So, He Jin handed Yuan Shao a look. Yuan Shao understood and immediately stood up from his seat.

Cao Cao was waiting for the general to accept his speculation, and he further persuaded the general to stop the sword soldiers, but Yuan Shao stood up at this time.

Yuan Shao said: "Meng De, what you said is good. But now the imperial court has transferred three armies to sharpen the sword against Xiliang Jinmachao. How can it be so easy to stop fighting at this time? Not to mention that the morale of the king will decline again, and if it is exhausted, the prestige of the imperial court will be discredited at that time. Is that what you want? ”

He Jin showed a happy smile, and the other staff members also supported Yuan Shao and whispered.

Cao Cao said unconvinced: "That's better than losing soldiers!" At that time, the imperial court will really lose its prestige! ”

Yuan Shao said: "Hmph, how do you know that once the war starts, Jin Ma Chao will definitely form an alliance with Han Sui to resist the imperial court?" Han Sui and Jinma are super powerful, can they really abandon their previous suspicions and form an alliance? ”

Cao Cao was a little speechless, staring at Yuan Shao speechless.

Yuan Shao said triumphantly: "Besides, even if the two are really in cahoots, their alliance is also in the same bed." They can be easily defeated with a discord meter. ”

Cao Cao said: "A Han Sui still beat Zhang Wen, Zhou Shen, and Yuan Peng to lose their armor, and Jin Ma Chao is brave and strategic, and he is still far above Han Sui." The two merge and join forces, is the first brother so confident in Wang Shi? ”

When the people heard this, they were in some troubles. As Cao Cao said, these two people are not in the pool, and I am afraid that they are much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Yan and Guan Hai.

Although Yuan Shao was arrogant, he also knew that Han Sui and Jin Ma Chao were a powerful and terrifying combination. So he didn't say anything more.

Cao Cao said: "Ma Chao now has 120,000 people who control the strings, and Han Sui has at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, adding up to 200,000 iron horses. And Liangzhou and Qiangzhong both strongly support these two. Not to mention whether the soldiers of the imperial court can compete with the soldiers of Xiliang, let's first say whether the imperial court can afford to raise an army of 200,000? ”

No one in the audience was silent. Liangzhou can afford to raise 200,000 iron horsemen, that is because the jar is broken; The court still has to live. So many displaced people are unable to provide relief, let alone support 200,000 cavalry, even if it is really difficult to support 200,000 infantry. Otherwise, the imperial court would not be able to deal with the Black Mountain Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, as well as Liu Pi, Gong Du and others who were active in Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

Cao Cao's words can be regarded as stopping everyone in the shogunate.

He Jin also had to change his original arrogant attitude, pretending to be a corporal of Lixian, and said, "Then what did Meng De say?" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Yuan Shao and said, "Duke Ming, what Brother Ben Chu said is not unreasonable. At present, it is unrealistic to withdraw the troops and come back, so it is better to arrange this 100,000 steps to ride in Sanfu, and let the left car cavalry general Huangfu Songdu supervise Sanfu. If Ma Chao destroys Han Sui, then according to the plan of the first brother, eliminate Ma Chao; If Ma Chao let Han Sui go, then the imperial court would have to stand still. ”

"Still? So what about Jinmachao? ”

"Ming Gong rest assured, Ma Chao will not be able to divide Liangzhou with Han Sui for the rest of his life. Letting Han Sui go was only an expedient measure, and sooner or later he would have to meet Han Sui again. At that time, the imperial court will take the opportunity to attack again, and there will be a chance of victory. ”

He Jin patted his thigh and said, "What Meng De said is extremely true. ”

Yuan Shao retreated awkwardly.

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The eyes of the world are focused on the land of a hundred miles between Xiliang Longxi County and Hanyang County, which is about to be ignited into a battlefield by the raging war. Han Sui didn't know at this time that he had become a whirlpool of the storm, and many people were waiting to see what happened to him. Han Sui didn't have time to take care of it.

He was urging his troops to gather the defeated troops and prepare to lead the army in the direction of Jincheng to break through the encirclement of Ma Chao and Ma Dai. Soon, his remnants of more than 30,000 soldiers burned down the unused camp tents, and they were lightly armed and ready to march.

At this moment, a scout arrived, and everyone from afar was on horseback shouting "report".

The scout came to Han Sui's side and said, "My lord, the little one has found out that Ma Chao sent troops to spread to the Quartet that he was about to come to find the traces of our army, and then annihilate our army in a battle. ”

Han Sui was not surprised when he heard this, he had always known that Ma Chao loved to sell his reputation and act flamboyantly.

"Okay, got it, you can step back and rest." Han Sui waved his hand and let the scout retreat.

At this time, Cheng Gongying caught up again, and said suspiciously and anxiously: "Lord, why does our army only have cavalry?" How can the subordinates find it, and they can't find the 20,000 foot soldiers and more than 60,000 people before? ”

Han Sui sighed and said: "During the battle of Ayang, in order to catch up with Ma Chao quickly, the old man had to let the foot soldiers and the people march behind, and the old man led the iron cavalry to Ayang by himself. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Gongying probably understood, and was a little lost.

Han Sui said: "After the battle of Ayang, the old man was busy collecting the defeated soldiers, and he didn't dare to go back to the vicinity of Jicheng to collect the foot soldiers and people, I was afraid that Ma Chao would intercept the old man in Jicheng." Therefore, it is difficult for the foot soldiers and the people to converge. It's been a few days, and the old man looks at those foot soldiers and people who probably think that the old man has abandoned them, and now there is no news of them, they must have defected and switched to Ma Chao. ”

Cheng Gongying said in frustration: "But without the foot soldiers and people, as well as the grain, grass and siege equipment they carried, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through the city with only the 30,000 light cavalry of our army." The terrain of Longxi County is uneven, and there are not many plains, which is not conducive to cavalry interspersing. If we can't break the city quickly, our army will be doomed. ”

Hearing Cheng Gongying's dejected calculations, Han Sui also felt uncomfortable for his future at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly burst into a smile.

Cheng Gongying looked at the silly Han Sui with some shock, and felt that Han Sui was extremely sad and happy.

"Lord, are you alright......?"

Han Sui patted Cheng Gongying on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Of course the old man is fine." But Bo Ying, your words reminded the old man and made the old man come up with a plan. ”

"What's the strategy?"

"Those eighty or ninety thousand people have probably already belonged to Jinmachao, right?"

Cheng Gongying blinked and said, "The lord can't join them, they naturally think that they have been abandoned, and naturally there is only one way to go by attaching to Jin Ma Chao......

"That's right! When Ma Chao saw that he was a foot soldier used to siege the city, as well as a folk man who transported siege equipment, and learned that the old man now only had light horses, what would he think? ”

Cheng Gongying thought for a long time and said: "He probably feels at ease, because there are no siege soldiers and siege equipment, and our army does not have enough time to build ladder trucks, siege rams, etc., our army will not be able to capture the city, so naturally it will not be able to escape." ”

Han Sui clapped his hands and smiled, exclaiming, "That's right! Siege is useless work, so what can the old man do? ”