Ma Teng stepped on the war horse, stroked the mane of the war horse, and said with a smile: "Old man, we are finally going to the battlefield again!" ”

The brown war horse seemed to understand Ma Teng's words, and actually raised his neck and neighed.

Ma Teng laughed loudly and rode out, dozens of personal soldiers following closely.

Came to the south gate, the sergeant guarding the gate hurriedly opened the city gate, Ma Teng led dozens of personal soldiers to gallop out, and more than 100 sergeants responsible for guarding the city gate saluted Ma Teng together, but the leading officer was not from the Western Regions, but was clearly a Han Chinese.

Ma Teng came to the barracks outside the city, at this time the elite of the 100,000 Wei army was ready, of the 100,000 Wei army 50,000 were Xiongnu iron cavalry, and the other 50,000 were the first army that was transferred to the Western Regions not long ago, these two armies can be regarded as the strongest brigades in the Wei army.

Ma Teng led an army of 100,000 all the way to the west, and ten days later, the army arrived at the Green Ridge Fortress, at this time, the Green Ridge Fortress has been built into a three-story Hanjiao city wall, which can accommodate nearly 200,000 people.

Cao Cao spent a huge amount of money on the construction of this fortress, and during this period, there was constant opposition in the Great Wei Dynasty, mainly because they thought that it would be useless to spend a lot of money to build such a huge fortress far from the Central Plains, but Cao Cao ignored these objections, and he persevered.

Before Ma Teng's arrival, there were only 20,000 garrisons at the fortress. Affiliated with the 6th Army Corps.

On the day that Ma Teng arrived at the Green Ridge Fortress, he received an urgent flying pigeon from the Western Regions Changshi Mansion. According to reliable information, the 300,000 main force of Kushan and the 100,000 troops of the surrounding subjugating tribal alliances left the military center in the north two days ago. Heading northeast, Kangju is northeast of Kushan.

Ma Teng frowned, and immediately summoned his subordinate generals to discuss the matter, and at the same time, dozens of scout teams left the fortress of Green Ridge and headed for the northwest direction of Green Ridge.

Qianqing Palace in Chang'an.

"Guishan has already done it!" Cao Cao frowned and handed the book in his hand to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu read it, handed it to Chen Gong, and said to Cao Cao: "Your Majesty, I don't know if Kangju is ready?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Kangju has poured the whole country into it. An army of 150,000 has been formed, but the maximum number of troops they can put into the western front is only 100,000, and they have to guard against the threat of Wusun in the east! ”

Although Kangju is small, the countries of the Western Regions are to a large extent the countries established by nomads, so compared with the farming of the Great Wei, Kangju is equivalent to the whole people are soldiers, and their power is the real power of the country, and 150,000 is almost the majority of the country's young and strong.

Xun Yu pondered: "At present, the total number of troops that our side can break into the battlefield is 220,000, and Guishan is more than 400,000. And half of them are cavalry! This battle is not optimistic! ”

Cao Cao nodded, frowned, and said, "If we can make Wusun give up the plan to join forces with Guishan, then we can gather at least 400,000 troops to face Guishan!" But it really got to that point. Guishan may increase his troops! ”

Wusun is still a big country in the Western Regions, and if they can join forces, it is still possible to get 200,000 troops from Wusun.

Chen Gong returned the handbook to Cao Cao and said, "Your Majesty." The immediate priority of our army at present should be to force Wusun to abandon the plan to send troops! ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "I have already ordered Sima Lang to stabilize Wusun at all costs. But we have to think about the worst! Cao Cao glanced at the two of them.

The two thought for a moment, and Xun Yu analyzed: "If the two countries join forces. Then our side will have to face at least nearly 600,000 enemy troops, and I am afraid that the chances of winning this battle are slim! ”

Chen Gong nodded, and then looked at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao frowned, his fingers habitually tapped a few times, and his eyes were full of thought.

Cao Cao got up and walked to the sand table on the left side of the Qianqing Palace, which reflected the topography of Kangju, the western part of the Western Regions, the western part of Wusun, and the northeastern part of Kushan, centered on the Green Mountains.

There are more than a dozen sand tables in this Qianqing Palace, reflecting the topography and landform of the Great Wei Dynasty and its surrounding areas, at present, the Wei army's expedition army will generally be equipped with a sand table according to the actual situation, and the advantage of the sand table is that it can more intuitively and vividly reflect the geographical situation of the army in the war area.

In addition to the sand table with a high proportion of tens or even millions of square kilometers, there was also a much more elaborate sand table that only reflected a few thousand square kilometers, and this kind of sand table was generally aimed at various strategic points or temporarily rushed according to the actual situation.

Cao Cao frowned at the terrain on the sand table and the small flags representing the strength of both sides, thinking.

After a while, Cao Cao said categorically: "No matter what, we must disintegrate this attack of Guishan at all costs!" ”

Xun Yu and Chen Gong glanced at each other, knowing that Cao Cao had made up his mind, but he couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart.

Cao Cao turned around and said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, how is the logistics situation?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no problem with other supplies, only food cannot be supplied!"

Cao Cao knew that the granaries in various places were basically empty, and he was not surprised by Xun Yu's answer, frowning and pacing back and forth.

"Your Majesty, we can ask the countries of the Western Regions to raise grain and grass for this campaign!" Chen Gong suggested.

Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help but light up, he stopped, and asked urgently, "Is it feasible?" ”

Chen Gong replied with certainty: "Absolutely! Although the countries of the Western Regions do not have much grain reserves, the reserves of all kinds of dried meat are definitely an astronomical amount, and Wei Chen preliminarily estimates that the dried meat they store can support at least 500,000 troops for a year! Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xun Yu, and Xun Yu nodded affirmatively.

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said excitedly: "Let Sima Yi negotiate with the kings of the Western Regions on this matter!" ”

At this time, a herald hurriedly entered the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, Lord Sima Lang's urgent flying pigeon has been passed on." As he spoke, the herald presented a short note in both hands.

Cao Cao, Xun Yu, and Chen Gong couldn't help but be secretly shocked when they heard this.

Cao Cao hurriedly took the details, and the letter said that they had accidentally appeared with Sun Jian's envoy, and that Wusun's army had already shown signs of mobilization.

"Bastard! Sun Jian's husband actually stretched out his hand to Wusun! Cao Cao said angrily.

Xun Yu and Chen Gong couldn't help but be taken aback, Xun Yu said, "Your Majesty, what is the current situation?" ”

Cao Cao handed the handbook in his hand to Xun Yu, frowned, and said, "It seems that the worst is just around the corner!" ”

"Your Majesty, let's simply send more troops to the Western Regions!" Xun Yu said suddenly. (To be continued.) )