Three Kingdoms

The sky in Longyou is clear and cloudless, but the wind is still a bit strong. The strong Saibei airflow roars down the mountains, sweeping up dust and grass and flying high in the sky.

Cheng Gongying was a little less calm than before. The scouts were sent to Fanxu Pass, but there was still no trace of the Zhengxi Cavalry. As the detection range expanded, a large-scale sighting was finally discovered in the direction of Wangxiaoguan Road. It is obvious that the Zhengxi Cavalry did not come directly to Fanxu Road, but chose Jitou Road further north.

There is actually not much difference in the difficulty of marching between Fanxu Road and Jitou Road. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also chose these two roads when he was hunting in the west. Therefore, they can both be used as the emperor's hunting routes, and they must not be so steep that it is difficult to walk.

It turned out that Cheng Gongying was quite complacent. Although Han Sui took away a large number of soldiers and was somewhat lacking in military strength, Cheng Gongying also made a lot of arrangements at Fanxudaokou, and the two thousand cavalry under his command were not that This kind of mob was temporarily put together by herdsmen, but veterans who followed Han Sui. When Han Sui followed Bian Zhang and others to rebel, they relied on their sharp attacks to sweep through the area near Jincheng, laid a foundation, and At that time, the soldiers sent by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty were defeated and lost their armor, and even counterattacked into Sanfu.

If not for that time...

Therefore, with such a powerful soldier in hand, Cheng Gongying does have some psychological advantages.

However, the Zhengxi Cavalry suddenly changed its marching path, which broke Cheng Gongying's psychological advantage. If the Zhengxi Cavalry really bypasses the Jitou Road, then not only will it be a problem of failure in defense at the Bansu Crossing, but it will also trigger a series of subsequent reactions. At least the original plan to block and delay the Zhengxi reinforcements is tantamount to Completely shattered.

Therefore, almost as soon as Cheng Gongying received the latest news feedback from the scouts, he immediately led his soldiers to the Jitou Road in the north, at least to block the Zhengxi Cavalry when they arrived at the Jitou Road. live……

However, the battle situation has changed beyond Cheng Gongying's expectation...

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Like Cheng Gongying, Fei Qian's night attack also caught Han Sui by surprise and caused a lot of losses, but the information that followed made Han Sui hesitate even more.

The Xiliang tribes have arrived.

They arrived, but they were stationed in Tianshui and did not move forward as originally agreed.

Although the troops sent by the Xiliang tribes were only temporarily stationed in Tianshui for repairs, Han Sui couldn't help but sound the alarm in his heart.

Han Sui is already in his forties this year. Although his body is still strong, it is not as good as when he rebelled with Beigong Boyu.

At that time, Han Sui was still just Han Yue.

At that time, Han Yue was just a petty official in Jincheng and an employee in Liangzhou.

At that time, Beigong Boyu desperately wanted to win over Bian Yun. Well, at that time, Bian Zhang was still called Bian Yun, and Han asked two people to join the gang. Then the two of them gritted their teeth, but they didn't agree, and they even made plans. Prepare for a bigger bowl...

However, everything changed after Beigong Boyu captured Jincheng and killed Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng County.

Seeing the knife on the necks of all members of the family, young and old, the so-called integrity and perseverance became so ridiculous.

Should he let his family, young and old, accompany him to death with integrity and perseverance, or should he strip away all the hard bones in his body and save his family's life, only to become the person he despised the most?

Han Sui still remembered that night, a long night and extremely lonely.

At dawn, Han Yue became Han Sui

Of course, Bian Yun also became Bian Zhang.

From that moment on, Han Sui hated Bian Yun, well, Bian Zhang. Although Bian Zhang was Han Sui's good friend, whenever Han Sui saw Bian Zhang, it was as if he saw himself, and he remembered that pain. The extremely long night.

Therefore, in the end Beigong Boyu died, and so did Bian Zhang.

But Han Sui also suffered from a problem...

He doesn't trust anyone.

Even if you can betray yourself, in this world, will there be anyone you can trust?

Therefore, Han Sui gave up chasing Fei Qian, and he needed to figure out what happened to his lower back...

As for Fei Qian, he is the enemy of Ma Chao. Although he is related to Han Sui, the relationship is not very big.

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"Fight. You can give it a try."

Li Ru gathered his leather robe and said in a hoarse voice, as if he was talking about whether to eat noodles or soup cakes for dinner.

Is it really okay to be so casual?

Fei Qian's eyes widened, somewhat unexpectedly.

Li Ru came from Yangping Pass with his troops yesterday evening.

After the two armies merged, Fei Qian had three thousand more soldiers. Although it sounded good, only one thousand of them were regular soldiers. The other two thousand were half auxiliary soldiers and half Zhang Lu's original Taoist soldiers. These auxiliary soldiers Soldiers and Dao soldiers are soft-footed shrimps. Of course they still have some fighting ability, but to say how tough these people are is haha...

Then, after Li Ru understood the situation, he still said in an understatement that he could compete with Han Sui, Ma Chao and others from Xiliang, which naturally surprised Fei Qian.

"This..." Fei Qian hesitated.

Who is Li Ru? I'm afraid it won't be as bad as Sun Wukong if he gets a few hairs on it. He glanced at Fei Qian and said, "Hanzhong is secure, general, there is no need to worry."

Fei Qian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, but waited for Li Ru to continue explaining.

"Well, after Liu Bo'an took over the crane, Liu Jiyuzi inherited his father's position and became the shepherd of Yizhou. The young boy ascended to the high position, and the struggle for power... haha... In Chengdu, there were three families of the Zhu clan..." Li Ru said lightly, then As if he was describing an extremely ordinary and simple thing, "...In addition, Governor Liu contacted some old officials from his family... Yizhou is currently in chaos, Badong and Brazil are in charge of their own affairs, and now they have no time for Hanzhong. Can they hold it?" Jiange is already very difficult..."

"In addition... there was news a few days ago..." Li Ru said, "The Huang family and the Ma family are on their way with two thousand soldiers and horses. It is estimated that they will be able to reach Shangyong before the end of the year."

"Mr. Ma?" Fei Qian was a little confused and asked, "But the Ma family of Yicheng?"

The Huang family was naturally from my father-in-law's side, and as for the Ma family, Fei Qian only remembered that there was a Ma family in Yicheng in Jingxiang who was more famous.

Li Ru nodded and said: "It is the Ma family of Yicheng, but I don't know who will lead the team for the time being..."

I see.

In this era, what is the most important thing for the family?

It is the interests of the family.

Fei Potential expanded his sphere of influence to Hanzhong, almost bordering Jingxiang. Naturally, it was different from the previous situation in Bingbei Guxuan. After the news reached Jingxiang, it immediately caused a wave of fluctuations in the Jingxiang gentry.

The expansion of Feiqian's territory will naturally require manpower. There is no doubt about this. The Jingxiang gentry were originally so crowded with each other that they couldn't breathe. Suddenly there was an outlet like Hanzhong, so of course only those who were willing took the bait.

Although Hanzhong is relatively small, it is different from the Bingbei area. You can go to Yizhou in the south and Lianguanzhong in the north. The most important thing is that it is not too far away from Jingxiang, but it is easier to go down the river by boat. It's just more difficult to walk upstream.

So this time, the Jingxiang gentry actively responded to Fei Qian's hint, well, it was actually an explicit hint, and sent personnel to Hanzhong. And from a certain point of view, Ma's personnel also seemed to be asking for directions. Take a look. What are the specifics of Feiqian? If it is worthy of investment, there may be a large amount of subsequent investment.

Of course, the benefits brought by this are not only obtained by the Huang family or the Ma family of the Jingxiang gentry, but also assist Fei Qian in governing and controlling Hanzhong. At least at this stage, it is a win-win situation for both parties.

The news of the upcoming arrival of the Jingxiang gentry must have stimulated the original people in Hanzhong. It was definitely impossible to stop them, so they could only desperately expand their own interests and control on the existing basis, which also promoted the influence of Liu Dan in the Hanzhong clan. Internal personnel further oppressed and incited Yizhou.

At the same time, the power of Fei Qian's side continued to increase, and Zuo Ci also did a good job. The current situation in Hanzhong, both from the perspective of the nobles and the people, was relatively stable. Naturally, Li Ru felt relieved and left Hanzhong for the time being. , came to support Fei Qian.

Fei Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Then give it a try?"

Li Ru laughed and said: "General, don't worry, I have already made plans..."

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Ma Chao didn't say anything about Han Sui's decision, but his silence didn't mean he didn't have any opinions.

In the night attack launched by Fei Qian, because Han Sui's camp defense system was quite in place, Ling Jie was not able to get into the gathering place of war horses in the end, and could only detonate gunpowder bombs on the outside. Even so, Many war horses were frightened and ran around in panic, causing some damage.

Then, although the person in charge of guarding the war horses was punished, some words came out...

Ma Chao's tent at that time was by the Qingni River.

Ma Chao said that he discovered that General Zhengxi came ashore from the Qingni River.

So why is it that Ma Chao, who is brave and proficient in fighting and has extraordinary force, is not able to stop Fei Qian, the general who conquers the west?

why?

Is it because you have failed and you can’t see others doing well?

Some things are not really important at first, but they can't help but make people think about them, and then they are involved in some other aspects.

Ma Chao took care of Ma Tie, looking for herbal medicine and applying medicine with his own hands. He also didn't rest. He just lay down in his clothes in a drowsy manner at night, and he woke up in a hurry. Besides, Ma Chao had no patrol responsibility. According to the Normally speaking, it would never be his turn...

But the question is, do rumors need common sense?

Therefore, Ma Chao was quite depressed and had no place to reason, because Han Sui had publicly stated that he believed Ma Chao was not such a person, and Ma Chao was so blocked that he could not say a word...

Han Sui did not trace the origin of the rumors, nor did he strictly prohibit the spread of the rumors.

When an army marches, they usually carry food and grass, but some supplies still need to be replenished, the most basic ones such as salt and iron. It would be better if they could get some bacon or something to spice up the food.

There was a gathering fifteen miles east of Xiabian City, and Ma Chao happened to be going to the gathering to see if there was any medicine that could treat Ma Tie's injuries, so he and the supply soldiers came to the gathering place east of Xiabian City.

In rural counties and towns in the Han Dynasty, on the first, second and fifteenth day of every month, a large gathering would usually be held outside the county town. When many farmers in remote areas needed some items, they would probably bring some with them at this time. Things come to barter. Of course, merchants in the county will also come to trade with needles, threads, cauldrons, pots and other goods.

The soldiers who came with him went to the merchants to discuss purchases. Ma Chao, with two or three guards, led the horse around the market to see if there were any wandering doctors...

If we are talking about Guanzhong or Guandong, there is a high probability that there are some doctors who are sitting in the court in the county, but this is Kansai, not to mention the doctors who are sitting in the court, even the doctors who are traveling need to try their luck.

"Young Commander... Look over there..." A guard behind Ma Chao suddenly called out. Unlike Ma Chao who focused on looking for the doctor, the guard needed to observe the surrounding situation, and naturally discovered some abnormalities before Ma Chao.

"There's no doctor over there..." Ma Chao glanced at it subconsciously and said, then turned his head back sharply and suddenly his eyes widened, "This... this belongs to Brother Dai Xian." War horse!"

Ma Dai died in the battle at that time. Due to the urgency of the battle, even the bones could not be recovered in time. Therefore, some of the items left behind by Ma Dai were received by Ma Chao to express his thoughts. Among them were the rides that Ma Dai took during his lifetime. war horse.

However, when attacking the camp a few days ago, Ma Chao was ambushed and almost died in the fire. Even Ma Tie was seriously injured, so he didn't care about those external belongings. He originally thought that he was robbed by General Fei Qian of the Western Expedition. But I never expected to see it here.

"Yellow body, front hooves treading snow!" Ma Chao took a few steps to the war horse, looked up and down, and then took the reins of the war horse with his hands, "Yes! That's it! Haha! Haha!"

Ma Chao smiled happily, full of joy of regaining his lost horse, but it annoyed the man holding the war horse beside him. He immediately slapped Ma Chao in the face, and pulled the war horse with one hand, trying to pull it back, and shouted something angrily. .

"Di people?" Ma Chao said with a frown as he pushed the person away. Although Ma Chao understands the Qiang language, he can only hear a rough idea of ​​the Di people's language and does not understand it very well. Just like Hu Jian and Guangdong in later generations, although they are connected, their language systems are completely different.

Seeing that Di was interested in taking action, several of Ma Chao's personal guards also stepped forward to drive Di away. Di Ren became even more excited and kept chattering.

Ma Chao asked the guard: "What are they talking about?"

The personal guard also shook his head blankly.

"Tell them that this horse belongs to us! Since they are fed well, we don't care about their guilt of stealing the horse!" Since Ma Chao couldn't listen and was too lazy to pay attention, he ordered, Just take the horse and leave.

The Di people screamed, and when they saw Ma Chao holding the horse and about to leave, they even raised their swords and guns, and then attacked Ma Chao and several of his guards!

Suddenly the two sides were fighting.

Ma Chao's face sank and he roared angrily: "Horse thief! How dare you be so rampant!"

The anger that had been suppressed in the past few days finally burst out. Ma Chao did not take a spear, but just pulled out his sword and rushed into the battle group...