"General, the army of Liangguo is overwhelmed, and I can't see how many troops there are." Xiao Xiao hurriedly replied.

Ma Qiu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately felt remorseful, he underestimated the enemy for a while, and even let a scholar take advantage of the loophole, if this kind of thing spread, it would greatly damage his prestige, and Shi Hu would not spare him.

"General, Xie Ai Shusheng has only 5,000 men and horses under his command, and the last general will lead the troops to counterattack immediately, and they will definitely be able to repel them." Sun Fudu said loudly, at this time, he was completely sober.

Ma Qiu nodded, and said: "Okay, General Sun, you and I will lead the troops together, and the general will not believe it, with my tens of thousands of troops, I will lose to a white-faced scholar." ”

Subsequently, Ma Qiu and Sun Fu immediately left the big tent and began to urgently mobilize the soldiers of the big camp to prepare to meet the enemy.

However, at this moment, most of the soldiers of Zhao State in the camp were resting, and it was difficult to assemble effectively in a short period of time, and Xie Ai's five thousand soldiers and horses were already approaching.

However, after a short period of assembly, when the Liangguo army reached the camp, Ma Qiu and Sun Fudu still gathered nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and began to lead the army to launch a counterattack against the Liangguo army.

Although the preparation is very insufficient, in Ma Qiu's eyes, Xie Ai is just a scholar, as long as the army under his command fights back, Xie Ai is panicked, and the army will inevitably be defeated, so that he will have a chance to turn defeat into victory, so as to win this war.

Obviously, Ma Qiu didn't know Xie Ai yet, he underestimated Xie Ai too much, and he was too confident in the army under his command.

The 5,000 troops of the Liang Kingdom, under the command of Xie Ai, pursued and killed the fleeing Zhao soldiers all the way, and soon arrived at Ma Qiu's main camp. and encountered the army of Ma Qiu, who urgently assembled troops and horses and prepared to resist.

Xie Aizema stood at the rear of the army of the Liang Kingdom, looking at the army of the Zhao State that had hurriedly assembled its troops and horses and was preparing to counterattack, and ordered softly: "The whole army will attack." ”

"Attack, attack with all your troops." After a victory, the morale of the Liangguo army was greatly boosted, and the five thousand soldiers divided into three ways to kill the Zhao army camp.

Seeing the vigorous killing of the army of Liangguo, Ma Qiu and Sun Fu both felt an oncoming pressure, but. At the moment, in addition to resisting with all his might. There is no better way, and once you retreat, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Soldiers, hold off the enemy. Kill ......," Ma Qiu ordered loudly. and led the soldiers and horses that were urgently assembled beside him. Rush forward.

"Kill ......" Soon, the army of Liang and the army of Zhao collided and fought together, although the Zhao army had the advantage in numbers. Moreover, there is a steady stream of soldiers in the rear, who are being assembled, but the morale of the Liangguo army is high, and it is fighting to defend the territory, so it is more advantageous.

Xie Ai, the general of the Liang army who was watching the battle not far away, commanded the army fighting in front with a relaxed expression, as long as his order flag pointed, the army of Liang Guo who was fighting in front would kill it.

After several rounds of head-to-head battles, under the command of Xie Ai Gaoming, the Liangguo army broke through the defense line of the Zhao army from the front, and tore a hole in the middle of the two armies of Ma Qiu and Sun Fudu, rushed into the interior of the Zhao army's camp, and burned the Zhao army's camp all the way, killing Zhao's soldiers.

The formation of the Zhao army was completely dispersed by the Liang army, and although there were many troops, the morale was completely dissipated, and it was no longer possible to organize effective resistance.

The army was scattered, Ma Qiu and Sun Fu couldn't stop drinking, and in desperation, they had to flee in a hurry with the remnants.

The army of Liangguo pursued for more than ten miles, and under Xie Ai's order, the pursuit was completely stopped, and the battlefield was immediately cleared, and then the good news of the main army of Maqiu was reported to Zhang Chonghua.

The news of Xie Ai's destruction of the 50,000-strong army of Maqiu soon spread to the palace of Guzang City, and Zhang Chonghua was very happy to learn the news, and immediately ordered Xie Ai to be canonized as Fu Lubo and rewarded him greatly.

For Xie Ai's great success, the nobles of the Liang Kingdom were both happy and disappointed, happy that Xie Ai defeated Ma Qiu and relieved Gu Zang's threat, disappointed that a small master book had achieved such a great merit and was so reused by Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, which made their hearts very unbalanced, and even a little jealous.

On the top of the main hall, Zhang Chonghua felt that it was necessary to give Xie Ai more troops and greater rights, so that Xie Ai could completely drive Ma Qiu, Sun Fudu, Wang Zhen and others out of the territory of Liangguo.

However, there was a lot of opposition among the ministers, who considered their own interests and did not agree with Zhang Chonghua's excessive reuse of Xie Ai.

"Your Majesty, although Xie Ai, the chief bookkeeper, defeated Ma Qiu and won a complete victory, but the victory in the first battle does not mean anything, maybe it is caused by Ma Qiu being too light on the enemy, for the sake of safety, the king must not hand over the main army to the master Xie Book." One of the ministers was the first to raise objections.

"Yes! Your Majesty, Xie Ai is just a small master book, just because of a meritorious service, he is put in charge of the lifeblood of a country, I am afraid that the generals will not accept it! Another minister said.

"The king canonized Master Xie as Fu Lubo, which is already a great gift, how can he entrust the whole army of the whole country, in case this time Lord Xie is just a fluke victory, the next time against Ma Qiu may not be so lucky." An old minister also objected.

When Zhang Chonghua heard this, he felt that there was some truth, but at this moment, Xie Ai was leading 5,000 men and horses to camp in Hongchiling, if he didn't send reinforcements to Xie Ai, with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, he might not be able to defeat the tens of thousands of troops of Ma Qiu's department that were well prepared next time, and once Xie Ai's troops and horses were defeated, it would be a great blow to the morale of the entire Liangguo army.

At this moment, Zhang Tan clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the main force of the Zhao army's westward expedition is nearly 100,000, and there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Fu Lubo, and the strength is weak. ”

When Zhang Chonghua heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's better to transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses from Guzang first, and hand them over to Xie Ai to command, and this king will personally lead the main force, and then reinforce them, what do you think?" ”

When the ministers heard this, they did not object, and then, Zhang Chonghua personally ordered Guzang's 10,000-strong army to reinforce Hongchiling, and handed over the command of this army to Xie Ai.

In the direction of Guangwu City, the troops and horses of Ma Qiu and Sun Fudu, who were unbearable, fled into the city and closed the city gates to prepare for the garrison.

Ma Qiu and Sun Fudu, who finally breathed a sigh of relief in the city, were very unconvinced by their defeat, after all, Xie Ai only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and their soldiers and horses were as high as 50,000, and the strength of the other party was ten times that of the other party.

In the hearts of Ma Qiu and Sun Fudu, the reason why they were defeated so badly was entirely because of the light enemy, if they hadn't only sent 10,000 horses to engage in the battle, or if the main army had not relaxed their vigilance, the result of the battle might have been a different scene, but the war had no ifs, the fact was that they failed, and it was a fiasco, the army of the department lost more than 5,000 casualties, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were scattered, and countless soldiers were wounded.

"General, Xie Ai, a scholar, has made us lose so badly, how can we just forget it, we must avenge this arrow." Sun Fudu roared angrily.

Ma Qiu nodded and said: "That's natural, if it's just like that, how will I explain it to the king." ”

Sun Fudu pointed to the road outside the city, and said: "General, our army is defeated and retreats to Guangwu City, Xie Ai will chase after him sooner or later, if our army sets up an ambush on both sides of the road, it will definitely catch Xie Ai off guard, and it will be good to avenge last night's arrow." ”

When Ma Qiu heard this, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "This is very good, General Sun, you immediately lead 20,000 troops to ambush on both sides of the road, and this general will lead the remaining soldiers and horses to guard Guangwu City and support you at any time." ”

"Okay, I'll get ready." Sun Fudu clenched his fists in response, turned around and went to prepare.

Half an hour later, Sun Fudu led an army of 20,000 to leave Guangwu City, and ambushed in the place where the army of Liangguo must march, waiting for Xie Ai to send him to the door.

Xie Ai, who was stationed in Hongchiling, understood that there were too few soldiers and horses under his command, and when Ma Qiu was paralyzed by the enemy, he could quickly break through the Zhao army and achieve a huge victory, but after Ma Qiu was prepared, it was impossible to achieve the brilliant results of the last time.

For this reason, Xie Ai was not in a hurry to march, but was waiting for reinforcements from Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, who believed that Zhang Chonghua would definitely give him more soldiers and horses.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhang Chonghua's reward and the 10,000 troops allocated to arrive at Hongchiling, seeing that Zhang Chonghua only transferred 10,000 reinforcements, Xie Ai didn't feel less at all, in his heart, to deal with Ma Qiu and Sun Fudu, the fifteen thousand soldiers and horses were enough.

"General, the king is gathering troops and horses in Guzang, and he will personally lead 30,000 main forces to reinforce the general in the near future." The general who came with the troops clenched his fists and said.

Xie Ai nodded and ordered, "The whole army is assembled and ready to go." ”

Under Xie Ai's order, the army of 15,000 Liangguo marched quickly along the road leading to Guangwu County.

In the evening, the 5,000 men and horses of the front army led by Xie Ai himself had already arrived at the location of Sun Fudu's ambush, and almost entered Sun Fudu's encirclement.

Seeing the unusually quiet road ahead, Xie Ai already had a premonition that there was an ambush, so he ordered to stop advancing.

"General, what's wrong, why did you stop advancing." A junior school asked.

Xie Ai said softly: "There may be an ambush ahead, let the generals of the rear army come to see me immediately." ”

"Yes, General." When the little colonel heard the order, he hurriedly rode his horse to deliver the order.

"There's an ambush." The soldiers beside Xie Ai were all shocked when they heard this.

However, the experienced veteran soon noticed the quiet anomaly ahead, in the dense bushes, there should be birds and insects along the way, but there was no sound at all.

"General, what do you command?" The generals of the rear army soon arrived in front of Xie Ai.

Xie Ai pointed to the road ahead and said softly: "There should be an ambush ahead, I will personally lead the 5,000 army to continue to advance, and lead the ambushed Zhao army out, when our 5,000 men and horses are surrounded by the Zhao army, you can lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to suddenly kill and counter-encircle the Zhao army that surrounds our army." (To be continued......)