The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() As the spies in front brought back the news of the Qiang people's continuous advancement bit by bit, the Xiliang Army in Guanwu County has completely entered the state of preparation for war, and they just wait for the generals to issue an order, and they will follow Move it.

And in such an atmosphere, every gathering and every decision of the generals may affect the trend of the entire battle situation.But today, these generals gathered together again, and Ma Yue also arrived with his father.

Because the war is approaching, some things that are usually valued by people are no longer so particular, such as who should be the home and master of the Xiliang Army now.Because Niu Fu's status has always been higher than that of ordinary generals, he has no hesitation in becoming the chief general. As for Ma Teng, who should have been the chief general, he has long been selectively ignored by others.

After all the generals arrived, Niu Fu coughed and began to speak.At this time, they no longer had the usual style of talking in circles, and immediately went to the main topic: "Now that the Qiang people are approaching every step of the way, we should also have a targeted combat strategy. And Ben will fight with Mr. Li , and after discussing with several other generals, they felt that it would not be appropriate to just wait in the city and wait for the Qiang people to attack the door. We should also take the initiative to attack the Qiang people before they pose a threat to our city. It's been a long time for our army's morale, what do you think?"

"This method is very good. I always feel that it is not what our Xiliang army should do. This will only increase the ambition of others and destroy our prestige. We are the Xiliang army, and we have always been the only ones to attack them. Is it our turn to defend the city?" Li Que followed the conversation at that time.

"Yes, I also agree with this method. But after all, taking the initiative to attack is no small matter. If you can't win, then the loss outweighs the gain. So in my opinion, the troops we sent this time should be the most elite and capable of fighting." Zhang Ji Also echoed.

Afterwards, other generals also spoke one after another, and they all agreed with Niu Fu's combat idea.This is indeed in line with the combat style of the Xiliang army. In the past, whether they were fighting against foreigners like the Qiang people or marching into the Central Plains, they always liked to use offense as defense. Although they do not have the backbone of Dong Zhuo now, their style will not So easy to change.

Ma Yue naturally accepted this point.But seeing these people talking in unison, how many of them glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally from the corner of their eyes, he knew that this statement was not made by Niu Fu and the others at will, and there was probably some kind of ulterior motive hidden in it. hard work.

Although he faintly felt that there was something wrong with it, Ma Yue couldn't object with it, and told the Xiliang army not to attack, so he just watched quietly, waiting for what they would say next.As expected, Niu Fu did not disappoint him. After everyone expressed their opinions and all agreed with his proposal, he continued: "General Zhang's opinion is also very correct. This initiative is related to the morale of our army, so this The troops dispatched must be the most elite in our army. As for which of the several groups of troops is the most elite, I personally think that Brother Shoucheng's troops are good candidates.

"In the battle of Chang'an in the Central Plains before, we relied on your troops to attack in time to avoid greater damage. And later, it was your troops who were the rear, and we were able to return to Xiliang safely. Therefore, this important responsibility is not expensive. I can no longer take up the post. I hope Brother Shoucheng will put the overall situation first and don't refuse."

"General Niu is right. The soldiers under General Ma's command are elite and good at fighting, which is recognized by all of us. It is said that those who can do more work. I hope the general can take on the merits of this first battle against the Qiang people." The other generals followed suit. They all echoed, in the past they always wanted to fight for whose army was the most elite in war, but today these people have all become extremely humble, and publicly promoted the Ma Teng Department to be the elite of the Xiliang Army The elites here boast that they are all enough to rival the Qiang people alone.

Hearing this, Ma Yue finally understood the intentions of these people.This is clearly to push the people of the Ma family out to die.You must know that there are [-] Qiang people now, and it is impossible to confirm what kind of formation they will attack. Now that the Ma family is alone in the battle, even if they can get one or two victories by chance, it is difficult at all. Get out of the way.What's more, these people are planning to plot against Ma's family, who knows if they will stab Ma's family in the back?Even if they didn't really play tricks, as long as one of them refused to save them, it would be enough for the Ma family to be completely wiped out by the Qiang people.

"It's really a vicious strategy! What a borrowed knife to kill!" Ma Yue sighed in his heart, and his eyes fell on Li Ru, who had never spoken.With [-]% certainty, he can judge that this plan is Li Ru's.

But even if he saw through the other party's sinister intentions, he was powerless to deal with it.Because they used the overall situation to suppress people in every sentence, the Ma family had no power to oppose it, otherwise they would be attacked by these people, and the end would not be so good.

And Niu Fu and the others didn't give Ma Teng too much time to think about it, and then looked at him and said, "General Ma, what do you think? Are you willing to do your part for us to defeat the enemy?" It is hard for a person to refuse, otherwise he will become unwilling to do his best for the Xiliang army to defeat the enemy.

Naturally, Ma Teng also thought of the conspiracy, so he seemed very hesitant after hearing what they said.Seeing that they had talked to this point now, my heart sank even more, and I couldn't help but turn to look at my son next to me, to see if he could help me out again.

Ma Yue exhaled helplessly, he knew that it was impossible to back down now.The so-called stretching the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife, then simply agree, and then think of another way to deal with it.So he spoke on behalf of his father: "You generals are right, my Ma family's army is indeed the most elite and capable of fighting in the Xiliang army, so it is incumbent on us to take on such an important task."

Everyone felt uncomfortable with Ma Yue following their wishes and claiming that the Ma family army was the number one Xiliang army, but since the other party was willing to fall into the well-dug hole, they couldn't object to it. He nodded and said: "That's right, your Ma family should indeed take on such a responsibility."

But Ma Yue only said half of what he said. After all the generals expressed this point, he continued: "However, if the soldiers who are brave and good at fighting have no food to eat and are hungry, I am afraid that they will not be able to fight well." Yes? Thousands of elites from the Ma family are facing such a problem. Our Long County was already short of food, and the situation has not changed much now that we are in Guanwu. Since everyone thinks that our Ma family is the most important thing in this battle , I also hope that you can meet our army's food needs first, only in this way can the army's morale be cheered up, and they can go out of the city to deal with the Qiang people."

This is Ma Yue's countermeasure. Their Ma's army does have a food problem.Originally, they really couldn't think of a way to ask the other armies for assistance, because the other armies had already threatened the Lin family, so how could they send food to the Ma family?But the situation is different now, they asked the Ma family to send troops, and also praised the Ma family as the number one in the Xiliang army, so Ma Yue didn't take the opportunity to take advantage of it?

When Ma Yue said this, the complacency on the faces of the generals suddenly disappeared.They really never expected that Ma Yue would follow their topic to make such a move, which made them not know what to express for a while.

If the food was given to the Ma family, they were really reluctant, because in their eyes, the Ma family was a different kind, a potential enemy of themselves, how could they be enemies?But if he didn't give it, he gave Ma Yue the most suitable excuse not to send troops. He made it clear that no matter how strong the army is without food and grass, it would be useless. The title of the team is even more worth the loss.

In such a dilemma, it was Niu Fu who was the first to react: "Zhongling is right. The three armies will go ahead without using food and grass. Since you are going to fight, the food should indeed be properly equipped. But... now our armies are in the food supply. I am also very nervous, I am afraid it will be difficult to produce much food." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Ru to see what he could do.

But this time, Li Ru also gave a wry smile.No matter how he calculated, he never thought that Ma Yue would use such a roundabout way to refuse to send troops. It seems that this son is indeed smart enough, and his reaction is indeed fast enough.

At this time, Li Que suddenly spoke again: "There are still more than 1000 oaks left in our army, and I will hand them over to you. As long as you can show the prestige of our Xiliang army in the battle against the Qiang people, we will Even if you tighten your belt, your needs must be met first!"

With him at the beginning, the other generals naturally had no choice but to express a little bit, so they also reported a number one after another, or eight hundred and one thousand, or five hundred and eight hundred, and quickly made up four thousand and three thousand. The hundred oak grains are considered to be used by the Ma family's army to fight.

Although each army did not have too much food, they still felt the tightness of their flesh.After all, Xiliang is already in short supply of food, and now it has deep feuds with other parts of the Central Plains, so what to do with the food in the future is still a problem.But today, they gave the Ma family more than 4000 grains, which is really heartbreaking.But they apparently forgot that these grains were all obtained by Ma Yue from the wealthy family, and they did not belong to them at all.

The reason why they made such sacrifices in the end was that they believed that as long as the Ma family sent troops and left the official military gathered by the Xiliang army, the day of their downfall would not be far away.

"Think of these grains as buying the lives of thousands of you!" This is a vicious thought in many people's minds!