"Giggle......

Guan Yu was escorting the carriage slowly, and a group of cold birds suddenly appeared in the valley in front of him, flying to the top of the mountain in the distance with noise, Guan Yu was shocked and hurriedly raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and shouted: "The whole army stops advancing!" ”

The procession soon stopped.

Hu Ban, who was opening the way in front, hurriedly rode his horse to Guan Yu's side and asked, "General, what's wrong?" ”

Guan Yu stretched out his hand and pointed to the valley on the right, and said to Hu Ban: "Hu Ban, a few people go to the valley to have a look." ”

"Order."

Hu Ban agreed, and ordered more than a dozen cavalry to ride his horse.

In less than a meal, Hu Ban galloped back again, but there were only three of the dozen cavalry left, and one of the cavalrymen had two feather arrows stuck in his back.

Hu Ban said loudly: "General, a group of thieves have been found in the valley, it seems that they are investigating, and there is likely to be a large group of bandits nearby!" ”

"Bandits?" Guan Yu's narrow phoenix eyes opened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice, "This barren mountain and wild ridge is indeed an ideal place for bandits to live, and the order is that the whole army will line up on the spot and escort the cars of the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials in the array!" ”

Guan Yu's army had just finished arranging, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the valley ahead.

In the midst of the snow flying, a group of horse thieves rushed out of the dense forest like a tide, and although the first horse was wearing tattered animal skin armor, he was born with a tiger's back and a mighty horse, and raised the silver spear in his hand into the sky, and the horse thieves who swept forward behind him immediately began to slow down, and then slowly spread out to the wings.

"Ma Chao!"

"Guan Yu!"

Almost at the same time, Guan Yu and Ma Chao recognized each other at the same time.

"Hahaha." Ma Chao looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and said loudly, "This is really a nowhere to find a place to step on the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get there, Guan Yu, where are you still fleeing?" ”

"Run?" Guan Yu snorted coldly, and said hungrily, "Why did you want to escape?" ”

Ma Chao pointed at Guan Yu with a wolf spear, and said in a deep voice: "Guan Yu, you are dying!" ”

Guan Yufeng's eyes closed at a glance, and a terrifying essence swept away, holding a knife in his left hand and brushing his hair with his right hand: "Ma Chao's junior Hugh wants to be rampant, you need to know that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world!" ”

When Ma Chao was about to urge the horse to fight, Han De behind him had already slapped the horse out of the battle, and said loudly: "Kill chickens with a knife, Guan Yu is a traitor, and a certain Xiliang Han De is here!" ”

"Nameless junior, dare to look down on my general?"

Hu Ban was furious when he saw this, urging the horse to dance the knife to fight Han De, the two horses intersected, Han De shouted loudly, the big axe in his hand had already been chopped down like Mount Tai, Hu Ban hurriedly raised the knife and was already too late, only to hear a poof, Hu Ban's head had been split by Han De's big axe, and suddenly burst open like a watermelon.

"Boom!"

Hu Ban's corpse fell to the ground with a bang, and the war horse was frightened and ran into the mountains and disappeared.

"Yikes!"

Guan Yu's heart was on fire, and he roared and urged the horse to dance the knife to take Han De directly, Han De was not afraid to urge the horse to greet him, and in the blink of an eye, the two horses intersected, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and the mountain opening axe slammed together, Han De only felt a buzz in his ears, and the whole person was like being devoured by thunder, and he was shocked in an instant, and his consciousness was numb.

This guy is so strong!

Han De was secretly surprised in his heart, and he didn't expect the enemy to be defeated, so he hurriedly abandoned the axe and returned to his own formation, Guan Yule turned his horse's head and chased after him, and when he could catch up, he raised the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and slashed down at the back of Han De's head, Guan Yu was intent on splitting Han De's head in half, in order to avenge Hu Ban's blood hatred.

"Guan Yu Pifu, don't hurt my sergeant!"

Seeing that Han De was about to die under the knife, Guan Yu suddenly heard a clear cry in his ears, and then a fierce killing machine hit him, Guan Yu was taken aback in his heart, and he didn't care about chasing Han De, and when he hurriedly lowered his head to dodge, the scarf on his head had already been hit by an arrow, and it was shot through the whole, if this arrow went down an inch, Guan Yu had already been killed by the arrow at this time.

Guan Yu stopped at the horse, and scolded angrily: "Ma Chaoxiaoer, what kind of hero is a hidden arrow hurting people?" ”

"Hmph, the soldier is treacherous!" Ma Chao put away the iron-tired bow in a chic manner, and pointed at Guan Yu with a spear in his hand, "The so-called omnipotence, the subtlety of this use of soldiers, how can you know it?" ”

"You!" Guan Yu said, "A certain person who is familiar with the Spring and Autumn Period and knows a lot of strategy, how can he not know about military affairs?" ”

"Spring and autumn?" Ma Chao laughed and said, "After reading this Spring and Autumn Period, I dare to talk about strategy, I am simply ashamed!" ”

"Ma Chao'er is too deceitful!"

Guan Yu couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and went straight to Ma Chao with a horse and a knife, Ma Chao urged the horse to greet him, and a sneer had already bloomed at the corner of his mouth.

"Yikes!"

The two horses intersected, Guan Yu shouted, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand slashed down, Ma Chao gently pulled the horse's head and flashed calmly, and then turned back the horse and smiled at Guan Yu and said: "The action is too slow!" ”

"Damn!"

Guan Yu almost gritted his steel teeth, and then urged the horse to meet him.

The two horses met again, Guan Yu saw the opportunity to slash horizontally, and was blocked by Ma Chao with a gun: "Guan Yu Pifu, are you old?" Or have you not eaten enough for three days? Is that all there is to it? ”

"Huh? Hum! After being repeatedly teased by Ma Chao, Guan Yu calmed down, restrained Ma Bu, looked at Ma Chao coldly, and shouted, "Ma Chao is so insidious, and he almost fell for your plan!" ”

"Radical?" Ma Chao said coldly, "Guan Yu, you think too highly of yourself. ”

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Why didn't Shicai fight back?" ”

Ma Chao said casually: "Without him, I just want to learn the martial arts of the people, if you do something, you won't have anything to do!" ”

Guan Yu was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"What an idiot!" Han De, who was behind Ma Chao, sneered, "If my young general makes a move, you won't be able to pick him up, and of course you won't have anything to do." ”

"Huh?"

Guan Yu's anger that had just calmed down was raging again, and he clenched the Green Dragon Glaive Knife in his hand hard, and the green tendons on the back of his hand almost burst open.

Ma Chao pointed at Guan Yu again with a wolf spear, and said lightly: "Guan Yu, if this general can't knock you off the horse within one combination, I will let you live today!" ”

"What!?"

Guan Yu was furious when he heard this, and his long and narrow Danfeng eyes were suddenly bloodshot and turned red.

"Drive."

Ma Chao gently urged the war horse, greeted Guan Yu, Guan Yu raised his head to the sky and let out a howl that was not like a human being, urging the war horse to meet each other, the two horses were facing each other, and when they were thirty steps apart, Ma Chao suddenly had a left hand, and a black secret weapon had flown straight to Guan Yu's head, Guan Yu had long heard that Ma Chao was very good at secret weapons, when the horse butcher fought the princes of the 23rd Road in Kanto, Lu Bu almost died under Ma Chao's hidden weapon, and he didn't dare to connect it hard at the moment, and bent down sharply to avoid Ma Chao's hidden weapon.

"Haha, idiot, you've been tricked!"

Ma Chao laughed loudly, the distance between the two horses between the lightning and stone fire was less than ten steps, the wolf spear in Ma Chao's hand had already been raised high, and he wanted to sweep, there was no doubt that this sweep must be a shocking sweep, Guan Yu had no intention of underestimating Ma Chao in his heart, and when he was about to sit up straight and raise his knife and fight, the change was steep!

"Instigation, instigation, instigation!"

In the clear sound of breaking the air, four cold stars shot out from the stirrup on the right side of Ma Chao's mount, directly taking the chest of Guan Yu's mount, Guan Yu saw clearly at a glance that it was an extremely delicate crossbow, very cleverly placed under the stirrup, Ma Chao only needed to step on the stirrup hard, he could touch the crossbow trigger.

At this time, the war horse was running extremely fast, and the two were close to each other, and it was too late to dodge sideways, Guan Yu wanted to swing a knife to resist the hidden weapon, but he was bound to be unable to avoid the sweep of Ma Chao's silver spear, and if he wanted to resist Ma Chao's silver spear, his crotch mount was bound to be unspared, and when he was in a dilemma, the four pocket crossbow arrows had already flashed and shot through the chest of Guan Yu's mount.

Guan Yu's mount was in pain, and suddenly he hissed and stood up.

Guan Yu's knife technique was chaotic, Ma Chao could be killed, and a powerful shot swept heavily on Guan Yu's back, only to hear a muffled sound, Guan Yu's nine-foot-long body was like a boulder falling to the ground, falling from the horse's back, and rolling in a row on the ground, Guan Yu, who was gray-headed and dizzy, was about to turn over and get up, when a cold and shining horse chopping knife was already on his neck, and when he looked at it urgently, it was Han De who had just slashed Hu Ban.

"Ma Chao Xiaoer!" Guan Yu scolded angrily, "What else would you do besides hurting people with secret arrows?" ”

Ma Chao snorted lightly and ignored it.

Guan Yu scolded again: "If you have the ability, let go of so-and-so, and fight three hundred rounds in a dignified manner!" ”

"Fierce and ruthless, but the courage of a horseman!" Ma Chao glanced at Guan Yu with disdain, and then urged Ma to leave with Fa Zheng, and said to Han De without looking back, "Guan Yu blasphemed the holy driver, violated the courtier's festival, and the crime is unforgivable, so he will be beheaded immediately!" ”

Han De's eyes flashed with a trace of cold murderous intent for a moment, and he pulled the saber in his hand fiercely, poor Guan Yu is also a generation of fierce generals, and in an instant, his throat was cut by Han De, a nobody, and the blood splattered, Guan Yu pointed at Ma Chao's back, but he couldn't scold half a sentence, his limbs twitched violently a few times, and finally he didn't move, only a blue blood was red on the muddy snow under him.

"Poof!"

Han De returned his hand and cut off Guan Yu's head with another knife, and then picked it up in his hand, only to see Guan Yu's eyebrows and angry eyes, as if he was alive, and he could not be said to be dead.

Guan Yu died, and the five hundred school swordsmen under his command were immediately scattered, and the rest of the old soldiers of the Cao army knelt on the ground and asked to surrender.

Ma Chao and Fa Zheng urged the horse to go straight to the Son of Heaven before the royal drive, turned over and dismounted the horse and knelt on the snow, and sang respectfully with the first pause: "Minister ~~ Pingdi Zhonglang General (this is the Son of Heaven's edict, commending Ma Chao's military exploits in pacifying the Western Regions) Ma Chao, the chief of staff of the General Pingxi Mansion, is late, and the crime should be ten thousand deaths. ”

Situ Kongrong, who had already had a disheveled and unkempt head, stepped forward to lift the carriage curtain.

Emperor Han Xian, who had vegetables on his face and traces of whiplash, poked his head out of the carriage and said solemnly: "The two Aiqing have meritorious service in saving the driver, what is the crime?" Hurry up, please. ”

At this time, Emperor Xian was already seventeen years old, and he was no longer the original child.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ma Chao and Fa Zheng knelt down and knocked nine times before they dared to get up, standing respectfully on one side, at this time the accompanying hundred officials had gathered over, seeing Ma Chao and Fa Zheng bowing very respectfully, their hearts began to be a little calm, too often Sima Fang (Ma Ma Yi's father) came out of class and said to Ma Chao: "General Pingdi, the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials were abused by Guan Yu's traitors, and they have not eaten for three days, why not make a meal quickly?" ”

"The Son of Heaven is in trouble, and it is the fault of the courtiers!" Ma Chao bowed again, got up and said to Fa Zheng, "Filial piety, quickly order the sergeants to set up camp, so that the Son of Heaven and the civil and military officials can be settled, and then the gang leader army will slaughter the war horses and bury the pot to make rice." ”

"Yes."

Fa Zheng agreed and took the order.

……

Lujiang.

Sun Jian adopted Xu Shu's suggestion, and urgently ordered Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to give up the plan of attacking Jingzhou, and led the elite troops north to Runan to meet Guan Yu.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Tai Shi Ci was about to give the order to set up camp, when suddenly a fast horse galloped back: "General, catch a small one." ”

"Annihilation?" Tai Shi Ci said, "Bring it up." ”

In the midst of the shouting and scolding, the two routs were tied up in front of Tai Shi Ci by Wu Jun, Tai Shi Ci lowered the iron gun in his hand, pressed the cold tip of the spear against his throat, and asked coldly: "What's your name?" ”

Jian Xi replied in horror: "Little~~ villain Li Si." ”

"Li Si, what do you do?"

"The villain is this woodcutter in the mountains."

"Huh!?"

"Uh...... The general spared his life, the villain was not a servant in the mountains, but a pawn in front of General Guan Yu's account. ”

"What, you are General Guan Yu's soldier?"

"Positive...... Precisely. ”

"Why did you come to this? Where is General Guan Yu? ”

"General Hui, General Guan Yu has been killed, and most of the soldiers in his department have been dispersed."

Tai Shi Ci was secretly taken aback, and said sharply: "Where is the Son of Heaven?" Where are the officials? ”

The pawn said: "The hundred officials of the Son of Heaven have been robbed by Xiliang Ma Chao, and it is not far ahead. ”

"Ma Chao?" Tai Shi Ci pondered for a moment and said sharply, "Someone." ”

A junior colonel had already stepped forward and said, "What does the general command?" ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "Fast horse to return to Gongzi Ce and Zhou Yu Metropolitan Governor, Guan Yu has been killed, the Son of Heaven and Baiguan have been robbed by Xiliang Fierce General Ma Chao, the last general is leading the forward light cavalry to rob, please Gongzi and the Metropolitan Governor to come with reinforcements with a large army, go quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

The colonel agreed and took the order.

……

Ge Po, Ma super large tent.

Ma Chao asked Fa Zhengdao: "Filial piety, have the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials settled down?" ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Don't worry, the young general has already settled down." ”

"Hmm."

Ma Chao nodded, and when he was about to speak, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and when the curtain was lifted, Han De had already hurried in, and said hurriedly: "Young General, just after returning from the horse, a large group of cavalry was found thirty miles away in the south, and it seems that it is likely to be the cavalry of the Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian." ”

"Sun Jian's cavalry?" Ma Chao Huo Ran got up and asked, "How many people are there?" ”

Han De said: "There are about two thousand riders. ”

"Two thousand rides?" Fa Zheng pondered for a moment, and said to Ma Chao, "Young General, our army only has eight hundred cavalry, and the strength is less than half of the Wu army. Runan is Cao Ying's territory, if there are not enough troops to protect the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials, I am afraid that there will be complications. ”

Ma Chao said: "What is the high opinion of filial piety? ”

Fa Zheng said: "You can only outwit, not fight." ”

Ma Chao said: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Fa Zheng pulled out his sword with his backhand, drew a small circle on the ground at random, and said to Ma Chao: "Young General, please look, this is Gepo, where our army is located, two thousand Wu cavalry should have entered twenty miles south of Gepo, and the fast horse galloped forward, and it only took half an hour to reach Gepo, that is to say, our army still has half an hour to use." ”

Ma Chao said: "Go on." ”

Fa Zheng said: "Gepo is a canyon terrain, the mountains are steep and the valley is deep, and it is very different from the nearby terrain, most of the nearby slopes are deep and densely forested, but the Gepo rock is bare, and there is no vegetation cover on it. It is thought that this place may have been hit by a natural fire, and the vegetation on the mountain was burned to the ground. At present, it is the middle of winter, and the snow on the slope is extremely thick, so why not let the sergeant roll the snow down the slope to plug the official road, so that it will be difficult for the Wu army's light cavalry to pass through, and our army can calmly retreat. ”

"Filial piety is very good." Ma Chao struck the knot and said, "Where is Han De?" ”

Han De took a step forward and said quickly, "What does the young general command?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Immediately pick up five hundred sergeants, climb up Gepo and roll down the snow!" ”

"Falling in the snow?" Han De touched his head and wondered, "Young General, this cedar is loose, and it's not a rolling stone and a wood, how can it be rolled?" ”

Ma Chao scolded: "Stupid, did you snowball when you were a child?" ”

"Yes." Han De nodded again and again, "Every winter, when I have nothing to do, I will roll a snowball and build a snowman." ”

"Isn't that it, let the brothers snowball on the break first, and then push it down. Snowballs down the slope will carry the snow that rolls along the way down the mountain, clogging the official road. Ma Chao said, "Let the brothers cut down some trees and pile them on the official road in advance, so that the snow and trees are mixed together, and it will be more difficult for Wu Jun to clean up!" ”

Han De suddenly realized: "I understand." ”

Ma Chao kicked him on the ass and scolded: "Don't go yet!" ”

Han De screamed and fled.

……

More than half an hour later.

When Tai Shi Ci led two thousand light horsemen to Ge Po, he found that the snow in the valley was several zhang thick, and the loose snow was also full of branches and debris, and the official road through the valley had been completely blocked by the snow.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Tai Shici had to order to retreat three miles to the village, and then reason after coming to Tianming.

……

A hundred miles south of Gepo, Sun Ce's big tent.

Zhou Yu walked in, clenched his fists and said, "Bo Fu." ”

"Respectfully." Sun Ce hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Yu and said, "Just now Zi Yi reprimanded the horse and reported quickly, Guan Yu has been killed by Xiliang Ma Chao in Gepo, and the soldiers of the department have been dispersed, and today Zi and Baiguan have fallen into the hands of the Liang army!" Zi Yizheng led 2,000 light cavalry to Gepo overnight to pursue. ”

"Ma Chao!?" The generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who followed Zhou Yu, showed a look of shock at the same time, and said in a deep voice, "How could Ma Chao appear in Gepo at this time?" ”

When the princes of the 23rd Road attacked Ma Yue together, Sun Jian's elite troops were stationed in Xingyang, and as a result, they became the target of the Liang army's knife, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Dong Xi, Zhu Huan, Chen Wu and other Jiangdong heroes all died tragically under Ma Chao, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin also had a confrontation with Ma Chao, and they were deeply impressed by Ma Chao's courage and good fighting, and they still had palpitations when they thought about it.

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Chao is the younger brother of the horse butcher, this person is not only superb in martial arts, but also has won the true legend of the horse butcher and Jia Poison, he is insidious and cunning, and is very good at using soldiers. ”

Sun Ce said: "What is the best plan for the public? ”

Zhou Yu's feather fan shook lightly, as if he was talking to himself and seemed to ask Sun Ce: "If Ma Chao robs the Son of Heaven, he is bound to protect Guanzhong, there are two roads to choose from Runan to Guanzhong, one through Nanyang, one through Yingchuan, although Nanyang is Ma Yue's territory, but there is no army left, although Yingchuan is the head of Cao Ying, but there are tens of thousands of Liang troops to respond, which way will Ma Chao choose?" ”

Lieutenant Lu Meng suddenly said: "Ma Chao is only afraid that he will not take Yingchuan Road." ”

Zhou Yu said: "How can you see it? ”

Lu Meng said: "The reason is very simple, Ma Yue's army is confronting Cao Ying's army in Xuchang, the two armies are holding each other, and no one can help anyone in a hurry, if Ma Chao escorts the Son of Heaven to Yingchuan at this time, Ma Yue is bound to divide a considerable part of his forces to protect the Son of Heaven, so won't it add a burden to Ma Yue?" ”

Sun Ce said: "So, Ma Chao will take Nanyang Road?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, and said to Sun Ce: "Although Ma Chao's troops are all cavalry, they have to protect the Son of Heaven and hundreds of civil and military officials, and the road from Gepo to Nanyang is mostly mountainous, rugged and difficult, and the marching speed is bound to be not too fast. ”

"Hmm." Sun Ce nodded and said, "Pan Zhang listens to the order." ”

Pan Zhang took a step forward and clenched his fists and said loudly: "The end will be." ”

Sun Ce said: "Point all the elite soldiers of the three thousand mountains, climb over the Dabie Mountain and take a shortcut to intercept Ma Chao!" ”

"Order!"

Pan Zhang suddenly agreed and took the order.

Soon after Pan Zhang led the army to set off, Tai Shi Ci really sent the horse to return, the road was blocked by snow, the pursuit failed, and decided to wait until after the dawn of the day to make a detour to pursue, and at the same time asked Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to lead the army to support, Sun Ce strictly ordered Tai Shi Ci not to act rashly and persuade him, and at the same time personally raised the army to march to Gepo overnight.

……

Xuchang.

Gao Shun led the army to advance steadily and step by step, and did not give Cao Ying any opportunity to take advantage of it, and finally successfully entered the outside of Xuchang City, not counting, Ma Yue also led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to Xuchang to meet Gao Shun, Cao Ying saw that the two Liang armies had converged, first broke Gao Shun's army, and then sought an opportunity to fight with Ma Yue's plan to completely abort, and the confrontation has been completed.

Cao Ying then ordered Zhang Liao to give up attacking the Liang army's flank and return to Xuchang, and ordered the general Zangba and the strategist Xun You to lead an army of 20,000 to camp in the south of the city, and then ordered Cao Chun and Xun Yu to lead an army of 20,000 to camp in the north of the city, and Cao Ying personally led an army of 30,000 to defend the city, and the three armies were horns for each other to resist the Xiliang army.

Not to be outdone, Ma Yue set up three camps-for-tat, Fang Yue led an army of 20,000 to the left to reject the Tibetan hegemony, Gao Shun led an army of 20,000 to the right to reject Cao Chun, and Ma Yue himself stationed 20,000 troops to defend the Chinese army camp.

In terms of troops, the Liang army is 60,000 and the Cao army is 70,000, which is a slight victory!

In other respects, the two armies can be said to be good at victory, the Liang army is well-equipped and disciplined, and its combat effectiveness is far superior to Cao's, but the supply line is too long, and it is very vulnerable to Cao's attack. Cao Jun has a lot of soldiers, but Zhang He, Jiang Qi, and Han Meng led Hebei to surrender as many as 50,000 troops, which is more than twice the number of Cao Ying's old troops.

……

(To be continued)