That night, in the camp of the Qiang people, a group of Qiang generals from Beigong Boyu were drunk, and only two people in the entire big tent were awake, and these two people were Ma Teng and Han Sui who reminded Beigong Boyu not to set up a banquet during the day. Because in the battle the day before yesterday, Ma Teng said some unpleasant things before Yan Xing's death, so Han Sui's attitude towards Ma Teng was not very good, and Ma Teng also knew that he had offended Han Sui, so there was a slight discord in the Qiang people's tent.

However, at this time, the two of them were not drunk, but they were a little secretly convinced of each other's abilities, but Ma Teng spoke first: "Brother Han, do you know when Dong Zhuo will run out of food?" ”

Han Sui smiled and said, "The food is not exhausted, but Dong Zhuo is leaving." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ma Teng asked with some fright: "Dong Zhuo wants to break through?" Han Sui smiled and nodded. Ma Teng asked, "When will you break through?" ”

Han Sui said in a good time: "It's tonight." ”

Ma Teng stood up "suddenly" and said, "Such a big event, why don't you report it to the marshal?" ”

Han Sui said with a smile: "Didn't Shou Cheng already persuade the marshal not to set up a banquet in the morning?" Now they're not drunk. After speaking, he pointed to the big and small Qiang generals who fell to the ground softly and looked different.

Ma Teng nodded helplessly and said, "In this way, I and Brother Han will order troops and go to intercept Dong Zhuo's army." ”

Han Sui shook his head and said, "Shoucheng is good if he goes, I won't go." ”

Ma Teng heard this, snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves out of the account, and then ordered the soldiers of the headquarters, and gathered some soldiers of the generals who were familiar with him, and left the camp.

Ma vacated the camp tent, but he didn't see Dong Zhuo's army rushing down the small dirt slope, and he had some suspicions in his heart, so he ordered the scouts to get close to Dong Zhuo's camp to investigate. About half an hour later, the scout reported back: "Master Huima, Dong Zhuo's army has left, and only the empty camp tent is left on it. ”

Ma Teng heard it and exclaimed, "What." Then he fixed his mind and said, "Soldiers, chase." ”

Ma Teng led nearly 20,000 troops out of the camp privately, and said to these soldiers that Dong Zhuo wanted to escape, and chased and killed Dong Zhuo to lead the merit together, so many soldiers were obtained, although it was only about one-fifth of Beigong Boyu's army, but it was thousands more than Dong Zhuo's army.

Ma Teng led the army up the small dirt slope, but saw the camp tent as empty as the scout said, then Ma Teng grabbed the scout and asked, "Where did Dong Zhuo go from?" ”

The scout pointed to the river behind Dong Zhuokong's camp and said, "Dong Zhuo built a dam upstream of the river to block the river, making the river shallow, which was originally too deep to cross people, and then led the army to cross the river. ”

Ma Teng heard this and asked, "How deep is the river now?" ”

The scout replied, "Just the calf." ”

Ma Teng heard it and said happily: "Okay, God help me, all the soldiers, chase." ”

Ma Teng led the army to the river, and saw that the river was only as the scout said, and that everyone could easily cross the river, Ma Teng waved his hand and ordered the army to cross the river, and he watched from the river.

The river was also dozens of zhang wide, and Ma Teng's army was excited to cross the river immediately after receiving the order. When the army reached the center of the river, they suddenly heard "Long...... Ma Teng, who was still preparing to cross the river, asked left and right: "What is this sound?" ”

Before he could reply, he heard someone in the middle of the river shouting, "The flood is coming." The generals looked up the river at the same time, but they saw that the white flood peak, four or five feet high, was advancing rapidly, and it looked like they were about to reach the place where they would cross the river.

As soon as these words came out, the Qiang army in the river suddenly became chaotic, pushing each other, some wanted to advance and try to cross the river before the flood came, some wanted to retreat to the shore, in short, the whole scene was chaotic.

Ma Teng, who was on the shore, was stopped by the left and right soldiers and kept retreating, but the left and right soldiers saw that the flood peak was tall and the shore near the riverbed might also be affected, so they immediately pulled Ma Teng back.

Ma Teng was lucky and was pulled back by the soldiers, but the soldiers in the river were unlucky, and the huge flood peak rushed in, directly drowning the soldiers in the middle of the river. Tens of thousands of your armies are invincible to the forces of nature. When the flood passed, only the corpses that occasionally floated up and the weapons and leather armor of some soldiers were left in the middle of the originally bustling river, and nearly 20,000 troops were wiped out in an instant.

Ma Teng, who stood on the shore and escaped, stared blankly at the river that was already full of water in front of him, he couldn't imagine that there were still 20,000 troops crossing the river here before a stick of incense, but after a stick of incense, these 20,000 horses were gone.

However, the facts have been decided, and it is useless for Ma Teng to regret it, so he waved his hand lonely, and rode back to the Qiang camp with hundreds of soldiers who were lucky enough to escape.

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On the other side, Dong Zhuo's army on the march, Niu Fu rode a horse to Dong Zhuo and said with a smile: "Lord, fortunately, I am not dishonored." The Qiang army's nearly 20,000 troops were swept away by the river and reduced to nothing, and we can be regarded as a small revenge for that war. ”

Dong Zhuo looked up to the sky and laughed: "It's still a clever plan." The act of building the dam not only made the Qiang people think that our army was running out of food and relaxed their vigilance, but also enabled our army to increase its food for two days. And after the Qiang people relax their vigilance, our army can easily cross the river and leave. In the end, the Qiang people chased after them, pushed them to the embankment and released the water, so that the Qiang people not only suffered heavy losses, but also our army could calmly retreat. Clever plan, sure enough, a clever plan. ”

Li Ru said humbly: "The lord praised it falsely. ”

Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "After I go back, I will reward you a lot." ”

The generals surrounding Dong Zhuo replied loudly: "Thank you, lord." ”

However, Zhang Xiu, one of the generals, looked at Li Ru with some surprise, and said secretly: "I didn't expect Li Ru's wisdom to be so powerful, I'm afraid that in the future, the dragon and phoenix chicks will be like this." Zhang Xiu still remembers that Zhuge Liang designed to drown the Cao army in the romance, and Li Ru's plan is probably better than Zhuge Liang's plan. At this time, Zhang Xiu remembered that Meiyang defeated the Qiang army, and the vision of that day was also written by Li Ru, so resourceful, but Zhang Xiu felt sorry for Li Ru, who had fallen with Dong Zhuo in history.

After Dong Zhuo crossed the river, there were no Qiang people chasing him, and he led the army back to Chang'an City safely.

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Back in the Qiang camp, Beigong Boyu looked at Ma Teng kneeling in the tent half-drunk, listening to the news of Ma Teng's defeat, and after listening to it, Beigong Boyu said angrily: "Bastard, get out, for your sake of the battle the day before yesterday, I won't kill you, but you don't appear in front of me again, get out, get out." ”

Ma Teng clasped his fists and saluted, "Xie Dashuai." After saying that, he didn't hesitate, turned around and left.

After Ma Teng left, Beigong Boyu also knew that he couldn't catch up with Dong Zhuo, so he had to lead the army back to Jincheng, preparing to send troops again after recuperation, and join Kou Sanfu.

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Dong Zhuo was besieged, and there is a record in the history books of this battle, and Dong Zhuo set up a dam to block the river, catch fish and shrimp to distract the attention of the Qiang people, and then calmly cross the river and walk. According to the younger brother's speculation, this plan should be from Li Ru's handwriting, and with Dong Zhuo's wisdom, I am afraid that he does not have such an ability. And the younger brother felt that although this plan was wonderful, it was still a little missing, so he made up for the battle of the flooded army, which made Li Ru's image more plump, and I hope everyone likes it.