Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 345

[Chapter 345 Deterioration]

Ma Cheng looked back at Wuwei City, holding the imperial decree tightly.

From now on, he will be a courtier of Xiliang.

For betraying Da Song, he didn’t feel any guilt in his heart.

At this moment, all he has is excitement, thinking that his elder brother has made a correct decision in this troubled world.

It is well known in the world that Xiliang surrendered to Beidi.

Zhao Heng, the emperor in Jinling City, couldn’t sleep all night because of this.

If it were him, he wouldn’t be able to sleep either.

Xiliang is originally Dasong’s formidable enemy in the northwest, and the battles with Dasong have more victories than defeats.

Beidi is even more terrifying and powerful enemy in the north. Ten years ago, he went all the way south and took Ning Jindusi into his pocket.

The court at that time was forced to seek peace almost on the condition of paying tribute every year.

Now, these two powerful enemies have merged into one, and there is no doubt that they will attack Dasong with all their strength in the future.

Under the attack of soldiers, he didn’t believe that Da Song could resist Xiliang and Beidi at the same time.

Destruction is only sooner or later.

Therefore, when Ma Jin disclosed the matter to him, he immediately agreed and asked to go to Xiliang.

“King Qin, this is a hundred times stronger than a mere Ma family.” The corners of Ma Cheng’s mouth rose.

Waving his whip, he urged the horses to rush towards Xiancheng.

Three days later.

He arrived in Xiancheng, but before he reached the city gate, he saw soldiers coming and going on the official road in a hurry.

After entering Xiancheng, he came to Ma’s mansion and handed over the documents to Ma Jin.

“Congratulations, brother, now you are King Qin of Xiliang.” Ma Cheng bowed and smiled.

At this time Ma Chang was also there, he glimpsed the contents of the imperial decree, saluted and said: “The last general Ma Chang, see His Highness King Qin.”

“Hahaha…” Ma Jin read the imperial decree several times and laughed out loud.

Now, he finally has a backer.

With the backing of Xiliang, and Xiliang is a courtier of Beidi, why should he be afraid?

Asking people to carefully put away the documents, he said, “When will the Xiliang soldiers arrive?”

“Xiliang Shanyu said they will arrive soon, and now the first batch of soldiers should arrive at Xiaoguan.” Ma Cheng thought for a while.

Ma Jin remembered the promise to Xiliang, and said to Ma Chang: “You immediately send people to Xiaoguan, order them to withdraw from Xiaoguan, and hand Xiaoguan over to the Xiliang army.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Ma Chang left holding his fists .

At this time, Ma Cheng remembered the scene on the road, and asked: “Brother, what’s going on outside the city, why are the soldiers so flustered?”

Ma Jin’s face suddenly fell, “Ma Han and the soldiers of King Yan After crossing Fufeng County, the county seat to the east of Xian County has been captured, and it is estimated that we will arrive in Xian City in a few days, so this imperial decree is really timely, otherwise, you and I can only wait to be killed.”

” That’s the way it is, but you don’t have to worry about it now, brother.” Ma Cheng sneered, “Our soldiers and horses plus Xiliang’s soldiers and horses, no matter how powerful King Yan is, I’m afraid he will fall in this Qinzhou.”

Ma Jin nodded proudly.

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Gan County.

Leaving a thousand soldiers in the city, Chang Wei led the troops and continued to march west.

“General Chang, Ding County is ahead, and after Ding County is Xiancheng.” Ma Han pointed forward.

At this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This battle was fought more easily than he had imagined, and it was basically devastating.

In addition to the powerful soldiers and horses of the King of Yan, of course there are also factors that the Ma family soldiers surrendered in anticipation.

This time, taking Xiancheng and capturing Ma Jin alive, the turmoil in the Ma family subsided.

“After fighting this last battle, we can go back to rest.” Chang Wei said.

He hadn’t recovered from the battle in Jinzhou, and he was exhausted physically and mentally when he came to the Ma family’s territory to fight again.

So although they have the same goals as Mahan, they want different things.

In one day, the army arrived in Ding County.

Stationed outside the city, Chang Weiwei frowned at the densely packed soldiers on the city wall.

Going west from Qinguan, the further west you go, the more troops Ma Jin deploys.

Although this Ding County is a county seat, it is even denser than the soldiers on the walls of Fufeng City.

“Artillery, smash the gate to me!” Chang Wei frowned and ordered immediately.

Now the soldiers of the palace have a mature combat method, and it has been tried and tested.

That is, artillery bombarded the city gates, city walls and other parts.

The fusiliers suppressed the enemy on the wall, and then the heavy infantry attacked.

Although this tactic is very simple, it is very effective.

As King Yan said, one trick can be eaten all over the world.

Of course, there is one more point.

The soldiers of the Ma family had never seen artillery. The huge power of the artillery could greatly shock these soldiers and make them lose the will to resist.

After receiving the order, the artillerymen immediately pushed the artillery to the front of the city wall, and soon there were loud “boom boom boom” noises.

Chang Wei stood behind the artillery, holding a binoculars to observe the movement.

After the artillery rang, all the Ma family soldiers showed panic on their faces, just like the Ma family soldiers when he attacked other cities.

Chang Wei nodded secretly. Although there were tens of thousands of soldiers in this county, in his opinion, it would take only one day.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly a scout came in a hurry.

When he arrived, he handed a letter to him.

“Flame.” Chang Wei looked solemn when he saw the mark on the envelope.

After tearing open the envelope and taking out the letter, he glanced at the contents with a shocked expression on his face.

Ma Yuan and Ma Han noticed Chang Wei’s expression and felt uneasy.

He had never seen such a serious expression on Chang Wei’s face these days when he was dispatched.

“You two, I’m afraid we’re going to retreat to Qin Pass and stick to the pass.” Chang Wei said.

“What!” Ma Yuan and Ma Han yelled at the same time, with expressions of disbelief.

Chang Wei handed the letter paper to Ma Yuan, and kept silent with a sullen face.

Ma Yuan hurried to look, his face was as pale as paper, “How can I, Ma Jin, be such a shameless person!”

“Bastard!” Ma Han clenched his fists tightly, bleeding from his fingers.

The content of the letter was very simple, Ma Jin took refuge in Xiliang, and Shanyu of Xiliang had named him King of Qin.

This matter has spread in Wuwei, and a 50,000 Xiliang army has arrived at Xiaoguan, ready to take over Xiaoguan.

Even the Xiliang army will come later to help Ma Jin resist their attack.

The two were furious.

At this time, another scout came over, came to Chang Wei, and said, “General, I have found some rumors at the end. Beidi will send troops to Qinzhou together with Xiliang.

” It is Beidi, and Beidi is Xiliang, and Beidi’s army can freely pass through the territory of Xiliang.

This is not impossible.

After all, for them, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“General, withdraw your troops, or you may not even be able to defend Sizhou.” Ma Han closed his eyes and said for a long time.

As long as the army from Xiliang arrives, there will be rivers of blood flowing here.

King Yan has already done a lot for him, and he doesn’t want King Yan’s soldiers and horses to die here in vain.

At the same time, he didn’t want the only remaining Ma family soldiers to die here.

Ma Yuan was silent for a while, Xiancheng had high walls and thick walls, and it would take only a few days to capture it.

This time is enough time for Xiliang soldiers to arrive.

Although it was close, they couldn’t take any more risks at this point.

This time, the overall situation has been decided, and the Ma family is destined to be divided into two.

“General Chang, please withdraw. In my opinion, Xiancheng is no longer important. The most important thing is to move the people of Qinzhou and Yongzhou to Sizhou as much as possible to prevent them from falling into the hands of Xiliang.”

“Hey… …” Chang Wei let out a long sigh.

The news probably reached him first.

It is estimated that it will be in the hands of King Yan in a few days.

(end of this chapter)