For a moment, Deng Ai almost thought that Niu Jin was also an admirer of Ma Tan.

But when he came back to his senses, he realized that Niu Jin was just trying to test himself.

Deng Ai's career is always inseparable from the name Ma Yan.

Legend has it that not long after Cao Cao's death, Ma Jian appeared in Luoyang.

is called mourning for Cao Cao, but in fact, he is asking around about a character named Deng Ai.

There are so many in the world, so many duplicate names,

But Ma Yan's subordinates had noses and eyes to indicate that the man named Deng Ai was from Jingzhou and was a small official in Runan (I didn't know that I had gone to Yingchuan at that time).

It's very spiritual, and that's too coincidental.

Before, Ma Jian didn't pay attention to this kind of thing.

But in the first battle of Shiting, Ma Tan made a name, and was also praised as the "god of war" by Sun Quan, calling him the second military strategist in the Han army after Liu Chan.

How did he discover Deng Ai's talent?

Niu Jin held a cup of hot tea in his hand and looked at Deng Ai quietly,

He pretended to be careless, but in fact, he was very much looking forward to Deng Ai explaining the problem to him.

Not only Niu Jin wanted to know, but Cao Pi and Sima Yi also wanted to know.

Don't look at Sima Yi's care for Deng Ai in every way, but before this problem is investigated, he doesn't dare to use Deng Ai.

Because Liu Chan's fame was getting bigger and bigger, and he participated in more and more wars, the intelligence system of the Wei army also collected all kinds of information about Liu Chan through various channels.

In their opinion, Liu Chan is by no means a humble and polite, cute and kind little fat man,

is a vicious, scheming, and good at divisiveness, plotting, and setting up a game, which is completely different from the people in Liu Bei's army that he faced before.

In the battle with Eastern Wu, he used the traitors Lu Xun and Sun Ben to successfully inflict heavy losses on Sun Quan's army, and almost completed the capture of Sun Quan under Xiangyang City.

In the battle with Cao Wei, he sowed the seed of Meng Da early and successfully captured Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang.

Ma Tan came to mourn at that time because he was instructed by Liu Chan, maybe this Deng Ai was arranged by Liu Chan again.

Deng Ai is talented, but who dares to use this?

Although Sima Yi did not think that Deng Ai had any contact with Liu Chan through his observation for a while,

But he also admitted that Liu Chan was indeed far ahead of the times in terms of employing people.

In case Deng Ai is a master who doesn't show his face, or he doesn't know anything at all, but just blows it badly, Liu Chan will be in trouble if he wants to pick him up.

This time, Sima Yi sent him to the Xinye front line just to test Deng Ai.

He told Niu Jin that he should not only be polite to Deng Ai, but also be careful with Deng Ai.

If you find that Deng Ai has the idea of disobedience, just kill him.

After all, not everyone is as dedicated to the country as General Chang Diao.

Deng Ai has collected a lot of information related to Ma Jian before,

Hearing Niu Jin ask, he quickly restrained his stammer, and said:

"Humble thought, Ma Yan...... There is nothing so miraculous as the legend suggests! ”

"Oh?" Niu Jin said with interest,

"I want to hear about it."

Deng Ai moved his sitting posture slightly, considered his words, and said:

"In the past, Ma Tan had no experience in leading the army.

Liu Adou used him as an envoy to visit the Central Plains, and later sent him to Soochow.

During the period, there were many wars, if this person really had the ability to use martial arts, with Liu Chan's knowledge, he should have let him lead the army to attack Xinye. ”

Deng Ai had already read the battle report on the mobilization of the Wu army before, and he thought that Ma Tan did not see through the battle intentions of the Wei army at the beginning, and Liu Chan did not boast so much.

He just sent Ma Tan to Eastern Wu to persuade the Wu army to go on a northern expedition.

Dongwu dealt with it casually, just in time for the rebellion of Han Zong and others, and then there was a big drama in which Luo Tong, the governor of the Xuxu, led the army to attack.

This also explains why Sun Quan's reinforcements did not arrive for a long time, because Sun Quan himself did not expect a fight.

As for why Ma Yan's reputation was blown like this, this is the joint promotion of Wei and Wu.

Of course, Sun Quan had to say that he was far-sighted and had seen through the intentions of the Wei army early, so he let Ma Jian Luo Tong wait there.

And Cao Xiu didn't want to say that he was defeated at the hands of a nobody,

That's why Ma Tan's reputation has been blown up, and now he is actually known as the god of war.

It's ridiculous.

"I humble myself that the walls of Xinye are strong, and we are waiting for help,

Fighting to the death with a strong enemy, the thief army may not have the ability to break the city. ”

Niu Jin has been in the army for many years, so he can naturally hear that Deng Ai's words are very reasonable.

At least from the current point of view, Deng Shizai will be of great help to our army.

Maybe Ma Jian didn't expect that he would break into a great name later, and he was careless in Luoyang to expose such a great talent.

He pondered for a moment, nodded and said:

"What Shi Zai said is very true, don't worry, King Wei has already laid down a clever plan, as long as the thief army comes, our army will be able to win calmly."

Although Deng Ai didn't know what the trick was, he could also feel Niu Jin's sincerity.

His heart warmed, and he nodded:

"What the general said is wonderful."

Originally, the conversation could end here, and Deng Ai could hurry back to take charge of his own security and arrest thieves.

But Deng Ai, who has little social experience, has just gained Niu Jin's trust, and subconsciously regards Niu Jin as his own, and even said in a low voice:

"Is the King of Wei going to set up a fire attack plan in the city, lure Guan Zhang into the city with Shi Guangyuan, and then ......?"

Niu Jin's face changed greatly, he stood up suddenly, and said in shock and fear:

"Who are you listening to?"

Deng Ai had stopped stammering when he talked to Niu Jin before, but now he was scolded by Niu Jin sharply, and he stammered and couldn't say half a sentence.

"I, I, I am, guess for yourself."

"You are a county lieutenant, and you dare to speculate about the military - get out!"

Deng Ai saw that he was angry with Niu Jin, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly left.

Niu Jin's face was still shocked, and he breathed a sigh of relief for a long time.

"Is it that obvious?"

·

Fancheng, the camp of the Han army.

From the day he heard that Li Fu wrote a book and persuaded Cao Pi to replace Han, Guan Yu was in full swing to prepare.

It's not the first day that everyone comes out to mingle, so they naturally understand what that means.

Cao Pi will definitely be the emperor within the year,

When the time comes, Liu Bei's army must make a counterattack.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the front line are already fighting hard and ready to compete with the enemy at any time.

The two brothers with different surnames are both nearly sixty years old, and although their bodies are still strong, they have lost a little bit of the physical strength they had when they were young.

After carefully inspecting Fancheng on horseback, Guan Yu actually felt tired.

This made him feel a little more desolate in his heart.

It's really old.

"Hey, second brother, why are you sighing for a long time!" Zhang Fei, who was unshaven, asked with a grin.

Guan Yu looked at this brother who had known him for more than 30 years, and said with a smile:

"I just thought, if there was no Adou, I was copied by Sun Quan Xiao'er last year, and you and my brother would never have a chance to meet again."

Zhang Fei laughed, patted his chest and said:

"Let's not say that the second brother's bravery is invincible in the world, if Sun Quan Xiaoer dares to come, the younger brother will personally lead the army to save the second brother,

Even if you die, you have to die with your second brother! ”

"Good brother!" Guan Yu sighed with emotion and turned his gaze to the north again.

New Wild, New Wild.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei once followed Liu Bei to live in Xinye for a long time.

In Xinye, Liu Beijun's power was very weak.

Although Cao Cao once hit Ye County while Cao Cao had no time to go south, Cao Cao freed his hand and slapped Liu Bei to escape.

There's no way around it.

But that's no longer the case.

Guan Yu's army alone has more than 30,000 main forces in Jiangbei, and there are more than 10,000 horses in the nearby Shentan, Mengda, and Liu Feng.

plus Liu Chan's Deng Tong, Ding Li, and Ma Yan......

This battle can't be won again, Guan Yu really has no face to see Liu Bei again.

"By the way, isn't Ma Youchang ready to stop there?"

Guan Yu has a knotty in his hand, and he can directly attack first without Liu Bei's permission.

He had long wanted to directly send troops to beat Xinye's Wei army,

But Ma Yan, who has been giving Deng Tong a cameo appearance to join the army, has been admonishing hard, saying that it is not yet time, please wait for Guan Yu.

This made Guan Yu very upset, and he really wanted to write a letter to Liu Chan and ask him to take Ma Jian away.

To be precise, after returning from Soochow, Ma Tan's temperament changed greatly.

The bombastic Ma Tan before has completely become a cautious, even a little nervous......

Kook.

Ma Jian was bored and took the initiative to join the army for Deng Tong, and Deng Tong also needed help in military affairs, so he casually agreed.

And Ma Jian is also very dedicated, and he grasps all the big and small affairs in Deng Tongjun.

Careful and cautious every day, dreaming of sleeping at night, even the spears used in the army are carefully measured how many feet,

The punishment of more than ten strokes in the army must be reported to him, which is really cautious to the extreme.

It's all like this, and Ma Jian still doesn't think it's enough.

He commanded the troops to build a large number of siege equipment on the periphery of Xinye, and he carefully inspected the fire prevention of the ladder and the cowhide on the slew.

Worried that food poisoning would affect his combat effectiveness, he dismantled it as soon as the food was delivered and moved it to the granary in person.

Worried about the enemy's night attack, he has been asking people to make antlers in the past few days, and the surrounding area of the camp is densely packed with fortifications, and Guan Yu who saw it was dumbfounded.

"This thing...... Not to mention fighting Xinye, I think it's enough to fight Yuyang. ”

Guan Yu really didn't know what Ma Tan had experienced in Dongwu, and he actually tortured him into this appearance.

Ma Tan's apprentice and Sun Quan's second son, Sun Wei, was also stunned.

The young Sun Wei couldn't understand what the master was doing at all, so he could only say in a milky voice:

"Is Master overly worried?"

"That's right—

Soldiers, soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked!

We are waiting for the weak to defeat the strong, but can we not be prepared? ”

I see, worthy of Master.

Sun Shu squatted on the side with his head on his head and studied carefully, Master Xindao was worthy of being a god of war, and he was really different from others.

But how do you make so much equipment here and move it to the front line?

Well, I must not understand it, so I have to study hard with Master.

Busy until the evening, Ma Jian hurriedly dealt with a few mouthfuls of dry food, and began to patrol the camp again,

He earnestly instructed the sergeants not to make noise at night, so as not to cause a roar in the camp.

This made Deng Tong dare not meet Ma Jian in the past few days, for fear that Ma Jian would point out that some of Deng Tong's arrangements were not prudent enough.

God knows what he experienced in Soochow, it's terrifying,

Can I not want this to join the army, the prince will take him away.

Late at night, Ma Jian finally dragged his tired body and prepared to rest,

And it was also at this time that a letter was hurriedly delivered from Jiangnan.

Unable to get tired, he spread the letter out on the table, frowning in the dim candlelight.

This is the reply of the fourth brother Ma Liang.

Before Ma Tan came to Fancheng, he heard that the prince gave Lu Yusheng a few heavenly books for her to study.

Ma Jian had the idea of trying it out, and asked the fourth brother to ask on his behalf to see if Lu Yusheng could find some weapons from the Book of Heaven.

And now, I finally got a reply.

Just seeing the noun above, Ma Tan suddenly fell into petrification.

"Leverage acceleration? Gravitational potential energy?

What is this? ”

There is also a sketch underneath the letter, which appears to be a rather strange-looking trebuchet.

Ma Jian stared at it for a long time, and said to himself:

"Is this something from heaven?

No, I have to ......be cautious."