Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 342

[Chapter 342 Slaughter]

“Drive, drive…”

At the east gate of Xiancheng, Dian Zhang broke through the barriers of the gatekeepers, and disappeared into the darkness with his horse.

Before they had traveled two miles, they could only hear the sound of bowstrings behind them.

“Ah…” Ma Yue let out a scream in the darkness, and was about to fall off the horse.

Dian Zhang had quick eyesight and quick hands, and directly dragged Ma Yue onto his horse.

In the dim light, he saw a sharp arrow piercing Ma Yue’s back and coming out from his chest.

“Dianzhang, I’m afraid I can’t do it. You leave me and go to Sizhou with my soldier talisman, and then send people to Yancheng to welcome Ma Han back, and raise troops to clean up Ma Jin, the rebellion of the Ma family.” Ma Yue sounded like a silk, A cold thing was stuffed into Dian Zhang’s hand, it was a soldier talisman.

“My lord…” Dian Zhang shouted.

“Hurry up!”

Seeing that the fire behind him was getting closer, Ma Yue pushed the law with all his strength and rolled off the horse.

Dian Zhang almost gritted his silver teeth, holding the soldier talisman tightly.

Looking back at the thick darkness, he flicked his horsewhip and rushed forward.

After half an hour, the cavalry chasing him were gradually thrown away by him.

He continued on his way east, and two days later, a majestic pass appeared in front of him.

This Xiongguan faces the Jin River in the north and steep mountains in the south.

Behind Xiongguan is Sizhou, and this pass is Qinguan, which is known as the second pass of Dasong.

At present, this pass is guarded by soldiers under Ma Yue’s command.

After passing Qinguan, he immediately went to see the general guarding Qinguan, and showed Ma Yue’s soldier amulet.

“This is indeed the military amulet of Master Zhou Mu.” Qin Guanshou took the military amulet from Dianzhang’s hand and frowned.

“Ma Jin is crazy. Now that he has killed all the clan elders, he is afraid that he will raise troops to go to Sizhou in the future. He should close the gates of the city and bring back the young master,” Dianzhang said.

Ma Shen still hasn’t recovered from what the law told him.

Although the power clan is also full of conflicts of interest, the Ma family has never experienced such a catastrophe.

It’s just that at the moment, he doesn’t dare to believe in one-sided words of the ordinance.

So he ordered to prepare supplies for the defense of the city, and at the same time sent someone to Xiancheng to inquire secretly.

Dianzhang continued eastward to Luocheng, the seat of Sizhou, and brought the news to Ma Yue’s eldest son, Ma Lan.

What he didn’t expect was that when he met Ma Lan, he also met a familiar person, Ma Yuan.

“Ma Yushi.” Dianzhang said in surprise.

Ma Lan smiled softly, “Now I can’t be called Ma Yushi, but Mazhou Mu. From now on, my uncle will be in charge of Jinzhou, hahaha.”

Just yesterday, Ma Yuan arrived in Los Angeles.

After reminiscing with him, we talked about welcoming Mahan back to Qinzhou.

He and his father have always been friends with Ma Xuan and his son.

And even according to the ancestral system of the Ma family, Ma Han should inherit the Ma family.

If Mahan is unqualified, all the clan elders will decide whether to choose someone else.

And he was even more happy when he learned that Ma Yuan was appointed as the shepherd of Jinzhou.

Although he understood the uncle’s temper, Ma Yuan’s position as Jinzhou shepherd expanded the power of the Ma family from the perspective of outsiders.

Ma Lan’s qualifications in the Ma family are mediocre, and he has always been careless.

He was cheerful and didn’t see the abnormality in the regulations, but Ma Yuan could see it at this time.

Not to mention that Dian Zhang’s armor was covered in blood, but Dian Zhang’s expression was also very solemn.

He ignored Ma Lan who was talking to himself, but asked, “General Dian, what happened?”

At this time, Zhang Zhang dragged the soldier talisman in his hand and handed it to the two of them, “Ma Jin summoned the clan elders by discussing the matter of welcoming the young master back, but killed them at the banquet. The arrow shot him to death, and before he died, he ordered the general to go to Sizhou to attack Ma Jin and welcome the young master back.”

The smile on Ma Lan’s face froze immediately, and he stammered: “You…you… What did you say?”

“The elder of the Ma Yue clan was killed by Ma Jin.” Dian Zhang repeated.

Ma Lan looked at the soldier talisman in Dian Zhang’s hand, and then thought about the words of Dian Zhang, rolled her eyes, fainted immediately, and fell back straight.

Ma Yuan hurriedly supported Ma Lan and pinched Ma Lan fiercely.

Not long after, Ma Lan woke up, crying loudly, “Father, my father…”

Ma Yuan shook his head, he knew Ma Lan’s temperament, he was just a nerd.

Although I have read a lot, I am a bit dull and can’t bear the responsibility.

Although he was equally astonished, he forcibly calmed down and said, “I have met Ma Han in Yancheng, and it is not too late. Now I should go to Yancheng to pick up Ma Han and come back to preside over the overall situation of the Ma family.”

Dianzhang nodded . , He said: “Ma Jin holds the Ma family’s heavy troops, and only relies on the Sizhou soldiers for fear of being unable to resist. I hope my lord can borrow troops from the King of Yan to eradicate Ma Jin.”

“The King of Yan has agreed to borrow troops from Ma Han. My Ma family has suffered such a disaster.” Ma Yuan sighed.

After deciding on this matter, he immediately set off for Yancheng.

Now Ma Jin did such a frenzied thing.

No one in the Ma family can control him.

The only way to go is for Ma Han to use the soldiers of King Yan to quell the Ma family.

…

Yancheng.

After driving for three consecutive days, Ma Yuan arrived at Yancheng.

Before he had time to rest, he immediately went to the palace with Ma Han and told Zhao Xu about the incident in the Ma family.

“Ma Jin is putting all his eggs in one basket. She is in a hurry.” Zhao Xu frowned.

What he hopes most about the Ma family is that the power will be handed over to Ma Han in a peaceful manner.

In this way, the Ma family will be able to settle down and honestly become King Yan’s helper in guarding the important pass in the west.

Of course, he also expected the worst, as it is now.

Ma Chong and Ma Jin raised their troops to rebel.

After all, in ancient times, such things as rebellion were commonplace.

As long as the interests are not harmonious, there will be forces of rebellion.

What’s more, Da Song’s system is deformed, and now it continues to decline, and people’s minds are confused.

In memory, in the history of Dasong, the children of powerful families also conspired against him.

However, after the rebellion was put down, the children of the powerful clan were killed, but the powerful clan was still a powerful clan and continued to exist.

It’s not that the emperor is an idiot, but that the powerful clan has knowledge.

Only they can provide officials and generals to the court.

Moreover, it was only the disaffected children of the powerful clan who rebelled, not the entire powerful clan, so it did not affect the whole clan.

This is somewhat similar to the king and horse in the contemporary Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The king is the Wang family of Langya, and the horse is the Sima family.

At that time, the Langya Wang clan was the largest family.

Most of the children in the family served as senior officials and generals in the court.

Among them, the Wang family has important children, one is Wang Dao and the other is Wang Dun.

Wang Dun was greedy for power, and finally launched a rebellion, which was finally put down by the court.

But Wang Dao supported the imperial court and helped the imperial court to pacify Wang Dun.

After that, the Wang family was not affected, and it was still the most famous family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

But at the moment, Ma Jin’s chaos still belongs to the chaos within the Ma family.

It’s just that he doesn’t want this confusion to continue to expand.

Otherwise, it is very easy to cause more unexpected turmoil.

“Your Highness, please help our Ma family.” Ma Han knelt down and couldn’t help crying.

His father died tragically, and the Ma family has become like this now. He, who was supposed to be the head of the Ma family, felt like a knife was piercing his heart.

Ma Yuan also looked solemn, “Your Highness, Ma Yuan also begs you, this is also for Da Song’s safety, Ma Jin’s rebellion this time, he must do anything.”

Zhao Xu pursed his lips and pondered After a while, he said: “Originally, this king only wanted to give you 30,000 horses, but now it seems necessary to give you 60,000 horses to quell the civil strife as soon as possible.”

Ma Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this.

King Yan defeated Xiliang in Jinzhou with only 80,000 horses.

The 60,000 Ma Hui and the Ma family soldiers will definitely defeat Ma Jin.

Hearing this, Ma Han looked excited, and said: “Thank you, Your Highness.”

Zhao Xu nodded, and immediately called Chang Wei.

“Your Highness, there is a sudden increase of 30,000 troops. I’m afraid it will take a few days to prepare food and grass.” Chang Wei said.

Ma Han said at this time: “General Chang, you only need to bring dry food for a few days. There is no delay. When we arrive in Sizhou, my Ma family will supply the general with food and grass.”

“Well, that’s fine,” Chang Wei said.

“Since that’s the case, don’t delay any longer and head to Sizhou quickly.” Zhao Xu said.

When he was in Jinzhou, he had seen the combat effectiveness of Ma Jin’s army.

Although this Ma Jin is ruthless, running the army is just like that, and it won’t be as difficult as Xiliang.

Besides, not all the soldiers and horses of the Ma family are in his hands.

Furthermore, his killing of many Ma family elders this time will definitely make many Ma family children feel dissatisfied.

Even if they obeyed Ma Jin out of fear, I am afraid that these children would not sincerely work for Ma Jin.

This Ma Jin’s army has to be discounted.

Without further ado.

Deciding to borrow troops, the three bowed and left.

The next day, Chang Wei personally led the army to set off, entered from Jinzhou, and crossed the Jin River southward to Sizhou.

(end of this chapter)