Seeing that Cheng Gongying never gave in, and even moved out Ma Teng to pressure him, Ma Chao had no choice but to sit down and sulk.

After a long time, Cheng Gong's heroic spirit disappeared, and he came up again and persuaded bitterly: "Young master, those slaves of the family may not be better than the homeless. They have been making cattle and horses for the sons of the family for generations, exploiting them at will, and their temperament has long been like cattle and horses, and they have been worn out to the point that they have no sharpness, as if their spirit has been castrated. If a person has no spirit, he is a walking dead. The reason why his subordinates advocated giving priority to the relocation of slaves was to let these people return to normal life. When they have a land grant in Liangzhou and are no longer controlled by others, they will naturally slowly return to their human form. The young master has a good heart, why not give these people a chance to change from cattle and horses to people? ”

Ma Chao sighed, he naturally knew that under the exploitation of the family, the slaves were in dire straits, like cattle and horses, and like slaves. Although it is possible to survive without starvation, it is nothing more, and it is impossible to expect the family to treat these slaves well. Hearing Cheng Gongying say this, Ma Chao was also a little hesitant to agree with Cheng Gongying's proposition.

Cheng Gongying persuaded again: "My subordinates also know that the young master has always taken saving the people as his own responsibility, and he always has the people in his heart. But the young master should also know that, first, it is impossible for the young master alone to completely save all the displaced people in the world. The young master should know how to choose, some can be saved, some can be saved, and some can be saved, so as to save the most displaced people. Second, if we want to save people, we can't do it overnight, we need to take it step by step. ”

Ma Chao was at war in his heart, and he didn't make up his final decision.

Seeing this, Cheng Gongying gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, young master, you and I will each take a step back, and this time the migrants will move away 150,000 family slaves and 50,000 homeless people." How is it? ”

Ma Chao finally made up his mind and said, "Seventy thousand! ”

Cheng Gongying was helpless, sighed, and said, "Since the young master is so insistent, okay!" Then migrate 70,000 displaced people, 130,000 slaves! ”

Seeing that Cheng Gongying agreed, Ma Chao stood up, bowed to Cheng Gongying, and bowed to the end.

Cheng Gongying was taken aback, and hurriedly picked up Ma Chao's hands with both hands, and said, "Young master, how can such a big gift be acceptable to your subordinates?" ”

Ma Chao looked at Cheng Gongying's eyes sincerely and said: "Mr. is planning in every possible way, out of consideration for the overall situation of Liangzhou's stability, and out of compassion for the servants of the family, the style of a gentleman is nothing more than this." In order to stabilize Liangzhou, in order to save the slaves, Mr. did not hesitate to fight with me. Such strength, so sincerity, I admire Mr. ”

When Cheng Gongying heard this, he was so moved that he immediately gave Ma Chao a salute and said: "The young master has a heart for the people, a broad mind, and benevolence and righteousness, the young master is a real gentleman, who can compare with his subordinates?" ”

Ma Chao helped Cheng Gongying up and said, "Sir, please get up quickly." Now that we have agreed on the issue of migrants, we will have to come back to agree on how to help those displaced people who cannot be taken away. ”

Cheng Gongying said: "The family has been liquidated by our army, so their acres of land will become borderless land." The subordinates believed that they could persuade the homeless people to go to the acres of land of various families, divide the cultivated land, and take it for themselves. Then distribute some grain to the displaced people, and in addition to the alms, order the displaced people not to finish eating, and leave some as grain to be sown in the next spring. In this way, the displaced people will be able to harvest food and make ends meet in the following autumn. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "At present, our army has not captured Chang'an City, and we can't control Guanzhong, so we can only do this." It just so happened that the officials and troops were surrounded in various cities, and the government of Sanfu could not interfere with the homeless people occupying the family's fields. When the displaced people occupy the family's acres for a period of time, of course they will not be willing to give up the acres again. At that time, Sanfu's government did not dare to move lightly. ”

Cheng Gongying said: "What the young master said is extremely true. ”

Cheng Gongying said again: "Oh yes, young master, didn't you say that Yixian and Huaili City have not been captured yet, and there are still a considerable number of officers and troops stationed in the two cities?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Not bad. Garrisoned in Yixian was Yuan Peng's department of the official army, and the defender of Huaili City was Bao Hong. Yixian and Huaili City are the most important cities between Chencang City and Chang'an City. Therefore, I dare to assert that the defenders of Yixian and Huaili City should be in the thousands. Although our army is several times larger, they are all iron cavalry, so I choose to lead the iron cavalry to bypass the two cities. ”

Cheng Gongying said: "Our army camp is currently between Chang'an City and Huaili City, and the materials looted by the families of the two counties, as well as the family slaves and displaced people recruited next, are also bound to gather here in the camp, so as to facilitate the overall planning and coordination of subordinates."

Therefore, if his subordinates want to lead 200,000 people and carry a large amount of materials to return to Liangzhou, they must pass through Huaili City and Yixian County successively. The wealth and materials of the family are so huge that it is impossible for the officials and soldiers to be indifferent. Moreover, the officers and soldiers must not want to see their subordinates succeed in transporting such a large number of people and materials back to Liangzhou, and Liangzhou's strength has greatly increased. ”

Ma Chao said: "You mean, the officials and soldiers will probably go out of the city to harass?" ”

Cheng Gongying said: "Not bad. There are 200,000 people, and the wealth and materials are innumerable, and it is already difficult to transport them back to Jincheng, which is thousands of miles away. If the officials and soldiers come out of the city to harass again, the migrants will definitely be in trouble, and even worse, they will be stillborn. ”

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Don't worry, with me here, I will never let the officers and soldiers succeed." ”

Seeing Ma Chao's disapproving face, with a confident look, Cheng Gongying said worriedly: "The young master intends to order the generals to lead the troops and escort the migrants?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Definitely." In doing so, it will cost troops and cause the troops to be scattered. If Huangfu Song and others were resourceful enough, they would probably adopt guerrilla methods and constantly harass our army. The officers and soldiers will inevitably use light cavalry to attack, and if our army goes forward to pursue, the officers and soldiers will definitely turn around and run, and so on, causing our officers and men to be tired of running for their lives. Or lure our army into an ambush circle, so that our army can not be defeated? I will never be so behold. ”

After hearing this, Cheng Gongying said in confusion: "But apart from this, there is no other way to prevent the harassment of the officials and soldiers." ”

Ma Chao smiled: "How can there be no other strategy? Don't worry, I already have a plan, tomorrow you only cooperate with me and our army's iron cavalry, and you can defeat the official army again. ”

Regarding Ma Chao's words, Cheng Gongying was still a little worried. But Cheng Gongying thought about it, and it was Xiliang Jinma Chao who said this. So he didn't ask any more questions.

After sending Cheng Gongying away, Ma Chao was in a much happier mood. After this quarrel, Cheng Gongying's estrangement against him disappeared a lot, and the two opened their hearts. Ma Chao felt that he was like a stamp collector who had finally collected a rare stamp, and the strategist had added another person to his account, which made him full of happiness.