With the 3,000 light cavalry led by Baima Sanyi, Ma Chaojun had enough strength to continue to implement the plan set by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

Zhao Yun said: "Returning to the young general, before I set off, Jia Taishou told me that if I was blocked by the pass from Yanshi to Luoyang, I would let our army take a detour, cross the northern part of the Qinling Mountains, and go south to Luoyang. ”

He settled down and asked, "I don't know, can Yanshi pass through the pass to Luoyang?" ”

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu also planned it this way, Ma Chao told Zhao Yun about the previous things, including the matter of taking down Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao.

Zhao Yun was surprised: "Under the account of the young general, there is actually a capable person who can make the same plan as Jia Taishou?" ”

"Haha, that's for you to meet them."

Saying that, Ma Chao pulled out two young sons, namely Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, Zhao Yun was taken aback, looked the two young sons up and down, and said: "Congratulations to the young general, in this way, our army is really a fierce general like a cloud, and a strategist is like rain!" ”

Ma Chao smiled and asked Zhao Yun: "In the past few years, how has the development of the two states been?" Simply talk to me. ”

Zhao Yun immediately replied: "In the past five years, the six counties in the northern part of Bingzhou, as well as the counties in Youzhou, have developed rapidly under the rectification of Jia Taishou. ”

"The total population of the six counties is 1.5 million, an increase of nearly 1 million compared to five years ago. The total population of Youzhou counties is 2 million. ”

"Qiu Jun co-ordinated the horse breeding supervisor, the hundred work supervisors, and the merchant supervisors, and the counties were waiting to be revived, and they were thriving. And with the help of Ma Lie, the counties received a large number of Qiang people and Xianbei talents. ”

Fu Yan was in charge of the Tuntian Corps, recruiting a total of 100,000 recruits, and 50,000 Tuntian soldiers who could go with the army. The total strength of the two states is 100,000. ”

"Well, that's good."

Ma Chao didn't expect that there are now 1.5 million people in the 6 counties of Bingzhou, of which the Hu people should account for most of them.

Suddenly remembered someone and asked, "Ma Lie?" Is it the elder brother of the two brothers and sisters I took in in the Xianbei territory of Hexi back then? ”

"That's right, now Ma Lie is also 14 years old, he is brave and strategic, and all he lacks is experience in battle."

Thinking of the brother and sister found in the big felt bag box back then, Ma Chao couldn't help but smile.

Ma Lie, Ma Wan, and Chunlan, they should live well in Wuyuan County, and after the matter in Luoyang is decided, they must go back to Wuyuan County to meet them.

At the moment, after repairing in the Yanshi barracks for one day, burying the pot and cooking early in the morning of the second day, the army set out to march along the banks of the Luo River and go north to the Qinling Mountains.

Along the way, as far as the eye could see, the land was like charcoal, and there were many corpses that had been burned alive all over the ground.

Judging from the actions of these charred corpses before their deaths, as well as the packages and carts they carried with them, they were just a group of ordinary people who fled south.

"How can this be here?"

An area from the Luohe River to the Qinling Mountains, with excellent soil quality and abundant water and grass, can be regarded as the granary of the hinterland of the Central Plains, where a large number of people are gathered.

And now, the charred corpses have all escaped, and they want to flee to the south as soon as possible.

The flame shock wave like the raging sea a while ago was so powerful that Ma Chao never expected.

The road was full of dead bodies, and the further north we went, the more frightened we became, and even many villages had been burned to the ground, leaving only a ruin still smoking from fire.

"Damn!"

This tragic scene of purgatory on earth deeply stimulated everyone's hearts.

After 3 days, the army finally crossed the northern part of the Qinling Mountains, where there were several trails that could be crossed and quickly moved south to Luoyang.

In order to be in a hurry, Ma Chaojun immediately divided into 3 groups of troops and entered the trail separately.

The trail that Ma Chao walked, the cliffs on both sides, were quiet and quiet, and he couldn't see anything within the range of thermal imaging, which caused Ma Chao's vigilance even more.

6 years ago, in the offensive and defensive battle of Bingzhou, when he and Xian Lingqiang were fighting for Jiuyuan County, which was hoarding grain and grass, he found a problem, and he couldn't find the ambush soldiers who were deliberately ambushed.

Ma Chao frowned, carefully observed the terrain of the mountain, and said suspiciously: "Here, it is simply a God-given ambush location, our army should pass quickly in one go!" ”

"Whoa!"

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

The cavalry team was full of strength, and when the army had already rushed through the halfway of the trail, a large number of flags were suddenly erected on the cliffs on both sides, on which the word "Dong" was written.

"Huh? Could it be Dong Zhuo's military flag? ”

Ma Chao was just about to raise the war giant lance and signal the cavalry team to slow down, when under the banner of Dong Zi, countless archers suddenly appeared, all of them opened their bows and pulled the strings, and shot Ma Chaojun fiercely.

Just the first round of salvo fire, dozens of cavalry were shot, and the direct shot made the Ma Chao soldiers turn over on their backs, and they continued to howl miserably.

"Protect Your Majesty! Protect the Major General! ”

At the critical moment, Gao Shun shouted loudly, and the talent, trapping camp, and stunts were opened step by step.

The entire cavalry team was shrouded in a burst of white light, and countless arrows turned into a rain of arrows in the sky, pouring down, shooting above the white light, and constantly clanging sounds.

Gao Shun's talent and stunts are full of energy, and his physical strength is consumed too quickly, so he must protect the cavalry team from the trail as soon as possible.

"On the orders of General Dong, shoot all the Han troops that pass through here!"

"Don't let them pass!"

In the bow and arrow array of the cliff, there was a sudden voice of an enemy general, Ma Chao turned on the thermal imaging and swept it over, raised the bow and arrow, pulled the bow and arrow, and said a word in his mouth: "Hold!" ”

With a bang, the enemy general fell down in response, and the huge bow and arrow force fiercely pierced the armor he was wearing, and his heart was pierced through the heart by an arrow, and he died violently!

"Huh?"

The archers were stunned for a moment, and they were all frightened, but looking at the Ma Chaojun below them, they all shouted: "The general is mighty!" ”

"Mighty!"

Excited shouts echoed through the cliff paths, intimidating the enemy.

"Hahahaha, the enemy army was scared by us!"

"Let's go!"

"A bunch of rubbish!"

The cavalry of Ma Chao's army sneered again and again, and when the enemy army lost its unified command, they quickly crossed the trail and drove away.

The three armies joined forces again, and there were ambushes from the Liangzhou army on all three trails, but they were all able to pass easily, showing good strength.

What I saw along the way, Ma Chaojun's strong combat effectiveness really refreshed Zhuge Xuan's cognition.

For him, the stronger Ma Chaojun is, the more stable Liu Xie's throne will be, and his Langya Zhuge clan, because of Liu Xie's original words, can finally become the head of the world's sergeant clan!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Xuan was really overjoyed and couldn't help but be happy.

After a day of running, I finally walked out of the Qinling Mountains, and the scouts came to report that if you want to Weihe, you must take the only straight road.

And on this straight road, there is a big pass blocking Ma Chaojun's way.

"Do you see what flag is planted above the pass?"

The scout reported: "General Huiyu, it is the two military flags of Dong and Niu, and Dong Min and Niu Fu are guarding here." ”

Sure enough, it was Dong Min and Niu Fu, these two people, one is Dong Zhuo's younger brother, and the other is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.

Thinking that he Ma Chao was brought out by Dong Min from Liangzhou, and when he was in Liangzhou Assassin's Mansion, he met the two several times.

But I don't want to, a few years later, things are wrong, and the two sides are actually on the opposite side of life and death, which is really embarrassing.