Tiger Prison Pass.

Liu Yan trembling hands to untie Ma Yue's body full of blood stained rough clothes, when Ma Yue's naked back finally showed in front of her without reservation. Liu Yan couldn't hold back her tears. Liu Yan has treated many wounded Yellow Turban soldiers, and has seen many unbearable wounds, but never seen anyone worse than Ma Yue.

In other people's case, with so many sores and wounds, it is not known how many times they have died, I really do not know how Ma Yue survived? Thinking of this. Liu Yan can't help but feel tenderhearted.

Ma Yue's back is covered with crisscrossing wounds, there are knife sores, sword sores, gun sores and arrow sores, each wound has recorded a tragic battle, a thrilling experience! Since coming to this chaotic world, even Ma Yue himself could not recall how many vicious battles he had participated in.

Sometimes when dreaming back at midnight, even Ma Yue himself would feel absurd, in this chaotic world at the end of the Han Dynasty, he could live up to now, and it looks like he can live longer and longer~~.

The most heartbreaking thing for Liu Yan is the two new sores on Ma Yue's back, which are almost next to each other. The flesh split open, revealing the fishy red flesh inside, dark red blood is constantly overflowing from the wounds, flowing down the back of the pale catkins, the air is filled with a faint smell of blood.

"Just know cry!" Ma Yue frowned and said coldly, "Hurry up and do it."

Liu Yan sobbed, reached out to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and said to Zou Yuniang behind her, "Yuniang sister, please go get a plate of clear water, okay?"

Zou Yuniang hey, turned around and slimly left.

The blacksmith old black will be a top burned red iron pulled out of the furnace, handed to Liu Yan. Said: "Miss, the branding iron is ready."

Liu Yan took the iron with a sound, to the wound on Ma Yue's back than, after all, can not press down, so weakly to Ma Yue proposed: "How about ~ ~ or let people go digging some herbs it?"

Ma Yue frowned and said coldly, "Dian Wei. You do it!"

After saying that, Ma Yue also said to Guo Tu, who was standing across the table, "Gongze. You go on."

Guo Tu's eyebrows jumped, looked at the red branding iron, felt a burst of bad chills behind. Sucked in a breath, then said: "The big chief, since the capture of the Tiger Prison so far. Time has passed several days, expected to Luoyang has received news. Soon Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song stream will also know, so, Luoyang will have to be prepared, and Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song two road army is bound to follow to, pounce on the Tiger Prison ~ ~"

At this time, dian wei already from liu yan hand over the red branding iron, to ma yue back open wound on the vicious press down, only to hear the "zhi zhi" sound suddenly rang, a white smoke from ma yue back up, the air immediately filled with a burnt smell. Guo Tu's voice stopped. The sound of cooing in his throat suddenly rang out, seeing Ma Yue's face did not change color. The only thing is that Guo Tu's eyes are starting to turn green.

The tent stand in the Guan Hai, Pei Yuan Shao, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang and other people are also gloomy face, but look to Ma Yue eyes, is invariably burning hot. In the eyes of these big and small chiefs. The big leader Ma Yue is the hardest man in the world, no injury, no one, no change can knock him down and break him.

The only one who does not change his face is Dian Wei, pinching the iron and squeezing hard to Ma Yue's wound, on the other side, Xu Chu's face is also the usual mute look, as if nothing can make him change his color.

Zou Yu Niang with a basin of water just walked in, just saw Ma Yue pale face, thick eyebrows frown, and then look behind Ma Yue, evil Han Dian Wei hands really pinch a cut of iron, iron end was burned red. It is tightly against Ma Yue's back, the curl of smoke is rising from Ma Yue's back. Zou Yu Niang immediately beautiful eyes a stare, and then look at Ma Yue, the eyes have been softened a lot.

Until the smoke dispersed. Liu Yan asked Dian Wei to move the iron away and said to Zou Yuniang: "Yuniang sister, quickly bring the water over."

Zou Yu Niang um, from Ma Yue face back gaze, hurriedly brought water to Liu Yan side, a faint blush is inadvertently surfaced Zou Yu Niang ground pink face.

"Phew~~"

Ma Yue took a long breath, relaxed his body and said to Guo Tu, slightly tired, "Gongze, go on."

Guo Tu took a deep breath, to relieve the shocked mood, then said: "eight hundred bandits if attacking Luoyang, is bound to and the Han court's most elite feathered army head-on, feathered army, although only three thousand people, but by the military side of the fallen generals of meritorious sons and daughters, battle strength than Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song under the command of the elite soldiers especially better than three points ~ ~"

Guan Hai could not help but stifle a grunt, said: "Mr. Guo Tu will be the will of others. The company's main business is the development of a new product. What about the elite of the world. Eight hundred bandits destroyed the elite of the earth is still less?"

Guo Tu was not annoyed, and said with a pleasant face, "Zhou Cang is right, the 800 bandits are all tigers and wolves, of course they are not afraid of any elite. But even if we can defeat the Hualin army, our casualties will not be small! The Han court lost the feathered forest army. Luoyang City still has several tens of thousands of new troops stationed in the Western Garden, but what about us? Our brothers are dying one less one, casualties can not afford it."

Ma Yue nodded in disbelief, in fact, from the beginning he did not really want to attack Luoyang, if Luoyang was so easy to fight, the Han Empire could not have lasted for more than 400 years. The Xiongnu, Xianbei and other barbarians in the north have been exterminated many times.

Guo Tu went on to say: "The people of the capital, the three auxiliaries, and the foot of the Son of Heaven are abundant. Even if the city of Luoyang is not attacked, the surrounding towns have a lot of food and supplies, which are sufficient to supply the military needs of the 800 bandits. The chief can condemn the general to rate a fine cavalry and feign an attack on Luoyang with great fanfare, and when the imperial army gathers in Luoyang, our main force will go down along the Luo River and cross the Three Bann Mountains. So far, there are two routes to choose from, one to go south of the mountain, over the Qing Nai pass, two to go Huayin Road, and even grasp the Hakka Valley, Tongguan two passes, and then drive straight into the Guanzhong, then Liangzhou is close at hand, the eight hundred stragglers from now on dragon into the sea, the court and then nothing ~ ~"

Ma Yue gaze gloomy, that is, did not approve of Guo Tu ground advice, nor opposed. There are some inexplicable and profound meaning.

Guo Tu's heart was anxious, then said: "But in order to perfectly realize this plan, there is one thing that is crucial."

Ma Yue asked, "What is it?"

Guo Tu said, "We need a general to lead an elite army to hold the Hujuan Pass firmly for ten days. We must not let Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song break through the pass! After ten days. Our army is already far away from the Guanzhong, even if Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song two large army break through the pass and enter. It is also too long to reach."

"Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song?" Ma Yue smiled sorrowfully. Coldly said, "Although the two are famous generals, under the command of the elite army is also called a hundred battle division, but is no longer enough to fear. After the battle of Yingchuan, someone will naturally help us to clean up the two."

Guo Tu's expression moved and he suddenly said, "Does the leader mean the ten permanent guards?"

Ma Yue said with a heated smile, "But ~~ the public is right. The Tiger Prison Pass really needs to be guarded by elite soldiers. Even if someone else leads these two elite soldiers under Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, they are still a deadly threat to the 800 stragglers, so we must not let these two elite soldiers knock on the pass and enter within ten days."

Guo Tu arched his hand and said, "The great leader is wise."

Ma Yue's cold gaze swept around the generals in the tent. In a deep voice, he said, "Who dares to guard the Tiger Prison?"

Gao Shun stepped forward resoundingly and said loudly, "The last general is willing to guard."

"Good!" Ma Yue said in a stern voice, "You can lead a thousand of our elite soldiers (the original Gao Shun's men had more than 2,000 Yingchuan bandits, but only a thousand elite soldiers remained after two battles. When saving Chang She and defeating the Han army, most of the Yingchuan bandits who died in the battle were those who were not proficient in horsemanship, and the original 800 stragglers suffered very few casualties), guard Hu Jun Pass, and within ten days, never let the Yingchuan Han army cross the thunderbolt!"

Gao Shun clasped his fist resoundingly. Loudly said: "Follow orders."

"After ten days, depending on the battle situation, you can stay or leave, you can still hold the Hujuan Pass, or abandon the pass and meet up with the brigade, the chief will give you 500 horses, just in case."

Gao Shun said, "Thank you, chief."

Ma Yue said, "Pei Yuan Shao, Zhou Cang listen to the order!"

Pei Yuan Shao and Zhou Cang stepped forward at the same time and said, "Yes."

"Lead 500 elite horsemen each (there are still more than 1,000 light horsemen in the original roving bandits), call them 3,000 elite horsemen, advance along the north bank of Luo water with great fanfare, and set up an attack on Luoyang. Try to make as much noise as possible."

"Yes, sir!"

"Liao Hua, listen to the order."

"Yes."

"Lead a thousand light horsemen (Liao Hua's men are more than 6,000 bandits in Yingchuan, so far there are only a thousand left). Follow our leader along the south of Luo Shui and go straight to Yiyang."

Liao Hua said resoundingly, "As ordered."

Ma Yue stood up and said in a deep voice: "The whole army will make dinner at three o'clock tomorrow and start at five o'clock!"

......

At the palace, Zhang Jean's residence.

Guo Sheng looked around outside the door for half a day to make sure no one was eavesdropping before he dashed into the secret room. In the secret room, Zhang Jean, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Li, Song Dian, knitted Shuo and other eunuchs have already gathered. These twelve people are all middle retainers, known as "ten retainers".

Knitted Shuo said to Zhang Jean: "Zhang Gong, everyone is already together. Now you can always say, what is the important thing, must be called in the middle of the night secret discussion?"

Zhang said sorrowfully, "Gentlemen, we have just received an urgent report from Yingchuan, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao's four-way army of nearly 30,000 soldiers surrounded by an iron wall, but 800 stragglers broke through and went away. Cao Cao was defeated by the 800 stragglers and almost wiped out, and for this matter, Cao Cao almost became enemies with Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song.

Cao Cao is the grandson of the eunuch Cao Teng, and the late Generalissimo Cao Jie is very close, the lieutenant knit Shuo has a good impression of Cao Cao, heard that Cao Cao defeated can not help but be moved, said: "Zhang Gong, this is an opportunity, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song are the heart of He Tuhu, Cao Cao Cao fell out with them, will not be tolerated in He Tuhu, why not lead as outside help?"

Gao Wang and Cao Cao Cao's grandfather, eunuch Cao Teng quite a friend, agreed: "knit Gong this is very good."

Zhang said: "This matter will be discussed later, now Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song supervise the division is ineffective, by the 800 stragglers break out of the siege and go, the blame can not escape! It is good to take this opportunity to submit to the emperor, the two sent back to the capital for punishment, and take the opportunity to take away their military power! Then He Jin no longer have a soldier in his hands, although Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao as external support, also can not do."

Zhao Zhong said, "Zhang Gong is right, this heavenly opportunity, but who can replace it?"

All eyes turned to knit Shuo, knit Shuo is on the army lieutenant. Control of the Han court under the world's military, sent who to Yingchuan to replace Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song command of the army is naturally his consideration.

Knock Shuo thought about it, said: "left lieutenant Chun Yu Qiong, right lieutenant Zhao Rong may replace it."

Zhang Jean said: "good, tomorrow's meeting, you can act according to the plan."

The ten permanent retainers are secretly discussing when a small eunuch suddenly barged straight into the secret room. Known Shuo face a change, fear of the secret matter leaked. So pulled out the sword to stab the small eunuchs, Zhang let anxiously stop said: "knit public wait, this is the belly, late at night to barge in to meet, there must be urgent matters."

Knit Shuo back to the sword into the sheath, the small eunuch came to the Zhang Jean's ear and said something softly. Zhang Jean's face suddenly changed greatly. After the small eunuchs exit. Zhao Zhong and others asked, "Zhang Gong, what is it?"

Zhang said after taking a breath, "The inside man in He Jin's house has just returned a shocking news! Eight hundred stray invaders have taken the Hujuan Pass a few days ago, the defending general Le on the following more than a thousand soldiers were all killed in battle!"

Knitted Shuo heard astonished, lost his voice: "This ~ ~ this is true?"

Xia Yun also did not believe: "Zhang Gong, this is not possible, right? Eight hundred bandits only more than a thousand people, and no siege equipment, Hu Jiu Guan city is more than five feet high (about ten meters). How did the bandits take the ground?"

Zhang said in a gloomy voice: "There is no doubt about this, but there is no way to know how the 800 bandits took the Hujuan Pass."

Xia Yun lost his voice and said, "Tiger prison is lost, Luoyang gateway is open, eight hundred stray pirates fear invasion Luoyang!"

Knitted Shuo frowned and said: "That is not so much. Eight hundred stragglers at most more than a thousand people. Really dare to attack Luoyang, is undoubtedly self-destructive! But near the capital, three auxiliary land but inevitably have to suffer some plunder. All this is due to Zhu, Huangfu Song supervisor ineffective and started, it is just the same to the emperor. The same punishment."

Zhang Jean said with a grim smile: "eight hundred bandits to fight Luoyang, not yet decided, and not a matter of concern to us, we only believe that this time no one can save Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song! The butcher and the brothers Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui are also involved! Hmph~~"

Zhao Zhong said, "Zhang Gong, what do you mean by that?"

Zhang said, "After Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song entered Yingchuan, He Jin sent a secret letter to them. The two were ordered to hold off on eliminating the bandits in Yingchuan."

"This ~ ~ this is to raise a tiger for the trouble which. The law changed, "He butcher want to do? He wants to rebel? "

Knitted Shuo Yin voice: "This matter is not difficult to understand. If the Yingchuan bandits are eliminated, He Tudu no longer has a reason to let Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song two will be unified outside, all the elite troops will also be returned to the West Park. He does not want to be subjected to the masters, naturally, we have to find ways to let Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song stay in Yingchuan, surrounded by 800 stragglers and not into the attack is really a good plan."

Zhang Jean said fiercely: "He Jin for his own selfish interests. Blind to the security of the Great Han Dynasty, he instigated Zhu and Huangfu Song to condone the enemy invaders, resulting in the fall of the Tiger Prison and the shaking of the capital, he can be charged with treason in front of His Majesty. Let's see how Butcher He can argue?"

Zhao Zhong mused, "Zhang Gong, this matter should not be rushed. Now that Empress He has just given birth to a royal son, the holy favor is flourishing, and the He family's power is soaring, it is not so easy to bring down in a hurry. At this time, if you want to play He Jin's crime of fornication and treason, you need ironclad evidence, that is, the secret letter from He Jin to Zhu and Huangfu Song!

Zhang said: "So. First try to take away Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song military power. Can Chun Yu Qiong, Zhao Rong to replace it, so that the two secretly search for the secret letter and all the evidence of guilt."

Zhao Zhong said: good, tomorrow's court meeting, you can act according to the plan. "

......

Great General He Jin's residence.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song failed to combat the bandits, so that the 800 bandits broke through the siege and unbelievably conquered the world's majestic Hujuan Pass, the front pointing directly to Luoyang! He Jin, He Miao, Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui, Zhang Wen, Yuan Shao, Cai, Wang Yun and other people gathered overnight to discuss the response.

When it comes to the urgency, He Miao was so angry that he stomped his feet: "Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are not good enough to succeed, but they are not good enough to fail, so big brother only told them to delay the attack, but not to indulge the bandits. Now it's a good thing that the 800 stragglers have taken the Hujuan Pass, and I'm afraid they'll be invading Luoyang next! If the eunuchs know about this, I am afraid that they will make a fuss in front of the emperor again."

He Jin said, "I should have known that. If we could have eliminated the 800 stragglers earlier, we would not be in trouble today."

He Jin gave Wang Yun a dissatisfied look, and his words were quite complaining. At the beginning is Wang Yun proposed to suspend the attack, raise the tiger to wait, then Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song do not have to return to the capital, the ten regulars fear the two generals in the hands of the army, will not dare to take action against He Jin. I did not think it would lead to today's disaster.

Sitting at the bottom of the head of Cai heard repeatedly shake his head, He Jin as a general today. But no courage, no strategy, in this time of crisis. Do not think of a strategy to deal with the resentment, this speech, in vain to make the cronies centrifugal from the moral, what can help? Such incompetent people, how to make things happen?

As expected, He Jin's words fell. Wang Yun stood up with a face full of shame and said: "This matter is all because of my official. Tomorrow, at the court meeting, I will report everything to the emperor, and the emperor will not blame the general.

Yuan Feng said: "Zi Shi (Wang Yun's cognomen) is wrong, the ten permanent guards see us as a party, Zi Shi's crime is not the fault of the great general? And Zishi official only in the service. How can you make Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song do what they are told? This matter is told. How can we be convinced? For today's sake, we should quickly plan a foolproof strategy."

He Jin was reminded by Yuan Feng's words, suddenly realized, the heart is quite a bit of regret, to Cai said: "I was in a hurry to miss the point, Zi Shi please do not be sorry."

He Miao said, "Why don't we hide this matter for now. On the one hand, let Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song rush to attack Hujuan, and Ben Chu also mobilize all the troops of the Secretary. The east and west pincer attack, may be able to destroy the eight hundred stragglers in the Hujian Pass, the emperor does not know, know then the matter is fixed, may not be no chance to redeem the merits of the crime."

Yuan Feng did not think: "Eight hundred plundering invaders, since the capture of the Tiger Prison, will not stay long on the pass, and will soon plunder the capital and Sansui. The emperor is bound to know about this sooner or later, rather than being picked apart by the eunuchs and being caught in a passive position. It is better to report to tomorrow's son before the ten permanent guards, maybe we can salvage the situation and turn passivity into initiative."

He Jin said, "In that case, what is the plan?"

Yuan Feng pondered for a moment and said, "The defeat of Yingchuan and the loss of Hujuan, His Majesty will be furious when he hears about it, this is the loss of division and land, a great crime to kill oneself! The situation now needs to be decidedly abandoned in order to turn the crisis into peace."

Yuan Shao eyes swept a trace of ruthlessness, said categorically: "Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song two generals with more than 10,000 elite troops, but failed to build a battle, but let the 800 stragglers to capture the Hujuan, and defeat is no different? The castrati will take the opportunity to cause trouble, the two generals are nine out of ten because of the disaster in prison, the general might as well be clear with it, will be blamed on Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, may be able to avoid this doom."

He Jin seems to be interested in hearing the words.

But Yuan Feng scolded: "Ben Chu shut up! Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song are the pillars of the Han Dynasty, how can they fail! The castrati scourge the country, crippling the loyal and virtuous, and naturally do not distinguish between the loyal and virtuous, we are all loyal subjects of the Han Dynasty, how can we destroy the Great Wall?"

He Jin mused, "But then ~ ~ who can abandon it?"

The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the actual situation. The four of them can not be abandoned, so, only one person remains."

He Jin looked moved, said word by word: "East County Governor ~ Cao Cao!"

......

Chang She, Cao Cao's camp.

Cao Cao woke up from his dream with a shudder, feeling his mouth dry and headache splitting.

The curtain lifted, Xiahou Dun's majestic figure entered with a basin of cold water in his hand and said in a loud voice, "Mengde, are you awake?"

Cao Cao furrowed his brows in thought and asked, "Yuan Jang, did you drink wine last night?"

Xiahou Dun laughed loudly and said, "Not only did I drink wine, but I also got drunk and cursed that old man Huangfu Song. It is really painful, haha~~"

Cao Cao's face changed slightly. He slapped his forehead and said, "Drunkenness is a mistake, drunkenness is a mistake."

Outside the tent, Chen Gong and Cheng arrived together, and behind them, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban and Li Dian also entered. They were waiting for Cao Cao to wake up before entering the tent to see each other. The generals entered the tent and stood at attention on two sides.

Cao Cao wiped his face with cold water and asked Chen Gong, "Gongtai, do you have any news about the 800 stragglers?"

Chen Gong looked grave and replied, "Lord, just now the scouts reported that the 800 stragglers had bypassed Ruyang the day before yesterday and were heading straight for Hujuan Pass."

"Hujuan Pass?" Cao Cao's expression moved, incredulous. "The 800 stragglers didn't go to Guandu to cross the Yellow River in the north, nor to Yangzhai to cross Yingshui in the south, but went to Hujuan Pass! What exactly does Ma Yue intend to do?"

Cheng said in a deep voice: "Lord, it is likely that Hujuan Pass has been lost!"

"What!?" Cao Cao was horrified at the words and asked as his small eyes looked at Chen Gong. "What does Gongtai think?"

Chen Gong said, "What Zhong De said is not far off."

Cao Cao hastily spread out the map. After taking a glance at the map, he was shocked again and lost his voice, "If Hujuan is lost. If the eight hundred bandits are lost, the front of the army can be directed to Luoyang, then the capital will be shaken, people will be terrified, the world will rise up and respond to the bandits, then the big event will be over, how can this be?"

Chen Gong frowned and said, "My lord. The Han Dynasty is in decline, the number of gas will be exhausted, the overthrow of the matter sooner or later. Only the loss of Hujuan is feared to affect the Lord's life, so we can plan a strategy to deal with it early."

Cao Cao did not understand: "Gongtai why say this?"

Cheng ■ said, "Now the ten permanent guards and the general party disputes are very urgent, the battle of Yingchuan fear of becoming a source of trouble, the two major party warlords will attack each other. Because of Zhu, Huangfu Song supervisor is not effective, so that the eight hundred stragglers vanish and down the Tiger Prison, this loss of division, the loss of land, killing the body of the great crime ear, He Jin villain. Want to get out of it, will be blamed on others. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of the problem. The court has deep roots, it is also impossible! After this, only the lord is left. The lord is afraid of becoming an outcast and a scapegoat for the defeat of Yingchuan."

Cao Cao's face suddenly turned white and was speechless for a long time.

Xiahou Dun was furious and said, "Damn it, our brothers have worked so hard for the Han court, but in the end, they have to be scapegoats for others. Why don't we turn against him, it's painful~~"

Cao Cao's gaze was cold and he said in a stern voice, "Shut up, Yuan Yuan! If you dare to make any more lies in the future. If you dare to make any more lies in the future, you will be beheaded without mercy."

Xiahou Dun grunted and flattened his mouth. No more words.

Chen Gong said, "Lord, what Zhongde said is probably true, so we can plan a good strategy early."

Cao Cao gave a hiss and frowned, "What is the plan?"

Chen Gong said, "My lord, those who have achieved great things do not stick to small things, so we should contact Gao Wang and Shuo in the court.

Cao Cao nodded slightly. Since He Jin was unkind in the first place, don't blame me Cao Cao for being unrighteous in the second! The first thing that I would like to do is to ask him to do something about it.

......

Huangfu Song camp.

"Hey Rulu~~"

The warhorse whinnied and fell down, dropping the heavily armored knight on his horse, along with the heavy scale armor on the warhorse thrown viciously to the ground with a loud bang. The smoke and dust from the sky, will be close to the Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song two smoked a dusty face.

"Hey!" Zhu Jun chagrined double palm strike each other, do not understand, "repeatedly ten times is the same, but I do not know what is the reason? Why the eight hundred bandits war horse can carry such weight, our war horse but can not carry?"

Huangfu Song frowned and said, "Could it be that there is something else?"

Since the battlefield witnessed the heavy armor of the invaders iron rider charging huge power, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song suddenly cracked the heart, ordered soldiers on the battlefield to collect a few pairs of intact horse armor, heavy armor, so that the strongest soldiers wearing heavy armor, and in the army to select the strongest steed wearing horse armor, equipped after, imitating the invaders heavy rider charge, but the results of the test was very disappointing to the two.

Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were deeply shocked by the heavy armor and horse armor on the heavy iron cavalry, thinking that all the secrets are on the armor, so they overlooked the slight difference between the saddle used by the bandits and the saddle of the Han army, not to mention that the biggest mystery is hidden in the most insignificant horse hoof, so all ten tests ended in failure. Hua

Zhu Jun thought about it and said to the quartermaster beside him, "Have you captured the mounts of the bandits?"

The quartermaster shook his head and said, "No, all captured mounts have been injured and not enough to ride. Have all been slaughtered and used as military food."

Huangfu Song said: "Have you found any differences?"

Quartermaster said: "Have not found different."

This is not to blame the quartermaster careless, horseshoe iron nailed to the horseshoe, after a long run stained with soil, has long been mixed with the horseshoe, if you do not look carefully can not find the mystery? And the eight hundred stragglers back to the division of the Chang She, most of the battle dead is under Gao Shun Yingchuan soldiers, these Yingchuan soldiers riding are later captured Wuhuan horses. These Wuhuan horses have not been nailed palm.

And really nailed the horse palm mount but not much loss, only Xu Chu led more than a hundred heavy cavalry because inevitably shake Han army soldier front, so the loss is huge, before and after a total loss of more than seventy horses, but the Han army in cleaning up the battlefield, already put these nailed the horse palm war horse and not nailed the horse palm Wuhuan horse mixed together. Naturally, it is more and more difficult to detect the anomaly.

Huangfu Song is not willing, and asked: "saddle. Have left?"

Quartermaster said: "intact saddle has more than 500, are stored in the library."

Huangfu Song said: "Go, go see."

Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song in the quartermaster led down to the tent used as a warehouse, only to see inside the pile of saddles, Huangfu Song picked up a few saddles to look at, all with the saddles used by the Han army! In fact, the more than 500 well-preserved saddles, really equipped with bilateral stirrups saddle only a few dozen. Huangfu Song picked up a few of the eight hundred stragglers used by the Wuhuan Iron Riders saddle, naturally can not find the difference.

Huangfu Song intends to search again, suddenly there is a small school hurriedly running into, face with anxious look, to Zhu, Huangfu Song said: "two generals, the big thing is not good!

Huangfu Song frowned, said in a deep voice: "But there are eight hundred stragglers whereabouts?"

The junior colonel nodded and replied, "Back to the general, eight hundred stragglers abandoned the long community. They have gone to the Tiger Prison Pass."

"Tiger Prison Pass?" Zhu Jun's tiger eyes were cold and he said in a deep voice, "Eight hundred stragglers have abandoned themselves to death?"

The junior colonel wiped his forehead sweat and said with a trembling voice: "General, the scouts have reported that the 800 stragglers have broken through the Hujuan Pass. They have swept away to Luoyang."

"Servant~~"

Huangfu Song hand saddle fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

"What did you say!" Zhu Jun's face changed greatly, grabbed a small school sweat towel, sternly said, "eight hundred stray invaders attacked break through the Hujuan Pass, soldiers invaded Luoyang and go?"

The schoolmaster said with a trembling voice: "Yes~~yes, General."

"Phew~"

Zhu Jun let out a long breath, his face changed again quickly calm down, gently let go of his hand, to Huangfu Song said, "Old general, and return to the camp. Call the generals to deliberate."

......

More than two hundred miles west from Hujuan Pass, both for Luoyang.

The sun is shining in the sky. The city of Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after more than a dozen generations of kings, several hundred years of development. Naturally prosperous. Not only the city stores, outside the city is also a row of restaurants and inns, merchants around the collection.

The official road leading from Hujuan Pass to Luoyang can be ten feet wide. Enough to accommodate a dozen horses traveling side by side.

It is late afternoon, the sky is cloudless, the wilderness is silent and windless, the official road side willow pulsing, only after the spring, but the weather has been slightly moxibustion hot.

"Dangling~"

A merchant suddenly lost his hand and knocked a ceramic bowl to the ground with a bang, immediately attracting the attention of nearby diners and restaurants.

"Huh ~" the merchant suddenly surprised eek, pointing to Zhuo move? "

The merchant's voice fell, all the nearby customers are found in front of the table is really vibrating, only a moment, they are shocked to find that even the ground underfoot also slightly trembling ~ ~

"Avalanche! Could it be a ground collapse?"

A knowledgeable Guanzhong merchant suddenly screamed in horror.

"No, cavalry! It's a large group of cavalry~~"

Another Shanxi merchant, who had been traveling outside of the country for many years, was used to seeing the earth shake when the cavalry came out, which was similar to this scene, and immediately spoke out in rebuttal.

"Oh my God. Look, cavalry, it's really cavalry!"

Finally a sharp-eyed spotted the anomaly. Pointing to the distant eastern sky shouted, almost all heard this scream people turned their heads to the east, only to see the open field, a black group of cavalry is rushing, the first a blood-colored banner, is facing the blazing sun hunting and waving, bleak as blood.