"Yes, Lord Admiral, I will immediately send someone to Lanzhou to report this matter to Lord Governor!" Zhou He said. As a Han Chinese, he still has a deep-rooted idea of loyalty to the monarch in his heart. Although this monarch is not the monarch of the Han people. However, more than 200 years after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, most of the Han people probably regarded them as real monarchs and forgot their original foreign identity. Zhou He is such a literati, he is deeply poisoned by feudal thoughts, and he is still full of the supremacy of imperial power. Although both the Qingma Army and the Ma Jiajun are just separatist forces attached to the imperial court, Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, can only call the shots, and only Lanzhou City can be the master. But Zhou He still regarded him as the highest military and political governor in the entire Shaanxi and Gansu regions.

"This is not busy, now we have to discuss countermeasures, how to deal with the western Sichuan army. This time, the western Sichuan army invaded on a large scale, and it was so well prepared, it would definitely not be so easy to retreat! Ma Haiyan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Lord Admiral, do they really want to swallow our Qinghai and Gansu? Our Ma Jiajun has a total of more than 100,000 elites! Do they swallow it? I'm not afraid of bursting my stomach! Gu Hongyun said with an angry face.

"I wonder if they really have such a mind this time!" Zhou He said. There was peace between the Western Sichuan Army and the Qing court for more than ten years, during which time the power in Western Sichuan had already been stabilized and had accumulated a strong enough force. One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and there must be a decisive battle between western Sichuan and the Qing court. Obviously, Sichuan West seems to regard Ma Jiajun as a breakthrough. It's no wonder that the 100,000 elites of the Ma family's army are all cavalry, and in this era, cavalry is undoubtedly the best mobile force. If the Ma Jiajun took advantage of the great battle between the Western Sichuan Army and the Qing Court to attack the rear of the Western Sichuan Army, the Western Sichuan Army would not be able to resist at all. Therefore, the Western Sichuan Army is ready to strike first and solve the Ma Jiajun first.

"Lord Admiral, since the Western Sichuan Army wants to swallow us, then let's fight them to the death! Lord Admiral, please allow me to lead my army out of the city, rescue the defenders of Yushu, and fight to the death against the Western Sichuan Army on the grassland! Gu Hongyun fell to his knees and pleaded. Until now, he was still worried about the safety of his younger brother Gu Hongtao, and he didn't know that Gu Hongtao had already been killed. It was killed by the Green Horse Army.

"Hong Yun, get up, you can't be rash now. The western Sichuan army is strong, if we rush to send troops, it is likely to be defeated by the western Sichuan army, and it will be even more difficult to hold Qinghai at that time! Ma Haiyan didn't have a hot brain, so he listened to Gu Hongyun's opinion. He is getting older, not as impulsive as he was when he was younger, and he is thinking more comprehensively.

"This time, the large-scale invasion of the Western Sichuan Army is a life-and-death battle for our Qingma Army and even the entire Ma Family Army, and we must defeat the Western Sichuan Army, so as to be able to keep Qinghai and our foundation. Therefore, resisting the Western Sichuan Army is not only a matter of our Qingma Army's family, sending someone to inform the Hezhou Ma Family Army and the Ningma Army that it is now time of life and death, and everyone needs to work together to fight against the Western Sichuan Army! Ma Haiyan said.

"Yes, Lord Admiral, I will personally rush to Hezhou in a later time to see Admiral Ma Anliang." Zhou He said.

"In addition, we have to counterattack, and we can't let the western Sichuan army attack. Our strength lies in maneuverability, in attack. The soldiers of the Tsing Ma Army were not used to defend the city. The firepower of the western Sichuan army is strong, and if they attack the city with artillery, we will not be able to hold it at all! Therefore, as long as we take the initiative to attack and completely destroy them in the field, we can win! Ma Haiyan said loudly.

"Lord Admiral is wise!" Zhou He and Gu Hongyun hurriedly said.

"Lord Admiral, with the strength of the Western Sichuan Army, I'm afraid that Yushu will have already fallen by the time the reinforcements arrive. Therefore, I think we should not rescue Yushu, but should gather all the limited forces, and then cooperate with the Hezhou Majia Army and the Ningma Army to eliminate the Western Sichuan Army in one fell swoop! Zhou Hejian said.

Gu Hongyun opened his mouth, but he still didn't say anything. Although he was not relieved of his brother's safety, he also knew that it was impossible to send troops to rescue Yushu under such circumstances. The Qingma Army has already suffered heavy losses, and Ma Haiyan will not agree to divide the troops again, that will only waste the limited number of troops.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Ma Haiyan asked.

"Lord Admiral, after the Western Sichuan Army takes Yushu, the next direction of attack must be Maqin. We have ten battalions there, tens of thousands of elites. If we can conquer Maqin, then we will lose most of our troops. Therefore, I think that the defenders of Maqin should be ordered to hold on to Maqin and drag the Tsing Ma army there. In this way, we have enough time to draw troops, use Maqin as the final decisive battle, defeat the Western Sichuan Army in one battle, and completely cut off the ambition of the Western Sichuan Army to annex us! Zhou He said.

"Decisive battle against Maqin?" Ma Haiyan muttered, stood up, and stopped in front of the Qinghai map hanging on the wall. In the decisive battle of Maqin, the Qingma Army will have to use all its combat strength. After fighting this one, it is difficult to say whether you will lose or win. "May Allah bless His people!" Ma Haiyan closed his eyes and muttered, and then he opened his eyes, as if he had made a final decision.

"Okay, if the Western Sichuan Army wants to fight, then we will have a decisive battle with them. With Maqin as the center, fight to the death with the western Sichuan army on the grassland and defeat them completely. Ordered the defenders of Maqin to stand by and wait for reinforcements, and not to go out of the city to engage the western Sichuan army without authorization before the arrival of the army. The defenders of Xining were ordered to leave the 1st, 2nd, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th Battalions in addition to the 3rd and 4th Battalions to stay in Xining, and to immediately prepare for departure and leave for Maqin tomorrow to prepare for a decisive battle with the Western Sichuan Army. In addition, it is requested that the Ma Jia Army of Hezhou and the Ningma Army must send the most elite troops to participate in the battle. If we fail, it's their turn next! Ma Haiyan calmly gave the battle order.

"Yes, Admiral!" Zhou He and Gu Hongyun both received the order. Zhou He is going to Hezhou to meet Ma Anliang, the governor of Gansu, and the task of leading the troops will definitely be handed over to Gu Hongyun.

"Father, the child asks to join the war and destroy the Western Sichuan Army!" Ma Lin said loudly.

"No, you stay in Xining, this time I'll go in person! The old man has been fighting horses all his life, and I want the Western Sichuan Army to have the ability to swallow the 100,000 elites of my Ma family's army! Ma Haiyan said arrogantly.

"Ahh Father, let me go! Ma Lin hurriedly persuaded. After all, Ma Haiyan is already sixty-four years old, and it seems a little impossible to still fight on horseback at this age. Even if it's a long bump, it will kill him if he doesn't do it.

"Needless to say, although the old man is old, he can still ride a horse and wield a saber!" Ma Haiyan said stubbornly.

Seeing this, as long as everyone no longer persuades, they also know Ma Haiyan's determination to resist the Western Sichuan Army.

As soon as Ma Haiyan's order was issued, the entire Xining City suddenly became nervous, and the soldiers and horses of all departments were mobilized, ready to fight at any time. At the same time, the envoys sent to Lanzhou and Hezhou had also set off. He went to Lanzhou to complain to Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, about the atrocities of the brazen invasion of the Western Sichuan Army, while to Hezhou, he asked the Ma Jiajun and the Ningma Army to also send troops to jointly deal with the Western Sichuan Army.

The current Ma Jiajun in Hezhou is in charge of Ma Anliang, the son of Ma Zhanao. Although Ma Anliang is only 36 years old this year, he is resourceful and quite fatherly. Although Ma Haiyan of the Qingma Army and Ma Qianling of the Ning Ma Army are his uncles, they all look to him as the horse's head.

It only took Zhou He one day to rush to Hezhou and meet Ma Anliang. Ma Anliang was also very shocked when he learned of the large-scale invasion of the Western Sichuan Army. However, the three Ma Jiajun families have always been in the same spirit, and he immediately said that he would not sit idly by. The elite troops of the Ma Jiajun will be sent to Maqin to participate in the battle. At the same time, the Ningma army will be notified that it will also send troops to participate in the battle. Gather the forces of the three families and fight a decisive battle with the western Sichuan army in Maqin.

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