The hazy moonlight was like a rising piece of silver mist.
When the west wind comes, the muscles and corners are strong, and the dew, herding horses, water and grass are cold.
In the noisy Majia pasture, countless people lit torches and searched in all directions.
The torches burned brightly, dotting the night sky over the grassland in the dark night.
Zhao Xi hurried over and handed Cao Su linen.
Cao Su wiped his sword and walked towards Ma's residence.
Beside him were Qing Xiao, Wu Ming and other subordinates, as well as Ma Liao, Ma Yu, Bai Jing and other members of the Ma family.
According to what Maliao thought, he didn't want to rest at this moment.
The king is nowhere to be seen. It is always a time bomb. He is in a panic and has no thoughts.
Cao Su, however, looked unhurried and ordered his men to clean up the battlefield carefully.
The Danqiang man has two horses, bringing nearly ten thousand war horses.
In the war, many war horses died, and many war horses were also scared away.
In the end, about half of the horses fell into Cao Su's hands.
Five thousand war horses, that's really a lot of wealth.
According to the standard of one man and two horses, Cao Su could theoretically raise a cavalry force of 2,500.
The prerequisite is that the sergeants under his command must be able to ride and shoot well.
Otherwise, you can only change your profession to become a Lancer, but not an Archer.
"Cao Zhaowu, the Qiang tribe was defeated in one battle. In the future, Northern Liang..."
Ma Liao followed Cao Su. He didn't dare to be careless now.
Cao Su is always surprising, and there is no chance that Cao Su will come up with something unexpected.
He followed Cao Su so that if Cao Su wanted to cause trouble again, he could know it immediately.
"Beiliang is still the fiefdom of King Liang, I'm just passing by."
"It happened that the Qiang came to attack the Ma family. It is the duty of our imperial army to protect the people of the empire."
"It's over here. According to the instructions of Feng Yuchan, the general who put down the rebellion, I will lead the army westward and rush to Jincheng to fight."
Still going to Jincheng?
Ma Liao was a little surprised. He thought Cao Su was only responsible for sweeping away the Qiang troops in Liangzhou.
Cao Su said to Ma Liao: "Jincheng is the main battlefield, and we must go there."
"Before I came, the prince once said that he would ask the Ma family to buy enough war horses and train strong cavalry, so that when he attacks Anzhou in the future, he will have thousands of horses to go out."
Ma Liao said seriously: "What are you talking about?"
"I just told the general that the Ma family's war horses are also Qianyuan's war horses. Just use them wherever they are needed."
Cao Su looked at Ma Liao in surprise.
Ma Liao was more "sensible" than he thought, especially now that he saw the strength of Cao Su and his imperial army, his mentality may have completely turned towards Qianyuan.
However, he misunderstood what Cao Su meant. What Cao Su said was official.
Cao Su didn't care at all how many war horses Feng Yuchan needed. He just wanted to know how many war horses he could get from the Ma family.
Cao Su looked at the accompanying Bai Jing, Ma Yu and other members of the Ma family, who were all relatively strong. Suddenly, his heart moved and he smiled and said: "Brother Ma, the Ma family has been loyal and loyal for generations and is a member of a famous family. Have you ever thought about joining the imperial court and serving as a senior citizen?"
A general?"
Ma Liao was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "But now that the king has escaped, Ma has not made any achievements..."
"The King is indeed a great threat. In the next few days, I will arrange for my subordinates to carefully search the Beiliang Grassland."
"But the grassland is very vast. I feel that the probability of catching the king is very low. You should also be mentally prepared."
Cao Su said calmly: "But I have to say, if you can't catch King Dan, won't your Ma family stop serving the country?"
"Have you ever heard of the imperial court's 'Preparation Order'? There are many volunteers in Xizhou who took the initiative to rush to Jincheng to fight. The Ma family has thousands of majestic cavalry. It can be said that they have strong soldiers and horses, and they should be the leader of volunteers in Xizhou."
After hearing Cao Su's words, Maliao's heart "thumped".
When Cao Su said "strong soldiers and strong horses", he deliberately emphasized his tone and glanced at him coldly, as if he had another meaning.
"Strong troops and strong horses" never sounds like a good thing at any time.
He was immediately speechless and didn't know how to reply to Cao Su.
At this time, Cao Su was not overly coercive.
He laughed loudly and said: "Brother Ma, please think about it carefully!"
After speaking, Cao Su took his men and left.
When leaving, he suddenly said loudly: "The Xia Ming sword is bowed on the back, shining on the frost, and the horse is riding out of Huaiyang in the autumn wind. I have not taken back the emperor's land in Hehuang, so I don't want to look back at my hometown."
One by one, he burst out with strong and powerful poems.
The Ma family is from a famous family. Although they live in the grassland, they often read and study literature.
Now Cao Su suddenly read out a poem that they had never heard before. The poem was full of nostalgia for his hometown and loyalty to serving the country.
Not only the Ma family was extremely shocked when they heard this, but also the soldiers under Cao Su's command, who understood it, couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia for their homeland.
Now I am in the grassland, thousands of miles away from Pingcheng, Jiangdong Road, and I don't know if I will have the chance to return to my hometown in this life.
Ma Yu showed a hint of admiration: "Father, this Cao Zhaowu is capable of both literary and military skills. He is truly a god general in the world."
Maliao's face was solemn, and he was feeling irritable under multiple pressures.
I don't know what to do next.
Cao Su's intention was very clear, and he seemed to want the Ma family to join the army.
But Maliao didn't want to get on the pirate ship.
It is easy to get on the boat, but difficult to get off.
The Ma family has a close relationship with the King of Liang. If the Ma family gets too close to the court, then the King of Liang... But right now, the anger of the Qiang people is just around the corner. In the future, the Qiang people's revenge will also affect the Ma family.
I can't bear it. If I use the name of the imperial court, it will be equivalent to elevating the family grudges to the grudges of the country. In this way, the Ma family will have other benefits by hiding it.
When Maliao heard his son's praise, he turned his head and showed a hint of thought.
........
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A night of silence.
To the north of Ma's pasture, a figure staggered forward.
The king's body was covered with scars, his robe was dirty, and his face was covered in blood.
He found a stick somewhere to support him moving forward.
His hair was disheveled and he looked like a down-and-out herdsman.
"Ma Liao, Cao Su!"
The king's eyes were filled with anger, and he hated Ma Liao and Cao Su very much.
Compared to Cao Su, King Dan hated Ma Liao more.
Cao Su only carried out a sneak attack, but Ma Liao was a man of words and a sword. This man has undergone earth-shaking changes from the time when they met in Mobei. He is no longer the straightforward young man he was before.
"You are really blind, marrying Yurou to Maliao!"
The king cursed and walked forward.
After walking all night, his lips were dry and his expression was very depressed.
Suddenly, he heard the rumble of horse hooves behind him.
He grew up on the grassland and knew how far away the sound of horse hooves was when he heard it.
He quickly looked around and found a slope, and then hid under the slope. The dense weeds soon obscured his figure.
More than ten riders chased from behind.
These are the cavalry of the Ma family.
The king looked over, with even more hatred in his eyes. Ma Liao actually wanted to kill them all!
More than ten riders rushed past King Dan and continued running north without looking back.
Galloping on the grassland, one person and two horses, changing continuously, can easily chase a long distance.
Xi Mu used the movement technique to move him an unknown distance to the north. As a result, after walking all night, the opponent still caught up with him.
Fortunately, he was hidden at this time and no one noticed him at all.
The rumble of horse hooves gradually became quieter.
King Dan patted the dust on his body and showed a hint of ridicule: "You want to arrest me? How can it be that easy?"
He quickly swept away the traces in the lee of the slope, and then quietly changed direction and walked northwest.
People who have lived on the grassland since childhood have a very accurate grasp of the location of the entire grassland.
King Dan walked northwest for another half day, feeling hungry and thirsty, but he did not see a single herdsman.
Just when he felt that his physical strength had reached its limit.
He suddenly smelled a trace of blood.
The smell of blood wafted from the front. King Dan looked intently and saw the breeze blowing across the grassland, revealing several corpses of herdsmen underneath, lying on the grass without making any sound.
He was taken aback and walked forward slowly, looking around with great vigilance.
The herdsmen were all lying face down on the grassland.
King Dan walked to the side of the corpse and saw that there seemed to be no external injuries on the back of the corpse.
The corpse has no weight.
He stretched out his hand and pushed, and with just a slight push, the body turned over.
"ah!
"
After seeing the body.
The queen's back felt cold and the hairs all over her body stood up.
The male corpse he turned over had a three-inch deep wound on his neck. What was strange was that there was nothing on the corpse's face, with only the skin remaining on the face.
Eyes, nose, mouth, ears...all disappeared!
He was so frightened that he quickly backed away, his legs and feet softened, and he sat down on the ground.
"This is......."
"Demon corpse?"
King Dan looked forward along the overturned corpse. There was no longer any green on the grassland in the distance.