Hetao, Ma Yue camp.

Ma Yue was looking at the map by the firelight, Guo Tu's thin figure was accompanying Ma Yue as usual, and the figure outside the tent flashed, but it was Jia Xu who walked in quickly, gasping and said, "Lord, there is news." ”

"Oh?" Ma Yue said in a condensed voice, "Come quickly." ”

Jia Xu took a breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said: "In return, Jizhou Assassin Han Fu takes Pan Feng, the number one fierce general under his command, as the main general, Gao Lan, Guan Chun, and Geng Wu as deputy generals, don't be frustrated as a military advisor, with 8,000 horse troops and 20,000 infantry troops, and they are assembling in Changshan County. ”

"Pan Feng? Haven't heard of it. Ma Yue said again, "What about Ding Yuan?" What did Ding Yuan do? ”

Jia Xu said: "Ding Yuan took his righteous son and engaged in Lu Bu as the main general, Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others as deputy generals, and raised 5,000 horse troops and 10,000 infantry troops. ”

"What!" Ma Yue was taken aback and lost his voice, "Lu Bu? ”

Jia Xu was stunned and said, "Why is the lord surprised? ”

Jia Xu is not a person from the future, at this time, there are still several years before the Tiger Prison Pass and Lu Bu become famous in the world, and Jia Xu can never hear of Lu Bu's prestige.

Ma Yue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "What about the eight thousand Zhang Huan's old department that is stationed in Lishi? ”

Jia Xu said: "Maybe...... It has been incorporated by Lu Bu. ”

"Damn!" Ma Yue got up and said in a deep voice, "What about Dong Zhuo and Geng Contempt? ”

Jia Xu said: "My lord, at present, the scope of our army's meticulous spying is still limited to Hebei, He, Youzhou, Mobei and Monan, and Liangzhou cannot penetrate into it for the time being, so I don't know Dong Zhuo and Geng are real, but ...... It is believed that the strength of Dong Zhuo and Geng Contempt is far inferior to Han Fu and Ding Yuan, even if the two armies are combined, it will not exceed 30,000. ”

"Twenty-eight thousand, twenty-three thousand plus thirty-thousand, that adds up to eighty thousand!" Ma Yue said awe-inspiringly, "These 80,000 troops are all well-trained and well-equipped elite divisions!" When today's son is really generous, is he not afraid that once these 80,000 elite divisions are buried in the Hetao, it will hurt the vitality of the Han Dynasty? ”

Jia Xu said: "Today's recent performance is indeed impressive, this secret edict of the four-way army to attack the lord is clearly a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, the most amazing thing is that Dong Zhuo and the four people know that this is the poisonous plan of the Son of Heaven, but they will still involuntarily drill into the trap." ”

Ma Yue said: "It seems that the temptation of the Hetao is too great, whether it is today, or Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and other generations, they are not willing to enter the Hetao." ”

Jia Xu said: "However, the Hetao is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to the south you can attack Guanzhong and Jinggi, to the west you can attack Liangzhou, cut off the connection between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, and to the east you can coerce and Hebei two states, the terrain is really too dangerous!" What is even more rare is that the Hetao has abundant water and grass and fertile land, which is conducive to grazing and large-scale farming, which can be described as the foundation of natural hegemony. ”

"When the Southern Xiongnu occupied the Hetao, Dong Zhuo, Geng Contempt, Ding Yuan and other generations naturally had no illusions, but now that the Southern Xiongnu were destroyed by the lord, and the Son of Heaven intended to provoke disputes, these careerists naturally couldn't sit still, although they knew that they might not be able to occupy the Hetao if they sent troops, but they were unwilling to watch the lord sit big."

"If you want to come, let them come, General Ben will make them regret it!" Ma Yue Huoran turned his head, looked at Guo Tu, who was almost shrunk into the shadows behind him, and said in a deep voice, "Gongzhi, you can tell me about the current situation of our army." ”

"Yes." Guo Tu arched his hand to Ma Yue, and said loudly, "At present, there are 15,000 cavalry under the command of the lord, of which 3,000 iron cavalry are the old division of the lord, which is the elite of the elite!" Seven thousand Wuhuan light cavalry also followed the lord to expedition to Liaodong and Gaoguli, which can be called elite, in addition, there are five Wuhuan people who control the strings. ”

"What about the infantry?"

"Our army has a total of 5,000 infantry, of which the trapped camp led by General Gao Shun can be called the elite of a hundred battles, but there are only 800 people."

Jia Xu said: "In other words, the real combatable strength of our army is only 15,000, which is less than one-fifth of the enemy who will attack, and it is at an absolute disadvantage!" Although the Hetao is connected to the Great Wall and surrounded by rivers on three sides, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but first, our army has just arrived and has not yet gained a firm foothold, and second, Tugehu and Yueshi Hu in the west of Hetao and Qinhu in the south have an ambiguous attitude. ”

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "This general has never had a defense, only attack, attack, and attack again!" ”

Jia Xu and Guo Tu said in unison: "Yes, take offense as defense!" ”

Ma Yue stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the map, his eyes swept over Jia Xu and Guo Tu, and said: "Before Han Fu, Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Geng Con jointly attack the Hetao, first solve Tu Gehu, Yueshi Hu and Qin Hu, stabilize the situation in the Hetao in one fell swoop, and then concentrate superior forces to defeat one of the enemies first." ”

Jia Xu and Guo Tu said: "The lord is wise. ”

……

Longxi County, Liangzhou, Di Dao, General Dong Zhuo's Mansion Hall.

Li Ru said in a gloomy voice: "My lord, on the one hand, the Son of Heaven changed the title of Ma Yue to the general of the Huns, but on the other hand, he secretly summoned the lord and other four-way armies to attack Hetao, which is obviously a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and the intention is even more obvious, but he wants to weaken the strength of Ma Yue, the lord, Geng Wei, Ding Yuan, and Han Fu. ”

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo's expression moved, and he said in a condensed voice, "Yi Wenxiu (Li Ru's words, apocryphal...... This time it is not appropriate to send troops? ”

"No, we have to send troops." Li Ru shook his head and said, "Not only must we send troops, but we must also send troops quickly!" ”

Dong Zhuo was puzzled: "Since it is the plan of the Son of Heaven to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, why do you still send troops?" Isn't it a loss of troops? ”

"Not really." Li Ru said, "Ma Yue's strength has swelled too fast, and if it is not weakened in time, it may sweep the world." ”

Dong Zhuo was ambitious, so he naturally didn't want to see other warlords stronger than him.

"However, this general has few soldiers, and he must leave enough elite soldiers to suppress Han Sui, so as not to rebel against this guy, I'm afraid I won't be able to draw too many soldiers and horses."

Li Ru said: "Lord, Confucianism has a plan to solve the worries of the lord. ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Li Ru said: "The lord can order Han Sui to be the main general, and lead the headquarters of 8,000 infantry with the captain Guo Yan and Pan Fu to fight against Ma Yue, if Han Sui obeys, the lord can take advantage of Han Sui's expedition to go out, Enwei and Shi, buy Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing and other Han Sui's old departments, if Han Sui does not follow...... Hum. ”

Li Ru said this, made a gesture of cutting off his head, and said in a dark voice: "Then kill him." ”

"Okay, that's it." Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice, "But you need to act carefully, and don't leak the news." ”

Li Ru said: "The subordinate officer receives the order." ”

"Newspaper~~"

Li Ru's voice fell, and suddenly a junior colonel entered and reported: "General, Lord Zhongchengqiu of the Assassin History Department asks to see you." ”

"Cheng Qiu?" Li Ru's eyes rolled and said to Dong Zhuo, "My lord, if Confucianism is not bad, Cheng Qiu must be a lobbyist for Geng Zhuo." ”

Dong Zhuo was puzzled: "Lobbyist? What did you say? ”

Li Ru said: "Geng Contempt must be the same as the lord, worried about Ma Yue's big seat, but he only has Ma Teng as a general under his command, and Ma Teng and Ma Yue are clan relatives, so naturally they don't dare to take Ma Teng as a general, so ...... Cheng Qiu is here, and he must ask to join forces with the lord and fight Ma Yue together. ”

"Together?" Dong Zhuoxi said, "I don't dare to ask if I want to." ”

……

Hetao, Ma Yue camp.

The blacksmith Lao Hei suddenly walked in excitedly and said to the horse: "General, a good thing, a great thing!" ”

"Oh?" Ma Yue, Jia Xu, and Guo Tu moved their eyes from the map to Lao Hei at the same time, and asked, "What's a good thing?" ”

Old Hei said: "The villain found two open-pit ore veins on the edge of the river. ”

"Open pit veins?"

"Exactly, an iron ore vein, a carboniferous vein, two ore veins are almost next to each other, a radius of hundreds of miles and the texture is extremely good! The villain has been a blacksmith for decades, and he has never seen such a spectacular and high-quality open-pit vein! If the general built a smelter by the river, he could mine it on the spot and make iron from coal, and if he had enough manpower, he could smelt a steady stream of fine iron. ”

Jia Xu and Guo Tu were overjoyed at the same time: "Lord, this is really a great thing!" ”

Ma Yue was also excited in his heart, but his face was impassive: "Old Hei, how many people do you need?" ”

Lao Hei estimated it and replied, "If you can have a thousand slaves, you can probably refine 100,000 catties of refined iron in a year." ”

Ma Yue said: "Then the general will give you 5,000 slaves!" Go all out and refine more refined iron. ”

"The villain obeys." Old Black said, "If the general has no other orders, the villain will leave." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Lao Hei bowed to Ma Yue and turned to leave.

"Wait." Lao Heikankan walked to the tent door, but was called back by Ma Yue and asked, "What did you just say about the carboniferous vein?" What's that? ”

Lao Hei scratched his head and said: "Charcoal is charcoal, what else can it be?" ”

Jia Xu explained: "My lord, the so-called charcoal is a kind of stone that is fragile but can make fire. ”

"A stone that can make a fire?" Ma Yue rolled his eyes and said in horror, "Is it coal?" ”

"Huh? Coal? This time it was Jia Xu's turn to be confused, "I haven't heard of it." ”

"Coal! Coal? ”

Ma Yue was like a demon, whispering to himself, while turning and turning in the big tent with his hands, his eyes flickered, as if he was changing his mind sharply, Jia Xu and Guo Tu didn't know what Ma Yue was thinking, and they didn't dare to interrupt his train of thought lightly, so they had to look at his figure in a daze.

"Smack!"

Ma Yue suddenly paused, struck each other with his palms, and said quickly: "There is!" ”

"Huh!?"

Jia Xu and Guo Tu looked surprised at the same time, even if it was Jia Xu, an old fox, there was no way to guess what Ma Yue had in mind?

Ma Yue didn't have time to explain to the two, and raised his head and said, "Dian Wei! ”

Dian Wei took a step forward and said sharply: "The end will be." ”

"Quickly summon the generals to come to the big tent to discuss the matter."

"Yes."

Dian Wei clenched his fists and turned around to take the order.

"Old Black, come here." When the blacksmith Lao Hei was at a loss, Ma Yue suddenly beckoned to him, and then said to Guo Tu and Jia Xu, "Gongzhi, Wenhe, you also come here." ”

……

The beautiful Yueshi Lake, the home of the Yueshi people.

The endless grassland is like a green ocean, the moving sheep are like drifting white clouds, the herds of horses are leisurely sucking water by the lake, the other side of Yueshi Lake, the white felt bags are like stars scattered in the sky, and the curling smoke is rising from each felt bag, showing the vastness and beauty of the grassland.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from the lake, startling a flock of waterfowl that were roosting in the water and grass by the lake, flapping their wings and flying to the depths of the lake. In the chuckle like a silver bell, two slender Yueshi women urged the horses to gallop over, white horses, colorful Luo clothes, and bare and unbearable small waists, spring sultry.

"Ahh......hh

A lone wild goose unfortunately flew through the sky, and the Yueshi woman who was galloping in front turned back to the Yueshi woman behind her and said, "Look at me shooting it down." ”

The Yue's woman pulled her bow and arrows, and her slender body bent backwards from the horse, and her plump breasts became more and more upright, almost wanting to break through the thin layer of Luo shirt bound to [***].

"Instigation."

When the Yueshi woman was about to loosen the string, she suddenly heard a sound of breaking the sky in the sky, and the lone wild goose screamed in an instant, tumbled and fell from the sky, and fell behind the low gentle slope not far ahead.

"Sigh Rhythm ~~"

In the loud neighing of horses, an extremely strange horse suddenly turned behind the gentle slope, and the remnant sun of the western slope fell right behind the knight, as if stepping on the burning clouds in the sky...... The knight was covered in dark iron armor, and his entire face was obscured by a hideous grimace mask.

Behind the knight, a blood-colored banner was rising.

(To be continued)