Jia Xu's strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the false, Ma Chao thought it was good. Considering that Yan Xing was originally a general, he knew the details of Hexi better than others, so he said, "Where is Yan Xing?" ”

Yan Xing originally thought that Ma Chao would look down on his status as a general, bypass Lufu City and Anmi City, and attack Yumen Pass and Dunhuang County behind Lufu City, such a major task should be handed over to Ma Dai. Ma Dai is not only Ma Chao's Kundi, but also excellent, Ma Chao should send Ma Dai to it. But he didn't expect Ma Chao to hand over such a heavy task to him, and the flattered Yan Xing couldn't react.

Yan Xing was stunned for a moment, his heart was extremely warm, and then he hurriedly stepped out of the queue and said angrily: "The end will be!" ”

Ma Chao took out an arrow, threw it on the ground, and said: "With your handsome 10,000 soldiers, go to conquer Yumen Pass and Dunhuang County, you can only win and not be defeated!" ”

Yan Xing knelt down on one knee, picked up the arrow, and said, "The last general will not be dishonored!" ”

"Well, let's go!"

Looking at Yan Xing's departing back, Ma Dai was slightly disappointed.

Ma Chao said: "Where is Ma Dai?" ”

"The last general!"

Ma Chao said: "You lead 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard of our army, and go to the siege of Anmi City first, there must be no mistake." ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that everyone else had a place to go, Zhang Xiu was anxious and said, "Brother, brother, what about me?" ”

Ma Chao said: "You? Naturally, you followed me on. ”

Zhang Xiu said sullenly: "Oh." ”

Seeing Zhang Xiu like this, Ma Chao felt a little uncomfortable with him and ignored him.

Jia Xuhu said: "Young master, Juyan City is far away eight hundred miles north of Lufu City, close to the curtain. There is Juyanze in the subject country of Juyan, and the grassland with abundant water and grass is 300 miles, which is suitable for grazing cattle and sheep. If you don't take it at this time, I'm afraid it will make the western Xianbei who is watching from the wall take advantage. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Xiu's gray eyes immediately shining, and he looked at Ma Chao expectantly.

Ma Chao was embarrassed by him, and said impatiently: "Okay, good, Juyan City will be taken by you, and lead 2,000 cavalry." ”

Zhang Xiu jumped up excitedly and said, "Brother Xie, Brother Xie, my brother must live up to his mission and capture the small Juyan City." ”

Ma Chao shook his head helplessly, this embroidery still doesn't seem to be mature enough.

Jia Xu instructed: "The little general should remember that if the Xianbei people have the heart to serve and live in Yan, and if their crowds are wide, they will collect cattle and sheep into the city, hold on to them, and wait for the rescue of the young master; If there are not many of them, then it depends on the ability of the little general. ”

"Whoa! I have memorized all the words of the military advisor. Zhang Xiu said excitedly.

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Okay, let's go as soon as possible." ”

"Whoa!"

After Zhang Xiu left, Ma Chao couldn't help but ask Jia Xu: "Is it appropriate to provoke Xianbei people at this time?" ”

Jia Xu had already expected Ma Chao to ask him this, and said calmly: "Since the sixth year of Xiping, the defeat of Xia Yu and Tian Yan, the Xianbei people under the leadership of Tan Shihuai have reached their peak, replacing the Huns to dominate the curtain. However, after the death of Tanshi Huai, the Xianbei people attacked each other, setting off civil strife, which has not yet been calmed down and its strength has declined. In addition, Xianbei is mostly concentrated in the eastern part of the curtain, in the north of Bingzhou and Youzhou. There are only a few people who can reach the north of Liangzhou to graze. ”

Ma Chao is a little clearer about the situation in Xianbei, but he doesn't know if Helian, Kebineng and others will distinguish the winner and the loser and occupy the grasslands north of Bingzhou and Youzhou respectively.

Ma Chao said: "Although attacking Xianbei north of Liangzhou, there is not much danger. Xianbei probably won't attack Juyan. You deliberately explained to Zhang Xiu like this, with Zhang Xiu's competitive nature, he would inevitably provoke and attack Xianbei after seizing Juyan City. So why are you attacking Xianbei? ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Xianbei is still the strongest person on the curtain, and the tribe should have millions of people, which is not the enemy of the Xiongnu, Karasuma, Ding Ling, and Buyeo." Now Xianbei is unable to attack the Central Plains, because they are mired in civil strife and there is no one to give them a unified order. If there is another sandalwood acacia in Xianbei, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not invade the Han realm and become a great enemy like the Xiongnu in the past.

Since the young master is not willing to live in a corner of Xiliang and intends to dominate the world, then sooner or later he will have to face the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people will definitely become the opponents of the young master. At this time, we don't know anything about the Xianbei people, and those who know it are just when Tanshi Huai was at its peak, and there were 200,000 people who controlled the strings; In the sixth year of Xiping, Xia Yu and Tian Yan only rode 10,000 horses to the north to Xianbei, and returned defeated. If you don't know the details of the Xianbei people as soon as possible, it will be detrimental to the young master. And the young master also knew that General Zhang Xiu was younger and more vigorous than Ma Dai and Yan Xing. After taking Juyan, he must feel bored, and Xianbei is outside the subject country of Juyan, he will definitely lead his elite cavalry to go to the expedition. At that time, the young master can use it to understand the strength and weakness of Xianbei. ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao was deeply impressed by Jia Xu. Just when he was still worried about the conquest of Han Sui, Jia Xu had already skipped Han Sui, and even skipped the princes of the entire Central Plains, and thought of Xianbei in advance who would be conquered after the world was settled, and his thoughts were far-reaching, and Ma Chao couldn't reach it.

Ma Chao exclaimed: "Jia Wenhe, you are really an old fox!" The battle of Hexi is not over yet, and you actually calculated on the heads of the Xianbei people! Zhang Liang had never been so far-sighted at the beginning, you are really a god! ”

Jia Xu still maintained his usual calmness, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yu Lu, how dare your subordinates do their best?" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "But, then again, do you really have that confidence in me?" Do I really have what it takes to dominate the world? You know, the world is so vast and there are many heroes. Can I really conquer the heroes one by one and seize the artifacts? And then the Northern Expedition? ”

Jia Xu smiled: "If the young master doesn't have this confidence, his subordinates won't believe it." The subordinates have always been very accurate in looking at people, and one day, the young master will become the co-master of the world! ”

Ma Chao smiled: "I'm afraid you are not only convinced of my talent, but also out of believing in your own talent, right?" ”

Jia Xu bowed his hand and said, "The young master really knows his subordinates. ”

Ma Chao said: "However, there are more resourceful people in the world than heroes, and there must be ghostly people like you." For example, Cheng Gongying and Yang Fu, although they are slightly inferior to you, they also have extraordinary strategies. Wen He should be on guard. ”

Jia Xu said lightly: "No matter how many people there are, it's useless. The young master is not only good at scheming and using soldiers, but also wins the hearts of the people. Looking at today's trend, the world has been suffering for a long time, and hundreds of people have no land to cultivate. The young lord retook the land from the hands of the family and distributed it to the people, which was in line with the way of heaven and the hearts of the people. The young master has both the way of heaven and the hearts of the people, how can he not dominate the world? ”

Ma Chao thought so. When he was in Juntian, Ma Chao gradually realized that the main social contradiction in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was the land contradiction, that is, the contradiction between a small group of people of the big families occupied most of the cultivated land, while most people such as yeoman farmers, displaced people, and rebel troops occupied only a small part of the cultivated land. And arable land in an agrarian society means social wealth. So this is actually a social contradiction of the disparity between the rich and the poor.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and even in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the wars were caused by this social contradiction, and the dispute between relatives and eunuchs became a catalyst for aggravating the contradiction, so the Eastern Han Dynasty finally collapsed.