Under the cover of night.

Xiayang Ferry.

In the vast night, the stars and moon are dark, and in the sound of the Yellow River flowing endlessly, a torch forms a long dragon, and the light of the torch sways in the summer breeze.

Tens of thousands of troops, refracted by the somewhat flickering light, are trying to force their way across the Yellow River.

The banner of cool characters flew in the dark night, and under the banner, the main general Pang De stood proudly in front of the ferry, holding the hilt of the sword with the sword at his waist in one hand and the big knife in the other, looking coldly at the surging water of the Yellow River.

"General, at this rate, we will have at least one more day to complete the task of crossing the river with all our troops!" An adjutant general walked up and reported respectfully.

"Accelerate!"

Pang De gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Pass the order, no matter what, the whole army must cross the river before dawn, and then rest on the opposite bank for half a day, and set off directly to Anyi!" ”

"No!"

The adjutant nodded and went down to arrange the crossing.

"General, we don't have enough boats now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cross the river before dawn!" Standing beside Pound were several naval scribes, who served as strategists, and one of the military scribes heard this, so he persuaded in a low voice: "Erlang is tired from a long journey, why don't you slow down and rest for half a day to cross the river?" ”

"No, a certain family can't wait, and the king can't wait!"

Pang De's eyes flashed with a hint of impatience: "Xu Meng has been blocking us in Liyi for too long, and it is expected that he will be able to reach Xiayang in ten days, but now more than half a month has passed, and the confrontation at Pujin Pass has been more than half a month, and the king may not have much patience, if we don't cross the river here, I'm afraid the war will change!" ”

Between words. Pang De let out a long sigh, he underestimated the general under Yan Xing, a little Xu Meng, he was so loyal, fighting to the death in Liyi, and his attitude of wanting to hold his soldiers and horses to die together made him have to temporarily avoid the edge.

He Pound led the soldiers and loved the soldiers. As a person who loves soldiers, in the face of the enemy's inevitable defeat situation but wants to hold the mentality of dying together, he naturally relaxes his attack a little, avoids the edge, and a little reason will not let the enemy succeed.

However, because of this, he waited several days later than the original plan to call, and he marched all the way, but still could not reach Xiayang within the original plan.

Ma Teng's several urgent orders made his heart very manic. I had to hurry up and force the Yellow River to cross.

"General, the main force of the king is here, as long as he doesn't force his way through the Pujin Pass, there shouldn't be a problem, right?"

When Pound De's side heard this, they frowned one after another, and one of them stepped forward and whispered.

"What if he forcibly crosses the Pujin Pass?"

Pound's tiger eyes became unusually sharp in the dark night and the firelight reflected in the firelight. His eyes swept over and he asked coldly.

"No, it won't!"

A group of military scribes heard this. gasped, and said softly: "The king is a man who knows soldiers, he must know the strength of Pujin Pass, if he is not completely sure, how can he force it to cross?" ”

"Han Sui, the king of the Jin Kingdom, is known as the heart of the Nine Qu Lotus Root in the land of Xiliang, how can he be an easy person to deal with. If he knew that our army on the west route was attacking Hedong, he would definitely find a way to motivate the king to cross north in advance and consume his main force. As long as the Pujin Pass is forced, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties! ”

Pang De said coldly: "And we have not been able to play an effective role here, and we have not been able to cross the river for a long time, which will naturally make the king dissatisfied, and our king will not have much patience, and at that time, he, the main general of the imperial expedition, will be in turmoil, and the battle of this battle will inevitably be a mess!" ”

There are very few people in this world who can understand Ma Teng, the king of Liang, and it just so happens that he Pang De is one of them.

Pound grew up in the Ma family's family since he was a child, he and Ma Chao are like siblings, and they also regard Ma Teng as their father, and he even knows three points better than Ma Chao's son.

Ma Teng can kill from the ghost place of Xiliang, naturally he is not an ordinary person, but in terms of temperament, he may only be suitable to be a fierce general, as a monarch, he lacks a little patience.

Once the manic Ma Teng is furious, ten cows will not be able to pull it back.

"General, in the past, the Marquis of Huaiyin used to use a method of crossing the river with a wooden poppy, we can try it, when we don't cross the river, it will definitely be unstable, and we may pay some casualties!"

A scribe stood up, bowed his hand to Pound, and suggested.

"Do it now!"

Hearing this, Pang De's eyes lit up, he groaned for a while, and finally gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and said coldly: "Even if you have to pay a certain number of casualties, before dawn, you must cross the river, and within three days, a certain family will be in Anyi!" ”

In this battle, time is victory, and he had to trade casualties for time.

"No!"

Several scribes nodded hurriedly, and each with a team of personal soldiers, immediately went to collect the so-called simple and convenient things for crossing the river with wooden ropes.

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In the downstream of Xiayang Ferry, in the Pujin Pass, it is the war drums beating, the battle flags waving, and the shouts of killing are monstrous, Ma Teng, as Pang De expected, has lost patience and is waving his troops to attack Pujin Pass.

However, the defender of Pujin Pass was Yan Xing, the first fierce general of the Jin State, Han Sui supported him, Yan Xing personally came to the pass, tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Jin army, and the defense of Pujin Pass was impenetrable, preventing Ma Teng's Liang army from approaching a step.

On the third day of the war, the Liang army suffered heavy casualties, but it was never able to step into Pujin Pass.

Among the camps of the Liang army.

Ma Teng's cloak hunting, he personally went into battle, his armor was stained with blood, his hair hung down, the beard on his cheeks stood upside down, his eyes swept over the generals of Liangguo, and he was angry: "Waste, just one Pujin Pass, the main force of our army is all out, but you can't go further, what's the use of waiting?" ”

"This battle is our incompetence, please surrender the king!" In the face of Ma Teng's anger, the generals hurriedly bowed their heads and pleaded guilty.

"King, this battle is not in the generals, please dissipate your anger!" Sima Fu, a white-clothed scribe, stepped forward. Whispered.

"Let's go down and straighten out the soldiers and horses, and there must be no mistakes!" Ma Teng exhaled a breath of turbidity, he still had this bit of sanity, and waved his hand with the generals. There is some bleakness.

"No!"

And the generals left the main tent with a crawl.

Ma Teng looked at their backs, his heart was not angry, and he said coldly: "Someone, I am sending a herald to give Pang De an order, telling Pang De that Lone is giving him three days, and if he can't cross the river within three days, Lone will definitely punish him personally!" ”

Pound, who he had high hopes for, was unable to enter the hinterland of Hedong for a long time, so he had to worry about something.

"No!"

A herald trembled as he received the order. Immediately get out of the tent.

"Please calm your anger, my lord!" Sima Fu bowed down.

"How to calm the anger of Lonely!"

Ma Teng turned around, glanced at him coldly, and gritted his teeth and said: "Within three days, after twelve battles, eight thousand Liangguo sons and daughters were buried at this ferry, but Lone couldn't move forward half a step, how could you let Lone calm his anger." How do you let Gu calm his anger? ”

"Your Majesty, since our casualties are so great. It has been proved that Pujin Pass is not suitable for attack, and this battle should not be fought again! ”

Sima Fu's face remained unchanged, and in the face of Ma Teng, who was like a tiger's breath, there was a kind of temperament that did not change the color of Mount Tai's top face, and he said lightly.

"Are you reproaching Lone for forcibly crossing without permission?"

When Ma Teng heard this, his tiger eyes were cold. looked at Sima Fu deadly, the light in his eyes was as sharp as a blade, and he asked coldly.

"The subordinates don't dare!"

Sima Fu bowed and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "It's just that at this moment, my subordinates think." It is indeed inappropriate for the Liang army to fight again, and Yan Xing, the general of Jin Guohu, has stabilized Pujin Pass, unless we are willing to pay half of the lives of the army, we will pass the difficulty! ”

"Then Lone can only wait?"

When Ma Teng heard this, his fists clenched suddenly, making a sound of bone chirping, he took a deep breath, and asked a little angrily.

"We can only wait!"

Sima Fu nodded, and said calmly: "General Pang De is the king's beloved general, although he is young, but he came out of Xiliang, after hundreds of battles, his temperament is stable, even if he delays a little time, he must still be able to complete the task given to him by the king, as long as General Pang De crosses Xiayang east and waves his troops to Anyi, the so-called strong pass Pujin in front of us will naturally retreat without a fight!" ”

"Ling Ming is an excellent general trained by Lone himself, he leads the troops, of course Lone can be trusted!"

Ma Teng's anger calmed down a lot and nodded.

Pang De grew up in the Ma family, and half of his and Ma Chao's martial arts and tactics were inherited from him, and he naturally believed in the skills of the two on the battlefield.

He groaned for a while, his eyes were a little unwilling, and he continued: "It's just that now Han Sui is just before Lone is close to Chi Qi, Lone is powerless in the face of him, and it is difficult to calm down in his heart!" ”

He and Han Sui have been dealing with each other for decades, and they have worked together to stabilize Xiliang, who was stormy after Dong Zhuo's demise, and they have also turned their faces and fought several times, both of them have entered the customs from Xiliang, and now they are each a prince.

When facing him, Ma Teng's heart was already a little obsessed, and if he didn't kill him for a day, there was always a trace of unwillingness in his heart.

"King, Han Sui's purpose is to force the king to go to war and storm Pujin Pass, which will inevitably cause heavy casualties to our army, so as to consume the combat effectiveness of our army, and when our army enters Hedong, he will fight to the death, which will inevitably defeat our army!"

Sima Fu analyzed Han Sui's intentions in a deep voice.

"Humph!"

Ma Teng snorted coldly and said: "He is really daring to think about Hanwen, no matter how he struggles this time, he will definitely lose this battle, by the way, where are the soldiers and horses on the northern front?" ”

Liang Guo not only has two soldiers and horses, but also a third way of soldiers and horses, and Ma Chao is the most elite soldiers and horses in Liang Kingdom.

"King, the three-way soldiers and horses on the northern front are a little weird!"

Sima Fu was silent, planning to give Ma Chao some eye medicine.

"Say!" Ma Teng's face was gloomy.

"The news came, the three-way soldiers and horses were entangled with Zhang Baiqi's Yellow Turban Army, but Zhang Baiqi was killed by Hongnong in the past, and there were few soldiers and horses left under his command, how could he resist the ferocity of the eight strong generals under the command of the general!"

Sima Fu asked in a low voice.

The eight strong generals under Ma Chao are the best of the first-line generals in Liangguo, and they are only comparable to the generals under Ma Chao Pound, even the generals under Ma Teng.

"Ma Mengqi?"

Ma Teng's eyes flashed with coldness, this battle was a battle between Liang and Jin to the death, and Ma Chao's failure to go south in person was already the bottom line that touched his heart.

Now that the progress of the soldiers and horses coming from the north is so slow, is it planned to work but not to work?

In his opinion, Ma Chao wants to judge Liangguo, and his independent heart is already obvious, which is something he does not allow.

After taking the Jin Kingdom, Xiliang, and Bingzhou, plus Guanzhong, he can be regarded as the third largest prince in the world, and he can be the overlord of Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

However, if Ma Chao is sentenced to Liang Guo, Liang Guo's strength will inevitably be doubled.

"Shuda, pass on the military order of Lonely, within ten days, if Zhang Heng and the three of them cannot break through Zhang Baiqi's blockade and go south, they will be dealt with by military law!"

Ma Teng squinted his eyes and said coldly.

Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, he is telling Ma Chao that Liang Guo, he is the king, he is the supreme, and if he wants to judge Liang Guo, as long as he reigns for one day, he is not qualified.

"No!"

A faint smile rose at the corner of Sima Fu's mouth, and he bowed down to take the order. (To be continued......)