Xining.

Lu Bu led 300 horsemen to return triumphantly, Jia Xu, Gao Shun and others went out of the city for 30 miles to meet each other, although this battle, although it did not defeat the Mahan army, but severely damaged the morale of the Mahan army.

It also swept away the haze that had shrouded the hearts of the officers and men of Lu Bu's army for many days, and greatly boosted everyone's fighting spirit.

Back at the house, everyone gathered, in addition to celebrating the victory of the sneak attack, but also to formulate the next tactical guidelines.

Lu Bu sat on the main seat, looking radiant, and after the successful sneak attack, his mood was even brighter.

Jia Xu was dressed in white, holding a feather fan, sitting on the right side, this dress coupled with speech and demeanor, like Zhuge Liang.

Dian Wei shook off his cheeks, ate a lot, and drank in his throat, all happy and unhappy things had nothing to do with him.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Hou Cheng and others sat on both sides, talking about the details of the sneak attack, how they killed the Ma Han army, and the people who did not go sighed and regretted while listening with relish.

The current strength of Lü Bu's army is 15,000 people, plus 10,000 Xiliang soldiers recruited from Tianshui County, a total of 25,000 people.

Among them, 5,500 wolf cavalry and 10,000 Xiliang soldiers were stationed outside the city, and the infantry army and the trap camp were guarded in the city.

This is the same as the strategy of Cao Cao's army attacking Xiapi in history, and the strategist Chen Gong admonished Lu Bu, but Lu Bu at that time did not adopt Chen Gong's strategy because of some "private matters".

In the face of the pressure of the Ma Han army, Lu Bu adopted the tactic of holding on, the driver broke through, and ordered Dong Yue to lead his troops to make a detour to attack Wugong, cut off the connection between Ma Han and Xiliang, and force Ma Han to withdraw his troops.

As for whether Dong Yue could succeed in his sneak attack on martial arts, Lu Bu had great worries.

If Dong Yue can succeed, then it is the best, if he can't succeed, he can also put a certain amount of pressure on Ma Han from behind, making it easier for him to find Ma Han's flaws, so as to break it in one fell swoop.

"Wenhe, I don't know if you have any good ideas, you can break Ma Han without much effort." Lu Bu suddenly remembered the discord plan and looked sideways at Jia Xu.

The divisive strategy is the most beautiful strategy used by Jia Xu in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

At that time, Cao Cao was beaten by Ma Chao and Han Sui's army, and almost lost his life at the hands of Ma Chao several times, no matter how you look at it, Ma Chao and Han Sui won that battle.

But Jia Xu suddenly came out and offered this poisonous plan to Cao Cao, which immediately disintegrated the Mahan alliance, and instead killed Ma Chao and abandoned his armor, and the old nest Xiliang was also taken away by Cao Cao.

Comparing the historical and current situation, it is difficult for the discord meter to exert its original power.

After all, it was Ma Teng who led the troops this time, not Ma Chao, and he was not Cao Cao, but Lu Bu.

When Jia Xu heard Lu Bu's questioning, he habitually touched his mustache and pondered: "Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to force Ma Han to withdraw without waste. After all, the Mahan army is menacing, and it has been preparing for a long time, how can it be willing to return in vain. ”

"If we want to win this battle, we can only continue to wear down the morale and perseverance of the Ma Han army, find the gap between Ma Teng and Han Sui, and break it in one fell swoop."

Lu Bu nodded, what Jia Xu said was right, now is to write a letter, scribble on it, write some sensitive words, and send someone to Han Sui, but it may not be able to separate the two.

In a word, the time is not yet ripe to use a disparity meter.

Then everyone discussed some details, and then got drunk and dispersed in a groggy state.

······

······

During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the west of Longxi has been entrenched in the Qiang and other ethnic minorities, they are fierce, good at riding and shooting, and often loot the nearby Han people's gathering places to obtain some living materials.

Therefore, the relationship between the Han people and the Qiang and other tribes has always been very bad, as we said earlier, Jiang Wei's father died because of the Qiang people.

During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang wanted to conquer Wei and sent troops from Qishan, and in front of him were the counties of Longxi, so the first thing he had to do was to win over the Qiang and other tribes, and use the Qiang and other tribes to pose a threat to the Wei army from the west.

Wei has also always wanted to win over the Qiang, after all, the Qiang people are warlike and nomadic people, and they cannot be completely eliminated.

As a result, the Qiang and other tribes in Longxi became the object of competition between Wei and Shu.

In the process of wooing, it is often the Shu State that has the upper hand, first, the strength of the Shu State at that time is weak, and the Qiang and other tribes attach great importance to it, and often give material and other help, and second, it has something to do with Zhuge Liang's policy, Zhuge Liang is good at dealing with ethnic minorities and treats them extremely well.

Third, it is because of Ma Chao and his Xiliang Iron Ride, Ma Chao is like a god in the hearts of the Qiang people, very prestigious, and the Qiang and other ethnic minorities are in awe of Ma Chao, so they are willing to be better with Shu.

What's more important is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, for the Qiang and other tribes, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is their nemesis.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang knew that Ma Chao and Xiliang Tieqi had a deterrent effect on Qiangqi and other ethnic minorities, so they sent Ma Chao and his Xiliang Tieqi to garrison the border of Shu to deter Qiangdi and other ethnic groups.

Even after Ma Chao died of illness, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has been active on the border of Shu and continues to play the role of guardian.

After the Battle of Tongguan, Ma Chao was defeated and fled, and Cao Cao was worried about this, because he knew the influence of Ma Chao on the Qiang and other ethnic minorities, and was afraid that he would encourage the Qiang and other tribes to continue to invade Guanzhong and threaten his rule in the north.

Facts proved that Cao Cao's fears were correct, Ma Chao fled to Longyou, and encouraged the Qiang and other tribes to unite and attack Liangzhou, but he was defeated, and from then on, Ma Chao began to live in exile.

There are many tribes of the Qiang people in Longxi, and the strongest tribal leader is named Agui, who has a very good relationship with Ma Chao, and the two are even more called brothers.

After Ma Chao repaired a letter, he ordered someone to quickly whip the horse and send it to Agui, hoping that Agui could unite with the nearby Qiangqi and other tribes to raise troops to attack Lü Bu from Longyou.

Agui was sitting in the big tent, drinking spirits, when he received a letter from Ma Chao, his heart moved, and he hurriedly opened it and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, Agui was puzzled, he still understood the situation in Longxi, Ma Han had an army of 150,000, and Lu Bu only had 20,000 people.

However, Ma Chao said in the letter that he would give food, which made Agui's heart moved, and for them nomads, the most lacking thing was food.

I don't want to, as long as there is food, I'll fucking fight!

Ah Gui threw the letter on the table, and immediately beckoned his generals to prepare to unite the nearby tribes and attack Xining with a large army.

······

······

Jiuquan.

In history, Su Heng, because he led his subordinates to grab territory everywhere, provoked a group of sieges, and was destroyed tragically.

Although Su Heng has served as the Taishou of Jiuquan for many years, because of the depression of the Silk Road, his strength has been weak, and there are few soldiers under him, but there are more than 10,000 people.

When he received the letter sent to him by Ma Han, he was really taken aback, because his strength was weak, and not many people would pay attention to him.

Su Heng is also an ambitious person, but unfortunately, because of his great ambition and lack of talent, and his lack of soldiers, he is destined to do nothing in this life.

Judging from the current situation, if I go or not, Lu Bu will die, why does Ma Han send a letter inviting me to participate in the war, and promise heavy profits?

Su Heng lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and ordered his subordinates to reorganize their troops and horses, rush to Xining, and attack Lu Bu from the south.

It's just a formality, you can expand your territory and strengthen your own strength, why not!

······

······

Han Sui said that the most important part of the four-sided attack is Zhang Lu, as we all know, Zhang Lu is the most unenterprising, otherwise he would not have been in Hanzhong for three generations to promote the Five Dou Mi Sect.

For so many years, Zhang Lu has only had friction with Liu Zhang in Xichuan, and as a last resort, Zhang Lu is not easy to fight with people, he just wants to stay in Hanzhong and live his small life in peace.

The envoys sent by Ma Han to Hanzhong met Yang Song and brought him a large amount of gold and silver goods, hoping that he would persuade Zhang Lu to send troops from Yangping Pass to attack Lü Bu in the east.

Yang Song saw the abundant wealth, his eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously and said that Lu Bu was a national thief, and everyone would be punished, and he would persuade Zhang Lu to attack Lu Bu.

When the envoy left, Yang Song suddenly remembered the benefits that Lu Bu had given him, and he was suddenly in a dilemma.

Let's not talk about whether he can persuade Zhang Lu to send troops, and he will rush at the property that Lu Bu keeps giving him, and he can't do this "ungrateful" thing!

Besides, he still has a deal with Lu Bu, and if there is a war, the deal will definitely be gone.

After thinking about it again, Yang Song came up with a good plan to persuade Zhang Lu to pretend to raise troops and threaten Lu Bu from the east, but in fact, he did not move, sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, if Lu Bu was defeated, he would take advantage of the situation, and if Lu Bu won, he would continue to make friends with Lu Bu.

Yang Song also repaired a letter and sent it to Lu Bu, saying that Ma Han sent an envoy into Hanzhong to persuade Zhang Lu to raise troops and ask him to be more vigilant.

Two sides and three knives, the good people all asked Yang Song to do it.

Zhang Lu met with Ma Han's envoy, and as soon as he heard that he was going to raise troops out of Yangping Pass and attack Lü Bu from the east, he immediately shook his head like a rattle.

He didn't want to offend Lu Bu, besides, not long ago, the two of them traded grain, and in the blink of an eye, they made a big move, isn't it stupid!

But Ma Han is powerful, and he can't be offended, if he refuses, Ma Hanzhen will destroy Lu Bu in the future, and maybe he will use this as an excuse to invade Hanzhong.

For a while, Zhang Lu was entangled and didn't know what to do.

Yang Song saw that Zhang Lu was in a dilemma, so he told his plan and pretended to send troops, which was not a wise choice for Zhang Lu.

So, Zhang Lu gave an order to Yan Pu in Yangping Pass, ordering him to lead his troops out of Yangping Pass and feign attacking Lü Bu from the east, but in fact, he did not move.

In this way, neither resentment nor dissatisfaction with Ma Han, no matter who wins or loses between the two, for Zhang Lu, there is room for maneuver.

*******************

Brothers and sisters, I'm sorry to tell you that this book is going to be on the shelves, time 7.1.

I've been struggling with this question, because once it's on the shelves, there will be a lot of brothers who will abandon the book.

I'm not afraid of everyone spitting water, my first thought of writing a book, is to earn a meager living expenses, improve my life, up to now, I live in a rental house of less than ten square meters, the so-called bed, just a few wooden boards, the computer is sleeping with me...

Don't say anything sad, but also ask the brothers to spend a few cents to support the first order when they are on the shelves.

Thanks!!