Thinking of Ma Teng's various kindness to him, Ma Chao became more and more anxious. Ma Chao quickly decided that he would capture the street pavilion at all costs to prevent Ma Teng from being threatened by Han Sui.

So Ma Chao oversaw the army and hurried to the street pavilion in the afternoon of the same day. As soon as Ma Chao arrived at the street pavilion, he also looked at the situation of the street pavilion first. Ma Chao saw that this street pavilion was indeed a place where soldiers must fight, holding the passage from the direction of Chencang into Liangzhou, and there was a turbulent river and a dirt mountain that were horns of each other, which could be called the surface of the mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack. At this time, Ma Chao's heart sank even more.

Looking at the rebels again, the camp was tall and sturdy, and the rebels stood side by side on the wall, holding shining blades in their hands. By all accounts, the rebels were well-trained, not a rabble like the Yellow Turbans. Ma Chao was even more distraught.

Wait a minute!! The rebels are on the South Mountain! Just like Ma Tan! Ma Chao suddenly realized.

Ma Chao saw that the rebels' camp was indeed installed on the South Mountain, and there was no camp set up on the flat land connected to the river at the bottom of the mountain. In other words, if the rebels wanted to get water for drinking, they had to go down the mountain to the river.

Ma Chao's mind recalled the plot in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ma Jian also arranged the camp on Nanshan at that time, how similar it was to the situation he encountered today!

Suddenly, Ma Chao sat on the horse, just raised his head and laughed insolently. He laughed at Han Sui for being really incompetent, and actually sent such a fool to fight against him. Ma Chao thought to himself, as long as he is a smart person, he will never set up camp on Nanshan.

Ma Dai couldn't stop laughing when he saw Ma Chao, and said in surprise: "Brother, the rebels occupy Nanshan, and our army will not be able to advance without capturing Nanshan." And to capture Nanshan, the thief army is condescending, if the arrows are released downward, or the iron cavalry swoops down from the mountain, the casualties of our army must be very large. But why is my brother laughing? ”

Ma Chao smiled: "I will be stupid to laugh at the thief!" If he camps on flat land, he can rely on the danger of the north water and the south mountain to defend it, and our army will not be able to fly over with his wings. However, he occupies Nanshan and will definitely be defeated by me. Brother Dai, you have always been smart, and I have high hopes for you. Guess why I won? ”

Ma Chao's words are not false at all, he now only has two generals, Pang De and Ma Dai, but Ma Dai is a rare famous general, especially under Zhuge Liang, he can be called a brilliant one. Ma Chao believes that his younger brother Ma Dai will definitely know the shortcomings of the thief army.

Sure enough, the young Ma Dai looked intently at the situation in the street pavilion, and then at the rebel camp on the top of Nanshan, and it didn't take long for him to say happily: "Brother, brother, brother has figured it out!" ”

Ma Chao looked at Ma Dai's ecstatic appearance, and thought to himself that his younger brother was really still a child. However, Ma Chao was also very happy, because Ma Dai was only thirteen years old and could already see through the weaknesses of the enemy army at a glance, knowing that it was difficult for many famous generals to do this.

Ma Chao smiled and rubbed Ma Dai's hair, and said, "What did Brother Dai guess?" ”

Ma Dai compared the distance between the river and Nanshan with his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother, look, Nanshan is more than a hundred steps away from the river. And Nanshan is a mountain bag formed by the accumulation of loess, and there is definitely no water. If the rebels wanted to draw water, they had to come down the mountain to get it. And this flat land more than 100 steps away is where they are buried! As long as our army surrounds Nanshan, it will hold on and not engage in battle. The rebels had no water and would die of thirst in two or three days. ”

Ma Chao patted Ma Dai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being my Ma family's disciple." What's next? ”

Ma Dai said with a smile: "Han Sui heard that the street pavilion has been successful, and our army cannot advance under the street pavilion. He would let his guard down and rest his army for a few days. In this way, the father in Gaoping City is safe. ”

Ma Chao laughed and said, "That's right! What else? ”

Ma Dai said with a smile: "The rebels on Nanshan lack water, so there is only one way to surrender. Then the elder brother can calmly collect the troops from Han Sui again, and even the soldiers are bloodless. ”

Ma Chao smiled: "That's right. Now, you hurry up and set up camp with Pound to set up camp under the level, and you must block the enemy's road to get water. ”

"Yes!" As soon as Ma Dai hugged his fists on the horse, he instigated the war horse and flew to coordinate with Pound.

Looking at Ma Dai's distant back and the soldiers who began to get busy, the big stone in Ma Chao's heart was finally put down. Originally, he was afraid that Han Sui would endanger the safety of Ma Teng's tribe because of this, but Ma Chao didn't expect that the generals sent by Han Sui would be so pustuated and actually learn Ma Yan. In this way, the situation suddenly became very good for Ma Chao.

Just like Ma Dai's analysis, Han Sui saw that the street pavilion was taken down, and he was unable to enter Liangzhou at all. At this time, Ma Teng's part became less worthy of attention. Because only when he and Ma Teng join forces and march together to conquer, Ma Teng's troops in the hinterland of Liangzhou are a major hidden danger. And when he failed to attack Liangzhou, Ma Teng's troops were alone in the depths. As long as Han Sui is smart enough, he will choose to rest for a few days before starting a sword fight.

And this is simply the best for Ma Chao. The lonely father is safe; Han Sui will also pay him at least a few thousand cavalry; And he can also take Longxian County directly after taking down the street pavilion, as a basis. Capturing Longxian is equivalent to nailing a nail in Han Sui's Liangzhou, which is very advantageous for his next campaign.

As soon as Ma Chao thought about this, he secretly rejoiced. But Ma Chao quickly thought of something else: if Han Sui sent not the kingdom, a famous man with a false appearance, but a battle-hardened general, such as Yan Xing, he was the first general under Han Sui's account. If Yan Xing had come, he would never have been as stupid as the kingdom. Ma Chao asked himself, he couldn't quickly capture Yan Xing, who couldn't hold out.

Then Ma Chao began to deduce that if he couldn't defeat Yan Xing, who couldn't hold out, within three days at the latest, and join forces with Ma Teng, then Han Sui saw that he was attacking fiercely, and he would definitely urgently lead troops to attack Gaoping City. And Ma Chao also knew that his cheap father Ma Teng was very brave, but he was far inferior to Han Sui in terms of wisdom. There is a high probability that Han Sui will defeat Ma Teng, drive Ma Teng out of the Liangzhou boundary, and even capture and kill him...... After defeating Ma Teng's part, it was he Ma Chao who suffered next. Han Sui came with the great victory of Yu Wei, and the soldiers were brave, and he would definitely not be able to resist. What if it fails? Will this traversal career come to an end in a hurry?

Ma Chao didn't dare to think further, the more he felt palpitations when he thought about it. Only then did Ma Chao settle down, and he knew that this battle of the Street Pavilion was his luck again.

Realizing this, Ma Chao immediately stopped being proud and went to the headquarters to set up a camp.