Wang Lin felt that Hu Yangu lost it to him was really a bit cowardly.

Because of the problem of queuing up the military rations, the two soldiers fought. Fighting was the most common thing in the army. They were all young and passionate, and they stayed together all day long without sparking. So would they still be called a man? Therefore, Wang Lin always turned a blind eye to the private fights between soldiers.

But this fight was a bit outrageous. First, the two groups of people who received the grain fought each other, and soon the two teams attacked each other. Then there were two brigades. Finally, even the captains of their respective regiments rolled their arms into the battle.

The army stationed in Huyan Valley is very special. It neither belongs to the powerful Tiande Front Army nor the Tiande Back Army, which specializes in the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. It has no chance with the arrogance of the Ya Army. They were originally a patrol battalion stationed in the three cities of Fengzhou. The patrol battalion belonged to the second-line troops, with low food and salary, and most of the soldiers were born in the local wealthy family.

After Meng Chu led Fengzhou, the gentry and wealthy people loyal to Wang Qian moved to Zhongshoucheng City, and the three patrol battalions moved westward, first placed them in Munashan and Datongchuan. Due to insufficient military pay, the soldiers often went out to loot in groups of three or five. The local people complained and jointly filed a lawsuit with the Orthodon Bureau. As a last resort, Wang Qian had to withdraw the Orthodon Army from Huyan Valley back to the city and transfer the third battalion to the Huyan Valley.

Huyan Valley is surrounded by mountains, and the young masters and soldiers of each battalion had nowhere to have fun. They practiced their own people when they were idle. Just when the battalions were having fun, a team of 100 people from Baishuihu climbed over the steep mountain wall, and suddenly attacked after going around Beiguan. The Beiguan Guard originally had a regiment of 200 people, but because they wanted to fight, the lieutenant drew three teams and only more than fifty people left. The team sent by Baishuihu were all elite troops in the army of ten, and the defenders were suddenly attacked. How could they be defeated?

The soldiers of Tiande Army who were fighting suddenly saw the smoke lit up at the head of Beiguan City, and all of them were stunned. When they recovered and returned to their camp to get weapons, Baishuihu's cavalry had already rushed through Beiguan and killed them. The troops were caught off guard and defeated one after another. Huyangu was lost in a confused manner.

Wang Lin was angry, annoyed and shy. After retreating to Lezhai, he planned to severely punish those who were fighting. Wang Zeng advised: "Now that people are unstable after the defeat. If they go to take them again, there will be no trouble." Wang Lin said: "Is it possible to let it go?" Wang Zeng said: "This is the end of this matter. The third brother has to explain it in person and never pursue it again. But the military discipline needs to be rectified. Let's talk about everything. If anyone intentionally ruins our affairs at the critical moment, don't blame us for being merciless." Wang Lin accepted the proposal and stationed troops back to Lezhai to watch the situation.

Baishuihu received a letter of cancellation and alliance drafted by Liang Yangu and copied by Wang Feng. Because Qu Chuji had previously judged the situation and offered a strange plan to help him seize Huyangu, Baishuihu became more respectful to the thin cold-faced old man. He took the letter of alliance to Qu Chuji's bedroom.

Qu Chuji sat in the tent alone, and there was a game of Go in front of him, and he was both white and black. The white water fox smiled unconsciously and said, "I have seen people fighting with the sky and people fighting with the earth. I have seen people fighting with people more often. It is rare for people like Mr. to fight with him."

Qu Chuji said: "It is better to fight with the sky, the earth, and people than fight with you. Can I ask Khan a question?"

Baishuihu said, "Sir, please tell me." After that, he sat opposite Qu Chuji.

Qu Chuji's bright little eyes stared at Baishui Fox's face coldly: "What is a hero in the world?"

Baishui Fox smiled and said, "Those who are single-handedly fighting across the battlefield, fight against ten thousand people with one man, and take the general level among millions of troops; those who command thousands of troops, attack cities and land, kill people, and kill mountains and rivers; those who sit on a high platform, look down on the world, turn their hands into clouds and rain, and play around with billions of people in the world and applaud them can all be called heroes."

Qu Chuji snorted in his nose, "They are the heroes of men, but they are not heroes?"

Baishuihu sneered and said, "According to Mr., who can suffocate himself to death on the chessboard, is a hero?"

Qu Chuji: "Only by clearing your mind and overcoming desires, not being confused for profit or being confused by force, you can only be called a hero."

Baishuihu laughed and said disapprovingly: "According to the sir, aren't there all over the ground full of heroes? Such a hero is really worthless."

Qu Chuji smiled, lowered his head and immersed in the chess game. Bai Shuihu was anxious when he saw it, but he did not dare to interrupt, so he gently placed the alliance letter next to the chessboard. Qu Chuji ignored it. Bai Shuihu was anxious and couldn't help but say, "Sir, you should play chess in the future. There is a big thing that you want to make decisions at the moment."

"I have asked for peace from the city," Qu Chuji did not raise his head when he spoke.

"Sir, you are such a god." Bai Shuihu praised sincerely. After that, he pulled out the letter and respectfully pushed it in front of Qu Chuji. Qu Chuji did not go to read the letter, but said lightly: "Khan has made a decision in his heart, so why bother ask me?"

Baishui fox piled with a smile and said, "I am still uneasy without guidance from my husband."

Qu Chuji picked up a chess piece in his hand and was about to make a move. After hearing what Baishui Fox said, he stopped and said, "I have said what I should have said." Seeing that Baishui Fox was confused, he threw the chess piece impatiently and explained, "Clear your heart, overcome your desires, don't be confused, remember these eight words, Tiande Jun is yours."

The Baishui Fox sucked for a long time, suddenly realized and said, "Thank you for your advice, sir."

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The first match between Ma Yue and Baishui Fox was barely considered a draw.

This is what Ma Yue and his confidants said. In the eyes of Baishuihu and Wang brothers, Ma Yue was defeated and was defeated. The two camps of his confidants who relied on their business were also destroyed.

Ma Yue did not expect that Wang Feng would form an alliance with his old enemy Baishui Fox to abandon his past grudges. It is said that the conditions for the Baishui Fox to form an alliance are very relaxed: he asked for 200,000 taels of silver, paid for 50,000 taels in five years, paid for 150,000 shi of grain, paid for 3 years, paid for only 20,000 shi; he asked for 10,000 pieces of silk, paid for 500 pieces in five years. In terms of territory, Wang Feng officially recognized the ownership of Baishui Fox to Datongchuan.

The annual tax of Tiande Army is one million taels of silver, two million stones of grain, and ten thousand pieces of silk (cloth). Using this little thing, I beat the white fox who broke into my house, which really took a big advantage. Is this the legendary greedy and cunning white fox? This is simply a white Bodhisattva!

Wang Mian's think tank Feng Qingfeng asserted that this was a strategy used by Baishuihu, and he won't do anything to do it. Ma Yue never believed Feng Qingfeng's words, but this time he felt that the old guy's words seemed to make some sense. Feng Qingfeng took the opportunity to suggest that Ma Yue give all of his own to the Baishuihu to fight against Baishuihu, win the battle, and defeat the white fox's arrogance in one fell swoop, forcing him to retreat in a difficult situation.

Ma Yue adopted Feng Qingfeng's suggestion and sent all the elite troops (including two battalions he regarded as his confidant) to fight with the two thousand troops of the Shumazhai and Baishuihu in the northwest of the Suicheng. The military system of the Shiwei people was quite chaotic. The so-called thousand troops actually had no thousand troops, and the two armies were only a hundred people together. There were nearly three thousand soldiers participating in the battle on one side of Ma Yue, three to one, which was almost a battle without any suspense.

However, Ma Yue underestimated the power of his opponent or overestimated himself. The Battle of Shuanmazhai lasted two hours. The Ma army suffered more than 2,500 soldiers who were killed and injured, captured and dispersed, and 300 were killed in the White Army. The loss ratio reached a terrifying 8-to-one! As the old enemy, the two families had many battles in history, each with victory or defeat. Overall, the Tiande Army still had a slight advantage. Ma Yue could not believe that everything in front of him was real. The Tiande Army, who had been killed, retreated dozens of miles.

Ma Yue's extraordinary character is that he refuses to admit defeat. This personality is flawed, just like a double-edged sword that will harm others and oneself. As the leader, this personality may sometimes even ruin the entire army. However, at this time, Ma Yue's unwilling nature plays a role in stabilizing the morale of the army and avoiding a total collapse. He announced to the army that the battle of Shingmazhai was generally a draw, or a small loss. The soldiers were encircled in the military camp and were very different, and it was easy to deceive, so the officers were a little difficult to deal with. Ma Yue's method was to send a supervisory team to deal with the shaken officer without mercy.

The morale of the army finally stabilized for the time being, but the situation on the battlefield became unfavorable to him. What made Ma Yue even more upset was that the Wang brothers, who were originally looking at each other as if they were enemies, suddenly looked like they were alone. Both brothers were short of food, but they all transported the food from their own grain warehouses to each other's military camps, as if they had food to eat, clothes to wear, and help each other to overcome difficulties.

Zhongshoujiang City is no longer an isolated city. Ma Yue decided to change his strategy and march from the water route.

The Tiande Navy suddenly became the main force from an inconspicuous side army. However, this change did not bring any benefits to the navy commander Zhu Kong. As a confidant of Wang Mian's promotion, Zhu Kong was not regarded as his own person by Ma Yue. As a general of the side army, Ma Yue could tolerate it, but now the navy has become the key to victory. Ma Yue decided to use his own people to control the navy. He ordered Zhu Kong to be promoted to the army of the former army, and his cousin Maka became the chief general of the navy. Maka once served as a captain in the navy, but because he was not in harmony with Zhu Kong, he soon left.

Zhu Kong did not dare to disobey the order, but he did not take any appointment with the general. He used the excuse of an old illness and stayed in Henan to recuperate. Ma Yue knew that he had prejudice against him, but he didn't care about him. Maka took office and assembled the navy's large and small white ships south of Muna Mountain. Ma Yue gathered 3,000 main forces on the western front to prepare to attack from the south of the city along the river.

In order to confuse the Wang brothers and Baishuihu, Ma Yue ordered the battalions on the eastern front to go north to capture Huyangu. The main general of the front army's eastern front was Ma Nou, who was Ma Yue's clan brother. After receiving the order, he led a thousand cavalry to conduct a roundabout movement towards Huyangu. What he unexpectedly expected was that Baishuihu had only 300 defenders stationed in Huyangu. Ma Nou took advantage of the situation and attacked violently and unexpectedly captured Huyangu.

The situation that had just changed for him took a sharp turn for the worse. With the advantage of the terrain, Maju defeated the Baishui Fox tribe who was surrendered to the city three times in a row. The severely injured Baishui Fox asked Wang Feng to open the city gate and let hundreds of wounded soldiers in his troops enter the city to recuperate, but Wang Feng refused on the grounds that the city was small and insufficient food.

Liang Yangu was very dissatisfied with this. As the main promoter of the alliance, Liang Yangu did not allow his efforts to die halfway. He wanted to persuade Wang Feng to take back Cheng Shi, but Wang Feng hid and refused to see him. As a last resort, Liang Yangu, who had no official position, broke into the meeting hall. Wang Feng sat on the chair with a dark face. When Liang Yangu entered the door, he didn't even raise his eyelids. Liang Yangu had a conflict with Wang Feng for the first time. What surprised him was that Wang Feng, who had always been timid with him, did not leave any face for him in public this time. He was completely condescending and spoke to him in an official voice.

Liang Yangu's tough personality cannot allow him to lose to his younger generation. Although this younger generation is his master. At first, he just argued that Wang Feng did not accept the harm of the injured strategy, but when he was excited, the former Tiande Army counselor forgot his identity. He scolded Wang Feng loudly, and once reached the point of being unscrupulous. Finally, the embarrassed Wang Feng slapped the table and shouted to himself: "Shut up!"

Liang Yangu immediately closed his mouth, and his face was as dusty as he could not remember how he returned to the mansion. Liang Yangu's resignation was placed on Wang Feng's desk the next day. Wang Feng did not comfort him as usual, and even the retirement money he gave him was no different from ordinary Mubin.

Wang Lin wrote to Wang Feng to put the overall situation first and allow the wounded soldiers of Shi Wei to retreat into the city to maintain the existence of the alliance. Wang Feng sent people to Baishui Fox Camp to discuss and modify the originally agreed conditions for alliance: the silver was reduced from 200,000 taels to 50,000 taels, and paid in five years; the grain was reduced from 150,000 shi to 20,000 shi, and paid in two years; 10,000 pieces of silk was cancelled and changed to 500 pieces of linen instead. Baishui Fox promised that the Wutu tribe would withdraw from Datongchuan in the future and would not go south to grazing without permission. After bargaining, except for the additional 500 pieces of linen given to the Wutu tribe, Baishui Fox accepted all other conditions.
Chapter completed!