Li Yan, Kuai Liang, Zou Jing and Chen Zhen each had their own thoughts and walked into the hall one after another. They saw that there was a banquet inside (in ancient times, the host guests had a table with wine and meat, and they did not eat together as they do now). Ma Yue, the leader of the 800 bandits who tasted the taste of prisoners, had already sat on the main seat with a golden sword, and said to the four prisoners Sushou: "Please sit down."

The four people had different reactions, but they showed their own mind and courage.

Chen Zhen nodded flatteringly at Ma Yue, and then sat down tremblingly. This is a person who is greedy for life and fears death.

Zou Jing's face turned pale in an instant, and suddenly he had a very bad premonition. He thought that Ma Yue's banquet was probably the Hongmen banquet, and the visitors were not good at it, but this was because he was suspicious by nature.

Kuai Liang smiled, brushed his sleeves and dusted off the mat, and sat down. Then, without waiting for Ma Yue to greet him, he turned around and started drinking by himself. Although he was a prisoner, he had no inferiority complex and self-pity. He could tell at a glance that he was a generous person. Such people were often the ones with the most firm beliefs.

Li Yanze kicked the wine banquet in front of him and said sternly: "If you want to kill, you can kill me, why bother to do this!?"

As soon as Li Yan said this, Zou Jing shook his feet immediately, and Chen Zhen was so scared that he knelt down. Only Kuai Liangzi sucked the cup of American wine with a sound, and smashed his tongue: "The righteous side is too worried. The leader of Ma Da is holding a banquet today and has no intention of killing people."

Ma Yue looked at Kuai Liang with a stern look and said, "I am worthy of being a famous scholar in Jingxiang, and I hit the nail on the head."

Li Yan said unyieldingly: "How about you?"

Ma Yue said: "To be honest, I have reached an agreement with He Xian, the butler of He Mansion. The He Mansion has 2,000 military horses, the leader Zhou Cang, Yichang Old Master He and all four of you. I have agreed, and the time is set in three days. However, before you can let you go, I will say something, and I won't be happy if you don't speak up!"

Zou Jing and Chen Zhen showed joy when they heard this.

Kuai Liang said: "I want to say that I am a famous general, but now I am a bandit, I am helpless?"

Li Yan said: "What the eight hundred bandits do is to rebel against the court, to the people, to act against the people, to act against the people, to be angry with the gods and men. Even if the car is broken, it is not enough to redeem their sins. It is not an exaggeration to the nine tribes of the barbarians!"

Ma Yue stood up suddenly, feeling extremely angry, knowing that the wine was in vain today, and the words prepared in his heart were also in vain. To change the views of these guys about the eight hundred bandits in their hearts was simply a fantasy, and it would be even more unthinkable to force them to change their families and apply for results.

Ma Yue felt angry and said sternly: "Forget it, since I don't appreciate it, I'll just squat your prison. Come and take me to take care of you. From now on, I won't give you food or drink, so I'll starve for three days first."

...

Wancheng, Yizhuang.

The thin and lame beggar was squatting in the corner of the wall, pulling off a piece of dough and stuffing it into his mouth. He seemed to be hungry, but he choked after taking a few bites. Fortunately, a bowl of noodle soup was handed to him in time.

Liu Yan looked at the beggar with a soft expression and said softly: "Sister, eat slowly, don't choke."

Zou Yuniang beside her said strangely: "Sister, how do you know she is a girl, not a man?"

Liu Yanyan smiled and said, "Sister Yu Niang, just look at her throat and you will know that men all have Adam's apples."

Zou Yuniang couldn't help but sigh: "Sister is so smart and beautiful. She is so cute and has a lovely person from all over the world. I really don't know what the heart of the leader Ma Da is. How can you be indifferent to your tenderness?"

Liu Yan's expression turned dark and she said quietly: "Sister, stop talking."

The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. When Zou Yuniang talked about the leader Ma, the female beggar's dark and clear eyes lit up suddenly, and then she knelt down to the ground at Liu Yanpu.

"Sister, you will pity me and take me in as a slave."

...

In a blink of an eye, three days passed and it was time to agree to exchange hostages.

The direction of Jiyang in the south is still calm. Since Qin Jie's death, Huang Zhong and Wei He have led the remaining Nanyang troops to retreat to the Jiyang line. As long as the 800 bandits do not harass them, they will never take the initiative to attack.

No abnormalities were found in the direction of Zhi County. Mao San and Niu Si sent back messages every once in a while, claiming that only 200 county and state soldiers drove thousands of war horses into Zhi County yesterday. After that, everything was as usual and no trace of the brigade of official troops was found. It seemed that He Xian was unwilling to tear his face at this time to avoid endangering He Zhen's life.

Of course, the intention of guarding others is necessary. In order to prevent Huang Zhong and others from taking advantage of the opportunity to seize Wancheng when he was out, Ma Yue still made enough arrangements and preparations. There are already 800 bandits who explored horses within a radius of 100 miles of Wancheng, and any movement and horses can be grasped in time.

After everything was arranged, Ma Yue personally led 200 Qingzhou bandits and escorted Li Yan and four other prisoners to embark on the journey to Zhi County to receive military horses. After all, Ma Yue was a human, not a god, and he didn't know that the biggest threat did not come from Jiyang in the south, but from Zhi County that Ma Yue had never cared about the most.

For dozens of miles around Chi County, thousands of elite Han troops were already waiting for the battle, just waiting for Ma Yue to lead the crowd.

...

At the head of the city of Chi County, Yuan Shu stood with a sword in his face, looking deep, looking at the vast sky as if thinking.

Jin Shang beside him looked south with Liang Feng on his hand, and suddenly his expression turned up and said to Yuan Shu: "General, here you are here."

Yuan Shu looked stern and suddenly lowered his head. He saw a cavalry team of more than 200 cavalry slowly coming from the south, and came to a hundred steps away from Chi County to stop the formation. More than 200 cavalry slowly spread to their wings and lined up into a long snake formation.

A trace of stinging suddenly flashed through Yuan Shu's bright eyes, and he asked Jin Shang: "Yuanxiu, have the forage been fed?"

Jin Shang bent down and replied respectfully: "According to the general's instructions, Chen Shi has already fed it."

"Okay!" Yuan Shu nodded and asked again, "When is now?"

“It’s just noon.”

"The time has come!" Yuan Shu said in a row, "beat the drums and trumpets, open the city gate, and offer the war horses!"

"Note wuwu~~~"

"Dongdongdongdongdong~~~"

The loud sound of ox horns and the intense drums rang out continuously, and the closed city gate slowly opened, and 2,000 strong horses rushed out like a tide.

"What a great horse, but unfortunately I've been the bandits."

On the city tower, Jin Shang shook his head and sighed.

Yuan Shu's expression was frosty, and his eyes were covered with dark clouds. He thought to himself that it would not take long before these military horses would return to his hands!

"Horse, so many horses! Everyone will ride horses in the future, hahaha..."

Behind Ma Yue, the bandits were overjoyed.

After the army, Yuan Shu appeared at the city gate under the escort of dozens of cavalry. The side of Yuan Shu was standing proudly, Zhou Cang, who was not as good as a good person, said aloud: "The leader of the horse, I believe it. From now on, these 2,000 military horses will be yours. I hope you can keep your promises."

There have been bandits who have long been to guide the horses and bring back the unowned army.

"You can rest assured. Although we are bandits, we know that people do not have faith, so we will not stand." Ma Yue agreed loudly and said to Zhou Cang beside Yuan Shu, "Zhou Cang, has General He treated you badly?"

Zhou Cang Senran said: "Big leader, Zhou Cang is lucky to be unfair."

Yuan Shu said: "Captain Ma Da, can you exchange hostages now?"

Ma Yue said: "Of course."

Yuan Shu said: "Okay, after the three-way drum, you and I will release the hostages at the same time, how about it?"

Ma Yue's eyes frightened, and he wanted to regret it, but he was worried that Zhou Cang was still in the hands of the official army. If he ignored Zhou Cang's life and death, he would be afraid that the bandits under his command would be disappointed, so he would lose his wish of regret. No matter what, if a mere He Zhen exchanged for 2,000 military horses, this transaction would be a sure profit.

"Dongdongdongdongdong...dongdong!"

The sound of war drums finally rang heavily, and then stopped abruptly. Zhou Cang ran out of the official army formation. Li Yan and the other four protected He Zhen and ran out of the bandit formation at the same time, each rushing towards the formation. Mao San, who came to meet with Ma Yue, had his bow and arrow, intending to shoot He Zhen, but was stopped by Ma Yue.

If you let go, you will let go. Why shoot He Zhen again? If you anger the current general He Jin, it will be of no benefit to the 800 bandits. Ma Yue is still very clear about this.

PS: Since I went back to my hometown to see my son on weekends, I can only take the time to go to the Internet cafe to update one chapter in the past two days. I hope to understand that when I go home on Sunday, the swordsman will definitely explode in the small universe.
Chapter completed!