When these words came out, Ma Yunlu suddenly revealed his face in shock...
She claims to be from the Ma family in Xiliang, and her ancestor is General Fubo Ma Yuan. As a descendant of a famous general, she has enough arrogance.
But the Lu Lingqi in front of her was even prouder than herself.
However, they also have the capital to be proud, because their father is "Lu Bu among men", the Marquis Wen who made all the heroes in the world submit to his peerless martial arts.
In terms of reputation, her Xiliang Ma family is indeed not as good as the Lu family.
But what surprised Ma Yunlu was not Lu Lingqi's arrogance, but the implication of her words.
Lu Lingqi's meaning sounded like she would not marry anyone except her adopted brother.
Even Ma Yunlu could hear this meaning, how could Yan Liang not hear it? For a moment, he didn't know how to respond to his adopted sister's words that showed her true feelings.
After Lu Lingqi's words came out, she seemed to be aware of the strangeness between the two of them, and a blush quietly passed over her face.
Her breathing gradually became faster again. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would lose her sense of proportion, so she cupped her hands and said, "I won't bother my sister-in-law to worry about Lingqi's marriage. Lingqi still has military orders, so she will retire first."
Lu Lingqi turned around and strode out, leaving only her fiery red back.
Ma Yunlu came back to his senses and looked at Yan Liang with his eyes, "Husband, what she meant by what she said just now is that she seems to be treating you..."
Before she finished her words, her meaning was already clear.
Frankly speaking, what Lu Lingqi just said made Yan Liang very happy. How could he not feel a little proud to have the daughter of a flying general admire him so much?
And Yan Liang also proved his suspicion that his adopted sister was really attracted to him.
With Yan Liang's casual style, if he likes a woman, no matter what her status is, as long as I like her, I will take her.
Now that Lu Lingqi is interested, Yan Liang has nothing to fear from rumors, let alone worry about anything.
But at the moment, the most important thing is to expand the country, but Yan Liang has no intention to worry about women. Faced with Ma Yunlu's slightly jealous question, Yan Liang thought about how to fool him.
While he was thinking hard, the curtain was opened again, and the person who entered was Tian Feng.
"Mr. Yuan Hao came just in time. I have something important to discuss with you."
Tian Feng's arrival happened to help Yan Liang get out of trouble, so he invited Tian Feng in with a smile.
Ma Yunlu did not dare to delay the important military matter, so he had to put aside his worries for the time being and retreat first in a wise manner.
"My lord, now that the Cao thieves have retreated, all worries are gone. I think our army cannot delay here any longer and should take action as soon as possible."
Tian Feng's tone was very serious. No matter whether he was at an advantage or a disadvantage, he always sounded serious and thoughtful.
Yan Liang, on the other hand, looked relaxed and asked with a smile: "In your opinion, sir, how should I use my troops next?"
Tian Feng coughed a few times and said slowly: "Right now, Yuan Tan's army is fighting Yuan Shang at Baima. The defenders of Xu Du are no more than ten thousand. I thought that my lord should take advantage of Yuan Tan's reaction and immediately mobilize all the troops."
Siege Xudu, this time, no matter how high the price is, we must defeat the city of Xudu."
In the Nanyang battle with Cao Cao, the military strategy from beginning to end was all done by Jia Xu, and Tian Feng did not perform well.
Now that the Battle of Nanyang is over, Tian Feng has taken advantage of his ability to control the situation, and this analysis has won Yan Liang's heart.
The significance of Xudu is not only because it is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, surrounded by the prosperous land of Yingchuan, but also because it has long been the political center of the Central Plains through the management of Cao Cao and Yuan Tan.
As long as Yan Liang can plant his flag on the top of the Xudu city, it will be equivalent to announcing to the world that I, Yan Liang, are no longer a feudal lord in a separate country, but have suddenly become a hero in the world.
Only those heroes who dare to fight for the world, those heroes with the talents of kings and assistants, will flock to them. However, those who have no ambition to fight for the world, such as Liu Zhang, Liu Biao and even Zhang Lu, will only submit to them for temporary peace of mind.
Just a second-rate person.
Yan Liang responded enthusiastically and said, "Sir, you are right. I originally came north to capture Xudu, but Cao Cao intervened and wasted time. This time, no matter how high the price is,
I vow to capture Xudu as well!"
Hearing Yan Liang's bold words, he recalled how Yan Liang had been brave and resourceful in the past month, defeating the powerful Cao Cao, and how he subdued Zhang Liao with magnanimity. At this moment, Tian Feng couldn't help but be in awe of Yan Liang, that cold and stern person.
His eyes were full of expectations.
"His resourcefulness is no less than that of Cao Cao, his magnanimity is far superior to that of Yuan Shao, and his martial arts skills are as brave as Lu Bu's. It seems that I have had an eye for the man in front of me in the past half of his life. He is the man born from heaven, the king who can truly calm down the troubled times.
I, Tian Feng, can assist such heroes to achieve hegemony, and my life is truly worth it..."
Seeing the ambitious Yan Liang, Tian Feng sighed secretly in his heart.
One day later, Yan Liang raised his troops to the north and entered Xudu.
The general trend of the world at this time can really be described as a changing situation.
On the Huainan front line, Zhou Yu flooded Shouchun, and finally broke through Shouchun City before Liu Bei's reinforcements arrived.
Liu Bei, who arrived shortly afterwards, was not willing to accept the fall of Huainan, so he and Zhou Yu began to fight for Shouchun. The two armies were in a stalemate along the Huaihe River.
As for the Yellow River line, Yuan Shang took advantage of Yuan Tan's time to divide his troops more than a month ago, crossed the Yellow River in one fell swoop, captured Baima at the ferry on the south bank, and redirected his troops to Henan.
After Yuan Tan took advantage of the confrontation between Yan Liang and Cao Cao, he quickly sent troops from Xudu to the north and defeated Yuan Shang's vanguard troops heading south. The two brothers started a fierce battle on the White Horse line.
All the heroes in the world are entangled endlessly. Looking around, only Yan Liang, who defeated Cao Cao, is the most relaxed at this time.
Yan Liang keenly seized this opportunity and led tens of thousands of victorious troops to quickly march north to Kunyang. They met with Xu Shu's 10,000 troops and horses left behind. With lightning speed, more than 40,000 troops and horses cleared the surrounding areas in a few days.
County, completed the siege of Xudu City.
There were more than 10,000 defenders in Xudu, and the one left behind was Xunchen, the chief official of Yuan Tan.
In the past, whenever Yuan Tan went on an expedition, he would always leave Xin Ping to guard Xudu. However, due to several misjudgments by Xin Ping, Yuan Tan lost his troops and lost his generals. In addition, Xin Pi left without returning because he persuaded Cao Cao to send troops.
Yuan Tan was suspicious of his brother Xin Ping.
Therefore, when Yuan Tanbei rescued Baima this time, he appointed Xin as the counselor of the army and appointed Xun Chen to guard Xudu.
The capital city of Xu was well supplied with food, and Xun Chen was quite resourceful. It was futile to attack by force, so Yan Liang, on Tian Feng's suggestion, adopted the tactic of siege and reinforcements.
Yan Liang then sent out a large army, and within a few days, he built two barriers around Xudu, which was equivalent to building two new city walls outside Xudu, completely cutting off Xudu's connection with the outside world.
After the fortification of the wall was completed, Yan Liang left more than 30,000 troops to fortify the wall and besiege Xudu. He led more than 10,000 troops and stationed in Yanling City north of Xudu to block Yuan Tan's southward reinforcements.
Yan Liang was not in a hurry at all.
Yingchuan, where Xudu is located, is a prosperous land with several farming areas. In addition to Xudu, the grain accumulated in other counties is also extremely rich.
Yan Liang has many soldiers, strong morale, no external worries, and rich Yingchuan to fight and support. He can easily fight a protracted war.
However, Yan Liang's siege but not attack was not completely ineffective. In order to achieve the purpose of making life difficult for Xun Chen and the soldiers and civilians of the city, Yan Liang once again used the same trick he used to attack Jiangling City in the previous time.
When Yan Liang's army besieged the city, hundreds of Pili chariots were transported from the rear to the front line day and night.
After the siege was completed, Yan Liang built a large platform around the city, placed hundreds of thunderbolt chariots on the platform, and then bombed Xudu City day and night.
Taking advantage of the high platform, the attack range of the Thunderbolt Chariot has been increased. Stone bullets the size of an ox's head can not only hit the city wall, but also can even be fired fifty or sixty steps into the city.
Under this day and night bombing, in countless days, all the houses within fifty steps of the city wall were razed to the ground, and the thick Xudu city wall was also bombarded with craters and cracks.
, several city towers were destroyed beyond shape.
The tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xudu City could only survive under the attack of this stone bullet, like a turtle with its head shrinking. They were in fear all day long, fearing that one day they would be unlucky and a stone bullet would fall from the sky and kill them.
's little life.
While Xu Du was being attacked by Yan Liang's "terrorism", Yuan Tan, who was on the front line of Baima, was also having a hard time.
Although Yuan Tan once narrowly defeated Yuan Shang with a surprise attack, this was not enough to change the strength comparison between the two sides.
Although Yuan Shang's Qingzhou was captured by Liu Bei, the war potential of the Jizhou he occupied was greater than that of several Qingzhou combined.
Now that he has lost the threat of Liu Bei to the east, Yuan Shang can mobilize more troops and continue to increase his troops in Henan.
Taking advantage of his military strength, Yuan Shang quickly gained the upper hand, forcing Yuan Tan to passively defend.
Yuan Tan never expected that Cao Cao, as powerful as Cao Cao, would be defeated by Yan Liang within a month. He retreated to Guanzhong in despair, and his Xu capital city soon fell into Yan Liang's siege again.
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The rear was in danger, and there was a powerful enemy in front of him that was difficult to retreat from. Yuan Tan was completely in trouble.
"well--"
In the big tent, looking at the map and thinking about various difficulties, Yuan Tan sighed for the first time.
There were several dry coughs coming from behind. Yuan Tan turned around and saw that it was Xin Ping who had entered the account at some point.
When he saw Xin Ping, Yuan Tan frowned slightly, seeming a little disgusted.
"So it's Zhongzhi, what's the matter?" Yuan Tan said casually, not even looking at Xin Ping.
If it weren't for Xin Ping's misstep, which resulted in the loss of Kunyang City and the defeat of two generals, Jiang Qi and Sui Yuanjin, Xu Du would have been surrounded and he would have fallen into the passive position before him.
Yuan Tan felt that he was tolerant and generous by not punishing Xin Ping and still keeping him by his side.
Xin Ping looked a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment, but said cautiously: "Let me tell you this, your Majesty. I have thought of a plan recently. It may be able to help your Majesty solve his predicament today. I just don't know whether to talk about it or not."
Hearing this, Yuan Tan, who was originally impatient, suddenly trembled. To be continued...
