Chapter 194 Garrison in Longxi

Longxi County has a wide jurisdiction at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road pass through Longxi. Located on the Loess Plateau, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has been a must-have place for soldiers since ancient times.

Looking at the towering wall built by the mountains in Longxi and the vague figures of the Longxi soldiers patrolling back and forth on the wall, Ma Chao sighed helplessly: Another mother!

Ma Chao sent troops in April, and it was already May, and the weather was getting hotter. It was a difficult challenge for the Ma army who came from afar to attack the city and fight in such a hot season. If the last Longxi County can't be attacked, the previous strategic deployment can be said to be a failure.

In Longxi County, Ma Chao did not have a shadow or know the people in the county. What's more hateful is that because the terrain is high and far from the Dongqiang tribe, the Dongqiang guys did not come here to harass. The morale of Longxi is much stronger than that of the previous four counties.

It is said that Ma Chao went to four counties in a row, and Longxi may also run away from the wind. But in fact, after Ma Chao came, he found that the county guard of Longxi County did not seem to be a mediocre person: according to Jia Xu and Fa Zheng's prediction, his army attacked Longxi County, which was almost the end of the light crossbow and needed to rest. In fact, looking at the Ma family army whose morale has been a little low after a long journey, Ma Chao has to admit that he is indeed in an embarrassing situation.

And the county guard of Longxi County, or based on this, dares to strengthen the wild, wait for work with ease, and want to kill himself in Longxi County.

Originally, Ma Chao also wanted to take advantage of the situation and let Han Sui shake a little and become a suspect. But Han replied that his troops were concentrated on the north side, and Longxi on the south side had always been a difficult bone...

Ma Chao returned at that time: No wonder this old man promised to attack Longxi so quickly. It turned out that Han Sui's teeth were not good, and he was afraid of breaking his teeth!

At this moment, there is one more thing that makes Ma Chao headache the most. That's why Yan Xingyi has not heard from him so far!

Since Yan Xing captured Anding County, he rested in Anding County. After Ma Chao took Tianshui County, he still did not see Yan Xing coming to meet. At this time, Ma Chao already had a trace of ominous feelings for Yan Xing's army, but he could only comfort himself in his heart: Meng Da is not a vegetarian, although he likes to rebel in history. However, after coming to Ma's house, there was no incentive for rebellion at all, and it was impossible to follow Yan Xing. And as long as Meng Da doesn't give up, with Meng Da's cleverness, Yan Xing will not make a big wave.

After thinking about it, Ma Chao dealt with Longxi. In addition to the headache, he still had a headache: if it was hard to attack with all his strength, it was not that he could not attack. But at present, the only open-face troops in their hands are these 30,000 Xiliang troops. It's really not worth it to fight in Longxi County. What's more, the new four counties may appease the guard. If the Ma family spends too much here, it will undoubtedly be extremely unfavorable to future development.

In ancient times, there was no watch. Ma Chao could only rely on the feeling that it was about 5 a.m. now. The lights in the camp were bright, but Ma Chao, who stood outside the big tent, blinked twice and found that he actually found that because of this Longxi County... Insomnia. Seeing that the soldiers were eating breakfast in an orderly manner, Ma Chao sighed again and queued up with the soldiers for breakfast.

Since he came to this era, Ma Chao has always had a lot of opinions on the problem of eating in the army. He never thought that as the group with the greatest physical exertion, the army only served two meals a day, one meal at about ten o'clock in the morning and one meal in the evening, and the quality of food was very poor, which was really inhumane.

No wonder later generations said that Cao Cao could beat Yuan Shao because Cao implemented the farmland system, guaranteed grain and raised elite soldiers, and Yuan Shao's soldiers in Jizhou had to pick mulberries during the war... If you are full and have no food, you can fight two or three.

Therefore, Ma Chao reformed against the opposition of the generals and Meng Da during the military reform, and had three meals a day according to the rules of later generations. Of course, this decision was firmly supported by the soldiers. Therefore, Ma Chao, who stood in the team, also made those soldiers stand up and look up even when they receive the meal.

During this period, Ma Chao has been insisting on sharing joys and sorrows with soldiers, and has repeatedly visited the grassroots level. In order to win people's hearts and boost morale, of course, he ate a pot of steamed buns, drank a pot of soup with soldiers, and lived in a tent with soldiers. And I never jump the queue, let alone make a few small stoves. Other generals and middle-level officials saw Ma Chao like this, and naturally they were very honest.

However, no one can play too many tricks in this kind of thing. Ma Chao did nothing more than the disgusting thing of undressing. Fortunately, most of the officers and soldiers are simple children. Although these things are very old-fashioned, they still moved them to tears. Here, the simplicity of the young master's life has left an extremely deep impression on many people. I believe that many years later, there will be many touching articles such as "I eat that bowl of rice with the young master" or "The young master covers the quilt for me".

This time in the face of Longxi County, which is like a turtle shell, Ma Chao's appetite is not very good. He hastily took a few bites and lost his bowls and chopsticks, and rushed to the front position with his own Chinese soldiers.

Jia Fox, Yang Fu and Fa Zheng, their three confidants, also frowned at this time and stared straight at the wall of Tianshui County. I don't know what they were in a daze.

"Young master, someone and Jia Hu... Mr. Jia's plan was originally to capture Tianshui County. It was a little reluctant to attack Longxi with exhausted troops. If it is difficult to attack, it will cost a lot of pensions, and even a series of problems such as the recruitment and training of soldiers will follow, which will follow..."

Jia Xu didn't have the heart to deal with calling himself 'Jia Fox', but said to Ma Chao, "Superer, the Ma family, with the power of three counties and four counties in the 14 states of the Han Dynasty, is also an unrivaled achievement. Why do you have to capture Longxi?"

Ma Chao shook his head and was too lazy to explain to Jia Xu that war was just a crude means to achieve economic goals and the continuation of political games. After holding back for a long time, he spit out two words: "Money, power."

After hearing this, Jia Xu sighed: "Sure enough, but now that the Ma family is at its peak and its strength is advancing rapidly, why don't you refuse to move forward step by step and have to move the world in a war?"

Hearing this, Ma Chao took a look at Jia Xu and said leisurely, "But I can't wait. These days, I always have a feeling of restlessness, as if something big is going to happen."

"Is the young master worried about the army of Yan Xing?" At this time, there was no need for Jia Xu to dial the matter of Yan Xing. Yang Fu had long realized that something was wrong with Yan Xing's troops. However, he really can't figure out where can he go if Yan Xing wants to defect?

On Han Sui's side, Yan Xing has no place to stand; in Dong Zhuo's area, the Ma family and Dong Zhuo are still in an ambiguous relationship; surrender to Zhang Lu? There was a religion governing the county, and Yan Xing sneered at that set; finally, he said that the wandering plug? It's better to stay at the Ma family. Moreover, the Yan family in Jincheng has moved to Fufeng. Isn't Yan Xing going to abandon the whole family?

After thinking about it, Yang Fu couldn't think of the motive and whereabouts of Yan Xing's rebellion. And Ma Chao is also at a loss, but what he is most worried about is not Yan Xing, but that his father will connect with Chang'an...

Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, an old little fox, also turned their eyes and didn't know what they were thinking. Anyway, when the morning sun rose, all the soldiers of the Ma army saw their four wise masters standing on this hill all morning...