Chapter XXXVII
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Ma Zihui hurried all the way, and it took three days to return to Binzhou. This is because of the heavy snowfall, otherwise it would have taken only two days to travel all the way.
After returning to the mansion where the Ma family's father and son temporarily lived, Ma Zihui met his father Ma Tengxi and his younger brother Ma Zijie in the study.
The current situation of the Ma family father and son is very bad, there are not many people left in the army, plus the morale is low, and there is a lack of food and clothing. So much so that it was about to be unbearable. If they don't get support, I'm afraid that Cheng Dequan's attack after the beginning of spring will be able to destroy them all.
Seeing that Ma Zihui was back, a glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of Ma Tengxi and Ma Zijie.
"Zihui, what's wrong? Wu Xingquan, what do they say? Ma Tengxi looked forward to it.
"Big brother, are they willing to send troops to help us recapture Heilongjiang?" Ma Zijie's ambition is obviously greater, and he also wants to rely on the power of Wu Xingquan's father and son to help them enter Heilongjiang and become a veritable overlord.
"Dad, Uncle Wu, they promised to give us a batch of food and clothing to help us survive this winter!" Ma Zihui said.
"What else?" Ma Zijie asked eagerly. Food and clothing were also lacking, but that was not the most important thing. What they lack is weapons and ammunition, and if Wu Xingquan's father and son can send troops to help them directly, it will be the best.
"No, weapons and ammunition, they themselves lack. As for sending troops to help us, they politely refused! ”
The hope in Ma Tengxi's eyes was suddenly shattered, which made him look even older. He is not yet fifty years old, and a lot of gray hair has appeared on his head.
"Why? Do they want to die without help? With the relationship between our two families, they didn't even lend a helping hand at this time. Could it be that they want to take our inheritance? Ma Zijie yelled, as if Wu Xingquan's father and son had an obligation to send troops to help them. He didn't think at all that Wu Xingquan's father and son didn't owe them anything at all.
"It's not like they're dying, if they don't give us food and clothing, we won't even be able to survive this winter!" Ma Zihui said.
"Shit! I think that guy with Wu Da's tongue wants to see us and Cheng Dequan fight to the death, and then they can sit and reap the profits, what a vicious guy! Ma Zijie scolded that now he has no respect for etiquette at all.
Ma Zihui frowned and didn't say anything more. Of course, Wu Xingquan's father and son were unwilling to send troops to help them, which made him a little unhappy. However, it is also understandable. After all, if it were him, he wouldn't be so generous.
"Dad, what should we do now? Wu Da tongue doesn't help us, so how will we deal with Cheng Dequan next year? Ma Zijie was a little anxious. When the time comes, not only don't you want to enter Heilongjiang, but you will even lose your life! Cheng Dequan is not a good man and a woman.
"Alas! That's our own reason. You shouldn't have stayed in Mukden for too long, so that you lost the best opportunity to enter Heilongjiang! Ma Tengxi sighed. If they had arrived in Heilongjiang before winter arrived, the situation would have been completely different.
A trace of unnaturalness flashed on Ma Zijie's face, the reason why the Ma family sent troops to Heilongjiang so late had a lot to do with him. Although Ma Tengxi has been appointed as the overseer of Heilongjiang, he always dislikes Heilongjiang too badly and wants to stay in Fengtian Province. It's just that the strength of the Ma family is too weak, and if you want to grab Fengtian Province with Zhang Yuting, it is almost impossible.
Therefore, Ma Zijie pinned his hopes on the outbreak of a big war between Feng Linge and Zhang Yuting, he thought that Feng Linge would definitely not go to Rehe willingly, and would inevitably break out a big war with Zhang Yuting in order to compete for Fengtian Province. When the time comes, they will be able to profit from it, and maybe they will be able to take the opportunity to seize Mukden Province.
Unfortunately, the situation developed completely as he expected. After Wu Xingquan's father and son opened up the situation in Jilin Province, Feng Linge led the army to Rehe, obviously, Feng Linge also knew that now was not the time to compete with Zhang Yuting. This suddenly embarrassed the status of the Ma family's father and son. Zhang Yuting was unwilling to let the Ma family father and son continue to stay in Fengtian Province, so he kept asking them to go north, and finally even sent troops to threaten them. There was no way, the Ma family father and son had to go north. However, this has made them lose the best opportunity to seize Heilongjiang, which can be described as stealing chickens and not losing a handful of rice. This leads directly to the current predicament.
It's just that Ma Zijie never thinks it's his fault, but thinks that his calculations are correct, it's just bad luck. Now Wu Xingquan's father and son refused to send troops to help them, so he directly blamed Wu Xingquan's father and son, thinking that they disregarded brotherhood.
"Zihui, do you have any other gains in Jilin?" Ma Tengxi asked. He began to plan for the Ma family's future. If the entry into Heilongjiang is not successful, then it is necessary to leave a way back for the Ma family, otherwise, it will not be exterminated.
"Dad, I'm in Jilin, it's really an eye-opener! Uncle Wu and his father and son can be said to be a mixed wind and water in Jilin, and the army alone has expanded to more than 55,000 people. Moreover, they also built their own arsenal. It is estimated that their strength will further expand in the future. Ma Zihui said.
"What? More than 55,000 people, so many? And its own arsenal? Ma Tengxi was also taken aback. In such a short period of time, Wu Xingquan's strength has developed so fast, which is greatly beyond his expectations! You must know that after the defeat, his remaining army is only more than 6,000 people, and Wu Xingquan's army is almost ten times that of him.
"They have so many troops and their own arsenal, but they are not willing to help us, which is clearly ignoring brotherhood!" Ma Zijie can be described as gritting his teeth with hatred. In his opinion, Wu Xingquan's father and son actually have such great strength, it is easy to help them. With the relationship between the two families, Wu Xingquan's father and son should have pulled them in their crisis. Of course, this is Ma Zijie's own natural idea.
"Yes, I couldn't believe it when I first opened it, Uncle Wu and they have such a big family business." Ma Zihui sighed.
"It seems that we all underestimate that little guy Haoxuan. During his four years in the United States, there must have been something going on that we didn't even know about. Ma Tengxi said and immediately understood that the reason why Wu Xingquan and they were able to have such a big family business was inseparable from Wu Haoxuan. As for Wu Xingquan, he was originally a person with no ambitions, which Ma Tengxi knew very well.
Ma Zihui nodded: "When I asked them for help, it seemed that Hao Xuan was in charge of this matter in the end, and Uncle Wu did not object. Therefore, Haoxuan is probably the one who is really in charge now. ”
"How is this possible? The little guy was only twenty years old. He was just a slug following our buttocks, how could he call the shots for Wu Da's tongue? Ma Zijie would never believe that Wu Haoxuan had reached this point, and he had surpassed him by much.
"In addition, I also learned that not long ago, they had just clashed with the Japanese." Ma Zihui reporter said.
"Hmph. If a bold guy dares to offend the Japanese, he is simply looking for death. Ma Zijie said, as if Wu Haoxuan's father and son had offended the Japanese and made him very relieved.
Ma Zihui glanced at Ma Zijie, and he seemed speechless for this disciple.
In the end, however, it was the Japanese who backed down. Even the Japanese stationed in Gongzhuling and other parts of Jilin were very restrained. ”
Suddenly, this sentence made Ma Zijie stunned, as if he had seen something absolutely impossible: "This is impossible? The Japanese can even defeat Lao Maozi, how can they be afraid of Wu Xingquan's father and son? It's absolutely impossible! ”
Not only did Ma Zijie refuse to believe this, but even Ma Tengxi's eyes were full of doubts. Obviously, they were greatly shocked by the victory of the Japanese in the war last year, and they had already regarded the Japanese as impossibly defeated.
"Father, this is true." Ma Zihui said.
Ma Tengxi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "It seems that we have underestimated Jilin, to be precise, we have underestimated Haoxuan, he is even stronger than we imagined." ”
"Father, what should we do? That little rabbit cub doesn't count if he has Jilin, he still has to come to rob our Heilongjiang. Ma Zijie gritted his teeth, his face was full of naked jealousy, jealous that Wu Haoxuan now had strong strength, but they couldn't even keep their foundation.
Ma Tengxi also frowned and was silent. When Wu Haoxuan just came back, he saw that Wu Haoxuan was not a thing in the pool. But he didn't expect that Wu Haoxuan's ability still exceeded his imagination!
"Dad, otherwise, let's marry the Wu family, in this case, there may be a turnaround." Ma Zihui said that this was the way he thought of on the way back. If the Ma family and the Wu family can form an in-law, it will be a family. Then, maybe you can ask the Wu family to help them recapture Heilongjiang. This, of course, is the most optimistic outcome.
"That's right! Let Xiaomei and Wu Haoxuan get married, in this case, are they still embarrassed to annex our Heilongjiang? Ma Zijie also smiled, as if he had seen hope. As for whether his little sister agreed, this was not considered by them at all.
Ma Tengxi also hesitated, and he also realized that this seemed to be an opportunity to get out of the predicament.