amaotonovel The person who broke the five-fold precedent in Chapter 459 was actually Ma Chao!
The person who broke the five-fold precedent in Chapter 459 was actually Ma Chao!
"Brothers, please calm down."
“This general is not like you simple-minded guys.”
"This general has always preferred to maximize profits!"
“Ma Dai, send someone to persuade those powerful families in Jicheng to surrender.”
"If they are willing to surrender, they can still share control of Jicheng with us in the future."
"Here!"
Ma Dai always strictly followed the orders given to Ma Chao.
Charging forward for love, one sees no rainbow without braving the storm; this perfectly describes people like Ma Dai.
But Ma Chao clearly overestimated his reputation.
Well, you can't say that.
To be precise, he clearly underestimated his bad reputation among the Han Chinese.
When Ma Dai's envoy arrived at the city, the garrison and civilians of Jicheng were furious to see that this guy was actually a Han Chinese.
Who is this Han Chinese who brought foreigners to fight against Han Chinese?
Isn't this just pure... you know?
Throw whatever you can get your hands on—golden juice, stones, rotten vegetable leaves—all at the messenger's head!
Before the messenger could even speak, he was smashed to death on the spot!
Ma Dai was furious.
I failed to complete the task my brother assigned me. How am I supposed to face him when I get back?
Therefore, Ma Dai sent a second fearless warrior as an envoy.
The result was the same as the first time.
Messenger, that is, the dead.
The people of Tianshui upheld the virtue of "snap away the moment the second messenger appears," killing him before he could even speak!
Ma Dai finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Every single one of these people in Tianshui is a bad person! They are evil people!
He truthfully reported the situation to Ma Chao.
After being reprimanded by Ma Chao, he volunteered to serve as the vanguard in the siege.
Ma Chao approved the application.
Once again appearing beneath the walls of Jicheng, Ma Dai's face was filled with anger, while the Qiang, Di, and Jie people following behind him were filled with greed.
"Charge! Trample Jicheng!"
With Ma Dai's order, the battle for Jicheng officially began.
The Qiang, Di, and Jie people were fierce, but the people of Jicheng refused to yield an inch and vowed to defend the city walls to the death.
The battle lasted for nearly two hours.
After leaving behind nearly a thousand corpses, Ma Dai sounded the retreat.
Unlike the disciplined and law-abiding Han Chinese army.
Foreign armies relied mainly on ferocity and greed.
With a total force of over 30,000, what's wrong with losing a thousand or so?
As long as Jicheng, this lucrative prize, is placed before them, they will fearlessly charge forward one after another until they get their hands on it.
Similarly, if there is no profit to be made, or the profit is insufficient, the fighting power of foreign armies will decline sharply.
At this moment, Ma Dai's eyes revealed a fierce ruthlessness.
Today, the defenders of Jicheng were fortunate to have held the city walls.
But tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and even in the coming days, he will launch a large-scale attack similar to today's!
Just because you can hold them off for a day doesn't mean you can hold them off forever!
……
Night falls
A few stars occasionally twinkled in the sky.
Jiang Xu, Yang Fu, and others were filled with gloom.
As Han Chinese from Liangzhou, they harbored a deep-seated fear of the greed of foreigners.
Moreover, with Ma Chao and Ma Dai now acting as guides, the Qiang, Di, and Jie tribes are more united than ever before.
Jiang Xu and Yang Fu had to admit that they had underestimated the enemy's fighting strength.
Jicheng may not be able to hold out for half a month.
"I've said it before, we should sit down and talk to Ma Chao."
"You guys are really something, insisting on opposing Ma Chao."
The Li family patriarch's sarcastic remarks rang out from the side.
Jiang Xu clenched his fists, wishing he could slap this guy to death!
People who are not on the same wavelength will never understand what the other is thinking.
The head of the Li family genuinely believed that Ma Chao would let them go after reaching an agreement with him.
But Jiang Xu and Yang Fu knew that with Ma Chao's reputation being as black as ink, once Ji City was captured, what awaited Ji City would surely be a massacre!
Yang Fu said:
"Brother Jiang, Brother Li, we must defend it even if we cannot. Only by uniting as one and overcoming difficulties together can we protect Jicheng."
Jiang Xu nodded repeatedly, while the Li family patriarch remained silent, his eyes gleaming as if he were deep in thought.
next morning
Ma Dai launched another attack on Jicheng.
Just like yesterday, after fighting for several hours and leaving behind more than a thousand corpses, Ma Dai sounded the retreat.
But looking at the dilapidated city walls of Jicheng, Ma Dai's eyes were filled with arrogance.
At most, it will hold out for a few more days before this city is destroyed!
Perhaps it was the incident of golden juice falling from the sky during the previous battle of Chencang that left Ma Chao with a psychological trauma.
It's also possible that there's a bigger plan at play.
After entrusting the siege to Ma Dai, Ma Chao spent the last few days cultivating relationships with the leaders of the Qiang, Di, and Jie tribes.
Led by Baihu Wen, the crowd praised Ma Chao to the skies.
In the past, these foreign tribes may have had some beliefs.
For example, the Wuhuan people consider White Wolf Mountain their sacred mountain, and they would first go to White Wolf Mountain to offer sacrifices for any important matter.
The Qiang, Di, and Jie tribes now completely regard Ma Chao as a true god who descended from the heavens!
The Divine Generals are not only skilled in battle, but also blessed by Heaven!
at dusk.
While Ma Chao and his men were drinking in their tent, they suddenly received a report from their personal guards:
"Reporting to my lord, the captured soldiers from the outpost tried to escape from the camp, but we have already apprehended them!"
Ma Chao angrily stood up and slammed his fist on the table next to him.
"As a prisoner of war, how could you not have the awareness of being a prisoner?"
“Kill them all. There are plenty of two-legged sheep. Just catch another batch.”
"and many more!"
"Tie them all up and burn them alive!"
"Here!"
The guards left, trembling all over.
"Two-legged sheep" refers to the hundreds of garrison soldiers who refused to surrender that Ma Chao captured after conquering a branch city of Tianshui.
These few hundred defenders could have escaped Ma Chao's clutches, but they were unfortunately captured because they were protecting the people of Zhicheng.
After being captured, Ma Chao, in order to humiliate them, put them in the army camp and locked them up with the grain and fodder.
As for why it was stored together with grain supplies, I won't go into that here; those interested can search it on Baidu.
However, due to insufficient detention, several hundred guards attempted to escape but were caught again.
Then, the scene that the guards just reported to Ma Chao happened.
The leaders of the Qiang, Di, and Jie tribes around Ma Chao all had their eyes shining.
"General Divine Might! Your method for dealing with the two-legged sheep was absolutely brilliant!"
"From now on, we will all use this method!"
The leaders of the Qiang, Di, and Jie people looked at Ma Chao as if they were looking at a god.
Ma Chao understands what brutality and ruthlessness are better than they do!
Ma Chao waved his hand gently:
"The weak should be treated this way."
I don't know.
His actions will forever condemn him to the pillory of history!
Su Weiwei would not give him any chance to clear his name.
The title of "ancestor of the Five Barbarian Tribes" and "a sinner throughout history" belongs to none other than Ma Chao.
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PS: Extra chapter delivered. Requesting gifts and support from all my godfathers.