The north wind is howling, and a goose feather snow has been falling since last night, and it still has no intention of stopping.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a general sat behind the bookcase, drinking wine with a depressed expression.

This general wears a black iron armor, about forty years old, with a Chinese face, big eyes and a big mouth, and a high nose bridge, and seems to have some Hu blood. This person is eight feet tall, with a strong body, and his palms are extremely large, and thick calluses are distributed on the palms and fingers, which can only be possessed by regular martial arts practice.

Behind him was a huge map of the topographical aspects of the vicinity of Chang'an. There was a shelf next to it, and at the top of the shelf was a helmet, and the edge of the helmet was a fine snow fox skin, red as a flame. In the middle of the shelf was a sword and a scimitar. On the side of the shelf, there is a large knife about one zhang long, and looking at the faint blood color on the head of the knife, it can be seen that this knife often drinks blood.

The tent was large enough to hold thirty or fifty people, but now he was the only one. In a huge brazier, a vigorous fire burned, and the tent was warm.

The general picked up the wine bowl, drank it in a heroic sip, squeezed his eyebrows and made his eyes for a long time, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the wine bowl, he said to himself: "It's still the Tian family's burning knife that is delicious, this Wei family's wine is really not good!" ”

I don't know what I remembered, his thick dark eyebrows furrowed tightly, and his eyes were fixed on the jumping flames, not moving for a long time.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the tent, "Major General, are you back?" ”

A clear voice replied, "Well, Uncle Ma, I'm back!" By the way, it's snowing heavily, you're older, isn't it better than before, didn't your father let you in the account? Look at the snow on your body, you're about to become a snowman! After that, I only heard the sound of "popping" outside, which was obviously the young general patting the snow on his body for "Uncle Ma".

The "Uncle Ma" was a little panicked, and hurriedly stopped: "Young General, I'm fine!" Come in, hehe, how can I ask you to shoot the snow for me? ”

"Young General" smiled heartily and said: "Hehe, Uncle Ma, you saved my father's life, I was naughty when I was a child, and I was almost bitten to death by a wolf when I drilled into the wolf's den, but you saved me, because I saved me, and I was bitten off three fingers by the she-wolf who guarded the calf." Hehe, you don't have a son, after you are a hundred years old, I will still wear linen and filial piety for you, what is it to pat the snow? ”

When the general in the tent heard his son speak so well, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, and his depressed mood also recovered a lot!

"Uncle Ma" heard the young general say this, and he didn't even dare to say it, but his heart was also warm, it seemed that the howling north wind and goose-feather-like snow were not so cold.

The two talked for a while, and then the young general opened the curtain and entered the big tent.

As soon as this person entered the account, it suddenly made people's eyes light up! He was in his twenties, eight feet one inch tall, very handsome, with bright lips, a gallant nose, and a fair face. The body is strong, the shoulders and back are straight, and there is a sharp aura like a sword out of the sheath. The only thing that broke the appearance was that the legs seemed to be a little loopy, which was the inevitable result of riding a horse often.

He stomped his feet, and when he saw his father looking at him with a smile on his face, he hurriedly strode forward and said, "Father! ”

The general smiled and said, "Chao'er, hurry up!" Oh, roast the fire and talk again! ”

This general is the general of Fubo, after Ma Yuan, Ma Teng and Ma Shoucheng. And this young man is Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi.

Ma Chao agreed, stood up, came to the side of the brazier, and said while roasting his hands: "Father, this battle can't be fought!" Xiahou Yuanrang, Xu Gongming, and Le Wenqian are all shrunken turtles, and they don't come out of the city all day long, no matter how we insult them, it's useless! ”

The battle that Ma Chao said started a month ago. This battle happened very suddenly!

After Cao Cao's newly appointed lieutenant Zhong Xuan came to Chang'an, he negotiated with more than a dozen separatist forces here, hoping that they would be subordinated to Cao Cao. However, the current Cao Cao is not like the Cao Cao in history, the Cao Cao in history has completely controlled Yanzhou and Yuzhou at this time, and defeated Yuan Shu, and his reputation has risen sharply for a while, and he has the ability to compete with the first prince Yuan Shao.

And now Cao Cao, whose territory is only Yingchuan and Runan in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and there is a strong Liu Bei by his side, which seems to give people a feeling of precariousness.

Naturally, this negotiation ended without a hitch, and Duan Xuan and other frivolous people even spoke wildly, saying that the west of Tongguan belonged to them, and the east of Tongguan was Cao Cao's territory.

Zhong Xuan had no choice but to retreat to the east of Tongguan.

However, when the group of heroes in this group of Guanzhong was triumphant, thinking that they had humiliated Cao Cao, who controlled the Han Emperor, Cao Cao's other hand prepared, with Xiahoudun, Lejin, and Xu Huang as the main generals' 20,000 troops, but broke through Tongguan with lightning speed, and then, without even resting, immediately sent troops and laid down Chang'an.

Chang'an City is too sensitive, Guanzhong Qunhao is not convinced by anyone, and there is no absolute advantage over that one, so Chang'an is not the territory of a certain force, and there are naturally not many troops stationed there.

Zhong Xuan went and returned, posted notices in Chang'an City, and Chang'an gradually stabilized. At this time, the heroes of Guanzhong tasted the taste, and they were busy leading their respective armies to come to Chang'an City, wanting to seize Chang'an City.

The three generals of Xiahou Tang immediately went into battle, and the three of them were all outstanding in martial arts, and they even picked several generals of the group of heroes, forcing the morale of the group of heroes to the bottom, and then enlarged the army to charge, and defeated the group of heroes in one fell swoop. Xu Huang fought in the chaos and killed the two princes in the Guanzhong, which was the first great achievement after taking refuge in Cao Cao.

At that time, Ma Chao and Yan Xing, known as the second best man in Guanzhong, were not in the army, and after they arrived, Xiahoudun died and did not fight, and the heroes of Guanzhong could only besiege the city in a depressed manner.

But Chang'an is a big city, the city is tall, although it is a little dilapidated over the years, but the heroes in Guanzhong are not good at attacking the city, after half a month of strong attack, there are heavy casualties, and they can only camp outside the city, and wait for the opportunity slowly.

That's nearly a month!

Ma Teng frowned and said, "Xiahou Yuan can't leave the city, what can we do?" By the way, how are the soldiers? ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he became even more angry, and he said: "Last night, it snowed heavily, and more than 20 froze to death, and there are countless frostbite!" After a slight pause, he looked at Ma Teng's face and said, "Father, otherwise, let's retire?" We don't have enough food and grass now, and the heavy snow is blocking the road, and the supplies can't keep up, so if this battle continues like this, I'm afraid that before we capture Chang'an, we will starve to death and freeze to death first! ”

Ma Teng shook his head and said with a headache: "Hey, retirement? You think I don't want to? But Duan Xuan lost too much of their losses when they attacked the city, and they wanted to continue the siege and get back this face. You also know that I, the so-called alliance leader, can't actually control them......"

Ma Chao smiled contemptuously and said, "Father, Duan Xuan is that kind of person, what do you care about him?" Hey, if we didn't have the strength to eat him for the time being, I would have killed him a long time ago! ”

Ma Teng frowned, and he was about to reprimand Ma Chao. Ma Chao is good at everything, but he is too arrogant and looks down on people, this kind of character is related to his strong martial arts, but strong martial arts can't solve everything?

At this moment, the curtain of the big tent was suddenly lifted, and a man entered. This man was forty or fifty years old, with a fair face and three black beards, and he was quite elegant. With a smile on his face, he looked harmless to humans and animals.

As soon as Ma Teng looked at the person, he hurriedly put on a smile and said, "Oh, it turned out to be Wenyue!" Hehe, sit down and warm up with a glass of wine! ”

Han Sui smiled, came to Ma Teng's side, and sat down.

When Ma Chao saw him, he didn't have any good face! glared at him fiercely and strode out of the tent.

The revenge of killing the mother is not shared! Since the conflict between the two, although Ma Teng and Han Sui were in the same pass, they had not had any contact before, if it weren't for Cao Cao's army attacking, they couldn't wait to face each other immediately when they saw each other. Now because of the arrival of Xiahoudun, they are temporarily cooperating, and they can use more energy to prevent each other, but I am afraid that they will use more energy than the real war! Ma Chao's simple brain couldn't understand why his father didn't kill Han Sui to avenge his mother?

Han Sui and Ma Teng didn't mention Ma Chao, it's good not to mention it, but it's not a taste in their hearts.

Han Sui took a sip of wine from Ma Teng's wine bowl, let out a long breath, and said, "Shoucheng, I came here to discuss something!" Because of the enmity between the two, the matter of their former worship was no longer mentioned.

Ma Teng bowed his head slightly and said, "Please speak!" ”

Han Sui said slightly apologetically: "Shoucheng, I want to go back to Jincheng!" ”

Seeing that Ma Teng's face was not good, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry! There are only a few hundred escorts with me back to Jincheng, and my army will still be stationed here. I plan to let my son Han Yin temporarily lead the army, and listen to your orders! ”

Ma Teng frowned, he couldn't figure out the reason inside!

Han Sui smiled and said, "At home...... Something has happened and I have to deal with it myself! By the way, my son-in-law Yan Xing will not leave, with him and Yin'er to assist you, I think Chang'an City should be able to take it! ”

Ma Teng thought about it, nodded slowly, and said, "Okay!" "Yan Xing won't leave, this is obviously specifically to prevent Ma Chao!

The two talked for a while, and Han took his leave.

Ma Teng frowned and thought about the reason why Han Sui returned to Jincheng, but he couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, Ma Chao came in!

After knowing Han Sui's intention and his arrangement, Ma Chao's handsome eyes flashed with a hint of vicious light, and he said in a deep voice: "Father, while he leaves, I will lead the troops to chase and kill, and bring his head to pay tribute to my mother's spirit in the sky!" ”

Ma Teng glared at him and said in a deep voice, "You can't think about it with your brain?" Han Sui is cautious by nature, if he is not completely sure, he can only take a few hundred people away? Let's not talk about whether you can hunt him down, let's just say that after he dies, Han Yin and Yan Xing can let us go? ”

After a slight pause, he said thoughtfully: "I said, why is my army smaller than him, and he still supports me as the leader of this alliance, it turns out that he has already planned it!" ”

Ma Chao thought of Han Sui's character, and couldn't help but feel that his method was wrong. With a roll of his eyes, he said again: "Father, otherwise, while he is away, we will kill Yan Xing and Han Yin and annex his army, how about it?" ”

When Ma Teng heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry, and he said: "Nonsense! They've been stationed on the flanks with nearly half of their army to defend against us, and you want to do a surprise attack, is it possible? ”

Thinking of Yan Xing's half of the gun, Ma Chao's heart was on fire! At the beginning, when Ma Teng and Han Sui fell out and attacked each other, Yan Xing once stabbed Ma Chao with a spear, but was caught by Ma Chao and broke the spear. However, Yan Xing used this half of the barrel of the gun to hit Ma Chao in the neck, almost killing him! This time, it was regarded as a great shame by Ma Chao, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time.

In fact, if you fight head-on, Yan Xing is not Ma Chao's opponent! It's just that at that time, after Ma Chao broke Yan Xing's spear, he didn't expect him to have that move, so he got started.

Ma Chao thought about it and could only give up this plan. The father and son discussed for a long time, but they had no idea what Han Sui was going to do, so they had to give up and discuss the siege of the city.

At this time, Xiahoudun, who was regarded as a great enemy by Ma Teng and Ma Chao's father and son, ushered in an army of 10,000 Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Yu Ban in Tongguan.

It seems that a large-scale military operation by Cao Cao is unfolding.

When several people met, they were all very happy! However, Xiahoudun, who knew Cao Cao's plan, was very puzzled, and he asked, "Second, why did the eldest brother only send such a small number of troops?" Not even cavalry? ”

Xiahou Yuan smiled and said: "Haha, big brother, come on, come on, look at my horses with Zixiao, Mancheng, and Wen Ze, hehe, do you see any differences?" ”

As soon as he said this, Cao Ren, Li Dian and Yu Ban were also interested, and even Yu Ban, who had never liked to laugh, was smiling and coaxing.

Xiahoudun only glanced at it, and saw that there was something wrong with the saddles of these four horses, which were obviously not a mat like the horses he was riding, they were much higher, and they were upturned and backward, and they were concave in the middle, just enough to be stuck in the crotch.

He hurriedly stepped forward, watched carefully for a long time, touched it a few more times, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said again and again: "Second, whose whimsy is this?" What a second! ”

Xiahou Yuan smiled and said, "Big brother, take a good look at it again, well, let me remind you, look at the stirrups and horseshoe!" ”

Xiahou looked at it puzzledly, and under the leather protectors that drooped down from the side of the saddle, there were two stirrups hidden! He couldn't help but be stunned, why two, not one?

Before he could figure it out, Xiahou Yuan urged: "Big brother, don't think about it, look at the horseshoe!" ”

Xiahoudun looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any difference. His eyes flashed, but he saw a hint of metallic luster on the horse's hooves! He couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly raised the horse's legs to take a closer look, and when he looked at it, he suddenly found that it was a piece of iron!

This discovery surprised him a lot! But in the end, he is a top general, but at first sight, he didn't expect why there was a piece of iron under the horse's hooves, but he could think of the benefits of this piece of iron!

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but be ecstatic!

Xiahou Yuan happily explained: "Haha, eldest brother, this saddle, the eldest brother gave it a name, called Takahashi Saddle!" The iron under the horse's hooves, the eldest brother called it a horseshoe, and this horse has a bilateral stirrup! Hey, big brother, you ride it, feel it, and you will know the benefits of this bilateral stirrup! ”

When Xiahoudun heard this, he immediately turned over and took the horse to gallop away in the distance.

After a while, he turned the horse's head, and when he was only a few steps away from Xiahou Yuan's people, he suddenly jumped down, grabbed Xiahou Yuan excitedly, and said, "It's really ...... That's a good thing! Haha, with these three things, who are we afraid of? Don't look at Liu Bei's cavalry, we are still not afraid! Well, be sure to keep this secret! Oh, by the way, where did these three things come from? ”

As soon as he mentioned Liu Bei, Xiahou Yuan's faces couldn't help but fall.

When Xiahoudun saw it, he asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" Am I saying the wrong thing? ”

Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said heavily: "Big brother, these three things are all dedicated to the eldest brother by the Sima family of Wen County!" Whereas...... One of his generals, killed a scout of the Xuzhou army in Huainan and got a horse, and the horse had ...... on all three things."

As soon as he heard this, Xiahoudun was suddenly stupid, and a cold air rushed straight to his head!

Xiahou Yuan continued: "After the eldest brother saw it, he had a more thorough understanding of the combat power of the Xuzhou Army...... Now, the eldest brother is equipping Zihe's cavalry with these three things, and when the matter is over, Zihe will lead his five thousand cavalry to arrive......"

For a while, everyone's hearts were uncomfortable! Xuzhou Army, such a good thing, was actually equipped by Xuzhou Army first? Since a scout has all the horses, doesn't that mean that all the horses are equipped with these things?

Fortunately, they did not have a big fight with the Xuzhou army before, otherwise their cavalry would ......

Xiahoudun gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice: "Miaocai, Zixiao, Wen Ze, Mancheng, we have no way out, you must win this battle!" ”

When Xiahou Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but nod fiercely! Yes, they ...... There really is no way back! ps: Thank you for the tip, Ashrum, thank you very much