Chapter 78 Ma Su must die
When Ma Su returned to Chencang Road, Guo Huai had already led his army back to Yong. As the governor of Yongzhou, he not only needs to be responsible for guarding against the Shu Han, but also needs to be wary of the Qiang and Hu people in the north.
Without Guo Huai watching closely, Ma Su's efficiency in killing Chen Cangdao was greatly improved.
Thousands of Shu army cavalry managed to make a fool of themselves in such a small area. It can not only rob the grain transport team on land in Chencang Road, but also use the connecting boat to rob the ship in Lishui.
As for the military rations, Ma Su took a small portion from Hao Zhao's rations, which was enough for his army to eat for a long time. Because they were well prepared, these thousand cavalrymen basically had one man and two horses, so they did not worry about mobility and food transportation at all.
Hao Zhao was completely speechless about this. Seeing that the grain transported to Chencang was getting less and less, he also knew that Guo Huai had nothing to do for a while.
To be honest, is it difficult to encircle and suppress Ma Su? Not difficult.
Chencang Road, together with the area of Lianshui and Weishui, is a plain of more than fifty miles from north to south and more than one hundred miles from east to west. If he really wanted to pursue Ma Su seriously, Wang Shuang would be able to pursue him without Guo Huai and Hao Zhao.
But, sometimes having the ability to kill and being able to kill are two different things.
Hao Zhao's 10,000 soldiers and horses really can't move any more. According to reports from Hao Zhao's spies in Longyou, the Shu army in Longyou is still eyeing them, and they don't know when they will leave Longshan in the east.
At this time, Chencang, an unfinished city, could not be stopped with less than five or six thousand people. Once the troops are divided, if the troops are divided too little, they will be easily eaten by Ma Di. If the troops are divided too much, Chencang will not be able to defend.
As for Guo Huai, he had a hundred horses and robbed Yong Rang, and all of them suffered from Ma Su phobia, so they were of no use.
In this way, everyone has the ability to kill Ma Su, but none of them can kill Ma Su.
And Ma Su has a really good strategic vision. He probably saw this and was so bold that he led a thousand people to block your grain route here in Chencang.
Just such a seemingly dangerous but very mysterious move of the chess piece basically pinched Hao Zhao's Achilles' heel.
If this continues, Hao Zhao will probably starve to death here before he can make extraordinary achievements in guarding Chencang.
"Bo Dao, we have to find a way quickly. If this continues, Chencang will be in chaos sooner or later." Wang Shuang was also anxious, pulling Hao Zhao and asking anxiously.
"It's probably going to be difficult to deal with now. This bastard Ma Su is sure that we don't dare to divide our forces to attack him." Hao Zhao sighed, spread out the map helplessly, and began to study the terrain.
Ma Su's activity area basically blocked all his food channels. No matter where the grain road goes, Ma Su can arrive and cut it off.
But at this time, Hao Zhao suddenly looked south of the Weishui River, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"That's right, just go here!"
Hearing Hao Zhao's sudden roar, Wang Shuang was startled and looked over quickly.
I saw Hao Zhao drawing a line along the east bank of the Lishui River, and then crossed the Weishui River and entered the mountainous area south of the Weishui River. Then go west along the foothills area south of the Wei River, and then cross the Wei River to reach Chencang.
Basically, in order to avoid Ma Su, the god of plague, Hao Zhao avoided all the places he could.
Looking at such a grain road that only picked the most difficult places to walk, the corner of Wang Shuang's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Bo Dao, we shouldn't do it. In order to avoid this Ma Su and the thousand people, we have to go around in such a big circle." Wang Shuang thought for a while, reorganized his words and said to Hao Zhao.
"In the worst case, I will personally supervise the food and grass. When Ma Di comes, I can just kill him directly. We don't need to be so afraid of him. Otherwise, if word of this gets out, how can we get around in Guanzhong in the future?"
Guanzhong hates cowards the most, and any cowardly behavior will be discriminated against. In order to avoid Ma Di, who only had a thousand people, Hao Zhao took long detours and took mountain roads. If word spread, everyone who saw him would laugh at him.
"General Wang, I asked you to supervise the transportation of this road." However, Hao Zhao shook his head and said firmly.
"Ah?" Wang Shuang was stunned for a moment, and then felt as if he had been insulted.
"Bo Dao, what do you mean? After all, I, Wang Shuang, are also a generation of warriors, but you can't trust my force so much? Why do you choose such a deviant road when you ask me to supervise the transportation of grain and grass?"
"General Wang, don't be angry, I didn't mean that." Hao Zhao quickly waved his hand and explained to Wang Shuang.
"I chose this because I trust the general's strength and believe that you can defeat the Shu army."
"Why?" Wang Shuang frowned and asked in a bad tone.
"If you think about it, the Shu army's thousand soldiers are basically all cavalry. We don't know how many such cavalry they have." Hao Zhao shook his head, sighed and began to explain to Wang Shuang.
"General Wang is indeed a strong general in the northwest. He is first-class in both using troops and killing enemies."
"But, these thousand Shu troops are actually not the focus. The only thing that needs attention is Ma Su. He is the real core of the Shu army. Only when he dies can the Shu army be truly eliminated."
"Even if General Wang defeats Ma Di, as long as Ma Di doesn't die, it won't be long before he returns to Lueyang to raise another team to harass us."
"At that time, he will be more cunning and more difficult to deal with. We will be trapped in an endless entanglement with him, and a lot of manpower and material resources will be wasted."
"And how much could the Shu army lose for this? There are only a few hundred untrained Qiang people in total."
"When the Longyou Shu army rests and regroups, we will not be able to withstand their offensive."
Hao Zhao saw it very clearly, so what if he killed all the Shu soldiers? As long as Ma Su, a guerrilla master with strategic vision, is still there, he will make a comeback in a few days.
If you want to kill Ma Di north of the Weishui River, you will need too many men and horses. They can't take it out and they can't take it out. Giving too many troops to such a guerrilla force itself represents failure.
Therefore, Ma Su must be killed without using too much force.
"So your plan is to lure Ma Su to the foothills south of the Weishui River and kill him?" Wang Shuang was not stupid, and quickly understood what Hao Zhao meant.
The Weishui River is so turbulent that it is difficult for small boats to pass even if they are connected together. The south bank is basically all mountain roads, and Ma Su's cavalry advantage cannot be used.
If Ma Su could be led to the foothills of the south bank through this grain road, Ma Su would basically have no way to retreat.
In time, Wang Shuang suddenly came out and blocked Ma Di and his tribe on the south bank of the Weishui River and slaughtered them all.
Judging from Hao Zhao's understanding of Ma Su's behavior, he would definitely not give up when he saw them changing food channels. If he could resist going to the south bank to rob food, he would not be called Ma Su.
"Even if Ma Su is lucky, it will be fine if he can escape from the south bank." Hao Zhao nodded and added calmly.
"Once the Shu army comes, you don't have to hesitate to light the grain. When I saw the open fire in Chencang, I immediately led my troops into battle and blocked it along the Wei River. Even if Ma Su had ten lives, he would die there!"
ps: I’m sorry, it’s the first time I’ve read Sanjiang Shuzhong. I’m so excited. I’ve been spending all my free time these days coding.
I have tried my best to maintain three updates these days, but because I don’t have much free time, Shuzhong still has to save manuscripts for publication, so I still sometimes update two.
We will do our best to maintain five updates in the three days after it is put on the shelves, and try to add more updates in the future.
I don’t know if I can hold on. As a college student who writes novels part-time, this is really difficult.
But for this hard-won opportunity to take off, Shuzhong will try its best to seize it!
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