The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 51 Ding Furnace
"incredible"

Zhang Jian couldn't remember exactly how many times his friend repeated these four words.

After returning from the west side of the city, he had already summoned his staff and scouts, and repeatedly confirmed the news and many clues available to all parties.

After being busy until the afternoon, one thing was finally confirmed, the news brought by Xi Mian was true.

Ma Ling's army defeated Heyang, and the marriage marquis who asked him for support in the letter really defeated Mu Sheng with a mere army of Heyang.

The spy he arranged in Maling was also in the army at the time, and described to him in a letter that at that time the sky was blood red like a miracle from heaven, the corpses of Maling people covered the river valley, there were few soldiers in Heyang, but there were many warlocks, They easily defeated the army of Maling City, and then pursued them all the way.

Mu Sheng sent more than 1 people, and only more than 1000 people fled back. He said that now the gate of Maling City is closed, every family wears mourning, all the above-mentioned men have been conscripted, and the officials and soldiers have confiscated the cowhide and iron pots.

When I first saw the news, not to mention Mr. Wu An, even he himself didn't trust him at all.

Therefore, they immediately summoned the scouts deployed in the south, the officials in the south, and the business travelers in the north. Regardless of verifying the authenticity of the news, they finally concluded that it was true!

The whole process took more than two days, but when the news finally came out, all the officials and staff in the palace were shocked. Most of them could hardly imagine how the Marquis Heqin defeated Duke Ma Ling, one of the six ministers. , and it was an extraordinary victory.

According to the information obtained by all parties, it is certain that Ma Ling sent more than 2000 people, but in the end, less than [-] people escaped back, and the rest were either killed, captured, or disappeared, and nearly [-] young and young people were lost.

You must know that most of these young and strong are the hope of a family, and many of them are the heirs of nobles and nobles. Such a loss is enough to hurt Mu Sheng.

At this time, when I read the letter sent by the Marquis of Marquis, I feel completely different. Before, I thought he was young and ignorant, arrogant and arrogant, and I don’t know where the confidence came from. The latter requires support.

Now it looks like he is full of confidence and planning a strategy.

After a long discussion with his confidants and the Gongsun family's war preparations, everyone unanimously came to the conclusion that the tiger father has no dogs, and this newly awarded Marquis of Marquis is not easy.

Before this battle, just like his insulting title, it was a question of whether he could inherit the territory, but after this battle, at least it can be guaranteed that he can completely inherit his father's territory and power, and all the princes of Zhao State will respect him, There will also be a place for him.

Prestige and power are often obtained on the edge of the sword. The country's most important thing is the sacrifice and military, and the same is true for personal honor and disgrace.

At noon on the third day, Gongsun Lin of Wu'an also made up his mind with the support of his family elders and confidantes, and would respond to the Marquis Heqin's request for an alliance.

This decision was secretly supported by King Zhao Guoguo in Handan to the north.

The attitude of the monarch comes from Zhang Jian, a friend of Duke Wu'an. As the uncle of the monarch, he dragged his old body back and forth between Handan and Wu'an within two days and two nights, bringing the attitude of the monarch.

Because this decision is not simple, it is likely to set off a scuffle among the princes in Zhao State.

The monarch's attitude was unexpected. When he heard that Mu Sheng was defeated, he laughed out loud, and immediately said that Duke Wu'an should support Marquis Heqin, and he did not hide his dislike for Duke Ma Ling at all.

When the monarch had a private conversation with his uncle Zhang Jian, he said bitterly that Mu Sheng killed a Marquis of Zhao in front of him. It was because it was an invitation from the monarch.

In the end, Mu Sheng killed him with despicable means, and treated the monarch as a three-year-old child, thinking that he couldn't see his tricks, and he was arrogant and conceited.

The king of a country can't guarantee the safety of his subjects face to face, his face is ruined, and his prestige is completely lost. That old Mu Sheng didn't take him seriously at all.So the monarch is also eager to let Mu Sheng learn a lesson.

These incidents made Zhang Jian think that "the right is more helpful than the wrong". Mu Sheng thinks that if he is powerful, he can run amok, do things overbearing and unreasonable, but he doesn't know that his actions are pushing more and more people into one place. , Sooner or later he will become his archenemy.

However, the one who played the most important role in this was He Qinhou. The so-called wall is overthrown and everyone pushes it. If the battle of Liangtingyi is not won, no one is willing to be the first bird to face the mighty Ma Linggong.

"This person is so unexpected at such a young age. He is very good at using troops. He is not an ordinary person." Zhang Jian stroked his gray beard with emotion, "It has been a long time since we Zhao Guo has produced any decent young people."

On the same day, Marquis Wu'an decided to form an alliance with Marquis Heqin and give support. On the one hand, he asked his friend Zhang Jian to write a letter and send it to Heyang, and asked them to send envoys to discuss the next joint battle plan.

At the same time, he ordered to collect food from several villages and towns in the west, preparing to provide food and grass assistance to Heyang. On the other hand, he began to gather troops and deploy them to the mountain passes in the south, threatening the north of Maling City.

The main body of Hongshan is between Heyang and Maling, but the rest of the veins continue to extend to the east, forming many large and small peaks, which also become the natural boundary between the Maling territory and the Wu'an territory. If the Wu'an army wants to go south, there are only two The method, one is to go over the mountain to attack through large and small mountain roads.

But both sides have built fortresses at both ends of the mountain road. The mountain road is narrow and steep, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The other way is to take a boat along the Wuyuan River, join the downstream Baishui River along the river, and then march eastward, but the upstream river is narrow and the current is turbulent, and there are not so many boats that can transport a large army.

Although the geography is very unfavorable to the attacking side, as long as the Wu'an army is deployed at the various mountain passes in the north, Ma Ling will have to deploy soldiers to defend those mountain passes, which will further weaken Mu Sheng's troops to fight against the Marquis in the south.

"Why do you think Marquis Wu'an will help you?" Dongfang Jin asked under the old willow tree led by the sentry while carefully helping Wang Jian extract the Xuanling Liquid.

She didn't know why, so she was ordered by others, and when she regained her senses, she couldn't let go of her hands, but she was dignified. She found that Wang Jian was ordering her more and more smoothly, and couldn't help but think about it more and more.

"It's not helping me, it's helping the winner. Whoever wins will help." Wang Jian took the jade bottle handed by Dongfang Jin and said: "Allies are made by fighting, and so is support. There is no free lunch in the world."

"The dinner is not free either." Dongfang Jin said.

"That's what I mean, why are you so stupid." Wang Jian was speechless, "In short, there are no benefits for no reason. If there are, it may be a trap."

"If Mr. Wu An supports it, are you going to continue fighting?"

"Of course, it took a lot of effort to assemble an army, so we have to pay back." Wang Jian said, took the third bottle of mysterious spirit liquid, looked up at the old willow tree and said, "Brother Liu, I'm sorry. , I will compensate you in the future."

"Is your broken brain still not fully recovered?" Dongfang Jinjian taunted him talking to Dashu to himself.

Wang Jian looked at her slender figure, abrupt and well-proportioned body, nodded and praised, "It's a good cauldron."

"What are you mumbling about?" Dongfang Jin looked at him maliciously.

"Let's go, don't ask questions about adults."

"you"

(End of this chapter)