Chapter Seventy-Three: The Battle of the Back City
"Rebel! You rebel! How did I, Ma Haiyan, give birth to a son like you! You immediately leave the Western Sichuan Army, otherwise I won't recognize you as a son. You will become a traitor to our Ma Jiajun and be punished with death! Ma Haiyan roared like an angry lion, and his son's betrayal hit him extraordinarily, even worse than the previous defeat in Dongdigou.
"Father, don't be obsessed, the Ma family army is divided into one side, and it will not end well if you follow the Manchu Dynasty. You better hurry up and join me in the Western Sichuan Army! Ma Qi also persuaded. In any case, if you can avoid father and son fighting on the battlefield, that is the most important thing.
"Phew! You rebel. I, Ma Haiyan, don't have your son. Come on, attack the city, kill that rebel for me! Ma Haiyan ordered loudly. Obviously, he was very disappointed with what Ma Qi had done, and he was completely dead to Ma Qi.
In addition, Ma Qi, who was standing on the city wall, was also very disappointed when he heard that Ma Haiyan was actually going to kill him. At the same time, he also strengthened his idea of following the Western Sichuan Army.
"Uncle, rest your anger, stop your anger! The firepower of the Western Sichuan Army is so strong, if we forcibly attack the city, we will suffer heavy losses! Ma Guoliang hurriedly persuaded Ma Haiyan.
"Yes, uncle. Attacking the western Sichuan army still needs to be considered in the long run! Ma Fulu also persuaded. The western Sichuan army is now defending the city, and it has strong fire support, and if it attacks the city now, it is simply hitting a stone with an egg!
"Alas! I really don't know what mistake my Ma Haiyan committed to give birth to such a son. Two virtuous nephews, the battle will be handed over to the two of you to command, I will not interfere, the remaining forces of the Green Horse Army are at your disposal! Ma Haiyan looked exhausted, and the successive blows, coupled with the long-distance travel during this time, made his body a little unbearable.
"Yes, uncle. Rest assured, we will definitely save the Ma Qi brothers. We believe that the reason why he said these words was completely forced by the Western Sichuan Army. He is the elite of our Ma Jiajun, how can he take refuge in western Sichuan? Ma Guoliang comforted.
"Alas! Let's hope so! Ma Haiyan shook his head speechlessly, and rode away. His back looks so lonely at the moment.
"Brother Fulu, how are you going to fight this battle? If the western Sichuan army is based on the city, we have no way! Ma Guoliang said on the wall of Maqin City.
"The battle between the Qingma Army and the Western Sichuan Army in the East Dipping Ditch has once again proved that if we launch an attack in the face of the superior firepower of the Western Sichuan Army, there is no way to win. If the western Sichuan army can go out of the city to fight with us in the field, then we may have a chance of winning! Ma Fulu said.
"But how could the Western Sichuan Army give up its superiority and fight with us in a field battle?" Ma Guoliang shook his head.
"It's hard to say. The Western Sichuan Army obviously came here this time to completely solve our Ma Jiajun. If there was a chance to win a fight, would they give it up? In this way, we asked them to fight outside the city, and the two sides set up positions, and they should not refuse! Ma Fulu said.
"Good!" Ma Guoliang nodded, and then, under the protection of several guards, rode forward, came to the city wall of your Maqin City less than a kilometer, passed a simple horn, and shouted loudly to the city wall: "Listen to the Sichuan army in the city, if you have the courage, go out of the city and fight with our Ma family's army, if we win, you must withdraw from Qinghai!" ”
"And what if we win?" Wang Yuze responded loudly.
"If you win, Qinghai will be yours!" Ma Guoliang replied without thinking about it.
"Good! Deal. You wait, tomorrow we will go out of the city and fight! Wang Yuze responded.
"Okay, it's refreshing enough, it's a man!" Ma Guoliang said overjoyed. As long as they leave Maqin City, the combat power of the Western Sichuan Army will be greatly reduced, even if the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army is fierce, but if the Ma Jiajun is scattered and attacks from all sides, it can effectively disperse the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army, and occupy a huge advantage in strength, and their Ma Jiajun may not have no chance of winning.
Subsequently, after achieving their goal, the Ma Jiajun slowly retreated, and set up camp less than ten kilometers away from Maqin City, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow's battle. This time, the three Ma Jiajun joined forces, if they couldn't drive the western Sichuan army out, then how could they have the face to continue to crisscross the northwest region?
In Maqin City, Wang Yuze, Cai Yun, and the high-ranking members of the 10th Brigade and the 11th Brigade also gathered together to discuss tomorrow's battle.
"Chief of Staff, I'm really sorry that I promised to go out of the city to fight tomorrow!" Wang Yuze first admitted his mistake. After all, although he is a young marshal, but now Cai Yun is the supreme commander of this operation, in fact, he is just learning and exercising with Cai Yun, and he does not have any power, but everyone respects his identity and his appearance during this time, so he is allowed to participate in the awareness.
"It's okay, I couldn't agree more with your decision. The purpose of this attack on Ma Jiajun is to solve Ma Jiajun in one fell swoop, not to occupy a little bit of territory. In order to completely solve the Ma Jiajun, it is necessary to eliminate all the elite cavalry of the Ma Jiajun. If we defend the city, the Ma army will not attack the city lightly, and we will not achieve our goal! Cai Yun said with a smile.
"Young marshal, don't worry, chief of staff! Tomorrow will be our 10th Brigade, this time we will also be able to make Ma Jiajun's head bleed! Zhao Bowen, the commander of the 10th Brigade, assured loudly. The battle of the East Dipping Ditch once again made him more confident.
"Young Marshal, Chief of Staff. Although the equipment of our 11th Brigade is not good, our combat effectiveness is also beyond doubt. This time, we have to go to war no matter what! Ma Qi also hurriedly asked Zhandao. He was anxious to defeat Ma Jiajun, so as to prove himself in front of Ma Haiyan, prove that his decision was correct, and prove that it was a completely wise choice for him to defect to the Western Sichuan Army.
"Don't worry! This time, there are 40,000 people in the Ma family's army, and we must be cautious. Both the 10th and 11th Brigades will have to fight hard to win! Cai Yun said.
"That's right, Chief of Staff. Where did the troops of the 4th Brigade go? They can still catch up with tomorrow's big battle, right? Wang Yuze asked. The 4th Brigade will be used as a cavalry, and in the case of inferior troops, the 4th Brigade's more than 5,000 reinforcements will be a great help.
"The Fourth Brigade, led by Brigade Commander Liu Zhiye and Chief of Staff Guo Defu, has arrived in Wuhema. Once the battle is on, be ready to fight in two hours! Cai Yun said.
"Well, I think we have a good chance of winning this fight." Wang Yuze said with a smile.
"Let's go down and get ready! Go out of town early tomorrow morning to fight! Cai Yun ordered.
"Yes!" The generals of the 10th and 11th Brigades all stood up and saluted, and then withdrew from the military tent.
"Uncle Cai, if these Ma Jiajun are resolved, there should be no army in the entire Qinghai and Gansu that can resist our attack anymore, right?" Wang Yuze said.
"If we can completely annihilate the Ma Jiajun on the opposite side, there will be less than 40,000 people left in the entire Ma Jiajun, and they will be in Hezhou and Yinchuan respectively, as long as we can quickly capture Hezhou after defeating the enemy on the opposite side. Then, the entire Qinghai and Gansu provinces belong to us! Cai Yun said.
"What about the Qing court's army? Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, still had more than 10,000 people in Lanzhou. Wang Yuze asked.
"Humph! The 10,000 old soldiers? Any battalion would be able to defeat them. If they play, it will give us an excuse to take Lanzhou. Cai Yun said disdainfully.
For the Manchu army, except for the 200,000 new army, the rest of the army was really not taken into account by the western Sichuan army. Whether it is the children of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the green battalion of the Han army, they have long since declined.
On April 14, at six o'clock in the morning, the western Sichuan army got up, and after breakfast, a group of soldiers went out of the north gate of Maqin City under the leadership of generals at all levels, preparing to have a head-to-head duel with the Ma Jiajun again, and defeat the opposite Ma Jiajun in one fell swoop.
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