Xihua, a carriage was hurrying along the official road, and the coachman waved his whip, which exploded in the air, urging the two horses to move forward at full speed. The carriage was bumpy, and the horses in the carriage clung to the window for fear of being thrown out. His face was pale, his eyes were apprehensive, and there was an indescribable horror.

This journey was originally very stable, he arrived in Xu County and met Feng Fang. Although Feng Fang had already received Sun Ce's order and was not allowed to see more, he brought out his old friendship with Liu Biao, shocked Liu Hu, and finally saw the specific situation of Tuntian, and even saw some of the accounts.

The situation in Tuntian in Xuxian County is very good, in addition to the consumption of Tuntian Shi itself, it can also provide nearly one million stone grains every year, which is much better than the situation in Luoyang Tuntian. There are differences in water and soil, as well as differences in management levels. Luoyang Tuntian is a group of farmers farming, the former Zhu Jun and the current Huang Wan themselves did not know much about farming technology, and they didn't have time to ask more, Xu County was different, not only with the help of more than a dozen scholars who were familiar with agriculture, but even Feng Fang himself became half an expert in agronomy.

Ma Riyan was satisfied, and after letting people send the news, he rushed to Pingyu. Fortunately at first, you can see people with smiling faces when you pass through the village, and the supplies along the way are also abundant. Two days ago, news suddenly came that Yuan Shao was about to enter the country, and the rumors suddenly tightened, and there were no people to see along the way, most of them hid in the manor with their food and valuable belongings.

"Meng Qi, Meng Qi." Ma Riyan shouted with a neighing voice.

"Clan father, what's wrong?" Ma Chao rushed over, helmeted and armed, and carried his one-and-a-half-foot iron spear in his hand.

"Can you take a break?" Ma Riyan begged: "If you rush like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with Pingyu." ”

Ma Chao frowned, looked at Ma Riyan's face, looked into the distance again, and gritted his teeth. "Well, take a break, only for a while. There are Huns and Wuhuan people under Yuan Shao's command, and the rangers may appear casually. ”

"It's good for a while, it's good for a while." Ma Riyan nodded again and again, and drank to slow down the coachman. As soon as the car stopped, he pushed the door open and stepped out of it. If Ma Chao hadn't reacted quickly and supported him in time, he might have fallen to the ground. Ma Chao took a beard seat and some water. Ma Riyan sat down, drank two sips of water, and gasped for a while, before his face gradually recovered.

Ma Chao looked into the distance from time to time, his brows furrowing more and more. Seeing that Ma Riyan was still relying on not leaving, he couldn't help but say, "Clan father, are you better?" If it's better, let's get in the car. The situation doesn't seem quite right. ”

"This is already in Runan, the hinterland of Yuzhou, what is there to worry about? No matter how strong Yuan Shao's troops are, the speed of the march will not be so fast. ”

"The clan lord does not know that the task of the rangers is to raid the hinterland of the opponent, plunder grain and grass, kill and wound the people, and capture the fighters at the same time. Although the number of people is small, it is extremely dangerous, the Hu people have always been murderous, and there are no chickens and dogs left ...... where they pass."

Ma Riyan couldn't help but scolded: "Nonsense, this is Runan, Runan is Yuan's original county, you just said it, the front is Ruyang, where the Yuan family's clan is located, the ancestors of the Yuan family are there, Yuan Shao dares to let the Hu people mess around here?" ”

"Yuan Benchu even killed Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji, what else dare you do?"

"Nonsense!" Ma Riyan yelled at Ma Chao angrily, turned his head, and didn't want to talk to Ma Chao anymore. Thinking of Li Ru's article, he was also a little weak-hearted. Although he didn't admit it in his mouth, he already believed most of it in his heart. When he thought of Yuan Shao being so cruel, he often shuddered. Along the way, the people have a lot of praise when they mention Sun Ce, but they don't have anything good to say when they mention Yuan Shao, which shows that the article has been widely circulated and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With Yuan Shao's temper, it is not impossible to kill his hometown in a fit of anger.

But this is self-digging.

Just when Ma Riyan was suffering from gains and losses, Pound and two knights chased after him from behind, and when they came to him, they restrained the war horse. Ma Riyan saw the blood on their bodies at a glance, the spear in Pound's hand was also stained with blood, and the leather bag on the saddle was bulging, as if it contained something.

"Major General, a team of Hu cavalry has caught up, about a hundred people. We fought with their scouts, killing two and wounding one. ”

Ma Chao stood up, put his hand on his brow and looked north, and said, "Are you injured?" ”

"Nope." A knight pointed to the armor on his body, and shook the round shield in his hand, not caring. "Those Hu Qi's arrows can't work, it's useless fifty paces away, you can't even shoot through your armor, and you can only be seriously injured when you are ten paces away."

Ma Chao glanced back at Ma Riyan, gritted his teeth, and took off a token from his waist. "Clan father, you get in the car and go first, I'll take a look. If you can repel this group of cavalry, it will be even better, and if the situation is not good and someone catches up, you can grab the post house in front of you, show this token, and they will let you in for a while. Brother Liu, please protect my uncle. ”

Liu Hu shook his head and said with a smile: "General Ma, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that this task is too heavy for me to bear." You better send someone else to escort him, and I'll go with you to kill the Hu people." ”

"You ......" Ma Chao stomped his feet, and when he was about to speak, Liu Hu suddenly shouted: "Come so fast, I'll go to the meeting." So saying, he turned his horse's head and galloped away the way he came. Ma Riyan was also startled, stood up, stood on tiptoe, squinted his eyes, and looked back. I saw smoke and dust billowing on the official road, and cavalry was approaching. He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got into the car. Ma Chao sent ten knights to escort him, and he immediately blocked the middle of the road.

After a while, a number of horses rushed to the front, a look at Ma Chao and others stopped in the middle of the road, there were a lot of people, did not dare to be careless, they all stopped the mount a hundred steps away, one of them turned the horse back, planning to go back to report the news, just walked fifty or sixty steps, Liu Hu rode a horse to gallop, between the two horses staggered, a spear will be the bearded Hu man off the horse, and then kicked the horse's belly, accelerated again, and killed into the Hu horse. Hu Qi was furious, and they all turned their horses to meet them, and surrounded Liu Hu in the middle, using arrows at a distance and knives and spears at a distance. Ma Chao looked at it, raised two fingers, and pointed forward slightly, and twenty knights rushed out from both sides, first raised their crossbows, and shot a rain of arrows.

The feather arrow roared, and after a distance of dozens of steps, several Hu riders were hit by arrows, turned over and fell off their horses, and the rest of the people saw that the situation was not good, and they didn't care about besieging and killing Liu Hu, so they turned around and fled. Liu Hu waved his spear, picked the two Hu horsemen off their horses, circled the horses, and one of them made up a spear, ending their lives. When he came to Ma Chao, he was a little angry. "Ma'er, whoever asked you to help, Lao Tzu can do it alone. After practicing for so long, it's easy to have the opportunity to kill people and see blood, and you have ruined Lao Tzu's affairs. ”

Ma Chao was not angry, and said with a smile: "It's just a few rangers, it's not interesting to kill more, wait for a centurion to come, let you have a good time, how about it?" ”

Liu Hu turned his anger into joy. "That's pretty much it." He shook his spear and pulled out the two arrows embedded in the armor leaf and threw them away. "These dogs can't do it, they don't even block Lao Tzu."