Warring States Call

Chapter 1900: Chapter [-]: Ma Yuan Asks for a Battle
September has already entered autumn, but the weather still retains the autumn tiger, and it is still very hot, but at night, when a small wind blows, it is extraordinarily cool. in the throat.

Soldiers are human beings too. Even the soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles are always a little worried when they go to the battlefield. They are all worried about whether they will survive to see the sun tomorrow, but they are better than ordinary soldiers, at least they go to the battlefield Be able to quickly adjust your mentality and stimulate your own blood.

Han Xin was sitting on the handsome tent, his face was a little dignified, looking at the sand table in front of him, Han Xin rubbed his brows helplessly, obviously it was a bit tricky.

The generals in the tent are all on the left and right, and Zhong Hui seems to be playing the role of a commentator, saying: "Pengcheng City is twelve feet high, and the outer wall is made of block rock, which is fireproof and waterproof. Made of rammed earth, it is impossible to use catapults to break through the wall. There are plenty of soldiers on the city wall, and there are heavy crossbows! Light crossbows! Long-range lethal weapons such as bows and arrows. There are thousands of them! There is also a moat under the city, and there are barbs in the water, which will kill you if you touch it, and this is not counting the thunder stones, rolling logs, gold juice, and fire oil that are commonly used in the upside attack!"

Every time Zhong Hui said a point, the general lowered his brows and frowned. First of all, the number of heavy crossbows was too huge. It was so huge that it made one's scalp tingle. Although the light crossbows were not as lethal as the heavy crossbows, But the shooting range is [-] meters longer than that of the heavy crossbow, not to mention the golden juice of the biochemical weapon. If this thing is contaminated, it is basically impossible to survive.

Wu Han, who was sitting below, picked up the teacup on the table and said solemnly: "I'm afraid it's impossible to attack by force. If you want to attack the city, you can't do it without doubling the number of troops. Let's not talk about how many soldiers and horses there are in Pengcheng. If we really want to fight, With the 30 soldiers and horses in our army's hands, I'm afraid it will be useless!"

Han Xin was also a little worried at the moment, Xiang Yu was too defensive, directly negating the possibility of water attack and strong attack, and now the two armies were exhausted like this, Xiang Yu did not attack, but let Han Qinhu and Cao Cao's troops go all the way. Drive straight into the hinterland of Pengcheng, which made Han Xin a little suspicious...

"Hehe... this feather is the next step!" Han Xin gritted his teeth and said helplessly.

"What do you mean, General...!" The soldiers on both sides were stunned, as if they didn't understand what Han Xin meant.

Han Xinchang let out a bad breath, pointed at the map and said: "Xiang Yu wants to let the two generals go deep alone, and then cut off the food and grass. The consumption of food and grass for the 40 soldiers and horses will definitely be difficult to persist in half a month."

"It's not impossible!" Deng Yu glanced at the map, and then said: "Xiang Yu has more than 30 soldiers and horses in his hands. He can completely divide his troops into three groups, one to defend Pengcheng, and two to attack Guancang and Yucheng. The second city was captured by Xiang Yu, and the two generals Han Qinhu and Cao Cao had difficulty breaking out of the siege for ten days and a half a month every day. If the front line is too long, the supply line will be threatened."

"If this is the case, wouldn't the strategy you set up, General, be in vain!" Meng Yan looked a little embarrassed, as if he felt that the previous hard work was wasted and it was not worth it.

"It's not useless!" Ma Yuan, a general of Zhao Guojiang, finally spoke. Ma Yuan took a deep breath, as if he was stimulated by some reason, and Ma Yuan wanted to show his due talent. .

As for the reason, it could be anything other than the fact that Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as a general in honor of him.

"Oh!" Meng Yan seemed to feel something, folded his arms around his chest, and felt a little bit resistant to Ma Yuan's words, after all, generals in his country generally look down on surrendered generals.

It's not that Meng Yan or other generals are targeting them specifically, but that throughout history, there is a certain prejudice against surrendered generals without meritorious service.

Let’s use an analogy, like Xu Huang and Zhang Liao in the Three Kingdoms period. Both of them were surrendered generals in the hands of Cao Cao. Before they made great achievements, they were looked down upon by Xu Chu, Xia Houyuan and others. hostility towards them.

Of course, there is another advantage of surrendering generals, that is, being able to put one's own position in a correct position, without intentionally causing conflicts, and even if one has made great military exploits, one will not be proud or dissatisfied.

Of course, there are exceptions and extremes in everything. Lu Bu is another example, and everything cannot be covered in one piece.

Now that Yuan Chonghuan has made military exploits as a surrendered general, the generals under him have more or less put away their previous contempt and disdain, and even Wu Qi has begun to agree with Yuan Chonghuan.

Otherwise, Wu Qi would not have watched Yang Lin break through the siege and attack Yuan Chonghuan's army, without moving like a mountain, because Wu Qi already knew Yuan Chonghuan's ability.

Han Xin also seemed to be interested in Ma Yuan's suggestion. He stroked his beard and smiled at Ma Yuan, "General Ma! If you have anything to say, just say it."

Ma Yuan bowed his hands and saluted, pointing to the map and said: "General Han Qinhu's east route soldiers and horses, although the food road is not safe, there is no need for our army to die in the official warehouse. General Wu Qi has just taken the Sui land. We It is absolutely possible to transport grain from the Sui land to Lucheng, and let General Han Qinhu use this as a base to approach Pengcheng and implement the strategy of besieging Pengcheng!"

Hearing Ma Yuan's eyes, Han Xin nodded secretly, and also felt that Ma Yuan's words were reasonable, and Wu Qi's eyes lit up even more. : "General Ma Yuan!"

"General Wu Qi, what advice do you have?" Ma Yuan cupped his hands at Wu Qi, but he was not afraid.

"That's right! General Ran Min in our army is now transferred to the main army under the king's command. There is one less lieutenant general. I don't know if General Ma Yuan is willing to help me!" Wu Qi crossed his hands and put them on his lower abdomen. There is a faint smile in the eyes.

"Yeah!" Everyone was stunned, as if they didn't understand why Wu Qi did this, but Han Xin smiled indifferently, looked at Wu Qi and said, "General Wu! Now is not the time to poach people!"

Wu Qi was not in a hurry to answer Han Xin, he looked at Ma Yuan with a smile and said, "What does General Ma think?"

Ma Yuan hesitated again and again, and said for a while, "Thank you, General Wu Qi, but this time I want to be the grain transport officer on the West Road!"

"Oh!" Now it was Wu Qi's turn to be astonished, he looked Ma Yuan up and down, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

As we all know, escorting grain and grass is a thankless task. The crime outweighs the merit. It’s fine if you escort the grain and grass to the designated place safely. .

Moreover, the grain transport officer is still a high-risk occupation, one of the targets of the enemy army, and almost no one is willing to take over this job.

Han Xin's face was a little shocked, thinking that Ma Yuan couldn't think about it, he said immediately: "General Ma! West Road..."

"If Xiang Jun wants to win this battle, he must cut off the food and grass, and this is also necessary for our army to win the opportunity. The general is willing to issue a military order to protect the army on the West Road from being affected by food and grass!" Ma Yuan bowed his hands and saluted, saying The color is full of perseverance.

Han Xin and Wu Qi glanced at each other, as if they had discovered a treasure boy, they glanced at Ma Yuan up and down, and finally Han Xin cleared his throat and said, "Since General Ma Yuan is willing to issue a military order, I will not stop him." Yes, if you have any request, General Ma Yuan just ask for it!"

"Thank you General, I need [-] elite infantry, [-] elite cavalry, and two lieutenants!" Ma Yuan said solemnly, clasping his hands.

"Oh!" Han Xin said thoughtfully, "I don't know which general is willing to serve as the lieutenant general for General Ma Yuan!"

For a while, the entire tent was silent, obviously there were still many people in the tent who looked down on Ma Yuan's status as a surrendered general.

Feng Yi, who hadn't spoken all the time, came out and said to Ma Yuan, "If General Ma Yuan didn't dislike him, what would happen!"

"This...!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. Who is Feng Yi? In terms of seniority, he is older than Wu Qi. He is Han Yi's servant. .The defense of the four cities that Han Xin took over was all created by Feng Yi with zero foundation. He even killed Song Jingang, defeated Fang La and Liu Yu, killed Tian Ji, and shot Chong Er's ruthless people.

Except for Song Jingang in the front who has no strength, the four behind are easy to deal with. Let's just say that if Feng Yi hadn't kept a low profile and didn't participate in the battle to destroy the country, even Gongsun Yan would have to stand aside.

They couldn't help but be astonished that such a heavyweight figure would be a lieutenant general for someone else, or a lieutenant general for a demoted general.

Ma Yuan was a little flattered and said: "General Feng Yi! This is impossible!"

"It's okay! Since it's to share your worries for the king, why not let me be your lieutenant general, not to mention that I also want to see if I can remove the word "alternative" and officially enter the twelfth rank!" Feng Yi smiled cheerfully, but everyone also agreed. They laughed it off, they all knew that Feng Yi was trying to comfort Ma Yuan and told him not to take it too seriously, and as for the twelve hours, Feng Yi was probably joking.

"If this is the case, that certain family will be entrusted with it! If there is any offence, please look to Feng Houhaihan!" Ma Yuan bowed his hands to Feng Yi.

Feng Yi smiled and didn't speak. Ma Yuan felt at ease after receiving this gift.

"Is there any general who is willing to help General Ma Yuan!" With Feng Yi's support, it was not difficult for Han Xin to do so. He struck while the iron was hot and looked around to see if there were any volunteers.

"That's the case! The young general has the courage to serve as the deputy general of General Ma Yuan!" Deng Xia, who had been standing on the edge of the big tent, strode forward with heavy steps and saluted everyone.

"What a joke! It's not your turn to be a young general in this army! Step down!" Zhong Hui glanced at Deng Xia, his eyes full of sarcasm, as if telling Deng Xia not to overestimate his capabilities.

Deng Xia didn't change his face, and cupped his hands to Han Xin who came on stage: "Don't ask where the hero came from. I, Deng Xia, am confident that I can serve as the deputy general of General Ma Yuan. If not, you can behead me!"

"Oh! Little baby, what a good tone!" Bao Yuan, who was fighting with the army, raised her voice, as if she had some disdain for Deng Xia.

Han Xin was holding the bamboo slips in his hand, looking at Deng Xia thoughtfully, while Deng Yue, who was standing behind Han Ming, looked a little anxious, and immediately reprimanded: "Xia, don't mess around! Get back quickly!"

Deng Xia turned a deaf ear, and looked at Han Xin, as if waiting for his answer.

Han Xin cast a glance at the silent Han Ming, looked at Deng Xia, and said half aloud: "Little general! This is a war! It's not nonsense!"

"If you don't believe it, general, just rely on temptation," Deng Xia said indifferently.

"You brat, I'll try you first!" Bao Yuan suddenly pulled out the bronze sword from her bosom, and strode towards Deng Xia.

Deng Xia glanced at Bao Yuan, he recognized him, Bao Yuan, Han Yi's Conglong General Order, participated in the battle of destroying Zheng, the battle of Sanjin, and the battle of destroying Wei, he is a veritable veteran, judging by his age , about four or fifty years old.

After all, when Bao Yuan followed Han Yi, he was already in his 20s. After these decades, he is no longer young.

Seeing Bao Yuan's violent temper, Han Xin is not easy to stop, firstly, they are old acquaintances, they want to save some face, and secondly, they want to test Deng Xia.

The sword in Bao Yuan's hand was divided into three parts, and an immortal guide pierced Deng Xia's throat. Bao Yuan's elbow, and then a backhand move, directly removed the weapon in Bao Yuan's hand, everything happened naturally, without the slightest hesitation.

When Bao Yuan came to her senses, the sword in Deng Xia's hand was already pressed against Bao Yuan's throat.

"Okay! It's a real hero!" Han Xin clapped his hands and applauded, walked forward and helped Bao Yuan up, but Deng Xia didn't dare to hold back, and confessed to Bao Yuan with a sword: "General! I offended you!" !"

With the help of Han Xin, Bao Yuan put away her sword. Although she felt a little offended by face, Bao Yuan was not in a position to make trouble with a junior, and said with a lot of emotion: "I am getting old after all! This world should belong to you young people It's over!"

"The last general doesn't know how deep he is, so I hope General Baoyuan can't blame him." Deng Xia hastily apologized.

"That's all!" Bao Yuan didn't care about these things, she sat in her seat, and everyone didn't mock Bao Yuan, after all, he was not outstanding in force, and he was old, so his force was naturally not as good as before.

Bao Yuan watched the crowd look over, sighed and said, "It's not enough to be old! This battle is over! I can also retire and return to my hometown to enjoy my old age, hahahaha!"

"Hahaha! Don't be in a hurry to retire, old general...!"

Everyone laughed, to comfort Bao Yuan. In fact, they also knew that with Gongsun Yan's retirement, some young people such as Huo Qubing, Han Ming, Xue Rengui, etc. would come forward, and they would soon retire bravely.

Han Xin glanced at the energetic Deng Xia, and finally sighed for a long time and said, "If that's the case! You should be the lieutenant general of General Ma Yuan!"

"Thank you, General!" Deng Xia kowtowed as he bowed his hands, officially accepting the general order.

And Ma Yuan didn't delay any more, he rushed to deliver a hundred carts of grain to Cao Cao's army.

And Xiang Yu is in Pengcheng at the moment, looking at the map in front of him, he immediately asked: "Did Zhaoyang take down the official warehouse?"

"Report to Your Majesty! The Guancang is in your hands!" Zhong Limei told the truth about the situation, Xiang Yu nodded secretly, and then said: "Tell Xue Ju and his son to ambush Cao Cao's grain road along the road, and make sure not to let a grain of grain flow into the territory !"

"promise!"

After explaining this, Xiang Yu rubbed his neck and shouted angrily: "Baqi is ready to attack at night!"

(End of this chapter)