The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() "...you have to prepare all the food and supplies tonight, and tomorrow morning, people will transport them to the front without delay, remember?" Ma Yue solemnly said to the schoolmaster in front of him Wei commanded.

The man nodded quickly: "The villain has made a note, I will go back and let everyone move faster, and I will definitely not miss the important thing."

"That's the best, you go." After Ma Yue waved him away, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. This is the last thing that needs to be arranged today.He, an aide who needs to strategize, sounds chic, but in fact, what he has to do is by no means inferior to the front-line generals, and it is even more important.As long as there is a mistake in the food and grass in one place, it will cause extremely bad effects, and even cause the entire battle situation to collapse. Naturally, Ma Yue dare not slack off in the slightest.

When he looked up again, Ma Yue realized that the day had become completely dark.He couldn't help shaking his head, and sometimes he couldn't help wondering whether everything he had done was worth it.Judging from the evaluation in the history books, Dong Zhuo is a rebellious minister and traitor who will perish soon, but he is helping him wholeheartedly. Will this also bring adverse effects to himself and his family in Xiliang? ?

But soon, Ma Yue dispelled this idea: "These are just the history written by the victors. In fact, those warlords of the Kwantung Army are not much better than Dong Zhuo. Didn't they raise troops for their own interests? Besides, we What I did was not only for Dong Zhuo, but also for the Xiliang Army and the people of Luoyang City. Now that the ordinary people in Luoyang are on Dong Zhuo's side, I should try my best to deal with the Kwantung Army gone."

After thinking about this for a while, Ma Yue finally got up from the table, but because he had been sitting for too long, he still staggered a little when he got up. Fortunately, Wang Feng who was at the side was quick to hold Ma Yue, so that he did not let him go. Fell to the ground in embarrassment.Ma Yue smiled wryly and shook his head, but he thought in his heart: "It's not very comfortable to sit on the office all the time. When should I ask the carpenters in the army to make a set of tables and chairs for me? I don't know if they can make it."

After thinking about it for a while, Ma Yue brought Wang Feng and others outside.Suddenly, he thought of something, and asked: "Is there any news about Cao Cao?" These days, he has been secretly letting Wang Feng and his brothers watch Cao Cao, and every time he thinks of it, he will ask: " Didn't he have any changes there?"

"Probably not. Not long ago, there was news that Cao Cao suddenly fell off his horse when he was out on official business, and the accompanying sergeants sent him back to his residence." Wang Feng hurriedly reported what he had received to the Ma Yue.

Hearing this, Ma Yue frowned slightly: "He fell off the horse?"

"Yes, I heard it was caused by fatigue, but I don't know if it's true or not."

The more horses know about Cao Cao's migraine problem, the more he thinks it might be the reason why he fell from the horse.With this explanation, Ma Yue was relieved again, but then asked again: "You said that it happened when he was out on official business, did he go out of the city?"

Although Wang Feng didn't understand why Ma Yue cared so much about Cao Cao's situation, he still answered truthfully: "Exactly. This is what the lord ordered. Let Cao Cao go out of the city to bring in the people from outside the city. He left early in the morning. City, it was not brought back until dusk."

"Well, go to General Guo's place!" Ma Yue muttered in his heart, so he decided to confirm his guess.

After a while, he arrived in front of Guo Fan's barracks, and after the notification, he was taken in.Now the relationship between Ma Yue and these Dong Zhuo's subordinates is very good, and he has to be reused by Dong Zhuo, and everyone else has given him face. Seeing him coming, although Guo Fan is also busy, he still finds time to see him.

"I don't know why Zhong Ling came here suddenly at this time?" Guo Fan asked straight to the point when he saw Ma Yue.Their warriors don't have as many twists and turns as literati, and he also has other things to be busy now.

Ma Yue didn't think it was disobedient, and said with a smile: "Today, I came to see General Guo to check things out. If the officials and people in this city want to leave the city, do they need to get the pass token from the general?" As Dong Zhuo's confidant, Guo Fanzheng With the power to protect the four gates of Luoyang, Ma Yue asked this question.

"Exactly. Why, Zhong Ling wants to get a few tokens so that his subordinates can leave the city? Why come here in person for such a trivial matter, just let the subordinates come down for a while. Someone..." Guo Fan smiled , about to have someone prepare a token for Ma Yue.Ma Yue didn't want to, but shook his head: "General Guo misunderstood, the purpose of coming here is not the same. But I don't know if these tokens should be taken back after they are collected?"

"Of course, Luoyang City is now under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter and leave. Those who have taken the token must of course hand it in in time." Now Guo Fan couldn't figure out what Ma Yue wanted to say, so he didn't say any more.

"Can you show the records of the issued and withdrawn tokens registered in the register for the next one to look at?" Ma Yue then explained the real purpose of his visit.

"This..." Guo Fan gave Ma Yue a strange look, but he thought that this man had been following the lord just like himself, so he probably wouldn't do anything harmful to everyone, so he nodded and said: "Okay, come and go Get the order book."

After a while, someone brought over several volumes of bamboo slips, which were the records of the soldiers and civilians in the city—mainly the generals—taking out the city tokens in the past few days.Ma Yue hurriedly took it, found today's record, read it at a glance, and soon saw Cao Cao's name.Unlike other people who added a seal to the back, Cao Cao did not add the seal representing the return of the token.

This time, Ma Yue's suspicion has been fully confirmed - Cao Cao may have taken this opportunity to steal out of the city with this token!

Seeing Ma Yue's face change after reading these records, Guo Fan also felt his heart tense: "What's wrong?"

"Please take a look, General." Ma Yue pointed to Cao Cao's difference and said, "This person may have left by this."

"What?" At this moment, Guo Fan's face also became a little dignified. If someone really escaped from the city because of this, he, the general who defended the city, would be most responsible.

"General, let people go to various city gates to check to see if there is a short-bodied man in his thirties leaving the city at night. If there is such a thing, it must be Cao Cao." Ma Yue said hurriedly.

"Okay, come..." Guo Fan was in a hurry this time, and quickly ordered his own soldiers to ride fast horses to check the news, and at the same time, he ordered people to rush to Cao Cao's residence in Luoyang City to check Whether it is at home.

"If he really dares to flee, I will definitely catch him! At that time, see if I will skin him alive!" Guo Fan said bitterly, with murderous intent in his eyes.If Cao Cao was really allowed to escape this time, he would definitely be blamed by Dong Zhuo, which he couldn't bear.

Ma Yue became calm after the matter reached this point. After all, Cao Cao is a strong man in this era. Since he intends to leave, there is always a way.Moreover, for this famous figure in history, Ma Yue really didn't want to kill him like this, that would be too boring, so wait a little longer.

Half an hour later, news from several sources came back—Cao Cao's residence was already empty, and there was no one there; Hei, there was a person who left Luoyang with a customs clearance token as mentioned in the description, and according to someone, this person was Cao Cao.

"It's unreasonable, he really took this opportunity to escape!" Guo Fan was furious, and suddenly strode out of the barracks, and then he was about to gather his men and horses to chase after him.At this time, Ma Yue said: "General, if you pursue him with such fanfare, it will affect the morale of the city. Why don't you just run down here."

"You...that's fine." Guo Fan wanted to refuse at first, but after thinking about it, he nodded and agreed: "You lead my soldiers to go."

"You don't need too many people, fifty riders are enough!" Ma Yue said.

After a while, Ma Yue led more than 60 people out of Luoyang City, but after leaving the city, Ma Yue was a little dazed again. At this time, it was dark all around, and he couldn't even guess where Cao Cao would go, but how to find him? What about him?

"As expected of Cao Mengde, there are so many calculations in escaping, it seems that this time I really have nothing to do with you." After reining in his horse and hesitating for a long time, Ma Yue finally chose the road to the south and led others to chase him. go down.What is false is true, since he came out from the north, then go in the opposite direction, maybe you can find him, Ma Yue, who is somewhat familiar with Cao Cao's strategy, imagined this.

But in the end, Ma Yue was disappointed. He chased southward for more than 50 miles, and at midnight, there was still no trace of Cao Cao. It seemed that his guess was wrong.In desperation, Ma Yue had to take someone back to Luoyang bitterly.Although this Cao Cao is very important, compared to the current battle situation, this person is still not the most important.

But what Ma Yue didn't know was that when he was looking for Cao Cao's trace in the south, Cao Cao was watching him from afar in a dilapidated hut not far from the north gate of Luoyang.After leaving the city, he was not in a hurry to stay away, but hid nearby, because he was also worried that the army in the city would soon notice his departure and chase him out, and it was too dark for him to travel alone.Now seeing Ma Yue and the others chasing them to the south, he couldn't help sighing: "This leader is also a bit scheming, guessing that I will go south. Fortunately, I changed my mind temporarily and hid here, which is unexpected to you .”

After he was convinced that the pursuers were far away, Cao Cao quietly headed eastward. He would return to his hometown and pull up an anti-Dong team from there. Then he would meet Yuan Shao and come to Luoyang together.

Soon, Cao Cao's short figure completely disappeared into the vast darkness...