Han army camp, a slender, handsome and elegant young man is bending down to carefully examine the palms of several corpses, and after a moment to take off the shoes of the corpses to check the feet. These several corpses are Li Yan just ordered people to transport back, it is the 800 stragglers in the road to throw the abandoned bodies, and this young man, but no one else, it is precisely just arrived at the Han army camp Kuai Yue Kuai Isodu, Kuai Liang's brother.

Kuai Yue carefully examined the palms of several corpses, pondered for a moment, rose and said, "General, these dead are not the people of Wancheng, they should be captured Han soldiers, the 800 stragglers deliberately abandoned on the road, intended to confuse the public."

Yuan Shu was surprised: "How can Isodu be so sure?"

Kuai Yue replied: "If the deceased is the people of Wancheng, although the palm calluses but not too thick, but these several deceased palm calluses are very thick, should be years of hand-holding weapons training, and Wancheng people are poor, when working on the hills barefoot, so the soles of the feet calluses must be thick, but the soles of the feet of these people but no calluses. I dare to assert that these people are not the people of Wancheng, nor are they stragglers, but are undoubtedly captured Han soldiers."

Yuan Shu applauded and said, "Wonderful, Isodu really lives up to its name."

Jin Shang next to him jumped his eyebrows and asked, "But I wonder if the stragglers in Jing Shan are suspected soldiers?"

Kuai Yue said, "We need to look carefully at the traces left by the stragglers before we dare to assert."

Yuan Shu got excited and said aloud, "Good, all of you will go with me and see how Iso can detect Ma Yue's trickery, haha ......"

"Dare not obey the order."

Kuai Yue blandly bowed, as a response.

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Cang mountain for ten thousand miles, snow blanketed.

Ma Yue is standing on the cliff with a map in his hand against the wind, there is only a shortcut from Luyang to Luoyang, if He really wants to go back to Luoyang, he will pass through here without accident. Looking up at the eastern outline, the frosty sky and the official road were deserted.

After a whole night of hurrying, even if they are iron men, they should also be tired! A cold wind blew, Ma Yue cold shivered, immediately turned around and sternly shouted: "Get up, all get up, is a man straight don't get down."

Can not rest, absolutely can not rest! In this cold weather, and just after a hundred miles, everyone is covered in sweat, if you lie down to rest at this time, will soon be frozen, later the Han army to kill, I am afraid that even stand up, how can we fight?

A few stragglers got together and were about to build a fire to warm themselves, when Ma Yue grabbed them and stamped them out with one foot and said in a stern voice: "No fire, get up and run, don't stop, keep running!"

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30 miles east of Wancheng, on the bank of Baishui River.

Kuai Yue ambled to the ground and carefully examined the footprints left by the stragglers, and then went down to the river bank and looked carefully, and finally walked unexpectedly along the river bank to the north, followed by Yuan Shu and his party, followed closely by their horses, but the expressions of all the people were different, Kuai Liang was naturally convinced of his brother's ability, Yuan Shu, Zhang Xun, Yuan Yin, Li Yan and other generals were convinced, only Jin Shang looked contemptuous and thought Kuai Yue is just pretending to scare people, but in fact there is no real talent.

Walking north about a hundred paces, Kuai Yue suddenly stopped, craning his neck to look at the river for a moment, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

Yuan Shu saw this and asked, "Have you found anything?"

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Kuai Yue clapped his hands and said indifferently, "General, the stragglers of Jing Mountain are doubtful soldiers, the real 800 stragglers have already gone north."

"To the north?" Yuan Shu was first stunned, then shocked, lost his voice and said, "Since they went north, how come they didn't leave any traces, and the scouts they sent never noticed a trace?"

Li Yan also jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and retorted, "If it is going north, there must be footprint traces, but there are no traces left by the stragglers on both sides of the White Water, how can this be explained?"

Kuai Yue blandly said, "No, the stragglers are walking on the water."

"On the water?" Jin Shang snickered, "There is no ice on the water, and there is no boat nearby, how can they go?"

Kuai Yue said, "Although there is no ice and no boats, there are many trees nearby, so the stray invaders can cut wood and make rafts."

Jin Shang said, "If it's like what Isodu said, isn't Ma Yue a god and has the ability to foretell? Even if there are only a thousand stragglers, the rafts needed must be not few, how can they be built in a hurry?"

Kuai Yue said, "Lord Jin will have to ask Ma Yue about this, I don't know either."

Jin Shang said angrily, "You!"

Kuai Liang quietly listened to the end, a little thought has been a big change of face, to Yuan Shu said: "General bad, if the stragglers to the north will be detrimental to the old master He!"

"Good Ma Yue, cunning like this!" Yuan Shu was shocked at the words and said in a stern voice, "Where is Yuan Yin!

Yuan Yin, who was immediately behind Yuan Shu, was shocked and hurriedly beat his horse and said loudly, "The last general is here!"

Yuan Shu sternly said, "Return to Wancheng immediately, order up our cavalry army, and rush to Lu Yang at once."

"Yes, sir!"

"Wait!"

Yuan Yin roared and went to take orders, but Yuan Shu drank him back.

"What else do you want to do, General?"

Yuan Shu thought about it, began a long sigh and said: "If Lu Yang has not fallen, the old master is unharmed, can be based on the city to hold on, until the general personally led the army to come and then make plans, if Lu Yang has fallen, the old master has fallen into the hands of the bandits, then do not take the enemy lightly and adventurous, should return to Pheasant County, the general personally led the army to attack."

Yuan Yin arched his hand, turned and spurred his horse to gallop away.

Jin Shang still doubted Kuai Yue's analysis and advised, "General, Iso's words are just guesses, things may not be so."

Yuan Shu looked up to the sky and sighed: "This is what happened in all probability, a blunder, really a blunder! The horse is the golden cicada shell of the plan also ~ ~"

Kuai Liang sighed, lamented: "Ma Yue using the army, the gods and ghosts are unpredictable."

Kuai Yue heard the words swept a glance at his brother, his heart bursting with pride, this Ma Yue can make big brother so impressed, think there must be its superiority, then let me Kuai Yue to frustrate his sharpness. Life is like chess, if there is no opponent is not too lonely? With opponents, the world will be exciting, isn't it?

......

Guan Hai gloomy face, said to Ma Yue: "Bo Qi, do you really believe that scar-faced bitch's words that old man He really will hit this road?"

Ma Yue's expression was indifferent, and he repeatedly rubbed the thick-backed machete with his sleeve, and the original dull blade slowly shone with an icy glow, but there was already a chip on it, which was knocked by Sun Jian's ancient ingot sword, how good a blade it was, just a flaw.

Ma Yue's words are as cold and gritty as the blade of a thick-backed steel sword.

"There is no believe it or not, only bet or not bet!"

"Uh~~" Guan Hai's simple head obviously couldn't turn around and asked in a daze, "What~~ what do you mean?"

Ma Yue coldly swung out a knife, a bowl-thick tree suddenly broke into two pieces.

"Gambling, is to bet on life! If you win, you win back everything, if you lose, you lose your life."

"Gambling on life?" Guan Hai was stunned, "You mean, we are gambling on life?"

Ma Yue turned away, no longer paying attention to the foggy Guan Hai, but in his heart was not without gloomy thought, eight hundred stragglers are gambling on life, and every day! If you win the bet you can live another day, if you lose the bet you are finished immediately, things are that simple! But fortunately, at least so far, Ma Yue and his eight hundred stragglers haven't really lost. The battle of Pheasant County was lost, but because of Ma Yue's decisiveness and ruthlessness, the danger was turned into safety, and in such an unfavorable situation such a result could be obtained, which really should be considered a winning bet.

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A red sun rose in the east, shining on the wide and flat official road that stretched from Luyang City to the north, winding north through the valley where the 800 stragglers were ambushed, all the way to Luoyang, the heart of the Han Empire! A heavily armored Han army slowly drove down the official road, its chaotic footsteps shattering the frosty ground.

In the midst of the Han army column, the carriage with the curtain closed stood out.

He Zhen shrunk in the carriage, the closed curtain, thick fox skin robe can not withstand the cold, older, and tired of fear, has always been physically hard He Zhen also feel quite unbearable. This time back to Luoyang, must let into the child transfer troops condemned, completely exterminate this group of damned bandits, how dare to drag him He Zhen eat so much suffering, simply deserve to die.

He Zhen was leaning on the brocade cushion, thinking about how to retaliate against the 800 stragglers, when he heard a thunderous shout from outside the car: "Tally! He Zhen! Where are you going?"