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But it's so hard to achieve such an effect.

If there is not enough troops to dominate, it is the same reason that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"How is Meng Huo training the captured captives?" Zhang Chao thought about it, and could only hit the idea on the Southern Barbarian Army.

"What do you mean by that?" Guo Jia, who has always been skillful, doesn't know how to answer at the moment.

"Whatever you say, just that." Zhang Chao did wave his hand, all he wanted to hear was the truth.

"Uh, okay. When he returned to the emperor, after more than 20,000 captives were incorporated into the Southern Barbarian Army, they did not play a role, but became slaves, and most of them were assigned to the barracks as coolies. It's just that these people also didn't enter the barracks, but became bargaining chips in the hands of the generals, and they had nothing to use to gamble their lives. ”

"Gambling on your life? Ring? At this moment, Zhang Chao's expression changed.

"Yes." Guo Jia replied with some tears and laughter. Originally, Zhang Chao gave the captive soldiers to the Southern Barbarian Army, in order to enhance their own military strength, but they never thought that the captive soldiers were accepted, but they were not used to expand the army, but played the ring gambling life, to put it bluntly, it was for the pleasure of the generals, and it was just for seeking excitement and making a little more money.

This result was really unexpected by Zhang Chao. He believed that Guo Jia must not have known about this for the first time, but he didn't tell himself, he was afraid that he just wouldn't let himself get angry.

In fact, Zhang Chao was indeed a little angry. But it's just that he's just angry, if the general of the Celestial Empire army does this, then needless to say, he would have already issued a holy decree and stepped forward to take people. At that time, whoever should be held accountable is whose responsibility is responsible, and even punishment should be punished, and it is not impossible to kill.

The army of the Celestial Empire has been forbidden from gambling from the moment it was founded, which is a way that will bring bad morale to the army, if an army has no momentum, it is difficult to win the war.

It's just that this time it's the Southern Barbarian Army, Zhang Chao thought about it, and that's it. Now is the time to use them, and if it hurts both sides because of this incident, it will be unnecessary. Of course, through this incident, Zhang Chao can also see that what is called mud can't support the wall.

The Southern Barbarian Army was overwhelmed, which made Zhang Chao happy and worried.

Happily, the Southern Barbarian Army will not become a big problem, at least now when he does not have the advantage of forces, there is no need to worry that these people will rebel. Even if there is a rebellion, there is no threat.

The worry is that it is impossible to win any battles and tough battles with such an army, and perhaps fighting a good wind battle can also play a role in cleaning up the war and deterring the enemy.

"Forget it, even if they don't fight for themselves, then don't consider them for now. 20,000 heavy cavalry, 26,000 light cavalry, plus 5,000 trapped camps, a total of more than 50,000 people are enough, if only a little attack, it can also play a big role. Zhang Chao seemed to be talking to himself, and then looked at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, you immediately contact General Ma Chao secretly, and ask him to report to us on the deployment of Bailongdui in the past few days." ”

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, invincible in a hundred battles, under the lack of troops, Zhang Chao has to do what he has to do is to fight steadily and steadily, and every time he attacks, he must play the role of hitting the enemy hard. In that case, once the forces in his hands are exhausted, I am afraid that he will not be able to help the prince in Jiaohe City, even if it is the second prince Zhang Xing, who is deep in the Western Regions, it will not be able to play a role in covering. What's even worse is that once they are gone, it will be equivalent to opening the passage from Yumen Pass to the Central Plains, so that if the Western Regions Alliance enters with a large army, it will be the most fatal thing.

The strength is limited, Zhang Chao has to calculate to do things, not only that, but also to calculate every point in every place. Fortunately, there is Ma Chao to report the news internally, and Guo Jia, a first-class wise man, to assist on the side, and the initiative of the war is in their hands, so the problem should not be very big.

Looking at the white dragon pile here, there is a defensive frame.

Even if the army of Pishan Kingdom was wiped out before, Loulan also suffered a heavy loss of more than 10,000 people, but with the addition of the two small countries of Shanguo and Qiuci, there are nearly 540,000 people in the Western Regions United ** team guarding here.

With 540,000 against the 150,000 troops of the Heavenly Empire, it had a great advantage in numbers. But the Western Regions Alliance had always thought of attacking.

Mu Kui, the lord of the Wuqiang country, did not say it, and Wei Tu, the lord of the Loulan country, did not mention it, and the other small countries did not think about it, because everyone knew that this was an alliance, and in the face of common interests, everyone could help each other, but out of the circle of interests, it would be better to distinguish it clearly.

It is precisely because of this that the Western Regions Air has such a large military force, but it has never thought about expansion, but only guards its own one-third of an acre.

The Western Regions Alliance is not evenly matched, this is Zhang Chao's biggest advantage, at least he doesn't have to worry about being attacked at any time. As long as he wants, whether to fight or wait for the initiative is still in his hands. If it weren't for the increasingly severe situation in Jiaohe City, the Celestial Empire would have been able to wait to settle the war in the north before mobilizing troops against the Western Regions.

Three days later, 20,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhang family and 5,000 warriors of the trapped camp finally arrived under the leadership of Zhang Rui and Gao Shun and joined forces with the emperor Zhang Chao.

As soon as they came, they first had a short rest, and then they entered the imperial tent and began to discuss the matter of tomorrow's attack.

He had already gotten the situation of the United Nations from Ma Chao, and Zhang Chao had already made a decision about where to start tomorrow's battle, so this time he was already confident, and he didn't even see the slightest anxiety and panic when arranging the battle mission, and even chatted with Zhang Rui and Gao Shun about some parents.

It's just that Zhang Chao doesn't have to be nervous, but as a representative of the Southern Barbarian Army, Wang Mengshu, who is also their one, is indeed a little anxious this time. Not for anything else, just because the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty said just now that they will take the lead tomorrow.

As the king of the Southern Barbarians, he naturally recognized the strength of the Southern Barbarian Army very clearly, if he just followed the help and shouted, it was not a big problem, but as the vanguard of the attack, he was really bottomless.

Of course, the Southern Barbarian Army is not without any combat power, but because this time is in front of the emperor of the Celestial Empire, it is reasonable that he is a little nervous when he performs for the first time.

"Your Majesty, did you just say that we should be the vanguard of the Southern Barbarian Army?" The Southern Barbarian King Meng Shu thought about it, and decided to ask Zhang Chao, although he said that he meant to show some weakness, but it was better than the strong who lost face and lost his life when he was fighting.

"Huh? Hasn't the Nanban King gone back to prepare yet? Zhang Chao seemed to have just discovered Meng Shu.

When Zhang Chao said this, Meng Shu's face turned even redder, he naturally knew that the other party knew that he was not leaving, and saying these words was just reminding himself of himself.

With Meng Huo's person, he also has his own pride, but the last time he saw the powerful combat power of the Zhang family's light cavalry, he was really convinced. There are only 30,000 people, and destroying 40,000 enemies is as easy as digging for something, and this alone is not something that their southern barbarian army can do.

Because of convincing, naturally some humiliation can be endured. "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister hasn't left yet, I just want to ask, do you really want our Southern Barbarian Army to be the vanguard tomorrow? Of course, we are not afraid, but we are really afraid of delaying your major event. ”

Meng Huo looked like he was thinking about the sky, and it seemed that he was indeed talking about Zhang Chao, so he nodded after thinking about it for a while, "Yes, after all, the combat power of the Western Regions Alliance is not weak, even if it is a war, of course, it can't tolerate half carelessness." That's good, tomorrow you just have to go to call the battle, if there is danger, I will send the Zhang family army to fight. ”

What Meng Yu wanted was this promise, and when he saw it, he immediately said, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

After speaking, Meng Shu was also happy, and bowed out with his fists in his hands, looking like that, he seemed to be worried that Zhang Chao would change his mind if he waited.

Meng Shu left in a hurry, looking at Guo Jia who knew on the side, and smiled. "Your Majesty, why scare him, even if he has surrendered to us, we can just tell him the plan."

"Not necessarily. He didn't know that he might try his best, but if he did, the play wouldn't look like it. The present said that tomorrow's battle is very important, and there must not be the slightest surprise. Zhang Chao really regained his composure at this moment.

"Yes, the minister knows." As soon as Guo Jia heard it, he understood that Zhang Chao wanted to nip every possible accident in the bud, so that he couldn't say anything.

Meng Shu hurriedly left the barracks and returned to his royal tent.

As soon as he entered the account, all the generals under his command were waiting for him. It's just that after Meng Shu entered, he didn't look at everyone, but went to the inside of the tent.

Meng Huo's royal account area is not smaller than Zhang Chao's imperial account, speaking of the reason, it is not that he wants to put on a shelf, but because there is a wife Zhu Rong here, and she is pregnant, it is inconvenient to do things, if the account is too small, it will naturally be insufficient.

Inside the king's tent, Zhu Rong was resting on the bed. As soon as he saw Meng Shu approaching, he asked with a smile, "Have you seen the Emperor of the Celestial Empire?" ”

"I've seen it." Meng Shu frowned and said, then thought about it, and expressed Zhang Chao's meaning again. After finishing speaking, he also asked Zhu Rong, "Madam, you said that the emperor of the Celestial Empire wants to let our Southern Barbarian Army fight the vanguard this time, what is your intention?" ”

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