The Era of Generals

Chapter 399 - Building bridges and paving roads

There are two reasons for Ma Hui's anxiety.

One of them is naturally that Zheng Yuanyun can get out of the predicament, and there is no need to let him fight hard.

The second is that Zheng Yuanyun also captured Xilong City, which was the most difficult city to attack except for the three main cities in Nantes Province. As long as it was the generals of the Qingyang Empire, they would shout loudly. Good word.

As for the third, from Zhang Hua's statement, he knew the authenticity of the document.

This document was indeed brought back by someone sent by Zheng Yuanyun, knowing this was enough for him.

This means that the order for him to lead the army to Xilong City was indeed issued by Mr. Zheng himself, so the removal of the siege outside Ketan City was within Mr. Zheng's own expectations. No wonder he was there.

Ma Hui felt that his condition was extremely good.

Not to mention the authenticity of the document, he bet right, and after leading the army to Xilong City, he got better news. He didn't even need to use a single soldier, and the headaches that he had had had been resolved one by one.

Is there anything better than this?

He laughed for a while, looked at Zhang Hualin with a more friendly expression, and said with a smile: "Then Master Zheng sent Brother Zhang to wait here, is it to tell this general that he can lead his troops back?"

The accident here has been resolved, and Zheng Yuanyun has not waited for him but has already advanced inside, so he asked this question.

"It's not."

However, what Zhang Hualin gave was a denial shaking his head.

"Um?"

The smile on Ma Hui's face stagnated, and he asked in confusion: "Then what does Mr. Zheng mean?"

"That's right!"

Zhang Hualin looked around, took two steps forward cautiously, and said in a low voice, "May I take a step to speak, General Ma?"

Seeing his solemn expression, Ma Hui didn't dare to neglect and said, "Why not!"

The two are still in the army formation at the moment, and there are many people around. The news reported by Zhang Hua just now is not a secret. It only needs to go another fifty miles, and everyone will understand.

But Mr. Zheng told Zhang Hua to wait here, if he didn't want them to go back, then there must be a confidential task entrusted to him to handle, which is not something anyone can know.

Thinking of this, he shouted: "Come on, general, set up the tent!"

The subordinates next to him gave orders and moved very quickly. After a while, a temporary tent was set up on a flat grass field next to the army.

Ma Hui waited until the camp was set up, then he waved to Zhang Hua and said, "Brother Zhang, how about we go inside and discuss in detail?"

"The general is still thoughtful!"

Zhang Hua smiled and made a gesture of invitation. After Ma Hui stepped forward, he followed him into the camp.

But Wu Peng hesitated for a while, and followed in just to be on the safe side.

"General, this is..."

After entering the camp, Zhang Hua was about to speak when he saw Wu Peng following him, he couldn't help showing hesitation.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry too much."

Wu Peng said with a smile: "I am brother and brother with General Ma, he will not hide anything he knows from me, and I will follow in, if he has any orders, or if there is any mistake or omission, I can remind him from the side. "

Ma Hui also said: "That's right, Brother Wu is here, in case General Ben misunderstands Mr. Zheng's instructions, he can remind him."

Zhang Hua said with a smile: "The two generals misunderstood, I don't mean that."

Immediately his face straightened, and he said: "That's right, the reason why Mr. Zheng asked me to stay here was because he was sure that General Ma would bring people over, but the two generals also knew that now that the crisis in Xilong City has been resolved, Zheng My lord, he has already led the army to continue to attack the city, but the general came here this time, but he missed it."

"But since you're here, Mr. Zheng also has a mission to ask General Ma."

When Ma Hui heard this, he quickly waved his hands and said: "Don't dare to act, don't dare to act, what did Mr. Zheng tell the general to do it himself, please don't mention the word please again."

Zhang Hua nodded and said: "If General Ma walks forward for more than fifty miles, he will see Xilong City, and today's Xilong City is no longer the previous Xilong City, but..."

He paused, and then said again: "Because of the reason for our siege, Xilong City cut off the moat bridge and destroyed all the boats. The purpose is that we don't want us to cross the river easily. In fact, the opponent's arrangement did bring us a lot of trouble, and the mutiny happened before, and it was precisely because of this."

"So after taking down Xilong City, the furious Mr. Zheng made a decision, that is..."

A stern look flashed across his eyes, and he said word by word: "Massacre!"

"Massacre?"

As soon as this remark came out, both Ma Hui and Wu Peng were shocked at the same time.

"Yes, it is the massacre!"

Zhang Hua nodded heavily, "Not only that, the entire Xilong City was burned down by Mr. Zheng. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is in ruins at this moment."

"This... this..."

Ma Hui smiled wryly, shook his head and sighed: "It's no wonder Mr. Zheng, Xilong City has built the city defense to such an extent that we brothers may suffer a lot of losses, and it is possible to be angry from the heart for a while."

"That's right."

Zhang Hua also smiled wryly, and said: "It doesn't matter whether this matter is cruel or not, but Mr. Zheng, who has regained his senses, suddenly realized that things have gone too far."

"Oh?" Ma Hui didn't understand, so he said, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Huadao: "Manpower is a problem of manpower!"

"After the massacre of the city, Xilong City has ten rooms and nine empty spaces, and there is not enough manpower for Mr. Zheng to use."

As soon as this remark came out, Ma Hui suddenly realized, and said, "The manpower Brother Zhang mentioned should be captives, right?"

"I think Mr. Zheng means that some prisoners should have been kept in order to restore the traffic in Xilong City after he left. At least the moat bridge must be built first?"

Zhang Hua clapped his hands and said, "That's exactly what it means!"

"Your Excellency goes deep into the enemy's line alone, and inevitably needs the support of the brothers in the rear, but the road is cut off at Xilong City. If you want to take a long detour, it will inevitably delay too long, so what Master Zheng meant should have left enough Only people can build bridges and build roads.”

"But the city has been slaughtered, and now I want to catch strong men to build bridges and pave roads, but it is hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. It is impossible for Mr. Zheng to leave his soldiers to build bridges. Doesn't this weaken his own strength?"

"I see!"

Ma Hui nodded solemnly, and said, "So what Master Zheng means is that he wants my general's troops to stay in Xilong City to build bridges and pave roads first?"

Zhang Hua immediately said: "That's right. Although some are overqualified, but now only General Ma has enough manpower to use, so please don't take offense, General!"

Ma Hui continued: "What are you talking about? Since it was Master Zheng's order, I will naturally follow suit. I just don't know if Brother Zhang has any..."

He hesitated to speak.

Zhang Hua understood his concerns, and said with a smile, "Of course there are."

As he said, he reached into his pocket, took out the face token, and said: "Master Zheng left in a hurry, and didn't bother to write the handwritten order, so I asked you to take this order as a witness!"