Yang Fu hurriedly said: "But don't worry, young master, those families don't dare to go against you at all." Most of the time, his subordinates only need to ask General Pound to bring two or three hundred iron horsemen, and the family will obediently sign the transaction contract and press their fingerprints. ”

Ma Chao said angrily: "Although the family has suffered heavy losses in the war, it is not enough to compete with my Ma family, but there are always a few families that are still strong and cannot be provoked for a while." You said that most families don't need to use too many troops to force the family to submit, so there are always some families who need Pound's 6,000 horsemen to go together to force him to submit, right?! ”

Yang Fu sneered and said: "Young master is relieved, there are not many such powerful families, only two. ”

"Two? Who are they? Ma Chao talked with Ma Teng for too long, scolded Yang Fu again, and felt thirsty, so he took a sip of the wine bottle.

Yang Fu said briskly: "Oh, one family is the Dong family of Lintao in Longxi, which is the family of Dong Zhuo, the general of the Broken Captivity; The other is the Huangfu clan of the Anding Dynasty, which is the family of the left cavalry general Huangfu Song. ”

"Poof!" When Ma Chao heard this, he was so frightened that he directly squirted out all the wine he drank, and Yang Fu's face was full of wine. Ma Teng was also a little stunned.

Yang Fu wiped his face and said, "The young master has a good amount of wine." ”

Ma Chao said in disbelief: "I heard you right, you actually provoked Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song?!" ”

Yang Fu said angrily: "Young master, it's really that the two of them are too arrogant, and it doesn't matter if they don't take out the fields and people, and they also instigate other families not to listen to their subordinates." Huangfu Li, the son of Huangfu Song, also came to question his subordinates in person, and said that one day his father would enter Liangzhou and clean up his subordinates. The subordinates were really angry, so they and General Pound led a large army to surround the dock forts of the two of them. As soon as the two of them saw the arrival of Xiliang Tieqi, they immediately confessed. The subordinates felt that anyway, the lord and the young lord would meet Huangfu Yizhen and Dong Zhongying on the battlefield one day, so they simply escorted the relatives of the two families back and waited for them to be released. ”

Ma Teng and Ma Chao glanced at each other helplessly, knowing that they were in big trouble again. But the matter has come to this point, and what Yang Fu said is also a little reasonable, Ma Chao said: "Okay, since you provoked Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, then you will be responsible for this matter." ”

"Young master, how do you say this?"

So Ma Chao told Yang Fu about Yima Yiniu's plan, and after Yang Fu heard it, he said timidly: "Young master, can your subordinates not go?" ”

Ma Chao asked rhetorically: "Why?" Scared? Since you are afraid, then how dare you provoke Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, and directly confiscate their real estate and slaves, and even imprison their families? ”

"The subordinates are not thinking about the young master, besides, the young master himself said that he can do whatever it takes to achieve the goal."

"I also said, don't make trouble for me, you forgot? In case Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo directly attack Jieting and Sanguan because of this matter, can you withstand their 100,000 foot cavalry and hold Xiliang? ”

Yang Fu lowered his head in shame.

"Okay, you'll be responsible for this, and send their families back by the way." Ma Chao sat down tiredly, closing his eyes and pressing on his bulging temples.

Yang Fu asked: "Send it back to its hometown, or send it to Chen Cangcheng?" ”

Ma Chao closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, and said calmly: "Why did you send it back to your hometown?" His farm house was already owned by the public and was under the control of the Assassin's Office. Where do you let them live when they go back to their hometown? ”

Yang Fu understood and said happily: "My subordinates understand, let's do it!" ”

As he spoke, Yang Fu ran away as soon as he slipped away.

Ma Teng also sat down and said to Ma Chao: "Although Yang Fu has done too much in this matter, after all, he has obtained the family's field house population, which has weakened their strength. Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo will be provoked if they are provoked, anyway, everyone will be enemies after ten days. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Huangfu Song has always been knowledgeable, and he will not go to war because of this matter." But Dong Zhuo is not easy to say. However, Dong Zhuo only had 20,000 horses, which was too weak after all. ”

Ma Teng said: "Then you send Yang Fu to Huangfu Song at this time, Dong Zhuo won't be murderous, right?" ”

"Isn't there still Huangfu Song? After all, Huangfu Song is Dong Zhuo's boss, and he can protect Yang Fu. ”

As he was talking, Yang Fu suddenly ran back again, and said tentatively: "Then the lord and young master, can the punishment Cao Peng and the right army division promised to his subordinates still count?" ”

"Count! Get lost! ”

"Okay!"

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However, it was said that on Chen Cangcheng's side, Huangfu Song was holding a meeting, and Dong Zhuo, Yuan Peng, Zhou Shen, Bao Hong and others were all there.

Huangfu Song, who was sitting in the chief, was holding a roll of bamboo slips and reading them carefully. After reading it, Huangfu Song sneered with disdain on his face, and casually threw the bamboo slips on the table.

Yuan Peng asked: "Riding a car, do you think Yang Biao's method is inappropriate?" ”

Huangfu Song sneered: "Yang Biao thinks he has a plan, but he doesn't know that he is only the second in Zheng Guo. How ridiculous Qin's method is, it will help Ma's wings to grow. It's a pity that Hongnong Yang has the reputation of being a famous family in the world, second only to Runan Yuan, but he has such a stupid talent. ”

Zhou Shen said: "The last general has a different view of riding a car. Yang Biao's fatigue and Qin method, the strength and scale have far exceeded that of Zheng Guoqu in the past, and ninety percent of the people of Xiliang must be used for forced labor. Besides, the cost is huge, no matter how much money and food Ma Teng has, I am afraid that Yang Biao will not be able to use it. There should be a high probability of success. ”

Bao Hong also said: "Yes, when the people of Xiliang are tired of running for their lives, they will naturally resent Ma Teng and Ma Chao." At that time, Ma lost his peace, and it was our opportunity to march! ”

Huangfu Song saw that Dong Zhuo didn't speak, so he said, "Dong Zhongying, what do you think?" ”

Although Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song are not on good terms, they are still colleagues after all, and it is not good to hurt the harmony again. Dong Zhuo said: "What the generals said makes sense, but they ignore one person. ”

"Who's that man?" Yuan asked.

Dong Zhuo said quietly: "Ma Chao." ”

The crowd immediately understood.

Dong Zhuo said: "Ma Chao's ability is far above Yang Biao. Yang Biao is stupid, he can't see that he is Zheng Guo's second, Ma Chaoyan can't see it? We guess that Ma Chao must have deliberately obeyed Yang Biao's tired Qin plan and used Yang Biao to contribute to his twelve counties of Xiliang. If there is any disadvantage to the damage, Ma Chao must also have a way to solve it. ”

Zhou Shen said: "Not necessarily. Xiliang is so dilapidated and impoverished, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, where does Ma Chao go to raise money and food to fill the gap caused by Yang Biao? ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Since Ma Chao will use trickery to hide the opportunity for the war, he must also have a way to raise money and food." ”

Huangfu Song said: "Then do you think when is the real time for Ma Chao to go to war?" Is it really next February, as he claimed? ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Our family expects that Ma Chao will definitely start a war against Han Sui in January next year." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Dong Zhuo said: "In January, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had completed the reduction of troops and was able to recuperate; The materials are complete, and the soldiers and horses are sufficient; In addition, January is the coldest time of the year, and no one will move troops in January, so naturally no one will expect anyone to move troops in January. The war was a surprise, so we said that Jin Ma Chao must move troops in January. ”