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This first tentative attack ended with the Liangzhou army retreating, and Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu put down two cruel words to each other.

However, although it seems to be so good on the surface, in fact, there are only Huang Quan and Li Hui, the two of them know the specific inside story of Lu Dao, and of course, they also know the plans of Lu Dao and his lord. So Po Hongnong, in fact, it's just a matter of time or time-

Ma Chao, Huang Quan and Li Hui returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and as soon as they entered the big tent, Ma Chao smiled at the two of them: "In vain, Zhang Xiu is still counting on a big battle with our army, but in fact, he doesn't know our plans, and his people are really kept in the dark!" ”

When Li Hui heard this, he said: "What the lord said is good, but now Zhang Xiu has not been able to figure it out, but one day he will understand." In this regard, Hui thinks that his people will make a decision at that time! ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he became a little interested, and then asked, "What does Mr. think?" I don't know, but how can I see it? ”

Li Hui smiled: "Lord, both Hui and Gongheng think so, and in terms of Zhang Xiuqi's character, it should be the same!" And now Zhang Ji, Li Zhiran and Guo Yan are chasing after Emperor Han, so Hongnong is actually not the most important thing to their uncles and nephews! ”

In fact, Ma Chao didn't think so, so he agreed with what Li Hui said. For Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, a place is not the most important, and the two of them will not fail to understand this. And Hongnong is actually just a temporary place for them. Today, the world is in chaos, and the princes are fighting. Strength is the most important thing. So money, food, people, these are the most important things in troubled times, as for how Zhang Xiu will do it when he arrives, then it is conceivable.

As long as he's not a fool, then of course he'll make his own choice. It doesn't matter if a temporary place is lost, but if the overall strength is greatly damaged, this is not a trivial matter. After all, in the troubled times, what is the thing that makes a living, and his uncle and nephew Zhang Ji are also one of the warlords in the world, so they are naturally very aware of this.

"Not bad. Mr. De'ang agrees with what he said! ”

After speaking, Ma Chao couldn't help nodding, and Huang Quan on the side also echoed a few words-

In Hongnong City, for Zhang Xiu at this time, although the Liangzhou army attacked tentatively today. After the last, Ma Chao withdrew from the army not long after. But to be honest, he himself didn't know what the Tao was for. I always felt that something was not right. But at this time, Zhang Xiu couldn't figure it out. What was wrong, so he didn't think about it anymore, it was a waste of brainpower, it was all in vain. Anyway, now it's a matter of "taking one step at a time", and I want to see what tricks he Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi are going to play.

As a result, a day later, Ma Chaoliangzhou's army did not move. did not continue to attack Hongnong, and the Liangzhou army camp really did not move anything. In Zhang Xiu's opinion, this is also a normal phenomenon, after all, he may want to let his army take a good rest first. And then attack with all your might, it's not impossible.

So another day passed, and Ma Chao's army still stood still. This time, Zhang Xiu had some doubts, and he didn't know why the Liangzhou Army still didn't make any moves. And looking at the movements of their camp, it seems that they are not ready to attack the city at all. But will that be the case? Zhang Xiuxin said that he, Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi, came here with the army of Liangzhou, what did he do? If he doesn't want to take Hongnong City, why should he still fight here!

In this way, in Zhang Xiu's puzzlement, the third day will come soon, it is three days in a row, and Ma Chao's Liangzhou army has not moved at all. And this time Zhang Xiu finally couldn't sit still anymore, he thought about it carefully and finally figured it out. Ma Mengqi is really cunning enough, except for the beginning, he was tentatively attacking once, and then he besieged Hongnong but did not attack, which was clearly a cunning plan. This is consuming your own, isn't the grain and grass in Hongnong City, waiting for your own side to have no grain and grass to support, then Hongnong is not self-defeating.

What a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, yes, in Zhang Xiu's eyes, Ma Chao's move is to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle. What Si Li lacks most now, isn't it grain and grass, this is almost everyone knows. Before, it was a great drought, and there were places where food was more expensive than human life, so once you really let Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou army besiege but not attack, and the grain and grass in the city were exhausted, then your own guards would inevitably be in chaos, and then he Ma Mengqi would be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

In this way, Hongnong will lose, and his own side will be defeated. Okay, you Ma Mengqi, it's really wishful thinking.

And as soon as he thought of this, Zhang Xiu's sweat came down all of a sudden, and he had to do so. Although he discovered his Ma Mengqi's trick, is there any way to crack it, no. Unless he led his troops out of the city to fight to the death with others and won them, but is this possible? Otherwise, there is enough grain and grass in Hongnong City, and he is not afraid of him and Ma Chao taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle, but is this reality? So Zhang Xiu found out, and he didn't have any good way to do it himself.

Zhang Xiu felt that even if he could supplement some grain and grass, it was estimated that he would not be as much as the grain and grass of the Liangzhou Army. I heard my uncle say that although Liangzhou is not a grain-producing state, Ma Mengqi is a very wealthy person, with countless money and grain. And I heard that his wife is the pearl of the Mi family, and she is the only sister of the contemporary Mi family's head Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong, and now the Mi family has defected to Liangzhou, so how can I compare grain and grass with the Liangzhou army.

So at this time, Zhang Xiu understood that people don't have to fight with you at all, as long as they besiege Hongnong City and don't attack it, anyway, as long as they wait for their own grain and grass to run out, the result is self-evident, isn't it.

Zhang Xiu had a sense of powerlessness for the first time, and it was particularly powerless. Because when there is no food, can you conjure up food and grass out of thin air? So no, I knew that Lu Dao was his Ma Mengqi's conspiracy, but I couldn't deal with it, so I had no choice but to withdraw my troops. It would not work if he didn't withdraw his troops, although Zhang Xiu wanted to take his troops out of the city and go to the camp of Ma Chao's Liangzhou army to fight, but he couldn't hold back. Now is not the time to be rash, money and food are the foundation of living in troubled times, so I must protect these for my uncle.

In fact, Zhang Xiu remembered what his uncle said when he left and himself, and his uncle may have expected this matter, so he said very clearly to himself, saying that we are no match for Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou army, but unfortunately we can't escape at once, or it will make the world laugh. But he can't fight hard with him Ma Mengqi, so it's almost the same to symbolically defend for a few days, and then lead the troops to leave, remember to remember.

This is what Zhang Jilin specially instructed Zhang Xiu before leaving, maybe Zhang Ji had expected it, so he didn't let his nephew fight with Ma Chao. And Zhang Xiu at this time he also knew what his uncle meant, how could he not be someone's opponent, so he almost left, this is the wisest decision, and his uncle is like this, after all, not enough food and grass is a hard injury-

On this day, Yan Yan's latest battle report came from Feng Yi, and Ma Chaozhi said that they had successfully taken Feng Yi. He was in a good mood, so he immediately asked the soldiers to go to Feng Yi to pass on his military orders, and let Wu Yi take 3,000 soldiers to stay in Feng Yi, while Yan Yan and Wu Ban continued to lead troops to attack Hedong, striving to take Hedong as soon as possible. To say that Ma Chao is indeed very confident in Yan Yan and them, so he doesn't need to say too much about himself, everything is fine.

Two days later, Ma Chao found that as expected, Zhang Xiuzhen retreated with his soldiers, gave up Hongnong, and withdrew his troops directly. In fact, Ma Chao also knew that Zhang Xiu's decision was definitely wise, if he still wanted to fight to the death with himself here, then he would be a little inflexible.

And Zhang Xiu can be regarded as retreating from Hongnong City unconsciously, and he still has some skills. Of course, it should be said that Ma Chao didn't let people pay much attention to this Hongnong City at all. Because for him, what he has to do is actually to take the army to surround the city under Hongnong City, and don't worry about anything else. As for Zhang Xiu, dare to go out of the city to steal camps and rob villages? Or a battle with your own side, a decisive battle with your own side? In that case, Ma Chao couldn't ask for it, but he also knew that it was basically impossible.

As a result, the most unfortunate consequence was the same as what several of them thought, Zhang Xiu had no choice but to withdraw his troops, yes, what if he Zhang Xiu didn't withdraw his troops. Otherwise, the best thing to do is to make one's side more passive, or even become a lamb to the slaughter. Then Zhang Xiu will not make any moves, obviously this is impossible, he Zhang Xiu is indeed not a fool, Zhilu Dao is "when the judgment continues, but suffer from the chaos", so he didn't withdraw his troops decisively and simply-

Ma Chao took the Liangzhou army, Huang Quan and Li Hui into Hongnong, and he said in his heart that this victory was second only to persuading the enemy defenders to surrender.

Because of persuasion, this is the fastest, and people may sacrifice the city at once. And now, although it has been used for several days, the speed is not slow, forcing Zhang Xiu to retreat. In fact, Ma Chao felt that it was far from what he expected, and he originally thought that he would fight with Zhang Xiu in Hongnong for a few days, but the actual situation was very different from what he thought. Of course, he can indeed choose to fight with Zhang Xiu, but with such good conditions, if he wants to fight, he will really become a stupid ×, and he is more stupid than the second × Yuan Shu of the Yuan family. (To be continued......)