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Chapter 28 Ma Shiyao restores Tongguan City

At the gate outside the Tongguan City Governor's Office, Xiong Yuanba was carrying his hands behind his back and looking at the announcement "System Version Update 1.01" sticking to the wall with interest, but he didn't know that his actions fell into the eyes of both of them.

These two people are none other than the former garrison of Tongguan City, Wushan, Boma Shiyao, and his adviser Niu Taoist. If we say that after the battle of Tongguan City, the most laborious and suffering in the city will be these two people.

After the war, players were busy picking up garbage all over the world, but Ma Shiyao focused on more important strategic materials - war horses!

Ma Shiyao didn't understand why these heroes would rather pick up broken swords and swords on the ground than capture these lost horses on the battlefield.

Even if you don’t want to use horses to fight, it’s good to get it back and pull the frame and do some farm work.

The Central Plains have been short of horses since ancient times, and now this war horse is even more precious in the troubled times. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty, Dashun or Jianlu, the demand for this war horse has reached a level of desire.

A military horse from the mainland can sell more than twenty taels of silver. If it is a side horse fed from large grain and fine materials, the price will even double. This is not a war horse, it is clearly a running silver.

But this is also good. On the battlefield, both sides will take their needs. If you pick up your swords and guns, I will steal my army and horses, it is considered to be a harmonious relationship.

When the next morning, Ma Shiyao sent someone to count and he actually snatched back nearly 10,000 war horses.

Some of these war horses were killed and injured by the Qing cavalry and ran away, while more were war horses that the heroes accompanied them, and some of them were abandoned on the battlefield.

The war horses on the Qing army were of varying quality and had different breeds, including some Mongolian horses, border horses, and mainland military horses. Without exception, the Qing army's horse seals were all stamped behind the butt.

The war horse on the hero's side is Qingyishui's tall and big horse in the Western Regions. Every head of the teeth is a young and strong horse of seven or eight years old. The fur behind the butt is also intact, without any mark of the master.

You should know that once the horse's butt is branded with horse seals, it will be difficult to buy and sell between private individuals, and the price will inevitably be a little lower. If the military seal is branded, the price will be even lower. Ordinary people dare not accept it, and even local tyrants are unwilling to accept these military horses with masters, for fear of causing unintentional disasters in the future.

Nowadays, even if these unmarked horses are unwilling to expand their cavalry teams, they will be sold at the market.

Ma Shiyao knew the preciousness of these war horses, and did not dare to bring these horses back to the city. Instead, he was stocked in the Jingou area south of Tongguan City, sending people to take care of them day and night.

At first, he was worried that there was not enough food and fodder, so he planned to discuss with the heroes in the city to buy some. Unexpectedly, the heroes were disdainful of these forage yards and granaries in the city.

Except for the armament warehouse and silver warehouse being smashed and looted by the heroes, these forage yards and grain warehouses were all open and no one was guarding them. Whether it was the residents nearby or the people outside the city, no hero came out to stop these hay and soybean materials.

Ma Shiyao was worried and sent more than a thousand smart veterans overnight, pretending to be farmers nearby, and taking advantage of the dark moon and high winds, he smuggled hundreds of trucks of fodder out of the city. He worked hard all night.

As a result, according to the veterans under his command, the heroes of Tongguan City didn't care about these forages at all. Two times the carts that transported the forages even left face to face with these heroes in the alley.

Some heroes turned around to avoid it, while some were impatient and even juggled like juggling. Several people flipped over the carriage that transported the fodder. They were graceful and elegant, and the grass stems on the carriage flew around the sky, which attracted a few people watching the fun.

There are also some heroes who may be squatting on the chimney on the roof of the people's houses or the tops of branches to lurk. When a large cart of forage passes by, they may be playing. They all jumped down with their arms spread out, and jumped onto the pile of forage on the truck in a flip.

A hero who danced accurately hit the middle of the weeds in the cart, causing the weeds to fly, and the horses to neigh. He whispered and scolded the chasing people.

But most heroes actually didn't jump so accurately. Some hit the edge of the carriage, some staggered on the ground, and they looked different. Some jumped hard, just inserted their heads down into the soil, and their hands were pedaled, and they didn't know if their lives were seriously injured.

Ma Shiyao initially transported it secretly at night, but later he simply transported it openly during the day. In the end, he directly sent someone to take over the warehouse material yards, carefully checked the hay and beans, and registered it into the book. Strictly control the inlet and out of the forage. If there are idle people nearby who want to smuggle the forage, Ma Shiyao's orders are required to approve the order.

With the peaceful takeover of grasslands, granaries and other places, Ma Shiyao's courage gradually became stronger.

I thought to myself that during the Battle of Red Cliffs during the Three Kingdoms, the Wu and Shu coalition forces defeated 800,000 Cao's army. I remember that Zhuge Liang just walked on the Seven Star Platform, and then sent Guan Yu and two thousand people to rob Cao Cao on Huarong Road for a moment. It seemed that he didn't do anything serious, but in the end he was the Nine Counties of Jingxiang.

Now it is also the 100,000 cavalry of the coalition forces that defeated Jianlu. Although the heroes can make some contributions to fighting hard in the city, the last seven thousand elites I intercepted Duoduo's vital points, which is the real hand of victory or defeat.

In terms of credit, I am a little stronger than Zhuge Wuhou’s contribution in the Battle of Chibi. Does that mean that I can appropriately gain more victories? For example, the issue of ownership of Tongguan is actually worth discussing...

It is natural for people to be greedy for Shu. At first, Ma Shiyao only hesitated to occupy the forage yard and granary. Later, no one was stationed in the military warehouse and the silver warehouse. Although it was already an empty shell, Ma Shiyao still sent people to take over one by one.

Next, Ma Shiyao found that even the bell and drum tower, city walls and city gates were not guarding each other. So he relied on his courage to take over his own men and take over the boarding.

These heroes naturally saw Ma Shiyao's actions on the city walls and passes, but they neither welcomed nor angry, as if they had not seen it. You took over yours, I was busy with mine, doing their own things, and not interfering with each other.

In the end, except for the governor's yamen in Tongguan City and the camp where heroes temporarily built shacks in the north of the city, the entire Tongguan City magically returned to Ma Shiyao's hands.

Seeing that the situation was good, Ma Shiyao hurriedly asked Taoist Niu to draft it. He sent a document to the Emperor Dashun Li Zicheng to report the victory of the Tongguan Battle to Emperor Li Zicheng.

Since it is called a document to report victory, the result is the most important. As for the process, Ma Shiyao inevitably added a little bit of spring and autumn brushwork and curved brushwork.

With the strength of thousands of people, he defeated the 100,000 troops on the west side of Jianlu, and chased the enemy chief Duoduo for nearly a hundred miles, and won countless heads. It is not an exaggeration to call this merit a world-class merit.

It can even be called a saying "turning the tide down and supporting the building to collapse." When Dashun Country was facing the danger of destroying the country, it was Master Wushan who forced himself to win back the city and then defended the portal of Shaanxi. What's wrong with boasting about this contribution?

And should I naturally change my "Wushan Bo" to "Wushan Hou"?

In terms of details, Ma Shiyao and Taoist Niu repeatedly modified and polished it many times. Since Ma Shiyao was not clear about how he won the battle at that time. So he asked some of the sentry detectives in Tongguan City at that time.

But the detective said everything, and the heroes didn't seem to use any tricks. They just kept fighting against the barbarians, and in the end they won in a daze.

Taoist Niu felt that this was not possible and that the details could not be convinced, so he simply went to the bookstore in the city to buy a set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He also invited two storytellers who were good at the Three Kingdoms. They secretly discussed in the house for a long time, changed the manuscript several times, and finally wrote the victory statement in a decent manner.

In the plot of the battle in the city, Ma Shiyao focused on the content of Zhuge Liang's three battles: Fire Burning Xinye, Fire Burning Fancheng and Fire Burning Bowangpo.

It is said that he used a series of tricks to be mixed with fish eyes. He first pretended to surrender in front of the city, but he deliberately exposed his travels to hide, allowing the enemy chief Duoduo to see the flaws. So he pretended to be defeated and left an empty city in Tongguan for Jianlu.

Jianlu did not recognize this series of tricks of mixed pearls. When he saw that he was defeated, he completely let go of his guard. He sent the pseudo-king Geng Zhongming to lead the army into the city. At night, a north wind suddenly blew. The fine works that he was ambushing the city and ignited the sulfur flames arranged in advance in the people's homes.

For a moment, the flames burned the city, and Duoduo outside the city hurriedly sent troops into the city to put out the fire. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed again. He led the elite troops to intercept the Qing army's retreat and block Duoduo in the city...

Because the subsequent things were experienced by Ma Shiyao, they were naturally written smoothly. Wherever he was in, how he arranged the team, how did the Qing army deal with it, how did he divide the enemy's rear wings, how did Duoduo send cavalry to charge the formation regardless of casualties. Which generals he assigned to break the camp and block and chase.

As for the previous one, there are more details. The two storytellers also showed off their life skills, arranged this detail in a tortuous and exciting way, and the language was vivid. Using the storytelling technique, the book buckle was tied to the truth, one tied to the other, and it was very abnormal.

For example, Geng Zhongming entered the city and was arrogant and domineering, forcing the people to steal the women. But the women refused to obey, and finally died with hatred. Geng Zhongming was not as good as the beast. Not only did he not care about it, but he also called in the lobby and drank wine and dishes. Even the wine and dishes that were drunk and eaten, they were carefully made in the good news, and it was clear...

After being drunk, Geng Zhongming lay in the lobby of the Supervisor's Mansion, snoring all the time. He lurked in the pile of firewood in the back hall. He heard everything, and was furious, his teeth bit his lips, and blood flowed. He accidentally rang out. A soldier from Jianlu patroled after hearing the sound. The soldier was quick to learn, took a hollow grass pole, closed his breath, and barely avoided the search. At night, the north wind suddenly rose...

The details in these cities are written in a thrilling and exciting way. One link is connected in one link, layer by layer.

After the final report was finished, it was as many as ten thousand words. Ma Shiyao asked people to read it several times, but he felt very happy and could not stop. It was a pity that he could not sell it to the bookstore, otherwise it would not be completely impossible to make a "Tongguan paper is expensive".

Finally, Ma Shiyao solemnly stamped his seal of defense and sent the good news back to Chang'an.

But after waiting for the victory here, Ma Shiyao calmed down and savored the taste, feeling that he might be a little reckless.

Perhaps because the good news was written too smoothly at that time, I was a little lost for a moment. I forgot that although most of Tongguan City is now under my control, the Supervisor's Office is still in the hands of the hero.

This morning, a sentry guard was specially added at the entrance of the Supervisor's Office. Two military men as thick as a door god stood on both sides, so that the idle people would not be allowed to enter the room to explore.

Obviously, although the heroes were not interested in city defense, they were reluctant to give in to the governor's yamen. And they meant to be stationed for a long time.

Ma Shiyao found Taoist Niu to study for a long time, but couldn't figure out what these heroes really wanted.

If you want to occupy Tongguan, you will let the city walls, city gates and other places be ignored, allowing you to take over the garrison at will.

If it was a loyal act of loving great peace, he still occupied the governor's yamen. He also built a bunch of shed-like camps in the northern city of Tongguan, which was obviously ready to live there for a long time.

Although Tongguan City is not big, it is not difficult to find a few big houses. Why do you have to occupy the place of the Supervisor’s Office? There are so many people dead there, and even the bodies have not been transported out yet, so why aren’t you panic?

Now that the good news has been passed back to Chang'an, it is difficult to change. I was also happy, and wrote the text of the good news a little exaggerated.

I guess His Majesty the Emperor will immediately send someone to check it out after receiving this good news. If the visitor from Chang'an sees the situation in the Supervisor's Office, how should he explain it?

The Supervisor's Office is in Tongguan, which is equivalent to the imperial palace in the center of Beijing. Its political significance is greater than its practical effect. Which party occupies it, which party represents the orthodox and sovereignty in the city.

At this point, I can't fool you no matter what.

Ma Shiyao tried to communicate with these heroes, but he didn't know what these heroes were busy with. They were all in a hurry. Whether in the crowded market streets or in the treasury guarded by soldiers, these heroes were running all the way, and they couldn't find a few that could walk steadily and slowly.

Ma Shiyao finally stopped several heroes, but without exception, they kept silent. Some could listen to Ma Shiyao's words, while others simply turned around and left without waiting for Ma Shiyao to finish speaking.

He was also considering words and guided the issue of the subordinate office around the bush. The heroes there didn't even say hello, turned around and left, leaving behind a big back for himself, which was simply ignorant!

In the past two days, the detectives under his command have been coming back to report, and it seems that the number of heroes is not as large as they imagined.

Ma Shiyao saw it himself near the governor's yamen. Except for the two gatekeepers who were tall and covered in armor at the door, sometimes there were no one out all day long.

Even the one or two people who occasionally came out were bare hands and were wearing the middle clothes in the house, without any warning.

As for the camps and shacks where the heroes in the north of the city lived, there should be many people living in it. However, for some reason, the number of people was obviously much smaller in the past two days. It was probably because they were tired after the war and they all hid inside and rested and recuperated.

And most importantly, the shack is surrounded by a circle of thin wooden fences, with light transmission inside and outside. There are neither trenches nor deer antlers, let alone any hang-up whistle.

Several whistlemen walked closer with courage and looked at the arrangements in the shack. No hero came out to stop him.

Inside the wooden fence are rows of crowded tree bark shacks, densely packed together. The detectives quickly discovered everything and even drew a few detailed deployment patterns in the camp for Ma Shiyao.

Ma Shiyao took the map of the heroes' camp, frowned and looked at it for a long time, and was puzzled. He thought that even a bannerman who had been in the army for half a year would not have made the camp so messy.

Not to mention the crowded and blocked construction, there is no water source on the left and right of this camp, and behind the camp is the cliffs of the Yellow River. There is not even a way out for retreat. This is definitely a taboo in military strategists and can be called a dead place among the dead.

Even the negative examples in the military book cannot be arranged together so many omissions. Even the temporary camp for hungry people in the village will not be built so ugly.

As the saying goes, lying beside the bed, how can others sleep peacefully? Now that Tongguan City has been guarded, the heroes seem to be useless.

The most important thing is that Ma Shiyao felt that he had completely seen through the reality of these heroes in the past two days. He thought that he could defeat Duoduo's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry head-on, which might not be a kind of tiger and wolf army. But now, after seeing the actions and camping and deployment of these heroes, he felt that he was just a general person.

Moreover, he had secretly calculated the number of heroes. According to his own calculations, in the Tongguan Battle that night, the heroes' casualties were probably eight or nine out of ten, which can be said to be severe.

Even the remaining heroes should be injured by everyone, which greatly hurts their vitality. Now they are gathered in a corner of the north of the city, so it is better to...
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