Chapter 57 Methods of Detecting Intelligence

"Ma Teng is far away in Ayang City, far away from our army, and his guard is not strict. If our army avoids Ma Chao and runs long distances to attack Ayang City, Ma Teng will undoubtedly be defeated. ”

"Third, if the lord bypasses Ma Chao to attack Ma Teng, Ma Chao will definitely lead the army to rescue. The lord set up an ambush in the middle of the road, Ma Chao was eager to save his father, it was difficult to be prepared, and he must have been tricked. This is also the third. ”

"In addition, after Ayang City is Wating, which is the grain road of Fufeng Ma and the back road to Sanfu. Even if Ma Teng firmly defended Ayang City, our army bypassed Ayang and went to get Wating, and immediately cut off the food of Fufeng Ma. Then, our army only needs to hold on to the tile pavilion and sit and watch Ma Teng and Ma Chao run out of food, and then they can win without a fight. Fourth, too. ”

After hearing this, Han Sui clapped his hands and laughed excitedly, and he said, "Haha! What a brilliant idea! Such a clever plan, why not give it to the old man early? ”

Cheng Gongying said ashamedly: "It's because my subordinates are stupid, and they didn't come up with this plan until they saw the intelligence that Ma Teng was stationed in Ayang City this morning." ”

With this ingenious and unparalleled plan to avoid the real and attack the false, Han Sui of course didn't care, he was so excited that he got up from his seat and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, Bo Ying has worked hard for the old man." ”

Cheng Gongying looked at the outside of the big tent that it was already late at night, and a bright moon hung in the sky, so he said: "Lord, without further ado, hurry up and lead the army tonight." It's late at night, and Ma Chao won't be on guard against my camp if he wins a game today. Our army can take advantage of the night to bypass the camp of Ma Chao's army, and immediately attack Ayang and attack Ma Teng! ”

Han Sui was happy in his heart, slapped the table, and said, "Okay! In this battle, be sure to give Ma Chao some color to see! ”

So Han Sui immediately gathered the generals, and finally decided to let Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing, Cheng Yin, Liang Xing and others lead 30,000 horsemen to attack Ma Teng, while he himself and Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Zhang Heng and others led the remaining 80,000 cavalry to stick to the camp.

This was to give Ma Chao the illusion that the rebels were still in the camp and cover the actions of the Cheng Gongying Division. In addition, if Ma Chao discovered his sneak attack intention, Han Sui could also contain Ma Chao with these 80,000 people, so that Cheng Gongying's department could successfully complete the task of attacking Ma Teng's department. After all, setting up an ambush for Ma Chao in the middle of the road is the worst plan. Han Sui knew that Ma Chao was resourceful, so he felt that it was the best choice not to let Ma Chao interfere in the actions of Cheng Gongying's department.

Under the darkness of the night, Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing, Cheng Yin, Liang Xing and others selected 30,000 elite horsemen in the camp, and then secretly marched along the bank of Weishui under the cover of night. But on a midsummer night, the moon is bright, and the moonlight is reflected by Weishui, and Chenggong Yingbu is visible to the naked eye in the night.

Just when Cheng Gongying was worried about this, a large dark cloud floated in the night sky, blocking the moon, and the sky and the earth were dark. Cheng Gongying secretly rejoiced and urged the army to move forward quickly.

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Ma Chao got up early the next day, because of yesterday's victory, he slept very steadily. As soon as he got up early in the morning, Ma Chao hurriedly gathered the generals to discuss the matter of fighting Han Sui again today.

Today, Ma Chao obviously felt that the eyes of the generals, including those captains, had changed to look up to him. Ma Chao secretly rejoiced. Because most of his troops were rebels, and most of the captains under him were rebels, and he had also enjoyed the treatment of captains under Han Sui, he was very resistant to Ma Chao's strict military discipline (no plunder, no harm to the people), so he was not as loyal to him as ordinary soldiers.

But after seeing Ma Chao's tricks yesterday, these captains were a little scared of Ma Chao. Since he can strategize like Zhang Liang, of course he has the means to subdue them. Therefore, the captains were afraid of Ma Chao.

Ma Chao put these aside and first asked the generals about their own situation, and after learning that the soldiers of the whole army were ready to go, Ma Chao asked again: "What is Han Sui's movement today?" ”

Pound said: "There is no special movement, but I don't come out in the camp, and I don't want to fight." ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "It must be that Han Sui Lao'er is afraid of his brother, so he doesn't dare to fight with his brother." ”

Ma Chao felt very strange in his heart, Han Sui still had more than 100,000 soldiers with armor, twice as many as him, how could he avoid the war? And Han Sui is jealous and hateful to him, how can he give up?

Ma Chao said: "If Han Sui is really afraid of me, then he is not the Han Sui I know." ”

"What do you mean?" Duan Xuan asked.

Ma Chao thought for a while and said firmly: "Although I don't know what Han Sui is going to do, he will never be afraid of me, let alone not fight with me because of this." Because Han Sui will never be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Ma Dai also felt puzzled, and said in surprise: "But after all, Han Sui hung up the war-free card, what can he mean if he is not avoiding war?" ”

Han Suiyue was like this, and Ma Chaoyue felt uneasy. Because Ma Chao couldn't predict what Han Sui would do next, people were always afraid of the unknown.

Ma Chao thought about it carefully, knowing that he had to figure out what Han Sui was doing as soon as possible. Otherwise, his eyes were black, and Han Sui didn't know where he would attack him from. And Ma Chao thought to himself that the most convenient, fast, and reliable way to understand the enemy's movements was to ask the enemy in person, because no one knew himself better.

Thinking of this, Ma Chaoji came to his heart.

Ma Chao asked, "Did Han Sui send scouts around his camp as usual?" ”

"That's right, Major General. Not only that, but probably because of the panic after the attack, more scouts were dispatched. Pound replied.

In fact, what Pang De didn't know was that the reason why Han Sui sent more scouts was not to guard against Ma Chaojun, but to closely monitor Ma Chaojun's movements. In case Ma Chao really found out about Han Sui's evasion of the truth, Han Sui could quickly entangle Ma Chaojun and cover the Chenggong Ying Department.

After Ma Chao got the answer he wanted, he said, "Brother Dai! ”

"In!" Ma Dai replied firmly.

"Brother has a task for you, be sure to complete it."

"Please show me my brother."

"You lead some troops and capture a few scouts of Han Sui's army for my life, I will be of great use."

"Yes, brother, I'll go." Saying that, Ma Dai ordered two lieutenants on the spot, and left.

Among the generals, only Pang De was the first to react, understood Ma Chao's intentions, and said: "The young general is amazing!" ”

Ma Chao smiled, Pang De is a good general, although there was a failure of the flooded Seventh Army in history, but he once offered Ma Chao a clever plan to capture Chang'an, and helped Ma Chao defeat Cao Cao on the bank of Weishui, and his wisdom can be described as superb. His tricks naturally can't hide from Pound.