Li Ru is a smart man. Since he is ready to withdraw his troops, he naturally cannot expect that the Youzhou army will take the opportunity to attack! He has already made plans! However, since Zhang Xun came here at this time, he is confident and obviously has countermeasures. Moreover, he came to discuss with him and explain his methods to be beneficial to the Xiliang army. Since that is the case, what's the harm in acting a little lower and satisfying his vanity? Besides, since he plans to keep Yuan Shu's troops and let them restrain Cao Cao, it is natural that the relationship between the two sides is better!

After hearing Li Ru's words, Zhang Xun couldn't help laughing. He was very satisfied with Li Ru's cooperation! In fact, he also knew that since Li Ru was about to withdraw his troops, it was impossible for Li Ru to be unprepared with Li Ru's talent! Although Zhang Xun disliked Li Ru's character and background, this did not hinder his trust in Li Ru's wisdom! Although Li Ru's reputation was not good, he was also the top strategist of this era. Dong Zhuo's ability to achieve such great achievements is inseparable from Li Ru's wisdom, and no one will deny this!

Now that Li Ru talks to him like this, it means that Li Ru gives him Zhang Xun's face. Zhang Xun is still very self-aware of his talents. Perhaps he is the first person among military generals, but in front of the strategist, it is not enough to see him! So he smiled and said, "Hehe! Mr. Li is polite! Now that you and me are planning to withdraw their troops, it is natural for the two families to cooperate with each other and discuss countermeasures! You and I have to withdraw their troops for some reason. So of course we must be careful not to take advantage of the Youzhou army to take advantage of the situation!"

Li Ru nodded and said, "General Zhang is right! I just don't know how sincerely General Zhang is preparing to cooperate?" Zhang Xun smiled sinisterly, "Mr. Li! This time the princes jointly attacked Liu Bin, and the army here is not only you and me! You and I are preparing to retreat, but the other one is not planning to retreat! And they can still ask for a big battle with the Youzhou Army! Since he wants to fight with the Youzhou Army so much, and thinks that his troops are strong in combat, why don't we beauties and let him fight a good battle? Mr. Li, what do you think?"

When Li Ru heard Zhang Xun say this, he understood what Zhang Xun meant. That was to let the Ma family army led by Ma Chao go to die! This time they said that the princes united to attack Liu Bin. In fact, the only ones who came to the Bingzhou battlefield and participated in the battle with the Youzhou army were the Xiliang Army and Yuan Shu's troops led by Zhang Xun. Also, the Ma family army led by Ma Chao! The reason why Ma Chao led the Ma family army to participate in the battle against Liu Bin by the princes was different from the Xiliang Army and Yuan Shu's troops! The reason why the Xiliang Army and Yuan Shu's troops wanted to oppose Liu Bin was mainly because Liu Bin's power was too great and the threat to them was too great. In order to eliminate Liu Bin's threat to them, they joined forces to attack Youzhou Army under Cao Cao's lobbying!

But Ma Chao is different. The reason why Ma Chao came over with his troops was one because Ma Chao's father was imprisoned in Xudu by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao threatened under the name of Ma Teng. In addition, Ma Chao had to come in the name of the court! The second was because the Ma family army had too hard to survive in two weeks. Ma Chao wanted to get some benefits from the Youzhou army by attacking Liu Bin and improve the survival status of some Ma family army! The Ma family army is different from that in history! In the original history, Dong Zhuo

Although they were forced to retreat to Chang'an by the Guandong princes, the strength of the Xiliang army was not damaged, and there was a lot of money plundered from Luoyang, and their strength increased instead of decreasing. At the same time, although the Guandong princes united strongly, none of them were the opponents of the Xiliang army, and the Xiliang army was not afraid of them at all! On the contrary, the Xiliang army felt that they still had the chance to enter the Central Plains, so most of the attention of the Xiliang army at that time was still on the Central Plains princes, and they did not pay much attention to the Ma Teng and Hansui coalition behind them!

But this era is different! When the princes jointly attacked Dong Zhuo, the Youzhou army led by Liu Bin was defeated and their strength was greatly reduced. Moreover, the money plundered from Luoyang was also taken away by Liu Bin. The Chang'an generation where the Xiliang army was located had a relatively poor living environment and poor survival ability. However, among the princes of Guandong, there was another Youzhou army that could directly threaten them, and their chances of entering the Central Plains were very slim. So they had to focus on the Liangzhou area to the west! And they had reason to do so!

Because when the princes attacked Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng and Han Sui, a member of Xiliang, stabbed them in the back. Now they have no choice but to deal with the princes of Guandong. Can't they deal with the defeated generals of Ma Teng and Han Sui? The most important thing is that Ma Teng and Han Sui and the others have taken the initiative to attack the Xiliang army, so that the Xiliang army will not let them go! The Sanfu area where Chang'an is located is still two weeks old, which is already desolate. The Xiliang army is used to being big-handed and now has

Without the wealth plundered from Luoyang, these areas were naturally more thoroughly plundered! The caravans here, whether they were selling grain or other goods, were all detained by the Xiliang army and could not go west! The Liangzhou area where the Ma family army was located was already relatively poor, and the Silk Road had long been cut off. Most of the grain and daily necessities had to be imported from the Central Plains. Now that the Xiliang army has cut off their source, their survival can be imagined!

Originally, in the chaotic times, the princes wanted to fight for hegemony, so they wanted to expand their army in large quantities. However, because the Ma family army in Liangzhou was short of external resources and insufficient food and grass, they not only had no way to continue to expand their army, but instead had to continuously reduce their army to achieve the goal of reducing expenditure! The Ma family army, which used to be 200,000 to 300,000, is now only about 100,000! However, because of this, in order to reduce the number of troops, the Ma family army must maintain a certain combat effectiveness while reducing the number of troops, they carefully selected and increased training, making the Ma family army's combat effectiveness nowadays! This is also the reason why Ma Chao dared to join the battle against the Youzhou army with only 40,000 or 50,000 troops!

It is precisely because of the combat effectiveness of the Ma family army, it is much stronger than the army of other princes. Moreover, the reasons for their combat are different, not only for Ma Teng's safety, but also for the ability to loot certain benefits from the Youzhou army, so their battles are very powerful! In addition, Ma Chao is young and energetic. He wants to prove himself in front of the princes in the world, so the Ma family army has been asking to fight with the Youzhou army. This is also the reason why they did not plan to withdraw their troops now!

Zhang Xun's plan this time happened to take advantage of this. Ephedra is young and energetic, and his own strength is quite arrogant. Zhang Xun is even more powerful and has a bit of arrogance. He is not willing to let Ma Chao down at such a young age. The two of them are a little dirty at the beginning. In addition, when they failed to fight against the Youzhou Army, they shirked responsibility for each other, and the two almost fought each other. They had already broken up! With Zhang Xun's vengeful personality, how could he let Ma Chao go easily! This time he withdrew his troops, he was preparing to plot against Ma Chao once!

Since you have been boasting about your troops. Your combat power is strong, and you, Ma Chao, are you, known as the God-Majestic General, and have a strong martial arts skills. Since you want to fight the Youzhou Army so much, so good, I will give you a chance now. Let you fight the Youzhou Army! As for us, I am sorry, we will not accompany you, we are going to withdraw our troops!

Zhang Xun just spoke. Li Ru understood what Zhang Xun meant! Li Ru was also very clear about the conflict between Zhang Xun and Ma Chao. He also had his contribution. Now that Zhang Xun did this, Li Ru would certainly not have any objection! On the contrary, he clapped and was very happy! In fact, Li Ru's original plan was to ask Ma Chao's Ma family army to cut off the rear. They wanted to withdraw their troops as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xun actually thought of going with him! Although the ephedra grass army was not large in number, it was relatively strong in combat. When fighting with the Youzhou army, it would at least not be defeated by one blow, which was just right for the rear!

With these relatively powerful troops who have been fighting to cut off the rear and drag the Youzhou Army forward, the Xiliang Army and the troops led by Zhang Xun can retreat with confidence! If the Youzhou Army wants to chase them, they must abolish some troubles and completely defeat Ma Chao's troops first! At that time, they were probably far away! This is from the overall perspective, Ma Chao's troops are suitable for cutting off the rear. Of course, this is not the main reason why Li Ru did not object, but also applauded! The reason why Li Ru applauded Lu Ai was selfish, considering it from the standpoint of the Xiliang Army!

The Xiliang Army and the Ma family army had originally had hatred. Under Liu Bin's strength, the Xiliang Army had the idea of ​​entering the Central Plains of Tu failed. If they wanted to continue dominating, they had to re-occupate the Xiliang region. In the Xiliang region, there are now Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops, which are against them. The Xiliang Army has always wanted to destroy them! If this time, if they can use the help of the Youzhou Army to eliminate these troops of Ma Chao, then Li Ru would of course applaud! Moreover, the Xiliang army is in chaos and Guo Si and Li Que rebelled. This time, Li Ru brought the army back, whether they can quell their rebellion as soon as possible, enter a stalemate, or fail, the strength of the Xiliang army will be greatly damaged, and in a short period of time, the deterrence to the outside will be reduced a lot!

With the natural danger of Hangu Pass, the Xiliang army does not have to worry that the princes of Guandong will take advantage of this opportunity to invade the Xiliang army. However, the Xiliang army has to increase precautions for the Ma Teng and Hansui coalition in the Xiliang area! Instead of waiting for the Ma Teng and Hansui coalition in the future to take advantage of the Xiliang army, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to use the butcher knife of the Youzhou army to trick Ma Chao once and weaken their combat effectiveness. In this way, even if the Xiliang army has civil strife and its strength is weakened, there is no need to worry that they cannot deal with the Ma Han coalition! Not to worry that they will take advantage of the situation! This is also the main reason why Li Ru applauded!

When Zhang Xun saw Li Ru applauding his plan, he felt very proud and a sense of accomplishment aroused! However, in order to show humility, he still said: "Mr. Li! Since you agree with this method very much, please give me some advice on how we should act! Although the plan is good, if it is true, it may not be that easy! Although Ma Chao is reckless, he is not a fool and will not do it easily according to our plan! How can Ma Chao act according to our plan obediently? This depends on the guidance of Mr. Zhang Xun, although arrogant, he is not a fool. Naturally, he knows that although his plan is good, it is not that simple to cooperate with Ma Chao. To implement this plan smoothly, you need to do more articles. How to make a piece of articles is needed, Li Ru, the strategist! Zhang Xun can come up with such a good plan. It is already extraordinary to perform!

When Li Ru heard this, he smiled slightly and thought to himself: "This Zhang Xun doesn't seem too idiot. He knows that if Ma Chao is fooled and acts according to the plan, he still needs his own help! Since he also wants to cheat Ma Chao and also leaves Cao Cao a trouble, then why not help him!" So Li Ru smiled sinisterly and said: "Haha! General Zhang is polite! General Zhang's plan is already perfect! If it is really successful, the Ma family army will definitely suffer heavy losses. But we can retreat safely! But as General Zhang said, if we want to implement the plan smoothly, some supplementary means are needed!"

After saying that, Li Ru pondered for a moment and said, "Now the matter of your and my family planning to withdraw troops is still a secret. Even the brothers in our battalion don't know, and I believe Ma Chao and the others must not know it! So don't worry about our plan being leaked! Well! I think this is how Ma Chao is clamoring to fight the Youzhou Army for a while? Didn't he always want to stand the cheaper of the Youzhou Army? Well, we are as he wishes! We will call him over and discuss military information in a while! It is said that the military information of the Youzhou Army is unclear and it is not easy to have a comprehensive war. But we can't just wait like this. We need to find something to do! There are so many military camps in Youzhou Army. It is impossible for each of them to be heavily guarded and there are generals guarding them, so we will send people to test the reality of the various camps of the Youzhou Army to deal with the next battle!"

Speaking of this, Li Ru smiled sinisterly and said, "Ma Chao is so eager to fight. Now let's give him this opportunity! Didn't he keep saying that his Ma family army has a strong combat power and even surpass the Youzhou army's combat power? Didn't he keep showing off how powerful his martial arts are? Isn't he known as the General Shenweitian? Well, let's give him this opportunity to prove that his Ma family army's combat power is stronger than the Youzhou army, prove that Ma Chao's martial arts is indeed unparalleled in the world, and prove that he is indeed worthy of the title of General Shenweitian!"

After hearing Li Ru's words, Zhang Xun smiled and nodded, thinking that if this provocation method was used, Ma Chao would definitely be fooled! But in a blink of an eye, it might not be that simple! If only Ma's army was allowed to go out to fight, with Ma Chao's personality, they would not think that there was anything, but people in the Ma's army would probably not think so. If someone raised any objection, what should they do? So Zhang Xun asked: "Mr. Li! If the people of the Ma family army asked us what we did? If they were unwilling to fight alone, what should we do? After all, although Ma Chao was reckless, the people of the Ma family army were not so reckless. If they were asked to challenge hundreds of thousands of Youzhou army in tens of thousands, they would definitely not agree!" Although Zhang Xun was arrogant, he was somewhat capable of becoming the commander of the rebel army. If it were him, he would not have done this!

Li Ru smiled and said, "It's okay! We can tell them that they can go out with peace of mind. When they go out to test the reality of the Youzhou Army camp, we will also come out with the camp. Just behind them! If the reality of the Youzhou Army pops up and the Youzhou Army attacks, we will take them!" Zhang Xun frowned and said, "Mr. Li, if we really do this, how can we withdraw our troops? But if we don't go out to form the line to meet them, Ma Chao will not really fight with hundreds of thousands of Youzhou Army soldiers! Then we are not..." Zhang Xun was a little confused. Li Ru's intention to do this! In his opinion, Li Ru's actions are inconsistent with their original plan!

Li Ru heard this and waved his hand with a smile, saying, "General Zhang, don't worry! I haven't finished my words yet! We told Ma Chao that we would go out to pick him up. At the same time, we also told him that in order not to fall into the trap of the Youzhou army, we should change the signal when fighting! Usually, the army advances when hearing the drum, and retreats when hearing the gold! This time it is just the opposite! The drum sound represents letting them retreat, and the sound of the gold sound represents the attack! The position is to confuse the judgment of the Youzhou army and prevent them from making correct judgments in time! Ma Chao will definitely be willing! After he goes back, he will definitely remind his subordinates to let him

The subordinates pay attention to this! But we don’t tell our subordinates, but follow the normal rules! At the same time, we quietly tell our subordinates to pack up their luggage and prepare to withdraw their troops. When the time comes, he hears the tumble, then withdraw the troops quickly, and don’t worry about anything else!” At this point, Li Ru smiled gloomy. Zhang Xun saw Li Ru’s expression and couldn’t help but tremble. At this time, he probably understood Li Ru’s intention! He didn’t expect that Li Ru looked gentle, like a weak scholar. Who would have thought of such a sinister way! He really can’t be looked at! (..)

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