Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

If Chen Yang was there, he would have seen that this master, Ma Chao who had escaped from Jianning back then, had become a horse thief again.

"Master, let's control Jincheng, and arrange people to take over places like government offices. All the people in the city will do nothing wrong, and they will do everything according to your orders."

Zhou Shao said: "A few people wanted to rob the common people, but I killed them myself. The others will never dare again."

Ma Chao said with satisfaction: "You have done a good job. Everyone must remember one thing. If you want to become stronger and bigger, you must abandon the habit of being a horse thief in the past. Only in this way can you go further, or you can only live for a lifetime Be a horse thief who is criticized by others, you know?"

"Yes!"

Zhou Shao responded loudly.

The other horse thieves also shouted in unison.

Now is the troubled times. After so many years of fighting, the troubled times have not been settled down. This is a great opportunity to seize the territory.

Ma Chao fled from Jianning, not wanting to rely on anyone.

In this environment, it is better to rely on others than to rely on oneself. As long as you have enough power, you can build your own army and make your own decisions.

Because of this, he fled back here and wanted to go back to Liangzhou to develop. Unfortunately, he has no way to intervene in Liangzhou or even the Western Regions. Li Yuan and Mizhu are inside, making it as solid as gold.

After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to start with the Yueshi and the vicinity of Guanzhong, and then recover the horse thieves for a while to grow the team.

Until this time today, Ma Chao felt that his strength was almost enough, so he rushed out to take Jincheng, then entered Liangzhou, and finally controlled Guanzhong.

The information circulation among the horse thieves is relatively poor, because it is difficult for them to contact the outside world, especially in this kind of place, if they don't take the initiative to inquire, he doesn't know what happened to Chen Yang, he just thinks that the whole Guanzhong still belongs to Cao's family.

"You have to follow what I taught you before, tidy up, and you must be disciplined!"

Ma Chao said loudly again: "In our army, we don't need to be strong and invincible, but we must have one word, and that is strict!"

These are horse thieves, born loose, burning, killing and looting, omnipotent, if they are not strictly controlled, these armies will always be mobs, and it is difficult to be elegant.

After fighting so many battles with Chen Yang, Ma Chao also learned some of Chen Yang's rules of governing the army, and the army under Chen Yang's command is really strict in discipline and strict orders are strictly prohibited.

"Master, we all know."

Zhou Shao said again.

"One more thing, call me General from now on!"

Ma Chao emphasized that only in this way can he no longer be a horse thief.

General!

Zhou Shao and the others were a little excited.

Even a horse thief may become a general, but he is no longer a thief.

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Chen Yang has been paying attention to the affairs of Wei and Jin in Chang'an. Seeing the information brought back recently, he thinks that Cao Wei should not be the opponent of Jin.

He didn't send troops at this time, and he didn't want to help any side. He was waiting for an opportunity suitable for him to make a move. There is no doubt that now is not an opportunity, so he can only continue to wait.

"My lord, it's not good!"

Cao Lan ran in suddenly and exclaimed, "Something happened in the west of Guanzhong!"

Chen Yang asked: "Could it be that Wang Ji took down?"

"No, my lord, do you remember those horse thieves with more than 2 people?"

Cao Lan said eagerly: "They attacked Jincheng suddenly, and they were able to take it down. All the defenders of Jincheng were killed. The people they sent back for help have already arrived in Chang'an."

Chen Yang asked in surprise: "What kind of horse thief is so courageous?"

As a group of horse thieves, they dared to attack the city, challenge the strength of the regular army, and most importantly let them really attack the city.

No matter in terms of number or strength, this group of horse thieves is not simple, but interesting.

"We haven't found out who their leader is yet."

Cao Lan shook his head and said, "Shadow only found out that the second boss of the horse thief is Zhou Shao. Their leader has always been elusive. Shadow has been in it for a long time, and he can't even see his shadow."

Chen Yang said with a smile: "They are definitely not serious horse thieves, but we have been in Chang'an recently, and we are a little bored, so let's treat it as a military training, and ask Wei Wenchang to prepare 5000 people to wait for me."

How can a serious horse thief suddenly attack a city, even their leader can't be found out.

The horse thieves with more than 2 people should not do anything else, but just want to get a share of the hegemony in the troubled times.

The person leading them must not be simple, which made Chen Yang look forward to it.

"Yes!"

Cao Lan went down to make arrangements.

Half a day later, Wei Yan gathered 5000 people under the city of Chang'an.

Chen Yang still only took Wang Yue with him, and together with Wei Yan and his 5000 people, they headed for Jincheng to the west of Chang'an.

"My lord, isn't it more than 2 horse thieves, let me take 3000 people there, and I can wipe them out. We are overqualified now."

Wei Yan said disapprovingly.

"Have you ever seen horse thieves attack cities at will? There are more than 2 people gathered."

Chen Yang approached and said: "Even if they are horse thieves, they are also horse thieves with unscrupulous ideals. They must not be negligent because of this. They must have a purpose in doing so."

Wei Yan said: "Your lord, you mean these horse thieves want to fight for the world?"

He felt a little ridiculous when he finished speaking.

Chen Yang thought for a while and responded: "It's too far away to compete for the world, and they probably can't do it, but it's not a big problem to separate one side. Their capture of Jincheng is just one of them, and they may compete with us in the future. Once you go to war, it is considered as training, anyway, you have not gone to war for a long time."

Wei Yan nodded and smiled, "It's true, our brand new firearms haven't been used yet."

In the rear army, there are several carriages, pulling many hand mines. Every soldier has four or five hand mines hanging on his body at any time. If necessary, just pull the lead wire and bomb them directly.

Soon they came to the vicinity of Jincheng, and the appearance of Chen Yang and the others directly attracted the attention of the horse thieves guarding the city.

The top of the tower was full of people after a while.

"Camp camp, rest!"

Chen Yang didn't give the order to attack, and he came from a long distance, so it's not suitable to attack immediately.

It's just that the horse thieves in Jincheng were all a little anxious when they saw the army coming to rescue Jincheng.

"What should we do? The army in Guanzhong is really going to attack us, and they came so fast!"

"They are an official army, we are just horse thieves, will we lose the fight?"

"I think it's very likely that we won't be able to win the war. If Jincheng can't hold it, we have to go back and continue to be horse thieves?"

The soldiers said in a panic.

They also don't want to continue being horse thieves, which is very uncomfortable.

Even Zhou Shao was a little uncertain, but he went back and asked Ma Chao for instructions. He only said that he would let them fight casually, and that he would never know his own strength unless he fought a real army.

"General Zhou, check... found it!"

At this time, their scout finally ran back and said, "It seems that only 5000 people have come outside."

"Only 5000 people?"

Zhou Shao's eyes widened, and all his confidence returned immediately.