"Which way?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Liao asked seriously.

He knew that this order must be made after careful consideration by the riders, and since it was entrusted to him, he must not live up to his trust.

"Qianghu."

Xu Zhen is not joking at all, the territory of Qianghu in this era spans the territory of Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and has been entrenched here for many years, with dozens of tribes.

If you count the branches, there are hundreds, and trade with the two places in a large area, and at the same time, depending on the situation at this time, you can choose to take refuge in Xiliang or merge with the state at any time.

At the beginning, they took refuge in Yuan Shao and defended the land outside the fortress for him, so that they could get a lot of grain and grass support, and even if a big clan in Qianghu was attacked, Yuan Shao would personally come to mediate.

If there is a foreign enemy, they will also form an alliance to help each other.

These feelings were broken after Xu Zhen captured Bingzhou that year, and many of the soldiers and horses of the Yuan family in later generations fled to the Qianghu area.

This terrain, Xu Zhen can probably guess that there, the famous Hukou Waterfall in later generations, is nearby......

From Yangping County, Linfen and westward, you can enter the territory of Qianghu, a large area of mountains and high-slope grasslands, extremely difficult to travel, once entered, if the food is insufficient, it will be broken in the middle of the way.

If the war horse walks on the trail, once it is ambushed, the whole army will be annihilated, maybe Su Tiejia can save his life a little, but in fact, it is far from that simple.

Xu Zhen really thought about it before he said this strategy, and he had not discussed it with Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu and other advisers, which was an extremely bold idea.

But what he wanted was not to conquer Qianghu immediately and occupy all this large territory for himself, but to find a place for rivers, from Pingyang County to Anding County.

This road is extremely dangerous, and it is necessary to bet on whether Qianghu's current army is strong, and whether they have always had very strict precautions against the state.

Because Xu Zhen didn't have any news of Qianghu now, even the scouts sent out to investigate could only get some maps of the surrounding mountains and forests when they came back.

There are almost no places to garrison, and there are several places where clans gather, all of which are small clans, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are mobile car shops, which are always moving, so they are not of strategic significance.

This is to say, the soldier is dangerous, and he is desperate.

Once successful, there is no need to conquer two heavy cities that are already full of fortifications.

It can go directly to stability and threaten the rear of Ma Chao, maybe it can be solved next year, if you want to use human lives to pile up, it will be very troublesome.

"The last general, take the order."

"Wait," Xu Zhen pulled him and asked Zhang Liao to come to him again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not that you have to go immediately, send thousands of scouts to investigate the terrain day and night." ”

"Then select the soldiers and horses, and then prepare food, armaments, and belongings, I want you to travel through this place with the most elite attitude, and by the way, show me what Qianghu is doing now."

"After returning to the barracks, call Cui Lin and Xu You."

"Whoa."

Zhang Liao's face was overjoyed, it was obvious that Xu Zhen's words made him happy, as the general of his henchmen, the general who commanded the armored cavalry camp, of course he could come into contact with many secret workshops.

There are a lot of armaments available in the Tiangong Academy, and almost any of them can be taken out at will, which can make ordinary soldiers and horses struggle to deal with, not to mention, the chariot rider actually said that he must be in the most elite posture, wouldn't it be fully armed and let him choose.

The elite soldiers in the armored cavalry battalion, taking off their all-round heavy armor, must have martial arts far beyond ordinary people, and then assemble powerful armaments, they will definitely be invincible.

He smiled, the majesty of the army on weekdays was gone, as if he was a farmer who took advantage, stroked his beard to his neck, laughed heartily twice, turned around and went out.

In less than half an hour, Xu You and Cui Lin hurriedly came in, and neither of them understood what was going on, but they felt strange today.

I have been waiting for news before, and I have been reviewing all the government affairs every day for two hours, and then the rest of the time should be all lazy and resting, and do it casually.

"Che ride, call us here...... So what's going on? "Cui Lin is still the same as back then, an honest person, but he is very serious in his work, and he knows that there must be something to discuss when he is called.

"Qianghu area, have you ever been familiar with it? Or do you know the terrain? ”

Xu Zhen mainly wanted to ask Xu You, he was Yuan Shao's other driver at the beginning, and he should have done these things personally, such as the Heqiang realm, Xu You may have a map, but he was responsible for sending envoys to discuss with these foreigners and communicate at any time.

I'm afraid I've received a lot of gift money alone, how can I not know at all.

However, Xu You was still at a loss, a little helpless, and said with a wry smile: "Che Qi, I really can't help this matter, Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi and Qiang Hu communicated with each other, and he was responsible for the envoys and receptions, and I just knew something." ”

"The situation that Qianghu occupies now, there are more than a dozen strongholds in ambush in the Yongliang land, and they have not been in contact for several years, I don't know what their situation is, but in those days, their internal clans often fought and killed countless people, and the winter outside the fortress was cold, and the grass and trees did not grow, so the war horses were not fat, and the more they fought, the more they were tired."

The rider suddenly asked about it...... Uh......"

Xu You twisted his beard behind his back, squinted and pondered for a moment, walked a few steps and immediately figured out what he meant, and turned back with a smile and said: "But you want to try to go to the realm of Qianghu in Hexi, go to the rear of Xiliang, and fight Ma Chao?" ”

"Not bad."

Xu Zhen didn't hide it, he knew that the words had already been mentioned here, and Xu Yu would most likely think of his own plan, so he nodded directly and said, "What do you think of this plan?" ”

"Feasible."

Xu You didn't dare to judge, he had too many judgments under Yuan Shao back then, Yuan Shao didn't listen when he was right, and it was easy to make mistakes when he listened.

After all these years under Xu Zhen's command, he has already learned to act cautiously, and he can't talk too much, so as not to make mistakes in the future and be ridiculed and not said, and there will be a lot of losses.

"However, the hidden dangers and risks, can you already figure it out?"

"Well, it's almost, the bet is on whether there are ambushes in the narrow mountain lanes on this road, and once there are, there will be heavy losses, and it will be difficult to save all the troops and return."

"Well, if the rider has figured it out, then you can really give it a try......"

Xu You chuckled and nodded, this rider was bold and careful, and he was very cautious when acting, and he was stubborn that was rare in the world, such as patrolling the camp and surveying the terrain, etc., he must be repeatedly convinced every day and not give the enemy a chance.

However, in terms of strategy and strategy, it is very bold.

At the beginning of the battle to capture Liucheng, it was also to retreat as an advance, marching day and night, running for hundreds of miles over a long distance, which can be called a surprise, not to mention the stepping of the garrison in Liucheng Unexpectedly, they were in Jizhou, the strategists, did not expect it.

Dare to march like this, it has to be how much trust you have in the soldiers under your command, and how brave the soldiers are and how they are not afraid of life and death.

Now this plan is similar to that time, it is also to bet on whether there is an ambush on the road, and the current car rider does not know the terrain of the Qianghu territory.

The only thing that is known is that the mountains are mostly deep forests, and walking along the Yellow River can lead to barren grasslands, but until then, all the war horses can only walk slowly.

Do not march hastily without scruples.

"That's like that," Xu Yu twisted his beard for a moment, and immediately smiled: "At the beginning, he was good friends with the second son, and Fu Jun was one person, and now he is in Xu Capital with Cui Yan, I can go and ask a question, I don't explain the reason, it's just a daily correspondence." ”

"In addition, Gao Shun and Wen Yuan should be familiar with it, and if they ask more, they will probably redraw the map, and take a few months as the boundary, secretly investigate the terrain and intelligence of Qianghu, and investigate day and night, and they will definitely get something."

"Yes, where there is a will, there is a way."

Xu Zhen smiled, and immediately looked at him with approving eyes, Xu You, who had been reborn, was not as wild as he was back then, and even his thoughts became much calmer.

Such a temperament can be of great use in the future.

"Go ahead."

Xu You and Cui Lin saluted, then turned to leave.

After he left, Cui Lin asked, "Do you have to notify the Tiangong Institute to prepare cotton clothes and war horses?" ”

"That's right," Xu Zhen smiled and said, "I want 10,000 war horses, if I can't raise them, I will deploy them from the army." ”

"It's a little hard...... Do your best, though. ”

Cui Lin's eyes flickered for a moment, there are so many horse farms in the territory, although grazing has always been vigorously promoted, but after all, the time is still short, how can the young horses born of war horse breeding have to be trained and enter the camp after a year.

"Go ahead."

Xu Zhen gave an order and roughly arranged the things before and after, and of course the rest of the people should not know, lest too many people know about this secret order, but it will be inadvertently leaked, so that the enemy will eavesdrop on it and cause trouble.

After all, he really planned to take this trail into Xiliang, so that Ma Chao would suffer from the enemy on his back and mess with his army's morale.

10,000 war horses, plus the war horses in Zhang Liao's army, can be ridden out by one person and two people, and the army marches slowly, and the grain and grass must be prepared enough.

The armament was prepared from the Tiangong Academy as much as possible, so that this elite army could be armed to the teeth, so that the chances of success would be greater.

It's right to take risks, but even if you know to take risks, you must find a way to ensure that you can win as much as possible.

You can't use your own generals and horses, money and materials to squander at will.

"In addition, on the side of Tiangong Academy, I will go to order, I will also write a letter to Xu Du, ask my brother for help, inquire about Xu Du's affairs, and mention the outside of the Sai slightly, my brother is jealous and hateful, if I know, I will definitely not help but tell some clues in the letter."

"It's fine."

After thinking about it, Xu Zhen also nodded.

"Then, please, I don't know, now after Ma Teng enters Xudu, what will be the final result?"

Xu Zhen muttered a little worriedly......

Coming out of the main hall, Xu Zhen met Zhuge Liang who had just gone out to give an order, and Kong Ming came over very quickly, "Master, what's going on today?" Why did so many people suddenly summon and seem to give a lot of orders? ”

"But, there's a plan?"

"Tsk, you don't understand." Xu Zhen suddenly said in a speech, his thoughts were still diverging, and the various possibilities of such a march were not very serious when chatting with him.

"How could I not understand?" Zhuge Liang leaned back suddenly, what you said was a little hurtful, "Doesn't Master just want to be in danger, Kong Ming won't say it, can you tell me about this plan?" I'm so interested! ”

Xu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, then held back and sighed: "That's it, it's useless to tell you, you don't even dare to walk the slope valley, and you are talking about dozens of miles of mountains." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned: "Huh? ”

What valley? I haven't been out of any valley, how can I not dare to come out.

What do you mean?

It can't be knocking me on something, is it?

……

"Eldest Prince, what do you mean by this!?"

Xu Du Zhonglang brought out the mansion and hundreds of elite armor soldiers from the inner hall and surrounded the main hall.

At this banquet, from the moment he came in, Ma Teng felt that something was wrong, but Cao Angke didn't ask anything during the banquet, and he didn't quarrel with him.

A few people pushed the cup and changed the lamp, they were all very harmonious, the atmosphere was even like an old friend getting together, and the things they talked about were not murderous, but they were just commenting on the world's characters and reminiscing about the past.

In this way, even the anger dissipated, and Ma Teng thought that he was thinking too much.

Who would have thought that after a commander entered the main hall, he whispered a few words in Cao Ang's ear, and the sound of eager and heavy footsteps sounded like repeated thunder and thunder.

In an instant, hundreds of stubborn armorers rushed in and surrounded them.

"What does that mean?"

Ma Teng saw that he didn't answer at this moment, so he immediately stopped drinking, because he drank a lot of wine, his face was swollen red, his eyes were bloodshot, and he went to touch the knife with his right hand but found that the sword was not there, and there was not even a blade around him.

At this time, he only regretted it.

Ma Teng knew that he would die, and he came to Xu Du to beg for death, but if he died under the chaotic knife of Zhonglang General's mansion like this, it would be equivalent to the effect he wanted, and it was not half as good as he thought before.

It was discussed before that he would die heroically in the court, wake up many Han ministers with bitter words, let the world know that the Cao family was a Han thief, and send the blood edict of the year to the mansion of the loyal Han ministers.

In this way, Cao Cao, who was in the south, was restless and could only return to the army.

And Ma Chao in Xiliang no longer has to obey the constraints of the Son of Heaven, and can really take the conquest of the Central Plains as his own business, raise his father's hatred, and become famous.

In addition, the people of the world are also waiting for this opportunity to attack Cao Mengde, so in such a chaotic situation in the north and south, and the internal and external instability, how can he still march safely.

The last point was that Ma Teng chose a time when Xu Bowen was on the border, so that Cao Cao had to worry that if the war in the rear was finally pacified by Xu Zhen.

After that day, where is Cao's prestige?

He's really going to be in the middle of the day.

The Son of Heaven will fall into Xu Zhen's hands, take this opportunity, how much can he do!

Of course, the idea of a strategy is good, but looking at what Cao Ang is doing at this moment, it should be difficult to implement, and Ma Teng is still preparing to assassinate Cao Ang when he returns to him a few days later.

At the same time, let all the spies brought in be fearless of death in Xudu, and kill as many as they can to threaten the Cao family.

As for why he was so angry, Ma Teng knew in his heart that it was only because of the edict sent by Cao Ang that the Son of Heaven was coerced to order the princes, so that Ma Teng not only deeply felt that if he wanted to do great things in the future, he would be hindered every step of the way, but also had the anger of being threatened.

A rough man like him, a fierce general who fought on horseback, didn't want to sit still at all, and he also wanted these people from the Cao family to take a look at the anger of the Xiliang man.

I want Cao Cao to regret it.

It's a pity that it fell short.

Give him some more time, and he'll find an opportunity to do it.

"Uncle, strike first."

Cao Ang stood on the main seat, stared at him condescendingly, smiled lightly, and said in a deep voice: "I am benevolent and don't want to kill heroes." ”

"But I didn't expect that my uncle entered my Xu Capital and brought thousands of killers, and the school had already gone to arrest him."

"Hehehe!" Ma Teng was in despair, his eyes were bloodshot, and he closed them dryly, looking at the sky helplessly, "No wonder, as soon as the school commander came in, you immediately took action." ”

It turned out that everything was deceiving me, and I was going to kill someone in the first place.

(End of chapter)