Nanying has been staying in Wuqi Pavilion for five days. Although the Liangzhou army's plan to appease is a foregone conclusion, but Liangzhou has been divided for a long time, once it returns to the king, the appointment and dismissal of relevant officials, the dispatch of soldiers and horses, the resettlement of soldiers and horses in Beijing, and the allocation of grain and grass in the court are not the same as child's play? Liao Liao, the Chinese minister of the Nanying entourage, Xun You stayed in Chang'an, and Sima directly supervised the transportation of a large amount of grain and grass to the rear of Liangzhou to hand over, he could only do it himself, for a time his head was split, and it was dark, and on the surface he had to maintain a calm and comfortable lifting weight, and the suffering was only self-aware, and he missed Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, and a bunch of materials such as Jing Tian and Wei Di.

Two days later, the negotiation of many affairs was finally coming to an end, and Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the generals of Liangzhou were all satisfied, and resigned and left. Especially Ma Teng, in just a few days, as the patriarch of the Ma clan and the brother of the Ma family, under the witness of the Liangzhou heroes, he accepted the gift of Nanying's acceptance and name, and Nanying's parents were not alive, so he gave away the gift of Najib, and only after Nanying returned to prepare a full dowry, he could carry out the gift of recruitment. At this point, half of the marriage ceremonies of the Ma family have been completed, and the six-year-long "cold war" between the brothers and sisters of the Ma family has ended. Before leaving, he almost agreed on the period of accepting the levy after a thousand instructions, and then he left, leaving Nanying and Ma Chao looking at each other, and they couldn't help laughing.

The trip to Liangzhou, everything seemed to be smooth, just as Nanying was full of ambition to return from the camp, a huge conspiracy that had been brewing for a long time suddenly broke out.

The rumbling and roaring sound of horses' hooves resounded in the vast northwest wilderness, and on both sides of the bumpy official road, waist-high weeds were surging and undulating like waves in the sea, and in the meantime, an endless rolling iron stream was like a dragon in the angry sea, swimming in the northwest direction.

On the white crane horse of the divine horse, Nanying's face sank like water, his eyes were like an eagle, and his whole body was almost completely lying on the horse's back, but he was still urging the horse again and again, without the calmness and calmness of his daily life.

Half a day ago, he had already ordered the camp to be pulled out and set off in the direction of Chang'an. However, a celestial eye suddenly came with the urgent military information that Sima Zhibu was attacked. This not only destroyed the good mood that Nanying had accumulated in the past few days, but also made him wake up like a frightened dream, and he could no longer regain the complacency and self-confidence that everything was in the palm of his hand.

That military information was obviously written by Sima Zhi himself, although Liao Liao had a few lines, it was concise and to the point, and the problem was very clear. The military intelligence pointed out that Sima Zhi's department escorted hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass, passing through the Linjing, Ayang, and Pingxiang lines, and had delivered part of the grain and grass to the Xiliang Military Department as promised. The enemy's banner is not visible, the origin is unknown, and there are at least more than 13,000 people on foot. And Sima Zhi only had 1,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters led by Huaxiong, 3,000 soldiers and horses escorted by Fan Chou, and 1,000 soldiers and horses led by Ma Dai, the younger brother of Ma Chao, with a total of only 5,000 people. At the time of writing, the two sides had engaged in several skirmishes, and although the losses were very small, the enemy had taken advantage of the superiority in strength to form a siege, and the two sides were in a stalemate. In the military report, Sima Zhi also analyzed that although the enemy army has not yet expressed its intentions, it is very likely that it is to come with the army's food and grass. At the same time, he also boldly judged that although there was chaos in the Longxi area, and there were many bandits from all walks of life, the only force capable of organizing such a military force was Song Jian, who called himself "King of Heshou Ping Han" and faintly fought against Han and Ma.

Unspeakable remorse welled up in Nanying's heart, because he had made a fatal mistake, and that was to underestimate the enemy. After appeasing Han Sui and Ma Teng, he hastily made a misjudgment that the overall situation of Liangzhou had been decided, knowing that Song Jian's forces still existed. When arranging for Sima's direct division to penetrate into Liangzhou, he did not even make such a simple routine deployment as receiving them along the way, so that the division was besieged.

He exhaled heavily, trying to calm his impetuous heart. The war has been fought too smoothly over the years, and he has completely lost the kind of caution that arrived in your realm at the beginning of the year, and when Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and other influential figures have been defeated in front of him, he seems to be more disdainful of some small people....... history is like a tide, and the heroes are exhausted. And those who are lost in the waves, not because they are incompetent, but because they lack that glimmer of opportunity. Although Song Jian has no nationality, he is also a powerful person who has occupied the upper reaches of the Yellow River for more than 30 years, how can he be regarded as an ordinary household dog? He clenched his fists fiercely, Nanying, Nanying, you were originally a nobody, how can you underestimate the heroes of the world!

In an instant, Nanying threw away all his thoughts and tried to enter the ethereal realm that he had not seen for a long time. From the release of the eye of heaven to the time he received the message, it was about one day, and with the current speed of cavalry attack, it would take about two and a half to three days to arrive at Luomenju, so it means that Sima's direct army must hold on for at least four days before waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Sima Zhi is a young man and an old man, and he is a veteran who has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Liangzhou counterinsurgency and the wars in Youzhou, so there should be no problem in command. This point can be concluded from his report in the military newspaper that he had been stationed in the mountains and rivers. And Hua Xiong and Fan Chou are Liangzhou generals, experienced in a hundred battles, skilled in martial arts, as for that Ma Dai, if he has half the level in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is barely enough to deal with these scenes. Judging from the overall situation, the enemy army is only more than twice the defender, and there are no large equipment, so it should be even more difficult to capture Sima Zhi's army village in a hurry.

Be strict, be strict, you will hold on! Nan Ying thought silently in his heart, and suddenly raised his right hand, making a gesture of the whole army speeding up and delaying the stop.

"General! There will be a word in the end! Ma Chao's hurried voice sounded from behind him: "Our army is really unbearable!" ”

"Humph! Is this the true level of the Liangzhou Army? Nan Ying suddenly led the horse to gallop to the side of the road, let go of the tide-like subordinate cavalry behind him, and then turned the horse back and scolded Ma Chao coldly: "It's just a long run of hundreds of miles, how dare you shake the heart of the army here!" Ma Chao, if you can't give Ben General a reasonable explanation, you should be dealt with according to military law! ”

"Hanyang, please don't be impatient!" The heroic Ma Yunluo Yile stopped fighting horses, and Wen Yan explained: "Although Chao'er is young, he has also led the army for many years, this must be reasonable!" ”

Her soft gaze fell on Nan Ying's face: "I understand your feelings, you are in danger at this moment, and you are waiting for our rescue....... the more so, the more you must not mess up!" ”

"I ....... understood!" Nan Ying tried hard to suppress the restlessness in his heart, and he took a deep breath: "General Ma Chao, please tell me your reason!" ”

"Yes, thank you, General!" Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief, and he saluted in a proper manner: "General, if the information is correct, our army is only half a day's distance from the place of battle at this moment, but the five thousand troops are exhausted, especially the war horses. Although our army's war horses are of excellent breed and have been tamed for a long time, they have traveled nearly 200 miles a day for several days, and the amount of drinking water is only half of the daily amount......."

"General, you may not know! The enemy our army is facing is not ordinary, although Song Jian's subordinates are not many in number, but in terms of their fierce and good fighting, they may be even higher than our army! Otherwise, he would have surrendered to my father and Uncle Han! He paused, as if he had finally mustered up his courage: "Our army is now within the enemy's sphere of influence, and I believe that they should have received the message that our army is advancing rapidly, and they will definitely wait for work!" It is really unwise to use the current situation of our army to smash the enemy's army, regardless of the odds of victory, in terms of casualties alone! ”

"Song Jian! Is he that powerful? To Ma Chao's surprise, Nan Ying not only did not get angry, but gasped: "If this is said by others, he will be punished for the crime of bewitching the army, but from your Ma Chao's mouth, I will have to believe it!" ”

When he saw the touch of emotion and joy on Ma Chao's face, he finally made up his mind: "The whole army ...... Rest in place! ”

"General Chanayayan! This is the luck of the last general, the luck of the soldiers! Seeing the army slowly stopping, the soldiers couldn't wait to jump off their horses, and some soldiers poured their drinking water bags into leather helmets to feed the thirsty horses, Ma Chao couldn't help but be convinced: "The general's demeanor, see you today!" ”

"Song Jian's soldiers and horses are strong, not from Liangzhou, but outsiders don't know the details!" He seemed to see through Nan Ying's doubts, and without waiting for Nan Ying to speak, he elaborated: "The general must know about the rebellion between Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou that day, but he doesn't know if the general knows their strength?" ”

"Although there was no battle on the other side, but on that day, Beigong Boyu led the rebellion from Hu, and within ten months, he continued to attack the city, and even the captain of the Qiang school, Ling Zheng, and the Jincheng Taishou Chen Yi died in their hands, and the combat power should be good!" Nan Ying muttered: "Later, these two people were folded in the hands of your father and Han Sui, and Yiconghu was also annexed, you should know their strength very well!" ”

"Although Yiconghu is chaotic in discipline, he is the most bloodthirsty and belligerent, and often fights to the death in battle, and finally the whole army is annihilated!" Ma Chao looked at Ma Yunluo and said lightly: "It seems that my aunt didn't tell you, there are two things you may be mistaken!" ”

"Oh? What is it? Nanying was stunned, and happened to see Ma Yunluo's sudden realization.

"First, there are more than 9,000 elite soldiers in Yiconghu, who started to rebel that day, and after the death of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, one of them was indeed merged by our army, but it only accounted for forty percent, because they still have a leader who is little known to the outside world, and he is Song Jian!" Before Ma Chao finished speaking, Nan Ying's face changed: "You mean that most of the righteous Conghu has been subsumed under Song Jian?" ”

"Don't you understand what the last general means?" Ma Chao smiled bitterly: "Song Jian is one of the leaders behind the rebellion that day, and those soldiers and horses are his direct subordinates at all!" That's why we've been at odds with him...... Ever since my father and Uncle Han killed Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou with a trick! ”

"The second thing you said was wrong...... You've already fought them face to face! Without waiting for Nanying to come back to his senses from this shocking news, Ma Chao released another earth-shattering news: "Do you remember the battle of Xianyangyuan that day? At least half of the slaughtering cavalry you've eliminated are righteous servants! ”

"What did you say!" Nanying suddenly shouted, the battle of Xianyangyuan that day was really unforgettable for him, he led the superior number of cavalry of the Northern Army, the Eagle's Nest cavalry and the Ling Guard Army to surprise attack the lone Tu Ge cavalry, although they took advantage of the time, place, and people, they still paid a considerable price, and the wild and fierce Tu Cai cavalry expressed, and no one retreated until the last man, which made him even more frightened.

"It seems that the intelligence of our army is far from sufficient, and we must readjust our strategy!" His mind was racing, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became: "Ma Chao, how many soldiers and horses are there in Song Jian?" ”

"At least twenty-five to thirty thousand!" Ma Chao said calmly: "Song Jianjun has always been stuck in the area of Caohan, and he never crossed the border easily. Although our Xiliang army is numerous, it has to divide troops and garrison everywhere, and it is even more necessary to guard against Zhuhu in the north, which is like five fingers open, it is difficult to form a joint force, and the more dare not stimulate Song Jianjun too much...... Their strength, we can only rely on analysis to roughly estimate! ”

"In this way, they sent troops to attack this time, but they only dispatched half of the soldiers and horses!" Nan Ying was even more shocked in his heart: "And Sima Zhi's army is 5,000, you and I have two 5,000, and there are only 10,000 people in total!" Once they still have backup, the outcome is worrying! ”

"Han Yang said he was joking, right?" Ma Yunluo was a little surprised and said: "Our army has always been one against three, or even one against five, and I have never seen you worry...... Now, at most, there is only one enemy and two, so what is there to fear? ”

"Yunluo, you're so confused!" Nan Ying showed a helpless wry smile: "If all the ten thousand people in our army are the descendants of the Bohai Navy, even if it is one enemy and ten, I dare to fight with them now!" However, our army is now mixed with all departments, and there is no tacit understanding, even if everyone is an elite soldier, when put together, it can only be regarded as a rabble! ”

As soon as he said this, Ma Yunluo and Ma Chao whispered softly together, relatively speechless, all because Nanying's words were indeed to the point. Counting the people who can fight in front of them, although there are only 10,000 people, their subordinates are all varied. In addition to the descendants of the 1,000 Black Eagle Guards of the Southern Eagle, 1,000 soldiers and horses under Sima were seconded from the Chang'an Forbidden Army, Hu Che'er's 2,000 soldiers and horses were Guo Yan's subordinates, and there were still 3,000 Fan Chou's army, 1,000 Ma Dai's army, and 2,000 Ma Chao's army. Once a battle is engaged, if you want to command these six troops like a finger in a short period of time, it is enough to stump any famous general in ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, and it is a big problem for the internal and external echoes and coordinated operations of the various armies.

"Where are the support units of our army?" Ma Yunluo suddenly remembered something: "Before this meeting, didn't Han Yang lead 10,000 troops to the Liangzhou border with two generals, Hu Zhen and Xu Huang, for emergency?" The day before yesterday, you also urgently ordered them to come to the battle, these soldiers and horses are the elite of the Bohai Navy, if they can participate in the battle together, our army will win! ”

"They were far away in Qi County before, and they were mixed with cars and rides, and their speed was far inferior to ours!" Nan Ying shook his head and sighed: "Two hours ago, they reported with the eye of heaven that the army had just arrived in Longxian, and even if it didn't stop, it would take one and a half to two days at the earliest...... Far water can't quench your thirst! ”

"Since it is difficult to coordinate the battle, then divide the troops and assault!" He suddenly made up his mind: "The whole army will rest for two hours, and only wait for the scouts in front to deliver another message, and then directly attack the enemy army...... I led 1,000 Black Eagle guards to the center, Yun Luo led 1,000 troops to attack the left wing, Hu Che'er led 1,000 troops to attack the right wing, and Ma Chao 2,000 soldiers and horses as a reserve to respond to the whole army! ”

Hu Che'er happened to come on horseback, and when he heard this, his face changed color, and he shouted in unison with Ma Yunluo and Ma Chao: "How can this be!" ”

Ma Yunluo said bluntly: "Han Yang, now that the enemy situation is unknown, and you already suspect that the enemy army still has a backhand, how can you move rashly?" Even if he wants to fight, the commander-in-chief of the whole army must not risk himself and go deep into the tiger's den! ”

"Do I have a choice?" Nan Ying slowly put away the bitterness on his lips: "The brothers in front are under siege because of me, if I look forward and look backwards, what qualifications do I have to lead the whole army in the future?" What about going deep into the tiger's den? Today, I know that there are tigers in the mountains, and I want to go to the tiger mountains! ”