The sky on Longyou was clear and cloudless, but the wind was still a little strong, and the strong Saibei airflow roared down the mountain range, sweeping away dust and broken grass flying high in the sky.

Cheng Gongying was suitable for a little less stable mentality before, the scout sent out the Fansu Road crossing, but there was still no trace of the Zhengxi cavalry, with the expansion of the detection range, and finally found a large-scale imprint in the direction of Wangxiao Pass Road, it is obvious that the Zhengxi cavalry did not come directly to Fansu Road, but chose the more north Jitou Road.

Fansu Road and Chicken Head Road, in fact, there is not much difference in the difficulty of marching, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also chose these two roads when he hunted in the west, so they can be used as the emperor's hunting route, and it is inevitable that it will not be difficult to walk an inch.

It turned out that Cheng Gongying was still complacent, although Han Sui took away a large number of soldiers, and the strength was somewhat lacking, but Cheng Gongying also made a lot of arrangements at Fansu Daokou, and the two thousand cavalry under his command were not the kind of rabble that were temporarily put together by herdsmen, but the veterans who followed Han Sui, when Han Sui rebelled with Bian Zhang and others, they swept the area near Jincheng with their sharp attacks, laid a foundation, and beat the soldiers sent by Emperor Ling of Han at that time to lose their armor. Even counterattacked into Sanfuke.

If it weren't for the time......

Therefore, with such a strong soldier in hand, Cheng Gongying does have a few psychological advantages.

However, the cavalry of Zhengxi suddenly changed the path of the march, which broke Cheng Gongying's psychological advantage. If it really makes the cavalry of the expedition to the west bypass the Chicken Head Road, then it is not only a matter of the failure of their own defense at the Fansu Pass, but also a series of follow-up reactions, at least the original plan to block and delay the reinforcements of the expedition to the west is equivalent to a complete collapse.

Therefore, almost after receiving the latest news from the scout, Cheng Gongying immediately led his soldiers to the Jitou Road in the north, at least, to block it when the cavalry arrived at the Jitou Road crossing......

However, the situation of the battle has changed unexpectedly......

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Like Cheng Gongying, Fei Qian's night attack was also unexpected by Han Sui, causing a lot of losses, but the ensuing information made Han Sui a little hesitant.

The Xiliang Zhubu has arrived.

When he arrived, he was stationed in Tianshui and did not continue to move forward as originally agreed.

Although the personnel sent by the Xiliang Ministry were only temporarily stationed in Tianshui to recuperate, in Han Sui's heart, he couldn't help but ring the alarm bell.

Han Sui is in his forties this year, and although his body is still strong, he is not as good as when he rebelled with Beigong Boyu.

At that time, Han Sui was still just Han Yue.

At that time, Han Yue was just a small official in Jincheng and a person in Liangzhou.

At that time, Beigong Boyu was desperate to pull Bian Yun, well, at that time, Bian Zhang was still only called Bian Yun, and Han Yue joined the gang, and then the two of them gritted their teeth, but they didn't agree, and they were even ready to have a big scar......

However, everything changed after Beigong Boyu captured Jincheng and killed Chen Yi, the Taishou of Jincheng County.

Seeing the knife edge on the necks of the family, all of the old and young, the so-called discipline and persistence became so ridiculous.

Is it with discipline and persistence, let the family old and young accompany him to die, or tear down the hard bones of his body to save the life of the family, but become the person he despised the most?

Han Sui still remembers that night, a long night, extremely lonely.

When the sky dawned, Han Yue became Han Sui

Of course, Bian Yun has also become Bian Zhang.

From that moment on, Han Sui hated Bian Yun very much, well, Bian Zhang, although Bian Zhang was originally Han Sui's friend, but as soon as Han Sui saw Bian Zhang, it was like seeing himself, and he remembered that long night of great pain.

Therefore, in the end, Beigong Boyu died, and Bian Zhang also died.

But Han Sui also fell into a problem......

He doesn't trust anyone.

Even if you can betray yourself, in this world, will there be anyone you can trust?

Therefore, Han Sui gave up continuing to chase Fei Qian, and he needed to figure out what was going on in his back......

As for Fei Qian, that is Ma Chao's kid's enemy, although it is related to Han Sui, it is not very related.

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"Let's fight. You can give it a try. ”

Li Ru leaned into his leather robe and said in a hoarse voice, as if he was talking about noodles or soup cakes for dinner.

Is it really okay to be so casual?

Fei Qian's eyes widened, a little unexpected.

Li Ru came from Yangping Pass with men and horses yesterday evening.

After the two armies converged, Fei Qian had three thousand more soldiers, which sounded good, but only one thousand of them were pawns, and the other two thousand, half of them were auxiliary soldiers, and half of them were originally Zhang Lu's Taoist soldiers......

Then Li Ru made it clear that in such a situation, he still understated that he could compare with Han Sui, Ma Chao and others in Xiliang, which naturally surprised Fei Qian.

"This ......" Fei Qian hesitated.

What kind of person is Li Ru, I'm afraid there will be nothing to do with Sun Wukong if he gets some hair, he glanced at Fei Qian, and said: "Hanzhong is stable, so the general doesn't need to worry about it." ”

Fei Qian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, but waited for Li Ru to continue to explain.

"Well, after Liu Bo'an drove the crane, Liu Jiyuzi inherited his father's position and became the pastor of Yizhou, and the young child ascended to a high position, and the power struggle ...... Hehe...... In Chengdu City, the three households of the Zhu clan ......" Li Ru said lightly, as if he was narrating extremely ordinary and extremely simple things, "...... In addition, Liu Tingshi contacted some old ministers in the original family...... Yizhou is in turmoil at the moment, Padang and Brazil are in their own hands, and now they have no time to defend Hanzhong, and it is not easy to hold the Sword Pavilion......"

"In addition...... News came a few days ago......" Li Ru said, "The Huang family and the Ma family are on the way with 2,000 soldiers, and it is estimated that before the end of the year, they should be able to reach Shangyong." ”

"Mars?" Fei Qian was a little stunned, and then asked, "But Yicheng Ma's?" ”

The Huang family is naturally a member of the old man's side, and the Ma family, Fei Qian only remembers that Jingxiang has a Yicheng Ma family that is more famous.

Li Ru nodded and said, "It's the Yicheng Ma clan, but I don't know who is leading the team for the time being......"

I see.

In this era, what is the most important thing for the family?

It is the interest of the family.

Fei Qian expanded his sphere of influence to Hanzhong, almost bordering Jingxiang, which was naturally different from the previous situation in the north of the country, and after the news reached Jingxiang, it immediately caused a fluctuation among the Jingxiang clan.

The expansion of Feiqian's territory naturally requires manpower, there is no doubt about this, and the Jingxiang clan was originally crowded with each other, and suddenly there was such an outlet in Hanzhong, of course, the willing person took the bait.

Although Hanzhong is also relatively small, but after all, it is not the same as the northern area, the south can go down to Yizhou, the north connects Guanzhong, and the most important thing is that the distance from Jingxiang is not too far, but it is easier to go down the river by boat, and it is more difficult to go up the river on foot.

Therefore, this time, the Jingxiang clan actively responded to Fei Qian's hint, well, in fact, it was also explicitly sent to Hanzhong, and from a certain point of view, the Ma clan personnel were also like throwing stones to ask for directions, to see how Fei Qian's specifics, if it was worth investing, maybe there would be a large amount of follow-up investment.

Of course, the benefits brought by this are not only obtained by the people of the Huang clan or the Ma clan of the Jingxiang clan, but also to assist Fei Qian's governance and control of Hanzhong, at least at this stage of time, the two sides are win-win.

The news of the upcoming arrival of the Jingxiang clan must have stimulated these original personnel in Hanzhong, and it must not be able to stop it, so they can only desperately expand the scope of their own interests on the existing basis, which will also promote the further oppression and incitement of Yizhou by people including Liu Dan.

At the same time, the strength of Feiqian's side continues to increase, and Zuo Ci is also doing well, the current situation in Hanzhong, whether it is from the aspect of the scholars or from the people, is relatively stable, Li Ru is naturally relieved to leave Hanzhong for the time being, and come to support Feiqian.

Fei Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Then give it a try?" ”

Li Ru laughed and said, "Don't worry, general, a certain has a plan......

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Han Sui's decision, Ma Chao didn't say anything, but he didn't say anything, which doesn't mean that he has no opinions.

The night attack launched by Fei Qian, because Han Sui's camp defense system was quite in place, so Ling Jie was not able to touch the gathering place of the war horses in the end, and could only detonate the gunpowder bomb on the periphery, even so, it also frightened many war horses to rush in a panic, and also caused some losses.

Then although the person in charge of guarding the war horse was punished, some words also came out......

Ma Chao's tent at that time was on the bank of the Qingni River.

Ma Chao said that he found out that the generals of Zhengxi had come ashore from the Qingni River.

So why did Ma Chao, who was brave and good at fighting and had superior force, not be able to stop the general Fei Qian?

Why?

Is it that you have failed, and you can't see the good of others?

Some things are not originally a thing, but they can't be pondered, and then chasing after the wind and shadows involve some other aspects.

Ma Chao took care of Ma Tie, and he had to find herbs, and he applied medicine by himself, but he didn't rest, and he just lay down in a groggy kimono at night, where could he wake up all of a sudden, and Ma Chao didn't have the responsibility to inspect, according to common sense, it couldn't be his turn......

But the question is, does the rumor need common sense?

Therefore, Ma Chao was quite depressed, and there was no place to reason, because Han Sui had publicly stated that he believed that Ma Chao was not this kind of person, so that Ma Chao couldn't say a word......

Han Sui did not trace the beginning of the rumors, nor did he strictly prohibit the spread of rumors.

When the army marches, grain and grass are generally carried, but some materials still need to be replenished, the most basic such as salt and iron, if you can make some bacon or something to adjust the food by the way, it will be better.

Fifteen miles east of Xiabi City, it coincided with a rally, and Ma Chao happened to go to the rally to see if there was any medicine that could treat Ma Tie's injury, so he came to the meeting place in the east of Xiabian City with the supplied soldiers.

In the Han Dynasty, the first day of the first month, the second day of the month, the fifteenth and sixteenth, generally formed a large assembly outside the county seat, when many farmers in remote areas needed some items, most of them would bring something to barter at this time, of course, the merchants in the county town would also bring some needles, threads, brains, kettles, pots and pots and other goods to trade.

The soldiers who came together went to the merchants to discuss the purchase, and Ma Chao, with two or three guards, led the horses around the market to see if there was any Lang Zhong from the traveling side......

If it is said that in Guanzhong or Kanto, there is a high probability that there are still some Langzhong sitting in the hall in the county, but this is Kansai, not to mention Langzhong sitting in the hall, even the Langzhong of the tour party needs to try their luck.

"Young Commander...... Look over there......" A guard behind Ma Chao suddenly greeted. Unlike Ma Chao, who focused on finding Lang Zhong, the guards needed to observe the surrounding situation, and naturally discovered some abnormalities before Ma Chao.

"There's no Lang Zhong over there...... Ma Chao subconsciously glanced at it a few times and said, then just turned his head back and turned back violently, his eyes suddenly widened, "This is ...... This is Brother Dai Xian's war horse! ”

Ma Dai died on the battlefield at that time, because the battle situation was urgent, even the bones could not be collected, so some of the items left by Ma Dai were received by Ma Chao to express his feelings, including the war horse that Ma Dai rode before his death.

However, because a few days ago when attacking the camp, Ma Chao was ambushed and almost died in the fire, even Ma Tie was seriously injured, so he couldn't take care of those things outside his body, he originally thought that he was absconded away by General Fei of Zhengxi, but he never thought that he would see it here.

"Yellow body, front hooves stepping on the snow!" Ma Chao took a few steps to the front of the war horse, looked up and down a few times, and then snatched the reins of the war horse, "That's right!" That's it! Ha ha! Ha ha! ”

Ma Chao laughed heartily, full of joy of regain, but he was annoyed by the person holding the war horse on the side, and suddenly slapped Ma Chao in the face, and pulled the war horse with one hand, wanting to pull it back, and shouted angrily.

"Diren?" Ma Chao said with a frown as he pushed the person away. Although Ma Chao knows the Qiang language, he can only listen to the language of the Di people, and he does not understand it very well, just like Hu Jian and Guangdong in later generations, although they are connected, but the language system is completely different.

Seeing that Di people had the intention of making a move, several of Ma Chao's personal guards also stepped forward to open Di people. The people became even more excited, and they kept grunting.

Ma Chao asked the guard, "What are they talking about?" ”

The guards also shook their heads blankly.

"Tell them that this horse is ours! For the sake of their good feeding, I don't care about their guilt for stealing horses! Since Ma Chao couldn't listen to it, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, he gave an order and led the horse directly to leave.

Di Ren shouted, seeing that Ma Chao was about to leave with the horse, he even raised his knife and gun, and slashed at Ma Chao and a few other guards!

Suddenly, the two sides fought in one place.

Ma Chao's face sank, and he also roared angrily: "Horse thief!" Ann dares to be so rampant! ”

The suppressed anger in the past few days finally broke out, and Ma Chao didn't take a spear, but just pulled out his war knife and rushed into the battle group......