Xiaoqi

However, what he never imagined in his dreams was that Ma Chao was so resolute that he didn't give him a chance to play tricks, and directly threw a spear and nailed him to the ground.

This is true: pretending to be smart is not really smart, and pretending to be smart is costing my own life!

"Da da da!"

During the galloping of the horse's hooves, Ma Chao jumped over the deserters of Cao's army behind him.He casually pulled out the bright silver gun on the back of the young and strong soldier: "Hmph! You stupid idiot who dares to threaten me with wild words just because you are a cowardly bear like a mouse is obviously tired of life. Seeking death!"

Looking at the straight corpse on the ground with disdain, Ma Chao's eyes revealed a look of suspicion, and he looked up at the dozen or so cavalrymen on the official road ahead, hesitating.At this moment, he is [-]% sure that what the young and strong soldier said just now is deliberately deceiving him, and his purpose is nothing more than to take the opportunity to escape; Cao Cao escaped from his eyes?

besides.Ma Chao faintly felt that the more than 2000 Cao soldiers behind him were a little abnormal, which were somewhat different from the more than [-] Cao soldiers he had encountered before.Because when the two young and strong soldiers attacked just now, Ma Chao keenly felt that these Cao soldiers seemed to be about to move.Even the more than one hundred Cao soldiers who had thrown away their weapons and squatted on the side of the road for surrender seemed to want to take up arms and resist; Squat down on the side of the road and beg for surrender.

This momentary subtle change.Maybe it can skip Ma Chao's eyes.But he couldn't escape his keen perception of murderous intent and murderous intent.As one of the top military generals in the world, Ma Chao has long learned not to look with his eyes, and he can clearly perceive who is hostile to him and who has murderous intentions in front of him.This is the instinctive consciousness of every top expert, mysterious and mysterious, indescribably wonderful, just like a person who prefers to eat and drink can know what kind of food it is when he smells a little fragrance, his sense is extremely keen.

While hesitating.Out of the corner of Ma Chao's eye, he saw a middle-aged veteran behind him tiptoely raising his spear, eager to try, but he was timid and afraid of death.He decisively gave up attacking himself from behind.

Suddenly, Ma Chao reined in his horse and turned around, rode his horse and slowly came to the middle-aged veteran, raised his bright silver gun lightly, motioning for the veteran to step forward.Unexpectedly, the middle-aged veteran trembled with fright, and the spear in his hand fell to the ground, and he himself squatted tremblingly by the side of the road, lowering his head and not daring to look up at Ma Chao.

Riding his horse to the veteran's side, Ma Chao grabbed the middle-aged veteran's back and pierced his armor, and lifted him up.At this time, Ma Chao felt that this trembling old soldier was really a little fat. He was not tall, but his weight was not light, at least one hundred fifty or sixty catties.

"Another glutton, lazy, greedy for life and afraid of death, and a fat pig!" Ma Chao slandered inwardly.

Putting down the middle-aged veteran with a disdainful expression, Ma Chao gently patted the veteran's shoulder with his left hand: "Thinking of your age, this general will not make things difficult for you. Tell me, where is Cao thief hiding?"

"Uh! This..." The middle-aged veteran was shocked when he heard the words, his legs were so frightened that he sat down on the ground, bent down and knelt down and begged for mercy, "General, I really don't know the whereabouts of the lord. There is an ancient mother on the little old man, and there is an old man on the bottom. The young children who are waiting to be fed, the whole family is counting on the little old man to support them, begging the general to spare their lives, spare their lives!"

"Oh? If that's the case, this general wants to ask you even more, because you have a small family, and most of the others have not yet married. Hehehe!"

After sneering, Ma Chao's tone changed sharply, and he snorted sinisterly: "Hmph! I heard you clearly for the general, so I'll ask you a question. It's all right to answer truthfully. If not, don't blame Ma for the pole in his hand. Bright silver guns are merciless, when the time comes, your orphans and widowed mothers will be in trouble! The same problem, where is Cao Cao now?"

"This,,, little old man no"

"Huh? You have to think about it before you speak. If you let me hear half of the word 'no' again, you won't have to speak anymore!"

The middle-aged veteran was shocked when he heard the sound, and his slightly obese body trembled again. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he tucked his throat and said in a low voice: "Cao Cao is riding the yellow horse ahead."

"Oh? Make it louder, someone can't hear it!" Ma Chao heard the loud noise, looked up at more than a dozen cavalrymen of Cao Jun who were more than 100 steps ahead, and shouted sharply.

"Cao Cao is riding a yellow horse ahead!" The middle-aged veteran responded.

"Okay! Although you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you have helped a certain family a lot this time." While speaking, Ma Chao waved his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to come forward, but gently patted the middle-aged veteran's back with his left hand: "Look You are not young anymore, why bother to work for the Cao thief? Squat here and wait until the follow-up troops of our army arrive, and you will not be treated badly. Remember, this general is Ma Chao from Xiliang. I will definitely thank you for capturing Thief Cao alive, and I will protect your whole family from food and clothing for the rest of their lives!"

Before he finished speaking, Ma Chao leapt out with his guns raised, took away all fifty of his personal guards, and went straight to the more than ten cavalry cavalry in front of him to chase after him.

A moment later, when Ma Chao and his party of more than fifty riders were drifting away, the middle-aged veteran suddenly stood up straight and drew his sword from his waist: "In the battle of Feiyundu tonight, Cao survived a catastrophe. Everyone is me, Cao Cao." Brothers in distress. From now on, as long as I, Cao Cao, live for one day, I will make you all rich and honored for life, and you will be blessed with wives and sons! All the officers and men listened to the order. Right now, the official roads in the south and the Yellow River in the north are blocked and surrounded by the Xiliang Army. Only the hinterland of Henan can It is the only way out for us, immediately follow me to the southwest path, let's go!"

A quarter of an hour later, Li Li, Guo Jia and a group of hundreds of warriors passed by here, but they didn't find any trace of Cao Bing, so they didn't stop, and chased Ma Chao along the official road.

Chapter 673

Two days later, Anyi City Sheriff's Mansion.

"Bo Fu is here, there is no need to be polite, I wonder what happened on the South Bank the night before yesterday?"

In the main hall, Yuan Shao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, frowning tightly, with a worried expression on his face, gloomy and anxious.

With the sound of footsteps coming into the main hall, I looked up and saw that it was Sun Ce, who was in charge of crossing the river to inquire about the news, striding forward. Immediately, Yuan Shao rushed forward in three steps at a time, asking anxiously about what happened to Feiyun on the south bank late at night the night before yesterday. Overcome the surrounding battles.

That night, Yuan Shao led the army of the princes to station on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is Dayang Ferry in Hedong County.

At the beginning of the night watch, I saw a red light in the direction of Feiyundu on the south bank soaring into the sky, which could be seen clearly from tens of miles away.Afterwards, the army of princes camped on the north bank clearly heard the huge and mixed fighting sounds on the south bank. The fighting was so intense and lasted so long that the hundreds of thousands of allied troops who stood on the north bank and watched from a distance were terrified. Although they did not go to the battlefield in person , but I can empathize with it, and I can fully imagine the tragic scene of fighting in the Feiyundu mountain stream on the South Bank.

It was night, and the flames in the sky above Feiyundu lasted for two and a half hours. The sound of fighting, screaming, hoofbeats and horse neighing lasted all night.After dawn, the beacon smoke was extinguished, and the loud noises that had been noisy all night stopped abruptly. So far, the south bank of the Yellow River finally calmed down.

However, the roar of thousands of horses galloping to the north shore at midnight made Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang, Lu Bu, and Zhang Miao, four insiders, change their faces and look gloomy.As a result, Zhang Yang and Zhang Miao stayed in Yuan Shao's coach tent all night, their faces pale.Standing at the door of the handsome tent tremblingly, looking at the flames above the south bank, as if the two of them were about to face a catastrophe, their faces were ashes, and they couldn't sit still.subsequently.Several other princes also rushed to Yuan Shao's tent to ask what happened on the south bank, but Lu Bu didn't come to join in the fun.

At dawn the next day, Yuan Shao immediately appointed Sun Ce to take charge of sending people across the river to inquire around Feiyundu.Because only the soldiers under Sun Ce's command are familiar with water among the allied forces, the task of sending scouts to the south bank of the Yellow River to inquire about information naturally fell on Sun Ce when the army did not have a ferry across the river, and he and his more than [-] Yangzhou troops were also the most suitable candidates.

In the two days after the Feiyundu battle broke out.Sun Ce sent hundreds of scouts with excellent water skills across the river to investigate the situation, but these scouts never returned, and none of the scouts came back alive within two days.Until the early morning of the third day.Finally, a five-member scout team returned to the north bank on a bamboo raft, and immediately reported to Sun Ce the detailed situation of the Battle of Feiyundu.

In fact, most of the allied soldiers and a few princes naturally had no way of knowing what happened to Feiyundu mountain stream.But Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Zhang Yang, and Zhang Miao, as well as Cao Ren and others who stayed behind in the allied camp.But he knows it well.Even if they hadn't witnessed or been to the battlefield in person, they could still guess that it was inseparable, and they all knew what happened to the Kuangye fire over Feiyundu.

It's just that once some things are concealed in advance, they must be concealed to the end. Before the moment when the truth is revealed, a word must not be revealed, otherwise the other princes who don't know will definitely feel grudges and hold grudges.

In the county hall.Yuan Shao pulled Sun Ce to sit side by side, and took the teapot from the servant girl.He personally poured a cup for Sun Ce to show his closeness.

"The past two days, Bo Fu has been running back and forth with injuries, and it's been very hard. Yuan is so restless! Come on, today Yuan will toast Bo Fu with tea instead of wine, please!"

"The lord is serious. This is a matter for the last general. How can you say it is hard? Please drink tea, the lord!" Sun Ce, who was still injured, gave way for a while, and then respectfully invited him to drink tea with Yuan Shao.

"Bo Fu must have inquired about the battle that took place at Feiyundu the night before yesterday."

"That's right. The scouts just returned this morning, and the general didn't dare to neglect after learning about the battle situation, so he rushed to report to the leader immediately."

Seeing Sun Ce's dignified expression when he spoke, Yuan Shao's complexion suddenly changed, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, as well as a trace of regret and reluctance.

However, Yuan Shao was very human in the end, and the strange look on his face disappeared in a flash, and then he talked about other things: "Yuan has already guessed the general situation of the battle on the South Bank. This matter is not urgent, and we will discuss it later. Right now, Yuan is most concerned. The most important thing is how is Bo Fu recovering from his injury?"

Sun Ce was inexplicably surprised by such an understatement, and secretly felt sad for Cao Cao.However, the look on his face didn't change much, and he didn't interrupt midway, he still listened intently to Yuan Shao's next words.

"Since the alliance, Bofu has led the vanguard army to attack cities and villages all the way. He has captured ten cities in a row within ten days, and he has made great contributions. Breaking through the Anyi camp, drove Li's army out of Hedong, and fled to Hangu Pass in a hurry.

At present, the army of our lords is about to cross the river, and it is expected that in half a month's time they will have a decisive battle with Thief Li at Hangu Pass, and it will surely be an unprecedented battle between dragons and tigers.Now Hedong County has completely fallen into our hands, and then the allied forces will cross the south of the river and continue to attack Hangu Pass. This is the top priority of our alliance.As a result, the matter of who will stay behind in Hedong County is before us, and we must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise it will delay time and delay the battle. "

Having said this, Yuan Shao suddenly stopped, drank tea by himself, and looked at Sun Ce with a smile.

After Sun Ce heard Yuan Shao's oblique words, until now he finally understood.It turned out that Yuan Shao's rambling words with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west had only one ultimate goal, which was who would stay in Hedong County.

At the same time, the reason Yuan Shao was so polite to Sun Ce was not because he wanted him to stay in Hedong, but because he wanted his support or cooperation.Because Yuan Shao already had the most suitable candidate to stay behind in his heart, but this matter is still controversial, and there are other princes who compete with the candidate appointed by Yuan Shao, and they will not give up an inch, so Yuan Shao's original intention of trying to annex the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi It is difficult to achieve, and it is impossible to pick the first fruit of victory since the alliance.Under the pressure of the situation, Yuan Shao wanted to win over Sun Ce, so as to win the consent of most of the princes, so as to realize his intention smoothly.

The facts were just as Sun Ce thought, and what Yuan Shao said next confirmed his guess.

"Bo Fu, according to the covenant we agreed at the beginning of the alliance, whoever has made the most contributions and contributed the most will have the priority to share the results of the battle. Therefore, Bo Fu should stay in Hedong County, and he is also the most suitable candidate; The illustrious military exploits you have made are enough to convince the princes of all walks of life. I have nothing to say. But I know that Bo Fuzhi is not here. He is a hero of the world galloping on the battlefield like your father. Is it true? The next decisive battle at Hangu Pass is the first unprecedented battle in the 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Or not?"

Sun Ce smiled lightly, bowed his hands to Yuan Shao and saluted: "Thank you for your love, lord. It's just that the general is dull by nature. Although he has the ambition to fight in the battlefield, he is seriously injured. I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover in three to five months. However, the general was born in Chu. He didn't have any indiscriminate thoughts about Hedong County, so no matter who stayed behind in Hedong County, the last general would have no objection.

I don't know who the leader promised, and what can the last general do for the leader? "

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Yuan Shao patted Sun Ce's left shoulder lightly, and laughed heartily: "Bo Fu speaks quickly, he is indeed a good man who is straightforward and frank!"

While laughing, Yuan Shao restrained his laughter a little, and looked sideways at Sun Ce with a smile: "At the beginning of the alliance, we were originally the princes of the Eight Routes. After the Baibo army was wiped out, there were only the princes of the Seven Routes. Among the princes of the Seven Routes, there are only princes of the Seven Routes. There are only two princes staying in Hedong County. One is Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army. This time he has a firm attitude, as if he is determined to win Hedong County;

Among the two, Lu Bu wanted to stay in Hedong County, which was in line with his usual style. He always did his part in any city that could be grabbed.However, this time is different from the past. He not only wants to occupy the east of the river, but also wants to send troops to the south bank to fight the Li thief head-on.Since this is the case, it's easy to do. I'll give him more food, grass and weapons, and then properly persuade him to give up Hedong. It's not difficult to think about it.

As for Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, he was very difficult to deal with. During the previous fights, he was timid, not sending out a single soldier, for fear of compromising his own strength.It's good now, he jumped out immediately when he saw the benefits, trying to get something for nothing, and actually wanted to monopolize Hedong County, it's extremely abominable!Moreover, Zhang Yan wanted to occupy Hedong not just for the land of Hedong County, he also wanted to take the opportunity to annex the remaining forces of the Baibo Army, and then further strengthen his strength.Such a greedy little boy, Yuan Mou will never let his plot succeed; otherwise, wouldn't all the princes of our allied forces compete to follow suit in the future, how to defeat Li thief? "

Until this time, Yuan Shao finally announced the candidate he appointed: "In order to ensure that Hedong County will not be lost again, and will not affect the strength of the Allied Forces, Yuan Mou deliberately let Hanoi prefect Zhang Yang temporarily take charge of Hanoi and Hedong County. At the same time Zhang Yang's troops and horses are still going to Hangu Pass together with the army, and let him re-recruit the young and strong to station in Hedong County, and cooperate with my [-] heavy troops to supply the food, grass and military equipment needed by the Allies. Such an arrangement, I don't know Bo Fu's intention how?"

"Huh?" Sun Ce responded in astonishment, with a look of hesitation on his face. Contrary to what he said before that he had no objection, he seemed to have a different view on this matter. "The leader's words reminded the general of something. Before that, the prefect Zhang Yang didn't seem to send troops to participate in the war, just like General Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army. Compared with the two, the leader's move seems a bit inappropriate?"