Mid October of the first year of Wude.

Chenliu County is located east of Luoyang. Chenliu City was a big city as early as the Qin Dynasty. The local Li Shiqi told Liu Bang that Chenliu was "the most important thing in the world, and the suburbs of all directions are connected and five to five."

This evaluation still works today. There is a gulf beside Chenliu. A ship of food and soldiers were transported from Ao Cang and stored in this big city, making Chenliu the deepest stronghold of the Wei army in the Central Plains, and Ma Yuan also stayed here.

This is also Dong Xian's destination. When waiting in the corridor, Dong Xian was inevitably full of hesitation.

The second-in-command prince, the Lianghan figure, was beaten by the damn Red Eyebrow Army and was so depressed that he only brought one entourage to vote. What kind of treatment would he be treated?

"General Dong."

Dong Xian looked back and saw a strong middle-aged man with a long beard and a jade-like face, smiling and bowing to him, without stopping, and walking directly toward this side, which made Dong Xian stunned.

The person sitting next to him quickly told him: "This is General Ma of the National Guard!"

Is this person Ma Yuan? Dong Xian was quite shocked. He always thought that Ma Yuan was a "veteran" and his father-in-law of the fifth reunion. He didn't expect that he was younger than himself. Then the Wu Emperor of Wei would not be a Huangkouruzi!

Ma Yuan was not polite: "It is rumored that General Dong was killed by Red Eyebrows. It seems that the general not only did not die, but also escaped smoothly."

"I just said, how could General Dong, who could win the Chengchang victory, be silent?"

Dong Xian is also a man who likes to brag. He does not mention Fan Chong's release of him. He only talks about how he defeated the Red Eyebrows pursuers. Ma Yuan only smiled and did not answer, but finally said: "Is General Dong here for himself or for Liang Han and Liu Yong?"

Dong Xian said only: "In the past, I didn't know Allah, but now I know that the Han family has exhausted their energy. Only Emperor Wei can eliminate the great harm to the Red Eyebrow. I came here for General Ma and His Majesty the Emperor Wei."

In order to highlight his role, he sold it at a good price in his new owner, Dong Xian began to exaggerate the Red Eyebrows' formation: "Luoyang, south of Chenliu, Red Eyebrows have gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Yuzhou. I expect that their food will be exhausted. The Red Eyebrows's dukes are staring at Chenliu and Ao Cang. The grain ships on the Hungag will probably invade the north soon."

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of Wei is still in Longyou. If a million red eyebrows go north, can General Ma be the one who is on the verge of the north?"

"No." Ma Yuan shook his head and smiled, "When I was dealing with other Red Eyebrows and the bronze horse army, I once boasted to His Majesty that Ma Yuan could be a hundred thousand soldiers alone. If Red Eyebrows came with hundreds of thousands, how could one horse be enough?"

"At least five horses need to do it!"

Dong Xian didn't know how to answer this, so he could only lower his head and said, "The general, can you be half a 'Ma Wenyuan'?"

Ma Yuanfeng glanced at Dong Xian. If it were the grassroots hero in the Chengchang War many years ago, he would be half as good as him, but now...

But Ma Yuan is straightforward and straightforward, but he won't make the other party too embarrassed. He just said, "The general is here, and he knows everything about the red eyebrows, which is more useful than both Ma Yuan."

Although Dong Xian exaggerated the Red Eyebrows and wanted to win a better position for himself, he said nothing wrong. According to the edict sent by Xingzai, the Fifth Lun directly told Ma Yuan that the battle in Longyou must be fought until the Qishan Mountains are captured. In addition, there are Western Qiang in the west and Huns in the north, so the main force in Guanzhong has to spend the winter in Longyou and can slowly withdraw according to the situation in the spring. He can only rely on him, Dou Rong and Geng Chun himself in the east.

In Jizhou, the total number of Wei troops in the Central Plains is no more than 100,000, and half of them are newly trained soldiers, so Dong Xian can indeed come in handy.

"I will report to Your Majesty that the General is sincere."

Ma Yuan said: "Our army is in the eastern territory, and the land is connected to Dingtao and Juyeze. General Dong raised an army here and is quite prestigious in the local area. Now the old subordinates do not want to follow the Red Eyebrow, so they often return to the vicinity of Juye. Yuan can send troops and escort the general to the east."

Of course, Dong Xian knew that in this chaotic world, only soldiers could have power, and of course the old subordinates had to be gathered.

"Ma Gong's intention is to let me restrain the Red Eyebrow Army near Juyezawa?"

"Yes." Ma Yuan said of a person: "I fought with Red Eyebrow and Tongma many times, but I encountered few opponents. The only one person who never failed to defeat him was the city gate."

"Zhentouzilu is good at using troops, and is a parade in the Bohai Sea and the plains. Two or three thousand people are in a team. They use the rivers and forests to appear by the rivers and rivers to specifically attack our army's rear and cut off the Wei grain road."

This guy really delayed Ma Yuan for several months, slowing his speed of advancing westward, so he failed to enter the field early and completed his last blow to Liu Ziyu.

During the military discussion afterwards, the Fifth Lun said that the war technique of Chengtouzilu was created by his grandson, Wu Zixu, was developed by Peng Yue during the Chu and Han dynasties, and can be called...

“Guerrilla warfare.”

Ma Yuan is a general who is good at learning and applying it. Now that Dong Xian's old subordinates are scattered, it is difficult to form reliable combat power again. It is better to let them learn from the old senior Peng Yue of Juyezawa, and put them behind the Red Eyebrow enemy. This kind of move is also considered a casual chess. Even if Dong Xian repeats this kind of move, it will not have much impact on the overall situation.

"I can only grant the position of a partial general under my command, so I will not give it to the general for the time being. I will only use the tiger talisman and flag as a token. As for the title and official position, His Majesty will send envoys to the general in the future."

Dong Xian left with his promise, and Ma Yuan promised to give him some food, armored soldiers and ships. Since the beginning of winter, the Central Plains have been covered with clouds, and the Red Eyebrows are indeed moving frequently. Dong Xian is going to go early and getting better soon.

When leaving Chenliu County Government, Dong Xian met a black-clothed official with a stern face. Looking at the Xie Zhi on his head, he should be a military officer. Dong Xian had already regarded himself as a member of the Wei State and nodded to the military officer. Unexpectedly, this man glanced at him and saw that Dong Xian had no seal and official uniform with no identity on his body, he ignored him and walked straight forward.

Dong Xian was immediately embarrassed. He was a prince in the past and ordered tens of thousands of troops. Who dared to disrespect him? But now he can only condescend Ma Yuan and command thousands of remnants. Even a small army dared to neglect him. This gap is really sad.

Dong Xian was quite disappointed and could only comfort himself: "But as long as he can back the big tree of Wei, he can start over!"

...

The military commander who met Dong Xian but ignored him, looked at him without looking sideways throughout the whole process, walked into the hall silently, bowing to Ma Yuan, with a very regular etiquette.

"Shaoping is here."

Ma Yuan turned his head and smiled at Jun Zheng, who had always had a stern face and said, "Have you met Dong Xian just now? Look, the same surname is Dong and his name is still similar. General Dong Xian can speak well, but he is not like you, but his face is full of sorrow all day long, as if someone owes you a golden cake."

It turned out that the judge of this army was named "Dong Xuan", with the courtesy name Shaoping. He was a native of Huaiyang County. He avoided the Red Eyebrow Rebellion and went north to join the Wei army. Because he was proficient in the "Da Du Law", he entered the army as the "Jun Zhengcheng" of a brigade.

Dong Xuan made a big news as soon as he came. On the first day of his tens of people in a battalion were cut off! The reason was that they violated military rules, invaded the people of Chenliu, forced the good girl to sleep with him, and secretly took out the food supplied by the generals and sold it for wine.

There are often similar things in the garrison. As long as you don’t stab it, the military judges will turn a blind eye. How could they do things as strictly as Dong Xuan? For a moment, everyone was afraid and hated him. However, when Ma Yuan heard that such a ruthless guy had enforced the law in the army, he smiled and said, “If His Majesty knew that there was finally someone who strictly enforced his military laws, he would probably be very happy.”

It can be seen from this that even in the Wei army, the execution strength was still to a degree.

Ma Yuan then made the decision and transferred Dong Xuan to the shogunate and promoted him to the military commander.

Let’s talk about it now, if someone else is talking about you, you will have to laugh and answer. However, Dong Xuan didn’t, and said with a stern face: “No one owes the official’s gold cake. The official never has money with his colleagues, and he never participates in gambling battles.”

After saying that, Dong Xuan turned against the general and stared at Ma Yuan and said, "The subordinate officials have long wanted to say that, and the National Guard should no longer bet with the soldiers when patrolling the camp."

When other generals met a group of people gathered in the camp to gamble. If they were more harsh, they might directly rob the participants out of the gate and beheaded, but Ma Yuan would stop and see them. After seeing them, he would still be itchy, so he borrowed money from the soldiers to place bets. He had been in the martial arts world for many years and was proficient in all gambling skills. He could win all the bets of veterans in the entire camp. He used the money of everyone to invite them to eat fish, which made everyone feast while complaining, and never dared to bet in front of Ma Guowei again.

"What?" Ma Yuan said: "Shaoping wants to punish me?"

Dong Xuan said seriously: "The only one who can get the National Guard is His Majesty. He is low-ranking and slight, but the National Guard is so mean that it makes it inconvenient for the Army to enforce the law. The National Guard takes the lead in breaking the ban. How can the soldiers enforce the ban during the war?"

"Bold Dong Xuan!" This statement was so scared that the prefect Chenliu, who was sitting by the side, was surprised and went to press his neck: "Why don't you apologize to the National Guard!"

Dong Xuan hardened his neck and did not bow his head: "What the officials said is based on military law, and it is a advice."

"Don't force him." Ma Yuan asked the prefect Chenliu to calm down and said, "Everyone in the army knows that Dong Shaoping's neck can't even cut his sword. But the military law also said that as long as it is not in wartime, it is not convenient to prohibit games in the camp."

"Who said that it is not wartime now?" Dong Xuan retorted: "The Red Eyebrow Outpost is more than a hundred miles south of Chenliu, and it will be available in a few days."

"From the time when the Red Eyebrow swept across Yuzhou and the National Guard was ordered to guard the Central Plains, there will be a battle between Wei and Red Eyebrows!"

Ma Yuan was not angry and nodded and accepted Dong Xuan's harsh advice: "You are right. The army is too relaxed, and it should be tightened now."

"But the soldiers are used to laughing and laughing with me, and I don't want to kill people at any time. I have to make them nervous. I can only imitate the ancients and give them a 'fox-fake power'."

Ma Yuan pointed at himself and said, "I am a fox."

He pointed at his eyebrows and frowned a little more, and it seemed that he could make a "king" come up with Dong Xuan: "You are a tiger, a tiger creeping in the army! Let's go with me to patrol the camp. I want to use Shaoping's reputation to scare the soldiers in the army."

...

"Crouching Tiger" is indeed Dong Xuan's bandit in the army, because although he is just a small army, he is very cruel in killing and any violation of the ban will be strictly enforced.

Ma Yuan also asked Dong Xuan this question: "Wei Lu inherited the Han Lu, and there are two main Han Lu, Da Du Lu and Xiao Du Lu. The former was a cruel official Du Zhou, and the latter was his son. Du Yannian, a famous minister of a generation, praised Xiao Du, and Shaoping, why did you learn from Da Du?"

Dong Xuan's answer was concise and concise: "Because of troubled times, we should use heavy sanctions."

Just like a thief like Chimei, it cannot be cured without a serious punishment! Dong Xuan was born in the middle family. He did not like the extravagant and extremely lustful tyrants, but he had no good feelings for Chimei. Because when Chimei entered Huaiyin, the Dong Xuan family did not lend money or merge, and only silently passed on poetry and books. However, the Chimei army rushed into his family, plundered food, and pushed Dong Xuan's father to death on the spot.

Dong Xuan had personal grudges with Chimei, but he attached more importance to public grudges.

"Dong Xian said nothing wrong, Red Eyebrows are a major harm to the world."

When Dong Xuan learned the law and order, he advocated strict order, as well as people who followed the order step by step and performed their own duties. Blind bandits like Red Eyebrow were the biggest destroyers of order.

However, what gave Dong Xuan a headache was that General Ma Yuan and Ma, who had many supporters, was not a person who liked rules. Although he was the emperor's father-in-law and was over forty years old, he had the heart of a young man.

Ma Yuan's conversation behavior has a straightforward, straightforward and non-spoken style. Among the scholar-official group in the Central Plains, he is simply a maverick. He is very quick in his movements and speaking, likes to talk and laugh, is very talented, good at galloping, and can endure hardships. He is a very lively person.

And he was quite energetic. For example, today he took Dong Xuan to patrol the camp. There happened to be a steep hill on the road. Ma Yuan was still riding slowly, but when he saw the mountain, he suddenly became interested.

"Let's see who can rush to the top first!" He suddenly shouted to his panting subordinates and Dong Xuan, and then rushed out like a hunting dog that saw the prey, while his subordinates rushed to catch up.

Dong Xuanze did not move in place. After Ma Yuan came down, he asked, "Is Shaoping unable to defeat Mali?"

Dong Xuancai told Ma Yuan a solemnly: "In the past, Emperor Wen of Han wanted to gallop west from Baling to the mountain. The General Yuan of the Central Army rode forward and held the reins of Emperor Wen's horse. Emperor Wen also asked: Is the general afraid? Can the National Guard know how Yuan Ang answered?"

Ma Yuan clapped his head and said, "I know that Yuan Ang replied that the son of a daughter cannot sit in the hall, and the wise monarch cannot take risks. The emperor drives a express train and gallops on the dangerous peak. If the horse is frightened and the vehicle is crashed, the emperor can ignore his own safety. How can he be worthy of the foundation of his ancestors and the raising of the empress dowager?"

"It seems that the National Guard knows that this is what the officials want to say." Dong Xuan's mouth was quite poisonous: "If a general dies on the battlefield, he will be considered to sacrifice his life for the country. If he dies unfortunately, he will only leave a record of "falling off a horse and killing him." Isn't it sad? The National Guard should still cherish his body and the important tasks of His Majesty."

Ma Yuan was confident in his equestrian skills and only lit Dong Xuan and said, "I think you are not like Yuan Ang. If you work hard, Zhang Shizhi from the top and Zhidu from the bottom."

Both were ministers of Wen Jingshi, both of whom were upright and upright, but Zhang Shizhi became famous officials and had a good reputation, while Gangying Zhidu became cruel officials because of his cruel methods.

Dong Xuan was not willing to be outdone: "Can the National Guard know that which general you are like in Wen Jingshi?"

Ma Yuan said: "It's not Li Guang."

Dong Xuan said: "It was Li Guang who led his army to fight, chasing water and grass, setting up camps, and the documents were simple, and only the detective cavalry were far away. However, the military affairs must be strictly managed. Li Guang led his troops to fight, so that everyone could do it themselves. In the future, no one should follow the example. After all, even if Li Guang was unparalleled in the world, he would eventually be unable to commit suicide."

"I hope the National Guard can learn the law that I don't know, have a clean military appearance, and conduct strict brigades."

Isn’t this the Fifth Reun’s favorite way of using troops? His Majesty the Emperor summarized it as “building a hard formation and fighting a stupid battle”. Jing Dan and Geng Chun and other “Zhongsi” also have this style, but it’s too boring to fight like this? Ma Yuan prefers to use his favorite way to win!

Although I knew it, Ma Yuan listened to Dong Xuan's unpleasant advice, nodded and accepted the advice, but said, "However, I am quite different from Li Guang, and Shaoping can tell why it is different."

"Li Guang is difficult to be granted the title of the title of marquis, and the National Wei magistrate is already the leader of the marquis?"

Ma Yuan shook his head: "The difference is that I won't get lost."

"Have you heard a word?"

Ma Yuan smiled happily: "Old Ma knew the way!"

...

Although Ma Yuan laughed and scolded on weekdays and was not in a good position, it did not affect his military management. Not only did he manage the fifth army steadily, he also took the time to recruit a lot of refugees who avoided the difficulties of the Red Eyebrow, and established a "Yuzhou Division". According to his hometown, he divided the Huaiyang Brigade, Yingchuan Brigade, Liangjun Brigade, and two Chenliu Brigades, so that the army expanded a lot.

It was right for Ma Yuan to tighten military discipline, because after just a few days, an emergency military situation was sent from the east.

"The Red Eyebrow's camp suddenly went north from Shanyang and rushed straight to Dongjun, as if to attack Puyang. Wang Hong, the prefect of Dongjun, asked the National Guard for help!"

Everyone was shocked. Longyou hadn't finished fighting yet, would you start the war first? Ma Yuan disagreed. After listening to the military situation, he stared at the map and smiled:

"What a plan, it turns out that the Red Eyebrow Army can also fish!"
Chapter completed!