After solving the problem of logistics and supply, Ma Chao started the idea of Jizhou talents again, and asked: "Most of the troops brought by this general are Xiliang soldiers and Montenegrin troops, and the recovery of the lost territory in Jizhou is indispensable for the cooperation of local generals who are familiar with the terrain, I don't know how many can be arranged?" ”

Several people glanced at each other, and Koji Yi got up and hugged his fists and said: "The last general is not talented, I am willing to follow the general to fight against the Black Mountain thieves!" ”

"The last general is also willing to go!" Pan Feng was not to be outdone.

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "The two are the right-hand men of General Huangfu, and they are also the pillars of Jizhou's military affairs. This is a big mistake! ”

Huangfu Song frowned and said, "The general has something to say, but please say it clearly!" Now there are only more than 20,000 available soldiers in Jizhou, and it doesn't hurt to give half to the general's guidance! Ben will pacify the remnants of the rebellious party in the territory, and 10,000 soldiers and horses are enough! ”

Ma Chao waved his hand and said: "There is no need for this, there will be 30,000 elite soldiers and dozens of generals, and it is effortless to exterminate the rabble of the Black Mountain Thieves, just select two middle and low-level generals from the Jizhou army and bring 1,000 armor soldiers each to act as guides!" ”

Hearing this, several people looked at each other and said in frustration: "Could it be that the general has already been selected?" ”

Ma Chao chuckled and said, "Ben will never come to Jizhou, who is there any candidate?" But I heard that there is a small general named Zhang He in the Jizhou army, who is a member of the Hejian clan, and was recruited into the army in the crusade against the Yellow Turban, I don't know what position this person lives in now? ”

"This" frustrated where did he know the low-level generals in the army, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but look at Lu Yi and Pan Feng.

Koji Yi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "There is no such person under the command of the last general, or this person is a nobody, I really can't remember!" ”

Pan Feng pondered for a while, frowned, and said: "General Qiyu, there is a surname under the command of the last general, and the specific name of the last general is not clear. ”

Ma Chao frowned and said: "Hurry up and invite this person here, you can find out if it is or not!" In addition, can you know that this person is high? ”

Several people shook their heads, all of them unaware. Pan Feng had received Ma Chao's favor, and it was a good opportunity to repay the favor at this time, so he got up and said: "Although the general can rest assured, the last general will invite all the Hejian people named Gao Ran and Zhang He in the army, and you will know in person!" ”

Ma Chao waved his hand and said: "Don't be so troublesome, just call Zhang He alone!" This person has a good word, and he is a family member of Hejian, so it is not difficult to find it! ”

Pan Feng said: "General, wait a while, the last general will come when he goes!" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "There is General Lao Pan!" ”

After Pan Feng left, he suddenly asked: "Since the general has never been to Jizhou, how can he know the name of Zhang He?" In addition, there is one more thing below that will be returned to the general as it is! After that, he turned around and took out a baggage, and after opening it, it was the hundred gold that Ma Chao sent to Tuo Panfeng to give to He Tianfeng more than half a year ago!

Ma Chao said: "What does this mean? Don't you look down on my Ma Meng? ”

Frustrated Professor shook his head and said: "The difference between the general's words, the so-called merit is not punished, I have a small official position, and I have never met the general, how dare I accept this heavy gift for no reason?" ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, knowing that this move was indeed uncourteous, so he asked Dian Wei to put away the gold and arch his hand: "The two are Qingliu celebrities, and they will be admired by the famous for a long time. But I don't want to be self-defeating and cause misunderstanding between the two, sin! Sin! ”

Frustrated, he said: "The general is polite, we also admire the general, and now I see that the style is really peerless, and I should drink it!" ”

"Exactly! Precisely! ”

After three rounds of drinking, everyone also got acquainted with each other, Ma Chao took the opportunity to ask: "I heard that Tian Yushi has settled in Yecheng since he resigned, but why is he not seeing it now!" ”

Frustrated: "Brother Yuan Hao is a civilian at this time, and it is really inconvenient to attend today, please forgive the general!" ”

Ma Chao nodded, and said suddenly: "It's not a secret, I have heard the name of Tian Yuanhao for a long time, and I want to hire him to take up the position of official and state driver, I don't know if the public can introduce it on my behalf!" ”

Frustrated, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The general has a good eye for talent, Brother Yuan Hao is really a talented person, his talent is far above the award, he served as the imperial history in the court in his early years, but he resigned because he was not used to seeing the eunuchs framing Zhongliangcai. Today, it is said that the vested general has taken a fancy to him, how dare he not introduce it to his old friend! ”

Ma Chao is overjoyed, looking at the attitude of frustration, it should not be difficult to hire Tian Feng. Tian Feng is the Jizhou Julu people's clan, in the early years, he was promoted to Maocai, served as the imperial history, and later resigned and lived in Yecheng because he was not used to seeing the ten permanent servants and others do whatever they wanted. In history, Tian Feng first defected to Han Fu, and then returned to Yuan Shao. During the Battle of Guandu, he and Fu Zhi repeatedly offered good plans, but unfortunately Yuan Shao was arrogant and scheming, and did not adopt Tian Feng's plan at all.

Tian Feng was upright and stubborn, and he directly reprimanded Yuan Shao's mistakes, and was finally imprisoned by Yuan Shao for "just committing a crime". In order to humiliate Tian Feng, Yuan Shao deliberately trapped Tian Feng in a prisoner car and traveled with the army during the Battle of Guandu. As a result, Yuan Shao was defeated, and the strategist Feng Jixian beside him slandered: "Tian Feng laughed when he heard the new defeat of the lord in prison and said: 'As expected! Yuan Shao was furious and sent someone to execute Tian Feng that night.

Ma Chao has coveted Tian Feng for a long time, Tian Feng not only has excellent strategic vision and military vision, but also is a master of handling internal affairs, and if Tian Feng is in charge of internal affairs, he can take time out to deal with more important matters.

The two made an appointment and drank a few glasses of sake, Pan Feng finally took a young general to come late, hugged his fists and said: "General Qiyu, this person's surname is Zhang Minghe, the name of the Hejian people, and now the commander of the last general is the head of the tun, I don't know who the general is looking for!" ”

Ma Chao stroked his palms and smiled: "It's this person!" "I saw that Zhang He was twenty-one and two years old, with a majestic figure, a rough appearance, and shining tiger eyes. Zhang He was conscripted into the army in the crusade against the Yellow Turbans, and it was not until Han Fu became the pastor of Jizhou that he was promoted to Sima. After the defeat of Han Fu, Zhang He led the troops to Yuan Shao, and had many merits in the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Gao Ran were called the four court pillars of Hebei.

During the Battle of Guandu, Zhang He and Gao Ran were framed by Guo Tu and led the people to surrender to Cao Ying and were reused. Later, he followed Cao Ying to pacify the north, expedition to Wuhuan, Ping Ma Chao, and Zhang Lu, and had many military exploits. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang He was stationed in Hanzhong with Xiahou Yuan, and after Xiahou Yuan was killed, he temporarily maintained the defeated army, defeated Ma Tan, and repelled Zhuge Liang's three Northern Expeditions. During this period, although Zhang He was defeated by Zhang Fei, he was one of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's most feared Wei generals, and died in his later years. When Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan, Liu Bei once said: What is the use of killing Xiahou Yuan, how to kill Zhang He!

And now Zhang He has just emerged, and his position is no more than a tun chief, that is, a centurion. The Eastern Han Dynasty military system is five people and one army, there is a captain, ten people are a team, there is a team of fifty people, there is a team rate, one hundred people are a tun, there is a tun chief, two hundred people are a song, there are military marquis, one thousand people, there is Sima or school captain, the school captain is the positive, and Sima is the deputy.

Zhang He had obviously heard of Ma Chao's name, and as soon as they met, he lifted up his shirt and bowed down on one knee, and arched his hand: "The young general Zhang He has seen the hussar general!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly got up and personally helped Zhang He up, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite!" This general will be edicted to crusade against the Montenegrin bandits who have fled to Jizhou to make trouble, and they need the help of local brave warriors in Jizhou. ”

Zhang He was flattered, but he didn't expect Ma Chao to treat him so politely, and the difference between the identities of the two was equivalent to the gap between the current commander-in-chief of the military region and the militia company commander. However, before coming here, he had already learned a thing or two from Pan Feng's mouth, and he responded without thinking about it: "Thanks to the general's promotion, the young general dares to disobey his orders!" ”

"Good! This general immediately lists you as a captain of Wu Meng, and you will choose a deputy among the soldiers of Jizhou County, and select 2,000 elite men and horses to go with this general! ”

"General Xie! The young general will not fail in his mission! Zhang He was a little excited, promoted from centurion to thousand-commander, and directly commanded 2,000 men, no one could remain calm.

Ma Chao is famous and full of Han, in the high position of hussar general, nominally the governor and the military of the two states of Hebei, Zhang He is just the head of a district in the soldiers of Jizhou County, which is his jurisdiction, and it is justified to transfer Pan Feng to his command.

Ma Chao interrogated a few more words, and learned that Zhang He didn't know Gao Ran either, and he didn't have Gao Lan's detailed information, so he could only give up now! At the moment, let Fu Zhu reorganize the banquet, and let Zhang He sit at the table, and continue to discuss the matter of exterminating the thief. Ko Yi gave a careful introduction to the current situation of the thief army, and made several bold inferences about the location of the black mountain thief's lair, with clear logic and careful thinking, and he is indeed a rare talent.

However, Ma Chao didn't want to accept Koji Yi for his own use, because this person was an anti-bone boy. In history, it was because of Lu Yi's initiative to betray Han Fu that Jizhou changed hands, while Zhang He, Fu Zhu, and Judge were attached to Yuan Shao after the overall situation had been decided, and the quality of their surnames was very different. Later, Koyi pacified Gongsun Zhan, but he was jealous of Yuan Shao because of his pride in his merits, and he was finally killed.

After Koji finished speaking, Ma Chao praised: "General Koji is really good, such a talent should be used by the imperial court, and General Koji also has a lot of military merits when quelling Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion, and after the general pacifies the Black Mountain thieves, he will immediately ask for credit for General Koji!" ”

Koji Yoshiki was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him. Ma Chao secretly sneered, it is better for such unusable people to be driven out of Jizhou as soon as possible, otherwise it will become a time bomb in the future, not to mention that it will get in the way. And driving him to Luoyang may be used by Dong Zhuo in the future, and the stronger Dong Zhuo's strength, the more beneficial it will be to him.

After returning to the post house, Huang Zhong couldn't help but ask: "The last general saw that Na Liyi was also a rare talent, why did the landlord refuse to let people thousands of miles away?" On the contrary, he favors a tun chief! ”

Xu Huang also said: "Exactly, in addition to Liyi, Sima Panfeng of the Jizhou Army is also very good, the hero beat the three axes to defeat Yan Liang, this kind of record Huang thinks he is not as good!" ”

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Koji Yi is talented but not virtuous, don't use it!" Pan Feng's defeat of Yan Liang was just a trick to win, and now is not the time to solicit. In the general's opinion, there are only two real generals in Jizhou, one is Changshan Zhending Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong, this person had saved the general's surname in the Pingyang region a few months ago, and the high level of martial arts is still above me, even Han Sheng may not be able to win against him, and he is about to go to thank him; The other one is this Zhang He Zhang Junyi, this person's martial arts and ability to lead soldiers are afraid that they will be in the middle of the battle with Gongming, and they will know it later! (To be continued.) )