When Han Sui heard this, he quickly turned his head to look, only to see a black shadow pounce under his horse. When he fixed his eyes, he was a person, holding Han Sui's thighs hanging on the horse's back with both hands, and cried loudly. Han Sui fixed his eyes again, and this person was in a mess, his clothes were hung one by one by tree branches, unkempt, and he lived like a beggar. Han Sui fixed his eyes again, and only then did he realize that the person who looked like a beggar was Cheng Gongying, the mastermind he relied on the most!

Cheng Gongying hugged Han Sui's thighs and didn't let go, crying silently and said, "Lord, my subordinates can be regarded as finding you!" ”

Saying that, Yan Xing and Liang Xing also came with their respective thin horses to greet Han Sui. "Meet the Lord!"

Seeing Cheng Gongying like this, Han Sui hurriedly got off the horse, helped Cheng Gongying, whose legs were floating due to hunger, and said distressedly: "Boying, what the hell is going on?" How did you get to this point? ”

Hearing this, Cheng Gongying's face was ashamed, and he said: "The subordinates are incompetent, they failed to sneak attack Ayang City, and they were intercepted and attacked by Ma Chao in the middle of the road. The defeat of the lord in the battle of Ayang was the fault of his subordinates. Later, his subordinates wanted to make a dangerous move and attacked Wating with the remnants, but unexpectedly fell into Ma Chao's treacherous plan, and ambushed in the Bo Fan Valley, and the whole army was annihilated. Please also ask the Lord to punish him. ”

The defeat of the Battle of Ayang completely pushed Han Sui from the position of the overlord of Liangzhou, and now Ma Chao's forces can be equal to him. Of course, Han Sui knew that if Cheng Gongying hadn't been defeated by Ma Chao, then he wouldn't have lost the battle of Ayang, so his face was a little unsightly for a while.

Liang Xing and Yan Xing also understood how serious their defeat was, and they also knelt down one after another, waiting anxiously for Han Sui's fall.

Thinking of the bad news he had just learned, Han Sui quickly recovered his complexion. Han Sui hurriedly helped the three of them up from the ground and said, "Bo Ying, you are too worried. In fact, it was the old man who fell for Jin Ma Chao's sheep drum plan, which made him catch up with you and so on, so that he failed. ”

Yan Xing and Liang Xing breathed a sigh of relief, and Cheng Gongying said guiltily: "Even so, it is ...... that the subordinates failed to get rid of the pursuit."

Han Sui waved his hand to interrupt Cheng Gongying's words and said, "Okay! You have only 30,000 people, but Jin Ma Chao has twice as many fine horses, how can you be undefeated? When you are in danger, it is not easy for you to surprise the remnants of the sneak attack on the street pavilion, how can the old man blame you? ”

Cheng Gongying stopped refusing and got up from the ground. Han Sui saw that the three of them were already a little hungry, so he hurriedly ordered the army to stay temporarily and give the three of them food and clothing.

After the three of them changed their clothes and filled their stomachs, Cheng Gongying saw that Han Sui's face had been full of worry, so he asked, "The lord is so worried, is it because something happened to Jicheng?" ”

Han Sui shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Since the city of Ji is safe, the lord only needs to lead the troops back to defend it, mainly in Jicheng, supplemented by the cities along the Weishui; With Jicheng as the city, with Weishui as the pool, the lord can't hold out, and the Jinma Chao is blocked in the east bank of Weishui until the winter, Jinma Chao can't fight for a long time, and it is difficult to transport food in the winter, and it is inconvenient to fight, he will definitely lead the troops to the east, and the danger will be solved. Why should the lord be anxious? Cheng Gongying said.

Han Sui heard this and sighed. Cheng Gongying's strategy of resisting Jinmachao with Weishui Jicheng must be based on the city on the west bank of Weishui, that is, Longxi County. But now that most of Longxi County has been conquered by Ma Dai, such a clever plan has long lost its meaning.

Seeing that Han Sui didn't speak for a long time and became more worried, Cheng Gongying was taken aback after thinking for a while, and said in disbelief: "Lord, could it be that Jin Ma Chao had already sent other troops to attack the rear of our army before the Battle of Ayang?" ”

Han Sui nodded and said, "Not bad." Today, Xiangwu City was defeated, and Yanlongxi had been lost. ”

Yan Xing, who was originally immersed in eating, raised his head in surprise when he heard this. This was completely unexpected by Yan Xing, who knew that this Jinma was so calculating, and he dared to attack Longxi when he was in danger.

Cheng Gongying put down the dishes and chopsticks, stood up freely, and said anxiously: "In this way, under the leadership of the Ma family, there are Longxi, Anding County, Hanyang, and most of the Northland. After Longxi and Anding were captured, our army was completely cut off from Jincheng. Losing the military rations transported from Jincheng, it was difficult to continue, and the lord also lost the source of troops from all over Liangzhou. Moreover, if Ma Chao attacked from the two sides of Longxi and Anding, the lord only had 30,000 defeated divisions, but he had no less than 1120,000 iron horses, and the lord would definitely be besieged by him in Jicheng. So, it's dangerous! ”

Han Sui closed his eyes tiredly and said, "Yes." ”

Han Sui has never been so tired, since following Beigong Boyu, the rebels have been attacking the city and being invincible, and the biggest obstacle is only Hanyang Taishou Fu Bian, and the entire Liangzhou can be easily defeated. But since that Jin Ma Chao broke into Liangzhou to compete with him, he felt that he was being pressed step by step, the city was lost one after another, and the subordinates were also eaten away one after another. Fate seemed to have grabbed him by the throat and tightened it little by little, leaving him breathless.

At this time, Liang Xing stood up and said: "Lord, since Jin Ma Chao has taken Longxi, we can hold on to Jicheng and continue to fight against Ma Chao based on the three counties of Hanyang, Tianshui, and Wudu." ”

Cheng Gongying retorted: "The lord only has 30,000 remnants, and the more than 10,000 defenders in the three southwestern counties are all weak brigades that are blown down on both sides, and the cities are all dilapidated and low, and there is nothing to rely on. In case the lord can't hold the three southwestern counties, where will he retreat? ”

Yan Xing, who had been watching quietly and never interjecting, couldn't help but be amazed when he heard Cheng Gongying's words. Yan Xing knew that sticking to the three southwestern counties was self-defeating, but Liang Xing didn't know.

Liang Xing said: "Don't forget that the Dasanguan is still in the hands of our army. Once you can't hold the last Wudu County, you can retreat from Dasanguan to Sanfu, what can Jin Ma Chao do? Even if Liangzhou is taken by Ma Chao, our army can still take the fertile and fertile Sanfu. When the time comes, what will be the barren and barren Liangzhou? ”

Cheng Gongying shook his head calmly and said, "General Liang, don't forget, Ma Teng garrisons Chen Cang. Chen Cang is a rare fortified city in the world, if Han Xin hadn't repaired the plank road in the Ming Dynasty, how could he capture this city? And with the lessons of the Battle of Ayang, Chen Cang's Ma Teng must be strictly defended, and our army will definitely have no gaps. At that time, what will happen to the lord? Moreover, even if our army is lucky enough to enter Sanfu, in case the imperial court and Jinma Chao attack our army, our army is alone and poor, and we fight on two fronts, how can there be any reason to be undefeated? The general has led the troops for several years, and he won't even understand such a simple truth, right? ”

Han Sui, Yan Xing, Zhang Heng and Ma Wan were listening, and many guards were also surrounding the front, in front of so many people, Liang Xing didn't want to be inferior. Liang Xing stiffened his neck again and said, "Hmph! Even if you can't retreat from Sanfu, our army can also enter Shu. When I was stationed in Wudu, I learned from the natives that there was an extremely secret path leading to Shu. The road starts from Yinping City, also called 'Yinping Road', from Yinping can go all the way to Chengdu. ”

As soon as he heard this, Cheng Gongying did not immediately refute it.