Chapter 717: Escape
And according to the report of the secret agent sent by Ma Gelong, when the envoy sent by the Shu side left this time, he still had a smile on his face, and although Lu Shuihu did not personally send him out of the camp, it was also an important general under Peng Hu who came forward to send the Shu envoy out of the camp.
All kinds of signs show that the Shu and Lu Shuihu people must have reached an agreement, which made Ma Gelong even more panicked, if the first time the Shu envoy came to envoy Lu Shuihu's camp Ma Gelong still can't figure out what the situation is, but at this time the situation is already obviously clear, Ma Gelong killed and didn't dare to go to Lu Shuihu's camp again, even Peng Hu sent someone to invite him to go, but Ma Gelong was prevaricated on the grounds of illness.
At this time, when he went to Lu Shuihu's camp, he was likely to fall into the net, and there was no return, and Ma Gelong had no reason to go to danger, but the feeling that everything was in the dark made Ma Gelong feel even more frightened.
This night, Ma Gelong never closed his eyes, tossing and turning, sleepless all night, he has been thinking about this matter, what makes him entangled is Peng Hu's ambiguous attitude, on the one hand, Peng Hu swore to him that Lu Shuihu and Ma Lanqiang are like a family, and he and Ma Gelong are like brothers, but on the other hand, they have frequent contact with the envoys of Shu and have been in contact, which has to make Ma Gelong suspicious, who Peng Hu said to is the truth.
To tell the truth, since he surrendered to Lu Shuihu, Ma Gelong has not lived a day of peace, he is always on guard against **** caution, just for fear of any mistake and his own life.
As an opponent all along, Ma Gelong still knows something about Peng Hu, this time he can accept the surrender of the Ma Lanqiang people, not that Peng Hu really took them in with kindness, Ma Gelong knows very well that it is precisely because they still have the value of use, so Peng Hu will take him under his command, and there is only one purpose, that is, to treat them as cannon fodder to resist the attack of the Shu people, and once the Shu army retreats, the fate of the Ma Lanqiang people can only be rabbits and dead dogs.
Don't look at Peng Hu's brother calling for affection, but when it comes to really turning his face, Peng Hu's face must be turned faster than the book, if he didn't even have such a little self-knowledge, Ma Gelong didn't know how many times he would have died.
Staying in his own barracks, at least he has the army in hand and can have a guarantee, and when he goes to Peng Hu's camp at this time, he really becomes a fish on the chopping board and is slaughtered.
Ma Gelong decided that no matter what happened, he would not leave Ma Lanqiang's barracks for the time being, and he could only wait and see what happened now.
After making up his mind, Ma Gelong's nervous mood relaxed slightly, and he didn't sleep all night, and his eyelids were sleepy at the moment, and he couldn't help but fall asleep.
But as soon as he fell asleep, he heard Ma Gecheng walk in quickly, and said eagerly: "Big brother, wake up quickly, something big has happened-"
Ma Gelong suddenly fell asleep, turned over and sat up, and said, "What's wrong?" ”
Ma Ge Chengyu reported: "Last night, the Shu army suddenly withdrew. ”
"What?" Ma Gelong's heart tightened, and he asked, "Is the news accurate?" ”
Ma Gecheng said: "After hearing the news, I immediately took someone to check it out in person, and now the Shu army camp is empty, according to the sentry horse report, the Shu army has retreated to Linjing." ”
Ma Gelong's heart sank, he sat on the couch, and was speechless for a long time, what he was most worried about now was this matter, the sudden withdrawal of the Shu army must have reached some kind of agreement with the Lu Shuihu people, otherwise how could the Shu people retreat when they had an advantage?
Taking a step back, even if the Shu people and the Lu Shuihu people did not reach any agreement, but the Shu people retreated, the crisis of the Lu Shuihu people would be resolved, and who could guarantee that Peng Hu would not settle accounts after the autumn.
In that sense, Magron was not in a good position.
"Big brother, what should we do now?" Ma Gecheng also knew that the current situation was sinister, and asked anxiously.
Ma Gelong put a brocade robe on his body, paced back and forth on the ground barefoot, thinking silently, although Ma Gecheng was very anxious, he could only look at Ma Gelong, and did not dare to disturb him again.
Now in front of Ma Gelong, it is indeed a difficult problem, he does not dare to go to Peng Hu's camp to ask the truth, but waiting, it is undoubtedly a dead end, Ma Gelong thought twice, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and said hatefully: "There is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here, since Peng Hu can't tolerate us, then let's go to Weibei to invest in Qi Wannian, I don't believe it, this world is big, there is no place for me Ma Lanqiang?" ”
Ma Gecheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "What the eldest brother said is very true, instead of staying here and receiving his bird anger, it is better for us to go elsewhere, the power of the Qi Wannian tribe is much stronger than that of the Lu Shuihu people, and it is better to defect to Qi Wannian than to defect to Peng Hu." ”
Indeed, Lu Shuihu is not the only choice of the Ma Lanqiang people, among the northern Hu, the largest and strongest is the Qi Wannian Department of the Di people, just because he dares to openly take the initiative to argue with the Shu people, it is difficult for other Hu to match, but after Ma Gelong heard the news of the Shu people's sneak attack on Ma Lanshan, every inch was in chaos, although taking refuge in the Lu Shuihu people is not the only choice, but it is the most recent choice, so Ma Gelong did not think much about it at that time, and took the initiative to take refuge in Peng Hu.
However, now it seems that this is a complete mistake, and it is a completely absurd decision to bet the fate of the entire Malanqiang tribe on the tribe of an enemy, and from the current situation, the Shu and Lushuihu people are trying to join forces to completely destroy the Malanqiang people.
Their plot must not be allowed to succeed!
This is Ma Gelong's hatred in the bottom of his heart, since the matter has come to this, it is already very dangerous to stay in Jingyang again, Ma Gelong decided to lead the east to go to Qi Wannian.
However, this matter must be kept very secret, and the action must be fast, otherwise it will be too late to leave when Lu Shuihu reacts.
Ma Gelong immediately ordered Ma Gecheng to go down and prepare, gather the men and horses of each battalion, bring only light equipment, and discard all the bulky baggage and materials, even the camp tents and other things, in order to confuse the Lu Shuihu people.
It stands to reason that it would be more concealed to wait until it was dark to move again, but Magron didn't want to wait any longer, and God knew what would happen after dark, so after the team completed the assembly, he immediately ordered to set off, and at noon, he left the camp and galloped all the way to the southeast. (To be continued.) )