Ma Chao led 5,000 horsemen to gallop in the direction of Weishui, the vast flat plain of Liangzhou is very convenient for the cavalry's long-distance attack, but in less than half an hour, Ma Chao galloped a hundred miles away. Of course, one mile in the Han Dynasty was only 0.415 kilometers, that is, 400 meters, which is equivalent to a lap of the runway.

However, sitting on the galloping Xiaobai's back and running at a high speed still made Ma Chao's heart surge. In that world, which was already a little foreign to him, horseback riding was a tourist activity that had to be paid for. Riding a horse like that is nothing more than walking a few steps on a horse. It's not at all the same as the current one. Ma Chao got the ability of the original host to gallop a horse at the beginning, so riding a horse was not difficult for him, it was as easy as eating and sleeping. Riding on the galloping horse, Ma Chao's body moved enthusiastically with Xiaobai's ups and downs, holding the silver gun upside down in one hand and holding the reins in the other, the wind passed through his long hair, Ma Chao felt very comfortable.

But at this moment, he saw a horse suddenly appear on the horizon in front of him, looking like the armor, it was a scout he had sent.

Ma Chao ordered the five thousand horsemen to stop, waiting for the scout to report. The scout galloped fast, with a very calm look on his face. However, Ma Chao felt that something was wrong: the scout had been sent out by him long before the march, and he must have galloped for more than a hundred miles. But there was no sweat on the scout's face; And if the scout returns, it must be because there is an urgent enemy situation ahead, and if it is normal, he should show an anxious demeanor, but the scout has a calm face. Could it be ......

Ma Chao secretly lifted the silver gun. The scout came to Ma Chao to restrain his horse, but he didn't look at Ma Chao's eyes, and Ma Chao confirmed his conjecture. The scout just wanted to clench his fist, but Ma Chao quickly interrupted him and said quickly: "Password!" ”

The scout was stunned, his mouth slightly open in astonishment, and his little eyes rolled slightly.

Ma Chao repeated: "Password! When the sergeants heard Ma Chao's words, although they didn't know why Ma Chao asked, they still kept silent.

The scout said nervously, "The general forgives the sin, the little one forgot." ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he immediately drew his spear and put it against the scout's throat, his speed was so fast that the scout only saw a white shadow flying up, and he didn't have time to block it.

Ma Chao smiled: "Our army has never had a password, you actually said that you forgot?" ”

In fact, Ma Chao came for too short a time because of the crossing, and because there were too many surrenders and forced landings, the tribulation swelled sharply and was difficult to manage. Ma Chao has been busy managing the department, and he has never thought about setting a password every day. The reason why he asked just now was just to suspect that the scout had a lot of suspicious things, so he tried to deceive the scout.

The tip of Ma Chao's spear was extremely sharp, and with just a slight effort, the tip of the spear accurately pierced the skin on the scout's throat and hit the throat. As long as Ma Chao exerts a slight effort, he can pierce his throat without much effort.

The scout clearly felt the stinging pain and coldness of the tip of the spear, and was nervous, but quickly laughed and said, "General, it's... It's a small mistake. ”

Ma Chao laughed even more heartily and said, "You are wrong again, the officers and soldiers of our army have recognized me as the master from today onwards, and they will call me the lord." The title of general has long been abandoned. ”

Now, the other sergeants understood that this man was a spy.

After listening to Ma Chao's words, the spy was so nervous that his head was sweating, and Ma Chao suddenly saw a hot breath rising from the spy's saddle, it turned out that he was so scared that he urinated.

Ma Chao smiled: "Do you want to live?" ”

The spy wanted to nod, but the tip of the spear had pierced through the skin and was pressed against his throat, and he would surely die at the slightest bit. The spy said nervously, "Yes! Think! ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Tell me, who sent you?" ”

"It's General Han, oh no, no, it's a Han thief."

Ma Chao said: "Why did you send here?" What is his plan? ”

"The Han thief sent the general to be the vanguard and came to resist the general. But he was afraid that the candidate was not the general's opponent, so he set up a plan: he captured one of the general's scouts alive, and ordered the small one to wear the general's armor and pretend to be the general's scout to earn the general. ”

Ma Chao became vigilant, stopped laughing, and said, "How to earn me?" ”

"The Han thief made an agreement with the candidate, and the candidate's troops set up an ambush in a poplar forest on the official road ahead. The poplar forest is stuck on the official road, and the two sides are overlapping hills, which is extremely narrow and dangerous. The small one is south of the poplar forest. After the general's letter, he will definitely take the official road and pass by the poplar forest. When the general enters the forest, ten thousand arrows will be fired at once, and then the forest will be burned. ”

Ma Chao glanced at the scout and saw that his expression was very frightened, sweating and crackling, not like he was lying to him. But I thought that this person was sent by Han Sui. Han Sui is scheming, and the selected spies will definitely not have such low-level performance. Who knows if this scheming is a plan?

Ma Chao smiled: "Han Sui's old thief may not have underestimated me!" How can such a scheme deceive me? ”

The spy originally saw that Ma Chao was already thinking about it, and he was overjoyed. But when he heard Ma Chao say this, he couldn't help but be startled, but this time he didn't change his complexion.

Ma Chao smiled: "Han Sui's plan is a plan, right?" ”

"Will ...... General, the little ones have already told the general everything they know, but the other little ones don't know. The spy stammered.

Ma Chao smiled and said, "You don't know the plan, right?" Let me tell you what this plan is. ”

The spy was a little out of breath and said, "There is General Lao." ”

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Han Sui sent you, first deliberately revealing flaws, so that I could easily identify your identity, not my scout, but a traitor's spy." After you see through it, you will take the opportunity to say Han Sui's statement to earn me to lure me forward. ”

Ma Chao kept staring at the spy, and clearly saw that the spy's pupils were dilated, which is a reaction that people only have when they are nervous. No matter how real a person's deception is on the surface, he can keep his face as usual and hide the change in his expression, but the dilation and narrowing of his pupils cannot hide it.

Ma Chao then deduced: "You just said that you will deceive me, and that the candidate will be set up in ambush in the poplar forest, and wait for me to lead the army into the forest and release arrows to burst out." This is a deeper ambush, deliberately to deceive me, right? ”

The spy peed again, but this time he couldn't help but pee. The sergeants all listened to Ma Chao's debunking of the spy lies, and they were relished.

Ma Chao said: "If I believe this set of rhetoric, then how will I act?" According to Han Sui's deduction, I know that the candidate is in the woods, and they will definitely set fire to the forest first. In this way, not only can the ambush be avoided, but also Cheng Xuan's part can be burned to death. ”