At Wang Meng's suggestion, Fu Jian took the initiative to contact Tuoba Tao to choose to form an alliance with him.

Tuoba Tao originally wanted to refuse, but Cui Hao repeatedly submitted a memorial to explain the benefits of forming an alliance with the Former Qin Dynasty.

Tuoba Tao finally chose to put the overall situation first.

The Northern Wei and the Former Qin Dynasty formed an alliance to fight against Su Lie.

Su Lie sent Ma Chao and Pang De to lead 50,000 elite cavalry to attack the Former Qin Dynasty.

Wang Meng discovered in advance that the enemy was first seen, and sent two generals Deng Qiang and Zhang Hao to ambush the enemy at the necessary path.

In this war, Ma Chao was defeated and returned due to ambush. Pang De's rebellion army covered Ma Chao back, but was picked up and killed by Zhang Hao and died in the army.

Deng Qiang was stabbed by Ma Chao and retreated. In this battle, only 20,000 elite cavalry left to escape back to the camp.

Ma Chao returned to the camp, wearing a white scarf and a hemp coat, and never sleeping day and night.

The next day, Ma Chao asked for a fight and asked Su Lie to attack the Former Qin again, and Ma Chao was willing to be the vanguard.

Su Lie refused.

"General Meng Qi, the scouts of the Former Qin Dynasty are extremely difficult to deal with. You were discovered by the sneak attack into the pass. The Former Qin army has a strict defense and needs long-term planning." Su Lie said.

"I have no courage, I'm thankful that Your Majesty appointed you as the chief general!" Ma Chao cursed angrily and left in anger.

Because Ma Chao lost Su Lie's face in public, Su Lie was banned from Ma Chao's camp and strictly prohibited from going out, and the conflict between the two became more and more intense.

Even if it is intentionally covered up, the news in the army is still leaked. The news of the disagreement between Ma Chao and Su Lie is circulating. Wang Meng learned that Ma Chao and Su Lie had a conflict in the army and informed Fu Jian.

Fu Jian wanted to send lobbyists to lobby Ma Chao, and wanted to get rid of Ma Chao and turn against him.

Wang Meng stopped it.

"Lord, no, Ma Chao and Pang De were originally generals under Ma Teng, Xiliang. The two had close personal relationships. Pang De was killed by our army. The person Ma Chao was most angry with must be our army. Although Ma Chao and Su Lie are incompatible, they are both Yong Generals. How could Ma Chao join forces with our army?" Wang Meng said.

"Sir, please teach me."

"The Northern Wei can only send people to lobby for this matter." Wang Meng said.

"Northern Wei!?" Fu Jian shook his head and wandered back and forth.

"That's right, the Northern Wei Dynasty had little personal grudge against Ma Chao, and it happened to let the Northern Wei Dynasty go and disagree with Ma Chao. I believe Tuoba Tao would definitely not miss the opportunity to recruit Ma Mengqi." Wang Meng said.

"If you are really recruited successfully, then what if you do?" Fu Jian said worriedly.

Although they were allies with the Northern Wei Dynasty, they were only forced to force external forces. When the Former Qin and Northern Wei Dynasty, which were still ally, would fight in the next moment.

There are many powerful generals in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and its national strength is even stronger than before Qin Ke. If he can recruit Ma Chao, he will definitely be like a tiger.

"I know that the lord wants to recruit powerful generals, but although he cannot recruit Ma Chao, I know there is a lord who can try to recruit him." Wang Meng bowed with both hands and said.

"Who?"

"Xue Andu." Wang Meng spit out three words.

"It seems that I have heard of this person somewhere." Fu Jian said.

"Xue Andu is a man who values ​​righteousness over profit and is happy to make friends with knights. I am sure that this man is restless. Now that the Northern Wei is attacking a large-scale attack, this man is very likely to rebel in the rear. Unfortunately, this man is brave but not strategic. This uprising is difficult to achieve great things. When he fled south, the lord can send someone to recruit this man. He only needs to be given a high official and generous salary, and he will definitely be able to use this man." Wang Meng said.

"This person has a criminal record of treason. How dare I reuse this person? Mr. Don't recommend a useful person." Fu Jian sighed.

"Why should the king worry? After recruiting Xue Andu, you only need to use his talents and not the other person. Now that troubled times are about to arise, it is the plan of using people." Wang Meng said.

"That's what the sir said."

On the other hand, Tuoba Tao received the news that when he learned that Ma Chao and Su Lie were incompatible, he was also interested in recruiting him, so he sent someone to recruit Ma Chao.

Ma Chao agreed to recruit and agreed to cooperate with the Northern Wei Dynasty to break through the camp.

"Lord, this move may be a trap." Cui Hao quickly dissuaded.

"Of course I know that there may be fraud," Tuoba Tao said, "But soldiers are intrigue. I decided to send Cui Yanbo, Xi Kangsheng, and Fu Yong to lead 50,000 cavalry to the outside.

If Ma Chao can disrupt the enemy camp and support our army, it is not necessary to save his life. If he can't wait for our army to support, then his fate."

Cui Hao felt relieved when he saw that his lord had no upper hand, "Your Majesty is wise."

In March of the same year, Cui Yanbo, Xi Kangsheng and Fu Yong led 50,000 elite cavalry to pick up Ma Chao.

Before leaving, Cui Hao reminded Xi Kangsheng not to be greedy for merit and make progress. It doesn’t matter whether Ma Chao can take on it. Everything is just right, and it is mainly about killing the Da Yong army.

Two days after Xi Kangsheng set out, Cui Hao was watching the map at home, and was restless for a long time. He took out the copper coins to make divination. Several times, it was all bad omen. He suddenly asked, "Where is this?"

"Report to the Prime Minister, this place is called General's Belly, which is a valley with tight outside and loose inside." Cui Hao's disciple replied.

Cui Hao frowned and watched carefully for a long time, but suddenly became shocked.

"No, I want to go to the palace to see the king."

In the palace, Tuoba Tao was having dinner with the queen, and heard the eunuch come to report Cui Hao to see him.

Tuoba Tao smiled at the queen and said, "Look, my wife Cui is here, you should avoid it first."

Tuoba Tao's call to Mrs. Cui Hao is also a kind of love name and joke.

Cui Hao is as beautiful as a woman, and she has a female appearance, and is often mistaken for being a woman.

During the Tuoba Tao's battles in the north and south, Cui Hao made great contributions.

The two have been together for decades. Although they are kings and ministers, they are as close as friends to outsiders.

Queen Tuoba smiled slightly, got up and left.

She is not a ungrateful person. His Majesty obviously doesn't want her to hear what she says next, so she just left obediently.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~" From a distance, Cui Hao ran wildly towards the palace, his shoes ran away, and the hat on his head was also crooked.

"Why are you so excited?" Tuoba Tao said.

"Your Majesty! Hurry up and rush to stop General Xi from entering. This is a trap!"

Tuoba Tao's face changed slightly, but he had basically never missed the guesses and decisions that Cui Hao had made over the years. It was the first time he saw Cui Hao so nervous.

"Come!" Tuoba Tao recruited the palace guards and wrote an imperial edict to him, asking him to quickly cooperate with the Imperial City Department to speed up the imperial edict to Xi Kangsheng.

After dealing with these things, Tuoba Tao turned to Cui Hao and frowned and asked, "What is the trap."

"Your Majesty, I suspect that the so-called internal strife of Ma Chao and Su Lie is just a trap to deliberately paralyze us." Cui Hao said.

"I know, Prime Minister Cui said it before, so I asked General Xi Kangsheng and others to be cautious and not to launch an attack rashly to act according to the situation. Is there anything wrong?" Tuoba Tao nodded.

"Their purpose is not at all." Cui Hao said quickly: "I suspect that they are just to attract our army to advance westward and then set up an ambush in the middle!"

"General Xi is also a veteran. How could he make such a low-level mistake? He just needs to defend on the spot and wait for the support of the army. Does the enemy dare to cross the border and enter the hinterland to ambush?" Tuoba Tao said.

"Your Majesty, please see here." Cui Hao asked someone to get the map.

"This place is called General's Belly. There is no suitable place to defend near the terrain here. If you suffer from ambushing on the hillsides on both sides, the only way to escape is this valley. Generally speaking, this valley is easy to defend. You only need to defend the entrance to defend the enemy and can hold on until the rescue comes. But what if this is the enemy's plan? If the enemy sends another ambush in the valley, our army will be in danger if it attacks from front and back!"
Chapter completed!