Chapter 196: Offensive and defensive situation is easy

On November 10, the order left by Ma Zhengdao was transmitted back to Ma Yi, and Ma Yi's children immediately launched an attack on Wang's army.

More than 100 Wang troops stationed in Ma Yi were killed, and Wang Jun surrounded Ma Yi on November 12, and the Ma family carried out the most tragic resistance of the five families that were wiped out in the Heavenly Wolf Valley.

On November 14, Mayi was finally completely captured by the Wang army, and more than 200 children of the Ma family who rebelled in Mayi were almost wiped out, and the besieging Wang army lost more than 700 people, and the civilians in the city also suffered serious casualties.

As a result, there is no doubt that both Ma Yi and Wang Jun were defeated.

Looking at the casualty statistics report in his hand, Feng Xingji couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I didn't expect that this Ma Zhengdao is the most popular of the seven families in the Heavenly Wolf Valley." Zeng Xian, you kid is really right. ”

Known as Zeng Xian, the ordinary looking little school with a big nose is the kid who urinated on Feng Xingji's body a few days ago.

Zeng Xian smiled and said, "I won the bet, do you think I can choose a wife?"

Feng Xingji waved his hand and said, "You go and choose, and bring it to me to see." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you. ”

Looking at Zeng Xian, who rushed out, Feng Xingji sighed secretly, if it weren't for Zeng Xian saying that Ma Zhengdao behaved differently and asked him to be careful about it, the king would have been killed by Ma Zhengdao. And he told himself that Ma Zhengdao won the hearts of the children of the Ma family, and the children of the Ma family were afraid of fraud if they descended too quickly the previous time, and he would not lead the army to Mayi so quickly to quell the rebellion.

This kid is just a small member of the Zeng family's guard, how can he know so many secrets?

Feng Xingji suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he immediately ordered: "Go, find Zeng Xian back, Grandpa Ben has something to ask him." ”

After a long time, I went to find Zeng Xian's talent to report: "Grandpa Qi, the little one has searched all over Ma Yi and has not seen any trace of Zeng Xian." ”

Feng Xingji immediately understood, slammed the table in front of him, and said angrily: "This spy of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom!"

Longyi Reception Lobby House.

Long Ying looked at the more than 10 women crying in front of him a little depressed, but the Ma family suffered this catastrophe and he couldn't blame these women for crying.

Long Batian walked in at this time, and Long Ying immediately greeted him.

"How's it going?"

"The head of the Ma family assassinated His Majesty and was killed by the national teacher on the spot, I asked my grandfather if this is true, Grandpa Ma went to Phoenix City this time to kill the king, which Niu Tong also confirmed. ”

"Then how are your grandfather and Niu Tong?"

"He was placed under house arrest and forbidden to leave the Akatsukan, and his movements were monitored. Grandpa said that after all, when the three of them met the monarch together, Grandpa Ma attacked, so it was reasonable for the royal family to investigate. ”

Hearing Long Mutang's statement, the women of the Ma family cried even louder, and Long Ying and Long Batian looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Long Batian looked at these women and was secretly angry in his heart, it was obvious that these women were also a move arranged by Ma Zhengdao, hoping to drag Long Yi into the water in order to achieve his goal of destroying the Qifeng Kingdom to avenge his father. But one-third of these women are surnamed Long, including Long Linlin, who is listed in the ancestral hall with Long Wan'er.

It's really not a beating, it's not a scolding, it's not a comfort, is it a feat to say that Ma Zhengdao killed the king, that is really in line with Ma Zhengdao's intentions.

Grandpa Ma, you have pretended to be so good in the past few decades, we have all been deceived by you. Now Longyi and Niuyi are really completely passive.

Long Batian, who felt depressed, didn't want to hear these women crying anymore and walked out of the reception hall, and he walked straight to Long Geng's small courtyard.

From afar, Long Batian saw Ma Pingyun sitting on the ground in the courtyard silently wiping away tears, while Long Yurong squatted beside him and kept caressing his back, Niu Weixiong, Mu Tong, Niu Xinmei, Wu Muci, Long Yuhan, and Ao Man stood in a circle around them.

Wu Muci, who was not particularly outstanding in appearance but had a special gentle temperament, saw Long Batian coming over and immediately greeted him.

"Sir, you're here. ”

"I said that you should call your husband and don't call me master, you call me old. ”

Long Batian Wenyan said to his new concubine Wu Muci, and Wu Mu Ci couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, now that all eyes were on Long Batian, it was not easy for him to say anything more to Umuci.

"Is Uncle Geng here?"

"Come in. ”

Long Batian motioned for everyone to go into the hall with him, and Long Geng's small hall was very crowded now.

"That's the way it is, Uncle Geng, what do you think?"

After Long Batian told all the news that he had found in Phoenix City, he cast an inquiring glance at Long Geng.

Long Geng pondered for a while and said: "The master of the Ma family has endured for decades, and this time he will definitely finish his work at the cost of the entire Ma Yi." Now, however, it seems that he underestimated the patience of the monarch. ”

Hayyard's eyes rolled as if he was thinking about something, and Long Geng knew that he was a person who was careful and often knew little, so he looked at him.

Hyard stood up and said to Long Geng: "Long Shengjun, Furong and I have always promised that you and your son-in-law have no way to repay it, so I will go to the Hundred Flowers Kingdom to explore." The Ma family master is undoubtedly the most beneficial to Bai Sheng of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom, but Bai Sheng has been attacked by Bai Chang and the Qifeng Kingdom, and it is obviously a bit unwise for the Ma family master to do this, unless Bai Sheng and they have already controlled the overall situation of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom. ”

Zou Madtian also stood up and said, "I'll go with Brother Hai, we should have news soon when we are separated." ”

Long Geng nodded and said, "It's troublesome, you must be careful." Try to avoid unnecessary conflicts. ”

At the end of November, the Royal Palace of Phoenix.

Feng Xingbang convened a meeting of civil and military affairs, and Bai Chang, who had not been in contact with the Qifeng Kingdom for a long time, sent a messenger.

Feng Xingbang passed Bai Chang's letter to the civil and military personnel and said: "Bai Chang is a little sad during this time, he wants us to join him along the north and south of the Lishui River to open up the connection between each other. What do you think, Aiqing?"

Feng Xingji said with some hesitation: "The terrain of the Lishui River Valley is relatively narrow, although the mountains can also separate Bai Sheng's army and ensure the safety of our two wings, but we are marching against the current, and it will be more difficult to replenish at that time." ”

Mu Huo also objected: "Now we have pacified the three cities in the Heavenly Wolf Valley, where the hearts of the people are not attached, and the newly occupied land and city of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom are still being digested. Unless the garrison of Phoenix City is mobilized, it will be difficult to break through the defense of Bai Sheng's army with the little strength on the front line alone. ”

Basically, the ministers did not advocate sending any more troops, but advocated consolidating the existing territory.

Feng Xingbang looked at the ministers with a little displeasure, he really wanted to continue to expand the territory, and extend the border to the hinterland of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom as much as possible. Don't expect snakes to swallow elephants, but at least try to weaken the strength of this behemoth while the civil war in the Hundred Flowers Kingdom continues.

"Lone thinks that it is unwise not to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, judging from Bai Chang's letter, Bai Sheng is now crushing Bai Chang on the battlefield, and if we don't give Bai Chang assistance as soon as possible, I'm afraid he will collapse directly. ”

Xue Cheng said worriedly: "Your Majesty, now that we have obtained a large area of land in the Hundred Flowers Kingdom that is easy to defend, it will be a bit of a lonely army to go deeper. ”

Feng Xingbang was a little anxious, he couldn't help waving the Bai Chang letter in his hand and said loudly: "Aiqing, since you are all cowering, then let Gu personally lead the four divisions of the capital to expand the territory!"

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do that?"

An unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded in the hall, not loud but clear to everyone, and everyone's eyes looked over. At some point, a middle-aged man over 40 years old with dark skin and a lean-looking and mediocre appearance had arrived in front of the main hall.

Feng Xingbang raised his hand and waved his hand to retreat to the guards who surrounded the man, because Feng Xingji, the national teacher beside him, looked at the man with a shocked expression when he appeared, and Feng Xingbang immediately realized that these guards were not the man's opponents at all.

Feng Xingbang looked the man up and down for a few moments, then suddenly laughed, pointed to his side, and said, "This must be the Dragon Emperor of the famous Longyi, right? ”

Long Geng waved his hand at Feng Xingbang's invitation and refused, and he said slowly: "Thank you, Your Majesty." The grass people didn't sit down, the grass people just came to pick up my uncle and my eldest son-in-law, and by the way, I told Your Majesty a little about the recent situation of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom. ”

It turned out that as early as mid-September, when Feng Xingji led his army back to Phoenix, the relationship between Bai Chang and the Western Fire Emperor finally broke down. When Bai Sheng found out, he tried his best to win over the Western Fire Emperor, and at the same time defeated Bai Chang's main army on the battlefield, and successfully won over several big families who supported Bai Chang and even some people from the Flame Alliance to turn against the water. Under Bai Sheng's military and political double blow and the combination of soft and hard to win over, Emperor Xihuo felt that it was difficult to support himself, and finally agreed to cooperate with Bai Sheng again under the condition that Bai Sheng was taught by the national teacher.

Having lost the support of the Flame Alliance, Bai Chang was defeated and captured at the end of September. Bai Sheng announced that the forces assisting Bai Chang would not be guilty of the past as long as they swore allegiance to themselves, and Bai Chang's original forces had surrendered one after another, and the civil war in the Hundred Flowers Kingdom had basically ended.

"Your Majesty, the grass people overheard that the reason why Ma Zhengdao was able to escape from the hands of the Western Fire Emperor back then was because the Western Fire Emperor's subordinates showed mercy to let him go, not because he was lucky. According to Ma Yi insiders, every year on the birthday of Emperor Xihuo, Ma Zhengdao will send his cronies to Emperor Xihuo to send generous gifts. And the reason why the children of the Ma family were not encouraged by outsiders to commit disorder some time ago was also because of Ma Zhengdao's strict prohibition. ”

Listening to Long Geng's words, Feng Xingbang looked at Bai Chang's letter in his hand, and a wry smile appeared on his face. Feng Xingbang crumpled his hands and threw them into the charcoal basin next to him.

Feng Xingbang looked at the burning paper ball for a while, and then turned to Long Geng with a serious expression, he stepped down from the throne and went to Long Geng, and respectfully clasped his fists and saluted Long Geng.

Feng Xingbang raised his head and looked at Long Geng, who had a calm gaze, and said very sincerely: "Dragon Emperor, the national strength of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom is 6 times that of my country, and I also hope to keep my ancestors' foundation when I take the initiative. The Hundred Flowers Kingdom has the heart to annex the world, and the power of the Qifeng Kingdom cannot resist its ambition at all. Lone begs you to help, and the kingdom of the phoenix is endless. ”

Long Geng's expression was as usual and said lightly: "Your Majesty, the grass people are a village husband, and the grass people can't help with the affairs of this country." It is the grass people's family who have an appointment with your ancestors, and you should discuss this kind of important matter with the grass people's patriarch. ”

After speaking, Long Geng disappeared without a trace.

Feng Xingbang was stunned for a moment and then turned to the old general Xue Cheng and calmly ordered: "Old General Xue, you immediately lead the two divisions of the capital city to Suoyun Pass, and the garrisons of the three passes on the front line will be uniformly dispatched by you, and Lone will mobilize reinforcements to come later." ”

Then Feng Xingbang turned to Xiangguo Mu Camel and said: "There is Lao Xiangguo, you go and invite the two city lords of Longniu to come to the hall to discuss matters. ”

When Mu Huo and Xue Cheng were ordered to leave, Feng Xingbang turned around and walked towards the throne. Only then did he notice that Feng Xingji was still looking at the direction of the entrance of the main hall with a shocked expression, and he didn't come back to his senses now.

"Second brother. ”

Under Feng Xingbang's soft call, Feng Xingji finally came back to his senses, and he turned to Feng Xingbang with an excited expression on his face.

Feng Xingji pointed in the direction of the hall gate and said excitedly: "Fourth brother, I can't even see how cultivated he is. ”

Feng Xingji excitedly didn't pay attention to etiquette, which made Feng Xingbang wonder: "Second brother, what do you mean?"

Feng Xingji turned his head in the direction of the palace gate, his eyes blazing, and said in a firm tone: "He is not an emperor. ”