According to this statement, the number of Zhang Chao's army has already come to the result.

The Vanguard Legion and the Dragon and Tiger Legion each have 150,000 people, plus the Waterway Legion, these are three legions, a total of 450,000 people. With the addition of the other six legions except for the first legion, this is also 900,000 men. Taken together, there are 1,350,000 men, plus 300,000 men of the first legion, and the number of troops available has reached 1,650,000.

This is still on the basis of disarming 500,000 people, otherwise, Zhang Chao's army will break through to the terrifying figure of two million.

It is no wonder that Zhang Chao will carry out disarmament, with the power of the four states, it is indeed a lot of effort to feed so many soldiers, or elite soldiers.

Originally, Zhang Chao meant that after occupying Jizhou, he wanted to find a way to recuperate as soon as possible, and then stabilize and develop Jizhou. But now it seems that someone doesn't want to give him this opportunity, Cao and Liu are going to do it.

Relying on the advantages of the vast land and abundant population of Merge Prefecture and Youzhou, Zhang Chao's military rations are not a big problem. As long as it is not a natural disaster for many years, the army will not go without food. But this is just to maintain the status quo and not meet Zhang Chao's requirements, what he needs is a strong military, sufficient food, and strong financial resources of the four states, and if this is not done, it will not be considered a success.

Originally, he also thought that the capture of Jizhou would make the other princes become cautious, so that he could develop business and accumulate strong capital. But now it seems that some people don't want to see it.

You don't want to see it, I'm going to show you, this is Zhang Chao's characteristic. This is also the reason why Zhang Chao ordered Guo Jia not to understand the movements of those princes, but to vigorously develop his own strength.

This is not that Zhang Chao underestimated Cao Cao and Liu Bei, but he didn't believe that Ma Teng and Sun Jian would be captured so easily, you must know that before he was going to attack Jizhou, he had made preparations for a long time, and Yuan Shao at that time had only a big shelf left, and his internal situation was already unstable, so he had a chance to take advantage of it. But now looking at Liangzhou and Dongwu, at least the internal stability is still stable, how can it be captured in a day? It would take a long time for such a battle to be fought, and he could take the opportunity to consume the strength of the princes, and such a result would be extremely beneficial to him.

Although Zhang Chao heard about Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Dong Zhuo's movements, he still went his own way, sorting out and recuperating internally.

Under Zhang Chao's order, all regiments stepped up their training and run-in, so that the relationship between the soldiers below became more united as soon as possible. Commercially, a series of effective measures have been implemented to make it more prosperous; On the issue of agriculture, the division of land should be divided, the tax exemption should be exempted, and the encouragement of land reclamation should be encouraged. For a while, the forces to which they belonged were all showing a sense of prosperity.

This is unique compared to the tense atmosphere of war within the forces of other princes.

Zhang Chao is very familiar with it, and he knows that time is money, and time is the simplest truth of life.

Born in troubled times, it is full of unlimited opportunities and challenges, and what he needs to do is to seize any opportunity to solve internal problems in a very short time, only in this way can he jump out of his eyes to complete his initial set to carry forward China, open up the territory of the performance.

In the history of China, there have been several dynasties that were strong for a while, Qin Emperor Han Wu, Tang Dynasty and Song Ancestors, Ming and Qing Dynasties, all of which were brilliant, but they were just guarding their own three points of land. Only Genghis Khan was once called a generation of Tianjiao, but that was just a flash in the pan, and he was not a Han Chinese.

Zhang Chao, as an authentic descendant of Yan and Huang, naturally hopes to create a great cause, even if it is thousands of years later, at least future generations will use a yearning and adoring gaze when talking about him, so it is enough.

It is precisely because the ideal is much greater than Cao Cao and Liu Bei and others that Zhang Chao needs a solid foundation to act, otherwise, if the foundation is not strong, how can he talk about pioneering?

Zhang Chao wants to carry forward the spirit and influence of China, he wants everyone in the world to know that there is a powerful empire rising in the East, he wants to make others frightened when they hear the name of this country, and he wants to make the people of his country be upright wherever they go, hold their chests high, and be valued and looked up to. Obviously, if he wants to do this, he still needs a long way to go, but he is not afraid, he is still young, just thirty-four years old, and with Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, two famous doctors, he still has a lot of time to do what he wants. And all that needs to be done now is to take every step of the way.

Under Zhang Chao's advocacy and leadership, the entire group is moving forward steadily, which can almost be described as changing every day.

Compared with Zhang Chao's group's recuperation, the other princes were indeed busy deploying troops.

May 2033 A.D.

Dong Zhuo, the king of Yongzhou, allied with Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty and sent a total of 700,000 troops to Liangzhou Ma. Among them, Dong Zhuo sent 400,000 troops, and Liu Bei sent 300,000 troops.

The army came out in a mighty way, and immediately attracted the sideways attention of people all over the world.

But not long after, Prime Minister Cao Cao also sent 500,000 troops, sent from Yuzhou, and went straight to Yangzhou Sun Jian's forces.

For a time, except for Zhang Chao, the princes of the world were already in flames of war.

Dong Zhuo personally took command, led 400,000 troops to become the vanguard with his subordinate general Duan, and went straight from Yongzhou to Liangzhou.

Duan Cheng is the younger brother of the general Duan Xuan, and he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Since his brother was killed by Zhang Chao's army and died, he was activated by Dong Zhuo, and even directly named the pioneer general, which naturally made him overjoyed.

It's just that it can be seen from this point that Dong Zhuo has no generals available in his hands. Even a person like Duan Cheng, who was not famous before, was also cited as a pioneer general.

At the same time that Dong Zhuo sent 400,000 troops, Liu Bei also sent an army of 300,000 mainly composed of general Guan Yu, vanguard general Wei Yan, and military teacher Fa Zheng.

Wei Yanzi Wenchang, a native of Yiyang (now Tongbai, Henan), is a member of the military generals who have just been received, because of his extraordinary force, his heart is strategic, and he is deeply valued by Liu Bei.

As for the other person, the law is upright, and the word is filial piety. Fufeng Yi (now Xiaofayi Town, Meixian County, Shaanxi Province) is a native of Fufeng Yi and the grandson of Fazhen, a famous scholar.

Originally a subordinate of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, this time Liu Bei became the Emperor of Han Yuan, and all Liu Zhang's subordinates were also used by him, he was the best among his Chinese subjects, and this time he was also valued by him. Liu Da'er just wants to tell other former Liu Zhang's subordinates through this incident that as long as you have the ability, you can be reused.

Together, the two armies totaled 700,000 and headed straight for Liangzhou in the northwest.

In the main hall of the Liangwang Mansion in Guzang City, Liangzhou, a middle-aged man in black armor was sitting behind a table, looking at the people standing left and right in the hall below.

In the whole hall, it seems that all the battle armor is standing, and a dull evil aura comes out, if you are a less timid person, I am afraid that if you stand here, you will not be able to stop your feet cramping, straight around.

Needless to say, it is Liangzhou Yi who is also the current king of Liangzhou, Ma Teng.

Ma Tengzi Shoucheng, a native of Fufeng Maoling (now Xingping, Shaanxi), was a warlord who seized the Liangzhou area in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan.

Since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and the princes began to stand side by side, Ma Teng has always occupied the land of Liangzhou, and raised troops here, more than ten years, but it really made him create a great reputation, and now he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

In recent years, the Central Plains has been in great war. Between the princes, either you beat me, or I beat you, and over time, Ma Teng is also used to it. Even if he saw some princes being destroyed, he could also be indifferent, after all, it was someone else's business, what did he have to do with it.

If you want to talk about Ma Teng, you don't have to say that he is brave, and his godson is also well-organized, but he doesn't have much ambition, and what he has always wanted to do is to manage his own territory.

In history, he is such a person, and what he wants to do has always been for the sake of the Ma family to seek a good future, which led to Ma Teng following Zhang Ji's advice and entering the dynasty as a guard captain. But subsequently, his son Ma Chao raised troops to resist Cao Cao. The following year, Ma Teng and his two sons were both killed by Cao Cao and wiped out the three clans.

It can be said that the result is a little tragic, just because of the appearance of Zhang Chao, everything has changed, Emperor Han Xian died early, which makes it difficult for anyone to contain Ma Teng, and before there was no result in the Central Plains War, what he did was to stand still.

It is precisely in this way that when Cao Cao and Liu Bei seized the custody of Liu He, he did not offend anyone and helped everyone. This is the character of more things than less, never thought that such a wall-riding faction is the most unpopular, and now there are people who want to be unfavorable to him and raise troops against him.

When he suddenly heard the information from the border, Ma Teng still didn't believe it. After all, whether he had any trouble with Dong Zhuo or Liu Bei, he had never had any bad dealings. How could they go under the knife for themselves?

But it wasn't until he heard that the 700,000-strong army was approaching Jincheng County that he knew that everything was true. I can't help but be very annoyed, you people, I don't go to your trouble, I still want to take the initiative to find me, even if that's the case, the war is it.

This is the scene where Ma Teng summoned all his subordinates to come to the meeting.

To say that among the princes, Ma Tengbing is not the most, the territory is not the largest, but its own strength cannot be said to be the weakest. Because under his hands, there are indeed several fierce generals.

For example, the eldest son Ma Chao has the ability to be enemies; There is also the general Pang De, whose strength is not weak, and he is a person who can command thousands of troops.