Cao Liang had already prepared for the military arrangements, but the only thing that was not bad was Ma Long's position. Once Ma Long's position was arranged, the entire army was ready to go to war.

However, in order to strengthen Ma Long's sense of responsibility, Cao Liang specially arranged for Ma Long to arrive in Shangdang in advance. The troops under his command arrived after he arrived, which made Ma Long feel that he was the main force, and the entire vanguard force had this army after him.

This time, Ma Long was in charge of the army for the first time, but Ma Long was not treated very well and operated completely according to the normal size of the army. After Ma Long arrived in Shangdang, he was appointed as the guardian of the rebellion by Cao Liang. Five thousand people were drawn from each battalion to him and another group was formed into the Pioneer Battalion.

However, Ma Long suggested to Cao Liang that there was no need to send him five thousand people, only three thousand people were enough. However, there was a prerequisite, that is, every soldier would need to undergo his personal assessment. If the existing army could not select suitable people, he would be allowed to recruit warriors from the people.

Cao Liang happily agreed to the five thousand people and ordered them to be taken to the school grounds and allowed Ma Long to choose them.

The reason why Ma Long made such a decision was because he had been in the Chongzhou and Huainan army and hated the nepotism of illegitimate fraud in the army. However, he had always served as a relatively low-level military officer and was unable to change the status quo.

So Ma Long secretly vowed that after he could lead the army independently in the future, he would definitely select an army composed of elite warriors to abandon those bad habits of nepotism and effectively improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

When he first arrived in Bingzhou, Ma Long did not understand the military situation in Bingzhou. Since Cao Liang arranged for him to be the vanguard officer, Ma Long boldly proposed his own ideas to Cao Liang. At first, he thought Cao Liang would object. After all, breaking the bad habit of military recruitment requires great courage to be the leader.

Cao Liang's attitude gave Ma Long great confidence, but in the subsequent selection, Ma Long was surprised to find that according to his requirements, more than 90% of the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army would pass. You should know that Ma Long's requirements were extremely harsh. Anyone who was selected by him had to be able to pull the crossbow of 36 jun and the bow of four jun. This was an extremely difficult standard for most of the Wei army in the world. However, Cao Liang's Bingzhou Army could easily complete the selection, which really surprised Ma Long.

If he was in Yanzhou, Ma Long believed that at least 80% of the soldiers would be eliminated. If he was in Huainan, the situation might be slightly better, but the pass rate would never exceed half. But now in Bingzhou, his almost devilish requests have reached more than 90%.

It was so terrifying! Even Ma Long himself was amazed. No wonder Cao Liang could compete with Sima Yi's 150,000 troops with only 50,000 people. Such a strong individual combat capability was the strongest guarantee.

Originally, Ma Long was ready to recruit warriors from the people, but the selection was not over yet. Ma Long was able to select the three thousand people he needed, and Ma Long was still a little regretful. If he had known that the quality of Bingzhou soldiers was so high, he would have been so much to pick up. He would just take the 5,000 people under the tent.

However, he had already made a request for three thousand people to Cao Liang. It seemed that he would not fit Ma Long's character after changing his mind at this time. So he chose the best among the five thousand people, and selected three thousand people, and sent the remaining two thousand people back.

Today's Pioneer Battalion is already the elite among the elite. Moreover, Ma Long had previously worried that if there were too many new recruits recruited from the people, although they were good in physical fitness, they would lack combat experience. Therefore, the recruited new troops still needed strict training to go to the battlefield to fight.

Now Ma Long has no such concerns at all. The troops selected are soldiers with combat experience. With a little training, they can meet the needs of combat. Ma Long is extremely satisfied with this selection.

Yang Hu was puzzled by Cao Liang's sudden suggestion to serve as the head of the Pioneer Camp this time. Who is this Ma Long? He was so appreciated by Cao Liang that Cao Liang not only abandoned them, such generals who could fight, but also allowed him to pick and choose in the army. This is a treatment that none of the five tiger generals had ever received.

"Brother-in-law, who is Ma Xiaoxing? You are so favoured?" Yang Hu asked Cao Liang quietly in private, very puzzled.

Cao Liang smiled and said, "This Ma Long is definitely not inferior to you in terms of ability. Moreover, he is good at taking the elite soldiers and has another way of selecting soldiers. This time it is best to hand over the Pioneer Camp to him."

Cao Liang has always been wise and Yang Hu dared not deny Cao Liang's vision, but since Cao Liang allowed Ma Long to "troddle" in the army, the others had nothing to say.

In addition to the Pioneer Battalion, Cao Liangshang also mobilized the three infantry battalions, the left and right guard camps, the Tunqi Battalion, and the two cavalry battalions of the Xiaoqi Battalion, the total strength of the total 53,000 troops. Such a huge army also proves from one aspect that Cao Liang's use of troops to Heluo this time is not just as simple as training.

Cao Liang has been raising his energy for more than a year. Except for a smaller battle in Pingyang, he spent most of his time training troops to raise troops. As the saying goes, he has cultivated troops for thousands of days and used troops for a while. At this moment, he must have made some plans to assemble a 50,000 army.

This made Ma Long quite happy. It seemed that Cao Liang was preparing to take serious action this time. This time he came to Bingzhou with a very clear purpose, that is, to move reinforcements from Bingzhou. Although it was impossible to rescue Huainan directly, he always acted in besieging Wei and saving Zhao. Only Luoyang was attacked. How could Sima Yi ignore it? Once he withdrew his troops back to help Luoyang, even a part of the army would definitely reduce the pressure on Shouchun.

Ma Long accepted Cao Liang's appointment without hesitation. The main reason was that he hoped that the Bingzhou Army could send troops to rescue Huainan. This was his mission. In order to complete this mission, Ma Long really did everything.

Even if Cao Liang did not send a large army, Ma Long was ready to take the selected three thousand elite soldiers to Luoyang and fight to the death with the Sima army. However, now it seems that he will not be alone. Since Cao Liang handed over the three thousand warriors to him, he would not let these soldiers die in vain.

With such a solid backing, Ma Long, who was the pioneer, was even more passionate. He must do something in this battle.

PS: Sorry, it was a bit late to correct it today, please forgive me!
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