Chapter XXXVIII

Bayar snapped his fingertips, as expected, Sima Yibing's Fuge battalion must be stationed in Yangguan Road.

Yangguan Road relies on a mountain range, the terrain is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, to the west can gallop to help Ganzhou, to the north march only three to five hours can form a joint encirclement of the camp.

If he was Sima Yi's soldier, he would definitely station his soldiers and horses here.

Slowly moving his fingers, Bayard already had a fixed mind in his mind. The army bypassed Dunhuang and entered Yangguan Road, forming a joint encirclement of Sima Yibing's Fuge camp, and Zuo Chengtu had to send troops to rescue, because once the Fuge camp was destroyed, he could give up attacking Dunhuang and go west out of Ganzhou along Yangguan Road.

Even if the 70,000-strong army of Grad had been completely wiped out, would the army of the Western Liang Western Front be intact? At this time, the garrison of Ganzhou would inevitably be empty, and it would never have been possible for Zuo Chengtu to watch the 100,000-strong army go straight to Yangguan Road and turn a deaf ear, even if he knew that this was a clumsy trick to encircle the point and send reinforcements, he had to be led by the nose by Bayar.

Zuo Chengtu ordered to go down, and after eating at noon, the army all marched out and went straight to Yangguan Road.

What Zuo Chongtu didn't know was that Sima Yi's 20,000 soldiers had already bypassed his camp and attacked the southern border of the grassland.

After noon, in the conference hall, Mo Bai looked at Yun Ziyue who was pacing back and forth, and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up a smile.

At this time, Yun Ziyue, who was the first and two big, saw Mo Bai's smile, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "His Royal Highness, when is this coming, you still have the leisure to watch my jokes, so hurry up and think of a way!"

Just now, the scout reported that Bayar's 150,000 troops had all been pulled out, and their intentions were not concealed at all, so they entered the Xunnan Mountain Range under the noses of all the sergeants, and clearly told the Xiliang army that we were going straight down to Yangguan Road.

At this time, there were only 80,000 defenders in Dunhuang City, and once they went out of the city for a decisive battle, they would definitely suffer, but they couldn't watch Bayar go straight into Yangguan Road, right?

Everyone here is not stupid, Bayar's intentions are already obvious, but they really can't think of any way to crack it.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, Xu Liangsheng had expected such a situation before, but he didn't say it before. Mo Bai took a sip of tea and said slowly.

As soon as he finished saying this, even Zuo Chongtu, who was sitting in the first seat, raised his head and looked at Mo Bai in a daze. Bayar's hand is a complete conspiracy, not to save the endless troubles, to save the whole army from mourning, even he can't think of any way, so he is very interested in the "strategy" in Mo Bai's mouth.

"It's just that this strategy is really a bit vicious, don't scold your mother when you hear it. ”

Hearing Mo Bai's words, Zuo Chengtu, who was the leader, pursed his lips and said casually: "This general has been in the army for decades, and no matter how many troops he has in the confrontation with the enemy, he has always been a frontal charge, and now he has even done things such as arson at night and strange soldiers disturbing the enemy, what are you afraid of?"

Indeed, the Xiliang Army has always been known for its bravery, full of fierce generals, at most with some superficial tactics, at this time Xu Liangsheng came, all the rogue moves were used, although it was effective, but at this moment there were still many soldiers in the camp who felt deeply ashamed.

Imagine fighting with people for a lifetime, and suddenly let him raise sand and pollute people's eyes, calling him like no one can stand it.

Bowing slightly, Mo Bai said slowly: "At this time, General Sima's 20,000 soldiers and horses are not far from the southern border of the grassland, do you know what Xu Liangsheng meant, what are these 20,000 soldiers and horses going to do?"

Yun Ziyue also stopped her pace and said tentatively: "Isn't it plunder?"

Shaking his head, Mo Bai said in a low voice: "If you enter the country, you will be sealed in ten days." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was to slaughter Zuo Chong, who had never been benevolent for decades, and couldn't help frowning, and the two armies fought to open up civilians, not to mention the damage to yin morality, and also fell into the inferior.

"And we just need to release the news, Bayar, the right sage king of the grassland, can't sit still, he must come back. Standing up, Mo Bai came to Zuo Chongtu, pointed to the map, pressed one hand on Yangguan Road, slowly moved west, and said: "It will take three days to reach Ganzhou along Yangguan Road, and after these two days of attack, the 150,000 army will have at most four or five days of food. ”

"Do you see this valley mouth?" Pointing to a valley mouth more than twenty miles west of Yangguan Road, Mo Bai breathed a sigh of relief and said with some reluctance: " This place is also known as Cuifang Valley, it is a rare place with trees in the whole Xiliang, and it is the road to the west after all, only need to send a pair of fine horsemen, and wait for the army to enter the valley with a big fire, then the 150,000 army will only have one day of rations left even if it does not lose a few soldiers, then it is impossible for them to go westward again, because on this long Yangguan Road, no village or town can support another day of food for the 150,000 army. ”

Looking at the looks of the people next to him, Mo Bai also said with some surprise: "I know you are a little disdainful, it is indeed not a way to save face, but you think this is the end?"

Everyone shrugged their shoulders even more, indeed, the fire attack is a bit of a subordinate work, and it has nothing to do with evil.

"Next, the 150,000-strong army returns, and we need to place all our soldiers in this mountain range. Mo Bai drew a circle on the map, and then said: "At this time, it is necessary to release the news again, Sima Yibing is still deep in the hinterland of the grassland, slaughtering the grassland civilians, even if Bayar can sit still, those soldiers under him will definitely not be able to sit still, and everyone will think of their relatives." ”

"Surround the three and one, the road to the west is impossible, we will inevitably surround the east, live above the mountains and under the high forest, use the terrain not to clash with it head-on, only need to slowly consume, these soldiers are homesick, then Bayar has to return to the north. ”

"And some of the army that is short of food will inevitably face the situation of not taking the next meal on the way back, not to mention the war horse, Sima Yibing has already left them laxative-soaked horse grass on the way north, and then ...... These soldiers will lack war horses, and it will be even more difficult to return north. ”

"And we only need to send out the rangers and slowly drive them north, and when we cross the Hexi corridor, there will be more than a dozen small lakes, and General Sima should have thrown a lot of rotting corpses into them......"

With a long breath, Mo Bai returned to his seat and took a sip of tea, observing everyone's expressions.

He Baibai and Li Mo showed a look of surprise, Yun Ziyue was still a little trembling, and Cao Zaidong and Mo Cangmino beside him showed expressions of half appreciation and half disdain.

But no one spoke, even if they had all kinds of ideas, they had to admit that Xu Liangsheng's series of plans were indeed effective.

Only Zuo Chengtu said with a slight groan: "What if Bayar breaks the kettle and enters Ganzhou west?"

Everyone also looked at Mo Bai together, and indeed the key point here was that Bayar would give up westward expansion after running out of food.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Mo Bai said: "When the time comes, now this world feels that he is a little vicious." ”

"Did you give up Ganzhou and march north with all 80,000 troops?" Zuo Chongtu is worthy of bringing a lifetime of troops, and after a little thought, he knew Xu Liangsheng's thoughts.

Nodding hard, if it weren't for the situation, Mo Bai wouldn't want to use this method.

He is different from others, he is the son of Xiliang, and all the people of Xiliang will be his people in the future, after such an "exchange", even if he slaughters the grassland, he feels that it is a loss.

There was a dead silence in the hall of the council.

No one spoke again, and it could be said that they acquiesced to Xu Liangsheng's strategy, of course, including Mo Bai, no one would praise him.

At this time, Xu Liangsheng was in dire straits.

The previous method of condensing internal qi condensation no longer needs to be taught, and at this time, the old man in red needs to personally guide him.

The practice method is also simple, raise a gun.

However, unlike Xu Liangsheng when he was in the army, the old man in red exerted some external forces.

Originally, it was impossible to use internal qi for the job of lifting a gun, but there was no way, at this time, Xu Liangsheng's left arm was still injured, and he couldn't lift the ninety-nine-pound peach blossom with his body alone.

So when Xu Liangsheng raised the gun, the old man in red pointed a finger on the tip of the gun, and the weight of the whole gun was a little more.

"Yes, just these internal qi, there can't be any more, the teacher may sense the flow of your internal qi, just hold it like this, lift it for another half an hour, and add a quarter of an hour to every movement. The old man in red sitting on the stone chair raised the teacup with his other hand, took a sip of tea, and said, "Good tea!"

At this time, Xu Liangsheng didn't have the leisure to watch the old man drink tea, the sweat on his forehead flowed down his neck into his clothes, and his white clothes had been soaked through.

Xu Liangsheng didn't know how much the peach blossom weighed now, but his two arms were getting more and more sore, and even the palm of the spear had gradually lost consciousness.

At this time, Xu Liangsheng felt the internal qi surging in the meridians, and wanted to inject more into the arm to make himself more relaxed.

Unconsciously, the dots of internal qi flowed into the arms, but if it didn't flow in a little, the old man in red would make the peach blossoms much heavier.

"Don't do anything crooked!" The old man in red looked at Xu Liangsheng with a smile, he also knew that the injection of internal qi was not something that Xu Liangsheng could completely control, it was just out of instinct, but this did not mean that he would let such behavior go.

Half an hour later, the old man in red took his finger away and said, "Half an hour has passed, rest for a while." ”

Although the old man in red no longer exerted force, Xu Liangsheng still felt that the weight of the spear in his hand had not changed much, and he wanted to let go, but found that his arm was already a little wooden, but fortunately he fell directly to the ground, and after a long time, he reluctantly opened his palm and pushed the peach blossom aside.

"When is this a head!" Xu Liangsheng muttered, but the old man in red heard it clearly.

I saw the old man in red take another sip of tea and said with a smile: "When can I lift a day and a night, I don't feel anything, it's over." ”

Xu Liangsheng suddenly felt like a mourner, looking at the sky with blank eyes.

"By then, you will be over 100 years old. The old man in red continued.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Xu Liangsheng said, "When that time comes, Xiaosheng's half life will be gone." ”

"It's better than losing your whole life. Taking a sip of tea, the old man in red said with deep meaning.

Looking at the old man thoughtfully, Xu Liangsheng realized that there must be another reason for the old man in red to accept him as an apprentice, but he couldn't think of a reason yet.

I don't know what happened to Meng Ruyao now? A shadow suddenly appeared in his mind, dressed in red like a wedding dress.

Standing up, Xu Liangsheng ignored his stiff arms and slowly raised the peach blossoms.

The old man in red showed a look of approval and muttered, "The son can be taught." ”