The sailors hurriedly turned the ship back, and when they returned to the port, the big ship was already crooked, it was getting dark, and it was even more dangerous to cross the river, so they had to stay in the camp for the night.

Shi Ah arranged for Liu Qi to stay, and angrily found the captain, and scolded: "You and others often go back and forth to transport baggage, and since you know that the king crosses the river, you should choose a skilled sailor, how can you make this mistake?" ”

Nadu Wei was frightened to himself, and when he heard this, he knelt down in fright and said: "The most experienced helmsman selected by the lower officials, and there have never been reefs in this water area in the past......"

Shi Ah was waiting for a strict investigation to prevent any spies from getting in, but when he saw Fa Zheng entering the account, he said with a smile: "You don't need to panic, the king is not to blame." Check the boat carefully and cross the river early tomorrow morning. ”

Those people were sweating profusely, and hurriedly kowtowed to apologize, Fa Zheng called Shi A out and took him to the bank of the river, the waves were like thunder, and the voices of the two of them could not be heard around.

Shi Ah frowned and said: "This fleet was fine in the past, but today there is an accident, I am afraid that someone will do it deliberately, with the wisdom of Mr., why not strictly investigate?" ”

Fa Zheng smiled lightly: "There is no need to investigate, this matter is secretly done by my people!" ”

"Huh?" Shi A was shocked and looked at Fa Zheng with a puzzled expression.

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "The Xiliang army is powerful, if you don't completely subdue Ma Chao, sooner or later there will be trouble." I advise the lord to postpone the dispatch of troops, and then go to the rescue after the plan, this snow is also charcoal! However, the lord was lenient and did not want to do it, so he had to use this clumsy plan. ”

Shi A was stunned, looked at the tumbling waves, and asked after a while: "The king has already made a decision, and if Mr. is so disobedient, if he detects it, won't it harm himself?" ”

Fa Zheng said angrily: "Sage Yun: Monarchs and ministers. The monarch has the king's way, the ministers have the responsibility of the ministers, the great cause of the lord will be completed, the mind of the world and the ambition of the eight wilderness, since the grace of the Quartet, virtue is the sea, the wind of this benevolent lord also! We are ministers, we think that the Lord can not do, should not do, the husband has to meet the master, the monarch and the minister know each other, the warrior fights bloodily, and the literati do their best. Therefore, those who are smeared with liver and brain, but they only want to share their worries for the king and repay the favor of the Lord, so why fear death? ”

"Taught!" Shi Ah suddenly clenched his fists and said, "Mr. is really talented. ”

Fa Zheng sighed: "If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, how could the minister dare to fight with the public, and only be willing to treat each other with sincerity!" This is a state affair of the Han Dynasty, and it is a last resort, and I hope to keep it secret. ”

Shi A nodded, thinking in his heart, the ministers of civil and military affairs share worries for the Lord in state affairs, and he is a guard, neither knows how to lead troops, nor can he govern the country, so he should share his worries more in private affairs in ordinary times.

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However, it was said that Ma Chao surrounded the Wei camp, and when Ma Dai led the reinforcements to arrive, he raised the first army to attack the west gate, and ordered Ma Dai and Pang De to attack the north and south gates, leaving only the east gate to let the Wei army escape.

The Xiliang army attacked for several days, the Wei army had deep ditches and high bases, crossbow arrows and catapults were very well prepared, and the cavalry was not good at conflicting.

Sima Yi can't hold out, the enemy is in front of him, but he can't take revenge, Ma Chao jumped like thunder, and he was about to attack the whole army, and suddenly the Luoyang edict came, Liu Qi ascended to the throne of Han, and named Ma Chao as the general of the Five Tigers.

Ma Dai took the opportunity to persuade: "The king started in Jingzhou, saving me is equal to Xiliang, and he has not yet made meritorious contributions, but he has juxtaposed his brother with Guan Zhang and other meritorious deeds, which shows that he attaches great importance to his brother. ”

Ma Chao took the ribbon, excited, and said loudly: "Brother Xian's words are wrong! The king has a life-saving grace for us, and he has not yet repaid it, and now he has such a grace, although his liver and brain are smeared, he will not give up his bones! A certain is a general of the Five Tigers, but now he can't even avenge the killing of his father, and he will be laughed at by the people of the world, how can he talk about repaying the country and gratitude? ”

Ma Dai said: "A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, brother think twice." ”

Ma Chao put down the seal, bowed to the west, and said loudly: "The blood revenge has not been avenged, my heart is unhappy, the 100,000 Xiliang army can't be blinded under the spring, and I have to serve the country wholeheartedly?" A certain day to destroy Sima, although the sword mountain and the sea of fire, will not flinch, may my father and all brothers in the heavenly spirit protection! ”

"Blood debt and blood repayment, swear to destroy Sima!" Pound and the others shouted in unison.

Ma Dai saw that everyone was excited, and knew that he couldn't stop persuading, so he had to offer advice: "The Wei camp is heavily guarded and can't be attacked for a long time, so you can pretend to withdraw the troops first to show helplessness." The Wei army has been on guard for a long time, and the military horses are tired, and when they see me retreating, they will be slack off and unprepared, and if they come to rob the camp again, they will be successful. ”

"This plan is wonderful, and it should help the name of a tiger general!" Ma Chao was overjoyed and immediately ordered to act according to the plan.

In the evening, the Xiliang army saw that it could not be attacked for a long time, and there was nothing to be done, so they pulled out the camp and retreated to shoot the dogs in turn, and the news came back from the horses.

Sima Yi was writing a letter in the camp, and when he heard the news, his face was not happy, his eyes were slightly dark, and he immediately sent someone to invite Cao Xiu to discuss the matter.

Cao Xiu saw that the camp was properly deployed, and praised: "The Xiliang army is good at attacking, but it is also not the enemy division to defend the royal way, although the horse is brave, how can the horse's hooves step through this trench barrier?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Ma Chao is impatient and irritable, and he will never die with me, this time he will go to war against the order, unless Liu Qi is in person, he will never easily withdraw from the army, and this time he will retreat, there must be fraud." ”

Cao Xiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Could it be that you are advancing by retreating?" ”

"Exactly!" Sima Yi nodded and said: "Ma Chao pretended to withdraw from the army, he was teaching the defenders to relax their vigilance, and I expected that he would come to rob the camp tonight." ”

"That's true!" Cao Xiu also knows a lot about the art of war, and he clenched his fists and said: "If you want to break the Xiliang Army, it will be today." ”

Sima Yi said: "I have already set up countless trenches and traps in the camp, and I will definitely be able to defeat the Xiliang army." When the camp is broken tonight, the general will return to Xiuwu to defend it, and I will lure Ma Chao to the Jedi, and the inside and outside should be combined, and Ma Chao can be destroyed. ”

Cao Xiu laughed and said: "Except for the Xiliang army, the rest of the soldiers and horses are not to worry, and it will be necessary to take Hanoi this time!" ”

The general order was immediately handed down, and each battalion allocated more money and food for dinner to eat and drink to celebrate the achievement, and each soldier added an extra chicken leg to boost morale, and then called the general to prepare secretly after dark.

There were already scouts hiding in the grass outside the camp to monitor the movement, and reported the news to Ma Chao, seeing that the Wei army was really relaxed and unprepared, the three of them were overjoyed, and they also ordered the soldiers to be well fed and prepare for war, and only called the baggage logistics soldiers and horses to return to Yewang under the banner.

At the third watch of the night, the Xiliang army ranks and horses wrapped their hooves, until outside the Wei military camp, the long drive surprise attack, for the Xiliang army is familiar with the road, in the territory of Xiliang back then, how many times they expelled Qianghu, is this tactic.

Ma Chao personally approached the enemy camp to check, and saw that the defense in the camp was much more lax than in the previous days, not only the patrol torches were reduced by half, but the defenders were also drowsy leaning against the fence.

This time, Ma Chao changed his tactics and ordered Pang De to make a detour to the south gate to attack the south gate, and Ma Dai to attack the east gate to cut off the Wei army's retreat, not allowing Sima Yi to escape back to Xiuwu, leaving only the north gate, which was open and conducive to the cavalry to charge and kill.

The two of them went to prepare, Ma Chao quietly approached the west gate according to the soldiers, and when he saw the fire at the south gate, he gave an order, and the five hundred cavalry of the front army rushed straight to the gate of the Wei army.

The earth-shattering drums broke the silence of the night, and Ma Chao raised his tiger head gun and shouted: "Kill! Even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, it will also break through to Lao Tzu, and those who retreat will not be killed! ”