When Ma Teng heard this, his face was shocked, and he shouted loudly: "What Hugh Er said is exactly what I want, all the armies listen to the order, hurry up with me~!" ”

Ma Teng said, shouted, and then spurred the horse and accelerated to rush. Seeing this, Matthew also urgently ordered the generals to speed up their troops. So, a horse army cavalry department suddenly accelerated and galloped, only to see the wind and dust, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Two hours later, it was said that there was a rather dilapidated small city on the east side of the border of Hongnong County, and even the people in the city could not imagine why Cao's army would stop in this ruined city. At the beginning, the people were afraid that Cao Jun would loot and kill people, so many people took the initiative to offer the only food left in the house, gathered it in the market, and then a respected old man in the city negotiated with Cao Jun as a representative and transferred the food. I don't know that Cao Ren, as the commander of Cao's army, saw this, not only did not ask for food from the people, but ordered the soldiers to distribute the small amount of food to the people, and encouraged the people to fight together with them. The people were all grateful, and they all thought that Cao Ren was benevolent and righteous, and they were willing to obey Cao Ren's command.

At this time, at the head of Ercheng, Cao Renzheng listened to a report from Xizuo, saying that the Ma Jiajun was speeding up and looking at Ercheng to rush over. When Cao Ren heard this, he couldn't help sneering, and said: "Ma Manzi really hit the plan, seeing that he can't wait like this, could it be that he really thinks that he has broken through my Tongguan with his own ability!?" ”

saw Cao Ren's eyes shining, and he looked confident. It turned out that after Cao Ren saw Ma Chao leading the Xiliang army to join Ma Teng that day, the strength of the Ma family's army reached 50,000. Cao Ren saw that the Ma family army was gathered together, and if he was desperately playing with his life, he rushed forward and attacked Tongguan one after another. Even if Tongguan is held in the end, his troops will probably lose eight or nine!

Just as Cao Ren was thinking, there was suddenly bad news that Cao Cao was defeated by the Changfeng River, and the general Dian Wei was even lost in the Battle of the Changfeng River. Cao Cao was retreating to Luoyang at this time.

Cao Ren thought at that time that now the entire division includes Luoyang, and the remaining troops are less than 50,000, most of which are still in their own hands, although Xun Yu has ordered people to transfer soldiers and horses from Yuzhou, Runan, Huainan and other places, but the road is far away, and the current situation is critical. So, in order to save more troops, Cao Ren took up a plan and arranged for the evacuation of the army overnight. The next day, Ma Teng led his troops to attack, and his son Ma Chao commanded the army and responded by the side. Cao Ren made a quick decision, and before Ma Teng could kill the pass, he ordered to abandon the pass and escape.

Ma Teng was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately led the troops effortlessly to capture the Xiongguan - Tongguan, which is as famous as the Tiger Prison Pass!

The morale of all the troops of the Ma family army was greatly shaken, and later they marched all the way and killed Hongnong.

Seeing that Ma Jiajun seems to have the upper hand, it is not. It turned out that Cao Ren had already sent someone to find out some information about this Ercheng city, and he had another plan.

"What is General Cao's plan, now that the situation is urgent, please ask General Cao to discuss with us as much as possible, otherwise once the Ma family thief is killed, it will be too late to discuss it urgently!" At this time, he saw that Man Pet walked over to Cao Ren and said with a shocked expression. Cao Ren was obedient, and suddenly shot out two rays of light, a resolute face, although it became stern, and said: "Ma Manzi thinks that he has broken through Tongguan, and now he is arrogant and proud, so I will plan it, and when the Ma Manzi is killed nearby, he will immediately lead the troops to withdraw." ”

As soon as Cao Ren said this, the faces of Man Zhong and the soldiers changed greatly. Man Chong said anxiously: "General Cao, what does this mean?" This was abandoned not long ago, and now even this dilapidated town is abandoned, relying on these troops alone, do you have to fight with the Ma family thieves who are too many people~!? Isn't this in~!? In the end, he didn't dare to say it, but the soldiers around him knew what he was going to say, and they were all nervous and dazed. At this time, the corners of Cao Ren's mouth turned up slightly, and he showed a smile as if he was smiling, so he taught everyone to do so. When everyone heard this, the earth changed color in an instant. After Man Zhong reacted, he showed a horrified expression: "I see, General Cao is so thoughtful, it's really shocking~!" Pampering and admiration~! ”

On the other side, it was said that Ma Chao was leading 30,000 Xiliang troops to the rear, and suddenly heard that his father Ma Teng led the cavalry to rush over in the direction of a small city in Hongnong. Ma Chao heard the scout's report, thinking that his father was in a hurry to chase the enemy, and he was afraid of being ambushed by the Cao army, just in case. Ma Chao ordered Ma Dai to lead 3,000 iron horsemen to meet first. After Ma Dai received the order, he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly led the troops to rush away.

"Second brother, Cao Ren is cunning, he was guarding Tongguan before, and his troops are still sufficient, if he defends it to the death, our army will break it, but it will be laborious. However, Cao Ren suddenly withdrew his troops and fled, and withdrew his baggage overnight, which seemed to be premeditated. The little sister is afraid that her father will be careless for a while and fall for Cao Ren's plan! At this time, I saw Ma Yunlu, who was wearing a saffron phoenix finch robe and had a heroic posture, rushed over on a horse.

When Ma Chao heard this, his expression couldn't help but change, and he said: "Little sister is right, Cao Ren is the first general of the Cao army, he is an unusual person, his father is very anxious to pursue, if he encounters an ambush, the consequences are unimaginable." However, the little sister doesn't need to worry too much, just now, I have ordered Brother Dai to lead three thousand cavalry to respond. ”

Ma Yunlu was obedient, and then his expression was shocked, and his nervous expression gradually relaxed. Ma Chao saw that Ma Yunlu was quite tired, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed: "Little sister, this battlefield matter is not a female generation that can interfere. Along the way, you are running around with the army day and night, but it is also bitter, it is better for you to go back to Tongguan first, if there is any news on the front line, I will order someone to report to you, you don't need to worry too much. ”

As soon as Ma Chao's voice fell, Ma Yunlu listened, but he was a little angry, raised his head, and said shockingly: "Second brother, don't underestimate me, although I am a woman, I am not inferior to men such as Ser, if you don't believe it, if you ask any soldier in the army to fight with me~!" ”

As soon as Ma Yunlu said this, Ma Chao couldn't help but look slightly stunned. Speaking of which, Ma Yunlu is extremely talented, and she not only studied the Ma family's Fubo Hidden Dragon marksmanship thoroughly, but also made some modifications and changed a lot of moves, making this Fulong marksmanship seem to be tailor-made for her. Ma Chao had a competition with Ma Yunlu not long ago, and it was amazing to see Ma Yunlu perform this novel hidden dragon marksmanship!

Therefore, Ma Chao dares to guarantee that in his own army, I am afraid that no one is Ma Yunlu's opponent except himself, and even Ma Dai may not be able to defeat her!

"Okay, then you will continue to stay in the army. But you have to obey the military order, and you must not do it casually, otherwise you will blame the second brother for being polite!! Ma Chao also knew that Ma Yunlu was so strong, if she was forcibly driven back, she would definitely not be willing, but maybe she would make things bigger. Therefore, Ma Chao had no choice but to continue to keep Ma Yunlu in the army. When Ma Yunlu heard this, he immediately showed a bright smile and agreed.

After Ma Chao cast a look at Ma Yunlu, he turned his head, his eyes suddenly froze, but he secretly slandered in his heart: "Not long ago, according to the detailed report, the eldest brother has successfully defeated Cao Thief in Changfeng River, and Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others have also withdrawn their troops. This time, I wanted to go to the rescue, but I didn't know that my eldest brother would solve the crisis in Yanzhou so quickly. Eh, I'm still too tender compared to my big brother!! ”

Thinking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but show a little loneliness. Speaking of which, after defeating Yan Xing and designing the killing of Li Xuan, Ma Chao's confidence increased greatly, and he thought that he would soon be able to establish a great career and become famous all over the world like his eldest brother Ma Zongheng.

It wasn't long before the time came. His father secretly sent a letter from the imperial court, ordering him to lead the Xiliang army to attack Dongchuan, level Hanzhong Zhanglu, and then take Yizhou and recover Sichuan. When Ma Chao learned about it, he was overjoyed, so he immediately reorganized his troops and horses and went to Sichuan. Unbeknownst to him, the Sichuan region was steep and complicated, Ma Chao was blocked all the way to lead troops, and was repeatedly ambushed by Zhang Lujun. Later, because Ma Yunlu came to persuade him, and his eldest brother Ma Xi had repeatedly sent letters to remind him to pay attention to Ma Teng's movements, and be careful that Ma Teng fell for Cao Teng's scheme. At that time, Ma Yunlu came, looked nervous, and persuaded him many times, so that Ma Chao gradually did not dare to be careless, and the war was difficult to start at that time. Ma Chao then made peace with Zhang Lu, withdrew his troops and retreated, and quickly transferred to the army that met his father Ma Teng.

However, Ma Chao was tired of leading troops this time, and he was bumpy, but he rarely made achievements, which made Ma Chao a little impatient.

That night, it was said that Ma Teng led the troops all the way to advance quickly, and now he had rushed to Ercheng more than ten miles away. Ma Teng first ordered to deploy and rest, and then personally led dozens of horsemen to investigate.

The night was hazy, Ma Teng moved cautiously all the way, and gradually approached Ercheng, at this time he was visiting on a high ground, and saw that in Ercheng not far away, the lights were sparse, and the guard was quite lax. Ma Teng took a closer look, and saw that there seemed to be only a thousand people guarding the city, so he couldn't help frowning, secretly having some doubts, and said: "In this Ercheng City, there are only a thousand people guarding the city, how can this Cao Zixiao be so careless?" ”

Ma Teng said that, and immediately groaned, and the servants next to him did not dare to open their mouths to disturb. At this time, a person suddenly shouted: "Today, I will wait for the report of the scout, saying that there is a constant wailing in this Ercheng City, and there seems to be a large number of wounded soldiers. In his opinion, this may be because of the lack of troops, Cao Zixiao has no choice but to deploy the elite guard. Moreover, the defense in the city is empty, and the troops are insufficient, so such a good opportunity should be seized. It is inevitable that the grass will startle the snake, and the general should do his best to break through this Ercheng as soon as possible and capture that Cao Zixiao!! ”

But I saw that the person who spoke, under the running around for days, although his face was full of earth color, and he looked like a dusty servant, but his eyes were very sharp, and he was handsome and had beautiful hair, and he knew at a glance that he was born rich and noble, and he was quite cultivated.

This person is Zhong Xuan!

"Hehe, what Lord Zhong said is reasonable, and Ma also has this intention!!" Ma Teng trusted Zhong Xuan quite a lot, and when he heard this, he laughed.

"It's a blessing to have the general's trust in so-and-so." Zhong Xuan also smiled and thanked him.

Ma Teng laughed twice and was about to pull out the horse and leave. At this time, Zhong Miao suddenly shouted: "By the way, I heard that two days ago, I heard that General Zhengbei had successfully defused the power of Yanzhou, and even Cao Thief was defeated in his hands, which is really good." Now that Cao Thief's vitality is greatly injured and he retreats to Luoyang, if our army can successfully break through Luoyang and rescue His Majesty in the future, the general of Zhengbei can be said to be indispensable! ”

"Humph!! That bastard boy was arrogant and arrogant, and he insisted that Lord Zhong was a spy. Lord Zhong repaid his grievances with virtue, and he admired the bastard boy a lot. When Ma Teng heard this, his eyes narrowed, and his face immediately straightened. However, Zhong Miao faintly found a trace of pride in his eyes, but he also knew in his heart that although the Ma father and son had turned their faces, Ma Teng still valued his eldest son very much.