A day later, the fast horse sent by Jurong came back again, and at this moment it was in Jurong's assassination mansion.

The messenger also brought all Li Congqing's words to Ma Chengcheng and Ma Chengjun.

Ma Chengcheng also thanked the emperor for his grace this time, and what surprised him this time was that the new emperor Li Congqing did not severely punish himself, but let himself make meritorious service and fight on the battlefield again, so that the head on his neck could be protected.

Ma Chengjun thanked him: "Congratulations to the eldest brother, Your Majesty is still merciful, and now is the time for the eldest brother to make contributions." ”

"Haha, this Ma Chengxin will definitely live up to His Majesty's grace."

Ma Chengjun on the side also received a message from the emperor from the sergeant, and Ma Chengjun said to Ma Chengcheng with a gratifying face: "Eldest brother, Your Majesty has supported my opinion, today I will return to Lishui City quickly, and tomorrow I can bring reinforcements from Lishui to my eldest brother." ”

Ma Chengcheng said: "Virtuous brother." This matter is up to you, but the matter of troop transfer is still more discussed, and how to send troops is planned. ”

"What the eldest brother said is right, but now the traitors are gathered in the mountains and forests west of Jurong City, I'm afraid I have to rush back to Lishui immediately, and I can't afford it, so I, Ma Chengjun, will return to Lishui immediately."

Lishui is in the southwest of Jurong, in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River, and the two places are relatively close to each other, so Ma Chengjun's proposal is also reasonable.

Ma Chengcheng patted Ma Chengjun's shoulder and asked, "Brother Xian, be careful all the way, I will let the general go to Lishui with you." ”

"Well, it's up to the eldest brother to do so!" After Ma Chengjun finished speaking, he led the two generals on the side to ride on the high-headed horse, and the three of them changed into ordinary clothes, and rushed out of Jurong City in the direction of Lishui.

……

On the west side not far from Jurong, here is the military camp of Lin Renzhao's army, the snow in the mountains and forests has almost melted, and after a while, it will be the beginning of spring, and Lin Renzhao also wants to end this struggle quickly.

Now Lin Renzhao has fought two autumn winds in succession, and at this moment in the army, Lin Renzhao and they are discussing the next siege strategy.

"Lin Shuai, will we attack Jurong City in the next step, and take this place of Jurong as soon as possible."

After Lin Renzhao discussed with the soldiers for a long time, he finally said bluntly: "We must attack Jurong City, and now our next step is Jurong." ”

When the soldiers below heard this, they also clapped their hands and said: "Capture Jurong and enter Beijing as soon as possible." ”

The rest of the soldiers also said in unison: "Runzhou is mighty, Datang is mighty!" ”

Time passed very quickly, and at this moment, suddenly a scout urgently entered the military tent to announce.

The scout said: "Marshal Qiyu, we found traces of Ma Chengjun, the general of Lishui, on the mountain road outside Jurong City. ”

"Oh, Ma Chengjun? It's the guard of Lishui, haha, he just appeared at this time, it's really a surprise brought to us by God. Lin Renzhao wondered, and then he asked the scout, "How many people are there on the other side?" ”

The scout said, "There are only three of them." ”

When Lin Renzhao heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and then he nodded at Lin Jingcheng and said, "General Lin Ya, you send some people to catch Ma Chengjun for me." ”

"Yes." Lin Jingcheng was very happy to capture Ma Chengjun.

Lin Jingcheng immediately ordered some soldiers and horses, only ten horses, and quickly walked to the place where the scout had prayed.

"Quick, we've got to hurry." Lin Jingcheng waved the horse in his hand, stepped off the war horse and sped up, rushing on the mountain road, the soil under his feet splashed.

Horses' hooves trampled on, mixed with dirt, galloping along the mountain path.

Lin Jingcheng took the lead in pursuit, and under the leadership of the scout, he quickly headed towards Ma Chengjun's place.

On the mountain road from Jurong to Lishui, Ma Chengjun and the two generals beside him all turned into ordinary people, and the three of them each rode away on fast horses.

When I was about to reach Mawei Slope, the scenery around suddenly became rushed.

A general said: "Commander Ma, you haven't eaten dry food and water all the way, so it's better to rest, drink saliva, and eat a meatloaf."

Ma Chengjun's stomach gurgled and spurted, he touched his stomach and said, "Well, it's okay." Now I suddenly feel hungry, so I get off the horse and rest for a cup of tea before leaving. ”

The general untied the burden behind him, took out a bamboo tube of water and a meatloaf, and handed it to Ma Chengjun.

Ma Chengjun took the bamboo tube, raised his neck and took a sip, and then took a few bites of the meatloaf handed over, Ma Chengjun looked at the surrounding scenery, in this winter day that was about to end, there seemed to be a spring breath around.

On the pine tree in the distance, a squirrel was jumping up and down, staring at Ma Chengshun and the three people sitting under the tree not far away, the squirrel was very cunning and kept waiting.

Ma Chengjun moved the glue, and a piece of cake had been gnawed by him, and the crumbs left behind fell to the ground.

The squirrel suddenly jumped down from the tree, and then jumped to Ma Chengjun's ankle all of a sudden, sneaky look.

When Ma Chengjun saw the squirrel, he looked extremely happy, presumably because the squirrel was extremely hungry.

But this squirrel is not afraid of seeing a living person, it is directly in the place of the debris, Ma Chengjun saw this, and directly asked Pi to tear off a piece of meat and throw it to the squirrel.

The squirrel raised his head happily, caught it, and then quickly disappeared from Ma Chengjun's sight and ran into the mountains and forests in the distance.

"Hey, hey, this squirrel." After resting almost, Ma Chengjun just wanted to move his buttocks, when he suddenly heard the sound of a fast horse on the mountain road in the distance behind him.

"Ma Song, Ma Dong, did you hear me?"

"Horse commander, there is the sound of horses' hooves in the distance behind, I don't know if it's friend or foe?" Ma Song and Ma Dong also heard it, but they weren't sure who it was.

"Commander Ma, let's go first, whether it's friend or foe."

"Okay, leave now."

Ma Chengjun jumped on the horse, and as soon as he sat down, he pulled up the reins and whipped his horse.

"Drive-"

Lin Jingcheng said in his mouth: "Drive-speed up your feet, follow these horseshoe prints, and we will be able to catch up." ”

Hope lies ahead, and looking at the freshness of these horses' hooves, it is also left behind.

One after the other, Ma Chengjun and they quickly rushed to the direction of Lishui, they didn't know if the cavalry they caught up behind was Ma Chengxin's troops, so they could only keep running, Ma Chengjun really wanted to find a hole, go and avoid it first.

And in the back, Lin Jingcheng and the others were chasing after them, desperately chasing.

Ma Chengjun looked behind him and could already vaguely see the other party.

Ma Dong turned his head and said, "Commander Ma, that's not our men and horses, that's the cavalry of the rebels." ”

Ma Song also said: "That's the rebels, Ma Commander will go quickly, and the last general will escort you." ”

Ma Chengjun turned his head and looked at the two generals, his face was nervous, and he shouted, "Let's go together." ”

"The commander of the horse will go first, and the last will be the queen of your palace."

Suddenly, Ma Chengshun felt the horse under his crotch lean forward violently, and his body seemed to lose its center of gravity.

"Ahh Ma Chengjun screamed in pain, and then fell asleep.

When Ma Song and Ma Dong saw this, they immediately tightened the reins, stopped the horses under their crotches, and the two immediately turned over from their horses.

Seeing that the horse under Ma Chengjun's crotch had just tripped over the stones on the road, and now he was lying on the ground and couldn't move, and Ma Chengjun was also pressed by the horse with one leg.

"Commander Ma, wake up." Ma Dong patted Ma Chengjun's face, but Ma Chengjun was still asleep.

"It's too late." Ma Song directly carried Ma Chengjun on the ground, and the two helped to carry Ma Song's horse.

It's just that when the two of them carried Ma Chengjun to the horse, the ten horsemen of Lin Jingcheng behind had already caught up.

Lin Jingcheng took the lead, and the remaining nine horsemen behind him directly attacked Ma Chengjun, Ma Song and Ma Dong, "You have been surrounded, and you should not surrender quickly." ”

Ma Song and Ma Dong were about to resist, but the other side was far outnumbered by themselves, and their horse commander couldn't wake up at the moment, so they gave up resistance.

"We surrender."

"Come on, tie them up."

A few soldiers beside him came directly and tied them up.

Lin Jingcheng and his party rode ten horses and immediately rushed back to the marching camp.

Lin Jingcheng rushed to the marching camp, carried the unconscious Ma Chengjun, and arched his hand: "Lin Shuai, Ma Chengjun has been captured alive, and I asked the military doctor to treat him immediately." ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Lin Renzhao saw that Ma Chengjun was unconscious, and one leg was covered with red blood, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "Quick, quickly pass on the military doctor." ”

After half an envoy, Ma Chengjun suddenly woke up, since he was hit in the leg by a horse, he has been unconscious, and now when he woke up, he found himself in a camp, he didn't know where he was.

Lin Renzhao has been waiting outside the military tent, he suddenly heard his subordinates say that Ma Chengjun woke up, so he opened the curtain door of the military tent, and plunged into the military tent. ”

Ma Chengjun naturally knew the person in front of him, but his expression was unnatural. "Why am I here?"

As soon as he spoke, he touched the wound on his foot, and suddenly he remembered the scene where he had just fallen from his horse.

"The horse commander was hit by a horse, do you remember?" Lin Renzhao wanted to laugh a little, but he didn't want to do that in front of Ma Chengjun, "Commander Ma should have a good rest, if necessary, please feel free to tell the people in my military tent." ”

"......" Ma Chengjun didn't say much, although he was captured alive today, he was also saved by someone, he was a little ......

"You and I are enemies, why do you treat me like this?"

"I'll prove it to you, I, Lin Renzhao, are the righteous divisions, and I'll know when you see the letter from the lord of the country."

After Lin Renzhao finished speaking, he left the military tent, leaving only Ma Chengjun in the military tent in a daze.

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In Jurong City, Ma Chengcheng was still looking forward to Ma Chengjun's reinforcements to rescue Jurong City, but for a moment, Ma Chengcheng's right eye jumped rapidly, Ma Chengcheng didn't care about this sign, he just thought he was tired recently.