At the banquet, the chips were staggered, and the glass of wine was pushed, so it was not lively.

Li Ru touched his mustache and said: "The purpose of Confucian's trip is to follow the order of Dong Tingshi, hoping that Meng Qi will return to Jinyang and have important matters to discuss. ”

"Something important?"

Ma Chao personally poured a glass of wine for Li Ru and asked, "I'm only 8 years old, what kind of important thing is it, I need Lord Assassin Shi to send Master Li to find me?" ”

"Huh."

Li Ru looked at Ma Chao and said, "What a handsome young man, Lord Assassin Shi has invited your father Ma Teng to Jinyang, what he means, let you and Dong Bai marry a baby first." ”

"This..."

Ma Chao was also going to Wuyuan County to subdue Lu Bu, but how did he expect to bite the gold halfway through, and actually want to go back to get engaged?

But he can't disobey Dong Zhuo, not to mention that his father will also come over, and he has to go back.

"Obey the orders of Lord Assassin."

The next day, Li Ru went back first, Ma Chao counted the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, and 3,000 carefully selected cavalry, under the training of Sima Cuo, they were quite elite.

With this army in hand, Ma Chao had a lot of confidence in his heart, and suddenly remembered something: "Captain of the guard, a few days ago you asked you to find a blacksmith in the city to make a horse harness, how did things go?" ”

"Returning to the young master, 50 sets of full sets of harness have been built so far."

"Okay, take me to check."

Subsequently, Ma Chao took Zhang Liao, Sima Cuo, Pang De, and the chief of the guard to find newly forged bilateral stirrups and saddles in the warehouse, and the cooked cowhide was equipped with iron equipment.

After looking at it, Ma Chao smiled and couldn't put it down: "Well, yes, that's it." ”

The three generals each picked up one to check, and Pound even immediately ran out to find a war horse, assembled it, and rode it directly.

"Drive, drive, drive!"

Pound rode a war horse, ran around the school field with all his might, and stepped on a pair of iron stirrups with both feet, with the help of the stability of the stirrups, riding on the horseback, it was like walking on the ground!

"Awesome!"

Turning over and dismounting, Pound hurriedly shouted: "With this brand new horse harness, it is extremely stable, and it will not take years to train cavalry in the future!" ”

"It really works?"

Sima Cuo's full-time training soldiers, he is most concerned about these, a cavalryman in the Eastern Han Dynasty, if he wants to be skilled enough, he will have to stay up for a few years.

Therefore, the nomads have an absolute advantage over the farming people in the plains, and the key point of the problem lies in the difficulty of the training of the cavalry.

Nomads can ride horses from a young age, from small to large, to say that they have 10 years of riding experience, so they are known as a nation on horseback.

Then, the army of the agrarian people, who are not good at riding war horses, will suffer a great loss when they fight in the plains.

The advent of bilateral stirrups and matching saddles can greatly shorten the gap between the two sides, and the time to train a skilled cavalryman can be shortened from years to months.

Zhang Liao was also very happy, and Ma Chao said to the chief guard: "It's okay to do it to this extent, and say to the blacksmiths, don't ask for good looks and comfort, but the stirrups must be strong." ”

He then said: "Also, the speed is too slow, I want to forge 3,000 bodies within a month, as long as I can complete the task within the deadline, I will be rewarded!" ”

"Whoa."

A week later, everything was ready, and the vicinity of Mayi City was swept away, and there were no more horse thieves, bandits, etc., within a radius of a hundred miles.

Ma Chao ordered 3,000 cavalry, raised the banner, led Zhang Liao, Sima Cuo, and Pang De's troops, and slowly went to Jinyang City under the welcome of the people of Mayi City.

On the march, Ma Chao looked back in the direction of Wuyuan County, and was still reluctant in his heart: "Damn, I'm ready to subdue Lu Bu, and now I want to go back, when will I see my baby Lu Bu?" ”

is different from the way he cowered when he came, for fear of being robbed by bandits, after all, he had just entered the sphere of influence of Yanmen County and was attacked by horse thieves.

On the way back now, the bandits and rogues stood on the hill, looking at this army and the flags embroidered with the words "Ma", "Zhang", "Sima" and "Pang", and they were so frightened that they fled far away and did not dare to disturb them.

"It's so boring~"

Ma Chao and Chunlan sat in the carriage, he yawned, lay Chunlan's knees as pillows, changed a comfortable angle, and continued to lie down.

When he was lying down and happy, Pound's voice came from outside the carriage: "Young master, there is a group of suspicious people and horses in front of you." ”

"Oh?"

Ma Chao immediately got up, opened the curtain, and asked, "Is the other party holding a flag?" What is written on it? ”

"Lu Zi."

"What, what?!"

It turned out to be Lu Ziqi, how could this be?

Ma Chao immediately got out of the carriage, and under Pang De's identification, he found a cavalry team under the banner of "Lu" that was rapidly approaching them.

"Appeal ——!"

Although the leader of this cavalry was wearing a very ordinary military uniform, it was difficult to hide his handsome and majestic appearance, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a powerful and arrogant face.

Zhang Liao stepped forward with a halberd and asked, "Who is here?" Why did you stop my driver? ”

"Hmph."

The cavalry leader glanced at Ma Chao and the others, and when he saw the bilateral stirrups under the feet of Zhang Liao and the others, the look of doubt flashed in his eyes.

His chin rose slightly, and he said condescendingly: "The border pass Hu people invaded, and I was ordered to come and arrest the strong man and enlist in the army!" ”

"Nonsense!"

When Zhang Liao heard this, he was furious: "Do you think we look like strong men? ”

"Hahahaha!"

The cavalry leader was proud: "I said you are, you are!" Why don't you come with me? ”

"Look for death!"

Zhang Liao was furious, slapped his horse and charged, brandished the crescent halberd in his hand, and stabbed it directly into the head of the cavalry leader.

The cavalry leader raised the huge halberd in his hand and said contemptuously: "Carving insect skills!" ”

With a bang, the two halberds struck, bursting into a burst of brilliant sparks, blurring Ma Chao's eyes.

The two generals staggered and struck a tie, and the cavalry leader raised his eyebrows: "The young man has good arm strength!" ”

Zhang Liao said coldly: "The more powerful is still to come!" ”

The two sides rounded up their horses, accelerated the charge again, the corners of the cavalry leader's mouth raised slightly, and he saw through a flaw in Zhang Liao, and the halberd in his hand suddenly attacked and killed, knocking the crescent halberd in Zhang Liao's hand to the ground.

In an instant, Zhang Liao was stunned and didn't react, and his weapon was knocked out!

"Not good!"

Sima Cuo and Pang De saw that the enemy general was brutal and cruel, and they were afraid that Zhang Liao would make a mistake, so they immediately slapped their horses to meet the attack and work together to block the enemy general's offensive.

The cavalry leader praised: "You and the other three people, although they are young, they are not to be underestimated." ”

Pound slashed his sword and was eager to try: "Good guy, the power of a halberd makes me tremble, I'll go first!" ”

The men of Liangzhou just dare to fight, Pang De is coming, Lu Buhaha laughed and said: "Although you are young, but in my eyes, they are all local chickens and dogs!" ”

Taunt it, hit it with a halberd, and in just one round, knock Pound off his horse!

"Holy!"

Ma Chao looked at this posture, the enemy will be invincible!

Could this be really Lu Bu, right?

Shouldn't he be squatting in Wuyuan County right now?

Anyway, scare the other party first.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately shouted: "Lu Bu! ”

"Who? Who's calling me by my name? ”

Sure enough, it was Lu Bu, who heard someone shouting his name, immediately turned the horse's head, followed the sound and looked over, and saw an 8-year-old child standing in front of the carriage, shouting at him.

"Drive!"

Lu Bu came on horseback, and Zhang Liao and others were shocked to immediately come to the rescue, for fear that Ma Chao would accidentally be cut off by Lu Bu.

Seeing that the three of them were so protective of Ma Chao, Lu Bu felt strange: "Who are you?" ”

Ma Chao straightened his clothes and bowed to Lu Bu: "My name is Ma Chao, the word Meng Qi, the young patriarch of the Fufeng Ma clan!" ”

"Ma Chao? Fufeng Ma's? ”

It's a pity that Lu Bu is a martial idiot, and he has the attributes of two stunned people, vaguely as if he had heard of this family somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

He couldn't think of it, so he didn't want to stop, he shook his head, and pointed his halberd at Ma Chao: "How do you know my name?" ”

"Hahahaha."

Ma Chao laughed: "The name of the general, in this state, everyone knows it, no one knows it!" ”

"Oh? Am I so famous? How did I not know it myself? ”

Nonsense, it's all me making it up.

Ma Chao secretly wiped away a drop of cold sweat and continued to boast: "The general is a native of Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan County, when he heard that when he was born, a rainbow appeared in the sky above the northwest, dazzling, and then the mountains of Wuyuan County collapsed and cracked, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and the visions were varied!" ”

Lu Bu nodded: "Well, this is indeed a vision when I was born when I was a child. ”

Ma Chao continued: "All those who are gifted will have a vision of heaven and earth when they are born, which indicates that the general will be born in troubled times, and he will make great achievements!" ”

"Oh? Is it? ”

A rainbow fart was slapped down, which made Lu Bu's heart feel comfortable.

The corners of Sima Cuo's mouth twitched faintly, where did he seem to have heard of this similar rainbow fart?