Taking Yushu City is equivalent to completely kicking open the gate of Qinghai, and the entire Qinghai Province has been exposed to the front of the Western Sichuan Army. Moreover, the successive battles of Nangqian and Yushu caused the Qingma Army to lose nearly a quarter of its army, while the Western Sichuan Army had an extra 11th brigade, which changed the strength of the two sides again. The shape shì is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Green Horse Army.

After conquering Yushu, the 10th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army only stayed in Yushu for one night, and the next day it went on the road and continued its march north. Maqin in the north will become the next target of the Western Sichuan Army. As for the 11th Brigade, it suffered considerable losses in this battle, and with the addition of two or three thousand Qingma Army, its combat effectiveness was also greatly reduced. Therefore, after the discussion between Wang Yuze and Cai Yun, it was decided to let them rest here for two days. The 10th Brigade accelerated its march northward, and its troops were swift. According to the information obtained, the Qingma Army, which already knew about Yushu, had already sent people back to Maqin and Xining to report the news. If the Qingma Army is prepared, it will greatly increase the difficulty of the Western Sichuan Army to defeat the Qingma Army.

However, the march of a large army, from Yushu to Maqin, would take at least three to four days. In particular, the 10th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army carried a lot of baggage, which required a lot of time. It was already good to be able to rush to Maqin ten days ago and launch an attack.

Yushu is 600 kilometers away from Maqin and 800 kilometers away from Qinghai. The soldiers sent by Gu Hongtao to report the news arrived at Maqin on the afternoon of 5 April, and a horse was tired and died on the way. As for Xining, the only way to get the news is on April 6.

Yushu was besieged by the Western Sichuan Army, and after the news of the precariousness reached Maqin, it immediately exploded in Maqin. Some people advocate that Yushu should be rescued immediately, after all, after the fall of Yushu, the next turn must be Ma Qin. But there are still people who advocate sticking to Maqin, the strength of the western Sichuan army, everyone is deeply felt, Yushu will definitely not wait for the day when Maqin's reinforcements arrive, and maybe even the reinforcements sent by Maqin will be affected by the time. It is better to stick to Maqin and wait for the order of the Admiral, whether to fight or retreat, and wait for the decision of the Admiral.

The Tsing Ma Army stationed ten battalions in Maqin, namely the fifth, seventh, ninth, fifteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, thirty-first, thirty-third and thirty-sixth battalions. A total of ten battalions with a strength of more than 10,000 people. Maqin is also an important position to defend the Western Sichuan Army, but they are not targeting the 10th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, but the 4th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army together with the Majia Army of Hezhou.

Maqin City is larger than Yushu City, and the city wall is more than three meters high and more than one meter thick, which is not as low as the low city wall of Yushu City, and the defense power here is much stronger than that of Yushu City. In Maqin, in addition to the 10,000 Qingma army, there are nearly 50,000 ordinary people. Maqin City is also one of the few big cities in Qinghai. The entire Maqin Green Horse Army was commanded by Lu Haoran, the commander of the fifth battalion. Lu Haoran is also one of the important assistants who followed Ma Haiyan to raise troops, and has a high prestige in the Green Horse Army, otherwise he would not have been appointed by Ma Haiyan to command the elite of the tens of thousands of Green Horse Army.

In the center of Maqin City is Lu Haoran's general's mansion. Usually, it is also where Lu Haoran works, but today, the battalion commanders of the various battalions of the Tsing Ma Army stationed in Maqin have gathered here. They were arguing in the hall to discuss whether they should send reinforcements to Yushu.

"General, Yushu won't be able to hold out for long, if we hesitate any longer, then Yushu will probably not be able to hold on. When the time comes, Yushu will fall and thousands of robes will be killed, and we will definitely not be able to escape the charge of poor rescue! A middle-aged man in his forties said with red eyes. He is the commander of the 7th Battalion of the Tsing Ma Army, named Gu Hongqiang, and the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Tsing Ma Army, Gu Hongyun, and the commander of the 6th Battalion, Gu Hongtao, are cousins. Now, Gu Hongtao is in trouble, of course he can't stand idly by.

"Yes, General! Hurry up and send troops! With the strength of the Western Sichuan Army, the defenders of Yushu will definitely not last long! Another middle-aged man chimed in. He is Lu Yuanqing, the commander of the ninth battalion of the Qingma Army, and he is also a person with high prestige in the Qingma Army. He has a good personal relationship with Gu Hongqiang, so he naturally has to help at this time.

"General, you can't save it! Who knows if this is the plan of the Western Sichuan Army to divert the tiger from the mountain? If our army leaves Maqin on the front foot and the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army attacks, then what do we use to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army? Someone immediately came out to refute that he was Wei Yuan, the commander of the 15th Battalion of the Qingma Army, and he usually didn't deal with Gu Hongqiang, so of course he wouldn't let go of this good opportunity.

"Bastard, Wei Yuan, you kid dare to declare a personal vendetta at this time, Lao Tzu will kill you!" Gu Hong was furious, and with a snort, he drew his saber and was about to slash at Wei Yuan. Lu Yuanqing, who was next to him, hurriedly pulled him down.

"Damn, come on? Do you think Lao Tzu is afraid that you won't succeed? Wei Yuan also showed no weakness, and drew his saber and said provocatively.

"Bang!" Suddenly, Lu Haoran slapped the table heavily and shouted loudly, "What are you going to do?" Draw the sword from me, will you rebel? ”

Suddenly, Gu Hongqiang and Wei Yuan stopped talking.

"General, the defenders of Yushu are in danger, can't we just do it?" After being silent for a few seconds, Gu Hongqiang said again, he pleaded with Lu Haoran, if he wanted to send troops, he had to get Lu Haoran's nod.

"Humph! Isn't it his cousin in Yushu? Otherwise, why would you be in such a hurry? Wei Yuan said disdainfully. Although he kept his voice down, the entire hall heard him.

"You!" Gu Hongqiang glared at Wei Yuan angrily, and wanted to teach Wei Yuan a lesson, but he was afraid that he would annoy Lu Haoran because of this, so if Lu Haoran refused to send troops to Yushu because of this, it would be worth the loss.

Lu Haoran was also a little hesitant, he was very clear about Gu Hongqiang's desire to rescue his cousin. There is no doubt that Yushu will not be able to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army, and if the army is sent to the rescue, it will even suffer heavy losses. However, if he didn't send reinforcements, Gu Hongqiang would definitely hate him, and even blame him for the fall of Yushu. A Gu Hongqiang is not afraid, but don't forget, Gu Hongqiang's cousin Gu Hongyun is the commander of the first battalion of the Qingma Army and Ma Haiyan's number one henchman. If Gu Hongyun was poisoned behind his back because of this, then he would probably be difficult to resist.

Lu Haoran thought about it for a while, and finally came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Everyone, Yushu must be saved, but at the same time, Maqin must also be guarded. Let me do this, with the 7th, 9th, 19th, 33rd and 35th battalions to form reinforcements to rescue Yushu, and the rest of the troops will continue to guard Maqin and wait for the order of the Admiral! Lu Haoran said.

"General, the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army is fierce, and if there are fewer people, it won't be used at all! Only by giving full play to the advantage of being large in numbers and fighting a field battle with the western Sichuan army can we have a chance to win! Gu Hongqiang said again. Apparently, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the number of reinforcements.

"Rescuing Yushu is important, but guarding Maqin is just as important! Letting you take away half of the soldiers is already a lot of face! Wei Yuan, the commander of the fifteenth battalion, said in a non-yin and non-yang manner.

Gu Hongqiang glanced at Wei Yuan angrily and didn't say anything. However, he has already made up his mind in his heart, and after he has survived this catastrophe, he must be good for Wei Yuan.

"So be it! You take the thirty-first battalion with you. After all, Maqin also needs to defend! Lu Haoran finally said.

"Alright then!" Gu Hongqiang finally said.

In the afternoon of the same day, Maqin's reinforcements marched towards Yushu. Gu Hongqiang didn't want to wait for a moment at all, God knows if he could wait for one more night, if Yushu could support it for so long! Six battalions of the Green Horse Army galloped quickly in the direction of Yushu.

In the mountains and forests less than two miles away from Maqin, a white carrier pigeon, after Maqin's reinforcements set off, quickly took off into the air and flew south.

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