Hearing Ma Chao say this, Ma Teng said angrily: "Since Huangfu Song wants to expand the army, why can't I expand the army in Xiliang!" Anyway, our Xiliang army had 200,000 people before, and the source of soldiers could not be more sufficient. At present, although there are only 50,000 troops in the Western Liang Army, the entire Liangzhou has implemented the Juntian system. Conscripting soldiers is just a document for the Assassin's Mansion! ”

As soon as they heard Ma Teng's words, all the generals were excited and shouted: "The lord is wise! ”

Zhang Xiu rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Finally, I can command tens of thousands of troops again, and I don't have to command only thousands of horses all day!" ”

Ma Chao calmly stopped: "No." ”

Ma Teng was stunned, and all the generals were also surprised.

Zhang Xiu asked, "Why, brother?" ”

Ma Chao said: "First, it's not necessary. The main force of our army was not lost in this battle, and it still had 50,000 elite soldiers, which was enough to deal with the officers and soldiers. Second, hurting people. Liangzhou has just settled down and implemented the uniform field system. If you expand your army on a large scale, the scars of the war in Liangzhou will definitely take more time to heal. ”

Ma Teng nodded and said, "That's what I said." Having said that, you are the commander of the Xiliang Army for your father, and defeating Huangfu Song is naturally the proper meaning of the question. ”

Ma Chao smiled: "My father has an overreputation, but my son must fight for it, with the least number of troops, defeat Huangfu Song and eliminate the official army." ”

Ma Teng said: "Chao'er, there are many Sanfu families, and it takes time to pass the order. And after receiving the military order from Huangfu Song, the Sanfu family also has to weigh the pros and cons, which also takes time. Therefore, Huangfu Song wants to recruit the soldiers of the Sanfu family, and it will take at least two or three days. It is better to take advantage of the fact that the official army now has only 75,000 cavalry, and the gap between it and our army with 50,000 infantry and cavalry is not large, and take the initiative to fight tomorrow and start a decisive battle with the official army. ”

Pound said: "What the lord said is extremely true. Otherwise, after the official army has obtained the supplementary troops of the Sanfu family, the situation will be more tricky for us. ”

After thinking carefully, Ma Chao shook his head firmly and said, "Father, you are in charge of the military affairs as a child, and it is up to your son to decide now." child advocacy, etc. ”

Ma Teng was surprised: "Wait? Why wait? What are you waiting for? ”

Ma Chao said: "Wait for Huangfu Song to gather all the soldiers of the family of Sanfu, and our army can fight a decisive battle with it." ”

Ma Teng hesitated a little and said: "For my father to govern, Chao'er is the main soldier." A father should not have said anything. But if he waits, Huangfu Song's troops will once again exceed 100,000, or even more. At that time, the pressure on our soldiers will be very great. ”

Ma Chao said: "The disadvantages are naturally known. But father, only in this way can we have the opportunity to solve the Sanfu family once and for all. ”

Listening to Ma Chao's words, everyone was a little puzzled.

Zhang Ji asked: "The Sanfu family is not the main threat to our army, but the officers and soldiers of Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo are. Why did the young master want to solve the Sanfu family? ”

Jia Xu looked at Ma Chao with a smile, and Yang Fu also smiled: "The young master is so ambitious!" ”

Ma Teng also quickly understood, and said in surprise: "Chao'er, do you want to not only eliminate the official army, but also capture the entire Sanfu?" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Why not? Our army is strong, and we are confident that we can defeat Huangfu Song and the Sanfu family. And the fertile and rich, beautiful place of Guanzhong Sanfu is placed in front of us. Why not? ”

Yang Fu said: "Although this is a bit risky, it is not impossible. If our army can completely defeat Huangfu Song's official army and the Sanfu family, then only the Huya battalion stationed in Chang'an City can fight in the huge Guanzhong. ”

Jia Xu also said: "If our army can occupy Guanzhong and stick to Hangu Pass, it will be difficult for the imperial court to help our army in a short time." Our army will be able to become the momentum of the Qin State in the past, occupy the land of Guanlong, close the letter to the valley pass to defend itself, and look east to the Central Plains, south to Tubashu. ”

Hearing the two military advisors say this, Ma Teng was also moved, and said, "Okay, just listen to Chao'er, let's wait!" ”

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Two days later, Huangfu Song and the generals were riding horses, standing on a high hill outside the gate of the camp, watching the long queue of endless foot riders in front of them, and entering the camp of the official army. These foot riders, with different banners and armor, are the soldiers sent by the Sanfu family.

Huang Fu Song's side was Bao Hong, who was also sitting on horseback. Bao Hongzheng was holding a bamboo slip in one hand and a brush in the other, raising the brush from time to time and lighting a little bit of the various flags raised by the soldiers. The soldiers of each family held a large banner embroidered with the family's surname. Each flag symbolizes a family. The roster in Bao Hong's hand listed the names of all the Sanfu families, and every time Bao Hong saw a flag symbolizing a family, he used a brush to draw a circle under the corresponding family name on the roster.

In the end, the endless army of soldiers still entered the official army camp, and the roster in Bao Hong's hand was also full of circles.

Huangfu Song asked with some expectation, "How is it?" How many families have come? How many soldiers were sent? How many infantry and cavalry are there? Can the statistics come out? ”

Bao Hong said: "All the families and clans that have a slight reputation in Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengling, and Right Fufeng have all responded to your military order this time and sent clan soldiers. According to the last general's statistics, all the soldiers of the sect had 42,000 cavalry. Among them, there were 37,000 infantry troops and 5,000 cavalry troops. ”

The big stone in Huangfu Song's heart was finally put down, and said: "Then our army will have about 117,000 cavalry, which is more than twice the size of the Xiliang army......

Yuan Peng said happily: "Not only that, but the three auxiliary families have also raised countless armor and two million stone military rations for our army. Coupled with the military rations prepared by the imperial court for our army before, our army already has about five million stone military rations! ”

Huangfu Song tried his best to hide the excitement in his heart with a calm expression, and said calmly: "Okay, reserve one million stones in Chang'an City, one million stones in Huaili City, and two million stones in Chencang City." The remaining hundreds of thousands of stone military rations were hoarded in our army camp. ”

Zhou cautiously asked: "According to the art of war, military rations should be concentrated in one place, and it is best to choose a city as a place to store grain." Why did the riders scatter the military rations in four places and hoard them? Do you have any other plans for cycling? ”

Huangfu Song glanced at Zhou Shen and said with some disappointment: "It seems that you don't know what Jin Ma Chao has in mind. ”

This made Zhou Shen and the others even more confused. Zhou Shen simply bowed his hand and said, "The last general is ashamed, please give me advice." ”

Huangfu Song said: "Jin Ma Chao will definitely guess that the old man wants to raise the soldiers of the Sanfu family to strengthen his strength. Again, it will take time. But in the past two days, he did not take advantage of the great victory to fight against our army, and sat back and watched the old man raise the soldiers of the Sanfu family. He knew that by doing so, he would miss a good opportunity and cause the strength of our army to rise again, but he did it anyway. Why is that? ”