"Bait?" He Bai thought about it again and again, Ma's horse team was targeted in Yanmen County, but he was in Taiyuan County, and this ambush and bait should not be aimed at him.

The thieves deliberately split their ways and fled, just to facilitate the escape and the future recourse of the government. This shows that the power of this thief will not be very strong, and they will not dare to forcibly oppose the government. In this way, it is difficult to say whether it is a black mountain thief who has always been strong. Maybe it's just other thieves who inadvertently did a big deal.

However, if you grab a horse, you will grab a horse, why will you wantonly slaughter the people of the Ma family? Judging from the scene of the Ma clan's corpses, the Ma clan was wiped out after losing a large number of horses and preparing to take refuge in the valley. It can be seen that the target of the thieves is not horses, but the Ma clan itself.

Moreover, the thieves are very clear about the identity of the Ma clan, and know who is the master of the Ma clan, who are the guards and horse servants. Therefore, as soon as the master of the Ma clan died, they also retreated, and did not continue to slaughter the remaining subordinates.

He Bai shook his head, he is not a detective, and he doesn't know whether this nonsense is right or wrong. So he asked tentatively: "That, does your master Ma have any enemies of life and death?" ”

Li Ping was stunned and responded: "No." Although my lord and others are not without quarrels, there is no enemy of life and death. ”

He Bai asked again: "Then has your master recently gotten any valuable treasures?" Or is it something big and secret? ”

Li Ping was stunned again, and said with a wry smile: "Treasures? Secret? The villain is just the leader of the guards, who is qualified to know the secrets of the master's family. ”

He Bai looked at Ma Xue'er and said, "This is strange, this is just to grab horses, is it necessary to slaughter on a large scale, I have never heard of such a murderous thief." ”

Ma Xue'er's heart moved, and after being silent for a while, she said: "Uncle Li, let's not attack the small village, we just need to sneak in it in the middle of the night and see what kind of horse the thief's horse is." ”

Li Ping asked: "Miss is suspicious, so she wants to find out the identity of the thief from the horse." ”

Ma Xue'er responded: "Our Ma family's guards are not bad, and my father-in-law has praised them many times, but they were basically lost within an hour and a half of us leaving the ambush, even my father died, and only some horses and maids escaped. Youzhou cavalry mostly uses Wuhuan and Xianbei horses, Bingzhou cavalry mostly uses Southern Xiongnu horses, Liangzhou cavalry uses Western Liangqiang horses, and Luoyang cavalry is mostly mixed. So I want to know about their horses. ”

He Bai was stunned, Ma Xue'er was talking about military things, but she was also very organized. It doesn't seem to be true.,It's just a little ignorant about everyday things.。 If there is a certain elite clan soldier, and the number of more than 1,000 horsemen, this range should be smaller. Although he has thousands of cavalry soldiers, the guerrilla is still successful, but the impact is not good.

Li Ping nodded, the brigade attacked, it was easy to startle the snake, and there were many casualties. Going alone, it seems to be the most dangerous, but as long as you are careful, you can move forward and retreat silently. Li Ping used to be a light man when he was young, and he was also good at this kind of rat theft.

Even if Li Ping was allowed to sneak in alone, there was no need for a large number of people to stay near the small village, and He Bai and Ma Xue'er led the troops back more than ten miles before they began to prepare dinner. However, in order not to be discovered by thieves, it is so big that it only eats some cold dry food. Hundreds of horses scattered and gnawed on the dead grass in the mountain wilderness that had not yet been covered by snow.

At this time, it was separated from the difference between He Baijun's war horses and Ma's soldiers' war horses, He Baijun's war horses were basically not picky, as long as there was food, it didn't take long to eat. The horses of the Ma soldiers had not eaten enough for half a day, and finally took out some black beans from their respective bags to feed them.

Li Ping observed blankly and asked: "Captain He, I'm afraid that these war horses of yours will not be able to rush into battle, or our Ma's war horses are stronger and stronger, and they can break through the heavy infantry formation." It's a pity that our horses have been taken away by thieves, otherwise He Duwei has hundreds of good war horses, and it would be easier to make achievements. ”

He Bai smiled: "These are my soldiers, I don't have the money to buy good horses." It's hard to wait for too good horses, but it's better to have these horses. They said it was good or not, it was not bad, the price was not expensive, it was only half the price of your horse, and it was easy to raise, I was satisfied. ”

Li Ping couldn't help but smile dumbly, He Bai, the captain, was also interesting. Others are afraid that the horses ridden by their own horsemen are not good, otherwise there will be no battle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. However, He Bai was afraid that the war horses of his horsemen were too good, and he would rather use inferior horses. However, everyone has their own aspirations, and it is inconvenient for Li Ping to persuade.

In the middle of the night, Li Ping quietly left, and two hours later, Li Ping quietly returned. Li Pingyu said: "This gang of thieves is really vicious, hundreds of villagers in the small village were all killed, and all of them were dumped in a few huts. When the villain returned, the thieves had already begun to get up one after another. However, the thieves' horses and villains have found out, although there are many Wuhuan and Xianbei horses, but there are also many Southern Xiongnu horses and Qiang horses. ”

Marcelle asked, "How much each?" ”

After Li Ping calculated, he said: "The total number is three hundred and thirty, about two hundred Wuhuan and Xianbei horses, one hundred Southern Xiongnu horses, and thirty Qiang horses. ”

Ma Xue'er said: "There are only about 200 thieves, and there are about 130 horses in our Ma family, and the thieves are mainly Southern Xiongnu horses. ”

He Bai said: "That thief is still a pawn in the state. ”

"Nope." Ma Xue'er said affirmatively: "It's not a cavalry from Bingzhou, it's a cavalry from Luoyang." ”

He Baiqi said: "Luoyang's horsemen? There are many nobles in Luoyang, but there are not many who have thousands of elite riders. Hiss...... You mean Ding Yuan? ”

Ma Xue'er said angrily: "It's none of your business, Uncle Li, let's go to Jinyang." ”

He Bai was stunned, but since Ma Xue'er said that it was not her own business, then she didn't care about it, and she didn't bother to pay attention to it. However, seeing that Ding Yuan has always been upright, it is really unthinkable that he is involved in such a brutal thing in private.

The return trip was also very safe, and nothing happened again. It's just that He Bai faintly feels that the matter of the Ma clan will not end so simply.

After He Bai returned to Jinyang City, he was called by Ding Yuan for questioning, mainly because he was worried about the death of Shen Guan, the magistrate of Stable County. Because he was beaten to death by the people, although Ding Yuan was angry, because Shenguan did have a lot of sins in private, Ding Yuan could only reprimand, and there was no follow-up.

When he returned to the army, he saw that the good family named Che Jing followed Fu Xing to train soldiers, and he looked very serious. After seeing He Bai returning, he immediately bowed down and said: "The villain Che Jing is willing to join the command of the lord and serve the dogs and horses." ”

He Bai was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Many good sons of the Southern Huns who followed Ding Thorn Shi to the north are willing to stay in the state army, and are willing to serve under the command of Lord Bo of Suilu, how can you return to the county soldiers, and are you still willing to serve under my captain?" ”

Che Jing bowed and said: "Ding Tingshi and Lu Zhubo are both fierce generals who advocate personal martial arts, and they pay attention to the spirit of leading the troops to fight, and they are like breaking bamboos. But in the eyes of the villain, this is just the courage of the horseman. The lord who wants to serve the villain should be the one who rules ten thousand people and rampant ten thousand enemies in the world. The lord trained the army for only one month, and he trained the 5,000 people who did not know military affairs into a capable army. If it weren't for Ding Thorn's ignorance of the use of Du Wei's soldiers, he would never have suffered more than 2,000 casualties. The villain believes that the lord will be the general of ten thousand enemies in the future. ”

He Bai asked happily: "Ding Tingshi doesn't understand the usage of the county soldiers, how much do you know?" ”

Che Jingyu said: "The villain actually doesn't understand very much, the villain once had five hundred soldiers under the command of the lord to resist the three hundred Southern Hun Hu cavalry, but I feel that the five hundred soldiers are like arms pointing up and down, all unsatisfactory." It can resist the multiple assaults of the three hundred Hu cavalry, and it can fight again. After the final formation, it can be immediately formed after an order, and it can be regarded as an army that can be defeated repeatedly. Although it is not sharp, it is continuous like water, which is very consistent with the meaning of Huang Lao's kindness like water. ”

He Bai turned his head to look at Fu Xing, and Fu Xing nodded again and again, saying that Che Jing was a good talent and could be used.

He Bai smiled and said: "You have a good eye, you know the strength of the soldiers under my command, but the five thousand county soldiers are a quick army, and they have not yet practiced one-tenth of the method hidden in my chest." Now that the war is over, I'm preparing to go back to forging again, in the hope that I will eventually become an army. You came at the right time, although Fu Xing and I can't teach you from scratch, you can learn by yourself on the side. It's your ability to learn as much as you can, but you can't pass on my method to the outside world. ”

Che Jing was overjoyed and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you for the grace of the lord, the villain will study carefully and figure it out secretly." Never divulge half of the essence of the Lord's Law of War. ”

He Bai nodded with satisfaction, although he did not recruit other well-known generals in history, but he summoned Che Jing, a good general who is unknown in history, which can be regarded as a joyful thing.

Counting the three generals in his hands now, Cheng Qi belongs to the vanguard general, Yu Hua belongs to the general of the Youyi surprise attack, and Che Jing's wish is to be the general of the positive army. If these three people are cultivated well, plus Fu Xing's Chinese army, Chengzhang's rear army, and his own assault blood cavalry, the first army will almost be formed.

It is said that the establishment of the first army in the Han Dynasty was about 5,000 people, and it was the largest independent combat unit. Guan Yu's flooded Seventh Army, that is, an army of four or five thousand people, a total of 30,000 people. If the two armies are surpassed, they will basically split lanes and attack together, except for the general battle. It's rare to act together.

The reason for this is mainly due to the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a small area in the later games, which is unrealistic.

He Bai was just about to start military training, and on the second day, he was summoned by Ding Yuan to the Assassin's Mansion, and Ding Yuan ordered He Bai, the governor of Taiyuan County, to vigorously exterminate all the large groups of thieves in the county.