The army of 30,000 is like a sea of soldiers, and Henan counties are a flat boat in the waves.

This was the tenth day of the siege.

Luoyang urgently mobilized 7,000 soldiers and horses, but the unstable situation in the city made Dong Zhuo unable to rescue.

Ma Wan led his troops to cut down all the trees in Shanglinyuan, and six thousand Xizhou rode to Luoyang with a wooden spear in hand, facing the vast ocean of Qinwang's army, like Dong Zhuo, he was deterred.

It was a besieging army of 30,000 people who were ready to work with great morale, and Dong Zhuo said that they needed to wait for the right time.

The beacon fire in Henan City has never stopped, and the 30,000 troops are stationed under the city, not afraid of the tigers from Luoyang at all.

The news of the Luoyang Chaos spread all over the world in just a few days.

Liangzhou.

The Central Plains princes' campaign against Ma Yue, the general of the auxiliary state, was in full swing.

When the news reached Liangzhou, Ma Teng's wine bowl spilled a place of wine, which fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces.

It was as silent as death, and the Liangzhou general, who was nearly forty years old, looked at the wine flowing on the ground with some pity, and every drop in it was made of saved grain, that is, the general, so that he could drink two sips in his spare time, but now, it was spilled.

"Someone is going to kill so-and-so's little bean?" Frowning, I don't know if it was because of the pity that the precious wine was spilled or what, the general waved his hand, got up, and gritted his teeth and said a word. "Say something?"

No one accosted them, but they all got up and left the table in unison.

Put on the armor, spear, and horse.

Beating the drums of war and gathering troops, sixty-four cavalrymen did not hesitate to rush to the east of the valley of the Little Elms.

In the neighing of human voices and horses, this panic swept half of Liangzhou like a torrent through a small wooden hut shed in Zhangjiachuan.

It's going to war!

The leader threw the letter into the campfire, turned to ride his horse, and the Qiang led the strong horse and counted the arrows in the horse's rump sac, and the siblings stuffed the dried naan and water bag into the horse's harness, and carefully put a bunch of white ponytails into the brother's arms. The son on the horse waved his hand, and then beat the horse and left the tribe, all the way to Longguan and never looked back.

The county lieutenant used his strength to beat the drum of the gathering troops on the martial arts field, and read out the contents of a letter from the general surnamed Ma surnamed Zhang Jiachuan at a panicked speed, and the Qu Chang below lined up in formation, and read out the names of the only son in the family and the parents who were still alive in turn, and the remaining nearly 100 people carried inferior wooden spears and light crossbows out of the city gate, and marched with their heads held high with the water and dry food prepared by the county through every village they were familiar with, and walked towards Longguan.

The ranger staggered out of the liquor store, the ring knife at his waist knocked over the signboard at the door, shook his head and whistled absentmindedly, the young men in strong suits on the street gathered in groups of threes and threes, the news flew in the wind, the neighing of horses sounded in the streets, and these free men laughed heartily, dancing and riding horses like flying to Longguan to gather.

When the tenants of the peasant family received the news of the wanderers' departure, they lifted the pitchfork hanging at the door and drank the last sip of the cold knife, and the wine bag was filled with the cool water at the bottom of the well, and smiled affectionately at his wife leaning against the courtyard gate. If he can come back, in this winter, the tough Liangzhou Hanjialang in his wife's womb has already been born...... He was going to war, and he would have enough money to buy a few pieces of silk to make some warm clothes for his son or daughter, and perhaps a bedding if he were still alive.

The horse bandits, who had disappeared and hid in the desert, walked out of the Gobi Desert, revealing strong muscles and dirty skin in their open arms, recognizing the direction of the sun, and with their rough fingers wiping the rusty knife, he stepped on the horse as strong as his master and galloped all the way to the east.

Sixty-four cavalrymen galloped through the starry night, spreading the news to the twenty-six counties, thirty-five tribes, and one hundred and seventy townships in Yudong, and those men who had received the favor of the Ma clan in Liangzhou stepped forward when the Ma clan needed them, and they did not hesitate.

Most of them had never been to Luoyang, they had never seen the magnificence there, they were just a group of people from the border fortress, but at this time, they were called for companionship because of the request for help from Zhangjiachuan, and they knew very well what they should do.

Go to Luoyang with General Ma, defeat all the enemies who try to stop you, and rescue Ma Sanye, who is surrounded by traitors.

The cool people who have never been valued are like a stream gathering towards Longguan, in just three days, thousands of tents were set up under the city of Longguan, and the huge military tents were lined up from Longguan to Fengting. But just when the army was about to march and pour into Longguan, the dusty horse team came from Longxian, which was the honor guard of Liangzhou Thorn Shi Gaixun.

"Shoucheng, you can't save San Lang!" Gai Xun, who is half a hundred years old, has been in charge of Liangzhou for many years, and now he is full of silver threads and no longer has the vigor of the year, carrying a cloth robe all the way up to the Longguan City Tower, and said eagerly to Ma Teng: "Han Sui in the west, the army has risen!" ”

Han Sui raised troops? Ma Teng put away the anger in his heart and said in astonishment: "How can he raise troops at this time? ”

"Shoucheng, you immediately lead the army to face the west now, Han Sui rebels tens of thousands of ways to attack Hanyang County, today the sentinel cavalry arrived, Dingxi County heard the wind and surrendered, Pingxiang County ordered the county lieutenant to die, at this time the rebels should have attacked Chengji, if you leave at this time, Liangzhou is not guaranteed!

"Cover the history of the thorn! At this moment, a certain junior brother in Sili faced the tens of thousands of rebels who raised troops to attack him alone, which was ten times his enemy! That is Luoyang, Luoyang, who has no relatives, and his nearest brother is two thousand miles away! Ma Teng's forehead was bruised, his wide eyes were bloodshot, and there was a meaningless roar in his throat as he spoke, "You tell me that I can't send troops to the Central Plains?" ”

"Every moment, people are killed! At this moment, the soldiers of Chengji and Xianqin counties were stubbornly defending the city, resisting the rebels who were ten times and a hundred times their own...... As the lord of Liangzhou, you are going to lead your troops away, abandon the people who are protected by you, and take nearly half of the soldiers and horses in the entire territory of Liangzhou to aid Luoyang? Gai Xun stretched out his sleeve robe, held several letters asking for help in his hands, and said softly with a difficult face: "Shoucheng, you have to think clearly, San Lang has grown up, he is the auxiliary general of the Han Dynasty, you ask yourself if the rebels can really defeat him?" If you rush to Luoyang, San Lang's life will be safe, but you won't have a home! ”

"All the people of Liangzhou have no home anymore! The life and death of Liangzhou depends on your choice. ”

Ma Teng's resolute face was full of blue, standing on the city tower and looking around in the direction of Luoyang, behind him was the military tent that connected the heavens and the earth, and the Liangzhou army composed of tens of thousands of rabble of different origins was waiting for his order, whether to go to Luoyang, or to resist Han Sui in the west...... Except that he was not able to do the Lord.

Gai Xun stopped talking after speaking, and did not hand the letter for help in his hand to Ma Teng, he knew that the general in front of him was extremely sad in his heart.

Ma Teng held the city and raised his eyes to the east, only the endless mountains and forests and giant trees, and he could not see the faces of his blood brothers that he had not seen for many years.

is only one step away, open the door and enter the customs, tens of thousands of Liangzhou riders are enough to stand alone in the world, what Sun Jian and Liu Dai, it is enough to defeat it.

But how did he give this order?

The good men of Liangzhou in the endless military tents behind him worked tirelessly to gather under this banner with the word horse written on it because of a letter from Ma Shoucheng, and they all shouted to throw away their heads for him and desperately save Ma Jiasanlang, who was thousands of miles away...... How could he, desperately, leave the entire Liangzhou behind, in order to save his younger brother?

"Shoucheng, Liangzhou, I will be benevolent to you." Gai Xun pointed to the hunting flag in the valley for a long time, looked back and walked two steps, the old man's spine was a little rickety, his pace was not satisfied with the previous vigor, and his words were no longer the righteous words when he scolded Han Sui, he just sighed, threw Ma Teng and the generals a declining back, and said: "Whether you repay benevolence or put it into the sword, it depends on how you think." ”

"Ahh

Ma Teng watched the back of Gai Xun walking down the city tower, and the sharp blade in his hand slashed fiercely on the city stomping, cutting down a large piece of earth.

The fist was clenched on the city stomping, and the dust was all over his face, Ma Teng didn't speak, he just felt that his nose was a little sore.

"Brother, San Lang, Liangzhou...... Take your mind, I, I'll listen to you. Ma Zong frowned, forcibly held back the red eyes, restrained the feelings that erupted from his chest, and then Ma Zong pushed away the candidate to stop him, sat in front of the city gate tower and looked east, "A certain family is fine, it's just, it's just that I miss the past, we are all unpaid, even if three thousand letters are sent, no one will cross half of Liangzhou to help us, but at that time, San Lang was angry outside, and no one will be indifferent." ”

When was that...... It was when a group of brothers were unkempt, when Ma Zong crisscrossed the market with a broken firewood knife, when Ma Teng was chopping firewood in Zhangshan in coarse cloth clothes, when Ma Yue was still called Xiaodouzi, and when the general's position was out of reach.

At that time, they were very weak, Liangzhou was very large, and a few Liangzhou men who had time to drink and brag didn't know what the world was called.

It's different.

Gai Xun hit the horse and left the back far away, the old man was left with an arrow in the back after Han Sui started the army, and in recent years, he has been injured, and recently he has suffered from back sores, and life is very difficult. Despite this, Gai Yuangu has always been running around Liangzhou, for three consecutive years, the world has been in drought, but Liangzhou has not reduced much production due to the construction of ditches, although there are still people starving to death, but the blame is not on Gai Xun, but on the land of Liangzhou.

Ma Teng withdrew his gaze to the east, and only ordered in a flat tone: "Pull out the camp and beat Han Sui back to Jincheng!" ”

No one refuted that Liangzhou in the east and west was not evenly matched, and it was difficult for the Han army to be a rebel, if Ma Teng led troops east into Longguan at this moment, Liangzhou would inevitably be unsafe.

Stepping on the horse, Ma Teng looked at Ma Zong with a straight face and did not speak, and after the soldiers and horses marched for several miles, Ma Zong muttered: "Brother, I know that you are also bitter in your heart." ”

Ma Teng just shook his head.

"On the day when the news of Xiaodouzi being besieged in Luoyang came over, we were gathering troops, and your sister-in-law didn't close her eyes all night, so she told me in the morning and asked me to bring Xiaodouzi back completely...... I hate it in my heart! ”

If he can save the third child, it doesn't matter if he asks Ma Teng to rebel against the Han, but he can't.

He could only pray that Ma Yue was safe and sound.