Pound said: "It's really not good, then let the cavalry join in and hold it together!" ”

Ma Teng shook his head and said, "It's useless, we will raise the whole army to defend, and the official army will inevitably raise the whole army to attack." 100,000 officers and soldiers are attacking together, and it's hard to say how long they can hold out! ”

Yang Fu said: "The judgment of the lord is right. Originally, our Xiliang Army was good at field warfare and attacking, and it was really reluctant to hold on. Therefore, I can't hope to hold on, but must wait for the young master to return to the army, and with the help of the young master's great victory in Hexi, we can have a chance to repel the official army. ”

Pang De said: "Then what if the young master did not return to the army, Huangfu Song took the lead in launching an offensive?" ”

Yang Fu seemed to have a countermeasure, and said lightly: "It's very simple, just try to get Huangfu Song not to launch an offensive, at least before the young master returns to the army." ”

Everyone else was a little surprised, and Ma Teng said, "Yishan, aren't you joking?" How could Huangfu Yizhen listen to your words and let him not attack, he would not attack? ”

Yang Fu smiled confidently: "The lord doesn't have to worry, his subordinates already have three strategies, discipline him Huangfu Song obediently hold his troops until the young master leads the main army back." ”

Ma Teng hesitated for a moment, and recalled that although Yang Fu was young, he had perfectly completed the two tasks assigned to him by Ma Chao, successfully recovered most of the acres of land in Liangzhou, and ruthlessly weakened the power of the family; He also devised a plot to easily settle Tu Gehu and Hun Evil Hu, and forced the Lu Shuihu people to join Xiliang. Ma Teng thought about it, he had no reason not to believe in Yang Fu's ability anymore.

So Ma Teng said: "Okay, Yishan, since you are so confident, then Huangfu Yizhen will be handed over to you." ”

"Thank you for your trust, and your subordinates will promise that you will never fail in your mission." Yang Fu bowed down.

Ma Teng said again: "The top priority is to contact Chao'er as soon as possible and let him bring the troops back as soon as possible." ”

So Ma Teng immediately wrote a letter and sent a team of cavalry to deliver a message to Ma Chao, who was still at the end of Xiliang.

On this side, after simple preparations, Yang Fu casually took a dozen cavalry and rushed to the official army camp under the street pavilion.

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In the official and military camp, Huang Fu Song, Dong Zhuo, Bao Hong, Yuan Peng, Zhou Shen and others were watching the sand table in Huang Fu Song's camp tent.

Huangfu Song said: "Dong Zhongying, you have fought against the rebels in Liangzhou many times, and you are originally from Longxi, you must know the terrain of Liangzhou well, so you will explain the terrain for us!" ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Huh." As he spoke, Dong Zhuo pulled out his saber and pointed to the rolling mountains on the sand table, "Everyone, please look, this is Longshan", and pointed to a long and narrow flat land east of Longshan, "This is Guanzhong", with a wave of his sword, he pointed to a high ground west of Longshan, "This is Liangzhou." ”

Dong Zhuo said: "So you should know very well that if we want to lead the army from Sanfu to attack Liangzhou, we must cross Longshan." ”

Bao Hong snorted coldly and said, "But it's not quite!" As he spoke, Bao Hong drew his sword and pointed to the north of Longshan, "If we want to attack Liangzhou, we can also bypass Longshan and go north from here to Beidi County." The fields of Beidi County are fertile, and our army can first grab its grain and straw, and then attack along the Yellow River all the way to Jincheng. ”

Dong Zhuo said disdainfully: "Hmph, this ignorant view is also! Going north to Beidi County, not to mention the long distance, the way is sparsely populated, the city is broken, how difficult it is for the army to transport grain and grass! Besides, the attack on Jincheng along the Yellow River was another long journey. If Ma Teng sits in Jincheng, he will wait for work, how can our army win? In addition, there is Sangyuan Gorge to the east of Jincheng, and the previous official army quelled the rebellion, and it was precisely because of the narrowness and danger of Sangyuan Gorge that the rebels succeeded. General Bao designed it like this, could it be that he also wanted to lose in Sangyuan Gorge? ”

"You?!" Bao Hong glared at Dong Zhuo fiercely, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Huangfu Song said flatly: "What Dong Zhongying said is true. Otherwise, the old man would not have Chen Bing under the street pavilion. ”

When Bao Hong heard this, he hurriedly said: "The car is smart, and it is the last general." ”

Seeing this, Dong Zhuo's face was full of ridicule, and it was difficult to hide it.

Huangfu glanced at Dong Zhuo, and said to Bao Hong emotionlessly: "It's okay, the discussion should be free." If you are wrong, you are right. We should not be discouraged when we make mistakes, and we should not be complacent and self-righteous in our words. ”

Hearing these soft and hard words, Dong Zhuo's smug expression suddenly dissipated, and he slowly buried his head in the shadows, unable to see clearly. No one knows whether Dong Zhuo's face in the shadows is ashamed or holding back the fire.

Huangfu Song said, "Go on." ”

Dong Zhuo raised his head and pointed at the two mountain passes of Longshan with his sword: "Longshan is endless, if you want to cross it, you must choose the valley road in it." Among them, the Great Scattered Pass is the most dangerous, difficult to capture, and far away from Jincheng; The street pavilion here is less dangerous, easy to capture, and close to Jincheng.

Once captured, the five counties of Tianshui, Longxi, Hanyang, Anding, and Wudu will be completely exposed to the edge of our army. The reason why Ma Teng and Ma Chao's father and son were able to quickly defeat Han Sui and capture Liangzhou was that Han Sui misemployed people, and Ma Chao captured Jieting with a little trick. If you capture Jieting, you can quickly get out of Longshan and attack Anding, Hanyang and other counties. Now our army is also facing the situation of Ma's father and son in the past, so this street pavilion, our army must also take it. ”

Huangfu Song nodded and said, "Dong Zhongying is right. The previous time, Ma Chao captured the street pavilion in only one day, because the street pavilion guards were too stupid and stationed the camp on the top of the hill far from the water source, so that Ma Chao easily cut off the water source. This time, Ma Teng guarded the street pavilion, and our army attacked it, Ma Teng categorically would not make such a low-level mistake again, so that our army would have a chance to cut off the water. And the street pavilion had to be attacked, so, everyone, our army had no other way but to storm the street pavilion with all its might. The next thing you have to do is to strengthen your soldiers, boost their morale, and prepare for all the onslaughts. ”

"Yes!" The four generals clasped their fists one after another and responded loudly.

Yuan Peng said: "Che cavalry, our army has 50,000 infantry troops and 50,000 cavalry troops. In addition, after the previous time and Yang Fu exchanged horses for cattle, our army has enough horses, and we can equip 20,000 infantry troops with war horses at any time. So how many soldiers and horses should our army send to storm the street pavilion? ”

As soon as Huangfu Song heard Yuan Peng's words, he thought for a while, and his face immediately showed a look of surprise, followed by a look of decadence.

When the generals saw Huangfu Song's reaction, they were all a little curious, only Dong Zhuo smiled contemptuously after thinking about it.

Zhou Shen hurriedly said, "What's wrong with the car?" ”

Huangfu Song said bitterly: "Alas, I fell for the plan of Jin Ma Chao and Yang Fu!" ”

"What's the deal?"

Huangfu Song sighed and said: "Ma Chao has long expected that once he meets our army, he will inevitably start an offensive and defensive battle in the street pavilion, that is, Ma Teng and Ma Chao will defend the street pavilion, and our army will attack the street pavilion." Offensive and defensive battles are not field battles, and they must be used to climb the city walls and rush desperately. Although there are many war horses, they can't cross the towering city walls. So on the surface, Jin Ma Chao made a mistake and even exchanged the war horse with me, but in fact, the war horse was useless, and he gave it to our army, and he did not lose anything. ”

Bao Hong understood and said, "On the contrary, I am waiting for the defeat." Because of the plough of the ox, the corn and straw are also produced. The Ma family and his son got tens of thousands of cultivated cattle, and the economy of Xiliang is bound to recover rapidly. Not only did the hungry people live, but the Xiliang army had enough food and straw, and its strength doubled! Not to mention anything else, if Ma can persist until May of the next year, when the wheat is mowed, there will be countless grains and straw. At that time, the Xiliang Army will solve the logistical problem, and it will be even more difficult for our army to compete with it. ”

Yuan Peng said: "In order to collect enough cultivated cattle to exchange with the Ma family, we have exerted a lot of pressure on the Guanzhong family and attracted a lot of hostility. In vain, he was the enemy of the Guanzhong family, and he didn't get any good, it really outweighed the loss! ”

Huangfu Song said: "Okay, now, I can't change the fact of the scheme." We can only hope that we will capture the street pavilion as soon as possible, invade Liangzhou, and then snatch the ploughing cattle back and return them to the Guanzhong family. ”

"Whoa."

Huangfu Song said: "The old man has decided to use 50,000 infantry troops as the part of the strong attack on the street pavilion. The remaining 50,000 cavalry troops were on standby. ”

After Bao Hong heard this, he thought to himself that Dong Zhuo's troops of 20,000 people were all cavalry, if Dong Zhuo's troops could also be sent to the battlefield in the street pavilion, then Dong Zhuo's troops would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and in the future, we would see what capital he had and be arrogant in front of everyone.

Bao Hong thought of this, so he said: "Che cavalry, our army's cavalry is also brave and good at fighting, why not send the cavalry to the battlefield?" ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he knew that this Bao Hong wanted to use the offensive and defensive battle to consume his troops, and said angrily: "The cavalry army is not good at attacking the city, if you die cleanly, let's see what kind of troops you use to fight against the Xiliang Iron Cavalry?!" ”

Bao Hong sneered: "General Dong, don't forget, our army has war horses, and we have also conducted cavalry training for some infantry troops before. If the cavalry dies cleanly, there will be a new batch of cavalry in our army. Didn't General Dong feel sorry for his own subordinates and refused to contribute to quelling the Ma rebellion? ”

Dong Zhuo hurriedly argued: "How can our family be distressed!" ”

Huangfu Song hurriedly stopped: "Okay, don't fight!" The left and right street pavilions are just one pavilion, and Ma Chao's attack on Hexi will inevitably lead the main force of the Xiliang Army, and there must not be much left for Ma Teng's troops. The infantry of our army is already several times that of Ma Teng's army, so why do we need to ride into battle? ”

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and said, "It's still a car ride. ”

Everyone was a little unhappy when they saw Dong Zhuo like this.

Huangfu Song said again: "However, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the cavalry is still ready, and they will go into battle when they should go into battle." ”

Dong Zhuo's joy decreased a little, but everyone was slightly happy.

Just then, a herald ran in and shouted, "Report! ”

Huangfu Song said calmly: "Let's talk about it." ”

"Back to the car, Xiliang sent a person as a messenger, claiming that it was Cao Peng in the Assassin's Mansion and the Xiliang Army sacrificing wine, Yang Fu, who was waiting outside the camp and wanted to talk to the chariot."

As soon as they heard that Yang Fu was coming, everyone's faces became unsightly. Huangfu Song slowly sat back in his seat and said lightly: "Good come, let him in!" ”