The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 220 Ma Daoping

Xue Zhongchang naturally did not dare to let go of things that could make Changsun Ji treat him like this.He quickly summoned Yang Qinghuai and several senior generals to discuss strategies together.

After several generals arrived, Xue Zhongchang passed the military order of Changsun Ji to the generals to read, and waited for the generals to read it.Xue Zhongchang said: "Now the general has asked us to lead the troops northward to capture Yangping. Let me tell you what you think. When will we go northward?"

"This..." Several of the generals who sat down looked at each other, then looked at Yang Qinghuai, who nodded slightly.Then a person stood up and said to Xue Zhongchang and Yang Qinghuai, "General, didn't the military order made by the General let us lead the troops here to recover the lost ground and cut off the retreat of the food army? Are we leading the troops north?"

Xue Zhongchang waved his hand and said: "The general knows what you mean. The general has passed on five copies of this military order, and the contents are all the same, so it cannot be faked. Besides, the letters are all sent by the general's cronies, and I recognize them all. It is impossible for someone else to pass on the military order falsely."

"Then let's lead the army to the north. What should we do with this sentence? We are about to capture it. Wouldn't it be a pity to give up? There are also Puyang and Chengyang that were captured by us. If we lead the army to the north, then it will be another Have you lost these two cities to the Liang army?"

"What do you mean by that? I didn't call you here to say these things. I just asked you when you will lead the army to the north." Xue Zhongchang snorted coldly.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking? The reason why we were able to capture the city so easily and earn military merits is that the general held back the main force of the food army in the north. Now the general has issued an order to dispatch troops. , don't you dare to disrespect orders?"

Seeing Xue Zhongchang's sudden anger, the general's face changed, he didn't dare to continue speaking, he just cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare to be humble."

"Hey, Old Xue. Don't get angry. He didn't say that he couldn't go north to support the general, but he just said that if the city we took down with great difficulty was attacked by the grain army again, wouldn't it be a waste of effort? I said, it is better to leave some people to guard, anyway, it would not take so many people to go north to capture a small Yangping."

Seeing that Xue Zhong was often angry, Yang Qinghuai hurriedly persuaded him.

Xue Zhongchang gave him a weird look, then pondered for a moment, and said: "In this case, I will lead the army to the north, and I will leave 3000 troops for General Yang, and General Yang will sit here and use it to shock the grain army. How about it? "

"Three thousand? There are two cities here, and Juyang will be besieged. At least 1 people are needed." Yang Qinghuai demanded.

"Impossible, I will only keep five thousand at most. Otherwise, you and I can't afford to miss the general." Xue Zhongchang said forcefully.

Yang Qinghuai's eyes flickered, but he finally nodded and said, "Okay, five thousand is five thousand."

"Well, I will leave [-] soldiers and hand them over to General Yang. The rest will cook at Choushi tonight, and the whole army will go north at Yinshi." Xue Zhongchang clapped the case.

"General, it's better to go one day later. Juyang will definitely be captured tomorrow, and it will not be too late to go north by then. This day is not too far away." The soldier who originally came out said to Xue Zhongchang again, clasping his hands.

"One sentence, if you can attack, you can attack. Even if you can't attack, it won't affect the overall situation. But if you delay this day, you will miss the general's overall situation. Can you bear the blame at that time? Don't say it again. These nonsense, or I will directly push you out and behead you for the crime of deceiving the crowd and delaying the war opportunity."

Being scolded again by Xue Zhongchang, the general's face turned dark, and he didn't dare to contradict him anymore, for fear that Xue Zhongchang would behead him now.

Afterwards, several people discussed various matters about going north.Then let the generals retreat.

After all the generals retreated, Xue Zhongchang sat aside thinking about things, suddenly someone walked in, cupped his hands at Xue Zhongchang and said: "General, General Ma, please see me."

"Let him in."

"Of order." The servant nodded and left. Not long after, a middle-aged man in a battle armor walked in and said to Xue Zhongchang, "Have you seen the general?"

Xue Zhongchang nodded and said: "Daoping, you go and come back, what's the matter?"

"General, there are too many people just now so it's hard to say too much, but if I don't say it, I feel unhappy in my humble post. Since Xia Houchun came, General Yang has gone too far. Not only did he openly form cliques in the army, he even now Disrespecting the general's military order, he refused to go north. You suppressed him before, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. When you leave tomorrow, he won't be able to turn the world upside down."

"Hmph, Yang Qinghuai is a smart man. He wanted to rely on Xia Houchun to fight against the general. He thought he could gain more military merits by staying here, but he didn't know that he was just being clever and being misled by his cleverness."

"Is there any mystery in this, can you please show me the general." Ma Daoping said with cupped hands.

"This Yang Qinghuai has some talents, otherwise the general would not have singled him out among the many powerful children. However, his character is arrogant and complacent. It looks like he is eager to get military merit.

As long as we walk on the front foot, he will attack Juyang on the back foot.Now the grain army in Juyang is just dying. Although it may be delayed for two days, Yang Qinghuai can definitely capture Juyang. "

"After the capture of Juyang, he will definitely become more complacent, and will definitely lead his troops to attack the next city. However, with [-] soldiers in his hands, he will naturally not be able to easily capture a city. If he is not seen by the Liang army Facts are fine, as long as Liang Jun sees that he is only a strong outsider, it will be a disaster for him, maybe Juancheng and Chengyang will be lost in his hands."

"Then why did the general give him back five thousand soldiers?" Ma Daoping asked with some doubts.

"Although the general didn't say it clearly, it can be seen from some rhetoric in the military order that the general has decided to give up this side and directly fight the decisive battle with the grain army in the north. So it's not a big problem to lose this side, but it's just This crime is enough for him to drink a pot." Xue Zhongchang chuckled lightly.

"Besides, I just gave him five thousand soldiers. But at least before Juyang is breached, the soldiers in the city will not notice that our main force has retreated, and when the Liang army finds out, we will have already reached Yangping at that time. Maybe Yangping has already fallen into our hands. Five thousand soldiers can let him willingly cover up for us, why don't I do that?"

"General is wise, this time not only can teach this guy a lesson, but also let him understand, don't think that if you please Xia Houchun with Xia Houchun, you can be fine, General." Ma Daoping praised.

(End of this chapter)