Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan's stay in the late Han Dynasty has entered a countdown. Since there is still a key that has not been found, Ma Xiaoquan began the final preparations. At the same time, Lu Xian, who had read the Chronicles of Emperor Wu, also judged that there was a trace of
Something was wrong, so he started to make preparations, thinking about a final decisive battle with Ma Xiaoquan...
In April 2yi8 AD, the 23rd year of Emperor Xian's reign of the Han Dynasty, Ma Xiaoquan borrowed two thousand soldiers from Cao Cao to search for Yuan Fang.
Cao Cao unified the north, and the land area was much larger than that of Sun Quan, who owned Shu and Jiangdong. Cao Cao's original intention was to lend Ma Xiaoquan 20,000 soldiers, but Ma Xiaoquan did not accept it and only lent two thousand.
It's not that Ma Xiaoquan doesn't need 20,000 soldiers. On the contrary, he needs them very much. But if Ma Xiaoquan does this, it is very likely to alarm the people. Furthermore, according to the feedback given to him by Yuan, Lu Xian is still in Yecheng.
Ma Xiaoquan was afraid that once he left Yecheng rashly, Lu Xian would also leave with him. In this case, there was a high possibility that Lu Xian's whereabouts would be lost.
If this matter had been done a few years ago, Ma Xiaoquan would have completely ignored it, but now, Ma Xiaoquan has to have some scruples. After all, Ma Xiaoquan does not belong to this era, and he cannot leave too much historical data in this era.
Mr. Lu suddenly received a letter from Mao Gang.
In the letter, Mao Gang told Lu Xian about the Majia Manor that Ma Xiaoquan purchased in Yuyang, and also attached a diagram of the Majia Manor in Yuyang to Lu Xian.
Lu Xian was worried about how to deal with Ma Xiaoquan. This letter from Mao Gang was like a sleepy pillow.
With the map of Ma's courtyard in Yuyang, Lu Xian could easily send people to sneak in, kidnap or even kill Ma Xiaoquan's family, in order to achieve the purpose of severely injuring Ma Xiaoquan.
Lu Xian is not a gentleman, nor can he even be called a gentleman. He doesn't even bother to pay attention to the principle of "doing harm to his family".
Mao Gang gave Lu Xian the layout of the courtyard of Ma's courtyard in Yuyang, with the purpose of asking Lu Xian to confront Ma Xiaoquan head-on, so that he would have the opportunity to attack Hua Yuexin.
Mao Gang's judgment was correct. After Lu Xian obtained the courtyard composition diagram of the Ma's Courtyard in Yuyang, he immediately summoned his men to hold a detailed "seminar" on how to sneak into the Ma's Courtyard and how to kill Ma Xiaoquan's wife and children.
Detailed deployment was made.
At this time, Madam Ling'er was temporarily managing the Majia Courtyard in Yuyang. Since Hua Yuexin, Diao Chan and several other ladies were still in Yecheng, Ling'er recruited her son Ma Kun to help her manage it together.
Yuyang Majia.
At this time, Ma Kun had become an effective clerical official under Cao Pi, and was given the right to lead troops by Cao Pi.
With the power in his hands, Ma Kun dispatched 500 Cao soldiers to accompany him home when he rushed to Yuyang.
Ma Kun's original intention was to go back and stay for a few days before leaving. After all, he had an official position now and could not leave his post for too long.
However, what Ma Kun didn't expect was that as soon as he went to Ma's house in Yuyang, he met a group of guys who came to make trouble.
They said they were causing trouble, but they looked like premeditated and planned thugs. More than fifty of the five hundred elite soldiers led by Ma Kun died in the fight against this group of thugs.
This moment shocked Ma Kun. Let's not talk about the issue of death or not, but there were more than fifty people on his side who were on guard against more than a dozen people, and they were all the best soldiers in Cao Pi's personal guard.
, if Cao Pi knew this, he would be depressed for a long time?
In desperation, Ma Kun wrote an urgent letter and reported what happened in Yuyang to Cao Pi.
Cao Pi was also shocked after reading the letter. He hurriedly came to Ma Xiaoquan and showed Ma Kun's letter to Ma Xiaoquan.
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan read it, he realized something was wrong and quickly wrote a letter to his son and sent it to Yuyang as a haste.
A few days later, another person came from Yuyang. This time, the person who came back only brought back one item, which was a ring.
"Shadow Guard" Ma Xiaoquan frowned, carefully turned over the ring in his hand, and said to himself.
Next to Ma Xiaoshen, Cao Pi asked: "Master Shangxian, what is the Shadow Guard? Who is the Shadow Guard?"
Ma Xiaoquan threw the ring to Cao Pi and said, "Little Cao, you still remember the Lu Xian I mentioned, right?"
Cao Pi nodded.
"This ring belongs to Mr. Lu's men. These men of his are called Shadow Guards."
"Shadow Guard?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "That's right!"
Cao Pi asked curiously: "Master Shangxian, are these shadow guards very powerful?"
Ma Xiaoquan pondered for a moment and nodded: "Yes, they are very powerful, very powerful, and they kill without blinking an eye."
Cao Pi curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Only a dozen or so of them killed my fifty or so personal guards, so they're not that powerful..."
Ma Xiaoquan was a little speechless, shook his head and said: "That was a head-on confrontation, and Ma Kun happened to encounter it. If it was a secret confrontation... humph... your five hundred elite soldiers are just a battle."
Just a side dish."
"Isn't it?" Cao Pi said a little surprised, "Master Shangxian, are you kidding? My father said that although the number of people cannot determine the outcome of the battle, when there is an overwhelming advantage in numbers, it will affect the outcome of the battle."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "What your father said is right, but it also depends on who is right? If it were to Liu Bei or Sun Quan, I'm afraid your father wouldn't dare to say such big things, right?"
Cao Pi hummed and nodded lightly. He was not a fool. Lord Shangxian kept talking about how scary the Shadow Guard was again and again. So Lord Shangxian must have seen the Shadow Guard, or maybe
Fighting against Shadow Guard.
Thinking of this, Cao Pi asked: "Sir Shangxian, have you ever fought against the Shadow Guard?"
"A fight..." Ma Xiaoquan breathed out, raised his head, and remembered the team of well-trained people he met a long time ago... and said with a smile, "That's right...
....”
"So Master Shangxian, how many people were there at that time?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I can't remember. I guess he was number 30 or 40."
"Then Master Shangxian, how many people are here with you?"
"This side? Well, including my wife, oh haha, she wasn't my wife at that time. There was also a Diplodocus and his wife. There should be only four of us."
"What? Four people? Then the ones fighting those shadow guards won't be the four of you, Master Shangxian, right?"
"No, no, no?" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and waved his hands, "I am the only one!"
"One... one?" Cao Pi wiped the sweat from his head and said with a wry smile, "Master Immortal, you are an immortal, are you immortal?"
"Immortal?" Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you know how many punches, kicks and knives I received at that time?"
Cao Pi shook his head: "How could I know?"
Ma Xiaoquan smashed his lips and said: "Let me put it this way, at that time I was kicked no less than ten times in the crotch, and I don't know how many cuts were made on my thighs. If it were you, little Cao, I'm afraid your son Cao Rui wouldn't be able to have a baby."