From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1103

The sky was completely bright.

The morning glow in the east dyed the whole sky red, and the earth turned red, and the blood on the city wall was even brighter.

The battle continued!

Roar! Fighting! Screams! The collision of weapons! The loud noise of heavy objects falling!

This tragic and tragic war picture seemed to have been frozen. People had long lost their thinking. All the fighting came from the memory of muscles and the dullness of souls.

Song Wu threw down the knife. This was the sixth knife. The blade was rolled and full of gaps.

He could no longer make a sound. His voice was hoarse. He just continued to chop forward under the pressure.

Suddenly, his head was dizzy and he fell down.

"Marshal!"

A guard exclaimed and quickly helped him up.

But Song Wu was unconscious.

He had a dream.

I dreamed that when I was very young, my father and mother were by my side, with a pen on the left and a knife on the right.

There was laughter all around, and someone was calling him to choose one.

He reached out to the pen, but the sunlight shone down, and the knife suddenly reflected and shone on his face.

So he turned around and held the knife.

This was a very long memory, and Song Wu had never remembered these things, but this dream reminded him of it.

"Go to your maze, there are your favorite things, wooden horses, embroidered bunnies, marbles, hoops, rattles, and countless other things."

"You are my grandson, Song Shan'ao. You are entitled to a lifetime of happiness. Why bother fighting?"

"With your status, what else do you need?"

Song Wu shouted, "But those are no longer what I need. I've grown up."

He woke up slowly in the midst of the exclamation, and almost stood up in an instant, anxiously saying, "Have you held on! What's wrong!"

Xiong Kuohai sighed and said, "Don't worry , the other side can't attack. The tower of Liangzhou Guard is three feet high. It's not easy for them to make a gap. "

Song Wu breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his eyes, and said: "How long have I slept? What happened?"

Xiong Kuohai said: "The military doctor has checked it. It's nothing. It's just too tired and too worried. The blood and qi attacked the heart and fainted. It's dusk on August 16th now."

Song Wu got up and saw the basin next to him. He buried his head in it immediately. After more than ten breaths, he raised his head, took a long breath, and was much more awake.

"I slept for a whole day and let them have something to eat. How is the situation now?"

Xiong Kuohai said: "After fighting all night, the other side suffered heavy losses and has suspended the attack. Relying on the city wall, we can still hold on."

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said: "The valiant crown marquis died..."

Song Wu's figure trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but lower his head and close his eyes.

He was silent for a long time before he choked up and said, "This is war, there is nothing we can do."

Xiong Kuohai said, "But the good news is that if the situation continues like this, the other side will not be able to attack at all, and Gansu Town should be fine."

Song Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head slowly.

He murmured, "Master Xiong, you have been fighting wits and ruthlessness with the enemy for many years and have rich combat experience, but you don't understand war."

"The cruelty of war lies in all aspects. You have to know that we have only been here for a month or two after all."

"The hope we see is likely to be a mirage."

Xiong Kuohai was silent. He obviously thought of a lot of things, but he didn't dare to say it out.

...

In the tent, Ma Xinchang was holding a bowl of noodles and eating it deliciously.

Beside him, several middle-aged men in Hu costumes looked unhappy, looking at Ma Xinchang coldly, with a questioning look on their faces.

Ma Xinchang ignored them, just finished the noodles patiently, and then wiped his mouth casually.

He burped and then slowly said: "Both Liangzhou Guard and Suzhou Guard have complete fortifications and a large number of defensive weapons. How can it be so easy to attack them?"

"If I don't help, you will not be able to do anything. Their falconets are not a joke."

The middle-aged man dressed in Hu said in a deep voice: "So what should we do? We can't fight like this. We lost more than 15,000 people last night, and the other side... estimated that only lost 3,000 or 4,000 people."

"If we fight like this, we will die and we won't be able to take Liangzhou Guard."

Ma Xinchang said lightly: "Why are you in a hurry? How can we rely on brute force to attack the city? I have my own way, but I think we can still talk about some conditions."

The middle-aged man dressed in Hu laughed and said softly: "The appetite of the head of the Ma family is a bit too big, isn't the King of the West Sea enough?"

Ma Xinchang smiled and said: "Of course the King of the West Sea is not enough. I want to be the King of the Northwest.I want the whole Gansu Town, except Xining Guard."

"Don't say you are reluctant. If the matter is successful, you will get much more than me."

He stood up, stretched, and said, "Sulitang, no... General Sulitang, Yarkand is on the road of rapid expansion. Don't ruin the overall situation because of these small things. Your goal should be more ambitious."

"I have two cards in my hand, each of which is enough to penetrate Liangzhou. I am waiting for your answer."

Sulitang was silent for a moment, and smiled slowly: "Even if we buy goods, we need to at least see the appearance of the goods, otherwise how can we bid?"

Ma Xinchang said: "I have the list and hometown of the Liangzhou Guard garrison here. My people have gone to arrest people. The parents and brothers of those garrisons are all in my hands now... How about this card?"

"Our Ma family has been in the northwest for hundreds of years, passed down for four or five generations, and spent countless money. Do you think it's a joke? Do you think that the imperial court can suppress our century-old business by winning people's hearts in one or two months just because it is in the name of "righteousness"? "

"If things in the world are really like that, it would be really unfair."

"Go and ask your Khan, I don't want much."

Suritang was silent for a moment, then stood up, clasped his fists, and turned to leave.

After all the Yarkand people in the tent left, Ma Dechang whispered: "Brother, are we going too far? I mean, if we ask too much, what if the other party doesn't give it..."

Ma Xinchang said coldly: "Second brother, we have embarked on this road, we have no chance to retreat, understand?"

"Now they need us, and if they don't need us in the future, won't they eat us as meat?"

"But if Gansu Town belongs to us in the future, then they won't be able to eat us. This is ambition and our way of self-protection."

"When doing things, it is impossible to only look at what is in front of you. "

Ma Dechang nodded in sudden realization and said, "Brother, I will listen to you. When will the next attack be?"

Ma Xinchang said, "Wait for the reply from the Khan of Yarkand, and take it step by step. Liangzhou Wei is not that difficult to fight, but only for us."

"We need to let more people die in Yarkand, which will be good for us in the future."

At this point, he laughed and said softly, "The West Sea plus Gansu is not small, and we can even establish a dynasty and establish a country."

"Our Ma family has been a running dog for a hundred years, and we are finally going to be independent."

"By then, you will be a first-class prince!"

Hearing this, Ma Dechang couldn't help but get excited and said quickly, "Thank you, brother!"