A few days later, Xu Huang reorganized his troops and horses, brought enough weapons, grain and grass, and killed Benwuguan.

When it was about to pass, Xu Shang in front urged the horse to turn around and shouted: "General, the big thing is not good!" ”

Xu Huang lifted the big axe and asked, "What's the alarm?" ”

Xu Shang pointed ahead: "Please ask the general to go and see it in person." ”

Xu Huang was puzzled in his heart, urged him to step forward, came to the front of the army to look, and couldn't help but stammer: "This ...... How is this possible? ”

I saw the cliff in front of me, I don't know when a high wall appeared out of thin air, three or four feet long, as if the cliff stretched out of thin air, blocking the road.

"It's a wall of ice!" Xu Shang was also shocked inexplicably, "They mixed sand with water and built a wall, which was indestructible. ”

Xu Huang's face was pale, although the newly built ice wall was extremely uneven, with potholes and crooked, it was more like a cliff, especially with ice hanging on it, more like a glacier formed by a waterfall.

This ice wall is twice as tall as Wuguan, and it must be extremely thick inside, and there is an ice slope three or four zhang wide under the wall, which extends from the bottom of the cliff to the edge of the cliff.

The defenders continued to pour along the cliffs, and the ice slopes became higher and higher, like a moat, and if they wanted to destroy them, the defenders on the higher places would have to fight back, and many men and horses would be lost before they reached the ice wall.

What makes Xu Huang even more helpless is that these ice walls will melt and collapse after spring, and it is really not worth exchanging human lives for them.

While he was observing, a basin of cold water suddenly splashed down on his head, and Xu Huang hurriedly rode his horse to dodge.

"Hahaha, Xu Gongming, how about looking at Wei's masterpiece?"

Wei Yan poked his head out of the ice wall and laughed with a wooden basin.

Xu Huang looked up and scolded: "Wei Yan dog thief, dare to come down and fight a certain battle?" ”

Wei Yan hooked his fingers: "You have the ability to come up!" ”

Xu Huang was so angry that he was about to scold, when he saw a dense number of defenders on the high wall, he hurriedly retreated.

Those soldiers were all carrying wooden barrels, and some were piling up large rocks and ice cubes, at such a high distance, the arrows had lost their power, but a fist-sized stone was enough to kill, even if a basin of cold water was poured on their heads, the soldiers could not stand it.

Looking at Wei Yan, who was standing cross-waisted on the cliff, Xu Huang stood in the wind for a long time, gritted his teeth and scolded:

"Wei Yan, my day~ your ancestors-"

……

Liu Qi sneak attacked Wuguan, not only did the pass shake, but the eyes of the whole world focused on Chang'an to observe the movements of Cao's army.

Ma Tengtun troops were in Chencang, and he was supposed to be ordered to attack Hanzhong, but when he learned the news, he did not move, and on the grounds of winter snow, he postponed the dispatch of troops until next year.

On this day, he and Ma Tie father and son were inspecting the horse shed, Xiliang was dominated by cavalry, especially in winter, and the war horses should be taken care of, if the forage is not enough, there is no fat, and the next year will not be able to fight.

Ma Xiu hurriedly walked over and said in a low voice: "Father, Jingzhou Liu Qi sent an envoy to visit. ”

"Oh?" Ma Teng rolled his eyes, nodded and smiled: "Liu Qi made a splash outside the gate and defeated Cao Thief, which is really admirable, I will do something here, please go to the study quickly." ”

When I returned home to wash and change clothes, I came to the study and saw a fifty-year-old farmer drinking tea over the fire, and Ma Tie introduced him as Sun Qian, the envoy of Jingzhou.

Sun Gan said: "I have heard the general's name for a long time, and when I see it today, it is really powerful. ”

Ma Teng hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Mr. followed Uncle Huang and worked hard for the Han family, Ma also heard about it, and he was fortunate to meet it." ”

Sitting down again, Ma Teng ordered someone to put on a banquet, and said straight to the point: "Uncle Liu Huang was unfortunately killed, I heard that Liu Qi in Jingzhou inherited his ambition to prosper the Han Dynasty, and defeated the Cao thief, which makes people applaud. ”

"How dare you!" Sun Qian hugged his fists and said: "The eldest prince Taoguang has been obscure, forbearance for many years, and he was supposed to work together with the emperor's uncle, but the will of heaven is so, he saw that there was also a general's name on the edict, and he specially ordered to visit him to discuss the strategy of curbing the operation." ”

"Oh?" Ma Teng twisted his beard and groaned: "The battle of Nanyang, a certain person has also heard of it, but Prime Minister Cao Cheng persuaded me and Han Sui, I am gracious, if I turn against each other, won't I be laughed at?" ”

Sun Qian snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves up, and said sharply: "The Han family is unfortunate, Cao thief is autocratic, bullying the king, and it is even better than reckless Zhuo, the general is loyal and good, and he is in the position of the shepherd, and he is willing to be in the same party with the traitor, there is no loyal person in the world, and he wears the Son of Heaven on his wings, it hurts!" ”

"Sir, wait!" Seeing that Sun Gan was leaving, Ma Teng hurriedly stopped him, hugged his fists and said: "Mr. has traveled thousands of miles to this place, and there will be advice, and I am willing to hear and see." ”

Sun Gan sat down again, and sighed: "The Han Daoling is late, the group is haggard, Liu Gongzi is a relative of the Han family, and he should meet Zhongliang, sweep away the royal road, and exterminate the group of murderers. ”

Ma Teng sighed: "After being General Fubo, how can you not serve the country? However, Cao thief is powerful, and there is an edict from the Son of Heaven, if you don't obey, you will be killed, Teng Yi's death is not a pity, and it will affect his family and more than 100,000 Xiliang troops, how can he bear it? ”

Sun Qian sneered: "People don't hurt the tiger, the tiger is harmful to people's hearts, even if they bow down to the Cao family, Cao Cao can tolerate the general?" It's just that he is afraid that the generals will be strong and strong, and because Hebei is undecided, he does not dare to move lightly, and this time he will encounter obstacles in the south, and he will definitely use troops to the west. ”

Ma Teng's eyes narrowed slightly: "How can you see it?" ”

Sun Qianyan said: "Cao Thief persuaded General He and Han Sui, but it was really to take Liangzhou!" Now the general is trapped in Chencang, and he was recruited into the court before, once he steps out of the pass, people are swordsmen, and the general is fish and meat, how can he do it? ”

Ma Teng laughed and said: "Cao thief's plan, a certain has already seen through it, my father and son have been crisscrossing Xiliang for decades, how can they leave the station lightly?" ”

Sun Qian said again: "Cao Thief can't make a plan, and he has another plan: ordering the general to attack Hanzhong is really a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf." ”

Ma Teng was puzzled: "Cao Cao promised me the land of Hanzhong, which has been expressed as the Taishou of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu is just a thief who guards himself, and it is easy to break it, so why worry?" ”

Sun Qian said with a smile: "Xiliang Iron Cavalry is invincible all over the world, Dong Zhuo used this to make contributions, so that he could suppress the bureaucrats and shock the princes." Today's general also has 100,000 elite horsemen, and Cao Thief is naturally jealous. But if you fight in the mountains, the cavalry is not afraid, then Yangping Pass is very steep, and in the deep mountains, how can the soldiers and horses of Liang to the west be attacked? ”

Ma Teng frowned, nodded and said: "Mr. is reasonable, if it weren't for that, a certain would have been ordered to send troops, but because the men and horses were not enough to attack the city, it has been delayed until now." ”

Sun Qian stroked his beard and said: "Cao thief used this strategy, even if he could not attack Hanzhong, but he also asked the general to lose his troops and lose his generals, and retreated to the second, which was a plan to kill people with a knife, and once the general lost power, he would be killed." ”

Ma Teng was suddenly startled, and scolded the case: "Cao thief, I, Ma Teng, are inseparable from you!" ”

Since refusing to enter the court to assist the Son of Heaven, Ma Teng's father and son were also uneasy, worried about Cao Cao's reprimand and revenge.

Who knew that Cao Cao not only did not have any complaints, but sent an envoy to appease, since he was unwilling to enter the court, he asked Ma Teng to serve the country, sent troops to crusade against the rice thief Zhang Lu, and expressed him as the Taishou of Hanzhong.

The father and son couldn't guess Cao Cao's thoughts, so they kept hesitating, and at this time they were broken by Sun Gan, only to know that it was a poisonous plan.