Xu Shu didn't stop it, making such a big move, the enemy army under the mountain would soon come, and Ma Chao of Wuquan Mountain was nowhere to be seen, and anyone could think of who did it.

At this time, it has been out of the encirclement of heavy troops, and leaving a word can also deter the enemy, making him frightened and restless, but also relieved of hatred.

Everyone collected weapons and equipment in the tent, while Ma Chao and others changed into Qiang clothes, took food supplies, and immediately left Shichengguan and went down the mountain to Taoshui.

At dawn, everyone rested in a mountain col, and Xu Shu said: "Cao's army will soon find out the news, and it is expected that we will retreat to the south, and we will increase troops and fortify from all over the vicinity. ”

Ma Chao frowned and said: "To go to Taoshui, you have to go through the horseshoe pass, I'm afraid it will not be easy to pass." ”

Ma Dai asked, "Can you take a detour?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "These mountains and rocks are rugged, with broken streams and cliffs in the middle, thorns, and poisonous insects and beasts, and the horses are difficult to walk, and even the Qiang people dare not enter easily, and they cannot take risks." ”

Xu Shu said: "If you detour around the road, you will be caught up by the pursuers again and fall into the encirclement, so you can only pretend to be reinforcements and blend into the pass." ”

Ma Chao looked down at his outfit and said in surprise: "It turns out that Mr. has a plan!" ”

Xu Shu nodded and said: "After going down the mountain, find a hiding place, rest for half a day first, someone will go to report the news, and we will go later, we will be able to pass the customs in confusion." ”

Pound frowned and said, "With less than 100 reinforcements, will there be less?" ”

"There are only more than 300 people in Shichengguan!" Xu Shu took out a piece of Cao Jun token and said with a smile: "We only say that it is an outpost scout, as long as you can enter the city." ”

Everyone put their hearts at ease, praised Xu Shu for taking precautions, went down the mountain after a short rest, and when he arrived at a flat place, one person and two horses changed to gallop, and after approaching Horseshoe Bay, he recuperated again.

Taoshui flows into the Yellow River from south to north, turns northwest here, goes around a big bay, the shape is like a horseshoe, the horseshoe pass is built on the shore, and the opposite bank is the territory of Qianghu.

The bank of Taoshui River is wide, the water potential is fierce, only the water potential of Horseshoe Bay is gentle, if you want to cross the river, you can only pass through here, there are merchants coming and going first, and over time, form a pass.

In the evening, when I came to Horseshoe Bay, I saw a pass with an earthen wall repaired, which enclosed Horseshoe Bay in an arc, and there were three watchtowers on the city wall, mainly to deal with the attacks of Qiang people and robbers.

Everyone stopped more than ten zhang away, and the defenders had already found out, seeing that it was Cao Jun's dress, they were not too nervous.

Ma Chao and the others were already familiar with the habits of the Qiang people, and when they changed their clothes at this time, they couldn't see the difference in the distance at all, Xu Shu and the others were still wearing Cao Jun armor, and they were mixed with Han and Hu, similar to the recent patrol team.

Ma Le took the parchment book and went to the gate first and shouted: "We have been ordered to come to support and open the door quickly." ”

A black-faced guard at the gate shouted, "Who are your subordinates, do you have token documents?" ”

"I'm General Yan's subordinates!" Ma Le raised the token and shouted: "General Yan ordered me to wait to report first, and the army will arrive later, tell you to get ready, and still don't open the door?" ”

The guard general heard that it was Yan Xing's troops, this person was Han Sui's son-in-law, and he didn't dare to slack off, but just now he got Han Sui's order, so he was embarrassed: "General Han has sent an order, Ma Chao has escaped from Jincheng and is heading south, it is likely to pass through Horseshoe Bay, and I will be strictly defended, and no one will be allowed to go without General Han's order." ”

Ma Le said angrily: "Bastard, General Han was worried that Ma Chao would escape to Horseshoe Bay, so he ordered General Yan to come to guard in person, and neglected General Yan, can you afford it?" ”

Seeing Ma Le's arrogant words, the guard leaned out to observe carefully, but he still couldn't see clearly, so he ordered someone to put down the bamboo basket and asked him to put the token inside to check.

Ma's heart sank, this token is the Xiliang Thorn History Department, just now in order to bluff, pretending to be Yan Xing's subordinates, this is going to be taken, isn't it exposed?

"Grandma's, blind your dog's eyes, wait!" Ma Le shouted, and first retreated to discuss with Xu Shu and the others.

Xu Shu said: "At this time, there is no way back, first hand over the token, and say that in order to facilitate scheduling, the Liangzhou Thorn History token will be uniformly replaced, if it really doesn't work...... General Ma shot the man first to intimidate the defenders into opening the door. ”

The two brothers took the order, got off the horse and walked to the city, everyone was also nervous, one gradually tightened, and Ma Chao held the longbow tightly, following Ma Le and staring at the people in the city.

At this moment, suddenly the drum sounded on the arrow tower of the wall, and everyone looked back, only to see a large army along the river coming quickly, the sand and dust were rolling along the river, and countless birds were startled and circling, it was the Cao army's soldiers and horses.

Pound's face changed greatly, and he clenched his big knife and said in a deep voice: "The reinforcements are coming, and the only way to fight to the death is to fight." ”

Xu Shu's eyes were slightly cold, signaling everyone not to move, urging the horse to the city, and shouted: "General Yan has arrived, don't open the door again, be careful that you can't eat and walk around." ”

When the guard saw that reinforcements were coming, he no longer had any doubts, knowing that Yan Xing was ruthless, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, open the door and open the door!" ”

Squeaks—

The heavy wooden door slowly opened, and Ma Chao and Ma Le let out a sigh of relief and immediately turned around.

Xu Shu shouted in a low voice: "There is a change in the plan, take the level immediately!" ”

The two turned over and got on their horses, beckoning everyone to urge the horses into the city, Ma Chao and Pang De opened the road first, and Ma Dai and Xu Shu broke off and guarded the gate.

The guard was hurriedly running down the wall, ready to greet Ma Le and say something good, lest Yan Xing enter the city later, and he will say a few words, but he will suffer.

As soon as he got down from the city tower, he saw Ma Chao rushing straight over, the tiger head gun trembled, and with the sound of breaking the wind, it penetrated his chest and threw it up, with a flattering smile on his face when he was dying.

The defenders in the pass were completely stunned, and before they could react, Pang De had already led his troops to kill him, rushing back and forth in the pass, a big knife flew left and right, and there was no enemy.

Pound and the others broke out, and the defenders were killed by surprise, and they didn't even have time to pick up arms to resist.

At this time, the army was only one mile before the pass, and the broken Ma Dai closed the gate tightly, and led ten people to rush to the wall, killing those defenders who stumbled and fled.

Xu Shu commanded the remaining few people to shout: "Move the corpses and sundries, block and close the door!" ”

Ma Dai led people to guard the pass, and Xu Shu commanded the soldiers to carry the corpses and sundries, all piled up in the corridor, and blocked the gate tightly.

Xu Shu hurriedly ran to the port behind the pass, and suddenly paused, frowning: "The ship was driven away!" ”

Ma Chao was rushing from behind to kill the defenders and shouted, "Where is the ship? ”

A few trembling soldiers in the harbor replied: "Today the order is to increase the number of defenders, and the ships will go to the other side to carry grain, and they will return tomorrow." ”

Xu Shu asked anxiously, "Is there a boat?" ”

The men shook their heads, and the horses were furious, jumped off their horses, drew their swords, and hacked them all to death.

Boom Boom –

The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, the ground trembled, and reinforcements were approaching the city.

Ma Chao got on the horse again, raised his gun and shouted: "Lao Tzu fought with them!" ”