Chapter 301 You are those wolves

When Chen Dao and Zhang Xiu led his army to appear in the Hanzhong Plain, they had already become two tired troops. However, such two tired troops shocked Zhang Lu of Nanzheng, and the last will to resist in his heart disappeared. When Chen Dao and Zhang Xiu's two remaining troops were more than a hundred miles away from Nanzheng, Zhang Lu ordered Zhang Wei to open Yangping Pass and welcome Feng Fangyue's army to enter Hanzhong.

In July of the ninth year of Jian'an (196), the Liang army captured Nanzheng without bloodshed, and the Hanzhong prefect Zhang Lu led the people to surrender.

Hetao Camp.

A junior martial arts exercise is underway, and Ma Yue personally served as the chief examiner, and important officials from Xiliang such as Jia Xu, Ju Su, Guan Ning, Fu Xie, Fa Zhen served as deputy examiners. Just looking at the lineup of the examiners, it is enough to show the importance of this martial arts exercise! In fact, Ma Butcher Ma does attach great importance to this martial arts exercise.

The martial arts activities are divided into four categories: riding and shooting, fighting, hunting, and literary test.

From the setting of the martial arts event, we can also see that Ma Butcher has a clear tendency to value martial arts and over literature. However, this is a chaotic era, and martial arts will determine the world in the world. Such an arrangement is understandable.

The horn sounded, and Jia Xu walked up to hold the roster in his hand and said, "Young Master~~Ma Zheng!"

When Ma Zheng heard the sound, he stepped out and bowed to Ma Zheng and others.

The 11-year-old Ma Zheng is already seven feet tall. Although he is a little thin, he looks heroic. Ma Yue couldn't help but wonder when he saw it. He thought that he had not seen him for only more than half a year. He didn't expect that this kid would grow so tall. What made Ma Butcher secretly happy was that Ma Zheng's spirit seemed to have undergone a fundamental change, and it was no longer the annoying smell of a corrupt scholar before.

It seems that the decision to ask Liu Yan to send him out of the Frontier to exercise last winter was the right one.

Jia Xu turned the page and said again: "Young Master~~ Horse Battle!"

Ma Zhan stepped forward and stood on the left head of Ma Zheng.

The 8-year-old Ma Zhan has not lost his childishness, but his body has developed so strong that Kong Wu is only half a head shorter than Ma Zheng, but much stronger than Ma Zheng. He is also very cute and adorable. Ma Yue couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that the advantages of this mixed-race child (Ma Zhan's biological mother, Zhenerdo is from Yuezhi, with a blond hair and blue eyes, and a white person) are really obvious!

Ma Zheng and Ma Zhan brothers had just stood still, and a clamor suddenly sounded outside the martial arts field. Ma Yue turned around and saw that it was Ma Yang. Ma Qi's twin brothers were waving their fists to cheer for Ma Zheng. Ma Yang, Ma Qi was only six years old, and it was Yu Niang who came from. Yu Niang and Liu Yan were like sisters, so the little brothers naturally looked towards their elder brother Ma Zheng more.

Ma Yang and Ma Qi brothers flashed another figure, and Ma Yue, who looked pink and jade-like, jumped up and ran up, hitting Ma Yue's arms, then raised his little head and called Ma Yue sweetly, "Dad". This dad is Ma Yue's patent. Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan, Ma Yang, and Ma Qi brothers saw Ma Yue and dared to call him father respectfully, except Ma Yue.

There is no doubt that Ma Yue loved this little angel-like daughter very much, and she actually forgot that this was a solemn and mediocre martial arts venue. She used her beard like a steel needle on her face to pierce Ma Yue's pink and tender face. Ma Yue stretched out her little hand like a lotus root to block Ma Yue's face, and kept giggling.

Fu Xie, Fa Zhen ignored it, while Ju Su, Guan Ning showed unhesitation.

However, Jia Xu coughed lightly, turned over another page, and said loudly: "Wang Shuang!"

A young man from Ang Zang came out and stood on the right head of Ma Zheng in sequence. Wang Shuang was the eldest son of the late Western Region Chief Wang Yuan. He was twelve years old but he had a tiger-back and a bear-back. His body was like an iron tower, and his whole body seemed to have the power of living a tiger and a leopard. He thought that after he grew up, he would be a brave general with the highest strength of the three armies!

"Control!"

"Dianman!"

"Xu Yi!"

"Xu Zhi!"

"Zhou Ping!"

"Pei Ding!"

"lofty!"

"Stay to discuss!"

As Jia Xu read the name, a young man came out one after another, standing next to the horse race, just like stars urging the moon to protect the horse race in the center. Most of these young men were between eight and ten years old. Guan Qi was Guan Hai's posthumous son. Although he was young, he was already a ten thousand households in the central northern desert. It can be said that he was in a high position.

Dianman is Dian Wei's eldest son, Xu Yi is Zhu Chu's eldest son, and this pair of young men is carved out from the same mold as theirs. In addition, Zhou Ping is Zhou Cang's eldest son, Pei Ding is Pei Yuanshao's eldest son, Gao Yuan is Gao Shun's second son (Gao Shun's eldest son died young), Fang Hao is Fang Yue's eldest son, and Xu Zhi is Xu Huang's eldest son.

Speaking of which, these young men are all children of senior officials from the Liangzhou Military Group.

To put it in a modern term, this group of people is the princelings. Whether this group of people is successful and can support the foundation laid by their parents will directly concern the future of the Liangzhou Military Group! For the long-term plan, Ma Butcher took great pains to teach this group of young masters.

"Well, we're all here." Jia Xu stroked the sparse willow beards under his chin and nodded, "The first thing to do martial arts~~ Riding and shooting!"

Ma Yue stood up, coldly glanced at the young masters, and shouted sternly: "In this world, what army is the most terrified of the Kwantung Army?"

"Xiliang Iron Cavalry!"

The young man responded loudly.

Ma Yue asked again: "What is the sharpest weapon of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry?"

"Riding and shooting!"

"Yes, it's just riding and shooting!" Ma Yue waved his arm fiercely and said sternly, "Your fathers have killed countless enemies, and the enemy is frightened when they hear the news. Today, I want to see your riding and shooting, don't embarrass your father!"

Jia Xu waved his hand and said loudly: "The martial arts performance begins!"

A soldier had already brought eleven neatly ponies. The first horse of Ma Zheng was to climb over and gallop forward along the demarcated white line. Ten straw men were arranged in sequence from thirty to fifty steps away from the white line. The distance between the straw men was different, and the distance to the white line was also different. It can be said that it was quite difficult.

While the war horses were racing, Ma Zheng took his bow and arrows, and shot out two arrows one after another, hitting two straw men.

The soldiers gathered outside the martial arts field to watch cheered lightly, and the little brothers Ma Yang and Ma Qi even slapped their hands even more. Even Fu Xie, Fazhen and Jia Xu couldn't help but cheer. Only Guan Ning's eyes showed a complicated look, shook his head gently, and then sighed.

Ma Yue, who had just settled down, was already so shocked that he stood up again. Obviously, Ma Zheng's performance was much beyond his expectations. Ma Yue had never expected Ma Zheng to perform well in this martial arts performance. As long as Ma Zheng did not smear him, the face of the butcher was satisfied, but he did not expect Ma Zheng to have such a stunning performance.

When Ma Yue was shocked and suspicious, Ma Zheng showed amazing performance again.

Ma Zheng bent his bow and prepared his momentum, deliberately missed the third straw man without shooting. When the horse was fighting, the third straw man and the fourth straw man were tied in the front line, he suddenly shot out with an arrow. This powerful arrow first shot through the throat of the third straw man, and then shot the fourth straw man's lower abdomen without extinguishing his remaining momentum. He killed two birds with one stone. He was good archery!

In an instant, there was another loud cheer outside the martial arts performance venue.

In the noisy crowd, Zhao Yun nodded slightly. Although Ma Zheng's archery skills were not satisfied with him, it was good to have this entry in just over half a year. However, unfortunately, Gongzi Zheng lacked his strength and could only lift two stone hard bows after he grew up. Therefore, no matter how exquisite the archery skills were practiced, he could not become a sharpshooter. This is a pity.

But even so, Ma Yue was already frightened to see it. Looking back at Dian Wei behind him, he said, "Young Master Zheng's archery skills have been so advanced within half a year. There must be experts behind him. Dian Wei, go and check it out to see who is teaching him archery skills?"

"Affect the order."

Dian Wei responded softly and took the order.

In the martial arts field, Ma Zheng performed two more three-star shootings and shot the remaining six arrows. In the end, all ten arrows hit the grass man, and none of them escaped the target.

The second one to play was Ma Zhan, but Ma Zhan's shooting skills training was obviously not comparable to Ma Zheng. Ma Zhan only received training in Hetao Camp, while Ma Zheng was preached by archery master Zhao Yun. Therefore, Ma Zhan's performance was far less outstanding than Brother Nai's. He made consecutive mistakes as soon as he got up two arrows.

While the martial arts performance was in progress, a small official rushed into the martial arts performance venue and walked to Jia Xu for a while. Jia Xu looked calm and walked slowly to Ma Yue's side, and leaned into Ma Yue's ear and said softly: "Lord, just now the horse returns, Zhang Xiu and Chen Dao have gone to Nanzheng without any blood. Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, has surrendered."

"Is that true?" A trace of brilliance flashed through Ma Yue's eyes and said, "Beautiful job!"

Jia Xu said again: "Lord, General Fang Yue also said in his letter that although Zhang Lu surrendered, the situation in Hanzhong is still complicated. Generals in the army such as Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang successively removed their armor and returned to the fields. Yan Pu and other Hanzhong gentry did not leave. Only a few Hanzhong merchants such as Yang Song strongly supported our army to enter Hanzhong."

"This is also expected." Ma Yue nodded, "If it weren't for the increasing prosperity of Guanzhong's commerce and business dealings with surrounding areas, Yang Song and other Hanzhong merchants also gained a lot of benefits from it, so they would be willing to help me? Humph, it seems that the gentry in the world is not a god without oil and salt. As long as they can give them benefits, they are still willing to change their positions."

"Everyone is bustling with people, all comes for profit, and all comes for profit." Jia Xu nodded and agreed, "Although the gentry and family in the world care about reputation and loyalty and righteousness, in their hearts, they care about the interests of their own families more than the righteousness of the court. When their family interests conflict with the righteousness of the court, most people will still make adjustments!"

Ma Yue said: "Yes, it is precisely because of the monopoly control of the officialdom and knowledge of these gentry families, and the narrow family concept, that the separatist situation is today! I decided to wipe out separatist warlords in various places during my lifetime, and then I will be familiar with it, abolish the status of Confucianism, teach the poor children and hundreds of schools, and then set up imperial examinations to recruit useful talents. In this way, if there are no more than three generations, the gentry will be destroyed, the family will be destroyed, and the source of chaos in the world can be eliminated!"

"Lord is wise." Jia Xu complimented Ma Yue without any pain, then asked, "But Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yan Pu are quite influential in Hanzhong. They must not ignore it. What should be done? And how should Zhang Lu arrange his place? What is particularly difficult is that the 20,000 Hanzhong army under Zhang Lu's command. Most of these soldiers are believers of the Five Dogs of Rice Sect. They are extremely superstitious about Zhang Lu's trick of confusing the people, and they must not be taken lightly."

Ma Yue thought for a while and said to Jia Xu: "As for the handling of Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yan Pu and others, you and I are far away in Hetao and don't understand the actual situation in Hanzhong. Let Fang Yue, Zhang Xiu, and Chen deal with it as appropriate. As long as you don't instigate a mutiny, it's enough. As for Zhang Lu, he can't stay in Hanzhong anymore. His 20,000 religious followers must also leave Hanzhong."

Ma Yue said, "I have an idea. The Five Dogs of Rice Sect must not let it go, otherwise the tragedy of Taiping Dao will repeat itself. However, since Zhang Lu has surrendered, he cannot start a massacre. It is better to find a famous mountain to raise Zhang Lu and his 20,000 believers. Well, it is better to be Zhongnan Mountain."

"You can submit to the court and submit Taoism as the state religion, respect Zhang Lu as the Heavenly Master, and allow him to open a museum in Zhongnan Mountain to teach Taoism skills. The government will pay money and food to support the life needs of Taoists every year. His believers can also become officials and join the army, but they are never allowed to privately teach believers outside Zhongnan Mountain."

Ma Yue's move is actually to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot.

First, enshrine you high, so that you can enjoy the support of the government and have no worries about food and clothing, and then gradually leave the civilians at the bottom, so that you can slowly lose the mass base. Once you lose the mass base, the Five Dou Rice Sect or Taoism will lose a threat to Ma Yue’s Xiliang regime.

This approach is undoubtedly extremely wise. If Ma Yue adopted a suppression tactic on the Five Dogs of Rice Sect, it might be possible to eliminate the official existence of the Five Dogs of Rice Sect on the surface, but the believers of the Five Dogs of Rice Sect will turn from open to dark like Taiping Taoists, and sneak into the people to secretly develop their power.

When Ma Yue's Xiliang regime was strong, these religious evil sects that had hidden among the people and were inherited tenaciously would not cause any trouble, but once the descendants of Ma Butcher lost their morality, leading to chaos in the court, or disasters in the world were rampant, and the people were living in poverty, the religious evil sects lurking among the people would rekindle and have a devastating blow to the Xiliang regime!

Jia Xu was stunned at first when he heard this, and then clapped his hands and praised: "Miscellaneous, this plan is very wonderful, I am worthy of my lord."

As Jia Xu finished speaking, a cheer suddenly broke out in the martial arts field, but the martial arts performance of these young masters had all ended. As a result, Ma Zheng's archery skills stood out like a crane, and the leaders' archery skills were basically on the same level as those of Ma Zhan. Originally, they were all taught by veterans from Hetao Camp.

At this time, Dian Wei also came back, walked behind Ma Yue and whispered: "Lord, it's Zhao Yun."

"Zhao Yun!?" Ma Yue's face changed, he stood up halfway and sat down slowly, and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Dian Wei said: "Last winter, Prince Zheng went to Mobei for training under the order of his lord, and saved a dying young man in the slave camp of Wanhu Lao Camp in Zuobu. After being treated by his wife, the young man finally saved his life."

Ma Yue said: "Is this young man Zhao Yun?"

Dian Wei said: "That is, according to the young master's guard captain Xu Shao, Zhao Yun has been following the young master after he was rescued, carefully teaching the young master's martial arts and archery skills. The young master went out to hunt and Zhao Yun always guarded his side. He saved the young master's life several times from the horse thieves. Once, he rode alone and killed 600 horse thieves!"

Ma Yue was shocked and suspicious, and said in a narrow voice: "There is such a thing."

Dian Wei said: "Mrs. Zhou Cang also discovered that Zhao Yun had no malice to Prince Zhengjue, so he dared to let him stay by the Prince."

Jia Xu on the side suddenly said, "Lord, this Zhao Yun is a powerful general. He shot Lu Bu with an arrow in front of Hulao Pass and rescued Gongsun Zan from Fang Tian's painting halberd. Later, he was the commander of Baima Yicong. Did he lead troops in the army?"

"No." Ma Yue shook his head, "Let him stay with the young master."

At this time, a member of Liang Junjiao rushed to Ma Yue and clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Liang, the hunting ground is ready."

"Okay!" Ma Yue stood up and said to Jia Xu, Fu Xie, Fa Zhen, Guan Ning and others, "Today, Gu will give this group of little wolf cubs a lesson. Gu wants these little wolf cubs to understand that fighting alone can only lead to self-destruction, and only by working together can you defeat powerful enemies."

On the west side of Hetao Daying, the hunting ground.

The mountains are deep, the forests are dense, with wormwood overgrown, and beasts are rampant in the forest, and there are fierce beasts everywhere. It is a place specially used by the Hetao Camp to train hunting techniques. The purpose is nothing more than hoping that the little wolf cubs in the camp can learn combat skills through hunting, or further learn the preliminary tips of using troops.

There is a clearing in the dense forest, and there are solid wooden fences around the open space. There are roaring sounds in the fences. A colorful tiger weighing thousands of pounds is roaring and roaring inside, and from time to time, grinning at the high platform not far away, revealing its cold and sharp fangs, which makes people feel heartbroken.

Under the high platform, Ma Yue, Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan, Wang Shuang, Xu Zhi and other young masters stood solemnly.

Ma Yue turned around and nodded to Dian Wei. Dian Wei understood, raised his right arm and waved it hard. In an instant, a loud wolf sounded through the sky. Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan and others turned their heads one after another, and saw the strong wooden fence suddenly opened, and a strong male wolf was driven into the open space by the soldiers.

Although this male wolf is extremely strong, it is considered large among all the grassland wolf. However, compared with the colorful tigers in the pen, it immediately appears weak. The tiger, which had long been hungry, found its prey and immediately roared and pounced on it. The wolf was quickly knocked to the ground and became a delicacy in the mouth of the tiger.

"Did you see it?" Ma Yue turned around and said earnestly to Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan and others, "A wolf, no matter how strong it is, is never the opponent of the tiger! And you are just a little wolf cub. When you grow up in the future, you will face the enemy like a tiger."

The little faces of Ma Zheng and others suddenly became a little pale, and their bright eyes were full of confusion. They obviously felt powerless to defeat the enemy like a tiger.
To be continued...