The 24th time, Zhixiaobing sacrificed himself to save General Meng's life and divided his troops to resist the enemy.

  It turned out that the cold arrow on She's chest was actually coated with a deadly poison, and at this moment, Xiao Ma's eyes were sunken, his limbs numb, and breathing had become extremely difficult.

  The masked woman stretched out her hand after seeing this scene, and two black cloths came out together. She directly pulled out the person hiding in the dark with the arrow.

  The soldier who had fallen from the sky almost got himself killed, and he panted: "If you want this kid to live, you must release General Li!"

  The groom was furious and rushed up to grab him: "Hand over the antidote quickly! If anything happens to him, I'll chop you into pieces!"

  That soldier was indeed stubborn enough, and he would have been strangled to death by the groom, but still refused to compromise.

  Yang Fu was a man with no strength to truss a chicken, originally hiding in the dark waiting for the groomsmen, but after seeing this scene in front of him, he couldn't care about that anymore. He quickly ran out from the grass and rushed to the groom's side, saying: "Quickly put him down!"

  Ma Fu glanced at Yang Fu and put down the soldier.

  Yang Fu said to the soldier: "We can release your general, but how can you make us believe that the antidote you provided is real?"

  The soldier's eyebrows were horizontal, his teeth clenched, and he directly pulled out an arrow from behind his back and inserted it into his own thigh. Suddenly, fresh blood spurted out. But the soldier calmly said: "I'll show you!"

  In the blink of an eye, the soldier also showed the same symptoms as the horseman. However, after he took out a gourd from his bosom and poured out half a pill to swallow, his complexion improved immediately.

  The groom saw the effectiveness and didn't care about that much, relying on his quick hands to directly grab the gourd. After he poured out half a pill for Little Horse Super to swallow, Little Horse Super's four limbs were able to move again. However, due to losing a lot of blood, his face was still very pale.

  "You two quickly send him and General Pang back to the military camp for treatment, leave the rest to me and her!" After finishing speaking, the groom pointed at the veiled woman with his hand.

  Yang Fu understood, and immediately went forward to pick up Xiao Ma Chao, handing him over to Zhao Ang who was still on horseback.

  Who would have thought that at this time, the soldier suddenly said: "I may be foolish, but I'm not stupid enough to put all the antidote in one gourd!"

  The groom was furious upon hearing this: "Are you looking for a fight?"

  The soldier said, "Let them take him back for treatment first! If it's any later, his life won't be preserved! As for the remaining half of the antidote, after you release General Li, I am willing to go alone to Ma Teng's military camp and present the antidote!"

  Li Cui was delighted by this scene, he did not expect that there were still such brave and wise soldiers in his army.

  Ma Chao thought that saving Xiao Ma's life was urgent, so he had to let Pang De, Zhao Ang and Yang Fu lead Xiao Ma and the remaining cavalry back to the military camp.

  After they had all gone far away, Ma Fu hinted at Yin Feng, and Yin Feng said to Li Cui: "Let your subordinates roll back to the camp!"

  Li Cui now had the capital and was no longer as timid as before, he smiled: "Do you think General Ben is a fool? You let General Ben go first, General Ben can let you all go, and we'll meet again on the battlefield tomorrow! Moreover, General Ben also guarantees that his subordinates will hand over the other half of the antidote. Otherwise, if General Ben has even a slight mishap, not to mention you, the Prime Minister will definitely send a large army to conquer Western Liang!"

  Yin Feng's heart was filled with indignation, and he pointed at Li, saying: "Who do you think you are? Right now, I can kill you as easily as squashing an ant."

  Just as Yin Feng was about to kill Li Cui with one sword, Ma Fu immediately stopped him and said, "Don't be reckless."

  Li Cui was frightened by Yin Feng's shout and became much more subdued. He ordered his troops to retreat twenty paces.

  The groom saw that the soldier was farther away from them, and then said to the soldier: "Get on horseback and follow us for a ride. If you honestly hand over the antidote, I can spare your life."

  The soldier smiled and said: "Dying or not dying is no longer important to me. Can we let General Li go now?"

  Ma Fu nodded at Yin Feng, who got on his horse sideways, but the sword in his hand was still pointing at Li Cui.

  The groom lifted him up with one hand and put the soldier directly on the horse's back. After mounting the horse, the groom said, "Let's go!"

  Yin Feng received the sword and suddenly gave Li Cui a kick. After a cloud of dust, the horseman, Yin Feng and others had disappeared.

  Li's soldiers rushed up and surrounded them, asking for orders whether to pursue and kill them.

  If it were an ordinary general, he would have been so humiliated that he would have had no place to hide. But Li Cui's face was thick enough, and he slowly stood up, dusting off the dirt on his body, with a cold expression: "How can people speak without faith! Order the soldiers to go back and rest well, tomorrow I will lead you to kill Ma Chao and avenge this shame!"

  All the soldiers heard it and shouted in unison: "Avenge the shame! Avenge the shame!" The sound was simply majestic, shaking the mountains and rivers...

  Li Cui's already low morale suddenly rose high.

  Ma Chao and his men rushed back to Ma Teng's camp, where the army doctor was dressing the wounds of Pang De and Little Ma Chao.

  That soldier was very cunning. After arriving at Ma Teng's military camp, he said calmly: "The antidote only needs half a grain! The deception just now was an expedient measure."

  Ma Teng heard this and immediately drew his sword to kill him.

  "General, please calm down. Just now everyone was acting on their own behalf, and what he did is understandable. We are not clever enough to manage this situation. Since I promised to protect him from death, how can I go back on my word?"

  Ma Teng was furious, pointing at Xiao Ma Chao: "As the master of Super Eldest Brother, seeing him being shot by a hidden arrow, don't you want to avenge him? Now the enemy is right in front of your eyes, how can you bear it?"

  Pond, who was being bandaged, heard Ma Teng's words and rolled off the bed with great effort, kneeling on the ground and saying: "General, please don't say that. If it weren't for Ma Fu's words, I and General Shao might have died in Li Jue's army. This time, losing soldiers and generals was all because of my greed for merit and rash advance. Please, General, deal with me according to military law!"

  Ma Teng quickly helped Pang De to the bedside and said, "Five thousand cavalry, although more than half were lost, but you have already made Li Jue's 30,000-strong army tremble with fear. What crime is there in such a meritorious service?"

  Pang De hung his head and said: "I, a subordinate general, failed to protect the young general, I deserve to die!"

  Ma Teng's face turned sideways, "It's all because of this scoundrel. I told him to stay in the barracks, who would have thought he'd secretly follow you? Once his arrow wound heals, just wait and see how I'll deal with him!"

  Pang De hurriedly interceded for Xiahou Mao, saying: "If it weren't for the young general, I would have been the one to take this arrow! Moreover, the young general is still unconscious now. I hope you will agree with me, General, and not blame him when he wakes up!"

  Ma Teng shook his head helplessly and said: "You should rest and recover from your injuries first, don't say anything else!"

  For that brave and resourceful little soldier, Ma Teng was determined not to let him go, and Ma Fu had no choice but to follow Ma Teng's orders to temporarily imprison the little soldier in the military camp and have someone keep a close eye on him.

  After entrusting Ma Teng's injury to Pang De, he called for his attendants and had them follow him to the commander's tent.

  Ma Chao told Ma Teng the detailed situation of how he lost Jicheng, and Ma Teng said: "You've also done your best, after all you only have one or two thousand soldiers under your command. But there's one thing that puzzles this general - since you've all come here, why didn't you directly come to my military camp?"

  Ma Fu said, "As it happens, our group of five people passed by a nearby city today and found that many shops had sold out of wine and meat. After inquiring, we learned that they were all bought by Li Cui's soldiers. Following those soldiers who bought wine and meat, we found the location of Li Cui's camp. According to the original plan, wearing Han Sui's armor, we planned to infiltrate Li Cui's army when they were drunk and seize him, but just as we were about to take action, the sudden appearance of General Pang and General Shao allowed us to directly seize Li Cui in the chaos."

  Ma Teng listened to this, and after a moment of silence, he said: "To capture the thief, one must first capture the king. The plan is indeed a good one, but it's also extremely perilous. If there's even a slight mistake, you may not return. As a general, from now on, you should avoid going on solo adventures!"

  Ma Fu smiled slightly. Yang Fu, who was standing beside him, had already lost his patience and suddenly asked Ma Teng: "General, how many soldiers did you leave to guard the city in Wuwei?"

  Ma Chao, upon hearing Yang Fu's words, suddenly remembered the matter of Guo Si leading a thousand cavalry to launch a surprise attack on Wuwei. He hastily told Ma Teng about the information they had obtained from Han Sui.

  Ma Teng not only didn't believe it, but instead burst out laughing: "Last time Hu Chao and Yang Ding launched a sneak attack on my Wuwei, but were defeated by me and left in disarray. With this precedent, I don't think that Guo Si would be willing to take the risk again?"

  As soon as Ma Teng's words fell, a soldier rushed into the commander's tent and said: "Report to the general, Wuwei has been occupied by Guo Si! Your wife and children are nowhere to be found."

  Ma Teng was completely stunned by these words. After a while, he came to his senses and immediately sent troops to find his wife and children. Then, with a very heavy face, he said: "It turns out that Li Jue is willing to confront me, he just doesn't want General Ben to save An Ding, and also gives Guo Si time to sneak attack Wuwei, waiting for Guo Si to return, the two armies will attack from both sides, my army of over 10,000 will be completely annihilated!"

  Ma Fu said: "They used this poisonous trick!"

  "What are we going to do now?" At this moment, Ma Teng had completely lost his calmness. If things went wrong, all his efforts over the years would be reduced to nothing.

  Yang Fu said: "According to the situation between us, using leisure to await labor, dividing troops to resist them, is the only way to be completely safe!"

  Ma Teng hastily asked the groom who this person was.

  Ma Chao introduced them in detail, and then Ma Teng asked Yang Fu: "Is that letter written by you?"

  Yang Fu said: "With no dots or strokes below the chest, it can only be written like that. I hope the general will not think it strange!"

  Ma Chao was greatly surprised when Ma Teng, upon hearing Yang Fu's words, actually took the initiative to step forward and grab Yang Fu's hand, saying: "With Master here, our army has hope now!"

  Yang Fu smiled and said: "General, you have great generals like Pang De and Ma Chao who are invincible in battle, and you also have such a formidable son. Heaven will surely bless General!"

  "Sir, you are not only a master of writing, but also eloquent in speech. You are truly a rare talent in this world!"

  After they flattered each other for a while, Yin Feng stood by and couldn't help but intervene. He pretended to cough twice and said: "General, Guo Zhu's cavalry is approaching, and Li Cui just said that tomorrow will be a head-on challenge. I hope the general will make early preparations!"

  Ma Teng, upon hearing this, hastily ordered his troops to prepare for battle. Since Pang De was currently wounded by an arrow, he could only dispatch 3,000 cavalrymen to Ma Chao to resist Guo Si's 10,000 cavalrymen.

  Yin Feng couldn't help but speak out in front of Ma Teng: "General, Guo Si has 10,000 cavalrymen. Tell me, isn't it simply like hitting a stone with an egg for 3,000 cavalrymen to face off against 10,000?"

  Ma Teng said helplessly: "It's not that General Ben is unwilling to give, but General Ben can only allocate so much. You know that Li Jue's 20,000-30,000 troops are waiting there! Our numbers were already at a disadvantage, and for now, we can only use our wits to take them down. General Ben believes that General Ma can do it!"