Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Beigong Boyu, the three largest warlords in Xiliang, were respectively annexed to the three counties of Wuwei, Mayi and Liangcheng. Although these three counties are not large, they have more than 100,000 troops stationed.

At this time, although Cao Ren, who was heading north, had 200,000 people on the surface. However, his family knew his family's affairs, and Cao Ren knew that he was just a strong man from the outside and the middle. Now Cao Ren's team has many flags and bluffs. On the surface, there are 200,000 people, but in fact he only has more than 50,000 people.

Guo Jia gave Cao Ren not a head-on battle with Ma Teng, but to defend Heishi Pass. Even if Heishi Pass could not be defended, Guo Jia allowed him to retreat to the Fufeng area. If Cao Ren retreated to the Fufeng area, then the Wei territory would not be occupied by Ma Teng by the three counties of Wuwei, Mayi and Liangcheng, but Fufeng would go north to more than a dozen counties.

Cao Ren understood that Guo Jia was abandoning his car to protect his commander. The counties from Fufeng north were among the most impoverished counties in the Wei Kingdom. Not only could they not bring any taxes every year, they needed relief from time to time.

If you lose these dozen counties at this time, it seems that Wei State lost its territory on the surface, but in fact it is equivalent to throwing these burdens to Ma Teng. For Cao Ren, as long as you block Ma Teng and others north of Fufeng, it will be a victory.

Wuwei County, county government.

Ma Teng sat on the main seat, with Han Sui and Beigong Boyu sitting on the left and right respectively. Below were a group of generals under the command of the three, such as Ma Teng, Ma Dai, Yan Xing, etc.

At this time, everyone's faces were full of eagerness to try. The news that Cao Ren led his troops to come had reached Ma Teng. At this moment, everyone's faces were full of fighting spirit.

Although Cao Ren brought 200,000 troops, the total number of troops of Ma Teng, Han Sui and Beigong Boyu was more than 100,000. Although on the surface, Cao Ren had the advantage in military strength. But one thing to understand is that Cao Ren's troops were mainly infantry, while Ma Teng and others had cavalry.

Ma Teng thought that since Cao Ren led 200,000 troops to come, then they designated it to take revenge, and it would be a head-on decisive battle. In the frontal duel, there is no doubt that the cavalry is far stronger than the infantry. It is no exaggeration to say that one cavalry can hand over three infantry.

"Everyone, Cao Ren, the general under the command of King Cao Cao of Wei, led an army of 200,000 to us. Now it is only two or three days away. Everyone can speak freely and tell us your countermeasures." Ma Teng asked everyone.

"Countermeasures, what's the countermeasure?"

"The soldiers come and the generals come and the water comes and the soil is covered. When they come, we will follow." Han Sui said first.

After Han Sui occupied Mayi, he is now full of heroism. Ma Teng, Han Sui, Beigong Boyu and others now support the three counties of Wuwei, Mayi and Liangcheng. Cao Hong also thought so at the beginning, so Cao Hong treated these three counties as military cities to transform them. Cao's army hoarded a large amount of supplies, equipment, etc. among these three counties.

Therefore, after Ma Teng and the others occupied these three counties, they obtained a large amount of military supplies, which made the three of them a little inflated. Han Sui and the others thought that every city of Cao's army had such supplies. So, at this time, they were eager to fight and wanted to capture a few more cities and take advantage of them.

"Yes, Brother Han is right. They are here, let's fight."

"We set up a pocket array early. As long as Cao Ren dares to bring people in, we will encircle and annihilate them all." Beigong Boyu also echoed on the side.

"Yes, fight."

"That's right, beat him up. Can we still be afraid of our Xiliang soldiers?" The young generals also shouted.

Because of the continuous occupation of the three counties of Wei, this was the time when the troops and horses in Xiliang were in full swing. Especially these young generals in Xiliang all had the heroic spirit of the eldest, the second, and the third.

Just when everyone was in full swing, a side general walked into the door and whispered a few words in the ear of Liang Wang Ma Teng.

This man didn't know what he said in Ma Teng's ear. As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Teng's face became tense and his face looked a little ugly.

Everyone knew how to observe the words and expressions. When they saw Ma Teng's face changed, they instantly became quiet in the originally noisy lobby.

Ma Teng frowned, glanced at everyone, and then said in a low tone: "The news from the Black Stone Pass just now, after Cao Ren arrived at the Black Stone Pass, he did not move forward. Instead, he joined forces with Cao Hong and began to strengthen the Black Stone Pass. It seemed that he wanted to defend the Black Stone Pass."

If Cao Ren just stopped moving forward after reaching the Black Stone Pass, it could be explained that he wanted to rest in the Black Stone Pass and repair it. However, Cao Ren has now begun to strengthen the Black Stone Pass, which means that he has no intention of moving forward at all. He wants to stick to the Black Stone Pass.

When Cao Ren stopped at Heishi Pass, Ma Teng was anxious. Why do you say that? Because if it was a field battle, then it would be logical that Ma Teng had a greater chance of winning, but if it was a siege, then it would be hard to say who had a greater chance of winning.

"Your Highness Liang, I think the so-called 200,000 soldiers and horses of Cao's army are likely to be bluffing. Think about it, if there are really 200,000 soldiers and horses, then the daily consumption of this person eating horses is a huge loss."

"If Cao's army really uses 200,000 troops, it should be a decisive battle with us at a speed. If we confront us with 200,000 troops, it will consume the national strength of the Wei State for a long time." Ma Teng's military advisor Cheng Gongying twisted his goat whiskers and said slowly.

"The military advisor is right. Since Cao Ren is now in charge of Heishi Pass, there is no need to bring 200,000 soldiers and horses. Although Heishi Pass is not small, it is not big. It is more than enough to guard Hulao Pass with 200,000 soldiers and horses, let alone a small Black Stone Pass." Ma Teng said the same.

After this analysis, Cao Ren's so-called 200,000 soldiers must be bluffing, but now the problem is. Since Cao Ren's 200,000 soldiers are bluffing, how many people are there in his hands?

"Military advisor, how many soldiers do you think Cao Ren brought this time?" Ma Teng asked.

"King Liang, Wei State is surrounded by heroes, and there are enemies everywhere. Although the troops are the most powerful, there are also many enemies that need defense, so they will definitely not bring too many people. Since they did not take the initiative to attack, they chose to defend according to the Black Stone Pass, I think the number of people should be around 500,000 to 100,000."

"But it's hard to estimate how many people there are," said military advisor Cheng Gongying to Ma Teng.
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