Chapter 160: Don’t kill, don’t rob

Han Fu said to Zhang He again: "Zhang He, this is the prefect Yuan Shao, the Bohai Prefect whom I often mention to you. The Yuan family's four generations and three masters are expected to return to the country, so why don't you come forward to see you quickly."

Zhang He symbolically hugged his fists and said loudly: "Last general Zhang He, please see you."

Yuan Shao hurriedly reached out and said, "Oh, General Zhang He, please get up quickly."

Han Fu cleared his throat and said, "Today, I invite you to Yecheng. There is something to tell me. The traitor Ma Yue disobeyed the emperor's orders and launched an army to invade Bingzhou without authorization. Lord Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, has sent an emergency document, saying that Ma would all rebel 30,000 cavalry, and the troops were divided into three groups to attack Yanmen, Jinyang, and Shangdang."

"Thirty thousand cavalry!" Zhang He frowned, "Sir, is the news wrong?"

Han Fu said: "Why did General Zhang He say this?"

Zhang He said: "It is said that before the troops move, food and grass will go first. Thirty thousand troops will go to the expedition, and the food and supplies required are extremely large. The food and grass required by 30,000 cavalry is even more than that. Although Ma Yue defeated the siege of the four armies, he also suffered heavy losses. The food and grass accumulated in the stake was burned. In this case, how did Ma Yue raise the food and grass needed by 30,000 troops? If there is no food and grass, how would the army go to the expedition?"

Han Fu groaned and said in a deep voice: "Did General Zhang He forget what Ma Yue come from? The horse butcher was born as a Yellow Turban Rebel, and his best attitude was to rob! For such a bandit, why do you need to carry food, grass and supplies to fight and kill all the way? Isn't it enough for the horse butcher to kill Xianbei people, Gogurye people, Wuhuan people, or even the Xiongnu people? Isn't this what the horse butcher used to kill Xianbei people, Gogurye people, kill Wuhuan people, or even the Xiongnu people?

Zhang He said: "Ma Yue's army is indeed plundering, but they never rob the Han people!"

"Nonsense." Han Fu said unhappily, "When the eight hundred bandits flee to Nanyang, Yingchuan, and swept the capital, weren't the Han people robbed?"

"Uh~~" Zhang He frowned, "As for the time being, this time, Ma Yue's army was still a bandit at the time, but now it is a Han official army, and the two cannot be compared."

"Zhang He!" Han Fu said furiously, "What's your intention to let Ma Yue go after repeated excuses?"

A trace of haze flashed through Zhang He's eyes and said in a voice: "Sir, Mo Jiang did not intend to let Ma Yue go. Mo Jiang just talks about the matter and expresses his doubts. After all, Ma Yue is as cunning as a fox. If he accidentally falls into his trick, he may fall into his trick. If the Mo Jiang doesn't listen to his words, Mo Jiang will take back what he said just now."

Han Fu said: "Since you know that Ma Yue is as cunning as a fox, how can you not know that the horse butcher is as cruel as a wolf? How can you care about the lives and death of the people of Bingzhou? I decided to raise an army and join forces with Lord Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai, to help Lord Dingyuan. What do you think?"

Everyone said, "Sir."

"Since that's the case, this matter is decided." Han Fu said and said to Zhang He, "Zhang He, I ordered you to be the vanguard, lead 5,000 cavalry, and advance quickly to Jinyang."

Zhang He clasped his fists and said, "The last one will obey the order."

In Longxi, Liangzhou, General Dong Zhuo's mansion, Dong Zhuo was reading a military book at his desk when he suddenly saw the military advisor Li Ru walking in quickly.

"Lord, give me some feedback. The horses leaped up 30,000 cavalry and divided into three groups to plunder Bingzhou!"

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo put down the Jian in his hand, stood up suddenly, and said in a narrow voice, "Ma Yue raised 30,000 troops and plundered Bingzhou? Is this possible? Although Ma Yue won the Battle of Hetao and burned Han Sui and Pan Feng's 60,000 troops, he himself suffered heavy losses. He recovered his vitality in such a short time?"

"Restore vitality?" Li Ru sneered, "Hetao has a small population, and the majority of the Huns were almost massacred by the Ma Butcher Ma. How many strong men can be left? In Ru's opinion, if Ma Butcher Ma's men die, there will be only ten thousand old subordinates. Where can the 30,000 army come from? Only Ding Yuan and Han Fu, the two idiots, would believe it."

Dong Zhuo said: "Even if Ma Yue only has more than 10,000 old subordinates, it should not be underestimated. Although the battle of Hetao ruined Han Sui's 30,000 Xiliang cavalry, it also allows us to see the true strength of Ma Yue's army. This is indeed a tiger and wolf army that can conquer and fight well! If Ma Yue really wants to attack Bingzhou, Ding Yuan may not be able to defend it."

Li Rudao: "Ma Ru thought that Ma Yue would not attack Bingzhou at all."

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo said, "Wen Xiu means that Ma Yue attacking Bingzhou is just a pretext? What is the real purpose of Ma Yue's launching a war?"

Li Rudao: "Ma Yue's real purpose of raising troops was not yet expected. However, Ru can be sure that Ma Yue would never really attack Bingzhou. The reason is very simple. The conditions for the Ma Butcher to attack Bingzhou are not yet mature. Regardless of whether he can conquer the entire territory of Bingzhou, even if he barely conquers it, how can he defend it? In the end, it is not a wedding dress for others. Who is Ma Butcher? When did the lord see him doing a loss-making business?"

"Wen Xiu's words are very reasonable." Dong Zhuo nodded, "But what is the purpose of the butcher Ma's stance to attack Bingzhou in large numbers?"

Li Rudao: "No matter what Ma Yue wants to do, at least one thing is certain, that is, the dispute between Ma Yue, Ding Yuan and Han Sui will not subside within at least a year! In other words, Ma Yue has no time to look west for at least a year!"

"Um~"

Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up when he heard this and nodded repeatedly.

Li Ru continued: "In the defeat of Hetao, Han Sui's entire army was destroyed by 30,000 cavalry. Although it is a pity, it is not all bad. At least the factors that restrict the lord no longer exist, and Geng Bi's strength has been greatly weakened. Lord Zheng can take this opportunity to fight east and west, conquer the white horse, and conquer the white horses, kill the Qiang people of the Qiang, mix with the Han elite soldiers under the lord to form a huge Liangzhou army that can fight well."

"Um?"

Dong Zhuo nodded slightly, and a trace of splendor flashed through his eyes.

Li Rudao: "The lord can order Xu Rong and Yang Qiu to lead five thousand elite troops out of Longxi and Wudu to lead Baima Qiang, Guo Si, Cheng Yin and Li Kan lead five thousand elite troops out of Jincheng, take the West Sea, and attack the Shaodangqiang, Li Kuang, Zhang Heng lead three thousand elite troops out of Wuwei, Zhangye, and Lejie Qiang, Niu Fu, and Cheng Yi lead three thousand elite troops out of Anding and the north to lead the Qiang, and the lord lead eight thousand iron cavalry to lead Longxi to support it. In this case, the lord can obtain a hundred thousand heroes at your fingertips."

"Good!" Dong Zhuo slapped the table and said excitedly, "As Wen Xiu said."

Luoyang Beigong.

Wang Yun knelt down on the ground, bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "My minister Wang Yun bowed to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live my emperor, long live my life~~"

Emperor Ling of Han waved his hand and said calmly: "Wang Aiqing is calm."

Wang Yun said: "Thank you Your Majesty."

"Wang Aiqing, has the things I have given to you done?"

"Your Majesty has been answered," Wang Yun said respectfully, "Luoyang swordsman Gongsun Ba led 80 dead soldiers to set off half a month ago. At this time, he should have arrived at Li Shi to meet with Lord Huang Wan."

"Yes." Emperor Ling of Han nodded and said in a narrow voice, "I deliberately garrisoned eight thousand Zhang Huan's old subordinates in Li Shi, and made a sound early and intended to sign Ma Yue as the General of the Central Army of the Huns to lure Ma Yue into a fool! As long as Ma Yue dares to go to Li Shi to accept Zhang Huan's eight thousand old subordinates, he will undoubtedly die."

Wang Yun said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Emperor Ling of Han walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his hands, sighing, "But what I am worried about is what will the tiger and wolf army under his command react after Ma Yue's death? If they want to avenge Ma Yue, and rush their troops south regardless of everything, and force Luoyang again, then something will be a big deal."

Wang Yun's expression moved and suggested, "Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"Oh?" Emperor Ling of Han said happily, "The plan will come out?"

Wang Yun said: "Ma Yue has two great confidants, who are leaning on him as his left arm and right arm. One is Pei Yuanshao, and the other is Guan Hai. Guan Hai has been destroyed. Why don't Your Majesty envoy Pei Yuanshao as the lieutenant of the Wuhuan guarding the people? In this way, even if Ma Yue is assassinated, his troops will not be in chaos, and it will cause disaster to the north. What's even more rare is that Pei Yuanshao is not as ambitious as Ma Yue, and even more cruel and cunning as Ma Yue, and it is much easier to deal with it, hehe."

"Good." Emperor Ling of Han said, "This plan is good, so I will follow your instructions and handle it as soon as possible."

Wang Yun said: "I obey the order."

Yanmen border.

The three thousand Wuhuan wolf cavalry were like rolling iron streams, crossing the border eastward and entering Yanmen County. After entering the Yanmen border, villages, market towns, and official roads began to have fields and hard-working farmers on both sides, which were not as desolate as the Hetao area and were deserted.

Under the flags, Pei Yuanshao was wearing military uniform and looked solemn.

Although Pei Yuanshao was not a good general, he had followed Ma Yue for several years to fight, which was considered to have experienced many battles. However, he had never fought such a strange battle! Apart from handing over three thousand Wuhuan wolf cavalry to Pei Yuanshao and then letting him out of Yanmen, Ma Yue had no specific military orders, and did not even explain a clear purpose of the battle.

Pei Yuanshao didn't know what the troops were going out of Yanmen? What made Pei Yuanshao even more confused was that Ma Yue clearly ordered Guo Tu to accompany the army to assist, but this guy only followed the army to the Heshui Ferry and turned back to Meiji. He didn't know what was going on? Moreover, the army only carried jerky for seven days and was not allowed to rob it!

"Huh~~"

Pei Yuanshao breathed a long sigh. It would be better not to think about things that I couldn't understand. Anyway, it would be useless to think about it. Bo Qi used troops and was unpredictable. How could ordinary people guess?

"Come."

"What are the general's instructions?"

"Send the order and the army will be stationed on the spot! There is also a strict robbery, and no killing is allowed. Those who violate the order~~ behead!"

"Affect the order."

Shangdang border.

Zhou Cang summoned three thousand-strong commanders and thirty centurions from the Wuhuan Wolf Cavalry under his command to discuss matters.

Zhou Cang knocked the helmet of the Wuhuan commander and the centurion, and said with murderous intent: "You all have you heard from me. After crossing the border, you will take care of your wolf cubs, and no one is allowed to rob them, let alone kill people! If you rob one person, I will kill ten people, ten people will rob them, and the entire 100 people will rob them, and one hundred people will rob you, and I will kill all three thousand of you, and then cut off your head to apologize to the lord. Have you heard it clearly?"

Three Wuhuan thousand-captains and thirty Wuhuan centuries said in unison: "I heard it clearly."

"Okay." Zhou Cang nodded and said sternly, "Let's go now and go to Huguan with me!"

Huguan is not a checkpoint, but a county seat in Shangdang County.

"But general~~" a leader of Wuhuan's thousand-strong men asked in confusion, "The lord didn't let us attack Huguan?"

"Idiot." Zhou Cang groaned and cursed, "The lord didn't say we wanted to beat him, that was, he could beat him anywhere!"

Jinyang, the meeting hall of the Bingzhou Governor's Office.

Ding Yuan was lying on the table and carefully looking at the map. Lu Bu and Song Xian stood on both sides. The sound of rapid footsteps sounded. Cheng Lian struded his head and walked straight into the hall, saying to Ding Yuan: "Sir, please report to the horse."

Ding Yuan didn't raise his head and said in a deep voice: "Tell me."

Cheng Lian said: "Pei Yuanshao, the number one general under Ma Yue, led 5,000 light cavalry to cross the river and advance eastward, and entered the border of Yanmen County. Another powerful general Zhou Cang led 5,000 light cavalry to cross the border of Shangdang. He was advancing day and night, heading straight to Huguan. It seemed that he was preparing to take Huguan in one fell swoop."

Song Xian said urgently: "Sir, Huguan is not only the capital of Shangdang County, but also located in a critical situation. It guards the important transportation route from Bingzhou to Sili. It is not allowed to be missed. You can send troops to rescue quickly."

"No, these two enemy troops seem to be coming in full force, but in fact they are not afraid. They are just Ma Yue's suspicious plan, and the purpose is to lure me to divide the troops. I will never be fooled." Ding Yuan suddenly stood up, raised his hand to stop Song Xian, and asked Cheng Lian, "Where is Ma Yue's 20,000 army now?"

Lu Bu complimented: "The adoptive father is wise. As long as he defeats Ma Yue's main army, these two cavalry will retreat without fighting."

Cheng Lian was not right: "Sir, the former general sent dozens of horses to explore, but there has been no return on horses to explore. Therefore, I don't know where Ma Yue's 20,000 army has advanced. However, according to the general, I infer that Ma Yue's main army should have advanced to the Xishan area now~~"

"Infer? Should? Is this what you should say? Do you know that such military information is likely to ruin tens of thousands of Bingzhou men and even the entire Bingzhou people!" Ding Yuan said sternly, "How can the two armies confront each other be regarded as a joke? Send more horses to explore again, and you must explore the specific location of the main army of Qingma Yue as soon as possible."

Cheng Lian said ashamed: "I will obey the order."

"Hu~~" Watching Cheng Lian hurried away, Ding Yuancai breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Bu, "Fengxian, immediately strengthen the patrol around Jinyang. We must not let Ma Yue's army attack at the doorstep of our house. We realized that this time the butcher Ma came in full force, and it seems that he would not give up."

Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my adopted father, I'll do it now!"

Lishi, horses leapt on the camp.

A dark sheep oil lamp illuminated the short and small cowhide tent, and also illuminated the two almost crowded figures in the cowhide tent. Under the flashing light of light and light, Ma Yue and Xu showed three-point cunning, six-point sinister, and a little weird.

Jia Xu smiled sinisterly and said, "Lord, this old guy Ding Yuan must be in a hurry to dispatch troops to condemn generals, waiting to fight with our army in Jinyang, hehe~~"

Ma Yue said coldly: "If our army's food and supplies had not been burned out, this time I would have really cleaned up this old thing!"

Dian Wei, who was guarding the cowhide tent, couldn't help but turn back and said, "Lord, can you rob it if the food and supplies are gone? Didn't the food and supplies in the past also rob it from the Xiongnu, the Gogurye and the Xianbei people? Crossing the river and coming east, I see that the people of Bingzhou are much richer than those of the Hu people."

"Shut up!" Ma Yue shouted without hesitation, "Can those Hu people be the same as Han people? No matter how much I robbed the Hu people in the north or slaughtered it, it doesn't matter, but if I dare to rob the Han people in Bingzhou, the situation will be very different! At that time, I will be criticized by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people."

Jia Xu also said: "Yes, the lord slaughtered the Xianbei people, the Gogurye people, even the Huns, the people of the Central Plains, scholars, and heroes who mentioned the lord had to call him heroes, but if they treated the Han people like the Hu people, then the lord would no longer be a hero, but would really become a butcher and a lord."

After saying that, Jia Xu glanced at Ma Yue with a smile, and Ma Yue also looked at Jia Xu. The two looked at each other with tacit expressions. With the strength of the army under his command, the expansion of territory, and the gathering of civil servants and generals, Ma Yue's ambitions were also expanding day by day.

Ma Yue did not kill or rob the people of the Central Plains, not to gain fame! In fact, Ma Yue never thought that fame was of use? Although Ma Yue had pretended to be a famous general, he was not a child of aristocratic families. Like all heroes who came from countless corpses and blood, he only believed in the sword in his hand and his soldiers!
Chapter completed!