"My lord, something is wrong." Jin Shang said in a panic, "Why don't you move the capital to Lujiang to temporarily avoid the soldiers?" ”

"Yes, yes, you can move the capital to Lujiang." Ge Xiang echoed, "Cao Ying, Lu Bu, Sun Jian and others captured Shouchun, and after getting all the money and food in the city, they naturally retreated, and when the three-way coalition army retreated, it was not too late for the lord to return to Shouchun, so the lord just lost some money and grain." ”

"Your Majesty!" General Zhang Xun hurriedly went out of class and said, "Don't move the capital." ”

"If you don't move the capital, how can you resist the attack of the enemy army from three directions?"

Yuan Shu was also reluctant to move the capital, after all, the royal garden in Shouchun had just begun construction, and wouldn't moving the capital at this time be a waste of all the previous efforts? But if he didn't move the capital, Yuan Shu was worried that he would be trapped and killed in Shouchun City by the enemy troops of Cao Ying, Lu Bu, and Sun Jian, and he wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to.

Zhang Xun said: "Although Sun Jian is opposed, it is not enough to shake the foundation of our army!" There are still 100,000 elite soldiers in Shouchun City, and the money and grain accumulated in the warehouses of Huainan and Lujiang counties are enough to supply the needs of the 100,000 army for two years! Even if it does not get the support of the four counties of Jiangdong and Nanyang County, it is enough to repel the enemies of Cao Ying, Lu Bu, and Sun Jian. ”

"What General Zhang Xun said is extremely true!" Senior General Lei Bo echoed, "The three-way coalition army looks menacing, but it is not to be afraid. ”

Chen Lan said: "Although Cao Ying has Yan and Henan Prefectures, he can suffer heavy losses in the battle for horses, and Yan and Henan Prefectures are located in the Central Plains, which have been war-torn for a long time, the people are poor, money and food are scarce, and his army is at most 30,000 or 50,000 people, and he has to leave a considerable number of troops to guard against horse butchers, and he can only send 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Shouchun at most. ”

Lei Bo said: "Lu Bu is even less worth mentioning, the small soldiers of Xia Pei Guoguo are weak, and it is already the limit to be able to send five thousand soldiers and horses." ”

Chen Lan said: "The traitor Sun Jian also suffered heavy losses in the battle against horses, and his generals Cheng Pu (yesterday's clerical error, which has been revised), Han Dang, Zhu Huan, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, Ling Ying and other generals all died at the hands of Ma Chao, although he re-recruited 20,000 troops after returning to Wu County, he was the same as Cao Jun, they were all undertrained recruits, and they were not to be feared. ”

Zhang Xun finally said: "That is to say, the combined rebels of Cao Ying's army, Lu Bu's army, and Sun Jian's army are only 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the strength of the army is less than half of my army, and our army is all well-trained elite soldiers, while the three-way enemy army is an undertrained recruit, and the victory or defeat can be known regardless of whether they are victorious." ”

"Zhang Xun, Lei Bo, Chen Lan! Wait for a martial artist, how do you know the military? Soldiers, treacherous ways, even if the army has the advantage of troops, how can they easily say that they will win? If this battle is lost and the elite of the country is lost, why should Your Majesty rule the world? Jin Shang said this, and said to Yuan Shu, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is to preserve his strength, and the three rebels are attacking in different ways, and their hearts will be different. ”

Yuan Shu hesitated again and again, but he was still reluctant to give up the royal garden in Shouchun City, so he drew his sword and cut off the corner of the imperial case, looked around at the ministers, and shouted: "I swear to live and die with the people of Shouchun, and never give up easily!" There are also those who say that the capital will be moved, and this case is the same! ”

Yuan Shu said this and said loudly, "Zhang Xun listens to the order!" ”

"The minister is here."

"Lead an army of 30,000, go out of Cai, enter Runan, and meet Cao Ying!"

"Obey."

"Lei Bo."

"The minister is here."

"Lead an army of 20,000 troops, garrison Liyang, and meet Sun Jian."

"Wechen obeys."

"Chen Lan."

"The minister is here."

"Led 20,000 troops, according to Yinling and Dongcheng, to meet Lu Bu!"

"Wechen obeys."

"Liu Xun."

"The minister is here."

"Lead an army of 10,000 to respond to the three-way envoy, and be responsible for the three-way military horses, and there must be no mistakes."

"Wechen obeys."

"Pavilion Elephant."

"The minister is here."

"For the light car general, transfer grain and straw to the army, and squeeze the three-way army at any time."

"Obey."

Yuan Shu took a deep breath, looked around at the ministers and said loudly: "I hope that all Aiqing can put aside personal grievances, put state affairs first, and work together to retreat the enemy army!" When the three armies triumph, I will personally lead the people of Shouchun out of the city to catch the wind and wash the dust for the soldiers of the three armies! ”

……

Runan.

Cao Yingqin led an army of 20,000 troops just after Yingshui, there was a horse to return, Yuan Shu general Zhang Xun led 30,000 troops has been stationed in Ruyin, Cao Ying's face changed greatly when he heard the news, and urgently ordered the army to camp on the spot, and convened Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and other confidants and Guan Yu, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other generals to discuss countermeasures.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

A hint of gloomy coldness flashed in Cao Ying's narrow eyes, and he looked around at everyone: "Everyone, make a careful report, the Cheng army has been divided into three routes, respectively to meet our army, Lu Bu's army and Sun Jian's army!" The commander of this army in Runan in the north is Zhang Xun, the number one general under Yuan Shu, who has 30,000 elite soldiers in Yangzhou, and his strength should not be underestimated. ”

Guo Jia said casually: "If Yuan Shu traps Shouchun with an army of 100,000, there is really nothing to do with him, and our army can only plan to besiege the city for a long time, but if Yuan Shu sends out an attack, it will be another matter entirely!" Hehe, I didn't expect Yuan Shu to dare to take the initiative, but in this way, the battle against Yuan could end early. ”

Xun You smiled and said: "Although Zhang Xun can be called a battlefield general, it's a pity that Shang Zheng is not good at strangeness, and it is not difficult to break it!" Lei Bo and Chen Lan are even more mediocre, and although the two armies of Lu Bu and Sun Jian are at a disadvantage in terms of strength, they have the help of Chen Gong and Xu Shu, and victory should not be a problem. ”

Cao Ying said happily: "Gongda already has a good way to break the enemy? ”

Xun You said: "Now the winter has just passed, the rainy season has not arrived, it is the time when the weather is dry and dry, the mountains and forests and wild grasses are very easy to catch fire and burn, if the fire attack strategy is applied, it will inevitably be recognized by Liu Xun, if our army does the opposite, and the flood plan is implemented, then Liu Xun will definitely poke it without noticing!" ”

"Flooding?" Cao Ying's expression moved, and he said in a deep voice, "Yingshui? ”

Guan Yu Huo Ran opened his narrow Danfeng eyes and asked in a deep voice: "If you use flooding to break the enemy, you will inevitably need to choose favorable terrain, and how to lure the army into an ambush?" ”

"It's not that hard." Cheng Yu continued, "There is a depression outside the Broken Soul Valley, the terrain is lower than Yingshui, and it is also close to Yingshui, just dig a gap, you can lead the water of Yingshui to flood the depression!" As for luring the Cheng army into an ambush, our army can lose ten battles in a row and lure the Cheng army to the Valley of Broken Souls. ”

"Ten defeats in a row to lure the enemy?" Guan Yu said disapprovingly, "Mr. Cheng Yu is thinking too simply, right?" Zhang Xun has followed Yuan Shu since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and in the past ten years, he has been fighting in the east and west, and he can be described as a veteran on the battlefield! If our army is defeated once or twice, Zhang Xun may not be suspicious, but if he is defeated ten times, Zhang Xun will definitely be suspicious. ”

"Huh." Guo Jia smiled casually, "General Guan Yu doesn't know, Zhongde said that he lost ten battles in a row to lure the enemy, just to make Zhang Xun suspicious, if Zhang Xun is not suspicious, it will be difficult for the army to be ambushed, but if Zhang Xun is suspicious, he will be the best out of ten." ”

After that, Guo Jia and Xun You looked at each other and smiled, and their faces showed pity for each other at the same time.

Guan Yu was confused when he heard it, and said puzzledly: "Just to make Zhang Xun suspicious?" What is the rationale for this? ”

Xun You smiled slightly, and patiently explained: "General Guan Yu, I ask you, if you were Zhang Xun and our army had lost ten battles in a row, how would you feel?" ”

Guan Yu replied without hesitation: "This must be a plan to lure the enemy, and there may be an ambush ahead!" ”

"Very good!" Xun You nodded happily, pointed to the map and said to Guan Yu, "General, please see, from Ruyin to Pingyu, how many terrains are suitable for ambushes?" ”

Guan Yu observed for a moment and replied: "Two places, Yanwei Slope and Broken Soul Valley, but the terrain of Yanwei Slope is too steep, and it is difficult for the army to deploy, which is actually not conducive to ambushing. ”

Xun You said: "Then there is only one place left in the Valley of Broken Souls." ”

Cheng Yu continued: "If the general is Zhang Xun and has insight into the intentions of our army, how will he deal with it? ”

Guan Yu said: "The plan will be calculated to burn the soul valley, and the ambush soldiers will be burned to ashes!" ”

"That's it." Guo Jia said, "If Zhang Xun wants to burn the Soul Valley, once the fire burns, it will be very difficult to control, and in the end it will inevitably trap the Cheng army in it. ”

Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia explained in a few words, and they outlined a complete battle plan vividly, Guan Yu was shocked when he heard it, and said in a lost voice: "I see!" This plan is interlocking and related step by step, which can be described as exquisite, and there is a plan in the plan, and it is impossible to prevent it, Zhang Xun can not escape this catastrophe if he is afraid. ”

……

Hetao, Pingxi General's Mansion.

The four mermaids, Jia Xu, Fang Yue, and Guan Ning, walked into the hall and clasped their fists at Ma Yue and said, "See the lord." ”

"You're all here?" Ma Yue got up from behind the case and said solemnly, "Let's all sit down." ”

After Ma Yue sat down first, Jia Xu and the four sat down one after another.

Ma Yue turned around and said to Dian Wei, who was standing behind him: "Dian Wei, go and bring Gongzi Zheng to the hall." ”

"The last will obey."

Dian Wei agreed, and took the order, Jia Xu and the four didn't know what medicine was buried in the horse butcher's gourd, and they didn't dare to make a sound, and in less than a moment, Dian Wei took Ma Zheng into the hall, Ma Zheng first saluted Ma Yue respectfully, and sang in his mouth: "The child knocks on his father." ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and said, "Get up." ”

Ma Zheng got up, gave Guan Ning a long bow, and said respectfully, "See sir." ”

Guan Ning smiled and said, "No courtesy." ”

Ma Zheng saluted Fu Zhu, Fang Yue, and Jia Xu again, and the three of them hurriedly returned the salute, Ma Zheng walked to Ma Yue's case, and stood upright with his hands on the front of his abdomen, seeing Ma Zheng's appearance, Ma Yue's eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of gloom, and turned around and glanced at Guan Ning coldly, but Guan Ning was smiling and very proud.

Ma Yueqing coughed and said, "General Ben specially invited you here today, and I really have something to ask for. ”

The four of Jia Xu hurriedly got up and hugged their fists and said, "Lord, please speak." ”

Ma Yue glanced at Ma Zheng and said: "Zheng'er is the eldest son of this general, and he will definitely inherit the general's foundation in the future. ”

Frustrated and Jia Xu looked at each other suddenly, thinking that the lord was looking for a teacher for his son.

Guan Ning is old and black-faced, Ma Yue's approach will inevitably violate the original agreement, and it is suspected of weakening the influence of Confucianism under Ma Yue's rule! The reason is very simple, as the future monarch, Ma Zheng's personal likes and dislikes will directly determine the influence of the doctrines of the various factions under his rule.

If Ma Zheng only had one teacher, Guan Ning, then Confucianism would undoubtedly become the dominant ideology, but if Ma Yue arranged for Ma Zheng to be a legalist, a soldier, and a technical teacher at the same time, then it would be difficult to say which doctrine would become the dominant ideology in the future! If Ma levies the law well, Legalism will become the mainstream; If the horse conscription is good at the art of war, the soldier will become the mainstream; If Ma Zheng is good at fighting, then Ma Zheng will become as ruthless as a horse butcher when he grows up!

Thinking of this, Guan Ning couldn't hold back any longer, got up and said, "The lord's words are wrong. ”

"Oh?" Ma Yueqiang couldn't bear the unhappiness in his heart, and asked in a deep voice, "Why did You'an say this?" ”

Guan Ning said: "Formulating criminal laws and maintaining the law, there are Taishou and county orders in each county and county, and it is the duty of the strategists to study the art of war and give advice. ”

Ma Yue was silent, although he wanted to refute Guan Ning, but these words really shouldn't be said by him.

Guan Ning saw that Ma Yue was silent, and thought that he was persuaded by himself, so he continued: "Gongzi Zheng is the lord, and he is concerned about the safety of the people in the territory under his rule, how can he do everything himself? Rather than think that Gongzi Zheng does not need to be involved in legalism, soldiers, and techniques, he only needs to study Confucianism. ”

Guan Ning said, frustrated that he couldn't hold back any longer, and got up and refuted: "You'an said that the sovereign is the safety of the people in the territory under his rule, and he can't do everything himself. ”

Seeing that Fu Zhi got up to refute, Ma Yue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as someone raised the bar with Guan Ning, he, the sovereign, would be able to mediate in the middle, and finally succeed in achieving his goal, while leaving Guan Ning speechless. At this time, Ma Yue especially misses the unrestrained leisure during the Eight Hundred Liukou period.

At that time, although there were no more than 800 soldiers and no more than three generals, the horse butcher could do whatever he wanted, and no one could interfere with his actions, but now, the territory was expanded, and the people and army under his rule were also huge, but his room for turning around became smaller, and sometimes he was even constrained by others everywhere, which was really miserable.

This is actually the art of control.

Horse butchers don't like it, but they have to learn it.

Seeing the frustration and rebuttal, Guan Ning counterattacked: "I don't know what the high opinion is, listen to it." ”

Frustrated: "In the past, the Qin Dynasty changed the law with Shang Yang, ruled the country by law, and unified the six countries of the Kwantung region with the residual power of the sixth generation, and finally created a powerful Qin Empire. Although Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, in fact, he still followed the law of the Legalists in governing the country, which is a fact after all, right? ”

Guan Ning said: "Although the Qin Empire is powerful, it only died in the second generation, but Emperor Wu has only respected the Confucian Han family for more than 400 years, which already explains everything!" It is noted that Emperor Wu still uses the law to govern the country, which is indeed a fact, but there is no objection to the courtiers under the rule of the lord to learn the law, didn't he say that learning the law is just the duty of the county guards, so why do you need the lord to do it himself? ”

Frustrated: "Since you want to rule the country, there is no harm in dabbling in it as the lord of the country, right?" ”

"The monarch has limited energy, how can he dabble in everything?" Guan Ning retorted and said, "According to the theory of the rule, the people under the rule are divided into fishing, woodcutter, farming, and commerce, so should the lord also learn the skills of fishing, cutting wood, farming, and doing business?" The county magistrate needs to judge disputes in the township, does the lord also have to learn the art of refereeing? ”

Frustrated and angry: "Guan Ning, you are called strong words. ”

Guan Ning shot back: "I'm just talking about things. ”

"Okay, don't fight." Ma Yue interjected from time to time to stop the quarrel between the two, and said, "The dispute between Confucianism and law has been going on for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to give an exact judgment on whether it is good or bad. Ten years later, Zheng'er grew up, and the general and the four teachers each gave an exam question to see which school of thought Zheng'er used the most in solving practical problems, and the most used doctrine was the study of governing the world? ”

Fu Zhu, Jia Xu and Fang Yue said in unison: "Lord Mingjian." ”

Only Guan Ning was silent, and Ma Yue couldn't help but say coldly: "You'an shouldn't be a lack of confidence in Confucianism, right?" ”

"Of course not." Guan Ning said loudly, "Okay, then according to what the lord said, the merits will be determined after ten years." ”

The corners of Ma Yue's mouth suddenly bloomed with a sly smile, the so-called assessment after ten years is just a pretense, but Ma Yue's real purpose is to let Ma Zheng learn from the strengths of others in the process of growing up, especially military science and technical attack, the horse butcher attaches great importance to it, and Ma Zheng cannot be trained into a howling little wolf cub, and the horse butcher always does not know how to eat and sleep.

"Now there are five days before the end of the month, and it is just time to start learning from the art of technical attack." Ma Yue said and turned his gaze to Fang Yue, and said loudly, "Yuan reward (Fang Yue's table), Gongzi Zheng will be handed over to you." ”

Fang Yue said loudly: "Please rest assured, the last general will definitely do his best." ”

……

Runan.

On both sides of the official road, the Cheng army is covering up all over the mountains, the Cao army is defeated like a mountain, and is fleeing in panic towards Pingyu (Runan County), on the hill on the side of the official road, Zhang Xun stands by sword under the support of dozens of army generals, and the army is victorious, Zhang Xun is inevitably a little proud in his heart.

"General!" General Cheng Jun reminded, "Although Cao's army was defeated, the situation was very suspicious." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Xun asked, "What's suspicious?" ”

The partial general said: "Although Cao Jun is a new soldier, but with Cao Jun's ability to use soldiers, it seems that he should not be so vulnerable, and the last general thinks that there must be fraud in it." ”

"Huh." Zhang Xun smiled and said, "Yes, Cao Ying's plan is clearly to lure the enemy!" ”

"A trick to lure the enemy?" The general's face changed, and he said hurriedly, "In this way, the general can quickly order the army to stop pursuing." ”

"You don't have to do it too much!" Zhang Xun said coldly, "Cao Ying's deception and luring the enemy must be to break our army with an ambush strategy, and our army can just plan and break Cao's army, and then wave his division to the east and cooperate with General Lei Bo to eliminate Lu Bu's army, so that the threat to the north of Shouchun is gone, and only Sun Jian is left in the south, so it is not a problem." ”

"Will it be calculated?" The general said awe-inspiringly, "Will the plan be released?" ”

Zhang Xun waved his hand and said loudly: "Bring the map." ”

Zhang Xun pointed to the map with a horsewhip and said to the generals of the army around him: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this road is the only way from Ruyin to Pingyu, there are many mountains, rivers and valleys along the way, and the terrain is complex and changeable, but there are only two places conducive to ambush. ”

An adjutant general said in a deep voice: "Yanwei Slope, Broken Soul Valley!?" ”

"That's right, it's Yanwei Slope and Broken Soul Valley!" Zhang Xun said in a deep voice, "However, the terrain of Yanwei Slope is too steep and steep, and it is difficult to ambush the army nearby, so this general expects that the Cao army will set up an ambush in the Broken Soul Valley!" The front army can be ordered to stop advancing halfway through the valley, posing as if it is in a dilemma to confuse Cao's army, and at the same time, the left and right armies quickly bypassed the back mountains on both sides of the Broken Soul Valley and set fire to the mountains! Seeing that the fire broke out behind the mountain, the Cao army in the forest would be chaotic, and the front army could take the opportunity to retreat the same way! ”

The generals lost their voices: "The general wants to set fire to the mountain? ”

"Yes, set fire to the mountain!" A hideous smile flashed at the corner of Zhang Xun's mouth, and he said fiercely, "The mountains and forests around the Broken Soul Valley are dense, and now it is the time when the weather is dry and dry, if the fire starts, it will be difficult to extinguish. ”

A general asked worriedly: "If we set fire to the mountain, won't even our army be surrounded by fire?" As the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, although Cao's army is in ashes, how can our army avoid the fire? ”

Zhang Xun smiled slightly, pointed to the map and said: "Generals, please see, there is a depression here that is slightly low, although the artemisia grass is overgrown, but it will take a while for the fire to burn into the depression, as long as our army can clear the artemisia grass on the depression before the fire burns, we can avoid the fire." ”

The generals were impressed: "The general is wise, and the Cao army will be defeated." ”

……

The Loop.

Fang Yue took dozens of horsemen to escort Ma Zheng to the prairie eighty miles east of Meiji City, and according to Ma Yue's assignment, Fang Yue began to perform the duties of a master, and the first lesson in teaching Ma Zheng was to kill and practice courage! Of course, the so-called killing is not to let Ma Zheng really kill people, but just to kill some small animals on the grassland.

"Childe." Fang Yue handed the small bow to Ma Zheng, pointed to the grassland in front of him and said, "Do you see the sheep in the grass in front of you?" ”

Ma Zheng said: "I saw it." ”

Fang Yue said: "Okay, now you kill it." ”

"Why kill it?" Ma Zheng was puzzled, "All things are born with spirits, sheep are living beings like humans, and human beings should not kill them casually." ”

"Huh?" Fang Yue's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice, "What if it's your enemy?" If you don't kill it, you can only wait to be killed by it, would you rather die yourself, or would you rather it die and you live? ”

"This~~"

Ma Zheng was stunned when he heard this.

Fang Yue ordered in an unquestioning tone: "Kill it!" ”

Ma Zheng took a breath, raised the small bow with trembling hands, Fang Yue then stuffed a small arrow into Ma Zheng's hand, Ma Zheng closed his eyes, pulled the bow and arrows forward, and shot an arrow indiscriminately, but this arrow was a few feet away, and the dozens of horsemen who followed Fang Yue immediately burst into laughter.

Fang Yue shouted: "Don't laugh!" ”

Dozens of riders hurriedly held back their laughter, not daring to laugh out loud again.

At this moment, a hurried sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the east, and then a horse rushed over like a whirlwind, shouting, "Oh, which brother is ahead?" The Xianbei slaves in the Laohekou charcoal quarry rioted, and the brothers in the town were about to be overwhelmed, so go over and help. ”

"Xianbei slave rebellion?" Fang Yue's face sank, and he said to the captain of the pro-soldier behind him, "Fang Hu! ”

The captain of the pro-soldier stepped forward and replied, "The villain is here." ”

Fang Yue said: "You take ten brothers to stay and continue to train Gongzi, and the rest of the brothers will go to the Laohekou charcoal quarry with General Ben and kill all those damn Xianbei dogs!" ”

"Yes!"

More than 30 riders turned over and rode their horses one after another, and followed Fang Yue to the old estuary charcoal quarry.

Ten miles to the east of the training site is the Laohekou charcoal mining field.

Since Ma Yue opened up the iron-making, salt-making, charcoal mining and other industries, Su Shuang took over the operation of the Hetao charcoal mining field and the iron-making workshop, which was newly opened later, Su Shuang bought more than 1,000 Xianbei male slaves from Pei Yuanshao, a thousand households on the right side of Mobei, at a low price, and dug charcoal at night.

In order to save money, Su Shuang only hired more than 100 officers and soldiers to guard the charcoal quarry.

With only more than 100 officers and soldiers guarding more than 1,000 Xianbei slaves, it is undoubtedly quite dangerous! In order to reduce the threat of Xianbei slaves, Su Shuang ordered that only half of the food of the normal Xianbei slaves be supplied every day.

However, on this day, the slave rebellion still inevitably occurred, while the meal was served, several strong Xianbei slaves killed the officers and soldiers who maintained order, and seized weapons and armor, and then organized Xianbei slaves to start attacking the camps around the charcoal quarry, and the more than 100 officers and soldiers guarding the charcoal quarry were outnumbered, and the situation soon began to be tense.

Fortunately, there happened to be a patrol of more than 200 horsemen passing by, and when Fang Yue led more than 30 horsemen to kill him, the slave riot in the charcoal quarry had been suppressed by more than 100 officers and more than 200 cavalry patrols, more than 1,000 Xianbei slaves were killed more than 300, and more than 500 were injured, and only 20 or so skilled Xianbei slaves grabbed their horses and fled.

Knowing from the patrol captain that there were more than a dozen Xianbei slaves who had escaped, Fang Yue's heart couldn't help but sink, and he hurriedly led more than 30 horsemen to return the same way, however, before he arrived at the training place where Gongzi Zheng was, Fang Yue met Fang Hu, the captain of the pro-soldier who was covered in blood, he was really afraid of something, and what Fang Yue was most worried about still happened.

"General~~" Fang Hu saw Fang Yue, just like a drowning child seeing a life-saving straw, and said urgently, "The general is not good, son, he~~"

Fang Yue said sharply: "Son, what's wrong with him?" ”

Fang Hu gasped and said, "Son, he was snatched away!" ”

Fang Yue knew that something was wrong, but he still had a trace of luck and asked, "What kind of person snatched the child?" ”

Fang Hu said: "It's a group of ragged outlaws, much like slaves from the nearby charcoal mining field. ”

"Then what are you doing in a daze!?" Fang Yue's eyes widened, and he roared angrily, "If you don't lead the way ahead, let General Ben chase after him, even if he chases him to the ends of the earth, he will snatch Gongzi back!! ”

Fang Hu said in a trembling voice: "Obey~~ Obey." ”

"You!" Fang Yue Huo Ran turned around, pointed to a horse and said, "Go back to the old camp immediately, inform the lord of the news that the son was robbed, and ask the lord to quickly dispatch the army to intercept it, quickly!" ”

"Yes."

The rider agreed, and rode back in the direction of Meiji City.

……

Meiji, Pingxi General's Mansion.

It is when the spring flowers are blooming, the sound of the piano in the side hall is faint and endless, but it is Xiao Qiao, Yu Niang Yuzhi is light and soothing, and is stroking the qin, Azi Guli and Nai Zhen Erduo are wearing the fire Yue's dance clothes, and the graceful posture is dancing with the pleasant sound of the piano, and the horse butcher is holding Diao Chan on the left, and Cai Yan is drinking and having fun on the right.

Since Ma Yue came to this troubled world, every time he fights on the battlefield, he has been gathering less and leaving more with his wives and concubines, and there are few opportunities for such a relaxed and comfortable situation. However, the butcher of the horse did not have this blessing, so he was happy for a while, and then saw Liu Yanhuarong break into the side hall gloomily.

"Husband, hurry up and save Zheng'er."

Ma Yue's heart sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, say slowly, what's wrong with Zheng'er?" ”

Liu Yan said miserably: "General Fang Yue sent people back, and Zheng'er was taken away by Xianbei slaves!" ”

"Huh?"

Ma Yue was startled, raised his feet and ran out of the hall, not wanting to fall down the steps with one foot in the air, and when he got up again, Ma Yue had already fallen with a blue nose and swollen face, but Ma Yue didn't realize it, and continued to walk away from the hall, shouting loudly: "Dian Wei, where is Dian Wei?" ”

Liu Yan saw it behind her, and Fang's heart was both happy and sad.

What makes Liu Yan happy is that although Ma Yue usually sees Ma Zheng with a straight face and a cold look, he still loves Zheng'er in his heart after all, otherwise he would not be in a hurry like this, but what makes Liu Yan sad is that this time Zheng'er was captured by Xianbei slaves, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious and less auspicious, and it will be difficult to return to him.

"Dian Wei is here!" In the thunderous response, the tower-like figure of Dian Wei appeared outside the door of the side hall and said quickly, "What does the lord command?" ”

"Quick!" Ma Yue said quickly, "Immediately order eight hundred light horsemen and go out of the city with this general!" ”

"Yes!"

Dian Wei suddenly agreed and took the order to leave.

……

Fifty miles northeast of Meiji, Hetao prairie.

Yuwenba was leading more than 20 horsemen to run towards the north with Xianbei relatives, and the poor little pony Zheng was put on the saddle by Yuwenba.

This Yuwenba was originally the second prince of the Xianbei Yuwen tribe in the east, and was defeated and captured in a battle with Pei Yuanshao, Yuwenba was incognito Qiao dressed up as an ordinary Xianbei soldier and became a prisoner of war of the Han army, and then went to the Hetao and was sold to the old Hekou charcoal quarry as a slave.

Although he became a slave, Yu Wenba did not want to escape back to the tribe all the time, and after months of waiting and planning, the opportunity finally came. Although the rebellion of more than 1,000 Xianbei slaves was suppressed, Yu Wenba successfully escaped from the charcoal mining field by taking advantage of the chaos, and led more than 20 horsemen to embark on the road of thousands of miles home.

There is this catastrophe in the fate of the horse, Yuwen Ba happened to bump into Fang Hu and his party guarding Ma Zheng on the way to flee in a panic, Yuwen Ba bullied Fang Hu with few people, so he wanted to rob the horse and then flee (on the grassland, each person needs at least three mounts to ensure continuous escape), after a short and fierce fight, more than 20 horses Xianbei relatives followed the remaining ten horses, Ma Zheng was captured by Yuwen Ba, Fang Hu killed a bloody way to find Fang Yue to report.

Yuwenba wanted to kill Ma Zheng with a knife, but the longevity lock on Ma Zheng's neck saved his life!

Because this Yuwenba is proficient in Chinese, the footnote "Pingxi General Ma" at the bottom of the long-life lock word makes Yuwenba like a treasure, and immediately gave up the plan to kill Ma Zheng, Yuwenba, who has a good understanding of the Han Dynasty, of course knows that Pingxi General Ma is the horse butcher who makes thousands of Xianbei people want to eat his flesh!

This kid wears a long-life lock from the horse butcher around his neck, and obviously has a very close relationship with the horse butcher! After realizing this, Yuwenba was really ecstatic.

"Little Lord." When Yu Wenba was thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly chased after him with his horse and said hurriedly, "Someone has caught up behind!" ”

"Huh?"

Yuwenba's heart sank, Huo Ran turned around, and saw that more than thirty horsemen had already caught up like a whirlwind, and this team of cavalry came extremely fast, and it didn't take more than a moment to approach within a hundred steps, and the first general, holding a Zhangba iron spear, had chased within fifty steps!

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Hetao grassland.

Ma Yue and Dian Wei were leading eight hundred light horsemen to gallop northward like a whirlwind and clouds, and the horses returned quickly, just thirty miles away on the river beach in front, Fang Yue had already intercepted the more than a dozen Xianbei slaves who had escaped, and Ma Zheng was in the hands of the Xianbei slaves, at least so far he was safe and sound, at this moment, Ma Yue couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly to the river beach thirty miles away.

Finally, the river beach is in sight.

Fang Yue's more than 30 horsemen pulled bows and arrows, fan-shaped scattered, surrounded more than a dozen Xianbei slaves in the center, Xianbei slaves swords at the same time, the two sides were tense, fierce battles were about to break out, Ma Zheng, who was only nine years old, was placed horizontally in front of the saddle of a Xianbei slave, seeing that Ma Zheng was safe and sound, Ma Yue breathed a long sigh of relief.

When the horse came to Yuwenba, Ma Yue's face had already recovered the butcher's usual cold color, and his cold eyes did not carry any sense of color, looking at Yuwenba and a dozen Xianbei slaves was like looking at more than a dozen dead corpses, and his eyes were so cold that it was suffocating.

"You are so bold that you dare to kidnap the son of this general!" Ma Yue's eyes were like knives, he glared at Yuwenba coldly, and shouted in a half-baked Xianbei language, "If you release the child now, General Ben can also give you a good time!" Otherwise~~ Hmph, General Ben will let you die a miserable death, and General Ben's methods believe that you Xianbei people will not be strangers. ”

The dozen Xianbei slaves behind Yuwenba had already begun to tremble gently, and their eyes were also full of inexplicable fear when they looked at Ma Yue! The horse butcher's methods of dealing with the Xianbei people can be described as full of tricks, lighting the sky lantern, peeling the skin and stuffing hay, boiling the oil and lighting the lamp, which is considered good, the worst is the human dry, the hands and feet of the Xianbei people are cut off, and then put them in a jar and wait for death.

Xianbei people are not afraid of death, but they are very afraid of these cruel murder tricks.

"Don't scare Xiao Wang!" Yuwenba was also inevitably frightened, and roared hoarsely, "Your son is still in Xiao Wang's hands, what do you dare to do?" ”

"Xiao Wang? It seems that you are a nobleman of the Xianbei tribe! Ma Yue said coldly, "Hmph, yes, the child in your hand is indeed the biological son of General Ben, and he is also the eldest son!" However, General Ben can also tell you that it is only one of the many sons of General Ben, and if you want to blackmail General Ben with his surname, you have miscalculated! ”

Yuwen Ba smiled cruelly: "Exchange Xiao Wang's life for your son's life, it's worth it!" ”

"Then you can kill him now!" Ma Yue said coldly, "But you only have one chance, if you kill General Ben's son, you will lose the opportunity to kill yourself, do you see the Wuhuan man behind?" He's the best archer in a million, and he'll shoot through your shoulder blades in the shortest amount of time, so you can't lift your sword again! Or commit suicide, or fall into the hands of this general, you can only choose one of them, and there is no third possibility! ”

"Crunch crunch ~~"

In the piercing sound of the bowstring crumbling, the iron-tired bow in Jutu's hand slowly opened.

Yuwenba's heart hung up, and he shouted inwardly: "You really don't want your son's life?" ”

"Of course I do!" Ma Yue said coldly, "But General Ben cares more about his reputation!" Have you ever heard that horse butchers are blackmailed? If his son is dead, General Ben can be reborn, if this reputation is ruined, how can General Ben deter the three armies? Why should the world talk about butchers and change color? ”

Yuwenba's heart was miserable, he was proficient in Chinese, he naturally knew that the Han people valued their names and festivals and neglected life and death, and there were many cases of giving up their surnames in order to save their names, not to mention their own sons! It seems that even if there is a horse butcher's son as a hostage today, it will be difficult to break out of the encirclement alive.

"Purr~~"

Taking advantage of Yuwenba's uncertainty, Ma Yue rode his horse quietly closer, and at this time he was only ten steps away from Yuwenba, at this time, Ma Zheng suddenly opened his mouth and bit Yuwenba's wrist fiercely, Yuwenba screamed and instinctively waved his hand, and threw Ma Zheng out heavily.

"Whew!"

At the same time that Ma Zheng was thrown out, the cold light flashed, and Yuwenba's chest had been pierced by a thumb-thick wolf tooth arrow, Yuwenba's eyes bulged out suddenly, and Ma Zheng, whose fingers fell to the ground, said with difficulty to a dozen riders behind him: "Kill ~~Kill ~~ He ~~ Uh~~"

"Poof!"

Yuwenba fell from the horse, and more than a dozen riders behind him woke up like a dream, and they all pulled their bows and arrows to shoot at Ma Zheng, Ma Yue hurriedly hit the horse forward, and saw that it was still too late to howl the wolf, rubbed his body and jumped forward to leap over the last three zhang distance, which was worthy of pounce on Ma Zheng, and then spread his arms like an eagle protecting a chicken to protect Ma Zheng under him.

"Puff~~"

More than a dozen wolf's tooth arrows swept into the air, and the horse butcher was immediately hit by seven arrows on his back, but Ma Zheng, who was protected by him, was unharmed, but the mission of the dozens of horsemen and Xianbei was also over, and before they could shoot the second arrow, they had been killed by hundreds of Xiliang light horsemen.

"Lord!"

Fang Yue, Ju Tu, and Dian Wei Zhu shouted, rolled the saddle and dismounted, climbed to Ma Yue and cried, not wanting Ma Yue to suddenly turn over and sit up, shouting and scolding: "What are you crying about? General Ben isn't dead yet! ”

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(To be continued)