Huangfu Li returned to Han Sui but did not go to see Han Sui first, but returned to the pavilion first.

"Engaged, you're back? How was it like to meet Ma Teng this time? A man who had been sent by Qin Feng to follow Huangfu Li greeted him and asked.

"It's not easy to talk here, go to the house!" Huangfu Li said in a low voice.

The two men quickly arrived at the premises, and ordered two retinues with knives to stand guard, coughing to warn anyone else if they approached.

Entering the house, the strong man closed the door.

Huangfu Li whispered to the strong man: "Ma Teng has been deceived, is leading the army to the direction of Chang'an, accompanied by Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan's two troops, a total of 50,000 people, Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan's subordinates are mostly cavalry, three cavalry add up to 12,000 people, the rest are mostly foot soldiers and archers, lack of armor, only two out of ten people have armor, only one month of grain and grass!" ”

"This expedition, Ma Teng and the others' food and grass are far from enough, after they enter the Sanfu area, they must loot the people and attack the small city to maintain the cost of military food, if they are allowed to solve it in the Sanfu area, the results of the Sanfu people's hard rest and recuperation in the past few years will be ruined!"

"You quickly send the news back to Chang'an, so that the lord can prepare early!"

After hearing this, the strong man nodded in agreement, and then asked, "When will I leave this place and return to Chang'an?" ”

Huangfu Li smiled: "It's still early!" ”

The strong man came out of the house and looked left and right, then turned and returned to his own house.

He closed the door, picked up a cube covered with a black cloth from the corner and placed it on the table, and removed the black cloth cover, which turned out to be a birdcage, in which a pigeon cooed at the sight of the light.

The strong man took out a handful of fried noodles and put it in the trough, and poured a little water into the trough.

The pigeons kept pecking at the fried noodles and drank water after eating.

By this time the strong man had already written the note, and rolled it into a thin roll, and he came to the birdcage and stuffed the paper into the small bamboo tube on the pigeon's feet, and then put on the cap.

When the strong man saw that the pigeon had almost eaten, he opened the cage and took the pigeon out of it, and then went to the window and opened it, and first stretched out his head to look left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he took out the pigeon, and stroked the feathers on the pigeon's neck with his other finger.

Then the hand was raised, and the pigeon spread its wings and flew high, and disappeared into the sky.

Changan.

Qin Feng, Jia Xu, Zuo Ling and others inspected the city wall.

Qin Feng observed whether there were any defects and cracks in the city wall, and said: "Mr. Wenhe and Mr. Yunyin, the two gentlemen had a lot of entanglements with the Xiliang Army back then, in their opinion, how is the combat power of the Xiliang Army?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The Xiliang Army fought against the rebellious Qiang people for many years under the command of Duan Ying, Zhang Wen, and Dong Zhuo, and it can be said that it was the most powerful soldiers and horses in the world at that time. ”

Qin Feng stopped, turned around and asked, "How does the combat strength of Ma Teng, Han Sui, and those small warlords of Xiliang compare to the Xiliang army?" ”

Jia Xu and Zuo Ling looked at each other and smiled, Jia Xu said: "Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses are all rebels who are cobbled together, and they are nothing more than relying on a large number of people to run rampant for a while, and in terms of combat strength, they are naturally inferior to the Xiliang Army that has been fighting at the border for a long time. ”

Qin Feng nodded, the combat power of the Xiliang Army was indeed strong.

In the official history, in the early days of the princes' discussion of Dong, the combat power of the Xiliang army was obviously higher than that of the princes' allies, and it was particularly obvious, the general Xu Rong beat Cao Cao and Sun Jian with their heads and scurried, and later due to the internal strife of the Xiliang army, coupled with the fact that there were constantly people in the court who dragged Dong Zhuo back, which led to the defeat of the Xiliang army.

It was because of the defeat that Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo to move the capital to Chang'an, the move to Chang'an was politically beneficial and disadvantageous for Dong Zhuo, if it wasn't for his perverse actions in the later period, it would not have ended up dismal, and the result of moving the capital to Chang'an caused the alliance of princes to collapse, which was good for Dong Zhuo personally, if the Xiliang army has been on the front line of the Tiger Pass, the Kwantung coalition army will be consumed with the imperial court, and will also find a way to find a breakthrough from other directions, and after moving the capital, Leaving the city of Luoyang, which had become a piece of rubble, to the Kwantung princes, completely dismantling their alliance.

The disadvantage of moving the capital to Chang'an is that it makes the world more chaotic, and the imperial court is no longer able to clean up this chaotic situation, because at this time, the princes already have their own thoughts, and they just want to go home early to recruit more soldiers and horses, grab more plates, money and women, and completely create a situation where the princes support their troops and divide their territory.

Qin Feng and the three of them were talking as they walked, when a sergeant panted and ran over to pay respects: "Lord Qiqi, Xiliang has a letter!" With that, he handed over a small roll of paper with both hands.

Qin Feng took it and waved his hand, and the sergeant stepped back.

He unfolded the paper scroll and read it, looked up and said to Jia Xu and Zuo Ling: "Ma Teng has sent troops, Han Sui was successfully divided by Huangfu Li, at present, Ma Teng has united Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan to lead an army of 50,000 to the direction of Chang'an, but they only brought a month's grain and grass, if they let them enter Sanfu, I am afraid that the land west of Chen Cang will be robbed by them!" ”

Jia Xu stroked his long beard and said: "Ma Teng wants to fight Chang'an, he should fight Chen Cang first, if he doesn't fight Chen Cang, he can leave a soldier and horse to contain the defenders of Chen Cang, and then kill Chang'an with a large team of men and horses!" Therefore, if you want to ensure that the land of Sanfu is not chaotic and not swept away by the big war, the lord can only lead the army to Chencang to reinforce, set up a village outside the city, and wait for the opportunity to repel Ma Teng's army! ”

Qin Feng thought about it, Jia Xu's suggestion was right, this is different from the time when Zhuge Liang led the army to the Northern Expedition to fight Chencang in the future, for the Shu army who went out of Sichuan and took the Chencang trail, Chencang is a must-pass place, if it is not taken down, it will be extremely inconvenient for the march of the army and the transportation of heavy grain and grass, and it may be attacked by the defenders in the city at any time, cutting off the supply of grain and grass for the army.

Chencang is not the only place for Ma Teng's army to go to Chang'an, nor is it on the grain road that Ma Teng's army must pass through, and Ma Teng's army has no grain road at all, no logistics supply, and all the grain and grass for a month are marched, so Ma Teng does not have to lay down Chen Cang to enter Chang'an.

Therefore, all the places that must be passed through in the military cannot be bypassed, and the passes and dangers that can be bypassed are not the places that must be passed.

Although Chen Cang is not a necessary place for Ma Teng's army, Ma Teng can't ignore it, if he doesn't care about it, what if Hao Zhao, the defender of Chen Cang, leads his troops to kill it? Therefore, if you don't fight Chencang, you must also send a part of your troops to be stationed outside Chencang City to contain it, keep an eye on it at all times, so that the defenders in the city will not dare to go out of the city easily.

Qin Feng thought about it and weighed it and said: "In this case, I will lead the army to Chencang on the next day, Hao Zhao only has 3,000 people in his hands, Ma Teng can turn a blind eye, if I lead another 20,000 troops to go, Ma Teng can't be regarded as invisible, if he doesn't send all his troops and horses to fight with me, how can he have a chance of winning?" ”