The person Ma Shuo was waiting for was called Xue Yong. Xue Yong, a titled general of the Suo Barbarian Army, ranks after the general of the Suo Barbarian Army and another titled general, and is the third boss in the Suo Barbarian Army.

However, during this period of time, the relationship between the brave general Xue Yong and the general Luo Hou of the lock barbarian army was not harmonious. The reason for this is mainly because Luo Hou has an in-law relationship with another titled general, and when the situation is stable, there is no surprise in this. However, now that the situation is unstable, especially after seeing Li Lingwei's approach, Luo Hou also has a similar thought.

In this case, Luo Hou naturally took Li Lingwei as a lesson from the past, and he wanted to eliminate internal hidden dangers before announcing formal independence. And the so-called internal hidden dangers are naturally the soldiers and horses in Xue Yong's hands.

Compared with another titled general, Xue Yong is an outsider. The rest of the lock barbarian army now has a total of 1230,000 horses, and Xue Yong has two battalions in his hands, almost 40,000 horses, which already accounts for one-third of the rest of the entire lock barbarian army.

Luo Hou naturally needs to completely control this part of the people in his own hands. However, how could Xue Yong be restrained and take the initiative to hand over the military power. Because according to the character of Luo Hou, as long as Xue Yong has no military power, there is only a dead end waiting for Xue Yong.

Luo Hou is a very thoughtful person, and he will definitely not leave hidden dangers for himself.

Of course, Xue Yong was not stupid, he was aware of Luo Hou's actions just now, so he did not hesitate to take his soldiers and horses away from the other party, and directly occupied one of the three county towns in the hands of the remnants of the lock barbarian army.

The county seat occupied by Xue Yong is called Longxian. The location of this county is close to Ma Shuo's rule, on the northeast border, and it was originally a place to be guarded against on the northeast border.

Although Xue Yong occupied Longxian, he knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to rely on the 40,000 horses under his command to do it alone. Therefore, he can only take the path of relying on other forces.

However, it is absolutely impossible on Luo Hou's side. Xue Yong didn't think about Li Lingwei's Western Xinjiang Protectorate, but after weighing it, he always felt that Li Lingwei's side was not very reliable.

At this time, the news of Ma Shuo's canonization came in Western Xinjiang. Xue Yong, who learned the news, was immediately overjoyed in his heart, maybe this was an opportunity, and he also occupied a unique geographical advantage.

Even, when the time comes, he can also give Luo Hou as a meeting gift to the other party. Because it was very convenient to set out from Longxian to attack the two county towns controlled by Luo Hou, and the two county towns could not effectively support each other.

At the same time, Xue Yong's thoughts were quickly learned by the hidden guards and reported to Ma Shuo. A staff member next to the hidden guard Xue Yong has been co-opted by the hidden guard to become a dark line, and this staff member is deeply relied on by Xue Yong. So, under the persuasion of this staff, Xue Yong became even more determined to join Ma Shuo.

In order to show his sincerity, Xue Yong directly sent his own nephew over as a liaison this time, and also had the intention of being a hostage. Now, what Ma Shuo is waiting for is Xue Yong's nephew Xue Bao.

Once Xue Bao arrives, then Xue Yong's matter will be a certainty. At that time, Ma Shuo and Li Mu will have more bargaining chips in the negotiation. Since it was a negotiation, Ma Shuo certainly wanted to get as many benefits as possible from the other party.

To weaken the other party is to strengthen oneself. What's more, it's to take the other party's things to your side, which is a matter of eliminating the other's strengths.

Ma Shuo didn't wait too long, because when Li Mu came, Xue Bao was already about to arrive. Therefore, when the soldiers came in from outside and whispered in Ma Shuo's ear to report that Xue Bao had arrived, a satisfied smile appeared on Ma Shuo's face.

Xue Bao came, which meant that Xue Yong agreed to all the conditions.

Ma Shuo's conditions for Xue Yong were actually very simple, he would send someone to replace Xue Yong in Longxian, and Xue Yong would take his men and horses to Ma Shuo's rule to accept the reorganization. Of course, Ma Shuo will naturally not treat Xue Yong badly, Xue Yong will serve as the deputy commander of the infantry of Ma Shuo's auxiliary Qin army, and at the same time serve as the commander of a battalion. Xue Yong's 40,000 people, after the refinement, Ma Shuo will leave him 20,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 will be used to form a new battalion except for the elimination of some old and weak.

Xue Yong's position will naturally not be as high as Yang Yigao, after all, the two have different backgrounds. Ma Shuo's identity to Yang Yi is the deputy marshal of the Auxiliary Qin Army, which is equivalent to Ma Shuo's deputy. As for Xue Yong, he is naturally one or two levels lower.

With more territory, there will naturally be more and more soldiers and horses.

Xue Yong's 40,000 people, after being refined, is estimated to be able to leave more than 30,000, and there should be no problem in forming two less than the number of battalions at that time. Because they are mainly infantry, Ma Shuo has already thought of their font names, which are his own battalion and Gengzi battalion. Xue Yong will be the deputy commander of the infantry and the commander of his own battalion. In other words, in fact, the self-word battalion is equivalent to Xue Yong's personal guard battalion.

Originally, Ma Shuo was also going to give Yang Yi a personal guard battalion, but Yang Yi resolutely disagreed. However, in consideration of Yang Yi's safety, Ma Shuo still insisted on assigning Yang Yi a team of 1,000 guards.

Although there are only 1,000 people, these 1,000 people are all cavalry, so they are all very good in terms of combat effectiveness, and most of these 1,000 people are actually from Yang Yi's personal guards in the past.

In order to prevent Luo Hou from becoming angry and jumping over the wall in a hurry, this time Ma Shuo sent a foot battalion and a cavalry battalion to replace Xue Yong's subordinates in guarding Longxian County. The infantry battalion was directly stationed in the city at that time, while the cavalry was stationed in the camp outside the city, and the two sides called each other horns and cooperated with each other, even if Luo Hou sent troops over, they would not be afraid of each other.

The infantry battalion sent this time is a T-shaped battalion, and the main general is Song Jingang, who was born in the Yumen Army, and is a member of the generals that Yang Yi single-handedly raised. is a character who can stand on his own.

Cavalry battalion, Ma Shuo directly sent Guan Yun's Vermilion Bird battalion out this time. The forwards of the Vermilion Bird Battalion are still Guo Jupython and He Yilong. Although these two guys were pushed to the end at the beginning, after this period of continuous fighting and meritorious service, they were actually promoted to the position of commander again.

However, after this tempering, the temperament of the two guys has finally become much more stable than in the past, and they are not as reckless as before when doing things. It was precisely because he saw the changes in the two that Guan Yun handed over the forward task to them again this time.

When Xue Bao arrived at Ma Shuo's tent, Guo Jupython and He Yilong's men and horses had already rushed out of the camp at the same time and went straight to Longxian.