Fu Song

Chapter 162 Do You Dare?

Looking at Ma Xing, Xiao Cheng smiled slightly, and walked to the map.

"General Li Dan has rich experience and knows that if he insists on defending Suide City, the final result may be bad. Combined with the current actual situation, it is a better choice to preserve strength and retreat."

"As a soldier, if you are defeated and lose your territory, if you lose your troops, you will be killed according to the law!" Ma Xing said coldly.

Xiao Cheng pushed back without hesitation: "If you lose land, you will save people. If you lose people, you will lose all your land. If you count the famous generals from ancient times to today, which one is invincible and never loses?" ? That's not a human, that's a god. If you really want to lose, you will be killed, I'm afraid there will never be a famous general."

Ma Xing laughed dryly a few times, but did not answer Xiao Cheng's words directly.

Xiao Cheng didn't hate him anymore.

Speaking of which, Li Dan was a general who was promoted and reused after Ma Xing became the pacifier. Even if he made a mistake this time, Ma Xing would definitely protect him, otherwise who would be willing to work with him in the future?
If Ma Xing wanted to show an upright and non-discriminatory attitude in front of him, of course he would not expose him, but it was reasonable to cooperate with him to perform the play well.

"General Li Dan abandoned Suide City, retreated as a whole, preserved the vitality, and made preparations for the construction of the second line of defense. If my prediction is correct, next, General Li Dan should rely on Yanshui , and then set up a new line of defense on the Yongping Village, Dantou Village, Wajiao Fort, and Anding Fort, and then rely on Ansai Village, Long'an Village, Qinghua and other places to mobilize reinforcements continuously." Pointing at the map, Xiao Cheng said. "If my prediction is correct, General Li Dan's report to you should already be on his way."

"Is that all?" Ma Xing asked, frowning.

"Of course not." Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "General Li Dan retreated across the Yanhe River in one breath. He must have thought about it. He wanted to lure Li to cross the river. It is possible to be entangled, it is easy to cross the river and difficult to go back, General Li Dan still wants to fight back, because you are in Yan'an Mansion, reinforcements are just around the corner, and, at this moment, the East Road side must also get the message, if they The reaction is quick, and if the Jinning army in Jia County is quickly dispatched to copy Li Du's retreat, Li Du may be able to stay in Suide."

Ma Xing pondered for a moment: "The idea is good, but let me ask you, what if Li Du can't cross the river?"

Xiao Cheng was stunned, and said calmly: "Then there is no other way, we can only wait for the pacifier to organize enough troops before counterattacking, General Li Dan's current strength is not enough to undertake the task of counterattacking. "

"Li Du is as cunning as a fox, and he definitely won't cross the river." Ma Xing shook his head and said, "He won't even stay in Suide for long. This time, Suide will suffer a lot."

Seeing Ma Xing's sad expression, Xiao Cheng turned around and looked at the map: "You mean, Li Du will leave after hitting him?"

"good."

"But they will not give up Siwu Village." Xiao Cheng said.

Ma Xing nodded, "So, no matter what we do this time, we will suffer a big loss. Because Li Du will inevitably plunder Suide, and there will be nothing left of property and population. Retreat across the board, leaving only one Siwu stronghold. Xiao Erlang, in the face of such a situation, what do you think we should do to win back the city and return the favor?"

Xiao Cheng was silent for a moment, looked at Ma Xing and said, "There is a way, I wonder if Bachelor Ma dares to do it?"

Ma Xing stared at Xiao Cheng for a moment, but he laughed: "The aggressive method is useless to me, whether it can be used depends on your method?"

Xiao Cheng suddenly turned around, hammered a place on the map with his fist, and said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger's cub!"

Ma Xing's mouth suddenly opened into an O shape, enough to stuff a good duck egg in.

"Go straight to Xingqing Mansion?"

"That's right, go straight to Xingqing Mansion and find Li Xu." Xiao Cheng said sharply. "Currently, the Guangrui Army, Dingbian Army, and Hengshan Dangxiangfan Army are all in Yanzhou, and the main force of the Security Army has arrived in Hongzhou. If you count the Zhenrong Army, bachelor, we have already assembled nearly [-] troops. This is quite a powerful force, and, just like our fight against Yanzhou, Li Xu never dreamed that in such a situation, instead of counterattacking Suide, we would go straight to his lair, right?"

"Do you know that nearly [-] soldiers from the Yuzang family at Qingtang have already arrived in the Shunzhou area?" Ma Xing said, "They are the reinforcements invited by Li Xu. You didn't count these soldiers among them, did you?" ? The [-] people are all cavalry."

Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "It's [-] people, but the number of people who can really fight will not exceed [-]. Yuzang Huama, who was occupied by trees in Qingtang, and blind medicine, these people are almost unable to survive. That's why you want to come here to make a living. Bachelor, don't you think this person is someone who can be used?"

Ma Xing's eyes flickered, "Surrender?"

Xiao Cheng nodded: "Yuzang Huama is a smart person. When you see Li Xu's predicament now, Li Du's success in Suide is just his last struggle. This kind of victory is like a flash in the pan and will not last long. I'm afraid Li Huan's promise to him may not be fulfilled at all, but your promise as a bachelor is completely different."

Ma Xing took a deep breath.

"Bachelor status, how can Li Xu be comparable? Li Xu is just a rebel general in the Emperor Song Dynasty. As a bachelor, the promise you make is the promise of the court. What Yuzang Huama wants, you are completely I can give it to him." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "So, the bachelor only needs to send a person who can fully represent you to appear in front of Yuzang Huama, and the five thousand cavalry under this person will immediately turn into a man who stabbed Li Xu in the waist. With a sharp blade on top, Li Xu's chaos can be quelled."

Speaking of this, Xiao Cheng looked at Ma Xing's already moved expression, and added more strength: "And after the Li Xu Rebellion is quelled, the bachelor can put his hand into the green pond in a fair manner. Yuzang Huama is Our vanguard, regardless of whether he is a tree or blind medicine, if he does not prostrate at Huang Song's feet, then we can deal with him confidently. Bachelor, this credit is no less than that of Li Xu!"

"Is someone Ma the one who covets the achievement of opening up the territory!" Ma Xing snorted. "Besides, there is something in such poor and remote areas that is worthy of our Emperor Song army's desperate efforts."

Even though he said so, Xiao Cheng clearly saw the strange look in this person's eyes.

"Guangrui, Bao'an, and Zhenrong's three armies attack Li Xu, and there is always an overall command, this person"

"Although the three armies have three routes, it is true that one person is needed to lead the army. He does not avoid relatives. Bachelor, this person cannot be anyone other than my elder brother. The main force attacking Li Xu can only be my elder brother. It's not that I look down on the other two armies, this time, I'm afraid that what they can undertake is to contain and disperse Li Xu's main force."

"You are thick-skinned." Ma Xing said: "Okay, I know about this, but your method is too risky, it is simply a lonely way, once you fail, the consequences will be disastrous. I need to think about it carefully .”

"Bachelor, in one's life, one always needs to take risks several times." Xiao Cheng said lightly.

"Young people can take risks, but at my age, whether it is worth taking risks or not, I always have to think about it." Ma Xing laughed, "You go, take a good rest, and then go back to Bianliang to prepare your Juren test, Jinshi test, my promise is still valid, as long as you can win the Jinshi, I will ask the government for someone, and a sixth-rank seat is waiting for you."

"In that case, I would like to thank the bachelor."

"Thank you too early, let's talk about it after you have won the Jinshi!" Ma Xing smiled and shook his head: "Thousands of elites have gathered in Bianliang, so it's not certain whether you will win or not!"

After leaving the appeasing envoy's mansion, Xiao Cheng's stomach growled so much that he took Han Yan and the others to the soup and cake shop at the street corner.It's still the same steamed buns, and the same mutton soup, but the price has more than tripled.

"Shopkeeper, aren't you too dark-hearted?" Han Kai said angrily.

"Guest officer, I saw that you came from the scholar's mansion. This official also ate at my place last year. How dare I lie to you? It is true that the price of food and meat is rising day by day, that is, I I have been doing business here for many years, and I know many officials and people, and I can save some face, most of the other shops are closed."

"Hammer, what the shopkeeper said is right. Now that the soldiers are in a panic, the food is naturally more precious. Right now, the Yan'an Mansion is still generally calm, thanks to the bachelor's ability to deal with it. Think about it, Fenglin Town is full of people. Tens of thousands of people, there are tens of thousands of mouths to eat, if you are not careful, there will be big troubles."

Han Kai nodded in confusion.

"The shopkeeper has a good memory, and he still remembers me." Xiao Cheng laughed.

"Of course I remember. Opening the door for business, if you have a pair of eyes that are not good enough for people, it's not good. Besides, for an outstanding person like you, if you take a look, you will never forget it." The shopkeeper said flatteringly.

Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "That's ridiculous praise from the shopkeeper. I'm just an ordinary person."

"It's not ordinary, can ordinary people go in and out of the Scholars' Mansion?" The shopkeeper said, "We are a little timid even approaching it! Officials, there are rumors that the rebels are coming. Do you think Yan'an Mansion is safe?"

"Don't worry about doing your business here boldly. The rebels are at the end of their rope and won't last for a few days." Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good." The shopkeeper was full of joy: "Of course, what a nobleman like you said is sure. I just expanded my appearance, and I haven't made any money back. If the rebels call, that's terrible." There's nothing left."

"Don't worry, with Bachelor Ma at the helm here, the rebels won't be able to defeat them."

"Scholar Ma is naturally good, but Bachelor Ma is a literati!" The shopkeeper sighed: "If General Xiao Dingxiao is also in Yan'an Mansion, it will be more reassuring. He is the God of War who is victorious in all battles!"

Xiao Cheng and Han Po looked at each other, Han Po opened his mouth to speak, and Xiao Cheng stuffed a piece of bun into his mouth.

(End of this chapter)