The turmoil in the past was still vivid in his mind, and Ma Xiaolong could not forget it. Without Soong Ziyu's desperate counterattack, his Ma family would have been wiped out.
Before his grandfather Ma Senming passed away, he also repeatedly told himself to ask Song Ziyu when he was in doubt.
Ma Xiaolong is also well aware of Song Ziyu's cultivation of him over the years.
It was out of this unconditional trust that Ma Xiaolong came without hesitation and obeyed the order to lead his army south without hesitation.
When Ma Xiaolong knew that this trip was dangerous, Song Ziyu's words of explanation were still in his ears.
Song Ziyu explained that if something cannot be done, remember not to put yourself in danger and should leave immediately.
In fact, Ma Xiaolong did not know Song Ziyu's subsequent arrangements.
Song Ziyu, who thought he had clearly understood his "mission", had already issued multiple orders in succession!
This includes ordering Gongsun Wan'er to take full responsibility for assembling the main force in the wasteland and starting to train the new army. Not only that, Song Ziyu also asked Gongsun Wan'er to prepare for all-out war.
Song Ziyu had a hunch that the Federation and the Northern Steel Alliance together might not be able to stop this catastrophe.
Only by mobilizing everyone and making sufficient preparations before the war can Song Ziyu feel at ease.
At the same time, Song Ziyu ordered Zhou Shicheng to summon all the troops in the Miluo city-state, assemble towards the Chixu border, and be ready to support the wasteland at any time.
In addition, Zhou Shicheng also needs to collect enough resources to sustain a full-scale war and prepare reserves...
Then he ordered Tang Jian, Zhang Dahu, Zuo Zhen and others to lead their troops to return to Longshan to garrison immediately, ready to support the Northern Steel Alliance at any time.
The most important move was to have Venerable Blood Tun take the tens of millions of zombies under his control and quietly cross the mountains on the Miluo border, moving towards the wasteland.
Song Ziyu is ready for all-out war.
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Ma Xiaolong led his troops by train through several southern states of the Northern Steel Alliance, and then crossed all the way. With the help of the railway lines left over from the old era, Ma Xiaolong's 30,000 Longshan soldiers went south together with several regular troops of the Northern Steel Alliance. Soon we entered the federal territory.
Immediately, Ma Xiaolong had a profound understanding of the situation.
Along the railway, endless fleeing federal residents are heading north against the current!
These people dragged their families across the border and fled toward the state where the Northern Steel Alliance was located.
When they saw the army approaching, these people showed no expression of excitement and just kept their heads down and were on their way.
And Ma Xiaolong actually saw many broken soldiers among the fleeing people.
Seeing this scene, Ma Xiaolong knew that things were not simple.
"The situation in the Federation may be worse than imagined."
A regular army division commander accompanying the car spoke to Ma Xiaolong.
This time when this force went south, the Northern Steel Alliance had less than 20,000 regular troops, and Ma Xiaolong alone led more than 30,000 elite troops. Therefore, the two regular army division commanders accompanying the army had a straight attitude in front of Ma Xiaolong.
Hearing what the division commander said, Ma Xiaolong nodded and said, "That's right, the federal army is disintegrating, and they don't even have the energy to take in the remaining soldiers. I don't know the situation. How bad it is.”
As if to prove how accurate Song Ziyu's words were, the convoy stopped not too far away because the track in front had been destroyed and the train could no longer move forward.
As a last resort, the large troops could only get off the car and groping forward along the railway line.
soon!
Traces of the enemy appear!
The first thing that appeared were the corpses of ordinary people who were slaughtered everywhere!
Ma Xiaolong personally inspected the scene. The body of the tortured corpse had some metallic changes, the wound was completely black, and the dismembered body had an obvious carbonized structure, which was formed by high-temperature cauterization.
"Send the order, and the entire army will be on alert."
Ma Xiaolong did not dare to neglect. There were still dozens of kilometers away from the assembly point, but silicon-based life forms had already appeared, which proved that he was one step away from the battle.
"Fang Jinxian, you take the lead and move towards the assembly point."
Ma Xiaolong ordered his subordinates.
Fang Jin, who had a square head and big ears, nodded and left. Ma Xiaolong turned around and told a general beside him: "Gong Tao, when you lead people to the rear, you must be responsible for the supplies. I don't want my soldiers to starve to death in a foreign country."
During this expedition, Song Ziyu personally bargained with the top brass of the Northern Steel Alliance to obtain supplies, weapons and ammunition for the 30,000-strong army. These things are now what Ma Xiaolong relies on.
Gong Tao took the order and left. Ma Xiaolong looked around and said to his generals: "Keep your eyes open."
Everyone nodded.
After making a series of arrangements, Ma Xiaolong finally felt a little calmer.
"Brother Ma, our troops should follow you."
The commanders of the two divisions on the side saw that the situation was a little strange, and they all said to Ma Xiaolong.
"Commander Cui and Commander Yuan, if I could trouble you, the two divisions will go on the two wings of our troops. We will cover each other as we move, so that we can take care of each other." Ma Xiaolong said to the two division commanders.
"So good!"
The two were overjoyed when they heard this.
So the army formed a formation and marched slowly towards their destination.
Not far away, Fang Jin, who was in charge of taking the lead, heard some noise!
Violent gunfire sounded from far to near. Ma Xiaolong immediately led his troops to rush and found the remains of two silicon-based life forms on the ground.
As expected, the silicon-based life forms hit by the high-purity silicon crystal bullets lost their previous strong vitality and became fragile.
Seeing this scene, Ma Xiaolong felt a little calmer. At least the effect mentioned in the data was feasible.
"Keep your eyes open, don't be stingy with bullets, and be sure to ensure the safety of your men."
Ma Xiaolong looked at the remains of silicon-based life forms on the ground, and then issued an order in a deep voice.
At this moment, the debris on the ground suddenly rose up, the evaporated limbs were swung, and the terrifying metal blade was slashing towards Ma Xiaolong's neck.
This change happened so quickly that others could not react at all!
Fortunately, Ma Xiaolong's attention was concentrated enough. Facing the throat-slitting blow, Ma Xiaolong suddenly leaned back and barely avoided the blade's throat lock.
Taking this opportunity, his subordinates pulled out the silicon crystal knives they carried with them and stepped forward to strike, and then completely killed the silicon-based life form.
"The vitality of this kind of creature is far stronger than we thought."
Ma Xiaolong exclaimed.
"Don't put yourself in danger next time."
Mr. Cui was also frightened when he saw it. Thanks to Ma Xiaolong's good health, he was able to avoid such a blow.
If it were Master Cui himself, he would probably be ready to have a feast now.
But no matter what, this unexpected episode cast a shadow on Ma Xiaolong's heart.
Going south to fight this time may not be easy.
