, Ma Chao seemed to hear the sound of iron hooves like stormy waves, as well as the moving horse's head, just like the huge waves of the long river, rolling in......

……

The Loop.

Before the coal-burning belt outside Meiji Castle was extinguished, the news of Juyi's defeat reached the Hetao.

"What did you say?" Yuan Shao stared at the messenger in the dust, "The first battalion was defeated, and Ju Yi died in battle?" ”

"Lord!" The messenger didn't dare to face Yuan Shao's terrifying eyes, and said in a low voice, "Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry is burning and looting in the Hebei Plain, and every day the gentry and wealthy families are slaughtered, Mr. Feng Ji said that if the lord's army can't return in time, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"My lord." Tian Feng said, "In a few days, the charcoal burning belt outside Meiji City will be extinguished, if the troops are withdrawn at this time, won't this conquest that cost money and food be in vain!?" Lord, you must not withdraw your troops, you must knock down the Hetao! ”

Chun Yuqiong flashed out of the ranks and retorted loudly: "If Hebei is slaughtered into ruins by Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, even if our army can capture Meiji City, what is the use?" Besides, the Youzhou Army and the Montenegrin Army are unpredictable, who knows if they will play a black hand behind their backs, the lord, the last general thinks that the Hetao should not stay for a long time, and it is advisable to withdraw the army as soon as possible! ”

"Yes, it's long overdue to withdraw!"

Jiang Qi and Han Meng echoed one after another.

"Lord, you must not withdraw the army!" Tian Feng hurriedly said, "Hetao is the lifeblood of the Liangzhou Military Group, as long as the Hetao falls, it will trigger a chain reaction, and the rule of the Ma Butcher in Mobei and the Western Regions will collapse, and the strength of the Ma family army will suffer the blow of destruction!" ”

"What the military advisor said is extremely true." Xun Chen said, "The horse butcher is fierce and cunning, it can be said that the lord is the biggest threat, as long as it can greatly weaken the strength of the horse butcher, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it!" ”

Yuan Shao thought for a while, and said disapprovingly: "If you say this wrong, weakening the horse butcher is certainly the first priority, but if it is related to the safety of Hebei, then the two sides weigh the weight, and the general still thinks that Hebei is more important!" After all, Hebei is the foundation of our army, if the foundation is destroyed, even if our army can win the battle of the Hetao, it will also destroy the foundation of the horse butcher, but in the end, it is not cheaper for other Kwantung princes? ”

Chun Yuqiong glanced at Tian Feng proudly, and clenched his fists and complimented: "Lord Mingjian." ”

"Hmm." Yuan Shao nodded and said to Tian Feng, "Yuan Hao, the army will immediately withdraw its camp and return to Hebei!" ”

"Alas~~" Tian Feng Haoran sighed and suggested lonely, "If you retreat, you need to beware of the defenders in the city chasing and killing!" ”

Yuan Shao said: "This matter will be arranged by the military division. ”

Tian Feng said: "Feng takes the order. ”

……

In August of the fifth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (192 years), Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan withdrew their troops from Hetao at the same time.

Fa Zheng is young after all, and he is not as far-sighted as Tian Feng, an old guy.

In the same month, Ma Chao led the army to leave Hebei and enter the territory of Youzhou, and after burning and looting in Youzhou for half a month, he went out of Mobei from Gubeikou, and cooperated with Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao to break through the eastern Xianbei Micah and Que Ji Department, beheaded more than 30,000 people, captured cattle, sheep, women and children, and returned with a great victory.

In September, upon hearing the news of Yuan Shao's withdrawal, the Northern Route Coalition Army also withdrew its troops from Xihe Port.

At this point, the melee between the Liangzhou warlord group and the Kwantung warlord group that lasted for nearly a year finally ended, this was a war with no winner, both sides of the war suffered heavy casualties, and their vitality was greatly damaged, although the horse butcher finally captured hundreds of thousands of young people from the Kwantung region, but it was also a drop in the bucket, and it was difficult to make up for the losses caused by this war.

……

The first month of the sixth year of Jian'an (193).

As the weather cooled down, the plague that raged for a while finally subsided, the situation in the eastern part of the country returned to calm, Yuan Shao and Cao Ying strengthened their vigilance on both sides of the Yellow River at the same time, and the horse butcher saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he had to lead his army back to Chang'an. After a full year of separation, the horse butcher and Jia Poison finally got together again.

……

Chang'an, Ma Yue's temporary residence.

Ma Yue is convening a group of civil and military henchmen to discuss the matter.

Jia Xu said in a solemn tone: "Lord, our army has suffered extremely heavy losses in this battle, and the total losses of troops on various battlefields are as high as 100,000 people (30,000 Hu cavalry in the Western Regions, 40,000 Tuntian soldiers, 10,000 newly recruited Qiang soldiers, and 20,000 soldiers in Liangzhou). ”

Li Meng said disapprerovingly: "Military advisor, didn't the lord take back hundreds of thousands of young men from Kanto? How to say that there are no soldiers to be recruited? ”

Jia Xu smiled bitterly: "General Li Meng doesn't know, although these hundreds of thousands of Kwantung youths have been taken back, but after all, they are all Kwantung men, and it is impossible to have a sense of identity with the lord before they settle down in Guanzhong. ”

"Uh~~" Li Meng scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "That's the same." ”

"It's a possibility." Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "These hundreds of thousands of Kwantung young people are not of much use for the time being, so you can send them to the north to Tuntian first." Many men died in this war, and many widows will inevitably be left, so let these Kanto men marry the widows who have died of their husbands, and after a long time, they will slowly have a sense of identity with Guanzhong. ”

Jia Xu said: "The lord is wise. ”

Ma Yue said: "Wenhe, how many soldiers are left in our army at the moment?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao two generals have 30,000 Mobei cavalry, the major general's 20,000 cavalry is now also resting in Mobei, in addition, Hetao, Guanzhong each have 20,000 horses, Xinfeng Port is also stationed in General Gan Ning's 10,000 naval army, as for the 50,000 Tuntian soldiers who stayed in the north, they have neither equipment nor lack of training, and they also have to farm, but they are afraid that they will not be able to go to the battlefield." ”

Ma Yue frowned and said: "In other words, there are only 50,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry and 10,000 sailors left in our army!" 40,000 infantry should be stationed in Hetao, Guan and Liang, 10,000 naval troops should guard the waterway of the Yellow River, and 30,000 cavalry of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao should be suppressed in the Western Regions and Mobei. ”

Jia Xu nodded silently.

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "In other words, our army will no longer be able to launch a large-scale campaign for at least ten years. ”

Jia Xu nodded and said in a low voice: "In fact, even if there are enough mobile troops, our army does not have enough money and food to support a large-scale war!" Although the lord looted a lot of money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River, these money and grain were only enough to pay for the orphans of the fallen soldiers and resettle the people who migrated from the Kanto. ”

"Oh, yes." Ma Yue suddenly remembered something and asked Jia Xudao, "How did Wenhe settle the scholars who were captured by General Ben from Jing, Yang, and Xuzhou?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Everyone is temporarily settled in Longxian, in order to relieve the homesickness of these Jiangnan scholars, Xu also built a courtyard in the south of Longxian County, for these scholars to gather and talk freely. ”

"Oh, and built another courtyard?" Ma Yue said happily, "Okay, Wen He is really thoughtful, has this courtyard been named?" ”

"Not yet." Jia Xu said respectfully, "Just wait for the lord to come back and name it." ”

"Hehe, is this the name~~" A sly smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of Ma Yue's mouth, and he said in a dark voice, "It's called the Confucius Institute, aren't these scholars all scholars, don't they call themselves Confucius and Mencius apprentices?" That's good, General Ben built a Confucius Institute for them, they can be disrespectful to General Ben, but they can't be disrespectful to Confucius Sage. ”

Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and he admired and said, "The lord is amazing." ”

"Alright." Ma Yue waved his hand and said to Jia Xu, "Wenhe, where should our army go in the future?" ”

Jia Xu straightened his face and said solemnly: "Recuperate, wait for the war in the Kanto region, and don't make a big move within ten years!" ”

……

(To be continued)