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Ma Chao thought about it carefully and soon had an idea, and sneered: "The three people who really come to invest in this will be convinced, but everyone has their own ambitions, and we don't have to force it." Anyone who was willing to follow Ben Jiang to the Southern Xiongnu Tuntian could ensure that they would not starve, not be frozen, would not be oppressed by the Huns, and would not have heavy taxes, and only need to pay three cents of grain every year. Not only that, anyone who has the ability to cultivate can receive a cow, and according to the head of the family to divide a certain number of cattle, horses, sheep, some breeding only needs five or five pairs, ten years later with the interest all to the individual. The unmarried will also be able to solve the marriage problem on behalf of the man, the man can marry a Xiongnu woman of appropriate age as his wife to form a family, and the family with a woman married to the Xiliang elite soldier can be reduced by half a point. ”

A series of preferential conditions only heard three people out of the sky, and there were many surprises. Tao Sheng immediately bowed down, his eyes were slightly red, and said: "The lord is merciful, the heart of the people can be learned from heaven and earth, and the last general is not talented, I am willing to go to the Southern Xiongnu with the displaced people to help the lord!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly helped Tao Sheng up, and said: "With General Tao's help, the general is welcome!" The three of you hurried back to the Taihang Valley, first announcing the preferential policies that the general had just mentioned, and then immediately announcing the disbandment of the Black Mountain bandits, and those who did not want to go to the Southern Xiongnu Tuntian should return to their hometowns. If they continue to stay in Taihang Mountain to make trouble, Ben will never tolerate it, and will definitely send a large army to exterminate it, and then it will be too late for them to go to Tuntian, and they will be demoted to slaves with gold seals on their faces and sent to the border to mine, and they will never be able to turn over. ”

"Obey!"

Ma Chao's heart suddenly moved, these three people are very popular among the displaced people, and they have a very high reputation among the Black Mountain thieves, but their talents are average, their martial arts are mediocre, and it is useless to stay by their side. In this case, why not let them stay in the Hetao area to manage the displaced people's tuntian, with the three of them here, those displaced people can also feel at ease. After making up his mind, he said: "The three of them are all people who have the people at heart, and they will have a proposal to discuss with you!" ”

He said: "The lord has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak!" ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "I wanted the three of you to stay in the Southern Xiongnu to manage these displaced people, and demarcate an area for each of the three of you, and all the displaced people who belong to you can be arranged to be tuntian there, and General Li Yan is directly responsible." In addition to the general according to the miscellaneous number of the general to give you and other monthly salaries, the subordinate homeless people can also give half of the grain, this half of the general will be given profit, and the people will not be taxed! At the same time, you can also organize a certain number of soldiers and horses to be responsible for the security of your own area. ”

When the three of them heard this, they quickly figured out the pros and cons, don't underestimate this half of the grain, if a family produces 100 Hu a year, then they can get 5 Hu, Ma Chao 25 Hu, 10,000 households is 50,000 Hu (one Hu grain in the Eastern Han Dynasty is about 10 kilograms now), and the general of the imperial court is only 10,000 Hu a year, plus the money is far less than 50,000 Hu.

"I am willing to obey the arrangement of the lord!"

Ma Chao stroked his palms and smiled: "There are three people sitting on the grassland, and they will have no worries!" Now that the weather is getting colder, and heavy snow will fall in less than January, I will give you ten days to mobilize, plus the time to hurry, we only have ten days to settle, so there is no time to delay! In addition, not only the people under your command, but also the displaced people in the sphere of influence of Zhang Yan, Yu Poison, Bai Huan and others, the more displaced people are mobilized, the greater our benefits will be. ”

The three of them were overjoyed, and they agreed to come down, and then Ma Chao asked about the integration of Le Jin and Chen Zhi. Originally, there were nearly 50,000 soldiers under the command of Zheng Gu and Yang Feng, and although their combat strength was pitiful, they were all strong people. Le Jin and Chen Zhi thoroughly implemented the policy of running for 30 miles and standing for two hours in a military posture, but after a toss, only more than 20,000 people were recruited.

It's just that these Black Mountain thieves have rough weapons, poor armor, and loose military discipline, which are no different from ordinary people who are strong and strong. Similarly, Tao Sheng also has more than 30,000 thieves under his command, and the number of 30,000 can be reached after a selection, plus the recruitment of Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao and Wenpin, it should be able to gather 50,000 elite soldiers, which is enough in the short term, and no matter how much it is, it can't afford to raise more.

The next time, Zhang Liao led the troops back to the eldest son city, and Ma Chao allocated some money and grain for him to send to the valley with the three of them and handed it over to Lejin, so that several soldiers and horses in the territory of Shangdang could have no worries about food and grass in a short time.

After three days, Zhang Liao successfully completed the task, and then led the troops to escort the materials to take over the city of Jiguan. In order to prevent turmoil, the 1,000 Shenwei battalion was divided into two, mixed with Yang Chou's 1,000 defending officers and troops, and Wen Ping and Zhang Liao each led 1,000 troops.

At the same time, Ma Chao sent someone to Luoyang to the Son of Heaven, explaining Duan Cheng's rebellion and recruiting the Black Mountain thieves. Emperor Ling was shocked after receiving the battle report, but he didn't expect Ma Chao to solve the problem of the Black Mountain thieves in Hanoi in less than half a month. Liu Hong was even more overjoyed about the resettlement of the displaced people, in his eyes, these displaced people were rebellious Diao people, and the farther away the better, not to mention that the Southern Xiongnu had always been a place for the Eastern Han Dynasty to exile and distribute criminals.

Only Duan Wei hated Ma Chao so much that he was itching, and after several years of reluctant searching, he was almost beaten back to the prototype. But Ma Chao has just made a great achievement, and he is Liu Hong's concubine, so he doesn't dare to act rashly. After pondering for a day, Duan Wei finally came up with a good idea and decided to take revenge on Ma Teng, so he repeatedly slandered Liu Hongjin and urged Ma Teng to go to Beijing to take up his post.

More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Ma Chao and Xu Bugu have also discussed for more than ten days. Of course, Xu Bugu did not want the Han people to rush to the grassland in large numbers, but the situation was not up to anyone, so he could only take a step back and try to reserve a large area of grassland for the remaining Huns. And Ma Chao only needs the irrigable land that has been developed, so the contradiction between the Han and the Huns is not sharp, you put your herds, I plant my fields, and our well water does not interfere with river water, at least on the surface.

At this time, Ma Chao received the news that Zheng Gu, Yang Feng, and Tao Sheng each mobilized 780,000 people, and together there were 250,000 displaced people who were willing to rush to the Southern Xiongnu Tuntian. There are still more than 200,000 people who do not want to go, some return to their hometowns, some continue to occupy the mountains as thieves, and some run to Zhang Yan, Yu Poison, and Bai Huan.

Ma Chao didn't care, there were enough of these 250,000 people in the early stage, and no matter how much they were, they couldn't be accommodated for a while. Under an order, more than 200,000 people crossed the Yellow River from Hexi County through Shangdang County in batches, and then crossed the Great Wall through Shangjun to enter the Hetao Prairie.

More than 200,000 people are dragging their families, some old and some young, and they are pulled by horse-drawn carts with food and other daily necessities, and those who can't pull them are carried on their shoulders, and the whole team drags on for more than ten miles. Fortunately, these people themselves are thieves, and there are many of them, but no one dares to stand in the way. There is Ma Chao, the general of Wei, in the counties and counties, and the road is naturally unimpeded. Sleeping in the open air, he slowly marched for half a moon before crossing the Great Wall and stepping into the grassland.

After three more days, it was less than two hundred miles away from Wangting Dazhai, and suddenly there was a small black dot in front of it that was rapidly approaching, and then there was a black line behind it, and there was a faint sound of horses' hooves.

Ma Chao was overjoyed, knowing that someone had come to greet him, but when he got closer, it was two teenagers rushing to the front, who were not Ma Xiu and Ma Tie?

"Big brother!" The two recognized Ma Chao from afar, and immediately turned over and dismounted and ran over.

"Third brother! Fourth brother! Although Ma Chao was a little surprised, he was also in a good mood, and the three brothers hugged each other tightly.

After being excited, Ma Chao asked, "Why are you two here?" Could it be that the war against Wuheng and Xianbei has ended? ”

Ma Xiu said excitedly: "The battle in Wuheng is extremely smooth, and it has been withdrawn to the royal court as early as seven days ago, and countless money, grain, and livestock have been seized, and the grassland near the royal court cannot be accommodated. I heard that the eldest brother was named the champion marquis, and he took the post of general of the guard, and even our three brothers are generals, can this matter be taken seriously? ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Naturally, take it seriously! Not only that, but your eldest brother and I also found you a princess sister-in-law, you must know that the big man is only this princess. ”

Ma Tie was also excited, pulled Ma Chao's arm and said: "Big brother, tell me about the hero, but it's a pity that I missed such a wonderful thing, I heard that the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang mentioned before by the eldest brother also went, is it amazing?" ”

The three brothers each said goodbye, and Ma Chao gradually learned about the current situation. It turned out that the battle between Pang De and the Hun cavalry against Wuheng was quite smooth and successfully achieved the expected goal, but Fa Zheng's war against Xianbei encountered a little trouble. Xianbei's overall strength is extremely strong, and the Southern Xiongnu and Wuheng together may not be stronger than Xianbei. At the same time, Xianbei and the Han Dynasty were enemies, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had three expeditions to Xianbei during the period, but none of them could make contributions!

However, Xianbei has been in a state of division since the death of Tanshi Huai, and the large and small tribes are divided into several forces and fight against each other. Han Sui and Fa Zheng still pursued a blitzkrieg, and they were like fish in water in the early stage, with remarkable results, plundering countless money, grain, and livestock. But Xianbei reacted quickly, and several major tribes joined together to engage in a fierce battle with Han Sui's main force in the Tianshan Mountains.

There are mostly mountainous areas in this area, and it is not conducive to long-distance cavalry and shooting, so the advantage of Han Suiqiang's soldiers is not great, and it is difficult to advance an inch in the battle situation! Fazheng's small force made a small fortune in the back, specially cleaning up the fragmented small tribes, although the harvest was not as good as Han Sui's Qiang soldiers, but the losses were also very small, and their whereabouts were erratic, and they repeatedly evaded the encirclement and suppression of the large Xianbei cavalry.

Ten days ago, seeing that the weather was getting colder and it was difficult to achieve brilliant results, Han Sui decided to withdraw from the army. Fa Zheng did not dare to go deep alone, so he had to escort the supplies and withdraw in batches. After this war, Xianbei's vitality was hit by an unprecedented heavy blow, and the loss of the abundant water and grass in the south of the Tianshan Mountains was extremely serious, and a large number of people, livestock, and grain were plundered, resulting in this area becoming a no-man's land, and the tragic situation was comparable to that of the Southern Xiongnu.

As a pioneer force, Ma Tie just rushed back to the royal court and learned some things about Luoyang from Ma Xiu, and the two brothers missed Ma Chao very much after not seeing him for more than a month, and they ran out of two hundred miles to meet each other!