Now that Ma Teng's idea has been determined, it is necessary for Xiao Ma to start cultivating his own forces. Now it has reached 187, and the historical Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty seems to have died in 189, and then there was a three-year "Dong Zhuo Rebellion", and the prelude to the melee of the princes was also opened.

And there is an opportunity in front of him, an excellent opportunity to rise, because at this time the princes everywhere are just starting out, and there is no advantage over each other. It will be difficult to say in a few years, when the fire will refine the real gold, the bear will be swallowed up and the heroes will rise, and when they are full-fledged, it will be several times more difficult to defeat or catch up with them.

If you want to rise quickly, you must have your own power, not only can you not rely on Ma Teng, but you also have to leave Xiliang to go to the Central Plains to compete for hegemony. For this reason, he has been thinking about it for a long time, and even if he can't rise smoothly, he won't let others become big easily, at least he will change the direction of history.

After making up his mind, Brother Xiao Ma began to take action, and said: "Father, Xiliang has been producing less grain, and now the people are miserable due to military disasters for many years, but it is not impossible to continue to feed an army of 100,000, and the child has two strategies that are feasible, and two strategies can be used in parallel!" ”

Ma Teng was overjoyed when he heard this: "My son, let's talk about it in detail!" ”

Ma Chao cleared his throat and said seriously: "The way to cure the symptoms is to use war to nourish the war, Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the first elite soldier in the world, in this case, why not go and conquer the surrounding alien races?" There are Xiongnu and Xianbei in the north of Liangzhou, and Qiang and Di in the south, these nomads have violated the border of our Han Dynasty countless times in the past hundred years, burning, killing and looting, and now it is time for them to repay their debts. ”

"There are three advantages of this trip, one of which is that it can occupy the righteousness to serve the court and promote the prestige of our Han army; second, to feed the war with war and alleviate the urgent need; Third, it will hurt its vitality, fundamentally solve the threat of alien races, and benefit the people. ”

Ma Teng frowned when he heard this: "Having said that, those grassland peoples have no fixed residence, superb riding skills, almost all the people are soldiers, and they also occupy the geographical advantage, I am afraid it will be difficult to win if they rush to send troops, this method is too risky!" ”

Ma Chao said: "Father, the child is invited to fight, and only five thousand cavalry children can complete this task." ”

Seeing that Brother Xiao Ma looked confident, Ma Teng couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that Wu'er has a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

"It is precisely that the children are not going to confront their main force, but to avoid the truth and make up for the false, killing their population, plundering their livestock, burning their materials, causing internal chaos and indirectly hurting their vitality. At that time, my father can send a large army to receive supplies at the border, and if the Hulu light cavalry comes to retaliate, he only needs to clear the field with a strong wall, and hold on to it, and the Hulu who cannot get food and grass will retreat."

Then Brother Ma began to give full play to his eloquence, and carefully explained his detailed plan and the essence of lightning guerrilla warfare to Ma Teng. Hearing this, Ma Teng nodded again and again, his eyes flashed with brilliance, and he felt that he suddenly felt very unfamiliar with the son in front of him. In the past, he only thought that Ma Chao was talented and intelligent, and he was an immortal genius who learned martial arts, but now he was even more surprised by the conversation. Because he found that Ma Chao was simply a military genius, although this guerrilla tactic was a little shameless, it had to be said that it was a wonderful tactic, which was suitable for dealing with the grassland peoples.

Full of joy, Ma Teng agreed after a little consideration, but considering the young age of Brother Xiaoma, he also specially sent Pang De to accompany the army to prevent Ma Chao from making an incorrigible mistake.

Brother Xiao Ma is naturally very happy, even if Ma Teng doesn't say it, he won't leave Pound behind. Pang De is a wise and brave general, and sooner or later he will be pulled down under his command, and there is no burden on him to dig into the corner of his father's wall anyway.

The father and son discussed the matter of sending troops, and Ma Teng asked again: "Although this method is wonderful, but the grassland people must be prepared after suffering a few big losses, and they can only solve a temporary emergency and not a long-term solution. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "That's right, now that Liangzhou is three, Uncle Han and his father's friendship is still there, and he won't take the initiative to attack his father for no reason." As for Dong Zhuo, there is no need to worry, unless he plans to fight with his father and Uncle Han, in the current situation, Dong Zhuo will never take this step as long as he is not stupid, so that there will be no large-scale war in Liangzhou for a few years, why should his father send the army to Tuntian. ”

"Tuntian?" Ma Teng was confused at that time.

"Yes, it is Tuntian, since it is difficult for large-scale wars to occur in Xiliang in a few years, my father only needs to leave a small number of elite soldiers to guard the fortress, and the remaining 80,000 elite men can develop those barren arable land on a large scale, and at the same time recruit displaced people and refugees, vigorously reduce taxes, and ensure that the people under his rule have land to cultivate, clothes to wear, and food to eat."

"For those refugees who have defected, we can also adopt a shelter policy, set up a shelter camp in each county, provide them with food and organize these refugees to settle fields, and after two years of good performance, they can be given appropriate land, so that they can officially become the people of Xiliang, so that after three or five years of recuperation, we can greatly improve the dilemma of Xiliang."

Ma Teng's eyes flashed with a touch of fanaticism when he heard this, and then he said a little dejectedly: "Although this method is good, the initial investment is really huge, and the court refuses to release grain, so how can I afford to support these homeless?" ”

Ma Chao smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Father, rest assured, since the child thinks of this method, he must be very sure, the source of all this is the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei in the north, as long as the military affairs are smooth, the plundered materials are exchanged for food, which is enough to support the autumn harvest." ”

Ma Teng hesitated a little when he heard this, although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was elite, it was not enough to form an overwhelming advantage over the Hun light cavalry. If the 5,000 cavalry were surrounded by a large force of Xiongnu light cavalry, the only result would be the total annihilation. As for the revenge of the Huns, they are not afraid, unless they pour their nest.

Seeing Ma Teng's hesitation, Brother Xiao Ma hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and continued to persuade: "Father, I can't hesitate any longer, this is my only chance for Xiliang to rise, otherwise I can only disband most of the sergeants to rest on their laurels and develop slowly, I am afraid that there will be no future!" And now the general trend of the world is not clear, if I want to rise in Xiliang, I must seize the opportunity, otherwise what will I use to confront the princes of the Central Plains, Xichuan, Jiangdong and other rich places? After the Ma family is a famous general, does his father just want to live under the halo of his ancestors? ”

Ma Teng trembled when he heard this, Ma Chao's words undoubtedly hit his sore spot, and he stood up suddenly, laughed and said: "What Wu'er said is right, Ming said that I will mobilize the army to prepare to go to the grassland Hulu, what do I want!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma was ecstatic in his heart, but his face did not move, and he said: "These five thousand cavalry children must personally choose from the 100,000 army, and five thousand war horses must be good horses, in addition to 50,000 catties of pig iron, the sergeant must be equipped with a strong bow, a simple knife and a large number of feather arrows, in addition, a logistics force of 2,000 people is also needed to be responsible for supplying and escorting the plundered materials." ”

Ma Teng nodded and said: "This matter is easy to do, after three days, I can gather a total of 70,000 troops from all departments, my son Yongguan three armies, in the army has a high prestige, since you can personally select the soldiers and war horses, 50,000 catties of fine iron is also easy to do, there are still more than 200,000 feather arrows in the army, and you can divide 100,000 to make a levy!" ”

Ma Chao was depressed for a while, and hurriedly said: "Father, 100,000 feather arrows are far from enough, the child should mainly bow and arrow this time, and each person should carry at least three to five pots of feather arrows, according to thirty branches per pot, 5,000 people are 750,000 feather arrows, and I hope that my father will do a good job!" ”

Ma Teng gasped and couldn't help asking, "Cavalry battles rely on charging and maneuvering, what is the use of Wu'er asking for so many feather arrows?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Father don't ask more, after three months, my father will know that the child will innovate the combat method of the cavalry this time, conquer the grassland Hulu in one fell swoop, and inspire me to be a great man!" ”

Seeing Ma Chao's confident appearance, Ma Teng's eyes were also shining, and he continued to say with a firm face: "Okay, I will order the blacksmith to be recruited to make a large number of feather arrows, three months is enough!" ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, and the father and son discussed some details again, and did not return to their military tent until evening. When Ma Dai and the three of them learned that they were going to go to the northern grasslands, they were really excited for a long time. Ma Chao found two pieces of hardwood, sharpened them with a dagger, a model of a stirrup, and even a Takahashi saddle, but this thing requires a certain carpenter's skills, although the Takahashi saddle he made is barely usable, but it always looks a little nondescript, and the details need to be improved.

Three days later, in addition to the men and horses guarding the fortress, the remaining 70,000 troops of Ma Teng's various troops were all neatly assembled on the exercise ground, and all the generals in the army were also present, and they had already received the news that the army was going to march on the grassland. With the sound of a gong, Ma Teng's father and son and Pang De successively ascended the point platform, Ma Teng took the lead in speaking, and said loudly: "Xiliang soldiers, now that the civil strife has just subsided, and the northern Hulu has repeatedly attacked, this Taishou has submitted to the imperial court, and decided to divide the troops to ask for it, led by the generals Pang De and Ma Chao in our army, I hope that the soldiers who have the opportunity to go out can bravely kill the enemy, serve the court, and raise the prestige of our Han army!" ”

"Swear to kill the Huns and raise the prestige of my Han army!"

"Swear to kill the Huns and raise the prestige of my Han army!"

When the 70,000 army heard that it was going to send troops to the Xiongnu, they immediately became excited. The Xiliang people and the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang, Di and other grassland peoples can be described as deep as the sea. Most of these sergeants were local men in Xiliang, and after hearing and witnessing them, they naturally knew the cruelty and inhumanity of the northern Hulu. The border is almost perennially war-torn and strife, of course, small-scale conflicts, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the northern Hulu have repeatedly invaded.

As for the matter of Pang De's army, the father and son have already discussed, although Ma Chao is brave, but he has not been in the army for a long time and has not made an inch, and he will definitely cause some sergeants to be dissatisfied with the army alone, so let the two lead the army together, and the person in charge is of course Ma Chao. In addition, Ma Teng arranged Pang De to accompany the army in order to protect and raise Ma Chao to avoid making fatal mistakes due to lack of experience.

At this time, Brother Xiao Ma was wearing a shiny silver armor, wearing a golden crown phoenix wing helmet with bundled hair, and a palm-wide pine-patterned Kunwu sword hanging from his waist, he stepped forward and waved his hand, and the tens of thousands of troops were suddenly silent. Brother Xiao Ma was also slightly proud in his heart, this set of clothes was found in the military room at home a few years ago, and he had hidden it privately for a long time, and he didn't dare to say that he was invulnerable, but it was by no means comparable to ordinary products.

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