There are two places called Maoling in the territory of Youfufeng, one is the mausoleum of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the Wuling Plain, called Maoling. There is also a high mountain called Maoling Mountain.

There is a village at the foot of Maoling Mountain, the houses in the village are built tall and big, not like ordinary houses, and the name of the village is called Chenghuanli.

This is the hometown of General Fubo Ma Yuan, and most of the people in the village are surnamed Ma, and they are all descendants of Ma Yuan.

Although it was April, it had just snowed a lot, and the entire vicinity of Maoling Mountain was covered in snow.

After lunch, Mrs. Ma accompanied a group of bastards to the open space outside the village to watch them practice martial arts.

At the entrance of the village was a group of guards sent by Ma Teng to protect them, and they were all watching nearby.

The eldest Ma Chao is eighteen years old this year, and he has already served in Ma Teng's army, and he began to learn the skills of marching and fighting with Ma Teng.

Ma Chao also always shouted that he wanted to go to Bingzhou to join Lu Bu and learn the way of war from Lu Fengxian.

This time, Ma Teng led his troops to attack Chang'an, and by the way, he took the whole family to Maoling's hometown to find his roots and ask his ancestors.

Since Ma Teng's grandfather left Maoling's hometown, went out to join the army to fight, to Ma Teng's father's family, he has been away from his hometown for decades.

Unexpectedly, the old house of Ma Teng is still as good as ever, the Ma family is very nostalgic, and Ma Teng's reputation has already spread to Fufeng over the years, and the Ma family, especially the people of the same generation, still recognize Ma Teng.

So Ma Teng let his wife and children live in his hometown, and specially told the eldest Ma Chao to let him take care of his mother and younger brothers.

Ma Chao watched his three younger brothers practice their sword skills on the snow. The second brother Ma Xiu and his cousin Ma Dai, both of whom are the same age, are sixteen years old this year, and the big knife in their hands makes them have a board and an eye, which is the authentic Ma family knife method.

Although the youngest third brother Ma Tie is only fourteen years old, his strength has been surprisingly large since he was a child, far beyond ordinary people, even Ma Chao is slightly inferior, and the big knife he uses is as heavy as Ma Teng, full sixty-four pounds.

Although Ma Chao uses a gun, the family knife technique has already been fully inherited by Ma Teng, and even under the guidance of his mysterious master, he also made up for the lost few knife techniques of the Ma family, so that the Ma family knife technique gradually has a bit of the atmosphere of the ancestors.

This time he returned to Maoling, and learned sword techniques with his brothers from the same clan, and made up for each other a lot, so he supervised his three younger brothers to practice the increasingly perfect Ma family knife technique.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling came from the plains in the distance, and although Ma Chao was young, he was very vigilant.

He asked Matthew and the others to stop practicing, and he stood on a high place and looked into the distance. But I saw a large group of cavalry coming from the south, with 3,000 horsemen, black and pressing, looking at the costumes, like Xiliang cavalry, but I didn't see Ma Teng's banner.

Ma Chao became suspicious, he called the team of guards stationed at the entrance of the village, there were only 100 people, but they were Ma Teng's personal guards, and he asked them to be on guard.

He also asked Ma Xiu, Ma Dai, and Ma Tie to protect their mother, and they rode their war horses, picked up their spears, and stopped them in the middle of the main road at the entrance of the village.

All the cavalry who came were very fast, and it didn't take much effort to reach the entrance of the village. When there was still a stone's throw away, they slowed down.

It's close, Ma Chao can already see the person who is coming, and he also recognizes the person who leads the army, but it is Han Sui's henchman Yan Xing, and a military general next to him, he also recognizes, called Yang Qiu, who is said to be the first marksman in Han Sui's army.

There was also a middle-aged scribe whom he had never seen. Since it was Han Sui's army, Ma Chao relaxed a little, Han Sui and Ma Teng had been friends of life and death for many years, and there had never been any contradictions and frictions before.

Ma Chao opened his mouth and asked, "It turned out to be General Yan Xing, I don't know why General Yan brought so many people?" ”

Yan Xing saw that it was Ma Chao, so he clasped his fists and saluted, "Yan Xing has seen the young general, General Ma Teng, together with my lord and Gongzi Huang, have decided to submit to the Chang'an Imperial Court, and the Chang'an Imperial Court has sent Master Li Ru to reward him. ”

"General Ma Teng is busy with affairs and can't take a break, so he ordered me to pick up all the sons and wives to go to the camp for a reunion, go to Chang'an together, and enjoy the glory and wealth!"

Yan Xing said it clearly, although Ma Chao is young, he is very smart, how can he believe his words?

My father loves my mother and my brothers the most, so how could he not come to pick up such a big event in person? Even if his father couldn't pull away, he should have sent Uncle Ling Ming to come, how could he let Han Sui's men come down?

There is a clear deception in the middle! Ma Chao tightened the reins with his left hand, raised his spear in his right hand, and made a signal of vigilance, and the hundred guards behind him bowed and wound their swords, waiting for the battle.

Ma Xiu, Ma Dai, and Ma Tie saw that their brother had sent a signal of vigilance, and they also turned over their horses one after another to prepare for battle. Matthew persuaded his mother to go into the village to hide for the time being, how could Mrs. Ma rest assured that her four children were unwilling, and the three brothers had to protect their mother.

Yan Xing saw that Ma Chao didn't believe in himself at all, and was hesitating, whether it was good to make up some words, but the middle-aged scribe next to him was already impatient.

"General Yan, why are you so wasteful of words with a little child, or break into the village, all of them are captured alive is the right way, the night is long and dreamy, don't have another branch."

When Yan Xing heard this, he also said the same thing, he brought three thousand Xiliang cavalry, what nonsense to talk to a Ma Chao, just capture it, and responded, "Yes, the military advisor is right, come here, take Ma Chao and the others down and bring them back to the camp." ”

It turned out that Li Ru said that Han Sui was moved and asked the general Yan Xing to bring 3,000 cavalry to arrest Ma Teng's family, and was ready to coerce Ma Teng into submission.

Li Ru was not at ease, so he followed him personally, and along the way, in addition to making a wish to Yan Xing, he also gave him a lot of gold and silver, so that Yan Xing obeyed his words.

Yan Xing gave an order, and a general snatched it out behind him, but it was Liang Xing, who stabbed Ma Chao in the throat with a gun, although Ma Chao was young, he was a master of art and bold.

only waited for Liang Xing to stab out with a shot, and the move was old, so he used the tail of the gun to block and swing Liang Xing's spear, but Ma Chao held the gun with one hand, lightly stretched the ape arm, and stabbed the spear, hitting Liang Xing's throat, and picking Liang Xing off the horse with only one shot.

Yan Xing watched it from the sidelines, he was also a big expert in using guns, and he could see at a glance that Ma Chao's marksmanship was extraordinary, ruthless, fast and accurate.

Fearing that none of his men would be his opponents, he rushed to Ma Chao with his own horse, and at the same time ordered the whole army to attack.

However, the place at the entrance of the village is narrow, and only a few hundred horsemen can rush up for a while and fight with Ma Chao and others.

At the same time that Han Suijun sounded the horn of attack, a hurried bell also sounded in the village, and the men, women and children in the village heard the alarm bell and picked up their weapons at home to gather at the entrance of the village.

Ma Yuan's hometown, the Ma family has practiced martial arts since childhood, regardless of men and women, plus the people of Guanzhong are fierce, and most of the villagers are still martial, and foreign enemies are coming, so they have armed themselves to defend their homeland.

(End of chapter)