Yang Fu, who was fighting wits and courage with Ma Chao, while concentrating on preventing Ma Chao from snatching the grilled fish, took the opportunity to bite a few bites of fish, and replied to Zhang Xiu: "Is General Zhang willing to gamble with me?" If I have a plan to take Chang'an City in three days, General Zhang will cook fifty fish for me. If I can't take Chang'an, then I'll grill a hundred fish for General Zhang. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, if he won, he will have 100 grilled fish to eat, and if he loses, it will only be 50, so he said: "Okay, bet!" Bet that Yang Sai Wine can't take Chang'an City! ”

Ma Chao also stopped and said, "Okay, let's talk about it, what is your plan?" ”

Yang Fu smiled: "It's very simple! Cut off the water! ”

"Water cut?" The crowd was a little surprised.

Yang Fu said with a smile: "Fang Cai's subordinates entered the depths of Shanglin Yuan and found that there was a ditch in Kunming Pond that extended to the north. After asking the officials in Shanglin Yuan, I knew that the original ditch was directly connected to Chang'an City, and the Kunming Pond water flowed into Chang'an City from the ditch, which was the main water source of Chang'an City. As long as the Kunming Pond canal is cut off, the water source of Chang'an City can be cut off, and the more than 30,000 officers and soldiers stationed in Chang'an City will have no water to drink. People who do not drink water within three days will die, and the officers and soldiers will have to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army. Any attempt to fight our army in the field will end in a very tragic way. What's more, a group of scorched lips and weak officers and soldiers? Therefore, the subordinates dared to say that the subordinates could take Chang'an City within three days. ”

Listening to Yang Fu's words, the lively grilled fish scene suddenly fell into a short dead silence.

In the next second, Ma Chao came back to his senses and laughed heartily.

Yang Fu looked proudly at Zhang Xiu, who had been petrified on the spot, walked over and patted Zhang Xiu's shoulder, and said proudly: "Fifty grilled fish, I want to eat them in ten days, General Zhang needs to cook five grilled fish for me every day, trouble General Zhang!" ”

Everyone laughed, only Zhang Xiu was aggrieved, and he didn't even feel the steaming grilled fish in his hand.

Jia Xu said: "In this case, without further ado, the young master should do it earlier." ”

Ma Chao ordered: "Listen to the order, grill two more fish, and when you are full, you will go to cut off all the rivers and ditches in Kunming Pond!" ”

"Whoa!"

After eating the grilled fish, Ma Chao led more than 1,000 soldiers to quickly cut off all the ditches and tributaries that flowed outward from Kunming Pond.

Seeing that Kunming Pool had been completely disconnected from Chang'an City, and that there would soon be a shortage of water in Chang'an City, Ma Chao was very satisfied. I really didn't expect that a second ago he was still worried about how to conquer Chang'an City, and this second this problem was actually solved! A second ago, he thought that Chang'an City was indestructible, but this second Chang'an City seemed so vulnerable!

Without further ado, Ma Chao led his entourage back to the Xiliang Army camp by the Taiye Pond, lit up the whole army, and once again came to the city, beating drums and waiting for battle.

Xiliang Tie rode neatly under the city, arousing the officers and soldiers on the wall of Chang'an City to immediately become nervous, and they also beat drums one after another to guard against the possible siege of the Xiliang army.

Ma Chao hit his horse out of the formation, and shouted towards the city tower directly above the straight city gate: "Where is the left chariot general Huangfu Song?" Come and talk to me! ”

On this side, Huangfu Song, who was resting in the temporary shogunate in Chang'an Castle, was slumping weakly in his seat, rubbing his temples vigorously with the index and middle fingers of his left hand, and pinching a soft silk with the thumb and index finger of his right hand.

This silk is the Yellow Gate Chang Shou Jian Shuo used a flying pigeon to pass the book to him.

Looking at the words written on the silk, Huangfu Song fell into deep thought for a while. Jian Shuo said in the letter that the emperor had learned that Huangfu Song had secretly been instructed by the general He Jin and Taifu Yuan Kui without receiving an edict, and privately led the official army to attack the Xiliang army, which was actually supported by the emperor, such a great rebellious act.

However, Jian Shuo promised in the letter that as long as Huangfu Song was willing to make a statement, he reported and exposed the two generals, He Jin and Taifu Yuan Kui, in order to seize power and consolidate the position, with the intention of rebellion, and forced him to lead the army to attack the Xiliang army. Then, the emperor will not punish him in the slightest, he will keep his current power as the general of the left chariot, and will choose an additional piece of land in the pass to reward him as a food town.

Huangfu Song knew that once he reported and exposed the general He Jin and Taifu Yuan Kui, it would be a complete break with the two. The two will never trust him again, will never support him again, but will retaliate against him even more. incurring the jealousy of the two powerful ministers above the court, this is not what Huangfu Song wants to see.

But Huangfu Song also knew that he did not have the slightest ability to refuse the orders of the emperor and Jian Shuo. Because he is still surrounded by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in Chang'an City, he has lost most of his troops, and he can't move, and it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out as soon as he leaves the city. If he rejects the emperor and Jian Shuo, then he may never be able to leave the isolated city of Chang'an City.

In view of this, Huangfu Song did not struggle for too long, and decided to follow the orders of the emperor and Jian Shuo. Huangfu Song thought again, the emperor had always reused his favor and trust for him, if it wasn't for the fact that it was not to restore the status of the Huangfu clan in Xiliang, he would not have obeyed the orders of the general He Jin. Therefore, this time he was able to devote himself to the emperor's side again, and Huangfu Song was actually a little lucky.

As soon as he made up his mind and made his choice, the rumbling drums outside the city came. Only then did Huangfu Song realize that Ma Chao had not yet received Jian Shuo's letter.

Huangfu Song hurriedly ran from the shogunate to the straight city gate.

Ma Chao was waiting for Huangfu Song to appear on the tower above the Zhicheng Gate, but he didn't expect the Zhicheng Gate to open slowly, and at the same time, the drumming of the officials and soldiers also stopped.

Ma Chao was surprised, the water had just been cut off, how could there be a shortage of water in Chang'an City so quickly, forcing Huangfu Song to lead the army out of the city for a decisive battle?

Ma Chao looked again, and in the opening of the straight city gate that slowly opened, there were no officials and soldiers as he imagined, but only one horse.

Ma Chao looked carefully again, and saw that the rider was slowly stepping out of the shadow of the doorway. After stepping out of the cave, Ma Chao finally saw clearly that the ride was Huangfu Song.

This made Ma Chao even more surprised, and Zhang Xiu muttered: "As soon as this old horseman rides out of the city, does he want to come to die?" ”

Huangfu Song beat his horse and went straight to the battle formation of the Xiliang army and rushed to Ma Chao.

Seeing Huangfu Song riding closer and closer, Yang Fu asked, "Young master, do you want to release arrows?" Or, send someone to volley and take it? ”

Although Ma Chao didn't know what medicine was sold in Huangfu Song's gourd, he thought that he was just a rider and could not threaten the 40,000 Xiliang Iron Horsemen, so he shook his head and said, "Let him come." ”

So, under the stunned eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Xiliang Army under the city and the officers and soldiers of the official army in the city, Huangfu Song, the commander of the official army, rode his horse so unhurriedly, rushed to the front of the Xiliang army, and came to Ma Chao.