As the sky grew dark, the Eighth Army of Beifu responded to each other and gradually retreated.

After Tian Xin led the two battalions of knights to suppress the palace, he slowly retreated, and only breathed a sigh of relief after retreating to his own camp.

Meng Da waited in the stable, personally holding a bundle of green dried wheat feed to feed his own war horse, seeing Tian Xin leading Meng Duo over, Meng Da came up to express his dissatisfaction: "Prince, in recent days, the officials have been attacking in vain, and there are many complaints in the army. ”

Tian Xin sent Mondo into a separate bamboo hut and lifted the wooden fence to lock Mondo: "Is there such a thing? ”

"Don't dare to hide from the prince, there is nothing today, there will be tomorrow."

Meng Da patted the grass clippings stained on his sleeve, and said calmly: "Zhao Gong is known for his swiftness, but now he is slowing down in the opposite way, so that Song Gong urges our army to strike first to supervise." ”

The two walked towards the stable, Meng Da pointed to the still white sky and said: "I thought that this was all Zhao Gong's plan, Zhao Gong deliberately slowed down, our army is still dissatisfied, and the armies have more slander, and this matter will be investigated by the Wei army." ”

Meng Da pointed to the location of Ma Chao's main formation in the northeast: "Today, Zhao Gong openly built a dam to block the water, wanting to lead the autumn flood to flood the enemy city, and the defenders can all witness it, how can they be indifferent?" ”

The military officers were able to endure and had a certain ability to judge the progress of the dam construction project, but ordinary sergeants could not judge.

They had already seen Ma Chao building a dam to store water, and if it was not destroyed, when the autumn rain broke out, that is, when the flood washed away the defenders in the east of Wankou.

The distance is so close, the news cannot be hidden, and the Wei army must take action.

The flood of the Seventh Army has spread all over the world, and if Tian Xin can't be defeated in the west, can't he attack and destroy Ma Chao's dam at night?

Tian Xin followed Meng Da's thinking logic to study, was slightly moved, and looked at Meng Da deeply: "Fujun, you can say it clearly." ”

"Junhou, Zhao Gong's plan is profound and wants to make great achievements alone, and our army marched 200 miles in three days, running around and working hard to no avail, how can the officials have no complaints?"

Meng Da's mind also calmed down, and seeing that Tian Xin didn't seem to know, he continued to deduce: "Zhao Gonghu is pretending to be a tiger, pretending to be the power of my northern mansion to deter the Wei army, forcing the Wei army to fight with him." In this way, our army traveled 200 miles to no avail, but Zhao Gong was able to force the enemy to fight, and he was able to break the Wei army and achieve great success. ”

"Compared with the two, the world will despise the prince and the prince, and pay more attention to the prince of Zhao."

"The last general thinks about this, and he is angry and dissatisfied, let alone the vast number of officials in the army?"

Meng Da said in a slow voice: "Duke Zhao's plan is intended for the long run, and the prince must not ignore it. ”

"Well, I keep this matter in mind, and I also ask the prince not to discuss it with anyone again."

Tian Xinzhan looked at the frontline camp where Ma Chao was, and couldn't help but hum lightly: "I saw Zhao Gongmeiyu smug today, and I was still very puzzled, the original intention was here." Fortunately, the prince reminded him, otherwise he would have missed a big deal. ”

If the Wei army launched a night attack on Ma Chao, should he save it?

This is something that does not need to be thought about and will definitely be saved.

So Ma Chao also concluded that no matter whether he gave himself a good face or not, he would definitely save it.

As long as you send your own troops, the Ma Chao camp will be safe...... But how can Ma Chao's camp and the Lishui Dam be important?

If Zhang Liao also judged Ma Chao's intentions and feinted to attack Ma Chao, but set up an ambush at night and waited for him to collide, wouldn't it be worse?

It's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, but that I'm injured and captured, and the impact is very bad.

The question is, first, whether Mengda's judgment can stand; Second, if Meng Da's judgment is correct, how many people did Ma Chao hide?

With a concern in his heart, Tian Xin quietly patrolled through the camps, and when he met Pang Lin, who was also inspecting the camp, Tian Xin asked directly: "Pang Gong, do you know if Zhao Gong has any proposals to break the enemy recently?" ”

"Proposal to break the enemy?"

Pang Lin was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "If Xiahou doesn't know, the old man has no way to find out." If you have any doubts, you may wish to send someone to ask Song Gong. ”

The most confidential military information is in the hands of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Tian Xin, and Zhang Fei, who is about to go north from Xiangyang.

Zhang Fei, Wu Yi and Yu Fu had to arrive at Wankou to participate in the battle before the autumn rain, and after the Wei army reconnaissance and confirmation, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen in Guanzhong may also be affected by the autumn rain and cannot quickly move east to participate in the war, and can fight the difference in strength caused by the weather in a season.

Tian Xin nodded slowly, and looked sideways at Yu Zhong: "Shifang, you go to the camp in Fangcheng to pay homage to Duke Song and tell about Zhang Wenyuan today." Ask Song Gong about it for me. ”

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

"Just ask about the left army's destruction of the enemy, this matter is quite related, it is best to ask clearly. If Song Gong didn't know and asked about it, you would say that I had some suspicions. ”

The bruises on Yu Zhong's face had not disappeared, and he immediately took the order to leave, and one of Tian Xin's personal soldiers followed him.

Yu Zhong doesn't need to take a token to see Guan Yu, if he even has to take a token to prove his identity and authorization, then such a master book is a failure.

Seeing the change in front of him, Pang Lin's eyes changed, and he asked a little anxiously: "Xiaoxian, does Zuo Jun want to act without permission?" ”

"I don't know, Zhao Gong didn't want to communicate with me, so I had to consult Song Gong."

Tian Xin explained that Ma Chao's actions can no longer be measured from a separate military perspective.

If you look purely from a military point of view, Ma Chao, as the former enemy commander of the Northern Expedition, with his character, will only march faster than the enemy and me expected, and even use troops boldly beyond normal cognition.

So there are so many people around, just Meng Da, who is good at figuring out people's hearts, sniffs out Ma Chao's thoughts.

From a professional military point of view, Ma Chao's abnormal behavior cannot be explained, so it is analyzed from a complex personnel point of view.

Whether it is Ma Chao's own tactics or adopting the tactics provided by others, as long as Ma Chao dares to implement this strategy of hiding from the world, concealing friendly forces, and deceiving the enemy, it means that Ma Chao has chosen the future path.

He refuses to be friends with him, or refuses to remain friends.

got something that he couldn't think of before, Ma Chao was willing to throw away his military power, he wanted to embrace a new life and new friends.

He is no longer Xiliang Jinma Chao, but Zhao Gongchao of the Ji Han Empire, one of the top-level nobles in the future, and can be flaunted as a prince of many generations, and everyone learns.

The height of the lintel of Zhao Gong, how can the nouveau riche of Song Gong, Wei Gong, and Chen Gong be compared?

Ma Chao has changed, and the first word of the person's name is no longer Ma, but Zhao.

From Ma to Zhao, this is an extreme change, and the person is still the same person, but you can't look at it with old eyes.

So it is logical that Zhao Gongchao, who embraced a new life, chose to lose the army and his friends before he was discharged from the army.

Thinking about these things, Tian Xin returned to the camp tent, Deng Ai was cutting and scrapping bamboo slips in the camp tent with the rank of second lieutenant, and these bamboo slips would be reprocessed due to typos or contents.

Deng Ai's job is to sharpen the handwriting, or destroy it, so that such confidential bamboo slips do not escape.

This is a job that fits his personality very well, and he can see many, all kinds of military documents, and he doesn't need to deal with people.

Tian Xin went straight to the map and stared at the map drawn in detail last year.

It was already certain that whatever Ma Chao's motives were for slowing down the march, the dam he was now building had caused the eastern defenders to be emotionally unstable, and the Wei army would definitely take action.

The Wei army attacked at night, so he would definitely send troops to respond.

With Zhang Liao's wisdom and experience, he will definitely be able to calculate and judge that he will rescue Ma Chao, so Ma Chao mantis wants to defeat the night attack enemy army and counterattack to seize the eastern offensive of Wankou; And Zhang Liao will come with a yellow finch behind.

The goal is not Ma Chao, it is himself.

Two of the most important issues have arisen again, and they have become more complicated.

The first is whether Ma Chao has taken into account Zhang Liao's countermeasures, whether he has taken into account the chain reaction caused by the defeat of the Eighth Army in Beifu, and whether he has considered his own safety.

After considering these things, do you have the thoughts and actions to remind and warn yourself?

The second question, have the possible conspirators around Ma Chao considered this series of questions?

Or did they think about it, but they just felt that the Eighth Army of Beifu and themselves were defeated...... It doesn't matter, the important thing is to break through the eastern defense line of Wankou?