Chapter 348: Massacre

"Gee, gee..."

At the east gate of Xiancheng, Dianzhang broke through the gatekeepers and disappeared into the darkness with Ma Yue.

They had not walked two miles when they heard several bowstring sounds behind them.

"Ah..." Ma Yue screamed in the darkness and was about to fall off his horse.

Dianzhang was quick and pulled Ma Yue onto his warhorse.

In the dim light, he saw a sharp arrow pierce through Ma Yue's back and out of his chest.

"Dianzhang, I'm afraid I can't make it. You should leave me behind and take my military token to Sizhou. Then send someone to Yancheng to welcome Ma Han back and raise an army to clean up Ma Jin, the rebel of the Ma family." Ma Yue's voice was faint as he stuffed a cold object into Dianzhang's hand. It was the military token.

"Sir..." Dianzhang shouted.

"Hurry up!"

Seeing the fire behind him getting closer and closer, Ma Yue used up his last bit of strength to push Dianzhang hard and rolled off his horse.

Dianzhang almost gnashed his teeth and held the military token tightly.

He turned his head and looked at the thick darkness, then he whipped his horse whip and rushed forward.

Half an hour later, the cavalry chasing him were gradually thrown away by him.

He continued to travel eastward, and two days later, a majestic pass appeared in front of him.

This majestic pass faces the Jin River in the north and steep mountains in the south.

Behind the majestic pass is Sizhou, and this pass is the Qin Pass, which is known as the second pass of Dasong.

At present, this pass is guarded by the soldiers under Ma Yue.

After passing the Qin Pass, he immediately went to see the Qin Pass commander and showed Ma Yue's military token.

"This is indeed the military token of the governor." Ma Shen, the Qin Pass commander, took the military token from Dianzhang and frowned.

"Ma Jin is crazy. Now he has killed all the elders. I am afraid that he will lead an army to Sizhou next. We should close the city gates and take back the young master." Dianzhang said.

Ma Shen has not recovered from what Dianzhang told him yet.

Although the powerful families are also full of conflicts of interest, the Ma family has never had such a big disaster.

But at the moment, he did not dare to believe Dianzhang's one-sided words.

So he ordered the preparation of materials for defending the city while sending people to Xiancheng to inquire secretly.

Dianzhang continued to travel east to Luocheng, the seat of Sizhou, and brought the news to Ma Yue's eldest son, Ma Lan.

But what he did not expect was that when he met Ma Lan, he also met a familiar person, who was Ma Yuan.

"Ma Yushi." Dianzhang said in surprise.

Ma Lan smiled lightly, "Now you can't call me Ma Yushi, you have to call me Mazhou Mu. From now on, Jinzhou will be managed by my uncle, hahaha."

Just yesterday, Ma Yuan arrived in Luocheng.

After reminiscing about the past with him, the next thing they talked about was welcoming Ma Han back to Qinzhou.

He and his father have always been good friends with Ma Xuan and his son.

And even according to the ancestral system of the Ma family, Ma Han should inherit the Ma family.

If Ma Han is not qualified, all the elders will decide whether to choose someone else.

He was even happier when he learned that Ma Yuan was appointed as the governor of Jinzhou.

Although he knew the temperament of this uncle, Ma Yuan's appointment as the governor of Jinzhou still expanded the power of the Ma family in the eyes of outsiders.

Ma Lan was mediocre among the children of the Ma family and was always careless.

He was so happy that he didn't notice the abnormality of Dianzhang, but Ma Yuan saw it at this time.

Not to mention that Dianzhang's armor was covered with blood, but Dianzhang's expression was also very solemn.

He ignored Ma Lan who was talking to himself, and asked, "General Dian, what happened?"

Dian Zhang dragged the military token in his hand and handed it to the two of them, "Ma Jin summoned the elders to discuss the matter of welcoming back the young master, but killed them at the banquet. Ma Yuezhou Mu was shot and killed by an arrow when he was fleeing with me. Before he died, he ordered me to go to Sizhou to raise troops to attack Ma Jin and welcome back the young master."

The smile on Ma Lan's face froze, and he stammered, "You...you...what did you say?"

"The elder Ma Yue was killed by Ma Jin." Dian Zhang repeated.

Ma Lan looked at the military token in Dian Zhang's hand, and then thought about what Dian Zhang said. His eyes rolled up and he fainted and fell backwards.

Ma Yuan hurriedly supported Ma Lan and pinched his Ren Zhong.

After a while, Ma Lan woke up and cried loudly, "Dad, my dad..."

Ma Yuan shook his head. He knew Ma Lan's temperament. He was just a nerd.

Although he has read a lot of books, he is a bit dull and cannot handle the big task.

Although he was also extremely shocked, he forced himself to calm down and said, "I have met Ma Han in Yancheng. There is no time to lose. I should go to Yancheng immediately to pick up Ma Han and take charge of the overall situation of the Ma family."

Dianzhang nodded and said, "Ma Jin holds a large number of Ma family troops. I am afraid that the troops of Sizhou alone will not be able to resist. I hope you can borrow troops from the King of Yan to eliminate Ma Jin."

"The King of Yan has agreed to lend troops to Ma Han, but it's a pity that my Ma family has suffered such a disaster." Ma Yuan sighed.

After deciding this matter, he immediately set off for Yancheng.

Now Ma Jin has done such a crazy thing.

No one in the Ma family can control him.

The only way is for Ma Han to borrow the troops of the King of Yan to pacify the Ma family.

...

Yancheng.

After three consecutive days of travel, Ma Yuan arrived in Yancheng.

Without taking a rest, he immediately went to the palace with Ma Han and told Zhao Xu about the turmoil in the Ma family.

"Ma Jin is desperate, desperate." Zhao Xu frowned.

What he hoped most about the Ma family was that the power would be peacefully transferred to Ma Han.

In this way, the Ma family would be able to settle down and honestly become the helper of the King of Yan to guard the important pass in the west.

Of course, he also expected the worst case scenario, which is now.

Ma Chong and Ma Jin raised troops to rebel.

After all, in ancient times, rebellion was commonplace.

As long as there were conflicts of interest, there would be forces to rebel.

Moreover, the system of Dasong was deformed, and now it was in decline, and people were confused.

As far as I can remember, there were also children of powerful families who rebelled in the history of Dasong.

However, after the rebellion was quelled, the children of powerful families were killed, but the powerful families were still powerful families and continued to exist.

This was not because the emperor was an idiot, but because the powerful families had knowledge.

Only they could provide officials and generals to the court.

And the rebellion was only by dissatisfied children of powerful families, not the entire powerful families, so the whole family was not affected.

This is somewhat similar to Wang and Ma in the contemporary Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Wang was the Wang family of Langye, and Ma was the Sima family.

At that time, the Wang family of Langye was the largest family.

Most of the children in the family served as high-ranking officials and generals in the court.

Among them, there were two important children in the Wang family, one named Wang Dao and the other named Wang Dun.

Wang Dun coveted power and eventually launched a rebellion, which was eventually suppressed by the court.

But Wang Dao supported the court and helped the court suppress Wang Dun.

Afterwards, the Wang family was not affected and remained the most famous family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

However, at present, the Ma Jin Rebellion is still a chaos within the Ma family.

However, he does not want this chaos to continue to expand.

Otherwise, it is very easy to cause more unexpected unrest.

"Your Highness, please help our Ma family." Ma Han knelt down and couldn't help crying.

His father died tragically, and the Ma family is now like this. He, who should have been the head of the Ma family, felt like a knife in his heart.

Ma Yuan also looked solemn, "Your Highness, Ma Yuan also begged you, this is also for the stability of Dasong. Ma Jin rebelled this time, he will definitely do anything."

Zhao Xu pursed his lips and pondered for a while. He said: "Originally, this king only wanted to give you 30,000 troops. Now it seems necessary to give you 60,000 troops to quell the civil strife as soon as possible."

Ma Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this.

The King of Yan defeated Xiliang in Jinzhou with only 80,000 troops.

These 60,000 troops, together with the troops of the Ma family, will surely defeat Ma Jin.

Ma Han was excited when he heard this and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhao Xu nodded and immediately sent someone to call Chang Wei.

"Your Highness, it will take a few days to prepare food and grass for the sudden increase of 30,000 troops." Chang Wei said.

Ma Han said at this time: "General Chang, you only need to bring a few days of dry food. Don't delay. When you arrive in Sizhou, my Ma family will supply you with food and grass."

"Well, that's fine too." Chang Wei said.

"In that case, don't delay and go to Sizhou quickly." Zhao Xu said.

When he was in Jinzhou, he saw the combat effectiveness of Ma Jin's army.

Although Ma Jin was ruthless, he was good at managing the army, and it would not be difficult to fight Xiliang.

Besides, not all the troops of the Ma family were in his hands.

Moreover, his killing of many Ma family elders this time would certainly make many Ma family children dissatisfied.

Even if they obeyed Ma Jin out of fear, I'm afraid these young men would not sincerely work for Ma Jin.

The combat effectiveness of Ma Jin's army would still be discounted.

There was no time to lose.

After deciding to borrow troops, the three bowed and left.

The next day, Chang Wei personally led the army to set off, entered from Jinzhou, and went south across the Jin River to Sizhou.