Chapter 22: Ma Teng's Satisfaction

  At this time, Ma Teng was already holding a large army gathered at the edge of Qinshan Town. Ma Teng looked around and couldn't help but burst out laughing, saying with pride: "Haha, as long as our army takes down Qinshan Town, even if Ye Xuan is a god or a supernatural being, he will be powerless to change the situation. At that time, Jiangwang Town will become my, Ma Teng's, pocket territory..."

  He was already completely immersed in joy, and he looked at his two sons, Ma Cai and Ma Tian, with a sense of pride that had already been revealed, with a happy smile on his face from time to time.

  Of course, Ma Teng, who was pleased at this time, did not forget to take the opportunity to instruct his two sons.

  Ma Teng excitedly asked: "Zai'er and Tian'er, do you know why I chose this place as the final battlefield?" Looking at the puzzled expressions of his two sons, Ma Teng did not show any signs of displeasure, but instead seemed even more pleased.

  Originally cautious Ma Teng, since entering Hebei's southern region under Ye Xuan's territory...

  At first, Ma Teng was very cautious and took every step carefully, fearing that he would fall into the trap set by the Ye family army. However, after several battles, the Ye family army seemed to have no power to fight back, and Ma Teng's army was like a broken bamboo, unstoppable. As for Ye Xuan, he only had his proud gaze left, and it seemed that he was about to lose Jiangwang Town and suffer a final defeat. Ma Teng's prestige rose higher and higher with each passing day.

  Under the praise of many people, Ma Teng gradually became proud and arrogant, forgetting his original caution, until now he has become complacent.

  Unfortunately, Ma Teng forgot the simple truth that the faster one wants to succeed, the more cautious one must be.

  Ma Teng said with a pleased smile: "My sons, if one day you have the same intelligence and wisdom as your father, then I will not worry. You listen carefully!"

  "As for choosing Qinshan Town as the battlefield, Father has given it thorough consideration. You can all take a look! There are many mountains around Qinshan Town, think about what benefits there are!"

  Ma thought for a moment and understood his father's meaning, so he proudly puffed out his chest and said: "Father's intention is actually because this place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, which is conducive to the concealment of cavalry troops. Moreover, hiding the cavalry on the mountain has a great advantage, that is, once we discover the Ye family army, we can take advantage of the terrain to charge down with an unstoppable force and break through the Ye family army's formation in one fell swoop! Hehe... At that time, even if they have more people, it won't make any difference. They will only be able to surrender and let us slaughter them at will. Moreover, our own military strength is far superior to the other side!"

  Ma Teng patted Ma Chao's head with satisfaction, nodded and said: "As expected of my son Ma Teng, you're a promising young man! Haha."

  Ma Teng's idea is very true, if Ye Xuan heard Ma Teng's words, he would definitely be greatly appreciated.

  Although Ma Teng certainly didn't study physics and wouldn't understand the concept of potential energy, placing cavalry at a high point and charging down indeed has an extremely strong impact effect. If the Ye family army doesn't have any other way, their camp will inevitably be cut into several parts, and at that time, they won't be able to respond in unison, forming a powerful fighting force, it's just a scattered sand.

  Although Ma Teng is somewhat complacent now, he is not yet arrogant to the point of being out of control. This strategy is indeed the best method that Ma Teng can think of: firmly defending the walls, luring the enemy into a deep trap, and then launching a surprise attack from a high position, completely annihilating them. It's like a complete action movie, with the first three moves setting up the final blow.

  However, at this time, Ma Teng overlooked an important point, which is that in order to complete this action film, there must be a prerequisite condition, that is, when Ma Teng and their army charged down from the high ground, the Ye family army "had no other way".

  ……

  Unfortunately, Ye Jianjun's commander, Ye Xuan, was a "man with a way".

  ……

  At this time, in the camp of Ye's army, several high-ranking officials who had gone to battle were seated, including Ye's commander-in-chief General Ye Xuan, Second General Sun Yu, and the commanders of the Xuan Yuan and Xing Tian squads, Zhao Jie and Yang Xiao and Su Zhong. At this time, everyone was discussing how to break through the enemy lines.

  Ye Xuan remained calm as usual and asked the crowd: "Brothers, now that our Ye family army has reached a critical juncture of life and death, if we can't hold onto Qinshan Town, our Ye family army will lose the hard-won base. What do you think?"

  Zhao Jie said with a fearless and nonchalant expression: "General, I'm just a rough man. In my opinion, if we're going to fight, let's just fight! When people die, birds will still fly in the sky, what's there to be afraid of?"

  Everyone who heard Zhao Jie's silly words couldn't help but laugh, and they all thought to themselves: Only this lovely foolish man can remain so calm in such a critical moment.

  Looking at Zhao Jie's silly smile, Ye Xuan couldn't help but sigh and feel a headache. This Zhao Jie was indeed very brave in battle, but unfortunately, he was only a talented general. The tasks you assigned to him could be completed perfectly on time, but if you let him fight on his own, this guy wouldn't use his brain at all!

  Sun Yu had been frowning all this time, and finally couldn't help but say: "I'm saying, big brother, I suggest we think of a way to change the location of the final battle. This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and our opponents are on the mountain slope, while we're at the bottom. It's too easy for us to be ambushed. As soon as Ma Teng's cavalry charges down, our formation will easily be scattered. At that time..."

  Sun Yu didn't continue speaking, but everyone understood what he meant. They couldn't help but take a deep breath in unison and then looked at Ye Xuan together, expecting his final decision.

  After listening to Sun Yu's words, Ye Xuan didn't say anything for a long time, but only lightly clapped his palms a few times, then habitually touched his chin again, before smiling and saying: "Second brother's words are not bad, to be honest I was also worried about this problem at first, but as the saying goes, 'when soldiers come, we will block them; when water comes, we will cover it with earth'."

  At this point, Ye Xuan glanced at Su Zhong and continued: "Fortunately, Brother Su Zhong completed the task I gave him in advance. Of course! In this battle, Brother Su Zhong is the key to our victory or defeat. Everyone listen up, we can do it like this, like that..."

  Everyone who heard Ye Xuan's plan was secretly shocked at first, and then they all put down their worried expressions and smiled as if a weight had been lifted off their shoulders...

  The next day, when Ma Teng saw the vast army of Ye's family arriving before his eyes, he felt a strong excitement. The 5,000 troops behind him were waiting for his order to go down the mountain and defeat Ye's army, thoroughly defeating them!

  He Ma Teng is just one step away from success! Victory is within sight!