"Puyang City originally had 10,000 defenders." After Ma Chao stretched out one finger, he stretched out three more fingers and said, "Now, Li Dian has brought back three thousand soldiers and horses. Then, Ma Chao stretched out five more fingers and continued: "You also saw it just now, Xiahou Yuan also brought five thousand soldiers and horses over. ”

"Now Puyang City, there are almost 20,000 soldiers and horses." Looking at the three people with extremely unwilling faces, Ma Chao had no choice but to continue to explain: "With less than 5,000 tired soldiers under our command now, we can attack Puyang, which is four times as many as us and has thick walls, do you think this is possible?" ”

"Possibly!"

As soon as this sentence came out, Ma Chao was really shocked. He suddenly raised his head, and saw that Gan Ning and the single were both looking at Lu Qiling in surprise, and then, he also looked at Lu Qiling with admiration!

Being looked at like this by the three of them, Lu Qiling couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and twisted her mouth and said: "Doesn't the husband know how to use tricks........ just like this time, we will take Xiahou out of the house, and then take advantage of the void to seize Puyang City!" ”

For such blind worship of Lu Qiling, Ma Chao could only smile helplessly: This girl really looks down on herself! No matter how wise and martial he is....... Puyang City, which captured 20,000 troops with 5,000 troops, is basically equivalent to the legend that the North Korean leader smashed a US satellite with a stone.

Even if it is Zhuge Liang, he has six times when he goes out of Qishan and returns in vain!

This joke was so cold that Ma Chao was not in the mood to laugh at all........

What's more, Zhuge Liang at this time was just a teenager. Whether you understand the arrangement of troops or not, or another thing to say.

"Lord," the single also felt the embarrassment of the atmosphere at this time, and couldn't help but want to ease the atmosphere and said: "Then before you, you swore to let Li Dian go back and tell Xiahoudun the news that we were going to attack Puyang, is it just to let Puyang City not fight and chaos itself?" ”

"It's the same meaning, but," Speaking of this, Ma Chao had already stood up, sorted out his weapons and clothes by himself, and said: "And the main purpose is to let Xiahoudun put all his thoughts on guarding Puyang City, so that it ........."

"We'll be able to retreat!" Gan Ning added that he couldn't help but admire Ma Chao's thoughtful scheming even more. However, as soon as he thought about it, Gan Ning couldn't help but speak: "Then why did the lord want to make a dangerous move and attack Puyang before?" ”

Ma Chao was stunned when he heard this, and after taking a closer look at Gan Ning, he spread the military map that he had just packed in his hand in front of the three of them, pointed to the Puyang icon, and said solemnly and solemnly: "Because it's very important!" ”

Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, then understood the meaning of Ma Chao's guidance, and hugged his fists and said gratefully: "Please give me advice, Gan Ning bowed down and listened." ”

"You see," Ma Chao circled the entire Yanzhou with his hands, then returned to Puyang City, and said: "At that time, Feng Xiangong and Chen Gong started an incident, gathered the soldiers and horses of Chen Liu and Dongjun, and then began to march from Dongjun, intending to sweep Yanzhou. Between Dongjun and Dongpingguo is a straight line from west to east, which connects the three cities of Puyang, Juancheng and Fanxian in turn. At the same time, this line is also the lifeblood of the entire Cao family's foundation! ”

"Although Feng Xiangong and Chen Gong are not as scheming as Cao Cao, their strategic military situation is very accurate. Especially the strategic move of the troops in Puyang at the beginning, it choked the throat of the Cao family! ”

Saying that, Ma Chao had already entered the state, looked at the Puyang icon carefully, and continued to explain to the three of them: "Next to Puyang City is Chen Liujun, Zhang Miao's base camp, and to the north is the junction of Jizhou, which belongs to Yuan Shao's sphere of influence. To the south, not to mention, is Jiyin County under the rule of Lu Bu. In this way, the entire Puyang City is a bridgehead against Cao Cao. ”

Moreover, Puyang City is surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness, so even if Cao Cao arrives, he can only confront Feng Xiangong in Juancheng, which is east of Puyang, and cannot be encircled. Moreover, Puyang has always been a battle for land by soldiers, and the city is strong and deep, as long as Puyang is held to wait for work, Cao Cao's army is unstable and the grain and grass are not continued for a long time, and it will naturally be able to collapse without attacking. ”

In other words, although Feng Xiangong failed to attack at the beginning, the troops in Puyang had already taken the advantage. As a result, no matter how Cao Cao used his tricks, Feng Xiangong and Chen Gong could calmly break it. The entire Yanzhou, if it is compared to a chess game, then Dong'e, Fanxian, and Zhencheng are the three arrays, and Puyang is the array of the arrays, a veritable strategic place! ”

After saying these in one breath, Gan Ning, Shan Qu, and Lu Qiling also suddenly realized, and then looked at the usually boring and ordinary map, as if they were all alive at once, so vividly telling the strategic significance and geographical points of their existence. And Gan Ning, who is the most military-minded and extraordinarily perceptive, after listening to Ma Chao's words, his expression moved, and he said publicly:

"In this way, the lord sent a surprise army into Dongjun and wanted to capture Puyang City, which was to form a north-south attack on Cao Cao with Feng Xiangong. If this plan is successful, then Cao Cao will form a four-sided encirclement, so that Cao Cao has three empty array eyes but can't open them, becoming a turtle in the urn! ”

"Yes, exactly!" Ma Chao nodded in acknowledgement, but then put away the gleam in his eyes, put away the map again, and said: "It's a pity that the sky doesn't help Feng Xiangong and the Ma family, and one natural disaster after another made Feng Xiangong reluctant to withdraw from Puyang, and now Cao Cao has seen through my plan, causing us to return in vain........"

"So far, we can only watch Cao Cao take the advantage and swallow Yanzhou?!" After listening to Gan Ning and Ma Chao's analysis of the situation in Yanzhou, Lu Qiling couldn't help but lose her color and said miserably.

And Ma Chao looked at Lu Qiling, sighed leisurely, and then took the initiative to walk to her side, helped her up and said, "Ling'er, I know that after you entered Yanzhou, your thoughts were all on Feng Xiangong and the Lu family. But the matter of Yanzhou is already the endgame of the dragon and tiger. Cao Cao and Feng Xiangong were exhausted and desperately bitten, but I have done my best to do this........"

"No!" Hearing Ma Chao's pessimistic assertion, Lu Qiling seemed to be stimulated, grabbed Ma Chao's arm fiercely and said: "Husband, you are a victorious general, and you have never suffered defeat since you went to war. You must have a way to deal with the situation in front of you, right?! ”

"I do have a way, but!" Seeing that Lu Qiling was a little crazy, Ma Chao's face couldn't help but turn pale, and he shook off Lu Qiling's hands and said, "But, I don't know, why have you been so eager for Feng Xiangong to defeat Cao Cao and occupy Yanzhou?!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the air in the entire room immediately froze. Even though Lu Qiling no longer has the sense of a politician, she has also noticed Ma Chao's long-term affection for her. Stunned for a moment, Lu Qiling didn't have time to think, so she spoke: "My father is a hero, and it is not easy to have a place in Yanzhou, it is the time to dominate the world and realize the great ambition in his chest, how can he destroy his father's more than 20 years of hard work under the blockage of Cao Thief?!" ”

"That's what you think!" Ma Chao's face couldn't help but be even more gloomy when he heard this, he forced a step forward, stared at Lu Qiling's face, pressed her ear, and asked in a cruel voice: "Then the changes you have made in the past year or so, as well as the joy of the past few days, are they all in order to let the Ma family help your Lu family?!" ”

"This? ……..” Lu Qiling was stunned for a moment, as if she had been struck by lightning when she heard the words, and she almost wanted to fall: as Ma Chao said, this kind of secret buried in her heart did exist. But whenever she thinks of this, this complicated conspiracy in Lu Qiling's heart eventually turns into deep guilt and repentance. However, under the paranoid teaching of Lu Buwu, she knew that she was wrong, but she still walked forward step by step with a heavy heart of remorse!

"Hesitating?" Ma Chao looked at Lu Qiling's deep groan, and Jun's face couldn't help but flash a touch of pain, and then said decisively: "I understand what you mean." Well, next, I know what to do! ……..”