Seeing Pang Tong pointing at the military stove, Ma Chao was confused, "Military advisor, what do you mean by this?" ”

Pang Tong laughed, "General Meng Qi, haven't you counted the number of Cao Jun's military stoves in detail?" ”

Ma Chao is a martial artist, and he has been fighting with the Hu people for a long time, so he must have never read historical works such as "Historical Records", so naturally he can't understand Pang Tong's intentions.

Of course, Pang Tong didn't expect him to be able to answer, and before he could speak, he said: "In the past ten days, I have carefully counted the military stoves left in the camp of every camp left by the Cao army along the way, and I have come to a very interesting conclusion. ”

At this time, Huang Zhong's old face suddenly moved, as if he had thought of something, "Strategist, did you find that the number of Cao Jun's military stoves is decreasing gradually?" ”

Pang Tong was a little surprised, and asked with interest: "How did Old General Huang know?" ”

Huang Zhong thought that he was right, so he stroked Bai Huahua's beard and said with a smile: "When Cao Jun heard that Xiangyang had fallen, it must be that people's hearts are fluctuating, and after these months of torture in the mountains, once they retreat, it is very likely that the soldiers will flee one after another. ”

After listening to Huang Zhong's words, Pang Tong couldn't help laughing, and praised with a thumbs up: "Jiang is still old and spicy, and the old general is worthy of being well-informed." ”

At this time, Ma Chao understood, and said excitedly: "So that's the case." If the military stove is reduced, doesn't it prove that the morale of the Cao army has collapsed, and the soldiers have fled in large numbers, if so, wouldn't it be a good time for us to take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. ”

Pang Tong's smile stopped suddenly, and he snorted strangely, "When did I say that the number of Cao Jun's military stoves has decreased." ”

The two of them were stunned all of a sudden, and Huang Zhong was puzzled: "Since the number of enemy military stoves has not decreased, why did you stop the pursuit on the grounds of military division." ”

Pang Tong squatted down and stirred it in the remaining fire with a stick, "Actually, the number of stoves in Cao Jun has not decreased, but it is still increasing gradually. ”

"Increasing gradually, isn't this ridiculous, the reduction of the focus is the flight of the enemy, so what does the increase mean, is it possible that Cao Ying is still increasing reinforcements."

At this time, Pang Tong no longer sold relations with these two generals, and said bluntly: "Cao Ying is familiar with the art of war, even if there are soldiers in the army who flee, in order to prevent us from seeing out, he will inevitably dig up some useless military stoves to cover up." However, no matter how well the fake military stove is dug up, as long as the heart is careful and clear, it can also be seen that Cao Ying knows that there are smart people in our army, and he will definitely be able to see through the truth and falsehood, so he asks for the surname and digs more and more stoves, so that we can't figure out the truth in his army. ”

The two seemed to be enlightened again, and Ma Chao said: "Since this is the case, it means that Cao Jun is still fleeing in large numbers, so we should continue to pursue." ”

"Meng Qi said it well, but this happened to fall into Cao Ying's strategy."

Pang Tong praised it first and then confused Ma Chao again, and the Xiliang lion said blankly: "What does this mean?" ”

Pang Tong said proudly: "Cao Ying's strategy is very profound, very comparable, of course he can also calculate, we will be able to see through his intention to increase the stove, since this can be calculated, but still use this method of increasing the stove, two generals, don't you still understand his true intentions?" ”

Pang Tong went around such a big pass, and the two of them were almost dizzy, if they could still understand in this way, it should be the turn of the two of them to sit in the position of this military advisor.

"Strategist, I beg you not to go around again, what tricks Cao Ying is playing, you just say no." Ma Chao was so impatient that he was about to stomp his feet.

If I don't sell something and say it, how can I show my invincibility.

Pang Tong showed enough, so he no longer twisted his tongue, "It's very simple, the reason why Cao Ying did this was to make us mistakenly think that his army was in turmoil and the soldiers had fled, thinking that it was the right time to take advantage of the situation to pursue, but the truth was the opposite. Therefore, I expected that Cao Ying would set up an ambush at the mouth of the valley, just waiting for us to take the bait and pursue him, but I happened to fall into his trap. ”

Huang Zhong came out of Jingxiang, and he knew the ability of a strategist like Pang Tong and Fang Shao, and when he heard Pang Tong's analysis, his desire to fight immediately stopped.

And that Ma Chao has only been a newcomer for a short time, and he has never understood the power of Pang Tong, but he didn't believe it in his heart, so he sneered and said disapprovingly: "Military advisor, you have a lot of concerns." Now that Cao Ying heard that Jing Xiang was missing, he naturally wanted to return to the east in a hurry, where did he still have the heart to make such a calculation at this time. Taking a step back, even if there is an ambush, what combat effectiveness can its tired and low-spirited soldiers have. ”

Pang Tong himself is an extremely confident person, but in the face of the more confident Ma Chaoshi, he was unhappy in his heart, "Meng Qi, Cao Ying's resourcefulness, Cao Jun's elite, you should have experienced it yourself during the Battle of Tongguan, how can you ignore the lessons of the past." ”

The defeat of Tongguan is a shame for a conceited and brave person like Ma Chao, Pang Tong is now which pot is not mentioned which pot, Ma Chao can't hold his face, but shouts even more excitedly: "The battle of Tongguan, it's just that Han Sui is incompetent and drags me down." As far as Cao Thief's ability, how can I put it in my eyes, if the military advisor is afraid, I will lead the people of my headquarters to pursue Cao Thief. ”

In the face of Ma Chao's encouraging words, Pang Tong, as a military advisor, did not persuade him bitterly, but said lightly: "If Meng Qi insists on chasing and killing Cao Jun, then I can't stop it, but please Meng Qi be more careful." ”

Ma Chao was attached at the beginning, Liu Bei was not at ease with it, so he sent Huang Zhong and Pang Tong to share the military power with him, this time Ma Chao held the headquarters of the army, only 5,000 soldiers, with 5,000 troops to pursue more than 100,000 troops, and indeed only people like Ma Chao dared to do it.

After snorting coldly and despising the timidity of the two of them, Ma Chao turned over and rode away, leading 5,000 people to chase after him at the north entrance of the valley.

After Ma Chao left, Huang Zhong couldn't help but worry: "Military advisor, you know that Cao Ying has a plan to annihilate, but how can you still connive at Ma Mengqi to pursue, if there is a mistake, I am afraid that it will damage the lord's Northern Expedition to Guanlong." ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "It is precisely because of Meng Qi's self-reliance and neglect of the way of military strategy that he has been repeatedly defeated by Cao Ying, and he just let him learn some lessons, lest he suffer greater losses in the future, which really dragged down the king's Northern Expedition." ”

"Having said that, I finally felt a little wrong." Compared with Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong are fellow villagers in the end, even if they have different opinions, it is inconvenient to mention them too bluntly.

Pang Tong laughed out loud at this time, and said triumphantly: "Han Sheng, do you really think that I am a kind of person who does not care about the overall situation?" ”

Huang Zhong's expression perked up, "Could it be that the military advisor has other intentions?" ”

Pang Tong said mysteriously: "If it weren't for Ma Mengqi's self-reliance, my plan to break the enemy would not be easy to perform, hehe-"

…… In front of me, it suddenly opened up, and the five-hundred-mile slope valley road finally came out.

Ma Chao stood on the slope of the valley mouth, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, but saw that a few miles away, Cao's army was marching slowly, the team was messy, and the banners carried by the soldiers were also crooked, looking demoralized.

"Sure enough, as I expected, Cao Jun's morale has already collapsed, hum, in vain, Pang Shiyuan is still babbling a lot, it's all fucking nonsense, and he bluntly admits that he is afraid."

The corners of Ma Chao's mouth raised a smug smile, and then he ordered the whole army to go out of the valley and march quickly to pursue Cao's army.

Five thousand elite Yizhou soldiers swarmed out, followed the Xiliang lion, and rushed all the way to kill those poor men in their eyes.

The war horse was galloping, and Ma Chao's mind came up with the misery of the defeat of Tongguan, the figure of his wife and children who were killed in Jicheng, and the figure of Cao Ying's black short and obscene figure came to mind, and the anger in his heart did not spontaneously combust.

"Cao thief, today I will take your head to snow the hatred in my heart!"

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, swore secretly, and whipped the war horse under his crotch a few times, and after a few neighs, the centaur entered a shallow valley.

Although it is said that the slope valley is out, but the terrain of Wangbei is only gradually flattening, on both sides of the avenue at this moment, there are still slopes that are more than a few zhang high, and the slope is full of trees.

Although Ma Chao is brave, he also knows the art of war, but his art of war is accumulated from actual combat. At this time, when he saw the terrain on both sides, perhaps it was the sixth sense that the famous general was born with, which made him have a faint bad premonition in his heart.

After a short time, Ma Chao told the soldiers and horses to stop going, and ordered the troops to send some small detachments to reconnoiter the situation on the slopes on both sides of the hill first, and then advance after making sure that there were no ambushes.

Just as his order was given, there was a thunderous shout, and on the slopes of the mountains to the left and right, countless enemies suddenly appeared, rushed out of the woods, and slaughtered down the slopes.

"It's not good, there are ambushes!"

Ma Chao was taken aback and hurriedly ordered to turn around and withdraw the army.

It is also a pity that this is not a treacherous mountain like a sloping valley, and the slopes on both sides are quite far from the avenue, otherwise the enemy ambush soldiers do not need to fight hand-to-hand at all, and they can shoot all these more than 5,000 people with a long-range shot with a bow and crossbow.

Despite this, the enemy army rose suddenly, rushed down by the mountain, and soon cut off Ma Chao's headquarters. And the enemy's ambush army is several times that of Ma Chao, and after breaking through its formation, it is surrounded and killed in all directions.

Ma Chaona is not an ordinary person, seeing that the team was cut into two sections, and there were more and more enemy soldiers on all sides, at this time he not only did not panic, but surged with pride.

With a long roar, he raised his spear and struck the enemy.

A silver spear danced majestically, and everywhere it passed, blood flew wildly, and those Cao soldiers vaguely saw the shadow of Lu Bu from him, and their morale was high, and they were afraid.

Therefore, Ma Chao rushed left and right, and actually reconnected his team alive, and took the lead again, opening a bloody road, miraculously leading more than 2,000 remnants to rush towards the valley mouth in the south.

"I was careless, I have to be ridiculed by them when I go back like this, how should I explain it?"

When Ma Chao was distressed in his heart, he glanced up and suddenly reined in the horse's hooves, and the tired soldiers behind him also stopped, and everyone's faces showed a look of horror.

Ahead, 5,000 Cao troops lined up in formation, blocking the valley mouth, shieldmen, archers, halberd soldiers are well matched, if you want to rush with 2,000 remnants, it is bound to be difficult.

Behind him, the dust was flying, and the pursuers were approaching.

Ma Chao's face darkened, and he secretly wondered in his heart: "The road ahead is blocked, and there are chasing soldiers behind, is my Ma Chao destined to die here today?" ”

(To be continued)