But he said that the middle-aged man walked back and forth, looking worried, frowning, and from time to time raised his eyes to look at the five children beside him, sighing.

I saw that the young woman stepped forward and grabbed the middle-aged man's arm and said softly, "Daddy...... Don't walk around anymore and make the heron dizzy......"

The middle-aged man raised his hand and touched the top of the young woman's head, sighed, and said: "Now, the Guanxi rebels have surrounded Maoling City, and the Liang County Order has nothing to do, and the city is ruined, and it is on the verge of death!" ”

But seeing that among the four handsome young people, one is about twenty-one and twelve, the tiger body ape arms, the waist is thin and the arms are wide, the face is like a jade Fu powder, the sword eyebrows are horizontal, the eyes are like meteors, and the lips are like Zhu, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Father, don't worry, if the rebels dare to attack the city, my horse Chao will definitely kill all the rebels and protect the safety of the family." No matter how bad it is, our Ma family's father and son are all people with strong martial arts, and it is easy to break through the city! When the time comes, Meng Qi will also protect the little sister! ”

It turned out that the middle-aged man's name was Ma Teng, the word Shoucheng, a native of Fufeng Maoling, a descendant of General Ma Yuan of Han Fubo, and now the history of Cao Cao, a soldier of Maoling City. The posterity who stepped forward to speak just now was Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao, whose name was Mengqi. The other three handsome men were born after Ma Teng's nephew, Ma Dai, whose name was Zhongqi, who lost his father at an early age, and Ma Teng personally raised him and treated him like his own son; The second son, Ma Xiu, is from the word uncle; The third son, Ma Tie, the word season starts. That young woman is Ma Teng's youngest daughter Ma Yunlu. (Note: Ma Dai's table words, there are different opinions, there is no conclusive conclusion, Ma Xiu Ma Tie table words have not been found, the author compiled it in the order of Bo "Meng", Zhong, Shu, and Ji!) ）

Ma Yunlu said in a coquettish voice: "Lu'er doesn't need the protection of the eldest brother, I can also go into battle to kill the enemy!" ”

Ma Teng smiled bitterly, looked at his five children, and said in a deep voice: "As a father, as a soldier of Maoling City, Cao Shi, it is natural that the city is in the people, and the city is ruined. Fear for the Father, the safety of the five of you! If the city is broken, Meng Qi has to protect your four younger brothers and sisters! Lu'er, the four of you should also listen to Meng Qi's words, don't worry about being your father! Do you remember? ”

Ma Yunlu looked sad, threw herself into Ma Teng's arms, and choked up: "Daddy...... The heron doesn't go...... Lu'er has to stay with her father all the time...... Lu'er no longer has a mother...... Can't live without Daddy ...... anymore."

Ma Teng's eyes were red, his eyes were moist, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said in a choked voice: "Lu'er...... You have to listen to your father, and you have to listen to your brother...... Meng Qi ......"

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie all had red eyes and solemn expressions. Ma Chao nodded slowly and said, "Father, Meng Qi knows!" Meng Qi will not live up to his father's trust! ”

Ma Teng breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said in a deep voice: "For my father, I heard that General Pingxi Zhonglang and Jincheng County Taishou Li Mu are a master who is thirsty for talent and a corporal of courtesy, and the five of you can go to Jincheng County to join him, and you will definitely be able to keep safe." If you go west, there are too many rebels, so you go east to Luoyang. ”

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie nodded solemnly, and Ma Yunlu choked up and couldn't speak!

However, he said that in late March 185, Li Mu received news from Fengying: the imperial court sent troops to the west on March 13.

After Li Mu received the news, he ordered the civil and military forces of Jincheng County to come to the Taishou Mansion to discuss matters, and it took about a quarter of an hour to have both civil and military affairs. Li Mu looked around and said loudly: "The imperial court has sent the left chariot cavalry general Huangfu Song and the Dongzhong Lang general Dong Zhuo to lead the army west to conquer the rebels in the right Fufeng area. From today onwards, the whole army has been training day and night, and a month later, the army will march east to Hanyang County! ”

Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and others replied loudly: "Obey the orders of the lord!" ”

Li Mu nodded, and then said: "Xu Huang, Li Hui, and Jufu immediately went to Longxi County, and ordered Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, and Huang Zhong to rush back to Ningcheng in the starry night. In this expedition to Hanyang County, I personally rode 30,000 horses and 5,000 dragon horses. In this Eastern Crusade, Zhao Yun led an army of 5,000 as the vanguard, and Jiang Wei, Wu Lan, and Lei Tong as deputy generals; Huang Zhong and Hu Du escorted grain and grass; I personally commanded the Chinese army, Xu Shu was the military division, and Dian Wei, Fu Yan, and Zhang Wei were the deputy generals. ”

Zhao Yun, Xu Shu, Li Hui, Xu Huang and others stood up and clenched their fists and arched their hands: "The last general will be ordered!" We will live up to the trust of the Lord! ”

Li Mu nodded, and said loudly: "Zhang Liao, Deng Zhi, Zhang Ji, and Luo Xian stayed in Ningcheng to arrange the affairs of Jincheng, Xiping, and Longxi counties, and Fu Wei and Pei Yuanshao guarded Yuzhong City. ”

Zhang Liao was still in Longxi County at this time, and Pei Yuanshao was in Yuzhong City. Deng Zhi, Zhang Ji, Luo Xian, and Fu Wei got up, clenched their fists and arched their hands: "Obey the orders of the lord!" We will live up to the trust of the Lord! ”

Li Mu nodded, and said loudly: "May you, with one heart and one mind, break the Guanxi rebels together!" Without further ado, let's go and get ready! ”

The people took their promise to leave.

In the blink of an eye, the time came to the night before Li Mu was going to lead the army on the expedition. Diao Chan and Zhen Mi saw that the parting was imminent, and although they were reluctant in their hearts, they could only endure the sourness in their hearts and turn that concern into sentences and advice. Even Li Huang and Li Huang seemed to feel the atmosphere of the adult world, and they did not have their previous naughty appearance, nesting in Li Mu's arms. Li Muqiang pretended to be smiling, making Diao Chan and Zhen Mi's mother and son happy.

The next day, Diao Chan and Zhen Mi personally put on a nine-dragon helmet and dragon scale chain mail for Li Mu, and then hugged Li Huang and Li Ji to send Li Mu to the street corner of Taishou Mansion, and said goodbye reluctantly!

In the middle of the hour, the army of the Eastern Expedition slowly drove out of Ningcheng with the sound of a low and majestic trumpet, and the people saw off their fathers, their sons, their husbands, and their brothers with tears in their eyes.

Around three quarters of an hour, the Eastern Expeditionary Army came to Yuzhong City, and Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Wu Lan, and Lei Tong led 5,000 vanguard troops to take the lead.

The 5,000 vanguard army passed Yuzhong City, and came to the warrior city of Hanyang County in half an hour. Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Wu Lan, and Lei Tong adopted the central breakthrough tactics, destroyed the front, broke the rebels, Wu Lan slashed the Valley of the Kings, and the Han army took advantage of the situation to capture the warrior city. In this battle, the Han army suffered more than 100 casualties; beheaded more than 2,000 rebels, killed more than 2,000 warriors and surrendered more than 2,000 Han people; More than 5,000 horses were seized, and money, food, and ordnance were not counted.

Zhao Yun left a thousand Han troops to Lei Tong and asked him to guard the warrior city. The Han army rested for two hours, set out from the Warrior City, marched all the way to the southeast, and arrived at the west gate of Pingxiang City twenty miles after more than an hour. Exploring the Malay newspaper, the four gates of Pingxiang City were wide open, and the rebels were carrying grain and grass into the city.

Zhao Yun looked at Jiang Wei and Wu Lan, and said loudly: "It's the end of April now, the wheat is not ripe, and the rebels are in a hurry to carry grain and grass, it seems that the grain is running out!" You can choose one or two hundred soldiers to pretend to be people to blend into the city, the army changes into rebel clothes, and goes to the city after two hours. ”

Jiang Wei and Wu Lan nodded in agreement. After more than 100 soldiers left, Zhao Yun withdrew the army to a nearby mountain col to hide. Two hours later, when the sun was about to set, the Han army lost its armor and came to the west gate of Pingxiang City ten miles, a rebel Qianhu stepped forward to ask, Wu Lan had been in Wudu County for a period of time, familiar with the Qiang people, and hurriedly told the Qianhu that the Han army had broken through the warrior city, they were desperately escaped, Wu Lan also handed over the seal letter of Wanggu to the Qianhu, the Qianhu looked at it a few times, did not suspect him, and took the Han army into the city.

Zhao Yun saw that the Han army had arrived at the gate of the city, stabbed the thousand households to death with one shot, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, kill all the rebels and take revenge!" Zhao Yun and Wu Lan took the lead, rushed into the city, and in a moment, killed dozens of people, and the Han army roared and rushed into the city, setting fire everywhere, and cutting down every person. At this time, fires broke out everywhere in the city, it turned out that more than 100 soldiers pretending to be ordinary people heard the shouts of killing, set fire everywhere, and responded to the army!

Pingxiang City guard Cheng Yi saw that the general trend has gone, led hundreds of soldiers out of the north gate, wanted to flee to the city, in the middle of the line, suddenly, a Biao Han army blocked the way, the first general is Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei did not answer, the front went straight forward, Cheng Yi did not dare to fight, took the road and fled, however, Jiang Wei horse fast, single horse to kill Cheng Yi's personal soldiers, a hand Cheng Yi from the horse over, thrown to the ground, the Han army had already stepped forward to tie it up, Cheng Yi's personal soldiers saw that the master would be captured, had to dismount and lie on the ground, shouting spare life. Jiang Wei tied up Cheng Yi and his own soldiers and brought them back to the city.

More than half an hour later, the battle ended, and the Han army suffered more than 30 casualties; beheaded more than 3,000 rebels, killed more than 1,000 Qiang soldiers, and captured more than 1,000 Han people were willing to surrender; More than 5,000 horses were seized, and copper coins and ordnance were not counted!

Zhao Yun looked at Cheng Yi who was kneeling on the ground, and ordered someone to untie him and give him wine, Cheng Yi looked at Zhao Yun in disbelief. Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Is General Cheng willing to serve under General Pingxi Zhonglang?" ”

Cheng Yi bowed to Zhao Yun and said: "The general of the defeated army, An dare not obey his fate, Cheng Yi is willing to follow General Pingxi Zhonglang to the death!" ”

Zhao Yunlang laughed loudly: "Okay! General Cheng is also a man who knows the times, and as long as he is no longer confused in the future, he will not be less prosperous and wealthy. ”

Cheng Yi was flattered and thanked him repeatedly. Zhao Yun asked with a smile: "General Cheng, I don't know who is guarding Xianqin City and Zhendao City now?" How many troops are there? ”

Cheng Yi hurriedly replied: "General Zhao, Cheng Yin, the commander of the city guard, is a subordinate of his subordinates, and his subordinates will definitely come to surrender." The general of the city of Zhengdao is Mu Huaji, a Qiang man, with more than 4,000 people, and his subordinates do not have a deep friendship with him. ”

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Okay! The merit of General Cheng will naturally be truthfully reported to the lord. If you want to take down the Chengdao City, you have to borrow the general's seal letter! ”

Cheng Yi naturally responded in a voice.