Chapter 342: Ma Teng Sets an Ambush

After arranging Duan Wei's funeral, Liu Bian and the others began to deal with the affairs of Linjing City.

Currently, there were many things that still needed his arrangement.

The reorganization of the army and the resettlement of the commoners were all urgent matters at present.

Just as Liu Bian and the others were dealing with the affairs of Linjing City, Zhang Liao had already taken Xihe Commandery.

Nowadays, Zhang Liao had successfully taken the two commanderies of Shangjun and Xihe in Bingzhou.

Currently, he was leading fifty thousand troops toward Taiyuan Commandery and Jinyang City, where Niu Fu was stationed.

And at the same time, Ma Teng's army had also headed toward Han Sui's Jincheng Commandery.

However, what was quite interesting was that Ma Teng did not head toward Jincheng according to the original plan.

When his army reached the border of Jincheng Commandery, he did not go south to Jincheng, but instead headed toward Han Sui's Taishou Mansion, Yunwu City.

This really caught Han Sui off guard.

Originally, Han Sui had already arranged his army, intending to have a decisive battle with Ma Teng in Jincheng.

He did not expect that Ma Teng would not go to Jincheng anymore.

Speaking of this matter, one had to mention the role of the Shadow Guard.

It was the Shadow Guard that discovered that Han Sui was colluding with the Qiang people, and the Qiang chieftain,

Che Liji, had also sent twenty thousand Qiang troops to help Han Sui deal with Ma Teng.

Therefore, after the Shadow Guard received this news, they hurriedly told Ma Chao.

Currently, Ma Teng and his son were heading toward Che Liji's twenty thousand troops.

And Han Sui wanted to join forces with the Qiang army in Jincheng and had already arrived in Jincheng one step ahead.

And at this time, the twenty thousand Qiang troops had only arrived at Po Qiang City, less than a hundred li away from Ma Teng's army.

And when Han Sui knew this news, he was already in Jincheng...

This just gave Ma Teng a chance to defeat them one by one.

If Che Liji's twenty thousand troops really joined forces with Han Sui's fifty thousand troops, that would really not be good news for Ma Teng.

By then, it would become forty thousand against seventy thousand.

With the strength of the army in Ma Teng's hands, wanting to defeat a seventy thousand-strong army of the same strength,

even with Ma Chao, a powerhouse of the Postnatal Second Heaven, there was not the slightest chance of winning.

A great battle of tens of thousands of troops was far from what a small Postnatal Realm could influence.

"Mengqi! This time, I really have to thank His Majesty's Shadow Guard."

"Otherwise, if the twenty thousand troops led by E He really joined forces with Han Sui, then we could only flee without fighting."

At this time, Ma Teng was leading his army toward Po Qiang City, where E He was located.

Ma Teng had a lingering fear on his face and said to Ma Chao with lingering fear.

"Father is right; none of us expected that Han Sui would have E He lead the army to cross Jincheng Commandery."

"We all thought he would have the Qiang reinforcements support the commandery city of Yunwu City!"

"This time, if it weren't for His Majesty's Shadow Guard discovering their intentions in time,"

"our situation would be dangerous!"

Ma Chao also had lingering fear, and thinking of Han Sui's insidiousness, he gritted his teeth with anger.

Who could have thought that Han Sui would abandon the commandery city of Yunwu City.

And gather all his troops for a decisive battle in Jincheng.

How could one fight a war like this?

This greatly exceeded their expectations; if it weren't for the Shadow Guard discovering it in time, the result would be hard to say.

You must know, north of Yunwu City, it connected to Ma Teng's Zhangye Commandery.

Could it be that he was so sure that Ma Teng would not send people to attack from Zhangye Commandery?

In fact, there was one point Ma Teng did not think of.

That was, north of Yunwu City, there were still Qiang people!

They would not watch Han Sui be attacked by Ma Teng.

After all, Han Sui also had Qiang blood flowing in his body, and they would not really kill them all.

While Liu Bian and Ma Teng were different; they were pure Han people. If Han Sui was destroyed by them, the only thing waiting for them was a dead end.

After all, they had already sent troops to help Han Sui, and there was no room for maneuver between the two sides.

This was also the reason why Han Sui did not leave enough men to guard Yunwu City.

Before sending troops, he had already discussed it with Che Liji.

As long as Che Liji was not stupid, he would absolutely not let Ma Teng's troops enter the border.

As for whether Che Liji would covet Yunwu City.

Regarding this, Han Sui was not worried at all; currently, the two sides were in a cooperative relationship.

As long as Che Liji still wanted to continue being his Qiang chieftain, he would absolutely not force his ally to the hostile side now.

"Mengqi, how much longer until we reach Po Qiang City?"

On the march, Ma Teng asked Ma Chao beside him.

"Father, at our speed, we will reach the foot of Po Qiang City tomorrow noon."

"However, according to my estimation, E He will definitely leave Po Qiang City; Han Sui already knows the movements of our army."

"The only thing they can do now is for both sides to join forces to defeat us."

"If one of them faces our army alone, then I have the confidence to annihilate them all."

Ma Chao said this with a confident face to Ma Teng.

"Then in your opinion, what should we do?"

Regarding what Ma Chao said, he also agreed very much.

The strength between him and Han Sui was not much different, and now with Ma Chao's help, as long as the number of people on both sides was not much different.

He had the confidence to defeat Han Sui.

"Father, now the enemy is in the light and we are in the dark; as long as we set an ambush on the only path of E He's army,"

"we will definitely be able to annihilate E He and his twenty thousand troops in one fell swoop; as long as E He's twenty thousand troops are gone, then Han Sui will not be a cause for fear!"

"Moreover, Che Liji's army is still guarding against the attack from Zhangye and does not dare to mobilize easily, and these two places are also two hundred li apart."

Ma Chao said confidently.

"Good, good, good, my son is truly both civil and martial! Then we will do as you say!"

After hearing Ma Chao's plan, Ma Teng shouted good repeatedly with excitement, and the look in his eyes toward Ma Chao was full of gratification.

He felt great gratification that Ma Chao could think of this plan.

It seemed that during this time in Luoyang, besides Ma Chao's martial strength greatly advancing, his art of war had also greatly improved.

If it were the previous Ma Chao, it would be absolutely impossible to think of such a strategy.

The current Ma Chao had quite the appearance of a commander of an army.

He also hoped that his son could become a great general who could command an army.

Not become a martial general who only knew how to charge on the battlefield.

Immediately, Ma Teng followed Ma Chao's strategy and prepared to ambush on the only path from Po Qiang City to the commandery city.

Soon, a day passed in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Ma Teng and the others had already ambushed on a valley.

Here, only a valley in the middle could pass through, and on both sides were steep cliffs.

Thinking about it, with E He's brain, it was impossible for him to think that he could set an ambush here.

"General, E He's army is less than ten li away from here."

At this moment, the scout sent out returned to report.

"Good, scout again."

"Yes!"

"Mengqi, tell everyone, wait until E He's army has all entered the ambush before taking action."

"Remember, absolutely do not let one person escape; this time, I, your father, want to annihilate the invading enemy!"

After dismissing the scout, Ma Teng said to Ma Chao with a serious expression.

"Please rest assured, Father; this subordinate will arrange it, absolutely not letting one person escape!"

Ma Chao said with a serious expression. ===== CHAPTER 343 =====