Chapter 69

After finishing the funeral arrangements for Duan Wei, Liu Bian and the others began to deal with the matters of Linjing City.

Currently, there were many things that still needed him to arrange.

The reorganization of the army, the resettlement of the people, these were all urgent matters at present.

Just when Liu Bian and the others were dealing with the matters of Linjing City, at this time 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 an army of fifty thousand toward Taiyuan Commandery and Jinyang City, where Niu Fu was sitting in command.

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

However, what was more interesting was that Ma Teng had not headed toward Jincheng according to the original plan.

When his army arrived at the border of Jincheng Commandery, he did not head south to Jincheng, but headed toward Han Sui's commandery governor's 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 didn't expect that Ma Teng would no longer go to Jincheng.

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

It was the Shadow Guards who discovered that Han Sui was colluding with the Qiang people, and moreover, the Qiang tribe leader.

Che Liji had also dispatched an army of twenty thousand Qiang soldiers to help Han Sui deal with Ma Teng together.

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

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

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

And at this time, the army of twenty thousand Qiang soldiers had only arrived at Po Qiang City, less than a hundred miles 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 break them one by one.

If Che Liji's army of twenty thousand really met up with Han Sui's army of fifty thousand, 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 an army of seventy thousand with the same strength.

Even with Ma Chao, a powerhouse of the second heaven of the Postnatal Realm, there was not the slightest chance of winning.

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

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

"Otherwise, if the army of twenty thousand led by E He really met up 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.

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

"Father is right; we didn't expect that Han Sui would have E He lead the army to cross Jincheng Commandery."

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

"If it weren't for His Majesty's Shadow Guards discovering their intentions in time this time."

"Our situation would be dangerous!"

Ma Chao also had lingering fear, and thinking of Han Sui's insidiousness, he was even more furious and gnashed his teeth.

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

And gather all his military strength for a decisive battle in Jincheng.

How could one fight like this?

This greatly exceeded their expectations; if the Shadow Guards hadn't discovered it in time, the result would have been hard to say.

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

Could it be that he was so sure that Ma Teng wouldn't send people to attack from Zhangye Commandery?

In fact, there was one point Ma Teng hadn't thought of.

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

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

After all, Han Sui also had the blood of the Qiang people flowing in him, so they wouldn't really kill them all.

And Liu Bian and Ma Teng were different; they were pure Han people. If Han Sui were destroyed by them, the only thing waiting for them would be 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 hadn't left enough troops to guard Yunwu City.

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

As long as Che Liji wasn't 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 tribe leader, he would absolutely not force his ally to the hostile side now.

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

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

"Father, at our speed, we can reach Po Qiang City by noon tomorrow."

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

"The only thing they can do now is for both sides to meet up, only then can they defeat us."

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

Ma Chao said to this point, full of confidence to Ma Teng.

"Then according to your opinion, what should we do?"

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

His strength and Han Sui's were originally 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 E He's army must take."

"We will definitely be able to annihilate E He and his army of twenty thousand in one fell swoop; as long as E He's army of twenty thousand is gone, then Han Sui will not be something to fear!"

"Moreover, Che Liji's army is still guarding against the attack from Zhangye and doesn't dare to mobilize easily, and these two places are also two hundred miles 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 excitedly called out good repeatedly, and the look in his eyes when looking at Ma Chao was full of gratification.

Regarding Ma Chao being able to think of this plan, he was greatly gratified.

It seems that during this time in Luoyang, besides Ma Chao's martial strength making great progress, this art of war had also made great progress.

If it were the previous Ma Chao, it would have been absolutely impossible to think of this kind of plan.

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

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

Instead of becoming a martial general who only knew how to charge and kill on the battlefield.

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

Quickly, 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 to think that he could set an ambush here.

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

Just at this time, 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, father wants to annihilate the invading enemy!"

After dismissing the scout, Ma Teng said to Ma Chao with a grave face.

"Please rest assured, Father, this humble general will arrange it now; I will absolutely not let one person escape!"

Ma Chao said with a grave expression.