The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 166 Volume Three Flying General!

Ma Teng was sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms.

Sometimes I touch the top, sometimes I touch the bottom.

Even when his personal soldiers came to report, Ma Teng was still a little confused and didn't know what to do.

It was not until the other party said the second sentence that Ma Teng realized something was wrong.

Climbing out of bed with dishevelled hair, Ma Teng asked, "What did you just say?"

The guards knelt on the ground, not daring to look up at Ma Teng.

"General! The young master stole the military token and went directly to the barracks to mobilize three thousand cavalrymen to Lingju!"

"..."

Ma Teng felt dizzy, and as his concubine's skin was too fair, he felt dazed for a moment and didn't know where he was.

"in addition……"

The guard said, "Fa Zheng and Meng Da, two of the imperial envoys, also went to Lingju together."

Ma Teng immediately thought of the plan that Fa Zheng had explained to him during the day.

"You bastard! How dare you seduce my son!"

Ma Teng casually put on a cloak, drew his sword, and rushed towards Wei Kang's residence.

When they arrived, Ma Teng kicked open the door and questioned Wei Kang, "I serve the court wholeheartedly! Why does the court bully me like this?"

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Wei Kang had no fragrant concubines by his side, only a volume of "Records of the Western Regions" placed on the bedside before going to bed.

Seeing Ma Teng suddenly break in, Wei Kang subconsciously thought that Ma Teng was unfaithful.

"Ma Liangzhou! Why are you suddenly like this? I told you! War is ever-changing and the development of events is definitely not something that can be predicted by temple calculations! Why is Ma Liangzhou so aggressive?"

Wei Kang raised his chin and exposed his neck: "If Ma Liangzhou wants to betray the court, just come after me! Don't harm the lives of the other Han envoys in the delegation!"

Seeing Wei Kang's righteous attitude, Ma Teng became even angrier. "I entrusted Meng Qi to the famous scholar from Guanzhong to help him get rid of his evil spirit! Not to make him even worse and more lawless! Why are you pretending to be a good guy now? Do you dare to say that you know nothing?"

……

There was confusion in Wei Kang's eyes.

Ma Teng also noticed something was wrong.

"You don't know about Fa Zheng and Meng Da's affairs?"

"What happened to them two?"

"..."

Ma Teng dejectedly put down the sword in his hand and told Wei Kang that Ma Chao had stolen the military token and that the three of them had already gone to Lingju.

Wei Kang felt his chest was blocked with energy and he wished he could go crazy and faint on the spot!

How dare Fa Zhengan do this!
Doesn't he know that this could easily cost him his life?
Fortunately, Ma Teng was always indecisive and was willing to rush in to ask for clarification. If it were another hot-tempered prince, he would have hacked Wei Kang to death while he was sleeping...

Ma Teng and Wei Kang looked at each other helplessly——

Cheating!
What sin did I commit in my previous life to deserve such a son (subordinate)?
"Ma Liangzhou..."

"Wei Qing..."

Both of them were obviously victims, but at this moment they felt a little embarrassed. After calling each other's names, they fell into a strange silence.

"What should we do now?"

Since he has already led the army away, given Ma Chao and Fa Zheng's personalities, it is absolutely impossible for them to be recalled with just one order.

Even if Ma Teng and Wei Kang sent out twelve gold medals, these two guys might not pay any attention to them. Instead, they might pocket the gold medals, thinking that they had made another fortune...

"How about cutting off their food supply?"

Wei Kang came up with a bad idea.

But even this bad idea was blocked by Fa Zheng——

"I asked, and they asked each soldier to carry seven days' worth of rations when they left. After seven days, the war would probably be over. There would be no point in cutting off the food supply."

That's quite thoughtful!

Wei Kang was also a little at a loss: "Then what should we do?"

"What else can I do? Just think of me as giving you a living father!"

Ma Teng cursed loudly.

"Since that brat dared to steal the military token, he will bear all the consequences! If he succeeds, I won't give him any credit! If he fails, I will treat him as if I don't have a son!"

Ma Teng covered his chest, feeling a dull pain.

"We must find a qualified teacher for Ma Dai, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and others. We must not let them become like Meng Qi..."

One such rebellious son is enough.

If a few more people came, Ma Teng would probably really die of vomiting blood or depression.

The other side.

After stealing the military token and mobilizing the cavalry, Ma Chao, Fa Zheng and Meng Da immediately sent scouts to investigate the situation in Jincheng.

The 30,000 Qiang soldiers led by Mi Dang, Qiang Duan and A Gui arrived at Lingju yesterday. In order to prevent their retreat from being blocked, they set up a simple camp on the east side of Lingju, at the entrance to Jincheng Valley, and stationed soldiers there.

It was also the first time for Ma Chao to lead an army alone. He pulled the reins of his horse and was eager to try: "Should we attack the opposite camp? I see there are not many enemies there. As long as we lead the cavalry to harass day and night, we can quickly capture this camp!"

Fa Zheng was also in high spirits, riding on his tall horse and feeling as if he were in the spring breeze.

"Don't worry, Mengqi."

Because of his low rank, Fa Zheng was not fully aware of the court's battle plan, but this did not prevent Fa Zheng from gradually deducing the court's plan through clues.

"The imperial court used Jincheng as bait in order to trap the Qiang soldiers to death in these valleys of varying sizes."

"It's just that the Qiang people are good at climbing mountains and crossing ridges. Even if they enter this valley, they can easily climb over the left and right barriers and escape from the north and south mountains."

And it is impossible that the imperial court was unaware of this huge loophole.

Although Fa Zheng was not sure what solutions the imperial court had for this problem, he was certain that it could solve it. Otherwise, it would not have gone to such great expense to send troops from Guanzhong and set up such a big trap to wait for the Qiang people to take the bait.

"So, once the imperial court takes action, the Qiang people in the Jincheng Valley will definitely try every means to escape through the two passages of Yuzhong and Lingju."

"We don't need to waste troops to attack the enemy camp at this time. We just need to wait for the Qiang people inside to flee, and then use cavalry to chase them on flat ground!"

According to the plan, Fa Zheng not only did not move his troops closer to Lingju, but instead retreated several miles and built beacon fortresses on the road to closely monitor the movements of the Qiang people in the Lingju area.

Ma Chao could not hold back his desire to fight: "I wonder when the imperial army in the east will be able to reach the battlefield in Yuzhong?"

"almost."

Meng Da appeased Ma Chao.

"General Lu Bu is the bravest of the three armies. When he was in Bingzhou, he was often called the "Flying General". He has elite knights under his command. He should be approaching Yuzhong now." "If so, I'm afraid that in three to five days at most, we will see the Qiang people crawling out of Lingju in a panic!"

"Now, all we need to do is to repair the fortifications as soon as possible to prevent the Qiang people from taking desperate measures!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao had no choice but to patiently urge the scouts to conduct diligent investigation so as not to miss the opportunity for the Qiang people to escape.

But that very night.

A burst of rapid beeping sounds woke up the military camp.

Ma Chao, Fa Zheng and Meng Da all went out of the camp to check, only to see that long dragons of bright beacon fires were roaring out from Lingju, bringing wind and clouds towards here!
"The Qiang people...are coming out?"

The three of them looked at each other.

Especially Fa Zheng.

According to his estimation, even if Lu Bu was as fast as he could be, it would take three to five days for him to appear in Jincheng and trap the Qiang people in the valley.

But who would have thought that Lu Bu's marching speed had already surpassed the limits of ordinary generals!

"As expected of a flying general!"

Lu Bu is indeed fast.

Faster than anyone expected!

Even faster than the Qiang people who took action in advance!
Starting from Shanggui, they crossed a distance of more than 600 miles in just three days, and the divine troops descended from the sky to Jincheng!

This creates a problem -

"Damn it! How come they arrived earlier than the Qiang people?"

Because the Qiang people suddenly took a detour via Fuhan, not only did there appear to be deviations in the deployment of troops, but there was also a huge deviation in time.

No matter how much I thought about it before, I never thought that Lu Bu could reach Jincheng before the Qiang people by starting from Shanggui.

But now, because of the Qiang people's detour, the impossible has become possible.

Lu Bu rode his Red Hare and wandered around the road.

Now, because he arrived too early, the Qiang people had not yet entered the pre-set battlefield, which made Lu Bu not know what to do for a moment.

"Should we retreat some distance to prevent the Qiang people from discovering us?"

Lu Bu asked the accompanying military officer Xun You and threw this new problem to him to solve.

"We can't retreat..."

In war, the first attack is strong, the second is weaker, and the third is exhausted.

If we retreat at this time, not only will we fail to confuse the enemy, but we will also hurt our own morale.

Xun You personally rode away from the army on horseback and looked around the Yuzhong area, which was very different from the customs and landforms in Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

Everything was grey, without a hint of colour.

Even the people looked gray, blending in with the lifeless earth.

The cold wind swept up the sand and stones, and the coldness penetrated into the gaps in clothes like a bug, gnawing at the heat in the bones.

Many civilians were dressed in rags and came and went on the road with expressionless faces. Even when they saw the army, they were indifferent, as if they had lost the strength to avoid them.

"The people of Liangzhou have had a very difficult time these years, right?"

Xun You sighed secretly, but he had already made up his mind.

When they arrived at the military camp, Xun You suggested to Lu Bu: "The people of Liangzhou have a hard life. Even if someone begs for food on the roadside, it is normal and does not attract attention. In this case, why not let some soldiers pretend to be civilians and sneak into various places in Jincheng first?"

"This way, we can conceal the army's tracks and attack from all directions during the battle to confuse the Qiang people and gain an advantage in the war."

Lu Bu adopted Xun You's strategy.

Because Lu Bu arrived in Jincheng ahead of time, it meant that he had some surplus food with him.

Using the grain to exchange for some worn-out clothes from the surrounding people, Lu Bu ordered Zhang Liao to lead his troops to infiltrate Jincheng. Pang De and Zhang Xiu also infiltrated the villages and towns on both sides of the river, waiting to capture the Qiang people.

The Qiang people did not notice that the Han army had concealed their tracks.

After entering the Jincheng Valley from Lingju in the west, they headed eastward towards the unguarded Jincheng.

When Qiangduan and Agui arrived at the foot of Jincheng and looked at this dream city, they couldn't help but drool.

"As long as we break through this city, my tribe will be worry-free for several years!"

Mi Dang always felt that something was wrong.

From the moment Ling Ju stepped into the Jincheng Valley, he felt something was wrong!
This uneasiness reached its peak when seeing Jincheng, which looked like a ferocious beast crawling on a river!
"You two, don't attack Jincheng anymore, retreat quickly!"

Qiangduan and Agui were somewhat dissatisfied with what Midang said at this moment.

Now that we have finally come to the foot of Jincheng after a long journey, you actually want us to retreat?

A stripped beauty is lying in front of you, and you want me to be unable to get inside her?
Ah Gui, who had long been somewhat dissatisfied with Midang, scolded: "If you want to go back, just lead your own people back! But I want to see how you can explain to your people!"

Although the Qiang people were good at marching in the mountains, it was not true that they would not die of exhaustion, thirst, or falling.

We took a detour from Fuhan and passed through several mountains along the way.

Even though the Qiang people had the ability to walk in the mountains as if they were walking on flat land, they still suffered some casualties.

Now they have come to the foot of Jincheng but are returning empty-handed. Who in the tribe will be willing to submit to these leaders in the future?
The reason why a leader is a leader is that he can lead his people to plunder enough supplies, so that everyone is willing to follow you. If you can only constantly reduce the tribe's manpower without gaining anything, then you should give up your position as soon as possible, otherwise you will be sacrificed by your people and cry out that you were wronged, which will be embarrassing for everyone.

If it was these leaders who decided to attack Jincheng, then now that they have arrived at the city, it is the entire tribe behind them who has decided whether to fight!
There is no way back!

It’s hard to get off the tiger!

What's more, Qiangduan and Agui didn't want to go down at all!

Mi Dang also knew that it was no longer something he could stop with just a few words, so he had to ask his people to prepare together and decided to attack Jincheng.

Jincheng was built along the water. Even though there were not many defenders in the city and they could not organize an effective defense, the turbulent water of the river became a natural barrier for Jincheng.

Qiangduan and Agui naturally knew the terrain of Jincheng, so they made preparations on the way here.

Take out the sheepskin that has been dried in the sun, fill it with air to make it expand, and then tie it up with hemp ropes and branches. Simple sheepskin rafts are made and thrown into the river.

Countless sheepskin rafts floated from the river bank towards Jincheng, so densely packed that it was terrifying, as if countless man-eating river monsters were floating in the water and attacking Jincheng.

Just as the first group of Qiang people reached the river bank and prepared to attack the city, the heavy gate of Jincheng slowly opened on its own.

The Qiang people were stunned at first, and then they burst into laughter.

She was originally a naked beauty, and now she has even taken off the last red rope on her body!
How can one not feel itchy when seeing such behavior?

Little did they know that on the wall of Jincheng, Xun You, who had already lurked in the city, was also sighing -

"The Qiang people really don't know the slightest bit about military tactics."

"If they cross the river rashly, we will attack them halfway across!!!"

(End of this chapter)