Shanqi City.

This city is only three cities away from Iai City, and they are only small subsidiary cities on the supply route, so the journey is not far away.

Huang Shi and Ma Hui stood at the top of Qihuang City, looking in the direction where Ihe City was.

Although the two of them did not look at each other, worry could be faintly seen in their eyes.

It's been so long and they really can't delay it any longer.

Previously, Huang Shi faced the pressure of the generals alone. Later, with Chen Ze's instructions, he transferred the troops from the mountains and forests back to Xilong City, and finally returned them to Ma Hui.

This move indeed suppressed the discordant questioning voices in the army in a short period of time. After all, Ma Hui himself was Zheng Yuanyun's confidant. When Zheng Yuanyun sent troops from Ketan City, he also asked Ma Hui to take charge.

Control this elite army of 500,000 people.

In particular, Ma Hui was familiar with the generals in the army, and even Wu Peng, who caused the most trouble, had a life-long friendship with Ma Hui.

With this section, and the fact that the 500,000 elite soldiers who had returned to Xilong City had begun marching into the interior of Nantes Province, and indeed passed through the captured city, the confidence of the generals was restored.

Quite a few.

But then Ma Hui's operation was difficult for Wu Peng and others to understand.

Every time Ma Hui passed a city, he replaced the generals who defended the city. After passing three cities in a row, he put the three generals and their cronies and followers into prison.

Although it seems that every time he has a good reputation, and Ma Hui even produced a token issued by Lord Zheng personally, is there something wrong with all the generals?

Another point is that the so-called military speed is very important. Ma Hui's move of seizing power while walking will inevitably affect the marching speed of the troops. In other words, this is another kind of delay.

After arriving at Shanqi City, Ma Hui temporarily stopped the march on the pretext of resting the troops, which inevitably brought the doubts that had been suppressed so hard to the surface again.

Furthermore, since Huang Shi returned the military power to Ma Hui, the two of them have been coming together and coming in together, as if they are on the same front. Even Wu Peng, who has a good relationship with him, has developed feelings for Ma Hui at this moment.

Suspect.

Don’t Ma Hui and Huang Shi want to continue marching?

of course not!

But the problem is that Shanqi City is only three cities away from Juhe City. Further forward, the war has started in the front, and Zheng Yuanyun is surrounded by Ouyang Lixing's more than two million troops. It will no longer be concealed.

Once this matter is spread among the military, no matter how eloquent they are, it will not help.

Ma Hui knew very well in his heart what kind of friendship there was between these 500,000 elite soldiers, including himself, and Mr. Zheng.

Although Mr. Zheng only cares about merit and profit, he does it against his superiors, but he never treats his subordinates poorly, especially the elite soldiers he personally selected and formed.

Otherwise, how could he gain military morale?

Zheng Yuanyun excluded the generals, but he would not exclude the soldiers. Otherwise, wouldn't he become a mere commander?

At this point, Ma Hui was very sure that if the soldiers at hand heard that Master Zheng was in trouble in Iai City, they would definitely rush to support him regardless of the obstruction of his apparent commander.

In fact, in the three cities in front that have not yet been controlled, news has already been sent back. However, the news brought back by the messenger soldiers has been blocked. Only Ma Hui can understand the news of Xiangjian.

That's why it didn't spread among the army.

But procrastinating like this was not an option. Ma Hui remembered that he had only been in Shanqi City for an hour, and Wu Peng had already urged him three times on behalf of the generals in the army.

However, going forward, once the news is revealed, the speed of the march will no longer be under their control.

Both Ma Hui and Huang Shi actually know what the situation is like in Iai City right now. Their current task is to control the speed at which these reinforcements arrive at Iai City. They can only go slowly or not quickly.

Ma Hui felt bad at the moment.

He has regained the command of 500,000 elite soldiers, but the personnel are no longer what they used to be. Now that he has surrendered to Chen Ze, when he looks at his old brother again, he will inevitably feel guilty in his heart.

In any case, no matter what the reason was, he betrayed Master Zheng and also betrayed his old brothers.

Every time Wu Peng came to see him, it was a torture for Ma Hui. If it weren't for Huang Shishi beside him, Ma Hui could hardly bear to tell him the truth.

Ma Hui doesn't know how Wu Peng will react once he learns the truth. Maybe he will be grateful for his brotherhood and choose to stand on his side.

Your Excellency's men and horses reported the news, and these are all unknown.

Ma Hui didn't dare to gamble, and because he didn't dare, his inner struggle and suffering was greater than Huang Shi's.

Huang Shi was not under Zheng Yuanyun's command, but was a close confidant of Hua Lao. Back then, Hua Lao was a person that Zheng Yuanyun could not even catch up with. Therefore, Huang Shi had a sense of arrogance in his heart.

Since it was Hua Lao who sent him to do things, he was not as entangled as Ma Hui. However, he could not fall out with these die-hard generals of Zheng Yuanyun at the moment. He was not afraid, but it hindered him.

The plan never worked.

"General Ma, someone wants to see you!"

While Ma Hui and Huang Shi were looking at each other in silence, not knowing what to do, someone shouted from the top of the city.

The two looked at each other and both saw the helplessness in the other's eyes.

Someone asked to see them. It was probably Wu Peng and other die-hard loyalists of Zheng Yuanyun who came to ask for their help, right?

So this time, what kind of reason should be used to send them away?

"Let's go, what's supposed to come will eventually come."

Huang Shi smiled bitterly and patted Ma Hui on the shoulder. He could feel the entanglement in this brother's heart, so when Ma Hui was urged these few times, he always followed him, fearing that the man would become soft-hearted and choose to send troops.

However, what the two of them did not expect was that after descending from the city, what they saw was not Wu Peng and the other generals, but Guo Zi standing there carefree.

"Brother Guo, are you back?"

When Ma Hui saw it was Guo Zi, he was stunned at first, then overjoyed.

After taking control of Shanqi City, Guo Zi left temporarily on the pretext of meeting with Chen Ze's scouts to obtain a new round of instructions.

Now that he suddenly came back, and seeing the expression on his face, Ma Hui couldn't help but feel a little at ease.

Guo Zi laughed and walked forward, glanced left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "General Ma, General Huang, my eldest brother said the time has come, you can continue marching, just slow down a little.

That’s it.”
Chapter completed!