He kept thinking about a few questions that Ma Zhong threw at him.

The latter two questions, in particular, are quite intriguing.

- "If the other party surrounds you, how long can you hold out?" ”

- "If you are defeated, how do you retreat?" ”

Ma Tan thought about it, and couldn't help but say to himself, "Second brother, these two questions are asked casually, or is there any deep meaning?" ”

Ma Jian thought about it, and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

"Am I going to be surrounded?"

He hurriedly looked around, and saw that his camp was occupied on a high hill, not to mention that such a slope made the cavalry only dismount and feint, and the mixed trees alone had a great impact on the cavalry.

At this time, the weather was hot and humid, and the opponent had no basis for fire attack.

If such a high post is held, it is enough for Zhang Liao to retreat.

Ma Tan is still quite satisfied with his choice.

It's just that Ma Zhong's question was too strange, which made Ma Tan still muttered a little in his heart.

Ma Tan was pondering, and suddenly shouted a few words back and forth at the bottom, and slowly gathered a team to leave the camp and rush down the post.

Ma Jian felt strange in his heart, and hurriedly called someone over and ordered, "Go and see, what are these guys doing." ”

Ma Tan ordered people to go, and only then did he see those fellows take out a lot of buckets from the back of the camp and go out of the camp to get water.

Ma Tan suddenly realized that this was the case, and hurriedly called again, "There is no need to ask." ”

He looked around, and suddenly a spirit remembered something. he

Cold sweat seeped down his forehead, almost dripping into a stream, and he hurriedly shouted, "Quick, go and call the wolf army." ”

Ma Tan's own soldiers hurriedly went to find Cen Wolf.

Cen Wolf was busy arranging defense, and when he heard that Ma Jian had sent someone to find him, he was a little displeased.

"Lao Tzu is busy, he has something to come over and say no, what kind of shelf!"

Although Ma Tan is the No. 2 person specified by Ma Zhong, he only joined the army and has no real power.

Ma Jian is young again, and he was lackluster when he fought the Liyang Army before, and an old oilman like Cen Wolf inevitably looked down on him a little in his heart.

However, since Ma Tan's people were all sent, Cen Wolf had no choice but to go over.

From a distance, Cen Wolf saw Ma Tan stretching his head out on the watchtower and looking down.

Before Cen Wolf arrived, Ma Jian hurriedly asked, "Wolf Wait, isn't there a well in this camp?" ”

When Cen Wolf heard this, he spat and complained, "That's it? It's also bad luck to say, when I set up camp, I felt that the soil was a little dry, and I couldn't see any water after a few feet of footing. I had people try it in a few different places, and it turned out to be good, and I dug up a lot of white human bones. The brethren were not pleased when they saw it, for there was a stream just outside our camp, no more than ten steps from our camp. I had the brook dug up and some water stored. When it is ready to be filled in wooden barrels, it is ready to boil water for cooking. ”

Ma Yan's heart was even more flustered, and he asked, "Wolf army, there is no water to dig in the camp, why didn't you tell me earlier!" ”

Cen Wolf secretly said in his heart, this kid is really making a fuss.

He snorted, "It's okay, in the past, when we camped and couldn't get water, we used to store water in advance." The lord had already predicted this situation, and there were many large vats at the head of each camp for storing water, which was enough for us to eat for three days and two days. ”

Ma Jian listened to the great urgency, "Wolf army waiting, now is not the past!" We are fighting now, relying on the little water we have saved, once we are surrounded by the enemy, how can we stabilize the morale of the army? ”

Cen Wolf was stunned for a moment, and then his face became a little unnatural, and he muttered, "As for this?" The water was only ten paces from the camp gate. ”

Ma Tan heard this and asked loudly, "Wolf Army, once Zhang Liao surrounds us, even if it is only ten steps, it will be enough to decide our life and death." ”

Cen Wolf also felt some truth when he heard it, but he naturally obeyed Ma Zhong when he heard Ma Zhong speak in the past, and he was not so blind to Ma Tan.

He suddenly slapped his head and smiled, "I have a way!" ”

Then he smiled, "When we designed the camp before, we thought a little badly, I think it would be better for us to expand the camp a few steps forward and incorporate the stream into our camp, wouldn't this be the best of both worlds?" ”

"What if the enemy cuts off the upper reaches of the stream?" ”

"This?!" Cen Wolf was a little speechless.

Then he asked repeatedly, "Then what do you say to do?" ”

Ma Jian looked around, looked at the camp that was almost completed, gritted his teeth, and said resolutely, "Let's withdraw immediately, choose a new place to camp, or immediately move closer to the lord." ”

"What?" Cen Wolf immediately sprang up as if he had been lit with firecrackers, and he roared loudly, "Aren't you messing around? How long has our camp been under construction? How can you say give up and give up! And Zhang Liao's army is coming, I'm afraid it's too late for us to leave now! ”

Ma Yan's eyes froze, and he insisted loudly, "No, once we are surrounded by Zhang Liao, we will encounter a catastrophe." ”

Cen Wolf still wanted to make amends, and he hurriedly said, "It's okay, we have enough water to store for three days." I'll think about it again and save as much as I can. Use all those household utensils, and you can save them for another day. Sun Jiangdong's army is about to cross the river, Zhang Liao still has a big mess in Hefei, Zhang Liao and we can't afford it! ”

Ma Jian strongly objected, "Wolf army, if it were in the past, it would be enough. Zhang Liao really doesn't dare to spend money with us, but we are stationed here, as long as Zhang Liao finds out that we have the hidden danger of water shortage, then I am afraid that he will fight us to the end if he can't afford it. Not only are we going to boil out, but the soldiers below also have to fight, and once the water runs out, it is too dangerous. Not to mention four days, even six days and ten days, Zhang Liao will definitely boil us to death on this mountain. ”

Cen Wolf was also a little panicked in his heart.

But he was still reluctant to see the camp that was about to be repaired, and said from other angles, "Join the army, your statement is indeed important, but you also have to think about it, that Zhang Liao's scouts have approached forward, and Zhang Liao's army has a large number of cavalry, so to speak, let's choose a place to camp now, once the other party's scouts are detected, then I'm afraid Zhang Liao will come to attack immediately, without the cover of the camp, fight with those cavalry in the wilderness, we will die now, let alone in the future?" ”

Cen Wolf's words were also very reasonable, so that Ma Jian couldn't make a decision for a while.

Cen Wolf hurriedly said, "Let's call the others to discuss together, and when the time comes, we will come as we say." ”

Saying that, Cen Wolf gave his own soldiers a look and asked him to hurry up and call someone.

(End of chapter)