As one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, Bingzhou is an extremely important border military state. Like Liangzhou and Youzhou, this place is the front line of the Han Dynasty against foreign people, and it is naturally rich in elite soldiers.

However, compared with Youzhou and Liangzhou, the future of Bingzhou does not seem so good.

Before the disintegration of the Han Dynasty, the counties located on the Hetao Plain had already fallen one after another. After Lu Bu ran away with the state army, most of the core hinterland of the state was lost.

After the establishment of Cao Wei, he recovered the Hedong and Shangdang regions, and recruited the Xiongnu tribes in the Taiyuan area. This is the final way Cao Wei, who is known as wielding an iron fist against foreign races, to deal with the state.

Of course, this can't be blamed on Cao Wei, this piece is so poor and there are always movements, and the Cao family has no motivation to recover this place.

Last year, when Ma Tan was beating Sun Quan in Jingzhou, Cao Wei dispatched all the forces of Bingzhou and Youzhou to launch a diversionary offensive against the Hetao Plain controlled by Ji Han.

It's a pity that they ran into hard stubble and lost most of their troops on the Hetao Plain, which also made Ma Jian turn his attention back.

It is not difficult to deal with this kind of thing, it is nothing more than to open up sources and reduce expenditure.

But soon, Ma Jian gave up on the idea. It's not that he doesn't want to, but the current territory is no longer able to find Sun Quan to let blood.

"Now that I'm in good health, it's not difficult to get on my horse and cut down dozens of thieves in person!"

After launching the strategy plan, Ma Jian was not in a hurry, but waited patiently until October.

The six towns in the north were also called on by the Hussar General's Mansion to levy Hu Min to fight with blood taxes. In half a month, the six towns recruited more than 30,000 Hu soldiers to participate in the war.

Because next, the direction of the Han Dynasty's strategy must be the rich Central Plains. Whether it is attacking in the direction of Yecheng or Luoyang, Bingzhou has become a nail that the Han must pull out.

"So what's going on now? Is it difficult to attack Hedong? ”

It is clearly written on the financial file sent by Fei Yi to Ma Jian that now the imperial court can draw up to 10,000 people for two months' food. After this time, the imperial court will not be able to pay a penny.

In October of the fifteenth year of Jianxing, Ma Jian set off from Chang'an with 1,000 elite soldiers of the Xuanfeng Battalion and went straight to Pubanjin.

"It's been fine for a long time, it's just a small injury." Ma Tan smiled slightly, and said unappretently. In just a few days, some people forgot all about Hua Fei's doctor's instructions before leaving.

By the way, it has now been 15 years since Jianxing......

But it's a pity that even after the official system is basically rectified, Jiang Wan can't afford much food to support him.

It is estimated that the central army in Guanzhong will not be able to move, and with this budget, it will be very good to support the army to reach the Hedong region.

All in all, after some planning, the Hussar General's Mansion presented Shangshutai with a plan for the capture of the state.

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Such a large-scale mobilization naturally could not be concealed from Cao Wei's meticulous work. Soon the direction of Bingzhou heard about this, and Wang Jing of Bingzhou Assassin Shi quickly sent people to report to Yecheng, and at the same time ordered all the troops of the entire Bingzhou Military Region to be on high alert.

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This time, the main force was the Hu people in the Hetao Plain, and their laws of life doomed them not to participate in the war in the spring and summer. It is only in the late autumn and early winter that the desire of the steppe Humin to participate in the war will increase significantly.

So after some discussion, Shang Shutai approved the plan and handed it over to Liu Chan for personal approval.

Of course, paying blood tax to participate in the war requires self-prepared food, which greatly reduces the cost of maintaining troops.

The Shu army is about to enter the Kou!

When Cao Wei's side was on the verge of a great enemy, Ma Jian arrived at Pubanjin with 1,000 people from the Xuanfeng battalion. And Wu Yi, the uncle of the country, received him here, and quickly welcomed Ma Jian into the city.

"It seems that if you want to conquer and merge the state, you will have to use the Hu soldiers in the north as the main force." Ma Tan was a little helpless, after many years, he once again needed to take the rabble to fight a tough battle.

"Young Chang, I heard that you were assassinated in Chang'an some time ago, how are your injuries now?" Wu Yi looked at the lively Ma Jian and asked with some curiosity.

10,000 people for two months...... The troops alone gathered and rushed to the front line, I am afraid it will take a month!

Fei Yi can't do anything about this, and now Dahan's finances have just taken a breath, and then he was pulled by Ma Jian to carry out a huge reform. It's good to be able to draw this money and food right now, but what kind of bicycle do you need?

With the seal of the jade seal of the Han Dynasty, the strategy of the Han Dynasty to merge the state was officially launched.

But the only good news should be that this time I don't have to worry about the opportunity to die, and Ma Jian doesn't know whether to be happy or excited.

Ma Jian was not very satisfied with this, but he was helpless. In his thoughts, he began to think about what to do with the matter.

When was the last time he took a rabble to war? Anyway, since the start of the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang has given him the most elite part every time.

Regarding open source, Ma Tan's first reaction was to go to the south again and borrow some money and grain from Sun Quan, a criminal citizen. It's a big deal that when Sun Quan is arrested back, he will be punished less, and he will be changed from Ling Chi to a waist cut as a reward.

Under Deng Fan's transformation, the six towns in the north have the most important output of blood tax, in addition to the cattle and sheep tax. A large number of Hu people had to pay blood tax every year for military service in military towns, and used the blood tax to offset the cattle and sheep tax.

After all, the cattle and sheep tax is a blood loss for the Hu people, and it is not as direct as the blood tax.

Soochow couldn't raise money and food, and Ma Jian could only consider it from the aspect of throttling.

Therefore, in the name of the Hussar General's Mansion, Ma Tan proposed to Shang Shutai to allocate resources to attack and annex the state.

If the regular army cannot be moved, Ma Jian can only consider in the direction of the militia and mercenaries.

Jingzhou was recovered, and the connection point between Jihan and Eastern Wu was basically only Xiakou. In addition, Lu Xun died in battle, and Dongwu's vitality was greatly injured, and he had to be a turtle with a shrunken head from top to bottom, and he had nothing to do.

The combat effectiveness of the Hu soldiers recruited by the blood tax is obviously crotch-pulling, but at the moment there is only this choice. Moreover, Ma Tan's own combat effectiveness gave Shang Shutai confidence and made them believe in the feasibility of this plan.

Ma Tan planned to take only 1,000 elite cavalry of the headquarters as the main force, and then arrive at the Pubanjin front. Subsequently, a conscription order was issued to the six towns in the north, and Hu soldiers were recruited from the six towns to fill the troops to fight.

During this time, Yang Yi's case was really big, and the waves set off were no smaller than the Li Yan case back then.

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"It's not difficult to attack Hedong, but I'm afraid the ferry will not be easy to take." Wu Yi waved his hand, and then said to Ma Jian seriously,

"Because Pubanjin has insufficient troops, he can only keep Fenglingdu at the moment. As for Pujindu in the north, it is now in the hands of the Wei army, and if you want to take it down, you have to fight it yourself! ”

(End of chapter)