Out of the camp, the attendant immediately handed Ma Chao over and held Xiaobai's reins. Originally, horses were not allowed to be ridden in the battalion, but Ma Chao was a little more flexible, and ordered the captain and the generals above the captain to ride horses. This is not only because Ma Chao considered that in this way, once the enemy army was about to assemble and the enemy attacked, the whole army could react faster, but also because Ma Chao was used to riding horses, and he was better riding horses than walking.

The grain and straw eaten by Xiaobai is the best in the whole army's war horse, and in addition to the grain, he will beat a few extra eggs, and he will eat fat and strong, and his fur will be shiny. Ma Chao turned over and rode towards the school field, where he had to supervise the soldiers' martial arts training. An open space in the camp is the school field. After walking through the tent area, the shouts that Ma Chao heard in his ears became louder and louder, and it was this sound that brought him up from bed every morning.

On the school grounds, tens of thousands of people rode horses, running around the school grounds, but did not roll up smoke and dust. Ma Chao was a little puzzled, seeing that Xiliang Tie was running like a tiger on the school ground, but it didn't cause billowing smoke and dust. Ma Chao hit the horse forward, and then he understood. It turned out that the ground of the school field had been tamped and smoothed by tens of thousands of iron horses, and even the school field had been somewhat dented, and the land had been tamped so that it could no longer be tamped, which did not cause rolling dust.

Still, there is a thin layer of dust. Ma Chao was stationed next to the school grounds, and when he saw closely, his soldiers were covered with a thin layer of dust on their faces, on their pockets, and on their iron armor. Under the cover of dust, the iron rider was a little dusty. However, this layer of dust did not make the Iron Riders look dirty, but only added a bit of recklessness to their cold and calm temperament. Ma Chao nodded with great satisfaction, and as soon as he crossed, he sent Xiliang Tieqi to such a strong team, Ma Chao couldn't wait to be covered in the quilt every night and steal fun.

On the school ground, the galloping iron horse is practicing riding and archery skills. I saw a sound of orders from the school field, such as military marquis, school captains and even lieutenant generals, and the iron cavalry followed the order, gathered into a goose marching formation, ran around the school field for half a week, and suddenly drew a bow and arrow, and shot back. In an instant, the bowstring sounded loudly, and thousands of arrows were fired in unison, covering the sky and the sun, and the forest was terrifying, and even Ma Chao unconsciously narrowed his eyes. When I opened my eyes again, the sound of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" archery stopped suddenly, and on the other side of the school field was a dense grass man and grass horse, and the grass man and grass horse were densely packed with arrows, and the grass man was like a stick with a sugar gourd, and the grass horse was like a hedgehog.

Ma Chao saw that most of those arrows hit those people and horses made of grass, and few arrows shot far away from the target, and he was very satisfied. His Xiliang iron cavalry all came to collect the rebels. The rebels have been in the army for several years, and have been tempered for a long time in the hands of famous generals such as Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, and Han Sui, and have long had the posture of a strong force; and the strong such as "Liangzhou Sanming", the slightly weaker Zhang Wen, Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian and other officers and soldiers have also held each other for decades, and the actual combat is quite rich, including many fierce battles and vicious battles; In addition, the people of Xiliang are already more fierce than those in other states and counties, and their bodies are majestic, and the Qiang people are even more powerful. can produce such an excellent source of soldiers, except for Xiliang, there is only Danyang County in the world. Therefore, even if Ma Chao does not train them, Xiliang Tieqi is enough to be proud of the world.

There was a martial arts stage on the school ground, and Ma Chao raised his eyes to see that it was Pang De, Duan Xuan, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Ji who would stand on the high martial arts platform. From time to time, the four generals waved the command flag in their hands and directed the soldiers to train.

Ma Chao rode to the stage of the martial arts, and the four generals saw that Ma Chao was coming, so they got off the stage early and stood under the stage. When Ma Chao arrived, he reined in the horse, Pang De stepped forward to hold Xiaobai's reins, and Zhang Xiu hurriedly helped Ma Chao to turn over and dismount.

The fourth general bowed down and shouted: "The last general will see the young master!" ”

"Alright, alright." As he spoke, Ma Chao set aside the four generals and walked to the stage. Under the stage, thousands of troops are crowded. As soon as Ma Chao appeared on the stage, there was a deafening sound from the audience: "See the young master!" ”

Ma Chao nodded and shouted: "Okay, riding and shooting is the killer weapon of our army, and it is the foundation of my Xiliang Iron Cavalry!" Although you are invincible in the world, you must not slack off, so that the enemy army has the slightest opportunity! Wuxi Liang Iron Ride, to always be the first in the world, must be invincible in the world! ”

"Promise!" The Host shouted.

"Alright, let's get on with the drill. If you have not slackened in the drill, I can order the cook to slaughter 100 cows at noon, and we will eat beef! Ma Chao waved his hand happily.

As soon as he heard this, the army was shocked. Ma Chao could see that the audience was full of hungry wolf-like eyes and smiled. After all, at this time, cattle were forbidden to be slaughtered by the imperial court, and those who killed cattle were all killed. Dong Zhuo just slaughtered one of his family's cattle to reward the Qiang people, and he immediately became famous among the Qiang, and the heroes competed to make friends with him as brothers. A cow is still like this, not to mention Ma Chao's big deal, Wan Jun immediately went crazy for it.

Wan Jun shouted one after another: "Thank you, Young Master! ”

So the army thundered one after another, and there was a special department to pull out the arrows on the straw man and grass horse, and replace it with a new batch of straw man and grass horse, and the army continued to practice horse archery, and the school field was a thunderbolt.

Zhang Xiu walked behind Ma Chao and said hesitantly: "Brother, this is too ......."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Ma Chao laughed, patted Zhang Xiu's still a little immature shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, if you want the soldiers to train hard, you can't be stingy." In this way, the soldiers will work harder when they arrive on the battlefield, and they will suffer less damage. Just a hundred cattle, why worry about it? ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Brother, your ministry is the number one team in the world. Embroidered, even if Xiliang Tie rode back to the field for twenty years, it was enough to make other tribes in the world frightened. ”

Ma Chao hammered Zhang Xiu's chest with a smile and said, "You kid, you know how to please me!" After returning to the field for 20 years, I'm afraid I'm too old to even hold a knife! ”

Zhang Xiu touched her head and smiled embarrassedly.

Pound said, "But even so, the young master can save some cattle. After all, only the oxen can plough the fields and feed the people. ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he was thoughtful. Zhang Ji also said: "Young master, after you pacify Xiliang, the people of Xiliang still need to plough cattle to cultivate the fields. ”

Ma Chao said: "Well, you are right, I am too reckless." ”

Four people bowed their heads. Ma Chao said again: "But the order has been given and cannot be changed." But no more cattle will be slaughtered except today. The rest of the cattle waited until Xiliang was calmed down and distributed to the people. ”

"The young master is wise."

Ma Chao thought for a while and said, "In addition to more than 100,000 cattle, doesn't our army still have tens of thousands of inferior horses?" The horses were also kept, and when the war was settled, they were also distributed to the people to plow the fields and clear the land. ”

"Yui." Four generals.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao sighed, paced two steps, looked up at the sky, and said leisurely: "It's just that this war, when will it be calmed down?" ”

Pound said: "Don't worry, young master, take another day of rest, and our army will complete the integration." The day after tomorrow, it can be opened, together with General Ma Dai, to suppress Han Sui. ”

Ma Chao was a little comforted, and Duan Xuan also said: "Han Sui is only 30,000 remnants of the defeated general, but the young master has 110,000 iron horses, and the last general will see how Han Sui can't escape death this time!" ”

Zhang Xiu also smiled cheerfully: "That is, my brother also took Longxi County in advance." As long as Han Sui couldn't break through the city, he wouldn't want to escape back to Jincheng. ”