Xiaoqi

At this time, the clothes on his body were completely soaked, water could be wrung from the corners of the clothes and cuffs, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and there were beads of sweat on the tips of his temples.

After running for more than an hour, it was only now that the people were exhausted and the horses were exhausted.

After walking slowly on the school yard for two laps, Teng Yu stroked the mane on the neck of the Huoyun horse, turned over and dismounted gently, and then slowly led the Huoyun horse into the stables in the south of the school yard.

"Hahaha! Teng Yu has achieved great success and finally tamed the Fire Cloud Horse. It is worthy of congratulations! Today, the prefect's county government hosted a banquet to celebrate Dian Wei, Teng Yu and Huan Fei's three happy BMW horses. You must attend, If you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

On the high platform, Li Li watched Teng Yu and Huoyun Shenju leave, burst into laughter, and ordered his soldiers to prepare a banquet to celebrate Dian Wei and others.

"My lord, this is an urgent letter sent by Commander Bocai of Wuwei County." Just as Li Li got up and was about to return home, Li Xuan hurried up to meet him, handed over a roll of bamboo slips, and said in a low voice.

"Huh?" Li Li was taken aback, his expression changed slightly, Shen Ling took the bamboo slips and flipped through them.

Flipping through the letter quickly, Li Li frowned slightly, his eyes were cold and his expression was stern.

"Hmph, Ma Chao is still alive, what a fate! This thief was severely injured twice by the prefect, and half his life was lost, but he managed to save himself twice, and finally survived.

After the last battle at Heilongling, our army searched the nearby mountains and forests for dozens of miles but failed to find him. The prefect thought he had escaped long ago.Unexpectedly, Ma Chao actually played hide-and-seek with us. For more than a month, he has been hiding in my Wuwei County to recuperate!Now that his injury has healed, he wanted to escape from Wuwei, but unexpectedly, all the passes to the south were heavily guarded by our army. Instead of escaping, he leaked his whereabouts and was discovered by the guards under Bocai's account.

Yuan Zhong, how do you say we should arrest Ma Chao? "

After hearing what the lord Li Li said, Li Xuan stroked his beard lightly, and said calmly: "My lord, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others have not made any changes for more than a month. Especially Ma Teng, His son Ma Chao has been stranded in Wuwei County since the Battle of Heilongling, but he has not responded. What does this mean?

It means that Ma Teng had already received news that Ma Chao was not dead and was not arrested by our army, so he did not dare to act rashly.

Therefore, the subordinates believed that this matter should not be publicized, and Ma Chao must have very few people around him now, and his power is weak.The lord can send a small number of elite soldiers to cooperate with Bocai to arrest Ma Chao secretly.The subordinates suggested selecting more than a hundred soldiers with excellent martial arts skills and good tracking skills from the Huxiao Camp to go to Bocai's command tent to listen to them. In this way, within ten days, Ma Chao will be captured in one go! "

Li Li raised his brows, and with a habitual smile on the corner of his mouth, he nodded to Li Xuan, approving his idea.

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to lead their guards to Wuwei County to capture and kill Ma Chao in person. Please agree, my lord!"

Hearing that Ma Chao was still in Wuwei County at first, Huan Fei's expression was shocked, his face showed murderous intent, and he took the initiative to ask for Ying.

"Oh, Feihu wants to go and kill the horse himself?" Li Li looked at Huan Fei with a smile and asked with a smile.

Huan Fei nodded and replied: "Yes, my lord. This subordinate has an old feud with the Ma family. This subordinate has already mentioned it to the lord before. In addition, Ma Chao once lied to me and led troops to intercept and kill the lord. This time he actually killed the lord by himself. If you want to die, the subordinates will fulfill him, and will never let him leave Wuwei County alive!"

Li Li nodded softly when he heard the words and said: "Okay, the prefect agrees to your request. You go back immediately to pick two hundred elite horses, and then come to the county guard's mansion to meet me. This time the prefect will personally lead the troops to capture the horses." , I want to see if he can escape this time!"

"Uh...no, I obey!" Huan Fei was stunned when he heard that the lord was going to capture and kill Ma Chao with him, and then he respectfully responded.

On the way back to the county guard's mansion, Li Xuan whispered to Li Li: "My lord, what I just heard from your words implied that I didn't want to kill Ma Chao. Could it be that my lord went to Wuwei County to prevent Huan Fei from capturing and killing Ma Chao?" If so, the lord only needs to strictly order Huan Fei to leave Ma Chao's life behind, why bother to go there himself?"

"Hehehe!"

Hearing this, Li Li laughed and said, "Yuan Zhong really has a quick mind. However, what you said this time is not completely correct. It is hard to say whether the prefect will kill Ma Chao or not; if the situation is special, maybe the prefect will chop him up with a knife." !

Although Huan Fei has a great enmity with the Ma family, he is also related to the Ma family.In detail, Ma Chao is still his cousin!If Ma Chao knelt down to Huan Fei and begged for mercy, perhaps Huan Fei's heart softened for a moment, and he might let him go in a flash.Since there are so many uncertain factors, let the prefect go there himself.There are only three things, this time we must catch the horse, and we must never let him run away again! "

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"Da da da!"

In the wind and lightning, five hundred elite riders galloped to Dongshan Pass in Wuwei County.

At the forefront of the war cavalry, Li Li, wearing a black battle armor and a dark red war robe on his shoulders, took the lead; Huan Fei, Bo Cai, Li Dian and Li Zhi followed closely behind, leading five hundred light cavalry to gallop at a fast pace.

Dongshan Pass is the main customs clearance road between Wuwei County and Anding County, hundreds of miles away from Guzang City.

This pass is not as steep as the Heilongling pass, but its geographical location is very important. It is a shortcut from Wuwei County to Chang'an. It is only a dozen miles away from Anding County on the mountain road.

However, the more than ten miles of mountain roads between the two counties are rugged and difficult to navigate, surrounded by cliffs and stone walls.On both sides of the mountain road, there are steep peaks, towering stone walls, jagged rocks, few people and animals.

In the east of Wuwei County, there is only this mountain path that runs through the east and west. Apart from this, there is no other passage within a hundred miles from the north to the south.Of course, if you detour hundreds of miles, you can also find other passages, but the journey is hundreds of miles away, and there will be a delay of days.

Li Li led [-] light cavalry to set off from Guzang City, joined Bocai and Li Dian on the way, marched continuously for two days and nights, and finally arrived at Dongshan Pass.

Before Li Li became the prefect of Wuwei County, there were only more than 300 old and weak infantry guarding the pass, and there were almost no checkpoints, allowing pedestrians to pass at will.

However, after the Battle of Heilongling, Li Liyan ordered Li Dian to inspect the passes throughout the county, and sent additional guards to take strict precautions.

After Li Dian inspected the Dongshan pass, he immediately dismissed the original old and weak soldiers, dispatched [-] infantry to garrison the pass, and set up roadblocks at the east and west ends of the pass. There were [-] archers on the hills on both sides. Passage is allowed after strict investigation.

It was Li Dian's arrangement that caused Ma Chao and his party to be blocked on their return journey after recovering from their injuries, and were intercepted by the guards.

However, Ma Chao was very skilled in martial arts. Although he failed to break through the pass, he was not caught on the spot. After injuring dozens of guards, he fled into the forest with more than a dozen of his own soldiers in a panic, unable to hide.

After Bo Cai and Li Dian learned of Ma Chao's whereabouts, they immediately sent [-] additional soldiers to Yakou to search for Ma Chao and his party.What makes people feel helpless is that the rocky and dangerous peaks around the pass can not only prevent Ma Chao and others from escaping, but also prevent the guards from entering the mountain.The soldiers saw the figures of Ma Chao and others many times, but they were hindered by the rocks and watched Ma Chao and his party go into the mountain.

However, the horses of Ma Chao and the others stayed at the foot of the mountain, and it was expected that they would not be able to run far after entering the mountain.So more than 1000 infantry guarded the various exits at the foot of the mountain, patrolled day and night, strictly guarded against death, and never slacked off.

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Chapter 1

The Yakou camp is very simple, and the tents are set up under the stone cliff at the west exit.

In the camp of the Chinese army, after Li Li and his party rested for several hours, all the generals gathered in the big tent.

"My lord, I would like to recommend you a strong general. This man is Talu, a small school stationed at Dongshan Pass, from Wuwei County. His father is Han and his mother is Qiang. Before that, he fought Ma Chao for dozens of rounds, which caused Ma Chao and others to break through the barrier and had to flee into the mountains."

Under the steps, after Li Dian respectfully reported the current situation of Ma Chao and the others, he solemnly recommended the guard of Yakou, Talu.

Li Li was slightly startled when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Oh? The person who can make Mancheng recommend must not be a mediocre person! Where is Talu?"

"Taru pay homage to the lord!" As Li Li's voice fell, he saw a nine-foot tall man standing up near the entrance of the tent, with big arms and round waist, strode towards the center of the big tent, and bowed in response.

Seeing this person for the first time, a light flashed across Li Li's smiling eyes, and a habitual smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Taru, you don't have to be polite, get up and talk. Tell me, how is Ma Chao's martial arts?"

Standing upright, Talu is dressed in yellow animal skin and armor, with two thick arms exposed, shawl, long hair, thick black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin, no different from Han people.Thick eyebrows, big eyes, regular facial features, and a three-inch-long black beard on his chin show that he is 25 or [-] years old.He is more than nine feet tall, with a strong body, bulging muscles, and a huge explosive power all over his body. He is very similar to Dian Wei in size and momentum.

Hearing Li Li's question, Ta Lu replied loudly: "That guy Ma Chao is very skilled in martial arts, fierce and cunning, but he is still young and not afraid. I am confident that he will be defeated within 150 rounds. He was chopped off from his horse. Previously, someone fought with him for [-] rounds, defeated him and fled; if it wasn't for the fact that his horse had lost weight, how could he have escaped with his life?"

"Huh?" Li Li frowned slightly, looked at Talu with a suspicious look, and let out a sigh.

From Li Li's point of view, Talu was indeed highly skilled in martial arts, at least not inferior to his own top-ranked general.But he actually said to kill Ma Chao within 150 rounds, this sentence made Li Li full of doubts.

You must know that Huan Fei possesses the strength of a top-level general. In the past, Ma Chao was seriously injured and fell off after 120 rounds, and he failed to kill Ma Chao.However, now that Talu actually said so confidently that he could kill Ma Chao within 150 rounds, wouldn't that mean that he was similar in strength to Huan Fei, having the combat power of a top general?

Facing the sudden appearance of Talu, Li Li couldn't believe that he was the pinnacle of the top warriors.

"Uh, Talu, take a closer look at this general, how do you think his martial arts skills are better than yours?"

Surprised, Li Li calmly pointed at Huan Fei and asked Talu.