Liu Bei shouted in a condensed voice, although he knew that Guan Yu's martial arts were outstanding, but after all, he was a small number of enemies, and the difference in strength was extremely large. Liu Bei couldn't help but be a little worried, and as soon as this remark came out, the generals took the order one after another.

"Big brother! Just in case, let me rush to the second brother first!! Zhang Fei's face was anxious, and he shouted to Liu Bei in a voice like a thunderous man.

"Good! Without further ado, you're on your way! When Liu Bei heard this, he was sure in his heart, and quickly instructed Zhang Fei.

At that moment, someone suddenly shouted.

"Lord Liu, look, there seems to be a group of more than a dozen troops coming in front of you, could it be the soldiers sent by General Guan to ask for help?"

Before the man finished speaking, Liu Bei had already rushed away, and Zhang Fei and a group of soldiers also followed.

I saw that under the slanting sun, the dozen or so people were all bright blood, and even the fur of the war horses was dyed blood-red, which showed that these people must have suffered an unimaginable battle. But these dozen people, each of them are arrogant and have a great vision, and the general in front of them is like a god general who has broken through the abyss of the devil under the rendering of the blood-colored sun!

"Second brother!" Liu Bei, who was galloping his horse, looked at the general in front of him was Guan Yu, and suddenly looked overjoyed, grabbed the horse suddenly, turned over and dismounted, and went to greet him. At this time, Guan Yu and the dozen or so soldiers had also dismounted, and when they saw Liu Bei coming, they knelt down together.

"My brother has not disgraced his mission, and he and his brothers have killed Huang Ke's evil thief!" As soon as Guan Yu said this, the soldiers who were coming from behind all changed their faces drastically, and they all looked incredulous.

"Hahahaha~~!! Second brother, it's so good, it seems that this time there is no chance for me to express it. Zhang Fei, who had just dismounted, couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and his eyes were full of admiration.

"Second brother, hurry up and all the strong men get up, you guys quickly tell me how to kill that Huang Ke!" Liu Bei was also pleasantly surprised, and said while helping Guan Yu up. The two strong men behind Guan Yu were all shocked, and they were busy telling Guan Yu how to design the enemy and how to bravely break the thief army. When the soldiers who were rushing to hear this, they were surprised and admired. On the contrary, it was Guan Yu, who looked cold and arrogant, as if this trivial matter was not worth mentioning.

So, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead his troops to kill the thief army, when night had come, most of the thieves had withdrawn, leaving only hundreds of people to clean up the battlefield. Zhang Fei led the troops to kill, and the thieves fled in a panic, and the baggage and equipment they packed were all obtained by Zhang Fei. Except for the dozens of people who fled, the rest were captured by Zhang Fei's command.

A few more days later. However, it was said that Zhang Yan soon heard that Zhang Niujiao was killed by Ma Zongheng, and almost all of his troops were captured by Ma Zongheng, and it was the chaos in his heart, who knew that Huang Ke was attacked by the hundred-man cavalry led by Guan Yu in front of him, because his army was in a narrow gorge at that time, Huang Kejun not only could not give full play to the advantage of being outnumbered, but his Guan Yu's bravery, and was greatly dragged down and chaotic, and finally Guan Yu took advantage of the chaos to kill Huang Ke to escape.

Repeated bad news, it can be said that Zhang Yan's ambition has been greatly hit, and I heard that Liu Dai has integrated tens of thousands of soldiers, ready to come to help, and after discussing with the thieves under his command, he finally decided to avoid the edge first, and retreated to Jizhou cottage.

At the same time, in Puyang, Dongjun. Qiao Mao was furious, and the thunder was furious.

"Wow! This Ma family child really doesn't know what to do, this head just made a marriage contract with my bridge family, and the other head married a woman of unknown origin, and made the city full of wind and rain, everyone knows!! This can teach me where to put the face of the bridge family!! Moreover, this Ma family child is only twenty-two years old, and now he has three wives, which shows his romantic nature. That's fine, but his three wives, except for Wang Yi, are still from famous families, and the other one is called Beigong Feng, who is still the daughter of the anti-thief Beigong Boyu, who just married that, not only is the origin unknown, but I heard that she is already pregnant, and she is about to begin. If Wan'er really marries him, won't my Qiao family become the laughing stock of people in the world!? In the hall, Qiao Mao blew his beard and stared, and scolded angrily. It was Qiao Xuan under the hall who had a calm face, no joy or anger, and was sipping tea quietly.

"Brother! You!! Why don't you see the slightest panic, Wan'er is not your daughter after all!! Seeing Qiao Xuan's calm and unhurried appearance, Qiao Mao's heart was anxious, and he had no choice but to speak.

Qiao Xuan listened, gently put down the teacup, and then his expression froze, and suddenly turned his head to look at Qiao Mao, and two fine lights shot out of his eyes, Qiao Mao's heart jumped, and he also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and said urgently: "I am in a hurry for a while, talking nonsense, and the clan brother is not strange." ”

"Hmph, you are a person, you are quite stable on weekdays, but if you encounter an emergency, this anger is easy to get into the brain, and people become irritable, if you don't change your temperament, you will definitely suffer a big loss in the future. Don't worry, isn't there still a year left in Wan'er's marriage contract with him. I don't know what will happen during this year. Qiao Xuan condensed his voice and said leisurely.

When Qiao Mao heard this, he remembered that Qiao Xuan had told him not long ago about moving the Qiao family's family business to Jiangdong first, and couldn't help but change his face and said: "Could it be that Guanzhong will really be in chaos!?" ”

"Eh, now the old man won't hide it from you. The old man heard that Cao Mengde, who wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo in the name of offering a knife, has now fled back to Chenliu. This person has always been far-sighted and can often anticipate opportunities, but he has long recruited troops in Chenliu, and now he has borrowed the reputation of assassinating Dong Zhuo, which can be said to be a hundred responses in Chenliu, and talents and heroes from all walks of life have gone to vote. Not long ago, his clan Cao Ren, Cao Hong, as well as Haojie Lejin and Manzhong, all gathered righteous people and joined his command. In addition, Xun Yu, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, and Liu Yan, the descendant of Liu Yan, the king of Fuling in Yangzhou, also went to take refuge. Now Cao Mengde has gathered five or six thousand soldiers and horses, and under Xun Yu's offering, he is preparing to exhaust his family wealth, gather volunteers from all over the world, announce Dong Zhuo's various crimes, unite the princes from all over the country, kill Luoyang, and rescue the son of heaven!

Dong Zhuo's crimes are monstrous, and recently he has been killing in the court, killing the courtiers and the emperor, plus their families, servants, and nearly thousands of people. Then there were the families of the princes from all over the country, all of whom were captured by Dong Zhuo and thought they were hostages. Dong Zhuo didn't expect that his actions would cause the wrath of the princes of the world. As soon as this Cao Cao ascended to the heights, the princes from all over the country set up rebels and gathered in Guanzhong. Yanzhou and Guanzhong are close to each other, and I am afraid that they will inevitably suffer. When it comes to migration, it's better for you to make a decision early. ”

Hearing this, Qiao Mao's face changed, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I didn't expect that my Qiao family has been based in Yanzhou for many years, but now I have to take refuge in the southern Jianghuai land. There are also a lot of Jianghuai families, although it is inevitable to fight openly and secretly, but they are extremely excluded from outsiders, once one of them is provoked, these Jianghuai families will be unanimous to the outside world. The road of the bridge family in the future is probably not easy to walk. ”

"Eh, since ancient times, the most important thing in the rise and fall of a family is the talent in the clan. But since you and me, there has been no character in the lobby of Keden. Otherwise, if my Qiao family has a figure like Na Ma Zongheng, with my Qiao family's financial resources and prestige in Yanzhou, in this troubled world, I will still have the power to compete with the princes from all over the world! It's a pity, it's a pity! ”

"As the clan brother said, we can only pin our hopes on the next generation. Your reputation is higher than mine, I heard that several heads of the Jianghuai family used to be your students, and the matter of migration will bother you. ”

Qiao Xuan and Qiao Mao sighed one after another, all of them were working hard for the future of the family. At this time, Qiao Mao suddenly condensed and said: "That's the case, the clan brother still returned the marriage contract, I don't dare to have any opinions if I think that the Ma family child is now under the fence!" ”

"Huh." Qiao Xuan listened, but he shook his head and smiled bitterly. Qiao Mao frowned, and was about to speak, when Qiao Xuan suddenly answered again: "Yuan Wei, Yuan Wei!" Why can't you see the current situation in East County? It's my bridge family who really sends people under the fence! The Ma family was really terrible, not long after he conquered Changyuan, he had already joined forces with the family headed by the Zhao family in Changyuan, and wantonly sent people to buy a large amount of grain in Jizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and even Guanzhong. It is said that these days, the grain transported to Changyuan City is as little as a few thousand quintals and as many as tens of thousands of quintals a day! Now the entire Changyuan City is full of food storage places!

The war is imminent, once Cao Cao and Dong call together, the price of this grain will definitely rise several times, and this Ma family child has so much grain in his hands, and he can also raise the price of grain, so that he can not only get a large amount of grain as a reserve, but also countless money! Moreover, the so-called people take food as the sky, and he has so much food in his hands, how can he be afraid that no one will come to join the army! This Ma family child not only has a unique vision, but also does this business really ruthlessly~! ”

Qiao Mao couldn't even swallow saliva when he heard it, his heartbeat accelerated sharply, and he said hurriedly, "But in this way, the princes of all parts of the Central Plains must be eyeing Changyuan, because it is Dong Zhuo, with his temperament, if he knows that Changyuan has gathered so much food, he will definitely send heavy troops to rob it!" Again, if the coalition is established, and the princes want the horses to provide food for funding, in the face of righteousness, he still dares to risk the disapproval of the world!? ”

"Hehe, Yuan Wei, you have underestimated this horse again. The so-called food is the lifeblood of the army, even if Ma Zongheng promised the princes to give food subsidies, I am afraid that the princes would not dare to believe it. After all, once the heroes raised troops to kill Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo swore to hate them. At that time, if the horse is first false, when the armies are fighting between good and evil, they will not be able to replenish. Xiliangxiong's army is strong, and at that time, the princes of various places may be defeated by the generals under Dong Zhuo. Besides, although Dong Zhuo and Ma Zongheng have a bad relationship, they are both from Xiliang after all, and you don't forget that my Central Plains people have always despised the people of Xiliang. At that time, Dong Zhuoruo took this opportunity to persuade Ma Zongheng, but the consequences were naturally unimaginable. Because of this, the princes of this place would rather pay out of their own pockets to buy the grain of the horses, and they would never let him grasp the lifeblood of their own army! As for Dong Zhuo, if he really wants to send troops to rob him, he is not afraid of the horse falling vertically. Don't forget what kind of character he is, not to mention that he has a fierce general under his command, which is just a good way to be cowardly and famous! Qiao Xuan spoke sharply and eloquently.

Qiao Mao's face changed when he heard this, and his brows wrinkled tighter, as if there really was no good way to deal with this horse, and in the end he could only be angry, and said: "Where did this Ma family child get the huge money, although this Changyuan Zhao family is brave, but it is impossible for him to scatter all his family wealth to help this horse fall." And the Ma family's wife, Wang, although there are 36 shops on the seventh street in Tianshui, but there are so many silver taels, they don't dare to transport them lightly. Could it be!? ”

As she spoke, Qiao Mao's eyes widened, and her voice stopped abruptly.

Qiao Xuan looked at him as if he had guessed something, held his white beard in his hand, and said with a smile: "How can the woman that Ma is looking at be an ordinary person." The key to this is probably from this woman. Thinking about it this way, the forces behind Ma Zongheng's third wife may not be inferior to my bridge family at all! Moreover, the old man's meticulous work also said that the reason why the Zhao family and the Changyuan family were able to purchase grain from all over the country was because their caravans had a group of agile and skilled experts who were good at probing intelligence. The old man's meticulous work, or through the name of the old man, can escape the catastrophe. These mysterious masters don't seem to be afraid of the old man finding out, and they have only appeared since Ma Zongheng married his third wife. ”