With Ma Fulu's allegiance, everything became much easier. After Ma Fulu came forward, all the prisoners of the Ningma Army and some of the Hezhou Majia Army joined the 12th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army. The remaining people, except for a few
In addition to some Ma Jiajun diehards, all were willing to join the Western Sichuan Army. Because there were too many prisoners willing to join the Western Sichuan Army, Wang Yuze and Cai Yun had to temporarily expand the establishment of the 11th and 12th Brigades after discussion.
Each brigade has a strength of more than 12,000 people and is divided into twelve battalions. After the war is over, it will be reorganized and re-equipped according to the organization of the Western Sichuan Army.
As for those diehards, they are all under custody in Maqin. When time permits, they will be sent to western Sichuan to build roads or mines. With the process of industrialization in western Sichuan, the demand for labor has also increased sharply.
A few years ago, Western Sichuan could still absorb landless refugees from surrounding provinces. However, in recent years, the Qing government has strengthened its control over various provinces, resulting in fewer and fewer refugees entering Western Sichuan. And prisoners of war
, this kind of coolie who does not need to pay wages and various benefits has become the most popular workers in various mines in western Sichuan.
Early the next morning, the Western Sichuan Army, which had initially completed its reorganization, set off again, leaving only a small number of troops and wounded in Maqin. This time, the target was pointed at Hezhou! Hezhou, Gansu, the Majia Army's
The place of origin. The original Ma Jiajun developed with the help of the Hehuang Uprising, and finally became the king of the northwest region step by step. However, from now on, their end has come.
The 11th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army is in front, quickly catching up with the 4th Brigade in front. The 4th Brigade set off yesterday evening. Although the Ma's Army in Hezhou was defeated, it still has a strong strength. If a carbine is killed, the 4th Brigade will
The brigade might be in trouble. Therefore, the 11th brigade set off quickly in order to meet the 4th brigade earlier.
The 10th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army and the newly formed 12th Brigade set off subsequently. A large number of heavy weapons and baggage also set out with them. Hezhou is a fortified city, and as the home base of the Ma Jiajun, it has always been their focus on construction and consolidation.
The defense power of this place is many times higher than that of Maqin. It would be impossible for the Western Sichuan Army to capture Hezhou just like they captured Maqin.
In addition, the main residents of the Hezhou area are Maoists, who have been under the rule of Ma Jiajun for many years and are very xenophobic. This will also bring a lot of trouble to the Western Sichuan Army's occupation. This is why Wang Yuze and Cai Yun agreed to move
The reason for absorbing the surrender of Ma Jiajun on a large scale is that with these people, Western Sichuan will have a basis for rule here.
Last night, Ma Fulu sent his confidants back to Yinchuan overnight to report to his father Ma Qianling about his defection to the Western Sichuan Army. At the same time, he elaborated on the reasons and his views, as well as the Western Sichuan Army's attitude towards the Ningma Army, etc.
.However, Ma Fulu is not sure whether Ma Qianling will agree. After all, Ma Qianling is also one of the founders of the Ma Jiajun. It was he and Ma Haiyan who helped Ma Zhan'ao, and the uprising was successful in the end, and the Ma Jiajun is what it is today.
Although Ma Zhan'ao has passed away, these old people still cherish their past friendship.
Maqin is a full 450 kilometers away from Hezhou, and it will take three days for the new cavalry force to arrive. However, Yinchuan is even further away from Maqin, a full 1,200 kilometers away.
The Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army has been chasing Ma Guoliang's defeated troops. Although Ma Guoliang has more powerful troops than the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, they have been frightened and do not have the courage to turn back and fight with the Western Sichuan Army.
Moreover, they did not know whether there were reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army behind the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army. It would be terrible if they were entangled by the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army.
Therefore, Ma Guoliang led the remnants of the Ma Jiajun and fled blindly for their lives. If they were not more familiar with the road conditions on the plateau, they would have been overtaken by the Western Sichuan Army! In this way, many people were chasing and escaping.
Ma Jiajun soldiers were captured or shot by the Western Sichuan Army because they fell behind. By the afternoon of the 15th, when Ma Guoliang led his men to recover Hezhou, there were only more than 5,000 soldiers left under his command.
A group of defeated soldiers fled back to Hezhou, which immediately caused panic in Hezhou. There were more than 20,000 people at the time of departure, but now there are only so few people left. Even a fool knows that the Ma Jiajun has suffered a big defeat this time.
The entire Hezhou was suddenly panicked, and many wealthy households were even secretly cleaning up their possessions and fleeing immediately if the situation went wrong.
The Ma Jiajun's military morale was also in turmoil. When Ma Guoliang and others set out, everyone thought that they had a sure chance of victory. But now it has such an ending, which immediately makes the Ma Jiajun soldiers have a deeper fear of the Western Sichuan Army.
After receiving the notice, Gansu Admiral Ma Anliang became even more nervous and summoned Ma Guoliang immediately.
"Guoliang, what happened? How come there are only so few of the 20,000 troops left?" Ma Anliang asked angrily. The loss of 15,000 men was enough to devastate Ma's army.
"Brother, I'm sorry. The Western Sichuan Army is so powerful that even the three of us combined are no match for them!" Ma Guoliang said with a look of despair.
"What's going on? Tell me clearly!" Ma Anliang asked fiercely.
Only then did Ma Guoliang tell Ma Anliang exactly what had happened. During this period, he highlighted the powerful firepower of the Western Sichuan Army.
Ma Anliang frowned. He realized that he seemed to have underestimated the strength of the Western Sichuan Army. It had to be said that sending troops to help the Qingma Army this time really made him angry.
"Brother, quickly order the troops from all over the country to return to Hezhou to aid! The Western Sichuan Army will attack soon." Ma Guoliang reminded.
"Hezhou City has high walls and is not easy to break through!" Ma Anliang is still very confident about Hezhou's defense.
"Brother, we can't look at the Western Sichuan Army with the old eyes. The strength of the Western Sichuan Army is no longer comparable to what it was more than ten years ago. Besides, they were able to defeat us more than ten years ago and we had no power to fight back, but what about now?
Our Ma's Army is still the same as it was more than ten years ago, but the Western Sichuan Army is several times stronger than before. If they insist on taking Hezhou, it will be difficult for us to hold it!" Ma Guoliang said. He saw the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army.
After that, he really had no confidence in defending Hezhou.
"Boom! Boom!" Suddenly, the sound of shelling came from outside the city.
"Oops, the Western Sichuan Army is coming!" Ma Guoliang was shocked.
"Hmph! Look at your arrogance, the Western Sichuan Army can't get in!" Ma Anliang glared at Ma Guoliang and said very unhappy. At the same time, the alliance rushed towards the city wall.
At this moment, the main force of the Fourth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army has arrived outside Hezhou City. The shelling just now was his test.
After discovering the traces of the Western Sichuan Army, the city gates of Hezhou City were closed tightly. The Ma Jiajun soldiers on the city wall hid behind the female wall and looked at the Western Sichuan Army outside the city in horror.
"Brigadier, I tried two cannons, but they didn't cause much damage to the walls of Hezhou City. The walls of Hezhou City are indeed very strong!" said Guo Defu, chief of staff of the 4th Brigade.
"The city walls of Hezhou are all made of hard stone barriers. I'm afraid we need to use large-caliber heavy artillery to blast them with armor-piercing shells. However, we only have infantry artillery in hand now, which can't attack this solid city wall at all.
!" Liu Zhiye, commander of the Fourth Brigade, said with a frown.
"Let's wait until the reinforcements arrive later! With so many people captured this time, we must form new troops. When the time comes, let them charge and we can provide them with fire support, right?" Guo Defu said with a smile.
In the eyes of them, the original generals of the Western Sichuan Army, these captured soldiers were just cannon fodder. The soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army were all valuable, but these soldiers who had just joined the Western Sichuan Army were different.
"Well! Let's wait until the marshal and chief of staff arrive! Order the troops to prepare to camp and take precautions to prevent the Ma Jiajun from stealing the camp!" Liu Zhiye ordered. After all, they only have more than 5,000 people now, and there are at least 20,000 in Hezhou City.
There are many people. If the Ma Jiajun launches a sneak attack at night, it will be really difficult to deal with.
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