Ma Zhong pondered Li Zhao's analysis, nodded happily and said, "Mr. is reasonable, so ......"

"No, you can't. Before Ma Zhong finished speaking, another person below stood up and said.

"Why not?" Ma Zhong turned his head to look at Sun Tong, another advisor under his account.

"Lu Hang received nearly 17,000 men and horses from our army, it is the time when the victory is vigorous, and under the new defeat of our army, the soldiers will have no will to fight, we should take advantage of this winter to recuperate, recruit more soldiers and horses, accumulate money and grain, and wait until the spring when the soldiers are full of food, and then make a decision. Sun Tong clenched his fists and dissuaded.

"It makes sense, so ......" Ma Zhong listened to Sun Tong's analysis and nodded and said.

"The officers and men of our army have suffered the shame of defeat, and they all miss the intention of revenge in their hearts, how can they say that the soldiers will have no will to fight if they have no will to fight! Although Lu Hang has received 17,000 men from our army, those 17,000 people were originally our soldiers and horses, and in this short period of time, they must still have the heart to return, and they will definitely not fight to the death when fighting against our army.

"This ......" The analysis of the two made sense, which made Ma Zhong a little difficult to decide.

Looking at Ma Zhong who was in a dilemma, Li Zhao hugged his fists and bowed to Ma Zhong and said: "If it drags on, after the whole winter, Lu Hang will give favors to those 17,000 people, then those people and horses will definitely follow sincerely, and if they want to attack again, it will be difficult, if they don't decide on the great cause in time, they will invite disaster, and the lord must not slack off on the opportunity!"

"Please give the order to send troops to avenge General Zhou's revenge. "Yutai Mengfeng also stood up and asked Zhandao.

Ma Zhong sighed and lightly slapped the case, and said to himself: "If Zihui is still here, he will definitely be able to give a wise decision." ”

It turned out that Ma Zhong thought that Gao Cun had already died in the battle in Lang Yuan City.

Just when Ma Zhong was having a hard time making a choice, he suddenly heard someone from outside the hall to report, Ma Zhong hurriedly came in, and someone knelt on the ground and hugged his fists to report: "Back to the lord, Gao Zihui has surrendered to Lu Hang, and now he is a military advisor for Lu Hang." ”

"What? is it false?!" Ma Zhongpu stood up suddenly, pointing to the spy who was kneeling on the ground.

"There is no falsehood, this is what Lang Yuancheng said when he surrendered his men and horses and escaped. The spy replied on his knees.

"Bring people in!" said the kneeling spy of the Tai Mengfeng.

Not long after, a ragged soldier came in, and he reported the surrender of Gao Cun to Ma Zhongyu.

Ma Zhong's hands were clenched together after hearing this, his knuckles were already pinched white, and he waved outward: "Tangtai Valley!"

"The end will be. Lantai Mengfeng walked out from behind the seat, knelt on the ground and replied with his fists clenched.

"I will order you to quickly take fifty people to the Gaocun Mansion and kill all the children in his family! If you let one go, you will come to see him!" Ma Zhong himself has a beard, and now he is even more upside down under anger, and coupled with his red eyes, he looks even more terrifying.

"Yes!" said Yutai Mengfeng and walked out.

"Hurry up and gather your troops and horses, and set out to fight Qiaozhou tomorrow!" Ma Zhong shouted angrily.

Seeing that Ma Zhong had made up his mind to send troops, Sun Tong hurriedly knelt on the ground with a puff, and continued to dissuade him: "The lord must not do it! Not to mention the reason for the new defeat, the young general under Lu Hang has the courage of ten thousand people! I think that the 10,000 military horses that went out of the city to meet him were all broken by his single horse, and Zhou Tingzhi's bravery was also killed in front of the formation.

In the face of Sun Tong's persuasion, Ma Zhong only felt extremely harsh when he heard it, and he flicked his sleeves and scolded angrily: "Bold! I am going to go out for revenge, you dare to speak wild words to disturb the hearts of our army!

At the sound of an order, two guards in armor and halberds rushed in outside the door, and one of them grabbed Sun Tong's armpit and dragged it out.

Sun Tong, who was sentenced to beheading, did not call for mercy, but still dissuaded Ma Zhong and said: "Lord, if you don't listen to good words, you will invite trouble!"

At this time, a group of officials hurriedly rushed out, clenched their fists and knelt down to intercede for Sun Tong: "Lord, Liu Tong's words are insulting and offensive, and there is a crime of unforgiveness, but the army has not moved, so he will behead the ministers first, I am afraid that the army will ignore it, and I hope that Ming Gong will think twice." ”

Ma Zhong closed his eyes and took a deep breath, no longer looked at Sun Tong who was kneeling on the ground, rushed down and waved his hand and said: "Push Sun Tong off the staff and sentence him to prison for thirty years, and when I return victoriously, I will make a plan!"

"Lord, if you don't listen to your advice, you will ......regret it later," Sun Tong was dragged out, repeating this sentence incessantly.

Although Sun Tong was imprisoned, he finally held his life, and the officials who knelt on the ground stood up again, but they did not return to their seats, but stood below and waited for Ma Zhong's arrangement.

There was no need to continue the banquet to such an extent, and the attendants who had been doing it all understood it, and after a short time they came up and removed the tea, food, and fruit wine on everyone's desk.

As soon as the attendant went out, he saw Yutai Mengfeng leading a group of guards to the outside of the hall, he walked in alone and picked up his fist stained red with blood, knelt down and said: "Back to the lord, Gao Cun's parents, wife and children, uncles and nephews, house slaves, and hospital workers, a total of 36 people, have all been killed, and all 36 heads are outside the door!"

The officials got out of the way and looked at the guards lined up outside the courtyard, all holding a bloody head in their hands.

Ma Zhong was quite satisfied with this result, nodded and said, "Okay! Hang your head on the city tower for three days to show the public!"

After Ma Zhong sat back on the case, he nominated the following: "I order Tangtai Gu to be the general, Li Gui to be the deputy general, Ding Shan to be the front vanguard, Li Zhao to be the strategist, 30,000 horse troops, 30,000 infantry, a total of 60,000 elite soldiers, and march to Lang Yuan on the same day!"

"Yes. After killing Gao Cun's family, Mengfeng received the news of sending troops to Qiaozhou as soon as he came back, and he was even a little happy, and hurriedly knelt down with Li Gui, Ding Shan and others named by Ma Zhonggang to receive the order.

It turned out that Lu Hang had sent spies to get the news before, which was not a small mistake, and he had heard that Ma Zhong had 70,000 soldiers and horses, although Youling is a big county, and the total area is only a little smaller than Qiaozhou, but 70,000 is already quite a lot, but in the current situation, he attacked Lang Yuan before and sent 30,000 troops, and he also folded 30,000, and there should only be 40,000 left, but he sent troops again, and he did not hesitate to open his mouth and shout 60,000, indicating that his savings are more!

If this can't be proven, there is a more important point, that is, it is impossible for him to send out all the soldiers and horses, and at least 10,000 to 20,000 to guard the old nest of Youling, so the most conservative estimate is that he has recruited a total of no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses before!

There are 100,000 horses in one county! This is really not a small ambition!