The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() This battle report is actually a victory report in the true sense, a victory report of the Han army's defeat of the Qiang people in Longxian County.On May [-]th, when Ma Yue was still rushing to Lijiawu, the Han army in Longxian County set a trap and severely damaged the Qiang army besieging the city.

By finding out Li Xiangru, the traitor in the city, Zhang Wen used his plan and pretended to open the city to surrender, but in fact he set a trap in the city. middle.Tens of thousands of Qiang people who wanted to seize the city were trapped in the narrow space between the outer city and the urn city. They were completely unable to exert their due combat effectiveness, and they were killed by the Han army and suffered heavy losses.

At the end of the battle report, the comparison of casualties between the two sides was mentioned. Only less than a thousand people of the Han army were killed at the last moment because the Qiang people abandoned their horses and fled to seize the outer city. There was almost no other damage, while the Qiang people lost their Tens of thousands of corpses were laid down, and then the Han army killed thousands of heads, which can be regarded as a complete victory.

The most critical point of this victory lies in the strategy used by the Han army-to use tricks.Because they found the insiders of the Qiang people in the city, they used this to lure them into the trap, and then wiped them out in one fell swoop.And Ma Yue quickly found out the problem. It must be that Dong Zhuo thought that he was responsible for this victory, so he doubted himself so much, especially when he saw the meritorious person recorded at the end of the battle report. Has his own father and brother's name.

"How is it? Do you have anything else to say? Don't you admit that you are secretly helping Long County?" Li Ru asked Ma Yue when he saw Ma Yue raised his head.

Ma Yue smiled wryly, handed back the bamboo slips in his hand, and then looked at Dong Zhuo: "Does my lord think that Long County's big victory this time is due to someone's advice?"

"Isn't it? You were the first to propose that there are Qiang people in Long County, and you even made your brother rush back. According to the time calculation, it was after he returned to Long County that this big victory came. Both your father and brother have made great contributions, and you, Ma Zhongling, must have made a lot of contributions too?" Dong Zhuo said with a sullen face and was very unhappy.

Ma Yue sighed: "This credit is indeed great enough. Presumably the imperial court will reward those who have made great achievements afterwards. However, I have never had anything to do with the victory of this battle. Yes, I did let my brother drive me away." Going back, but that’s all. I just want the Han army in the city to be on guard, so that they don’t cause trouble and don’t know it, and it’s even more impossible to set up such a counter-defense-for-offensive strategy for them. I hope the Lord will learn from you!”

"You really don't know anything about this?" Li Ru asked, staring into Ma Yue's eyes.

"It's true that I don't know anything! If I really have any dissatisfaction with the lord, I won't come back this time. Presumably with the credit I made this time, I will be able to get an official position under Zhang Wen's command, so why bother?" Come back again?" Ma Yue's answer was very straightforward, but he also hit the point in one sentence.

Ma Yue knew very well that Dong Zhuo was a man. He was indeed suspicious, but he was also a ruthless person. Once he really no longer trusted someone, he would definitely find a way to get rid of him.As for myself, being able to meet Dong Zhuo safely and talk so much with him was obviously because he still had doubts and didn't really regard himself as a traitor.And the key to this should be that he returned on time this time.

This was indeed the case. After receiving this battle report, Dong Zhuo suspected that Ma Yue had concealed something important from him, which made him unhappy.Fortunately, Li Ru persuaded him, saying that if Ma Yue really had a different intention, he would not return to Lintao this time, otherwise there would be no problem, so Dong Zhuo did not order the killing immediately.And Ma Yue's return can be regarded as restoring some impressions in Dong Zhuo's heart, and this is how he can defend himself in this way.

"Even if what you said is correct, you did not betray the lord to plan for others, but you were the one who caused this incident." Seeing that Dong Zhuo had been moved by Ma Yue's words, Li Ru used this as a reproach Words continue to excuse Ma Yue.

How did Ma Yue not understand that this was a step for both parties, so he immediately saluted again respectfully: "I am indeed responsible for this, if I hadn't let my brother go back, there would be no such big victory."

The reason why Ma Yue said this was because of his position.When dealing with Zhang Wen, Dong Zhuo always hoped that the opponent would continue to fail, so as to set off himself.And everything that happened before is also in line with this point. Zhang Wenwen and the other troops kept losing and were almost trapped to death in Long County.However, Dong Zhuo's team won a hearty victory at Wangyuan Kip, thus keeping the integrity of the team.As long as things continue like this, it is not impossible for Dong Zhuo to replace Zhang Wen.

Although the imperial court trusts Zhang Wen even more, in order to reverse the situation when the situation in Xiliang is getting worse, the imperial court must choose a more capable person to direct everything. Naturally, this person has already made a lot of contributions Dong Zhuo is none other than Dong Zhuo, and this is also the strategy that Ma Yue and the counselors set up last year.

But who would have guessed that the Han army in Long County suddenly turned defeat into victory in the desperate situation, and fought a big turnaround. This had a great impact on Dong Zhuo's established policy, and naturally made him very angry up.As for Ma Yue, as the instigator of this incident—he first thought of internal response, which led to the subsequent series of changes—naturally, he cannot escape the blame.

In fact, as far as Ma Yue's heart is concerned, he is still happy to see this happen.Firstly, in this battle, both his father and elder brother made great achievements, which laid the foundation for their future development; secondly, Ma Yue actually didn't want Dong Zhuo, a hero who had a bad opinion of future generations, to win the battle so quickly. The control of the entire Xiliang is only at its side now, and he has to rely on Dong Zhuo to gain his own power bit by bit, so Ma Yue has no choice but to do his best for him.But this does not mean that Ma Yue will wholeheartedly imagine for Dong Zhuo, and he is still happy to see Dong Zhuo deflated in some matters.

Dong Zhuo didn't know Ma Yue's true thoughts, seeing that he was blaming himself now, and that the matter was indeed just an accident as he said, he restrained his anger a little and asked, "Things have changed now. Under control, Zhang Wen is sitting more securely in the handsome position, but what should we do?"

Obviously, he no longer intends to pursue the matter of Ma Yue, which made him greatly relieved, but he also hoped to show it so that the lord would not hold any grudges, so he said: "Actually, in my humble opinion, this victory It's not all good for the lord, at least the situation in Xiliang won't get too corrupt and eventually get out of control."

"I also agree with Zhong Ling on this point. With the successive defeats in the previous battles, the Qiang people have become extremely arrogant. If we can't win a few rounds in time, it will be difficult to boost our army's prestige and change the current predicament. .At least now this victory has greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in our city, and it is not all unfavorable. Moreover, even if Zhang Wen's army won this battle, it was only temporary. I don't know who deserves the most credit." Li Ru also agreed.

"However, if we want to get the most credit from them, we must dispatch troops as soon as possible to attack the Qiang bandits back and forth with the army of Long County!" Ma Yue suggested while the iron was hot.Dong Zhuo had never made up his mind to send troops to Long County out of consideration of his own interests before.But this time, the critical moment has come, and it is naturally impossible to delay any longer.

Sure enough, Dong Zhuo nodded and said: "Someone has already made a decision on this point, and he will send troops when the matter of borrowing troops from the Qi family is settled."

Ma Yue saw that Dong Zhuo's face looked better, so he continued: "My lord, there is another point that this victory is very beneficial to us. Originally, we wanted to bring down the power of the aristocratic family when the enemy was strong and we were weak. It is still difficult for me to use it, but with this victory, the situation will be different." Only then did Ma Yue have the opportunity to talk about his experience in the Li family, and finally analyzed: "Obviously the Li family also suddenly knew Only after winning the victory in Long County will they nod and agree to lend 3000 horses. The other six families must also make the same decision, and soon, the lord will be able to add another [-] to [-] people."

"Oh?" In this way, Dong Zhuo's expression became a little happy.In fact, during this period of time, he has been troubled by the number of soldiers.After all, Xiliang has a vast territory and few people, so it is not so easy to recruit soldiers. After losing some troops in the previous defeat, Dong Zhuo's power has also suffered a lot of damage.It is naturally a great thing for him to suddenly get a new force of [-] to [-], and they are all elites. This is enough to offset the side effects of Zhang Wen's victory.

"Although it is true to say so, these people are not recruited by the lord after all, and the seven masters will always take them back afterwards. What good will it do for us?" Li Ru said disapprovingly.

"I have also thought of a countermeasure for this point. As long as we can win the hearts of these soldiers and horses, we can make them completely submit to the lord!" Ma Yue smiled calmly, already confident.

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Dispelling the doubts in his heart, Dong Zhuo acted very decisively and quickly. In just two days, the more than 1 people had been successfully rectified.Soon after, 3000 troops from the Li family also arrived, and were quickly incorporated into Dong Zhuo's army.After the arrival of the Li family horses, other giants such as Lin, Tong, Zhou, Zhang, etc. also sent people here one after another. Most of them sent five thousand, and some of them sent two or three thousand. It became a team of nearly 4 people.And what they said was also very consistent, because they wanted to contribute to the peace of the Han people against the Qiang people, so they specially recruited these elites from the local area to help.

Of course, this is just an excuse for them, in order not to be held accountable by the court afterwards.But what these people didn't expect was that such a random excuse gave Ma Yue an opportunity to take advantage of it.

On the fourth day of June, just after dawn, people from Lintao City left the city and headed straight for Long County.This time, apart from leaving [-] elite soldiers to defend the city led by his confidant Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo is going to give everything he has to fight the Qiang people to the death!