Chapter 318: Suffering the Consequences of One's Actions

"Kill!"

When Ma Jin was in doubt, a large number of Xiliang soldiers suddenly rushed out from the woods on both sides of the official road.

Seeing the Ma family soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers were particularly jealous and swung their swords to slash at the Ma family soldiers.

"Ah..."

Immediately, blood splattered in the Ma family army and screamed.

"No, this is not right." Ma Jin was panicked.

What is going on? Why do the Xiliang people want to fight them? Aren't they cooperating well?

"General, what should we do now?" A general came to Ma Jin with an anxious look.

Ma Jin was hesitant to give orders after hearing this.

He still suspected that this was a misunderstanding, and he only needed to explain it clearly, and the Xiliang soldiers would withdraw.

But he couldn't tell the general in front of him.

He ignored the general and searched the army.

He found his trusted general and immediately asked someone to call him.

At the same time, he saw a familiar figure in the Xiliang army.

This person was none other than Prache.

"Hurry, go to Prache to explain." Ma Jin urged.

As he spoke, more and more soldiers from Xiliang rushed out from both sides.

Because they did not receive orders from the generals, they did not know what to do and could only fight with the Xiliang soldiers in a scattered manner.

But under the attack of the Xiliang soldiers, they kept retreating.

At this moment, the generals around Ma Jin led the cavalry to rush towards Prache.

Ma Jin watched the generals nervously.

But just when the generals were about to reach Prache.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows flew towards them.

The general was shot and fell down immediately.

This scene was seen by Ma Jin, and he was immediately cold from head to toe.

Prache knew this general, and now he actually killed his confidant.

So now all this is not a misunderstanding at all, but a long-planned attack.

"Retreat, retreat..." Ma Jin ordered immediately.

Although Prache had only 30,000 people, they were ambushed.

And their Ma family army was not prepared at all, and the sudden attack was very chaotic.

In just a quarter of an hour, thousands of soldiers died at the hands of Xiliang soldiers.

If it continues, there will only be more casualties.

As for annihilating this group of Xiliang soldiers, he never thought about it at all

Because that would cause more casualties. His Ma family came to Jinzhou to take advantage, not to suffer losses.

Only by retreating can the losses be minimized.

After receiving his order, the generals immediately returned to the army and fled south with their soldiers.

The Xiliang soldiers chased and killed for ten miles and gradually stopped.

Prachet spitted at the direction where the Ma family army fled. After a fight, at least five or six thousand Ma family soldiers were killed and wounded, and the hatred in his heart was slightly relieved.

"Deputy leader, what should we do next? Go to Jincheng?" A general asked.

Prachet nodded, "The leader is still in Jincheng. Even if Jincheng cannot be saved, the leader must be rescued."

After that, he immediately asked the generals to reorganize the army and go to Jincheng.

...

One day later.

Jincheng.

Zhao Xu was sitting in the Jincheng government office at this moment, flipping through the battle report sent by Chang Wei.

At this time, there was a sound of horse hooves outside the door.

Then a scout came in.

"Your Highness, the Xiliang soldiers and the Ma family have fought." The scout said.

Hearing this news, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at each other and laughed.

"I didn't expect that my plan to alienate the people would succeed." Zhao Xu said.

This is the plan he talked about with the generals that day.

After all, although the Ma family and Xiliang are colluding again.

But one thing is certain, Xiliang and the Ma family will definitely not trust each other 100%.

As long as he makes a little move to make them suspicious, then this plan will work.

But now this alienation plan is more effective than he thought.

The Xiliang people actually attacked the Ma family army.

Now Ma Jin must be very embarrassed, right?

"I can only say that your highness is really wise and brave." Chang Wei grinned.

The scout continued, "Also, the soldiers of Xiliang ambushed the Ma family's army and continued to move towards Jincheng. Now there is only half a day's journey left."

"It's really like a moth flying into a flame." Zhao Xu frowned, "It seems that Murong Wuji has a very high status in the hearts of these Xiliang generals."

"Indeed, Murong Wuji is famous in Xiliang, and he is also the younger brother of Xiliang Chanyu Murong Hao." Chang Wei said, "This time he died in the hands of your highness, I am afraid that Xiliang will not give up and send a large army for revenge."

"If it is really a fight to the death, this king will really fall into the quagmire of war, not to mention that Jili has asked Beidi for help. Once the news of the destruction of the Xiliang army and the fall of Jincheng reaches the ears of the Beidi people, the Beidi will definitely go south." Zhao Xu murmured.

Then he stood up and paced a few steps, "So, before Beidi gets the news, this king wants you to lead the troops to take Tongguan immediately and cut off the path for Xiliang to invade Jinzhou. You can't wait any longer." Zhao Xu said.

Jinzhou has two mountain ranges in the east and west.

In modern times, the western one is called the Luliang Mountains, and the eastern one is called the Taihang Mountains.

The two mountain ranges meet in the north, and the Yin Mountains are further north.

There is an important pass here, called Tongguan, and in modern history it is called Yanmenguan.

With this pass, the northern gate of Jinzhou is closed, and the west has the natural barriers of Jinhe River and Luliang Mountain, which neither Xiliang nor Beidi can pass through.

Now the main force of Xiliang in Jinzhou has been eliminated.

There are not many defenders in Tongguan, and it is the best time to take it before Beidi reacts.

Otherwise, it will be too late to wait for Beidi to go south.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded. The importance of the customs clearance is self-evident. The King of Jin was convicted of a crime and died in prison because of the loss of Tongguan.

He turned and left.

He immediately summoned the generals to arrange how to deal with this Xiliang army.

But even if this Xiliang army did not come, they would still have to encircle and suppress it.

Immediately, he said to Chen Hu and Zhongli: "This Xiliang army has only a small number of cavalry. This battle will be mainly handed over to you."

Zhongli and Chen Hu came all the way, almost playing soy sauce all the way, just watching the infantry killing.

Now Chang Wei finally assigned them an important task, and the two were immediately excited.

At present, Zhongli has 8,000 cavalry.

And Chen Hu has 3,000 heavy cavalry.

After the annihilation of the Yuan family, Chen Hu's heavy cavalry and Zhongli's light cavalry were expanded.

Chang Wei gave Zhongli 15,000 soldiers.

The number of soldiers given to Chen Hu was 6,000, after all, heavy cavalry was too expensive.

However, in order to guard against the Northern Di, some troops were sent to Yanguan.

"Yes, General, we must fight a good battle." The two said at the same time.

However, cavalry is a treasure in Chang Wei's heart.

He continued: "I will command 20,000 flintlock soldiers to meet the enemy head-on."

In the afternoon.

Scouts kept sending news.

The Xiliang soldiers approached Jincheng, and suddenly went west 30 miles away, and no longer set out for Jincheng.

Upon hearing this news, Chang Wei knew that the Xiliang commander must have learned that Jincheng was breached and was preparing to flee far away.

However, he thought of this possibility in advance and immediately led Zhongli to set off.

Use cavalry to intercept Xiliang's retreat.

At the same time, he personally led 20,000 flintlock soldiers, ordered the soldiers to take off their armor, chase lightly, and let Chen Hu's heavy infantry follow.