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Text Chapter 1021 The last piece of the puzzle (final)

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    As a hereditary local tycoon group in the western area of ??Xiliang, the troops under Ma Teng and Han Sui were different from the Xiliang army in the east represented by Dong Zhuo.  The Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo is actually the elite regular border defense force of the Han Empire in the east of Liangzhou that protects the Western Regions.  Together with the cavalry recruited from ethnic minorities, it was constructed together.  Dong Zhuo¡¯s Xiliang Army was greatly influenced by the Xiongnu and other nomadic armies, and focused on cavalry and mobility. This was a very effective tactic at the time.  The marching speed of the army in the classical militarism era was completely incomparable to those armies of later generations that could not move without money.  When Cao Cao's elite cavalry pursued Liu Da'er, they galloped five hundred miles day and night!  And after catching up, fight and win!  This kind of combat effectiveness was placed in the Song and Ming Dynasties, except for Yue Fei's troops and the strong army in the early Ming Dynasty.  Who else can do it?  As for me, the Qing Dynasty, there is no need to say anything more.  But the army of Ma Teng and others are inextricably linked with areas close to Western culture such as the Western Regions.  After Dong Zhuo's large-scale invasion of the Customs, most of the Chinese military talents in Xiliang moved eastward to follow him, and eventually almost the entire army was wiped out.  The new Xiliang army approaching the Western Region is completely different from the previous one.  Because of geographical relations, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others absorbed a large number of localized descendants of Western soldiers.  Many of them are outsiders with tall noses, deep eyes, and burly bodies.  They are not ethnic minorities in the Western Regions.  These outsiders are basically the colonists who stayed in the area during the ancient Roman Empire's expedition to Central Asia, as well as the descendants of the army that dispersed after a large-scale defeat.  They still retain the fighting methods and military ideas of ancient Rome.  There are even some people whose ancestry can be traced back to Alexander¡¯s expedition!  In this era, there are many descendants of such Roman colonists in Central Asia.  Many of them continued to migrate to the east for various reasons, entering the Western Regions from Anxi, and then came to the border of the Han Empire.  Ma Teng and Han Sui recruited a large number of descendants of Romans who had great arm strength, could use javelins, and used Greek-style heavy shields to form a Hercynian legion with more than 6,000 troops.  This soldier and horse were held in Ma Teng's hands.  Become the mainstay!  "Father!" Ma Chao rode up to the cold-looking Ma Teng and said in a deep voice, "The battle situation is critical at this moment. If we continue to drag it out, we will definitely lose. Once this battle fails, we will never have a chance to turn around.  ¡± Ma Chao is telling the truth.  In order to fight against the Gaoyang army that was marching north to attack, Ma Teng and Han Sui mobilized almost all the adult men in western Liangzhou.  He even brought many people from the Western Regions with him.  The total strength of Ma Teng and Han Sui is about 70,000 to 80,000, which is almost the same as the total number of Gaoyang's army.  And at this moment, Gao Yang's soldiers and supporting troops were all in the distant Tianshui.  The only ones galloping along were these tens of thousands of cavalry.  As long as this cavalry can be annihilated here, it is not a problem to stay in the pass and unify Xiliang.  The situation on the battlefield is now clear.  The well-equipped and well-trained Gaoyang cavalry groups gradually began to suppress the coalition forces, which were mainly herdsmen.  Ma Chao estimated that his cavalry group would collapse under the tremendous pressure before long!  If you want to make a comeback at this time, the best opportunity is already in front of you. Take the Hercynian Army, which Ma Teng regards as the final reserve force, to attack Gao Yang who is charging at the front.  As long as Gao Yang can be killed.  Then the general trend of the entire world will be reversed!  "Father!" Looking at the silent Ma Teng, Ma Chao, who was in an anxious mood, said urgently, "The soldiers and horses of Gao Yang are all wearing heavy armor, especially the elite guards beside Gao Yang. Arrows with thick armor cannot shoot.  Come on, the swords are constantly slashing! The only way to deal with them is the javelin in the hands of the Haixi Army!" "So what if we win?" Ma Teng suddenly said, making the anxious Ma Chao stunned.  He didn't understand what this meant and what it meant to win.  Ma Teng slowly raised his finger and pointed to the battlefield in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "As I said, Gao Yang is not a fool. No fool can achieve his current position. The Haixi Army is an infantry, and they surround it with their legs."  In the past, could it be that Gao Yang was blind and couldn't see the Haixi Legion carrying heavy shields?" Ma Teng breathed a sigh of relief and continued with a silent expression, "Today's battle was actually lost before it started.  "What are you doing?" Ma Teng turned his attention to his eldest son.  Ma Chao, who was completely confused, shook his head numbly. He really couldn't understand.  "This is no longer the Spring and Autumn Period. The era when a big war can determine the fate of the country has long passed. Do we want to rely on half of Xiliang to fight against the entire Han Empire? Not to mention you and my father and son. The whole world  No one can do it!" After a pause, Ma Teng continued with a strange expression, "Maybe Gao YangSo, but now he is on the opposite side.  " "In that case, why are we still fighting this meaningless war?  Seeing so many good men ruined here, why?  It's better to just surrender from the beginning!  " Ma Chao roared angrily. "Although this Xiliang coalition is nominally led by me and your Uncle Han, it is actually a community of powerful families in western Liangzhou.  Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan and others all have their own strength, and they are unwilling to surrender.  Ma Teng explained with a normal expression, "During the years of the decline of the imperial court, we powerful men have almost completely snatched away everything that originally belonged to the imperial court."  Now that Lieutenant Gao came with the imperial army to take away all the things, naturally some people were unwilling.  There was a mocking smile on Ma Teng's lips. He said calmly, "These country bumpkins who have never seen the world have spent their lives begging for food on grasslands and wastelands. They think they are invincible when they live in simple villages."  Want to be king and dominate.  These people have no insight or vision at all, and they have no idea how powerful and terrifying the entire Central Plains is!  " Having said that, Ma Teng breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the war situation that was gradually beginning to collapse with a complex expression. Then he said, "When Emperor Shizongwu was in power, how powerful were the Huns who roamed the northern grasslands?  But under the attack of the imperial army, didn't they also fall into the trap of fleeing westward and surrendering southward?  What do we have in front of the imperial court?  "    "Father!  "Ma Chao looked at his father in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice, "You, you and Uncle Han." He was so surprised that he couldn't say the rest of the words. "That's right.  Ma Teng snorted coldly and responded in a deep voice, "Your Uncle Han and I had already surrendered to Lieutenant Gao before the war started!"  Today's battle is to consume those die-hards who refuse to surrender!  Haven't you seen that our own soldiers and horses have not moved much?  On your Uncle Han's side, except for Ma Wan and Yang Qiu, there are two confidants.  The others have all become dead souls under the sword at this time, and their troops and horses have been exhausted!  We will take the initiative to withdraw our troops later and end this battle.  After returning to Wuwei, your Uncle Han and I will take the initiative to say that Gaoyang's army is overwhelming and unstoppable, and then ask everyone to surrender.  We fought, but we lost.  Everything is as it should be, and no one will say anything more.  " Having said this, Ma Teng looked at the dumbfounded eldest son with a slight smile on his face, and said kindly, "Your future should be to travel around the world like Huo Qiaoqi, instead of being chained to this desolate Xiliang!  "    "why did not you tell me?  Ma Chao murmured, "Is this why I was let go by Zhao Zilong?"  " "Child, you are still young.  Ma Teng sighed secretly in his heart and said softly, "War is not just on the battlefield!"  "The fierce battle is over, a tragic fierce battle that swallowed up countless lives is over. In fact, the outcome of this fierce battle has been doomed before it started! "Do Ma Teng and Han Sui not want to resist Gao Yang? Gao Yang has a tiger body.  They were so impressed by their strong charisma that they were not infected by the virus! Ma Teng and Han Sui were just smarter and had a broad vision. They could fight to the death with Guo Si.  Their eyes were also on the small Xiliang. However, when facing Gao Yang who came with the might of the whole world, they naturally had no other choice. When Guo Jia came to Wuwei with a drunken look.  Ma Teng and Han Sui knew that all their ambitions were over. Guo Fengxiao did not use any coercion or inducement. He just asked if you still want to live? Do you still want the whole family to live? He was just stating a fact.  If they continue to resist, they will naturally be exterminated if they are defeated, because they are traitors who have betrayed the Han Empire, and because they will be losers, the current Han Empire will change the world in a very short time because of Gao Yang's emergence.  , the situation where the heroes came together quickly calmed down. In addition, Gao Yang provided blood transfusions from modern time and space, allowing countless people to survive due to war, famine and epidemics of disease, and the strength of the entire empire did not suffer much loss.  This is what Ma Teng and Han Sui are most afraid of! They may not be afraid of Gao Yang, but they are afraid of the Han Dynasty who can treat the Western Regions as their own backyard!  The strength of Wei, Huo, Ban, Ma and others still echoes in this land! This is not the battle of Weinan twenty years later.  The Ma Teng and Han Sui coalition forces in Xiliang can compare.The powerful army under Yang's command and the more terrifying rear support were not comparable to that of Cao Wei, who at that time was already weak to the extreme after twenty years of torture and only had half of the north in hand.  It is natural for Ma Teng and Han Sui, who are discerning and knowledgeable, to choose to surrender.  With the surrender of Xiliang, Gao Yang reopened the road to the Western Region Protectorate.  The huge land of more than fifty countries in the Western Region is nothing in Gao Yang's eyes.  What he was looking at was the Silk Road, the road leading to the distant western world!  However, before turning his attention to the west, Gao Yang first needs to deal with the northern wolf cavalry that has troubled China for thousands of years!  (To be continued)
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