King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 669 Fish food and bait
"Huh?" Ma Teng was taken aback when he heard this.He had something on his mind, but he didn't pay attention to the soldiers under his command along the way, and now he has what the candidate said.Then he turned his head and looked back, and he saw that the [-] Xiliang troops under his command were listless one by one, and the Xiliang iron cavalry he was proud of were also lying on the horses one by one, and the horses under his crotch also had big strands in their noses The horse is spraying white gas, and one can tell at a glance that the horsepower is exhausted!
Frowning, Ma Teng glanced into the distance.Pointing to a place in the distance, he said: "All the troops listen to the order, and even rest there!"

"Drink!" Seeing that the lord finally gave the order to rest, these officers and soldiers responded very forcefully, which was completely different from that just now. Fortunately, it was the beginning of summer, and the grass on the grassland was already lush. Eat grass to feed oneself, but there are not many places like this. Anyway, Ma Teng came all the way, and he didn't see a few places. Most of the rest were burned. While eating weeds, Ma Teng sent several waves forward to scout the horses, even Ma Xiu and Ma Tie were sent by him. It can be seen that the anxiety in Ma Teng's heart...

Having said this, Ma Teng also had a little understanding in his heart. Did he go too deep? Since Qianghu's soldiers and horses did not attack again after the night attack, they have been disappearing. Even the soldiers and horses he sent out to find food found Without the soldiers and horses of the Qianghu people, did the Qianghu people just give up like this?Impossible, this is completely inconsistent with the temper of the Qianghu people?Could it be that this was all Zhang Xiu's idea?It's not like, Ma Teng understands Zhang Xiu's resourcefulness, and he is completely brave and foolish, so why would he think about other aspects?

Looking at the endless grassland, Ma Teng was extremely uncertain. He was not sure whether there was a gathering place of Hu people in front of him. God bless that Yueji would not have time to dismiss all the Hu people here. Looking at the sky, Ma Teng secretly prayed to God However, as more and more generals who returned without merit came back to report, Ma Teng was very surprised, but also had a little luck in his heart, maybe, maybe there was only one left!

"My lord! My lord!" Suddenly.A scream caught Ma Teng's attention. He turned around suspiciously, and saw his general Ma Wan riding his horse excitedly, his face was full of joy.

"Why?" Ma Teng asked uncertainly, "Could it be that there are traces of barbarians patrolling ahead?"

"That's not the case!" Ma Wan rode his horse up to Ma Teng, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice with joy, "The place where the Hu people live has never been found, but we found a Qiang Hu army ahead. Escorting dozens of carriages, they are resting, and the final general is extremely careful, never letting them notice, so he hastily came to repay the lord!"

"Huh? Qiang Hu's army is still escorting the carriage?" Ma Teng stared, as if he couldn't believe that the Hu people rarely escorted food, but of course there would be a team to escort food when the army marched, otherwise it would only rely on the strength of the soldiers. How could the food I brought be enough, "Could it be that these are all food for Yueji's army?" Ma Teng murmured, and immediately asked Ma Wan, "Can you see clearly?" The time has come, so help?Or is it that the past emperors have spirits in the sky?Ma Teng couldn't understand it, but if it was a coincidence that the two connections were made, he didn't believe it. There was a will in the dark, and Ma Teng believed in this statement very much.

"The last general dare not lie to the lord!" Ma Wan clasped his fists, then turned around and pointed to a place, and said in a deep voice: "The rest of the Qianghu army is more than ten miles away. There are not many of them, only a thousand or so. I As long as you lead the crowd, the army will surely collapse in fear!"

Since it is a march, although the Yihu people must have food, no matter what they are escorting, there are more than a thousand people, let's kill them first! "Oh!" Ma Teng nodded.Laughing in a low voice, he shouted: "We are naturally short of food, and the Qianghu army will have food and grass delivered. Haha, all the generals obey orders. Defeat this army and seize its food and grass!"

"Drink!" I heard that there is rice grain ahead.The nearby Xiliang army had already listened with pricked ears, but now seeing General Ma Teng's order, they immediately responded.However, in the face of a mere thousand Qianghu army, Ma Teng did not need to use many soldiers and horses. He only sent his son Ma Xiu.Lead the young general Pang De and three thousand soldiers and horses to go forward, and there is an echo after an hour, and sure enough, an hour later.Ma Xiu led the army to escort the recaptured food and grass and came slowly, while the Xiliang army resting here was all looking forward to it.

Riding his horse and dismounting in front of his biological father, Ma Xiu knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and shouted in a low voice, "Father, come and return to your life!"

"My son did a good job!" Ma Teng was full of joy, praised him, and said, "My son, what is the escort of Qianghu people?"

Matthew said: "It's a small tribe's tribute to the Eastern Qiang Huiligu. Most of them are porcelain from Bingzhou!"

"En!" Ma Teng nodded, and asked impatiently, "What about the food?"

Matthew lowered his head in shame, and said slowly: "There will be some food, but not a lot!"

"Hey!" Ma Teng was a little disappointed, but the meat is still meat no matter how small it is, and immediately ordered: "Hurry up and distribute the food and grass to the brothers!"

The crowd was silent for a while, and the food was distributed. Seeing the solemn atmosphere here, Liang Qiu, the general under Ma Teng's tent, said softly: "My lord, I think that the Yueji mechanism has been exhausted, and I want to ask me to retreat when the food is exhausted, but it is absolutely unexpected. There are also troops from other Qianghu tribes who brought food for us!"

"Haha!" Ma Wan also clasped his fists with a smile and said, "My lord, if we can meet such a Qianghu army every day, we won't have to worry about food and grain!"

"Oh!" Ma Teng was amused, waved his hand to call Ma Xiu up, and said with a smile: "If it is true, it is God who wants to bless us! Hey... I hope that tomorrow, I will still be so lucky!"

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate!" The generals joked, but Pang De was a little serious, frowned and said in doubt: "But if these Qianghu troops go back and report this matter to Yueji, Yueji will be prepared and tell me There will be no food in the future. So what should we do?"

"Eh?" All the generals looked at each other and laughed, and Liang Qiu even said with a smile on his face: "If this is the case, even if Yueji knows now, he ordered the soldiers and horses waiting on the road to take precautions, but that Yueji The lord's army has arrived before your messenger arrives, so how can the Qiang and Hu people have time to prepare for it? Hehe, Lingming, what do you think?"

"Well, it's feasible like this!" Pound nodded very seriously and said, which caused the generals to laugh again and again.God is so pitiful, that Yueji has not yet implemented the strategy of clearing the wild, and he still has a chance to attack Bingzhou!Regardless of the soldiers under his command, they buried pots and cooked food on the spot.Ma Teng walked to a high slope and stared intently into the distance.He secretly said in his heart: "Although this is a fluke, if Yue Ji doesn't notice, it is feasible!"

Therefore, it is inevitable that the night will be long and dreamy, Yue Ji is on guard, Ma Teng is eager to enter the army, and wait until the soldiers under the tent have finished cooking.Ma Teng immediately ordered to march. As for the food, you can eat while sitting on horseback, or eat while running. As the Xiliang army, this is naturally difficult. Such difficulties, the Xiliang army can endure hardships the most Not afraid at all.

Sure enough, once, twice, three times.For five or six days in a row, Ma Teng's army actually encountered a Qianghu army in one or two days, but what made him a little depressed was that the number of those Qianghu troops was too small, and there were not many edible things with them. Fortunately, now The distance from the Yellow River is getting closer and closer, and the defenses of the Qiang and Hu are getting less and less. After that, you can even meet all the small Hu tribes there, but the number is very small, and there are not many cattle and sheep. , but it was enough for Ma Teng's [-] troops to have a full meal, and Ma Teng was becoming more and more worried about the news of Yueji, so he forced himself to rush again and again...

Lucky, these two words are very deceiving, especially in the battlefield world, you can gamble your life, but don't fight with a fluke mentality. I never thought that this was just a loophole deliberately left by the enemy. Just like Ma Teng today, the army is short of food, so it shouldn't be leading the army further, but because I met Qianghu people a few times, I thought it was God helped him, and then he got used to it, sending troops around to look for food every time he stopped in one place, didn't he think about how they would deal with Yueji once he knew about it?No, no, actually Ma Teng thought about it.He had clearly and truly thought about it.Then he made a decision to rush to Yueji's army and destroy it before he found out about his army!When the two armies are at war, the first opportunity is crucial!What is the first opportunity, the right time, place and people can be regarded as the first opportunity. In addition, the Qianghu people are doing the same now!

Whether it was the sudden appearance of the Qianghu army or the capture of scattered small tribes, it was actually part of Jia Xu's strategy, which was specially reserved for Ma Teng, so that Ma Teng's army would not be starved of food, but could still have the strength to fight back. You need to think about where Ma Teng is going, in order to lead Ma Teng's army into his trap step by step, quietly and silently, in other words easy to understand.It is to lead the enemy by the nose. If the war is likened to playing chess, then calculating the opponent's next move is called taking the lead. Once you get the first move, you should be able to see the tricks and see the plan. , if there is no will to disrupt the situation, there is no reason to be invincible......

The strategy of the world is to divide Yin and Yang!The so-called conspiracy is to set a trap.Even if something is created out of nothing, although the traps set may be good or not, no matter how clever the trap is, there are traces to follow.If there are traces to follow, it is the fatal wound of a conspiracy. If people see through it, this strategy is worthless.And the so-called scheming is to follow the trend, it is to put everything about the scheming in front of you clearly and truthfully, and there will be no concealment, but the only way out for the other party is exactly what the scheming person wants. What I want to see is that it has no flaws at all......

(End of this chapter)