Chapter 21 Nan'an Pangde

In the battle in Longxi City, although the Xiliang army adopted a sneak attack, it still won a bit dangerously. Fortunately, Ma Chao's roar turned around the entire situation, which also made him make another amazing contribution.

After the battle, it was already dawn. Jiang Xu ordered the generals and officers of the entire army to lead the army to count and collect the soldiers of various tribes such as Qiang, Hu and Di.

In this attack, the Xiliang soldiers killed more than 100 people and injured more than 1,850 rebels, killed more than 1,400 rebels, seized 15,000 war horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, hundreds of thousands of food, tens of thousands of stones of money, and countless other supplies. It can be said that it was a complete victory.

According to the information obtained from interrogating the prisoners, Jiang Xu learned that the Longxi City is currently a supply land for the rebels, and all the plundered materials from the rebels are concentrated here. This is no wonder that in such a chaotic and chaotic year, there are so many storages in Longxi City.

And from the prisoners, Jiang Xu knew that the rest of the rebels had already gone in two directions, heading towards Longyou, and attacking Didao, the capital of Longxi County.

After mastering the movements of other rebels, Jiang Xu felt much more relieved, knowing that there was no danger here for the time being, but in order to expand the army, the prisoners still needed to be incorporated.

According to the Han Dynasty, Jiang Xu selected those who were eighteen to forty-five years in the army and joined the army. All the rest were returned to their freedom and distributed them to the residents of Longxi City.

A total of 22,000 soldiers were incorporated, and the remaining more than 6,000 were all added to the household registration of Longxi County, which brought some vitality to Longxi County, which was originally under war and sparsely populated.

In the subsequent rewards of merit, Ma Chao became Sima of the Right Army and was appointed to rule the 3,000 cavalrymen in Liangzhou. Ma Chao's promotion was entirely based on the accumulation of military merits, so he had a high verbal comment among the soldiers.

After the matter was settled in the city, Jiang Xu held a meeting in the lobby of the county hall, and all the generals and school officials in the army participated.

There are several fire trays in the middle of the lobby, and there are also wine pots warming up on it. This treatment is a world of difference compared to the treatment of marching in the snow a few days ago.

"Everyone, Xu respect you for a cup." Jiang Xu raised his glass and shouted to the generals.

The generals raised their glasses and drank them all. After the hot wine, the generals in the lobby were unwilling to be energetic. Jiang Xu said, "This time the capture of Longxi was mainly due to accidents. With Ma Sima's Shenwu, they won the battle just now. However, the main force of the rebels has not been destroyed, and our army's mission has not been completed. However, the road is now covered with heavy snow, and we cannot find the specific position of the rebels. The army is not suitable for moving forward. Therefore, I would like to ask you to discuss how our army should act next. If you have a plan, you might as well speak out."

As soon as Jiang Xu finished speaking, the generals in the lobby couldn't help but whisper, but after discussing for a long time, no one offered any available plan.

Yang Fu was observing the expressions of the generals. Seeing that Ma Chao had never spoken, but sat silently, he thought to himself that the eldest son had always been calm and wise, and he was afraid that he had already had an idea, so I might as well ask him.

"Meng Qi, if you have a plan, why not tell me?" Yang Fu asked.

When the generals heard the spoken by the counselor Yang Fu, the generals' eyes were all focused on Ma Chao. The generals were also a little curious about Ma Chao. This rookie in the army was born out of nowhere, but he made many extraordinary achievements and his rapid promotion really made the generals envious.

Seeing everyone's eyes gathered on him, Ma Chao said, "I thought that our army now only needs to garrison here and build a city. When the rebels in front of us return, our army can wait and die and destroy the rebels and the city in one fell swoop."

"Meng Qi, the rebels in front rely on plunder as supplies, how could they run out of food? If they return from plunder, these rebels have sufficient food and grass, and they are afraid that they will immediately siege the city. At that time, we might become turtles in the jar." Jiang Xu was confused when he saw Ma Chao saying such a plan.

"Haha... General Jiang doesn't need to be anxious. He finished speaking." Ma Chao raised his head and smiled, stood up confidently, and said, "We are indeed not sure about the precise movements of the rebels, which makes our army unable to move forward, but we can send several guerrilla teams to conduct reconnaissance in the counties and counties of Longyou.

"If you find the trend of the rebels, you can take the opportunity to follow them, find opportunities to destroy the enemy's food and grass. In this way, the huge rebels' team, under our harassment, will inevitably be out of food soon by daily plunder. At that time, you can only choose to return to Longxi. Isn't the time for us to eliminate the rebels ripe?"

"Meng Qi, which guerrilla team you are talking about, and what team is it?" Zhao Ang didn't understand Ma Chao's order very well, so he asked.

Ma Chao then woke up and said new words, and hurriedly explained: "The guerrilla team means scouts. What I mean is to send out a few scout teams composed of one or two hundred people."

"Oh!" The generals couldn't help but show a clear expression.

Yang Fu finally understood it now, and immediately smiled and said, "Meng Qi's plan is a feasible method. You can immediately send out several scout teams to reconnaissance or harass the enemy."

Jiang Xu thought it was feasible and said, "Okay, just act according to the plan."

As the person who proposed this plan, Ma Chao naturally asked to lead the team forward. At first, Jiang Xu and Zhao Ang pushed forward and stopped. Finally, Ma Chao persuaded Yang Fu, and then he received approval. He led 150 soldiers alone and quietly left Longxi and headed towards Didao.

After several days of marching in the snow, Ma Chao led his army to the territory of Qidao on that day. When he was about to have a meal and rest at noon, he suddenly heard a loud roar from the forest: "Hasidon, do you dare to go forward and fight?"

Immediately afterwards, there was a roar of iron clashing and a burst of laughter: "Haha...Ponde, you don't need to use provocation to someone. I have the ability to know myself and will not be fooled by you."

When Ma Chao heard these two conversations, he almost jumped up excitedly. He did not expect that Pang De and Pang Lingming, who had been famous for a long time, would meet him by chance here.
Chapter completed!