In August, Ma Teng, who was garrisoning the state, discovered that Kebi was able to retreat from Yanmen, which made him perceive a change in the situation on the grassland.

In this case, everything really can only rely on his decision, and the recent letter received by the governor about Saiwai is still transmitted through Youzhou, and the news that Tai Shici broke through the Micah Department in early June is too timely. There is no other reason, everything lies in the topography of the state.

It is impossible to let the Tai Shi Ci Department directly transmit the battle report to Ma Teng in the grassland, not to mention that Kebineng's army is on the side, and the Tai Shi Ci who went deep into the grassland can't find the way to Bingzhou at all, and all their advances and retreats can only rely on the continuous stone villages behind them and the pavilions erected on the desert, which is equivalent to their own footprints guiding their way home. And it takes at least half a month for a letter to be sent back to the border of Youzhou from outside the Saiwai; From the border of Youzhou to Zhao State, even if the horse stepped on the well-repaired official road non-stop, it would take six days and six nights.

It takes more than ten days to send the letter from Zhao to Bingzhou through the Taihang Eight Paths, and it takes a month and a half to deliver the letter if there is a slight difference between the exchanges. And in a month and a half, it is enough to make earth-shaking changes in the changing outside of the plug.

To be precise, at this moment, the hearts of everyone in the Sene can only hang in their throats, including Zhao Wang Yanbei, who does not know whether the expeditionary force is a blessing or a curse.

At this moment, what else can Ma Teng rely on besides making a decision?

"General, there is a county official outside the official temple who has come to ask for a meeting."

Ma Teng really couldn't make up his mind whether to go to war, at this time, a county official asked where to meet, Ma Teng immediately said: "Send someone away!" ”

From the person seemed to have an unspeakable hidden, he said: "The person who came is the nephew of the prince's master, so that Jun really wants to drive him away?" ”

"Prince's Division?" I hadn't heard this name for many years, Ma Teng was stunned for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he finally remembered who Wang Yun was, and immediately showed joy on his face, and said: "Let him come in, I want to see what he came to see so-and-so!" ”

After a while, a young man was introduced into the house, although he was a little down, but his temperament was capable, and he said: "I have seen Ma Zhijun, Wang Ling, an official in Xiataiyuan, and Xie Zhijun summoned him." ”

Ma Teng looked at him, narrowed his eyes and asked, "No need to be polite, Ma heard that the clansmen of the prince division were killed by Li Guo in Chang'an back then, and now you say that you are the clansman of the prince's division, why is this?" ”

"When my uncle was killed, I and my brother were still young, and they rode the wall to avoid the pursuit and returned to their hometown incognito, until King Zhao removed Li Guo and dared to go home, so our two brothers were saved."

Ma Teng nodded, there was no doubt that there was him, a son and nephew of Wang Yun, to be honest, there was nothing to pretend. Then he asked, "Why did you come to see so-and-so?" ”

"When I came down to meet me, I actually talked to my sister-in-law at home about the war outside the Seychelles, and I heard that the envoy was preparing to attack and fight, so I asked you to fight. There are seven hundred young men in my people, and they are willing to follow the king and send troops to the outside world. ”

Ma Teng was stunned and said, "Ma is not ready to send troops yet, where did you receive the news?" ”

"Haven't sent troops yet?" Wang Ling was also stunned, no! He and his brother-in-law obviously calculated that Ma Teng would send troops, how could this be, and couldn't help asking: "Now that the Xianbei people are going north, they will definitely return to the outside of the Saiwai to support their garrison General Taishi, and they will not send ......troops at this time."

Wang Ling didn't dare to continue with the rest of the words, he was limited by his identity, and if he continued to talk about it, he would be trespassing.

Ma Teng nodded slowly, it seems that this Wang Ling and his brother-in-law should be a member of the Bingzhou clan, otherwise they can't raise seven hundred soldiers, seven hundred people are not important, what matters is how many talents these people have to help him, and then said with a smile: "Ma is ready to send troops well, if you have the heart, I can make you a general and go north with the army, what do you think?" ”

Wang Ling immediately clenched his fists, thanked Ma Teng, and then received the seal of the palace and galloped back to Taiyuan to recruit troops.

The reason why I know something about Tai Shici is because he was friends with Sima Lang when Dong Zhuo was in power in the early years, and later the two sides often sent letters, and even asked Ma Teng to fight was also suggested by Sima Lang, because Sima Lang knew how much confidence Yanbei had in this northern expedition, so as long as Wang Ling could stand out in the war, he would be reused by the shogunate in the future.

Wang Ling's brother-in-law is not an ordinary generation, named Guo Huai, his father used to be the Taishou of Yanmen, his grandfather was the Great Si Nong, and his great-grandfather was the Yanzhou Thorn Shi Zeng led the Guanglu doctor to patrol the world, and the Guo family was all a member of the state.

In today's changing world, the prestige of the past can no longer bring them great career potential, and joining this battle is the best choice for them to revive the lintel.

Ma Teng decided to send troops.

How can he not understand the truth that even a scholar understands, he just lacked confidence before, but now because of Wang Ling's arrival, it has obviously increased his lack of confidence, and the next thing is logical. The soldiers and horses that had been stationed in the various cities of the border fortress were quickly gathered in one place, and the preparation of food and other materials was faster than that of the soldiers and horses, and then the orders were sent to all places, and the troops were only carried into the outside of the fortress with the tail of Kebineng.

The topography of the state is slightly better than that of Youzhou, there are fewer deserts here, large grasslands, and there is no shortage of water, otherwise the first emperor would not have sent troops to attack Xianbei from the three roads of the state. And the reason why Tai Shici did not move forward from Bingzhou but from Youzhou this time was more from the consideration of military strength.

In the past, the state was a continuous contention between Xianbei and Han, and Kebi was able to divide the Xianbei three divisions, most of which were for the purpose of this, the three tribes were able to gather troops to attack the state, so that if the soldiers and horses of the state marched north, it was difficult to survive the offensive. But now the situation is different, and Kobi is still too busy to take care of himself, and where can he gather troops to attack them?

Kebineng really took care of himself, he got the news that his Zhongxianbei tribe had been attacked by a major attack in the past few months when he led his troops south, most of the tribes on the grassland were slaughtered, and now there is not one of the tribes that still belong to him, and even the Zonu who was ordered to guard the east died in his own tribe, who can accept this shock?

What is even more unacceptable is that this news was actually sent to him by Budugen, the lord of the western region, and the complacent appearance in it made Kebi Neng feel extremely sad. Budugen sent someone to tell Kebineng the ins and outs of the whole incident. The Youzhou army marched north to defeat Miga, and then drove the Eastern Xianbei tribes to move westward, and on the way they broke the tribes of Zonu, and then fought all the way to the west, until they were defeated by Budugen.

That is to say, from the eastern part of Central Xianbei to the eastern part of Western Xianbei, the entire Central Xianbei was penetrated.

Budugen was complacent because the lord of the steppe had changed hands, and from now on he was the most powerful overlord of the steppe. Kebi can feel sad about the decline of Xianbei, from now on, Xianbei only has three points of strength left in the past.

And in this grassland, there is also the Yan army that follows.