Zhao Xing, who was in a hurry, returned from Jinyang to Crouching Tiger City in only three days.

Guo Jia, who was in charge of the daily work of Crouching Tiger City, began to strengthen the vigilance of the entire Shangdang as early as when there was an accident in the Xiliang army, especially the two major gateways, Jiguan and Huguan, which were respectively controlled by Xu Huang and Chen Gong, so as to ensure the safety of the south gate and the east gate of the Jin Kingdom.

Later, after the large-scale salt ban movement, Guo Jia urgently sent a secret letter to all the troops in the Jin State, reminding the generals at all levels to prepare for war, and suggesting that all forces gather in the two directions of Liangguo and Shangdang. According to Guo Jia's speculation, if Zhao Xing wants to make a move, the first thing is to eliminate the hidden danger of Xi** Sui, and the real strategic goal is to take the entire territory of Jizhou, so Zhao Xing will definitely divide his troops this time and start a war in Liangzhou and Jizhou at the same time.

As soon as Zhao Xing fell from power, Guo Jia immediately summoned all the generals in the city to go to the combat command room to discuss the matter. The generals were all worried and annoyed by the major setbacks encountered by the Jin Kingdom in recent days, so as soon as they heard Guo Jia's greeting, they immediately rushed to the Taifu Mansion as quickly as possible.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Xing first asked Li Jinsi to hand Ma Chao a detailed piece of information, which recorded the whole process of the Xiliang Mutiny and Ma Teng's death. According to the latest intelligence, Han Sui has now been named the general of Zhenxi by the imperial court, claiming to command the soldiers and horses in the entire Liangzhou, and his military position is the governor of the soldiers and horses of the Liangguo. Of course, this appointment of the imperial court was directly ignored by Jia Xu and Guan Yu, who were now sharpening their knives and preparing to slaughter Han Sui and move this sudden roadblock.

Ma Chao looked at this information, the more he looked down, the more ugly his face became, and when he saw Ma Teng trapped in Xingxing Gorge on the way to the labor army, and was killed by the ambush soldiers with thousands of arrows, he suddenly burst out, glared at Zhao Xing viciously and asked: "Dare to ask Lord Taifu, my father has been assassinated for many days, why has he been hiding it from me, and he has not told me until today!"

Zhao Xing understands Ma Chao's mood at the moment, no matter who it is, when he first heard about his father's funeral, it was impossible to be calm and calm, Ma Chao asked himself why he concealed the truth, which is also human nature.

Zhao Xing said calmly: "Because Han Sui and others have put the charge of assassinating your father on the head of the Jin Kingdom, we must look for sufficient evidence to make you believe that the culprit who killed your father is not me Zhao Xing or someone from the Jin Kingdom, but Han Sui!"

Ma Chao was speechless, still looking at Zhao Xing with an indignant face, as if he couldn't listen to any words.

Zhao Xing was not angry, and continued to say calmly: "Born as a son of man, of course, the revenge of killing his father must be paid with blood. Pang De has been warned that he will bring 10,000 horses from the left of the Xiliang Army to Jincheng, and you can try to attack Wuwei with 10,000 demoralized troops to attack Wuwei, which has been occupied by Han Sui. But I'm only worried that with just a hot head, in the end, you will not only have a great revenge, but also lose the lives of these 10,000 soldiers under the city of Guzang. ”

Guo Jia, who had teased Ma Chao at first, and later personally taught Ma Chao the art of war and tactics, looked at Ma Chao's dejected expression, and was a little unbearable, so he persuaded him: "Meng Qi, you sit down first and sort it out, revenge is a big matter, but you also have to talk about methods and strategies, if you fall for Han Sui's tricks, don't you hate for life?"

After the initial extreme anger, Ma Chao finally sat down with a pale face, but his eyes full of hatred were still unwilling and sad.

Zhao Xing saw that Ma Chao was no longer crazy, so he spoke again: "The Yuyang Rebellion is in front, the Xiliang Mutiny is closely followed, and the salt ban movement is behind, and my intuition tells me that the imperial court and the states hostile to the Jin State will have greater conspiracies and actions in the future! But no matter how they make trouble, it is impossible to enter the Jin State, so we should still fight back according to our own steps, and we must not be led by the nose." ”

Zhang Liao opened his mouth and said: "Yuan Shao, the old prince, we have endured him for so many years, and now we have finally torn our faces, this time we will take him off no matter what!"

Zhao Xing nodded, and also said angrily: "Now there are our normally deployed Xiongwu Army, Xiong Zhen Army and Dingyuan Army in Youzhou, as well as the Flying Tiger Army that is secretly hiding, which is enough to attack the entire territory of Jizhou. However, before moving Yuan Shao, we have to give him a voice to attack the west and the east, and first uproot Han Sui, a hidden danger that suddenly appeared!"

As soon as Ma Chao heard Zhao Xing say that he wanted to destroy Han Sui first, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up again and said loudly: "Attack Han Sui, please be the vanguard at the end!"

Everyone looked at Ma Chao, who was inviting to fight, and they all didn't speak with a playful expression, and Pang Tong, who was in charge of recording the content of the meeting, suddenly said: "Did General Ma make a mistake? Now that you are not part of the Jin army, how can you call yourself the last general?"

Ma Chao then remembered that he was indeed not the general of the Jin State, and the Xiliang Ma family and the Jin State belonged to allies, but they were not subordinates. However, Ma Chao did not hesitate for long, and continued: "I immediately send a letter to General Pang Lingming, and ask him to lead the army to join the army of Liangguo." The last general is not talented, I hope that Lord Taifu will be the first to look forward to it, and fight for a career on the battlefield in the future!"

For Ma Chao's defection, it is a matter of course today, so Zhao Xing was not surprised, but tepidly reminded Ma Chao: "Meng Qi is brave and martial, he is a rare member of the army, and it is naturally a gratifying thing to be able to serve under my command." But the Protector Army has strict military law, and it absolutely prohibits individual heroism, and all actions must be carried out according to the battle plan, and you may be able to do it in the future?"

Ma Chao replied with a resolute face: "As long as Master Taifu helps Chao avenge the murder of his father, don't say that he abides by military discipline, that is, let me go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I will not frown!"

"Well, today's words are testified by all. General Ma Chao stepped forward to listen to the order!" Zhao Xing finally showed his strong and domineering side at this moment.

"The last general Ma Chao listens to the order!" Ma Chao came not far in front of Zhao Xing, knelt on one knee, and made a solemn salute.

"The Protector Legion will form the ninth army from today, called the Xiliang Army, appoint you as the commander, Tian Yu as the military division, with a total of 20,000 people, and the military headquarters is located in Chigu City in the Western Regions!"

"The last general receives the order!" Ma Chao heard that Zhao Xing had set up the military headquarters of the Xiliang Army in the Western Regions, which did not belong to the Han Dynasty now, and his heart was immediately filled with pride. Zhao Xing's deployment like this will naturally not be a slip of the tongue, according to this deployment, Wuwei Han Sui, who is now blocking the road of the Xiliang Army's westward advance, will naturally be completely eliminated.

Zhao Xing said to Ma Chao again: "The 10,000 people led by Pang Lingming are the main body of the Xiliang Army, and they will be allocated to you now." In addition, I will transfer 10,000 Baima Yizhi from the training group who have completed the training of the former Gongsun Zhan, and they will all be under your control. The 20,000 people of the Xiliang Army can be organized into at least five divisions, and the candidates for the commanders of these five divisions will be discussed and circled by Fengxiao, Shiyuan and others after the meeting. I mean that half of the generals used the capable people in the original Xiliang army, and the other half were selected from among the Youzhou generals who had been trained in the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts Hall......"

Ma Chao kept Zhao Xing's advice in mind one by one, and then asked a key question: "I wonder when the last general will lead the army to Liangguo?"

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment, and then replied: "You first familiarize yourself with the 10,000 troops brought to Liangguo, and after finalizing the deployment of important generals, you can bring enough weapons and supplies to find Pang De." ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he was overjoyed, so he simply gave a military salute to Zhao Xing.