Wang Can led his troops to leave Xinping County, while Ma Teng took Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Ma Xiu to leave Huaili County, leaving only Ma Tie to garrison in Huaili. At the same time, Han Sui and Yan Xing also led an army of 30,000 to leave Huaili County.
Li County, and rushed to Xinping County with Ma Teng's army. This time, Ma Teng recruited 60,000 troops, plus Han Sui's 30,000 soldiers, for a total of 90,000 troops.
Compared with Ma Han's army, Wang Can only brought 40,000 people from Chengdu.
Wang Can arrived in Hanzhong and recruited some soldiers in Hanzhong, and finally recruited some soldiers in Chang'an, totaling 80,000 soldiers.
However, as Wang Can took Wugong County and Xinping County as his base, his strength was inevitably dispersed.
After he left Xinping County, he only took Chen Dao, Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun with him, but did not take away Lu Meng, Dianman and Huang Xu. As a result, there were fewer soldiers. The army following Wang Can was already less than 40,000 soldiers.
.Looking at Ma Teng, because it was a local battle, it was easy to recruit soldiers, and the number of soldiers was obviously larger.
Ma Teng and Han Sui led their troops to Xinping County to kill with great momentum.
In this battle, Wang Can's march route was from Xianyang to Wugong County, then to Xinping County, and now he was heading to Hanxing County. The goal of Ma Teng and Han Sui was to capture Xinping County and cut off Wang Can's supply line.
, cut Wang Can in half from the middle, and then defeated Wang Can's forces one by one to win.
The army marched quickly, very fast.
The further away from Huaili County, the more excited Ma Chao became.
He and Wang Can were irreconcilable enemies. In the past, Ma Chao was an envoy of the imperial court, but Wang Can imprisoned him and beat him until he was unable to fight back.
Such a shame and humiliation made Ma Chao, who was not broad-minded, hold a grudge in his heart.
Now that the army had a chance to defeat Wang Can, Ma Chao felt extremely happy.
Late at night, the army stopped to rest.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were constantly on the road, and they were already exhausted. After the army set up camp, the soldiers fell asleep and soon fell asleep. As for Ma Teng and Han Sui, they were still discussing how to deal with the situation in front of them in the camp.
How to defeat Wang Can in one fell swoop.
However, not long after, the whole camp became quiet.
In the camp, torches were burning, and some soldiers were on patrol.
A hundred meters away from the camp, there were several soldiers hiding in the forest.
These soldiers carefully observed the situation in the camp and saw two large flags planted in the camp. Under the flaming red light, the characters for "horse" and "han" were clearly written on the flags.
As for the soldiers in the woods, one of them was Zhang Hu from Langya Camp.
He took several soldiers with him, looked at the layout of Ma Teng's camp, and estimated the number of people in Ma Teng's army.
Zhang Hu spent half an hour and concluded that Ma Teng had at least 80,000 soldiers. When he came to such a result, Zhang Hu himself was shocked and a little worried. This time, Zhang Hu followed Lu Meng and Dian Man
Going to battle with Huang Xu, they led the soldiers of Langya Camp and 20,000 ordinary soldiers on the road, preparing to go to Huaili County.
However, judging from the current situation, it is obvious that something is wrong.
After Zhang Hutan heard clearly, he immediately called on several soldiers around him to retreat and return to the garrison.
Where Lü Meng's army was stationed, Lü Meng, Huang Xu, Dian Man, and Fazheng, the military advisor assigned to Lü Meng by Wang Can, were sitting in the big tent, discussing matters.
"Tap! Tread!..."
Outside the big tent, there was a rush of footsteps.
Zhang Hu walked to the door of the tent, opened the curtain of the tent and walked in. He bowed respectfully to Lu Meng. Immediately, Zhang Hu sat down in the tent and said in a deep voice: "General, the last general has detected Ma Teng's army.
According to Ma Teng's marching route, they are heading towards Xinping County, and judging from the camps set up by Ma Teng's army, there are at least 80,000 people, while we only have 20,000 people, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with them!"
After Lu Meng heard this, he raised his eyebrows and his expression immediately changed.
At the same time, Dianman and Huang Xu also changed their expressions.
There is a huge gap between an army of 80,000 and an army of 20,000.
Fazheng touched the fluffy stubble under his chin, and his expression rarely changed. Although Fazheng was proud, he was not arrogant, nor was he arrogant. He heard that Ma Teng had 80,000 people, and he was also a little worried. After all,
The strength of the two sides is not that far apart. It would be very difficult for 20,000 people to defeat 80,000 people head-on.
Lu Meng thought about it and asked, "Military advisor, what can you do?"
Lu Meng was a little worried and hurriedly asked Fazheng for his opinion.
Now, Ma Teng is busy on his way and has no news about Lü Meng's army, so he can avoid Ma Teng. However, Ma Teng's goal is Xinping County. Once Lü Meng's army and Ma Teng's army are staggered, Ma Teng can easily
Capture Xinping County, thereby cutting off the supply line of Wang Can's army, leaving Wang Can as a lone army heading to Hanxing County.
Fa Zheng said: "Little general, Ma Teng is leading a large army to attack us with great momentum. We need to make plans in advance."
Lu Meng rolled his eyes and secretly said that it was all nonsense.
Fazheng didn't take Lu Meng's expression to heart and continued: "Judging from the current situation, Ma Teng wanted to capture Xinping County and divide the lord's army. In this way, Ma Teng could free his hands to surround and suppress the lord.
, trapping the lord in Xiliang."
After Lu Meng heard this, his brows furrowed tightly.
Lu Meng said seriously: "In this case, we must lead troops back to support and defend Xinping County. Not only that, we must also inform the lord that Ma Teng led the troops to leave Huaili."
Fazheng shook his head and said: "The news needs to be conveyed to the lord, but I don't think it is necessary to return to Xinping County."
Lu Meng was stunned for a moment, not knowing why.
Even though he was extremely intelligent and proficient in the art of war, he still did not understand the idea of Fa Zheng.
Lu Meng took a deep breath, clasped his fists and said: "Military advisor, although we have captured Xinping County, we have left a small number of soldiers in the city, which can temporarily stabilize the situation. But the army has left, and the strength of Xinping County is very weak. Once Ma Teng leads eight
With more than 10,000 soldiers attacking the city, Xinping County can be captured in one day. But Sir, you said you will not defend Xinping County. Why is this?"
Fa Zheng said: "On the surface, Ma Teng has devoted all his strength to attack Xinping County and has a great advantage. Being able to divide the lord's forces is a clever move. However, this may not be an opportunity for us."
Lu Meng's expression remained unchanged, waiting for Fa Zheng to speak.
Huang Xu's face showed a pensive look, and he kept thinking.
Noriman's eyes widened and he looked at Fazheng blankly.
He was in a daze, and his head was also dizzy from Fazheng. Dianman, like Dian Wei, was a single-minded person. Even though Dianwei asked Dianman to learn the art of war, this guy really had no talent for reading.
Fazheng said slowly: "Little general, according to the current marching route of the lord, it is obvious that he is preparing to encircle Huaili County. And we separated from the lord, on the one hand, to attack Huaili, but it is not because our 20,000 soldiers are facing
What about attracting Ma Teng's troops? This situation is the current policy set by the lord."
"However, Ma Teng jumped out of Huaili with 80,000 soldiers. His plan to surround Huaili must have failed, and he could not act according to the original plan."
"It is said that a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. Ma Teng jumped out of Huaili County, but entered Xinping County again."
"Ma Teng wants to lead his troops to cut off the lord's retreat, so why is he once again caught between two sides?"
Fa Zheng looked calm, with a gleam of wisdom in his eyes, and continued: "If Ma Teng wants to capture Xinping County, then we will capture Huaili County. After Ma Teng captures Xinping County, we will capture Huaili County as well.
At this time, my lord leads the troops to fight back to Xinping County, and we also fight back to Xinping County. Together with the soldiers from Wugong County, we can trap Ma Teng and Han Sui's army in Xinping County and make him a turtle in the urn."
"good!"
After hearing this, Lu Meng showed an excited expression on his face.
It is good to have a counselor to advise!
However, Lu Meng thought about it calmly and said worriedly: "Mr. Fa, although the plan is good, it is difficult to execute. Xinping County is weak and cannot resist Ma Teng's 80,000-strong army. On the contrary, Huaili belongs to Ma Teng
The old nest, which has been in operation for many years, must be a strong city and difficult to attack. In this case, it will still be difficult for us."
Fazheng said with a smile: "Little general, there are difficulties, but it is not impossible. It depends on human effort."
After Lu Meng heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
That being said, it is not something that can be accomplished easily.
