The wind and sand in Xiliang are very strong, knocking on the doors and windows, like the sound of beans bursting.

The cold wind blew into the hall through the cracks in the doors and windows, and the flames of countless bronze oil lamps swayed from side to side, pulling the figures from side to side.

"What is Ling Ming's plan? Come and hear it! Ma Teng rubbed his cold hands to keep warm, and said to Pound with a serious face.

"The last general obeys!"

Pang De saluted Ma Teng, and then hugged his fists to the generals respectively, and said loudly: "Madam Qin's plan to retreat is certainly unexpected, but Zhu Yang is not a general, while the ambush is stable, it will definitely prevent our army from breaking through to the south. If you want to really attract Zhu Yang's main force, you must fake the show and do it, and make a noise. The last general is willing to ask a soldier and horse to break through to the east and lure Zhu Yang's army to pursue, so that the lord can lead the main force to the south to easily break through and enter the territory of Tianshui! ”

Qin Liangyu clapped his hands and praised when he heard this: "General Pang's plan is very clever, if we can attract Zhu Yang's main force to the direction of stability, it will naturally be much easier for our army to break through to the south." ”

"Ling Ming's plan is certainly feasible, but it is just a lone army to go deep into the enemy's territory, and the risk is not small!" Ma Teng stroked his beard and groaned, a little hesitant.

Pound gave up his hand and asked, with an expression of sworn death: "If it weren't for the lord to bring Pound, the last general would still be just a common man at the moment, even if he went to the soup and fire, it would be difficult to repay the favor of the lord!" Zhu Yang's army is nearly 200,000, five times that of me, if we can't lead its main force away, it will be really difficult to get out of Yongzhou unharmed! Please also follow Pound's words, and the end will definitely live up to the trust! ”

Ma Teng hesitated again and again, and finally agreed: "My Xiliang army has now returned to the imperial court, and the generals will no longer call me the lord." It is enough to be commensurate with a general. Since Ling Ming is resolute, I will give you 4,000 cavalry to march eastward. Attract Zhu Yang's army to the direction of stability and cover our main force to break through to the south. ”

Pound shouted his command. Full of neutrality: "The last general obeys orders!" ”

Qin Ming stood up again and said: "There are more than 13,000 households in Wuwei City, with a population of nearly 100,000, so it is better to march towards Tianshui with a piece of it." First, it can be used as a shield in front, and secondly, it will not be left to Zhu Yang to expand the population under their command! ”

Ma Teng shook his head without hesitation and refused: "No, I, Ma Teng, have been in Liangzhou for seven or eight years, and it is just that I have not brought a stable life to the people of Liangzhou, and I must not harm the people again." The princes are in turmoil, what do they have to do with the people? How can you let the innocent Sang Zi die in vain! ”

"What my father-in-law said is very true!" Qin Liangyu deeply agreed with Ma Teng's words. He reprimanded Qin Ming again, "Big brother, you are too ill-thinking in what you say, letting the people stand in front to resist the bows and arrows of the Luoyang army, although it can block the enemy's attack, but it will also greatly slow down the speed of our army's march; It will also cause innocent people to die, which is definitely not feasible. ”

Ma Teng made the final decision: "Just use the troops according to the strategy of Liangyu and Ling Ming, and the generals will prepare separately, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

The plan stopped, and Ma Teng ordered the granary to be opened. Load all the only grain and grass in Wuwei City. At dawn, let the soldiers have a full meal, the people are full of food and horses, and Pang De took the lead to lead four thousand horsemen from the east gate of Wuwei and went straight to the direction of Anding. The rest of the horses were all ready. At any time, scouts were sent to closely monitor the movements of the Luoyang army.

The white Dawan war horse under Pang De's crotch is called "Sha Li Fei", which is most suitable for galloping in the terrain of Xiliang. It is Ma Teng's hegemony in Xiliang for many years, and he gave it away because of his weight on Pound. This is also Pound's gratitude to Ma Teng. One of the reasons why he is willing to repay with death is the so-called "death of a man who is a confidant." Women are the ones who please themselves", for heroes and heroes, giving swords and horses are a good means to win people's hearts.

The sky has just dawned, the east is slightly exposed to the white of the fish's belly, and the wind and sand are big and urgent.

Pound took the lead with a broadsword in his hand, and led four thousand cavalry out of the city for three or five miles, and when he saw many bushes on the side of the road, he ordered: "Cut down the trees, tie the branches to the horse's tail, and bluff!" ”

After receiving Pound's order, Xiliang Jian'er dismounted one after another, wielding the knife and axe in his hand to cut down the trees on the side of the road. After a short time, he swept it all away, then tied the branches to the horse's tail and galloped back in the direction of stability. The sound of horses' hooves was deafening, and the amount of smoke and dust trampled on had increased by at least seven or eight times, covering the sky and the sun, and it looked like the scale of nearly thirty or forty thousand people.

The wind and sand swept away, blowing the Luoyang army's flag hunting.

In order to facilitate unified scheduling, Zhu Yuanzhang and his generals came to Yang Su's camp early in the morning to discuss countermeasures.

The sound of horses' hooves outside the tent was audible, and the scout Pegasus came to report: "Report...... Qi Qi two generals, we have found that the Xiliang army abandoned the city and went east to the direction of stability, and has now left Wuwei for seventy or eighty miles! ”

Yang Su and Zhu Yuanzhang, who were sitting side by side, looked at each other and smiled, both showing expressions that were as expected. After analyzing Ma Teng's intentions last night, the two of them had already sent their generals to take a shortcut into Anding County overnight, looking for dangerous terrain to set up an ambush, and set up pockets for the Xiliang army to get in.

"How many centaurs?" Yang Su asked in a deep voice.

The scout replied: "We waited to spy from afar, and I saw the smoke and dust of the Xiliang army, and it was very noisy, about thirty or forty thousand people. ”

"It seems that Ma Teng is determined to vote for Liu Bian!" Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his chin and groaned, "I have already sent Lan Yu and Zhu Di to lead 30,000 troops to take a shortcut to Anding overnight to set up an ambush, and I must send another team of men and horses to follow the pursuit, and attack back and forth, and I will definitely annihilate the Xiliang army in one fell swoop." ”

Yang Su agreed: "Last night, I also sent Yang Guang to lead 20,000 troops to intercept the territory of Anding, and these 50,000 horses blocked the way in advance, which will definitely make it difficult for Ma Teng to fly." In order to avoid the sudden change of route of the Ma Jiajun, it was still necessary to send cavalry to follow the pursuit, while the main infantry of our army took a shortcut to settle down, striving to block the Ma Jiajun in the Liupan Mountain area and annihilate it in one fell swoop. ”

"What Brother Dao said is extremely true, Ma Jiajun is good at driving in the plains, and the casualties in the decisive battle with it in Liangzhou must be very large. If you go to the Liupan Mountain area, there are many ravines, and the power of the Ma cavalry is greatly reduced, and our army will be surrounded before and after this, and one of them will be annihilated! Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were gloomy, and as he spoke, he pulled off a beard from his chin fiercely.

Yang Su picked up two arrows from the table and ordered loudly: "Yang Lin and Xu Da listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Xu Da and Yang Lin came out together.

"Order the two of you to lead 30,000 cavalry each, follow the Xiliang army to the east, and only need to bite the tail of the Ma Jiajun along the way, don't fight with it. General Yuanzhang and I led the remaining main army to take a shortcut and settle down, and set up an ambush in the area of Liupan Mountain to intercept Majia's army. When the time comes, we will attack back and forth, and wipe out Ma Teng's father and son in the stable valley and ravine! Yang Su threw the arrow out and gave orders to Xu Da and Yang Lin.

"The last general obeys!" Yang Lin agreed.

And Xu Da put forward a different opinion: "Since ancient times, soldiers have not been tired of cheating, I am afraid that this is the suspicious plan of Ma Teng's father and son, after luring us to the east, he broke through in the direction of Tianshui in the south." ”

Yang Su smiled and said, "How can I not know this truth?" After you and Yang Lin led the troops away, Ben General ordered Shi Wanzai to lead the troops into Wuwei City to find out. The general will also personally set up an ambush on the road from Wuwei to Tianshui until the whereabouts of the Xiliang army are confirmed, and then march towards Anding. ”

Xu Da gave his hand again: "The last general thinks that it is not appropriate to pursue all the cavalry to the east, but should divide the troops into two routes, kill Wuwei all the way, and guard against the deception of the Xiliang army; The other followed the Xiliang army and bit Ma Teng's tail tightly. That's how to make sure nothing goes wrong! ”

Yang Su obeyed the advice and decided to listen to Xu Da's Jianyi: "What General Xu said is very true, then the general will change the order, and you will lead 30,000 cavalry to kill Ben Wuwei to find out, and Yang Lin will lead 30,000 cavalry to pursue in the northeast direction and bite the tail of the Ma family's army." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was also worried that Ma Teng would use the tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west, in case the main force of the Western Liang Army remained in Wuwei City, and Xu Da led his troops to meet him head-on, it would inevitably be a vicious battle, and he would have to lose his troops and generals.

"Let Shi Wansui also lead the troops to follow, Ma Chao's cavalry is skilled in arching and horses, and he is familiar with the terrain of Wuwei, so he must not be careless." Zhu Yuanzhang pulled off another beard and proposed his own Jianyì.

Yang Su's eyes rolled, and finally nodded in agreement: "Yes, long live Shi will lead 20,000 infantry and Xu Da's cavalry to form a team and march towards Wuwei." If it is confirmed that the Ma Jiajun is pouring out, immediately pursue to the east, catch up with Yang Lin's team, and bite the Ma Jiajun tightly! ”

"Huh...... You don't have to be like a great enemy, even if Ma Teng uses the strategy of attacking the east and the west? If the Xiliang Army wants to defect to Liu Wei, it must at least walk 1,500 miles from our Yongzhou, not to mention seven or eight days, we have time to play hide and seek with him! When Zhu Yuanzhang threw out a sentence in his hand, he got up and went back to the camp.

The military council dispersed, and the generals took their own orders. Yang Lin led 30,000 cavalry to the northeast direction, and pursued the Ma Jiajun along the galloping road to Anding. Xu Da led 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry led by Shi Wansui to form a mixed formation and marched towards Wuwei in the direction of due north, one to spy on the virtual reality, and the other to receive the city.

The Zhu-Yang coalition army was huge, and after sending many people to chase and intercept and spy on the ambush, there were still 60,000 or 70,000 people stationed in the same place. They were led by Yang Su himself to wait in formation on the road from Wuwei to Tianshui, while Zhu Yuanzhang led the headquarters to respond in the center and adapt to the situation.

Before Shi Wansui led his troops to leave, Zhang Chuchen took the initiative to ask Yang Su for help: "The servant is willing to go to Wuwei to search for the Ma Teng people, and all the heads will be shown to the public to avenge the young master!" ”

Yang Su's eyes burned with the flame of revenge, and he said coldly; "Anyone with the surname Ma will be killed!"

Zhang Chuchen took the order and left, and followed the combined army of Shi Wansui and Xu Da all the way to the north, killing Wuwei City. After walking half the way, he volunteered again and asked to spy on the movements of Wuwei City, and Shi Wansui agreed.

Zhang Chuchen spurred his horse, and in a few moments, he threw off the main army and arrived at the foot of Wuwei City after galloping wildly for more than an hour. I saw that the city gate was wide open, and the flags in the city were silent.

Zhang Chuchen did not enter the city, bent his bow and arrows, shot a letter into the city, and then turned his horse and left. (To be continued......)