It is difficult to win against one person, but it is easy to win against two people.

This was originally said by Cao Cao, and it means: if one person has no differences of opinion, it will be difficult to defeat him; if two people have different opinions, disagreements will occur, and the tactics are not unified, it is easy to cause internal strife, so it is easy to defeat him.

Li Qi used Cao Cao's words to show his heroic posture.

However, this time they have three groups of soldiers and horses instead of two groups.

Not to mention how easy it was to defeat the Tianshui Three Route Army, at least it played a role in stabilizing the morale of the troops and boosting their morale before the expedition.

Pang Tong said: "Now Longxi County belongs to the lord, and Xiahou Yuan is busy attacking Chencang Fortress. The problems in Longxi County are not serious. It doesn't make much sense for Meng Huo and others to stay in Linzhao. It's better for me to lead them from Xi County."

Enter Tianshui, and my lord will lead Meng Qi and others from Xiangwu into Tianshui. They will definitely divide their troops into two groups to meet the enemy, and then they can find opportunities to drive a wedge between them."

Li Qi then ordered Pei Yuanshao to lead a group of troops to escort Pang Tong to Xi County to join Meng Huo and others.

When Ma Zun and others learned that Li Qi had divided his troops into two groups to capture Tianshui County, they hurriedly discussed with Handan merchants and Su Ze.

Ma Zundao said: "Thank you very much for leading the army to help me defend Tianshui County. I am very aware of all aspects of Tianshui County's situation. Why don't you let me arrange the food and grass supplies for everyone."

The Handan merchants were not happy when they heard this. We came here to help you, but you actually want to hide in the rear and be the chef? Instead, you asked us to go to the front line to support you?

Handan Shang said: "I don't know how long Tianshui's grain storehouse can supply our three armies. How about I go back to Wuwei to supply you with grain and grass?"

Ma Zun: "..."

Su Ze scolded the two of them: "We are working together to serve the country, how can we have internal strife before sending out troops? There are no enemy troops in Shui County today. Governor Ma can just arrange for a meritorious officer or boss to provide food and grass."

The question now is, the enemy troops are divided into two groups, how do we distribute them here?"

Ma Zundao: "I have heard for a long time that the literary master (Su Zezi) subdued Li Yue, saved Wuwei, attacked Zhangye, lured the opera performers, beheaded Zhang Jin, surrendered to Huanghua, and leveled Hexi. Budi was a wise governor of the border, and he was both wise and courageous.

Zun has admired the famous general for a long time and is planning to take this opportunity to learn more from Master Li. How about..."

The Handan merchant said angrily: "Oh Nima, you mean I have to stop Li Qi alone?"

Ma Zunpian smiled and said: "Prefect Handan, please calm down. How can Zun allow brother Handan to stop him alone? I will divide an army into a reward for Lord Bo Yin and ask him to go with his brother."

Su Zedao: "In that case, Governor Ma will follow me to Xiangwu to meet Li Qi's main force. Governor Handan and Yin Shang will lead an army to Jixian County to meet Pang Tong's partial army. The food, grass and baggage are all ready, so there can be no mistakes."

At the first meeting, the three parties were very unhappy.

The Handan merchants despised Ma Zun's cheating and evasive behavior. Ma Zun could also see that the Handan merchants were dissatisfied with him, so he asked Yin Shang to be wary of his words and deeds at all times. The most upright and powerful one was Su Ze.

But seeing that the three armies were still there and internal strife broke out, I felt half-hearted at that time.

Li Qi sent troops to Xiangwu, while Su Ze and Ma Zun also sent troops to Miaiting. The two armies set up camp and prepared for battle.

Su Zedao: "The opponent has the courage of Ma Chao, and there is no benefit from a frontal attack. We can only use tactics to defeat him."

Ma Zun nodded repeatedly: "Master Wen is right. Zun has thought of a good plan on the road. I wonder what Master Wen thinks?"

Su Ze asked: "Can you tell me?"

Ma Zundao said: "In the past, when Wenshi was the governor of Jincheng County, he cared for the people at home and pacified the Qiang and Hu people outside. The people of Jincheng County still remember Wenshi's kindness. It would be better to ask Wenshi to write a letter and ask Jincheng County to send troops to attack Li Qi."

Su Ze sighed: "I have thought about this matter a long time ago, but now Jincheng County is being harassed by the Qiang people again and is busy dealing with it, so it is really impossible to spare any extra people."

Ma Zun asked: "So what good advice does the literary master have?"

Su Zedao: "Miai Pavilion is not far from Pingxiang, the seat of Tianshui County. If Li Qi captures Miai Pavilion, he will be eager to attack Pingxiang to expand his results. We will fake defeat at Miai Pavilion first and set up an ambush on the way.

, what does Governor Ma think?"

Ma Zundao said: "Zun is here to learn from Master Wen. As long as Master Wen thinks it is feasible, Zun will definitely do it."

In other words, if anything goes wrong, Su Ze is responsible.

Su Ze felt that ten thousand horses were galloping past in his heart. He originally wanted Ma Zun to go and lure the enemy, but thinking about Ma Zun's urination, he was not at ease, so he personally led his army to defend the enemy and asked Ma Zun to arrange the ambush.

Ma Zun said that he was familiar with this matter. He was as close to the mountains, rivers, flowers and plants of Tianshui County as if they were family members, so he was the best person to arrange an ambush.

Su Ze led his army to confront Li Qi.

Li Qi looked at the other party's flag. There was only the word "Su" in the flag, but not the word "horse", so he deliberately shouted: "Please come out and speak, Chief Ma of Tianshui County."

Su Zedao: "Your Excellency is the self-proclaimed Yizhou Shepherd Li Qi and Li Zhenghong, right? I am Su Ze, the prefect of Anding. You have repeatedly violated the realm of Liangzhou, what else can you say?"

Li Qidao: "I've heard Master Su Wen's reputation for a long time, and today I saw him, and it's well-deserved. But this is Tianshui County, why did the prefect of Tianshui County hide and refuse to fight, but allowed Master Su Wen to come and take danger?"

Fortunately, this is Su Ze, but if it were a Handan merchant, I guess my heart would immediately become unbalanced after hearing this: Yes, it's your family's business, why should I sacrifice my life?

Su Zedao: "You are alone in going deep into Liangzhou, and your strength is weak, so why do you need multiple troops to deal with it? I'm enough to conquer you."

Li Qi smiled and said: "Don't be ridiculous. Three armies gathered in Tianshui because they thought I was weak. Then Ma Zun wasn't setting an ambush in the rear, was he?"

Su Ze: "..."

Ma Chao drew his gun and said, "It's useless to say more, Su Ze, do you dare to fight to the death with me?"

Su Zedao: "The bravery of an ordinary man is nothing!"

Ma Chao was furious and waved his army to cover up the attack.

Li Qi warned: "If the enemy retreats, do not pursue them."

Li Qi has traveled through time and has been fighting for so many years. How can he not know how to fight?

The enemy Ma Zun has not shown up yet, and the reality is unclear. There is absolutely no need to rush into pursuit.

After Su Ze fought with Li Qi's army for a while, he wanted to retreat and lured the Yizhou soldiers into an ambush. However, Ma Chao followed Li Qi's order and just won the battle and did not pursue them.

Su Ze saw that Ma Chao did not come to pursue him, so he turned around and shouted: "Ma Chao, you and your son betrayed the imperial court and defeated Liangzhou. How can you come back with any appearance?"

Ma Chao was furious, remembering that when Han Sui stabbed Ma Teng in the back, Su Ze was also involved. At that time, anger and blood surged into his heart, his eyes widened with anger, he gritted his steel teeth, slapped the horse and rushed after him.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed the reins of his mount. Ma Chao looked at it and saw that it was Ma Dai.

Ma Dai said: "Brother, don't let him provoke you. The more he provokes you, the more it means there is an ambush behind you."

Ma Chao then slowly calmed down and returned to the formation side by side with Ma Dai.

Su Ze saw that the deception did not work, so he came up with another plan: He had people spread rumors to the Yizhou soldiers, saying that Ma Zunyong was slacking in the war. Su Ze was angry that he would not fight, and had withdrawn his troops back to Anding. Let's look at Li Qizhong this time.
Chapter completed!