Frustrated: "Lord, I don't know if I should say a word?" ”

Ma Yue said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. “

Frustratedly, he said: "The lord doesn't want Cao Ying to sit big, and it is good to take the opportunity to weaken Cao Ying, but the question is how many troops should be sent to fight?" If there are fewer troops, I am afraid that it will not be enough to threaten Cao Ying's lair, and if there are more troops, it will affect the rest and recuperation of the territory under his rule. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and said, "You are responsible for the internal affairs under the rule of General Ben, so in your opinion, on the premise of not affecting rest and recuperation, how many troops can our army dispatch at most?" ”

Frustrated: "The 20,000 elite cavalry of the major general is being trained in Hetao according to the will of the lord, and the new equipment is not yet complete, General Gao Shun is training in Baling, and there are 30,000 soldiers (Liangzhou county soldiers) in the camp, but they have not been trained, but I am afraid that it will not be of great use, in addition to these two large armies, there are only 5,000 cavalry left in Chang'an City (8,000 Xiliang iron cavalry who followed the horse butcher to Yangzhou and Jiangdong, and finally only 5,000 returned to Guanzhong). ”

"Five thousand cavalry?" Ma Yue muttered, "It's a little less, but it's almost enough." ”

Frustratedly, he said: "Lord, I haven't finished talking yet. ”

Ma Yue said: "Go on." ”

"These five thousand cavalry can be dispatched at any time, but the weight of grain and grass is limited. With the reserves of Chang'an Cangli, they can only guarantee half a month's dry food per person, 20 wolf tooth arrows, 5 throwing spears, and two hand axes, and then there are only two Hun bantam horses per person, and there is no money. ”

"No pay?" Ma Yue frowned and said, "Hasn't the Hetao Mint been built and started to cast copper coins?" How can there be no money? ”

Frustrated: "The lord doesn't know, the year before last, after the two major battles of Hanguguan and Hetao, there were nearly 100,000 fallen soldiers alone, not counting the 30,000 Hu cavalry in the Western Regions, so far the pensions of these fallen soldiers have only been issued less than half, in addition, it is necessary to issue additional rewards to the Han people on the Mobei grassland, and to buy military horses for the cavalry team, to buy spears for the infantry team, to buy bows and arrows for the archery team, and to prepare for the Hetao camp and the Baling camp, which all need money, a lot of money!" The income from the Hetao Mint alone is not enough. ”

"So poor?" Ma Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly, "But this is difficult for General Ben." ”

Jia Xu was shocked when he heard this, and said in a lost voice: "This sneak attack on Cao Ying's lair, the lord doesn't have to conquer it himself." ”

"Wenhe." Ma Yue's gaze fell on Jia Xu, and he asked helplessly, "If General Ben doesn't go in person, who else can do it?" ”

Jia Xu sighed softly and was silent.

If you talk about the commander alone, Ma Chao, Gao Shun, Fang Yue, and Xu Huang are all good generals, but if the opponents are Cao Ying and Guo Jia, then it is another matter. Looking at the entire Liangzhou Legion, only the horse butcher has the ability to compete with Cao Ying.

In the same way, in the Cao army, only Cao Ying has the ability to compete with the horse butcher, and the rest, whether it is Xiahou Dun or Yu Ban, Cao Ren, or Cao Hong, are not the opponents of the horse butcher! As for Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others, they are just pure masterminds like Jia Xu, not the leading coach.

Ma Chao took a step forward, hugged his fists and said, "Brother, the younger brother is willing to go." ”

"Meng Qi, your future achievements should be far better than that of a brother, but now you are not Cao Apu's opponent!" Ma Yue took a step forward, patted Ma Chao's shoulder heavily, and said, "After leading the army for my brother, the burden of the entire Liangzhou Legion will fall on your shoulders, remember what Brother Wei told you, don't let Brother Wei down." ”

"Brother, don't worry." Ma Chao choked up and said, "Little brother will never let you down." ”

……

Shouchun, Imperial Palace.

Yuan Shuku sat on top of the imperial case, looked around at Jin Shang, Gexiang and other ministers and said: "The thief army has now come to the city, do you Aiqing have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Jin Shangdao: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan. ”

Yuan Shu said: "Come quickly." ”

Jin Shangdao: "Huainan is rainy and continuous, so that the road is muddy and difficult to walk, the supply of grain and grass for the three-way thief army will inevitably be interrupted, Your Majesty only needs to order the three armies to defend the city, and not give the thief army a chance to take advantage of it, so that within a few months, the thief army will inevitably retreat from all food, and the siege of Shouchun can be solved without a fight." ”

Yuan Shu said: "If the thief army has enough food, what can I do? ”

Ge Xiang said: "Your Majesty, whether the thief army's food and grass are sufficient, go to the thief camp to find out." ”

Yuan Shu said: "How to get there?" ”

Ge Xiang said: "The minister and Cao A's adviser Liu Ye are old acquaintances, why don't Your Majesty write a letter to pretend to make peace with Cao Ying, and the minister will not be suspicious when he goes to Cao Ying with the letter." ”

"Good." Yuan Shu said happily, "Just according to Qing's words." ”

……

Outside Shouchun City, Cao Ying's Chinese army tent.

Cao Ying thought hard about the strategy of not breaking the city, and when he was in a hurry, a small school suddenly entered the account to report: "Lord, there is a messenger from Yuan Shu outside the gate who asks to see him, claiming to be Mr. Liu Ye's old acquaintance." ”

Cao Ying frowned and said, "Ziyang old knowledge? ”

Liu Ye was afraid that Cao Ying would misunderstand, so he asked Xiao Xiao Xiao urgently: "Has this person ever reported his name?" ”

Xiao Xiao said: "The surname is the name of the pavilion." ”

"Pavilion elephants?" Liu Ye was stunned and said, "If you are making old acquaintances, I haven't seen them for more than ten years." ”

Guo Jia's dark eyes suddenly flashed a bright color, and he said to Cao Ying: "Lord, there is!" ”

Cao Ying said confusedly: "What does Feng Xiao mean? ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Jia has a strategy to break the enemy!" ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying said happily, "Will the plan be released?" ”

Guo Jia said: "If you want to go down to Shouchun, it's on this Mr. Gexiang." ”

Cao Ying's expression moved slightly, and he suddenly became stunned.

……

Chang'an, military camp in the east of the city.

The Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, which once followed the horse butcher to sweep Jing and Yang, was stationed here, but the 8,000 army when the expedition was first set out, now there are only 5,000 men and horses left, and the 5,000 men and horses are divided into left and right armies by the horse butcher, which are respectively commanded by Li Meng and Wang Fang, the generals of Xiliangxiao.

Five thousand soldiers have been lined up in a neat phalanx under the point platform, Ma Yue appeared on the point platform surrounded by Li Meng, Wang Fang, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Xu Huang.

With the expansion of the territory under Ma Yue's rule, as well as the change of the enemy and the situation, the beast style that Ma Butcher has always advocated is no longer suitable for the Liangzhou Legion, because now the combat purpose of the Liangzhou Legion is no longer to plunder and destroy, but to protect and build, in order to adapt to this change, the Liangzhou Legion is undergoing an unprecedented change.

After the change, the Liangzhou Legion will become as hierarchical as the Qin Army, but as long as you bravely kill the enemy, you can get promotions and corresponding rewards by virtue of your military exploits, and use this strict reward system to stimulate the war enthusiasm of Liangzhou soldiers, so as to gather into a strong will to fight.

Here is the most powerful thing about this military revolution!

From then on, the horse butcher no longer has to dig out some incendiary remarks for pre-war mobilization, no longer have to use women, massacres and crazy looting to stimulate the soldiers' **, once there is another war, the main general only needs to give an order, and the Liangzhou soldiers will quickly complete the assembly, and then rush forward with a roar.

Li Meng held the bamboo slip in his hand, walked quickly to the point platform, and then slowly unfolded the bamboo slip, and suddenly, Li Meng's suppressed voice resounded throughout the school.

"The one who retreats from the battle - slash!"

"Those who disobey military orders - behead!"

"Embezzle the captor - behead!"

"The Silver Destroyer - Slash!"

"The one who tramples the crops - slash!"

"Those who kill the people's heads and risk leading the military merit - beheaded!"

After Li Meng finished the last word, there was an uproar under the order.

Compared with the previous Liangzhou military regulations, the six major military regulations re-announced this time can be described as much stricter, especially the three articles of embezzling and seizing, destroying silver women, and trampling on crops are unacceptable.

"What are the brothers fighting with their heads for? It's not for promotion and wealth, and now it's not allowed to be seized privately, so why still want a ball? Just go home and hug the. ”

"Even the girls are not allowed to ride, and they don't let people live?"

"That is, if there is a war, who cares where the ground is under his feet, and what happens if he tramples on some crops and fields, can he commit it?"

The five thousand Xiliang veterans on the school field were like a fried pot, shouting, Li Meng even shouted but couldn't stop the noise of these veteran ruffians at all, so he had to turn around and shake his head bitterly at Ma Yue, the horse butcher's face sank, strode up to the front of the point platform, and shouted: "Shut the fuck!" ”

This shout was like a sharp steel knife, stopping the noise of the five thousand Liangzhou veterans.

"What are you yelling about!? What is there to shout about? Ma Yue's gaze swept across the entire school field like a knife, and he said sharply, "You don't want to be a soldier anymore, do you?" Well, if anyone doesn't want to be a soldier, they can get out of here now! This general will not leave any difficulties, and will also give each person a thousand dollars in dismissal fees! Does anyone want to go? ”

Five thousand Liangzhou veterans were awe-inspiringly silenced, and no one dared to fart again!

Let's not talk about whether anyone really wants to leave the army, even if they have this idea, they don't dare to really leave, the murderous name of the horse butcher should be said and played, this guy is not only ruthless to the enemy, but also cruel to his subordinates or allies who betray him, and the tragic fate of Gongsun Zhan's father and son is enough to explain everything.

Ma Yue paused, and then said: "The seized money and grain will not be returned to the public, where will General Ben get the money and food to compensate the families of the fallen soldiers?" If one day you die on the battlefield, what will happen to your wives and children? Let them be left alone, and finally starve to death and die of poverty? Or are you going to take General Ben's hundred pounds of meat and use it to fill their stomachs? ”

“……”

"Even the girls won't let them ride, and they won't let people live, who said this just now?" The horse butcher coldly searched the five thousand Liangzhou soldiers on the school ground, and said murderously, "If there is a seed, stand up for General Ben!" Don't fucking hide in the crowd and be a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

There was silence on the school ground, and of course no one would stand up at this time.

Ma Yue said coldly: "Want a woman? It's easy, when you have finished the battle and accumulated enough military achievements, General Ben will immediately send you to the Mobei grassland, where there are thousands of Xianbei women waiting for you, each of whom will have at least ten or eight of his mother's shares! However, now, you all take care of the four taels of meat and two eggs under General Ben's crotch, who the dares to violate military discipline, don't blame General Ben for turning his face and not recognizing people! ”

"As for the last two, General Ben hopes that you can understand that now it is not against the Hu people, but against the Kanto region! Our Liangzhou Legion is the official army of the imperial court, what are the official soldiers used for? It is used to protect the Han people, not to slaughter the people! War is a life-and-death battle between warlords and warlords, soldiers and soldiers, don't take the heads of the common people, that's not what you should do! ”

"But~~" Ma Yue turned his words around, and then said, "Don't be discouraged, although the military regulations of the Liangzhou Legion are stricter than before, the rewards for meritorious soldiers are also more generous and formal!" There used to be no reward for killing an enemy, but now you get a hundred rewards for every enemy soldier killed! ”

"If you kill an officer above the commander before the battle, you can get the corresponding treatment above the commander of the army, and if you kill an officer above the commander level, you can get the treatment of an officer above the commander level, and so on, if any of you can cut off the general of the Cao army, the general will worship you as the general of Liangzhou without saying a word."

"What if the villain kills Cao Ying?"

"If you kid can cut Cao Ying off the horse, then General Ben will immediately give up the position of General Pingxi and let you sit!"

"Hahaha~~"

The five thousand Liangzhou soldiers were finally amused by the horse butcher's sentence.

……

Shouchun, Cao Jun's camp.

Ge Xiang slowly walked into the camp accompanied by Liu Ye, Ge Xiang carefully observed Cao Jun's details while walking, and asked Liu Ye without a match: "Ziyang, is Prime Minister Cao Cheng not in the camp?" ”

Liu Ye said: "The prime minister just went to the Wu army camp in the south of the city. ”

"Oh?" Ge Xiang asked casually, "Prime Minister Cao Cheng went to the Wu army camp in the south of the city?" ”

"Hey, it's not for the sake of military rations." Liu Ye said, "Wu County is small and the people are weak, the Wu army is about to run out of food, but our army is full of military food, no, the prime minister took the initiative to escort 50,000 stone of grain to the Wu army camp, since it is an ally, it is natural to help each other if there is a difficulty, what do you say?" ”

Ge Xiang hurriedly said: "Ahem, that's, that's." ”

After Liu Ye finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the left side of the camp, and said to the pavilion elephant: "Boru (pavilion elephant table character) You see, our army's grain and grass are piled up there, which is enough to eat for a year and a half. ”

Ge Xiang was shocked, and looked in the direction of Liu Ye's finger, and sure enough, he saw several high and bulging hill bags on the left side of Cao Jun's camp, with a half-human-high wooden frame underneath, covered with thick tarpaulin, and several oilcloths were blown open by the strong wind, revealing neatly stacked cloth bags underneath.

There was also a gang leader who was carrying a cloth bag from the inside, and one of the gang leaders accidentally broke up the mouth of the bag, and the grain and rice inside suddenly spilled on the ground, and Ge Xiang was convinced.

When Ge Xiang was shocked, Liu Ye stepped forward to hold his arm affectionately, and said with a smile: "Boru, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, this reunion doesn't talk about political affairs, just talk about old feelings, go." ”

"Hehe, only the old love, only the old love."

The pavilion elephant did not belong, his expression was indifferent, and he followed Liu Ye into the camp of the Cao army step by step.

……

Yecheng, Hebei, General Yuan Shao's Mansion.

Yuan Xi hurriedly entered the hall and said to Yuan Shao: "Father, Tan Ma reported, Cao Ying, Lu Bu, and Sun Jian's three-way coalition army has come to Shouchun City, although the second uncle has done a lot of injustice, but my father and his brother after all, did he send troops to feint to attack Dongjun and force Cao Ying to withdraw his troops from Shouchun?" ”

"Ugh." Yuan Shao sighed, shook his head and said, "The highway is going against the grain, resulting in today's disaster, if my father sends troops to rescue him, I am afraid that he will be criticized by the world." ”

"What the lord said is very true." Tian Feng echoed, "Usurping the Han and self-reliance is a big crime to exterminate the nine clans, at this time, it is too late to avoid suspicion, how can you send troops to rescue?" Ji thought that the lord should not only not send troops to rescue, but also should go to the court and take the initiative to ask the soldiers to send Qingzhou to conquer the remnants of the Yellow Turban, so as to show loyalty to the court. ”

"Ugh." Yuan Shao sighed and said, "It's all about now." ”

……

Shouchun, Jinluan Palace.

Ge Xiang's expression was gloomy, and he said to Yuan Shu: "Your Majesty, the grain and grass in Caoying are piled up, which is enough to maintain the strength of the coalition army for several years. ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shu was taken aback and lost his voice, "How is this good?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is no good way to do it now, there is only one way to break through, and it will be more dangerous to stay in this Shouchun City for a long time." Jin Shangdao, "Fortunately, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers of General Liu Xun in Lujiang, if Your Majesty can successfully break out of the encirclement and ride Lujiang, the army will still have the strength to fight." ”

Yuan Shu sighed and said helplessly: "Since this is the case, let's arrange a breakthrough." ”

"Obey." Jin Shang waved his hand and asked, "The minister will arrange for the army to break through from the west gate." ”

"Simon?" Yuan Shu's face changed, and he said in a deep voice, "No, don't break through from the West Gate!" ”

Jin Shang was puzzled: "Why is this? ”

Yuan Shu frowned and said: "If the army breaks through from the West Gate, isn't it clear that I am going to Lujiang?" What if Cao Ying, Lu Bu, Sun Jian and other generations were ambushed and intercepted on the road to Lujiang? ”

Jin Shangdao: "The minister is ignorant, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Yuan Shu pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, leave 10,000 troops to continue to hold on, and the remaining 40,000 troops will all break through the north gate, and after breaking through the Cao army camp, the troops will be divided into two routes, one will be led by Aiqing to Nanyang to attract the attention of the coalition army, and I will personally lead the other army and horses to Lujiang, so that I can get rid of the interception of the three-way thief soldiers." ”

……

Outside Shouchun City, Cao Ying's Chinese army tent.

Xun You smiled and said: "If nothing else, Yuan Shu is only afraid that he is already arranging a breakthrough, and now the only question is, which direction will Yuan Shu choose to break through?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "If Yuan Shu breaks through, there is only one place to go, and that is Lujiang." ”

Cao Ren said: "Lujiang is in the southwest of Shouchun, so Yuan Shu will choose to break through from the West Gate or the South Gate?" ”

Cao Ying and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled, shook their heads and said: "No, with this understanding of Yuan Highway, this gentleman will definitely break through from the north gate, and then divide the troops into two roads, one will flee in the direction of Runan with great fanfare, and put on the posture of being an outlaw to Nanyang, and the other will sneak to Lujiang with a broken flag." ”

"If Yuan Shu concentrates all his forces to forcibly break through to Lujiang, our army may not be able to stop it, but if the troops are divided into two routes, the result will be completely different." Guo Jia smiled casually, walked to the middle of the big tent and pointed to the military topographic map on the screen hanging with his fingers and said to Cao Ying and the generals: "Our army can set up an ambush here, and it will be effective with one blow." ”

Cao Ying said loudly: "Where are Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Cao Chun, and Tibetan tyrants?" ”

The five generals of Cao Ren flashed out of the ranks, stood side by side in front of Cao Ying, and said sharply: "The last general." ”

Cao Ying said: "Each led 3,000 elite soldiers to the Black Wind Valley to set up an ambush, and when Yuan's rebel army entered the canyon, the ambush soldiers will come out to intercept and kill, remember, no one can be missed!" ”

"Yes!"

General Cao Ren received the order abruptly, then turned around and walked away quickly.

"Cloud Chief." Cao Ying finally turned his gaze to Guan Yu and said in a harmonious voice, "After Yuan Wei led the army to leave Shouchun, the defenders in the city are bound to be demoralized and have no fighting spirit. ”

Guan Yu replied proudly: "Please rest assured, the prime minister will never disgrace his life." ”

(To be continued)