Five hundred and ninetieth eight chapters breakthrough
The shopkeeper's surname was Jia, and he was the leader of the Internal Affairs Battalion sent to Xiazhou. He led his men to the backyard, walked into the shopkeeper's room, and then said, "Tell me! What's the important news?"
"Didn't I deliver food to Ma Wencai today? I heard him talk nonsense, and he said that he won't be able to eat our food next month, and he doesn't know if he can come back alive?"
"how do you say?"
"I said fine, why do you say such unlucky words?"
"He said I didn't understand and that a war would break out soon, and he advised me to leave Xiazhou as soon as possible."
Shopkeeper Jia put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the room. Ma Wen was the only Han general in the Dangxiang army. He was a captain of a thousand men, and he had more than a thousand people under his command. They were basically Qiang and Han people, but the Ma family and
The senior party officials have close relations and they have access to core intelligence. It is for this reason that they targeted Ma Wencai.
Although he didn't know whether the war Ma Wencai was referring to was the invasion of Lingzhou, Shopkeeper Jia at least knew that he could get important information from Ma Wencai.
It’s time to take action against Marvin Cai
The Ma family was the family that fought against the Liang family in the Lingzhou Martial Arts Association. This family has a very mixed bloodline, including Qiang, Han, Dangxiang and other ancestry. They are mainly Qiang people and have always been allies of the Dangxiang people.
Marwen is the legitimate son of the second house of the Ma family, and the first house is the core, which is the house where the three brothers Ma Tianluo, Ma Tiansha and Ma Tianyou live.
The second room is also good, just a little bit worse than the first room.
Ma Wencai is about thirty years old. He is not tall but very strong. His father is Qiang and his mother is Han. He is half Han. He has a son and a daughter. His son Ma Hao is only nine years old this year.
At dusk, Ma Wencai returned to the mansion as usual. His wife hurriedly came to greet him and said, "Hao'er went out with the wet nurse in the afternoon and hasn't come back yet."
Marven was startled, "Where have you gone?"
"The wet nurse said that Haoer must follow her when she was going home, so the wet nurse took him back. She has been there for almost an hour and has not come back yet."
"Have you sent anyone to look for it?"
"The housekeeper has taken someone there, but there is no news yet."
Ma Wencai felt something was wrong, so he turned back and got on his horse, urging the horse to run out of the city. He ran to the city gate and met the steward. Ma Wencai quickly asked: "Have you found my son?"
"It's strange, the wet nurse is not at home. I wonder where she went?"
Ma Wencai felt a little nervous, and he said to the housekeeper: "You go back first and tell Madam not to worry. There should be nothing wrong with her."
After saying that, he took his two followers and urged his horses to run out of the city.
The wet nurse's house was just outside the south city, less than a mile away from the city gate. Marwen quickly found the wet nurse's house. He saw that the door was locked, and there was a copper lock hanging on the door. He looked more carefully than the housekeeper, and there was something on the lock.
It was gathering dust and didn't come back for at least a few days.
Only then did Marvin realize that the wet nurse's excuse to go home was just an excuse. Where had she taken her son?
At this moment, an arrow shot out from the "Whoosh!" and was nailed to the door. Marvin was startled. He looked back quickly and saw a figure flashing in the woods and then disappearing.
Just as he was about to urge his horse to pursue him, his entourage shouted: "General, look at this arrow!"
Only then did Ma Wen notice a note stuck on the arrow. He didn't care about chasing the person anymore and hurriedly opened the note. There was a sentence written on it, "If you want your son's life, please get on the carriage alone."
He was slightly startled, and a large carriage stopped beside him, and the door opened. At this time, Marvin had no choice. He had to say to the two attendants: "Go back and tell Madam, I'll go
We already have an idea for finding a son, so don’t say anything else."
The two attendants hesitated, and then Marvin shouted: "Idiot, if they wanted my life, they just shot me."
The two attendants had no choice but to ride away. Marvin got into the carriage and found two masked men in black inside. One of them closed the door.
"Who are you, and where has my son gone?" Ma Wencai said sharply.
The masked man in black said coldly: "Let me tell you the truth! Your son is in our hands, and if you want him to live, then you cooperate. If you don't care about his life or death, you can leave now."
Ma Wencai was furious. He stretched out his hand to draw his sword, but it was empty. The sword on his waist disappeared at some point?
The other man in black sweated and snorted, and then Ma Wen realized that his sword was in the opponent's hand.
"Ma Wencai, since you don't want your son's life, get out!"
When the carriage stopped and the door opened, Marvin finally calmed down. He felt discouraged and had to lower his head and said, "What do you want me to cooperate with?"
The door closed again, the carriage started again, the man in black ignored him, and the carriage became quiet.
The carriage entered the city from the north gate, and the man in black at the head said: "We need to know when the party members will launch an attack on Lingzhou?"
Ma Wencai thought it was kidnappers who kidnapped his son. The other party's words suddenly shocked him, and he finally realized, "Are you Tang Jun?"
"Did you just react?"
The man in black said coldly: "Are you going to say it or not?"
Ma Wencai sighed and said: "The initial date is the end of February. I don't know whether we will attack Lingzhou, but we will definitely send troops out at the end of February."
"Is this decision of the party members to send troops abroad, or is it the decision of the Xiazhou military envoy?"
This point is very important. Whether Cui Kuan wants to expand southward or the Dangxiang people want to attack Lingzhou.
"It should be a decision made by party members and communicated within our family."
After a moment of silence, the man in black asked again: "What is the relationship between Xiazhou's military envoy Ma Wencui and you?"
"Ma Wencui is my eldest brother!"
The carriage stopped in front of an alley, and the man in black said: "You don't have to worry about your son. As long as you cooperate with us, he will be safe."
Now that Ma Wencai knew that the other party was Tang Jun, he stopped talking nonsense. The other party was taking his son as a hostage. He got out of the carriage without saying a word and hurried away.
The carriage immediately started and accelerated away from Xiazhou City
The eagle letter from Xiazhou was delivered to Zhangye the next day.
In the lobby of Jiedu Mansion, Wang Yue, the commander of the Internal Affairs Battalion, said to Guo Song and several senior civil and military officials: "We also have information from Lingzhou. Ma Wencui was originally the military envoy of Yanzhou. He was promoted to Shuofang Army Jiedu five years ago.
Deputy envoy, after Cui Kuan took office, he was a high-ranking official in Lingzhou who took refuge with Cui Kuan. He made great contributions to Cui Kuan's control of the Shuofang army, and thus became Cui Kuan's confidant. Currently, Cui Kuan trusts Dangxiang people and works with him.
It has a lot to do with it.”
Guo Song said to everyone: "The Ma family is the largest wealthy family in Xiazhou. They are actually Qiang people. The Qiang people are also divided into several branches. Some are pro-Dang Xiang people and some are pro-Han people. The Ma family is pro-Dang Xiang people. At present,
The wife of Ma Guidong, the head of the Ma family, is the daughter of Chief Dangxiang, and Ma Wencui's wife is also from Dangxiang. This is the tradition of the Ma family, and she is married to Dangxiang. If I guessed correctly, Ma Wencui defected to Cui Kuan and won him over.
I suspect someone from the Party is behind it."
Pan Liao asked: "What do you mean by the envoy, that the Ma family is actually the representative of the party members?"
"It should be like this. The Dangxiang people couldn't come forward, so they asked the Ma family to represent them. They took advantage of Cui Kuan's weakness as an outsider and urgently needed the support of local powerful people. They did what he wanted and won Cui Kuan's trust step by step. The Dangxiang people
The strategy appears to have been successful.”
"What about the powerful people in Lingzhou? What's their status in Cui Kuan's heart?" asked Zhang Qiu'an, who joined the army as a recorder.
"Let me answer this question."
Liang Wu stood up and said: "The powerful people in Lingzhou are generally resistant to Cui Kuan. The reason is that Cui Kuan wants to increase the number of Shuofang's troops to 30,000, but he does not have that much military spending, so he wants to allocate the military spending to the major wealthy families, which arouses
There was strong resistance from everyone, and although in the end the army could not increase because there were no troops, this incident caused Cui Kuan to have a bad relationship with local wealthy families and officials."
Guo Song nodded, "How many troops each feudal town can support is determined by its own financial resources and population. Shuofang has a sparse population. Without the support of the court, they are destined to not be able to support many troops. This is why Cui Kuan wants to use Dangxiang
The fundamental reason for the formation of the Party Army was to add 10,000 troops out of thin air without requiring him to bear military expenses. How could Cui Kuan not make use of such a good resource?"
Speaking of this, Guo Song said to Wang Yue again: "Next, I want to know how many party members, how many children of the Ma family, and how many Han generals there are among Ma Wencui's generals. This is very important."
"I understand my humble position!" Wang Yue hurried away.
"Your Majesty, I have another suggestion."
Liang Wu bowed to Guo Song and said: "Although Cui Kuan is not wary enough against the Dangxiang people, the local people in Lingzhou are highly wary of the Dangxiang people. The humble suggestion enables you to contact the major families in Lingzhou and support them in always preparing to resist the Dangxiang people."
military."
Guo Song nodded, he could indeed write a letter to Liang Yundao.