"Something's wrong, what's going on?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "The day before yesterday, I ordered Wu Ban to send someone to monitor the Ma family brothers and sisters, but I didn't want to be discovered by that Ma Yunlu......

"Wait!" Zhuge Liang interrupted him and said strangely: "You said that you were spying on the Ma family brothers and sisters, why did you do this?" Is it His Majesty's will? ”

Guan Yu coughed dryly and explained: "That's the case, Your Majesty trusts the Ma clan too much, and I always feel that it is not appropriate, so before Your Majesty left that day, I asked Your Majesty for permission to monitor the Ma clan who stayed in Zhuanglang City, Your Majesty did not nod or refuse, I took Your Majesty to acquiesce, so I sent someone to monitor it." ”

"Now is the time to employ people, relying on the Ma clan, but you are actually ......"

Zhuge Liang looked at Guan Yu with a sense of justice on his face, and he really had the urge to burst into foul language.

At this critical juncture, Ma Chao is still guarding you in the street pavilion, Ma Yunlu is about to marry Liu Bei, but you Guan Yu are at this time, sending someone to monitor the Ma family, isn't it nothing to look for.

What's even more outrageous is that the person you sent to monitor was even discovered!

What will happen to the Ma family!

Although Zhuge Liang was a hundred annoyed in his heart, he couldn't blame Guan Yu too much, so he had to be displeased: "Then General Guan came to me, what did he want to say?" ”

"Tell the prime minister." Guan Yu glanced at Wu Ban.

Wu Ban stepped forward and arched his hand: "Prime Minister, since the person I was monitoring the Ma family was discovered that day, I sent another person to monitor it with extra care, but there was no trace of the Ma family for several days, and I felt that this matter was different, so I rushed to report to the prime minister." ”

"What do you mean by not seeing the Ma family?" Zhuge Liang's expression also became solemn.

"It's just that for a few days, we haven't found anyone from the Ma clan out of their camp, Ma Yunlu, Ma Teng, and Na Ma Xiu, and other family members are gone."

Zhuge Liang's sword eyebrows condensed, and the look of complaint against Guan Yu disappeared, replaced by deep suspicion.

He couldn't help but feel a bad feeling in his heart.

"It's gone, it's gone......" Zhuge Liang muttered to himself, the suspicion between his eyebrows became more and more intense.

At this time, Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, will the Ma family betray the country and go to the traitor surnamed Su?" ”

Zhuge Liang's body was shocked, and Guan Yu said what he was worried about, but it was not easy to say.

Sima Yi said: "Now is the critical moment of the war, but the Ma family has disappeared mysteriously, it is indeed very suspicious, in case they have already secretly colluded with the Su thief and revealed His Majesty's intention to attack Yongcheng to the surnamed Su, it will be a big deal." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked awe-struck and shuddered.

At this moment, a scout from the south of the city rushed into the city, hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, and shouted to everyone: "Prime Minister, General Yu, Your Majesty attacked Yongcheng by surprise and lost, and the army was defeated and returned, and he was already on the way to Zhuanglang City." ”

A bolt from the blue!

At the head of the city, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Sima Yi were all shocked and shocked, and their bodies shook.

The faces were instantly overwhelmed by astonishment and despair.

"Yang Fu's plan is so wonderful, he actually failed?" Sima Yi was stunned, with a look of disbelief.

Guan Yu's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I must have betrayed Your Majesty by the Ma family, it must be so!" ”

Zhuge Liang, who was also shocked, took a few deep breaths, forcibly suppressed the turbulent mood, and sighed in a deep voice: "Now is not the time to make a decision, let's welcome Your Majesty back to the city first." ”

At that moment, everyone had to put aside their suspicions about the Ma clan first, and called to open the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and welcome Liu Bei's return.

More than an hour later, on the snowy field in the south of the city, a large army really appeared, there were more than 50,000 people when they went, but now they are no more than 30,000 at most.

When they approached the city, they saw that the 30,000 defeated soldiers, all dressed in red and hung colors, were depressed and depressed, and the snow under their feet was stained with blood along the way.

Liu Bei rode a horse, with a gloomy face, and silently walked into the city gate.

Zhuge Liang and the others stayed behind and hurriedly went down to the city to see.

Liu Bei glanced at them, but had nothing to say, and went straight into the city.

The ministers didn't know what to say, so they could only follow Liu Bei all the way into the city and go to the county government.

Sitting on the dragon seat and taking off his armor, Liu Bei Ku sat there, looking at the wine full of wind and dust, but he didn't have any appetite.

Suddenly, Liu Bei suddenly changed color, overturned the case to the ground, and shouted angrily: "Send all the Ma clan to me, I want to ask them clearly!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and others immediately glanced at each other.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what is going on, Yang Fu's plan is so exquisite, could it be that he was recognized by the Su thief again?" ”

Liu Bei scolded angrily: "I don't know how the Su thief knows through me, I only know that Ma Tie actually surrendered to the Su thief and helped the Su thief defeat me in Yongcheng, how can I not call Ma Teng and ask him how he gave birth to such a greedy son who is afraid of death, disloyal and unfilial!" ”

Ma Tie surrendered to the enemy?

Zhuge Liang and the others looked shocked and surprised.

Guan Yu was even more convinced of his guess, Teng jumped up, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, that Ma Teng's family has absconded from the city and defected to the Su thief!" ”

"What?" Liu Bei was taken aback, and even more angry.

At that moment, Guan Yu told Liu Bei how he monitored the Ma family and was discovered, how the Ma family's father and son disappeared unconsciously, and all kinds of suspicious behaviors.

Liu Bei suddenly realized, so angry that he vomited blood, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Okay, Ma Teng, your Ma family, you are really an unfamiliar wolf, I treat you well, and I don't hesitate to condescend to accept your daughter as a concubine, you actually betrayed me at a critical moment, you are a disloyal and unrighteous traitor, I will not destroy your family, and it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart~~"

Zhang Fei also hated and scolded: "I have long seen that the family surnamed Ma is not a good thing, no wonder that Ma Chao rushed to the street guarding pavilion, it turned out that their father and son joined forces, this is to calculate and kill us, it's so damn hateful!" ”

For a while, the Liu Bei brothers were furious and angry, and the rest of the generals also joined in and scolded the Ma family.

After a long while, Liu Bei came to his senses, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "How is the street pavilion now, is it still in our hands?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Jieting City is still in our hands, and Ma Chao has at least not opened the city to surrender to the Wei State." Zhuge Liang said silently.

"Okay, Yun Chang, you hurry to the Jieting, take Ma Chao down to me, and take over the soldiers of the Jieting." Liu Bei ordered anxiously.

Guan Yu didn't receive the order, but just sighed with a blue face.

Liu Bei was anxious and shouted: "Yun Chang, didn't you hear my will, but you said something." ”

Zhuge Liang sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late to replace Ma Chao now, the Wei army has surrounded the street pavilion to the point where the water is impassable, and we have lost contact with the street pavilion." ”

Liu Bei's body was shocked, and he fell to the ground, falling into a state of lost soul.

"What should I do, what should I do, what should I do......" Liu Bei, who had lost his sense of proportion, muttered to himself, his voice hoarse and helpless.

He originally pointed to Yang Fu's clever plan to defeat the Wei army in one fell swoop and completely turn things around.

Unexpectedly, the strategy was aborted due to Ma's betrayal, Yongcheng was not captured, not to mention the loss of troops, and now even the street pavilion will not be guaranteed.

This means that in less than half a month, he lost nearly half of his soldiers and horses, and he couldn't even defend the street pavilion, so he could only let hundreds of thousands of Wei troops easily enter Longxi.

That's an army of 200,000, with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, how to resist.

Liu Bei was really desperate.