"What are the advantages of Tianshui?" Liu Ping asked.

Cheng Gongying came to Yutu, pointed to Yutu and said: "King, please see, this river is called the Borrowing River, which flows around the sky, and the amount of water saved is not large at this time, so the lord can send someone to build a dam to raise the water level."

If the enemy besieges the city, the king can defend it with all his might, wait for the day of heavy rain, send people to dig the embankment, and let the flood flood, then it will be useless for the Ma army to have more soldiers. ”

"This is a water attack strategy, wonderful," Liu Ping stroked his palm and laughed.

If you want to defeat a strong enemy with weak forces, water and fire attacks, with the help of the power of nature, it is always the best strategy.

"This is the heaven bless the king, and I have to help General Chenggong," Liu Ping thought for a while and said: "But there are still loopholes in this plan, one of them must be kept secret, and I must have a lot of horses inside and outside Tianshui City this day, and if I want to send troops out of the city to swagger out of the city and go to build a dam, it is difficult to escape the eyes of the fine work."

If it had been discovered in advance, the plan would not have worked.

Second, this plan must not be effective until the Ma army surrounds Tianshui City. ”

"That's natural," Cheng Gongying couldn't help but sigh in his heart, talking to the wise and wise lord is to save trouble, just a little bit to get through, and he can instantly point out where the shortcomings are, he said: "The lord naturally wants to find an excuse to leave a military outside the city, and he can't let the Ma family be suspicious, which will take some thought." ”

……

Ma Chao brought Han Sui's body back to Huishui City, and Ma Teng ordered the body to be beheaded again to vent his anger.

However, even if Han Sui's body was dismantled, his dead wife and son would not survive.

The Ma family's army did not encounter much resistance when it invaded Huishui City, so Ma Teng did not slaughter the prisoners, but took all this army into his own hands to expand his strength.

The father and son of the Ma family stood at the head of the city, looking at the soldiers who could not be stationed in the city, they could only be stationed outside the city, and the camp tent stretched without seeing the end, and they felt a burst of anger in their hearts, and now Xiliang was finally in their hands.

"Father, now that we have a lot of soldiers and a shortage of food, it's time to march to Tianshui, right?" Ma Chaodao.

"Well, if the army of 80,000 is not used for war, what is the use of keeping it?" Ma Teng sighed slightly.

Xiliang is one of the most desolate states in the world, with barren land and sparsely populated population, but it has given birth to so many troops, it would be a pity not to use it to expand its territory.

"Liu Ping garrisoned Tianshui, no more than 20,000 soldiers, as long as Tianshui City can be broken, then the Guanzhong will be in my hands, and then my son's grand vision will be half successful."

"Please ask your father to give your son a soldier and horse, and your son is willing to open the way for his father in the mountains, build a bridge when he encounters water, and take down the Tianshui," Ma Chao hugged his fist.

"Ambitious," Ma Teng praised, "But Liu Ping's command is not an ordinary person, for your father to give you 10,000 soldiers and horses as a vanguard, but you can't take the initiative to attack the city, everything will be said after your father's army arrives." ”

In Ma Teng's view, Liu Ping had few soldiers and did not dare to take the initiative to give up the city and go out of the city to meet the enemy, and although he gave Ma Chao a vanguard army of 10,000, it was obviously insufficient to attack the city.

So everything has to wait for his army to make a final decision.

"Father, my son treats the generals under Liu Ping's command as nothing, why should he be so cautious?" Ma Chao pursed his lips.

"My son can't be underestimated," Ma Teng's face sank, "Now that our military strength is superior, steady and steady is the best policy." ”

"No!"

Ma Chao could only respond stupidly, ordered 10,000 soldiers, and killed Tianshui as the vanguard army.

The role of the vanguard army is only to clear the way and clear some small groups of troops to harass, as for the siege of the city and the seizure of land, it still depends on the main army.

Ma Chao has 10,000 men under him, and he is led by Ma Mengqi, so naturally he does not dare to come to harass.

It was calm along the way.

There are still ten miles left from Tianshui City, and Ma Chao is ready to set up camp.

Anyway, it's useless to go any further, and the enemy army will definitely not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, so let's wait for the main force behind to come and prepare for an offensive and defensive battle.

"Newspaper—"

At this time, a herald came and said, "A military horse has been killed from Tianshui City." ”

"Who else has the guts?" Ma Chao's eyes lit up, his father didn't let him take the initiative to attack the city, since the other party had come out, he couldn't help but meet the enemy, right?

"Array!"

After a while, he saw a military horse killed on the opposite side, led by a general, with a big axe in his hand.

"Xu Huang is here, come and get his name!" Xu Huang put the big axe across the horse and said loudly.

"I'm Ma Chao, Xu Huang hasn't come to die?"

Ma Chao shouted, and the horse rushed towards Xu Huang with a spear, shaking the gun and stabbing it.

Xu Huang's big axe slashed horizontally, and the two weapons collided, and both of them felt some numbness in their arms.

Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh secretly, no wonder this Xu Huang is so famous, and he really has two hits under his hands, which is many times stronger than the so-called "Eight Warriors" under Han Sui.

He has been active in Xiliang since he was born, and he has been fighting for several years, but he has never met a decent opponent, and now he has encountered a military general like Xu Huang, he is full of joy, and the more he fights, the more excited he becomes, he is afraid that Xu Huang can't help fighting.

Ma Chao's marksmanship is extremely proficient, and his strength is extremely great, the spear in his hand flies up and down like a dragon out of the water, Xu Huang does not show weakness at all, and for a while the two of them killed in front of the battle.

The two of them went back and forth, fighting for a hundred and ten rounds, and the horse surpassed the battle and became more and more brave, but Xu Huang gradually couldn't support it, and the big axe was held as if it weighed a thousand catties.

"What a great horse, farewell!"

Xu Huang attacked a few axes, broke Ma Chao back two steps, and then violently flicked the horse and retreated backwards.

"If you want to run, how can it be so easy, leave your life behind," Ma Chao shouted, chasing after him.

Xu Huang was carrying all foot soldiers, and if he wanted to retreat, he was not as fast as a horse, so he naturally blocked Xu Huang's way to escape.

In desperation, he had to pull the reins and gallop to the side, so that the escape was not the direction back to the city.

Ma Chao was chasing after him, this Xu Huang was obviously not his opponent, before his father came to the future, he would kill one of the other party's generals, which was enough to impress his father.

The two horses did not go to the road of Tianshui, but galloped down a side path.

It was mountainous, and the two soon entered the mountains.

Ma Chao shouted: "Xu Huangxiu is leaving, take your life!" ”

While shouting, he grabbed the reins of his horse and looked around at the surrounding terrain.

He had already chased into a valley in a hurry, and if this was a trick to lure the enemy, there was an ambush here, but it was not a good thing.

As soon as he thought of this, he heard a shout of killing behind him, and sure enough, a sentry came out and blocked his way back.

However, Ma Chaoyi was bold, but he was not afraid, and immediately sneered at the general: "It's a pity that you can keep such a superficial plan?" ”

"If you can't close it, you have to try it to know," Tai Shi Ci said with a smile on the other side.