Ma Chao's words really made Cao Ang and Cao Tai stunned on the spot. After reflecting with great difficulty, Cao Taicai had the courage to say: "As we all know, although the Ma family is located in the three states of Liang, Yong, and Si, the number of troops is only 150,000. In the previous battle in Hanzhong, the Ma family had already lost more than 20,000, and now the Yanshi has been defeated, and the Ma family's combat strength is less than 100,000. With such a difficult military situation, I don't know why the hussar general is still so aggressive? ”

Ma Chao glanced at Cao Tai, did not answer, but sat upright, and slowly spoke: "Gongda, the Ministry of War will draft a book, and all the staff will mobilize the power of the Ma family to fight against Yuan Shao!" ”

"I don't know what level of combat readiness will be issued this time?" Xun Yu bowed down and asked for instructions.

"The second level is enough, just one Yuan Shao, and the third level of combat readiness is not used." Ma Chao waved his hand and made a decision.

When Xun You heard this, he actually took out a bookbook from his arms, looked at it for a while, and said: "If you use the second-level combat readiness and send county soldiers to attack, then under the rule of the Ma family, you can mobilize 300,000 troops to the front line." ”

"It's too much, if it's just a war readiness order in Sili Prefecture, how many people can be transferred?" Ma Chao frowned slightly after hearing this, waved his hand and said: "In other states and counties, the cost of transferring troops is huge, and the combat power is difficult to guarantee. ”

"More than 70,000 people." Xun You immediately replied.

Cao Ang and Cao Tai saw Ma Chao like this, and they didn't understand what he meant. However, the faces of the generals in the banquet hall were full of anger and excitement: in the Ma family army system, the most obvious one is naturally the Ma family army that is powerful in the world. It is all a professional combat service, and the salary is extremely high.

However, in addition, in order to deal with the tactics of the sea of princes, Ma Chao has already formulated a combat readiness level. When Ma Jiajun was unable to deal with it, the second level of combat readiness was activated. In this way, under the rule of the Ma family, those county soldiers who are responsible for guarding the state and county will respond. These county soldiers also receive half-day training in peacetime, and their combat effectiveness is good. If you receive the Ma family's standard equipment and temper it on the battlefield, you will also be a first-class elite soldier of the Ma family.

In addition, there are 50,000 reserve troops under Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Bu, and Wu Anguo, so that counting the original strength of the Ma family, there are more than 250,000.

Of course, if it is a third-level combat readiness, after mobilizing the county soldiers under the county soldiers, it will be the time when the Ma family faces a counterattack by a great enemy. And if the fourth-level combat readiness is launched, and the militia participating in the training during the off-season is also mobilized, it will definitely be the moment of life and death of the Ma family, and under the rule of the entire Ma family, at least two million troops can be mobilized, which is unstoppable.

After listening to Guo Jia's explanation clearly, Cao Ang and Cao Tai's faces changed greatly, and when they looked at Ma Chao's eyes, they couldn't help but feel a little more afraid: If this is the case, even if the Kanto heroes attack the Ma family, there is no five-point chance of winning. Ma Mengqi took precautions and set such an armament plan, which really confused the eyes of the world!

But this is just the beginning, after the 250,000 army, Ma Chaofu opened his mouth and asked Meng Dadao again: "Guan Shanxue contacted the mercenaries of the Western Regions before, has the handover of your household department and the military department been completed at this time?" ”

"My lord, Guan Shanxue has already purchased 20,000 slave soldiers from Anxi, those people are brave and good at fighting, very good at military formation, after coming to the Ma family barracks, they are grateful to Dade for the Ma family's escape from slavery, and they want to settle down under the rule of the Ma family, they have joined the reserve army, actively prepare for war, and are willing to fight for the Ma family!" It was Xun Yu who said this.

After waiting for Xun You's report, Meng Da took a step forward, and then said: "In addition, Guan Shanxue also contacted a 30,000-strong mercenary army of the Parthian Empire. It is already on standby in Liangzhou, and if the lord agrees, it can be sent to the front line immediately. ”

"Where is the Great Qin Empire?" Ma Chao shook his head, as if he was still a little dissatisfied with Guan Shanxue's progress.

"Returning to the lord, the Rest Empire and the Great Qin Empire are mortal enemies, Guan Shanxue once also led a mercenary of the Great Qin Empire, however, the slave corps of the Rest Empire swore to fight to the death, and finally had no choice but to take care of the Far Away Land between the Great Qin Empire and the West, so he had to cut off the road to Great Qin."

After Ma Chao heard this, he nodded his head. After listening to Xun You's explanation, he naturally remembered that the vast empire to the west of the Han Dynasty was the Arsa Dynasty established by the Persianized Scythians, which Sima Qian transliterated as "rest" in the "Historical Records". The Anxi Empire, which dominated Central Asia, had a complete monopoly on Silk Road trade, which was coveted by the Great Qin (Roman Empire) in the West.

A great war broke out, and the "red-clothed" Crassus (known as the Roman Triumvirate along with Pompey and Caesar, the consul who eliminated Spartacus) led a large army to attack Anxi, but the once-powerful Great Qin was defeated by this nomad in the vast Central Asian steppe. Crassus was captured, and King Sabbath cut off his head and sent back to the greedy Great Qin people with gold in Crassus's mouth smeared with gold. Since then, although Great Qin has continued to wage war against Anxi, it has always been defeated.

With this period of national feud, the Rest Empire and the Great Qin Empire have been inseparable from then on, and they will never die. Ma Chao was whimsical and only tried to use finance and trade to tap the population there, but ignored the intolerance between races.

However, this result also made Ma Chao somewhat relieved, and said: "Send the 30,000 mercenaries of Parthia to the front line, plus the 20,000 slave legions of the Sabbath Empire, to act as cannon fodder, it should be almost ......."

Cao Ang and Cao Tai were shocked when they came here, what is the Rest Empire, the Great Qin Empire, and the Parthian Empire, they have only seen a few words from the historical records, but they never thought that there was still the profession of 'mercenary' in that place outside the country. And Ma Chao quietly introduced these people into the Central Plains, and at the same time transferred them to the front line to serve as death squads........ which really made Cao Ang and Cao Tai unbelievable.

'Could it be that the displaced people under the rule of the Ma family cannot be used in such wars? The eyes of the two of them showed such doubts at the same time, they couldn't figure out why Ma Chao was so troublesome.

"The lives of the people of the Han Dynasty are very precious." Ma Chao seemed to see the confusion in the eyes of the two, and after explaining in one sentence, he spoke again: "In this way, the Ma family already has more than 300,000 troops. It was enough to make Yuan Shao stunned, but I think this amount is still a bit light........"

"Mengta!"

"The minister is here!"

"You immediately enter the north outside the Saiwai, tell the Qiang and Xiongnu tribes, I need 100,000 cavalry, and I want them to rush to Chang'an within ten days, if they are half a minute late, let them think about the consequences!"

"Command!" Meng He has been in charge of Qiang affairs for many years, and has a very good relationship with the major Qiang tribes such as Tsing Yi, Baima, and Huangyang. With just one sentence, the Qiang people will definitely help. As for the Hun Liu Bao, it is even simpler, and if an order goes down, Liu Bao naturally knows what to do.

It was only at this time that Cao Ang and Cao Tai suddenly remembered that Ma Chao was known as the 'Tianwei God General' outside the Saiwai, and the Ma family's commodities maintained the survival of the herdsmen outside the Saiwai. As soon as he gave an order, he said that it was 100,000 cavalry, that is, 300,000 or 500,000 troops, and it could also be transferred. This small test, I'm afraid it was intentional to make Yuan Shao retreat?

"More than 400,000 troops, this is a bit interesting." Ma Chao only got up slowly at this time, walked in front of Cao Ang and Cao Tai, and asked like a breeze: "Such a force is enough for Cao Mengde to give up Yingchuan County, right?" ”

"Since, naturally ......." Cao Ang was shocked by the tip of the iceberg of the Ma family's strength, and couldn't help but be shocked by Ma Chao's courage at this time, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva very hard before replying in such a gaffe.

After that, Cao Ang suddenly thought that the predator of the Ma family had never been really angry. If it sends all its strength to the Kanto region, it is not impossible to sweep the world. It's just that it has been so forbearing, what is it for?

'Why?' Ma Chao, who saw Cao Ang's thoughts, couldn't help but feel a little depressed: Do you think I don't want to do this? You, the ancients, didn't know that fighting a war is burning money. If the Ma family is really as you think, a single battle can destroy the entire Ma family and even the economic foundation of the Han family! At that point, I'm still playing with a fart!