At this time, a guard led an old man and two children who were about the same age as Liu Zhao to Ma Yuxuan.

After the old man saw Ma Yuxuan, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "The old slave has asked for peace to Concubine Shuniang and His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

"Uncle Gong, you are the old man of the Ma family, you don't need to make this big gift in the future!"

"This is the duty of the old slave."

The old man said, and then called the two children behind him to his side, and said to the two: "Come and meet Niangniang and His Royal Highness King Jin!" ”

The two children were quite obedient, and they also knelt on their knees, touched the ground with their heads, and made a big salute, "Ma Sui and Ma Yin meet Niangniang and His Royal Highness King Jin." ”

Ma Yuxuan bowed slightly, and said majestically: "Get up!" ”

The old man introduced Ma Yuxuan: "Niangniang, Ma Sui and Ma Yin are the two most outstanding children in our Ma family, and they are the most suitable companions of His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Ma Yuxuan looked at Ma Sui and Ma Yin, and smiled slightly: "Since these two are the Qilin'er of the Ma family, then stay, and the two of you will serve His Royal Highness King Jin well, you know?" ”

Looking at Ma Yuxuan, who was dressed plainly and spoke in a more amiable tone, Ma Sui and Ma Yin were either too young or because they often heard the old people in the clan talk about Ma Yuxuan's power, so they were quite afraid and didn't dare to look up.

Hearing Ma Yuxuan's instructions, the two hurriedly bowed their heads and agreed.

Ma Yuxuan immediately turned her head and said to the old man: "Uncle Gong, although the Han Dynasty has just been founded, the palace has the rules of the palace, although the second horse is young, he can only move in the place designated by the previous dynasty, and he must not move around at will, otherwise he will be caught by the forbidden army, and even the palace will not be easy to rescue."

If you go back, you must follow the instructions well, and the palace will also send someone to the house to teach the two of them court etiquette, so as not to let some people catch our sore feet, do you understand? ”

The old man bowed down and said: "Please rest assured, the old slave will do his best, and he will not dare to slack off." ”

"Very well, step down!"

Ma Yuxuan nodded.

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Han, the second year of Kaiyuan, spring.

Jiangzhou Mu Lu Congshou was assassinated by his father-in-law (formerly Jiangzhou Mu), expelled his wife and brother, and the rumors of plotting to seize power in Jiangzhou were all overwhelmed, and with the capture of Zhou Xu (Lu Congshou's wife and brother), coupled with the promotion of Gong Weisi, or to win over Xu Li, or to threaten each other, the undercurrent in Jiangzhou was surging, and people's hearts were different.

However, after all, Lu Congshou has been in charge of Jiangzhou for many years, and his henchmen are still in control, and some people from Xiang Han or Xiang Zhou can't make waves.

Lu Congshou knew that he couldn't go on a killing spree at this time, especially in the current situation, if he did a spree, only the Han Dynasty would really benefit, and he would also taste the consequences.

However, there is a way to curb this problem, that is, to defeat the Han army, as long as the Han army is defeated, then the people of Jiangzhou will inevitably surrender.

He is also the soil emperor of Jiangzhou.

But if defeated by the Han army...

I am afraid that without the Han army being co-opted, it is possible to raise the banner of the Zhou family within Jiangzhou and destroy Lu Congshou, a villain with a hard face and a beast's heart.

Therefore, Lu Congshouli overrode public opinion, led 10,000 soldiers and horses with his cronies to guard the river to defend his hometown, and he personally led 60,000 troops and horses to fight in Pule County.

However, the already churning tide in Jiangzhou suddenly calmed down, as if waiting for a certain moment to come.

News from the front line converges on the city every day.

People listened very carefully.

After Guo Jia, the Taishou of Pule, learned the news that Lu Congshou was doing his best to go on the expedition from Gong Weisi, he was also stunned, after all, the original idea was that Lu Congshou might not be able to go out for internal reasons, or send a small number of soldiers and horses to support Yizhou.

Although Lu Congshou and Ji Changrun fought several battles because of territorial disputes, it was impossible for Lu Congshou not to understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.

But he didn't expect Lu Congshou to have the psychology of a gambler, and gave up supporting Yizhou, but wanted to open up the situation from Pule County.

If you don't succeed, you will succeed.

However, Guo Jia was not flustered, after all, Pule's only purpose was to serve as a bridgehead to attack Lu Congshou's army. Coupled with the operation of the Long Clan, the defense is very perfect, and it will take a certain amount of time for Lu Congshou to go on the expedition.

On the one hand, Guo Jia ordered Zhang Liao and Wu Song to send sentry cavalry to investigate the enemy's situation, rectify the troops and horses, relocate the people, strengthen the city defense, and hoard grain and grass; On the other hand, it is to send fast horses to report to Chang'an.

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Han, the second year of Kaiyuan, March.

The 50,000-strong army of Shu with Wei Qing as the main commander and Zhao Yun as the deputy commander has approached the territory of Yizhou.

As a pioneer, Zhou Bo opened roads in the mountains, built bridges in water, and even met a large number of Dafan people in dangerous places, but when the Dafan people saw a large number of Han soldiers who were elite warriors, they fled in a hurry without letting go of an arrow.

That night, the Han army camp was carefully arranged, and the tent was brightly lit, and the generals of the Shu army gathered to discuss the military situation.

"We are less than fifty miles away from Baishui Pass, and our sentry has also encountered the sentry of the Yizhou army, it seems that the enemy is still very cautious."

Zhou Bo briefed the generals present on some of the situation of the forward army.

Gongsun He stroked his beard under his chin and said: "This Baishui guard general is the [Foot Hall], known as the second general in Yizhou, second only to Wu Zheng, and we have passed several places that are dangerous and easy to ambush, but we have not seen him send troops to ambush at all, it can be seen that this infantry general is very conservative in leading the troops!" ”

Ma Yubo also added: "If he stubbornly guards the Baishui Pass, it will not be good for us." ”

Wei Qing bowed his head and agreed with the two of them: "This is indeed the case, if you want to quickly enter Jinguan City, you can't forcibly attack Baishui Pass, and it is not advisable to add fuel to the tactics, if you really want that, we have 50,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid we will lose most of them!" ”

Luo Cheng sneered: "Isn't it enough to lure him out of the lock?" ”

Then he bowed his hand to Wei Qing and asked: "The last general asks to lead a thousand troops to challenge outside the customs first." ”

"Is General Luo sure?"

Wei Qing looked solemn.

Luo Cheng opened his mouth and promised: "If the enemy will dare to go out of the city to face the battle, the last general will be killed!" ”

Wei Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Since this is the case, a certain should be approved, General Luo will go and prepare!" We'll set off early tomorrow morning. ”

Luo Cheng was overjoyed and left.

Wei Qing then said to Wang Ping, who was standing silently and solemnly on the side: "Captain Wang, you are from Yizhou, I remember that you once wrote that there is a small road in Baishuiguan that can be detoured, are you sure?" ”

Wang Ping was quite restrained, bowed down and said: "The last general passed by Baishui Pass when he was very young, and I remember that there are mountain roads around Baishui Pass that can cross the mountain people, and you can send people to find them, but the step hall is also a local, and it has been stationed in Baishui Pass for several years, and he must know that there is a small road, so the probability of success of this method is not high." ”

Wei Qing frowned slightly, and then said: "It's okay, you can send someone to pretend to be a mountain man to explore the path, don't be sneaky, it's best to let that step hall know." ”

Wang Ping was a little puzzled, but also said that it was.

Wei Qing then continued to look at the Yizhou map on the table, looking thoughtful.

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