"What?"
Li Cunxiao and Jiang Wei were surprised to hear Ma Chao's words.
They had thought that the Qiang cavalry would only number in the tens of thousands.
However, half of the soldiers from Western Liang were cavalry!
After their first encounter with the Qiang, Li Cunxiao and Jiang Wei knew that they would have no problem attacking the Qiang infantry.
But if it was fifty thousand cavalry, it would be hard to say.
Even if they could win, they would lose a lot of soldiers.
If they attacked cavalry, they would lose their advantage as cavalry.
Moreover, the Qiang had the advantage in numbers. They could use fifty thousand cavalry to stop the Black Armor Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry.
As for the soldiers behind them, they could directly draw their bows and shoot arrows to support them.
In that case, they would lose their advantage!
"I'm afraid Sir will not be happy if we tell him this."
Li Cunxiao could not help but sigh faintly.
He did not expect this to happen.
This Qiang tribe was unexpectedly difficult to deal with!
Ma Chao smiled faintly.
"Don't worry, we have many cavalry as well. When the time comes, as long as Sir asks, our Xiliang Cavalry will not hesitate.
"To be honest, I've been unhappy with Yue Ji's army for a long time.
If not for Wei Emperor's order to not act rashly, they would have been wiped out by us! "
What Ma Chao said was really not boasting.
Ever since Xiliang started planting potatoes and other high-quality crops, the quality of their food was much better than before.
Xiliang was good in every way except for growing food.
Moreover, the horses did not eat much grass.
Thus, Xiliang could raise cavalry, but not too many.
However, Bai Feng had not only given them grain seeds, but also high-quality grass seeds!
Once these seeds were sown, the number of horses they could raise instantly increased.
This was why Ma Chao was so confident.
The current Xiliang Cavalry was more than twice their previous size!
Previously, the Xiliang Cavalry had at most seventy to eighty thousand. Now, they numbered close to two hundred thousand.
Two hundred thousand cavalry!
What did two hundred thousand cavalry mean?
Even if the Qiang leader used all his soldiers, he could not stop them!
The Xiliang people grew up on horses, and their horses were of excellent quality.
Even the horses used by Cao Cao's Ferocious Cavalry were obtained from Xiliang.
Jiang Wei smiled bitterly.
"General Meng Qi, if we could use the Xiliang soldiers, we would not have to worry so much.
"It's not just Xiliang. If we wanted to deal with the Qiang people in the north, it would not be so troublesome.
"There are at least a hundred thousand soldiers defending the Northern Region."
"If we really fight, we don't even need them to charge. We just need the support of the archers from the back and we can kill Li Yuanhong head-on."
"Sir, Sir, he insisted on using his ten thousand cavalry..
"This time, Mister also told us that we can go and investigate, but the Xiliang cavalry must not send any troops."
Ma Chao was dumbfounded by his words.
"What?
"There are clearly reinforcements. Why is Sir doing this?"
"Could it be that he is training his soldiers?"
Ma Chao's heart was itching. When he heard this news from Jiang Wei, he was overjoyed.
But now, he heard this news.
Could not send out troops, could only scout?
Wasn't that just asking him to sit and watch?
Ma Chao was not such an honest person.
In truth, if this order had been issued by Cao Cao or Ma Teng, Ma Chao would have secretly led his soldiers to kill the Qiang people.
But this was Bai Feng's order.
Ma Chao could ignore anyone's words, but he absolutely could not ignore Bai Feng's words.
"This is not fair!"
Ma Chao said unhappily.
"I have guarded the border for so long in the hope that one day, I can directly kill the Qiang people.
"But now, you want me to watch?
"What is Sir thinking?"
Hearing Ma Chao's words, Jiang Wei comforted him.
"Don't worry, Sir naturally has his reasons for doing this. We can just choose to believe him.
"As for why, perhaps after we kill these Qiang people, we will know.
Then, we will know the answer. "
Ma Chao could only sigh at Jiang Wei's words.
"Fine, that's all we can do.
"The two of you rest here first. We will set off after nightfall."
"Thank you."
Jiang Wei smiled faintly.
Immediately, Ma Chao arranged a room for Jiang Wei and Li Cunxiao to stay in for the time being.
If they wanted to investigate the Qiang soldiers, it was best to do so at night.
After all, most of the Qiang soldiers this time were cavalry. If they were discovered, it would be very difficult to escape.
And if they alerted the enemy, they would definitely be scolded by Sir.
Soon, Pound was called over by Ma Yunlu.
After learning of Jiang Wei and Li Cunxiao's intentions, Pound resolutely agreed to go with them.
Soon, it was late at night.
Ma Chao, Ma Yunlu, Pound, Jiang Wei, and Li Cunxiao rode quietly toward the Qiang tribe.
As for Xiliang, it was temporarily handed over to Ma Dai.
Although Ma Dai's strength was lacking, he was still a good person to oversee this matter.
After all, Ma Dai was a relatively calm person and would not make any big decisions easily.
Most importantly, he would not be impulsive.
Soon, Ma Chao slowed down and lowered his voice.
"The Qiang soldiers are gathered in front of us. We must be careful."
"This Yue Ji is extremely careful. Every night, he would send out dozens of cavalrymen to patrol the area."
"However, during this period of time, I discovered that these cavalry patrols would alternate between each other for a period of time. This alternate period of time is when they are at their weakest."
"As long as we seize this opportunity, we will be able to find out where their supplies are, where their leaders are, and where their soldiers are."
"It's such a big mountain stronghold. If we can get hold of such key information, the chances of Mister dispatching troops will increase a lot."
Hearing Ma Chao's words, everyone nodded.
This was the reason they had come this time.
This Yue Ji was much more difficult to deal with than Li Yuanhong. If they used the same method as before, the Yue Ji would definitely be on guard.
Only by ensuring the exact location of their supplies and the soldiers' barracks could they perhaps burn their supplies and cause chaos before seizing the opportunity to take them.
If they captured the Yue Ji soldiers, they might be able to directly take the main camp of the Qiang leader.
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