Let's say that Ma Yuan led the team into the boundary of Wangping County, the county led by Liaodong County, and the five hundred elite horsemen were in good spirits and followed Ma Yuan to prepare for a big fight. As he was walking, Ma Yuan looked at the terrain ahead, the forest was dense, covering the sky and the sun, and there was only one trail passing through during the period. There are many high mountains on both sides, and a path is sandwiched in between.

He grabbed the reins and told the troops to stop. Seeing Ma Yuan's order to stop, the deputy vanguard stepped forward and asked puzzled why he didn't rush forward. Ma Yuan pointed to the terrain in front of him and said: "Look at this place, if we pass through, it is in a low terrain, if the enemy is ambushed here, I am afraid that I will not be able to retreat, and I will not be able to advance, and they will make dumplings." ”

When the deputy vanguard saw it, he felt that what Ma Yuan said was reasonable, and took out the map to see that there was only one way to Wangping County, and if he didn't pass through here, the follow-up troops would have no way to go. "So what can we do? It is not necessary that the enemy will set up an ambush here. ”

Ma Yuan shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate Zhao Ci's person, since he can gather tens of thousands of people in such a short period of time and let the officers and soldiers of various counties flee from the wind, it seems that he has some strength." This time, we sent troops to conscript, and he would have found out the news a long time ago, so naturally we would not have been able to reach his place safely. If I were him, such a good terrain here, he would definitely set up an ambush here, and such a dangerous terrain would be enough to wipe out the vanguard troops. ”

"But this is the only way, and there is no other way." The deputy vanguard sighed a little, and became a little flustered.

Ma Yuan said: "Don't worry, it's getting late now, we will set up camp here, but we must take precautions." If they did have an ambush, they might have come and attacked, and their spies should have said that we had arrived here a long time ago. You immediately arrange for someone to set up camp and cook on the fire, and I will go to the front to have a look. ”

"Why don't I go with you?" The Deputy Pioneer asked.

Ma Yuanyi shook his hand and said, "No, I'll just take a dozen people over to take a look, you are responsible for commanding here, and tie up the camp first, this is the top priority." ”

The deputy vanguard took the order and arranged for the soldiers to set up camp and cook on a fire. Ma Yuan led more than a dozen people to quietly go to the front to investigate. He looked at the terrain and did not dare to rush forward, but chose to climb a nearby peak to see if there was really an ambush on both sides of the road, it was impossible for them not to cook this night, and if there was an ambush, he might be able to see it.

Ma Yuan beckoned the soldiers and began to climb up the mountain. It was too dense to walk, but you couldn't cut down the trees for fear of startling the enemy in ambush. After going through hardships, they finally climbed halfway up the mountain, and looked ahead, but they saw the trees that covered the sky and the sun, and they couldn't see the situation below.

Ma Yuan sighed, made a decision, and directly crossed the cliff to take a look near there. This frightened the soldiers who followed, and the road to there was extremely dangerous, and if they were not careful, they would fall into the cliffs behind, and if they were discovered by the enemy, there would be no way back, and they would surely die.

Although the soldier's worries were reasonable, for the sake of the overall situation, Ma Yuan resolutely decided that he had to do it, if he was discovered, with the help of the cover of the forest, he might not be able to escape. He had made up his mind, and the soldiers had no choice but to follow him. A group of people toiled over the cliff and marched towards the mountain.

As the sun sets, the sky is full of red glow, as if the sky is red with blood, and it seems that the air is full of blood. Suddenly, a gust of wind came out, and Ma Yuan seemed to ask about the smell of fireworks and the smell of cooking rice. This wind is blowing from the front. The other soldiers also smelled it, and when they smelled the smell of rice at this moment, they couldn't help but move their throats, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and their stomachs gurgled and drummed.

"There must be an enemy ahead, and ours will sneak in and see how many of them are ambushing us." Ma Yuan said.

"General, if such a close look is discovered, what can I do?" The soldier asked.

Ma Yuan said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, we are in the open and the enemy is in the dark, they would never have thought that we would come here to visit them." ”

The soldier felt that it made sense, so the people continued to walk, and after a short time, they saw a military flag erected in the forest in front of them, and a camp was pressed, and the smoke was curling, and they were cooking on the fire. What surprised Ma Yuan and the soldiers who came even more was that there were countless rolling stones and arrows prepared between the trees, and from this angle, if the path was hit on both sides, there was nothing to dodge. Even if there are thousands of troops coming, don't think about retreating, if you want to pass, it will be even more impossible.

"It seems that the enemy has really been prepared. Let's go back now. Ma Yuan led the people back to the camp, and at this moment when the meal was ripe, Ma Yuan ordered the army to open the meal, and prepare to meet the enemy with a full meal.

After eating, Ma Yuan found a few small army commanders to discuss the battle together, and he decided to let the enemy take the initiative to attack and rub their sharp spirit first. He himself led half of the cavalry out of the camp and ambushed them on the periphery, while the others stayed in the camp, laughing and singing loudly, letting the enemy know that our army was so idle this night that they would definitely come to attack in peace, and when the time came, they would be defeated by an internal and external attack.

"What if the enemy doesn't come?" Someone asked.

Ma Yuan laughed and said, "If the enemy doesn't come, then we can really have a good night, wouldn't it be happy." However, you can't drink alcohol in the army, although I am a person who is addicted to alcohol, but at this moment, no one is allowed to touch alcohol, otherwise I know that there is no forgiveness for killing. ”

Everyone received the order and arranged a pass, Ma Yuan quietly ambushed outside the camp with more than 200 cavalry, and the soldiers in the camp were pulling out a large part of it, laughing and singing loudly. Their voice is heard by the enemy.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, but there was no movement, some soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "General, will they not come?" ”

Ma Yuan was also a little puzzled, could it be that the enemy had seen through his hunger trick and really planned to defend it and not take the initiative to attack? Just when he was puzzled, a group of figures suddenly appeared in front of him, and there was a slight sound of horses' hooves, which seemed to be wrapped in horses' hooves, so the sound was very small.

"Here, don't move, let them go." Ma Yuan whispered. The soldiers were ordered, and they didn't even dare to breathe. By the faint moonlight, it can be clearly seen that there are no less than three or four hundred people, most of them soldiers, and only a few of the leaders are on horseback. Ma Yuanbu did not move and let them all go.

Besides, in the camp, although there were many people laughing and singing, but many more people were ambushing around with arrows and bows, and when they saw someone break into the camp gate, those who sang and laughed immediately turned off the lights and extinguished the fire, and disappeared.

Before the attackers could think about what was going on, they saw the camp surrounded by fire, and countless torches were thrown at them, and with a dense stream of arrows flying towards them like a heavy rain. The leader of the general knew that he had been deceived, and immediately led the troops to withdraw, and the people in the camp took advantage of the situation to chase out, and the opponent who killed them turned on their backs.

The sneak attackers did not dare to turn back to fight, but fled in the direction of the road they came, and as they were running, they suddenly heard a drum in front of them, and then fires broke out on all sides, and hundreds of people suddenly rushed out with torches, cutting off their retreat.

The first general, riding a tall horse, holding a big axe to open the sky, shook his spirit, and rushed over first. When the enemy general's mount heard the sound of the drums and saw the fire, he was suddenly frightened and jumped wildly, almost knocking the general to the ground, but at last he held his horse steady.

"Bold thieves, they dare to attack my camp at night, and they don't report their names." Ma Yuan brandished a giant axe, and roared, the sound was like thunder, and the entire valley trembled.

When the thief general saw that this person was full of momentum, he couldn't help but feel a void in his heart, and said in a loud voice: "I am the commander of the capital under General Zhao, Zhao Qi from Nanyang is also, who are you." ”

Ma Yuan said loudly: "There is no one in Youzhou Xu. Pioneer Ma Pingyi is also, the thief saw that I didn't get off the horse quickly and surrendered, but I can spare you to die. ”

Then Zhao Qi looked at this Ma Yuan, his eyes were big and his eyebrows were thick, his head was wide and his forehead was broad, and he had a huge axe in his hand, he was afraid that he had a strength of several hundred catties, and he couldn't help but feel a little false fire in his heart, but now is not the time to surrender, he has more than 400 soldiers, and they seem to have a big difference between their strength and themselves, although they are surrounded now, as long as they rush out of here and enter the path, if the enemy dares to pursue again, then it is just a backhand.

Zhao Qi thought about this, gave an order, and rushed forward with all the soldiers. Seeing that the man actually wanted to rush out, Ma Yuan brandished an axe and attacked him directly. When Zhao Qi saw Ma Yuan killing him, he didn't dare to be careless, and immediately attacked Ma Yuan with a gun.

Ma Yuan roared, and an axe split the spear stabbed by Zhao Qi, and then the axe swung flat and cut straight into Zhao Qi's neck. Zhao Qi was startled, he couldn't dodge, and hurriedly blocked with a gun, but who knew that Ma Yuan's strength was too great, and the big axe was everywhere, directly cutting off Zhao Qi's gun, and under the huge impact, Zhao Qi himself was also knocked off the horse.

Ma Yuan immediately turned over and dismounted, and chopped down with an axe. Zhao Qi was eager to survive, turned over and rolled, rolled out half a meter away, and then looked at Ma Yuan's axe, and directly cut a big pit on the ground, which was more than ten inches deep. Zhao Qi couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva secretly, he didn't expect to encounter such a fierce person when he sent out his troops.

Seeing Ma Yuan running towards him again, Zhao Qi flew up, got on a nearby horse, pulled the reins, and was about to escape, but who expected that the horse had not moved, Ma Yuan also flew up, stood directly on the horse's back, and slashed at Zhao Qi with an axe.

Zhao Qi trembled, immediately rolled over and rolled off the horse, and then rolled on the ground again, avoiding the trampling of the horse's hooves. It's a pity that this roll, just happened to hit his head on a stone, and he only felt a bang, and the whole person was unconscious.

Ma Yuan carried an axe, cut down an enemy soldier who rushed up, walked straight to Zhao Qi, pinched his neck and grabbed him from the ground, seeing that the guy just fell unconscious, and there was no danger to his life.

"Your generals have been captured by me, and those who disarm will be spared death." Ma Yuan climbed to a high place and said loudly with Zhao Qi in his arms.

As soon as the soldiers heard that the general had been caught, they lost the heart to fight, and they put down their swords, guns, swords, and halberds one after another, and squatted on the ground to surrender. Ma Yuan's soldiers put away their weapons and escorted the group into the camp. Seeing that Zhao Qi was not dead, Ma Yuan had another plan in his heart, he could easily pass through the dangerous place that was ambushed in front of him without spending a single soldier.

Zhao Qi was woken up by cold water, and after waking up, he scolded loudly, saying that if the husband is dead, he will kill if he wants to kill, and he will not surrender. Ma Yuan laughed and said, "I don't care if you like to surrender or not, now I can cut you with an axe, but it is of great use to keep you." If you can cooperate, I will ensure that you can get some positions in our army after the work is over, and there will be a bright future in the future, if you don't cooperate, I don't care, as long as you have your clothes. ”

"What the hell do you want?" Zhao Qi asked.

"I just want to exterminate the rebels. When you raise an army against the Han, you are really a disaster to the people. Ma Yuan said.

Zhao Qi squirted a mouthful of water, gritted his teeth and scolded: "The Han Emperor is mediocre, favors the eunuchs, the traitorous ministers are in charge, and the people are not happy. You are aiding and abetting the abuse, and it is you who are the scourge of the people. ”

Ma Yuandao: "My lord ancestor general, love the people, for the sake of the common people in the world, in the counties under the jurisdiction of large-scale water conservancy, encourage production, now is the spring planting season, but you rebelled, sabotage the people's food production, when the time comes, the people will have no food, is this the fault of the Son of Heaven?" It's caused by you people. When wars are fought together, it is the people who suffer. Now my Liaodong county only wants to develop well, so that the people can eat enough and live and work in peace and contentment, but you invade my county, what is the reason? Is it also for the sake of the common people in the world? ”

Ma Yuan said that Zhao Qi was speechless, he rebelled with Zhao Ci, and really wanted to get a bite to eat, but when he entered Liaodong County, he did see the scene of the people being happy to produce, which was exactly what he needed, but Zhao Ci destroyed the water conservancy and occupied the people's food, which made him also heartbroken. But Zhao Ci naturally has some rhetoric, he is a small official, naturally he does not dare to argue, now after listening to Ma Yuan's words, and then thinking about the scene he saw when he entered Liaodong County, he really felt that what Ma Yuan said was reasonable.

Ma Yuan saw that Zhao Qi was no longer stubborn, helped him up, and said: "I see that you are also a person who hopes for peace in the world, why don't you follow my lord to benefit the people together?" As long as you submit to us, I guarantee that you will be able to see what you want in the future, and you will naturally not be an idle person in our army. I, Ma Yuan, used to be a drunkard living on the streets, but I was later seen by my lord and brought back to Liaodong, and now I have a military intelligence and have become this pioneer. If he hadn't met him, he would still be secretly sighing about the world and cursing a street drunk who was a traitor, how would he have the opportunity to benefit the common people in the world? ”

Finally, Zhao Qi was willing to surrender, and agreed to Ma Yuan's plan to help him clear the obstacles on the road. Ma Yuan was overjoyed and discussed his plan with Zhao Qi carefully.