When Ma Jian heard that the Chinese army had suddenly appeared from the sea and launched an attack on Wubao County, the imperial city of Chengcheng in the south, his first reaction was impossible.

After all, Ning Ze started a war with Tang Niu in Chizhou for a while, and fought with Lu Cong in Yuanzhou for a while, so why did a third one emerge and go directly to his hometown from the sea?

Later, I figured out that it was not Ning Ze who came from the sea to attack Wubao County, but the first ghost face general who accompanied him to fight in the south and the north, and was quite famous.

My hometown was attacked, is this worth it?

Although he couldn't understand what Ning Ze wanted to do in a three-sided battle, he couldn't hesitate at this time.

At that moment, he ordered Bai Jingtang and Bai Tingwan brothers to stay at the border, beware of the Chinese army violating the border, and took Feng Qiao to lead the troops back the same way, and rushed to the aid of Wubao County.

At the same time, the surrounding counties such as Baotai, Jinping, Minjiang, Qiangyang, and Zeshan immediately sent troops.

This road is so hot that I don't dare to stop at all.

Because the family is in the imperial city, if they are captured by the other party, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Day and night, through Chongwen, Jinping two counties, to the Minjiang River.

As soon as I arrived in the county town, I saw a large group of people come out to greet him.

The first person was Ma Jin, who rolled the saddle and fell off the horse in front of him, knelt on the ground and cried and pleaded: "Brother Huang, my brother has failed to live up to your trust, the imperial city is occupied by the enemy, and I am here to receive death!"

When Ma Jian heard this, he almost fell off his horse, and hurriedly asked, "Then your imperial sisters-in-law and nephews and nieces ......?"

"Brother Huang, don't worry!" Ma Jin said busily, "The younger brother saw that he couldn't defend himself, so he took all the imperial sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces to escape from Wubao County through the secret passage. Thanks to Mrs. Zhao's reminder......"

Knowing that his wife and children were fine, Ma Jian's hanging heart relaxed. But when he thought of the imperial city being occupied, he was still quite angry: "When I left, did you ever tell you to defend the imperial city?"

Ma Jin cried: "The younger brother has the heart to defend it, but he can't let the imperial sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces fall into the hands of the enemy. Now that I am willing to die, please deal with it according to military law!"

Of course, Ma Jian can't kill his own brother, but according to military law, if he is ordered to defend the imperial city, he loses it, which is a capital crime. If you don't deal with it according to law, how can you explain it to your subordinates? Governing the country requires laws, and if you take the lead in violating it, the people below will still be in awe and abide by it?

When he was distressed, the servant Zhao Tong stepped forward and said, "The enemy pretended to be General Jiao to deceive and open the city gate, and he was caught off guard. If he defends it to the death, His Majesty's wife and children, and even the hundred military officials of the Chinese dynasty will all fall into the hands of the enemy, and this is the foundation that has been broken! General Ma immediately made a decision and abandoned the city, so that the foundation would not fall into the hands of the enemy and make His Majesty subject to others. General Ma's merits and demerits are offset by the crime, and he should be exempted from capital crimes!"

The civil and military officials who escaped with Ma Jin all stepped forward to plead, and of course they saw that Ma Jian didn't want to kill his younger brother, but just needed a step. Zhao Tong hurriedly handed over the steps, of course, everyone pushed the boat along the water, and they could also leave a good impression in front of Ma Jian.

Seeing this situation, Ma Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this step was placed very well, and he could go down with the trend.

Feng Qiao next to him said: "The enemy is current, and the general who is good at killing is unknown!"

Everyone gave the steps, and Ma Jian loudly reprimanded his younger brother: "If it weren't for the intercession of the ministers today, I would have beheaded you!" Go down and get twenty military sticks, recapture the imperial city with me, and make meritorious contributions!"

"Brother Xie Huang's grace not to kill!" Although Ma Jin took the initiative to ask for death, where did he really want to die? Kowtow to Ma Jian to thank him, and nodded at Zhao Tong and the civil and military officials who interceded for him.

Ma Jian did not stay in Minjiang County for long, and after ensuring that his family was safe, he let them stay here temporarily, led the army, took Ma Jin and Ma Lian, and slaughtered Wubao County.

During the period when Ma Jian led the troops back to help, Wang Wei ordered to empty Wubao County, whether it was the inner treasury of the palace, the "treasury" of the imperial city, the private treasury of the hundred official residences that were too late to take away when retreating, and even the gold and silver carved pillars and valuable decorations throughout the palace, just like robbery, everything that could be taken away was taken away, and the large items that were not easy to take were also smashed into gold and silver nuggets for transportation.

In just a few days, the entire splendid palace was full of potholes, which looked particularly miserable.

Why can it be dismantled so quickly?

It turned out that Wang Wei sent all the captives to do hard labor, plus his own army, and the efficiency was extremely fast.

The palace and the official residence were swept empty like locusts.

The military rations, armor and equipment of Wubao County were also transported.

Wang Wei was responsible for grabbing all kinds of resources, while Chu Wenxiu and Huang Shao summoned the people of the whole city to hype up the propaganda and arranged for some soldiers who fled from Wuzhou to Huaguo in the early days to explain to the people the policy of benefiting the people and the benefits of joining Huaguo. Anyway, if you have money, you can be richer over there. In the past, when there was no money, as long as you were willing to contribute to the distribution of houses and fields, you could not only be fed and clothed, but also save a lot of money and food and live a good life.

In fact, it was Ning Ze who copied the way of the pyramid scheme, but the policies and promised conditions were true.

There are many people who do not want to believe it, and say in their hearts that there is such a good thing? Some people are unable to leave their homeland, and even if they are a little tempted, they still do not want to leave their hometown.

Even so, there are 300,000 or 400,000 people who are willing to cross the sea with the Chinese army, which is not a small number.

It is not easy for so many people to be transported together, and the ships of the Chinese army are full of all kinds of gold, silver, treasures, and military rations.

Chu Wenxiu had already thought about hiring all the merchant ships of the local chamber of commerce to transport people who were willing to settle in China.

At the same time, heavy money was requisitioned from fishing boats of all sizes, and by the way, even fishermen were deceived together.

A few days were in full swing, and the multi-threaded work was well organized in various parts of the port of Wubao County.

It stands to reason that the mass migration of hundreds of thousands of people is simply not enough time in a few days. But Chu Wenxiu had already made a plan and prepared in advance before he came. It was so easy to transport people away, and there was no confusion at all.

When Ma Jian arrived in Wubao County, except for nearly half of the population that was difficult to leave his homeland, the entire city was empty, in stark contrast to the excitement of the past.

As for Wang Wei's army, it had already crossed the sea and left without a trace.

Although it didn't take a single soldier to recapture Wubao County, the palace was in tatters, and it was shocking at a glance. The "national treasury" and "inner treasury" were all looted, and weapons, armor, war horses, and military rations were also swept away, leaving nothing left, which dealt a major blow to Ma Jian.

The civil and military officials came to cry again, and it turned out that their mansions were like locusts crossing the border, and all valuable things were also robbed.

Ma Jian almost turned his back on his anger, and in anger he sent troops to the sea to pursue, vowing to sink the Chinese navy and regain everything that belonged to him.

It's just that the army can't catch up when it goes to sea, and the people [www.biqugexx.xyz] have already evacuated in batches in advance and went east with the wind.

This made Ma Jian unbearable: "Ning Ze is bullying people too much! The generals will go to sea with me to fight back, and they will definitely let him know that he is powerful!"

Nancheng's navy is more powerful than Huaguo, and if the other party can do it, of course Nancheng's navy can! Ma Jian thought so in his heart and was ready to do so.

Feng Qiao hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive! Now that Wubao County has been destroyed by the enemy, the treasury has been plundered, the private property of officials has been seized, and hundreds of thousands of people have left with the enemy army, our vitality has been greatly damaged! If we want to take revenge, we need to forcibly levy military rations from other counties and counties, which will only increase the burden on the people everywhere, and it is extremely inappropriate! The most important thing at present is to allocate the population, fill the vacancies that have been robbed by the enemy army, and ensure that the imperial city will regain its popularity. At the same time, without affecting the administrative operations of the local government and increasing the pressure on the people in the country, he tried to transfer some money, silver, and military rations for the repair of the imperial palace. ”

Feng Qiao's words were unanimously agreed by the civil and military officials, and they couldn't leave the dilapidated palace and the empty Wubao County to fight first.

Fighting a war requires a lot of money and military rations, and these funds don't need to repair the imperial city and restore their vitality, so how can it be done?

Putting the dilapidated imperial city away, it is the face of Nancheng's civil and military officials, and even more of Ma Jian's own face.

In case other forces sent envoys over, or some influential figures saw it, Nan Cheng's face would be gone.

Although Ma Jian was so angry, he calmed down in the face of the admonitions of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Come to think of it, it is. The most important thing at the moment is to repair the city destroyed by the enemy as soon as possible, and regardless of the previous reasons, if nearby pirates come over, the defense of the damaged Wubao County city and level is not as good as before, which is also a big trouble.

There is no way, so I can only grit my teeth and endure it for the time being, and wait until the affairs of the imperial city are dealt with, and then find a chance to retaliate.

During this time, the looting display on the border of Jiangzhou was carried out, and he originally took some small advantage, but he thought that the other party would appear directly from the sea and attack his base camp.

The most depressing thing is that the border has been grabbed so much, which is not at all a tenth of the loss this time.

Not to mention that Ma Jian was so angry, but he couldn't leave the imperial city alone, and vowed to take revenge in the future.

Wang Wei returned with a full load, and returned with more than 2 million gold, 3 million quintals of military rations, and 450,000 people obtained from plundering Nancheng's "treasury", the inner treasury of the imperial palace, and the mansions of hundreds of officials.

No matter how much you loot on the border, it is limited, and the border counties are the most dangerous, and there are often wars, which is like the imperial capital of all forces?

The Chinese army was quite kind, but they only robbed the palace and the mansion of the hundred officials. If you are ruthless and pluck the goose, the wealth in the hands of the wealthy businessmen and gentry and the people of the whole city can be multiplied several times.

Of course, this will lose the support of the people, and the capture of Wuzhou in the future will definitely be desperately resisted by the local people, and there is no need.

If you build a city, and the people have to fight with you throughout the whole process, it will be meaningless!

It is not realistic to return to Huajun by sea with so much gold and silver treasures, military rations, and civilians.

After all, it is too dangerous for them to take the same risk as the Chinese army.

So the fleet approached Jiangzhou directly, preparing to land and then set off by land to transport supplies and people to the imperial city.

Before he got close to Jiangzhou, Chu Wenxiu found Wang Wei: "At present, the soldiers and horses of all counties in Wuzhou should arrive in Wubao County, and Ma Jian also thought that our army would evacuate directly with the captured materials and population. If the general suddenly counterattacks the coastal counties, he will definitely be able to win by surprise!"