Mu\Can\Literature\Xue: After noon, the sun made the farmers in the fields feel a little sleepy.
They wiped their sweat, stopped working and ran to the fields to drink water.
The moment they raised their heads, they saw a team approaching in the distance: more than fifty horses, with people on the horses carrying bows and swords.
The two people in front of them, with jade faces and silk scarves, were chatting and laughing well, and judging from their demeanor, they were not ordinary people.
Especially the big man with a scarred face next to them makes people look at him with fear.
This group of people was naturally Ma Chao and others who were out to meet Zhang Yan.
Everyone was walking and stopping along the way, which was very pleasant.
In summer, the river is as bright as a mirror, with sparkling waves.
Flowers bloom on both sides of the river bank, green trees line up, green buds sprout in the fields, birds chirp and butterflies dance, full of vitality.
Ma Chao was not as nervous as he was about meeting the legendary bandit from Bingzhou, but it was more like going on a parade.
According to Ma Chao's understanding, the Ma Jiajun under his command are essentially just bandits wearing a skin.
However, his bandit army has a large number of people, good equipment, strong combat power, and the highest discipline, so it is superior to ordinary bandits like the Yellow Turban Black Mountain.
But without all the dazzling halo, what Ma Jiajun did was nothing more than killing people and setting fire to seize territory.
No matter how you disguise it, you can't hide the core fact.
Unfortunately, the world has been bound by the idea of loyalty to the emperor for too long and it is difficult to see through it.
For Ma Chao, this so-called meeting was just a face-saving project for the big bandits to annex the small bandits.
Naturally, he was not worried at all.
After finally entering the Taihang Mountains, Ma Chao saw Sui Gu leading dozens of people to greet him.
After walking from noon to dusk, Ma Chao and his party finally arrived at Zhang Yan's hometown.
Ma Chao was shocked by the scenery in the valley at that time.
After watching the horse for a long time, he looked at Zhang Yan's station.
"My lord, look at the orderly layout of this station.
The camps and tents are all arranged in rows.
Although it is not a strict military formation, it is very convenient for fending off enemies and gathering people.
Zhang Yan is different from ordinary people."
Brother Chou.
His eyes were focused on the wooden fence with iron caltrops hanging outside the camp, as well as the high-topped lookout posts and other military facilities at the four corners of the camp.
It is conceivable that once a foreign enemy invades, the soldiers on duty can quickly beat the gong nearby to warn, and the entire valley can be assembled into a fighting machine in an instant.
"Hey, he is indeed a big bandit leader.
He is almost catching up with the regular army."
Ma Chao nodded and looked at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia's vision was obviously unique.
He pointed to a place and said, "Meng Qi, what do you think Zhang Yanjun is doing?"
Ma Chao stretched out his eyes and saw many people laying foundations and building stone walls, as if they were building a camp. of.
Rows of earthen kilns have been built in the back, which are as ugly as tombs, which makes Ma Chao feel very unlucky.
But then, when Ma Chao saw that there were twenty or thirty carts surrounding the tombs, his expression changed slightly.
Those cars carried lime, firewood, coal and iron ingots.
There was a large scene like this around the tomb, which could only mean one thing.
Zhang Yan is building a large-scale weapons workshop, and those so-called "grave bags" are furnaces for iron smelting.
"We are a little too optimistic now.
Zhang Yan came to us to negotiate, not to surrender."
Ma Chao's expression turned sinister.
He turned around suddenly and asked quickly in a low but dignified voice: "Tell me, Is it true that Zhang Yan’s food and grass cannot make ends meet?”
"Little, I don't know.
I only know that Zhang Yan goes out to plunder every year.
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Moreover, when I said that there was a shortage of food and grass in the valley, he did not deny it.
Or, maybe there is really a shortage of food and grass."
Sui Gu didn't know why Ma Chao did this.
I asked this suddenly, and I couldn't answer it for a while.
This idiot Ma Chao was secretly worried.
Zhang Yan went out to rob, maybe because he wanted to build up his reputation, maybe because he wanted to develop the station, or even just because of professional inertia.
It's not necessarily because of lack of food and grass.
After all, Zhang Yan has started to build a weapons workshop, so it doesn't look like he doesn't have enough to eat.
In desperation, Ma Chao quickly raised his eyes to look at the terraced fields in the valley.
The green wheat is thriving, but because ordinary wheat is still grown here in Zhang Yan, it has not yet headed in summer, so low yields are inevitable.
However, there were cattle, sheep, and pig pens far away in the valley.
Agriculture and animal husbandry were advancing simultaneously.
Ma Chao couldn't figure out whether these harvests could support Zhang Yan's bandit life in the camp.
During this negotiation, Ma Chao relied heavily on the fact that Montenegro's army was unable to make ends meet.
And if the situation was not like this at all, then the weight in Ma Chao's hand would be much lighter.
Looking at Sui Gu who had a confused expression, Ma Chao really wanted to kill this useless thing with a shot.
Of course, there is another option, which is to completely wipe out the Montenegro Army.
But after having the idea of conquering, Ma Chao did not want to fight like this unless he had to.
Judging from the situation in front of him, Zhang Yan was at least capable of guarding a county.
There are still 300,000 civilian soldiers and horses under his command.
It would be a pity to kill them all.
While Ma Chao was hesitant, there was a loud noise outside the village gate.
Everyone looked intently and saw a group of soldiers in armor holding big sticks or wooden knives, pointing at a man without a noseband who was also wearing leather armor.
Smashed hard in the face.
The man also held a cardamom girl in his hand.
Although he obviously couldn't resist, he had to pull the little girl and continue running away.
But it seemed that he didn't know the direction, so he had to rely on his intuition to wander around the valley.
Those soldiers were obviously more familiar with the terrain than he was, and they attacked together, almost succeeding several times.
The man panicked and didn't choose a way.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
He rushed out of the village gate and saw more than fifty riders standing coldly.
"My life is at stake."
The man shouted miserably, then hurriedly pushed the girl in his hand aside and shouted loudly: "Run, don't look back."
"Second brother" the girl exclaimed, but then her eyes lit up when she saw Ma Chao and others dressed up, and she blurted out: "They are not Zhang Yan's people, they are officers and soldiers."
The girl pointed at Ma Chao, seemingly hesitant, but In the end, he insisted: "He is Yongliang Ma Mengqi" Indeed, although Ma Chao was not wearing armor this time, with the weapons in his hands, the horse on his hip, and his cold-blooded temperament, he looked like a man who had been accustomed to fighting for a long time.
However, Ma Chao never imagined how a girl who lived in the valley and was ignorant of the world could call out his name right away.
However, Ma Chao denied his guess at the next glance.
The girl had her hair in a double bun, wore a round-neck long-sleeved summer dress, a green knee-padded skirt, and red silk embroidered shoes.
She still had yellow makeup on her face, a hint of thick black between her eyebrows, and her eyes were like stars.
She was really beautiful.
If you take a closer look, you can see that except for the girl's face and hands, the exposed skin is stained by running away, and the skin on her neck and shoulder blades exposed by the torn clothes is as white as jade and as solid as suet.
After freshening up, you will definitely look beautiful and fragrant.
Moreover, the man who fell to the ground was also wearing a scholar's robe under his leather armor, and his hands had no calluses.
He was obviously a pampered man.
These two people should have been kidnapped by Zhang Yan.
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The second brother of the pair had some tricks up his sleeve.
While Zhang Yan's troops were busy welcoming Ma Chao, he took a chance and put on Zhang Yanjun's leather armor, trying to sneak out with his sister, but failed. .
"In addition to looting Jinyang City these days, Zhang Yan has also hijacked any caravans."
Ma Chao saw that the soldiers used wooden sticks and knives, and knew that these people wanted to keep these two people in exchange for ransom.
Immediately he remained calm and asked Sui Gu again.
At this time, Ma Chao has decided that if this Sui Gu dares to tell him that he doesn't know or is unclear again, Ma Chao will really shoot this Sui Gu.
Perhaps as Zhang Yan said, this guy Sui Gu is still a little lucky.
Seeing Ma Chao's unkind expression, he quickly replied: "This subordinate really knows that the Zhen family has surrendered to the Cao family these days, and secretly transferred Jizhou's materials to Yecheng to support Cao Cao.
Zhang Yan didn't know how he got the news, and robbed Zhen once Caravan."
"Zhen Family" Ma Chao immediately thought of someone.
After taking a closer look at the girl, he whispered: "The skin is like gelatin, and it is like jade clothing covering it.
Could this girl be..."
With this guess in mind, Ma Chao turned around and smiled at Sui Gu: You guy, you are not completely useless.
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