"Did you really withdraw your troops?" Ma Chao looked in disbelief at Xiahou Yuan outside the city as he turned the rear formation into the front formation and cautiously withdrew his troops. I felt that the sky was a lot brighter for a while: this world is too crazy, Xiahou Yuan's generation of famous generals, is really scared by himself?!

"Strategist, I'm not mistaken, right?!" Ma Chao stood up suddenly, glanced back at Xu Shu, and asked. Even though the facts are in front of him, Ma Chao still mutters in his heart.

In fact, in this battle, Ma Chao is mentally prepared to break the kettle. There are more than 2,000 people in the city with 300 guards in the city, plus the villagers who have been admiring the Ma family for many days. Although he definitely can't fight the most elite tiger and leopard rider under Cao Cao, there is still no problem in defending it and creating a generous time for Ma Chao to sacrifice his life and escape.

With this empty city plan, Ma Chao's worst plan is to abandon Yangren County. After all, Yangren County is currently strategically located and extremely important. But compared to Ma Chao's own life, it is still a step worse.

But the situation at this time made Ma Chao really suspicious: although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also has Kong Ming's description of the 'empty city plan', Ma Chao knows that it is purely Luo Guanzhong's nonsense! It was the old man Luo who put Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the battle of Dingtao, Cao Cao ordered women to defend the city and paralyze Lu Bu's trick on Zhuge Liang.

And "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is indeed one of China's four great masterpieces: businessmen can see the ruthlessness of business wars, literati can see poetry and pathos, and resentful women can also see their lives. Even, when Jin Taizu Nurhachi fought the Ming Dynasty, he sent "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to the generals as a military book. But if you really follow the strategy in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you will definitely shoot yourself in the foot!

It is better to believe in a book than to have no book, and the battlefield is fickle and treacherous. If they are all like Zhao Kuo on paper, then Ma Chao firmly believes that the Ma family's 100,000 iron horsemen will definitely follow the end of Zhao Guo's 400,000 elite soldiers!

But the situation in front of him really blinded Ma Chao's twenty-four grams of titanium alloy dog eyes: Could it be that the traverser really has an invincible lucky aura? When the evil turns into good fortune and the disaster becomes auspicious, the golden gun does not fall, seven times in one night?

Then why did poor Liu Xie let people be driven from Luoyang to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Xuchang? From beginning to end, like a poor grandson who doesn't hurt his grandmother and doesn't love his uncle?

Ma Chao's brain was chaotic at this time, and he really couldn't believe everything in front of him. He looked back at Xu Shu, hoping to get some hints from Xu Shu. However, at this time, Xu Shu did not have a scheming smile to win. Instead, he frowned and glanced at the woods on the west side, as if he was pondering something.

And at this time, when Ma Chao glanced at Xu Shu's eyes, he suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "So that's the case, Xiahou Yuan is stupid!" Come on, quickly go to the forest to investigate and see what the situation is, so that the birds dare not enter the forest at this time! ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Shu and Shi Tao's solemn faces suddenly darkened a little. Especially Xu Shu, he really began to wonder if Ma Chao's wisdom and martial arts at the moment when he revealed his mind just now were his own delusions?

"My lord also thought of this?" After Xu Shu was frightened by Ma Chao, he said weakly. That voice is almost like a resentful woman who has been abandoned by her husband for five or six years.

"Hmm!" Ma Chao was excited, but he didn't hear the resentment in Xu Shu's tone, and still said excitedly: "It turned out that Xiahou Yuan took into account that there were our ambushes in the forest on the west side, and he was afraid that the ambush soldiers in the forest would intercept from the side when he waved his army to attack the city. Therefore, the party did not dare to be reckless, so he temporarily stationed troops and moved after making a decision. I mean, what about the 'empty city plan' that is full of loopholes in history?"

In the end, Ma Chao's voice gradually lowered. And Xu Shu didn't have the heart to pay attention to Ma Chao's changes at this time, just thought that Ma Chao was muttering to himself. However, as Ma Chao spoke, his voice became louder again, and his eyes, even more because he thought of the trick, became cunning and bright: "Xiahou Yuan is smart but is mistaken by cleverness, and his doubts remind me that I can't waste this heavenly treasure."

After Xu Shu heard this, he really couldn't wait to return to the enthusiasm of his young man and fight Ma Chao fiercely: You only thought of this now? Do you think I've been pondering for a long time, and I've been in a daze?!!

But then thinking of Ma Chao's martial name and the sharpness of the previous sword killing Yangren County Order, Xu Shu exhaled slowly and longly: I hope that I can live for a few more years in the future, and I don't want to be angry with this unscrupulous monarch as soon as possible

At this time, the single who was ordered to investigate the situation in the forest also came back reflexively. He bowed down and said, "My lord, in the dense forest ahead, there are hundreds of old women and children in Yangren County and Township who are fleeing to avoid trouble, so the birds still dare not enter the forest to rest at this time. ”

"It's really no coincidence that there is no book." Ma Chao nodded: The villager was frightened of Xiahou Yuan's attack and hid in the forest; And Xiahou Yuan avoided trouble because of the old villagers, so he did not dare to attack Yangren County. Life is like a coffee table, full of cups and washing utensils

"Lord, there is a big embankment in the forest, and there is no water in the embankment, which is just used to ambush elite soldiers!" The single glanced at Ma Chao, then smiled mysteriously, and said again.

"Oh?!" After hearing this, Ma Chao also glanced at the single, and laughed loudly: "This is God Helping Chao!" Singles, presumably soon, you can advance in the rankings of the Shadows. Walk! Go with one or the other! After saying that, as soon as he waved his hand, Ma Chao took a few guards and Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Shan Qu and others, and walked towards the dense forest.

After entering the forest, the county soldiers of Yangren County were appeasing the old women and children of the township to return to the county. And Ma Chao said on the spot that Xiahou Yuan would definitely not be able to break through Yangren County. After some hard persuasion, everyone believed it. After resuming dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear, and I saw a large embankment, about a zhang or so deep, overgrown with grass and trees, and the soldiers were lying in it, almost invisible.

"You can put all the elite soldiers and villagers in the embankment, and there are many flags outside the forest to think that they are suspicious. Tomorrow everything will be business as usual, see how I break Xiahou Yuan's posture! Ma Chao frowned and pondered for a moment, then ordered.

"The lord must not!" Xu Shu saw that Ma Chao was so frivolous and set up this plan, and said in shock: "Xiahou Yuan is also a master of using soldiers, and today I suspect that there are ambushes in the forest. Coming back tomorrow, he will inevitably attack this forest first, if it is as expected, Xiahou Yuan will definitely burn this forest, so that the soldiers in the forest will be strong, and they will all become ashes! ”

After saying this, Ma Chao was not moved at all, but looked at Xu Shu with a mysterious smile. And Xu Shu saw that Ma Chao was so obsessed, so he simply said: "Why don't you transfer the ambush soldiers to the rear of Xiahou Yuan in the starry night, and when Xiahou Yuan burns the forest tomorrow, raid the Xiahou Yuan camp." In this way, Yangren County can be protected, and the lord can also break Xiahou Yuan! ”

The single has been with Ma Chao for a while, and when he heard Xu Shu's clever plan, he couldn't help but be moved, and he deeply praised Xu Shu for using soldiers like a god. But after Ma Chao listened, he was still unmoved, a picture of a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"Lord, if you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen partially, you will be dark! Although Xu Shu is new to the Ma family, he is also sincere. If the lord doesn't distinguish between loyalty and goodness, Xu Shu was really a little disappointed in Ma Chao at this time, the most successful thing in the life of a strategist is not to use a brilliant plan, but to find a master who is good at accepting advice. Ma Chao's performance at this moment really made Xu Shu feel cold.

But when Xu Shu wanted to persuade him again, Ma Chao said: "It's just that tomorrow's attack on Xiahou Yuan's camp, Dai'er, who has already ordered him to take charge of the horse from Yiyang, and if I come down tomorrow, can Xiahou Yuan still be able to escape from the palm of my hand?" ”

After Xu Shu heard this, he took a deep look at Ma Chao. Even, I couldn't help but take a step back slightly: This guy is more poisonous than himself!

ps: Xie Xiaoshouxing's running expenses, and there are three more.