Chapter 404: Dragging Yan Xing to call for formation
After discussing with Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang decided to keep these prisoners in Longxi County and let the county soldiers take care of them. He decided to speed up and join Ma Chao.
Although Ma Chao had led his men to defeat Yan Xing and Liang Xing sent by Han Sui, and did not let anyone escape, Han Sui, who had not received any reward from the outside for a long time, also guessed the defeat of Yan Xing and the others at this time.
Otherwise, Yan Xing and the others would not have failed to send messages to the rear for two or three days in a row. The last message sent back was that Yan Xing and Liang Xing were preparing to encircle and suppress Ma Chao.
Knowing that Ma Chao was coming fiercely, Han Sui could not continue to send people out. Now that the enemy's situation was unknown, sending people out again would only destroy his own military advantage.
Since he couldn't send troops out, Han Sui planned to defend Jincheng. He didn't believe that he had an absolutely superior force, more soldiers, more food, more weapons, and the people's support, so he could still lose to Ma Chao?
No matter what tricks the other party uses, he will defend the city until the world changes. He doesn't believe it. When the princes of Guandong begin to attack the imperial territory, Ma Chao can still stay outside the city?
Since Han Sui couldn't defend, it was useless for Ma Chao to worry. He could only advance to the vicinity of Jincheng and wait for the arrival of Zhuge Liang and others.
Zhuge Liang and others had already guessed that after the defeat of the men sent by Han Sui, they would defend to the death. In order to break through Xiliang as soon as possible, Zhuge Liang and others also arrived quickly.
When Zhuge Liang and others arrived, Han Sui was already standing at the top of the city. Looking at the densely packed Jingqi below, he suddenly felt that one of them was as big as two.
As a general who has been fighting all year round, he can naturally tell at a glance that the soldiers below are all elite.
In other words, if he encountered such a large army in the wild, Han Sui would definitely turn around and run away without any hesitation at all.
However, now it is a city defense battle, which can level the combat effectiveness of both sides to the greatest extent. What's more, it can be said that our side has the right time, place and people.
No matter how much he thought, he could not imagine that he would lose. Thinking of this, Han Sui became relaxed again.
The generals surrounding Han Sui relaxed a little when they saw how relaxed Han Sui was. On the contrary, Ma Chao at the bottom of the city looked at Han Sui at the top of the city with hatred on his face.
"General Meng Qi." Just when Ma Chao was filled with endless anger, a calm voice sounded in Ma Chao's ears.
Ma Chao looked back and saw that Zhuge Liang was leading Pang Tong behind him.
"Mr. Zhuge." Ma Chao took the initiative to face Zhuge Liang's luggage.
"General Meng Qi, I see that your complexion is not very good." Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Chao and said slowly.
When Ma Chao heard what Zhuge Liang said, there was a trace of embarrassment on his face. Now he suddenly remembered that he had promised Liu Xie before to lead the troops on the expedition, and he could not let some personal emotions affect his judgment.
And he had just been affected by his personal emotions. If Zhuge Liang hadn't reminded him behind his back, he might even have ordered his soldiers to attack the city.
Seeing Ma Chao's embarrassed expression, Zhuge Liang also smiled indifferently.
"General Meng Qi can be angry. This is human nature, but you must not lose the big for the small. You must know that only by completely defeating Han Sui will General Meng Qi have the opportunity to kill his enemy."
"Before this, General Meng Qi should try to control himself." After hearing Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Ma Chao nodded heavily.
"Mr. Zhuge is right, I'm very enlightened." Ma Chao said with thanks to Zhuge Liang, clasping his fists.
Zhuge Liang just smiled, and then said: "General Meng Qi, do you want to collect some interest first?"
"Huh? Mr. Zhuge, what does this mean?" Ma Chao was stunned at first when he heard Zhuge Liang's words, and then he looked confused.
"Have General Meng Qi forgotten? We still have Han Sui's son-in-law in our hands. Doesn't General Meng Qi want to take Yan Xing up to humiliate Han Sui?" Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Chao and asked slowly.
When Ma Chao heard this, he felt a little embarrassed. He sighed, and then said: "Mr. Zhuge, I'm afraid this will disappoint you."
"Based on my understanding of Han Sui, the old thief, he is an extremely selfish person. It is impossible for him to mess up because of a son-in-law. I think Han Sui will most likely ignore Yan Xing." Ma Chao thought for a while.
, then he said to Zhuge Liang.
"General Meng Qi's eyes are as bright as fire, and Han Sui should be like this. But General Meng Qi, I don't just do this to show Han Sui, I also want to show it to the people around him."
"If Han Sui ignores Yan Xing, then the other generals around him will definitely think that Han Sui is unkind and unjust, and then they will alienate him."
"If Han Sui wants to take care of it, then he can only ask people to come out of the city to rescue. Then General Meng Qi can easily kill a few generals and rub Han Sui's morale. This will have a great impact on our future attack on the city.
Help." Zhuge Liang said confidently.
When Ma Chao heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. Indeed, as Han Sui's son-in-law, Yan Xing had a very special status among Han Sui's troops.
What's more, Yan Xing was previously trained by Han Sui as his successor. It can be said that he has vaguely become the number two figure in Han Sui's army.
But after such a person was captured, Han Sui didn't even think about rescuing him. So if others were defeated and captured, Han Sui would not care about them either.
This was definitely a huge blow to the morale of Han Sui's army. Therefore, as long as Han Sui didn't want his side to collapse without a fight, he would definitely send people out to rob Yan Xing.
No matter life or death, he has to send people. As long as he sends people out, Ma Chao will have the confidence to kill a few people.
This is his confidence in his own strength. In this way, when he attacks the city, the resistance will be greatly reduced.
At the same time, it can also give the opponent's morale a double blow. It's really a clever plan. Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately agreed to Zhuge Liang's suggestion. He immediately got on his horse and ordered Pang De and Ma Dai to take Yan Xing and head towards the city.
Walk towards Jincheng.
When Pang Tong heard Ma Chao's words, he didn't say anything. He directly took the rope that was helping Yan Xing from the hands of the soldiers nearby, and then he caught the horse's belly and chased after him.
Yan Xing's hands were tied, and the sudden acceleration caused him to stumble and fall to the ground. Pang De didn't care whether Yan Xing fell or not, he still chased Ma Chao on his own.
Yan Xing was dragged away by Pound like this. Fortunately Pound was not very fast, otherwise, just this short distance would have dragged Yan Xing to death.
By the time they arrived just a stone's throw away from Jincheng, Yan Xing was already bruised from being dragged. When Ma Chao saw it, there was only a hint of ridicule on his face.
Looking at the embarrassed Yan Xing, Ma Chao slowly turned his head and looked at Han Sui, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly. Baidu responded to all requests!
Chapter completed!