"What for?" The sentry asked.

A small man came out of the caravan and shouted, "We are merchants, please make it easier!" As he spoke, the little man struggled to throw a small bag into the pass.

A sentry hurriedly picked up the bag, and when he opened it, he saw that there were at least fifty taels of silver.

"Do you want to inform the general?" Another sentry asked.

"You're stupid! If the general is notified, and we score, hurry up and open the pass and let them in! ”

The other two sentries looked at the money bag in his hand, swallowed, and nodded together.

The heavy wooden gate of the pass was opened, and the caravan entered the pass. However, the next scene surprised the Guishan soldiers, only to see that more than 100 people in the caravan suddenly pulled out their weapons from where and launched a surprise attack on the Guishan army on the pass, and the more than 100 people on the gate were slaughtered in an instant, and the sentry who received the bribe died and clutched the money bag tightly.

The caravan seized the gate and immediately signaled the exit of the city, and a few moments later a cavalry force of 10,000 men poured into the pass, and it took less than half an hour to wipe out the 5,000 defenders.

Ma Chao ordered all the captives to be killed, and then led 10,000 iron cavalry out of the pass and entered the territory of Guishan, and at this time, Yue Kefeng in the fortress of Luti did not expect that a Wei army of elite cavalry had entered the territory of Guishan.

After Cao Cao left Chang'an, he traveled all the way west, and two days later arrived in Weinan County, a hundred miles east of Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, our envoy has been placed under house arrest by Guishan!"

Xi Zhicai said, at this time, it was getting late, and the two were strolling by the stream by the camp, Dian Wei and Xu Chu followed behind Cao Cao in military uniforms, and the surrounding radius of a hundred meters was tightly controlled by the Royal Forest Army.

Cao Cao took the information from Xi Zhicai's hand, read it, and said with a smile: "It seems that the Guishan people don't dare to do things absolutely yet!" ”

Xi Zhicai smiled: "Although the Guishan people are aggressive, they are actually very weak-minded! ”

Cao Cao smiled, his eyes flashed, "The matter has come to this, it is impossible for them to retreat even if they want to!" By the way, is there any news from Shoucheng? ”

Xi Zhicai shook his head, and Cao Cao frowned when he saw this.

Ma Chao suddenly lost his trace after breaking through the northern border of Guishan.

A day later, Yue Kefeng of the Luti Fortress received the news that the northern border pass had been broken through by the Wei army, and was so shocked that he sent people to verify the situation while sending 20,000 cavalry to the northern border.

At the same time, 10,000 elites led by Ma Chao suddenly appeared outside a town more than thirty miles behind the side of the Luti Fortress. The town has no name, but it was an important place for the Kushan army to store grain and grass.

"General, the scouts reported that there are 300,000 loads of grain in the town in front, but there are 20,000 defenders!" Adjutant General Ma Chaotie reported.

Ma Chao asked, "Has the other party shown us?" ”

"The other party is defenseless!"

"Ma Tie, you lead two thousand horsemen to attack from the west, Duan Gang and Yang Meng, you two lead two thousand horsemen to attack from the east, and I lead four thousand horsemen to break through from the south! Ma Yue, you led two thousand horsemen to ambush in the north, and when you saw the rout, you covered up and killed the past! Do you understand? Ma Chao ordered without hesitation.

"Understood!" The four generals agreed in unison.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the black-clothed and black-armored iron cavalry suddenly appeared in front of the Kushan defenders, who thought for a while that this was their own troops, and when the blood waves rolled up, the Kushan defenders suddenly realized that it was the enemy, and it was an extremely fierce enemy.

The Hun cavalry swept through the town with a devastating force, and then lit a fire, and the 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry disappeared without a trace.

When reinforcements from the Ruti fortress arrived, all they saw were corpses and blazing flames.

Yue Kefeng slapped the table in anger, and the items on the table were shaken to the point of jumping high.

"How much did we lose?" Yue Kefeng asked with a gloomy face.

An officer swallowed tears and replied with difficulty: "20,000 defenders have been beheaded, 10,000 have been killed, and 300,000 loads of grain and grass are all gone!" ”

Yue Kefeng said angrily: "Didn't I tell you to be on guard a long time ago? How can this still happen? ”

The generals hung their heads with a look of shame, especially those generals who had been transferred from the East Town Army and the West Town Army.

"The enemy we are facing now is not the kind of enemy you have encountered in the past! They are cunning and murderous! Whoever is careless will only become the blood food in their mouths! It doesn't matter if you die, but please don't get involved in this war and the entire empire! From now on, all armies must strictly carry out my orders, and I will send inspectors to supervise them, and if the existing people dare to slack off, they will not be forgiven! Did you hear that? ”

The generals were startled and hurriedly agreed in unison.

However, the next day, another bad news came, the grain transport team from the imperial capital to the fortress of Luti was suddenly attacked by a Wei cavalry on the way, the whole army was annihilated, and all 100,000 loads of grain were reduced to ashes.

Yue Kefeng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent several cavalry to surround the place where the accident occurred, and Yue Kefeng gritted his teeth and wanted to enter the hinterland of the Wei army cavalry to strangle it.

"General, now there are a large number of Kushan cavalry surrounding us in the east, west, north and south, it seems that they want to strangle us all!" Ma Chao Tieyu reported.

At this time, Ma Chao and his 10,000 cavalry were resting in a forest.

"How many enemies are there?" Ma Chao asked, looking at the march map spread on the grass.

"According to the scout's report, the enemy used nearly 100,000 cavalry, but it was divided into five or six units, and the least was only about 10,000 cavalry!"

Ma Chao's finger was a little bit on the map where he was now, and he moved to the northeast to the Luti Fortress, and nodded, "We are now more than three hundred miles away from the Luti Fortress!" ”

The finger suddenly swiped down on the map, stopping at the location of the Guishan King Capital, and several generals present couldn't help but be startled. Ma Chao said indifferently: "Now that the Guishan Imperial Capital is empty, let's simply take the opportunity to kill the Imperial Capital!" ”

Several generals exchanged a shocked look, and then became excited, if they could sweep the imperial capital, it would be a great achievement!

"General, General Ma once told you not to be too aggressive!" Ma Chaotie was a little worried.

Ma Chao said disapprerovingly: "At that time, Zilong didn't expect the current situation, as the general who actually led the army, I have the right to make decisions on the spot!" That's it! You wait to go down and give the order at once! ”

Half a day later, on a hill six hundred miles north of the capital of the Kushan Emperor, a group of more than 10,000 Kushan cavalry was marching to the north without delay. (To be continued.) )