The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

As the second-line pioneer Ma Chao, Zang Ba set off two days later.

On the way, they got the news of Zang Ba's defeat.

Ma Dai quickly came to Ma Chao's side and said, "Brother, Zang Ba's attack on Xiegu failed, and the 5000 army killed and injured [-] horses."

When Ma Chao heard the news, he waved the whip in his hand and ordered loudly: "Everyone stop moving forward."

The entire Ma Chao army stopped advancing immediately, and Ma Dai hurriedly asked: "Brother, what's the matter, why did they stop advancing?"

Ma Chao then ordered: "All set up camp."

Then he turned around and replied to Ma Dai, "Zang Ba led the Jingqi from Xiliang, and more than 5000 people were killed or injured. Don't you think this is strange? There must be something strange in it."

After Ma Chao got off his horse, he ordered: "All soldiers, go to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters."

Ma Chao's military account.

After all the generals and captains knew the news of Zang Ba's defeat, everyone began to discuss how to defeat Han De and expressed their opinions one after another.

At this time, Liao Li, who was sitting on Ma Chao's hands, stood up and said, "Everyone, everyone is thinking about how to break through the Xiegu with one go, but do you know how to take down the Xiegu with one go?"

Every time Ma Chao's army encountered a crisis, it was Liao Li who was able to save the crisis.

Liao Li stood up and pointed to the map of the inclined valley and said, "The 5 troops of the Hande Army were divided into five parts, and they were stationed at the mouth of the valley, the middle of the valley, and the end of the valley respectively. Once we attack any of the barracks in front of them, the enemy can rescue each other. If we attack The enemy has two barracks, and the enemy pushes into the valley. If we attack three routes and encounter two flanks, the entrance of the inclined valley can only accommodate about [-] soldiers and horses. No matter how many soldiers and horses we have, it is useless. So we just We can attack from the mouth of the valley and the end of the valley at the same time, so we must have an army move to the end of the valley and attack at the same time in order to break through the inclined valley."

Ma Dai stood up and asked: "Mr. Liao, what you said is true, but where did we have the military movement to the end of Taniguchi?"

Liao Li smiled and said, "Ma Dai is you. Others can't do it, but you can."

Ma Dai looked at himself puzzled, a little puzzled.

Liao Li looked back at Ma Chao, Ma Chao seemed to understand something at this moment.

Ma Chao stood up and ordered: "Sir, I leave everything to you, and you can go on my behalf!"

"The subordinate obeys the order."

After Liao Li turned and left the big tent, Ma Dai asked in puzzlement, "Brother, Mr. Liao, where did he go?"

Ma Chao looked at Ma Dai and said, "Xiliang, Mr. Liao is on an envoy to Xiliang."

"Xi Liang?"

"Yes, only soldiers from Xiliang can detour to the end of the inclined valley and help us get through the inclined valley. All the generals should go back to rest, let's wait for the good news!"

Xiliang Ancient Road.

A group of hundreds of soldiers escorted Liao Li on the long ancient road, which had been covered by the vast desert.

The vast desert is like a dead sea.

The sea is majestic and serene, with a straight face, always giving itself a monotonous color: yellow, yellow, always burning yellow.It seems that nature freezes the turbulent waves and emptied angry waves in an instant, making it stand still forever.

The fiery red sun rose higher and higher, illuminating the silent "waves" on the sandy sea.

In an instant, a gray mist rose from the desert.

Liao Li wiped the sweat off his brow and walked forward with difficulty.

There are no traces of birds in the [-]-mile road, and there is no human habitation along the way. Only this silent army is moving silently in the mountains.

The captain urged the exhausted horse and asked, "Sir, do you want to rest for a while?"

Liao Li waved his hands weakly and said, "No need, General, we must pass the Xiliang Ancient Road today, otherwise we will all be trapped here today."

"it is good."

The captain shouted to all the soldiers: "Soldiers, hurry up, we will return to our hometown soon."

After two hours of hard marching, they finally walked out of the ancient road.

Liao Li Zhuma looked into the field of vision ahead, and saw that the front was already a flat, vast grassland beyond the Great Wall.

"Sir, here we are. This is the border town, where the old general is stationed."

"Okay, let's go into the city today to look for General Ma."

"Yes."

After finishing speaking, he patted his horse and ran towards the border town.

The General's Mansion in the border town.

When Liao Li arrived at the border town, Ma Teng did not summon Liao Li immediately, but waited for a day before summoning the envoy of Chu State and his son's counselor.

At this time, in the general's mansion, Ma Teng was sitting in the middle, cutting beef and mutton with a knife, waiting for the envoy of Chu State, but he didn't know the relationship between the envoy of Chu State and Ma Chao.

The soldier next to Ma Teng's reader said: "You pass on the envoy of Chu State to me."

After a while, Liao Li entered the central hall, and then said, "Liao Li, the food supervisor under General Ma Chao's account of the Xiliang Army of the Lower Chu State, has a meeting with General Ma Teng."

Upon hearing this, Ma Teng asked, "What, you are an official under my son's account? Did my son bring me some good presents?"

Liao Li bowed and said, "Old General, I didn't bring anything with me again."

"There is nothing, what are you doing here?"

Liao Li smiled and said: "General, although I didn't bring any gifts, I prepared a big gift for the general."

"What? My son is starting to do business for me now? Reverse, reverse."

"One hundred thousand dans of military rations."

The Xiliang Legion has been in a remote area of ​​Xiliang for a long time, and there is a shortage of military rations, so when it comes to military rations, Ma Teng immediately whets his appetite.

"One hundred thousand dan of military rations, how can you take [-] dan of military rations?"

"Old General, according to our information, Han De has hoarded [-] tans of military rations in the inclined valley. However, Hande has arranged a five-element formation. No matter who we attack from the front or attack from the back, we will be trapped in the five-element formation. Among them, as long as we attack at the same time, we will definitely be able to capture the Xiegu, and then the general will get the one hundred thousand dan of rations."

Listening to this, Ma Teng threw the mutton in his hands excitedly and shouted: "Okay, I will follow you. On October [-]th of this month, we will launch an attack at the same time. What do you think?"

"Okay, General, the official business has been done, and now I have to do a private matter for General Ma."

Ma Teng asked now: "Do you have any other personal matters?"

"General, here is a letter from General Ma Chao."

After delivering the letter, Liao Li returned it in a hurry.

And Ma Teng opened his son's letter, and then looked at it slowly.

In the letter, Ma Chao made a profound analysis of the situation on both sides. If the siege of the Sili area was not broken, the Xiliang Army would never break out of the siege.

So Ma Teng decided to cavalry Xiliang.