Chapter 244: Take the Black Stone Pass
Originally, according to Cheng Gongying's plan, as long as the Black Stone Pass was broken here, they would immediately ignore the others, and everyone rushed towards Fufeng City. Most of the soldiers under Ma Teng were cavalry, while Cao Ren was mostly infantry. Therefore, there was a huge gap in mobility between the two sides. Logically speaking, Ma Teng could block Cao Ren outside Fufeng City first.
However, Ma Teng never expected that there were experts in Cao Ren's army. This fire attack strategy blocked them for several hours. With these gaps for several hours, it is unknown whether Ma Teng can catch up with Cao Ren.
Cheng Yu is a master. His strategy is just to block Ma Teng's attack with a fire attack and then trap Fufeng City? Of course not. Cheng Yu used a plan to fall into the trap. Now that burning Black Stone Pass is just the first plan. After this plan, there are other tricks waiting for Ma Teng.
Ma Teng's military advisor Cheng Gongying used thermal expansion and cold contraction to break the Broken Dragon Stone that blocked the way. However, after these few hours of delay, the fire in the city had completely burned.
Most of the houses in this era were made of wood. Even if they were made of bricks, tiles and bluestone, the beams, doors and windows had to be made of a large amount of wood. Before Cao Ren evacuated, a large amount of wood and thatch were piled up in the pass, and a large amount of tincture oil and other flammable items were buried in the pass.
Now that the fire in the Black Stone Pass is burning, it can be said that the fire is rising into the sky, and there are flames everywhere.
After breaking the broken dragon stone that blocked the road ahead, they looked at the blazing flames everywhere in the pass. For a moment, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others also looked at each other.
This is very embarrassing. There are blazing flames in front of you. If the fire is naturally extinguished, it is probably impossible to do so within three or five days.
"Military advisor, how can you pass through this pass?" Ma Teng asked, looking at the fire in front of him.
Now this Black Stone Pass is like the Flame Mountain. You know, even Sun Wuzi is in trouble when he sees it, let alone Ma Teng and the others. Of course, Black Stone Pass is definitely not as good as the Flame Mountain, but Ma Teng and the others do not have the ability of Sun Wuzi.
"King Liang, please order someone to put out the fire first." Cheng Gongying said to Ma Teng.
In this case, if you want to pass the level, you have to put out the fire first. And if the fire is allowed to continue burning, then the Black Stone Pass will probably be burned into a pile of wasteland. At that time, what's the use of Ma Teng's Black Stone Pass that burns into wasteland?
As a military advisor, the most important thing is to be flexible and flexible. At this time, it is definitely impossible to chase Cao Ren's defeated soldiers first. For the sake of the present, it is better to put out the fire first and save the Black Stone Pass.
When Cheng Gongying said this, Ma Teng knew that it was impossible to take down Fufeng City in one go. Now he would still save the Black Stone Pass first and then slowly plan it.
With Ma Teng's order, more than 100,000 Xiliang troops began to put out the fire. Fortunately, there was a water source outside the Heishi Pass, and there were many wells in the city. There were water and some people, so putting out the fire was not a problem.
More than 100,000 people were busy for several hours, and it was not until noon that the fire at the Black Stone Pass was extinguished. After a long night and one morning, it really made the Xiliang Army very tired.
"Military advisor, are you still chasing me?" Ma Teng asked Cheng Gongying.
From Heishi Pass to Fufeng City, there are more than ten county towns in the middle. According to the speed of infantry marching seventy or eighty miles a day, Cao Ren would take at least three days to retreat to Fufeng City.
It is precisely because of this that Ma Teng asked Cheng Gongying whether he would still chase him. Ma Teng felt that the time was not too long now, and if he chased him, he would not be able to catch up.
When Ma Teng asked whether to chase or not, Cheng Gongying was also a little embarrassed. Judging from the fire-burning Black Stone Pass to block the enemy, there are experts in Cao Ren's army. If there are experts, then if you chase them rashly, you might suffer a loss.
Suddenly, Cheng Gongying thought about it, since they were hesitating now, wouldn’t Cao’s army think so too? After Black Stone Pass blocked them, Cao’s military advisors would definitely think that they would not dare to chase them. If so, then Cao’s army should be the time to defend the most relaxed.
You know, no matter how much Cao's army said that this battle was defeated, since it was defeated, his morale would definitely be very low. In this case, if they chased and killed them, they would not have any miraculous effect.
Thinking of this, Cheng Gongying made up his mind. Cheng Gongying gritted his teeth and said to Ma Teng: "Chase, chase and take a look. If Cao's army lays a trap to block the ambush, they will retreat and make plans. If Cao's army relaxes, they will hit them."
After Cheng Gongying made the plan, Ma Teng was very confident. The man in Xiliang has always been reckless. If he followed Ma Teng's previous style, he would definitely catch up without saying a word. However, Ma Teng is not the former Ma Teng. Now Ma Teng is King Liang, and he has the ambition to compete for the Central Plains.
Now that he finally had the plan to enter the Central Plains, Ma Teng naturally had to be cautious and could not have any care at all. Because of this, Ma Teng must ask for advice like his military advisor whenever he is in trouble.
After an order was issued, the soldiers of Xiliang began to build food. After busy all night and a morning, even if they had to chase them, they had to eat and drink enough to chase them. The emperor was not short of hungry soldiers, and he was not full, nor did he have the strength to fight.
"Head, why is this water so turbid?" When the Xiliang Army and the head camp were fetching water to make rice, they found that the well water in the Heishi Pass seemed a little turbid than normal water.
The manager of the head camp was a big fat man, and he had to be at least 200 years old. The big fat man looked at the water that was brought up and asked at his subordinates: "Have you tried the poison?"
Before marching and fighting, every time you go to a place, you must test the local water source to avoid preventing the enemy from poisoning the water source. You must know that this is in the army. If it is poisoned, it will affect the lives of more than 100,000 people.
"I tried it. The water is not poisonous, it is just turbid." The leader replied.
After hesitating for a while, the fat man said, "Maybe the fire was burning all night, and the dust fell into the well and it seemed a little turbid. Since it was not poisonous, then use it like this first. Don't waste time. The young prince will send troops to chase the enemy later."
Since the well water is non-toxic, it doesn't matter if you use it like this. If you don't use the well water in the city, you can only fetch water from the river outside the city. But how can the river water be compared with the well water? The river water will definitely be more turbid. Moreover, fetching water from the city is an extremely waste of time.
Chapter completed!