Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

The battlefield is ever-changing, and crises often contain opportunities.

As night fell, heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky.

After Gao Xiaosong arranged for the army to be deployed, he summoned his two most valued generals alone. One was Li Rubai, who had been with him during the expedition.

Another Shaanxi military officer, Li Rusong, who had just arrived with the Shaanxi frontier troops for support, was Li Rubai's eldest brother.

The five sons of the Li family are all brave and good at fighting, and they are one of the most famous general families in Daxia.

Gao Xiaosong and Li Liang have an irreversible relationship. When the current situation is chaotic, they should unite closely and help each other, so they rely more on these two brothers. This is human nature.

The purpose of leaving their brothers alone was to get closer to the Li family.

But what Gao Xiaosong didn't expect was that he relied too much on the Li brothers, which aroused great dissatisfaction from the other two heroes who came with Li Rusong to support him.

There are two major families of generals in the Daxia border army, which are collectively called "East Li and Xima". Dong Li refers to the Li family army headed by Li Liang and located in the northeast of Weizhen. The Li family's Liaodong cavalry encountered the Sui of the Tianwu Gang. Before launching the gun troops, he was known as the strongest soldier in the world, and his reputation was slightly inferior to that of the Qi Family Army created by the God of War.

As for Xi Ma, headed by Ma Lu, he guards the Ma family in the northwest.

It's just that because the Ma family is a Hui tribe and there is no elite cavalry that can match the Liaodong cavalry, their reputation is much lower than that of the Li family.

Although the reputation of the Ma family is much lower than that of the Li family, the overall strength of the Ma family is not much inferior to that of the Li family, especially in the second generation. The second generation of the Ma family, Ma Jin and Ma Gui, are also brave and skilled battlefield veterans.

The Ma and Li families, who are both generals, have had a long-standing grudge. This time, the Li family made a big mistake in supporting King Baoning. They thought they would be ruined. Unexpectedly, the status of Li Rusong and Li Rubai was not affected at all, and they were even more important. This made the two brothers of the Ma family very dissatisfied, especially the fierce general Ma Gui, who had no choice but to show his dissatisfaction on his face.

After Ma Gui walked out of the Chinese army tent, he couldn't help but complained to his brother Ma Jin: "Brother, this eunuch named Gao doesn't trust our brothers at all. What's the point of being an official?"

Ma Jin glanced at him and scolded him in a low voice: "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about?"

As he spoke, he glanced nervously left and right: "We'll talk about it when we get back to camp."

Ma Gui said "Oh" and hurriedly followed his brother's footsteps.

Returning to his camp tent, Ma Jin asked his cronies to guard the door. After confirming that it was safe, he breathed a sigh of relief. Ma Gui cursed impatiently: "Brother, this old eunuch Gao Xiaosong didn't let our brother go at all." In my heart, I only believe in the eldest sons of the Li family. The same goes for the emperor. Except for eunuchs, he doesn’t want to see us civil servants and generals at all. Otherwise, why would he let a dead eunuch lead the army? "

Ma Jin glanced sideways at his younger brother: "So what if you don't want to see him? People are like swordsmen, and I'm like fish and meat. Our Ma family is located in the northwest. It doesn't matter what we want, so why should we compare with others? The situation is so chaotic now, and the result of being neutral is to be killed. No one wants to be seen, and in the end they can only end up dead in a place where there is no hiding place. Look at what the Li family did. They first surrendered to Queen Ning and then surrendered to King Zhou, but they were taken seriously. Learn from it."

Ma Gui said unhappily: "Even if we have to choose a side, why do we have to choose the King of Zhou? This guy is stupid and incompetent. He has chosen more than five thousand beauties to serve in the palace before the world is decided. He only knows how to appoint eunuchs. Those who can't How can such a thing as Yin and Yang be managed well in this great world? And if our brothers are ordered around by a dead eunuch, I feel really unhappy."

Ma Jin thoughtfully said to Ma Gui: "Let's hold in our displeasure. We don't have the strength to challenge others. It's not like you don't know how strong the new army of the Shenji Battalion in Gao Xiaosong's hands is. The world has changed now, isn't it? It’s time for whoever has more people to become more powerful.”

Thinking of the power of the flintlock gun, Ma Gui immediately felt a chill in his heart: "I don't know if it was that smoking thing that invented the flintlock gun. Nowadays, there are still wars wherever they are fought. They are basically fighting for money. Whoever has more guns is more powerful. , with tens of thousands of fusiliers, this battle cannot be fought. No matter what bullshit formations you use, you are still a cavalry hero, no matter how brave you are, it will not help the world. Isn’t this just bullying us poor people in the northwest? Really? Damn this fucking world, those southern profiteers, I will destroy them all sooner or later."

Ma Jin also sighed with emotion: "I heard that flintlock guns did come from the south, and even the guns in Beijing were bought from the south. Unfortunately, we have lived in the northwest for a long time and are not familiar with the people in the south, so we have no way to get a batch. "

They have all lived in the northwest for a long time and are Muslims. The channels for the big southern businessmen are all controlled by Han civil servants, so they have no chance to get to know each other.

The two of them were silent for a while, and Ma Jin suddenly said: "Brother, I heard a rumor today. It is said that the late emperor is still alive and is in the army of King Tan."

Ma Gui was shocked: "How could it be? Before I was in the capital, I inquired about the situation on the night of the palace coup. It was said that five princes were involved. Under those circumstances, how could they allow the late emperor to escape?"

Ma Jin shook his head: "I don't know. In short, the probability of the late emperor being alive is very high. Now King Yin is trapped. If we can do something, if King Yin really has a chance to take over the capital in the future, our family's status will be Maybe it can turn over, at least it won’t be lower than it is now.”

Ma Gui was shocked: "Brother, what do you mean... that we turn against each other? But King Xi has been beaten like this, how can he still have the strength to enter the capital?"

Ma Jin said: "It is because he is not strong enough that he relies more on us. King Zhou has Tian Wu Gang as his backer, so he is indeed strong, but do you think he will take us seriously? King Chu also has Po Hai, leading him With the soldiers of the barbarians in the Indochina Peninsula, the flintlock rifles are really in vain in the hands of these barbarians. If we can gain the trust of King Tao and change the clothes of the brothers, it will be easy to fight back to the capital, and first The emperor is in his hands and has the reputation of righteousness. Once he takes control of Kyoto, there will be no other prince in the world."

Ma Gui thought for a moment and said, "But how do we contact King Xin? We don't even know him, so we defected rashly. Can he accept us?"

Ma Jin thought for a while and said, "I heard that the boy from the Liu family seems to be in King Tan's army. Didn't you and Liu Dadao have a few drinks? Why don't you contact him?"

Ma Gui looked embarrassed: "Liu Wei is not easy to talk to."

Ma Jin patted Ma Gui on the shoulder: "That was in the past. It's understandable if you are young and a little aggressive. Now that we are all middle-aged, how can we always be as aggressive as before? What's more, they are in a critical moment now. We want to save their lives, there is no reason to look down on us."

Ma Gui nodded heavily: "Okay, but if we send someone there, they won't believe it. It seems I can only do it myself."

Ma Jin nodded: "Our Ma family depends on you."

……

The breakout time is set at midnight, which is still half an hour away.

Liu Wei was leading a team of personal guards on a final inspection tour. At this time, a soldier sent a letter saying that a cold arrow shot up from the mountain was tied to a cold arrow, and the letter indicated that it was to be handed over to him. Sent over.

After taking the letter, I saw that there was only a location on the corner of the mountain. It seemed that I was going to ask him to meet at this secret place.

After thinking about it, he took the letter to see King Yi. King Yi thought about it for a while and asked Liu Wei to decide what to do.

After Liu Wei hesitated for a moment, he decided to take a few brothers to have a look.

A dilapidated Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain was the location mentioned in the letter. Liu Wei, Xia Shixun and a few others walked around the broken Taoist temple to make sure there was no danger around before going in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a burly man standing in the Taoist temple hall.

The big man's face was very familiar, but he couldn't pronounce his name for a while: "You are..."

When Ma Gui saw that Liu Wei was really here, he shouted excitedly: "Liu Da Dao, it's me, Ma Er."

Liu Wei suddenly realized: "Ma Lao Er? Why are you here? Aren't your Ma family guarding the northwest?"

Ma Gui chuckled: "Now King Buzhou saw that Gao Xiaosong was unable to attack Xiangyang for a long time, so he called us all over to help."

Liu Wei suddenly changed his face in shock: "What? Are you all here? Who else is there?"

Ma Gui said contemptuously: "Of course there are the Li family brothers. Even we have been recalled, so the Li family may be missing."

Liu Wei was shocked and said angrily: "Oh my god, is King Zhou giving away the borders of Great Xia? If the Mongolian barbarians go south, won't the people of Great Xia be ruined again?"

Ma Gui was also surprised when he heard Liu Wei's words. In his impression, Liu Wei was a playboy who regarded human life as nothing. When did he care about the lives of the people on the border? But then I thought about it, this was pretty good, it just gave my brother a perfect reason to rebel.

"Who says it's not the case? The King of Zhou ignored my brother's firm opposition and sent all the border troops southward with the intention of pacifying Xiangyang in one fell swoop. We are so anxious that we can't stop it."

Liu Wei snorted coldly and said, "The false king will definitely suffer retribution for his perverse actions. Hum, once the border fires are ignited, their good days will come to an end."

Ma Gui couldn't help but wonder when he heard Liu Wei's determined tone. King Tan could still control the frontier peak fire when he was like this?

"Brother Liu, with all due respect, now that King Tan's army is about to be destroyed, he shouldn't be able to take care of border affairs, right?"

Liu Wei sneered: "Destruction? Even if the king of Zhou has ten courages, he would not dare to hurt the life of His Highness King Xi, otherwise someone will definitely come to settle the score with him."

Ma Gui said even more strangely: "Brother Liu, I have lived in the northwest for a long time and know very little about things in the south. I wonder if I can explain it to me?"

Liu Wei chuckled. In fact, he had guessed Ma Gui's plan after confirming Ma Gui's identity just now.

The Ma family has lived in the northwest for a long time, and there will definitely be a lot of dissatisfaction if they are forcibly transferred to the capital.

Then he secretly invited himself out to meet. It would definitely not be to reminisce about old times, but only to persuade him to surrender or switch sides.

Therefore, Liu Wei was the one who struck preemptively. He first stood at the top of the righteousness, made his position clear, and blocked the other party's rhetoric to persuade him to surrender.

If Ma Gui really came to persuade him to surrender at this time, he should have retreated in the face of difficulties.

But Ma Gui did not retreat despite the difficulties. Instead, he was very interested in Liu Wei's words and looked like he was willing to hear the details.

This made Liu Wei's mind suddenly come alive: "Okay, Brother Ma, since you want to hear it, I will give you a good talk today...".