Ma Chao was even more confident, originally he thought that the White Polish Army had 100,000 people, which meant that there were 100,000 soldiers in the White Polish Army. It turned out that Bai Bojun counted their family members and made up 100,000 of them to bluff.

Forty thousand, although it seems to be very impressive, after all, there are only less than 30,000 Xiliang troops left in Liangzhou, and there are only 30,000 or 40,000 Huangfu Song troops stationed in Guanzhong. Although the Baibo Army has 40,000 troops, it is a peasant rebel army, and it has just started an incident, and its combat effectiveness must be put under question.

Moreover, after Ma Chao and Jia Xu's design, the Baibo Army will definitely be defeated by the Xiliang Army tonight, and I don't know how many people have lost out of 40,000 people. Ma Chao felt more comfortable.

At this time, Jia Xu also rode a horse and stepped into Linfen City. Seeing Ma Chao accompanying an ordinary young man, and an unconscious old man lying on the ground, he knew that Ma Chao was moved by compassion again.

Jia Xu got off the horse and saluted: "Young master! ”

Ma Chao said happily: "Wenhe, just now I learned from this little brother that the so-called 100,000 people of the Baibo Army, of which 60,000 are unarmed old and weak women and children, and there are only 40,000 sergeants. ”

Jia Xu was also slightly happy when he heard this, and said, "Then are these 60,000 old and weak women and children all in this Linfen City?" ”

Ma Chao looked at the girl, who was very smart and immediately replied: "Yes, it was yesterday that the Baibo army captured Linfen City and moved their families and coerced people into the city. ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Young master, my subordinates have a plan that can make the Baibo army defeat itself without a fight." ”

Ma Chao said: "What's the plan? ”

Jia Xu said: "Our army captured Linfen City and controlled the families of the Baibo army, so we can take their families hostage and force the Baibo army to surrender. Under the fluctuation of the hearts of the soldiers of the White Polish Army, can An Neng surrender to our army? ”

Ma Chao thought for a while and said, "No." Hostage-taking is not upright and upright. Even if I relied on this method to force down the White Wave Army, it would be dishonorable. ”

After listening to Ma Chao's words, the girl looked at Ma Chao's gaze and admired it a little more.

Jia Xu said: "But in this way, we can reduce unnecessary casualties among our officers and soldiers, and the Bai Bo army will no longer have to pay for casualties." ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Wenhe, you ignore one thing. That is, the Bai Bo Army is all the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and they are Taiping Dao believers. They have strong beliefs, only want to inherit Zhang Jiao's business, hate the officials and soldiers, and will not surrender easily. If we use such an inferior means of forcing us to surrender, they will not surrender to our army, and their will to fight to the death with our army will be even more unwavering. ”

Jia Xu also immediately realized this and said, "But it's the subordinates who lack consideration." ”

Ma Chao said: "But this Linfen City has been captured by our army, and there are tens of thousands of people in the city, including the families of the Baibo Army and the people who were coerced by the Baibo Army. How to distinguish and let go of Bai Bojun's family? ”

Jia Xu said: "This matter is easy. The young master only needs to give the order to open the west gate of Linfen City. The family members of the Baibo Army are in the Baibo Army, and if they are not here in our army, they will naturally go out of the city to join the Baibo Army; And those who came coerced, their hearts were not in the White Polish Army, and they would naturally stay in the city. The White Polish Army had just started an incident, and the scope of the impact was limited. The people who were coerced by the Baibo army must be not far from the vicinity of Linfen City. At that time, the young master will allocate the grain of Linfencheng to help these people and let them return to their hometowns. ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "It's better for you to think it through." ”

Ma Chao ordered the soldiers to go and give orders.

After giving the order, Ma Chao said to the young man: "Little brother, you and your father still live in our army camp first. When Ling Zun wakes up and heals, it's not too late to leave. ”

The girl nodded and said, "Thank you, General." ”

Jia Xu looked at the young man and said, "Young master, my subordinates see that this child is smart and clever. There is a shortage of people around the young master to take care of daily life, so why don't you let this child take care of the young master temporarily? ”

Ma Chao looked at the young man and said, "Little brother, are you willing?" ”

The girl hesitated a little, and Jia Xu said calmly: "Think about it, if you leave Linfen City, there will be no one to treat Ling Zun." Moreover, the Baibo army outside the city was still rampant, and there were Huns who were everywhere, and they lacked food and clothing. With our army, you can still have no worries about food and clothing, and you don't have to worry about the chaos. ”

The girl thought for a moment, even if it was for her father's sake, she had to stay; And this person is right, staying in the Xiliang army will not be in danger of life, it is safer; Moreover, they were originally exiled, and it is better to stay in the Xiliang Army than to live in exile.

The girl looked up by chance and saw Ma Chao looking at her calmly. Looking at those soft eyes, the girl couldn't say anything to refuse.

The girl said, "General, I am willing to stay." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "In the future, you will be responsible for serving the general's daily life, cleaning up the general's camp tent, washing and folding quilts, serving tea and water, and so on." ”

The girl thought about it, wouldn't this be to get along with this general day and night? He whispered, "Yes." ”

Ma Chao said: "Since Linfen City has been taken, there is no need for the big camp outside the city to live anymore." Move into town tomorrow! ”

Jia Xu said: "Huh." ”

The lieutenant soon returned, and ordered a carriage to be driven, and the old man who had fallen to the ground and was unconscious was lifted into the carriage. Because Ma Chao decided to be stationed in Linfen City, Ma Chao ordered the official government of Linfen City to be used as a temporary shogunate.

Ma Chao said: "Little brother, you can also take the carriage back to the shogunate!" I'll see you after this battle. ”

The girl nodded slightly and got into the carriage.

did another good thing, Ma Chao's heart was a little relieved and relieved.

After sending off the carriage, Ma Chao climbed onto the wall of Linfen City, and looked down from above, there was chaos in Linfen City. Tens of thousands of people fled from the west gate of Linfen City in panic like lost dogs, and ran towards the darkness outside the city.

At this time, Pang De and Zhang Xiu, led the troops, and came to Ma Chao to return to him.

Ma Chao asked: "What are the results?" ”

Zhang Xiu said happily: "The Hun cavalry was beaten away, and the losses of our soldiers are negligible. But the losses of the Hun cavalry cannot be counted, because the black light is blind, and it is impossible to see how many corpses there are. ”

Pang De said lightly: "The Baibo army was also beaten by our soldiers, and it should suffer a lot of losses. ”

Ma Chao bowed his head slightly and said, "That's good." ”

Pang De said: "Originally, our army could continue to kill and injure the White Polish Army, but considering that in the dark night, it is difficult to estimate the 100,000 troops of the White Polish Army, whether there are other troops nearby; I was also worried that the Hun cavalry would turn back and attack our army. The last general consulted with General Zhang, and after repelling the Baibo army, he no longer pursued. ”

Ma Chao said: "Focus on the overall situation, be careful, you did the right thing." ”

Pound stopped talking, and Ma Chao asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Pound half-knelt down and said, "The last general will ask for sin!" ”