Jicheng!

After the operation of Qinzhou Governor Min Chun during this period, he was given a pension. Although the number of middle-aged men in the city has decreased a lot, the order has returned to normal.

Jicheng is the capital of Qinzhou, a city with a very important geographical location. There are endless merchants coming and going along the way.

The prosperous business has made the people in the city not poor even if they lose their husbands and sons. How could they have a meal to eat?

It is not only the political center of Qinzhou, but also the military center.

Currently, the generals stationed inside and outside the city include Pang De, Jiang Ye, Hu Cheer, Hua Xiong, and more than 60,000 horse and infantry.

On the morning of that day, Pang De was reading a book in the study of the [General of the Western Expedition]. Now he is already a general in the court, and his command is also strong.

Although he did not open a government office, he also had a large number of officials under his command to help him handle various affairs. He no longer trained himself and managed his troops.

"General. The letter from Grand Sima Minggong sent by the court." Pang De heard a series of footsteps, and couldn't help but put down the book in his hand and looked up at the door. One of his confidant scholars walked in with a letter. Pang De opened the envelope and looked out, took out a piece of paper, carefully verified the [Seal] above, pondered for a moment, and said, "Please Governor Min, General Hu, General Hua, and General Jiang."

"promise."

The literati suddenly became serious and turned around. Soon after, the important civil and military officials in Ji City gathered together.

Hua Xiong was the last one to come. After entering the hall, he bowed to Pang De first, then looked at the rest of the people, sat down and said, "Everyone is here. Is this happening?"

As he said that, Hua Xiong joked: "Can it be Ma Teng and Han Sui lead the army south?"

Everyone shook their heads slightly, this was impossible. Ma Teng, Han Sui and Zhang Xiu fought and were defeated repeatedly, and they have retreated to the front line of Jincheng and are increasingly heading north. How could they go south easily?

Do you want to die?

"Ma Teng, Han Sui did not go south. Instead, Grand Sima asked us to test them." Seeing that everyone was here, Pang De told everyone the content of Zhang Xiu's letter, and then said, "Da Sima was right. After experiencing the Battle of Jicheng, the soldiers suffered a lot of losses. Although we recruited many Ma Teng's old subordinates to supplement their troops, it was indeed a little worse. This time, with the help of Bai Qiang, we can test Ma Teng and Han Sui, and we can also get some training in the army."

"There is also the only way to let Ma Teng settle down, Han Sui can't settle down." Jiang Yu nodded and then said solemnly: "The relationship between Ma Teng and Han Sui and the Three Qiang is ambiguous. As time goes by, their alliance will become closer and closer."

"Since Ma Teng was defeated and went to Hexi, Han then placed him in Shihan. Ma Teng took away tens of thousands of cavalry. He used the troops in his hands to attack those small Qiang tribes that were disobedient. Many Hu Han also defected to him, and the more powerful he became. The longer the time, the stronger he would be."

"Um."

The two of them said that everyone nodded together.

This military operation is very necessary.

"I ordered Zhao Yun, Li Li, Qu Yi, and Yan Xing to send troops to Jicheng. We gathered 100,000 horse and infantry troops to the north. We set up a squat on the south bank of the Wei River, and set up a stance to build a floating bridge, prepare a ferry, and attack Weicheng. At that time, Ma Teng and Han Sui will definitely contact the three Qiangs and go south to confront us in the Wei River. General Hu, you lead tens of thousands of cavalry deep into the Qiang and pick up Bai Qiang."

Pang De nodded, and ordered.

"No." All the civil and military officials agreed and immediately turned around and prepared.

This is a huge military operation, involving more than 100,000 troops.

Ma Teng, Han Sui, Pang De, and Min Chun were separated by Wei River and confronted Liangzhou in Qinzhou. Both sides heard about each other and sent a large number of spies and spies to inquire about each other's actions.

Now Zhang Xiu does not need to do anything. Pang De, who is stationed in Qinzhou, is brave and good at fighting, brave and resourceful, and has more than 100,000 troops and horses, and his prestige has been established.

As he gathered his troops, a huge murderous aura suddenly formed a storm and swept northward.

Liangzhou vibrates.

Jincheng.

Since the last time Zhang Xiu's army left Jieting and attacked Qinzhou, the people's hearts in Jincheng had already fluctuated. Later, the chief clerk Xiao Sheng made a rebellion in the city and then went south to join Zhang Xiu, causing the people's hearts to fall apart.

If it weren't for Han Sui's strong army suppression, the Hexi counties would have changed their gates and put the "Han" flag on the city.

Not to mention that Zhang Xiu has digested the territory of Qinzhou, and his power has completely bordered the Hexi counties (Liangzhou).

Both sides became direct opponents.

The news came from the south, and the Jincheng suddenly became panicked.

In the city, in the study of Han Sui's mansion, Han Sui sat opposite his clan's brother Han Bai, and their faces were extremely gloomy.

"I heard that Zhang Xiu had enough food to harvest in autumn. Pang De had already taken action first, and Zhang Xiu would definitely send troops out of Chang'an and arrive in Jicheng. We should not take it lightly."

Han Sui breathed out and said in a deep voice.

Before, Ma Teng was pushing his head in front, but now he is really dying of his lips and teeth, and his eyebrows are burning.

"What my brother said is very much. We should contact the Three Qiang Liangshang immediately and ask them to send 100,000 Qiang soldiers to rescue us. We also sent people to inform Ma Teng and asked him to lead Ma Chao and other 30,000 elite cavalry south to meet us. We sent troops to Xiaweicheng and confront Pang De. We must not let Pang De capture Xiaweicheng, otherwise we can go straight in and attack Jincheng."

Han Bai took a deep breath, bowed his hand and said with a heavy head.

The battle in Jicheng is already very clear.

Although Ma Teng concentrated his troops and defended Jicheng to the death, the result was still so fragile. Zhang Xiu's army had too strong combat power and too strong fighting will.

It is not possible to defend the enemy. You have to rely on the favorable terrain of the Wei River to defend.

"Go and do it now." Han Sui nodded and agreed immediately. Han Bai immediately stood up and bowed to Han Sui, turned around and left.

"The time for life and death is here. Zhang Xiu. I will not give up my Hexi counties easily." Han Sui took a deep breath, his eyes deep.

As a great man who has been struggling and crawling in Liangzhou for decades, Han Sui will never give up his rights, land, and population easily.

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Seven.

Since Zhang Xiu defeated Song Jian, one of the heroes of Liangzhou here, the city has declined empty. However, as Ma Teng stationed here, popularity inside and outside the city has quickly recovered.

Many Qiang, Hu and Han people joined Ma Teng, plowing fields outside the city and grazing.

There are as many as 30,000 cavalry inside and outside the city, which is considered to be strong.

Moreover, this man was the result of Ma Teng's streamlining. Since the battle with Zhang Xiu in Jicheng, Ma Teng and Yang Fu have learned from their mistakes.

Decided to [select elite soldiers and strengthen military discipline], trying to create an elite cavalry with high morale and super combat power, and then compete with Zhang Xiu.

With the integration over the past few months, the effect is effective. However, if you want to compete with Zhang Xiu, it still doesn’t feel that it is enough.

Inside the study room of Ma Teng Mansion in the city.

Ma Teng and Yang Fu were separated by a table and sat opposite each other.

Ma Teng thought for a while, looked up and said to Yang Fu, "Yishan, I have thought about it. Although we are determined to rectify military discipline, it is never possible to train the army to compete with Zhang Xiu's army."

"What the general said is very much." Yang Fu sighed lightly, then stood up and said, "The reason why Zhang Xiu was able to train such a powerful army was not only excellent for the generals. He also had vast land, population, and wealth. The iron armor rate in his army was very high. With more food and meat, he could train his soldiers more frequently, and the soldiers would be stronger. Rewards and salary were more, and the soldiers were also highly morale. Even if we worked hard to train the soldiers, we would not be able to reach the level of Zhang Xiu's army. We could only try to make up for the gap and win by quantity."

As the saying goes, a good woman cannot cook without rice.

Zhang Xiu's territory is large and his blood is thick, so he can unscrupulously improve the treatment of soldiers and raise elite soldiers.

Zhang Xiu had millions of people and raised hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, Liangzhou has a barren land and a sparse population, but it also has to support hundreds of thousands of troops. Although Liangzhou people are brave and fierce, their hardware is really not as good as Zhang Xiu.

This is a congenital disadvantage.

The military shortcomings could have been compensated by wisdom. But the problem is that their wisdom is not as good as the other party.

And they must have a battle with Zhang Xiu, and time is getting more and more urgent. Ma Teng and Yang Fu were also a little anxious.

Just as the two were discussing, Ma Chao walked in from outside. After experiencing the last battle, Ma Chao was obviously calm and resolute.

"Father. Han Sui sent someone to inform us to raise an army. Pang De gathered all the people in Qinzhou and put on an stance to force the crossing of the Wei River."

Ma Chao bowed to Ma Teng and said in a deep voice.

Ma Teng and Yang Fu were confused, but soon calmed down. Ma Teng breathed out and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Xiu has enough food in Qiu, and it is not uncommon to send troops now. Pang De must be just a vanguard, and Zhang Xiu must lead the troops of Chang'an, then walk the Weishui River to reach Jicheng."

Ma Teng looked confident. Without Zhang Xiu's support, Pang De would not be able to act by himself. There must be a big move later.

Then he turned to look at Ma Chao and asked, "Han Sui just notified us? It is difficult for us to resist Zhang Xiu by our troops alone."

Ma Chao understood and immediately replied: "Han Sui has sent someone to notify the Three Qiang, but he doesn't know if they will send troops."

Han Sui smiled and said confidently: "The Three Qiangs will definitely send troops. Because it is not good for Zhang Xiu to get the counties of Hexi (Liangzhou). They wish that we Han people will be as chaotic as possible."

Yang Fu also nodded, and then analyzed: "Han Sui still has more than 100,000 troops, we still have 30,000 elite cavalry, and the three Qiang 100,000 string controls, we still have 200,000 troops and 300,000 troops."

"And as Zhang Xiu's territory advances northward, his grain roads become longer and it will become difficult to transfer grain and grass. We still have a chance of winning when fighting him."
Chapter completed!