Chapter 228 Confrontation with the Weishui River

Chapter 228 Confrontation with the Weishui River

After driving Ma Su out, Zhuge Liang's expression slowly changed. The anger quickly dissipated, replaced by hesitation and headache.

At this moment, he was having a headache about how to deal with Ma Su.

This time, his behavior toward Ma Su was characterized as a rejection of the emperor's life. That is to say, Ma Su discovered the fighter plane and sent out privately because he had no time.

But in fact, Zhuge Liang knew the true situation of this matter very well. Ma Su went out privately and took the army out without any order from the court.

The most important thing is that five thousand soldiers and horses actually obeyed his order and followed him out!

This is a very unusual situation, which means that Ma Su's prestige in the military has been ridiculously high. Not only did Ma Su's soldiers and horses only know Ma Su's kindness and power, but even the central Han Dynasty also trusted Ma Su extremely.

Ma Di has vaguely surpassed the imperial court in the military and has become the actual leader in the eyes of many tribes.

If this happened in other dynasties, Ma Su would have been executed by everyone. Because Ma Su's prestige had already affected the court, it was impossible for anyone to accept this.

Zhuge Liang was pretty good. Although he saw the problem, he had no intention of killing Ma Su. He knew Ma Su's character very well. A scholar without ambition would not have any thoughts of rebellion.

As long as Ma Su wants to be independent or has some ambition, he will not even care about his wife and children. Even his own son, Ma Su, had no intention of nurturing him.

This is to tell the court clearly that I, Ma Su, don’t have so many ideas.

In particular, now Shu Han cannot do without Ma Su. This boy has become one of the most important figures in the Han Dynasty in a few years.

Several young talents in the army, such as Jiang Wei, Liu Yin, Wang Ping... basically all have inextricable connections with Ma Su. The entire court was inseparable from Ma Su. Once he had to deal with him, the entire Han Dynasty's future would be gone.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang still only restricted Ma Su from misbehaving and had no intention of punishing him severely.

But, Ma Su's huge prestige is still a risk. You must know that Ma Su is also very knowledgeable and good at appointing people, and he has promoted many capable talents.

What if some of these people have ambitions to use Ma Di's power to do treacherous things...

Zhuge Liang is confident that he can suppress all the evil spirits while he is alive. But what happens when he dies? Can the remaining people and His Majesty really be able to control it?

This will raise a big question mark!

If it is not dealt with, it would be Zhuge Liang's dereliction of duty. But Zhuge Liang had been thinking about how to deal with it for a long time, but he still had no idea.

After all, he is also a minister. How can he be qualified to indulge in a risk on behalf of His Majesty?

In the end, Zhuge Liang left this problem to Liu Chan and asked his Majesty to solve it himself. This is also the idea of ​​confining Ma Su and keeping him for disposal until he returns to Chengdu.

Let's see what your majesty says. If your majesty is worried that it will be a disaster, Zhuge Liang can only reluctantly help your majesty clean up the house.

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Zhuge Liang's troops came out of Baoxie Road and defeated Chen Tai in Wuzhangyuan, beheading more than a thousand people.

This news was spread to the Yongzhou front line and Chang'an by Chen Tai, and Guanzhong was shocked for a while!

The last time Shu troops left Qishan, they annexed the entire Longyou in just a few months. This time they actually came out directly from Baoxie Road. Doesn't this mean that the Shu army's goal is Guanzhong?

Especially before this, the famous Shu Han general Ma Di came out of Ziwu Valley to cause chaos in Guanzhong. After defeating the Qiang and Hu mercenaries and burning the three assistants in Guanzhong, he quickly went south to meet the main force of the Shu army.

This series of actions flowed smoothly, as if they were completely planned. So from this aspect, anyone with some knowledge on Cao Wei's side will figure it out.

The Shu Han had planned for a long time this time and took advantage of the main force of the Wei army to besiege Longyou to attack Guanzhong!

When Guo Huai, who was still fighting on the front line, received the news, his first reaction was to order the news to be blocked. Then he discussed with his confidants about withdrawing troops and evacuated as quickly as possible.

At this moment, the main forces on the Guanzhong front line are all in the hands of Guo Huai and Chen Tai, and the Chang'an front line defenders are less than 30,000. The entire Guanzhong garrison was extremely empty and was simply not enough to withstand the Shu army's attack.

In particular, the Shu army has been recognized in recent years as having greater combat effectiveness than Cao Wei's troops.

Once Zhuge Liang makes up his mind to march eastward and use martial arts to attack Chang'an, the entire Guanzhong will be in chaos. If Zhuge Liang succeeded in taking Chang'an and blocking the imperial court's connection with the northwest, then the 100,000 Guanzhong Army would be alone.

By then, the west of Tongguan will no longer be owned by Cao Wei!

In order to prevent a series of collapses, Chen Tai, who was defeated and left, bravely fought back again after gathering his defeated troops. He led the remaining defeated troops, less than 20,000 men, to camp on the north bank of the Wei River, hoping to capture the main force of the Shu army.

Guo Huai was also constantly mobilizing troops and generals, blocking news to stabilize morale while racing against time to return to the defense.

But if they knew that Zhuge Liang had no intention of attacking Guanzhong, and that the main purpose of going out to the Baoxian Road was to support Ma Di, they didn't know what Guo Huai and Chen Tai would think.

But none of this matters anymore, because Zhuge Liang appears in Wuzhangyuan, and it is impossible for Cao Wei to remain calm.

Seventy thousand Wei troops quickly evacuated from Yongzhou and returned to Guanzhong via Qinchi Road to aid. Because the march was too hasty, a large amount of food and baggage was abandoned to the west of Lishui.

Fei Yi was also very good at seizing opportunities. After noticing the emergency evacuation of the Wei army, he immediately contacted Wang Ping Shuji to launch a night attack. The Shu army in Longshan made a surprise attack at night and defeated the Wei army that had not yet withdrawn.

But although the situation was corrupt, Guo Huai couldn't care about it anymore. Tens of thousands of Wei troops abandoned their baggage, and after a few days' light army walked the ten-day road, they arrived at Wuzhang, where they blocked the main force of the Shu army.

After defeating Chen Tai, Zhuge Liang stationed troops in Wuzhangyuan and relied on the steep mountain roads to protect Baoxie Road. When he saw that the main force of the Wei army had arrived on the north bank of the Wei River, Zhuge Liang retreated to the line of Beishan, giving up five feet to show that the enemy was weak.

He has a total of 20,000 people and is not the main force of the Shu army. On the opposite side, even though the Wei army had won many battles in Ma Su, it still had nearly 100,000 troops, and its military advantage over the Shu army was still obvious.

And as time went on, the Wei army's Guandong troops and horses also continued to mobilize westward. If you launch an attack rashly, you will easily be besieged by the main force of the Wei army.

And because he was in a hurry to find Ma Di, Zhuge Liang didn't bring much food. Now that Ma Di has been captured, Zhuge Liang has already considered withdrawing his army.

One side did not dare to fight, the other did not want to fight, so the two sides started a confrontation on the front line of Wuzhangyuan.

During the two sides' confrontation for half a month, no one dared to make the first move.

But at this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly noticed that in the large farmland to the west of Wuzhangyuan, the corn seemed to be ripe.

There are only two chapters today. It’s snowing all the way back to the dormitory from another campus. Shuzhong needs a rest...