Ma Qianling's prestige in the Ningma Army was very high, and after he made his decision, naturally no one could object. Moreover, he had already thought that since the Ma Jiajun was doomed to fail, it was better to join the Western Sichuan Army as soon as possible, which could be regarded as a good future for future generations. Wasn't it because he couldn't get by? The western Sichuan army gave them the establishment of two brigades of the Ningma Army, the commander of the 12th Brigade was the eldest son Ma Fulu, and the best candidate for the commander of the 13th Brigade was naturally the second son. It's just that the second son Ma Fuxiang is still young, only fifteen years old, and he still needs to experience a period of training. That's why he handed over the position of brigade commander to his old brother Ma Zhengyuan.

Ma Zhengyuan is also very happy, he is already old, and he is not very enthusiastic about his career. I didn't expect to be able to be a brigade commander in the Western Sichuan Army now. He knows the gold content of the brigade commander of the Western Sichuan Army, he is a powerful military figure!

In the afternoon of the same day, Ma Zhengyuan led the 10,000 Ning horse army to set off, and the fast horse went straight to Hezhou. It's just that this time they didn't go to rescue the Ma Jiajun in Hezhou, but to show their loyalty in front of the new master.

In troubled times, relying on the strong is undoubtedly the best survival and development of these small forces. As for righteousness, it is just to win over others, and for the sake of profit, anything can be sold, let alone just an illusory righteousness?

Before the Ningma army received a request for help from Ma Jiajun in Hezhou, Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu stationed in Lanzhou, also received a request for help from Ma Anliang. Although Yang Changjun actually governs only a small Lanzhou City, he is still the highest military and political governor in the entire northwest region.

Yang Changjun is also a well-known figure in history, the word Shiquan, the number Jinghan, the alias Hutian Old Man, the official to the governor of Zhejiang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. He is famous for misconvicting Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage and handling the logistics of recovering Xinjiang for Zuo Zongtang. Looking at his life, but he will become famous because of fate, and his military exploits are mediocre and often defeated. His main talent is an expert in raising money and grabbing money, and when he is in a high position as a governor, he is mediocre and stupid, his ability is low, and officials do not admit their mistakes to each other's death. It is also very lucky that such a mediocre person can become the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, one of the eight governors. Although the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu ranked low among the eight governors, and there were so many officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how many of them could become governors?

After receiving the news of Ma Anliang's request for help, Yang Changjun was immediately furious, as an old-style bureaucrat with a deep-rooted feudal ideology of loyalty and patriotism, he has always been extremely hostile to such separatist forces in western Sichuan. Although Ma Jiajun also belonged to the separatist forces, they defected to the Qing court, which was completely different from the forces in western Sichuan that opposed the Qing court.

"Someone, order the chief soldier Zhou Mingyuan to gather the army, and this officer will send troops to Hezhou, rescue Admiral Ma, and fight to the death with the bandits in western Sichuan!" Yang Changjun suddenly became angry.

"Ahh Lord Taiwan, please calm your anger and think twice! The western Sichuan army is strong and strong, even the Ma family army is not their opponent, Lanzhou only has 10,000 green battalions, how can they resist the wolf-like western Sichuan army? An old man in his fifties with a white face and no beard immediately dissuaded, he was Yang Changjun's confidant master.

"Humph! What are you talking about? This official is an official of the imperial court, does the Western Sichuan Army dare to kill this official? Even if he dies on the battlefield and is shrouded in horse leather, this official can still leave a name in history! Yang Changjun said dissatisfiedly.

Master is sweating profusely, is the Western Sichuan Army so easy to deal with? The elite cavalry of the 100,000 Ma family army crisscrossed the northwest, and no one could stop them, and even the imperial court could only acquiesce to their secession. Now that the Ma Jiajun was beaten by the Western Sichuan Army, they couldn't form an army, and they wished that the Western Sichuan Army would not attack Lanzhou, but Yang Changjun still wanted to send troops to rescue the Ma Jiajun, wasn't that an excuse for the Western Sichuan Army to attack Lanzhou, and they were looking for death?

"Master Taiwan, think about it in the long run, think about it in the long run! The mobilization of troops and horses must be approved by the imperial court. Unauthorized mobilization of troops and horses is a great crime! Why don't you consult the imperial court first, and let the imperial court decide whether to send troops to rescue the Ma family's army? The master persuaded. Yang Changjun wants to die, he doesn't want to die with him! Although he is a master, he has made a lot of money with Yang Changjun over the years. If Yang Changjun was looking for death by himself, he would have to leave as soon as possible.

"Humph! It would take three or four days to contact the imperial court, and after delaying these times, Hezhou had already been captured by the western Sichuan army. By then, the Western Sichuan Army may have already arrived in Lanzhou. No, I will not accept the orders of the foreign monarch, and this official will have to make his own decisions if he can't say it today! Yang Changjun retorted.

"Master, the chief soldier is here!" At this time, a subordinate came to report.

"Let him in!" Yang Changjun said.

"Humble position, see Lord Taiwan!" Lanzhou General Zhou Mingyuan is a middle-aged man of more than 40 people, he is very heroic, and he can be regarded as a relatively capable general in the northwest territory. At least, because of his credit, bandits and robbers near Lanzhou are almost extinct. This made Yang Changjun very important to Zhou Mingyuan.

"Get up!" Yang Changjun said coldly.

Zhou Mingyuan was a little unpleasant when he arrived at Yang Changjun, and he glanced at the master suspiciously, but the master gave him a helpless look. Suddenly, Zhou Mingyuan knew that Yang Changjun didn't know what he wanted to do again.

"I don't know what the lord calls for the lowly position?" Zhou Mingyuan asked cautiously.

"I have just received a report from Admiral Ma Anliang that the Western Sichuan Army is attacking Hezhou on a large scale, and Hezhou is about to fall. This official plans to mobilize Lanzhou soldiers and horses to rescue Hezhou! Yang Changjun said.

Hearing this, Zhou Mingyuan was stunned. Rescue Hezhou and start a war with the Western Sichuan Army? What's the difference between this and looking for death? There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the green camp of Belzhou, and if they face the Ma army, a thousand Ma family troops can defeat them. Even the Western Sichuan Army can't defeat the Ma Family's army, if they go, what is the difference between that and looking for death.

"Lord Taiwan, the western Sichuan army is strong, we have to think long-term!" Zhou Mingyuan said immediately.

"Think long, think long! You know that in the long run, I am afraid of the enemy, and I am afraid of the western Sichuan army. If you have the money of the court, you should be loyal to the court. Now that bandits are rampant in western Sichuan, we should fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the court! Yang Changjun said sternly.

Zhou Mingyuan and Master were both very speechless, is Sichuan West an ordinary bandit? After decades of confrontation with the Qing court, the Qing court had nothing to do with them, and they went to rescue Hezhou, didn't they find their own death?

"Okay, the official has decided, no need to say more, immediately send troops to rescue Hezhou. Mr. Zhou, go and gather the troops! Yang Changjun said resolutely.

"Yes, Lord Maker!" Seeing that Yang Changjun was stubborn again, Zhou Mingyuan had no choice but to stop persuading.

The next day, tens of thousands of Lanzhou soldiers were assembled and marched towards Hezhou. However, when it was learned that they were going to fight with the western Sichuan army, a small half of the Lanzhou soldiers fled without a trace. The rest of the people were barely maintained after Yang Changjun paid a huge amount of promotion fees. However, on the way from Lanzhou to Hezhou, many Lanzhou soldiers fled every day. Although silver is important, life is even more important!

After the arrival of the large army of the western Sichuan army in Hezhou, it did not rush to attack. After the Fourth Brigade reported that they had been shelled by the Ma Jiajun in Hezhou, the Western Sichuan Army mobilized all the artillery, intending to knock out the cannons of the Ma Jiajun on the wall of Hezhou City first, and then make plans to attack the city.

Of course, the Ma Jiajun would not fail to resist, and they launched a fierce artillery battle with the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army. However, often the artillery of the Ma Jiajun was only able to fire a few rounds, and then it was completely suppressed by the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army. After the artillery of the Ma Jiajun was killed and wounded, the Western Sichuan Army began a targeted purge and knocked out the cannons of the Ma Jiajun one by one.

Under the blow of the superior forces of the Western Sichuan Army, the cannons on the four walls of Hezhou City were all knocked out in just one day. After that, the Western Sichuan Army began to prepare for the final attack on Hezhou.

PS: The second update is here! Today, I was sprayed as a poisonous weed that sealed my throat with blood in this book on LK, and I felt very uncomfortable! Xiaoyu will try to write this book well.