On the sixth day of November, Ma Chao and Wang Kang arrived at Yumen Pass with a hundred soldiers. Dunhuang and Yumen Pass were still a distance, and they only arrived in nearly five hours.

When the Yumen Pass learned that Ma Chao's new prefect had arrived, he had already gone a long way to greet him. After seeing Ma Chao, "Pang Rou Pang Heming, the Yumen Pass, had seen the prefect!"

"No need to be polite, let's go into the gate."

Yumen Pass belongs to Longle in Dunhuang. There are a thousand defenders, and the guard general is Pang Rou.

"I wonder how much do you know about the three forces in Yumen Pass?"

Although he had learned a lot from Wang Kang, Ma Chao felt it was necessary to ask Pang Rou again, after all, he was the current guardian of Yumen Pass.

"Reporting to the prefect, his subordinates are not as familiar with the three Han brothers, the one-eyed dragon and the eighteen sons as Wang Sima. But I wonder if Wang Sima has talked about the distribution and range of activities of the three forces."

After hearing this, Ma Chao became interested. You see, you asked the right question. Wang Kang had never said this before. Of course, he didn't ask it either. I really don't know this.

"I hope to hear it carefully!" Ma Chao said to Pang Rou.

"The three Han brothers and eighteen sons are moving east of Yumen Pass, while the one-eyed dragon is moving west of Yumen Pass!"

When Ma Chao heard this, he realized that there was a Yumen Pass through three forces. The three Han brothers and the Eighteenth Sons were robbed east of Yumen Pass, while the One-Eyed Dragon was west of Yumen Pass. In other words, the three Han brothers and the Eighteenth Sons were still in Dunhuang County, near Yumen Pass. However, the One-Eyed Dragon's sphere of influence was in the Western Regions, near Yumen Pass.

After hearing Pang Rou's question about Ma Chao, Wang Kang remembered that he forgot to tell the prefect the distribution range of the three forces, but fortunately, Pang Rou has added it now.

"Western Regions, Western Regions..."

Ma Chao muttered, "Isn't this a problem?" Although the one-eyed dragon was also plundering near Yumen Pass, it was active in the Western Regions. If the Dunhuang prefect wants to eliminate the one-eyed dragon, he must lead troops to suppress bandits in the Western Regions. This is obviously already crossing the boundary.

"Wang Sima, what do you think we will destroy the one-eyed dragon?" Ma Chao asked Wang Kang.

"The prefect cannot be, no. Even the subordinates have forgotten to care about it. The one-eyed dragon is indeed active in the Western Regions, so, so..." He did not say further.

"So, so we can't send troops to wipe him out, right?" Ma Chao asked loudly.

Wang Kang and Pang Rou were both silent, while Ma Chao slapped the case suddenly, "Wang Sima, tell me, is it still my great man in charge of the Western Regions?"

"This, this, that's it." Wang Kang replied.

"Okay, since you know it, why don't you dare to let me send troops? You don't have to answer. Today I tell you that the suppression of bandits is inevitable, and the one-eyed dragon must be eliminated! I don't care whether he is in the Western Regions or the Eastern Regions, he must die!"

"Prince, this..."

Wang Kang wanted to persuade Ma Chao a few words, but was interrupted by Ma Chao.

"Wang Sima, I know your intention, but I have decided, so there is no need to say much! I will take the responsibility of my prefect for everything and have nothing to do with others!"

Ma Chao was not afraid of anything. In his eyes, the Western Regions were actually not much different from a state in the Han Dynasty. Since the chief of the Western Regions had never wiped out this one-eyed dragon, let me do it as the Dunhuang prefect. As for the others, I can't control so much. Just do whatever I like. Anyway, I will suppress the bandits first.

After hearing this, Wang Kang and Pang Rou looked at each other. They wanted to say something to Ma Chao, but Ma Chao did not give them a chance. "I also know that the two are thinking about me, but the two should know that bandits are becoming increasingly rampant and have reached the point where they must be taken care of. I am not afraid of anything anyway. At worst, the officials will not do it in the end. There may be a better way out, but if the bandits are not eliminated for a day, I will not be able to sleep or eat! And the two are in Dunhuang County for a day, and when the bad effects caused by the bandits are much better than I know!"

After hearing Ma Chao's words, Wang Kang and Pang Rou stopped talking. Ma Chao said it was right. Now the bandit problem has to be solved, and the prefect insisted on doing so, so as a subordinate, he could not say anything more.

"Since the prefect insists on doing this, we can't say anything else. But we won't be afraid of anything, and I'm willing to work with the prefect!" Wang Kang said.

"I am willing to do it too!" Pang Rou also agreed.

In fact, they naturally wanted to eliminate the bandits. The previous persuasion of Ma Chao was just a responsibility for a subordinate, but they agreed with it in their hearts that Ma Chao would insist on doing so.

"If you have the help of two, you will be helping each other, so why worry about the bandits being destroyed!"

Ma Chao knew that if he wanted to eliminate bandit troubles, the help of these two people was indispensable. And if everyone was not harmonious with each other because of something, it would be difficult to deal with. So he wanted to eliminate all hidden dangers before leading troops to suppress bandits, which was the best way.

Next, Ma Chao said to Pang Rou: "Heming, I want to select one hundred soldiers here to suppress the bandits!"

There are only 6,000 defenders in the entire Dunhuang County, of which 1,000 are in Yumen Pass, 1,000 are in Yang Pass, and 1,000 are in Dunhuang, while the rest are stationed in the other five cities. It is impossible for Ma Chao to bring 6,000 people to suppress bandits, and it is impossible and unnecessary. In his opinion, the main force is not enough, and two or three hundred main force may be enough.

Now in November, it is impossible to use troops now, so after selecting enough people, they have to train them for a while before they can send troops.

When Pang Rou heard this, it turned out that the prefect was planning to select 100 people from the Yumen Pass guard's stroke to participate in the bandit suppression, so he certainly would not object.

"I wonder how the prefect should choose?"

Wang Kang also looked at Ma Chao in confusion, and the latter smiled mysteriously, "I have my own way. You just need to gather everyone together!"

"No! I'll do it now!" After saying that, Pang Rou took the order and left.

After a while, all the guards at Yumen Pass gathered together. As for their work, the 100 soldiers brought by Ma Chao and Wang Kang were temporarily replaced.

Ma Chao came to the soldiers and advanced. At this time, Pang Rou said to Ma Chao, "Report to the prefect, my Yumen Pass guards are here, please give me a lecture!"

Ma Chao nodded, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "I am from Maoling, Fufeng. Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi are the prefect of Dunhuang appointed by His Majesty!"

How many people in the strokes knew about it, but most of them still knew that the young man in front of him was the new Dunhuang prefect.

Ma Chao continued to shout: "I have to let you come here today. There is only one thing, that is, I want to select a hundred people, and they need to complete an important task. But in advance, this task can be said to be quite dangerous, and it will last forever. If anyone of you is unwilling to go, you can take a step back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the soldiers were indifferent, as if they had not heard Ma Chao's words.

"You didn't hear what I said, or did you understand? I'll say it again. This mission is very dangerous, so if anyone of you doesn't want to go, you can take a step back!"

As a result, after the second time, the soldiers still did not move. So Ma Chao said it for the third time, and after three times, it was still the same. He nodded secretly, thinking that the Liangzhou army was indeed a bit courageous, and it was said that it was a life-and-death and a very dangerous task, but in the end, all of them refused to retreat. The Liangzhou soldiers were indeed well-deserved.

In fact, this can only be said that Ma Chao only wants to treat a part of the soldiers in Liangzhou. It is true that it is true that everyone in a thousand people is like this. It should be said that most of them are brave and bold, but some are more afraid. When Ma Chao said that, he retreated a little, but no one wanted to be the first one to retreat.

If there is the first one, then there will be the second one, the third one... But other people who retreat may not be ridiculed by others, but the first person who retreats will never look up. So no one will do the first one. Instead of being ridiculed by others every moment, it would be better to sacrifice. Isn’t it just a death? Between life is worse than death and death, many people choose the latter. In this way, there is a scene that Ma Chao saw.

"If you have parents, wife and children at home, just have one, retreat!"

Ma Chao continued, there were more people who retreated, and it seemed that four-fifths were found. In fact, these were not all those who retreated only after meeting the conditions. Some were not at all, but they were just afraid and retreated. Because I didn’t find a good opportunity for the first time, I finally got what I wanted.

There are about two hundred soldiers left, and now there are still more. Ma Chao plans to have one hundred people, so there are only a few more. In his opinion, it is meaningless to use thousands of people to deal with hundreds of bandits.

"It's the only son in the family who retreats!"

After talking, the soldiers retreated about one-third. Ma Chao asked Pang Rou to count, and there were still 156 people.

"Heming, are they all eligible?"

Ma Chao didn't know much about the soldiers at Yumen Pass, but Pang Rou knew very well. Pang Rou looked at them one by one after another after hearing this. All 156 people met the conditions.

"Return to the prefect, there are 156 people, each of which meets the prefect's requirements!"

Ma Chao nodded, "Okay, very good. You are all passionate men in my Liangzhou army, but I only need a hundred people for this mission. So fifty-six of you must not participate! You 156 are divided into four groups, each group of thirty-nine. In a while, I will pick out 150 people from the previous people and attack each group of thirty-nine. In a quarter of an hour, the twenty-five people who can stand up first in each group are the ones I want to choose today!"

When one hundred and fifty-six people heard this, what was the idea that Ma Taishou came up with? One hundred and fifty beat thirty-nine, and it was still a quarter of an hour. They would not be beaten down. However, they did not dare to disobey the orders of their superiors, and they still divided them into four groups according to Ma Chao's wishes, each group of thirty-nine people. Ma Chao also picked out 150 people from the remaining strokes as the opponents of the thirty-nine team.

After they were all ready, with Ma Chao's order, the two sides began to attack. A quarter of an hour later, the twenty-five people in the first group had been selected. Ma Chao gave 150 people a rest for a while, and then conducted the selection of the second group. The last four groups of 100 people were selected, but these people were in trouble, and they made 150 people a quarter of an hour. Although they didn't dare to say anything, they scolded Ma Chao in their hearts.

Everyone thought that this new prefect is going to win over everyone first, but instead let everyone be beaten up first, saying that they are going to complete what task, but now everyone doesn’t know what task it is.

Ma Chao didn't know what the soldiers thought. He only knew that the purpose of coming to Yumen Pass today was to achieve it, and he selected 100 soldiers. Of course, this was only selected from Yumen Pass. After returning to Dunhuang, he was still planning to use the same method to select 100 people from the Dunhuang defenders, so there would be two hundred people. As long as he trained for a while, I believe that he would definitely become a warable soldier. Ma Chao had experience in Bingzhou, so he felt that training should not be a big problem.

But how to eliminate the three bandit forces with the minimum loss is a big problem. Now I don’t have any good ideas, so think about it slowly, maybe I can figure it out in the future.

Ma Chao looked at the hundred people who were still grinning and shouted: "You are the one hundred people selected? But looking at your appearance, I suddenly have no confidence. I guess if I took you to complete the task, maybe no one will come back!"

After hearing this, hundreds of soldiers were obviously dissatisfied. The new prefect looked down on us.

Ma Chao continued, "Maybe you don't agree, but what are you not convinced? Look at what you all look like. Is this the man of my Liangzhou Army? Hahaha, I laughed. If you do this again, then do whatever you should do. Don't show your eyes here!"

Someone with a hundred strokes showed embarrassment after hearing Ma Chao's words. Originally, there was nothing he could not bear, but he ended up making an exaggerated expression.

"To be honest, I have been with the Bingzhou Army and have seen what they are like. To be honest, you are not as good as them, at least they have never shown that they are like you!"

Ma Chao remembered the Bingzhou incident, and the scene was still vivid in my mind. A hundred soldiers looked at Ma Chao, but they didn't expect that the prefect had been in the Bingzhou army. Judging from his expression and tone of speaking, it didn't look like a lie at all. (You prefect have even been to the Xianbei royal court of the Yehanshan Mountain, let alone the Bingzhou army)

Ma Chao's words played a big role. In the Liangzhou army, what the soldiers couldn't stand the most was that they were saying that the Bingzhou army was stronger than them. In the eyes of the Liangzhou soldiers, only they were the strongest in the world, but there were always people who compared the Bingzhou army with them. Therefore, no soldiers of the Liangzhou army admitted that they were inferior to the Bingzhou army. Ma Chao's words made hundreds of soldiers no longer grin and returned to their original state.
Chapter completed!