Early the next morning, Ma Chao, who was sleeping soundly in bed, was suddenly woken up by the hustle and bustle outside the tent. Ma Chao rubbed his eyes, and as soon as he got up from the newly built bed of the craftsmen with the army, he couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

Since the last waterboarding, Ma Chao has been reminded to hurry up and make beds and chairs to replace the couches that are not soft, unhygienic, unhealthy, and inconvenient. Fortunately, in ancient times, when marching and fighting, the army would always be accompanied by non-combatants such as craftsmen, traders, people's husbands, and skilled women, and Ma Chao's army also had more than 1,000 craftsmen of different jobs. Ma Chao ordered craftsmen to cut down trees and make beds for the generals above the rank of marquis in the whole army. Originally, Ma Chao really wanted to let the whole army be equipped with beds, but considering the ecology of Gansu in later generations, he dispelled this idea; This can also reflect the difference between the treatment of generals and soldiers, and motivate soldiers to fight bravely to the enemy in order to become generals.

Ma Chao heard a quarrel outside his tent, and asked his soldiers to wash themselves, "What's going on outside?" ”

The soldier replied: "Back to the lord, didn't you order General Ju to choose soldiers last night?" ”

Ma Chao recalled that there was indeed such a thing. "What does it matter?"

While helping Ma Chao pull up his hair, the soldiers said: "There are many military marquis and lieutenants outside, and they have some opinions on this matter. What else do you say, that's their part, and the lord shouldn't ......"

When Ma Chao heard this, his face immediately turned blue. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, the military system was all tribal system, because the big families at this time often raised private soldiers, and the source of private soldiers was their domestic slaves. In other words, the soldier is attached to the commander and has a personal dependency, and the commander can serve his subordinates like a domestic slave of his own family. For example, in history, the first camp was Ju Yi's private tribe, and Yuan Shao annexed the first camp after killing Ju Yi.

Ma Chao knew that the tribal system was a huge drawback for him to control the army, and the soldiers were only willing to work for their captains and marquises, rather than obey his command. It is the duty of the army to obey orders, and it must be twisted into a rope and obey only one order. Therefore, Ma Chaocai took the trouble to disrupt all the subordinates and replace the subordinates every time he surrendered, with the intention of completely abolishing the tribal system in the army. However, the trilogy system has been popular for a long time, and it is easy to abolish the trilogy system in terms of establishment, but it will take time to abolish the trilogy system in people's hearts.

Ma Chao silently drew his sword from the hands of his own soldiers and placed it horizontally on his knees. After the soldiers saw Ma Chao's face and movements, they didn't dare to come out, and stood quietly around Ma Chao. Ma Chao understands that he cannot retreat on the issue of the trilogy system, let alone be soft. After making up his mind, Ma Chao said to a military marquis of the pro-military camp: "Where is my pro-barracks?" ”

"Back to the lord, three thousand horsemen are always guarding around the shogunate, waiting for military orders."

Because the commander's headquarters camped in the field and set up tents in the field, and the commanders wanted to open the government to manage affairs, the commander's tent was also called the "shogunate".

Ma Chao was ruthless and said, "You go and transfer two hundred people, armed with knives and axes, and hide behind the tent." Once you listen to me throw my sword to the ground, you will enter the account and kill all those who disobey the order, and there is no need to tolerate it. ”

The military marquis raised his head in shock and looked at Ma Chao, Ma Chao looked straight at him, and then the military marquis lowered his head again.

"Yes."

Seeing the military marquis pulling his legs and leaving, Ma Chao looked at the few pro-soldiers beside him who were also frightened, and said to a pro-soldier: "Send an order to Pang De and Zhang Xiu, and order the two to secretly order the part and strictly guard the whole battalion." If someone becomes disorderly, eradicate it immediately, and be sure to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

The pro-soldier was a little stunned, but as Ma Chao's pro-soldier, he was naturally the elite carefully selected by the whole army. The pro-soldier immediately reacted and said, "Yui! ”

Seeing that the two people who transferred the troops and gave the order had left, and the next moment he heard the faint sound of metal hitting and footsteps outside the big tent, Ma Chao had a bottom in his heart, and then said calmly: "Order, let them in." ”

"Yui." One of the soldiers immediately walked over and lifted the curtain of the tent and walked out of the tent.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Ma Chao immediately saw that dozens of people had gathered outside the tent, looking at the shape of the hood and armor, a few captains, most of the dozens of military marquis, and some people had blue and purple faces. There was also a person who was not wearing a helmet, Ma Chao stared at it, it was Ju Yi with a sneer and disdain, he was holding his hands and raising his chin to look at the officers surrounding him.

Ma Chao's cold eyes were projected from the tent, and all the noise was immediately silenced.

Ma Chao sat on the handsome seat covered with tiger skin, lowered his head and stretched out his fingers to flick the cold blade.

The soldiers led Ju Yi and the other commanders into the tent, stood in a line in the spacious tent, and bowed to Ma Chao on their knees.

"The last general will see the lord!"

"What's the quarrel about?"

A lieutenant said indignantly: "Lord, it's all this Juyi, he took the lord's jade pendant, said that he wanted people to form a camp first, and he just came to rob people in the last general's army, and pulled away the tallest and strongest soldiers of the last general......"

Ma Chao saw Ju Yi glance at the captain with disdain.

Another marquis also shouted, "That's it! Lord, those sergeants who were snatched away by Ju Yi are the closest people to the last general! The last general treats them as brothers and nephews on weekdays, and he can't wait to share all the food and salary with them! This Ju Yi is so unreasonable, and he dragged them away by force! The last general's heart is more bitter than the Cowherd who was snatched away by the Weaver Girl! Woohoo......"

In the end, this military marquis was so exaggerated that he really squeezed out a few tears from his eyes. Ma Chao was a little staggered.

Someone else stood up and said: "My lord, the last general's good soldiers have been snatched away by him, and the combat power of the future will be no guarantee. ”

As he spoke, many officers stood up and accused Ju Yi. It is not an exaggeration to use "what Wanfu refers to" to describe Ju Yi's situation.

Ma Chao just stared at the officers coldly, but did not speak. The officers made trouble for a long time, and when they saw that Ma Chao was just looking at it coldly, they gradually didn't dare to say any more. Ju Yi threw a hopeful look at Ma Chao.

After all the voices were silenced, Ma Chao said, "Is enough to say?" Who hasn't said enough? Come on, talk about what you didn't say? ”

All the officers subconsciously bowed their heads.

Ma Chao stood up and said coldly, "What do you call your subordinates?" Well? I don't quite understand what I mean. Does this iron rider listen to you, or does it listen to me? ”

Ma Chao's voice was not loud, and his tone did not contain emotion, but Ju Yi saw that several officers standing beside him were sweating from their sideburns.

Ma Chao looked down at everyone, and his eyes swept over the officers like a knife. Ma Chao shouted loudly: "Answer me, who are you listening to?!" ”

At this time, all the officers couldn't stand still, and they all turned over and knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "Listen, listen to the lord's ......"

Ma Chao patted his palms with the blade of the sword, and said coldly: "Okay, it's good to understand." The second and third sons heard me clearly: the military salaries and grain were issued by me, the war horses and ordnance were given by me, the armies were all donated to me, and every inch of land in Liangzhou would also be mine; Therefore the army is mine, and the tribes are mine; My subordinates can only obey my orders. The second and third sons are only officers appointed by me, and they lead the soldiers according to my military orders. I can appoint, I can degrade, and I can even do military justice. ”

All the officers trembled and kowtowed, and said in a trembling voice: "Only, only." ”

"So if anyone says in front of me that there are still his troops in my army, then don't blame my men for being ruthless. Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Yui, Yui, I heard ...... clearly"

Ju Yi raised his head and smiled gratefully at Ma Chao.

Ma Chao ignored him and continued: "Ju Yi is holding my jade pendant, pursuing my military orders, and mobilizing my soldiers. If the second and third sons are still obstructed, they will be court-martialed. What is the crime of disobeying military orders? Why can't I remember? ”

Ju Yi raised his throat and shouted: "Show the public at the head of the owl!" ”

The officers' hearts were terrified, and they didn't dare to say anything more.

Ma Chao said again: "The second and third sons will follow my military orders well and cooperate with Ju Yi to carry them out." Don't go against the yin, I see everything in my eyes. ”

"Yui, Yui. The last general will dare to disobey his orders. Ju Yi's excited voice was particularly abrupt in a trembling and suppressed voice.