Summary of the previous chapter: Han Sui followed Lu Xian's suggestion and cleverly snatched grain and grass from Xia Houyuan. This move was on the verge of destroying history... causing Yuan to bite Ma Xiaoquan...
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Xia Houyuan hurriedly grabbed a rag from the medical soldier's hand and handed it to Ma Xiaoquan: "Master Shangxian, please wipe the blood from the corner of your mouth!"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, his face very pale.
"Miaocai, thank you!"
Ma Xiaoquan took the rag and gently wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, but the pain in his chest became more and more intense.
"Uh" Ma Xiaoquan spurted out another mouthful of blood.
"Lord Immortal!"
Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand to stop Xia Houyuan and said bitterly: "I'm fine, it's just... just... uh"
There were waves of surging sensations in his throat again. Just when Ma Xiaoquan thought he was about to spit out the fourth mouthful of blood, the pain in his chest suddenly disappeared, and then the sweet feeling in his throat also disappeared.
"What's going on?" Ma Xiaoquan wiped the corners of his mouth and stood up slowly.
"Huntan Ma Xiaoquan..." In his left eye, Yuan suddenly heard a message.
"Scared? Yuan? What's wrong with you?"
"Don't make a fuss, Ma Xiaoquan, I have helped you temporarily suppress the backlash from the origin of history..."
"Suppression? How did you do it?"
"Hey," Yuan Jin sighed and said, "Look how much of your fire-bending ability is left now?"
"Huh?" Ma Xiaoquan blinked a few times suspiciously, concentrated his attention, and stretched out his right hand.
"Chichi", a faint red flame jumped out from the palm of his right hand, which looked very unhealthy.
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan asked Yuan speechlessly, "Yuan, what's going on? Why has the Red Lotus Bahuo become so weak?"
"Nonsense, to stop the origin of history from backlashing you, I can only use Red Lotus to dominate the fire. Ma Xiaoquan, you don't have much time. You have to find the person or thing that destroyed history as soon as possible."
"Human source, if there is anyone who will destroy history, it is undoubtedly Lu Xian, right?"
"Now that you know, you should act quickly!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and came to his senses, only to find Xia Houyuan looking at him in surprise with a big mouth.
"Wonderful talent...wonderful talent?" Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand and waved it twice in front of Xia Houyuan's eyes, but the other party didn't react at all.
"Ahem!" Ma Xiaoquan coughed twice, and Xia Houyuan finally regained his composure.
"Lord Immortal, are you...are you okay?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said with a smile: "It can only be said for the time being, Miaocai, we have to step up our actions. There may be enemies of me in Han Sui's department."
"The enemy?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "It should be!"
"Well, in that case, I will definitely try my best to help Master Shangxian!"
Ma Xiaoquan said humbly, "Thank you so much for your wonderful talent."
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Although Han Sui swept away all the food and grass, Xia Houyuan concluded that Han Sui would not be able to run far given the current state of his army.
The officers and soldiers of Cao's army munched on dry food while marching. After chasing for five miles, they discovered the traces left by Han Sui's army.
"General!" A general stepped forward and cupped his hands, "For the record, General Xiahou, Master Shangxian, judging from the traces, Han Sui may have stopped to rest ten miles ahead."
Xia Houyuan nodded, patted his thigh and said, "Okay, catch up immediately."
Just as General Pian was about to agree, Ma Xiaoquan quickly stopped him and said: "Slow down!"
"Huh?" Xia Houyuan looked at Ma Xiaoquan and asked suspiciously, "Master Shangxian, is there something wrong?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment: "Wonderful talent, if you were Han Sui, what would you do after taking away the food and grass?"
Xia Houyuan looked at Ma Xiaoquan with some amusement and said: "Master Shangxian, aren't you talking about the obvious thing about the lice on the bald man's head? I must take it away."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, take it away. What will happen next?"
Xia Houyuan hesitated: "This..."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "If I were Han Sui and I knew that I had robbed you of Xia Houyuan's military rations, you would surely catch up with me, so... the next step, well, if I were Han Sui, I would be unable to digest it."
The road will be paved with military rations."
"Paving a road?" Xia Houyuan was puzzled, "Master Shangxian, what do you mean?"
Ma Xiaoquan explained: "To put it simply, it means letting you see your food and grass, forcing you to stop again and again, and then distance yourself from you and escape further. This is to lure you on the one hand, and on the other hand
It will consume the strength of your army and make you feel that Han Sui is in front, and when the time is right, Han Sui will definitely come out and catch you by surprise."
"Ah" Xia Houyuan was speechless after hearing Ma Xiaoquan's explanation, "If it hadn't been for the reminder from Lord Shangxian, the general would have really wanted to catch up all the way..." After saying this, Xia Houyuan couldn't help but feel something in his heart.
Aversion to cold.
"Master Shangxian, what should we do? Let Han Sui go and not pursue him?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Chasing, why not chase? But... don't pursue a poor bandit, not to mention Han Sui is not a poor bandit, well, let's do it this way, why don't I go out first and go to find out the truth for you."
Xia Houyuan was happy and worried at the same time when he heard that Lord Shangxian was personally taking action.
Naturally, he was happy because Lord Shangxian was going to help, but he was worried because Xia Houyuan was afraid that Lord Shangxian would suddenly vomit blood again.
Ma Xiaoquan saw Xia Houyuan's thoughts and said with relief: "Miaocai, don't worry, I'm fine. Okay, give me a horse and I'll set off right now!"
Xia Houyuan nodded and gave his war horse to Ma Xiaoquan.
"Lord Immortal, this horse... is the descendant of my lord's horse, Huang Feidian. It has excellent bloodline and good endurance..."
"Well, thank you for your wonderful talent!" After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan got on his horse, raised his hand to Xia Houyuan, and then left.
Looking at Lord Shangxian's disappearing back, Xia Houyuan murmured: "I hope... Lord Shangxian can succeed..."
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Han Suibu.
Han Sui unfolded a topographic map and studied it carefully with Lu Xian.
Pointing to a hill, Han Sui said: "Lu Daxian, this hill... you mean... let me send a team of people to ambush you!"
Lu Xian nodded: "Yes! Xia Houyuan should catch up soon, but the ones who catch up should be his vanguard, so there is no need to ambush too many people on this hill, mainly archers or spear throwers.
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Han Sui nodded and said: "Then as Lu Daxian said... uh, here are the people... go to the hill to ambush me, uh, use archers...
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Xia Houyuan's horse was very powerful. Ma Xiaoquan rode all the way and came to the foot of a hill.
Raising his head and looking at the hill, Ma Xiaoquan frowned slightly and said to himself: "If there is an ambush on this hill, it can completely create a situation of catching a turtle in a jar. Well, should I take a detour?"
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and looked far away, and saw several grain and grass carts not far ahead.
"Huh? Grain cart?" Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and decided to pass through the hill.
"Drive" Ma Xiaoquan drove his horse towards the grain and grass carts.
On the hill, a group of thieves saw Ma Xiaoquan coming in. They nodded to each other, then leaned out, drew their bows and nocked arrows, and fired arrows angrily down the hill.
"Swish, swish, swish" arrows fell from the sky, targeting only one Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head when he heard the sound. He didn't know what he was talking about, but he was shocked at the sight.
The speed of the arrows was so fast that Ma Xiaoquan had no time to dodge and was hit by several arrows.
With a "pop", Ma Xiaoquan fell from his horse. The horse ran forward for dozens of meters and then stopped.
"Poof" Ma Xiaoquan spat out a mouthful of blood, and these arrows penetrated his chest straight.
The bandits on the hill cheered happily when they saw that Ma Xiao had been hit with several arrows. But... what they didn't expect was... the purple-haired man at the foot of the hill actually shook his head.
He stood up unsteadily and pulled out the arrows one by one.
"Poof" came another mouthful of blood, and Ma Xiaoquan pulled out the last arrow on his body.
He took out a boiled egg from the package he carried with him, pinched it open and swallowed it whole. Ma Xiaoquan almost choked because he ate so hard.
The soldiers had heard about Ma Xiaoquan from Han Sui, and although they had never seen him up close, everyone would be impressed by his purple hair.
"Shoot...shoot again, shoot him to death!"
The bandits raised their bows and arrows again, and fired another round of arrows at Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan was already prepared. He shouted loudly and his whole body was immediately ignited with green flames.
There was a "boom" and a burst of roaring explosions came from the hillside.