At the banquet, Chen Dadu drank very happily. Kou Feng also drank some alcohol with him, but finally controlled his alcohol tolerance. In the end, he was just slightly drunk.

Which county prefecture is in the study room.

Kou Feng was listed with the left military commander General Pang Tong, the Shizhong Zhang Song, the Shizhong Lu Su, and the Hengye General Deng Ai and others.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the study room was completely different from the celebration banquet in the hall just now. Not only was there no joy, but it was quite dull.

"Now, the army we exited from the Xigu has met expectations. We have pulled out which county and destroyed a group of cavalry in the north. Next, we will look at the upper valley."

After a long time, Kou Feng smiled and said.

"At this moment, I'm afraid Han Sui has already sent troops to save Jincheng. At that time, the two generals Zhao Yun will be able to defeat Han Sui like Zhang Fei and Chen Da. In this way, it will be equivalent to cutting off most of the cavalry in the north." Pang Tong said with a smile:

At the beginning, Kou Feng's troops were divided into two groups. In addition to Cao Hong's early participation in the war, he had another point, which was that he wanted to use the crossbow and crossbow bed to launch a second attack on the northern cavalry.

Ten thousand crossbowmen and three thousand crossbow beds piled up together, they could only attack cavalry once. When the second time, the cavalry knew that there were such powerful weapons and magic weapons in the Chu army, and they would be cautious when walking.

He dared not attack the Chu army infantry that had been arranged in the array. In this way, the Chu army's crossbows and crossbow beds could only achieve greater results in one battle.

This is a huge loss.

Therefore, on the one hand, Kou Feng personally launched a battle to block the cavalry in the north. On the other hand, Kou Feng sent Zheng and Zhao Yun to attack Jincheng and lured other cavalrymen stationed in Xiangyang to assist in the aid of the cavalry. In this way, Zheng could set up a formation and attack the cavalry in rescue. This was Kou Feng's plan to kill two birds with one stone.

However, this requires close cooperation. For example, where Kou Feng fought with Ma Chao. At this time, Han Sui must know the news that Zhao Yun attacked Jincheng.

Han Sui hurriedly led his troops back to the rescue without receiving the defeat of Ma Chao and not knowing how Ma Chao was defeated.

In this way, the entire plan can be implemented as usual, otherwise it will not work.

It's good to think about it, but it's difficult.

"It depends on filial piety and righteousness." Kou Feng said, but he placed all his hopes on the righteous.

In the north, in Xianyang City.

Since Ma Chao left the war, the whole city was slightly alert. Before he found the Chu army, he was nervous. After discovering it, he sent a hundred thousand troops to him. Even if he could not defeat it, he could still stop the Chu army.

This is what the upper class figures in Xianyang City thought.

Even Ma Teng, Han Sui, Zhong Que and others were no exception. The post bar shook hands and gave their hands. At this moment, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Zhong Zhen, Yan Xing and others were sitting in the lobby of Qinhou Mansion, and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed.

"If the journey goes smoothly, General Ma and General Cao may have defeated the vanguard of the Chu army at this time." Yan Xing said with a smile.

"If it goes well," Ma Teng nodded and smiled when he heard this.

My son Ma Chao's courage and good at fighting, so Ma Teng is certainly clear about me. Cao Hong is also a brave and good at fighting master in Chengguan for many years, and Ma Teng has fought with him countless times, so he also knows that.

Isn’t it easy to defeat the two powerful generals and 100,000 cavalry to deal with the small vanguard? Even if they encounter the army of Chu, they can escape unscathed.

It's enviable: When Ma Teng was talking to Yan Xing, Han Sui couldn't help but feel a little envious. Although he had Yan Xing, a girl who could compete with Ma Chao.

But after all, he is just half a son, unlike Ma Chao who is Ma Teng's biological son.

"It's not the time to talk about this matter yet. After all, the news has not come yet. There are ever-changing changes on the battlefield, and there may not be no changes." Then, Ma Teng said again.

Although Ma Teng said this, everyone could see that Ma Teng was trying to cover up the truth.

"By the way. Now Qin and Liang have fought with the Chu army. I wonder if Mr. Wei is interested in sending 100,000 troops to completely eat this Chu army?"

Ma Teng turned his head and said to Zhong Yao.

"It's really a good appetite to eat all the Northern Expedition Bishou Cheng." Han Sui exclaimed when he heard this, but it was undeniable that his heart moved.

There is a saying that there are only thousands of days to be thieves, but no one can defend against thieves for thousands of days. Now Qin and Liang are in the position of guarding against thieves, while Chu is a thief. They have built various defense systems in every way to guard against the sudden attack of the Chu army.

But the Chu army was in a mountain. "We must wait for it to work hard. We will come out whenever we want to come out: if we don't hurt the Chu army, it will be hard to feel at ease.

If we can continue to join forces with Cao Cao to mobilize the army, there is no need to have more than 50,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, which is enough to destroy all the Chu army.

"It's not okay to deal with Kou Fengna and those who are very ambitious." Ma Teng said for grantedly when he heard this, then turned his head and asked Zhong Zhen, "Sir. I don't know what happened to Duke Wei?" Zhong Yi was also a little moved, but finally shook his head and said, "It's the limit to let General Cao Hong take action. After all, Chu has Huang Zhong in Yangzhou, and Xu Shu has even more in Wancheng, which is not a good role. Without the help of cavalry, Xu Shu will definitely send troops to attack Xu Du. If this is the case, it will be difficult.

This is the helplessness of Wei State at present. The initiative is in the hands of Kou Feng. There is no pressure inside, there is dispute, strong military power, and even stronger economic power.

It's too easy to send troops.

"Oh." Ma Teng and Han Sui were in a state of great enthusiasm. Hearing this, he felt like a basin of cold water was poured out. All the fire was extinguished, and he sighed.

"Report, Jincheng urgently reported."

At this moment, the guard outside the door shouted.

"Kincheng?"

Han Sui, Ma Teng and Zhong Hie all changed their expressions, among which Han Sui was the most ugly.

Could it be that Jincheng had a problem: Han Sui was shocked and frightened.

Jincheng is his nest.

"Come in: "Han Suiwei didn't want to delay, and said loudly.

"No." The guard outside the door responded to No, and immediately walked in, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand.

Han Sui got up and walked over, took Zhuo Cheng from the guard's hand. After opening it, his expression changed wildly. "What's wrong?" Zhong Dai was shocked and asked quickly:

"There are large troops appearing in Jincheng: "Han Sui's face looked ugly.

"What?"

Zhong Que and Ma Teng said in a lost voice.

It was obvious that Kou Feng personally led a large army to Hanzhong, so how could there be an army attacking Jincheng?

"Divide the troops?" Zhong finally hesitated. This was a bit unlikely. Because when the cavalry had no advantage, the Chu army was at a loss to divide the troops.

Jiyi was defeated by each one: but judging from the current urgent reports from Jincheng, it is very likely to divide the troops.

"How many people are there?" Zhong La asked immediately.

"No less than 100,000." Han Sui said ugly that he had only more than 10,000 defenders in Jincheng, and they were not elite. Facing the 100,000 army, he felt trembling even if he thought about it.

"General returns to help immediately." Zhong Zhong said decisively. This time, Ma Teng had no objection and nodded, "Go back to help and stay in touch."

"Take care." The old nest was broken and there was nothing left: Han Sui was so anxious that he was like an ant on the hot pan, without any pretentiousness. He nodded and said goodbye to leave.

Not long after, Han Sui left Yan Xing to command 30,000 infantrymen, and he ordered 70,000 cavalry and went back to Jincheng to rescue. At the same time, Ma Chao and Cao Hong rested here in the Yellow River area south of Xianyang. Their spies covered a radius of about fifty miles.

It is quite safe, so Ma Chao ordered a rest.

It’s not okay to not rest. After a battle not long ago, the army’s morale was extremely low and its physical strength was almost exhausted. Anyway, those who were waiting for the ferry, it’s good to sit down and eat dry food and drink some water to help the soldiers recover some physical strength.

Ma Chao and Cao Hong were sitting next to each other and under a big tree.

Ma Chao's armor, which had been cut twice, was stripped off and his wound was bandaged. His face looked a little pale. Cao Hong's armor did not follow, but his thigh was also bandaged.

Because there is no protection from armor, the wound on the thigh is still deep. Some blood still seeps out from the bandage area. When walking, I have to limp.

Two generals who had already launched a war, one was injured and the other was lame. The army of 100,000 was only 50,000 or 60,000, and most of them were scared.

It’s really as miserable as it is. Ma Chao’s heart is not a bad feeling.

He leaned against the big tree and said to Cao Hong: "It's all the general who can barely retreat this time." As he said that, Ma Chao raised his fist to show respect.

This action of Cao Hong, a talented man from the state, stepped forward, made him believe more in the Wei Kingdom and made Qin and Wei Kingdom trust more.

They failed in this war. This is the only gain. Ma Chao believes that as long as the two countries can cooperate more closely, make a comeback and defeat the Chu State, it will not be difficult.

"The three families form an alliance and be brothers, this is what it should be." Cao Hong shook his head and said when he heard this. Then, Cao Hong didn't want to worry about this topic. He didn't seem to show his expression that saved Ma Chao's life.

That will damage the relationship between the two parties.

Cao Hong smiled bitterly and said, "We failed this time, and I don't know how to explain to the two marquis masters and Mr. Zhong."

"Oh, the cavalry, three or four times the infantry, was defeated by the infantry, which is embarrassing." Ma Chao sighed when he heard this, his face was burning.

"But there is no gain., then Ma Chao said again.

"Oh?" Cao Hong said a little surprised when he heard this.

"We don't know that the Chu army has such magical weapons. But now we know that we will never give the Chu army such a chance next time. This is also a gain of Yihe, although the price paid is a little higher." Ma Chao said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, this is also a gain." Cao Hong was stunned at first when he heard this, then nodded in agreement.

In fact, this is not a blessing in disguise: it is a real loss, but it is also a psychological comfort after obtaining some information.
Chapter completed!