() "...You have to prepare all the food and baggage tonight. Early tomorrow morning, they will be transported to the front without delay. Remember?" Ma Yue solemnly faced the former colonel.

The captain ordered.

The man nodded quickly: "I have taken note of it, I will go back and ask everyone to move faster. I will not miss anything important."

"It's best, go ahead." After Ma Yue waved him away, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was the last thing that needed to be arranged today. He, a staff member who needs to strategize, seemed to be cool and relaxed.

In fact, what needs to be done is definitely not under the leadership of the frontline generals, and it is even more important. As long as there is a mistake in the food and grass in one place, it will have a very bad impact, and even cause the entire battle situation to collapse. Naturally, Ma Yue does not dare to do anything.

Not slacking off at all.

When he looked up again, Ma Yue realized that the day had become completely dark. He couldn't help but shake his head, and sometimes he couldn't help but wonder whether everything he had done was worth it. Judging from the evaluation in history books,

Dong Zhuo is a rebellious traitor who will soon perish, but I am helping him wholeheartedly. Will this also have an adverse impact on myself and my family far away in Xiliang?

But soon, Ma Yue gave up this idea: "These are just histories written by the victors. In fact, the warlords of the Kwantung Army are not much better than Dong Zhuo. Aren't they raising the army for their own interests? What's more, I

What I have done is not only for Dong Zhuo, but also for the Xiliang Army and the people of Luoyang City. Now even the ordinary people in Luoyang are on Dong Zhuo's side. Naturally, I will do my best to deal with the Kwantung Army.

Already."

After thinking about this for a while, Ma Yue finally got up from the table, but because he had been sitting for too long, he still staggered a little after getting up. Fortunately, Wang Feng on the side was quick and helped Ma Yue up, so that he did not let him go.

Embarrassed

Ma Yue smiled bitterly and shook his head, but thinking in his heart: "It's not very comfortable to sit on the floor and work all the time. When should I ask the carpenters in the army to make me a set of tables and chairs? I don't know if they can do it."

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After thinking about it for a while, Ma Yue brought Wang Feng and others outside. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "Is there any news from Cao Cao?" These days, he has been secretly asking Wang Feng and the others.

My brother stared at Cao Cao, and every time he thought about it, he would ask: "Is there anything unusual there?"

"Probably not. Not long ago, someone sent news that Cao Cao suddenly fell off his horse while he was out on official business. The sergeants accompanying him at that time took him back to his residence." Wang Feng hurriedly reported the situation he received to

Ma Yue.

Ma Yue frowned slightly after hearing this: "He actually fell off the horse?"

"Yes, I heard it was caused by fatigue, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Ma Yue knew that Cao Cao had migraines, and thought that might be why he was dismissed. With this explanation, Ma Yue felt relieved again, but then asked: "You said that the accident happened to him while he was out on official business.

,He has ever been out of the city?"

Although Wang Feng didn't understand why Ma Yue was so concerned about Cao Cao's situation, he still answered truthfully: "Exactly. This is what the lord ordered. Cao Cao was asked to go out of the city to bring in the people outside the city. He left early in the morning

The city was not sent back until dusk."

"Well, let's go to General Guo's place!" Ma Yue muttered in his heart and decided to confirm his guess.

After a while, he arrived in front of Guo Fan's military camp. After the report, he was taken in. Now the relationship between Ma Yue and Dong Zhuo's subordinates is very good, and he is also reused by Dong Zhuo, and everyone else is also To give him face, when he saw him coming, although Guo Fan was also busy, he still took the time to see him.

"I wonder why Zhong Ling came suddenly at this time?" Guo Fan asked straight to the point when he saw Ma Yue. They warriors don't have as many twists and turns as literati, and he also has other things to be busy with now.

Ma Yue did not feel dissatisfied and said with a smile: "I came to see General Guo today to verify what happened. If the officials and people in the city want to leave the city, do they need to get the customs clearance token from the general?" As Dong Zhuo's confidant, Guo Fanzheng holds the power to protect the four gates of Luoyang, so Ma Yue asked this question.

"Exactly. Why, Zhong Ling wants to get a few tokens so that his men can leave the city? Why bother to come in person for such a trivial matter? Just ask your men to come down. Someone..." Guo Fan smiled , he was about to ask people to prepare tokens for Ma Yue. Ma Yue shook his head and said, "General Guo misunderstood. This is not the purpose of coming down here. But I don't know if these tokens will be taken back after receiving them?"

"Of course, the city of Luoyang is now under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Of course, those who have taken the token must hand it in in time." At this time, Guo Fan was a little confused about what Ma Yue wanted to say, and said no more.

"Can I show you the registered record of issuance and withdrawal of tokens for next time?" Ma Yue then revealed his true intention.

"This..." Guo Fan glanced at Ma Yue strangely, but thought that this man, like himself, had been following the lord and would not do anything that would harm everyone, so he nodded and said: "Okay, come and go. Get the talisman book."

After a while, someone brought several scrolls of bamboo slips over. It was the record of the soldiers and civilians in the city in the past few days-mainly the generals-taking out the tokens for leaving the city. Ma Yue hurriedly took them and found the ones today. After reading the record at a glance, I quickly saw Cao Cao's name. Unlike others who had a seal added at the end, Cao Cao did not add this seal to represent that the token had been returned.

At this time, Ma Yue's suspicion has been fully confirmed - Cao Cao may have taken this opportunity to use the token to steal out of the city!

Seeing Ma Yue's expression change after reading these records, Guo Fan also felt his heart tightening: "What's wrong?"

"General, please take a look." Ma Yue pointed to Cao Cao and said, "This person may have left here."

"What?" At this moment, Guo Fan's face became a little serious. If someone really escaped from the city because of this, he, the general who defended the city, would have the greatest responsibility.

"General, I'm going to send people to check at various city gates to see if there is a man of about 50 years old and about 30 years old who went out of the city at night. If there is such a thing, it must be Cao Cao." Ma Yue said hurriedly.

"Okay, here we come..." Guo Fan was really anxious this time. He quickly ordered his soldiers to mount fast horses and go to inquire about the news. At the same time, he also asked people to rush to Cao Cao's residence in Luoyang City to check. Whether he is at home or not.

"If he really dares to escape, I must catch him! Then I will skin him alive!" Guo Fan said bitterly, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes. If Cao Cao is really allowed to escape this time, He was bound to be blamed by Dong Zhuo, which he couldn't bear.

Ma Yue calmed down after things reached this point. After all, Cao Cao was a strong man in this era. Since he wanted to leave, he would always find a way. Moreover, for this famous figure in history, Ma Yue really did not want to leave. Killing him like this would be too boring, so I'll wait.

Half an hour later, several pieces of news came back - Cao Cao's residence had long been empty, and there was no one there; at the same time, there was confirmed news from the north gate. Just over an hour ago, Tian Gang Hey, there was a person as mentioned in the description who left Luoyang with a customs clearance token, and according to someone, this person was Cao Cao.

"It's unreasonable, he really took this opportunity to escape!" Guo Fan was furious, and suddenly strode out of the military camp, and then he was about to gather his troops to chase. At this time, Ma Yue said: "General, you are doing this in such a big way Chasing him will affect the morale of the city, so why not just make this trip."

"You... that's fine." Guo Fan wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he nodded and agreed: "You can lead my soldiers there."

"There doesn't need to be too many people, fifty riders are enough!" Ma Yue said.

After another long while, Ma Yue led more than 60 people out of Luoyang City. However, after leaving the city, Ma Yue was a little confused again. At this time, everything was dark. He couldn't even guess where Cao Cao was going, but how could he? Looking for him?

"As expected of Cao Mengde, even if you escape, you have so many plans. It seems that I really have nothing to do with you this time." After hesitating for a long time, Ma Yue finally took the road south and led the people to chase him. Go down. The truth is false. Since he exited from the north, then go in the opposite direction and you might be able to find him. Ma Yue, who was somewhat familiar with Cao Cao's strategy, thought so.

But in the end, Ma Yue was disappointed. He chased Cao Cao all the way south for more than fifty miles. In the middle of the night, there was still no trace of Cao Cao. It seemed that his guess was wrong. In desperation, Ma Yue had to take Cao Cao with him. He returned to Luoyang angrily after his death. Although Cao Cao was very important, compared to the current war situation, this person was still not the most important.

But what Ma Yue didn't know was that when he went south to look for Cao Cao's traces, in a dilapidated hut not far from the north gate of Luoyang, Cao Cao was watching him from a distance. He After leaving the city, he did not rush away, but hid nearby because he was also worried that the army in the city would soon notice his departure and chase him out, and it was too dark for him to travel alone. See you now Ma Yue and the others chased them to the south, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The leader of the group has some calculations, guessing that I will go south. Fortunately, I changed my mind temporarily and hid here, which you didn't expect."

After making sure that the pursuers were far away, Cao Cao quietly headed east. He would return to his hometown, pull up an anti-Dong team from there, and then meet Yuan Shao and come to Luoyang together.
Chapter completed!