Chapter Seventy-Two: The Father Is Unkind, the Son Is Not Filial (Ask for Collection)
"Report to the young marshal, chief of staff! At present, there are about 40,000 people in Ma Jiajun, and they are 60 kilometers north of Maqin, and it is expected to arrive in Maqin at about 4 o'clock this afternoon! The scout returned to Maqin and reported.
"Hmmm! We know, you go down first! Cai Yun waved his hand. The scout saluted and left the tent.
"Chief of Staff, the big war is about to begin! Where is the Fourth Brigade now? Wang Yuze asked.
"The Fourth Brigade will be able to arrive tomorrow. However, I don't think it's necessary for them to join us in the first place, they can be a surprise soldier who can fight at the most critical time and play a role in defeating the enemy! Cai Yun said.
"Hmmm! That's what I thought, too. When our Ma Jiajun is exhausted, the troops of the Fourth Brigade will be able to fight from the rear of the Ma Jiajun again, and they should be able to lay the victory! Wang Yuze also said.
"Order all the troops to enter the city! Although the walls of Maqin City are not high, the Ma family army has no artillery and cannot break through. With our firepower, they simply won't be able to storm the city. If we continue to stay outside the city, if Ma Jiajun sneaks up at night, we can't guard against it! Cai Yun said. Although, this time the battle against the Ma family army should be in his sole discretion. But many times, Cai Yun will still ask Wang Yuze for advice, which can be regarded as his recognition of Wang Yuze's status as a young marshal!
"Let's go into town! Night fighting is our weak point, and there is no need to attack the enemy's strengths with our own shortcomings. Wang Yuze nodded. At night, the firepower of the western Sichuan army could not be fully exerted, and it was very disadvantageous when the troops were at a disadvantage. The western wall of Maqin City, which had been bombarded, had been repaired, and although it was not very strong, it was enough to protect the Western Sichuan Army at night.
The soldiers of the 10th Brigade and the 11th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army entered Maqin City in an orderly manner. Despite the fact that many houses have been destroyed, the streets have been cleared out and traffic is not affected. There were not enough houses to live in, so the soldiers could live in tents, and they also did not eat and sleep in the open.
A little after four o'clock in the afternoon, there was a rumbling thunderous sound from the north of Maqin City, which was the sound of the cavalry galloping on the grassland and the sound of horses' hooves converging.
Wang Yuze, Cai Yun, and the generals of the 10th and 11th Brigades of Western Sichuan came to the city wall north of Maqin City. At this time, a strong heavy machine gun and mortar have been erected on the city wall, if the Ma Jiajun wants to risk attacking the city, in the face of the strong firepower of the western Sichuan army, it will undoubtedly hit the head and bleed.
When tens of thousands of people gather together, it can give people the feeling of a sea of people. Now about 40,000 cavalry of the Ma family army have gathered under Maqin City, and a black sea has directly formed. The flags are like a forest, the sabre is like snow, it is very spectacular, and at the same time, it also makes the atmosphere before the war more and more depressing, almost breathless. Anyone facing tens of thousands of enemies will probably feel this way.
"The Sichuan West Army in the city, if it weren't for cowards, would have come to fight us!" In the ranks of Ma Jiajun, a loud voice sounded. Afterwards, the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun shouted one after another. Suddenly, a kind of overwhelming momentum was formed.
Everyone on the side of the Western Sichuan Army changed color, and there was even more commotion.
"Fire!" When Cai Yun got to this point, he immediately ordered.
The 10th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army was built on the artillery position in the city of Maqin, and a total of 2 Type 2 infantry guns were placed, and the shelling immediately began. In the sound of shelling, one after another shells whistled and smashed into the Ma Jiajun outside the city. In the violent explosion, one by one the soldiers of the Ma family army were thrown off their horses, and the shrapnel was harvesting their lives to the fullest.
Suddenly, the pressure caused by Ma Jiajun was swept away, and the soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army in the city laughed one after another. What's the use of having a lot of people? Aren't we still like chickens and dogs in front of our Western Sichuan Army?
The soldiers of the Ma Jiajun had been out of the range of the Western Sichuan Army's artillery fire, and only then did the commotion stop. At this time, a road was separated from the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun, and more than a dozen people rode out from it, and the leader was Ma Haiyan, who was defeated by the Western Sichuan Army in the east. At this time, Ma Haiyan no longer had the previous depression, he looked radiant, although his hair and beard were gray, he looked very majestic. On both sides of him are Ma Guoliang and Ma Fulu, two juniors. Behind the three of them are the senior generals of the Ma Jiajun.
"Listen to the western Sichuan army on the other side, you wantonly attack my Qinghai and slaughter the people under the rule of my Ma family's army, you really deserve death. Immediately withdraw from Maqin City and Qinghai, otherwise I will have tens of thousands of Ma family soldiers and sons and daughters to level Maqin City and kill you all! Ma Haiyan shouted angrily. With his voice, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ma family army behind him shouted and killed, and the momentum was amazing.
"Humph! Ma Haiyan, don't talk so much nonsense, if you have the guts, you can attack the city! I want how many people from your Ma family army will die! Cai Yun also responded. However, although his voice was not very loud, after a simple horn was transmitted through Guò, Ma Jiajun on the opposite side could also hear it clearly.
"Cowards, if you are a man, go out of the city and fight us with dignity!" Ma Haiyan shouted again. For an old man in his sixties, it is indeed a little difficult for him to shout so loudly.
"Out of the city, of course we will go out of the city, but not now. Don't worry, I won't let you wait! Cai Yun responded.
"No, Lao Zhou, why is there a person on your city wall so familiar? It seems to be, it seems to be the eldest young master! Gu Hongqiang said in surprise suddenly.
"What? I! Zhou He hurriedly took the binoculars and went to the city. Immediately, he found Ma Qi standing next to Cai Yun. Although Ma Qi has cut off his braids and changed into the military uniform of the Western Sichuan Army, his appearance will not change.
"What's going on? How did the eldest young master put on the uniform of the Western Sichuan Army, did he join the Western Sichuan Army? Zhou He said in astonishment. He couldn't believe the fact that Ma Qi, who was the successor of the Qingma Army, actually became a member of the Western Sichuan Army.
The conversation between Gu Hongqiang and Zhou He attracted the attention of Ma Guoliang and Ma Fulu, and the two also used the binoculars in their hands to carefully observe the head of Maqin City. Sure enough, the light one arrived at Ma Qi, who was standing beside Cai Yun. The faces of the two of them were a little not very good.
"Uncle, who is that on your wall?" Ma Guoliang pointed to the city wall and said to Ma Haiyan.
"What's wrong?" Ma Haiyan was puzzled by the telescope, and the elderly people were a little dizzy. However, when Ma Qi's face appeared in his eyes, Ma Haiyan was immediately stunned.
"Ma Qi, why are you there? And put on the clothes of the Western Sichuan Army? What about your braids? Did they force you? Ma Haiyan asked angrily.
"Father. Wake up. The Manchu Qing Dynasty is already in decline, and the future world belongs to western Sichuan. Ma Jiajun's secession of one side will eventually be exterminated. I am now the brigade commander of the 11th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, and I advise my father to return to the western Sichuan with me! Ma Qi said loudly. Since there is no turning back, it is better to use this to show Sichuan West its center. Therefore, Ma Qi stood on the city wall unabashedly and calmly faced Ma Jiajun.
"What? The eldest young master of the Green Horse Army has taken refuge in western Sichuan? The Ma Jiajun outside the city immediately made an uproar, and the eldest young master of the Qingma Army took refuge in the Western Sichuan Army, which is tantamount to shocking news!
Ma Guoliang and Ma Fulu's faces were a little bad, the three families of the Ma family were in the same spirit, and now the heir of the Qingma Army actually took refuge in the Western Sichuan Army, what is the matter!
"Rebel son, you dare to betray the court and admit a thief as your father, I don't have a son like you, I will kill you!" Ma Haiyan was furious.
"Humph! Father, tiger poison doesn't eat children! After I was caught by the Sichuan Army, you didn't care? Are you supposed to be a father? Now I kind of get it. Ma Jiajun has no hope at all, and only by joining Western Sichuan can he have a future! Ma Qi said loudly.