Ma Mu and Ma Xiaoquan were stunned at the same time.
Ma Mu's face darkened, she patted the table and said, "Nonsense, do you know what mother's plan is?"
Ma Xiaoquan also asked awkwardly: "Yue'er, Xiaomei, I think you two just listen to your mother."
"No~" The two women refused in unison again.
Ma Mu hummed and asked, "Then tell me, why do you want to stay here?"
Hua Yue and Beiming Shuangxue looked at each other. The two girls knelt on the ground with a bang. Hua Yue said: "Mother, my wife is already a member of the Ma family. She will be a ghost of the Ma family even if she dies. Where is my husband? My wife
That’s where my son is.”
Beiming Shuangxue also nodded firmly: "Mother, I think so too. Wherever my husband is, I will be there. Besides, mother, you have seen Sister Yue'er's ability. The surrounding area of Ningyuan City refers to
There may be wolves, tigers, and the like. When the time comes, I need Sister Yue'er to call out a group of them and kill those damn Jurchens."
Ma Mu smiled bitterly and asked, "What about you, Xiaomei?"
"Me? I'm more powerful than sister Yue'er. Mom, my hair is invulnerable. Haven't you seen it before?"
Ma Mu shook her head and said: "Mom asked you two to retreat, not because you will be a drag, but because you want to protect your nephews and nieces along the way."
Ma Mu said, turning to look at Qiao Yu and Shen Jing beside her, holding their hands and saying: "Mom, I also know that Yu'er and Jing'er will definitely not leave, but Yu'er has two children, and Jing'er also has two children.
Pregnant..."
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and asked: "Third sister-in-law, are you pregnant?"
Shen Jing's face turned slightly red and she hummed softly.
"Oh, it seems that the romance last time was not in vain..." Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands.
Mother Ma rolled her eyes at Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan just grinned and was about to laugh, but then he became embarrassed, but in the end he didn't laugh out loud.
Ma Mu said: "Yueer Xiaomei, you two mothers know that you are both capable people, but the blood of my Ma family is more important. After much thought, mother still wants to be protected by her own people, so after this new year, you two
The two of them will protect Yu'er's child and go to the capital with Jing'er first."
Hua Yue and Beiming Shuangxue looked at each other and then understood Ma Mu's intention. Although the two daughters were still a little reluctant to leave Ma Xiaoquan, for the sake of the overall situation of the family, the two daughters finally nodded in agreement.
Mother Ma stood up and came forward, helped her two daughters-in-law up, sighed and said: "These days, you must also take good care of yourself and try to conceive a child for the Ma family."
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes helplessly and said: "Mom, you...seemingly started a war now, you still..."
Ma Mu turned to Ma Xiaoquan and said, "What do you know? Go, go, go. You can go. Mom has something to say to Yue'er and Xiaomei."
"I...okay..."
...
Ma Xiaoquan reluctantly backed out of Ma Mu's room, closed the door, and only took a few steps when he met Yuan Chonghuan.
"Brother Ma, you are so easy to find. I heard you came to your mother's place, so I came immediately."
"What's the matter? Are you so anxious?"
Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said: "It's a very important matter. I want to discuss it with Brother Ma..."
Seeing Yuan Chonghuan hesitate to speak, Ma Xiaoquan also guessed that what he was about to say was not simple. The two came to Yuan Chonghuan's room, closed the door, and Ma Xiaoquan said: "If I guessed correctly, Brother Yuan is
Do you want to uncover the Jurchen spies in Ningyuan City?"
Yuan Chonghuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and praised: "Brother Ma was indeed born in Jinyiwei. Yes, that's what I meant. It's just that I'm not good at catching spies. It just so happens that Brother Ma is an expert in this field."
, so I can only shamelessly ask Brother Ma."
"No way~" Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, "I just don't know how many eyebrows Brother Yuan has now?"
Yuan Chonghuan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "We have no clue yet, we can only rely on Brother Ma for everything."
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and frowned slowly.
When it comes to catching spies, Ma Xiaoquan has indeed arrested a lot of spies since he became the deacon of Jinyiwei. However, the way deacon Jinyiwei behaves, most of them are in the form of ruthless and cruel forced confessions. If you want to say that it is based on eyesight, half of them are.
Nonsense.
But Yuan Chonghuan didn't know the inside story of Jin Yiwei. He just knew that as long as he was a Jin Yiwei, he would always get information. Besides, you, Ma Xiaoquan, are still the deacon of Jin Yiwei. You should be much stronger than those soldiers of Jin Yiwei, right?
Yuan Chonghuan asked Ma Xiaoquan a difficult problem, but Ma Xiaoquan could not refuse, let alone let him know that he could not complete the difficult problem.
Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be confident, nodded and said: "Okay, leave this matter to me, but...when is the latest time limit for Brother Yuan?"
Yuan Chonghuan thought for a while and said: "No more than this year. I'm afraid that Nurhaci will attack after the new year. If we can't pull out these nails mixed in Ningyuan City by then, I'm afraid we will be attacked from both sides."
"Nian?" Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, he patted his forehead in fear and said, "Brother Yuan, I have an idea... Come closer and I'll tell you..."
...
In the tenth month of autumn in the fifth year of Tianqi (1625), there was an autumn harvest.
This year, the grain harvest in most areas of Liaodong was exceptionally good.
Among the men of the Ma family, Ma Ruiqing was transferred to the General War Headquarters in Ningyuan to be responsible for training the main force. Ma Yuan and Ma Cheng also trained with their father. As for Ma Xiaoquan, due to his special status, he was also a staff officer and was responsible for Yuan Chonghuan.
Please give me a task, so there are not many restrictions on his actions.
Seeing the people outside the city carrying cart after cart of grain to the city, Ma Xiaoquan sighed with a bitter smile. The grain harvest in previous years was not very good, so why is it so good this year? Nurhaci has captured many border strongholds.
It can be said that a lot of food has been harvested. This is a good time. If you want to fight a war of attrition with him, I am afraid you have to think carefully.
Yuan Chonghuan came over and saw Ma Xiaoquan in a daze. After waiting for a moment, he asked: "Is Brother Ma thinking about the grain harvest?"
Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses and nodded.
"You can rest assured on this. Long before the grain harvest, I had already sent people to harvest all the grain around Ningyuan. By the way, I also burned down all the surrounding houses and farmland."
"Strong walls clear the country?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, the walls are strong and the country is clear. Isn't Nurhaci known as 200,000? No matter how good the grain harvest is in Liaodong, I don't believe that his 200,000 troops can resist us and fight a war of attrition. I have already decided that if he comes,
, I just won’t come out, if I have the ability, he can come in.”