After galloping wildly for a while, Ma San stopped the horse and gave a thumbs up to his young master and said, "Young master is really witty!" ”

Ma Hong lowered his head and didn't speak, and Lao Zhao continued to ask, "Young Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Those two robbers are not necessarily real robbers, I have shaken his hand, his right hand is full of calluses, but his left hand has no calluses, he is a practitioner. It's a Xiangyang accent again, and they don't want to take my life, if they are not robbers, then they are the people sent by Kuai Yue to test me. ”

The day was still very hot, Ma Hong wiped the sweat on his face, put his index finger against his eyebrows and thought slowly, he had been very concerned about Kuai Yue in the past two years. Kuai Yue has a problem, when he falls in love with a young man, he will always use some methods to test that person's ability. The Ma family has already expressed their support for Liu Qi, and now Kuai Yue should be testing whether Ma Hong has the ability to assist Liu Qi.

Zhao Zhuzi and Zhao Ergou were standing respectfully beside a man at the moment, and that man was Kuai Yue, who had seen Ma Hong not long ago.

"What do you think of that kid?" Kuai Yue asked.

"Hui Lord, very smart." Zhao Zhuzi replied.

"Are you also impressed by him?" Kuai Yue asked again.

"Back to my lord, if we were thieves, we would really be impressed by that kid." Zhao Ergou replied in a low voice.

"Sure enough, as rumored, he is extremely intelligent, and Mr. Shuijing's disciple is extraordinary. He will definitely become Liu Qi's right-hand man in the future, and I can't stand on the same team with Cai Mao, it seems that I will join forces with him in the future. ”

Kuai Yue slowly plucked a beard from his face, gently blew it into the wind, and smiled.

When Ma Hong arrived in Jiangxia, it was already fifteen days later, and Huang Zu personally entertained Ma Hong and put on a banquet, which flattered Ma Hong.

Ma Hong didn't expect Huang Zu to value himself so much, which made Ma Hong wonder. Kuai Yue's letter of introduction to Huang Zu, Ma Hong also secretly opened it halfway through, and there was nothing special about it, and Kuai Yue didn't say anything special on the letter.

Some people once they pass a certain age, the years can no longer leave traces on their faces, Huang Zu is undoubtedly such a person, Ma Hong thought he was sixty years old when he first saw Huang Zu, and now when he looked at Huang Zu, he felt that he was fifty years old, just as Ma Hong continued to think about how old Huang Zu was.

Huang Zu's eldest son, Huang She, came to Ma Hong with a wine glass and said with a smile: "I am so big at such a young age, I really admire it." ”

Ma Hong hurriedly got up with the wine and said: "Childe is falsely praised, I think Childe is massive." ”

Huang Jie and Ma Hong drank three glasses of wine in a row before sitting back in their seats, and Ma Hong also sat down. At this time, Huang Zu picked up the wine glass and put it down, then picked up the wine glass and put it down, repeating it three times in succession, everyone looked at Huang Zu silently, knowing that Huang Zu had something important to say next.

"Sun Ce swept the entire Jiangdong in just a few years, and a few days ago he defeated Liu Xun, Liu Xun was defeated in Pengze and fled to Exian and sent people to ask our army for help, do you think it is to send troops or not to send troops?"

"Taishou, you once shot Sun Ce's father Sun Jian, Sun Ce must have a grudge against the lord, he will come to attack Jiangxia sooner or later, at this time we should unite with Liu Xun to resist Sun Ce." A green-shirted scribe walked out and expressed his opinion to Huang Zu.

At this time, Ma Hongjue blushed a little, it turned out that he was wrong, this Huang Zu set up a wine banquet to discuss the enemy's strategy, and he arrived in Jiangxia at a very coincidental time, and it happened to coincide with Huang Zu's wine banquet.

"What Sun Yilang said is very reasonable, my father and Sun Ce have a grudge against my father, Sun Ce will definitely invade my Jiangxia, and the child is willing to lead the troops to rescue Liu Xun and attack Sun Ce." Huang Jie stood up again and walked out of his seat, clenching his hands into fists and asking his father for his life.

"Too shou, no." At this time, a young military general swayed out of his seat, Ma Hong had already noticed Gan Ning, and looked at each other with Gan Ning for a while.

"Why?" Huang Zu looked at Gan Ning, who was drunk, and asked, although his face had not changed, Ma Hong could see from Huang Zu's eyes, obviously Huang Zu didn't like Gan Ning.

"Taishou, the last general thinks that Sun Ce has won a lot of battles at this time, and his morale is high, and we must not confront him head-on, at this time we need to hurry up and build defenses to prevent Sun Ce from attacking. And Liu Xun is afraid that he will not be able to support it for long, and if we send troops to go, I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat Sun Ce and lose his troops. ”

Although Gan Ning was a little drunk, his words were still very clear.

Huang Zu lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and moved his gaze to Ma Hong, and then asked, "Ma Hong, what do you think?" ”

Ma Hong stood up and replied after a little thought: "I also think that we need enough time to build defenses now. Ma Hong said that he felt Gan Ning look at him, Ma Hong smiled slightly and continued: "But we need time, Sun Ce also needs time, what we have to do now is to extend Sun Ce's preparation time." If Sun Ce wants to come and capture Jiangxia, he must first defeat Liu Xun, and then go through a certain period of preparation, because Jiangxia is a fortified city under the leadership of Taishou. Sun Ce would not dare to attack if he didn't sharpen his sword sharp enough. ”

"Then how to extend Sun Ce's preparation time?" Huang Zu asked.

"Send troops to hinder Sun Ce, delay Sun Ce's defeat of Liu Xun, and at the same time set up obstacles in Sun Ce's way to invade Jiangxia. If we can buy another month, we can make the city of Jiangxia stronger. ”

Huang Zu laughed, clapped his hands and praised: "Kuai Xenodu really has a vision. ”

"Father, the child asks for orders to lead troops to support Liu Xun."

Huang Zhu once again asked Huang Zu for his life.

"Okay, I'll give you 5,000 elite soldiers."

Ma Hong came this time to persuade Huang Zu to send troops to rescue Liu Xun, and he also received Liu Biao's tacit approval, and Kuai Yue's letter of introduction also mentioned that Huang Zu should rescue Liu Xun. If he can meet Liu Ye at that time, Ma Hong will be sixty percent sure to persuade Liu Ye to come to Jingzhou.

Three days later, Ma Hong rode a horse and followed Huang Jie's troops to Liuyi to support Liu Xun. Ma Hong, who was riding on horseback, was full of smiles, and Gan, who was walking side by side with Ma Hong, asked: "Boy, we have a good fate!" ”

"That's what it looks like." Ma Hong smiled slightly. "Boy, why did you recommend me to join the army?" Gan Ning asked.

"I saw that you really wanted to come out to ventilate, so I took advantage of the situation to pull you out." Ma Hong laughed.

Gan Ning said: "You're not afraid that I'll hold chopsticks against your throat again." ”

Ma Hong smiled slightly and did not respond, and began to think carefully about some of his memories of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, he did not have much impression of Liu Xun as a person, he only knew that Liu Xun fled to Xuchang to join Cao Cao after being defeated by Sun Ce. For Sun Ce, Ma Hong sighed very much when he first read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and was assassinated at a young age. It was now the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Sun Ce should not have long to live, and he also wanted to see Sun Lang's demeanor, but he would definitely not remind Sun Ce, because he didn't want such a person to live.

In the evening, the army was already in the barracks where the yellow shot was set up. The spies had just finished reporting the information they had received, Huang Shot had a sad face, and Gan Ning stood silently beside Ma Hong.

"The spies came to report, Liu Xun is retreating day by day, I'm afraid I can't hold it anymore, if our army still marches like this, I'm afraid that it hasn't reached Exian yet, and Liu Xun has been wiped out. What are your plans? Huang asked.

"The spies we sent came to report that Sun Ce would lead the army to intercept our army with Han Dang as the general, if our army traveled day and night, it would definitely encounter Han Dang's army halfway, then it would be tired after the army attacked, and then the battle would be unfavorable to our army." Gan Ning analyzed.

"How far away is Han Dang's army? Is it mainly infantry or cavalry? How many centaurs are there? Ma Hong asked.

"Han Dang's army is mainly infantry, and it appeared in Xunyang three days ago, if its army marches sixty miles a day, then it is already less than two hundred and fifty miles away." Gan Ning replied.

Ma Hong looked at the map and pondered for a while, pointed to a river marked on the map, and asked, "Do we have to pass this river along the way?" ”

"After crossing this river, it is less than a hundred miles away from Exian, and if you want to make a detour, you will have to march about 30 miles." Gan Ning replied.

"Which of you knows about the river?" Ma Hong asked.

"I went here two years ago, and the river is about a hundred and fifty miles from where we camped. The river has no name, there are several hills on the opposite side of the river, and our side is flat. Gan Ning replied.

After asking Gan Ning about the specific situation of this river, Ma Hong thought for a moment and said: "I suggest that tonight we march to this river overnight and ambush the enemy in this river. ”

"With Gan Ning's said that even if we rush to this river, we will not have time to ambush the enemy, and then the enemy will be full of energy and our soldiers will be tired, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight." Huang Zhu worried.

"Sun Ce led the army to attack Liu Xun for several days, and the soldiers must be tired. Now that Sun Ce has divided his forces to intercept our army, his soldiers are more tired than ours, and his troops are always prepared for encounters with us, I conclude that it is impossible for his army to march sixty miles a day, but at most forty miles a day. If we hurry up and leave, we can arrive the day before the Han Dang army arrives at this river, and then our army will have an advantage in the face of the exhausted Han Dang army after resting, and Gan Ning is familiar with the local terrain, and this battle will be beneficial to our army. ”

Ma Hong pulled out his sword and pointed at the river, his eyes revealing a confident light.

"Okay." Huang Jie thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, because Huang Zu had explained before he left that he wanted to listen to Ma Hong's strategy more.

[Note: During the Three Kingdoms period, one li is about 432 meters now.] 】