"Hehe, there is no way to do this. Now that Guanzhong is in short supply, I have not many soldiers. If I really want to fight with them, even if all these soldiers are fighting, there is no possibility of winning. I can only take this worst move. But no matter what, we finally successfully deceived Ma Chao's troops. Not only did we get a precious respite, but there were also five thousand more defenders in the city, right?"

Wei Yan explained to Yang Qiu when he saw the unbelievable look on his face.

Yang Qiu was also speechless about this, because Wei Yan said it was not unreasonable.

"But even if you add 5,000 people, when Ma Chao's army returns, we probably have no chance of winning, right? There is still more than a month before wheat harvest, and it is probably difficult for us to persist in such a long time."

Yang Qiu smiled bitterly, thinking that a great savior had come, but he didn't expect that things were far from as simple as he imagined.

But Wei Yan smiled and said, "Prince Yang, you don't have to worry. I have everything. Although the fact that An Ding was assigned to the Sili School Command is not true, Mr. Pei is already planning this matter. In addition, Mr. Pei also appointed Mr. Yang as General Hengye, which is also an affirmation of you. Therefore, when defending the city, you are the main general, and the last general is just the deputy general. However, the last general has come up with a plan. If this is implemented, perhaps in less than a month, we can defeat Ma Chao and let him retreat in a mess."

"Oh? I don't know what a trick it was? Can you tell me it?" Yang Qiu had no other hope now, and could only treat it as a living horse, so he was full of expectations for Wei Yan and said urgently.

"General, come here." Wei Yan and Yang Qiu came here and said this in his ear.

"This, that's OK?" Yang Qiu said in surprise after hearing this: "This is really too bold. If such a risky plan is successful, then there is naturally no need to say anything. It will definitely be a great reward. However, if it fails, it will be in a state of no return."

"Hey, there is no perfect plan in this world? As the saying goes, wealth and honor are in danger, and you always have to take risks. Besides, since this matter is the last one, if it really fails, all the blame will be taken alone, and you will never be implicated." Wei Yan looked at Yang Qiu in front of him, with a little disdain in his tone.

"Since that's the case, I wish the general a success. I need any help. General, please say." Although Yang Qiu is now the chief general in the army, he has a great dependence on Wei Yan. After all, he came to save him. If he patted his butt and left, would Ma Chao dare to chase him to Chang'an? In the end, he and Anding County were the ones who suffered losses and were beaten.

"Haha, you are polite, Taishou Yang, but you really need your help in this matter. After all, we are short of staff. At that time, we will ask Taishou Yang to help transport soil, and it is best to keep this matter confidential..."

"I understand this, General Wei, don't worry." Yang Qiu sat down and promised, and then appointed Wei Yan as the county magistrate of Anding County, and asked Wei Yan to let go and do it. He also ordered that no one should stop or delay, otherwise he would be punished as a crime of communicating with the enemy.

At the same time, Yang Qiu immediately ordered people to renovate the city and repair the defensive equipment, and passed very strict orders. Anyone who dared to obstruct or delay would be punished severely.

So a strange scene appeared. Before the soldiers and civilians in the city could celebrate the enemy's retreat, they were forced by Yang Qiu to build city defense and prepare various defensive equipment. They were all miserable. However, given Yang Qiu's huge reputation in Anding County, they dared not speak out, and could only work with high standards according to Yang Qiu's orders.

After Ma Chao led his army to retreat, he felt very unwilling to accept it. He was listless all the way, stopping and stopping, and only took a hundred miles in three days.

"Did my first military command end like this? This really makes people unwilling to accept such a fact. I only hate Pei Qing who intervened directly, otherwise it would be mine now." Ma Chao smiled bitterly in his heart, and he was extremely worried.

At this moment, someone came to report that Ma Teng sent someone to urge Ma Chao to attack the city.

"What? At this time, my father asked me to attack the city? Didn't Pei Qing have already assigned Anding County to the Sili School Captain's headquarters? Didn't my father know the news?" Ma Chao was very surprised after hearing the news. As for what he said, shouldn't his father Ma Teng order him to return? Why did he let him continue to launch an attack?

Then Ma Chao picked up the messenger Pang Rou, who was Pang De's cousin. Because Pang De's relationship with him was not low, he was the chief minister under Ma Teng's command.

As soon as they met, Pang Rou said strangely: "Major General, how are you here? Shouldn't you attack Linjing City at this time? The lord sent a subordinate to urge the Major General to march, but he didn't expect that the Major General was here. What happened?"

"You don't know?" Ma Chao said in surprise when he heard this: "Didn't Anding County has been directly assigned to the Sili School Captain's headquarters? Now Pei Qing has sent his general Wei Yan under his command to lead tens of thousands of troops to accept it. I think I am not an opponent, so I have to give up the attack and lead the army back."

"Well? This is not a thing. Xiaguan has never heard of this, nor has he received Pei Qing's text. What if he received it? How could the lord give An Ding to Pei Qing easily? The major general said that Pei Qing's general was named Wei Yan, who led tens of thousands of troops? This is impossible, because now that Guanzhong has a severe drought, they don't even have enough food, so how could they send tens of thousands of troops? How much food would it cost? Xiaguan heard that Pei Qing had already taken out all the military rations to help the victims. Besides, there is no Wei Yan among the generals under Pei Qing who can mobilize tens of thousands of troops."

After hearing this, Pang Rou smiled bitterly on her face, and she almost told Ma Chao clearly that you were fooled.

When Ma Chao heard this, he woke up like a dream and said loudly: "I'm fooled. This damn Wei Yan dares to lie to me. I must make him die a bad death!"

Then Ma Chao ordered the army to return and attack Linjing City again.

When the army was about to arrive in Linjing City, a soldier came to the woods during the march, but found that there were thick branches everywhere, with soil on the branches, and some with horse manes. The soldier quickly reported the situation. After Ma Chao saw the news, he immediately understood how Wei Yan created a huge momentum, making people think it was from a large group of people. It turned out that it was smoke and dust brought by these uncles and nephews.
Chapter completed!