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Ma Chao's aggressiveness really made Yan Liang angry.
"General Wen has taken away two thousand cavalry, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while. Now I only have three thousand troops in my camp. It's not easy to fight back."
Jia Xu sighed and expressed the predicament at hand.
With three thousand soldiers and horses, it is not an exaggeration to describe them as stretched thin. How could Yan Liang not know that his troops were insufficient?
However, whether out of anger or the current situation in Wancheng, Yan Liang must take action, otherwise the consequences of sitting back and watching Wancheng be captured by the Xiliang army will be disastrous.
After pondering for a moment, Yan Liang said proudly: "The way to use troops lies in the combination of surprise and rightness. Although our army is small now, it is the time to use surprise. Mr. Wenhe, you know the people of Xiliang best, and I want you to come up with a clever strategy immediately.
Come."
Yan Liang's tone left no room for doubt. He was not a talker like Liu Biao who liked to raise scholars but didn't know how to use them.
The reason why he called Jia Xu under his command was because he valued his strategy. If Jia Xu couldn't make suggestions for himself at critical moments, then what's the use of having him.
Jia Xu's face suddenly changed slightly when Yan Liang pushed her hard, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
"General, don't worry, let me think about it."
Jia Xu pretended to smile relaxedly, tapped his forehead with his fingertips, and began to think hard with all his strength.
Yan Liang's eyes were heavy and he kept staring at him, as if he was forcing him to come up with a plan as soon as possible with his eyes.
After thinking deeply for a while, Jia Xu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Obviously, that sly smile meant that the poisonous man had a clever plan.
Yan Liang felt excited and said, "Looking at Sir's expression, he must have a good plan."
Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The Xiliang army is mixed with Han and Qiang, and the Hu style is strong. The most important thing is greed, so let's start with the word 'greed'."
"greedy……"
Yan Liang's eyes lit up. Looking at Jia Xu's narrowed eyes, the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch, as if he had some realization.
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Xiliang Army Camp.
As dusk approached, the Xiliang army that was attacking Wancheng gradually withdrew its troops.
Ma Chao stationed his horse on a high slope, looking at the broken city wall of Wancheng from a distance, watching the thunder carts being pushed back to the camp, his heroic face became more and more proud.
"Brother, with powerful siege weapons like the Thunderbolt Chariot, we only need to attack the city day and night, and the city will fall within a few days. Why withdraw our troops so early?"
Ma Dai, who came on horseback, expressed doubts about Ma Chao's order to withdraw his troops.
Ma Chao sneered and said: "The attack is too hasty. If there are too many soldiers killed or injured, Yang Qiu and those dogs will be heartbroken. It is not good to push them into a hurry."
Ma Dai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
His brother wanted to delay for a few more days, slowly wearing down the troops and horses of the other three princes, and reducing their strength by boiling frogs in warm water.
Thinking of this, Ma Dai couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Brother, your methods are really brilliant."
Ma Chao smiled coldly, the arrogance on his face getting stronger.
Ma Dai paused for a moment, but then said: "But since the war started, we haven't used our troops much. Yang Qiu and the others are already dissatisfied. I think it's the right time, so we have to pretend. Okay
Stop their mouths."
Ma Chao nodded slightly, seeming to agree with his cousin's suggestion.
Just then, a scout rushed over.
"General, the enemy's grain movement team was found south of Wancheng, heading towards Wancheng on a small road."
Ma Chao's expression perked up and he asked: "How many grain trucks are there and how many escorting troops and horses are there?"
"There are more than a hundred grain carts and more than a thousand soldiers and horses."
"Probe again and report again."
After waving the scout away, Ma Chao stroked his chin with his hand, murderous intent gradually rising from his brows.
Ma Dai next to him said excitedly: "Brother, I didn't understand before that you only surrounded the city on three sides but left the south side alone. It turns out you did it on purpose."
A hint of pride flashed across Ma Chao's face, "Our army has come from a long way. Although there are many soldiers and horses, it is not easy to transport grain and grass from the rear. I left one side unencircled, just waiting for Yan Liang's men to transport grain to Wancheng. We happened to be
Qingqi intercepted it, it seems that Yan Liang fell into the trap."
"Brother, you really have a wonderful plan." Ma Dai praised him with his hands in hand, his face full of admiration for his brother.
Ma Chao looked even more proud, but asked: "Which unit of our army is closest to the enemy's grain transport team?"
Ma Dai thought for a while and replied: "They are the two thousand rangers led by my younger sister."
"Two thousand rangers, well, it's enough to deal with a thousand enemies. Send the order to my little sister, and she will lead her troops to intercept them as soon as possible."
Ma Chao gave the order without hesitation.
Ma Dai immediately passed on the order issued by Ma Chao.
Looking south, Ma Chao's heroic face showed no concealment of pride, and he said with a sneer: "This time I not only intercepted a sum of food and grass, but also blocked the mouths of Yang Qiu and others. I really killed two birds with one stone. Yan Liang, thank you for giving me
I, Ma Chao, will definitely repay the great gift you gave me twice as much in the future, hehe~~"
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A breeze blew across his face, and Yan Liang seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood in the wind.
At the foot of the hillside, a convoy transporting grain passed by slowly, its wheels creaking.
The setting sun has set deeply, but the neighborhood is still quiet, so quiet that it makes people a little irritated.
"General, you said you wanted to lure the enemy to intercept the grain, so why don't we let the grain team take the main road?"
The tiger-headed Hu Che'er scratched the back of his head with a puzzled look on his face.
"Ma Chao is a bit clever. If he takes the high road, it will make him suspicious."
Yan Liang stared straight ahead without looking back.
Hu Che'er rolled his eyes several times, and it took him a long time to react, but then he said: "But this path is remote, and if Ma Chao's scouts can't find it, wouldn't our ambush be in vain?"
Hu Che'er has extraordinary brute strength, but his mind is much simpler, so naturally he can't figure out the reason.
A sneer flashed across Yan Liang's lips, "Ma Chao has tens of thousands of people, enough to completely surround Wancheng, but he deliberately left the south gate unsieged. He deliberately wanted to trick us into sending food into the city so that he could seize it. You
Says he's going to let up on scouting the trails?"
Hu Che'er said "Huh" and shook his big head a few times. He still couldn't understand the logic in Yan Liang's words, and there was still doubt in his eyes.
Yan Liang had no intention of explaining too much to this subordinate whose thinking was far inferior to his strength. He only focused on staring at the situation on Poshan.
As time passed, the setting sun stretched his shadow longer and longer, and the sky became darker.
More than a hundred carts of grain and grass had passed right under my nose, heading further and further north, but the surroundings were still quiet.
The generals on the left and right became more and more anxious, and they all doubted whether the tactic Jia Xu proposed to Yan Liang to lure the enemy would work.
Only Yan Liang has a face as calm as water, and his blade-like eyes are always so confident and decisive.
Greed is human nature, not to mention the robbing Xiliang people.
Yan Liang firmly believed that with Ma Chao's knowledge, he would definitely not be able to control his greed. If he could, he would not have been defeated by Cao Cao repeatedly in history, and eventually ended up fleeing to Shu, depressed and finally under Liu Bei's wing.
While thinking, Yan Liang's brows raised slightly.
The dust on the ground seemed to be shaking. He quickly put his ears to the ground and leaned on the ground carefully.
From the deep underground, there were faint sounds, which became more and more violent, as if a beast buried deep in the ground was roaring and rushing upwards, trying to break out of the ground.
Iron hoofs, that's the sound of galloping iron hoofs.
Yan Liang's eyes flashed with excitement, he jumped up from the ground and looked far away.
But seeing the dust and fog rising in the northwest direction, in just a moment, a group of cavalry rushed out from the dust.
The big flag with the character "horse" in it was flaunting its power, and shouts of killing mixed with the Qiang language rumbled out.
In front of the enemy cavalry, a female general wearing a red cloak and carrying a silver gun came whistling like the wind.