280 The last moment before the warrants of the army leaving the city

In the hall of the prefect's mansion, the situation of the aristocratic clan camp has been very obvious. The Ma family disciples have been in charge of the Duwei Mansion for a long time and have a large number of middle and low-level military generals and bureaucrats in Wuwei City. They are powerful and have many supporters.

The number of military generals and bureaucrats in the Zhang family was one point apart.

The Jia family is very powerful among civil servants, while the military officers are very weak.

Zhan Xiaobai couldn't help but shake his head secretly with Ma Min's arrogant and disdainful expression. In this way, he could also serve as the commander in charge of military power in Wuwei City?

Ma Min and himself are not very close to each other, and the position of the Chief Inspector cannot fall into the hands of the Ma disciples.

Zhan Xiaobai weighed it and directly suggested to the prefect and whispered: "Prince, although I am a foreign guest, I am not suitable to participate in the discussion of the personnel arrangements of the prefect's office, but there is one thing I have to say. In the past, there was a military Sima Ma Teng rebelled, and in the later part, there was a Zhangye Duwei Ma Wan rebelled. Although they were not of the same clan, they were all out of the Wuwei Ma family. Are you not worried at all that the Wuwei Ma family was too strong? In my opinion, Ma Min was young and vigorous and had a perverse temperament. Who knew what shocking things would happen after he became the Duwei! In contrast, Zhang Lin was gentle and elegant, with the demeanor of the Confucian general Zhang Wen, and Zhang Lin was much better."

The prefect woke up suddenly and his face changed color.

"This~, this..."

The prefect has never considered the issue of the Ma family's possible rebellion again. However, Zhan Xiaobai's words are not unreasonable. The Ma family has produced two traitors one after another. We must be wary of the possibility that Ma Min may rebel and endanger the safety of Wuwei City.

Moreover, Zhan Xiaobai proposed that Zhang Lin be the commander-in-chief, which was obviously on the side of the Zhang family.

Zhan Xiaobai represents a non-Wuwei City military force in Xiaobai Town, Wuwei County, and has influence in the government and the opposition. His attitude is definitely worthy. As for when Zhang will receive support from Zhan Xiaobai, the prefect is not clear.

For various reasons, the prefect had to make a careful decision and nodded, "The Ma family has served as the chief lieutenant for a row, and it is indeed inappropriate to serve as the chief lieutenant again. It would be better if Zhang Lin's nephew took over the position as the chief lieutenant. What do you think?"

When Ma Min saw the duck flying in his hand, he immediately slapped the table excitedly and said angrily: "What! No! Lord Prefect, why can't I, Ma, continue to serve as the Chief Captain? Which court rule stipulates that I, Ma, cannot serve as the Chief Captain for the Chief Captain for the continuous period? In this Wuwei City, my Ma clan is the most suitable candidate for the Chief Captain!"

Zhang Lin sneered: "Which court rule stipulates that you, Ma, must serve as the Chief of Wuwei? Humph, wake up, it's my turn to Zhang to serve as the Chief of Wuwei!" He bowed to Zhan Xiaobai again and said: "Thank you, Lord Xiaobai, for your support to Zhang, I, Zhang, will thank you very much."

The NPCs were speechless. They could not speak much when they reached this point. If the prefect decided to let Zhang serve as the chief lieutenant, no one else could do anything about it.

Jia An, who was standing beside him, felt thoughtful.

Suddenly, an NPC spy rushed in in panic and shouted: "Report, Lord Prefect, urgent military information! A suspicious enemy army was found on the northwest border of our county. Rebel cavalry troops were attacking villages along the way, burning and destroying the villages. According to the report of more than ten village heads for help, the visitor was probably a rebel with a force of about one thousand cavalry, who were harassing the villages in our territory! The intention was still unknown, and it was probably trying to seize food and grass."

The bureaucrats and gentry NPCs in the hall were shocked.

The Ma Wan Army is coming!

This is a remarkable military situation. The most disgusting thing is that the Ma Wanjun did not attack the solid city of Wuwei City, but burned the weak villages in Wuwei County. It was too shameless! If the Ma Wanjun attacked the Wuwei City, they would defend the city and easily eliminate the Ma Wanjun.

Save, or not?

The NPCs started to whisper.

Zhan Xiaobai had another idea at this time and said to everyone: "The two brothers Zhang Lin and Ma Min can't argue for the position of the Chief Commander, so it's better to do this. It happened that the Ma Wan Army was attacking, and Zhang Lin and Ma Min each led 500 cavalry, 1,000 infantry, a total of 3,000 troops, divided into two groups, and surrounded and suppressed 1,000 cavalry. Whoever successfully encircled and suppressed the rebels and made military achievements would take up the position of the Chief Commander. This is the most fair way, do the prefect think it is?"

Zhan Xiaobai has calculated that as long as the 3,000 troops from Wuwei City are transferred, the possibility of successfully capturing Wuwei City will be extremely high.

The prefect was in a panic, and several of his main staff members were killed by assassins. In this case, no one gave him any advice.

Zhan Xiaobai's method is good.

But the prefect was a little strange and whispered: "Sir Xiaobai, didn't you say that Ma Min is likely to rebel? Why did you ask him to lead his troops to encircle Ma and play the invading enemy?"

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "This method is to try whether Ma Min is loyal to the court. If he kills Ma Wan's rebels, it means that Ma Min has no intention of rebellion, and the lord can also be at ease to appoint him as the Chief Commander of Wuwei. If he dares to rebel, then take this opportunity to keep him out of the city and prevent him from entering the city."

The prefect agreed and immediately announced: "The suggestion of Xiaobai is good. Ma Min and Zhang Lin, two virtuous nephews, immediately led troops to encircle and suppress the rebels' harassing army, and decided to choose the candidate for the Chief Captain. What do you think?"

The intermediate military general and bureaucrats immediately questioned and said, "No, I have transferred 3,000 troops at once and have no reserve emergency forces. I am afraid that it will cause serious shortage of guards in the city and leave huge safety hazards."

Zhan Xiaobai immediately said: "It's okay, the 2,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry troops in Xiaobai Town will soon arrive in Wuwei City to assist in guarding the city and ensure that the city is foolproof. What problems can be caused in such a short time? I, Xiaobai Town, are not afraid of rebels such as Ma Teng and Ma Wan. Are you not so timid as a mouse, right?"

The low-level generals suddenly blushed and murmured speechlessly.

The prefect felt that there was no big problem, but he also needed to consider the opinions of the generals during the meal. In the end, the prefect could only adopt a compromise method: "It's like this, it's not good to have fewer soldiers. Ma Min and Zhang Liner each brought 500 cavalry and 500 infantry troops to fight against the horses and play the troops. 1,000 reserve troops were left in the city, which was enough."

Ma Min snorted coldly, stood up angrily and said, "Okay, that's it! Zhang Lin, let's fight with real kung fu!" After saying that, he received the token from the prefect, took the lead in leaving the prefect's mansion, ordered 500 heavy armored cavalry and 500 heavy armored infantry in the barracks in the city, and led his army to the northwest to kill Ma Wanjun. Zhang Lin then set off and followed Ma Min's troops with the same troops.

Zhan Xiaobai chuckled. The so-called "Ma Wanjun harassing the player's village" was just a trick of fraud by him and more than a dozen player's villages, and he tricked some guards in Wuwei City to leave the city. As long as he cheated this part of the troops away for more than half a day, the city was short of troops, and his affairs would be much easier. The NPCs regarded him as their own people and were not wary of him, so that he could successfully implement the fraud plan.

Now, the guard forces in Wuwei City have dropped from 6,000 to 4,000, a decrease of one third. 2,000 were distributed on four city towers to guard, and this force cannot be transferred to other places at will. 1,000 were deployed in key areas in the city, and they cannot be transferred at will.

In the end, only 1,000 reserve heavy armored infantry remained in the barracks, which was the only mobile force in Wuwei City and could support various parts of Wuwei City at any time. It would also be the first NPC unit that Zhan Xiaobai had to face.

A Fei, Cheng Jian, Wang Qian and more than ten military generals led 2,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who had already left the Jiang family village and ran quickly towards Wuwei City, and was about to arrive soon.

In the city, the eight thousand-person legions of players led by the Spring and Autumn Young Heroes also gathered in various parts of the city.

Everything is ready, only one hour later, 2,000 Xiliang cavalry from Xiaobai Town arrive in Wuwei City and can launch a battle to capture the city by force.

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The prefect's meeting was suspended, and the middle and low-level bureaucrats and gentry had nothing to do, so they dispersed, either waiting and watching and fighting, or going back to rest. This small-scale anti-rebellion campaign would probably take one day or even more days to decide a victory or defeat.

The prefect Zhan Xiaobai tried to stay and discussed the issue of how the 2,000 cavalry in Xiaobai Town assisted in defending Wuwei City. For example, who is in charge of military power, task arrangement, time limit, logistics support and other issues must be solved.

It is a big question to who will control the military power of this "borrowed" soldier.

Zhan Xiaobai means that the generals of Xiaobai Town are still commanded by the cavalry unit. The prefect has military tasks directly issued to the generals of Xiaobai Town, and then the generals of Xiaobai Town lead troops to carry out the troops. The military power still belongs to Xiaobai Town, and helps guard the Wuwei city by taking on military tasks.

Although the prefect was foolish, he was not vague in terms of military power. After hearing Zhan Xiaobai's approach, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Sir Xiaobai, this is not good. If the military power is dispatched inconsistently, it is easy to cause chaos."

Zhan Xiaobai was unwilling to give in at all, and did not give any face to the prefect in terms of military power. He said, "Sir, I lend you troops for free, and I will not get any benefits. If the prefect must have my military power, I have to refuse to send troops to help the prefect defend the city."

As soon as this big trick was used, the prefect was stunned and had no choice but to compromise.

"Well, Lord Xiaobai, your troops are still under your command. I will send someone to build a large array gate outside the city. After your troops arrive, they will settle in the array gate outside the city. I hope that your cavalry troops will obey military orders and cannot act without authorization."

Without the military power, the prefect dared not let the cavalry from Xiaobai Town easily enter the city to avoid trouble.

"OK!"

Zhan Xiaobai agreed.

It was the same for him to station outside the city and inside the city. Zhang Feng served as the gatekeeper at the East City Gate, and he would enter the city whenever he wanted to enter the city.

Zhan Xiaobai cared more about how to assassinate the NPC prefect. The death of the prefect was one of the prefects for him to take over Wuwei City openly.

Unfortunately, the assassination failed the day before yesterday, and the prefect had raised its vigilance. In addition to fifty heavily armored soldiers guarding within a hundred meters nearby, there were more than ten middle-level NPC generals who did not leave him within ten steps for a moment to protect him.

Under such a high level of protection, it is almost impossible to assassinate again. Unless a master at the level of a historical general takes action, he can succeed in assassination in one fell swoop.

Zhan Xiaobai felt a little trouble when he thought of this.

If he cannot assassinate the prefect, he will have no excuse to replace the prefect openly.

If the eight players' legions in Xiaobai Town are used to directly attack the prefect's palace and kill the prefect, even if they can succeed, there will be endless troubles. This kind of open attack on local officials of the court will be judged as a rebellion by the system. Once they are labeled as "rebellion", it will be difficult to take them off.

A large warlord rebellion like Ma Teng and Han Sui can still have the ability to protect themselves and not be afraid of the imperial court's conquest. If his Xiaobai Town rebelled, his strength would be weak, and he would be afraid that it would be crushed by the imperial army, which would be terrible.

To successfully assassinate the prefect, we must take the initiative to create favorable conditions.

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"Report! Lord Prefect, the 2,000 Xiliang cavalry in Xiaobai Town have arrived outside the Dongchengmen City. Lord Xiaobai asks you to go and review the troops!"

A military general came to the prefect's office and reported the military information to the prefect.

Wuwei prefect Dale, Zhan Xiaobai asked him to inspect the troops, which was a great respect for him, so naturally he could not help but give Zhan Xiaobai face.

The prefect brought more than ten personal guards of NPC generals and dozens of NPC soldiers, and rode a luxury carriage to the east gate of Wuwei City, and surrounded by NPC generals and went up the city tower.

On the city tower, nearly 100 level 70-level stern and armored soldiers stood up solemnly and were heavily guarded. People who are idle should not go to the city tower.

In addition to Zhan Xiaobai and Zhang Feng, there were more than ten legion commanders of the Spring and Autumn Heroes, A Fei, Xiaoyaosheng, etc., as well as ten legion commanders of the Xiaobai Town Alliance Village, watching the training of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry troops in Xiaobai Town outside the city on the city tower.

The 2,000 level 40-level Western Liang Iron Cavalry, led by more than 20 NPC generals, divided into 20 cavalry teams with 100 people, and each hundred cavalry was led by a low-level NPC general. A huge formation was arranged outside the East City Gate, and the momentum was extremely spectacular.

Although the level of this group of Xiliang Iron Cavalry is slightly lower, it is well-equipped, proficient in cavalry combat, and has absolutely no weak field combat capabilities.

The arrival of this Xiaobai Town cavalry caused a sensation among Wuwei City players.

Countless Wuwei City players went out of the city to watch this powerful NPC cavalry unit in the hands of players. Many ordinary players have vaguely guessed that the arrival of Xiaobai Town cavalry means that the forceful city capture operation is about to take action.
Chapter completed!