The news of Shu Han's withdrawal soon spread to the Qiang army camp, and Yue Ji was about to send troops to the battle, and then rush to kill. After all, Yadan has a bit of a scheming, and he knows that Zhao Shu is treacherous with his troops, but he is afraid that it is his plan to lure the enemy, and resolutely opposes rash advances. Yue Ji couldn't take revenge that day, and he was holding back his bad breath in his heart for the past two days, but Zhao Shu refused to fight. Now seeing that the Shu Han army is retreating, if you return to Tianshui City, with the thick walls of the high city, won't the iron chariots and cavalry of the Qiang soldiers become decorations, how can you attack the city and win? So Yueji insisted on sending troops to pursue. The two commanders of this article and one military force quarreled in the tent, and when the horse was reported again, the Shu army traveled ten miles. After all, Yue Ji was the commander in charge of the army, and seeing that the Shu army was farther away from him, he immediately revealed his identity as the main general, so that Yadan had to give in. Yue Ji then raised his troops and horses, set up an iron chariot, and hurriedly pursued and killed the Shu army.

The army traveled more than ten miles, and then saw a Biao army and horse blocking in front, and the military general who was the leader of the Shu Han Fufeng Taishou Zhang Yi, and said loudly: "The thief will be the general of my family, come to send him to death?" Yue Ji was furious when he heard this, and brandished a sledgehammer to take Zhang Yi directly. Zhang Yi's ability is ordinary, he can't withstand Yue Ji's hammer, he only fights for three or five rounds, pulls out the horse and leaves, and says: "My general still has an ambush, do you dare to come?" ”

Yue Ji was still concerned about Yadan's words at the beginning, but now he was provoked by Zhang Yi, and suddenly got carried away, and said angrily: "Even if you have an ambush, why should this marshal be afraid?" Then he repeatedly urged the soldiers and horses to chase and kill. Along the way, the Shu army threw away its armor and only laughed at Yue Ji, and said in his heart, the Han army was nothing more than that.

The military horse chased not far away, and the front army suddenly stopped, and Yue Ji hurriedly stepped forward and asked the reason. A sergeant reported back, claiming that there were countless boulders piled up in front of them, and the army did not dare to go forward for fear of being tricked. Yue Ji was puzzled, ordered the military horse to stop for the time being, climbed high and looked, and sure enough, he saw that on the field in front of him, there were many huge stones piled up horizontally and vertically. He said left and right: "Could it be that the Han people are afraid of the power of our iron chariots, so they pile up these stones on the road to block our army's way?" "Things gather like like, and Yueji is also a group of people with developed limbs and simple minds, and they all agree with the words of the marshal. Yue Ji thought that he had seen through the plan of the Shu army, and said proudly: "Zhao Shu also underestimated Marshal Ben, just a few stubborn stones, so he wanted to stop Marshal Ben from entering the army?" Then he ordered the sergeants to ignore the stones and continue their pursuit.

I don't know if it was the negligence of the Shu army, although a lot of boulders were piled up, but there was a passage left in the middle. Yue Ji has always taken the lead, but when he entered the stone henge, he felt that his body was much heavier than usual, and the sledgehammer in his hand was unstable. Dozens of steps deeper, the hammer in Yue Ji's hand finally involuntarily smashed to a boulder next to him, and he didn't know where the strength came from, but he actually smashed the stone chips and splashed them, shaking his mouth numb, and wanted to withdraw the weapon, but he couldn't do it again and again.

Yue Ji twitched his hands a few times, and he couldn't remove his weapon from the stone, so he couldn't help but secretly call himself strange. Looking at the sergeant behind him, he seemed to be struggling to walk, and many of his weapons were greeting the stones beside him. As for the ironclad cars, it was even more difficult to move an inch, and although the sergeants who drove the cars kept whipping the cattle with leather whips, most of them were in vain. Yue Ji suddenly remembered that chasing Huan Yi that day was the same situation as now, and guessed in his heart that it was the Han people who were using demon spells, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear, and said loudly: "Retreat, retreat." "Dozens of ironclad cars, although the front can't move, the back is not clear, so they are still driving forward, and by the time Yueji ordered to retreat, most of the ironclad cars have fallen into the stone formation. Where else can I retreat?

Yue Ji was in a panic, when he heard a drum in front of him, and the Han army, who had just fled all the way, went and killed them all the way, not only did they not wear armor on their bodies, but even they only held some bamboo swords in their hands. No matter how stupid Yue Ji was, he also understood that there was a problem with the weapon in his hand, and seeing that the other party's general was about to kill in front of him, he had to throw his beloved sledgehammer aside, and fled backwards after beating his horse. He also has dozens of pounds of iron armor on his body, but he doesn't have time to take it off at the moment, and although he sits down, he can't withstand the suction of the left and right magnets, even though he is a Xiliang BMW. No matter how hard Yue Ji whipped, the war horse could never gallop as before. Listening to the sound of the horse's hooves approaching behind him, Yue Ji didn't have time to turn back, but he felt a chill on his neck, and his huge body immediately fell off the horse. At this time, the war horse he sat down did not know that his master had died, but felt that his back was relaxed, and then he ran with strength.

Not only Yue Ji alone, but many Qiang soldiers were caught up by the Shu army with bamboo swords and swords when they had no weapons in their hands and could not run. or stab under the neck, or stab both eyes to death. In this battle, the Shu army won easily, but the Qiang soldiers were unjustly defeated. Zhao Shu had already sent someone to dig a magnet and pile it on the side of the road, but he asked the Shu army to prepare bamboo weapons, and the Qiang soldiers were all iron weapons. As for those ironclad cars, they were even more like scrap iron, not only could they not play their due role, but they became a burden to the Qiang soldiers, so that they were completely defeated.

The Shu army won a complete victory, Zhao Shu promoted the account one by one for the generals, Wei Yan beheaded Yueji, and Zhang Yisheng captured Yadan. Zhao Shu had already found out that Yadan was the favored minister of the lord of the Xiqiang Kingdom, and when he saw that he was bound into the account, he feigned anger and said: "My lord is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and today he is begging for a thief in the sky, so you can't wait to help." How can you help the abuse? Yadan is no better than Yue Jiwuren, after being captured, he was already scared half to death, and was asked a few words by Zhao Shu in a loud voice, and immediately lay on the ground, and kept kowtowing and said: "People who are far away, I don't know that the general Tianwei is so far, and I hope the general will not be guilty of the offense." ”

Zhao Shu originally had the intention of marrying the Qiang people, but he always had to scare first, which could be regarded as a lesson, so he kept quiet at the moment and closed his eyes to recuperate. Zhang Yi next to him had already explained, so he drew his sword and said: "Those who offend the prestige of our army will be killed." Someone came ......" and two sergeants entered in response to the call, and they dragged Yadan out. Yadan was so frightened that he was so frightened that he only said that Zhao Shu really wanted to kill him, and hurriedly shouted: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, and the villain still has a secret secret." ”

Zhao Shu just wanted to order Yadan's release at the moment of life and death, but he didn't expect to scare indiscriminately, what kind of "hidden secret" could he scare, opened his eyes, waved his hand to let the two sergeants retreat, and then asked, "What is your secret?" Yadan only wanted to live at the moment, and hurriedly replied: "The villain didn't dare to offend the general Tianwei, but he was provoked by others to make a big mistake, and I hope that the general can spare the villain's life." ”

Zhao Shu only said that the Qiang people only sent troops after receiving a heavy gift from Xiahou Mao, and since Yadan wanted to exonerate himself, he was also happy to pretend to be stupid, so he deliberately asked: "Who provoked it?" Yadan didn't dare to delay at all, and hurriedly said: "The villain was provoked by Na Ma Dai to enter the country lord to send troops. ”

Zhao Shu has secretly visited Ma Dai in Xichuan for many years, but he didn't expect to learn about him here, his heart was very happy, and he hurriedly asked: "Where is Ma Dai now?" Yadan saw that Zhao Shu's face was happy, and he knew that his life was saved, and he was also relieved, and said: "Ma Dai was originally with the villain, but when the army was defeated, he changed his clothes and armor and dressed up as an ordinary soldier. At that time, the villain and others were besieged by the general's army on all sides, and if they either died in the chaos, most of them were captured by the general's subordinates. ”

When Zhao Shu heard this, he hurriedly asked Zhang Yi to take people to check the prisoners, and sure enough, as Yadan said, Ma Dai was soon escorted into the account. mentioned Ma Dai, Zhao Shu remembered Ma Chao who fought side by side with him back then. Xiliang Ma Clan, northwest of Weizhen, Ma Chao is such a heroic figure, but he never thought that his brother Ma Dai would be such a villain. Since he learned from Yang Yi that Ma Dai had already switched to Zhuge Kongming, Zhao Shu hated him to the core. If it weren't for the fact that when Ma Chao was dying, he had left a letter and hoped to preserve the Ma family's lineage, Zhao Shu would have issued a document to arrest him as early as Shu Han. A few years have passed, Zhao Shu has forgotten this person, but he doesn't want him to die by himself, and he actually dares to provoke the Qiang people to block his Northern Expedition plan, which is really self-defeating, and it is not a pity to die.

According to Zhao Shu's original intention, a person like Ma Dai can be sent directly to the guillotine, but he always can't believe that he will really betray his brother Ma Chao for the sake of wealth and wealth. When he saw Ma Dai with his own eyes, Zhao Shu almost couldn't believe his eyes, if he remembered correctly, Ma Dai should only be in his forties, but the person in front of him was like a withered body, with deep wrinkles on his forehead, and he looked like he was sixty or seventy years old. Where is there still the slightest trace of the military general's demeanor that galloped on the battlefield back then? Zhao Shu's hatred turned into a long sigh at this moment, and he didn't know what to say.

But it was Na Ma Dai who rushed forward, kept kowtowing, and said: "The villain deserves to die, the villain deserves to die, I just ask the general to look at his brother and spare the villain's life." "To say that Zhao Shu has a lot of experience in the Three Kingdoms, like Ma Dai is so shameless, but there are only a handful, turn to see Yadan still trembling and kneeling aside, thinking that Ma Dai can't let the Xiliang Ma family for many years of prestige be lost, but waved his hand to take Yadan down for the time being, and then said to Ma Dai: "I won't kill you, one Meng Qi left a book for me back then, please preserve the Ma bloodline, and the other is ......" Then he looked Ma Dai up and down, and said contemptuously: "Are you still worthy of letting General Ben kill?" ”

"Yes, the villain is not worthy to stain the hands of the general." When Ma Dai heard that he could not die, he hurriedly kowtowed again and again, and his mouth was full of some fleshy words. Zhao Shu only felt nauseous in his stomach, interrupted Ma Dai's speech, and asked, "I only want to ask you one question, how did Meng Qi die?" This question seemed to hit Ma Dai's vital point, and his expression became extremely panicked, and he retreated on the ground again and again, muttering in his mouth: "It's not me, it's none of my business, it's not my business......

There are no three hundred taels of silver here, Ma Dai said this, Zhao Shu more and more convinced that he had something to do with Ma Chao's death, so he felt a little sad, waved his hand weakly, and asked Zhang Yi to take Ma Dai down first. Ma Dai saw that another sergeant dragged him out, and thought that Zhao Shu had reversed himself, broke free, stepped forward on his knees, and said: "I really don't do my business, my brother asked me to do this, and my brother made me do this." As he spoke, he burst into tears, and began to cry.

Seeing that Zhang Yi was about to step forward to capture Ma Dai in person, Zhao Shu hurriedly stopped, bowed his head and asked again, "What did you just say?" Ma Dai heard Zhao Shu ask, and explained desperately: "It was my brother who asked me to kill him, and my brother really asked me to do it." Zhao Shu was shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but turn to Yan Peng next to him, and said, "He's crazy, is he crazy?" ”

Yan Peng didn't answer, he stepped forward to check Ma Dai's pulse, and said to Zhao Shu after a while: "This person is depressed, and he is overly frightened, and he is indeed a little delirious. ”

Zhao Shu nodded, as the so-called evil has evil retribution, he had no intention of killing Ma Dai, but he was frightened crazy by himself, which can be regarded as the best punishment, so he turned to Zhang Yi and said: "Send someone to send him back to Hanzhong for resettlement." Zhang Yi clenched his fists and took orders, and then dragged Ma Dai out of the tent. Although Ma Dai's mind was deranged, his fear of death did not decrease at all, and he kept shouting "The general spares his life, the general spares his life", and it took a long time before he disappeared because of the distance.

Wei Yan didn't speak beside him, and only waited for Ma Dai's voice to be inaudible before he snorted and said, "What's the use of such a person staying?" It's better to kill it with a knife. Zhao Shu knew that he was in a bad mood these days, and he didn't bother to deal with it, so he replied to the generals: "The princes have been fighting hard for a day, and you can go back to the tent to rest first." The generals saluted and retired one after another, leaving only Yan Peng last, and asked closely: "What does the general want to do with Yadan?" ”

Zhao Shu said: "Cao Wei's national strength is strong, I don't want to make a strong enemy again, you can release him together with the captured sergeant chariot, and appease him with good words, so that he will be grateful for the holy virtue of the court and never commit it again." Yan Peng nodded in agreement, but said: "That is the case, the lower officials still have a plan, they can get Nan'an, and ask the general to see them." ”

Now in the counties of Longyou, only Nan'an is still in the hands of Xiahou Mao, if it can be captured as soon as possible, and the end of the Northern Expedition, Zhao Shu is happy, and said busily: "I want to hear the details." Yan Peng then said: "The reason why the Qiang army came here was not just to provoke Ma Dai, but Xiahou Mao must also have heavy gifts and bribes. Now that the Qiang army is gone, Xiahou Mao may not know the news, so why not take this opportunity to make people change into Qiang soldiers' clothes and armor, and use Yadan with the Qiang soldiers to capture them as the front to open the city gate. Then Nan'an is at your fingertips. Even if the plan fails, it can provoke the Qiang people to disagree with Cao Wei, which is beneficial and harmless to the general, and this plan kills two birds with one stone. ”

Zhao Shu thought so, and when even if he brought Yadan into the account again, he was shocked with wine, and he was relieved. Yadan was originally a person who was afraid of death, and he could survive, so he was naturally grateful to Zhao Shu, and as soon as he heard that he had something to ask for, he immediately slapped his chest and said: "If the general can spare the villain's life, he is the villain's reborn parents." The general has made a move, that is, he will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up. ”

Zhao Shu was about to tell Yan Peng's plans one by one, and when Yadan heard that he was going to make a war with Cao Wei, his face instantly changed color, and he said in a trembling voice: "The general of the defeated army, how dare you show ugliness in front of the general?" The generals and horses are majestic, and everywhere they go, they attack everything, why do you need villains to ......" Before the words were finished, Zhao Shu was impatient and said in a deep voice: "My lord only has one word, do you want to do it or not?" Yan Peng also appropriately pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword and said, "If the lord refuses, the general will not be reluctant." ”

That being said, how could Yadan believe it? was only frightened, and reluctantly nodded: "Since the general ordered, how dare the villain resign?" Zhao Shu laughed, and then raised the account again, and ordered Wei Yan to lead the army and horses of his headquarters to change into Qiang soldiers' uniforms, and go with Yadan to capture the city of Nan'an, and lead the army to respond behind.