In fact, there is a reason why Zhuge Song is so confident.

Although he didn't expect Shamoke to come so soon, Shamoke decided that his judgment in Hanshou City was undoubtedly a good opportunity for Zhuge Song. As the saying goes, the end of a strong crossbow can't wear Lu Min, Shamoko is in such a hurry to chase after him, naturally there are not many soldiers with him, and he must be very tired now.

If Zhuge Song brings people back now, if he is just in time for Shamoke to lead the army to attack the city, then he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, while letting his soldiers recuperate, and when Shamoke is almost done, the barbarians under his command are exhausted, and when Zhuge Song leads the army to kill again, he will definitely be able to earn face in front of Xie Xian's old man.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song couldn't help but be even more overjoyed, and ordered the whole army to go out to save Hanshou. Zheng Liang didn't look a little excited when he heard this, it was obvious that he was already very tired after running around for so long, so he always looked listless during the march to Hanshou.

However, maybe Zhuge Song was a little too excited, and in order to avoid missing the opportunity to attack Shamoke, he kept urging the army to move quickly.

Zhuge Song rode a horse, and he naturally didn't feel anything during the excitement period, but after waiting for a while, he found that not only Zheng Liang, but also the soldiers below all looked listless, especially Ma Yan, who was completely half-dead on the horse.

Zhuge Song suddenly realized that his army had not eaten because of Jiang Xiaoyu's troubles, and had also participated in the confrontation with the fishermen, coupled with the haste in which he mistakenly thought that the enemy was chasing, the soldiers' physical strength and energy were not replenished.

It's just that the arrow is on the bow, and since Zhuge Song has already brought his subordinates to Hanshou, it is impossible for him to go back to the lake to eat fish. Now he could only pray that Shamoko's soldiers would not only be without food now, but also that they would become less effective than his own men as they were being hit by the boulders that had been thrown from Hanshou City.

What Zhuge Song never expected was that Shamoke was not stupid.

After more than an hour of marching, the sun had set, and Zhuge Song's subordinates were already out of breath, but when he dismounted early and carefully approached Hanshou City with his soldiers, he actually found that there was not even a single barbarian fighting Hanshou City, and the barbarians all set up camp not far from the city.

Qing'er ordered Jiang Xiaoyu to bring ten people to protect her after Zhuge Song left Dongting for a short time, firstly for her safety, after all, Zhuge Song was going to fight, and secondly, it also saved her from running around like herself. Thanks to Qing'er's understanding and lack of refusal, it also exempted Zhuge Song from his worries. In fact, Ma Tan, this guy Zhuge Song, also wants to keep him, after all, he is a very important person to Zhuge Song, and he doesn't want Ma Jian to have any accidents now. But he was far less obedient than Qing'er, so he had to insist on following the army, Zhuge Song was in a hurry at that time, and he didn't force it.

When he saw the barbarians who were not in a hurry or impatient to set up camp, Zhuge Song was a little helpless. He wasn't sure if Shamoke had attacked the city during the time he was on the march, but judging from the fact that the city was clean and there was not a single corpse, he and Xie Xian didn't seem to have any conflict.

At this time, Zhuge Song looked from afar, and Hanshou City was still heavily guarded, looking like a great enemy. Zhuge Song not only shook his head secretly, but thought: "Xie Xian, this old man still doesn't know how to relax, the barbarians are all resting now, and he is still doing this, making his subordinates tired and dizzy, when the time comes, people will really attack the city, how can they hold it?" ”

It's just that Zhuge Song's current situation doesn't seem to be a joke, Xie Xian's capital. When he saw Ma Tan's thoughtful look, he said to him, "Young man, can you see the barbarian's intentions? It stands to reason that since Shamoko decided that I was in the city, he should have done his best to attack the city, capture me as soon as possible, and return to his father to receive the reward. ”

Ma Tan smiled slightly, pointed to the barbarian camp in the distance and said to Zhuge Song: "My lord, please see, the barbarian camp is shabby, just cut a few logs to make a look, it is obvious that they are running long distances in order to chase you, and they don't bring anything to camp at all." If you look at their smoke, it's clear that something is baked directly on the fire, and if you use a stove, the smoke will not be like that. ”

Zhuge Song didn't care about the difference between cooking and smoking now, and now he just asked him: "Then you guess what the barbarian means?" ”

"It's easy." I saw Ma Tan smile confidently, looked back at Zhuge Song's subordinates who were out of breath and exhausted from the long march, and said to Zhuge Song: "Shamoke heard that you left the county town, and you are so desperate to chase after him, when he arrives in Hanshou City, he and his subordinates will definitely not be in a better state than your subordinates are in now." He also knew that the chances of attacking the city in this state were not good, so he camped and rested. ”

Ma Tan pointed to the barbarian patrol and said, "Judging from the size of the barbarian camp, the number of soldiers in Shamoke at this time will probably not exceed two thousand, and he sent so many patrols around Hanshou City just to prevent you from escaping. Speaking of this, Ma Tan smiled again: "But obviously this person is not enough to stop people from rushing out of the city, so these patrols are not so much intercepting as surveillance, once they find out that you are leading people to escape from the city, it is estimated that Shamoko guy will immediately lead people to continue the pursuit." ”

"Then once they have eaten and drunk, they will start attacking the city?" Zhuge Song listened to Ma Yan's explanation and ignited the hope of internal and external attacks, he thought that even if Xie Xian's old man was stubborn, he would kill him from the city when he saw that he came to save him!

But Ma Jian shook his head and said to Zhuge Song: "No, if he is not stupid, he will always station the army here and slowly wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive." Lord Gong will only close the city and defend himself, so the barbarians don't have to worry about him at all. There is no need for the barbarian king to lead the army himself, as long as Shamoke gathers his 10,000 vanguard army, then this small Hanshou City will not be taken into his eyes at all. ”

Zhuge Song couldn't help but gasp when he heard this. He always thought that barbarians only relied on bravery, but their brains were as stupid as pigs, which was why he dared to use himself as bait in Linyuan last time.

But in this situation in front of him, Zhuge Song is a little unable to advance or retreat. Although attacking the barbarians' camp can have the effect of a surprise attack, after all, there are few people on his side, and they are already very tired, once the barbarians react and form an organization, Zhuge Song is likely to fall into a crisis immediately. But if Zhuge Song doesn't do it now and lets his subordinates rest, although they can recover their physical strength, they will only rest and have nothing to eat, so they will become more and more hungry, and their combat effectiveness will only fall instead of rising.

At this time, Zhuge Song can only pin his hopes on Ma Yan, although Zhuge Song is a modern person, and there are some incomparable insights of the ancients, but his mind is only ordinary, at this time, he has to point to this guy who seems to have a relatively high intelligence to give himself ideas.

Fortunately, Ma Jian did not disappoint Zhuge Song, he saw Zhuge Song looking at him with a very hopeful look, and his self-esteem was satisfied and at the same time, he also happily said his plan.

Zhuge Song couldn't help but be surprised and delighted when he heard him clearly explain the beginning and process of the plan, plus the changes that might occur in the middle, and thought: "I was really right to rely on Ma Liang to ask him from Liu Bei with great foresight!" ”