At the gambling table, a gambler brings 50,000 yuan in cash to gamble. What will he do after losing 20,000 yuan? Some people may guess that after losing 20,000 yuan, they will be heartbroken, stop gambling, and leave the casino. The person who would speculate like this must be someone who doesn't gamble often. The real situation is that when this gambler loses a piece of money, he will frantically put another 30,000 yuan on it, trying to win back the lost 20,000 yuan at once, and then Make another 10,000 yuan. This is the psychology of a gambler, and it is also the psychology of Ma Huaji now. When he came back, he realized that his army had been deceived. Nearly 20,000 of the 50,000-strong army had been destroyed, and now there were only 30,000 left in his hands. Logically speaking, one should not continue to advance rashly if the situation is not favorable, but should return to the imperial court to recuperate and then think of a solution. But Ma Huaji still remembers what Liu Gensheng said to him. When Yang Aotian occupied Dingzhou City, he had only 10,000 troops. Now, after three months, he could only recruit 20,000 troops at most. Ma Huaji estimated that he still had 30,000 horses left. As long as he crossed the Yuanshui River and caught up with Yang Aotian, he would definitely be able to destroy Yang Aotian. By then, he would capture Dingzhou City, and the loss of 20,000 horses would be nothing. It's over. After making up his mind, Ma Huaji once again ordered the entire army to prepare to cross the river. On the other side of the river, I don't know what Yang Aotian was thinking. After killing the 20,000 Chenzhou troops, he abandoned the boat and left. On the other side of the river, there was a large number of corpses and boats docked on one side. Ma Huaji ordered people to cross the river to get those boats over and prepare to cross the river. At this time, Yang Aotian and the others had retreated from Yuanshui and arrived at Hulu Mountain. Hulu Mountain is close to Kaishan County and is the only place to enter Dingzhou City. The terrain here is like its name, in the shape of a gourd. The entrance is blocked by two mountains, but after passing those two mountains, there is an open area, and further forward, there are two more mountains. After passing these two mountains, you will arrive at Kaishan County. Once you pass through Kaishan County, the road will be smooth and you can directly reach the downstairs of Dingzhou City. Ma Huaji successfully crossed the river. Because he was in such a hurry, he didn't bother to clean up the corpses of the soldiers on the river bank. Instead, he led the army directly to Hulu Mountain, preparing to chase Yang Aotian and the others. Chasing all the way to the entrance of Hulu Mountain, Ma Huaji saw the footprints of Yang Aotian's troops retreating, but he didn't even see their backs. Although he was greedy for success, he was not a fool. When he reached the entrance of Hulu Mountain, Ma Huaji stopped. The terrain of Calabash Mountain is undoubtedly a taboo area for military strategists. After entering Calabash Mountain, the enemy only needs to block the entrance, and their retreat will be cut off. Although Dingzhou is very good, no matter how good it is, it is not as important as his life. Therefore, Ma Huaji did not rush in, but first sent a small group of soldiers to investigate the situation. After this group of soldiers and horses entered Hulu Mountain, Hulu Mountain was very quiet, and no ambush was found. Ma Huaji suddenly felt abnormal. How could there be no ambush? If he imagined that he was Yang Aotian, then he would definitely set up an ambush here. How could there be no ambush at all? Ma Huaji felt uneasy. He still did not dare to go in rashly. Instead, he chose to send people to search all over the mountains and fields to see if there were any ambushes nearby. While Ma Huaji was still wondering whether there was an ambush in Hulu Mountain, Yang Aotian and the others had already taken a small path to reach the bank of Yuanshui River again. On the river bank, Yang Aotian and the others took off the military uniforms of the lost soldiers and put them on themselves. Then Yang Aotian and the others took a boat back across the Yuanshui River and headed straight for Chenzhou. "Hahaha This Yang Aotian is a fool. He didn't set up an ambush at such an excellent ambush point. It would be a waste to let such a fool occupy Dingzhou City." Ma Huaji laughed loudly. He looked back at the Calabash Mountain behind him with a proud expression on his face, and then marched straight in with his army. Behind Hulu Mountain is Kaishan County. The small county town was not noticed by Ma Huaji at all, so he rushed directly with his army. But this time, a large number of archers appeared on the wall of the small county town in Kaishan County. As soon as Ma Huaji and the others approached, they encountered a large number of arrows falling, and a round of arrows suddenly shocked Ma Huaji. Unexpectedly, there was no ambush in the dangerous Calabash Mountain, but this small Kaishan County was well-defended. Ma Huaji drew out the long sword from his waist and pointed it at the obviously old city gate of Kaishan County and said: "All the soldiers in the army obey the order and charge!" The soldiers rushed towards the city gate of Kaishan County. The city gate suddenly opened. Song Ren, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed out with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command. At this time, Bai Ren and Bushiren rushed towards Ma Huaji's rear with 10,000 soldiers and horses each. Seeing that he had been made a dumpling, Ma Huaji immediately understood that he had been fooled. In panic, Ma Huaji shouted: "Retreat, retreat immediately!" Upon hearing Ma Huaji's order to retreat, Chenzhou's 30,000-strong army immediatelyThe first team turned around and retreated towards the way they came. The encirclement that was about to be formed suddenly stopped, and Ma Huaji successfully retreated to Hulu Mountain. But at this moment, the sound of "boom, boom, boom" sounded from both sides of the narrow passage in Hulu Mountain. Huge stones kept falling from both sides, and the way forward and the way back were blocked. Needless to say, it goes without saying that Ma Huaji is finished this time. On the other side, Yang Aotian and others who crossed the Yuanshui River and ran to Chenzhou traveled day and night and finally arrived at the gate of Chenzhou City three days later. The gate of Chenzhou City was tightly closed. Nan Batian ran over and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and open the city gate. We are ambushed. We must enter the city immediately to deploy the city defense!" Chenzhou City was already empty of troops. Now when I heard that the city was about to be deployed, how dare the soldiers to defend the city? Without delay, he immediately opened the city gate in a panic. The moment the city gate opened, Yang Aotian and Nan Batian rushed in together, and then 20,000 soldiers and horses rushed into Chenzhou City. A letter from a flying pigeon flew from Chenzhou to Dingzhou. After receiving the letter from the flying pigeon, Bushiren immediately replied with a letter from the flying pigeon to Chenzhou. After reading the letter from Dingzhou, Nan Batian and Yang Aotian were very excited. Over in Dingzhou City, Ma Huaji and Liu Gensheng had been killed, and the rest of the soldiers were also dismissed and those who surrendered surrendered. " And Chenzhou has been completely controlled by Yang Aotian. Now he can be regarded as the master of the two states, and his strength cannot be underestimated on Jinghu North Road. On the city tower, Nan Batian asked Yang Aotian with a smile: "Leader, now that Chenzhou has been occupied by us, what should we do next? Should we continue to occupy Guizhou or Chengzhou?" Yang Aotian shook his head: "We The development is too fast, and the foundation is not stable. The top priority now is to recruit troops and strengthen our strength. But besides that, I do have one big thing to do. "What big thing?" Nan Batian asked with some confusion. Yang Aotian turned to look at Nan Batian, he smiled and said: "This big thing is I think I should find a leader's wife for you, and also give Xiu'er a title." "Get married. ?" Nan Batian clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Okay, it's good to be married. Congratulations first." Yang Aotian nodded with a smile and said, "Please order people to go down and prepare. I can get as much glory as you want." Scenery." "Okay." Nan Batian responded and stepped back. The words are divided into two parts. Bianjing City. Yipinlou. Xiang Weimin walked into the first floor wearing a gorgeous dress made of high-quality silk and satin, a thick and large collar around his neck, and various gemstone rings on his ten fingers. The shopkeeper of Yipinlou was still busy at first, but when he saw Xiang Weimin come in, he immediately put down what he was doing and exclaimed with an exaggerated and flattering look: "Oh, isn't this the prince? I'm seeing the prince, he is here today." The shop is really prosperous, prosperous" Xiang Weimin smiled and patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder: "Okay, we are all regular customers, you don't need to be so polite." The shopkeeper. With a flattered look on his face, he half-bent and said, "Your Majesty, please come upstairs? Still at the same place?" Xiang Weimin nodded, and then followed the shopkeeper to the second floor of the first floor. It was a good location. Sitting by the window, you could easily see the young girls and young wives passing up and down the street. Occasionally, you would meet a girl wearing a thin cardigan, and you would be so excited that you could see a bit of the alluring spring scenery from her breasts. Who told Xiang Weimin that he has advanced skills and his eyesight is several times better than that of ordinary people? In the lobby of Yipin Building, some unknown people began to ask about Xiang Weimin¡¯s identity, and some people who knew began to answer questions. You don¡¯t know this person yet, but he is the current emperor¡¯s master, the emperor¡¯s appointed King Xiaoyao. It is said that the emperor was raised by this man since he was a child, so the emperor treated him like his biological father. The emperor built him a Xiaoyao Palace outside the palace, and then gave him a token to enter the palace at will. Alas, it is such a blessing to raise a son who is so promising and accidentally became the current emperor. Is this person so powerful? No wonder the shopkeeper was so polite to him. No, no, we have to go to the second floor to have a look. If we have a chance to curry favor with him, we will be very successful. Xiang Weimin is not low-key in Bianjing, so his relationship with Liang Xin is well known to many people in Bianjing. And Liang Xin was indeed afraid that Xiang Weimin would be wronged, so he sent greetings to various officials in Bianjing City and asked them to take good care of Xiang Weimin. Therefore, Xiang Weimin was considered a celebrity with a special status in Bianjing. The diners at Yipinlou were excitedly discussing Xiang Weimin's identity, but they did not notice the cold light flashing in the eyes of a short, skinny old man at the corner. Although the old man is short and thin, he has a very special temperament. If you look at him, you will find that he exudes a fierceness, as ifThe handle is like an unsheathed sword.