Ma Chao Battalion.

In the big tent, Ma Chao was drinking and ordering his soldiers to pack their luggage and prepare to lead the army to the street pavilion.

At this time, Ma Yunlu broke in with a gloomy face, and shouted at the surrounding soldiers: "Let me out!" ”

The soldiers were startled and hurriedly retreated.

"Little sister, what are you doing, busy for your brother." Ma Chao complained.

Ma Yunlu said in a deep voice: "Big brother, tell me, why did you take the initiative to ask Ying to guard the street pavilion, don't you want to die?" ”

Ma Chao smiled and said: "It's so strange for you to ask, for my brother is a minister of the Han Dynasty, isn't it my duty to guard the city for the Son of Heaven." ”

Ma Yunlu was even more annoyed, and said with a blushing face: "If you go to the street pavilion, you will definitely be besieged by the Su thief, and even Chang'an City can be broken by him, not to mention that it is just a pavilion city, you are going to die!" ”

Ma Chao said: "That Yang Fu, I know, this trick is tricky, since he said that there is a way to defend the street pavilion, there must be a way, you don't have to worry." ”

"But—"

"Also, it's a last resort to do this for my brother." Ma Chao lowered his voice and sighed: "You failed to protect King Liang and King Lu that day, Your Majesty has already blamed our Ma family a lot, and I also want to use a great achievement to win back Your Majesty's trust in our Ma family." ”

Ma Yunlu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Big brother, big brother, they treat us like that, but what you want is to win their trust, you, you, let the little sister say about you." ”

She had no choice but to sigh.

At this time, a meaningful smile flashed in Ma Chao's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Little sister, do you have good news for my brother to tell you in advance?" ”

"Good news, what better news can there be at a time like this." Ma Yunlu said disapprerovingly.

Ma Chao coughed dryly a few times and said with a smile: "Brother Wei has finally found a wishful husband for you." ”

Ma Yunlu was stunned and didn't understand for a while.

Ma Chao was unhurried, and told his sister that Liu Bei had asked Zhuge Liang to be a matchmaker and planned to accept her as a concubine.

Ma Yunlu was more and more shocked the more he listened, and the more he listened, the more ugly his face became, and he asked, "Big brother, you won't agree, right?" ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Of course I agreed, you can marry Your Majesty, what a blessing it must be, our Ma family can also become a relative, and in the future, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei dare to be disrespectful to us!" ”

"I don't want to!"

Ma Yunlu refused with a sentence of indignation.

Ma Chao was stunned, looked at his sister in surprise, rubbed his ears, and thought he had heard it wrong.

"I said little sister, I heard you right, then Your Majesty wants to marry you, don't you want to?" Ma Chao asked rhetorically.

Ma Yunlu snorted proudly: "I don't care if he is a genius or not, I only know that he is more than thirty years older than me, and it is more than enough to be my father, so I don't want to marry such a bad old man and go to live as a widow in the future." ”

Ma Chao was taken aback, his face was full of embarrassment, obviously he didn't expect that his sister would be so proud that even the imperial concubine didn't bother to do it.

"Little sister, don't mess around, that's Your Majesty, you may still be the queen in the future, how beautiful it is, you don't want it?" Ma Chao became excited.

Ma Yunlu said coldly: "Don't say it's the queen, even if it's the queen, I'm not rare!" ”

Ma Chao was angry with her, but he didn't have a good seizure, so he had to suppress his unhappiness and patiently persuade: "I said sister, although Your Majesty is a little older, but it is also in the prime of spring and autumn, not to mention that you keep saying that you want to marry a hero in the world, isn't Your Majesty the hero you want to marry." ”

"Heroes?" Ma Yunlu flattened his mouth with disdain, "I didn't see the hero, but I felt that he was a bit like a hypocrite with different hearts and mouths!" ”

"Presumptuous!"

Ma Chao suddenly changed color, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said sharply: "Little sister, I warn you, our Ma family is still Hanchen, you'd better control your mouth, don't want to cause trouble for our Ma family." ”

Ma Chao still has a little bit of his brother's prestige, and when he scolded like this, Ma Yunlu immediately restrained a little.

She flattened her mouth and said sullenly: "If you don't let me tell the truth, I won't say it, but I will never agree to this marriage." ”

Ma Chao snorted coldly: "The marriage contract is a big deal, you can't make the decision, this matter is so decided, you are ready, and I will marry after I finish this battle." ”

Ma Yunlu still wanted to fight again, but Ma Chao didn't give him a chance, picked up his silver gun, strode away, and left her alone in the tent.

Ma Yunlu bit her lips tightly, looked at her brother's cold back, and said secretly: "Big brother, if you force me so much, then don't blame me." ”

……

The middle of Longshan Road.

It was almost night, and the Wei army set up camp one after another, burying pots and making rice.

The Wei army did not go to the surprise attack, there was no need to march too quickly, so the soldiers were too tired, so since leaving Yongxian, Su Zhe marched normally all the way, trying to keep enough energy for the soldiers.

In the imperial tent, Su Zhe had already set up a banquet, and while eating with the generals, he discussed the strategy of sweeping Liangzhou.

At this moment, Hu Che'er entered the tent and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, I have sent back the news that Liu Bei has sent Ma Chao and Yang Fu to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses into the street pavilion. ”

Liu Bei's movements were really fast.

Su Zhe put down the bowl quickly, and ordered the map to be taken out and hung in the tent.

The eyes of him and the generals all fell on the western edge of Longshan, a small city called "Street Pavilion".

"Zhang Xiu, you are from Liangzhou, tell the big guy about this street pavilion." Su Zhe looked at Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu swallowed the meat in his mouth, stood up, pointed to the map and said: "Everyone must also know that Longshan is not as good as Qinling, the terrain is quite flat along the way, and there are many roads through Longshan, the best and most recent one is the street pavilion road we are walking now." ”

"As for this street pavilion road, it is because there is a street pavilion city at its west exit, hence the name."

"This street pavilion is not only the exit of the street pavilion road, but also the general entrance of the other four roads converges, it can be said that it is the throat of the Longshan roads, and it is a place where soldiers must fight."

After his explanation, the generals probably have a bottom in their hearts about the importance of Jieting City.

Tai Shi Ci said: "It seems that whether we can successfully enter Liangzhou is the most important thing is whether we can capture this street pavilion city." ”

"Isn't it just a street pavilion city, no matter how strong it is, it can still be as strong as Chang'an? Mo said that Liu Bei only sent 10,000 people, even if he sent all his remnants of the defeated army, we wouldn't know how to take care of them. Yan Liang was disdainful and arrogant.

"Also, I still wish that Liu Bei's whole division would go to guard the street pavilion, and then we will surround him to death in the city, just to finish the battle." Wen Chou also said excitedly.

In the big tent, all the generals are full of confidence, and they are arrogant, and they don't put the street pavilion city in their eyes at all, and it seems that it is easy to conquer.

Su Zhe was drinking a little wine, but he was reminiscing about history.

In the past, Zhuge Liang attacked the Wei State, and the counties of Longxi fell to the wind, which was originally a good situation.

As a result, it was because of Ma Tan's loss of the street pavilion that the Wei Iron Cavalry reinforcements successfully crossed Longshan, and were finally forced to withdraw their troops, making the most promising Northern Expedition of Shu Han fall short.

If Ma Tan could defend the street pavilion back then, Liangzhou would be all for Shu Han, and it would be hard to say who the three parts of the world would ultimately belong to.

Street Pavilion is indeed the throat of Liangzhou.

If Liu Bei wants to defend Liangzhou, he must defend the street pavilion, no matter what means are used.

Su Zhe's thoughts returned to reality, and he shouted: "Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Ling Cao listen to the order, I ordered the three of you to lead 100,000 former troops, set off immediately, and give me the soldiers to encircle the street pavilion." ”

"No!" The three generals received the order with great emotion.

Su Zhe then ordered that the rest of the generals, after the second batch of grain and grass arrived, would carry the grain and grass and lead 100,000 rear troops to follow.

The will is handed down, and the people will do according to it.

On the same day, Huang Zhong and other three generals set off with 100,000 former troops and continued to march along Longshan Road to Jieting.

Su Zhe led the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses, preparing to continue to camp here, and wait for the grain team to arrive before advancing.

Before I knew it, it was two days later.

At night the next day, Su Zhe was drinking a little wine in the tent, looking at the map, pondering the strategy after capturing the street pavilion.

At this time, Xu Chu hurriedly entered and whispered to Su Zhe.

Su Zhe's eyes lit up, and after hesitating for a while, he said happily: "Quickly pass that person in." ”