Niyang, Ma Yue's big tent.

Ma Teng took his eldest son Ma Chao, his son Ma Dai, and his second son Ma Xiu to set up a big tent. Because he has been running for his life, Ma Chao's injuries have not yet healed, and his face still looks a little pale at this time, but his spirit has fully recovered, and at first glance he still looks like a vigorous tiger.

When Ma Teng was waiting impatiently, there was a heavy footsteps outside the tent, and when the curtain was lifted, a majestic military general entered under the escort of two fierce and vicious men, Ma Teng's eyes suddenly docked with the coming general, and when he saw that the other party was so young, Ma Teng couldn't help but be stunned suddenly.

The person who came was none other than Ma Yue.

Ma Yue walked straight to Ma Teng, stared at Ma Teng without saying a word, there was neither joy nor anger in his eyes, Ma Teng looked suffocated, and was about to turn over and bow down when Ma Yue stretched out his hand to hold him.

"Uncle Teng!" Ma Yue held Ma Teng's big hand tightly and said in a condensed voice, "You're tired!" ”

Looking at this junior who had never met before, but belonged to the same clan, Ma Teng was in a complicated mood, he didn't know what to say for a while, and most importantly, he didn't know how to call Ma Yue? In terms of identity, Ma Yue is the assassin of Liangzhou who was enshrined by the Son of Heaven, is a liehou, and is also the concubine of Liu Ming, the princess of Yiyang, while Ma Teng is just a rebel.

can be talked about seniority, Ma Yue is only Ma Teng's junior.

Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last long, Ma Yue took the lead in breaking the deadlock, Ma Yue's gaze crossed Ma Teng and fell on Ma Chao, and asked: "Uncle Teng, this ~~"

"Oh~~" Ma Teng woke up like a dream, hurriedly took Ma Chao, Ma Dai and Ma Xiu from behind, and said to Ma Yue, "Chao'er, Dai'er, Xiu'er, this is the eldest brother Ma Yue that my father often mentions to you, the big hero of our Maoling Ma family, the pride of the whole clan, you don't hurry up and see your brother." ”

Ma Dai and Ma Xiu glanced at Ma Yue, but after all, they didn't dare to step forward, and hid back behind Ma Teng a little timidly, only Ma Chao's eyebrows showed excitement that could not be concealed, bowed to Ma Yue, and said loudly: "Little brother Ma Chao~~ knock to see brother." ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and asked Ma Teng, "Super Brother is very tall and heroic, and he will be a general." ”

Ma Teng said embarrassedly: "It's just that I learned a few kung fu skills of a three-legged cat, so I always clamored to go to the battlefield, and I was seriously injured by Yan Xing a while ago, and I almost lost my life, which really lost the face of our Ma family." ”

Ma Chao was silent, but his jade-like face was flushed with shame.

"You can't say that, Brother Chao is young after all, and it is reasonable that he is not defeated by Yan Xing, the fierce general of Xiliang." Ma Yue looked back at the two generals Dian Wei and Xu Chu behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Dian Wei, Xu Chu." ”

Dian Wei took a step forward, clenched his fists and said solemnly: "The last general will be." ”

Ma Yue said: "If you have the opportunity, you must carefully teach the super brother martial arts, and you must not slack off. ”

The second general of Dian Wei said proudly: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Ma Chao fell to the ground again and said loudly: "Thank you, brother." ”

"My lord, there is an urgent military situation."

When Ma Teng and Ma Yue's uncle and nephew were talking, the figure outside the tent flashed, Jia Xu had already stepped inside, and Ma Yue took the opportunity to introduce to Ma Teng: "Uncle Teng, this Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, Liangzhou Wuwei people's clan, is the little nephew's right-hand man. ”

Jia Xu hugged his fists and said: "See the general." ”

Ma Teng returned the salute and said, "Sir, please excuse me." ”

Ma Yue turned his gaze to Jia Xu and asked in a condensed voice, "Wenhe, what is the urgent military situation?" ”

Jia Xu took a breath and said, "Lord, I just sent back very unfavorable news. ”

"Oh?" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"In return, Xu Rong mobilized nearly 20,000 troops and is advancing towards Niyang, of which 5,000 cavalry are divided into two routes, which has cut off our army's retreat to the east and north." Jia Xu's eyes showed a solemn expression, and then said, "Xu Rong is worthy of being the number one general under Dong Zhuo, and he is extremely old and spicy in his use of soldiers, and this person's intention is very obvious, that is, to trap our army in Niyang City. ”

Ma Yue's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Dian Wei, map." ”

"Yes."

Dian Wei agreed, and hurriedly took out a map from his arms and spread it on the table, Ma Yue instructed Xu Chu to take the three brothers of Ma Chao down first, and then beckoned to Ma Teng and Jia Xu: "Uncle Teng, Wenhe, you all come here." ”

When Ma Teng and Jia Xu approached, Ma Yue pointed to the map and said in a deep voice: "This is Niyang, and our army is currently stationed here." ”

"This is Linjing, where Xu Rong's 20,000 troops were originally stationed." Ma Teng's words showed a gloomy color, pointed to a little north of Linjing, and said, "This is Pengyang, Uncle Yu's defeated army was originally stationed here, but it is a pity that he fell into the Xu thief's plan, lost the city, and lost Ling Ming in vain." ”

Ma Yue persuaded: "As the saying goes, people can't be resurrected after death, so Uncle Teng doesn't have to worry about it." ”

Jia Xu stretched out his hand to draw a semicircle in the northeast direction of Niyang, and said: "Now Xu Rong's 5,000 cavalry has been divided into two routes, cutting off the retreat of our army to the east and north. ”

Ma Yue said in a condensed voice: "Yes, Niyang is a plateau for hundreds of miles, the terrain is flat and uninhabited, once you abandon the city and leave, not only can you not raise food and grass for supplies, but it is also difficult to avoid the pursuit of Xu Rong's army!" In other words, our army has no choice but to defend Niyang! ”

"No, absolutely not!" Ma Teng persuaded excitedly, "Defending Niyang can only be a dead end!" Uncle Fool must not drag you down! Bo Qi can quickly evacuate the iron cavalry under his command, and Niyang will be handed over to Uncle Yu to guard, and your 1,000 subordinates are all iron cavalry, and Xu Rong can't stop him even if he wants to. ”

Ma Yue Huoran stretched out his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "The little nephew has made up his mind, Uncle Teng doesn't need to say much." ”

"Uh~~"

Ma Teng was stunned when he heard this, and he really didn't dare to say anything more.

"There is no way to defend Niyang." Jia Xu sighed and said in a low voice, "It's a pity that the Niyang City Wall is no more than a foot high and most of it is destroyed, so it's not enough to rely on at all!" If our army wants to defend the city, it is bound to build a wall at least two zhang high before Xu Rong's army arrives. ”

Ma Yue said: "Then build the city!" ”

"The lord doesn't know that the situation is far worse than expected." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Niyang soil is soft, it will fall when it is built, and it will be scattered when it is piled up, and it is impossible to gather sand into a wall." ”

"Oh, and that kind of thing?" Ma Yue frowned and said, "Let's go, Uncle Teng, why don't we go and inspect it together." ”

……

On the official road from Linjing to Niyang, Xu Rong's army is like a winding dragon, slowly marching forward, the iron armor is like a cloud, Jin Ge is like a forest, and the banner of hunting and hunting almost obscures the early spring sunset, in the middle of the Chinese army, Xu Rong is surrounded by Hu Zhen, Zhang Heng, and Hou Xuan generals.

The subordinate general Hou Xuan said with trepidation, "The horse butcher's heavily armored iron cavalry is too powerful, and it is difficult for our army to resist!" Was it too risky for the general to send two light cavalry to cut off his retreat to the east and north? Why don't you wait for General Li Xuan's army to return from Zhangye, and then join forces to attack Ma Yue? ”

"It doesn't matter, Ma Yue's heavy armor iron cavalry is powerful, but after all, there are only two hundred riders." Xu Rong turned his head and said confidently, "Generals don't have to worry, General Ben has already thought of the technique of cracking, if Ma Yue dares to send heavy cavalry again, General Ben will definitely tell him to come and go." ”

"Oh?" Hu Zhen said in a condensed voice, "The general has already thought of the cracking technique?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Rong nodded, and said in a deep voice, "The heavily armored iron cavalry is wearing heavy armor and holding a tenge, and it is difficult to match the cavalry of our army head-on, but after all, the animal power is sometimes poor, and the gallop with such a weight is bound to not last, and the speed is particularly slow. ”

"Wonderful." Hu Zhen suddenly realized, "I knew this was the case, and I would have been riding the enemy for a long time!" ”

"But the light cavalry of the butcher is also extremely powerful." Hou Xuan said worriedly, "Especially since their spears are enough to penetrate the sturdy horses, how should our army deal with it?" ”

"That's fine." Xu Rongchengzhu said in his chest, "The throwing spears of the light cavalry of the Ma Yue Army are powerful, but the number is limited after all, and as long as our army does not charge in a dense formation, it can greatly reduce the lethality of the enemy's throwing guns!" Our army has an absolute superiority in strength, which is enough to offset the threat of the enemy's guns. ”

Zhang Heng suddenly said: "Let the general say this, the last general can't wait to fight with the horse butcher, for fear that the horse butcher and Ma Teng have already escaped in advance." ”

"No, it won't." Xu Rong said firmly, "General Ben is sure that they are still in Niyang. ”

Zhang Hengdao: "The general is so sure that they will stay in Niyang, waiting for our army to go and encircle?" ”

Xu Rong said coldly: "The reason why they chose to stick to Niyang is because they have no choice!" Unless the Horse Butcher is willing to leave the Ma Teng rebels and flee alone, otherwise, as long as Ma Teng's rebels are still there, the Ma Butcher will never abandon the city and leave! Because Niyang is surrounded by empty plateaus, within a radius of hundreds of miles, there is only one city in Niyang that can be defended. Or do you choose to fight in the field with our army? ”

Zhang Heng said without hesitation: "Of course, it is based on the city. ”

Xu Rong's eyes revealed a trace of hideous murderous intent, like a cunning wolf showing its bloody fangs, and said in a cruel voice: "That's it, even you Zhang Heng can think of it, how can a butcher who is as cunning as a horse not think of it?" ”

……

Anyi, Dong Zhuo's official residence.

Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew fell to the ground and said respectfully: "Zhang Ji (embroidery) see the lord." ”

"Hahaha, uncle and nephew, please hurry up." Dong Zhuo hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu up, stroked his beard and laughed, "This general has the help of his uncle and nephew today, which can be described as a tiger with wings. ”

Zhang Ji said respectfully: "Ji Bucai, I am willing to be the pawn of Dong Gongma, and be willing to work for dogs and horses." ”

"Okay." Dong Zhuo said loudly, "In this case, Yuan Du (Zhang Jibiao, apocryphal) can still be Hongnong's Taishou, how about ordering his nephew Zhang Xiu to stay in front of the general's tent to listen to the tune?" ”

Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu bowed their heads again, and said respectfully: "Thank you, lord." ”

Li Su took a step forward and lost no time in saying, "Congratulations to the lord for adding another general, and the hegemony can be expected." ”

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Ziyan (Li Subiaozi) merits, this general will remember it in his heart, and he will be rewarded heavily." ”

Li Su smiled: "Thank you, lord." ”

Li Ru came out and said: "My lord, now that General Zhang Ji has been under the command of the lord, although Feng Fang has 8,000 soldiers, he is not afraid, the threat to the south has been eliminated, and General Guo Yan's 40,000 army has arrived in Anyi, now it is time to concentrate his forces to break the coalition forces in the north." ”

"Hmm." Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "Wen Xiu (Li Rubiaozi) thinks how to defeat the Northern Coalition Army?" ”

Li Ru said: "As the saying goes, it is better to defend than to attack, why not attack instead of defending?" Stick to Anyi with a force, attract the main force of the coalition army to attack, and then secretly send a general to lead a heavy army to fly across Wangwu Mountain, unknowingly, unconsciously go around to the flank of the coalition army to raid Jinyang, if you can capture Taiyuan County in one fell swoop, it will be like a sharp knife straight into the heart of the coalition army! ”

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo's expression moved, and he said in a condensed voice, "Take Taiyuan directly?" ”

"If the lord takes Taiyuan, even if Ding Yuan does not die, he will be in chaos, and taking and annexing the state is like taking something from a bag! If the state is owned by the lord, the lands of Hetao Ma Yue, Youzhou Gongsun Zan and Jizhou Han Fu are all under the threat of our army, so that the coalition forces will inevitably return to save themselves, the coalition forces will retreat without a fight, and the threat from the north will disappear. ”

"Good!" Dong Zhuo patted the case and said, "According to Wen Xiu's plan, this general should personally lead the army to take Jinyang, but who can stay in Anyi?" ”

Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Hu Ben Zhonglang, put Niu Fu out of the ranks, clenched his fists and said loudly: "The little son-in-law is willing to guard Anyi." ”

Li Ru smiled and said: "With General Niu Fu sitting in Anyi, the lord can rest assured that he will go on the expedition." ”

"Hmm." Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "In this case, Niu Fu will be the main general, Yang Feng and Fan Chou will be the deputy generals, and Li Su will be the military staff!" Xu Huang, Zhang Xiu, Yang Qiu, Li Kan, and Cheng Yinzhu will listen to the tune in front of the account, and the generals need to work together to keep Anyi, and if there is a mistake, they should be severely punished. ”

The generals Yang Feng and Fan Chou stood behind Niu Fu one after another, and said in unison: "The last general will receive the order." ”

Dong Zhuo said again: "Where is Huaxiong? ”

Hua Xiong came out and replied: "The end will be." ”

Dong Zhuo said: "Leading 5,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water, we must carve out a thorough road in Wangwu Mountain!" ”

Hua Xiong said: "Obey." ”

Dong Zhuo's eyes finally fell on Li Ru, and said in a deep voice: "This general should personally lead 20,000 elite soldiers, and then set off with Wen Xiu, cross the Wangwu Mountain Heavenly Danger, and directly take the state and the party!" ”

……

Liangzhou, Niyang.

Ma Yue appeared outside the city surrounded by Ma Teng, Jia Xu, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei, and in the cold wind, a group of soldiers were nervously digging to build the city, but as Jia Xu said, the soil of Niyang was extremely loose, and often a basket of soil had just been poured up, and it was all scattered down.

The soldiers worked hard for a long time, but they were unable to build a wall more than three feet high, and at first glance, only piles of loose earth were scattered among the broken walls of the old city wall.

Jia Xu said with a solemn expression: "Lord, please see, the soil of Niyang is extremely loose, which is not conducive to building a city." ”

Ma Yue walked to the city wall without saying a word, stretched out his hand to pat the ruins that had been built before, frowned and asked, "Then how was the previous Niyang City built?" ”

Jia Xu said: "According to the classics, it was from the Jingshui River to transport clay to build this city, the second division general Li Guangli did not hesitate to work the people and lose money, chose to build a city here, is to take a fancy to the unique loose soil quality of this place, because once the city is built here, it is not afraid of the enemy army to attack the city with the art of accumulating soil." ”

Ma Yue still didn't believe it: "Is the soil here really not suitable for building a city?" ”

"Bang dang~~"

At this moment, a crisp sound came into Ma Yue's ears, Ma Yue Huoran turned around, only to see that not far away there was a famous gang leader army picking up two large clay pots to boil water, one of which accidentally hit the city wall and suddenly shattered, the boiling water in the jar splashed the gang leader's body, and the gang leader screamed.

"There it is!" Ma Yue's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said quickly, "General Ben knows how to build a city!" ”

"Oh?"

"Huh?"

Jia Xu and Ma Teng looked surprised at the same time, only Dian Wei and Xu Chu looked as usual, with faces that were too lazy to be surprised when the sky fell, and met Jia Xu and Ma Teng's unbelieving eyes, Ma Yue smiled and said: "Wen He and Uncle Teng are a little restless, when Xu Rong's army arrives, our army will definitely be able to build an unbreakable city." ”

……

Linjing on the official road to Niyang.

The subordinate general Hou Xuan said: "General, our army set out in a hurry, and did not carry with the army the heavy weapons necessary for the siege of the city, such as storming vehicles, trebuchets and ladders, if the horse butcher can repair the city wall of Niyang within two days, if our army wants to conquer Niyang, I am afraid that we will have to pay a lot of price." ”

"Repair the Niyang City Wall in two days?" Xu Rong sneered, "Do his big dream of Qingqiu!" The soil is loose, and even if the horse butcher's army is busy there for a hundred years, they will not be able to build a decent wall! Do you know how Niyang City was built back then? Li Guangli, the general of the second division, levied 100,000 people, and dug up millions of loads of clay from the Jingshui River hand in hand, so as to build Niyang City. ”

The candidate and the others were surprised: "There are still such things? ”

"Therefore, the horse butcher abandons the city and fights in the field, and defending the city is also a dead end!" Xu Rong said coldly, "There is only one way to survive for the horse butcher, and that is to quickly throw off the horse and flee for his life, but ~~ The horse butcher is conceited and wise and likes to take risks, and General Ben is sure that he will not do this." ”

The subordinate general Hu Zhen complimented: "If the general can really kill the notorious horse butcher in Niyang, he will definitely be famous all over the world!" ”

……

Niyang, Ma Yue's big tent.

Ma Yue's voice fell, and Jia Xu struck the knot vigorously: "Wonderful, wonderful!" The lord's strategy is really wonderful! In this way, it is really possible to build an unbreakable fortified city before the arrival of Xu Rong's army. ”

Ma Teng also said excitedly: "People in the world often say that Bo Qi is wise, but Uncle Fool still doesn't believe it, but now I know that the rumors are true!" Although my Ma family is a Maoling family, since Ma Rong has been in the middle of the family, the talents in the clan have withered, fortunately Bo Qi is in the cold, Yao I Ma family, if the ancestors have a spirit, they should also smile Jiuquan. ”

Jia Xu and Ma Teng were stunned and excited, but Ma Yue was not happy, but said with a sad look: "Uncle Teng, Wen He, don't be too happy, our army built a strong city to block Xu Rong's army from the city, but also closed itself in the strong city, if there is no reinforcements to arrive, it will still be difficult to escape the end of defeat in the end." ”

Ma Teng said disappointedly: "Could it be that Bo Qi only brought a thousand iron horsemen to Liangzhou?" ”

Ma Yue said: "If this is the case, I dare not hide Uncle Teng." ”

Ma Teng said: "This is very difficult, if there is no follow-up reinforcements to arrive, it can only be a dead end to defend Niyang!" ”

Ma Yue said: "Now if we draw a large army from Hetao, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

"Now there is no other way to think of it, but to seek help nearby." Jia Xu suddenly said, "The lord and General Shoucheng are both after Ma Fubo, and General Shoucheng has been in Xiqiang for a long time, and he is known as a prestige among the Qiang people, why doesn't General Shoucheng go out of the city on horseback and recruit Qiang soldiers from the nearby Qiang village to help?" ”

Ma Yue asked Ma Teng, "Uncle Teng, are there Qiang soldiers nearby?" ”

Ma Teng said: "There is really such a Qiang army, after the first Wenyuan Gong (Han Fubo general Ma Yuan Biaozi) conquered Xiqiang, from the 36 Qiang such as Shenwolf, Baima, Xian Ling, Yaodang, Le Jie and so on, tens of thousands of households moved into the small Qingshan between the two counties of Anding and Beidi to settle down, and set up 36 villages, each village placed a Qiang, known as 36 Qiang! ”

"Huh?" Ma Yue and Jia Xu glanced at each other and said in a condensed voice, "Thirty-six Qiang? ”

"Yes, Thirty-six Qiang!" Ma Teng said, "Thirty-six Qiang set up thirty-six heroes, each of them commanded their people, peacetime for the Qiang people, wartime for the Qiang soldiers, the first Wenyuan Gong crusaded against Wuhuan, Xianbei, once from the thirty-six Qiang levy eight thousand Qiang soldiers, in the battle of Mobei made great achievements. ”

Ma Yue said: "And now the thirty-six Qiang can be? ”

Ma Teng said: "It's still there!" However, the 36 Qiang people are fierce, the wild surname is difficult to tame, they have always disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, and they are not subject to the jurisdiction of local officials, coupled with the treacherous terrain of Xiaoqingshan, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has become a country within a country in a hundred years. ”

Ma Yue Huoran lowered his head, his eyes fell on the map, and asked Ma Teng, "Uncle Teng, where is Xiaoqingshan?" ”

Ma Teng pointed to the map and said, "More than 300 miles northwest of Niyang is Xiaoqingshan. ”

Ma Yue slapped the map fiercely and said vigorously: "Defeat Xu Rong and turn the situation in Liangzhou around, thanks to this Qiang army!" ”

"What?" Ma Teng was surprised, "It's not so easy to subdue the Thirty-six Qiang, Bo Qi thinks twice." ”

"I have made up my mind, Uncle Teng wants to say more." Ma Yue said this and said to Jia Xu, "Wenhe, the heavy responsibility of sticking to Niyang will be handed over to you!" Five days, just hold on for five days! Within five days, the general led the Qiang soldiers of the 36 Qiang to kill back to Niyang, and then attacked inside and outside, destroying Xu Rong's army in one fell swoop. ”

"What?" Ma Teng became more and more surprised, "Boqi, you want to go to the thirty-six Qiang village of Xiaoqingshan in person?" ”

"Of course!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "Uncle Teng, you can go too." ”

"Uncle Fool is enough to go to Thirty-six Qiang alone, Bo Qi is the chief general of the three armies, and he must not take risks lightly!" Seeing that Ma Yue's expression was firm and did not mean to change his mind at all, Ma Teng hurriedly said to Jia Xu, "Mr. Jia Xu, you are Boqi's military advisor, quickly help the last general persuade Boqi!" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "General Shoucheng and the lord are all descendants of Duke Wenyuan, the Qiang people have always respected Duke Wenyuan, even if they can't succeed in the thirty-six Qiang villages, they can retreat with their whole body, forgive me for not worrying about my life, General Shoucheng doesn't have to worry too much, rest assured to go with the lord, hehe~~"

"This~~"

Ma Teng said.

Ma Yue said to Ma Teng: "Uncle Teng, without further ado, how about you and I leave immediately?" ”

"That's fine." Ma Teng sighed, "Uncle Fool takes the order." ”

……

Luoyang, the dormitory of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty turned pale, slapped his palm on the dragon case, and said through gritted teeth: "Zhang Ji! ”

Situ Wang Yun, Cai Yong, Taifu Yuan Kui, and the general He Jin looked at each other, and no one dared to touch Liu Hong's moldy head at this time.

After a long time, Liu Hongcai calmed down and said to the ministers: "Hongnong Taishou Zhang Ji defected to Dong Zhuo, and the Sili Captain Department was suddenly cut in two by the forces of the traitor Dong Zhuo, and the connection between Luoyang Jinggi and Guanzhong Sanfu has been broken, and the only source of money and food for the imperial court is worried about the loss. ”

Taifu Yuan Kui said: "Your Majesty, at present, Ma Yue, Ding Yuan, Gongsun Zhan, Han Fu, Wang Kuang and other six-way coalition forces are crusading against the traitor Dong Zhuo, the imperial court should not be too hasty, it is better to wait and see what happens, and wait for the war to have a result before making plans, how about it?" ”

Situ Wang Yun, Cai Yong and General He Jin echoed one after another: "What Taifu said is extremely true, and the court is still waiting to see what it will become. ”

"Ah~~"

Emperor Han Ling let out a long sigh, and an inexplicable annoyance suddenly surged up in his throat, Liu Hong desperately suppressed this annoyance, only to feel a salty smell in his throat, and his originally pale face had become flushed in an instant, and the careful Wang Yun couldn't help but sink in his heart when he saw this, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, are you okay?" ”

Emperor Han Ling waved his hand weakly, and said tiredly: "I am a little tired, and the ministers will step back first, and the state affairs will be discussed later." ”

……

On the official road from Linjing to Niyang, Xu Rongzheng led the army to advance slowly.

"Report~~" The sound of the horse's hooves suddenly sounded, and a fast horse galloped back from the front as fast as the wind, and came to Xu Rong and pulled the reins of the horse suddenly, and the mount under the crotch suddenly stood up, and the knight shouted loudly without waiting for the mount to stand firm, "General, it's not good!" ”

Xu Rong frowned and said unhappily: "What's the alarm?" ”

"City~~Hu~~City~~" Tanma was obviously extremely surprised, stammered for a long time, and only said one word over and over again, "City~~City~~"

"City?" Xu Rong became more and more angry and said, "What city!? ”

"City~~" Tanma obviously realized his gaffe, took a sharp breath, tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart, and then roared: "Tiancheng! The rebels have built a glittering celestial city in the mud sun! The villain swears that he has never seen such a glowing city in his life. ”

"What? Glittering Amagi! The general Hu Zhen had already shouted in horror, "How is this possible!" How could the rebels build a city in two days? And what kind of light can be sent~~!? ”

Tanma said in a condensed voice: "General, this is true, the brothers of the scout team have seen it. ”

A sound of inhalation suddenly sounded in the Chinese army's array, Xu Rong looked around and found that all the generals were afraid, and couldn't help but snort: "The generals should not panic, and go with this general to see what is going on!" The general wants to see how the horse butcher built a city in two days. And it shines! ”

Xu Rong ordered the army to pause its advance, and then led dozens of generals and more than 1,000 elite soldiers to Niyang to inspect the situation, and when it was still a few miles away from Niyang, a sharp-eyed soldier pointed his finger in front and screamed: "Look, general, look, Tiancheng, shining Tiancheng." ”

"Huh?"

Xu Rong frowned, looked forward with his hand on Liangfeng, and sure enough, he saw a shining city suddenly appear on the vast horizon in front of him, reflecting a dazzling brilliance under the weak morning sun in early spring.

"General, it's really Amagi!"

"Oh my God, it really glows!"

"General, the horse butcher has the help of heaven and man, our army can't win, so it's better to retreat, right?"

"Yes, General, get out of your army."

The generals under Xu Rong's command were frightened, in this ignorant and ignorant era, everything beyond people's cognition can be linked to the gods and ghosts, and it is impossible for mortals to defeat the gods and ghosts, now that the horse butcher has the help of the heavens, how can it not make these ordinary people feel cold?

"Don't panic!" Xu Rong said sharply, "It's just a glowing city, what's there to be afraid of?" The generals followed the general forward and found out. ”

"General, don't, don't!" Some of the soldiers fiercely objected, "Approaching the Heavenly City may anger the Celestials, and we will suffer the curse of God." ”

"Presumptuous!" Xu Rong shouted angrily, "Come on, pull down this annihilation that disturbs the morale of the army~~ beheading!" ”

"Yes."

The two men rushed forward with a roar, lifted the soldier off the horse, set it up and left, and the soldier shouted hoarsely: "General, the villain is also a good heart, the villain is all for the sake of the general's safety, the general spares his life, spares his life~~"

Xu Rong waved his hand and said quickly: "Chop!" ”

"Poof~"

Xu Rongce immediately stepped forward, provoked the bloody head of the soldier with the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "There are those who disturb the heart of the army~~ This person is a role model!" ”

All the generals were awe-inspiring, and no one dared to speak out and retreat.

There was no one who disturbed the morale of the army, Xu Rong was guarded by the generals and more than a thousand elite soldiers and soon came to the glittering heavenly city, Xu Rong found that this city was indeed Niyang City, but it was surprising that the loose soil of Niyang could also build a high city wall, and what was even more surprising was that the surface of the city wall was also covered with a thick layer of ice, no wonder it could shine under the sun.

"Hahaha~~" Although Xu Rong was shocked, he laughed easily, "Everyone can see it clearly, right?" Where is this Celestial City? It's just that the walls are covered with a layer of ice! The scouts are not spying well, spreading rumors, and disturbing the morale of the army, come on, behead the scout captain immediately! ”

"Yes."

The two executioners roared and stepped forward to knock the scout captain off his horse.

……

In Niyang City, Jia Xu and Xu Chu carefully stepped on the hay laid on the stairs under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers, and climbed to the top of the city step by step.

The Lord is a true god and a man! He was able to come up with the idea of pouring water with river water and building a city with the art of freezing! In just two days, the soldiers built a solid ice city out of loose sand in the howling north wind! Niyang was originally a small city, and it was difficult for the enemy's strength advantage to be brought into play, and now that there was this solid ice wall, how easy was it for Xu Rong's army to break through the city in a short time?

For five days, the lord only asked to hold on for five days, but Jia Xu believed that as long as there was enough food in stock, what was the difficulty of guarding Niyang for ten days and half a month? Unless the spring breeze thaws and the weather warms up, the sturdy ice city will not be breached! However, with Jia Xu's familiarity with the climate of Liangzhou, it is impossible for the weather to warm up in a month.

"Commander, look." Xu Chu suddenly said, "There is an enemy army in front of the left who is spying on the military situation. ”

"Oh?"

Jia Xu's expression moved, turned his head to look in the direction of Xu Chu's finger, and sure enough, he saw more than a thousand elite soldiers standing in the wilderness a thousand steps away, under the banner of hunting and hunting, dozens of generals surrounded a general and stood solemnly in the wind, and when he saw this situation clearly, Jia Xu immediately guessed that this person must be Xu Rong, a general under Dong Zhuo.

Xu Chu slammed his fist on the frozen female wall in annoyance, and said angrily: "I complain about the military division, I didn't leave the city gate when building the city, if not, the last general can lead hundreds of iron horsemen to kill out of the city, if you can kill this enemy general in front of the battle, you will definitely be able to severely defeat the enemy's spirit." ”

"Hehe~~" Jia Xu said with a smile, "General Xu Chu doesn't have to be angry, he deliberately didn't leave the city gate when he built the city, not to prevent the general from killing the enemy, but to confuse the enemy and slack off the morale of the army." ”

"Well, slacking off the military's heart?"

"Not bad." Jia Xu said with a smile, "When our army built the city, we deliberately did not leave the city gate, it was like a way to survive, the enemy army does not know what to do, and will inevitably choose to besiege and will not rush to attack, so that we can buy enough time for the lord and General Shoucheng to persuade the Thirty-six Qiang." ”

Xu Chu's eyes were worried, and he asked in a condensed voice: "The military advisor thinks that the lord will be able to persuade the thirty-six Qiang to send troops?" ”

Jia Xu said: "General Xu Chu, what do you think? ”

Xu Chu said without thinking: "The lord personally went out, of course, it is invincible. ”

"That's it." Jia Xu smiled, "What else can the general worry about?" ”

……

Outside the city of Niyang.

"Hahaha~~" After inspecting for a long time, Xu Rong suddenly laughed again, all the generals were shocked, but Xu Rong pointed at Bingcheng and laughed, "This general is not laughing at you, but laughing at the horse butcher, everyone in the world is said to be a horse butcher is cunning and wise, it turns out that it is nothing more than that!" ”

"Although this fang knows how to build a city to protect itself, but does not know how to set aside the city gate to survive, although such a closed city can arouse the desperate heart of the soldiers under his command, and cause heavy casualties when our army attacks the city, but I don't know that our army only needs to surround the four cities, it is enough to trap it in the city, this suicide is really stupid!"

"It's really clever but clever and mistaken, this time, General Ben wants to see how the horse butcher escapes!"

(To be continued)