After sending Su Li away, Zhang Bao hurriedly sent people to inquire about the information of the chief general of the Wei army. It is not difficult to collect information about the enemy's commander-in-chief, and one of the very simple ways is to send someone to the Wei camp to ask directly.

That's right, just ask directly, in fact, it's nothing, just send a negotiating envoy to the Wei army camp in a grand manner, and ask the other party who it is. After all, if you want to negotiate, the two sides must always have a title for each other, such as a certain general, a certain governor, and so on. Do you agree or disagree? ”

Therefore, when the negotiator goes to the enemy camp, if it is not clear who the other party is, the first sentence is likely to be: "The name of this general has not been consulted?" "This is a very normal question, and the other party will not have any suspicions, and the identity of the main general is not a secret at all, and the other party has no need to hide it, so you can directly send someone to Wei Ying to inquire about it.

Of course, in addition to this positive approach, there are other methods that are not so positive, such as taking a few prisoners and coming back for interrogation. This is also a very common method, although the two sides have not yet started a large-scale battle, but the battle between the scouts has already begun.

In the vast space between the two armies, there were already a large number of scouts from both sides, who were responsible for reconnaissance, listening for information, and often fighting. Some of these battles are unintentional and have to be fought passively, while others are intentional to scratch the tongue or test the other side, in which case one side usually sets up an ambush or trap, and then actively provokes a fight, luring the opponent's scouts into the fight, and then annihilating or capturing the other party in one fell swoop.

Zhang Bao was quickly rewarded, the other party's main general surnamed Jiang Mingwei, the word Boyo, is only in his early twenties this year, and the deputy general is called Liang Xu, who is also a young man in his twenties. The two were originally friends, and they were both on errands under Ma Zun in Tianshui (also known as Qinzhou), and they were the number two right-hand men under Ma Zun.

Later, Zhang Bao led the troops of the northern front to break through Guanzhong, Cao Pi issued an edict to the Quartet, and the principals of Wei in all directions successively sent reinforcements to Chang'an. At that time, the assassin of Liangzhou was Meng Jian, and he naturally received the edict of King Qin, so he also prepared intensively to send King Qin's army to Chang'an.

Speaking of this, Meng Jian is not an ordinary person, he can be said to be Zhuge Liang's classmate. Meng Jian, whose name is Gongwei, is a native of Runan County, and Zhuge Liang is a good friend, and has traveled with Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Shi Tao.

Meng Jian quickly gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses, including 10,000 cavalry. The bravery and bravery of the Western Liang soldiers are also famous all over the world, and the forty-third work of "Poems" is "Liangzhou Dama Song": Liangzhou Dama is rampant all over the world. Liangzhou is a wolf, and the thieves are eliminated. Dancing and terrifying.

What we are talking about here is the Xiliang Army (Xiliang Government Army) led by the Liangzhou warlord Dong Zhuo (later Li Dao) and the Xiliang Army (Xiliang Rebel Army) led by Ma Teng (later Ma Chao) and Han Sui during the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty.

Although these heroes failed, the bravery of the Xiliang soldiers can also be seen. Now the soldiers and horses Meng Jian are ready, but there are no unscrupulous generals. Although Meng Jian is Zhuge Liang's classmate, his talent is far behind, and it is okay to govern the place, but it is impossible for him to be like Zhuge Liang, who can not only handle the internal affairs of a country, but also lead the army to conquer.

When they were young, Zhuge Liang had already seen this and commented on him: "The official positions of the Qing and the other three can be as far as the assassin history and the county guard." "It means that if Meng Jian, Xu Shu, Shi Tao and the other three become officials, at most they will be able to assassinate Shi and the county guard, and if they want to go further, they don't have the ability to match.

Because of this, Meng Jian finished gathering the army and raising food and grass, but he was dumbfounded, because he found that he did not have the talent to lead the army, and he could not lead the 50,000 troops to set off, and he could not find a qualified general who could do this.

Originally, there was naturally no shortage of good generals in a place like Xiliang, and there were even top generals like Ma Chao, but after so many years of turmoil ~ turmoil, people with the ability to kill the Central Plains one after another and conquer the world, there are not many good generals left who can take on great responsibilities.

Don't forget, this time is the era of talent shortage in the Three Kingdoms period, no matter which country of the Wei, Shu and Wu Kingdoms is now facing the same talent dilemma, that is, the heroes of the older generation are dying of old age, and the heroes of the new generation are still very young and difficult to take on big responsibilities, and they have not even been born yet.

Just when Meng Jian was distressed about this matter, Ma Zun recommended Jiang Wei and Liang Xu to him. Meng Jian immediately summoned the two of them, and after a little test, he found that these two people are indeed rare talents, especially Jiang Wei, although he is young, he is proficient in the art of war, and his character is also decisive and resolute, and he is a great general.

So, Meng Jian was overjoyed, and immediately decided to hand over the errand of leading the army to rescue Chang'an to these two people, and these two people really did not disappoint Meng Jian, and defeated the Xianbei cavalry in the first battle.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Zhang Bao was also very emotional, but he didn't expect that the two generals of the Wei army were young people. They are so powerful at such a young age, and the future is really limitless - if they are not killed by themselves and are willing to surrender to the Han army.

Zhang Bao really admires these two people, although Zhang Bao is younger than them and has greater achievements, but Zhang Bao knows in his heart that these achievements are not because of how great his ability is, he is just lucky, or he has a good background, and he has become the brother of the little emperor Adou from childhood to adulthood.

All his sources of strength and all his achievements can be said to be inseparable from Liu Hou, he is a typical rich second generation who enjoys his success. The reason why he was able to win every battle was entirely because of the army under his command that was ahead of the times.

This army not only has advanced weapons and advanced management concepts, but also has a super-bull-13 staff department, and even the combat strategy is basically formulated by this staff department. He himself just makes the final decision and is responsible for giving orders.

Like the kings of constitutional monarchies, he is only the honorary head of state, who is responsible for signing and stamping his seal, and all policies are naturally formulated by others. Of course, he still has a little more power than those puppet kings, at least he can negate the combat policy formulated by the staff and let them reformulate it.

Whether it is advanced weapons, advanced management systems and staff departments, these all come from the Hong Army, and the Hong Army was built by Liu Hou, and it really has nothing to do with him.

Therefore, this strong army that has won all battles is not won because of his ability, and it can even be said that if he is replaced by any other person to be the commander, as long as he is not too arbitrary, willing to respect the opinions of his subordinates, and willing to adopt the combat strategy of the General Staff most of the time, then this strong army is still a strong army that has won all battles.

This is also the reason why Liu Hou dared to entrust this army and this important military operation to Zhang Bao, a hairy boy who was only a teenager. Because Zhang Bao is not fighting alone, there is a strong team behind him to assist him.