The 15th time Jia Xiu blocked the reinforcements with one move, six million fierce lions surrounded An Yi.

  But Ma Teng learned that Han Sui was flying the imperial flag and had returned with the orders of the Chancellor, and for a time hesitated whether or not to send out relief troops.

  But when he saw the letter written by Yang Fu, he immediately ordered his troops to prepare for departure.

  Pang De did not think that a letter would be more effective than his and Ma Chao's repeated persuasions, so he asked Ma Teng what was written in the letter.

  Ma Teng said: "The person who wrote this letter must not be Ma Chao, although Ma Chao is naturally brave and no one can match him, he does not have such strategy."

  "Ah? Could it be that there's a superior person helping out Ma Fu?"

  Ma Teng said: "Yes. This superior man thinks that if An Yi is lost, then Xiliang will be difficult to preserve. If Ma Fu is captured, I will have difficulty standing firm. At this critical moment, I should borrow the strength of Ma Fu and the soldiers of Xiliang, attack from afar and near, pacify internally and externally, only thus can there be an opportunity for me to once again display the majestic power of Great Han!"

  "Didn't General say that he couldn't control his groom?" Pang De had always been a straightforward person and didn't bother to beat around the bush when speaking.

  Ma Teng drew out the treasured sword at his waist and examined it carefully, saying: "Although the sword is sharp, there is still a way to wield it. This superior person's superiority lies in that he has secretly told me how to tame Ma Chao in his letter!"

  Ma Teng finished speaking and surprisingly started dancing with his sword, looking extremely pleased. ?? Tiger and Leopard Riders

  Pang De still didn't understand and continued to ask: "He wrote this letter, he must have shown it to Ma Chao, can't Ma Chao see through it?"

  Ma Teng stopped dancing with his sword and walked to the edge of the desk, handing the letter to Pang De: "You see for yourself."

  Pang De read the letter over and over again, and apart from thinking that it was well-written and made sense, he didn't find anything particularly unusual about it.

  But what he said was actually something he and Xiao Ma Chao had already discussed with Ma Teng.

  Ma Teng saw Pang De was a bit dazed and patted his shoulder saying: "You're drunk!"

  "Fantastic! Fantastic! It's like a bolt of inspiration!"

  Pang De couldn't believe it, this few words had already completely grasped Ma Teng's mind.

  "Even the best horse, if caught in a narrow gap, will be hard to survive. If harmonious, it will be absorbed by Han; if divided, it will be crushed! Good! Once General Ben arrives at An Yi, he will definitely bring him under his command!"

  Pang De said, "Although General Ma is very respectful to me, he has also learned from his power. Using him to restrain Han Sui and suppress his momentum is indeed a clever plan. I suppose the general had this in mind when he left him at An Yi earlier?"

  Ma Teng hastily said: "It's not entirely like that. When the general left him in Anxi, there was such consideration, but it wasn't as clear a thought process, and more of a helpless move. Looking at all the generals in our army, except for you and Ma Fu, there really isn't anyone else suitable to guard Anxi, but you are the general's confidant, and retaking Wuwei can't be done without you. So the general had no choice but to use a plan to temporarily station Ma Fu in Anxi."

  "There's another thing that I've been thinking about all along and can't figure out - how did the general get the groom to willingly stay in An Yi?"

  Ma Teng laughed and said: "The people General sent to monitor him are not all useless."

  "Oh? I'd love to hear more!" Pang De's face was filled with curiosity. But at this moment, Ma Teng suddenly smiled and remained silent.

  Pongde didn't ask any more questions. Some things, if Ma Teng was willing to tell him, he would know even if he didn't ask. But if Ma Teng didn't want him to know, then no matter how many times he asked, there would be no result.

  After all preparations were ready, Ma Teng led 20,000 elite soldiers to rush towards An Yi. And this time, Xiao Ma Chao followed his father into battle again. ?? Hu Bao Cavalry

  The garrison in Anyi, under Yang Fu's suggestion, actively mobilized the people and soldiers of Anyi to defend the city together.

  Everything was originally in the hands of Ma Chao, who had already learned that Ma Teng had sent troops. As long as he held on for a few more days, the civilians and soldiers of Anxi could wait for reinforcements to arrive.

  But something unexpected still happened...

  When Han Sui suffered a great defeat and escaped back to Jincheng, he petitioned Dong Zhuo, detailing the severity of Ma Chao's threat, even saying that if this man is not eliminated, the world will be difficult to pacify.

  Dong Zhuo in Luoyang had already heard about Ma Chao's bravery in the Battle of Anxi, where he beheaded five of Han Sui's generals. Dong Zhuo was also somewhat wary of Ma Chao's courage.

  In addition, he absolutely did not allow Ma Teng to dominate Xiliang.

  Under consideration, he decided to dispatch 40,000 troops to assist Han Sui and force Ma Teng to hand over Ma Chao.

  With the addition of new recruits and the remnants of defeated generals after the Battle of An Yi, Han Sui's forces swelled to 60,000.

  This time, attacking An Yi, Li Jue, Guo Si, and others also came with Han. Among them, the Discussing Barbarian General Jia Xu was originally a son-in-law of Dong Zhuo, and the Zhonglang General Niu Fu stationed troops in Shan, serving as an auxiliary army in Niu Fu's army.

  But after Ma Chao's victory in the Battle of Jie, Jia Xu was eager to meet this mighty general who seemed like a god.

  He then took the initiative to ask for a recommendation from Niu Fu in front of Dong Zhuo, allowing him to follow Li Jue and Guo Si on their expedition.

  Niu Fu had always respected him and strongly recommended Jia Xu in front of his father-in-law. Dong Zhuo gladly agreed.

  When they were still one day's journey away from Anxi, Jia Xu advised Li Jue, Guo Si, Han Xian and others: "The scouts have already reported that Ma Teng has led all his troops to rush towards Anxi. In my humble opinion, we might as well attack their old nest again!"

  "Huh?" Li Jue and Guo Si were both full of confusion.

  Han Sui nodded in understanding, saying: "Last time An Yizhou was defeated, if it wasn't for Hu Zhi and Yang Ding taking advantage of the situation to occupy Ma Teng's old nest, I'm afraid this general would not have been able to return alive to Jincheng."

  Cheng Gongying, who was standing beside Han Shou, said: "Wenhe's plan is excellent, but I don't know who to send."

  Jia Xu suddenly clapped his hands twice, and two men in military attire entered the army tent. Jia Xu introduced them: "These two are precisely Hu Zhi and Yang Ding, who took advantage of the situation to seize Ma Teng's old nest last time."

  Originally, after Hu Zhi and Yang Ding were defeated by Ma Teng last time, they defected to Zhonglang General Niu Fu. This time, Jia Xu thought of the plan to remove the cauldron from the bottom before going out to battle, so he brought Hu Zhi and Yang Ding along with him.

  "Good! Very good! Wen and Guo are indeed famous for nothing, then let me, General Hu, and General Yang lead 10,000 cavalry to raid Ma Teng's lair!" said Guo Si.

  Jia Xu said: "General Guo is overpraising me! This plan to pull out the firewood from under the cauldron still cannot completely eliminate Ma Teng. In my humble opinion, we still need General Li Jue to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to bypass An Yi and launch a surprise attack on Ma Teng from behind. This way, Ma Teng will be attacked from both front and back and is sure to perish! Meanwhile, General Han can lead 20,000 elite soldiers to besiege An Yi, and Ma Chao will certainly find it hard to fly away!"

  Cheng Gongying smiled and said: "With 60,000 elite soldiers fighting against only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers in the district, and with Wenhe's clever plan to assist, this time Ma Teng will probably not even know how he died."

  As soon as these words were spoken, laughter filled the military tent.

  In everyone's eyes, all that was left for them was just a celebratory feast...

  The next day, dark clouds filled the sky, and a torrential rain that had never been seen before seemed to be approaching.

  However, this seemed to have no effect on Li Jue, Guo Si and Han Xian's march.

  Li led 30,000 elite soldiers to bypass An Yi and directly block Ma Teng.

  Guo Qi, Hu Zhi and Yang Ding led 10,000 cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack on Ma Teng's old lair in Wuwei.

  Han Shou once again became a direct enemy of Ma Fu, but this time he seemed to have completely absorbed the lessons of his previous defeat and directly used 20,000 elite soldiers to surround An Yi City like an iron tube, not giving Ma Fu any opportunity to leave the city for battle.

  Jia Xuan and Cheng Gongying suggested that Han Zhong directly attack the city.

  But after Han's initial attack was unfavorable, he adopted a strategy of surrounding but not attacking.

  At this time, Ma Teng was already in a precarious situation, and it seemed that no one could save the people of An Yi City.

  Ma Chao was still waiting anxiously in Anding for Ma Teng's reinforcements to arrive.

  "You think General Ma will keep his word or not, now that An Yi has been occupied by Han Sui?" Ma Fu asked Yang Fu with a somewhat pessimistic tone.

  Yang Fu said: "I don't know. According to the messenger's report, Ma Teng had already sent his troops a long time ago. It's just that I don't know why they haven't arrived yet!"

  "Could it be that Han Sui has divided his troops to resist Ma Teng? If so, we are in danger!"

  Yang Fu never thought of this layer, but under the current situation, he can only encourage Ma Fu to actively prepare for war, after all, being able to drag on for one more day means having one more day of hope.

  Besides, he estimated that Wei Zhang's troops gathered in Tianshui would arrive near Anxi in a few days.

  Wei Zhang led only eight hundred soldiers, but since he was outside the encirclement, Yang Fu felt that if they could coordinate their efforts and use a clever strategy, it wasn't entirely impossible to defeat Han Shui.

  "There is still enough food in the city for us to use for ten days. Within these ten days, we must find a way to lift Han Sui's siege!" Ma Fu said resolutely after listening to Yang Fu's consolation.

  "This general is at ease. Heaven will not cut off the road for a man, we must be able to think of a way!" Although he said so, but at this time Yang Fu's heart was actually without any good strategy.

  One day, after inspecting the troops guarding the city walls, Ma Fu returned to his residence with a worried heart.

  He had never felt so helpless and ended up drinking alone.

  He didn't know how much he had drunk, but his whole head felt heavy and dizzy.

  At this moment, several men holding big knives suddenly jumped down from the beams and went straight for the groom's head.

  The groom leapt up with a start and was drenched in cold sweat.

  The long spear is not in hand, and the groom can only fight back with bare fists.

  These few killers launched a series of attacks in succession, coordinating cleverly, but in the eyes of Ma Fu, they were just some small tricks.

  Although he had drunk a lot of wine, his whole body felt as light as a cloud, but the coachman exerted himself to mobilize all his nerves, and before long, several people were beaten to the ground.

  This time, Ma Fu drew on his experience of being stabbed in the past and swiftly stuffed his smelly shoe into a killer's mouth.

  Other assassins, seeing no hope of escape, actually bit their tongues and killed themselves.

  Looking at these killers with scars all over their faces, the groom felt that if they sold pork instead, they might not have to die so early. However, since they chose to be assassins and were there to kill him, the fate awaiting them was only one - death in the blink of an eye!

  Just as Ma Fu was about to interrogate the killer who had his stinky shoes, the man suddenly pulled out a short knife from behind and stabbed Ma Fu.

  The groom was extremely alert and quickly dodged.

  But what made him even more disappointed was that the person took advantage of the opportunity to end his own life with a short knife...