Xuzhou, Qu County.

Ma Yue held the female wall on the head of the city, and looked back, the county seat of Quxian County had been ambushed under the iron hooves of the Xiliang army, the resistance of the Mifu soldiers and diners continued, and the fierce battles were still staged in the streets and alleys of the city, but Ma Yue knew that these rabble could no longer set off any storms.

"Lord, the four gates are already under the control of our army!"

"My lord, the county government has been breached."

"My lord, the remnants of the enemy in the city have been basically cleared."

"Lord, Mi Mansion has been breached! Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, the heads of the Mi family, have been captured by our army. ”

The battle report was sent to the city tower like flowing water, and in less than two hours, the private soldiers formed by Mifu with huge financial and material resources have disappeared, how can these rabble who have never been on the battlefield be the elite opponents of Liangzhou who have been killed for a long time?

"Okay." Ma Yue said, "Bring the Mi family brothers up." ”

"Yes."

The little school who came to report snorted, turned around and walked away, less than a cup of tea, the Mi brothers were escorted to the city tower, at this time the Mi brothers had their hair in a messy bun and looked sad, this was only half a day's work, the brothers became someone else's prisoner from the master of Qu County, and the huge gap made the two of them want to die.

Ma Yue's gaze fell on the Mi family brothers like a knife, and said coldly: "The two are Mi Zhu and Mi Fang?" ”

Mi Zhu sighed and was silent, but Mi Fang arched his hand mechanically, and said astringently: "Mi Fang see~~ I have seen General Pingxi." ”

A faint smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of Ma Yue's mouth, and he said to the Mi brothers: "Two, this general has something to ask for, I don't know if I can agree?" ”

Mi Zhu was silent, Mi Fang looked at Brother Nai, and said astringently: "General, please speak." ”

Ma Yue said: "Sister Ling is naturally beautiful, delicate and lovely, this general wants to accept her as a concubine, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

This is completely nonsense, Mi Huan had already become Ma Yue's woman as early as last night, and it was no longer a matter whether Mi Zhu and Mi Fang agreed or not. Mi Zhu's expression was miserable, but Mi Fang smiled awkwardly, and reluctantly said: "Sister She's can win the favor of the general, that's her creation, how can the next brother not allow it." ”

"That's very good." Ma Yue hugged his fists and said with a long smile, "In this way, you and I have become in-laws, hahaha." ”

Mi Fang said: "Don't dare." ”

Ma Yue's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and said with a smile: "This general is the most important flesh and blood affection, and I really can't bear to let my sister and the two brothers be separated by thousands of miles, and suffer from that longing, so how about the two brothers who have moved their family business to Guanzhong?" ”

"This~~"

Mi Fang was stunned when she heard this.

Ma Yue snorted indifferently and said in an unquestionable tone: "This matter is settled." ”

……

In July of the fifth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (192 years), Ma Yue conquered Qu County, seized the grain of Mifu without counting, and then ordered Gan Ning to lead the sailors to escort the grain and grass and the captured Shi population to the north along the coastal road, and he led 7,000 cavalry light cavalry to march forward, and continued to advance along the land route to the north.

Ma Yuejun marched all the way through the East China Sea, Jiqiu, Yangdu, Pyeongchang, and Beihai within half a month, and reached Le'an (the mouth of the river), where he joined the Ganning Naval Division again. So far, Ma Yue has led the army to fight in most of China, traveling more than 20,000 miles, and the captivity of the population is not counted, which is really a miracle!

……

In July of the same year.

The 120,000 Kwantung Army went forward one after another, launching a fierce attack on Bison Ferry at any cost, but was attacked by Fang Yue's army, and the two armies fought fiercely for several days and suffered casualties from each other, but Bison Ferry was still firmly controlled by Fang Yue.

At the same time as a fierce battle broke out in Bisondu, a long-planned conspiracy kicked off in the clouds.

Yuan Shao led the army back to Jizhou in Julu and the Montenegrin army broke out a fierce battle, the fierce Montenegrin army was about to collapse, the remaining more than 70,000 people began to flee to Yanmen and Yunzhong, Yuan Shao led 30,000 elite soldiers to chase after him, and the soldiers approached the clouds! Hearing that the Black Mountain army was defeated, Sun Zhan, the assassin of Youzhou, hurriedly led an army of 20,000 to Yunzhong to help in the battle.

In addition, there were already Ma Teng's 40,000 troops stationed in the clouds, and for a while, there were 160,000 troops gathered in the clouds, and they were divided into four forces, and the situation became extremely complicated! Yuan Shaojun was an enemy rather than a friend, and Gongsun Zhan's army was a friend rather than an enemy, but the Montenegrin army was indistinguishable from friend and foe.

It's night, the camp of Matten.

Fa Zheng said to Ma Teng: "General, the appearance of the Black Mountain Army and the Youzhou Army is very suspicious, and I think I must guard against it." ”

Ma Teng frowned and said, "Why did the virtuous nephew say this? ”

Fa Zhengdao: "It stands to reason that the foundation of the Montenegrin army is in Montenegro, and if it is defeated, it should retreat to Montenegro and defend it according to the danger, why should it retreat to the clouds instead?" Also, if the Youzhou army wants to rescue the Montenegrin army, then flanking Jizhou and threatening Yuan Shaojun's flank is the most effective strategy, why do you want to come to the clouds to help the war? It's counterintuitive. ”

Ma Teng nodded and said, "Well, this matter is indeed a bit strange. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "In view of this, I secretly thought that the Youzhou Army and the Montenegrin Army were likely to be in collusion with the Jizhou Army and conspired against our army. ”

"Nonsense!" Ma Teng's face changed, and he shouted, "Don't be honest at a young age, do you know what the relationship between Lord Gongsun of Youzhou Thorn Shi and Bo Qi is?" ”

Fa Zhengjun's face turned red and he said in a low voice, "I don't know." ”

"The two are really righteous brothers, how can they turn their backs." Ma Teng shouted, "Lord Gongsun will be here later, and I will not mention this in the future, so as not to hurt the harmony of the two families." ”

Fa Zheng clenched his fists in embarrassment and responded, "Yes." ”

"Report~~" Fa Zheng's voice fell, and a loud shout from the little school suddenly sounded outside the tent, "Youzhou Assassin History, Lord Gongsun has arrived!" ”

Ma Tenghuo Ran got up and said solemnly: "Please!" ”

In the heavy footsteps, Youzhou Assassin Shi Gongsun Zan and his younger brother Sun Fan had already crossed the tent, and behind the two of them was a slender young man, the young man was extremely heroic, although he was only wearing a worn and old straight shirt, but he could not hide the fierce aura revealed by Gu Pan.

Ma Teng hurriedly took two steps forward and hugged his fists and said, "The last general has seen Lord Gongsun." ”

"Don't dare."

Gongsun Chan hurriedly picked up Ma Teng and replied respectfully.

Ma Teng's eyes swept the two people behind Gongsun Zhan and asked, "Dare to ask Lord Gongsun, who are these two?" ”

Gongsun Zhan pulled Gongsun Fan and the young man to his side, and said to Ma Teng: "This is the younger brother of this general, Gongsun Fan, but this one is the big leader of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan. ”

Gongsun Fan and Zhang Yan clenched their fists at the same time and said to Ma Teng: "See the general." ”

When Ma Teng heard that this young man was Zhang Yan, the big leader of the Black Mountain Army, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be Zhang Yan, disrespectful." ”

Zhang Yan said modestly: "In front of the general, how dare you call the big boss." ”

Ma Teng smiled and said to Gongsun Zhan and the three of them: "Lord Gongsun and the two generals, please sit down." ”

Gongsun Chan and the others also solemnly said, "Please! ”

The four of them sat down, and before Ma Teng could ask questions, Gongsun Zhan opened the door and said: "General Ma Teng, I am really here to form an alliance to attack Yuan Shao." ”

"Oh?" Ma Teng said with a solemn hand, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Gongsun Zhan said: "The general has long known about the fierce battle between the Boqi army and the 23rd Kwantung Army in Luoyang, but Youzhou is facing the strong pressure of Yuan Shaojun, and he really can't draw extra troops to Luoyang for reinforcements. ”

Ma Teng said: "The general's hardships are well known, and I believe that Bo Qi can also understand it." ”

Gongsun Zan said: "Fortunately, with the help of the Montenegrin army led by Zhang Da, this general was able to repel Yuan Shao's army, and the siege of Jixian was solved." At present, the situation in Youzhou is worry-free, and Ben will finally have the ability to do something for Bo Qi. This time, it echoed with the north and south of the Montenegrin Army and lured Yuan Shao's army to Yunzhong, just to use the favorable terrain in the cloud to destroy Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. ”

Ma Teng said: "Oh, so the defeat of the Black Mountain army in the clouds is a feint?" ”

"It's not a feint, it's a real defeat." Zhang Yan smiled bitterly, "The elite of Jizhou is well-known, especially the three-way elite soldiers led by the fierce generals Zhang He, Jiang Qi, and Han Meng, which are even more unstoppable, although our Montenegrin army is ten times the enemy, it was defeated in a battle, and Yuan Shao's strategist Tian Feng was cunning, and he actually took advantage of the opportunity of my army to go out to attack and occupy the old camp of Montenegro in one fell swoop, and the foundation of our army was lost, hey~~ If it weren't for this, the last general would not have the shame to ask the two generals for help." ”

Ma Teng glanced sideways at Fa Zheng, and said in his heart that this was the case.

Gongsun Zan said: "Although the Jizhou soldiers are elite, they are not invincible! If you and I join forces, the strength of the army can be as many as 130,000, more than four times that of the Jizhou soldiers, and the clouds are close to the desert, and the Mobei iron cavalry of the two generals Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao can go south at any time to cut off the retreat of the Jizhou soldiers. ”

"Got it!" Ma Teng nodded and said in a condensed voice, "However, Teng still has a reluctant request, I hope the two generals can fulfill it." ”

Gongsun Chan said, "General, please speak." ”

Ma Teng said: "After defeating Yuan Shaojun, I hope that the two generals can lead the army and a certain joint army to the south and merge the state, and cooperate with General Fang Yue to defeat the Kwantung coalition army of Zhang Ji, Wang Kuang, Kong Rong, and Zhang Yang." ”

Gongsun Chan said: "That's exactly what I mean. ”

Zhang Yan also said: "It should be served." ”

"Okay." Ma Teng said happily, "Then this matter is decided, you and I will join forces and agree on a date~~ No, we will attack Yuan Shaojun tonight, how about it?" ”

……

Tiger Prison Pass, Sun Jian's camp.

Long before the soldiers sent a letter to Guguan, Sun Jian listened to Xu Shu's suggestion and asked Yuan Shu to take the initiative to stay in Luoyang.

After that, the Kwantung Army and the Liangzhou Army fought a fierce battle in front of Hangu Pass, Jia Poison sacrificed a plague poison plan, 300,000 Kwantung Army disappeared, Sun Jian immediately led the army to retreat into the Tiger Prison Pass, and blocked the land passage out of Yingchuan in front of Luoyang Jinggi, and the remaining thousands of men and horses under his command (almost killed by Ma Chao in Xingyang and wiped out the whole army) were saved.

Late that night, Xu Shu's figure appeared in Sun Jian's big tent.

"See the lord."

"Yuan Zhi came late at night, but there is something important?"

Xu Shu said in a condensed voice: "Lord, no matter what the victory or defeat of the battle on the North Road, the battle of Hangu Pass has already ended, and it is meaningless for our army to stay in Tiger Prison Pass any longer!" Now it's time to return to Jiangdong, and in addition, it's time to tell Da Sima the news that the horse butcher led a partial division to attack Xu and Yang. ”

"Hmm." Sun Jian nodded and said in a deep voice, "It's almost time." ”

……

Luoyang, Yuan Shu's temporary residence.

Yuan Shu's body improved slightly, and he was going to the backyard to breathe under the support of two personal soldiers, when suddenly heavy footsteps sounded from behind the rockery, and the figure flashed, and Qiao Rui (nose is gone) wearing a face mask has already walked to Yuan Shu, and said in a low voice: "Lord, Lord Sun Jian, the Taishou of Wu County, is here, saying that there is something important to report." ”

Yuan Shu sat down with the support of his own soldiers, and said to Qiao Rui, "Let him come in." ”

In less than a moment, Sun Jian followed Qiao Rui into the backyard, and respectfully clasped his fists to Yuan Shu and said, "See Da Sima." ”

"That's it." Yuan Shu waved his hand weakly and asked, "What's the important thing about Wentai coming here late at night?" ”

After Qiao Rui turned the rockery and the figure disappeared, Sun Jian lowered his voice and said: "Da Sima, the last general has just received an urgent report from Jiangdong, two months ago, the horse butcher led eight thousand Xiliang Iron to ride out of Wuguan, cross Jingxiang, and then go down the river, and the counties of Yangzhou are already boiling in the sky!" ”

"Horse butcher down the river?" Yuan Shu's expression was cold, and he didn't realize what happened until a moment later, and he was so shocked that he jumped up and said in a startled voice, "What!?" Are you saying that the horse butcher has led 8,000 Xiliang iron cavalry into Yangzhou? ”

Sun Jian nodded solemnly.

Yuan Shu asked angrily, "When did this happen?" ”

Sun Jian said: "Two months ago. ”

"What? Two months ago!? Yuan Shu roared angrily, "Why didn't you come to report until now?" ”

Sun Jian said embarrassedly: "The last general also just learned about it. ”

"You just found out?" Yuan Shu was furious, and roared when he heard this, "Why didn't the counties of Yangzhou send people to report for a long time? And what do Lei Bo and Chen Lan eat? Why didn't you send someone to Luoyang in time to report the news!? ”

Sun Jian looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "Da Sima, as far as the last general knows, the two generals of Yangzhou counties, Lei Bo and Chen Lan, have sent people to Luoyang to report the news, but they are just ......."

"But what?"

"It's just that someone intercepted it."

"Intercepted?" Yuan Shu's face turned blue with anger, and he roared, "Who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to intercept the messenger of this great Sima?" Well? ”

Sun Jian said in a condensed voice: "Who else can there be." ”

Yuan Shu's face changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "You mean Meng De?" Why did he do it? ”

"It's simple." Sun Jian said, "Once the horse butcher is defeated, the strength of the great Sima is the strongest among the princes in the world, the great Sima not only has thousands of miles of fertile land in Yangzhou, but also has a large number of soldiers and generals, Cao Ying and the princes from all walks of life are far behind, Cao Ying deliberately intercepted the messenger, and weakened the strength of the lord with the iron horse of the horse butcher, which is also reasonable." ”

"Damn!" Yuan Shu's face turned blue with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Apu, this great Sima and you will not stand on each other, and someone will come~~"

Sun Jian hurriedly stopped: "Da Sima and thunder! ”

Yuan Shu said: "Wentai Xiu wants to stop it." ”

"Da Sima!" Sun Jian said hurriedly, "According to the last general's knowledge, Henan Taishou Min Gong and Yuzhou Mu Kongyou have been bought by Cao Ying, and Luoyang has completely become Cao Ying's territory. ”

Yuan Shu was shocked when he heard this, and said: "If it weren't for Wentai's reminder, this great Sima almost missed a big thing. ”

Sun Jian said: "Da Sima, Cao Ying is the world's annihilating male, and if he is not careful, he will startle the snake!" However, Luoyang is a place where things are wrong, but Da Sima can't stay any longer, and the last general has already arranged everything, and will escort Da Sima to Tiger Prison Pass tonight, and it will not be too late to settle accounts with Cao Ying when he returns to Shouchun. ”

Yuan Shu's eyes showed gratitude, and said to Sun Jian: "If it is not for Wentai this time, the major event will be suspended." ”

……

Late at night, Cao Ying's temporary residence.

A rapid call woke Cao Ying from his sleep, and when he opened his sleepy eyes, he saw Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Li Dian, the generals of the Tibetan tyrant, as well as Cheng Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia and others all anxiously guarding in front of the bed, and couldn't help but ask Xiahoudun suspiciously: "Yuan Rang, what's wrong?" ”

Xiahou said: "Just made a detailed report, Yuan Shu left thousands of remnants, and only took a few henchmen such as Qiao Rui and Jin Shang out of Luoyang overnight to go to the Tiger Prison. ”

"Huh?" Cao Ying was startled, "Yuan Highway said goodbye?" ”

"My lord." Guo Jia said in a deep voice, "Yuan Dasima thought that he heard something, so he said goodbye without saying goodbye." ”

Cao Ying's face changed, and a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes.

"At present, the Kwantung Army has been defeated, but the foundation of Ma Wei has not been damaged, and it is really not suitable to establish a strong enemy like Yuan Shu in such an unfavorable situation!" Xun You said this, and muttered, "Judging from Yuan Shu's resignation, it is obvious that he has already known about the lord's move to block the news, and this enmity has already been settled." ”

Cheng Yu's eyes showed a ruthless look, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord, if you don't do anything, why don't you let General Yuan Rang lead hundreds of people who dare to die to chase after him and kill Yuan Shu!?" If Yuan Shu is allowed to return to Shouchun like this, in the future, the lord will have a horse butcher in the west, Yuan Shao in the north, and Yuan Shu in the south, plus a tiger and wolf like Lu Bu will be on the side, and the situation will be extremely passive. ”

"Report~~" Cheng Yu's voice fell, and suddenly a small school walked into the tent and knelt on the ground and said, "Lord, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian and Xia Peixiang Lu Bu also left Luoyang overnight and went to the Tiger Prison. ”

Cao Ying's face changed again and again, and finally Haoran sighed: "Alas, it seems that the collapse of the alliance of the princes of the Twenty-third Route is inevitable, and now, we can only hope that Yuan Benchu's Northern Route Alliance can give the horse butcher a fatal blow, otherwise, this large-scale rebellion will be considered a complete failure." ”

Xiahou said hurriedly: "Meng De, do you want to chase Yuan Shu?" ”

"Chase, of course you have to chase!" Cao Ying's eyes showed a ruthless look, and he said in a condensed voice, "As the commander of the Central Route Alliance, how can Yuan Shu leave his post without permission? ”

……

When Cao Ying and Yuan Shu calculated with each other, and the princes of the middle road were separated and collapsed, Yuan Shao made progress in breaking through the surname in the northern battlefield!

in the cloud.

Ma Teng has led the army to fight fiercely with the Jizhou army, but the expected reinforcements have not arrived! According to the agreed time, the Youzhou Army and the Montenegrin Army that should have appeared long ago were nowhere to be seen at this time! Ma Teng faintly realized that something was wrong, and when he was about to withdraw his troops, the Jizhou soldiers were entangled like wolves and clung to it.

Ma Tengjun had no intention of fighting, and when he withdrew to the camp after losing ten battles in a row, he found that the camp had already been attacked by Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou army! Ma Teng's army was greeted by a dense rain of arrows, and hundreds of northland soldiers became unjustly killed souls in an instant.

Ma Teng rode forward, raised his whip and roared: "Gongsun Zhan! Where is Gongsun Chan? ”

The figure flickered, and Gongsun Chan appeared on the gate surrounded by dozens of Youzhou generals.

"Gongsun Zhan, why are you doing this?" Ma Teng roared hoarsely, "What's in it for you? Have you forgotten that you and Berzzie are sworn brothers? Don't you feel guilty? ”

Gongsun Zhan's eyes showed a complicated color, and then he returned to his cold color, and said in a deep voice: "The horse butcher is perverse, slaughtering and poking hundreds of civil and military officials, it can be described as madness, the Son of Heaven has already issued a secret edict, ordering this general to send troops to fight against thieves, this general is just following the will of the people and following the will of heaven!" ”

"Nonsense!" Ma Teng said angrily, "The hundreds of officials in the court were clearly killed by the thief Liu Bei, what does it have to do with Boqi?" ”

Gongsun Chan said: "General Ma Teng, if you can kill your relatives and fight back, this general can also play the Son of Heaven and promote you as the guardian of a county, how about it?" ”

"Shameless!" Ma Teng was furious and yelled, "Gongsun Zhan, I can't spare you!" ”

"Report~~" Ma Teng's voice fell, and suddenly a junior colonel rushed to Ma Teng and said urgently, "General, the Jizhou army is catching up again!" There is also the Montenegrin Army, the Montenegrin Army has also pressed from the north, and our army has been surrounded! ”

"Huh?"

Ma Teng was taken aback when he heard this, there was the Youzhou army blocking the road in front of him, the Jizhou chasing soldiers in the back, the river in the south blocked, and the Montenegrin army in the north crushing him, it can really be said that there is no way to go to the sky and no door to enter the ground!

"General, what should I do?"

"General, is it war or retreat?"

"General, you have an idea!"

The generals under his command gathered one after another, anxiously asking for Ma Teng's opinion.

Ma Teng only felt a burst of blackness in front of him, and he almost fell off the horse's back! In vain, Boqi trusted himself and entrusted him with the important task of staying in the rear, but he was defeated in a battle in the clouds, burying the 40,000 troops under his command, not to mention, and putting the old camp of Hetao in an extremely dangerous desperate situation, which is really ashamed of Boqi!

No, the situation must not be allowed to deteriorate like this!

Ma Teng took a deep breath, gradually calmed down, and his cold gaze finally fell on the young Fa Zheng, although Fa Zheng was young, he had already shown extraordinary military talent, this battle in the clouds, if he could listen to his advice and be more wary of Gongsun Zhan and Zhang Yan, he would not have fallen into such a desperate situation today.

"General."

Fa Zheng's expression was miserable, but he did not look panicked.

Ma Teng nodded, thinking that Fang Yue only had 10,000 troops under his command, and he had to face the onslaught of the 120,000 troops of the Northern Route Alliance, but he was afraid that he would not have time to take care of the old camp in Hetao, and the heavy responsibility of defending Meiji would not fall on Fazheng, although this move was risky, but there was no way out.

"Where is the Fazheng?"

Fa Zheng rode forward, hugged his fists and said, "What do you have the general's orders?" ”

Ma Teng stared at Fa Zheng scorchingly, and said sharply: "General Ben will give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, immediately cross the river and retreat south, and hold Meiji at all costs!" ”

Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "What about you, general?" ”

Ma Teng Huo Ran raised his head, looked up at the bleak void, and said in a condensed voice: "General Ben's duty is to defend the clouds, and before General Fang Yue's new military order is issued, he will never evacuate the clouds for half a step!" ”

"But~~"

"Fa Zheng, do you dare to disobey military orders?"

"Don't dare!"

"Don't go yet!"

Fa Zheng was silent, arched his hand to Ma Teng, turned around and ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses to hurry away, Ma Teng Huoran turned around and shouted to the Liangzhou military generals who stayed by his side: "Brothers, it's time for the Kwantung thieves to teach us the courage of Guan Liang boys, and fight to the death without retreat~~"

"Boom~~"

In the footsteps of the landslide and the ground cracking, the 30,000 Jizhou elites were the first to kill, and the black and oppressive Jizhou soldiers were like an endless locust, swept with the momentum of devouring the sky and the earth, and on the vast wasteland in the north, there was another more huge shadow that was crushing towards the south, and that ~~ was Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army.

(To be continued)