"How?" Ma Dai was excited, he knew that his brother had always had a lot of clever plans, and this time he would definitely give Han Sui a taste of another fiasco.

Ma Chao touched his chin and calculated, "It's very simple." Han Sui's main forces are now in the southernmost part of Hanyang County, that is, near Jicheng near the Weishui River. And his real heart and real nest are his hometown Jincheng. ”

Jincheng, that is, Lanzhou in later generations.

"Does my brother want to send my brother to attack Jincheng?" Ma Dai was so excited that he was about to jump off the horse, who doesn't know the importance of Jincheng? If he is allowed to take it, then he will be famous.

Ma Chao shook his head with a smile and said, "I know that Brother Dai has great ambitions, but Jincheng is Han Sui's lair, and it has always been the center of traitors in all dynasties, concentrating the essence of Liangzhou traitors for two or three hundred years. Its defense must be very tight, and the garrison must be no less than thousands or even tens of thousands, and it has the natural danger of the Yellow River, which can be described as an iron city soup pool. You can't attack it. ”

Ma Dai also knew that Ma Chao was right, so he lowered his head in great disappointment, and said, "What does that brother mean?" ”

Ma Chao smiled and said, "What is Jincheng?" As long as Han Sui's way back to Jincheng is cut off, how can Han Sui be undefeated? ”

"Brother understands: it's going to attack the fortresses and cities on the way from Jicheng to Jincheng."

Ma Chao knew that in ancient times, almost all the cities were arranged on strategic roads. So this time he decided to cut off Han Sui's grain route and retreat, and he must have captured a few cities.

Ma Chao said: "Listen: you lead 30,000 horsemen to march along Weishui to the northwest, capture the city from north to south, and cut off the enemy's grain route and retreat. Starting from the northwest, crossing the upper reaches of Weishui, entering Longxi County, and capturing the three cities of Caohan, Daxia and Baishi, which were only more than 100 miles away from Jincheng. ”

It is the Linxia of the later generations.

Ma Dai is familiar with Liangzhou and knows that these three cities are the northernmost three cities in Longxi County, especially the city of Caohan is very strong and dangerous, and it is an important town to defend the golden city. Once captured, Han Sui could only go back to Jincheng from afar.

Ma Dai nodded and said, "Write it down." ”

Ma Chao said: "After capturing the three cities, I immediately took the opportunity to go south, attacked the city along Weishui, and captured the four cities of Didao, Angu, Zhangxian and Xiangwu all the way. ”

Di Dao is the seat of Longxi County, and Longxi Taishou is in Di Dao. Di Dao is a hundred miles southeast of Great Xia, on the bank of Weishui; So it was twenty or thirty miles from the city of Didao; Xiangwu and Zhangxian are farther than Daxia and Caohan, 300 miles to Caohan and 200 miles to Jicheng. These four cities are all on the banks of Weishui, and the banks of the Weishui River are the most spacious avenues.

Not only that, but in order to ensure that the grain road was not disturbed by Ma Chao, Han Sui was in the west of Weishui, and Di Dao and other four cities were on the way. Ma Dai knew that after taking these four cities, it would be difficult for Han Sui to take the road west of Weishui back to Jincheng. To the east of Weishui, Pingxiang City has long been occupied by Ma Chao, which is equivalent to basically blocking the road for Han Sui to retreat to Jincheng.

"Han Sui was bent on sneaking up on Ayang City, and he definitely didn't know that I still had this backhand. You will surely be able to take these seven cities by surprise. The rest of the cities in Longxi, you just look at it. If you have the strength to spare, you will also capture it together, and I will let Han Sui be embattled! Do you understand? Ma Chao clenched his fists.

"Yes! My brother must live up to my brother's trust! Entrusted such a heavy responsibility to a fourteen-year-old boy, Ma Dai knew that this was not only an affirmation of him, but also an expectation and trust in him.

"Okay, without further ado, let's go!" Ma Chao patted Ma Dai on the shoulder.

"Yes!"

After Ma Chao arranged the strategy of outflanking, he smiled with satisfaction. If he was not mistaken, Han Sui was only afraid that he was already on the way to pursue him at this moment, because after Ma Chao pursued Cheng Gongying, he could only choose "The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind". Even if it was Han Sui, under such circumstances, he was about to intercept other people's back roads and grain routes, how could he think of sending heavy troops to guard his own back roads and grain routes?

Ma Chao smiled very brightly, even if Han Sui compared his heart to his heart and found out the weakness of his grain road and back road, it would be later. And those seven cities are not fortified cities like Jincheng and Jicheng, and there are bound to be few defenders. Ma Dai had 30,000 horsemen, and the generals left by Han Sui to defend the city must be the second, and there was no reason why Ma Dai could not capture those seven cities. Therefore, Ma Chao is confident about this battle and has no worries.

I thought about it for so long and spent a lot of time. Ma Chao immediately bid farewell to the generals and led two thousand flying horses to gallop away. Because they are all good horses that are one in a hundred, they are very fast. The main army also hurried to gallop on horseback, but it lagged far behind the two thousand flying horsemen. Seeing that the two thousand flying cavalry were much faster than the main army, Ma Chaoyue was confident that he could successfully intercept before Cheng Gongying's troops captured Ayang.

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"Mr. Cheng Gong, Mr. Cheng Gong!" Liang Xing shouted weakly.

Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing were galloping in front of the 30,000 elite cavalry, driving the 30,000 elite cavalry to run for a long time, but when they heard Liang Xing, who was managing the Chinese army in the rear, call him, Cheng Gongying restrained the war horse dissatisfied, stopped and waited for Liang Xing.

Liang Xing came to him, he was already so tired that he couldn't breathe. In fact, the non-stop running day and night also made Cheng Gongying so tired that he couldn't breathe. Not to mention the elite horsemen under his command, all of them were so tired that they lay on the back of their horses, letting the horses run slowly. Some of those who have horses are quicker, because they can change horses; And most of the soldiers didn't have the money to buy horses, and the horses were already tired and slowed down.

Cheng Gongying waited for him and Liang Xing to catch their breath, and said, "General Liang, this place is only fifty miles away from Ayang City, and you can get there in a few moments." I'm in a hurry, if you don't hurry up and oversee the army, what is the matter with me? ”

Liang Xing said: "Sir, the officers and men of our army have been running for a long time for a day and a night, and they have only rested briefly once, and they are so tired that I am afraid that they will not even have the strength to draw their bows." You also said that this place is only fifty miles away from Ayang, so it is better to stop and rest. ”

"No, you must take Ayang this time, without further ado." Cheng Gongying said firmly.

Yan Xing came, and when he heard the words of the two, he was already dissatisfied with Han Sui in his heart, thinking about staying in Cheng Gongying. So he also persuaded: "Sir, let's stop, you see that our army is so tired that even if we rush to Ayang City, we will not be able to attack the city." ”

Cheng Gongying listened to it and felt that there was some truth. Yan Xing said: "Rest for a while, and when our army has recuperated its energy, we can better prepare for the fierce siege battle." When the time comes, the officers and men of our army will be able to take Ayang when Ma Teng is unsuspecting. ”

"Alright, then give orders to the army and rest for a while."

When the rebels received the order, they immediately dismounted and sat down on the ground, bringing out dry food and water to eat.

At this time, Cheng Yin, the general who managed the rear army, hurriedly rode a horse and shouted: "Can't stop!" Hurry up and get ready for battle! ”

When everyone was stunned, he shouted again: "Jin Ma Chao led the army to chase after him!" ”