Chapter 90: Drag it out

Han Sui scolded Dong Shouye a few more words in front of everyone, and the anger in his heart was slightly relieved, so he said to Yan Xing: "Yanming, you have been fighting all night and are tired, so go down and arrange for the soldiers to rest for the time being!" ”

When Yan Xing saw this, he did as he said.

After Han Sui saw Yan Xing leaving, he instructed his subordinates: "Immediately invite General Ma Teng, just say that Han has something important to discuss!" ”

After Ma Teng arrived, Han Sui informed the results of the sneak attack that night. After Ma Teng listened, he also let out a long sigh, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Han Sui said: "Brother Shoucheng, right now, our army has just attacked Dong Shouye's dock fort, and it is very likely that Dong Shouye's character will raise troops to retaliate, after all, he is young and vigorous, how can he swallow this breath." We still need to be prepared and wait for Dong Shouye's army to attack. If it is Dong Shouye and does not raise troops to attack, it means that the other side still has the will to continue the peace talks, and I might as well wait for a few days to see Dong Shouye's reaction before making plans. ”

Ma Teng didn't have any good ideas here, so he could only do what Han Sui said and prepare for war.

After a period of time, Han Sui and Ma Teng saw that there was no movement on Dong Shouye's side, and they felt that Dong Shouye's side still wanted to continue the peace talks.

Now Han Sui and Ma Teng have only two choices, either to negotiate peace, or to continue fighting. If Han Sui and Ma Teng chose to forcibly attack Dong Shouye, they would not be sure. If it is a peace talk, then there will definitely be a discount on the terms.

After thinking about it for a long time, Han Sui and Ma Teng decided to continue the peace talks.

The current situation has become that Dong Shouye can afford to wait, but Han and Ma Teng can't afford to wait.

When the two saw that Dong Shouye had not reacted, they became a little anxious, so they sent someone to say with a shy face that Dong Shouye's army continued to ask for peace talks.

Dong Shouye replied that this matter is very important, and he needs to clarify his father in Chang'an City, and wait for his decision before replying.

Drag the days on.

The more time passes, the more grain and grass Ma Teng and Han Sui consume, and the more they will be unable to support it.

After a few more days, Ma Teng and Han Sui couldn't wait any longer, so they sent a messenger to Dong Shouye's army again, lowering the conditions, the officer position could be lowered by one rank, and the grain and grass were gone, and they would find a way.

Seeing this, Dong Shouye discussed with his subordinate Wenwu, and felt that it was almost over, and it was time to understand the matter. He once again sent Zhang Ji as an envoy to Han Sui and Ma Teng's army to discuss specific matters.

Zhang Ji's treatment on this mission was much better than the last one.

Han Sui and Ma Teng personally greeted them outside the camp gate, and they no longer played any swords like a forest.

After Zhang followed Ma Teng and Han Sui into the Chinese army's tent and sat down, he was not in a hurry, and slowly tasted the wine on the table, as if nothing had anything to do with him.

Ma Teng was a violent temper, first of all, he couldn't hold his breath, and asked: "Dare to ask Mr. De Rong, what did General Zhengxi say about the things we entrusted General Zhengxi to handle?" ”

When Zhang heard this, he said: "My son-in-law is very concerned about this matter, and personally wrote a letter to discuss with the Taishi, and after asking the Taishi for instructions, my son-in-law is willing to show General Han Sui as General Pingxi and Jincheng Taishou, and General Ma Teng as General Anxi and Longxi Taishou, I don't know what the two generals think?" ”

Ma Teng and Han Sui were overjoyed when they heard this, and glanced at each other, obviously very satisfied with this result.

Although General Pingxi and General Anxi are one rank lower than General Zhengxi and General Zhenxi, they are also veritable heavy generals.

Ma Teng and Han Sui said together: "This is very good, Mr. De Jong has thanked General Zhengxi for me." ”

Zhang Ji nodded, signaling that he would definitely bring the original words, and said: "Two generals, the official seal ribbon will be delivered to the hands of the two in a few days, I hope that after the two generals receive the official seal ribbon, they will not delay, immediately take the soldiers and horses, and return to their respective places." ”

Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately said that they would strictly follow what Dong Shouye said.

Zhang Ji saw that the negotiation was basically completed, so he took the initiative to leave, Ma Teng and Han Sui wanted to keep it, a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, but Zhang Ji politely refused, and he still needed to return to the army as soon as possible to return to Dong Shouye.

Han Sui and Ma Teng suffered a lot under Dong Shouye's hands during this time, and they were also a little worried about him, and they didn't want to provoke this person too much, so they let Zhang Ji leave.

After a few more days, Dong Shouye really sent a messenger to send Ma Teng and Han Sui's official appointment documents and official seal ribbons to Ma Teng and Han Sui's army.

Ma Teng and Han Sui both got the results they wanted, and they were extremely satisfied, and they were not willing to stay here.

You must know that these two people do not have much grain and grass left in the army at present, if they choose to continue to stay here, in case they provoke Dong Shouye and start another big war with Dong Shouye, then they will be tight in terms of grain and grass, and the whole army will have to worry about running out of food.

If you are not careful, I am afraid that some of the family funds accumulated in Xiliang over the years will be completely lost in this Hanyang County.

The two men did what they said, and without the slightest delay, they drew up their men and horses and returned to their respective stations.

They are also old fritters who have been in the mix for many years, and they will keep a hand for everyone. Therefore, when the two of them withdrew their troops, they arranged for heavy troops to be cut off to prevent Dong Shouye from acting as a villain and sneaking up on them. In addition, they can also be filthy to each other.

Fortunately, Dong Shouye is still a good person, he keeps his promises, and he did not lead the soldiers and horses to chase and kill, and copy his army. Instead, they sent a team of messengers to see them off.

Han Sui and Ma Teng are both careful masters, Dong Shouye arranged more than 30 people to see them off, and the mounts under him are all high-grade war horses, so that these two people are also a little greedy, and many soldiers under their command want to make a fortune before leaving.

However, it was strictly forbidden by Han Sui and Ma Teng, in their opinion, most of these envoys who saw off were sent by Dong Shouye to tempt them, as long as they attacked, they immediately gave Dong Shouye a truth, and according to his character, he would definitely send troops to retaliate, so it gave Dong Shouye a reason to send troops to pursue.

Now is the critical moment for leading the troops to retreat, and the soldiers have been thinking about returning home for a long time, and their combat strength is not strong, which is a good opportunity for Dong Shouye to make a profit. If Dong Shouye really had this in mind, he would definitely find some reasons, and these messengers were the reasons he laid out.

You must know that when the army retreats, it is afraid of being chased and killed by others, and when retreating to ordinary famous generals, it is carefully arranged to prevent the pursuit of the enemy, which is especially typical for Zhuge Da in this regard. Moreover, there are also many generals who did not arrange well enough when withdrawing their troops, and as a result, the enemy took advantage of the opportunity to be defeated!