Chapter 22: Downfall

  Wuwei, Yang Chengfeng passed through the Narati Grassland after the war and immediately summoned all officials of Wuwei, including Kong Zhaowen, Wang Zuwei, Sui Tuer Deng, Zheng Lai, Nie Songbai, Lei Meng, etc.

  Yang Chengfeng briefly introduced what happened on the Narati Grassland and then said: "That's how things are, everyone thinks we should do what?"

  "Your Highness, give me 10,000 iron cavalry, and I will surely flatten the Ma family's pasture." Sutu Leiden stood up and said angrily.

  "Your Highness, give me 10,000 iron cavalry, and I will definitely destroy the nine clans of the Ma family." Wang Zuwei said.

  Yang Chengfeng seemed to have not heard what Sino-American and Wang Zuwei said, turned his head to Le Meng and asked: "Mr. Lei, what do you think?"

  Lei Meng lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying: "I don't know how Your Highness plans to deal with the Ma family?"

  "Of course, annihilate his entire clan."

  "Destroy nine tribes."

  "Right, exterminate his whole clan."

  The generals all cried out in unison.

  Yang Chengfeng smiled and said: "I want the whole Wuwei to listen to my orders."

  "Understood." Lei Meng lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying: "Your Highness should quickly lead the Tianlang Army to the Ma Family Ranch."

  "Good!" Yang Chengfeng turned his head towards the crowd of generals: "Sai Tu Leiden."

  "I order you to lead ten thousand light cavalrymen to Ma's pasture first."

  "Yes."

  "Kǒng zhào wén."

  Translation: "Confucius said."

  "In."

  "I order you to lead 10,000 Wuwei guards and 10,000 Tianlang army to garrison Wuwei."

  "Yes."

  Wang Zuwei, Deng Zhenglai, Nie Songbo.

  "In."

  "You follow me with 30,000 light cavalry and 20,000 infantrymen to Ma Jia pasture."

  "Yes."

  ……

  Ma Shu Ying looked at the perfect sky and felt a little uneasy in her heart. Ma He had been gone for a day, but there was still no news. Had something happened?

  "Your Highness." A guard came up behind Ma Shuying.

  "What's wrong?" Ma Shu-ying asked.

  "The clan leader has invited you."

  "Got it. I'll go right away."

  ……

  "Father, you're looking for me." Ma Shu-ying came to the hall and saw Ma Tong-chao sitting there, with Ma Zhong-wei by his side. Ma Shu-ying's expression changed involuntarily.

  "Shu Ying! Where's your second brother?" Ma Tongchao asked.

  "Father, Second Brother has gone out," said Ma Shu-ying.

  "Going out? What's the point of going out for no reason?" Ma Zhongwei sneered.

  "What did Second Uncle mean by those words?" Ma Shu-ying asked coldly.

  "Clan leader, something's wrong! Clan leader, something's wrong!" A Ma family guard rushed in, shouting anxiously.

  "What's going on? You're all flustered and disheveled!" Ma Tongchao shouted.

  "The tribal leader, it's bad, the imperial army is coming." The guard said.

  "What?"

  "What?"

  "Ah!"

  Ma Tongchao, Ma Shuying and Ma Zhongwei reacted differently. Ma Tongchao asked incredulously: "What's going on? Why would the imperial army suddenly take a fancy to my pasture?"

  "Is it the Heavenly Wolf Legion?" Ma Zhongwei asked in surprise.

  "Yes, the imperial army has already surrounded the pasture." The guard replied cautiously.

  "Come on, follow me and take a look." Ma Tongchao turned his head towards Ma Shuying and Ma Zhongwei.

  "Yes."

  "Big brother, should we get the Ma family army ready?" Ma Zhongwei cooperated with Yang Chengfeng, but it was all for the sake of the Ma family. Now that the Ma family is in trouble, he naturally had to think about the Ma family's interests.

  "Are you afraid, Second Uncle? Don't forget that this is the Ma family ranch. Even if the imperial army really comes, what's there to fear?" Ma Shu-ying said coldly.

  "Shut up! For thousands of years, which dynasty dared to move us? Let's go!" Ma Tongchao shouted loudly.

  "Alas." Ma Zhongwei sighed softly.

  ……

  "Your Highness, the Heavenly Wolf Legion has surrounded the Ma Family Ranch. Shall we attack now?" Si Tu Lei Deng said as he arrived beside Yang Cheng Feng.

  "No, let's wait for the master to come out before talking." Yang Chengfeng urged his horse on, looking at the Ma family pasture ahead: "Be ready for battle at any time."

  "Yes."

  At this time, the gate of Ma's pasture was wide open, and Ma Tongchao led Ma Shuying, Ma Zhongwei and others to come towards Yang Chengfeng.

  "Who are you? What brings you to Ma's Ranch?" Ma Tongchao shouted.

  "Are you Ma Jia's master, Ma Tongchao?" Yang Chengfeng asked as he stepped forward under the protection of his personal guards.

  Ma Zhongwei saw Yang Chengfeng's face change color.

  "Not bad, who are you?" Ma Tongchao said.

  "I am Liao King Yang Chengfeng." Yang Chengfeng's eyes became sharp: "Ma Tongchao, I ask you, did you send your second son Ma Heshu to assassinate me?"

  "What? Your Highness, the Prince of Liao, what are you talking about?" Ma Tongchao asked in confusion.

  Ma Shu Ying's face changed color.

  "Where to start? Hmph, if it weren't for my good fortune, I would have died at the hands of your Ma family army today." Yang Chengfeng coldly snorted: "The Heavenly Wolf Army listens to orders, follow me to kill."

  "Kill."

  "Kill."

  "Kill."

  As Yang Chengfeng ordered, Peng Yunlong led 3,000 heavy cavalry to launch the first attack on Ma's pasture, while behind Peng Yunlong, Wang Zuwei and Deng Zhengkai each led 5,000 light cavalry to rush towards the city wall of Ma's pasture, suppressing the archers of Ma's army.

  This was the first time the heavy cavalry had been deployed, with three thousand heavy cavalrymen forming a team of five, charging towards the main gate of Ma's pasture. The thunderous sound of horseshoes was like a sudden clap of thunder in the ears of Ma's army.

  Ma Tongchao, Ma Zhongwei and Ma Shuying did not expect Yang Chengfeng to say attack and then attack. They were all shocked and lost their color. Ma Zhongwei was the first to react, pulling Ma Tongchao towards the gate direction to retreat, while letting the guards resist the attack of the Tianlang Army.

  Peng Yunlong's heavy cavalry, one by one, wore heavy armor and held two-meter-long long guns. With the galloping of their war horses, they picked off the Ma family army one by one. Before long, Peng Yunlong's heavy cavalry tore open the Ma family army's defense and approached the gate of the Ma family ranch.

  "Hurry, close the gate." Ma Zhongwei had never seen such fierce cavalry before. The Ma family army was unable to withstand their charge, and the archers' arrows seemed to have no effect on them.

  But now it's too late to change the gate, the war horses of the heavy cavalry are the best Mongolian war horses, which have already killed into the gate of Ma's pasture and are galloping horizontally in Ma's pasture.

  Behind the heavy cavalry were Sutuolaideng and Wang Zuowei leading 30,000 light cavalrymen, who followed closely behind Peng Yunlong's heavy cavalry into Majia Pasture, and behind them were Deng Zhengkai and Nie Songbai's 20,000 infantrymen.

  The entire Ma family pasture was ablaze with flames, amidst shouts of killing, screams and the sound of horse hooves forming a beautiful melody.

  On the thirteenth day of September in the fifteenth year of Xuanhe, Liao King Yang Chengfeng was ambushed by Ma Jia's second son Ma Hesu with three thousand iron cavalry on the Narati grassland. After a fierce battle that lasted for one hour, the Imperial Guard arrived at the scene with five thousand light cavalry, and Ma Hesu was captured, his three thousand iron cavalry were completely annihilated. On the same evening, Liao King Yang Chengfeng led the entire Tianlang Army of sixty-three thousand (twenty thousand infantry, forty thousand light cavalry, and three thousand heavy cavalry) to launch an attack on the Ma family's pasture. The Ma family army was caught off guard, and fifty-three thousand four hundred of the Ma family's one hundred thousand soldiers were killed in battle, while the rest were captured. Thus, the Ma family, which had dominated the northwest for a thousand years, was destroyed.