Ma Chao just wanted to pour into the water, but he relented and said, "Give you another chance, it's too late for you to regret it now." Tell me about Han Wenyue's plan, and I'll let you go. ”

The marquis was covered with a towel covering his face, but he was still able to speak and breathe. He said something vague through the towel: "Don't think about it! ”

Ma Chao hated being called "Ma'er" the most, so he was immediately furious and immediately poured water on the face of the military marquis, that is, on the towel. A miracle happened, and as soon as the water fell on the towel, the marquis immediately reacted violently, screaming desperately, shaking his head from side to side, trying to avoid the water.

But Ma Chao, who was angry, didn't care, he knew that waterboarding worked. With a towel covering his face, the victim's breathing was already somewhat restricted; When the water is poured again, the water and the towel together block the air, so that the victim cannot breathe. If the victim dares to breathe at this time, he will choke on the water through the towel, which will be even more uncomfortable. In the process of waterboarding, water must be poured at intervals. At the interval between the pouring of water, the victim can only take a short breath, which makes the victim's desire to survive even more intense. Moreover, because the towel covers the face and eyes, so that the tortured person cannot see the outside world, the unknown naturally brings a sense of fear and anxiety, which exacerbates the pain and suffering of the tortured person.

Ma Chao had to marvel at the wisdom of Westerners. The ancient Chinese tortured to extract confessions, without exception, it was corporal punishment, which caused great harm to people's bodies; Westerners, on the other hand, first invented waterboarding by the Spanish Inquisition in the Middle Ages, which is a punishment that does not hurt the human body and can torture people to the extreme, is much more clever than the ancient Chinese. However, the Westerners of the Middle Ages seemed to surpass the Chinese in punishment, the dirty field.

The waterboarding showed great might, and the marquis shook his body so desperately that the four sergeants almost couldn't hold him down; Since the water and towel blocked his mouth, he could only make a low "whine" sound, and sometimes cough violently because he was choking on the water; He still kept shaking his head to avoid the watering of the water. Ma Chao was angry, so he kept adjusting the place where the water fell with the rotation of his head.

All the generals were stunned, they didn't expect that a long bench, a towel and a skin bag of water could easily make a strong man suffer like this.

Ma Chao was engrossed in pouring water for the military marquis, but he didn't notice that behind him, all the generals were looking at him with a different kind of eye. There was a lot of fear in his eyes. Ma Chao usually looks like a fierce general, but at this time he shows an extremely cruel side, and all the generals are afraid that one day they will disobey him and be treated like this.

The water in the skin bag was quickly poured out, and Ma Chao unwillingly threw the skin bag to Ma Dai, meaning to let him fill the skin bag with water again.

At this time, the military marquis coughed and breathed violently as if he had been granted amnesty, as if he wanted to breathe enough for the rest of his life. Ma Chao lowered his body, put his head next to the military marquis, and said, "Do you want to say it?" ”

"Ahem... Cough...... Don't do it anymore, I say, I say! I said yes! The marquis said in trepidation.

Ma Chao smiled: "Wouldn't it be better if this was done earlier?" Why suffer? As he spoke, he pulled off the towel covering the face of the military marquis with one hand, and then Ma Chao saw that the military marquis's face was already pale, and his eyes were trembling, which was like two righteous men who were generously punished a moment ago.

Ma Chao ordered someone to untie the military marquis, and as soon as the military marquis was untied, he immediately knelt down for Ma Chao. He said vaguely: "General Shenwei Tian spares his life, the villain will never dare to deceive you anymore!" ”

"Okay, okay, as long as you tell me about Han Sui's plan, I won't torture you again, and I will give you some reward."

"Yes, yes, the villain will tell the general, ...... Ah no, no, no, it's Han Sui's old thief's plan. ”

Ma Chao smiled from ear to ear, thinking that this person reacted really quickly, and just now he claimed to be loyal to the "General Hezhong", but at this time, the "General Hezhong" became "Han Sui's old thief" in his mouth.

"Say, I'll listen."

"That's right, General Kamuiten. Han Sui's old thief got the strategy of the strategist Cheng Gongying to avoid the real and attack the false. ”

"Cheng Gongying again? This guy is really tough! Pound complained.

Ma Chao also realized that this Cheng Gongying was really an excellent strategist, and Han Sui was marching and fighting these days, completely relying on his strategy. Perhaps the reason why Han Sui was able to kill Beigong Boyu in a short period of time and sweep Liangzhou was due to Cheng Gongying's advice. He also used procrastination to make Ma Chao stop, which can be described as a deep calculation. Perhaps, this Cheng Gongying is no worse than Xun Yu and Jia Xu's strategists.

"What does it mean to avoid the real and attack the false?" Ma Chao asked.

"It's to avoid General Shenweitian, run a long distance, and attack the weak General Ma Teng, that is, the general's father."

When Ma Chao heard this, his mind went blank instantly, but he didn't expect that what he was most worried about had happened. This is true of Murphy's Law: the more feared things are, the more likely they are to happen.

Ma Chao grabbed the military marquis's collar and said eagerly, "How to do it?" ”

The military marquis and Ma Chao grabbed him desperately, very uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to resist, so he could only say with difficulty: "Han Sui sent four generals, Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing, Cheng Yin, and Liang Xing, to lead 30,000 elite cavalry, bypassing the general's camp overnight, and marching towards Ayang City. General Ma Teng would not have expected that the old thief Han Sui would have such a hand, and he would definitely be succeeded by Cheng Gongying, break through Ayang City, and defeat General Ma Teng's troops. ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao was shocked and scared. Yes, just like Han Sui and Cheng Gongying imagined, Ma Teng was far away in Ayang City, more than a hundred miles away, and Han Sui was here again, how could Ma Teng expect that Han Sui would send troops to attack him? Since you didn't expect it, how could you have enough and strict precautions? If you are defenseless, how can you be undefeated?

Thinking of the disaster that Ma Teng was about to suffer, Ma Chao was stunned and slowly let go of the military marquis's neckline.

The generals were also terrified, and everyone knew the importance of Ma Teng and his troops. Ma Dai was even more anxious, and stepped forward and asked anxiously: "What else?" Say it! ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Han Sui and Cheng Gongying also discussed, if the general knew that he wanted to rescue General Ma Teng and intercept Cheng Gongying's department, then Han Sui, who stayed behind, would lead his troops to entangle the general. He still has 80,000 cavalry, and it is difficult for you to escape his entanglement, so you will intercept Cheng Gongying. Cheng Gongying's ministry went here, first, to break through Ayang City, and secondly, to capture Wating; If General Ma Teng held the city, Cheng Gongying's troops would go to capture Wating.

In this way, even if General Ma Teng is saved, your back road and grain route will be cut off, and you will not be able to get the grain general transported by the imperial court. And once there is a loss, there is no way to return to Sanfu. Even if the general really broke through the old thief of Han Sui, Cheng Gongying's department would set up an ambush in the middle of the road, just waiting for the general to ambush. ”