Bright Sword: I am the old squad leader of the Northwest Shanxi Iron Triangle

Amid the cheers of the Ma family army, Ling Yunzhi quickly adjusted the plane's course.

After circling twice in the air, the plane quickly flew towards the direction where Kong Jie was.

Ma Heiwa and his men put their hands on the awning and looked up into the sky: "With Brother Yunzhi's help, these red bandits won't be able to escape."

Ma Buqing: "Even if these pilots don't participate in the battle, with the sweeping momentum of our Ma family army, none of these red bandits will be able to escape."

"Okay, let's go back and prepare for the celebration banquet."

Ma Buqing, Ma Heiwa and others quickly jumped on their horses.

At this moment, a horse galloped out of the city.

"It's not good, something bad is going to happen."

Ma Buqing frowned upon hearing this and whipped him: "Damn it. Why are you howling here? What the hell is going on?"

"My lords, something terrible has happened. The general is no longer able to survive."

When Ma Buqing heard this, he immediately panicked: "Explain it to me clearly, what happened?"

"The general has passed away."

"If you dare to talk nonsense, I will skin you alive." Before Ma Buqing finished speaking, he whipped the horse and rushed towards the city.

When we arrived in the city, we heard a woman crying from the Ma family's courtyard.

No one dared to neglect them. They quickly dismounted from their horses and headed straight for the mansion.

When everyone arrived in front of Ma Hongkui's bed, there were already many people kneeling in front of it.

These people were crying and wiping their tears, and their voices reached the sky.

Ma Buqing quickly squeezed through the crowd. When he placed his finger under Ma Hongkui's nose and gently probed, there was no breathing.

"Who served the general last night?"

At this moment, the three girls stood up tremblingly.

"You three bitches, tell me clearly what happened last night?" Without saying a word, Ma Buqing took out a pistol and pointed it at the girls' heads.

These little girls had never seen such a scene before. They were so scared that their legs went weak and they fell to their knees with a thump.

"Sir, this has nothing to do with us."

"Sir, we are wronged. We don't know how the general died."

"Sir, please spare us, we really don't know anything.

Last night, the general wanted to smoke opium in the middle of the night, so we lit a smoke bomb for him. After he finished smoking, the general kicked us out.

Ma Heiwa had long been drooling over the beautiful concubines around Ma Hongkui.

"Brother Bu Qing, don't be so anxious. These three girls are so weak that they can't even tie a chicken. How can they kill the general?"

Ma Buqing walked to the bedside again and carefully examined Ma Hongkui's body, but he could not find anything after searching for a long time.

"You guys tell me what happened last night again. Tell me in detail. Don't miss any details." Ma Buqing turned around and pointed his gun at the innocent girls.

The girls followed Ma Buqing out and into the next room, where they told him everything they knew last night.

These little girls are all powerless.

Ma Hongkui was born with supernatural strength, as strong as an ox, and could eat two roasted lamb legs in one meal.

Even if these three girls were tied together, they couldn't touch him.

The three concubines were trembling with fear and had no idea what to do.

"Brother Buqing, I think the general smoked too much opium, which led to his sudden death." Heiwa quickly stepped forward to Ma Buqing and said in a low voice.

"Brother Bu Qing's death is like the extinguishing of a light. You must accept the loss. What we need to do now is to stabilize people's hearts as soon as possible."

Ma Buqing nodded. How could he not know the importance of stabilizing people's hearts?

The most crucial thing is that as soon as Ma Hongkui died, the power of the Ma family fell into the hands of him and Ma Bufang.

Whoever holds power owns the Northwest, and whoever holds power owns the 30-strong Ma family army.

"The general hated grand funerals when he was alive. Bury him quickly."

"Brother Buqing, do you want to notify Brother Bufang?" Ma Heiwa gestured to the concubines, asking them to leave quickly.

"No need to notify him. Ma Bufang is currently fighting the Red Bandits. We can't let him get distracted. It won't be too late to notify him after the war is over."

Anyone who is not a fool would understand what Ma Buqing meant.

"Heiwa, quickly arrange for someone to clean the general's body and prepare it for burial."

"Yes……"

Ma Heiwa saluted Ma Buqing and quickly walked out of the room.

Once Ma Hongkui died, life became difficult for his dozen or so concubines.

Ma Heiwa went to the concubines' room. The three concubines had all gathered together and were crying.

"Stop crying. The dead can never be brought back to life. Please accept our condolences." Ma Heiwa's voice startled the little girls.

The little girls quickly wiped their tears and walked up to Ma Heiwa.

"If it wasn't for me just now, all of you would have been crushed."

Several concubines hurriedly bowed to Ma Heiwa and said, "Thank you, sir, for your help."

"Once the general dies, what will be your fate? You know it well in your hearts. Follow me, Ma Heiwa, in the future, and I guarantee that you will have a good life." Ma Heiwa turned around and kicked the door shut, and then made some moves on several concubines in the house.

These concubines dared to be angry but not to speak out.

…………

At the foot of Qilian Mountains.

The reconnaissance cavalry sent out by Kong Jie quickly ran back.

"Captain, we have discovered a large number of enemy troops, many of whom are cavalry."

"How many people are there on the other side?"

"Five thousand cavalry and at least ten thousand infantry."

When Kong Jie heard this, he quickly shouted, "All troops, listen up and prepare for battle."

With an order, everyone dismounted and started digging trenches on the spot.

Kong Jie's nearly 2000 men are all cavalry.

But the other side had too many people, and every member of the Ma family army was an expert on horseback.

Using cavalry against cavalry will not bring any advantage at all, and there is a high possibility that you will be entangled by the enemy and eliminated one by one.

Fortunately, Ling Yunzhi managed to grab a lot of good weapons and equipment. Their unit had more than 50 Maxim heavy machine guns alone.

In addition to these Maxim heavy machine guns, there are also many Type 60 mortars.

Everyone quickly built a defense line.

"All heavy machine gunners, pay attention to your shooting angles and don't panic when the enemy rushes over."

"The mortars are deployed further back."

"As soon as the machine guns start to fire, all the mortars should be fired as hard as possible. Don't save your shells for me."

Kong Jie had just finished arranging the tasks when he saw a few small black dots appearing in the distant sky.

Soon, the small black dots became more and more numerous, forming a dense area.

The Northwest Army was less than 30 miles away from them.