The herald hurriedly talked about the battle of Yinping, and explained the process of the battle between Xu Renjie and Ma Xianglin in detail. After Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Xu Renjie's strategy is good, he has won a strategic victory, and successfully deceived the enemy into leaving the garrison pass, but ...... Our army lost in martial arts......"

The second and second Cao next to him also listened to the whole process of this battle, and the two uncles and nephews couldn't help but glance at each other, and they were quite surprised in their hearts, Wang Er's martial arts, and their two uncles and nephews also knew. At the beginning of the battle outside Tongguan, although Cao Wenzhao could injure Wang Er in two or three moves on horseback, but after getting off the horse, he fought with Wang Er, and he also felt that his strength was not as good as Wang Er, but his moves were clever.

If Cao Wenzhao and Wang Er were allowed to fight alone, it would not be so easy for him to defeat Wang Er, and they couldn't imagine that this reckless man would lose to Pony Chao Ma Xianglin here, which was really a bit surprising to them.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw the two of them inquiring, so he said: "Wang Er is not used to the terrain in Yinping Mountain, fighting on that kind of strange ground, he is unstable, and his strength cannot be brought into full play." ”

Cao Wenzhao sighed, and he already knew it in his heart, so he said: "General, why don't you let our uncle and nephew go over to help, we may be able to take down Xiao Ma Chao." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "If you get off the horse and fight on foot, you may not be much stronger than Wang Er, in that Yinping Mountain, you can't ride a horse, and your ability can't be exerted, and you may not be able to win Ma Xianglin." ”

Cao Wenzhao shook his head and said with a smile: "How do you know if you don't give it a try?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were tightly locked on Cao Wenzhao. Because he was masked, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't see his expression, but from his eyes, he saw a sense of confidence. Obviously, Cao Wenzhao has the confidence to win against Xiao Ma Chao, but he just doesn't know where his confidence comes from.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Cao Wenzhao was not a general who liked to talk big and was blindly arrogant, since he showed this kind of look, maybe there would really be a way, so he waved his hand and said: "Then there are two generals, Lao and Cao." ”

Cao Wenzhao took a deep look and said: "The name of the big and small two Cao." The last general no longer dares to use it. In the future, there will only be two large and small grasses, I will call it Dacao, he will call it Xiaocao, and ask General Zhu to complete it. ”

He said this. Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. At the beginning, he arrested the sophomore Xiaocao. But he didn't arrest his family members as well, and now there is a whole Cao family in Ercao's old family living, because Zhu Yuanzhang released the news that he killed Ercao. Therefore, Er Cao's family was generously beloved and raised by the imperial court. If there is news that the second Cao is a thief at this time, the Cao family is only afraid that they will encounter a big disaster, and the two of them must change their names, which is also reasonable.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, Dacao, Xiaocao, now please rush to Yinping Ancient Road immediately to help the generalissimo leader." ”――

When the second Cao arrived in Yinping, it was raining cold light rain in the mountains, and most of the soldiers of the Zhu army were huddled in tents, all of them were a little sluggish, because since the Zhu army debuted, there were few defeats, this time they suffered defeat here, and they were already shameless to see the elders in Guanzhong when they went back.

Wang Er's shoulder injury was not yet healed, and he was wrapped in a thick white cloth on his shoulder, sitting in his tent in a daze, and Ying Shanhong was next to him to mend the hole in his shoulder that was pierced by a white pole gun. Poor Yingshanhong has rough hands and feet, and the needlework is extremely poor, this hole has been sewn for several days, and it still hasn't been sewn well.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Renjie looked at the map with a sad face, and his two brows were so furrowed that they almost became one. After being defeated by Ma Xianglin a few days ago, Xu Renjie retreated a full twenty miles, retreated to a small village inhabited by the Qiang people, and re-established his camp, and then he didn't know what to do, and he kept ink here.

The spy said that Brother Zhu sent a team of people to reinforce him, Xu Renjie didn't care, in his opinion, the generals in the Zhu army who could fight with Xiao Ma Chao in the mountains and forests and defeat the opponent did not exist at all, and no one sent to help him get out of the predicament.

At this time, the spies came in and reported: "Generalissimo, the team sent by the general to reinforce us has arrived, and there are only about fifty people, and the two leaders are still masked, unwilling to tell us their identities, saying that they can only say it when they see you." ”

Xu Renjie was slightly surprised in his heart: In addition to himself, are there any masked generals in the Zhu army? I don't think so!

Once he had curiosity, he really wanted to see who was coming, Xu Renjie ordered the soldiers to invite the people to come, only to see two men in robes walked into the tent, took off their robes, took off their hats, and were dressed in purple robes and covered with black scarves on their faces.

Xu Renjie Qi said: "You are? ”

"Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew!" Cao Wenzhao hurriedly introduced himself: "But in the future, it will be renamed Dacao, Xiaocao!" ”

I heard that it was the big and small two Cao, Xu Renjie couldn't help but be in awe, a person with strength and a noble character will make the people around him respect at any time. Xu Renjie said a little shyly: "You two...... Aren't you unwilling to help us? How do you ...... now?"

Cao Wenzhao shook his head: "Now is not the time to talk about this, let's take a look at how to break through this trouble in front of you." ”

Xu Renjie is not a mother-in-law, so he quickly cheered up and explained the current situation in detail with Cao Wenzhao. Since the last battle, Ma Xianglin found that Zhu Jun did not take the Tujia village, and planned to retreat to Motianling and defend it. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that even if he didn't rely on Motianling, he could still defeat Zhu Jun, so why did he have to go back? It is better to guard a few nearby Tujia villages at the foot of the mountain, and help the Tujia residents here at any time.

So the white pole soldiers did not return to the Motian Ridge, but stationed on the side of the hill where the last battle, next to the barracks is a Tujia village, the soldiers actually became neighbors with the villagers happily, every night the barracks will light the campfire, the people in the village actually ran into the barracks, and the Tujia soldiers danced a small hand dance......

This is really clear that he looks down on Xu Renjie, and the Tujia family is now here to play and relax. It's not like he's here to fight, but Xu Renjie can't do anything about others.

Hard work, can't fight. Playing surprise attack, on other people's territory, only people surprise attack Zhu Jun, how can there be Zhu Jun surprise attack others? The terrain near here, Xu Renjie is far from being as well eaten as the white pole soldiers, and he only has a fiasco in playing conspiracy. Playing the family card didn't work, and the corn sent by Xu Renjie was sent back by Ma Xianglin intact. Not even interested in tasting it. made it clear that he would not deal with thieves.

Xu Renjie is really going crazy.

After listening to Xu Renjie's introduction, Cao Wenzhao smiled, and he said in a low voice: "Ma Xianglin, this kid, is still so virtuous...... To put it nicely. It's called the art of being bold. To put it mildly. I just don't know whether to live or die, and it's too big. ”

Xu Renjie was surprised in his heart: "General Cao, have you dealt with Ma Xianglin?" ”

Cao Wenzhao nodded. sighed lightly: "The generals who fought the Tartars together in that part of Liaodong have all said a few words to each other. Everyone was still young at the time, and they held their breath in their hearts, vowing to beat Jiannu back to the mountains...... Who would have thought that more than ten years have passed, and those bunches of people are old and dead, and the Tartars are still alive. ”

He couldn't help but feel a little sad, remembering the past more than ten years ago. In the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), that is, seventeen years ago, the Battle of the Hunhe River broke out, and the Sichuan soldiers and the Qi army, plus the Liaodong border army, united to meet the Tatars at the Hunhe River. Before the war, the officers of all departments gathered together to drink the oath wine, at that time Ma Xianglin was still a young man in his early twenties, and Cao Wenzhao was still in the prime of life, the official position was not big, just a guerrilla general, and there was a high-spirited Qi Jin, the commander-in-chief of the Qi family......

I never thought that in a blink of an eye, Qi Jin died, Ma Xianglin lost an eye in defeat, and Cao Wenzhao was also defeated and retreated by the Tartars.

Of course, Cao Wenzhao can't forget this humiliating battle, and he also forgot the unique temper of Ma Xianglin among the few friends he met at that time. After all, he is a person from the Tujia ethnic minority in the southwest, which is very different from ordinary Han people, relatively speaking, the Han people are more mellow, use their brains more when encountering problems, and use their hands and feet less.

However, Ma Xianglin has some typical characteristics of ethnic minorities, that is, when he encounters a big event, he first follows his instincts to do things, rather than weighing the pros and cons first.

Cao Wenzhao doesn't hate this kind of person, and even likes to be friends with him, but this kind of person is very easy to deal with when he meets him on the battlefield, because he is too easy to be provoked.

Through what Xu Renjie said, Zhu Jun just used a small threat to burn down the Tujia village, and provoked Ma Xianglin to kill him angrily and abandon his own defensive points, which shows that this guy is still so impulsive for so many years.

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but say to Xu Renjie: "Generalissimo Leader, if you don't mind that I robbed you of your credit, can you hand over this Ma Xianglin to me to deal with?" ”

When Xu Renjie heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, he knew how powerful Cao Wenzhao was, this guy was willing to help him deal with Ma Xianglin, that was really good, as for grabbing merit or something, he didn't care at all. The first is that he only likes to fight, not to count merits. Second, his position in the Zhu army is extremely stable, and he has been an old brother who has followed Zhu Bugle for ten years, is he still afraid that a latecomer will surpass him? What is there to worry about when the credit is robbed? He hurriedly said: "Then there is General Lao Dacao." ”

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly said: "It's grass!" Remember, it's the grass! ”

Xu Renjie shrugged his shoulders: "I know, Leader Dacao!" ”――

The next day, the mountain rain stopped, the wind caressed and the fragrance of the earth after the rain. There were still a little drops of water hanging on the leaves and branches, Ma Xianglin was sitting outside the Tujia village in a good mood, watching several Tujia people busy on the mountainside with baskets on their backs, and then heard his white pole scouts come back and report: "The thief army has moved and is coming to us." ”

Ma Xianglin laughed: "After they were defeated by me last time, they have been silent for so many days. Now you're brave enough to find it again? This time, hit them again with a full head. ”

Several lieutenants beside him couldn't help but smile.

They really didn't take the Zhu army in their eyes, since the Zhu army had been defeated once a few days ago, and now if they come again, the result will be the same, there will be no change, not to mention that the last battle Zhu army occupied the top of the hill, and the white pole soldiers attacked from the bottom up. This time, the white pole soldiers occupied the top of the hill, and if the Zhu army came, they would be condescending this time, which really had no reason to be defeated.

Ma Xianglin gathered the soldiers. And he told the people of the village to take refuge from the mountains for a while. When he was in order, the soldiers of the Zhu army began to appear in the northeast, and it was still the army of 8,000 people, but it was different from the last time. Last time, Xu Renjie was accompanied by Wang Er and Yingshanhong, two couples. This time, it was two men with masked faces.

Changed to another thief army. Ma Xianglin didn't bother to pay attention to it, but this thief army did not burn down the Tujia village for the first time, and that incident gave Ma Xianglin a considerable shock. Therefore, seeing Xu Renjie's attitude this time, he was much better, but he shouted loudly: "Yo, you are here to lose the battle again?" ”

Xu Renjie was silent.

Ma Xianglin frowned and said, "For the sake of you not burning my Tujia village last time, I didn't pursue you...... I don't want to kill you now, you take your people, where do you come from, where do you go back, don't try to pass through the Yinping Ancient Road again...... We don't welcome thieves in Sichuan. ”

Xu Renjie was still silent, but a masked man came out of him, wearing a purple robe, and soft armor was faintly visible under the robe. Before this person could speak, Ma Xianglin frowned, although it was far away, he felt a breath from this person's body...... Killing Breath...... His killing aura is different from that of Xu Renjie and Wang Er, although Xu Renjie and Wang Er are also veterans of a hundred battles, but the murderous aura on their bodies is obviously still relatively obscure, or they know how to be restrained, because the enemies of the Zhu army are often the army of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also Han people, and they will not be too ruthless, so the murderous aura on Xu Renjie and Wang Er is much softer.

But the person who came out now seemed to have a kind of "woo" feeling when the horn sounded, the momentum raised by the bloody battle on the prairie, which was completely different from Xu Renjie and Wang Er, so that Ma Xianglin's blood couldn't help but boil......

"A military general from the border army?" Ma Xianglin only found this feeling in an instant, when he fought the Hunhe River, he felt this momentum from many generals of the Ming Dynasty, but most of those generals were already buried in the grasslands of Liaodong......

This person is naturally Cao Wenzhao, after seventeen years, Cao Wenzhao saw Ma Xianglin again, only to see that his face was much older than back then, seventeen years, a lot of changes to a person, and he was also blind in one eye, no longer a handsome and handsome little Ma Chao, but a murderous one-eyed horse. At that time, he was heroic, and after experiencing a fiasco, losing his wife and other blows, he was no longer as arrogant as he was back then, but a breath of blood always burst out from his body that could not be concealed.

Cao Wenzhao thought of a good sentence, once he said it, he could provoke Ma Xianglin to jump up and fight hard, but I don't know how big the difference is between him and seventeen years ago, seventeen years ago, saying that sentence must have been useful, but now it may not work.

Of course, Ma Xianglin couldn't recognize Cao Wenzhao, after seventeen years, the other party was covered again, if he could still recognize Cao Wenzhao, it would be really a god, he just snorted angrily and said: "Cover your head and face, pretend to be a ghost, what about the border army?" Hum! What do you stand up for? Begging for a beating? ”

Cao Wenzhao didn't answer his words, but said the sentence he had prepared in advance, and he said in a tone that looked down on Ma Xianglin very much: "At first glance, your martial arts are very poor, and I can defeat you with two feet and standing still." ”

"Bastard!" Ma Xianglin was furious, and jumped up on the ground, a face that was already black was now red again, but it showed a purple color: "The thief dares to insult me?" ”

"I'm not interested in insulting a soft-footed shrimp." Cao Wenzhao said lightly: "Let you stand still and fight with you on two feet, do you dare to take the call?" If you dare, come, if you don't dare, just get out, don't be a hero here. ”

Ma Xianglin didn't think about it, grabbed his silver-inlaid white pole soldier from the side, jumped up from the hill, and rushed down the hill when he retreated. The lieutenant generals of the white pole soldiers behind him only woke up to what had happened at this time, and hurriedly jumped out together, hugged Ma Xianglin's waist, and shouted loudly: "General, don't fall for the enemy's agitated plan." ”

Ma Xianglin was furious: "Of course I know it's a ploy, but so what? I'm going to rush over, and the big talker is stabbed over with two shots, I think he can have any conspiracy? ”

A group of adjutant generals hurriedly persuaded hard: "General...... What's the matter with you rushing over alone? Thousands of people lined up there, and he said that he was alone with you, but in fact there were two hundred axemen behind him, and as soon as you passed, he called those axemen to rush up. ”

When Ma Xianglin heard this, he woke up: Yes, I rushed over, and people didn't have to fight me, when the arrows came over, I whined, and sure enough, I couldn't rush around.

Just as he was thinking of this, he suddenly saw that the masked enemy general who was talking big actually walked out of the thief formation, and walked slowly and walked alone, and walked to the small hillside between the two armies.

At this time, the two armies were separated by more than a mile, and the position in the middle of the two armies, not to mention that the arrows of the Zhu army could not be shot, and the arrows of the white pole soldiers could not shoot so far, so it can be said that it was impossible to be attacked by sneak attacks in that position.

Cao Wenzhao stood still in such a position, stood firmly on the ground with two feet, and then raised his head and said: "I'm standing like this, my feet don't move, Ma Xianglin, do you dare to come over to pick up?" (To be continued.) )