Ma Teng and the others whipped their horses all night and ran desperately south.

After a day's journey, they left Cangsong for hundreds of miles, leaving Puhuan far behind the pass east of Cangsong, and when they crossed a river, the horses foamed at the mouth and their legs were weak, but they refused to take a step forward.

"Lord, it seems that the horses can't run, the Yin River is crystal clear, it's better to rest for half a day at this moment and then hurry" Chen Hengle took the reins of the horse, and when Ma Teng came from behind, he made a suggestion.

Ma Teng saw that the daughter in his arms was extremely weak, and then saw that the other younger sons were also exhausted, wiping off the dust on the armor, Ma Teng nodded, and agreed with Chen Heng's suggestion, this way the horse galloped down, it was really unbearable, and he was also responsible for taking care of the four-year-old daughter in his arms.

Turning over and dismounting, everyone led the horses to the fertile place by the river and tied them, so that the horses could drink water and eat grass to replenish their strength.

The waning moon hung in the sky, the west wind blew, and the heavens and the earth were bleak.

Ma Teng sat in front of the fire and closed his eyes to recuperate, and after eating a little dry food in his arms, Ma Yunlu in his arms lay down peacefully in his father's arms and fell asleep.

"Father!"

Ma Chao couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, and when he saw Ma Teng sitting by the fire, he immediately picked up a felt blanket and draped it over him.

Ma Teng smiled with relief, immediately took off the blanket and put it on Ma Yunlu's body, and asked without raising his head, "What does your mother say?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head, looked at the stars in the sky and said: "No, the Qiang soldiers in Guzang City attacked at the same time, we were caught off guard, and my mother was burned to death in the mansion by traitors in order to cover us."

Ma Teng sighed, raised his head and said with a wry smile: "It's all my fault for being too careless, I thought that Cheriji and Yadan would collude with Han Sui to make trouble, except for Wuwei County, the soldiers and horses of the six counties all didn't listen to the order, he~, I Ma Teng galloped on the battlefield for decades, and finally ended up like this"

Originally, according to the development of history, the final result of the war between Ma Teng and Han Sui was not so miserable, but the appearance of Lu Bu interrupted the process of history. If Lu Bu hadn't attacked martial arts, there would have been no incident of Pang De's siege and killing of the rebellious soldiers, and there would have been no defection of Cherrigi and Yadan after that, everything was because of Lu Bu's appearance, which triggered a fierce butterfly effect.

Ma Chao looked at his father, who was getting older, bowed his head and was silent, he remembered that when his father left last month, there were not so many wrinkles on his face, and his hair was not so white, but when he was only a month, his father looked like he was ten years old, who was to blame.

"Father, how many soldiers and horses do we have now?"

After a while, Ma Chao finally couldn't hold it back and said the questions that had been backlogged in his heart for a long time.

Ma Teng shook his head and smiled bitterly, soldiers and horses? The Qiang people themselves accounted for half, and the remaining six counties each had 10,000 people, and now the Qiang people rebelled, and the soldiers and horses of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Beidi, Anding, and Zhangye did not listen to the edict, and the soldiers and horses of Wuwei County were left so many in front of them, but in the face of the eldest son's question, Ma Teng had to answer, and after a while, Ma Teng raised his head, looked at Ma Chao and said: "Add the hundreds of fine horses you brought, and there are only a thousand people left."

Ma Chao poked the ashes left in the fire, a few weak sparks flashed, and then extinguished, he helplessly turned his eyes to Ma Teng, Ma Teng looked at the fire that had been extinguished, sighed, waved his palm, and threw the dry firewood on the ground into the fire, Ma Chao hurriedly lay on the ground and blew desperately.

The flames suddenly came out of the fire again, the temperature around them rose slightly, Ma Chao rubbed his hands and began to roast the fire, Ma Yunlu in Ma Teng's arms dreamed stupidly, kept shouting to his mother, and glanced at his sister distressedly, Ma Chao got up and stepped forward, and stretched out his hand to pin the sideburns on her forehead.

"Father, will the man you are talking about help us?"

Don't bother Ma Yunlu with sideburns, Ma Chao turned his head and asked Ma Teng again.

Ma Teng shook his head and said uncertainly: "I don't know, but if there is no me, whether he can capture Longxi and Hanyang has to be said, Meng Qi, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we all have to give it a try, yes, it's better than nothing!" ”

At this moment, a heart-rending scream sounded in the quiet night sky, and then there were shouts of killing one after another, Ma Teng hurriedly wrapped his daughter in his arms, raised the big knife and looked around vigilantly, Ma Chao also rushed to the front of his younger brothers to protect their surroundings. Ma Yunlu was also woken up by Ma Teng's series of actions, looking at the torches around him, listening to the screams and shouts of killing coming from the air, Ma Yunlu was immediately frightened and cried.

"Capture Ma Teng alive, Hugh is going to leave Ma Teng!"

A clearer shout came from a distance, the machete in Ma Teng's hand trembled, listening to this call, there were tens of thousands of people at least, it must be the chasing soldiers, but he felt very strange, why didn't he hear the sound of horses' hooves, and he couldn't let him think about it, only to see Pang De holding a knife in one hand, striding over covered in blood: "Lord, hurry up and cross the river with the young masters, Han Sui personally led tens of thousands of troops to kill."

Ma Teng's eyes widened: "Why didn't you hear the sound of horses' hooves?" ”

Pang De wiped the sweat on his face, and said hurriedly: "That Han Sui is an old thief and cunning, probably because he was afraid that we would be alert, so he tied the war horse twenty miles away, but the soldiers advanced on foot, waiting for our army to be tired and sleeping, and immediately attacked, at this time it had rushed to a hundred meters away, General Chen Heng was struggling to resist, lord, go quickly"

Ma Teng scolded angrily, and immediately under the escort of dozens of personal guards, he began to cross the Huyin River, and after crossing this river, he reached the boundary of the Huyin Land, and after that, he was only three hundred miles away from Hanyang.

Just when Pang De escorted Ma Teng and others across the Yin, Han Sui then killed to the riverbank, looking at Ma Teng in the middle of the river, Han Sui raised a bloody human head in his hand and said: "Ma Shoucheng, the death of the general under your account, the opposite, now that you have become a loner, where do you want to escape?" ”

Ma Teng looked at the head in Han Sui's hand with cracked eyes, and reprimanded angrily: "Han Sui's old thief, you are incompatible, and it will slaughter you all over the day."

Looking at Ma Teng, who was almost on the other side, Han Suiqing's face was full of poison, and he threw away the head in his hand and shouted: "The whole army listens to my orders, pursues and kills Ma Teng, and those who can take his head will be rewarded with a thousand gold, 500 good horses, and the official will be promoted to the third level."

Hearing Han Sui's order, the Xiliang army he brought roared angrily and began to rush into the forest to cut down trees, build a raft, and prepare to cross the river to chase Ma Teng.

"Father-in-law, there is Lu Yin in front, and Lu Bu's station is only a few hundred miles, what if he comes to support Ma Teng? Besides, now that the Xiliang counties are all in the hands of his father-in-law, and Ma Teng is just a lost dog, why do we need to mobilize the people to hunt him down? ”

Yan Xing, who was beside Han Sui, saw that Han Sui ordered to hunt down Ma Teng, and immediately put forward different suggestions.

Han Sui grinned, stroked the short hair under his chin, and his eyes were full of treachery: "Ma Teng has a particularly high prestige in Xiliang, especially among the Qiang people, don't look at him like a lost dog today, but I'm sure that if he ascends one day, the children of the six counties will respond to the mountains, so he must be eliminated today." ”

Han Sui paused, looking confident: "As for Lu Bu, he himself is about to be unable to protect"

Yan Xing frowned slightly: "Father-in-law, what do you mean by this?" ”

Han Sui smiled gloomily: "Last year, Lu Bu suppressed the wealthy clan in Longxi by force, which led to dissatisfaction in their hearts, I have received a joint letter from them, as long as I send troops to attack Longxi, they will open the city to respond"

Yan Xing looked at Han Sui suspiciously: "Father-in-law, but our soldiers and horses are all used to fight Ma Teng, how can there be soldiers and horses to fight Lu Bu?" ”

Han Sui stroked his short beard in his hand and said unhurriedly: "I have already repaired the book to Oh He Yaoge, Va Tong, and Liang Shuang, and asked them to attack Longxi, and after breaking Lu Bu, divide the land of Longxi equally!" ”

In the process of Han Sui and Yan Xing, the raft had already been set up, and with Han Sui's order, tens of thousands of troops crossed the river together, and then rushed away.