After gaining Ma Fulu's allegiance, it became much easier to do as soon as he became a qiē. After Ma Fulu came forward, the Ningma Army and some of the prisoners of the Ma Jiajun in Hezhou all joined the 12th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army. The rest of the people, except for a very small number of diehards of the Ma Jiajun, were also willing to join the Western Sichuan Army. Because there were too many prisoners willing to join the Western Sichuan Army, Wang Yuze and Cai Yun had to temporarily expand the establishment of the 11th and 12th Brigades, both of which had more than 12,000 troops and were divided into 12 battalions. After waiting for the end of the war, it will be reorganized and redressed according to the establishment of the Western Sichuan Army.

As for the die-hard elements, they were all taken care of in Maqin. When time permits, they will be sent to western Sichuan to build roads or mine. With the process of industrialization in western Sichuan, the demand for labor has also risen sharply. In previous years, western Sichuan was able to absorb the landless displaced people from the surrounding provinces, but in recent years, the Qing court has strengthened its control over the provinces, making it less and less difficult to enter western Sichuan. Prisoners of war, coolies who did not need to pay wages and various benefits, have become the most popular workers in the mines of western Sichuan.

Early the next morning, the Western Sichuan Army, which had initially completed its reorganization, set out again, leaving only a small part of its troops and wounded in Maqin. This time, the goal is to point to Hezhou! Hezhou, Gansu, the birthplace of the Ma Jiajun. The original Ma Jiajun was developed with the help of the Hehuang Uprising, and finally became the king of the northwest region step by step. It's just that, from now on, their end has come.

The 11th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army was in front, quickly catching up with the 4th Brigade in front. The Fourth Brigade set off yesterday evening, and although the Ma family army in Hezhou was defeated, it still had a strong strength, and if it killed one of them, the Fourth Brigade would probably be in trouble. Therefore, the 11th Brigade set off quickly in order to meet the 4th Brigade earlier.

The 10th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army and the newly formed 12th Brigade then set off. A large number of heavy weapons and baggage, also set off with them. Hezhou is a strong city, as the nest of the Ma Jiajun, it has always been a place for them to focus on construction and consolidation, and the defense power is many times higher than that of Maqin, and it is impossible for the Western Sichuan Army to take Hezhou like taking Maqin.

In addition, the main residents of the Hezhou area are **, who have been under the rule of Ma Jiajun all these years and are very xenophobic. This will also bring a lot of trouble to the advance and occupation of the Western Sichuan Army. This is also the reason why Wang Yuze and Cai Yun agreed to absorb the surrender of the Ma Jiajun on a large scale, with these own people, then Western Sichuan will have a ruling foundation here.

Last night, Ma Fulu sent his henchmen back to Yinchuan overnight to report his defection to his father Ma Qianling about his defection to the Western Sichuan Army, and at the same time elaborated on the reasons and his laws, as well as the attitude of the Western Sichuan Army towards the Ningma Army, etc. However, Ma Fulu is not sure whether Ma Qianling will agree. After all, Ma Qianling is also one of the founders of Ma Jiajun, and it was he and Ma Haiyan who helped Ma Zhanao together, and finally succeeded in the incident, so that today's Ma Jiajun is here. Although Ma Zhanao has passed away, these old people still remember the old love.

Maqin is 450 kilometers away from Hezhou, and it takes three days for the cavalry to recruit a new army. However, Yinchuan is even farther away from Maqin, a full 1,200 kilometers.

The Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army has been closely chasing Ma Guoliang's remnants of the defeated generals. Although Ma Guoliang's troops were stronger than the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, they were already frightened, and they really didn't have the courage to turn back and fight with the Western Sichuan Army. Moreover, they don't know if there are reinforcements from the Sichuan West Army behind the Fourth Brigade of the Sichuan West Army, and it will be bad if they are entangled by the Fourth Brigade of the West Sichuan Army.

Therefore, Ma Guoliang led the remnants of the Ma Jiajun to flee blindly for their lives, if they were not more familiar with the road conditions on the plateau, I am afraid they would have been caught up by the Western Sichuan Army! In this way, chasing and fleeing, many soldiers of the Ma Jiajun were captured or shot by the Western Sichuan Army because they fell behind. By the afternoon of the 15th, when Ma Guoliang led people back to Hezhou, there were only more than 5,000 soldiers left.

The remnants of the defeated army fled back to Hezhou, which immediately caused panic in Hezhou. There were more than 20,000 people when they set off, but now there are so many people left, even fools know that Ma Jiajun has suffered a big defeat this time, and the whole Hezhou is suddenly panicked, and many rich families have even been secretly cleaning up, and once the situation is wrong, they will flee immediately.

Ma Jiajun's military spirit was also turbulent, and when Ma Guoliang and them set off, everyone thought that they had a safe chance of winning. But now it is such an ending, which suddenly makes the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun have a deeper fear of the Western Sichuan Army.

After receiving the report, Ma Anliang, the governor of Gansu, was even more nervous and summoned Ma Guoliang as soon as possible.

"Guoliang, how is this doing? 20,000 troops, why is there only so much left? Ma Anliang asked angrily. The loss of 15,000 people was enough to break the Ma family's bones.

"Big brother, I'm sorry. The Western Sichuan Army is so powerful that the three of us together are no match for them! Ma Guoliang said with a decadent face.

"What the hell is going on? Make it clear to me! Ma Anliang asked viciously.

Ma Guoliang only then took a chance to tell Ma Anliang, during which the emphasis was on the strength of the firepower of the western Sichuan army.

Ma Anliang frowned, he found that he seemed to have underestimated the strength of the Western Sichuan Army, and he had to say that sending troops to help the Qingma Army this time was really provoking fire.

"Big brother, hurry up and order the troops from all over the world to return to Hezhou! The Western Sichuan Army will soon be coming. Ma Guoliang reminded.

"Hezhou City has a solid wall, but it's not so easy to break!" Ma Anliang is still very confident in the defense of Hezhou.

"Big brother, we can't treat the Western Sichuan Army with old eyes. The strength of the Western Sichuan Army is no longer comparable to that of more than ten years ago. Besides, they were able to fight us more than ten years ago, and we didn't have the power to fight back, and now? Our Ma Jiajun is still the same as it was more than ten years ago, but the Western Sichuan Army is already several times stronger than before. If they insist on taking Hezhou, it will be difficult for us to hold it! Ma Guoliang said. After seeing the terrifying firepower of the western Sichuan army, he really had little confidence in holding Hezhou.

"Boom! Rumble! "Suddenly, the sound of shelling was heard outside the city.

"Oops, the Western Sichuan Army is coming!" Ma Guoliang was shocked.

"Humph! You bear-like, the Western Sichuan Army can't get in! Ma Anliang glared at Ma Guoliang and said very unhappily. At the same time, the Union rushed to the city walls.

At this moment, the main force of the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army had arrived outside Hezhou City. The shelling just now was his temptation.

After discovering the traces of the Western Sichuan Army, the gate of Hezhou City had been closed, and the soldiers of the Ma Family Army on the city wall hid behind the female wall, frightened by the Western Sichuan Army outside the city.

"Brigade commander, I tried two shots, but it didn't cause much damage to the walls of Hezhou City. The walls of the river island are indeed very strong! Guo Defu, chief of staff of the Fourth Brigade, said.

"The walls of Hezhou are all built with hard stones, and I am afraid that they will have to be replaced with large-caliber heavy artillery and bombarded with armor-piercing shells. However, we only have infantry artillery in our hands now, and we can't gnaw at this strong city wall at all! Liu Zhiye, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, said with a frown.

"Let's talk about it when the reinforcements arrive! With so many people captured this time, a new unit will definitely be formed. When the time comes, let them charge, and we can provide them with fire support. Guo Defu said with a smile. In the eyes of the original generals of the Western Sichuan Army, these captured soldiers were just cannon fodder. The soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army are all precious, but these soldiers who have just defected to the Western Sichuan Army are different.

"Hmmm! Let's talk about it when the young marshal and the chief of staff come! Order the troops to prepare to camp and be prepared, lest the Ma family army steal the camp! Liu Zhiye ordered. After all, there are only more than 5,000 of them now, and there are more than 20,000 people in Hezhou City. If the Ma Jiajun launched a sneak attack at night, it would be really difficult to deal with.

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