Chapter 904: Disrupting the army's morale!

The old man in black's words were astonishing.

Ma Teng thought that if what Jia Xu said was true, and Dong Zhuo's main force had all left, then compared to fighting the lords outside the city, Luoyangcheng was equivalent to an empty city. Relying on the strength of his Xiliang Iron Cavalry to break through Luoyangcheng and save the Son of Heaven would be very easy.

Ma Teng's heart began to waver.

"Lord Ma, Yuan Shao is now arresting various lords under the banner of them colluding with Dong Zhuo. In fact, he just wants to take all the credit for breaking Luoyangcheng for himself."

"Lord Ma, you were born in Liangzhou, making it easier for Yuan Shao to find fault with you."

"Why not abandon the army and launch a surprise attack on Luoyangcheng now? Take the responsibility of saving the Son of Heaven upon yourself! By then, your merit will be higher than that of the alliance leader Yuan Shao!"

The old man in black was not only able to understand the hearts of the people but also good at manipulating them.

His rhetoric was even more powerful than Xu You's.

Yes, staying here, he could at most follow the various lords to Luoyangcheng, and the merit of the enfeoffment would not be great. But if the surprise attack succeeded and he saved the Son of Heaven, then he, Ma Shoucheng, would surely be red-hot in the Son of Heaven's heart. Not to mention, he could be like Dong Zhuo now, holding high position and great power.

In a moment, Ma Teng made up his mind and stared at the old man in black: "This Administrator believes you, old man. You lead the way. If we take Luoyangcheng and save the Son of Heaven, I will appoint you as my strategist. Your status will be just below mine!"

"Very well! This old man will point the way for you, my lord!"

Under the silver-tongued persuasion of the old man in black, the famous Xiliang general Ma Teng, whether defeated or victorious, issued a secret order for the army to launch a surprise attack and withdraw from the coalition formation.

Ma Teng led the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to quietly leave the coalition camp, following the old man in black along the way toward the so-called small path to Luoyangcheng, preparing to launch a strategic operation known as the "Surprise Attack on Luoyangcheng."

Although he listened to the old man in black, Ma Teng was always prepared in his heart, always keeping the old man in black by his side. At the slightest sign of trouble, Ma Teng would have his head.

However, when they entered the small path, Ma Teng was horrified to find that the small path, which had no fog, suddenly became filled with thick fog, and his entire Xiliang army was lost in it.

Looking back, not only was the way they came unclear, but even the old man in black was nowhere to be found.

"Not good... it's a trap!"

Only then did Ma Teng realize that he seemed to have fallen into the enemy's trap.

And he did not know when.

The old man in black appeared again in Gongsun Zan's army.

"General Gongsun, this old man is Jia Xu from Lingzhi, Liaoxi..."

He said the same words to Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan, who was not easily swayed, also wavered and led the White Horse Volunteers to leave the coalition army.

And Ma Teng's Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Gongsun Zan's White Horse Volunteers were the main combat forces on the two wings of the coalition army...

The archer units specifically set up to defend the rear wings and the main force set up to prevent enemy surprise attacks.

Once they left, it was like exposing a weakness in front of the enemy, losing their powerful mobile combat capability.

On the Luoyangcheng city tower, although Li Ru was not proficient in the art of human nature, he could synthesize the timing, geographical advantages, and human factors, and observe the changes in the surroundings, easily inferring that the coalition had changed.

"Senior brother is indeed senior brother. The person who disrupts the heart is truly powerful. Now that the enemy's formation is in chaos, let me, Li Ru, add another flame."

Li Ru deduced a certain hexagram and issued an order: "Pass the order down, command Xu Rong, Guo Si, Li Jue, Zhang Ji, and other generals to personally lead a million Xiliang troops, all of them out, with the enemy's rear wing as the target."

"Understood!"

A messenger who had always been loyal to Li Ru was ordered to rush to a certain camp in Luoyangcheng.

When the messenger left, Li Ru walked into the distance again and pinched a secret technique.

"Secret technique, Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission!"

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