Chapter 295 Eastern Expedition to Beidi County

Chapter 295 Eastern Expedition to Beidi County

Prince Liu Xuan arrived in Liangzhou and played in Wuwei for a while. He was extremely happy.

But this was just a flash in the pan. When Ma Su returned to the governor's house, the smile on Liu Xuan's face gradually disappeared.

There is no other reason, because Ma Su is too energetic. After Ma Di returned to Wuwei, Liu Xuan had to follow Ma Di all over Liangzhou.

One day, he followed Ma Su and drove to Jincheng to patrol the farmland. Later, he followed Ma Su to Yuzhong to preside over military training. After finishing the work, Ma Su often still had a little interest. From time to time, he would take his troops to the banks of the Yellow River to explore the enemy situation in Guanzhong.

In order to fulfill his promise to go on tour with Ma Su, Liu Xuan had to follow Ma Su all over Liangzhou. Basically every day, Liu Xuan was so tired that she felt like she was falling apart.

"This northern border is really not a place for humans!" Liu Xuan was about to burst into tears. At this moment, he began to miss the prosperity of Chengdu.

"Your Highness, the environment in the north is indeed harsh. You won't be able to stay here for long before you feel tortured." Ma Su glanced at Liu Xuan and said calmly.

"But, the people here have to live here for the rest of their lives. Not only do they have to face the harsh environment in Liangzhou, but they also have to face the Qiang and Di rebellion that may appear at any time. They also have to work hard for the cause of the Han Dynasty."

"Thinking of this, does His Highness still think this is torture?"

Ma Su's words made Liu Xuan silent for a while, but Ma Su did not stop. Instead, he stepped forward and opened the curtain of Liu Xuan's car, allowing the prince to see with his own eyes the people who were working hard in the fields.

"These are the people who support the great cause of the Han Dynasty. Whether the Han Dynasty can prosper again depends on them..."

"In the future when governing the country, Your Highness needs to remember the words of the Prime Minister: He only encourages agriculture and does not take away the time, but only thins the tax and collects it, and the people's wealth is endless. If you can do this, isn't it appropriate to make the country rich and settle down?"

"Huh? Did the Prime Minister say this?"

"It doesn't matter, you just need to remember the truth."

Ma Di's calm words engraved the concept of people into Liu Xuan's mind bit by bit. Especially Ma Su's last words impressed Liu Xuan deeply.

"The ancient sages once said that the king is like a boat; the common people are like water; water carries the boat, and water overturns the boat. Although there is excessive arrogance, I still hope that Your Highness will remember that the common people are the foundation of the country. "

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While Ma Di continued to take Liu Xu on patrols and taught the prince by witnessing reality, he was also rushing to prepare military supplies for the Eastern Expedition.

Liangzhou now has 30,000 soldiers and horses, including about 10,000 cavalry and the rest are infantry.

For Ma Su, the infantry was basically equivalent to having no infantry, so Ma Su threw them all away to the military camp. In this eastern expedition, Ma Su only planned to dispatch 10,000 cavalry, and asked the prime minister to borrow Wudang flying troops who were good at attacking cities to attack cities and seize territory.

In this battle, Ma Su's purpose was to win a quick victory and quickly clear out the Qiang and Hu people entrenched in the two counties in the north of Shuofang, and use this as a base to develop farming.

Of course, Ma Su also interspersed several difficult death plans among them. Facing the population of more than 100,000 Qianghu in Beidi County, Ma Di made arrangements.

Jiang Wei and Shu Ji each led four thousand troops and a thousand Wudang flying troops, and attacked from two directions towards the southern part of Beidi County where the Qiang and Hu people were the largest. Ma Di took Zhang Yi and personally led two thousand cavalry from Wuwei and quickly went north to the junction of Wuyuan and Shuofang counties to block the possibility of the Hu people from the north going south to support and prevent the Hu people from Beidi County from escaping.

This task is very dangerous, because Ma Su may face a north-south attack by the barbarians at any time. Moreover, this is the Hetao Plain, and the Hu people's mounted archery and large-scale cavalry will pose a huge threat to the Shu army.

It is precisely because of this that Ma Su did what he did, he wanted to kill him severely.

Ma Su quickly made a plan to conquer Beidi County eastward and mobilized various Han cavalry westward. At the same time, with the end of spring plowing, Li Mu also mobilized the strongest men in the Jincheng field and began to transport grain to the front line for the Han cavalry.

Prime Minister Zhuge, who was in charge of Yongzhou, had never known about Ma Su's plan and basically acquiesced. Not only that, Zhuge Liang specially transferred some grain from Ji County, went north to support Ma Su and wrote to Ma Su.

"Youchang, if you can't show the momentum of a big man in this battle, you should go back to Chengdu to retire."

In just a few words, Ma Su was frightened. From then on, Ma Su also made up his mind that either he would die on the battlefield or return victorious, and he would never give the prime minister a chance to keep him cold.

At the same time, Zhang Yi and other generals were also gearing up to follow Ma Di in his eastward expedition against the Qiang and Hu.

At this time, Xinye Deng Fan found Zhang Yi and hoped that he could take him to the expedition.

"I...can I go into battle to kill the enemy?" Deng Fan saluted his friend Zhang Yi and stammered.

"Old Deng, the sword has no eyes, you might as well serve in the fields in Jincheng." Zhang Ni was a little surprised. Ever since he met Deng Fan, he had always had the impression that he was a good soldier in the fields, but today he suddenly asked to go into battle to kill the enemy.

However, seeing Deng Fan's blazing eyes and the endless desire for military glory in his eyes, Zhang Yi couldn't say anything and could only nod in agreement.

"Forget it, just travel with me first. But you must follow me closely, otherwise I may not be able to protect you."

"Thank you... thank you... thank you." Deng Fan was overjoyed and quickly saluted Zhang Ni, thanking his friend for giving him a chance.

Deng Fan came from a poor family and lived with Cao Wei for twenty years. He experienced the despair of being unable to rise since he was a child. So now even though there is room for improvement, even though his status has risen a lot, he still has an almost crazy obsession with meritorious deeds.

And now in Yongliang, there is only one person who can give him such a chance. Therefore, Deng Fan secretly made up his mind to make this expedition to the east so that General Zhengbei could see him and appreciate him.

As a result, Deng Fan was included in Ma Su's Two Thousand Parts and became Zhang Yi's personal guard.

Ma Su didn't know at this moment that a man who was determined to backstab him and commit suicide had already joined the team. If he had known, Ma Su might have fled overnight with his troops.

At this moment, Ma Di has put all the arrangements in place, and 10,000 Shu Han cavalry are waiting in Liangzhou.

At this moment, the combat effectiveness of the Han army's cavalry is at its peak. The horses of the 10,000 cavalrymen basically lived on food during the last period and did not lose weight.

The barbarians in Beidi County have just experienced a cold winter at this moment, and they are at a time when their people are thin and their horses are weak. The gap in animal power between the two sides was basically smoothed out at this time, which was a good time for the Han army to attack the Qiang and Hu.

In the spring of the 10th year of Jianxing, the Han Dynasty conquered the Northern General Ma Di and led 10,000 cavalry to march eastward from Liangzhou to recover the Hetao Plain, which had been occupied by the Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

Tomorrow is the last day of practical training exam, so I understand everything