Chapter 277 Rising to Fame

Ma Chao led the army to rescue Ma Teng and Cheng Gongying successively. After killing Hu Qi, he ordered people to put out the flames, and simply set up camp in Hu Qi's camp. Ma Chao and others simply lived in Tu Zexiong's Chinese army account.

Ma Teng's wound has been carefully treated, and there is nothing serious. He looked at Ma Chao and pretended to be serious, "Chao'er, you are so reckless. You are only fifteen years old and dare to lead your younger brother to fight with family soldiers?"

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Gan Luo of the Qin Dynasty worshiped his prime minister at the age of twelve, and the child is already fifteen. How can he not be a general?"

Ma Dai on the side also smiled and said: "Uncle, you don't know that my brother is very good at leading troops in battle. He led us all the way to find Uncle's army. Seeing that Uncle was in a hard fight tonight, he led dozens of us to take advantage of it." Raiding the camp at night."

Hearing this, Ma Teng couldn't help but sighed, and then looked at Ma Chao with satisfaction: "That's true, if Chao'er hadn't been for you to lead the troops to rescue, it would be hard to say whether the two armies will win or lose today."

Cheng Gongying solemnly raised the wine cup in his hand, and said to Ma Chao: "General Ma, thanks to you today, otherwise the tens of thousands of soldiers would be in bad luck, so here is a toast to General Ma."

Lieutenant General Ma Teng thought of today's bloody battle, and felt thrilling, and thanked Ma Chao for leading the army to help in time, so all the generals raised their wine cups and toasted Ma Chao.

Ma Chao smiled and held up the wine bar: "Thank you all, I'll do it first!"

After all, he drank it all in one gulp. Most of the soldiers in the army were brave Wuhan sons. Seeing Ma Chao not only amazingly brave, but also drinking so boldly, they all cheered, and everyone drank the wine in their glasses to the bottom.

Ma Chao put down his wine bar, clasped his fists at Ma Teng, and said, "Father, the disaster of the Qiang people is the disaster of Liangzhou. The former Fan Beigong Boyu, Han Sui and others all led the Qiang people to rebel, but the state shepherd appeased the Qiang people. Now they are Gathering crowds to cause chaos, the boy asked to go and arrest him."

Hearing what Ma Chao said, Ma Teng couldn't help but frowned, thinking in his heart.

Cheng Gongying said: "Brother Shoucheng, what Chao Er said is also reasonable. Although Zhou Mu has been appeasing the Qiang people, since these Qiang people dare to make trouble, they must learn the lesson of blood."

Ma Teng thought for a long time, and then he said: "Okay, Chaoer, I have three thousand soldiers and horses with you, you should be careful not to fall into the enemy's ambush."

Ma Chao was overjoyed, half kneeling on the ground: "Thank you, father."

Ma Chao hired 3,000 cavalry from Ma Teng, and after a short rest, he set off overnight. After Ma Chao tracked down the enemy through the prisoners, he rushed away day and night. The fleeing Qiang people never expected that after Ma Chao killed Tu Zexiong, he still refused to let them go. Before he was prepared, the Liangzhou cavalry had already killed them.

A flag with the character of horse fluttered in the wind, and wherever Ma Chao went, the Qiang people were all terrified.

On the third day of August, Ma Chao led an army to raid the small Yanma tribe under Tu Zexiong's command. They captured more than 4,000 people and nearly 10,000 cattle, sheep and horses.

On the ninth day of August, Ma Chao led a surprise attack on Tu Zexiong's headquarters at night, killing thousands of enemies, capturing Qiang people, and countless cattle, sheep and horses.

Ma Chao's killing of chickens and monkeys achieved very good results. The Qiang tribes in the frontier were all frightened. When they heard Ma Chao's words, they shouted "General Tianwei is invincible".

But Ma Teng wrote the previous battle with Tu Zexiong and Ma Chao's defeat of the Qiang people in the letter, and ordered the scouts to be sent to Liu Ye's camp on the outskirts of Chang'an.

"Hahaha, let me tell you why Bandit Dong hasn't moved much for a month. Li Jue is huddled in the city of Chang'an and dare not come out. Dong Zhuo doesn't send any more troops to Guanzhong. It turns out he wants to encircle Wei and save Zhao." Liu Ye couldn't help but haha ​​after hearing Xun You's words. laughing out loud.

Xun You also smiled and said, "I'm afraid that this plan came from Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. I met this person a few times when I was in Luoyang."

Liu Ye nodded: "Li Ru and Dong Zhuo rely heavily on Li Ru, and they are Weng-in-law. It is quite difficult to separate the relationship between the two."

Hearing Liu Ye's words, Guan Hai immediately laughed: "Old man Dong Zhuo has to be wary of Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army and also worry about the Northern Army's rebellion. It's already exhausting enough. If Li Ru turns against him again, our army will attack him in one fell swoop." Kanto and recovering Luoyang are not difficult."

Dong Zhuo is actually quite powerful. Liu Ye, who only occupies Liangzhou, can hardly compete with Dong Zhuo. Even if he occupies Guanzhong, he can only resist Dong Zhuo's army. Fortunately, Dong Zhuo is in the most embarrassing period. He has a vital force because he is guarding the Northern Army and the Bingzhou Army. However, if he was constrained, otherwise 30,000 cavalry would rush out to Chang'an, and Liu Ye would have to fortify the wall and clear the field to guard against death.

"How should Ma Chao be rewarded for his achievements in mopping up the Qiang people?" Liu Ye asked again.

Xun You thought about it for a while, and said, "Ma Teng can be promoted to be the general of Qiang Zhonglang, and Ma Chao can be promoted to be the captain of Polu."

Ma Chao's contribution to be a captain is actually more than enough, but his father Ma Teng was appointed captain by Liu Ye, so father and son are at the same level. That would be embarrassing.

Xun You said again: "The Qiang people were defeated by Ma Chao and his son. The state herdsman can use this to attack Chang'an."

"oh?"

"The state shepherd can write the story of Ma Chao's defeat of the Qiang people on the donated book, and then order the soldiers to shoot the silk book into the city of Chang'an with arrows. , our army will have a chance to win."

When Liu Ye heard Xun You's "psychological warfare", he immediately nodded in agreement.

"Alright, Junyi, I will leave this matter to you."

"Here." He opened his jaw and clasped his fists in agreement.

Liu Ye asked again: "Wen Ze, how much food and grass are there in the army?"

Yu Jin said: "State animal husbandry, the grain and grass in the army can still be used for one month, but after the autumn harvest grain and grass are delivered, it can still last for half a year, and there will be a surplus until the end of this year."

Liu Ye's eyes brightened: "The end of this year? That's enough."

If nothing else, the largest event in the world after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Kwantung heroes will form an alliance to attack Dong Zhuo is coming, and Dong Zhuo will have to spend most of his energy on facing the Kwantung 18th princes, and the defense of the Kwanzhong direction will be inevitable If it is relieved, Liu Ye can take the opportunity to attack Chang'an and take Tongguan.

"Reply to Ma Shoucheng and ask him to lead 20,000 field soldiers here. These recruits should see their blood." Liu Ye ordered.

Although Liangzhou's soldiers are brave, but in recent years, the wars have continued, and the elite soldiers have been constantly depleted, so it is necessary to recruit new soldiers. However, although this group of field soldiers have undergone simple training, after all, they have very little battle experience.

It just so happened that generals like Zhang Jai and Yu Jin are all in Chang'an, so send them here first and practice hard for a few months.