Chapter 818 One of the Four Columns

Obviously, Ma Chao's concerns are superfluous.

The shadow in his hand was indeed captured by Ma Chao and killed by the fierce Ganning, but these are really worthless compared with the nine-death tasks he had experienced before and the harsh training before.

Therefore, instead of having any fear, Gan Ning's knife stopped at his neck and pulled out a short blade to assassinate Ma Chao.

However, his assassin's right hand was cut off by Ma Chao halfway: "Don't do it. If you are really a shadow person, you must recognize this token, right?"

For this trip, the horse has to carry a shadow token. These 14 states of the Han Dynasty are now full of shadows. The whole shadow is Ma Chao's eyeliner. What's more, he has a big plan this time, and naturally needs Shadow's assistance.

And when the shadow saw Ma Chao take out the crystal clear jade card, his face suddenly changed: ordinary shadow team members, even if they are the top five, the shadow tokens in their hands are all non-gold and non-wood dark green and gray orders, but at this time, the token in front of him is the one he has only heard of when the shadow training. Public order!

Obviously, Ma Chao's personal visit surprised him. In desperation, he had to endure the injury on his body and almost coughed blood foam and asked tentatively, "Don't you know Ye Yui in your life?..."

At this time, Ma Chao finally saw that the shadow was the end of the strong crossbow. His special night clothes were sticky and hot and soaked with blood. Then he exhausted the last trace of vitality in his body because of launching a one-dimensional crossbow and trying to hide in the stove, which made him see his 'Lord'. After the shock, there were signs of a return of light.

From this, Ma Chao didn't care about anything at the moment and quickly replied: "It's hard to enter the brothel! I'm Ma Chao. Tell me quickly what's going on here?!"

"Lord!" The shadow tried his best to move and seemed to want to salute Ma Chao in the end, but finally, due to his serious injury, he had to say with his remaining reason, "Master, leave quickly!" The snake camp was fully dispatched, and Cao Cao had occupied Dingtao..." After saying that, the shadow was breathless. Before he died, his face seemed to have the honor to see Ma Chao with his own eyes.

Ma is not a supernatural person, but his heart is still quite uncomfortable when he sees this loyal and fearless shadow leave. What's more serious is the news from the shadow: Cao Cao has captured Dingtao!

After Lv Bu got the support of the Ma family, he has always had the upper hand in the military. Cao Cao was trapped in the dilemma of food shortage and faced with the triple problem of Liu Xie's self-reliance and Yuan Shao's pressure. Even if he wanted to make a difference, how could he suddenly sweep away the difficulties and take the initiative to take Ding Tao?

However, just when Ma Chao was confused, Gan Ning beside him moved. He quickly walked to the dilapidated window and took a look and said, "Lord, get out of here quickly! There is a small cavalry approaching..."

Ma Chao immediately walked out of the cottage, stretched out his eyes and saw the smoke and dust rolling in the distance. He looked carefully and saw that the smoke and dust condensed in the light night, and knew that it was an elite cavalry. Now that he is at the border of Chen Liu, the news from the shadow is that after learning that Dingtao was broken, it is very likely that he will be a light riding scout of the Cao family.

Waving slightly, Ma Chao, Gan Ning and Lv Qiling immediately hid in the grass on the riverside and watched the cavalry from afar. However, for a moment, it could be seen in the smoke and dust that it was a cavalry in red armor, and the leader was also wearing a fiery robe. The mask on the helmet was not lifted up, and the appearance could not be seen clearly, but the vigorous posture, in full swing, made people's hearts.

A trace of doubt flashed in Ma Chao's eyes and frowned again. After the general in red, the leader of the cavalry, came to the cottage, more and more people came out and more. He flew off the horse with a breath. Obviously, he was a skilled general in martial arts. With his extraordinary eyesight, Ma Chao raised the mask on his helmet when he saw the general in red disar, but because the distance was too far away, Ma Chao could not see his face clearly. However, his slender and handsome eight-foot male body, with elegant grace in his majestic manners, shocked Ma Chao slightly: Ma Chao has explored all the generals under Cao Cao, and I'm afraid that the gentle Li Dian and Li Mancheng is the only one with this temperament.

However, Ma Chao knew that Li Dian, as a general at this time, would never bring 2,000 cavalry here to deal with the aftermath. After the man entered the cottage with several guards, he came out for a moment, and then the two thousand cavalry retreated as fast as when they came.

It's just that a big fire was left, which made the whole cottage burn fiercely. Ma Chao knew that in only half an hour, the shadow of the Ma family in Yanzhou, a secret contact point, would completely become white and disappear.

"Red clothes, iron noodles... And come here to explore the news. Ma Chao's look became extremely complicated. He slowly stood up from the grass and muttered to himself, "When did Gao Lan, one of the 'four court pillars' under Yuan Shao's, actually penetrate into Yanzhou?"

"High view?" Hearing this, Gan Ning couldn't help staring at the ground where the smoke and dust dissipated and said, "Is that the one who has always been very mysterious, covering his face with an iron face and compares with Hebei Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Zhang Jian?"

"If I can see it a lot, that man does have a ferocious iron face..." Ma Chao's mind became heavier. At this time, the destruction of the shadow contact point, Cao Cao's initiative to send troops and Gao Lan's invasion of Yanzhou had turned into a huge doubt and entangled in Ma Chao's heart, which made him have to think about making a choice.

But in fact, Ma Chao knows Yan Liang, Wenchou and Zhang Jian among the four generals of the 'Four Court Pillars of Hebei'. Yan Liang and Wenchou are masters of knives in Hebei and are proficient in combat aircraft, and have always been relied by Yuan Shao as their right-hand arms. In Ma Chao's heart, Zhang Ya is better than Yan Liang and Wen Chou. He is good at fighting and understands strategy. After surrendering Cao Cao, he followed Cao to calm down the north, expeditioned Wuhuan, defeated Ma Chao, destroyed Zhang Lu, and made many achievements. Instead, he became a general known for his cleverness among the 'five good generals' under Cao Cao!

However, this high view is very vague and concise in history books. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is only said that this person was framed by Yuan Shao's counselor Guo Tu in the battle of Guandu, and his anger led the crowd to Cao Cao. Later, he fought with Liu Bei in Runan and was killed by Zhao Yunyi.

According to the record, Gao Lan is just a fish brisket character with a false reputation. But Ma Chao, who has been in troubled times, knew long ago that without real knowledge, a humble general would not have fought for such a great reputation in this troubled times. Gao Lan sent troops to the Shadow Contact Point tonight, which made him look even more confused.

"Lord, shall we still enter the pottery according to the original plan?" Gan Ning looked up at the night and asked.

Ma Chao looked at Lv Qiling indifferently and flashed a trace of guilt, but said firmly, "No, we changed the disaster victims' costumes and rushed to the shadow of Chen Liu's contact. During this period, we were just on our way, but we didn't know that the Central Plains had been everywhere.

Speaking this, Ma Chao couldn't help sighing angrily and added depressingly: "To be honest, I'm a little regretting Chang'an now..."

"husband," Lv Qiling saw that Ma Chao was frustrated and decadent, and couldn't help taking the initiative to take Ma Chao's hand: "My father is still in Yanzhou to preside over the overall situation. We must be able to figure out what happened in front of us..."

Ma Chao is speechless, and all the doubts have filled his whole brain, making him unable to find the truth behind the scenes. At this moment, his mood is the same as when he set out to Xuzhou to seek the fetters of his previous life: confused and swaying...