As the saying goes: The law does not punish the public. Faced with the unanimous opposition of all officers and soldiers, Ma Chao could only choose to give in.
However, Ma Chao, who had failed in disarmament, not only failed to realize the military adjustment he wanted to streamline and refine his troops, he even planned to spare a month or two for integrated training to further improve the military discipline and combat effectiveness of his troops.
Neither can be done.
Ma Chao originally thought that although the failure of this disarmament had an impact on his prestige and might make some subordinates have disrespectful thoughts towards him, as long as Yang Feng and Yu Du sincerely followed him, with the assistance of Yang Feng and Yu Du
, if you kill a few people to establish your authority, won't everything be solved? Once you train your troops, improve the combat effectiveness of this troops, and use your own skills to defeat Cao Cao and destroy Dong Zhuo, it won't be easy.
thing?
However, Ma Chao never expected that Yang Feng and Yu Du would tell Ma Chao very embarrassedly at this time that they could not completely control this army because they had never been able to fully guarantee the supplies of this army. This army was just a group of people.
People who were homeless and wanted to survive in troubled times gathered together. Later, Yang Feng and Yu Du told Ma Chao that because their army had no production base
, and has been carrying out large-scale plunder in the Yuzhou area. At this time, the military rations in the Yuzhou area are no longer enough to support such a large army. The little military rations Ma Chao brought, under the huge base of more than 400,000 soldiers, is also
It's just a drop in the bucket and can't last a few days. I hope Ma Chao can quickly solve the problem of the shortage of military rations in the army. Otherwise, if this army doesn't need to be attacked, it will mutiny.
This immediately gave Ma Chao a huge headache. Ma Chao couldn't help but think: Could it be that this army was out of food, so he surrendered to him without hesitation. Now Ma Chao finally understood why he had some incompetence in commanding this army.
As a soldier, you have to eat food. You have no food and no pay. You rely entirely on your popularity. Why should you let those soldiers listen to you and sacrifice their lives for you?
Therefore, when Ma Chao could neither disarm nor produce food, he could only launch an attack. Fighting to feed war! Using the enemy's food to feed himself was originally a practice of the people outside the Great Wall.
There was a loud bang. With this last loud bang, the city gate of Siyang County was knocked open by Ma Chao's troops with giant logs.
"Kill!..." The morale of Ma Chao's siege troops immediately soared, and they roared and rushed into the city.
Ma Chao, who was standing behind to supervise the formation with his spear and horse in hand, showed a satisfied smile. Although Ma Chao was extremely dissatisfied with the quality of the soldiers and horses led by Yang Feng and Yu Du. But Ma Chao was not satisfied with the role played by such a large number of troops.
, that is still extremely satisfactory.
Although Ma Chao still doesn't understand the principle of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. However, the facts before his eyes force Ma Chao to believe what Jiang Fang told him at the beginning. Having soldiers means strength. No matter what kind of soldiers, the more soldiers, the stronger the strength.
Big truth.
Just like now, although the city defense of this small county town is not very good, if in the past, if you relied on your own 30,000 people to attack, even if the opponent only had a few thousand troops, it would have caused a huge damage to your troops.
casualties. Moreover, it is impossible for our own troops to capture them in a short period of time. But now, dozens of
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses immediately surrounded this small county town, making it impermeable to wind and rain. The opponent's thousands of soldiers and horses were not enough to allocate manpower to deal with it. In addition, he used a giant shield to protect the city from the attacks of bows and arrows.
Hitting the city gate with a goat's horn against wood, and in just one meal, the city was conquered. It was really cool.
However, at this moment, the shouts of killing in the city suddenly changed.
"Brothers, hurry up and shoot. If you have quick hands, you may have slow hands. Whoever grabs it wins!"
Ma Chao immediately frowned, feeling a little displeased. The joy of victory he felt just now was all gone.
Ma Chao was too familiar with this sound. This was not the first time it happened. This meant that those who rushed inside had eliminated most of the resisters and now began to plunder.
Ma Chao was extremely disgusted with this kind of undisciplined behavior. The first time it happened, Ma Chao even killed several gangsters on the spot. However, Ma Chao's move almost triggered a large-scale
of the mutiny. If Yang Feng and Yu Du had not supported Ma Chao at the critical moment, even Ma Chao and the more than 30,000 people in charge of Ma Chao would have confessed long ago. For this reason, Ma Chao was extremely grateful to Yang Feng and Yu Du for their loyalty. At the same time, he was also loyal to this lawless gang.
The remnants of the Yellow Turban are extremely taboo.
Moreover, Ma Chao finally learned through his subordinates who were mixed at the grassroots level that the leaders and soldiers of the middle and lower levels of the Yellow Turban Army who followed Yang Feng and surrendered to him had never sincerely surrendered to him. And as early as when Ma Chao was preparing for large-scale disarmament,
At that time, he was already extremely dissatisfied with Ma Chao
Afterwards, Ma Chao was forced by the huge pressure from the entire army and gave up on the disarmament. These murderous desperadoes would not take Ma Chao seriously. It was just because of Yang Feng, Yu Du and the like.
The big boss tried his best to support Ma Chao, so he maintained superficial obedience to Ma Chao.
Ma Chao had nothing to do about this. After all, Ma Chao did not have the power to intimidate and control forty soldiers and horses. Ma Chao could only secretly decide in his heart that he would follow the strategies planned by Jiang Fang to defeat Cao Cao and occupy Yanzhou and
After Xuzhou, you must recruit a new group of obedient soldiers. Once you have trained those soldiers who are loyal to you, you will consume these disobedient Yellow Turban remnants on the battlefield.
Ma Chao glanced around. Yang Feng and Yu Du were looking at him sheepishly. Ma Chao sighed secretly and thought: These two people are not easy. Even he can't control such soldiers. It's a shame for them.
After so many years, I can't blame them too much. After all, these two people still really rely on me and help me in my most difficult time. When I have a formal army in the future, I will let these two
Let's live a good life as a general.
Ma Chao shook his head, regained his composure, and said: "The whole army is entering the city. Rest for one night and continue marching tomorrow." At this time, Ma Chao had automatically ignored the soldiers who had no military discipline.
"Yes!" All the generals responded in unison, and surrounded Ma Chao as he walked slowly into the city.
Here, Yang Feng and Yu Du were also loudly agreeing. But what Ma Chao didn't know was that Yang Feng and Yu Du were also secretly despising Ma Chao.
Yang Feng and Yu Du would lead their troops to surrender to Ma Chao, and that was entirely under Liu Ming's orders. Before meeting Ma Chao, Yang Feng and Yu Du didn't know much about Ma Chao, a nobody, and they weren't very convinced either. Especially...
After Ma Chao arrived, Ma Chao could not solve the supply problem of Yang Feng, Yu Du and the others, let alone feed them. Instead, they needed Yang Feng, Yu Du and the others to work hard. Yang Feng and Yu Du were even more dissatisfied with Ma Chao.
Moreover, Ma Chao emphasized military discipline and forbade them from robbing, which was outrageous in the eyes of Yang Feng and Yu Du. For Yang Feng and Yu Du, since Ma Chao could not support his officers and soldiers, if his subordinates did not rob
, what do they eat? What do they drink? What do they play? Moreover, the troops rob, which is also a habitual method for the Yellow Turban Army to develop their strength. They do not rob all the common people.
If they can no longer survive, which common people will become the Yellow Turbans? Only by robbing those common people and letting those common people know that they can only survive by following the Yellow Turban Army to rob others, will those common people become the Yellow Turban Army
Only when these common people also rob others and kill others, and there is no way back, will they follow the Yellow Turban Army wholeheartedly.
Therefore, although Yang Feng and Yu Du support Ma Chao on the surface, they are just words and there is no real cooperative action. Otherwise, with the methods that Yang Feng and Yu Du have led this army for many years, Ma Chao
It is impossible not to achieve anything at all.
However, Yang Feng was so poisonous that he didn't go out of his way to cause any trouble to Ma Chao.
After all, for Yang Feng and Yu Du at this time, their army is really not very important. It is of no use. As early as when they failed one after another, they could see that the Yellow Turban Army had completely failed to achieve anything.
.They are just unwilling to fail and want to continue to survive in this troubled world, so they are struggling desperately.
And when they received contact and support from Zhang Xiuer, they decided that only resurrecting corpses like Zhang Xiuer was the only way to solve the Yellow Turban Army's current predicament, and Liu Ming from Youzhou was their only way out.
and hope. As Liu Ming became more and more powerful in the rumors, their desire to follow Liu Ming became stronger and stronger.
Therefore, many years ago, Yang Feng and Yu Du did not attach much importance to these troops of theirs. These troops were just a weight when they turned darkness into light and formally surrendered to Liu Ming. Now Liu Ming has given instructions,
Yang Feng and Yu Du just want to complete the mission as soon as possible, and then go to Youzhou to enjoy the happiness, majesty, majesty.
Just when Ma Chao was full of ambition and Cao Cao was worried, Liu Ming, who was still in Jizhou City, was in high spirits because Liu Ming had received too much good news recently.
First of all, before Hua Xin and Jiang Fang came back, Liu Ming had already received the first good news. Liu Ming’s intelligence organizations, which were scattered in Sili, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou due to persecution, were
Thanks to the efforts of Guo Jia, Jia Xu and Yang Jun, things returned to normal again.
Secondly, after Liu Ming's intelligence organization returned to normal, the first news reported to Liu Ming was Ma Chao's war in Cao Cao's territory. Liu Ming was extremely satisfied with this.
Later, Hua Xin and Jiang Fang returned one after another and reported to Liu Ming that they had successfully completed their mission. Of course, Liu Ming couldn't help but be overjoyed.
At this time, Liu Ming was summoning Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Yang Jun, Xun Yu, Xun You and other close advisers to hold a small military meeting to discuss how to take advantage of this great opportunity.
Guo Jia was extremely supportive of Liu Ming's idea. This was Guo Jia's original plan. Liu Ming's radicals were also extremely supportive.
However, the more mature Xun Yu expressed his objections.
Xun Yu said to Liu Ming: "My lord, we are fighting a series of battles. The soldiers need to rest and recuperate, and the army rations need to be allocated. The newly recruited soldiers also need to be trained. This is not good for people. Secondly, it is the middle of winter and the weather is getting worse.
It's cold and it's not conducive for the army to travel far.
.This is because the weather is unfavorable. Thirdly, Cao Cao has heavy troops in Guandu Village to guard against us. The high city is dangerous and difficult, which is not conducive to our rapid advance. This is because the terrain is unfavorable. Moreover, we have just made peace with Cao Cao, although Cao Cao has plans to seize my uncle and nephew.
, harmful to the lord
However, my uncle, nephew and the head of the family did not suffer any harm from this. On the contrary, it greatly reduced the reputation of Cao Cao. Therefore, it was not enough to be used as an excuse to attack Cao Cao. Moreover, Cao Cao was in trouble, so Dong Zhuo did not face it alone.
For us, Dong Zhuo will definitely do the same
To contain us. In this way, when the weather, location, people, etc. are all unfavorable, and we have no reputation for righteousness, we will be contained by Dong Zhuo. It is really not a good time to send troops at this time.
Please, my lord, think twice before you act."
Before Liu Ming could speak, Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "Brother Wen Ruo, you are too worried. Dong Zhuo was defeated at Shouyang Mountain just now. As long as there are two generals with 100,000 troops there to bluff, Dong Zhuo will never dare to take advantage of himself again."
It's humiliating. And there is no need to care about the righteousness of the crusade against Cao Cao. We are not attacking Cao Cao, so there is no need for the righteousness of the crusade. As for the issue of military strength,
That is also very easy to solve. Although most of our troops and horses need to rest, our troops guarding the border are recuperating. As long as we mobilize our troops and horses and change defenses, we will not
Are there just a large number of elite troops again? Moreover, although the weather is not favorable for the expedition, while the weather is not good for us, it is also bad for Cao Cao's army and horses.
The same disadvantage. Our soldiers stationed at the border are all elite troops from the bitter cold land of Liaodong. This severe winter weather has minimal impact on our troops. Therefore, this weather is exactly in our favor.
.As for the favorable location, let alone that. We don’t need to go to Guandu at all. Starting from Guandu and quickly raiding Xudu, that’s just us.
It's just a choice of using troops. Now that our navy supervises the construction of many ships, we can completely dispatch our troops and horses with the navy, and transport our troops and horses stationed at the border directly to the North Sea for landing. Now our North Sea,
That is also sufficient food and grass. It can completely support our troops to carry out a battle. Those concerns of Brother Wen Ruo are completely unnecessary."