Ma Xiang sat blankly after the big case, and did not come back to his senses from Ma Li's narrative for a long time.

"Uncle, you have to make a decision quickly!" Ma Li said anxiously: "We have no way out. Annan does not welcome us at all. That is a trap, a trap for Liu Xinda to seize our wealth. Now, they have succeeded, but we have no last chance."

Ma Xiang's eyes finally turned, and he looked at Ma Li and shook his head and said, "It's not Liu Xinda, I'm afraid Liu Xinda can no longer be Annan's master. He will not be so short-sighted."

"Uncle, is there any difference?" Ma Li said: "There is no difference, the results are all the same."

Ma Xiang sighed, "Yes, there is no difference. Come back from Lang San Mansion and tell me where the specific situation is!"

Ma Li was stunned and looked at Ma Xiang and said, "Uncle, do you want to launch a large army to attack Annan?"

"You have grown up!" Ma Xiang stood up, walked back and forth a few steps in the house, and said, "Yes. This happened to Annan, which is enough to show that Liu Xinda can no longer control the overall situation. Since Liu Xinda is no longer able to do it, do I still care about the others? Maybe at this moment, Annan has already had civil strife. Such a large sum of money is enough to make many people jealous. Rong Guan still has 20,000 people, and is about to prepare to send to Qidong. Since that's the case, so what's the matter with us? Huh, what's your expression?"

Ma Li smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle, you'd better stop thinking like this."

"Why? Don't you think this is an opportunity?" Ma Xiang said in surprise.

"Tengjian had already told me what you said just now when I left." Ma Li shook his head and said, "He said that if his uncle wanted to go to Langshan to compete with him, he would definitely wait. And when I left, I did see some of their troops moving out."

Ma Xiang narrowed his eyes and said, "What else has he told you?"

"He also said that this time they seized more than 13 million guan of property, but he only had four million guan, and the rest was given to Liu Buwu." Ma Li continued.

After hearing Ma Li's words, Ma Xiang's expression collapsed on the spot.

"uncle?"

Ma Xiang took a deep breath: "I really couldn't see it before, Tengjian is such a powerful character."

"What does uncle mean?"

"The so-called wealth is moving." Ma Xiang said: "It was not long before Liu Xinda and his friends arrived in Annan. Life was not well-off. This time I dared to conclude that something happened to Liu Xinda must have happened. I originally thought that because of this money, there would be some conflicts within them. People like Tengjian were afraid that they would look down on Liu Buwu in their hearts. Liu An was even more ambitious, and it was not comparable to Liu Buwu. Liu Xinda was there, and could suppress them. If Liu Xinda was there, they might move inside. But Tengjian made it clear that he would only take what he should have for this money. In this way, he could be out of internal strife and deal with us wholeheartedly."

Ma Xiang sighed to the sky.

"Even if this is the case, I don't have to be afraid of him, but who has made Li Ze, an enemy opposite us who is many times stronger than Teng Jian? If they fight in the internal battle, we will send troops immediately without any surprises. Now that Teng Jian can defend us with all his strength, as long as he holds us in Lang Son and Li Ze's army comes over again, how can we still have a chance?"

After saying this, Ma Xiang looked at Ma Li and said, "This is why Tengjian lets you see his troops mobilization and specifically tell you how much money he has taken. He is warning me not to think about this. Otherwise, he might not be like this. I am absolutely dead."

"Uncle, Rongshan's terrain is dangerous. We went there rashly, but there was no chance of winning." Ma Li said. "We must make other plans now."

"Make another plan?" Ma Xiang stared at Ma Li, "What do you mean?"

"Uncle, now, do we have any other way to go? Do you have some confidence in the Battle of Hengyang?"

Ma Xiang shook his head.

The so-called Hengyang Battle is just to buy time for the overall retreat to the south. Now everything has become a silence. It can be said that it has lost both the wife and the soldiers. If I had known this, it would be better to reward all the money to the soldiers, which can also stimulate greater combat effectiveness to fight the Tang army to the death!

"Since it is a battle of despair, why don't we find another way?" Ma Li lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, we have no irresolvable hatred with Chang'an! We are not the Xiang family in Lingnan. Apart from this time, we have no past of meeting with Chang'an. On the contrary, this time, if we can fight back, we will definitely make great contributions."

Ma Xiangran looked up suddenly and looked at Ma Li.

However, Ma Li also looked at his uncle without any timidity.

"When did your idea come true?" Ma Xiang asked slowly.

"On the way back!" Ma Li said calmly: "I saw the forts and military camps built by Tengjian in Liangshan. I knew that we had no chance. We must not find a way out."

"Do you know the so-called series of national policies implemented by Li Ze are digging our roots? If we follow this path, the Ma family will gradually disappear."

"Uncle, if we don't follow this path, Rong is a living example of us." Ma Li said sternly: "What is left of Rong now? The male is almost dead, and now there are only two fathers and sons of Rong Hong and Rong Ju. Do you know what the fate of the Rong family women and children who went to Annan? Tengjian is preparing to give all these women to his soldiers."

Ma Xiang discolored.

"Uncle, do you think all the male men of our Ma family died on the battlefield, and all the women became toys in the hands of those rough people?" Ma Li continued: "It is not too late to surrender to the Northern Tang Dynasty. We can cut off the Xiang family's retreat, make contributions to end the war early, and make contributions to Li Ze's unification of the world. As long as we do this, even if Li Ze will still deprive us of our power in the future, at least, we can still protect our family. The future is long, how can we not rise again? Look at the Xue family, Sima family, and Liu family in Hedong. They were also miserable at one time, but now, aren't they getting up again? It's just a different way of living. Some people in the Xue family have become senior officials in the Northern Tang Dynasty, Sima family, and Liu family have become business bosses. They have been struggling, but they have survived."

Ma Xiang was silent.

"Stay the green mountains here, don't be afraid of burning firewood!" Ma Li said. "Uncle, make up your mind quickly. This news will be sent back soon. At that time, the morale of the entire coalition will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, the Tang army will definitely be unstoppable and easily defeat the coalition. At that time, we will have much less credit. And at that time, we may not have a chance. If the coalition forces retreat in large numbers, if it is not good, we will be in the Porcelain Association. At that time, we will be very moved."

Ma Xiang walked back and forth in the house, like a trapped beast. After a while, he suddenly stood firm, clenched his fists with both hands, and pounded hard on the desk, shaking the pen, ink, paper and ink on it.

"uncle!"

"Just do what you said!" Ma Xiang took a deep breath: "I'll write a letter, you take Qi Dong to find Ma Yi, and then you go to the opposite side to meet Jose!"

"Yes, uncle!" Ma Li was overjoyed, "The uncle is going to make preparations here too."

"Of course, since I have done it, I have to stop doing it." Ma Xiang said: "This time I came back, to raise another batch of military rations for the front line. Now there will be no more grain of food to the front line. I will snatch all the original warehouses. The 20,000 troops gathered by Rongcheng will be used to block Xiang's escape."

"I'll ask my uncle to write a letter immediately, and I'll go to Qidong."

"Can you hold on?" Looking at Ma Li, who was covered in dust, Ma Xiang was a little worried.

"What is this hard work for the sake of Ma's life and death?" Ma Li shook his head: "Even if I tie myself to the horse, I will arrive at Qidong as fast as possible."

A few days later, the deputy commander of the Second Corps, General Jose, saw Ma Li, who was almost in a state of stubbornness. Seeing Ma Xiang's handwritten letter he took out from his arms, Jose could hardly believe his eyes.

At this moment, he was preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Qi Dong.

Opposite him was the coalition forces of the Rong Guan Ma family and the Gui Guan Zheng family.

The small-scale test has passed. When Jose, who had already made the final arrangement for the opponent's strength, had already made the final arrangement, a piece of pie fell from the world and slammed it firmly on his head.

Although this disrupted his original deployment, it has to be said that this is a huge positive news.

He could take down Qi Dong's enemies without any effort.

The sudden rebellion of Ma's family will inevitably cause a devastating blow to Zheng.

And his losses will be reduced to negligible.

Originally, Jose had made plans to lose three to five thousand people.

While changing his combat arrangements, he also sent messages to the Central Army Tu Lichun, and at the same time, he also asked the Intelligence Committee to verify the credibility of this matter.

Before his messenger could return, the news from the Intelligence Committee came first.

The result of the Battle of Lang Son was placed before Jose, and a senior official from the Intelligence Committee also formally informed Jose of Teng Jian's true identity, which made Jose completely confident.

Ma Xiang had no way out, so he could only grab the last life-saving straw to seek the survival of the Ma family.

The 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Mid-Autumn Festival.

Jose formally issued an order to attack Qidong.

On August 16, Chen Changping launched a fierce attack on Qian Wenxi and Rong Hong's troops in Ganzhou.
Chapter completed!