The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() When the Ma family father and son saw those disfigured, dirty and most of them wounded soldiers at the gate of Guzang City, they still felt a little uncomfortable.After all, these people are members of the same Xiliang army as they are. Even though they have contradictions and conflicts openly and secretly, it is still unbearable to see them lose so miserably at the hands of the Qiang people.

"Everyone is frightened and suffering, please go to the city to rest quickly!" Ma Yue knew that this was definitely not the time to ridicule or pursue these soldiers, so he hurried forward and said solemnly: "We have already done all the changes you have encountered in Guanwu. know..."

"Hmph, that's not thanks to your Ma family. Now that we have suffered such a big defeat, most of our troops have been killed and killed, and only the remnant soldiers escaped. Isn't that what you, Ma Zhongling, want to see?" Before Ma Yue finished speaking, He was interrupted by a disrespectful voice. The man who spoke was just like an ordinary soldier. His arm was broken and his body was covered in blood. the flames, staring at Ma Yue.

After Ma Yue carefully identified that person for a while, he suddenly realized the identity of this person - he was actually Zhao Yuan who had been his enemy all along, and even sent troops with Ma's family when the war first started!Unexpectedly, the general with a tough attitude at the beginning has become so miserable now that Ma Yue can't even recognize him.Seeing his situation, Ma Yue naturally couldn't care less about his rude words, so he had to bow his hands: "General, if you have anything to say, you can talk about it after you enter the city and treat your wounds. This is not the place to talk."

"Huh!" Zhao Yuan's severed arm has festered for the past two days, making him in excruciating pain. At this moment, he just couldn't let go of his breath and resisted. What more to say, after a cold snort, he went into the city.

Later, Ma Yue recognized some acquaintances among these soldiers who looked similar - Zhang Ji, Li Que, Guo Fan and other generals were all on the list.It's just that these people are wearing the uniforms of ordinary soldiers, which is obviously for the convenience of escape, and Ma Yue almost loses his sight.

Now that he recognized them at this time, Ma Yue naturally wanted to go forward to salute them.When these people saw Ma Yue again, their moods were more complicated, because they had resentment against Ma Yue in their hearts, and they were afraid that he would still remember the past conflicts and take the opportunity to harm them. Because of the feeling of being ashamed to see his comrades after being defeated, all the generals lowered their heads halfway and their voices were relatively low when they greeted him.

Ma Yue could also guess what these people were thinking, but he didn't point it out.Instead, he comforted everyone a few words, and then asked strangely: "Hey, I dare to ask you generals, why don't you see General Niu and General Hu here? Could it be that they..."

"In order to help us escape, the two generals Niu and Hu led their army to fight with the Qiang people. As a result, General Niu led his army back to Guanwu, while General Hu died on the spot!" Li Que sighed with grief and indignation. He took a deep breath and said: "I never imagined that our Xiliang army would lose so badly this time. More than half of the 7 troops were lost, and the two generals were trapped in the enemy's camp and it was difficult to survive... If the lord is alive, he will definitely be defeated." Get angry and call me incompetent!"

What he said made everyone even more frustrated, all the soldiers were crying, they didn't know what to do.Seeing this situation, Ma Yue had no choice but to say: "Don't be discouraged, everyone. Although we have not lost this round, we have not lost the entire battle. The Qiang people only occupied a small city. We have many large cities in Liangzhou. How could they be able to fight it! As long as we rest enough and make preparations, we will definitely be able to reverse today's situation and avenge yesterday!"

Ma Yue's words obviously played a little role, which cheered up the sergeants a little, and they were no longer as listless as before.But Ma Yue also knew that it would not be a matter of overnight to build up his confidence after being knocked down, so he didn't say more, but said again: "Everyone, please go to the city to rest. When the Qiang people come, my Ma family will have their own The way to deal with it, please rest assured!"

Ma Yue's reputation in the Xiliang Army has always been high, and this failure has nothing to do with him—at least the soldiers below don't know some details—so after seeing what he said, everyone finally stopped. As pessimistic as before, he began to think about how to rest his strength in Guzang City and leave it to him to take revenge.

"Relying on the strength of their Ma family's army, can they really fight against the Qiang people?" Seeing Ma Yue's words boosted the morale of the soldiers, and the generals on the side were very upset, Li Que even more He said in a low voice with a cold face.

"Who knows? Their Ma family got a big advantage this time. With the help of the Qiang people, most of our soldiers and horses were wiped out. From now on, no one in Xiliang will be able to compete with them. .” Guo Fan responded casually.

Naturally, their thoughts could not escape Ma Yue's eyes.In fact, since recognizing them, Ma Yue's mind has been devoted to these people.Because according to his speculation, the Xiliang army will be defeated in Guanwu this time because there are spies inside.And the fact that this elite can do everything so successfully can only show that his status in the army is not low, most likely among Zhao Yuan, Li Que, Zhang Ji, Guo Fan and others.

Originally, the more Ma wanted to come, the suspicion of Niu Fu and Hu Zhen was not small, especially Niu Fu.But after learning that he led the army, one died and the other was trapped, this idea was naturally dispelled.No insider would be so stupid as to put himself into death or Jedi, otherwise why would he be this insider?

Then, according to Ma Yue's inference, this insider is most likely one of the people who retreated from the front, because the Qiang people may still use them to gain greater benefits.Among these generals, from the perspective of his own feelings or the development of the matter, Ma Yue doubted Zhao Yuan the most.

Zhao Yuan has always had an enmity with the Ma family, maybe he will betray the Xiliang army for his own personal enmity, this is one aspect.On the other hand, he was the first general to come into contact with the Qiang people. No one can guarantee that he was not captured long before the battle started, and then released by the Qiang people to deal with the official Qiang People are also very possible.

However, after seeing Zhao Yuan, Ma Yue was shaken by this idea.Because he broke his arm, is this a sacrifice an insider can make?Ma Yue was very skeptical about this. Although there were many people who sacrificed like this in history, what they did was all benevolent and courageous, and it was definitely not for their own personal hatred or self-protection.From this point of view, Zhao Yuan's suspicion is actually the least among these few people.

As for the other few, it was really hard for Ma Yue to tell which of them was the insider.Although he has a lot of friendship with Li and Guo, no one dares to trust them in front of their respective interests.As for Zhang Ji, although he looks mature and prudent, and has never had any friction with the Ma family, who can guarantee that this is not an illusion he made to cover up some ulterior purpose?

After thinking about it in this way, Ma Yue couldn't help but smiled wryly.He didn't expect that just being an insider would make him so suspicious.It seemed that everyone was suspicious, but at the same time, he couldn't produce any conclusive evidence to prove that this person was an insider, which made me feel really uncomfortable.

"As long as he has a different heart, as long as he wants to do something that is not good for us, I will always catch him!" Soon, Ma Yue adjusted his mood again, secretly encouraging himself in his heart.At this time, Ma Teng also came to his son after Zhang Luo finished the resettlement of those remnant soldiers, and said with a worried look on his face: "I didn't expect them to lose so badly. Most of the troops were lost in this battle. Next It will be even more difficult for us to fight the Qiang people. By the way, can you see any clues?"

"No!" Ma Yue shook his head helplessly and said, "These people have just arrived, so naturally it is impossible to show any flaws..." At this point, Ma Yue's expression suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something: "Wait Wait, there seems to be something wrong with someone's words, if he said these words with other intentions, then he is extremely suspicious."

"Oh? Who is this person?" Hearing what he said, Ma Teng was also refreshed.It was really awkward to find a spy among my own people, and I really wanted to find it out and eradicate it in a short time.

But Ma Yue didn't give an answer right away. He thought for a while and said: "Now I'm not completely sure that this person is an insider. But since he is the most suspected, let's try him on this point. And, The insider must not have guessed that we have already noticed the existence of the insider, and this is our best side! Father, we need to plan carefully for this matter, I already have a good plan, Maybe the insider will show up automatically! Moreover, this time we may be able to use this insider to win this battle and win the greatest victory at the lowest cost!"

"Oh? Of course, it's best not to do so. Just do it with confidence, and I will fully support you as a father!" Ma Teng was also very happy when he heard this.He is well aware of his son's ability, since he said he is sure to find out the insider, he will naturally not speak big words.

The father and son smiled at each other, and then turned around to arrange all the affairs in the city.With the arrival of these remnants, there are more and more things that need to be maintained in the city.In addition, since the remnant army has arrived, it means that the Qiang army will not be too far away. Maybe in these two days, the Ma family will encounter a real challenge.So they must make all preparations, and never let what happened to Niu Fu and others happen to them again!