After Han Sui led his troops to withdraw to the camp, he immediately ordered the camp gate to be closed, because he no longer dared to attack rashly after his defeat in the first battle.

Han Sui, who returned to his big tent, sent someone to call Cheng Gongying after a while.

After Cheng Gongying arrived, Han Sui immediately said to him: "Military advisor, how was the battle damage of our army in today's battle?" ”

Cheng Gongying immediately replied with a bitter face: "Lord, our army lost thousands of people in today's battle, and we also broke General Ma Play and General Li Kan. ”

Han Sui said angrily after hearing this: "It's a pity that this Ma Teng actually sat on the mountain and watched the tiger's head, if he moved a little, Wang Kai would not chase after him, now that our army lost the first battle, we can't rush out of the army anymore, I plan to let the military division enter the city to negotiate with Ma Teng, after all, I also showed sincerity today." ”

Cheng Gongying immediately agreed after hearing this.

After nightfall, Han Sui quietly asked Cheng Gongying to go to the city with a few guards.

When the Di Dao defenders saw Cheng Gongying and his party coming to call the city, the soldiers did not dare to make their own decisions, and soon some soldiers went to report the matter to Ma Teng.

When Ma Teng learned in a daze that Han Sui had actually sent an envoy to come, he suddenly sobered up most of the time.

Immediately after, Ma Teng quickly caught up with the castle tower.

When Cheng Gongying saw Ma Teng appear, he immediately shouted loudly: "Ma Taishou, my lord has something important to discuss with you, and please open the city gate and let me enter the city." ”

When he heard Cheng Gongying's shout, Ma Teng suddenly thought to himself: "Han Sui's first battle must be asking me for help." ’

Thinking of this, Ma Teng then ordered the soldiers to put down the basket.

When Cheng Gongying under the city saw that Ma Teng just put down a basket, he immediately understood Ma Teng's intentions, and Ma Teng let him go alone.

Immediately, Cheng Gongying explained the entourage around him and sat on the basket alone.

Seeing Cheng Gongying sitting on the basket, Ma Teng didn't continue to wait, he just ordered the city gate guard to tell Cheng Gongying that he was waiting for him in Taishou Mansion.

After the hard work of the soldiers, Cheng Gongying quickly went up to the city tower, but Cheng Gongying found that Ma Teng was no longer there.

Cheng Gongying, who was stunned, immediately shook his head.

At this time, the city gate guard immediately conveyed Ma Teng's words to Cheng Gongying.

When Cheng Gongying learned from the city gate guard that Ma Teng had gone to the Taishou Mansion to wait for him, he immediately understood that this was Ma Teng's dismount for him.

With a wry smile, Cheng Gongying immediately set off for the Taishou Mansion.

As Cheng Gongying came to the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, he saw Ma Teng sitting in the main seat with his head held high and closing his eyes to recuperate.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Gongying immediately saluted and said, "Xiaguan Cheng Gongying pays a visit to Ma Taishou!" ”

After hearing Cheng Gongying's voice, Ma Teng slowly opened his eyes and said, "Why did Han Wenyue call you here?" ”

"Qi Ma Taishou, my lord sent me here to discuss with Ma Taishou about joining forces to resist the king."

"Haven't we joined forces already? That's an interesting thing you said. ”

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Seeing Cheng Gongying cursing himself, Ma Teng stood up and said angrily: "Be bold!" Are you teaching me to do things? ”

Cheng Gongying found that Ma Teng was angry, he quickly knelt down and said, "The messenger doesn't dare!" ”

Ma Teng saw Cheng Gongying kneeling down, he temporarily suppressed his anger and continued: "If there is nothing else, go back!" ”

Cheng Gongying panicked when he heard this, because Ma Teng was giving an eviction order.

Cheng Gongying, who hurriedly got up, quickly said to Ma Teng: "Ma Taishou, I have a few heartfelt words, and I hope you will not be too late to drive me away after listening to them." ”

When Ma Teng saw Cheng Gongying say this, he immediately replied: "Okay, I want to see what you can say." ”

Seeing that Ma Teng finally gave him a chance to speak, Cheng Gongying quickly organized his language and said, "Ma Taishou, then I'll tell you a story!" ”

"Storytelling? It's a bit new. ”

Then, Cheng Gongying began to speak.

"It is said that once upon a time there was a big official, he not only prospered but also sat on a large amount of wealth, his life should have been very exciting, but he suddenly suffered a serious illness and left three sons and a nephew, because the official left a large amount of wealth and did not leave a will, so his three sons suddenly turned against each other and fought for each other, among the three sons, the eldest son is good at strategy, he used many means to occupy most of the wealth, the second son is good at martial arts, he relied on martial arts to win a part of the wealth, although the third son is not high or low, But after all, he was the descendant of a big official, so he obtained a small part of his wealth by distribution. ”

"The second son was dissatisfied with the eldest son's use of means to seize wealth, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with the eldest son everywhere, and the eldest son also noticed the second son's dissatisfaction, so he also kept the second son at all times, just like that, the second son and the eldest son fought against Mai Mang, and the third son watched the eldest son and the second son fight because he didn't have the heart to fight."

"When things got here, it should have been a fight between the eldest son and the second son, but because the nephew of the senior official secretly coveted the huge wealth of the eldest official, he was also secretly fanning the flames to make the eldest son and the second son fight more and more fiercely."

"Seeing that the eldest son and the second son were about to lose the battle, one of the methods used by the nephew of the senior official was noticed by the eldest son."

"At this time, the eldest son woke up like a dream, and it turned out that outsiders had always been involved in the fight between him and the second son's brothers."

"The eldest son, who came to his senses, immediately approached the second son and asked for reconciliation, but the second son had lost trust in the eldest son in the battle with the eldest son, and in the end, the second son and the eldest son, who did not listen to the dissuasion, were both defeated, and the nephew of the big official took away the wealth of the big official, and the third son was finally devoured because his strength was too weak."

"That's the end of the story."

After listening to Gongying's story, Ma Teng thought about it for a while and understood Cheng Gongying's words, Cheng Gongying is using things to metaphor people, this eldest son is Han Sui, the second son is Ma Teng himself, the third son is Song Jian, and this nephew is Wang Kai.

Immediately, Ma Teng said to Cheng Gongying: "Your story is really old-fashioned. ”

"It's a good story if Matthew can understand it."

Hearing this, Ma Teng suddenly thought to himself: "Although the story told by Cheng Gongying is old-fashioned, the truth is a simple opinion, if you continue to fight with Han Sui, it will only cheapen Wang Kai, an irrelevant person, but this Han Sui is not a person who can fully believe it, should I wait for the Qiang army?" Or should we put aside our prejudices and cooperate with Han Sui? ’

For a moment, Ma Teng fell into hesitation.

When Cheng Gongying saw that his story had successfully moved Ma Teng, he immediately waited patiently for Ma Teng's reply.

After Ma Teng thought hard, he immediately replied to Cheng Gongying: "Cheng Gongying, you go back and tell Han Wenyue that if he comes up with a plan to retreat from the enemy, I can send troops together, but before that, our troops and horses will not take a single step." ”

Seeing Ma Teng's relent, Cheng Gongying happily agreed.

Subsequently, Ma Teng asked the soldiers to escort Cheng Gongying to the city tower, and then the soldiers put down the basket again and sent Cheng Gongying out of the city.

Seeing Cheng Gongying go down to the city tower, the entourage who answered under the city quickly picked up Cheng Gongying and returned to Han Sui's camp.