Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 1033

After noon, the sun made the farmers in the fields a little sleepy.They wiped off their sweat, stopped working and ran to the fields to drink water.The moment they looked up, they saw a procession approaching in the distance: more than fifty fine horses, and the horsemen were carrying bows and swords.At present, the two people, with jade-faced lun scarves, talk and laugh moderately, judging by their demeanor, they are not ordinary people.Especially the scar-faced man next to the two of them was fearful.

This group of people was naturally Ma Chao and others who were out to meet Zhang Yan.People stopped and stopped along the way, which was very pleasant.In summer, the river is as bright as a mirror, sparkling, with flowers blooming on both sides of the river, green trees lined up, green shoots emerging in the fields, birds singing and butterflies dancing, full of vitality.Ma Chao didn't feel nervous about meeting the legendary Bingzhou bandit, but he seemed to be on a tour.

According to Ma Chao's understanding, the Ma Jiajun under him is essentially just bandits with skin on.It's just that his army of bandits is large in number, well equipped, strong in combat power, and has the highest discipline, so it is superior to ordinary bandits like Yellow Turban Black Mountain.But after all the dazzling aura faded away, what Ma's army did was nothing more than murder and arson to grab territory.This point, no matter how beautified and disguised, cannot conceal the core fact.

It's a pity that people in the world have been bound by the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor for too long, and it is difficult to see through.For Ma Chao, this so-called meeting was nothing more than a face-saving project for the big bandits to annex the little bandits, so he was naturally not at all worried.

After finally entering the Taihang Mountains, Ma Chao saw Sui Gu leading dozens of people to greet him.From noon to dusk, Ma Chao and his party finally arrived at Zhang Yan's lair.Ma Chao was overwhelmed by the scenery in the valley at that time, and he stopped to watch for a long time before looking at Zhang Yan's station.

"My lord, you can see that the layout of this garrison is orderly, and the tents in the camp are also lined up vertically and horizontally. Although the army formation is not strictly fortified, it is also very convenient for defending the enemy and gathering crowds. Zhang Yan is different." Brother Ugly His eyes were set on the wooden fence with barbed wire hanging outside the camp, as well as the high military facilities such as the lookout posts on the four corners of the camp.It is conceivable that once a foreign enemy invades, the soldiers on duty can quickly beat the gong next to it to warn, and the entire valley can be assembled into a fighting machine in an instant.

"Hey, you are indeed the leader of the big bandits, and you are almost catching up with the regular army." Ma Chao nodded and looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia's eyes were 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 going to build a camp like.Rows of earthen kilns have been built in the rear, which are ugly like tombs, which makes Ma Chao feel very unlucky.

But later, when Ma Chao saw that there were [-] to [-] carts around those graves, his face changed slightly.There were loads of lime, firewood, coal, and iron ingots on the carts, and they were placed in a large area around the graves—this kind of scene can only explain one thing.

Zhang Yan is building a large-scale military workshop, and those so-called "grave bags" are furnaces for iron smelting.

"We are a little too optimistic now. Zhang Yan may have come to us to negotiate, not to surrender!" Ma Chao's face became a little gloomy, and he turned around suddenly, and asked quickly in a low voice but full of dignity: "You tell me , Is it true that Zhang Yan’s food and grass cannot make ends meet?!”

"Small, I don't know. I only know that Zhang Yan goes out to plunder every year, and when I said that the grain and grass in the valley were insufficient, he didn't deny it, or maybe it was really insufficient?" Sui Gu didn't know why Ma Chao I will ask this suddenly, and I can't answer for a while.

'The idiot! Ma Chao was secretly annoyed that Zhang Yan went out to plunder, maybe because he wanted to make a name for himself, or maybe it was for the development of this station, or even because of professional inertia.It may not be because of insufficient food and grass. After all, Zhang Yan has started to build a military workshop, so it doesn't look like he is not full.

In desperation, Ma Chao quickly raised his eyes to look at the terraced fields in the valley.The green onion-like wheat is thriving, but since Zhang Yan still grows ordinary wheat here, the ears have not yet headed in summer, and the yield is bound to be low.However, there are cattle, sheep and pig pens far away in the valley. This combination of agriculture and animal husbandry is advancing side by side. Ma Chao really can't figure out for a while whether these harvests can support the life of bandits in Zhang Yan's camp.

In this negotiation, the Montenegrin Army's rations cannot make ends meet is a very important reliance for Ma Chao.And if the situation is not like this at all, then the weight in Ma Chao's hands will be much lighter - looking at the dazed Sui Gu again, Ma Chao really wants to kill this useless thing with a single shot.

Of course, there is another option, which is to completely wipe out the Black Mountain Army.But after having the idea of ​​subjugating, Ma Chao didn't want to fight each other like this until it was absolutely necessary—judging from the situation in front of him, Zhang Yan was at least capable of guarding a county.There are still 30 civilian soldiers and horses under his command. It is a pity to kill them.

But just as Ma Chao was hesitating, there was a commotion outside the gate of the village. Everyone looked intently and saw a group of armored soldiers holding sticks or wooden knives towards a man also wearing leather armor without a nose strap. The face was smashed hard.The man was holding a cardamom girl in his hand. Although he obviously couldn't resist, he could only continue to run away with the little girl.But it seems that he doesn't know the direction, so he has to turn around in the valley seven times and eight times according to his intuition.The soldiers were obviously more familiar with the terrain than he was, they split up and attacked together, and almost succeeded several times.The man panicked and didn't choose his way, suddenly he felt his eyes widened, he rushed out of the gate of the village, and saw more than fifty horsemen standing coldly.

"My life is over!" The man screamed, and hurriedly pushed the girl aside, and shouted: "Run, don't look back!"

"Second Brother!" The girl exclaimed, but after seeing Ma Chao and others dressed up, her eyes lit up, and she blurted out: "They are not Zhang Yan's people, they are officers! And he..." The girl pointed at Ma Chao, as if Some hesitated, but finally insisted: "He is Yongliang Ma Mengqi!"

Indeed, although Ma Chao did not wear armor this time, the weapons in his hands, the horse under his crotch, and his cold-blooded temperament made him look like a warrior who has been fighting for a long time.However, Ma Chao never imagined that how could a young girl who lived in the valley call out his name all at once?

However, Ma Chao denied his guess at the next glance.The girl combed her hair in a double bun, was wearing a summer dress with a round neck and long sleeves, a green knee-length skirt, red silk embroidered shoes on her feet, yellow makeup still remained on her face, thick eyebrows, and star-like eyes, she was really beautiful.If you take a closer look, you can see that except for the girl's face and hands, the bare skin was soiled by running away, the skin on the neck and shoulder blades exposed by the torn clothes is as white as jade and solidified as suet. Freshen up, it must be a beautiful country.

Moreover, the man who fell to the ground was also wearing a Confucian scholar's robe inside the leather armor, and his hands were callous-free. He was obviously a pampered person—these two should be flesh tickets held hostage by Zhang Yan.And the second elder brother of the pair of brothers and sisters still has some tricks. When Zhang Yan's army was busy welcoming Ma Chao, Gu Kongzi changed into Zhang Yanjun's leather armor and wanted to take his younger sister out, but it still failed. .

"In addition to looting Jinyang City these days, which caravan has Zhang Yan hijacked?" Ma Chao saw that the soldiers were using wooden sticks and knives, and knew that these people still wanted to keep these two for ransom. .Immediately, he remained calm and asked Sui Gu again.

At this time, Ma Chao had already decided that if this Suigu dared to say "don't know" or "don't know" to himself again, Ma Chao would really shoot this Suigu!
Perhaps it was just as Zhang Yan said, Sui Gu was a bit lucky.Seeing Ma Chao's complexion, he hurriedly replied: "This subordinate really knows that the Zhen family has invested in the Cao family these days, and secretly transferred supplies from Jizhou to Yecheng to support Cao Cao. Zhang Yan got the news somehow and robbed Zhen's family once. caravan."

"The Zhen family?" Ma Chao suddenly thought of someone, and after taking a closer look at the girl, he whispered, "The skin is as thick as fat, covered with jade clothes. Could it be that this girl is..."

With this guess in mind, Ma Chao turned his head and smiled at Sui Gu: You bastard, aren't you completely useless...

(End of this chapter)