Liu Chan said to Guan Yu again: "Summoning Xinping Ma Chao and asking him to step up the training of cavalry, Hu Qi is different from Wei Cai, they have lived on horseback since they were children, they are proficient in riding and archery, and adult men are all people who control the strings."

Although the cavalry of our army is strong, it is too dependent on stirrups, and now it is at war with the Hu people, and the stirrups are only afraid that it will be easy to leak out, and if the Hu people get the stirrups, it will not be easy to deal with. Therefore, our army must not rely too much on stirrups, but must improve its own riding and archery skills. ”

"No!" Guan Yu gave up his hand.

After the civil and military retreated, Liu Chan called Li Yu in again.

Liu Chan turned to Li Yu and asked, "How is the infiltration of Jinyiwei into the Hu people?" ”

Li Yu replied: "Over the years, Jinyiwei has been targeting Wei and Wu, and the situation of the Hu people in the north is not well understood, and it is not even as good as the Military Council Department in charge of Sikong, let alone infiltration. ”

Liu Chan nodded, and instructed Li Yu: "It's good for Wei Wu to keep the information informed, stop the infiltration first, and focus on the Hu people, especially the forces of Kebineng." ”

"Kebineng?" Li Yu was puzzled: "This person has more than 100,000 people who control the strings, and he is not as good as Wei State, is he more difficult to deal with than Wei State?" ”

Liu Chan smiled and said: "Ke Bineng is bound to be inferior to the Wei State, and the Hu people are only brave in battle, but they don't understand tactics, if I want to defeat them, it will be easy."

I am not afraid to fight him, but I am afraid that he will not fight with me, and I let the Jinyi Guard infiltrate his forces so that I can accurately know the location of his main army in the future. ”

Before the Han and Tang dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty had always been a strong party to the northern Hu people, even during the Wuhu Rebellion, the footsteps of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Expedition never stopped.

The Central Plains is not afraid of fighting them, but they are afraid that the Hu people will not dare to fight, because the Hu people can't fight and can run.

But since the Tang Dynasty, the Hu people have gradually become smarter, and their way of fighting has changed, especially during the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the loss of the land of Yanyun, the Liao people have gained a lot of Han population.

They changed their combat methods in this way, just like the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War, first using traitor troops to consume the strength of the Central Plains soldiers and horses, and waiting for the Central Plains troops to be greatly injured, and then the main force of the Hu people went up, so that the Central Plains always suffered.

From then on, the Jin, Mongolian, and Later Jin of the Ming Dynasty all did this. In terms of numbers, they are not as good as the Central Plains in a hundred years of development, but they used the tactics of the Han troops to take the lead, so that the Central Plains Dynasty became a weak side in the face of the grassland Hu people.

Li Yu nodded and said, "Weichen understands!" ”

A few days later, the inner city of Chang'an.

Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang stood at the head of the city, looking at the four figures in the distance outside the city.

Liu Chan looked at the four figures and said with a smile: "Da Sima is really willing to send them to carry out such an important task. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Although the four of them are young, their abilities are good, and Weichen also intends to let them go out to practice." As long as Your Majesty doesn't blame Weichen for being virtuous and not avoiding relatives, it's good. ”

Liu Chan smiled: "How come? Even if Da Sima didn't do this, I actually intended to send them out to take on this mission. It's time for my young handsome man to go out and practice. ”

Outside the city of Chang'an, four horsemen headed north.

These four people are all about eighteen years old, and the first one is dressed as a scholar, although he is young, he looks like he has an old-fashioned atmosphere, which he does not dare to despise.

The other three were all dressed in military uniforms, and each of them was sturdy.

These four people are the Zhuge brothers, Zhuge Zhan and Zhuge Shang, as well as the Zhao brothers, Zhao Tong and Zhao Guang.

Zhuge Liang sent these four people to the northern Kebineng this time, and united with Kebineng to deal with Budugen.

In fact, with Kebi Neng's current situation, just send a messenger who can speak well, and basically complete the task, but Zhuge Liang still sent the four of them out, mainly to train the four of them.

The four of them went all the way to the north, but did not rush into the outside of the Saiwai, but went to Ma Chao first.

Kebineng's territory is not connected with the Han Dynasty, and the north of the state is the hometown of the former Han Dynasty, which is the territory of Budugen, and the Han people rashly enter, it is very likely to be taken by Budugen, so if you want to successfully go to Kebineng, you still need the guidance of Ma Chao, a person who has dealt with the Hu people all the year round.

The four of them hurried up, but they arrived at the Xinping Machao garrison in one day.

Ma Chao saw Zhuge Zhan and the four of them, and was surprised and delighted: "Da Sima came to write early, saying that he would send an envoy to Kebi Neng in the next few days, I don't want to be a few of you." ”

"I've seen the hussar general!"

"Uncle Ma!"

The four of them did not call Ma Chao differently, Zhuge Zhan and Zhao Tong seemed a little formal, while Zhuge Shang and Zhao Guang were more cordial.

"You two are really getting more and more angry, come on in!" Ma Chao was also accustomed to it, shook his head and invited the four of them into the mansion.

After being full of wine and food, Zhuge Zhan said to Ma Chao: "Will ...... Uncle, Your Majesty sent a few of us to the north of Youzhou to look for Kebineng to form an alliance, because Kebineng has to pass through the territory of Budugen, for example, Kebineng also asked my uncle to show the way for the little nephew. ”

Hearing this, Ma Chao took out a map from his arms, handed it to Zhuge Zhan and said, "I have prepared the map, and now the situation in the north has changed.

In the past, Budugen occupied the four counties of Hetao and the upper county of the original merger state, and the area of the northern land of Liangzhou, and he was close to the Wei State and guarded the border for the Wei State.

However, over the years, Kebineng has been attacking each other with Budugen, and has captured Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan and other places in the hands of Budugen. Now Budugen has retreated to Yanmen, near Hexi, north of Guanzhong, Shangjun, Xihe, and Liangzhou, and there are also many garrisons in the north of Liangzhou.

In the past, there was a Hu army of soldiers and horses in Gaonu to defend against our army, you only need to bypass Gaonu, and then go all the way to the north, be careful along the way, dress up as Hu people, and enter the clouds to reach the territory of Kebineng. ”

Zhao Guangyan was puzzled when he heard this: "Since Kebi can attack each other with Budugen, and have already annexed many territories of Budugen, then why do we need to form an alliance with Kebineng?" Wouldn't it be nice to let them keep fighting? ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "They are just making a small fight at the moment, and it is only because Budugen's ability is far inferior to Kebineng that Kebineng has seized a lot of his territory."

However, the Wei State has also been guarding against Kebineng, especially Tian Yu in Youzhou, and the state's moves, constantly preventing Kebineng from expanding its strength. The strength of the Hu people does not lie in their combat effectiveness, but they can't run if they can't fight, so Kebi can take the initiative to fight with the Wei State, and he has been defeated repeatedly.

Now Your Majesty has sent you over in order to completely win over Kebineng, so that he thinks that my Han will help him, so as to send troops to fight on a large scale, and then let Wei, Kebineng, and Budugen attack each other and weaken their strength, so that we can benefit from it. ”

"I see!" Zhao Tong nodded when he heard this.

Ma Chao smiled and continued: "Your task is not just to persuade Kebineng, since Kebineng is not the opponent of Wei at all, so Your Majesty asked a few of you to stay by Kebineng's side to help him temporarily, don't let him lose too quickly." ”

Zhuge Shang's eyes lit up: "So there is a battle to be fought?" ”

Zhao Guang also said excitedly: "Great, when I joined the army, Your Majesty had already taken Guanzhong, and I haven't gone into battle to kill the enemy until now." ”

Ma Chao advised: "Since my Guanzhong is currently developing, it is impossible to send troops in a short period of time, and your task is to delay, and the longer the war is delayed, the better."

In this way, when our army is dispatched, the Wei army and the Hu people will not be able to support the supply on the one hand, and they are tired divisions, and it will be much easier for our army to defeat them. Therefore, the task of your trip is not light. ”

Zhuge Zhan nodded and said: "Before leaving, my father also instructed me, the general can rest assured, the four of us will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust and the country's expectations." ”