Chapter 134: A brilliant plan

After hearing Deng Ai's plan, Gongsun Yuan nodded and felt a little calmer in his heart. Deng Ai continued: "Lord, the ceremonial guards of Liu Adu are nothing more than Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. Now Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have not come. The marshal Wei Yan, who led the troops, is a reckless person; the pioneer Jiang Wei, is an opportunist; the deputy commander Guo Huai, is a person who resigns to surrender at the time of the battle; as for Ma Qiu, he is just a brave man, and it is not worth worrying. Ai is willing to lead the troops to resist the enemy!"

"Okay, Shizai said it well!" Seeing that Deng Ai was so confident, he demoted a lot of Han generals and was worthless, Gongsun Yuan also had a great increase in his confidence.

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Wei Yan led a large army, passed Guzhu and crossed Jieshi, and in early May, he advanced to the Liaoshui River. Deng Ai led his troops to resist Wei Yan, surrounded the trench more than 20 miles by the Liaoshui River, and built a strong wall to block Wei Yan.

Faced with Deng Ai's iron barrel-like defense on the other side, Wei Yan did not dare to cross the river forcibly, for fear of being attacked by someone halfway through. The army had to temporarily station it.

Deng Ai’s military camp.

Although Deng Ai restricted Wei Yan to the other side of the Liao River, Deng Ai was still unable to be happy. In his heart, Deng Ai always felt inexplicably dangerous.

"Something is wrong. It seems that something is missing. What is it missing?" Deng Ai stared at the map in front of him and pondered silently. Bei Yan next to him did not dare to say anything, for fear of disturbing Deng Ai.

"By the way, I remember it! North of the Great Wall, I forgot north of the Great Wall!" Deng Ai suddenly exclaimed.

"General, what did you remember?" Bei Yan asked hurriedly.

Deng Ai pointed to the map and said, "Look, if Wei Yan goes north to the Great Wall and then goes to the grassland to attack Xiangping, no matter how high the barrier we are in the Liaoshui River, it will be useless!"

"General, I think it's not possible! Wei Yantian was so brave that he didn't dare to walk out of the Great Wall. You must know that outside the Great Wall is the territory of the Wusun people. With those Wusun people constantly attacking him, Wei Yan would not be able to walk outside the Great Wall." Bei Yan said with certainty.

"I don't know anyone else, but Wei Yan does have great courage! Wei Yan is a man who is good at using strange weapons. When he left Ziwu Valley to attack Chang'an, this was basically something that he would go without going back. Wei Yan dared to do it. Can the Wusun people on the grassland scare Wei Yan?" Deng Ai changed his voice and then asked, "Bi Yan, do you know the Khan of Wuhuan in western Liaoning?"

"I will know you at the end."

"Very good. You set off immediately to see the Khan of Wuhuan and let him pay close attention to the situation of the Great Wall. Once the Han army leaves the Great Wall, send troops to harass him immediately!" Deng Ai said.

Bei Yan hesitated for a moment, looked embarrassed and then said, "General, this is probably a bit difficult! Although I know Wuwan Khan in western Liaoxi, I am not familiar with each other. I am afraid I cannot ask him to send troops."

"The alien race on the grassland is the most profitable. Just say I am willing to give him food, grass and salt in exchange for him to send troops. You can determine the specific amount by yourself, don't go too far. This is enough to make the Wuwan people in western Liaoning send troops!"

"The most general will obey the order! The most general will go to western Liaoning in person to meet the Great Khan of Wuwan."

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Time flies, and June is coming in a blink of an eye.

The Liao River was still in stalemate. Although Wei Yan tried his best to force Deng Ai to fight, he did not expect Deng Ai to be very calm. No matter how Wei Yan provoked, he refused to fight. Then Wei Yan tentatively launched several times to cross the river, but none of them succeeded. The war had already moved towards a stalemate direction.

However, in comparison, the Han army suffered a lot. As the attacking side, the Han army's supply line was longer than that of the Liaodong army, and the Han army had more soldiers and consumed more food and grass. Therefore, the long-term war put a lot of pressure on the logistics supply line, not counting the daily food and drink of the army. Just talking about the consumption of those civilians on the way back and forth on the road to transport food and grass back and forth is an astronomical figure.

Wei Yan knew that the Han army could not consume the Liaodong army, and if this continued, he would probably be forced to retreat. Therefore, Wei Yan racked his brains to cross the river every day, but he was still at a loss.

In the camp, Wei Yan gently wiped the sword in his hand.

"I didn't expect that Deng Ai was so difficult to deal with. He was just a young boy in his thirties. He was even more ingenious than those old men in his seventies and eighties in his battles!" Wei Yan sighed lightly.

Ma Qiu walked in from outside and happened to see Wei Yan sighing. After a little guess, Ma Qiu understood that Wei Yan was worried about not being able to cross the Liao River.

"By the way, the Prime Minister said, if you encounter trouble, you will get a gift bag!" Thinking of this, Ma Qiu hurriedly took out the gift bag that was stored in close proximity from his arms.

"Hey, the secret bag!" Wei Yan saw the secret bag at a glance, and then his eyes shone out. He stepped forward and snatched the secret bag. At the same time, he said with a whisper: "Good boy, how dare you hide your own private matters? The prime minister has a secret bag, why don't he take it out earlier?"

Wei Yan has been working with the Liu family for decades. In short, Wei Yan followed Liu Bei only one year later than Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang is better off pretending to be sophisticated and have some tricks. But Zhuge Liang's treasures are always the same every time. Wei Yan recognized them at a glance. This is Zhuge Liang's treasures.

"Let me see what the Prime Minister has to do." Wei Yan opened the secret bag and looked carefully.

"What a good plan, the Prime Minister is thinking thoroughly!" Wei Yan sighed lightly.

"Marson, what trick does the Prime Minister have?" Ma Qiu asked.

"For it, you can see it yourself!" Wei Yan handed over the secret bag and Ma Qiu took it and immediately looked down.

"Ah, leave the Great Wall, walk on the grassland and then head south to attack Xiangping!" Ma Qiu exclaimed softly.

"Yes, this is this plan. I thought about this plan before, but I was worried that it would be blocked by the Wuwan people. The Prime Minister was thinking carefully and asked you to lead your cavalry to take the lead and go to the grassland to sweep the Wuwan people near the Great Wall. My army then arrived, so that our army could be safe and sound!" Wei Yan said happily.

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In order to paralyze Sima Yi, Wei Yan decided to adopt the strategy of striking east and attacking the west. He first set up a number of flags on the southern line and feinted the siege to attract Deng Ai's attention. He divided the troops out of the Great Wall, went east along the grassland, and then went south to attack Xiangping. He would rescue Deng Ai. Once Deng Ai was destroyed and rescued Xiangping, the remaining troops could successfully cross the Liao River.

Of course, there must be a necessary condition for all this, that is, Ma Qiu can limit the cavalry of the Wuwan people and prevent them from attacking the Han army.

Ma Qiu led the cavalry out of the Great Wall first. After many years, Ma Qiu's Liangzhou cavalry returned to the grassland.

The cavalry who followed Ma Chao and his son to attack Wusun, those injured had already been removed from their armor and returned to the fields, either as local officials or as wealthy families. The ones who stayed with Ma Qiu were all elites, and each could stand alone.

Although the newly recruited cavalry is not as good as the old group of cavalry, the combat effectiveness has not decreased much under systematic training, but the number of people has increased a lot. If we look at all Liangzhou cavalry, the combat effectiveness will not decline but increase.

Compared with the Western Regions Grassland, the climate in the western Liaoning grassland is much worse and the weather is much colder. The Western Regions in the Han Dynasty were still green. The western Liaoning grasslands were covered with heavy snow for three or four months a year, while the Western Regions grasslands will have at most one or two months of snow. Fortunately, it is still June, which is the hottest summer, which makes Liangzhou cavalry, whether people or war horses, not uncomfortable with the climate.

On the other hand, with Beiyan's lobbying and heavy promises, Karasuma Khan also always paid attention to the trends of the Great Wall. When Ma Qiu left the Great Wall, Karasuma Khan immediately led his troops excitedly and prepared to stop Ma Qiu.

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For more than a hundred years, the grasslands in western Liaoning have always been the world of Wuhuan. Even during the period when the Xianbei people were the most powerful, they did not come to occupy the grasslands in western Liaoning.

This is not because the Xianbei people dare not come, but because the Xianbei people have a more abundant pasture and are not worthy of the grassland in western Liaoning.

In the past, when Cao Cao's Northern Expedition, although Wuwan's vitality was severely damaged, in recent years, Wuwan has slowly recovered. There were many Wuwan people who died during Cao Cao's Northern Expedition, which also created a large number of free grasslands. The Wuwan people did not need to fight for the grasslands, but instead recovered slowly.

However, the coastal areas of Liaodong were still controlled by Gongsun Yuan. Before, both the Wei State and the Han Dynasty only sold a small amount of salt to the Wuwan people. People did not have the strength to fight without eating salt, so solving the problem of salt became the important task of Wuwan's Khan.

Now, Deng Ai promised to sell salt to the Wuwan people, which made Wuwan Khan feel that this time the troops were worth it.

Both sides were cavalry and were heading for each other. The speeds of the two sides added up, and the distance between hundreds of miles was gone in half a day. Even the spies who were light and simple were not as fast as the army.

"Dadada..." A horse rushed over from a distance. King Karasuma looked up and saw that it was the spy he sent out.

"Where has the Han army been?" Wuhuan asked.

"Khan, the Han army is coming towards us, all of them are cavalry! It is only half an hour away from here!" said the spy hurriedly.

"All cavalry!" Karasuma Dahan frowned in surprise, and then asked, "Who is the leader?"

"It's Ma Qiu, the great general of Han Fuyuan! I see that it is written on the Han army's banner."

"What, it's that butcher!" Karasuma Khan suddenly screamed.

In the past, Ma Chao and his son killed hundreds of thousands of Wusun people on the Wusun grassland, and even if they were both men, women, young and old, the river was dyed red. People always like to exaggerate this kind of thing, so after this news spread across the Mongolian grassland and spread to western Liaoning, it became that Ma Chao and his son killed millions of Wusun people. Moreover, the cavalry under Ma Chao were invulnerable to swords and guns, and enjoyed eating human flesh. This made the entire prairie, when they heard the name "General Fuyuan", they would be frightened.

"Khan, what should we do?" Hearing Ma Qiu's name, a general next to him trembled a little.

"What should I do? What else can I do? Withdraw troops immediately!" King Karasuma shouted.

"But Khan, fleeing without fighting, is not what our warriors on the grassland do!"
Chapter completed!