Ma Gelong was indeed in a hurry, not only did he discard all the bulky and heavy baggage materials, but even the grain and grass were only about five or six days' rations per person, and the rest of the grain and grass were all thrown away in the camp.

However, Ma Gelong was not too distressed, anyway, these grains and grass were provided by the Lu Shuihu people, and the amount was not too much, which could only meet the needs of the Ma Lanqiang people for half a month.

This is undoubtedly also a means for the Lushuihu people to control the Malanqiang people, Peng Hu provided the grain and grass to the men and horses of Maglong can only meet the needs of half a month, once Ma Gelong has different ambitions, Peng Hu can cut off the supply of grain and grass at any time, so that Ma Gelong is in a desperate situation.

Thinking of this, Ma Gelong snorted coldly, presumably from the beginning Peng Hu had already calculated him, the so-called brother was just a joke, Ma Gelong was just a thief who guarded day and night in Peng Hu's eyes, and at this moment Ma Gelong left and had nothing to love.

In order to avoid the pursuit of the Lushuihu people, Ma Gelong deliberately did not take the main road, but chose a more remote path, along the Jingshui River Valley, to the southeast. Ma Gelong had already found out in advance that now Qi Wannian's troops were assembling on the north bank of the Wei River, forcibly crossing the Wei River, preparing to attack Chang'an, and if Ma Gelong went south along Jingshui, he could join forces with Qi Wannian's troops and Weibei.

However, compared with the main road, this small road is much more bumpy, not to mention the narrowness of the road, and the potholes, twists and turns, although most of the Malanqiang people are cavalry, but limited by the road conditions, the speed can not be raised at all.

Ma Gelong is more anxious, but he is also helpless, after all, compared with taking the avenue, taking the small road is much more low-key, not so ostentatious, and in comparison, it is safer. However, the news of the escape of the Malanqiang people will definitely reach Peng Hu's ears, and Peng Hu will definitely send troops to chase after them, if the Malanqiang people go too slowly, sooner or later they will be caught up by Lu Shuihu's cavalry.

Ma Gecheng, who was standing in front of him, suddenly rode his horse back, came straight to Ma Gelong, and said hurriedly: "Big brother, I found a garrison point of Lu Shuihu's people in front, and there are thousands of people. ”

Ma Gelong's heart tightened, he was really afraid of something, it turned out that this was a checkpoint set up by Peng Hu earlier in order to prevent the Shu people from outflanking from the flank, although the number of people was not too much, but it was defended according to the danger, and it was very difficult to break through in a short time.

"Big brother, what should I do?" Ma Gecheng said very anxiously, although there are not many Lu Shuihu people stationed at this checkpoint, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it really starts, the Malanqiang people may not be able to win this checkpoint quickly, and once the Lu Shuihu army is alarmed, it may be difficult to leave.

Ma Gelong is relatively calm, presumably at this time, the garrison of this level does not know the true intentions of the Ma Lanqiang people, Ma Gelong decided to take a hand first.

Ma Gelong personally rode to the front of the checkpoint and said loudly: "It is the general who guards the pass, can you come out and speak?" ”

In charge of guarding the checkpoint was a commander of Lu Shuihu, who saw Ma Gelong, stretched out his head, and said, "Who are you?" What's going on here? ”

"A certain is Ma Gelong, the leader of Ma Lanqiang, on the order of King Peng, to make a detour here to pursue the Shu people, and ask the general to let a way out, don't delay the military situation." Magron said quietly.

The commander also knew who Ma Gelong was, but he was guarding this place, so he was naturally under the order of Peng Hu, so he said, "Since it is sent by the king, is there a military order?" ”

Ma Gelong said: "The Shu army has just withdrawn today, and a certain is also under the verbal order of King Peng, and he does not dare to delay in the slightest, and is in a hurry to march, so he did not take the military order, and the general can send someone back to the Jingyang camp to verify, but if the military affairs of the pursuit of the Shu army are delayed, then only the general himself and King Peng explained." ”

The commander couldn't help but hesitate a little, although he said that he led his troops to garrison here under Peng Hu's order, and he was not allowed to go without Peng Hu's military order, but Ma Gelong's words were conclusive, but he did not allow him to believe it, if he delayed the pursuit of the enemy because of him, I am afraid that he would not be able to bear the blame.

So the commander thought for a while, ordered his subordinates to open the gate of the wall, and said, "Since the leader of the horse has important tasks, it is better to go out of the customs first." ”

Ma Gelong smiled, and singled Lu Shuihu to open the gate of the wall, and he could rush out in one breath.

But at this moment, on a fork in the road on the right, suddenly rushed out of a group of people, coming very fast, rolling up bursts of dust and smoke, the first general, it was Peng Hu's cronies and generals Peng Dangzhong, he saw that the commander had sent someone to open the gate of the village, and shouted from afar: "Slow!" ”

Ma Gelong was startled, those Lu Shuihu people also stopped their movements, Peng Dang Dumas was fast, and in a blink of an eye, he rushed to the front, and sneered at Ma Gelong: "Want to go?" No way! ”

Peng Dangzhong brought a lot of people, rushed to the front of the checkpoint from another road, and immediately blocked the road in front of the checkpoint.

Ma Gelong pretended to be shocked and said, "General Peng, you ...... What do you mean by that? ”

Peng Dangzhong sneered: "I want to ask, what do you mean, Leader Ma?" ”

"I heard that the Shu people fled overnight, so I didn't have time to report to the king, so I raised troops to chase after them, lest the Shu people flee far away and can't catch up." Magelon must have prepared a set of rhetoric, and as for believing it or not, it is not up to Maglon to decide.

Peng Dangzhong continued to sneer: "It turns out that the horse leader is chasing the enemy? It's just that the Shu people fled to Linjing in the east, and the horse leader did not pursue to the east, but went to the southeast, but I don't know when the horse leader can catch up with Liu Yin? ”

Margeron was speechless, but he wasn't going to be easily defeated. "General Peng doesn't know, Liu Yin withdrew his troops, how could he be unprepared, in the next roundabout from the southeast, just to avoid the defense of the Shu people, now Linjing City is completely empty, it is a good time for us to march, a roundabout attack, will be a big victory."

Peng Dangzhong is an important confidant of Peng Hu's side, he is familiar with the inside story, and he doesn't believe in Ma Gelong's far-fetched explanation at all, he raised Peng Hu's warrant high, and said coldly: "The king has an order, quickly summon the horse leader to see him, how about it, Ma leader, or go back with me to meet the king?" ”

Ma Gelong was worried, it was obvious that Peng Dangzhong and the thousand men were not on the same level, and it was very simple to fool the thousand commanders, but if you wanted to fool Peng Dangzhong, there was no chance at all, and if you went to see Peng Hu at this moment, you would be completely charged with running away, and you wouldn't even know how you died.

Now, Maglon had no choice but to fight his way to the death. (To be continued.) )