At the foot of Jiluo Mountain, Ma Yuejun camped.

Amid the long and distant sound of horns, eight thousand elite cavalry surged out of the camp like a rolling iron stream, slowly unfolding on the grassland. In front of the line, flags fluttered, horses leaped, Zhou Cang and 6,000 households on the right, 6,000 households in the middle, and 6,000 households in the left, and other officers, including the horses standing solemnly. When they looked up, a cavalry was sweeping over the vast horizon in front.

"Ao~~"

Ma Chao raised his silver spear majestic and whistled.

More than 400 cavalry surging behind him suddenly began to slow down and slowly spread toward the two wings. They barely held their feet when they were one stone away from the Ma Yue army. This distance can be said to be just right. If the two armies are fighting, such a distance can not only avoid being shot by enemy archers, but also put enough pressure on the enemy.

Ma Yue couldn't help but nodded secretly. Marrying and forming a formation was just the simplest basic skill of an army, but it also best reflects the ability of the head general of this army to command troops and general soldiers. Although Ma Chao was young, he was worthy of Wenhe, and he was a master of the annotation. At least in this regard, Ma Chao was completely strong!

However, Ma Yue’s expectations for Ma Chao are not just a strong general, but an excellent commander!

With the expansion of his territory and his strength, Ma Yue was constantly thinking about the future of the Ma family army.

Ma Yue knew very well that his routine of "grabing money, grain, and women" to lead troops, manage troops and encourage troops is unconventional and can only be used in special circumstances. For example, the eight hundred bandits are in a dilemma of being surrounded by enemies and being in danger of being in danger. For example, when you first arrived in Youzhou, the strong enemy was surrounded by steps and the years were difficult, this one worked.

However, now, Ma Yue's military management method is obviously outdated.

Now is no longer a critical moment to lose your life and make your life.

Ma Yue himself also clearly realized this, so he was gradually cleaning up his troops and sending three thousand old troops to the prairie of Guangmao to guard the border. This is the first step! Next, the Wuhuan Wolf Cavalry and Yuezhi, the wild and untamed troops, will gradually become the marginal force of the Ma family army.

The core force used to compete for the Central Plains will inevitably be a new army with strict discipline and tenacious style.

An army with strict discipline and tenacious style needs a qualified commander.

Ma Butcher has experienced many battles and has made great achievements. If he now calls himself the second most general in the world, I believe no one dares to claim that he is the first one in the world! Unfortunately, Ma Butcher's tactical thinking and military management style have been established, and it is difficult to make any changes. This style is incompatible with the new army's purpose of establishing the army.

Therefore, the horse butcher must find a qualified commander for the future new army.

Gao Shun, Xu Huang, and Fang Yue are all talents of generals and have the ability to stand alone. No matter who is allowed to be the commander of this new army, they are competent, but unfortunately, they are not surnamed Ma! In the era when the three countries of the late Han Dynasty, when the gentry and family forces were rampant, it was unimaginable that foreign generals would be the commander of the three armies.

Even if Gao Shun, Xu Huang and Fang Yue were loyal to Ma Yue and had no different intentions, what about the subordinates and aides around them? If one of them was allowed to become the commander of this army, then a huge interest group would inevitably appear around the commander. Will this interest group be equally loyal?

There is also the interest group around Ma Yue. This interest group is the core group of the Ma family's forces. Even if Ma Yue intends to make one of Gao Shun and the other three become the commander of the new army, will this interest group be convinced? Perhaps now, the interest group around Ma Yue still seems insignificant and is not enough to compete with his personal prestige. But what about the future?

With the growth of Ma Zheng and Ma Zhan, and the expansion of the power of civil servants and generals under his command, can Ma Yue still act as arbitrary as he is now? Without long-term plans, he will have immediate worries, and Ma Yue must not help but think about the long-term. Now is not the time for eight hundred bandits to sweep the Central Plains and the day is in danger.

Therefore, the commander of the new army must have his surname Ma and is a participant in the core forces of the Ma family.

Although Ma Zheng and Ma Zhan are Ma Yue's legitimate sons, they are young after all, and it has been at least ten years since they trained them to become commanders!

And Ma Chao is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate at present.

Although Ma Chao is a little immature now, Ma Yue believes that as long as time goes by, Ma Chao will eventually become a famous general! In history, Ma Chao was originally a famous general, but he ended up depressed only after he was not lucky. Although Ma Yue didn't know much about the Three Kingdoms, because of the same surname, Ma Chao still knew some of his deeds.

Ma Teng was originally one of the candidates, but unfortunately he was limited in ability and was Ma Yue's elder.

Ma Yue discussed with Jia Xu, Ju Su, Guo Tu and others for a long time, and finally decided to train Ma Chao to become the future commander of the Ma family's new army.

Just as Ma Yue was about to be utterly enlightened, Ma Chao had already stepped forward and clasped his fists on the horse's back and said, "Chao'er meets with brother."

Ma Yue nodded gently and said in a deep voice: "Ma Chao, do you know your guilt?"

Ma Chao lowered his head slightly and whispered: "I know my guilt."

"If you lead your army to attack without the permission of this general, you will not be an exaggeration to behead you even if you are beheaded and displayed to the public!" Ma Yue said this, his expression slightly relaxed, and then said, "However, since you returned home with great victory and have achieved great success, you will have to pay off your merits and demerits, and you will not be punished or rewarded, are you convinced?"

Ma Chao said proudly: "Permit!"

Ma Yue knew that this move would encourage Ma Chao's arrogance, but he decided to do so!

There is a reason for this.

Since it has been decided to make Ma Chao the commander of the new army, Ma Chao must not only have the ability to command, but also have the character of commander! Ability is the necessary quality of commander, and character is the charm of commander. Complete ability can make Ma Chao a qualified commander, but only unique charm can make Ma Chao an excellent commander.

Shaping a character is much more difficult than teaching martial arts and teaching military calligraphy formations, and the cost is even more expensive.

This first step is to cultivate Ma Chao's style of doing things by himself and being arbitrary. A general who acts by himself and being arbitrary may not become a famous general, but a general who is indecisive and timid in encountering things will never become a famous general! As the saying goes, a good boy is useless, and similarly, a general without personality is not a good general.

"Ma Chao!"

"The last one will be there."

"Do you dare to lead a large army to attack and level the Jianluo tribe?"

"What's not to dare!?"

"Okay!" Ma Yue turned around suddenly, his eyes fell on the faces of Zhou Cang and all the thousands of households, and said sternly, "Zhou Cang, all the thousands of households obey the orders."

Zhou Cang and the Qianhu of various ministries stepped forward, lined up in front of Ma Yue, and responded in unison: "The last one will be there."

Ma Yue sternly said: "Immediately follow the Major General to go to war, flatten the Xianbei and establish Jianluo tribe."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhou Cang and the thousand households of various departments responded loudly, and then a gust of wind rushed to Ma Chao, clasping his fists and sternly: "The last general is here to wait for the major general to be summoned by the order of the lord."

"Well, all the generals can lead the headquarters and listen to the order in front of the account."

Ma Chao nodded slightly, and there was no cramping look on his young face. He learned the posture of a horse jumping up to the tent during the war, just like a long-time general on the battlefield who had been in the army for many years.

On the banks of the West Sea Lake, the Royal Rule Derivative Department.

The deduction was originally two independent tribal alliances of the Xianbei in the Western Region. Ten years ago, the prince of the Japanese Relations Department, Arile married the princess of the Deduction Department, Shibakizuna. Last winter, the kings of the Deduction Department died of illness one after another. Arile inherited the throne of the Deduction Department. Because the king of the Deduction Department had no son, he was also inherited by his son-in-law Arile. The two major tribal alliances were officially merged into the Deduction Department.

The body of King Rizhu, the king of the Luoluo tribe, was placed in the dome of Arile. The king of Arile, the leader, leader and nobles under his command were gathered at the corpse of Rizhu, shook his head and sighed.

I think of what a hero Rizhu King was like in the past, but I didn't expect that he had died in a bad life.

The one who escorted King Rizhu's body to the Xihai King's Court was the leader who escaped from death. Arile stared at the leader with a bright look and asked, "How was King Rizhu killed?"

The young leader said: "It was killed by the Han army."

"Han Army?" Arile said with a sniff, "Aren't the Han Army still far away in Jiluo Mountain? Why did he suddenly come to the Beihai King's Court again?"

The young leader said: "The main force of the Han army of the horse butcher is indeed still in Jiluoshan. The only one who attacked the King's Court of Beihai was a Han cavalry of four or five hundred cavalry."

"What did you say!" Arile was shocked and said in a lost voice, "A Han cavalry of four or five hundred cavalry broke through the Beihai Prince's Court? They also killed King Rizhu!?"

"How is this possible?"

"Where is the Iron Guard of the Royal Court who built Luoluo tribe?"

“I can’t believe it.”

As Arile finished speaking, the King of Ku, the leader, the leader and the Xianbei nobles in the tent were immediately in an uproar. Arile raised his hands repeatedly and signaled everyone to calm down. Then he said to the young leader: "What you said is true?"

"It's true." The young leader said with lingering fear, "It's indeed a Han cavalry, but it's also a group of devils. They were wearing dark iron armor and ferocious helmets on their heads. They were as fast as a whirlwind and suddenly they drilled through the cavalry formation of the King's Iron Guards and appeared in front of the king. The king and the leaders of various tribes were caught off guard and all died in battle."

Arile said in a voice: "You are the only one who escapes?"

The little leader nodded sadly.

Arile took a breath of air conditioning and hissed: "What kind of army is that?"

The young leader shook his head and replied, "I only know that the commander of this Han army is Ma Chao."

"Ma Chao?Ma Chao!Ma Chao!!!" Arile shouted three times, his face becoming extremely solemn. He said worriedly to the Xianbei nobles beside him, "Everyone, please remember this name firmly. Now, like the butcher Ma, he has become the most brutal and terrifying enemy of the Great Xianbei."

Chang'an, Guo Si's official residence.

Guo Si looked at Li Ru with a gloomy expression and asked, "Wen Xiu, I heard that you mocked the envoy sent by the Sili Captain Liu Bei, drove out of the mansion, and then treated the special envoy sent by Ma Butcher with great gifts. Is this a matter?"

Li Rudao: "Yes, this is indeed true."

Guo Si frowned and said, "Wen Xiu, what are you selling in your gourd? Do you really want this general to go to join the horse butcher?"

Li Ru asked back: "Is the general going to join Liu Bei?"

Guo Si said: "It is better to join Liu Bei than join the horse butcher? The horse butcher is strong, Ma Teng, Gao Shun, Fang Yue, Xu Huang, Jia Xu, Guo Tu and others are not fuel-efficient. You and I may not be able to be reused if you go there. But Liu Bei is different. So far, Liu Bei only has a few hundred men. The two generals of Guan and Zhang. If you and I go to join, they will be reused. What do you think?"

Li Rudao: "The general is wrong."

Guo Si said: "Why did Wen Xiu say this?"

Li Rudao: "If you defect to the horse butcher, the general can at least become the prefect, but if you seek refuge with Liu Bei, you will be afraid of your life immediately."

"No way?" Guo Si said disbelief, "Liu Bei is employed, how dare he seek the life of this general?"

Li Ru sneered: "If the general is Liu Bei and Liu Bei is the general, will the general dare to accept Liu Bei's surrender?"

Guo Si thought for a moment, and his face changed.

If the two of them changed positions, Guo Si really would not dare to accept Liu Bei's surrender. Because Liu Bei only had hundreds of troops under his command, while Guo Si had tens of thousands of troops. Such a weak leader and strong servants would be extremely dangerous. Liu Bei must be worried that his position would be replaced by Guo Si.

Guo Si said in confusion: "Since this is the case, why did Liu Bei send someone to surrender?"

Li Ru said coldly: "What Liu Bei needs is the 20,000 elite soldiers under the general, not you. Even if Li Ru goes to Liu Bei's command, he can still get a job. But if the general goes, he will definitely die! General, don't think that Li Ru has any selfish intentions to persuade you to surrender to the horse butcher. This is all for your consideration."

Guo Si sighed: "I understand, fortunately Wen Xiu thought it through thoroughly, otherwise the general's life would be over."

Li Rudao: "Since the general has made up his mind, then I will tell Mr. Guo Tu what to do?"

Guo Si said: "I have worked hard and I have practiced it."

Li Ru bowed a long time and turned around and floated away. However, as soon as Li Ru's figure walked away, a person turned from behind the screen. He saw this man standing tall and elegant and handsome. Who else would be there if he was not under Liu Bei's command? Jian Yong smiled faintly at Guo Si and said, "What, I'm not wrong, right?"

“…”

Guo Si was silent.

Jian Yong said coldly: "When my lord was still in Youzhou, Yong had dealt with Ma Butcher Ma. He knew that this person was suspicious and cruel and bloodthirsty. Since the death of Qiu Liju, the Wuhuan master of western Liaoning, more than 700 tribes of Wuhuan, three counties of Liaoxi, Liaodong and Liaodong vassal states had surrendered, but Ma Butcher Ma only accepted the Wuhuan tribes, but beheaded all the leaders and the nobles of Wuhuan clans, including more than 2,700 nobles!"
To be continued...