Cao Ying's Yanzhou is in action, and Chang'an City is not idle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside Chang'an City, Li Xuanzheng took the more than 50,000 Dong Zhuo remnants that he had taken from Niu Fu and Lu Bu, and looked at the handsome but murderous young man in front of the opposite formation with a solemn face.

This young man looks like he is only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he has a killing aura that a perennial warfighter should have. He wears a lion-shaped helmet, a white robe and silver armor, a tiger belt around his waist, and a fine iron spear in his hand. Take a closer look, but it is eye-catching, and I have to sigh that this is really a heroic young general!

This young man is a member of the Ma clan in Liangzhou who was forced to retreat to Beidi County by the Xiang family, and he is also the son of Ma Teng, Ma Chao!

Others may not know, but Li Xun knows the horror of Ma Chao. In the past few years, Li Xuan often fought with Ma Teng in Beidi County, Liangzhou, although the two sides attacked each other, but the situation was relatively stable, and there was no crisis.

But since Ma Chao appeared a year ago, all this situation has taken a turn for the worse. Ma Chao, who was at the age of a weak crown, took Ma Teng's subordinates to break through the defense line set by Li Xun many times and killed under Chang'an City. Counting this time, this is the seventh time in the past year that Ma Chao has faced Li Chao under Chang'an City.

Thinking of this terrifying record, although Li Xuan refused to admit it on the surface, he was indeed afraid of the young man opposite who was not Sun Ling, but could reach the courage of Sun Ling.

"Little God of Killing!" This is the title that Li Xujun gave to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao is proud enough to be able to make Li Xujun, who once faced Sun Ling, give such a title.

Ma Chao has been talented since he was a child, and his father Ma Teng also has high hopes for him. He also once thought that as long as he grew up, no one in the world would be his opponent.

But three years ago, that thought changed. That year, when Ma Chao was eleven years old, the Yellow Turban launched a world-wide storm in the Central Plains. It was also that year that Sun Ling was born, as a great talent in Luoyang, the prince and the young master, holding a fine iron spear, sweeping with the sword battalion, and destroying the Yellow Turban. The world calls him "the god of killing"!

Since then, although Ma Chao no longer thinks that he is the best in the world, he also does not think that he will be inferior to Sun Ling. For this reason, he not only increased the daily martial arts training course, but also asked people to build a fine iron spear for himself. Ma Chao just wants to prove to the world that he will not be worse than Sun Ling.

Although he is now called a "little killing god" by Li Xujun, Ma Chao is not happy about it. Because this means that in Li Xujun's mind, he is not as good as Sun Ling. So Ma Chao succeeded his father, and led the army to invade Chang'an again and again, he wanted to completely destroy these Li Qijun who thought he was inferior to Sun Ling, so as to prove himself.

After a year of repeated confrontations, Li Qi knew that Ma Chao often compared himself to Sun Ling, so he said angrily: "Ma Chao! In just one year, this is the first time you have invaded Chang'an? I admit that the garrison deployed by our army really can't defend you. It's just that you think you can break through Chang'an City, which is defended by more than 50,000 troops? The people in the army respect you, that's why they call you "Little Killing God", but don't be too arrogant!

If Sun Ling is here, he may really be able to conquer Chang'an City. You can't! Not to mention the centaurs behind you, they can't be compared to the Tyrant Battalion. In terms of martial arts alone, you may be considered a top martial artist now, but don't forget, even people like Lu Bu were defeated by Sun Ling. How can you compare to him? The acquaintance immediately returned to Northland County with his men and horses, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind! ”

At the head of the city, Jia Yu was paying attention to the confrontation between Li Yu and Ma Chao under the city. After hearing his words, a trace of a light smile hung on the corner of Jia Yu's mouth, looked at the direction of Yuzhou, and whispered to himself: "Sitting on the four states, and the strength is strong, this is the harbinger of the general trend!" It seems that I should also prepare a retreat for myself, otherwise I don't have to wait for him to come to fight, Cao Ying of Yanzhou, I'm afraid I can't wait, then the enemy will be defeated! ”

Ma Chao already hated others for saying that he was inferior to Sun Ling, but now he was urged by Li to provoke him, and he was even more resentful in his heart. raised the fine iron spear in his hand, pointed at Li Qi murderously, and shouted: "What a gut! I hope that after the battle, you will not hide in the military formation again, and dare not dare to take the lead! ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan, who was looking at Ma Chao opposite, couldn't help but blush.

For his own strength, Li Xuan knows it well. Although he may be regarded as the top among second-rate martial artists, if he wants to compete with Ma Chao, who has first-class top strength, even if his small universe suddenly explodes, it is impossible.

And so it is! In the first confrontation, because he underestimated Ma Chao, Li Xuan was almost pierced in the head by him. After encountering that situation, how could Li Xun continue to fight him? In his opinion, he knew that he would die, but he pretended to be tough and stepped forward, that is not called bravery, that is called stupidity! Therefore, since the first encounter, every time the two armies began to attack, Li Xuan would retreat to the Chinese army and avoid Ma Chao.

"Whew! As the commander of the first army, and as the young emperor, how can I fight against you? If you are really capable, then break this Chang'an City and talk big! "Losing people is not losing, Li Xuan is a battle-hardened figure in the end, naturally he will not let Ma Chao's words hit his morale, so he looked at the angry Ma Chao on the grounds of his own identity, and mocked.

Although Ma Chao led an army alone, this army was still under the command of his father Ma Teng in the final analysis. If Ma Teng was here, it would obviously be inappropriate for Li Xun to say this. But for Ma Chao, it is just right. As for what is the safety of the young emperor, anyway, as long as the young emperor does not personally say that he Li Xuan is a traitor, who can say that he is not?

Hearing Li Xuan's brazen words, but leaving him speechless, even if Ma Chao had the intention to kill Li Xuan here to vent his anger, he could only cry out in vain.

Because Ma Teng needed to lead his troops to prevent the invasion of the Xiang clan in Liangzhou, this time he only brought more than 20,000 men south to Chang'an, as a warning to Li Xuan not to think about messing around. To put it bluntly, this time I came to demonstrate, and I didn't think about fighting at all.

first glanced at the more than 50,000 soldiers who were waiting for him behind him, and then looked at the more than 20,000 soldiers behind him, who looked a little tired because of the surprise attack all the way. Ma Chao stared at Li Xun hatefully for a moment, forcibly endured the killing intent in his heart, and ordered the people behind him: "Let's go!" ”

With Ma Chao's order, more than 20,000 people and horses, more than 10,000 foot soldiers in front, Ma Chao and the thousands of light horsemen began to slowly retreat towards the north.

"General! Did you just let them go? Why don't you let your subordinates lead people to chase them? Seeing Ma Chao retreating with the men, Li Xuan's lieutenant asked with some hesitation.

Hearing this, Li Xun looked at the deputy general angrily and said, "If not, what else can you do?" Since Ma Chao dared to come, it means that he has the confidence to leave. With him and those thousands of light riders, can you still bite off a piece of meat? Gather your troops and go back to the city! Ma Chao is here, the young emperor and those ministers are going to be restless again! Go and help me bring Mr. Wenhe here, I have to ask him to do this. ”

After Li urged the army to enter Chang'an City, a black shadow walked out of the grass not far away, and stuffed a volume of secret letters into the cylinder at the foot ring of the white pigeon in his hand.

When the white dove was released, the black shadow looked around, as if it had found something, and looked at the big trees not far from the left with some confusion, and walked towards it.

Coming to the bottom of these large trees, the black shadow looked up at the tops of several large trees, and after confirming that he was suspicious, he turned back to the same place, opened a secret door under the grass and jumped down, and then there was no more movement.

After a while, a figure suddenly stepped out from behind one of the large trees, looking at the grass where the black shadow had disappeared with some distraction.

"Mr. Wenhe really guessed correctly, it seems that the champion Hou has already arranged spies in Chang'an City. It's just that who in this world can train a spy with such a keen detection ability?! Could it be?。。。 No! The Zhang family has been in seclusion for hundreds of years, and even the Xiang family intends to dominate the world, but they don't see them helping, so how can they suddenly help the champion Hou? I think I'm thinking too much! Saying these words to himself, the figure first took a deep look at the grass, and then turned away.

At the same time, after Zhang Yan of Shanggu County saw Zhou Fang and Long Wu, he directly left 30,000 Montenegrin troops to guard Youzhou, and then took 70,000 Montenegrin troops, followed by the more than 10,000 sword battalions led by the two, and slaughtered towards Jizhou.

Looking at the imposing more than 10,000 heavy cavalry of the Badao Battalion behind him, as well as the more than 70,000 Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan sighed that a few years had passed, and the Badao Battalion had become stronger and stronger, but all he was thinking about was the content of the letter. It was precisely because of that letter that Zhang Yan decisively led 70,000 Montenegrin troops to Jizhou after seeing Zhou Fang and Long Wu.

In the letter, Sun Ling had only one request for Zhang Yan, that is, to lead the crowd to surrender to him. If others dared to say this, Zhang Yan would definitely smack him in the face, but the person who said this was Sun Ling. Like the most powerful princes of the day! The original yellow scarf also ended on his hands!

If you just look at it this way, Zhang Yan actually has a grudge against Sun Ling. But he followed Sun Ling's instructions and led the army south to Jizhou without hesitation. Because compared to the three conditions mentioned by Sun Ling in the letter as a condition for surrender, the grudge can already be ignored.

Although the Yellow Turban was destroyed by Sun Ling, Zhang Yan did not hold a grudge against him. The one who made him hate Sun Ling was his father-in-law: Zhang Niujiao! In the first condition, Sun Ling mentioned that if he was willing to surrender, he could reunite with Zhang Niujiao, who had now become a major general in Yuzhou. With this alone, the grudge between the two has disappeared.

The second is about the Montenegrin Army. The letter mentioned that as long as Zhang Yan was willing to surrender, the Montenegrin Army could continue to defend the two states as the garrison of the two states. Moreover, in Youzhou and Hebei, Sun Ling will implement taxes like Qingzhou, which is an absolute fatal temptation for Zhang Yan and the Montenegrin Army, as well as the families of the Montenegrin Army.

The third article is about Zhang Yan, and it also shows Sun Ling's trust in him: Lingji Prefecture Mu!

What is this concept for a rebel-born person like Zhang Yan? It's definitely a step to the top!

It can be said that as long as Zhang Yan cooperates with the Badao Battalion to beat Yuan Shao and Liu Bei out this time, the Montenegrin Army will belong to Sun Ling in the future. Not only were the Montenegrin army and their families able to live a truly good life, but no one dared to say that they were rebels anymore. How could Zhang Yan not agree to this kind of beneficial and harmless condition?

"Brother Zhang Yan, we are going to enter the territory of Jizhou before that. According to the intelligence of the shadow guard, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are also on the way to Jizhou, and if they want to succeed in the battle this time, they still need your cooperation. Long Wu, who was walking in front of the army, suddenly turned his head, looked at Zhang Yan beside him, and said seriously.

Hearing Long Wu's words, Zhang Yan, who was originally thinking about a bright future in the future, suddenly woke up. He clasped his fists at Long Wu and said: "General Long Wu rest assured, since the Hou Ye trusts Zhang Yan so much, Zhang Yan will definitely not dare to slack off in this battle, and he will call Liu Bei and Yuan Shao to return home!" ”

"You and I are both working for the lord, Brother Zhang Yan must not be so polite!" Seeing Zhang Yan clasping his fists and saluting him, Long Wu hurriedly returned the salute and spoke.

Zhang Yan was able to let Sun Ling give the same treatment as he had at the beginning, and Long Wu naturally would not underestimate him. And Long Wu has also observed, although Zhang Yan is young, but in terms of force, he is not under himself and Zhou Fang. Therefore, in Long Wu's heart, he had long regarded him as the future general of the Badao Battalion.

"Long Wu is right, Brother Zhang Yan doesn't need to be polite. This time, let you and my brothers join forces to stage a good show for Liu Bei and Yuan Shao! Zhou Fang on the side heard the conversation between the two, pointed to the land of Jizhou, and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhang Yan and Long Wu recalled the strategy set in the letter, and when they thought of Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's expressions after they found out that they had been fooled, the two also laughed heartily.