Shilipo is actually a place with beautiful scenery. This is the beginning of summer, the green trees are lush, the flowers are in full bloom, and the breeze is blowing, and there seems to be a fragrance. It is a good time for viewing. In the past, there must be crowds of people, laughing and laughing. Unfortunately, today is not the case. The two armies faced each other, and Shilipo was caught in the middle. The battle flags of Dongling and Daxiao are planted at the north and south ends of the slope. After the battle flags, long spears, arrows, shields and iron cables, huge stone walls, etc. are placed staggered all the way to guard against the opponent's surprise attack.

On the high sentry tower, the soldiers on duty looked at the distant enemy camp and were on guard.

When Long Dachu arrived at the barracks, the chief general Yin Ming came to pick him up in person. He introduced the situation in various places in the camp, reported the password and handed in the token, introduced the generals and so on. Long Da carefully asked about the military situation, checked the military strategy map, asked about the preparations for the war and Dong Ling's declaration of war, etc., and discussed with the generals the countermeasures, and the day passed quickly.

In the early morning of the second day, horns were blown at the sentry post to indicate that there was an enemy attack. A guard rushed to report: "General Yin, Ma Yongnian, the general of Dongling, led his troops before the formation and asked to fight General Long."

Yin Ming frowned, and hurried out of the tent to look for Long Da.

When I arrived at Long Da's place, I saw that he had put on his armor, picked up his big knife, and was getting on his horse.

"General." Yin Ming rushed forward to meet him. "General Long, absolutely not. There is no one who clamors for a one-on-one decisive battle before the battle. He is not qualified. If you want to fight, the soldiers will come. The current situation is not good for them. Dongling, he will fight, I am afraid trick."

"It was because the situation was not good that he made such a bad plan. In terms of the strength of the army, they are not worth mentioning. But if he can cut me down in front of the formation, it will be different."

"Since this is the case, the general should not fight."

Long Da's face sank: "General Yin, do you mean that I can't defeat the unknown General Dong Ling?"

Yin Ming knew that he had slipped his words, and hurriedly saluted, "The last general dare not."

Long Dagao sat on the horse, looked down at Yin Ming, and said, "His elder brother died because of me. He has hatred in his heart, so he naturally wants to seek revenge from me. You only think about the consequences of him beheading me before the battle, why don't you think about me beheading me?" The advantage of destroying his prestige. Dong Ling is weak, dare to overestimate his own strength, he should be taught." He paused, and then said: "Besides, they robbed Mr. Liang, but they didn't put them in front of the battle to demonstrate and threaten us to retreat. , isn't that weird?"

Yin Ming opened his mouth, wanting to explain that Mr. Liang is an important hostage. Forgive that Dong Ling didn't dare to reveal it easily, but Long Da didn't intend to listen to him at all. As soon as he finished speaking, he galloped away. The cavalry he brought followed behind him, leaving a trail of smoke and dust stomping.

Yin Ming quickly ordered the soldiers to prepare their horses, and led the men to Shilipo.

When he got there, he saw that Longda's Thousand Cavalrymen lined up behind him, as did Dongling's side. The main generals of both sides were surrounded in the middle. Yin Ming wanted to slap his horse forward, but Long Da's soldiers stopped him. "General Long ordered, don't disturb."

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Yin Ming began to observe carefully.

"You are Long Teng?" Ma Yongnian raised a big knife and asked sharply.

"Exactly." In contrast, Long Da's tone was much gentler. "You are Ma Yongnian? A person with a knife in his hand should have kind thoughts in his heart?"

Without further ado, Ma Yongnian shouted loudly, rushed towards Long Da with his horse's belly in his arms, raised his knife and slashed.

The dragon raised his saber to meet him, and with a "clang", the blade made a piercing sound in the air. The steed moves like the wind, creating an attack direction for the master Long Da on his back. Taking advantage of the momentum, Long Da swung his saber at Ma Yongnian's thigh. Ma Yongnian hurriedly pulled the rein of the horse and turned around to dodge, then swung his knife and slashed at the dragon.

Long Da missed the blow, pulled the reins, Rufeng turned his head and retreated, dodging Ma Yongnian's knife.

The two horses staggered, and the round was completed in a flash.

Ma Yongnian yelled, but didn't speak, and continued to turn his horse's head and chase in Long Da's direction, holding his sword high, shining silver in the sun. Long Da didn't say much, he waved his saber to meet him, and made two "Dang Dang" sounds, and the two fought together again.

The Dongling cavalry slapped their swords and spears and let out an angry roar to help Ma Yongnian. The cavalry on Longda's side also shouted in unison, "We must win! We must win! We must win!" While shouting and shouting, they rode their horses and galloped around. Suddenly, smoke and dust billowed, and the noise was like thunder, and the momentum was huge.

Yin Ming frowned, and waved his hands to order the soldiers to prepare, in case the field lost control and a large number of enemy troops rushed over.

Through the smoke and soldiers and horses, Yin Ming vaguely saw that the fight between Long Da and Ma Yongnian was quite fierce. The two passed by each other many times, and they met swords and horses collided many times. But it didn't take long for the situation to become clear, and both Long Da and Ru Feng clearly had the upper hand.

Just when Yin Ming was thinking about how long it would take for Long Da to win, and whether he should launch a surprise attack at this time, Rufeng kicked Ma Yongnian's horse's head fiercely with his hind legs, Long Da took advantage of the situation and swung his knife, Ma Yongnian's horse lost control , he could not avoid it, bent down and dismounted sideways to dodge. But Long Da's saber was faster, and he killed it in a blink of an eye. But the knife was sideways, and the blade hit Ma Yongnian's back, knocking him off the horse.

Yin Ming eagerly patted his horse forward, wanting to take this opportunity to take Ma Yongnian down.

But he didn't expect that Long Day would back away after the first blow, and said loudly: "You are defeated, no need to say more. If you dare to attack again, I will take your life."

Yin Ming hurriedly shouted: "General!"

But it was too late. Ma Yongnian's cavalry rushed forward, protecting Ma Yongnian in the team. Yin Ming opened his mouth, hesitating whether to send troops to rush up and kill them all, but he heard Long Dao: "General Yin!"

Yin Ming watched helplessly as Ma Yongnian's soldiers and horses quickly retreated behind the iron shield and long spear array. The opportunity for a strong attack was lost, so he could only respond: "General Long!"

Before Long Da could speak, Ma Yongnian shouted loudly: "You wait! One day, I will take your head and comfort my elder brother's spirit in heaven."

Hearing this, Long Da looked in the direction of Ma Yongnian's voice, but he could no longer be seen. After a while, Dong Ling's soldiers retreated further and further away. They were clearly seen on the high sentry post, and two cornets were blown to signal the retreat of the enemy.

Long Da shouted: "Go back to the camp!" He turned around and led the troops back.

Yin Ming looked around at the generals who were preparing for battle, and felt really suffocated. He suppressed his temper, arranged all the troops, then rushed back to the camp and went straight to Long Day's camp.

Before he could open his mouth, Long Da said first: "There were so many people yesterday, I didn't talk about spying with you in detail. Who is in charge of spying on the enemy's intelligence, how to arrange the manpower, and where are they now? Check it out." What, tell me in detail."

Yin Ming was stunned for a moment, gathered himself together, and asked back: "The general had a great opportunity just now, why did he let Ma Yongnian go? It's okay not to kill him, and it's also beneficial for us to capture him alive. It's really inappropriate for the general to let the enemy go!" When it came to the last sentence, it was already a reproachful tone.

But Long Da said: "During these days when Mr. Liang was robbed, he was able to walk slowly from Tongcheng to Shilipo for dozens of rounds. There is nothing found in Tongcheng, why is there no news from your side?"

Yin Ming took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by the general!"

"Apologize for your dereliction of duty." Long Da's voice was not loud, but his tone was tough. "The inspector was kidnapped by the enemy country, and he will definitely use it as a bargaining chip in wartime. When I was in Tongcheng, I wrote to you several times to ask if you have made any progress. The investigation will take time, and I don't want to rush too much. But now that the war has started, the other party has named and provoked, but has not bet Mr. Liang in front of the battle. If it were you, would you have a bargaining chip?"

Yin Ming was speechless. Normally, before tying Liang Dehao into battle, Long Dasheng cut Liang Dehao's body with one move. In this way, Long naturally tied his hands and feet, and Ma Yongnian had a great opportunity to avenge his brother.

Yin Ming could only say: "They must have other tricks."

Long Da shouted: "Then tell me what trick it is!"

Yin Ming couldn't tell.

Long Da drank again: "I am facing the enemy before the battle, you should think carefully on the sidelines, don't think that I don't know. I advise you to let it go, otherwise you will bear the consequences yourself. Besides, what will happen if you capture Ma Yongnian alive So what good is it to kill these troops, but let Dong Ling fight to the death with the intention of fighting to the death, what good is it for us? If Master Lu killed 3,000 soldiers in Shilingya and the effect was quite good, can you follow suit? Let me tell you, the emperor didn't intend to capture Dongling, and if you make your own proposals and cause trouble for the emperor, you are a capital crime, but there is no Lord Liang who can stand in your way!"

Yin Ming argued: "I don't understand what General Long said. If the enemy invades, we will fight to the death to protect the country, that's all."

"Very good. Then protect the country with all your might!" Long Dao said, "Ma Yongnian has been disgraced and seriously injured today. The Dongling Army should settle down for a while. Take advantage of this time to quickly find Mr. Liang. It's good to be alive, Even if he is dead, there should be news of his whereabouts."

Yin Ming thought for a while and said, "I'll go to urge you now. When I get news, I'll report back to the general."

Long Dao: "Well, I'll give you three days. If there is no progress, let your people stay aside. I'll use mine to investigate."

Yin Ming hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, General Long, I will definitely not disappoint General Long's entrustment."

Long Da waved his hand and let him go down.

Yin Ming got out of Long Da's tent, his face sank.

In the tent, Long Da took out a thick letter from his pocket, which was stuffed by Ma Yongnian when he was close to him.

When he played the last game of chess with Ma Yongshan, Ma Yongshan thought for a long time, but in the end he did not write a letter of surrender, but he wrote a letter from home to Long Da. He said he must be dead when the things they surmised happened. He couldn't do anything more, but his brother could. If Long Da needs Dong Ling's help at that time, he can send the request along with this letter to his younger brother Ma Yongnian. He has only one request - don't bully Dong Ling Xiao, don't let Dong Ling wrong.

Long Da still remembered the ballad that Ma Yongshan sang: "A boy in Dongling has great ambitions, and he rides a steed to gallop thousands of miles away." Dongling men have iron bones, and they are passionate about protecting their families and the country. Ma Yongshan told Long Da that when contacting his younger brother, he needed to say a word as a corresponding code word.

"A person with a knife in his hand should have more kind thoughts in his heart."

This is the ancestral motto of their Ma family, and it is also the origin of the names of the two brothers.

When Liang Dehao disappeared, Long Daxie knew that things were as expected and there was no turning back. He quickly sent someone to sneak into Dongling and contact Ma Yongnian. Sure enough, not long after, I received the news of Ma Yongshan's death. He can completely understand how much Ma Yongnian hates him. He also deeply understands the pain of losing a loved one. Long Da dare not overestimate how much Ma Yongnian can help in the matter.

Received this letter today.

Long Da opened the letter, read it carefully, and understood what Ma Yongnian meant by "comforting the elder brother's spirit in heaven", and then he couldn't help sighing that the Ma brothers are indeed characters.

A person with a knife in his hand should have more kind thoughts in his heart.