Around the hooves of the horses returning to the camp on all sides, each tightening the reins and clamping the horse's belly, Fu Xunyu shouted: "The horse system has misunderstood!" ”

Ma Guangning stood with his left hand, stopped his subordinates who were about to attack, and his right hand, which was holding the saber high, slowly fell down at the same time, and said coldly: "What do you have to say?" ”

Seeing him hesitating, Fu Xunyu guessed that he had scruples in his heart, so he said: "Ma is in charge, Brother Zun is indeed in my camp, but the battle between the two armies is a business matter, and my battalion and Brother Zun have no personal grudges. Brother Zun is now eating and drinking well and offering in Fanhe City, safe and sound. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ma Guangning's twisted face softened a lot, but his tone was still cold: "You imprisoned my brother, do you want to humiliate him?" ”

Fu Xunyu shook his hand and said, "How come?" The prestige of my brother is outside, and my lord has an old relationship with your eldest brother. Brother Venerable is in Fanhe City, and my lord has visited him many times, and he is very respectful. He had already seen that Ma Guangning was making his own opinion, and he had not asked Ma Shouying's opinion, so the threat was threatened, and he didn't have the courage to really hurt the lives of his own people as the representative of Zhao Ying. Therefore, he seized his hesitation, tried his best to explain, and even made up the myth that Ma Guangyu and Zhao Dangshi had a friendship.

Ma Guangning is young in the end, Fu Xunyu suppressed most of his anger in a few words, he put the knife across the horse's neck, and said, "Even so, why don't you let my brother come back?" ”

Fu Xunyu sneered: "The matter is big, even if it is to be released, it involves a lot, and it is not something that can be released for a while......

Ma Guangningpi smiled and said: "That won't help, don't worry, go back to the camp with me, and I will treat you just as well." With that, he raised his sword and gave the order to attack again.

Fu Xunyu said again: "Do you know why I went back to the camp?" ”

"What?" Ma Guangning only seemed to know that Fu Xunyu and others were from Zhao Ying, but he didn't know the content of Fu Xunyu's conversation with Ma Shouying.

"When I see the old man coming back, I just want to send my brother back." Fu Xunyu said with a straight face, "It's a pity that Lao Huihui rejected the kindness of my battalion." ”

"Refused?" Ma Guangning frowned, looking suspicious.

Fu Xunyu turned his back and said, "Not bad." Our battalion hoped that Lao Huihui would use 10,000 war horses as bargaining chips in exchange for his brother, but Lao Huihui categorically refused to allow it. Reduced to 5,000 horses, it is still not allowed. Speaking of this, "cough" coughed twice, "Brother Zun is a generation of famous generals, and the number of war horses is reduced again, which really humiliates Brother Zun's identity, and even under the bottom, there is no shame...... Since Lao Huihui refused again and again, the matter was over. ”

In fact, when the conditions were proposed, Fu Xunyu finally reduced the number of war horses to 3,000, and it is still difficult to say that the horses should be moved. The 10,000 horses here is Fu Xunyu's exaggeration, but the psychological impact of reducing from 10,000 to 5,000 is undoubtedly much greater than that of reducing 5,000 horses to 3,000, and it can also avoid Ma Guangning's greater anger when he mistakenly thinks that Zhao Ying despises Ma Guangchun.

"The thief dares to treat my brother as a commodity and trade for livestock!" Ma Guangning was furious, and the saber stood up.

Fu Xunyu said in a heart: "Between the two armies, personal feelings are the bottom, and interests are the top. Our battalion doesn't want to hurt Brother Zun, but the thousands of lonely souls and wild ghosts outside Fanhe City still need to give an explanation. The 10,000 war horses are worth a fortune, which is enough to reflect the importance that our battalion attaches to our brothers, but the last half of the horses are unwilling to take them out, and our battalion is also very regretful. ”

"Why wouldn't he give it? Is my brother not even a mere 5,000 animals? Compared with Zhao Ying's move of taking Ma Guangchun as a hostage and proposing a deal to Huiying, Ma Shouying sat back and watched the opportunity slip away, and his reluctance to exchange for Ma Guangchun was even worse in his eyes. Fu Xunyu observed carefully and found that although he was angry and short of breath, he did not order the attack, and he knew that most of his anger was transferred to Ma Shouying at the moment.

"I know a little bit about this." Li Wanqing suddenly said at this time, "Everyone knows that the 'big old Huihui' Ma Guangyu died of illness in the military tent that year, and he was only accompanied by his wife Lu at night. That's not all, not long after, he actually married the surviving person of the Lu family, don't you think it's strange? ”

"What's the problem?" Ma Guangning's color changed, and he immediately asked.

Li Wanqing Zhenzhen said: "The Lu family is beautiful and young, and Ma Guangyu treats him very well and raises him like a daughter." It stands to reason that the husband's bones are not cold, even if he doesn't learn from those chaste martyrs who died and martyred, he should keep the festival for life to repay his kindness. But in less than half a year, she threw herself into Ma Shouying's arms without hesitation, and even gave birth to an heir for Ma Shouying a year later. Although Ma Shouying swore that it was to better take care of Ma Guangyu's family and widow, no one with a discerning eye could see that it was boring, but he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak! ”

"Greasy?" Fu Xunyu deliberately frowned, "You mean that Ma Shouying and the Lu family are related to Ma Guangyu's death?" Li Wanqing's fire was lit at the right time, Fu Xunyu didn't care if he was talking nonsense casually, and quickly fanned the flames.

Li Wanqing crooked his mouth and said: "There is no evidence for this, and it is difficult to say, I have some doubts in my heart." ”

"Fart, nonsense!" When Ma Guangning heard this, his face turned blue with anger. When Ma Guangyu died, he was still young and didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, but he felt that the sudden death of the eldest brother of Ma Zhuang, who had always been a dragon, was really shocking. It's just that in the future, the second brother Ma Guangchun took him, but he just said that he was loyal to Ma Shouying, and he never mentioned Ma Guangyu's death again. The stars changed, and he slowly put the matter aside. At this time, Li Wanqing's words certainly made some sense, which aroused a series of doubts about him back then, but one yard is one yard, he doesn't care what Ma Shouying should do, Li Wanqing insisted that Ma Guangyu was cuckolded in front of everyone, and this humiliation was unbearable for him.

"Grab these spit-spewing things!"

Hearing Ma Guangning's roar under the rage, Fu Xunyu and Li Wanqing glanced at each other, and they both regretted it. Just as they were about to fight to the death, looking far along the coast, another Puma army approached by tracing the river, judging from their direction, they should also be the ones who returned to the camp.

The number of newcomers to the Ma army was quite large, and it was roughly estimated that there were a hundred or ten people, Fu Xunyu and Ma Guangning both stood in place and watched, and the closer they were, they heard the sound of soft whistles and shouts from the other side, and through these chaotic sounds, there were still people shouting.

"What are they called?" Ma Guangning's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he was accompanied by inquiries.

"Catch ...... Arrest ......" left and right companions listened attentively, trying their best to distinguish the content, as soon as they heard the word "arrest", Fu Xunyu and Li Wanqing's two faces turned white with a brush, and they felt like ashes.

"Arrest...... Catch ......" left and right companions continued to discern, but only for a moment, stunned.

Fu Xunyu also heard the call in the army clearly at this time, but even his voice trembled because of surprise: "Catch, catch the traitor, Ma, Ma Guangning ......" squinted at Ma Guangning on horseback, but saw that he was stunned and speechless, and his cheeks were as bloodless as a dead man.

"Quick, let's go!" The left and right companions were in a hurry, and before the words came out, several feather arrows were shot in the air from a distance and inserted into the stream.

"Traitor Ma Guangning?" Ma Guangning Mu Ne muttered to himself, another feather arrow screamed, he subconsciously turned his head, and the arrow hit his armor and collapsed to the side, which also made him suddenly sober up.

"Let's go!"

Ma Guangning raised his knife, the horse's hooves flipped over, and more than ten horses galloped when they boarded. On the one hand, Ma Guangning, who was in a hurry to get out, and on the other hand, he suddenly returned to the camp to chase the soldiers, Fu Xunyu stood in place, not knowing what to do, suddenly, a flying horse passed by him, and he immediately felt a tightness in his back, and the next moment, the whole person was already placed on the back of a horse.

"I'm sorry!"

Fu Xunyu couldn't see the face of the person who had taken him away, but when he heard the voice, he knew that it was Ma Guangning. At this time, no matter how much he struggled and shouted, Ma Guangning held him down with one hand, all his efforts were to no avail, only his eyes were getting farther and farther away from the crystal clear stream.

"Bastard!" Seeing this, Li Wanqing was helpless, stepped on horseback, and followed closely with his seven or eight horsemen.

At the same time, hundreds of miles away, Qianzhuang Village in the north of Zaoyang County.

Yesterday afternoon, Wu Mingfeng, who arrived with the troops, handed over the defense of Qianzhuang Village with Qin Jinxiao and Fan Jiwei. As Wu Mingfeng's old subordinate, Fan Jiwei had already ordered the soldiers to repair the part of the camp damaged in the previous battle before Wu Mingfeng's arrival, which provided convenience for Wu Mingfeng's follow-up work. After the handover, Qin and Fan Erjiao returned to the Zhao Ying camp in Dahegang, while Wu Mingfeng continued to lead his troops to strengthen Qianzhuang Village.

This morning, Wu Mingfeng, who got up early, supervised the construction in the southwest of the village, and Pang Jinming visited in person. Instead of sending Tang Ma but Pang Jinming, the keen Wu Mingfeng knew that Zhao Dangshi had a major assignment, so he temporarily put down all the work at hand and cordially received Pang Jinming. Sure enough, Pang Jinming conveyed Zhao Dangshi's military order, requiring Wu Mingfeng to immediately build a wall, dig a trench and build a fence.

"Build walls, dig trenches, build hedges?" Wu Mingfeng was stunned.

Pang Jinming nodded, indicating that he had heard correctly, and further elaborated on the content of Zhao Dangshi's mission. Zhao Dangshi's military order was very strict, ordering Wu Mingfeng to take Qianzhuang Zhai as the base point, go south to two miles, build walls and dig trenches and build fences along the east-west direction, the length is not strictly specified, but be sure to take Qianzhuang Zhai as the center, and include all the roads around it in the north of the wall trench. Only one wall can be built, and two or three ditches are better. Hedges, etc., are layered with five or six layers. The deadline is two days to complete.

Specifically, it is required that the wall is eight feet high and one foot thick, and it is forbidden to use door panels, bamboo and wood, and only use adobe blocks to build it, and build it tightly with soil in the middle. There are guns and guns on it, and there are sub-walls inside, where people stand; The ditch is five feet deep, the deeper the better, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The excavated soil must be transported two zhang away. Do not get too close and do not pile up high, so as not to let the soil still flow into the trench when it rains heavily; The wood used for the hedge should be thick, about five feet long, and about two feet deep in the buried soil. You can tamp it with soil on the side, just trying to climb and shake it.

In more detail, Zhao Dangshi personally drafted a letter, saying that Wu Mingfeng was illiterate, but there were many literate people with military documents, and it was not a problem to interpret it. These are not what Wu Mingfeng is most concerned about, what he is most concerned about is Zhao Dangshi's motives for doing this.

"As far as I know, our army intends to fight against Cao thieves, but at the moment, it is clear that the defense is the main thing. Once the walls, ditches, and hedges are erected, it will be a long battle, what is the purpose of the lord? Wu Mingfeng was really puzzled and asked.

Pang Jinming shook his head and said, "I don't know why the lord gave this order. ”

Wu Mingfeng grabbed his clothes and pleaded: "Lao Pang, you and I have known each other for a long time, so can't you reveal some news to me?" If you fight like this, brother, I really don't have a score in my heart. ”

Pang Jinming smiled bitterly: "I am only responsible for investigating the military situation of the Cao thief, and only Xu, Han and other commanders know how the lord decides." What will I reveal to you! ”

Wu Mingfeng's eyes rolled and said, "So what strange behavior have you detected in Cao Thief recently?" ”

Pang Jinming couldn't resist him, sighed and thought for a while, and said, "It's nothing else, but yesterday, I searched for Fang Yuan's side, and Cao Thief was a little ...... Something is abnormal. ”

"Abnormal? What is the origin of this statement? Wu Mingfeng's eyes lit up, "That's where Chang Guoan and Liu Xiyao are stationed." ”

Pang Jinming said: "Exactly. Chang and Liu's second camps camped in the north and south, often in the south, and Liu in the north. The scouts sent to that vicinity reported that Chang Guoan had been urging the soldiers to repair the wall, dig trenches and build fences in the past few days. ”

"He's doing this, too?" Wu Mingfeng couldn't cry or laugh, "Cao Thief is the main one who guards the palace, and it makes sense for him to do this...... Did the lord see this situation and ......?"

Pang Jinming's head shook like a rattle: "I don't dare to figure out the meaning of the lord, but he did let me come to you after listening to my report on this matter." ”

"This ......" Wu Mingfeng was confused. Chang Guoan, as the guard general of Cao Ying's inner line, was conscious of fighting a protracted battle with Zhao Ying and dragging Zhao Ying in the field blameless, but Zhao Dangshi went toe-for-tat with him and also started the project. If two sides are operated at the same time, it will turn into endless confrontation and attrition, which is obviously contrary to Zhao Ying's original strategic policy.

"It's unpredictable." After a long time, Wu Mingfeng sighed lightly.