Dong Zhuo sighed, looked at the people who were also worried, and said, "The reason why our family ran to this Henan land where birds don't lay eggs is to avoid demons like horses. I didn't expect this horse to come here again! ”

Li Ru said: "Father-in-law, so far, we can only respond to the general's orders." Otherwise, the general will not allow us to be stationed in Henan. ”

Li Dao said: "My lord, the strength of our army is not weak now, there are 13,000 cavalry. And Ma Chao only has 20,000 iron horsemen this time, which is not a huge disparity. Of course, our army's combat power is still far inferior to that of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. However, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry did not come to conquer our army, but to conquer the Baibo army. Ma Chao wants to focus on the Bai Bo army, and it will be difficult to resist our army again. When the time comes, if our army surprises again, or obstructs Ma Chao from defeating the White Polish Army, so that he and the White Polish Army cannot hold on, Ma Chao will definitely fail. ”

Dong Zhuo listened to Li Dao's words, and also felt that it made sense, and the hatred in his heart was also burning: "During the battle of Guanzhong, this horse caused our family to lose 13,000 cavalry, forcing our family to flee to this Henan land. Now that the horse is here again, it's time to report it back! ”

Everyone was overjoyed to see that Dong Zhuo had finally made up his mind.

Dong Zhuo smashed his fist and said, "Okay! Then our family will listen to the order of the general He Jin and go to meet that Ma Chao for a while! Order, pull out the camp, and the whole army will march to Xihe County! ”

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At this time, Ma Chao had already led 20,000 Xiliang iron horsemen to enter the territory of Xihe County and come to the foot of Longmen Mountain. In front of him was the raging Yellow River, which had turned yellow at this time, but not as yellow as later generations. Ma Chao ordered the troops, spread out in all directions, collected boats, and prepared to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

Soon, the Xiliang soldiers bought many ships from the surrounding county towns, mainly the nearest Xiayang City, and nailed them all together. Gradually, the pontoons became longer and wider.

Ma Chao, Jia Xu, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Lu Yi and others were stationed by the Ma River to supervise the sergeants to build pontoon bridges.

Jia Xu said to Ma Chao: "Young master, because he wants to enter Beijing, the young master can't be here in the Baibo Army, it takes too much time, and he should fight quickly." However, time is not as important as casualties, because the casualties are too large, even if they enter Beijing in time, it will be useless. Only by controlling the casualty rate, even if it takes a longer time, it will not hinder. Therefore, the young master should first consider casualties, and secondly, he should take into account the quick victory. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "I understand." It is necessary to control the casualties and solve the battle quickly, this battle is very difficult to fight! ”

Jia Xu, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Lu Yi and others heard this, and they also had to sigh approvingly.

Just then, a scout returned. Ma Chao sent scouts, mainly to prevent Dong Zhuo, who was wandering and plundering in Henan, and attacked him unexpectedly.

Ma Chao asked the scout: "Could it be that Dong Zhuo's department is dispatched?" ”

The scout replied, "Back to the young master, no." We waited in the north of Xihe County and found that there was a Hun cavalry marching south, and the number should be about 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry. ”

Ma Chao couldn't help but be a little vigilant in his heart, because he knew that this group of Hun cavalry was the one who had allied with the Baibo Army in history and attacked Yufuluo's troops in Taiyuan County and Hedong County. Yu Fuluo was ordered to conquer Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, but on the way, a rebellion broke out in the Xiongnu base camp. Among the Xiongnu, Luan Tiqiangqu Shan Yu has always obeyed the Han court and responded to the frequent requisitions of the Han court, which made the Huns tired and miserable, so the Huns were very resentful of Qiangqu.

Yu Fuluo led the cavalry loyal to the Luanti clan and left the Xiongnu, and Luan Tiqiangqu alone had more than half of the troops in his hands. The Marquis of Subu Gudu took the opportunity to rebel, and more than 200,000 Xiongnu responded to the Marquis of Subu Gudu. So Luan Ti Qiangqu was killed, and Luan Ti Yu Fu Luo Youguo could not return, so he happened to lead the army to the Baibo army.

At this time, the Han court played the art of checks and balances, and ordered that Luan Ti Yufu Luo was not allowed to lead the army back to China, and did not canonize Luan Ti Yufu Luo as Xiongnu Shan Yu, nor did he canonize the Marquis of Xubu Gudu as Xiongnu Shan Yu, but only let the old king of the Xiongnu temporarily manage the Xiongnu tribes. The Han court intended to take advantage of the power vacuum of the Xiongnu to achieve stronger control over the Xiongnu. Luan Tiyuvluo led his army to stay in Xihe County, close to the Baibo army, so he colluded with the Baibo army to attack Taiyuan County and Hedong County together.

As for the later Yu Fuluo who also participated in the robbery of Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang and helped Emperor Han Xian return to the east, that was later. In short, Ma Chao knew that if Yu Fuluo, the Xiongnu tribe, was not eliminated, it would have an important impact on the Central Plains.

Ma Chao said to the four: "I'm afraid that the Huns are coming here and will disrupt the war." ”

The four of them are not in the pool, of course they know what Ma Chao means.

Pang De said: "Yes, the Huns have always been predatory and unruly. The march to our army and the White Polish army may join the battle and bring a lot of challenges to our army. ”

Zhang Xiu said: "How dare the Huns go south at this time? Haven't they always been obedient to the orders of the imperial court? ”

Jia Xu explained: "It is precisely because they obey the orders of the imperial court that they come. There was a rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in Youzhou, and the imperial court requisitioned them to go to crusade. This Hun cavalry going south seems to be the Hun cavalry that was requisitioned, I heard that it was the son of Xiongnu Shan Yu Luan Ti Qiangqu, and led by Luan Ti Yufuluo, the king of Youxian. ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Since they are also obeying the orders of the imperial court, brother, can we ask them to attack the Baibo Army with us?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head, he knew in his heart that it was estimated that at this time, the Marquis of Xubu Gu had already rebelled and killed Shan Yu Luan Tiqiangqu. Huvro had no choice but to form an alliance with the White Polish army.

But this is still a history that has not happened, and Ma Chao can't tell Zhang Xiu directly, and in two days the Marquis of Subu Gudu will rebel, forcing Youguo to not return to Yufuluo and can only form an alliance with the Baibo army.

Ma Chao could only find an excuse to prevaricate: "They are tasked with crusading against Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, and they will not pay attention to it." ”

Lu Yi said: "Since the arrival of these Huns will bring variables, then the young master will see if we want to ......?"

Lu Yi didn't continue, but everyone understood that Lu Yi meant to take the opportunity to sneak attack Yu Fuluo and eliminate this hidden danger by force.

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "No, although they are Huns, they are also courtiers of the imperial court." Sudden attack, what should the imperial court think? What should Your Majesty think? ”

Of course, Ma Chao also agreed to attack Yufuluo and eliminate the huge hidden danger of the Hun cavalry as soon as possible. But now that Yu Fuluo has not counterattacked, he suddenly attacked, and it is not easy to explain.