Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 136

[Chapter 136 The Ma Family]

“No, it’s the people from the Ma family who have arrived. I didn’t expect that kid who has been eating and drinking in Yancheng for so many days is actually Ma Han, the son of the Ma family.” Zhao Xu said.

Not long after, the Ma family arrived at the palace.

“Thank you Your Highness for saving my child’s life.”

In the reception hall, Zhao Xu sat at the head seat.

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged gentleman in his forties, dressed in a blue robe.

He is Ma Han’s father, Qinzhou Shepherd Ma Xuan.

He was slightly surprised when he learned that Ma Xuan arrived in Yancheng with more than a thousand cavalry.

Unexpectedly, the state shepherd would come to pick up his son in person.

Compared with Zhao Heng who sent the Ninth Prince to Yan County, the quality of being a father is reflected.

Ma Han sat on the chair and said, “Father, the child almost won’t see you this time?

” Is it? If His Highness hadn’t been in Yanjun this time, you wouldn’t know how you died.” Ma Xuan pointed at Ma Han and scolded.

Zhao Xu stared at the father and son, and he said: “This king didn’t do anything, but the soldiers under his command rescued him by the way.”

Ma Xuan put away her anger at Ma Han, and turned to Zhao Xu with a full face. Smiling, he said: “Even so, His Royal Highness is able to manage the army well. The news of His Royal Highness’ defeat of the Beidi people has not only spread to the capital, but now everyone in Qinzhou is also known.”

In fact, he got Ma Han’s letter early, but In the letter, Ma Han said that King Yan took good care of him and did not worry about eating and drinking.

So he was relieved, thinking that he would wait until he wiped out a Xiliang cavalry that had recently entered Qinzhou before making any further calculations.

Unexpectedly, his eyeliner in the capital sent back news that the emperor had given Shanggu County to King Yan.

This made him decide to come to Yan County in person to meet King Yan.

After all, Shanggu County is adjacent to Jinzhou, and at present, both the imperial court’s imperial army and the Ma family’s army are being beaten back by Xiliang in Jinzhou.

In the past, Yuan Li had the final say in Yanzhou, and Yuan Li had always been afraid of their Ma family, fearing that the power of the Ma family would extend to Yanzhou.

Not to mention providing convenience, it is already a high incense to not harm them.

But now that King Yan is sitting in Shanggu County, his thoughts are alive.

Since the battle of Ningjindusi, the elites of the Dasong Forbidden Army have been wiped out, and they have been declining day by day.

It is a bit difficult for Dasong Northwest to rely on his Ma family alone to fight against Xiliang.

King Yan’s defeat of the Beidi people proved the strength of his army.

If he can provide help on the flanks, the pressure on his Ma family will be much less.

Of course, he came here this time for another purpose, and that was to see the armor of Yan County soldiers.

In the letter, Ma Han mentioned the armor of King Yan’s soldiers many times, and even said that if the soldiers of the Ma family could wear this kind of armor, they would be able to fear the Iron Buddha heavy cavalry of the Xiliang people.   Thinking of this, he continued: “In addition, I have heard

many rumors about the armor of His Highness’s officers and soldiers, saying that His Highness’s armor is invulnerable and very powerful. I wonder if there is such a thing?”

Laughed lightly.

People at Ma Xuan’s level will not aim at nothing.

Naturally, he didn’t bring this up just for the sake of chatting.

In fact, he knew very well that after this battle, there was no way to hide the matter about the armor of Yan County.

Not to mention the Ma family, this time Mo Yu was very envious of the armor worn by the soldiers of Yan County.

According to Chang Wei, when he was in Wu’an County, Mo Yu personally bought a pair of clothes and tried them on himself.

In the end, he even asked for it directly. If it wasn’t for Chang Wei, he was afraid of being blamed, so he would have given it directly at that time.

It’s just that Mo Yu was still not reconciled, and said that Yanguan would let his father come forward to talk to him about the armor.

Unexpectedly, Mo Di hadn’t come yet, but the Ma family had smelled it first.

“Xu Lie, go get a pair of plate armor.” Zhao Xu said.

Xu Lie nodded, turned and left.

Ma Xuan suddenly became excited, and Ma Han, who looked like he should be beaten up, also became energetic.

“Father, let the child try it on.” Ma Han said impatiently.

Ma Xuan could barely conceal her desire, and almost blurted out a word, but thinking of King Yan by his side, she said, “It depends on what His Highness wants.

” Naturally let you try it on as you like.” Zhao Xu said.

For him, after this battle, the plate armor has lost the opportunity to fight against the enemy.

Beidi people who have suffered defeat will definitely study how to deal with soldiers wearing plate armor.

Of course, these two armors are still better than other armors, but once again against the enemy, it is impossible to achieve the same low casualty ratio as the first time.

After all, plate armor also has weaknesses. It is invulnerable to swords, but it has poor defense against hammer weapons.

Once the enemy discovers this, the next hand-to-hand combat will not be as easy as it is now.

A battle loss of one to one hundred may become a battle loss of one to ten, or even higher.

Therefore, during this period of time, he was considering asking the Military Division to manufacture a new weapon-cannon.

The firecracker made him very annoyed in this war, it was too tasteless.

If the cannon could be made, no armor would be of much use.

At that time, when Beidi comes again, he will definitely be able to fight head-on again.

And he must take the elite route.

After all, even if he wins Shanggu County, he only has 60,000 people at most under his command.

He couldn’t afford to spend the lives of soldiers with Yuan’s family, Xiliang, and Beidi.

As for the scale armor and plate armor, since they have gained a reputation, he thinks it is better to produce some “low-end versions” to sell.

In this way, the Bing Zhansi can not only make a profit, but also win over some forces through arms sales.

For example, Ma Xuan is now very interested in armor.

From now on, his business route will pass through the territory of the Ma family.

It is very necessary to win over a little.

Even if this kind of wooing lasts for a while.

In this way, he would have time to build ships and trade by sea.

In the final analysis, neither the Yuan family nor the Ma family could be completely trusted by him.

There is a sea in the southeast of Yan County, and the sea is the most stable commercial route for him.

But shipbuilding is also an extremely expensive project…

When he was thinking, Xu Lie came back with a pair of plate armor.

When Ma Han saw him, he immediately took the plate armor and tried it on in the living room.

Putting on the plate armor, Mahan left the living room.

This time Ma Xuan came with more than a thousand cavalry.

In the yard, Mahan directly asked the cavalry to hack at him.

Ma Xuan and Zhao Xu stood aside and watched.

Just like Chang Wei’s experiment back then, the cavalry’s all-out slashing did not cause any damage to Ma Han.

Then Ma Xuan asked the soldiers to use bows and arrows, and the effect also shocked him.

After seeing the power of these armors, Ma Xuan was speechless for a long time.

If his army wore such fine armor, it would be much easier to face the Xiliang people.

“Your Highness, although it’s a little hard to say, our Ma family, like His Highness, is also fighting against foreign enemies in Dasong. I hope His Highness will be merciful and make a batch of this kind of armor for the Ma Family.”

(End of this chapter)