Chapter 258 Capture Zhiyang
The Wei army formed an infantry and cavalry phalanx, attacked from behind the city, and took the lead in attacking Ma Su.
But their formation... the dogs shook their heads just looking at it, it was so messy.
Ma Su could only shake his head at this, feeling that he had overestimated Sima Zhao.
His ability... In history, if Sima Yi and Sima Shi hadn't played well together, Sima Zhao would have been played to death by those old foxes.
"Attack!" Ma Su drew his gun and charged out at the lead.
Now Ma Su has used the pig's sudden advance fluently, and his movements are as smooth as water. And Ma Su's step is so good that even after listening to the order, he subconsciously keeps up with Ma Su's pace.
After fighting for several years, I am used to how to fight.
Obviously, there was no exception this time. The Wei army was already panicking before they joined the Shu army. Then Ma Di inserted himself into the Wei army's formation extremely easily, shuttling back and forth like a bolt of lightning.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the Wei army was defeated. Two thousand people on foot and cavalry were directly stabbed to death by Ma Di.
The defeated Wei army fled in all directions, and the soldiers who entered from the city gate turned around and ran into the city. Because a large number of his own soldiers were at the city gate, Zhiyang's gate could not be closed at all.
Generally speaking, in a big city like Xiangyang, the city is usually a valve that closes from top to bottom. That kind of gate is both heavy and easy to close, and can be forced to close when the defeated army retreats.
However, small towns like Zhiyang in Xiliang generally cannot afford to build expensive valves. They only have two gates, one on the left and one on the right. When there are a large number of people in the city gate, the gate cannot be closed at all.
"Charge into the city! Capture Sima Zhao alive!" Ma Su waved his hand, drew his gun, and led the cavalry to quickly pursue him.
As long as the city gate is broken, Ma Su will not be able to defeat anyone in the inner city.
It’s not Ma Su’s fault, but whenever you run into me during a fight in the inner city, it’s Tiandao Insurance’s dereliction of duty...
However, when Ma Su defeated the defeated troops and rushed into Weng City with great ease, he instantly saw rows of crossbowmen waiting on top of the city for a long time.
Sima Zhao had long been standing on Weng City, looking excitedly in the direction of the city gate.
"The Shu army is coming! Let go..." When Sima Zhao saw Ma Di entering the city, he was extremely excited and immediately waved his hand to prepare an order.
But before he could finish speaking, the Shu army that rushed into Weng City had long since waited for Ma Di's order and launched a counterattack against the Wei army on Weng City like muscle memory.
Zhiyang is a small city, and Wengcheng is only a few meters high, so it cannot be considered a high city at all. At this height, the Qiang cavalry's javelin counterattack was astonishingly lethal.
The crossbowmen on both sides were taken advantage of, and hundreds of javelins came up, instantly disrupting their formation and also delaying Sima Zhao's order.
"Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows!" Sima Zhao's soldiers immediately pulled Sima Zhao to escape. While dodging, Sima Zhao ordered Ma Su to be shot.
But it was too late. Ma Di rushed over immediately when he saw that the door of Wengcheng was open.
Originally, Sima Zhao wanted to close the gate of Wengcheng, but the general suggested that it be opened to lure Ma Su into the city. Only when the gate of Wengcheng is open can Ma Su enter the city boldly.
Sima Zhao believed it...it was time to give him the allusion to the war on paper.
Ma Di led his troops to almost replicate Xiangyang's entry into the city, and entered the city with great ease.
The Shu army rushed to the inner city, and the second echelon of Wei army's infantry and cavalry, who had been waiting for a long time, then stepped forward to fight. The two sides met in the streets of the inner city, but within a quarter of an hour, the Wei army was defeated!
The bad idea proposed by the general looked good at first glance, but in fact it was full of loopholes. For Ma Su, even if you close Wengcheng, you may not be able to stop him, let alone open it on your own initiative.
As long as we get on this war horse, our old horse will become a bloodthirsty existence.
The Shu army defeated the Wei army one after another, and successfully broke through all of Sima Zhao's defense lines at the cost of losing less than 300 people.
Sima Zhao was stunned. He had never seen such a terrifying scene.
"Where is my general! Call him over quickly!" Sima Zhao subconsciously wanted to hold him accountable and ordered that the general who had the bad idea should be killed. But soon his bodyguards reported to him that the unit had disappeared since the beginning of the war.
"Trash! Coward! Traitor!" Sima Zhao was furious, but when Ma Su from the city suddenly turned around and made eye contact with him, Sima Zhao suddenly came to his senses with a shudder.
"Run! The Shu army has entered the city! If we don't run, it will be too late!"
"Quick! Protect me and evacuate this place!"
"General! The enemy coach wants to run away!" Seeing Sima Zhao turn around and run away, Ma Su's personal guard reported.
"I saw it, let him run." Ma Su said calmly, but he didn't care.
"Sima Zhao is still leading troops in the Wei army and his contribution to the Han Dynasty is much higher than being a prisoner. For such an incompetent person, I wish he could become the general of the puppet Wei!"
If this was Master Sima, Ma Di would definitely go up and bayonet with him in person without saying anything. But this was Sima Zhao, so Ma Su just pretended not to see him and let him go.
Sima Zhao turned around and ran away, and the morale of the Wei army who was still resisting in the city collapsed instantly. Under Ma Di's constant charge, various Wei troops began to surrender in an organized manner.
An hour later, all the Wei troops in the city were wiped out, and Ma Di successfully occupied Zhiyang City.
However, after Ma Su occupied the entire city, his subordinates brought a general from the Wei army.
"General! This person claims that he is a member of the Han Dynasty Military Council."
"Military Council?" Ma Su was slightly startled and looked at the Wei general and narrowed his eyes.
The Military Council is the intelligence agency of the Shu Han Dynasty. It was established before the death of Feng Chu and Pang Tong.
After Fengchu and Pang Tong died, the Military Council was put in charge of Fa Zheng. Later, in the prime minister's era, the Military Council was divided by Zhuge Liang, and the left guard was handed over to Yang Yi.
However, due to geographical problems, the development of intelligence personnel in Shu Han has always been frustrated. After all, it will take less than half a year for the information that an intelligence officer desperately collects for you to reach Zhuge Liang's desk, and by then the day lilies will be cold.
Because of this, the presence of Shuhan intelligence personnel is very low.
"You are from the Military Council?" Because of this, Ma Di didn't believe it and looked at the general and asked.
"That's right, General Fuguo, so-and-so is a member of the Zuo Duhu of the Military Council, and Yang Duhu is so-and-so's boss." The general nodded and carefully took out a sweat-soaked token from his arms.
"A certain person was ordered to lurk next to Sima Zhao and try to get information about Liangzhou. The generals of the Jinfu Kingdom surrounded Zhiyang, so a certain person encouraged Sima Zhao to go out of the city to fight..."
After this offline explanation from the Military Council, Ma Su finally understood.
After working on it for a long time, it turned out that Sima Zhao dared to leave the city only because someone of his own was plotting against him.
No wonder.
Soon, Ma Di also checked the token in the hand of the general and determined that it was the identity token of the Military Council.
From this point of view, Yang Yi, whose eyes are higher than his head, is not without merit.
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