Wu Qihua and Wu Yingqi looked at each other, and they couldn't imagine that Ma Bao actually dared to enter Chengdu City with only dozens of entourages. Wu Qihua did not hesitate at all and hurriedly let Ma Bao enter the city. When he saw Ma Bao, Wu Qihua hugged him directly and said excitedly: "The old general came in time. If he was half a day later, Chengdu would be in danger."

"I'm late in the future, please punish the prince!" Ma Bao broke free and knelt on the ground to apologize.

"What crime is there? What crime is there?" Wu Qihua helped Ma Bao up, not thinking about how he scolded Ma Bao for losing his time two days ago.

Wu Yingqi also came over and said, "The journey of seeing the general on the top of the city is huge, and I am afraid there will be no less than 10,000 people. With this strong army here, we will definitely be able to destroy the rebellion."

Wu Qihua was reminded by Wu Yingqi, and remembered that Ma Baojun had more scale than planned, and he also became more careful and asked: "Yes, the general can bring more than 10,000 elite troops to Chengdu within a few days. It's really the style of a famous general."

Of course, Ma Bao knew that these two people were testing. Of course, there were not tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, but there were actually five thousand people, but even five thousand people, he could not explain to the Wu brothers, so he simply did not explain directly. Ma Bao whispered: "Prince, the great momentum outside the city is just a trick of doubting the soldiers. How could a humble job bring tens of thousands of people? I'm afraid there is not even a thousand people."

When the Wu brothers heard this, they were shocked. If there were too many soldiers, at most they would be to guard against Ma Bao as the main guest. There were some methods, but if there were less than a thousand, they would definitely not resolve the crisis. The two of them hurriedly invited Ma Bao into the palace and asked carefully.

Ma Bao also made up his word and made up randomly. Taking advantage of the melee in Sichuan, the situation was unclear, so he pushed the blame to local officials. When there was no one around, Ma Bao said: "On the day when Bei Zhi went south to urge the entire army to supervise the entire army, joining the headquarters in Jiading Prefecture, and heading north all the way, but was blocked in Meizhou. The governor of Meizhou Chengding set up a false position to place our army to rest outside the city, but at night he led his troops to attack at night, which caused our army to be blocked, destroyed the ferry and burned the ships, so that our army could not move forward. Although Bei Zhi was sure to eliminate the thief, he had to give way to the infantry to confront him in Meizhou and lead the cavalry to detour. When he set off, there were still more than a thousand cavalry, but the horses were severely damaged and many soldiers fled. Now he is afraid that even 700 cavalry are not counted."

"Successful opening!" Wu Qihua was furious: "This dog dared to deceive me. As soon as I was together, he sent three thousand taels of silver and one hundred mules and horses to help the battle. It turned out that it was a counter-espionage plan and pretended to be loyal, but in fact he worked hard for the rebels. When I caught him, he would definitely be dismembered from pieces."

"General Ma, I sent six cavalry urging me. Haven't you received the order?" Wu Yingqi asked.

"No! General Yingqi, Prince, I have also sent people three times to report, have you not seen the envoy?" Ma Bao asked back.

Wu Qihua shook his head and clenched his hands, "It seems that not only Cheng Ding's orders are slandering us around Chengdu, but there must be other prefectures and county officials deliberately blocking our traffic contact!"

Ma Bao repeatedly said yes, of course, everything was made up by Wu Qihua. Ma Bao asked: "Your Ma Prince, I am not good at seeing the thief army's power, and I still build a fort. If you fire a cannon, it will be difficult for the city to defend."

"General, can you help and support me outside? " Wu Qihua asked.

"Oh, Prince, this is the time, how can you rely on deceiving the thief army?" Ma Bao was extremely anxious and persuaded: "Mizhi opened up his flags outside and stirred up dust with branches. How could such a small method deceive the thief army? Then, Ma Guozhu and Wu Guogui were not old corpses who followed the previous kings. Even if they couldn't see it, they would send cavalry to test it out."

Wu Qihua looked ugly, and Ma Bao said again: "If you take a step back, you really scared the bandits, so what? What can we do if they attack the city directly? The rest of our troops will not be able to help. Does Your Highness want to break the situation with Tan Hong's troops? He is not your team, and he will definitely choose the winning side when he leads his troops. At that time, he may not be on our side. Moreover, Bei Yi has already received news that Dongfan has learned about the incident in Bashu and sent troops into Sichuan. At that time, I am afraid that all the subordinates and generals who have not participated will turn to Dongfan."

"But if Chengdu is lost, it will be unfavorable for me." Wu Yingqi said.

Ma Bao said: "If you are trapped in an isolated city, you will be even more dead!"

"Elder General, do you have any other way?" Wu Qihua was not at this time. He discussed with Wu Yingqi for several days but had no choice but to turn to Ma Bao for help.

Ma Bao said: "Chengdu must not be given up. If it is given up, it will be lost. However, the prince and the governor cannot be trapped in the lonely city. He is humble and think that most of the people can be selected to garrison in the city to attract siege soldiers. The prince, the governor and important hostages quietly moved outside the city. If Chengdu can defend, we can wait for our troops and Tan Hong's reinforcements to arrive and suppress the rebels. If Chengdu is lost, the prince and the governor are all outside the city. On this Chengdu plain, riding a war horse can naturally leave safely. As long as the prince and the governor are there, everything will turn around."

Wu Qihua focused on the key point, and he was worried that he would be buried in the city and end up in a sacrifice. He carefully considered this suggestion, and Wu Yingqi was also thinking about it. He didn't want to stay in the lonely city, which was too dangerous. Just as he was thinking, Wu Qihua asked: "Elder General, who do you think is better to defend Chengdu and who is the best at governing the country?"

Wu Yingqi's heart was raised to his throat. He quickly laid a reason in his heart so that he could say it when Ma Bao suggested that he defend the city. At the same time, he hated Wu Qihua to death. How to ask Ma Bao this kind of question? You should ask yourself well. The nervous Wu Yingqi heard an answer that he couldn't believe. Ma Bao said: "This important task of defending the city is naturally borne by a humble position!"

Wu Qihua was also shocked. The reason why he asked Ma Bao was that he wanted Ma Bao to suggest that Wu Yingqi defend the city so that he would not have to take responsibility. Moreover, Wu Yingqi defended the city more appropriately. After all, Ma Bao only brought cavalry, and there were only hundreds of left-behind soldiers. The original troops were the best. If someone else commanded Wu Yingqi's troops, it would not be as good as Wu Yingqi's use.

"Oh, why did the old general say that?" Wu Qihua asked.

Ma Bao said: "I was born as a rebel army, and I was rude. I really couldn't serve His Highness the Superintendent. However, I followed the previous kings for many years and were very familiar with the affairs of the army. I was not unfamiliar with the rebel generals of the bandit army. I could also defend Chengdu and fight against each other. To say something disrespectful, the prince and the general Yingqi led the imperial guards, and this city defense battle was still inferior to the last general. Chengdu Prefecture is the core of a province and the top priority in the southwest. It cannot be easily lost."

"The old generals are all sincere. If you have any needs to defend Chengdu, please speak out." Wu Qihua asked.

Ma Bao said: "One is to have enough troops. If there are no elite troops, how to compete with the bandits? Please ask Your Highness Xu Bei to hold a position of enough troops, the more the better. The second is to need food and salary in the city. Chengdu is large and the city wall is too long, so you have to recruit some strong men to fill the gap. The third is to borrow the armor on Your Highness's body. Your Highness must leave secretly. If you know that Your Highness and the Superintendent are not in the city, you are afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable."

"The old general suggested that I have agreed, but you just said that the number of soldiers is enough, but I don't know how many soldiers are enough?" Wu Qihua asked.

Ma Bao said: "I think the more the number of soldiers, the better. Therefore, it depends on how many soldiers and horses the general needs to protect the two high men. The remaining number will be handed over to the Weishi."

"Your Highness, as General Ma said, I led a guard and jail state to wander outside, with no more soldiers, but with too many elites. There are too many people and too big goals. Therefore, two hundred elite cavalry is enough. Besides, there are still elite cavalry outside the city of General Ma, which is also of great use." Wu Yingqi reminded.

Ma Bao said: "Okay, you can send 400 elite cavalry into the city. The general's troops of Yingqi will change to our troops and then the two entourages will leave the city. This will be a foolproof way to mobilize troops to protect them. But there should be too many important entourages. What do you think?"

Wu Qihua said: "That's natural. I only take the governor, the prince, and the descendants of the rebel generals left the city. The rest of the relatives, including the relatives of the king, stayed in Chengdu. I just had to do it. The old and young family still stayed in Chengdu and advanced and retreated with the old general."

Ma Bao looked moved and clasped his fists and said, "Okay, that humble rank and lead the family to stick to it, and swears to live and die with Chengdu."

Soon, the elite cavalry to whom Ma Bao entered the city, and the Wu brothers also ordered less than 250 cavalry, including nobles, guards and hostages. They changed the armor of the Ma Bao family and left the city from the south gate. In order to protect Ma Bao's family, Wu Qihua specially asked his third son Ma Changlong to follow him as the entourage of the state supervisor.

The cavalry team left Chengdu Prefecture and galloped southward. Under the guidance of Ma Changlong, they went to find the Ma Baojun cavalry who were swimming outside. However, after walking five miles, they saw more than a hundred elite cavalry galloping towards the north. The entire cavalry raised their spears and the sound of trumpets drifted in the wind. The cavalry dispersed to the wings and made an encirclement. And further away, there were cavalry teams attacking. Ma Changlong said to Wu Qihua: "Your Highness, after crossing this river, you will enter the valley. My father has asked someone to set up a camp in the valley, and it will be safe when you get there."

"Second brother, the thief soldiers have good horsepower. We have so many hostages tied in our hands and we have clan relatives who can't ride horses. We can't run fast." Wu Yingqi shouted.

Ma Changlong clasped his fists and said, "Please give me some archery soldiers. I will take them to resist for a while and cover your highness to enter the valley."

"Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog son. Please send troops to him quickly!" Wu Qihua praised.

Wu Yingqi was unwilling to stay behind the rear, so he naturally would not treat Ma Changlong badly. He ordered more than 60 riders to Ma Changlong, and drove the rest of the people across the river and into the valley. Sure enough, he found a simple camp. The horse-rejecting arrow tower had been erected. The cavalry team was warned to shoot as soon as they approached the camp. The people inside shouted: "Which part of you are?"

"I am Wu Yingqi. I am escorted by General Ma Bao to escort important people here. Come and move here to resist the horse." Wu Yingqi shouted loudly.

"Is it really General Wu? Please get closer and take off your iron helmet. You have to see clearly before you dare to let go." The officer returned loudly.

Wu Yingqi cursed and rushed forward. He stopped less than ten feet under the arrow tower, took off his iron helmet, and said, "Did you see clearly?"

"I see clearly, it's Wu Yingqi!" someone shouted on the arrow tower, but suddenly the gunshot sounded like a bean. Wu Yingqi and his war horse were directly beaten into a sieve.

Wu Qihua's face changed drastically and he shouted loudly: "I called the wrong one, it's my own person."

"You're right, I'm fighting my own people!" One man rode a horse and led the team out of the camp. There were more than a thousand people. The people rode a white horse and were extremely young. Wu Qihua looked closely and found that it was Ma Bao's second son Ma Changfeng. He clearly remembered that he had sent troops to escort Ma Changfeng south to urge him, but when he was in the city, Ma Bao said that he had never seen this son or the commander.

Wu Qihua saw that Ma Changfeng was not good and dared not reveal his identity. He hurriedly retreated, but was soon blocked by hundreds of cavalrymen. The team led the team to Ma Changlong, who had just dealt with Wu Yingqi's subordinates.

"Wu Qihua, hand over the prince and spare you!" Ma Changlong shouted.

"You..., your father and son lied to me!" Wu Qihua finally understood.

Ma Changlong laughed: "If you don't lie to you, a fool, who will you deceive? Just because you still want to take charge of Pingxi Fan and seek rewards from the new dynasty, you might as well tell you that our father and son are also interested in this great credit. You, Wu Qihua, can be sold at a good price."

Wu Qihua captured the prince Zhu Cixuan beside him and threatened: "Let me go, or I will kill him!"

Ma Changlong pulled out his pistol and fired a shot into the sky, saying, "You can kill it! There are some Zhu Ming royal families in Chengdu. Although His Highness Ying wants to protect Zhu Ming royal families, they may not be able to protect them. Death one or two is nothing. But Wu Qihua, if you dare to kill him, I will hang you up and cut your flesh piece by piece, and you have to cut you ten thousand knives before you die. Choose yourself, should you surrender, go to the Changping War Criminals Management Office for a prison meal, or pull a cushion before you die, choose quickly!"

Even the prince's life was not taken seriously, so the rest of the people naturally didn't care. Before Wu Qihua made a choice, his subordinates had already knelt down and begged for mercy. Wu Qihua didn't hold on for too long, threw away the knife in his hand and chose to surrender.

Pingxi Prince's Mansion.

Ma Bao wiped the blood from the knife on the soles of his shoes and returned it to the sheath. On the ground of the main hall, there were corpses everywhere. Several soldiers wearing armor were piercing their necks one by one with short spears. From time to time, a scream or whimper came. Just now, all the generals under Wu Yingqi were killed here. Thousands of soldiers who stayed in Chengdu were now in a mess, waiting for Ma Bao's troops to come in and take over.

"Dad..." Ma Changlong appeared in the Pingxi Prince's Mansion. When he saw the corpse on the ground, he said excitedly: "Oh, I didn't expect you to succeed."

"How are you doing there?" Ma Bao wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Ma Changlong said: "Wu Yingqi is dead, Wu Qihua surrenders, the prince and several royal families are fine, but they are all scared to pee their pants."
Chapter completed!