Han Sui and Ma Teng led the troops back to Chang'an City. At this point, Zhong Yao felt very grateful to them. Although these two people were not good people, they were able to return to Chang'an. To a certain extent, it was inevitable
They also had some agenda, but Zhong Yao did not think that they had taken refuge with the pottery merchants.
He turned to look at Han Sui and said cheerfully: "Mr. Han said so, could he have some ideas?"
Han Sui whispered: "Let the soldiers occupy the city every day and face the overwhelming flying stones and arrows. Even if the soldiers are iron-clad, as time goes by, their morale will inevitably slacken. As time goes by, the strength of the three armies will be weakened."
Will the military spirit and fighting spirit not change?"
Zhong Yao thought about it carefully, then nodded and said, "That's really the case."
Hao Zhao asked Han Sui: "But the problem is, if we don't let the soldiers here to help us protect the city, what should we do? Is it possible to allow them to be hostile to us?"
Zhong Yao thought about it seriously and said, "That's true."
Han Suidao said: "Tao Shang's army clearly does not want to attack the city at the moment. They just want to wait for me to use flying stones and equipment to demoralize our army. From this point of view, we can withdraw the soldiers on the city and wait for those soldiers."
Wouldn't it be nice if they appeared in front of us and let them throw flying stones and arrows at the top of the city for nothing, causing them to waste their military strength?"
Zhong Yao's eyes widened when he heard Han Sui's plan.
This, this is his strategy?
No wonder this old boy has been unable to achieve great success for half his life. He has lost all the emperors he had gained back then.
I'm not eating haggis here, so why are I drinking it?
If you leave the city empty, then the pottery merchant will really send troops to attack, and then send troops to the city to set up defenses, isn't it a joke?
Zhong Yao shook his head and said: "This matter is not appropriate. The pottery merchants are full of tricks and schemes. From time to time they will use some dirty tricks. We must not be careless. In my opinion... this method is too risky.
Not feasible."
Ma Teng said from the side: "Although Brother Han's plan cannot be used, for us, we can also change the method and try again."
Zhong Yao turned to look at him: "How to change the method?"
Ma Teng smiled and said: "Although we cannot let all the soldiers of the three armies help defend the city, they can be divided into several groups to defend the city. Divide the soldiers into several waves and go up the city wall according to time. Then everyone takes turns to deal with the Jinling army. What do you think?"
As soon as he said this, Zhong Yao began to lower his head and think. This is actually a good idea.
After a long silence, Zhong Yao asked: "What should we do? How many troops should we divide into?"
Ma Teng didn't say anything when he heard this.
After all, it is Zhong Yao's city. It is Zhong Yao who has the final say on how to arrange the layout. It is not easy for someone named Ma to do it for him.
Seeing that Ma Teng and Han Sui were both silent, Zhong Yao turned his head to Hao Zhao behind him.
Hao Zhao pondered for a moment and then said to Ma Teng: "General Shoucheng's words are reasonable. We might as well divide our troops into three armies. Generals Ma and Han will each lead their own troops to defend the city. I will lead the troops in the city.
We have three rounds every three days, what do the two generals think?"
Ma Teng smiled and said, "I should obey my orders."
Han Sui had no expression on his face, but he was actually very happy.
If we can really take turns to protect the city like this, then this matter will really be solved easily.
After deliberation, Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately walked down the city.
Arriving under the city, Ma Teng suddenly asked Han Sui: "Brother, I saw that you were silent just now and were quite dull. Do you blame me for interrupting?"
Han Sui waved his hands with a smile and said: "No, no, brother, what are you talking about? How can I be angry with brother? Brother and Zhong Yao have agreed on this matter. Let's make a quick move and expel the pottery merchant quickly.
This saves the lands in Guanzhong from being restless and fighting back and forth every day, which is quite annoying."
Ma Teng smiled when he heard this, but didn't say anything. Not long after, he heard him suddenly say: "Brother Han, in your opinion, whether we can win this war against the pottery merchant until the end,
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Han Sui said dryly: "How do I know? These are all things that Zhong Yao needs to arrange. What do they have to do with me?"
Ma Teng pursed his lips and said, "Brother Han, you and I were colleagues and brothers back then. There are some things that I think it would be better for us to discuss openly."
Han Sui turned to look at Ma Teng and said, "What do you mean?"
Ma Teng pondered for a moment and said: "I think the defense of Chang'an is just to delay time. Even if we defend it this time, there will be another time. Sooner or later, we will lose. The unification of the world is the general trend. I am afraid I can't stop it even if I want to.
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Having said this, Ma Teng paused and said, "At this critical moment, wouldn't Brother Han think about his future?"
Han Sui took a breath and looked at Ma Teng blankly, not expecting that these words came from Ma Teng's mouth.
According to the current situation, Han Sui did not dare to say anything casually to Ma Teng. After all, in the current situation, if someone is not good, it is easy for him to get involved. He cannot be tempted by Ma Teng's one or two words.
Bottom exposed.
Han Sui raised his head and said: "Brother, my future is to fight with Cao Sikong to the end with Tao, even if I die, I will not give up! What is so great about his Tao? The worst I can do is to die with him.
, and we will never let him get involved in Jincheng, which I have been running for many years!"
After that, he looked at Ma Teng and said, "What do you think, Brother Shoucheng?"
Ma Teng wished he could jump over and slap Han Sui to death.
Old man? Where is your face?
Ma Teng took a deep breath, then smiled bitterly, and said: "What Wen Yue said is right in my heart. I think so too... I and the potter will never stop fighting!"
The two just looked at each other, and then laughed.
In the next three days, the first day was when Cao Jun guarded the city of Chang'an, which was nothing out of the ordinary.
On the second day, Ma Tengjun was guarding the city of Chang'an, but a letter wrapped with arrows flew down from above the city...
On the third day, Han Suijun was guarding Chang'an City. A letter also flew down from the city...
Both letters were eventually handed over to the potter by the soldiers below.
The potter took the two letters and looked at them carefully, and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
"That's all Han Sui... Why did even Ma Teng surrender to me? And judging from their postures, they seem to be on guard against each other. It's really surprising that each one doesn't know what the other is doing."
Guo Jia stood beside the pottery merchant and looked at the letter in the pottery merchant's hand. As he read it, he said with a smile: "Since the two brothers got into trouble for robbing the late emperor, they seem to be at odds with each other.
Trust, it’s a bit interesting..."
Tao Shang rubbed his forehead and said, "Both Ma Teng and Han Sui have stated that they will open the door to dedicate the city the next time they are guarding the city, but there is no communication between the two of them. If this continues, there will be no communication between them.
It doesn’t matter if there is any misunderstanding between each other, if it delays our important event, I don’t know how long it will have to be delayed in Chang’an City.”
Guo Jiachang sighed and said: "In this world, nothing is completely impossible. You have to obey the destiny. However, this matter is no longer under the control of the Prime Minister. Let's take it one step at a time."