"What did you say?" The head of the Han family stared at the messenger in front of him with wolf-like eyes: "Is Ma Teng really dead?"
The messenger said: "This news came from the Ma family. At this time, the Dagan on Zhangye County was the battle flag of the Xiliang Army, and the Ma family's battle flag disappeared.
On the edge of the river in the east city of Zhangye County, there were corpses everywhere. Frontline scouts once rescued two Ma family soldiers who were soaking in the water. From the two soldiers, they learned that Zhangye County City was broken, and Ma Teng ordered his troops to retreat out of the city. He continues to guard the city lord's palace with a few personal guards, and it seems that he wants to live and die with Zhangye County City!"
"Now that Zhangye County has fallen into the hands of the governor Li Xiang, the Ma family's rule in Zhangye County has also come to an end!"
After hearing this, the Han family sat on the throne and remained motionless. Since Ma Teng became the home of the Ma family, the Ma family in Fufeng, no, the Ma family in Liangzhou, has become the most prominent family in Liangzhou.
The Han family invaded and occupied the land of the Ma family. In just over ten years, all the land was returned to the Ma family. Then Ma Teng attacked everywhere, obtained a large number of high-quality war horses from the Qiang and other races, and formed a new army of the Ma family.
Ma Teng suppressed him and the head of the Pang family alone. Under the Ma family's army controlled by Ma Teng, there was no second voice in Liangzhou.
The Pang family and his family were forced to join forces to deal with the Ma family's army.
When Ma Jin appeared, they felt that the Ma family might have the power to unify the entire Liangzhou land.
Now everything has disappeared, the elite troops of the Ma family suffered heavy losses, the next candidate of the family, Ma Jin, died in the hands of Li Xiang, and now the modern head of the Ma family also died in the hands of Li Xiang.
It took two big families to suppress the powerful Ma family, but now it's starting to go down a bad path.
The one who needs the most attention is Li Xiang, the governor of Liangzhou who came from the northwest and was sent by your Majesty.
This is a fierce tiger. The Ma family has been defeated by him. What they are waiting for now is the arrival of spring.
Whether they should continue to form an alliance with the Ma family to fight against each other, or wait for the opponent to attack Liangzhou one by one, they had already made up their mind.
Pang family
Among the three major families, the Pang family is the most low-key. The Pang family is located in a very quiet place in Bingzhou. In addition, the Pang family occupies a huge area with a population of less than 8 million.
This makes the Pang family unlike the other two families, who can pull out a huge army at will.
After receiving the news of Ma Teng's death in battle, the head of the Pang family didn't say anything. The three of them had joined forces before, but unfortunately they were defeated by Li Xiang. Now that Li Xiang has established a foothold in Liangzhou, they can really defeat them. Will Li Xiang be kicked out?
Moreover, Prime Minister Li was also the governor, the nominally highest official in Liangzhou. This position had not appeared in Daqian for many years.
Now that Li Xiang has appeared, from another perspective, Da Qian has reached a turning point.
I don't know if His Majesty will rule the world again this time, or if a few other princes will stand out. Everything is waiting for the war to begin.
Prime Minister Li, if you don’t use the sharp sword in your Majesty’s hand properly, then you are not a member of the imperial family.
He did not intend to let the Pang family fall into the quagmire of war with Prime Minister Li. If they could take His Majesty's route, there would be no problem even letting their family give up their land in Liangzhou.
But it's not easy to get on His Majesty's line, and they don't want all the rubbish!
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Zhangye County City
After capturing Zhangye County, Prime Minister Li sent troops everywhere. At this time, the cold was receding, and the green earth once again appeared in everyone's eyes. In the places where fierce battles had taken place, the grass that grew was very green and lush.
The Xiliang Army went out everywhere, taking down the mines, pastures, farms and other places around Zhangye County one by one. At the same time, the locals who later defected to the Xiliang Army became the controllers of some places.
Who knows the surrounding situation better than the locals? The Xiliang Army is just an outsider, but there are many people in the city who hate the Xiliang Army extremely.
When the Xiliang soldiers walked past them, the hatred in their eyes could not be concealed. There was nothing Li Xiang could do to deal with these people. Everyone had his own master. Someone would always die in the war.
These people who hated him were all those in their families who went to the city wall to stop the Xiliang army and were killed by the Xiliang army.
Let them hate you, can these people still kill themselves with their eyes?
In order to quickly restore Zhangye County City, Li Xiang bulldozed all the uninhabited areas in the city, and then drove the civilians in the four urban areas into a corner and gave them only enough food and water.
Soon, the city became one after another, especially in the places where no one lived. There were brand-new houses one after another. The houses of other civilians also got some rest. It was Xiliang soldiers who rebuilt the houses for these people when they built the houses where the headquarters personnel lived.
Take a break and take a look at the conditions in these people's homes.
People in Liangzhou like to dig cellars. If something goes wrong, they like to hide under the cellar. There is plenty of food and water under the cellar. If you are bored, you can also go to other cellars and chat with everyone.
Underground passages extend in all directions. These are a very good way of fighting during wars. Guard the underground passages and then attack the enemy. Even if the opponent knows that people are in the underground passages, as long as there is no map, they will not dare to kill the underground world.
It's a pity that the Xiliang Army can't use it because their huge bodies are not suitable for this underground passage, so they just make these routes accessible. Some places have traps and some places have no traps.
Xiliang soldiers drew all these places on the map, maybe they will be used that day.
The civilians were dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Xiliang army and forced them to relocate their residences. No matter how unhappy the civilians were, facing the sharp weapons of the Xiliang army, they chose to follow their hearts.
The weather is getting warmer and the river has thawed, which means that the Ma family's counterattack is coming.
The Xiliang Water Division set out from Sanshui City, brought a large number of cavalry troops to a plain on the edge of Heishui County, and put down this cavalry unit.
A large number of warships with offensive power began to patrol the river, blocking the water of the river. If the Ma family troops in the north wanted to reach Zhangye County, they could only march from a distance. They were afraid of water, and the Xiliang Navy happened to be in the north.
The most powerful naval force.
The naval forces blocked the armies of the two counties in the north. With the naval forces present, the Xiliang army could advance and attack, and retreat through the river.
"Lord!" Cheng Jushu quickly ran to Prime Minister Li with a letter: "This is a letter sent from Sanshui County. You can only open it in person!"
"What letter needs me to open personally?" Li Xiang took the envelope and took out the paper inside. There were not many words on it. Zhang Qingyun asked him if he wanted to return to the northwest.
"Have someone bring me a message to Zhang Qingyun!" Li Xiang said, "Leave the eighth princess to him to receive her!"
"Yes!" Cheng Jushu immediately recalled the response.
Zhang Qingyun wants to return to the northwest to receive the eighth princess, who is the future mistress of Xiliang and the most powerful woman in the entire northwest.
Even if Prime Minister Li doesn't like her, her status will not change. Unless Daqian is destroyed, no one will dare to touch her with Princess Daqian's background.
"The Eighth Princess is very important, but the attack on Liangzhou is more important than that!" Prime Minister Li clearly separated private matters from official matters. The Liangzhou army was about to launch a counterattack. At this time, he did not seize the time to arrange his troops, but returned. Go to the northwest and have an affair with the eighth princess.
He, Li Xiang, is not that stupid!
After decisively refusing, Li Xiang immersed his mind in the sand table in the city lord's palace. The sand table showed the situation around Zhangye County, Heishui County, and Lingfeng County. These two places were already guarded by a large number of Xiliang troops.
Heishui County blocks Zhangye County from the danger in the southeast, and Lingfeng County blocks the danger from the south.
The opponent can only attack from the northwest and north. Of course, the opponent can also start from the most prosperous Qiang fortress.
When the river could still thaw, the Xiliang Army's logistics line started from the Zhiqiang Fortress. Now that the river has thawed, they no longer need to transport supplies from there.
Instead, it is on a dock not far from the city. As long as the enemy has not surrounded Zhangye County, Prime Minister Li does not have to worry about food and grass issues.
The troops of the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army were already coming from afar, and Li Xiang did not believe that the Ma family still had troops capable of driving him out.
Even if the three families join forces again, Prime Minister Li will not necessarily be afraid of them. The Xiliang headquarters will be the main one, with the Seventh Army as the supplement. The Eighth Army will guard various places. When necessary, the commanders of these Eighth Army can also lead the Third Army. The Eighth Army attacked.
Every time a Xiliang army arrives, they all have battle flags of similar styles, but there are some changes in the characters on the flags, representing different teams.
According to the terrain of the grassland, Li Xiang placed these troops all over the grassland, and at the same time had people set up sentry posts. Sometimes some scouts really had to rely on the sentry posts to find them.
In about a month, all the 300,000 troops of the Seventh Legion arrived. Following them were piles of food and grass, and the ferocious beasts were given priority to the Xiliang headquarters.
The ordinary troops of the Seventh Legion can only eat ordinary cold rice.
This time, a large number of troops were mobilized in Xiliang. The large number of mobilizations represented a problem of food and grass. The Seventh Army attacked in full. After the Eighth Army left enough men and horses in the local area, it was considered a full army attack.
The soldiers in the Xiliang Navy transport team never had a good rest. Every day they could see those huge transport ships transporting Xiliang troops to the frontline battlefield.
northwest.
"Princess, because the situation in Liangzhou has changed, the Governor is unable to escape, so the official will take the princess to Jiuyuan County!" Zhang Qingyun was waiting for the eighth princess to come out at the exit of the huge fortune ship.
The eighth princess was dressed in a bright red dowry, full of jewels, and wore a big red hijab. When she was on the ship, she was not dressed like this. When she arrived in the northwest, that is where she would need to live in the future.
Through the eyes of the Eighth Princess, she could clearly see the Xiliang army lined up neatly on both sides, getting on the boat, and getting onto the huge transport ships.
What they saw most on the waterway were various transport ships transporting Xiliang soldiers to Liangzhou. It seemed that Prime Minister Li was going to launch a decisive battle against the Ma family again.
This battle is also the Ma family's last hope. If they are defeated again, the Xiliang army will not hesitate to raise their butcher's knives and kill Dan from Zhangye County to Fufeng County.
The Eighth Princess sat on the prepared carriage, and the long dowry procession passed among the soldiers who exuded a strong aura. The soldiers of the Eighth Legion retreated. They knew very well who the people in this team were.
This is their future mistress!
This was just the Xiliang Eighth Legion. She was very curious about how powerful the Xiliang headquarters soldiers were, known as the most powerful troops in Xiliang.
The Imperial City spies following the team looked at the soldiers of the Eighth Legion who were well-equipped and each type of soldier had its own weapons and equipment.
Why did Xiliang have so much equipment? They saw Fu Fu from these soldiers. The archers, spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, etc. soldiers were wearing leather armor. This was real leather armor, not the large ones in Daqian. Some armies casually use other materials instead of leather armor.
At a certain distance, you can see a group of soldiers wearing heavy armor. Their whole bodies are hidden in the armor, only a pair of eyes are exposed.
The queue was very long and reached the city gate. After they separated from the army, they did not see those soldiers again.
Li Shui, the lord of Tongtianhe City, personally waited at the gate for the arrival of the eighth princess. To show his respect for the princess, Li Shui brought his few heavy infantrymen to greet her.
"The Lord of Tongtian City, Li Shui, has met the Eighth Princess!" Li Xiang has not yet married the princess, so Li Shui calls her the Eighth Princess: "Everything in the city has been arranged. Princess and everyone, please follow me into the city!"
Zhang Qingyun explained to the princess at the side of the carriage: "Princess, the Lord of Lishui City is the Lord of Tongtianhe City. He is also the commander of the Water Legion among the five legions of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. He is in charge of the Xiliang Navy. One of the commanders!"
The people following the carriage suddenly lit up when they heard this. Information about Xiliang was very difficult. They knew that there were nine legions in Xiliang, but currently they only knew about the seventh legion, the eighth legion, and the ninth legion. According to this If we do the math, there should be six legions ahead of Xiliang, but why have I never heard of them?
Now it seems that one of the six legions in front is the Water Legion, and the legion leader is the Lord of Tongtianhe City.
It was also the first time that the Eighth Princess knew that Li Shui had such an identity, and she was quickly attracted by the heavy infantrymen of the Xiliang Headquarters around them. The aura of the heavy infantrymen of the Xiliang Headquarters made the group dare not look down upon them.
Entering the city, they saw neat houses. The civilians on both sides craned their necks to look at the princess and her party, without making much noise.
The ground was very clean, all paved with stone slabs, giving them the feeling of returning to the Imperial Capital. Only the cities around the Imperial Capital were so tidy.
Among the crowd of onlookers, many people looked at the people who came after them. This is Xiliang, and they do not allow outsiders to do anything.
