"What sin are thou guilty of? Get up! Qin Feng pulled Yang Zheng up, pointed to a large number of war horses and said with a smile: "These more than 6,000 horses were lured by us from the enemy, your mount is gone, I will reward you with another one, you can choose at will!" ”

"Thank you, my lord!" After Yang Zheng finished speaking, he hurriedly went to pick a good horse, but he was afraid that the good horses would be picked up by others.

Ma Tengjun camp, the big tent of the Chinese army.

The atmosphere in the tent was tense, and everyone's hearts were like a stone.

Ma Teng had a gloomy face, and even the two outsiders, Hou Xuan and Cheng Yin, didn't dare to pant loudly, let alone others.

After a while, Ma Teng asked, "How long will it take for the siege equipment to be built?" ”

Pound, who was in charge of this matter, stood up and reported: "Lord, it will take three days!" ”

Ma Teng asked again: "How long can our army's food and grass last?" ”

A logistics officer with the army stood up and replied: "My lord, the grain and grass can only support ten days at most, and the army of 50,000 people eats and chews, and the cost is very heavy. ”

Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan glanced at each other, and Cheng Yin came out and hugged Ma Teng and said: "General, there is not much grain and grass in the army, I can't wait until the grain and grass are exhausted to find a way, it is better to raise grain and grass as soon as possible!" As the saying goes, there is food in your hands, and there is no panic in your heart! The closest to here is Chencang and Yongxian, Chencang has a large army garrison, the city defense is strong, a few days and so on, the last general is still going to Yongxian! ”

"Yongxian County has a large population, and there must be a large amount of grain in the city, if Yongxian County can be taken, there will be no shortage of grain and grass within a few months, and the last general will order to bring the people and horses of the headquarters to attack Yongxian County to raise food and grass materials for the army!"

Hou Xuan also stood up and said to Ma Teng: "General, General Cheng's troops are weak, and the last general is willing to take his headquarters to go with General Cheng!" ”

Ma Teng thought about it for a while, he didn't think that Qin Feng would take the initiative to bring a large army from Chang'an to meet the battle, so the idea of planning to raise grain and grass on the spot in the early morning went wrong, and now he can only divide his troops to attack other cities to get grain and grass supplies, and it takes too long to transport grain and grass from Jincheng, and it costs a lot, so it is really not cost-effective.

After thinking for a moment, he said to the two: "The two generals are willing to raise food and grass for the army, and the general is very pleased, but you can only take half of the cavalry with you, and you must leave the other half of the cavalry, how about I supplement the two generals with infantry?" ”

Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan also remembered at this time that more than 6,000 horses had been lured away by the Flame Army, and there were only more than 5,000 horses left in the camp, and the strength of the cavalry could be said to have lost half.

Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan hugged their fists and agreed: "I am willing to obey the general's arrangement!" ”

"Well, then, you two prepare today, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, lead the army to set out at night, and do not make a noise!" Ma Teng commanded.

"Yes!" The two said yes and turned to leave.

After a busy day, Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan finally gathered a total of 10,000 people, including 2,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry.

Late at night, 10,000 horses quietly set off from the camp under the leadership of Cheng Yin and Hou Xuan, and Ma Teng watched them disappear into the night before returning to the big tent from the wall.

Qin Feng had long speculated that Ma Teng was going to send troops to nearby towns to grab food, so he sent sentry cavalry to monitor his camp day and night.

Qin Feng was woken up in his sleep by the soldiers outside the tent, he got up and walked out of the tent and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The sentry cavalry reported: "My lord, Ma Teng has divided his troops, and just before that, about 10,000 horses left the camp and headed to the northeast, and it seems that there are siege ladders and other siege equipment, and it is impossible to see who the leading general is in the dark night!" ”

"Oh?!" Qin Feng had such an expression on his face, "Go back and probe again, if the enemy army has abnormal behavior, report it quickly!" ”

"No!" The sentry said yes and turned and quickly left.

Qin Feng immediately returned to the camp and ordered loudly: "Gather all the generals to discuss the matter!" ”

"No!"

Soon, the generals rushed over.

Qin Feng briefly introduced the military situation, and then summoned everyone to the sand table, pointed to the location of the Ma Teng camp in the sand table and said: "Now there is a group of 10,000 men and horses leaving the Ma Teng camp for the northeast, according to the spies, this partial division is carrying siege equipment, and it must be going to attack the city to raise food and grass!" ”

After he finished speaking, he picked up a small flag from the Shapan Ma Teng camp and planted it on the way to Yongxian, and took out an arrow and put it in front of the small flag.

Li Dian said: "The nearest city from here is Chencang and Yongxian, Ma Teng's army goes to Chencang to cross the river, and the Chencang city wall is tall and strong, it is a fortress, it is easy to attack, this Ma Teng's army is going to attack Yongxian!" ”

"Now we don't know who the enemy will be, do you think Ma Teng will go out in person? If it weren't for Ma Teng, who would he have sent to lead the troops? Qin Feng asked.

Yang Zheng said: "Ma Teng, as the commander, will never leave the camp without authorization, but he will not send Ma Dai or others to lead the troops, only one or two of the three people of Ma Chao, Cheng Yin, and Hou Xuan will lead the troops!" ”

Qin Feng clasped his arms around his chest, touched his short beard with one hand and said: "I have few soldiers, but there are many enemy soldiers, if you want to win, you can only win by surprise, he goes to Yongxian, I can also go!" Chen Zhi and Yang Zheng listened to the order and ordered the two of you to lead 2,000 cavalry out of the camp overnight to catch up with Ma Teng's partial division, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to sneak attack from behind! ”

"Remember, you must fight the cavalry first!"

Chen Zhi and Yang Zheng immediately hugged their fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

The two turned and walked out of the tent to prepare for their departure.

The preparation period took an hour, the time was mainly used for the cooking and dry food of the men, the soldiers only took a short time to eat, after eating, it only took half a column of incense to distribute the dry food to everyone, and then the two thousand cavalry turned over and quietly went out of the camp under the leadership of Chen Zhi and Yang Zheng.

Even if only 2,000 people came out of the camp, no matter how small the movement was, it was discovered by the Ma Tengjun scouts hidden in the shadows, but Qin Feng had already prepared and strengthened the deployment of the surrounding secret posts, and the secret posts of the Ma Teng army were caught on the way to report the news, and they resisted and were killed, and the news was not transmitted back to the Ma Teng camp in time.

During the march, Chen Zhi asked Yang Zheng: "Brother Yang, in my brother's opinion, how long will it take for me to catch up with this Ma Teng army?" ”

Yang Zheng said at this time: "Brother Chen, I thought that if we pursued from the rear, it would be easy to be detected by the enemy, but now our army and the enemy army are going to Yongxian, in the same direction, the roads are different, and the enemy army is mostly foot soldiers, our army has few soldiers, all of them are cavalry, and they act quickly, it is better for our army to speed up and go to Yongxian County to find a place to hide and wait for work, I don't know what Brother Chen thinks?" ”

Chen Zhi thought for a moment and laughed: "Brother Yang, this move is exactly what I want!" Someone, send the order, and the whole army will speed up and rush to Yongxian! ”