When the night was shining, all the qi qi were developing towards the normal side, which was extremely good luck for Ma Chao, because Zhang Fei and Fa Zheng did not see through his strategy, although someone was watching them, but they didn't care at all, and they had been waiting patiently.

At the moment, there was a cry of an owl outside the Sword Pavilion Pass, the sound was slightly urgent, Ma Chao and the others were stationed near the city gate, and when they heard this sound, they already knew that it was time to act.

Ma Chao walked out of the crowd alone, went straight up to the city tower, first glanced at the night sky in the distance, and then came to Li Yan and Liu Xian, who were in charge of guarding the city, and bowed his hand respectfully: "Two generals, my subordinates have sent me a message, it's time to act, kill Pang Tong and Xu Huang, just tonight, I hope that the two generals can keep their promises, return the horses and weapons to us, and let us out of the city!" ”

Liu Xian was already convinced of Ma Chao and was very loyal to Zhang Fei's orders, but Li Yan was different, he looked at Ma Chao around, and always felt that this matter was a little strange, so he asked: "Dare to ask General Ma, how do you know that the time has come?" ”

Ma Chao stretched out his slender arm, pointed to the dark night sky in the distance with his index finger, and said slowly: "You see, there is a little light in the distance flickering on and off, three long and two short, this is the code given to me by my subordinates, which means that the Qiang people who stayed in the Han army camp have all supported me, as long as they have their help, why worry about not taking the heads of Pang Tong and Xu Huang?" ”

Li Yan and Liu Xian looked in the direction that Ma Chao pointed, that direction happened to be where the Han army was stationed, and it was indeed as Ma Chao said. Someone is holding a fire as a trumpet. Three long and two short after five times. and vanished.

After Liu Xian saw it, he immediately said to Ma Chao: "My lord has instructed that it is not impossible to give you horses and weapons, but you need your army to withdraw from the Sword Pavilion Pass first, only in this way will we return all the horses and weapons you need, so as not to cause trouble in the pass and hurt the peace." ”

Ma Chao nodded. said: "These are all things that I have discussed with General Zhang, since this is the case, then it is better to be respectful than to obey your orders." ”

Subsequently, Ma Chao assembled his team, and under the arrangement of Li Yan and Liu Xian, Yuguan withdrew from the Sword Pavilion, and then Liu Xian also returned all the horses and weapons that had been confiscated from Ma Chao and others to them. After that, the gates of the Sword Pavilion were closed.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Ma Chao's mouth, and then he quickly left the Sword Pavilion with Pang De, Ma Dai and the other eight hundred cavalry, and left in the night. Fade into the darkness.

On the wall of the Sword Pavilion, Li Yan and Liu Xian were all staring at Ma Chao's departure. didn't notice at all that Zhang Fei had already appeared beside the two of them.

"Ma Chao is gone?" Zhang Fei quietly spoke beside Li Yan and Liu Xian, which startled them.

"Qi Lord, Ma Chao has already led the remnants to leave, and before leaving, he also left a message, saying that today we must bring the heads of Pang Tong and Xu Huang, and ask the lord to prepare a banquet at that time." Liu Xian repeated what Ma Chao said when he left to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei nodded silently and said, "During this time, pay close attention to the movements of the enemy army, and if there is any trouble, you will immediately report to me." ”

"Whoa!"

After saying this, Zhang Fei left the city wall, got down the tower, and returned to Guan Ya to rest. Liu Xian and Li Yan closely watched the movements outside the gate.

Half an hour after Ma Chao left the Sword Pavilion, the Han army camp in the distance suddenly burst into flames, shouting and killing, Liu Xian, Li Yan and others lay on the city wall, and vaguely saw that the enemy camp was in chaos, the Han army was killing each other, and the leader was none other than Ma Chao.

But seeing Ma Chao's heroic posture, the spear kept shaking, beckoning countless cavalry behind him to rush left and right, taking advantage of the situation to cover the Han army, and on Ma Chao's side, it was almost all Qiang people in clothes.

Shortly after the battle, Zhang Fei took Fa Zheng to the city tower again, looking at the chaotic situation in the Han army camp a few miles outside the city, not to mention how happy he was.

"Hahaha...... It seems that Ma Chao really has two brushes......"

After the Ming Dynasty, the battle outside the Sword Pavilion had already ended for an hour, Ma Chao was actively counting the casualties outside the gate, as well as cleaning the battlefield, burying the soldiers who were killed, burned, and choked to death by smoke on the spot, and then he carried two bloody heads, with a hundred guards, galloped to the Sword Pavilion Pass, and shouted at Zhang Fei on the gate: "General Zhang, the heads of Pang Tong and Xu Huang have been brought, please General Zhang take a look!" ”

On the gate of the Sword Pavilion, Zhang Fei looked at the two bloody human heads from a distance, only to see that the human head had fluffy hair, covering half of his face, and the head was bloody, so he couldn't see what it looked like at all.

So, Zhang Fei asked Ma Chao to take the head closer to the city, let him take a closer look, Ma Chao did not refuse, and sent someone to bring the head to the city wall, and then the person above the city wall threw down a bamboo basket, and asked the person to put the heads of Pang Tong and Xu Huang in the bamboo basket, and then they pulled it up.

After a while, Zhang Fei saw the heads of Pang Tong and Xu Huang up close, and looked at them carefully, he couldn't recognize Pang Tong's heads, because he had never seen Pang Tong at all, and as for Xu Huang's face, it seemed to be seven or eight points alike, and it could basically be determined that this person was Xu Huang.

At this time, Zhang Fei was convinced of Ma Chao, so he laughed out loud and said to Ma Chao: "General Ma is really powerful, it is really admirable that he can kill Xu Huang and Pang Tong in such a short time." Now that General Ma has brought the heads of Pang Tong and Xu Huang, then General Ma's goal has been completed, dare to ask General Ma what he is going to do next? ”

"Without the restraint of Pang Tong and the restraint of Xu Huang, I will naturally be able to command the whole army, these Qiang people I brought back from Liangzhou, I naturally have to bring them back to Liangzhou, the war between General Zhang and the Han army is a matter between you, and I will definitely not interfere at will in the future. General Zhang's kindness last night, Ma has already reported, from now on, we do not owe each other, and hope that we can cooperate in the true sense. ”

Zhang Fei was not very interested in Ma Chao's words, but he had to admit that Ma Chao did help him solve the current crisis, as long as Ma Chao's army retreated, he would bring his subordinates to quickly counterattack, so as to occupy Hanzhong, so as to take Hanzhong as the foundation, concentrate on development, and wait for a good opportunity.

At this time, Ma Chao closed his hand towards the Sword Pavilion and said, "General Zhang, I'm leaving today, as an ally, shouldn't you come out to see me off?" And I still have something important to talk to you about, I hope General Zhang can go out of the city for a while! (To be continued......)