Longxi County had a very wide jurisdiction in the late Han Dynasty, and both the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road passed through Longxi.
Located in the Loess Plateau, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
One man can guard the pass and ten thousand men cannot break it.
It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
Looking at the towering city wall built against the mountains in Longxi, and the blurry figures of Longxi soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall, Ma Chao sighed helplessly: Another damn one of them will not surrender.
Ma Chao sent troops in April, and it was already May.
The weather was gradually getting hotter.
Attacking the city and fighting in such a hot season was a difficult challenge for the Ma's army who came from afar.
And if the last Longxi County cannot be attacked, the previous strategic deployment will be said to have fallen short.
In Longxi County, Ma Chao did not have any secrets, and he did not know the people in the county.
What was even worse was that because the terrain here was higher and it was far away from the Eastern Qiang tribe, the tough men from the Eastern Qiang did not come here to harass them.
The morale of Longxi was much stronger than that of the previous four counties.
Ordinarily, even if Ma Chao marched down four counties, Longxi would be able to escape.
But in fact, it was only after Ma Chao arrived that he discovered that the governor of Longxi County did not seem to be a mediocre person: according to the predictions of Jia Xu and Fazheng, his army would be almost at the end of its light crossbows after attacking Longxi County, and it was in urgent need of rest. .
In fact, looking at the Ma Jiajun who had traveled a long distance and whose morale was already a bit low, Ma Chao had to admit that he was indeed in an embarrassing situation.
The governor of Longxi County may have relied on this to dare to clear the wilderness and wait for work, hoping to die in Longxi County.
Originally, Ma Chao wanted to take advantage of the situation and wanted Han Sui to dazzle him a little bit, making him a suspect.
Han Sui wrote back, saying that all his troops were concentrated on the north side, and Longxi on the south side had always been a difficult nut to crack.
Ma Chao had second thoughts at that time: No wonder this old guy agreed so readily to attack Longxi.
It turns out that it was because Han Sui had bad teeth and was afraid of chipping his teeth. now.
There was another thing that troubled Ma Chao the most.
That is Yan Xingyijun, who has not been heard from yet After Yan Xing captured Anding County, he rested in Anding until Ma Chao captured Tianshui County.
Still no Yan Xing came to join them.
At this time, Ma Chao already had a sense of ominousness about Yan Xing's army, and could only comfort himself in his heart: Meng Da is not a vegetarian either.
Although history favors rebellion.
But after coming to the Ma family, there was no incentive to rebel at all, and he could not follow Yan Xing and give up his son.
And as long as Meng Da doesn't give up his choice, Yan Xing won't cause any big trouble with Meng Da's cleverness.
After thinking about it, Ma Chao had nothing but a headache to deal with Longxi.
I still have a headache: if I say it takes all the effort to attack, it is not impossible to attack.
But at present, the only visible troops in his hands are these 30,000 Xiliang troops.
It’s really not worth it to spend all your time in Longxi County.
What's more.
The new four counties may be used to appease the guards.
If the Ma family spends too much time here, it will undoubtedly be extremely detrimental to future development.
There were no watches in ancient times, so Ma Chao could only rely on his feeling that it was probably about five o'clock in the morning.
The lights in the camp were brightly lit.
Ma Chao, who was standing outside the tent, blinked twice and realized that he had lost sleep because of this Longxi County.
Seeing the soldiers eating breakfast in an orderly manner, Ma Chao sighed again.
Queue up like soldiers to receive breakfast.
Since coming to this era, Ma Chao has always had great opinions on the issue of food in the army.
He would never have imagined that as a group that consumes the most physical energy, the army only provides two meals a day, one at about ten o'clock in the morning and another at night, and the food quality is very poor, which is really a bit inhumane.
No wonder later generations said that Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao because Cao Cao implemented the farming system, which ensured food and raised elite soldiers.
However, Yuan Shao's soldiers in Jizhou had to pick mulberries during the war.
They had to fight with a full stomach and no food.
No one can fight two or three.
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Therefore, during the military reform, Ma Chao made reforms despite the opposition of the generals and Meng Da, and followed the rules of later generations to eat three meals a day.
Of course, this decision was firmly supported by the soldiers.
As a result, Ma Chao, standing in the middle of the team, made the soldiers hold their chests high and their heads high, even when they were receiving their meals.
During this period, Ma Chao insisted on sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and frequently visited the grassroots.
In order to win over people's hearts and boost morale, of course he ate the same pot of steamed buns, drank the same pot of soup, and lived in the same tent with the soldiers.
And I never jump in line, let alone set up a few special stoves.
Seeing Ma Chao like this, other generals and mid-level officials naturally behaved themselves very honestly.
However, no one can play many tricks on this kind of thing.
What Ma Chao did was nothing more than the disgusting thing of pushing food and clothes.
Fortunately, most of the officers and soldiers are simple children, although these things are very old.
It was a trick, but it still moved them to tears.
Here, the simplicity of the young master’s life has left a very deep impression on many people.
I believe that many years later, there will be many people who have eaten a bowl of rice with the young master or covered me with a quilt.
Such touching articles come out.
Facing the turtle-shell Longxi County this time, Ma Chao didn't have a good appetite.
After a few hasty bites, he threw away the bowl and chopsticks and rushed to the forward position with his Chinese soldiers.
Jia Hu, Yang Fu, and Fazheng, the three closest advisers under him, were also frowning at this time, staring blankly at the city wall of Tianshui County, wondering what they were doing.
"Young Master, the plan that I and Mr.
Jia Hujia had originally planned was to capture Tianshui County.
It's a bit reluctant to attack Longxi with exhausted troops.
If we have to conquer it with all our strength, we will have to spend a lot of money on pensions. , and even a series of problems such as troop recruitment, training, etc. came one after another.
This pair Jia Xu didn't care about what Fazheng called himself Jia Fox, but said to Ma Chao: "Chao'er, the Ma family used the power of three counties to conquer four counties in a row, and placed them on the fourteen states of the Han Dynasty.
It is also unparalleled.
"Gong, why do you insist on capturing 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 a continuation of political games.
After holding it in his mouth for a long time, he spit out two words: "Money, power."
After hearing this, Jia Xu sighed: "As expected, the Ma family is now at its peak and its strength is advancing by leaps and bounds.
Why don't you want to take it step by step and insist on conquering the world with one battle?"
After hearing this, Ma Chao glanced at Jia Xu and said leisurely: "I can't wait any longer.
These days, I always have an uneasy feeling, as if something big is going to happen."
"Young Master is worried about Yan Xing's troops."
At this time, there was no need for Jia Xu to advise Yan Xing.
Yang Fu had already realized that something was wrong with Yan Xing's troops.
Yes, he really couldn't figure out, if Yan Xing wanted to rebel, where could he go?
On Han Sui's side, Yan Xing has no place to stand; on Dong Zhuo's side, the Ma family and Dong Zhuo are still flirting with each other and have an ambiguous relationship; surrendering to Zhang Lu's side, the counties are governed by religion, and Yan Xing sneers at that; finally, they say wandering It's better to hang out in Ma's house outside the Great Wall.
Moreover, the Yan family in Jincheng has moved to Fufeng.
Could it be that Yan Xing wants to abandon the entire family?
After thinking about it, Yang Fu couldn't figure out Yan Xing's motive and whereabouts for rebellion.
Ma Chao was also at a loss, but what he was most worried about was not Yan Xing, but that his father would contact Chang'an.
Jia Xu and Fazheng, the old and the young foxes, also rolled their eyes and didn't know what they were thinking.
Anyway, when the morning sun rose, all the soldiers of the Ma family saw their four most resourceful men standing on the hill all morning. s: Although there are more updates, I still sincerely thank Chou Ge, Singles, and Mars for the rewards.
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