Lao Tzu's army is the strongest, and he dares to question me, staring at your dog's eyes to take a good look at how Lao Tzu defeated the Han people. Shi Hu looked at the dead adjutant general and said, seeing this scene, many people who wanted to persuade all silently shut their mouths. This deputy general was personally arranged by Shi Le, his identity is equivalent to the minister of the Qin Mission, and he is Shi Le's eyes and ears, Shi Hu actually said that he would kill him, and who dared to blow up the assassination of the others, this person is simply a madman.

Shi Hu was very satisfied, he didn't think that he had any trouble killing a lieutenant general, no matter how he said it, he was Shi Le's nephew, at most he would be scolded a few words, as long as he could continue to win for his uncle, this was a small problem, and all the problems were not a problem when he defeated the Bingzhou army that was ravaging Yizhou.

"Kill. Shi Hu shouted loudly, and the Wei army charged again, and no one noticed that the "reinforcements" behind them turned their horses and left the battlefield, and the direction they went was Handan. Of course, not everyone didn't see it, but they felt that more was better than less, Shi Hu played his cards so unreasonably, what if they went to report that they were killed?

Shi Hu, who was at the forefront, paid attention to the Iron Blood Army, and he didn't notice this change, he had a fight with Chu Yun just now, but he found that Chu Yun's strength was not inferior to him, which made Shi Hu a little unacceptable, he was a genius, he was the number one master of Shi Lejun, how could he not beat a nameless person, in his heart, the entire state except Liu Kun was a nameless person.

Although Shi Hu's realm is very high, Chu Yun actually didn't pay attention to it, Shi Hu's moves are all summed up in ordinary fights, and they are not systematic at all. It can be seen from his weapon that the wrought iron rod is not much lethal, and the spear of the moon stick is the simplest of the stick, that is, the simplest stick method Shi Hu will not know, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined. As a heavy weapon, the wrought iron rod is too light in weight, and it has no direct lethality, it relies on the impact force against the enemy, and the impact force is obviously not as direct as cutting with a knife or stabbing with a gun on the battlefield, but it is often used in street gangsters to fight, so don't look at Shi Hu's dog-like appearance, in fact, he still has not departed from the thinking of street fighting.

Shi Hu's target was Chu Yun wearing bright armor, and Chu Yun's goal was of course to capture the thief and capture the king, the two of them were entangled together, and the cavalry behind them should be surrounding their highest commander, and the people and horses of the two sides were entangled together, forming a hodgepodge.

Chu Yun's long lance was majestic, Shi Hu's moves were tricky and ruthless, and Shi Hu relied on his bravery and strong internal force to slightly suppress Chu Yun, but Chu Yun was not in a hurry, slowly consuming Shi Hu's patience. Contrary to Shi Hu and Chu Yun's opponents, the Iron Blood Army completely suppressed the Wei County cavalry, especially the 1,500 people who participated in the bloody battle of Xiangguo City, they played a decisive role, the Wei County cavalry was constantly killed, and the losses of the Iron Blood Army were much smaller, which was also the reason why Chu Yun was not in a hurry.

Seeing this scene, Shi Hu was so angry that he screamed, his moves were even more ferocious, but there was nothing he could do in the face of Chu Yun's impermeable defense.

On the other side of Handan City, today is the twenty-third day of the closure of Handan City, Handan City was slaughtered by the Shi Hu Army more than half, but there are more than 10,000 people left, Handan City is a famous city in the Central Plains, with a large population, but it was almost killed by Shi Hu, which has to be said to be the sorrow of the Han people.

The remaining 10,000 people did not dare to leave their homes every day, because Shi Hu ordered that no one was allowed to go out, and as long as they were seen, they would die, but how much food did ordinary people have in their homes? They could only wait for death at home. In more than 20 days, everything that can be eaten has already been exhausted, and if you open any courtyard in Handan City casually, it will either be empty, or there will only be a few hungry people who are skinny and like evil ghosts.

The big family in Handan City was either slaughtered by Shi Hu, or migrated to the south early, and in the only remaining big family courtyard, more than forty men, women, old and weak were boiling a pot of bark, although it was only bark, but more than forty people were staring at the cauldron tightly, as if they were looking at the delicious food in the world, only an old man knelt in the front, staring at the ground with blank eyes.

It can be seen that this old man is also thin and dry, obviously hungry to the extreme, but his sitting posture is still the most standard kneeling sitting, and no matter how picky people are, they can't find the slightest fault. The young people around him also knelt quietly behind the old man, even if their eyes were hungry and glowing, they were also meticulous. Obviously, this is a family with a very strict family education, as the saying goes, three generations can cultivate an aristocratic temperament, but they are the most orthodox nobles who are about to starve to death and maintain the dignity of the children of the family.

Their family's surname is Ma, and they migrated to Handan from Xianyang, and they have only been around for a hundred years, so their status in Handan City is not high. And they are very low-key, low-key can almost be compared to Chu Yun's original family, the Chu family, if it weren't for the heart, I really didn't know that Handan also had a family surnamed Ma.

But in fact, they have a longer inheritance time than any family in Handan, and they are the native families of Handan City. Their ancestors are estimated to be known to everyone, it is the "paper soldiers" that made the 400,000 Zhao army wiped out Zhao Kuo, Handan City was the capital of Zhao State, after it was breached, all the nobles of Zhao State were moved to Xianyang by Qin State, because they thought that Zhao Kuo was the culprit of the destruction of the homeland, so their descendants changed their character to horses, Zhao Kuo's father Zhao Hao was once named Ma Fujun, of course, they are also the ancestors of the surname Ma in later generations.

After the fall of the Qin State, the Ma family was scattered all over the country, but it was a pity that they all thought that they were sinners of the Zhao State, and the guilt of their homeland made them not return to Handan. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, wars were raging in various places, the Ma family was impacted, Ma Teng and Ma Chao were the descendants of Zhao Hao, they were enemies with Cao Wei who occupied Xianyang at that time, in order to avoid the impact and worship the ancestors nearby, because Zhao Hao was buried in the Purple Mountain outside Handan City, and the patriarch of a family surnamed Ma returned to his hometown.

They are low-key people, the family is not allowed to be officials, they slowly developed in Handan, but unfortunately the world was in turmoil again at the end of the Jin Dynasty, and they were hit again, but the patriarch surnamed Ma stubbornly stayed in the ancestral land, and became the only Han people in Handan City.

But what made the old patriarch sad was that it seemed that his decision was wrong, and the Ma family was probably perished because of his decision, which is why he was so depressed.

"Father, it's time to eat. The eldest son of the old patriarch came with a bowl in which there was nothing but a few pieces of bark that was clear and clear. Looking at his eldest son, the old patriarch Ma Liang, tears flowed down his eyes.

"Liang'er, it was for my father to hurt you, our Ma family has gone through hardships, I don't allow you to become officials for my own selfishness, and let you accompany me into a desperate situation, it's my father's fault, I regret not being at the beginning, when Wang Chuzhong (Wang Dun of Langya Wang's family) wanted to recruit you as a staff member, but my father didn't agree, so you lost the opportunity, and Liang'er hurt you for my father. As the old patriarch wept, so did his children and grandchildren.

But Ma Liang's face remained unchanged: "Father, the rules formulated by our ancestors do not allow us to spend this money, you are just following the ancestral system, where is your fault." Besides, I don't think Wang Chuzhong is a good death, even if there is no ancestral system, I will not assist him, he is ambitious but he can't do it at the right time, and he will definitely die without a full body. Father, our family has done good deeds for generations, and our ancestors will bless us, father, don't think too much, father should eat. Ma Liang said softly, and slowly persuaded his father to drink the bark soup. When the rest of the people saw that the old patriarch had finished eating, they picked up their bowls one after another.

"The old man has now decided to pass on his eldest son Ma Liang as the head of the Ma family, and in addition, I will abolish the ancestral system that the descendants of the Ma family cannot be promoted, and the Liang'er Ma family will depend on you. No matter how much Ma Liang persuaded him, the old patriarch just didn't take back his fate, and the old patriarch returned to the house tremblingly, and died suddenly in less than an hour.

Because in this environment, the Ma family couldn't handle it, so they could only put the old patriarch in the coffin that had been formulated a long time ago, and did things hastily. The new head of the family, Ma Liang, stayed in his house for a day and a night, he knew what his father meant, but his father, as a descendant of Ma Fujun Zhao Hao, could not speak directly, but told himself euphemistically that he wanted to make himself an official and preserve the bloodline of their branch. But now Handan City is occupied by the Hu people, and his father's meaning is to let himself go to the Hu people, but his father is obviously difficult to speak, but pleads with his own death, how can Ma Liang not understand if he is a smart person. But they are all against the world-famous descendants of Zhao Hao, and letting him go to the Hu people is more uncomfortable than killing him, but Ma Liang has no choice. Ma Liang didn't know that their family had not suffered these tribulations in history, and Ma Liang had not become an official, but his descendants had become officials in the Great Wei established by the Xianbei clan, and all these changes were the butterfly effect of the Iron Army, but no matter how smart Ma Liang was, he couldn't have thought of it.

"Father, why do you want your son to become a sinner of the Ma family? You are gone, but what about your son? What should you do? A hundred years later, what face will your son have to see his ancestors and ancestors?" Ma Liang wiped a handful of tears and stood up, this was his father's last life, and in order to pass on the Ma family's bloodline, he had to do it.

Just as he was tidying up his clothes and preparing to go out to meet Shi Hu, the leader of the Qiang tribe, the sound of fighting came from Handan City, which disrupted his act of defecting against his conscience and ancestors.

In order to prevent accidents, Chu Yun did not choose to let the Third Cavalry Brigade flank the Shihu Army, but let them occupy Handan City, otherwise if the other party slipped away and returned to Handan City, then it would still become an annoying nail.

But fortunately, Huangcun did not encounter the slightest accident and killed in, the city gate officer knew that their reinforcements were coming, Shi Hu went to pick up the reinforcements, they had already gotten the news, although it was a little strange why Shi Hu did not follow back, but still opened the city gate, and the three cavalry brigades swarmed in, and occupied Handan City, which was only a few hundred people stationed.

In just half an hour, the battle in Handan City was over, and although the 3rd Cavalry Brigade had not experienced a battle formation, it was still able to deal with hundreds of scattered enemies.

"Brigadier Commander, we found a lot of grain and grass. "Huangcun's subordinates are very happy, Shi Hu in order to confront the iron-blooded army for a long time, transported a lot of grain and grass, you must know that Yecheng is an important town in Yizhou, it is also a former state city, and it is also a front-line barrier against the Huns, so the grain is very rich.

"Brigade commander, we found that there are still a lot of residents in Handan City, but most of them have been short of food for a long time, and now they are almost all in a state of dying, we get so much food, can we relieve them?" Yan Du, the deputy brigade commander of Huang Village, said, this person is one of Chu Yun's earliest teams, and he used to be the leader of the team who managed hundreds of people in the Iron and Blood Cavalry, and he was promoted to the deputy brigade commander with merit, and he was regarded as Chu Yun's hardcore henchman.

"Brigadier Yan, you know that the two of us have no right to deal with it. "Huang Cun has always been very careful because he married the daughter of Tie Zhu, who betrayed Chu Yun at the beginning, so he was very hesitant.

"But if we don't help them, they will all starve to death, we have all experienced the time of freezing and starvation, we have all experienced the despair of not being able to eat, if it weren't for the governor, how could we have lived until now, and have the current life? You must know that Chu Yun's military law is very strict, and the most serious ones captured privately can be killed with a cane, and the position of brigade commander that he finally got is likely to be lost because of this, and the internal competition in the Iron and Blood Army is very fierce, and their brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders have great competition, and there are many people who covet their positions, plus he has a special status, once he falls out of favor, it will be difficult to recover.

"The Second Cavalry Brigade is coming soon, right?" Huang Cun suddenly asked. Chu Yun ordered the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to occupy Handan, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade took over the defense, and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade went back to flank the Shihu Army, so he had this question, Yan Du heard Huang Cun ask, and he was very dissatisfied, he thought that Huang Cun wanted to leave this problem to Lu Zhong, the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade.

"Brigade commander, they are on their way, and according to the scout's report, they will arrive at least in about half an hour. Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander Lu has been defeated in a row, let's not trouble him. We are all from poor backgrounds, and if you don't want to take on this responsibility, then I, Yandu, will bear it alone. Yan Du said in a cold and resolute tone, he originally admired Huang Cun very much, he was a man with affection and righteousness, but seeing that he was so irresponsible, he looked down on him very much, in his opinion, for the lives of so many people in the city, even if they were punished by Chu Yun, they should do it. Besides, Yan didn't believe that the governor, who had also experienced starvation, would punish them severely.

"You are just a deputy brigade commander, can you afford this kind of thing? We still have half an hour to be busy, let the brothers count how many people are left in Handan, and according to the head, one person will divide half a stone of grain. Give me a hurry up for half an hour to be busy, I ask you, we can't delay the governor's big business. After hearing this, Yan Du hugged his fist deeply towards Huang Village, and then turned his head and left. Huang Cun sighed softly when he saw Yan Du leave, he didn't know if what he was doing was right.

"Open the door, open the door quickly. The door of the Ma family was snapped, and the family looked at the patriarch Ma Liang, Ma Liang didn't know what was going on, in his opinion, there would never be anything good, although the Ma family's food was gone, but there was still a lot of money, he asked his younger brother Ma Falcon to prepare, and then let the female dependents and children hide and pull up, to see if they could get through this difficulty.

Ma Liang took a deep breath and opened the door, more than a dozen soldiers rode horses, carrying bulging bags on their backs, he immediately had a preconceived idea that these people were here to fight the autumn wind, which was also the norm in the army in this era.

"A few military masters, I don't know what is going on with you coming to the Humble House, don't worry, we will definitely cooperate. Ma Falcon moved the things over, and the money from the military masters was regarded as wine money for everyone. Ma Liang said with a smile on his face, he knew that the soldiers would not reason with you, so he could only show the most humble posture, and there was a large family behind him.

"Don't talk nonsense, how many of you have here, call them all out to me. Several sergeants didn't look at the money in the box, Ma Liang and the men all sighed in their hearts when they heard it, in their opinion, these soldiers must be women, if the slaves of their Ma family had not run out before, it would be easy to say, but now the rest of the people are their relatives and dependents, and they must not let their women be ruined.

"A few military masters, there are only a dozen people in the villain's house, there are no other people, if the military master thinks that the money is less, you can take whatever you like in the yard, and the villain will never complain. Ma Liang kept nodding his head, and the children of the Ma family felt very ashamed, they knew that the patriarch was for them, so they stood there motionless, clenching their fists tightly.

"You said it yourself, just the thirteen of you?" the sergeant asked, looking at Ma Liang.

"Yes, what the villain said is true, Master Jun, I have a few antiques worth thousands of gold at home to give to Master Jun, and I ask Master Jun to do well. Maleonn kept apologetic and saluted.

"Okay, since you said it, don't regret it, leave them six and a half stones of grain, and let's go to the next one. The men threw some small packages out of the bags on their horses and rode away quickly. One stone of the Jin Dynasty is equivalent to two catties and seven taels now, six and a half stones is almost seventeen catties, and more than a dozen bags of grain were thrown at Ma Liang's feet, and when several soldiers left, they didn't react.

Ma Liang's younger brother Ma Falcon carefully opened a package, and Bai Huahua's grain leaked out.

"Big brother, food, it's food. Ma Falcon shouted loudly, and the hidden daughters and children of the Ma family ran out when they heard the sound, and dozens of people hugged these bags tightly and looked at their patriarch Ma Liang excitedly.

Ma Liang didn't seem to hear it, he looked at the direction where a few sergeants went, he had already seen that these people were not the clothes of the previous Qi people, but like the clothes of the imperial army, but no matter which side of the soldiers, it was a disaster for them as civilians, this era did not have the army of the Yue family army in later generations that froze to death and did not demolish the house, so he didn't think about it, and now seeing that the other party was actually relieving them, Ma Liang, a wise man who has experienced the world, was a little moved.

"Ma Falcon, go and inquire if they are the army of the imperial court, and ask which force is the army, they saved the lives of our Ma family with food, and they want to repay them for their brother. Ma Liang said firmly, the ladies went to cook, and Ma Falcon ran out.

A cup of tea Ma Falcon panted and ran back: "Big brother, they are the army of Shangdang County in the state, and I have never heard of what kind of iron-blooded army they are." ”

"Predator?" Ma Liang kept the name in his heart.

Just after the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was busy for half an hour, the people of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade arrived, although there were still some people who did not know where to hide, but they had no way to relieve them, and the governor's major affairs could not be delayed.

Huang Cun and Lu Zhong handed over the defense, and under Lu Zhong's envious gaze, they rode the third brigade out of the city. And at this time, Shi Hu also found out that their reinforcements had disappeared, Shi Hu thought that Guo Quan was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he ran away in advance, but he didn't think that they were originally people of the Iron Army, otherwise they would definitely be flanked. And at this time, Shi Hu, who had run out of the three-plate axe, had been suppressed by Chu Yun, and he didn't even have time to care about other forms on the battlefield, because one negligence in the master duel was life and death.