Chapter 319 New Country and Old People

Chapter 319 New Country and Old People

After being teased by Ma Su, the complexity and restraint in Zhang He's heart were basically gone. At least the bastard Ma Su has not changed at all. He is still the same Ma Canjun who was beaten by him in prison.

In this case, there is no need to be cautious, Ma Su can't beat him anyway.

"In my opinion, you don't need to be in such a hurry to attack the counties of Nanyang. If you are so eager to attack the city, it will be easy for the pseudo-Wei to see the truth and let them know our details." Zhang He sat down again and explained to Ma Su,

"This time our Han soldiers came out of Wudang and caught Nanyang off guard. Although Wancheng was prepared, most places had no idea of ​​our true strength."

"I'm sure that most counties in Nanyang don't even know how many troops we have or what our specific combat capabilities are."

"In this case, we might as well relax and continue to besiege Wancheng with our main force. At the same time, except for the counties where the grain road passes, the rest of the counties in the south will be ignored and let them guess how many troops we have."

"In this way, various places in Nanyang can only estimate our military strength by themselves. After being surprised, most officials of the puppet Wei will overestimate our military strength and scare themselves."

"The cowards are afraid that the dead will run away on their own. Even if they don't run away, they will stay in the city and defend it. They will definitely not pose any threat to us."

"The most important thing is to surround Wancheng and let it go around to ask for help. This can draw Wei troops from various places to attack it in the wild!"

Zhang He, a big cadre in the Cao Wei system, knew his opponent, especially Zhang He in the Nanyang Military Region. Most of the troops stationed here are in Wancheng and Xinye, but some troops are still stationed in Nanyang.

If these troops forcefully attack the city, they will definitely defend the city and it will be difficult to conquer. But if Wancheng is in danger and the Han army is under siege, they will definitely go out of the city to help Wancheng. By then...

"I see, Lao Zhang, your plan is to surround the spot and call for reinforcements?" Ma Su touched his chin and quickly understood what Zhang He meant.

To put it simply, it means attacking the enemy and rescuing them, and then drawing out enemy reinforcements to defeat them in the wild. This tactic was the favorite strategy of a certain hero unit in the previous life.

"Surrounding the area to call for reinforcements? You can say that." Zhang He was slightly startled, thought for a while and felt that it seemed to be the right idea, so he nodded and said.

"The military position of the Wancheng garrison is the highest in Nanyang, and all the garrison generals are his subordinates. If we attack the city fiercely, the Wancheng garrison will definitely send people to call for reinforcements."

"Field warfare is the strength of the Han army. There is no danger to defend on the Nanyang Plain. It should not be too difficult to defeat the puppet Wei reinforcements."

"As for Kunyang..." Zhang He changed the topic and brought the topic to Kunyang and Ye County.

"Kunyang Ye County is the northern gate of Nanyang, and it really needs to be captured quickly. This is very important. It may have to resist the Wei army's counterattack head-on, which is very dangerous."

"So I suggest you send a general to capture and defend it. If we fail to capture and defend this place, everything we do in Nanyang will be in vain."

Zhang He was worthy of being a veteran, and he quickly listed the main points of conflict for Ma Di. Ma Su nodded in approval, and then replied,

"Don't worry about Kunyang Ye County, I will go to the platform there in person! You and Zhang Yi will be responsible for the affairs in Wancheng!"

"Are you going in person?" Zhang He was stunned and frowned.

"Can you do it? With your martial arts skills, can you run away if you can't hold on? Don't tell me about your many achievements in the north. Once the city is besieged, it will be useless to know how to ride a horse or rush into battle. Martial arts skills are hard." Require."

"Why don't you let me follow you? If nothing else, if the city is broken, I can still sneak you out from the rebel army..."

"No need, Wancheng still needs you." Ma Su waved his hand and rejected Zhang He's suggestion.

"I, Ma Su, have a very tough life. Even if Cao Wei's army comes, they will not keep me. As long as I don't die, not a single soldier can cross Ye County. I said so!"

In response, Zhang He just glanced at Ma Su and said nothing more.

"Okay, you are the commander-in-chief and you have the final say."

"Okay, you continue to surround Wancheng, and I'll have a drink with you when the war is over!"

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Ma Di then followed Zhang He's suggestion and divided only part of his troops to smoothen the grain road. Except for the counties where the grain road passes, the rest of the counties are basically ignored.

At the same time, Ma Su ordered Zhang He and Zhang Yi to lead 30,000 troops to continue the siege of Wancheng. Yizhou will continue to send reinforcements in the future, all of which will be taken care of by Zhang He and Zhang Yi.

Their tasks are not many, they are to surround the point to provide reinforcements and to destroy Wancheng.

There is no limit to the time Ma Di gave them, but they can't break the city quickly. Because to be honest, Ma Su himself didn't know how long he could guard Kunyang.

Nan Xiangchong and Liu Yin have led 20,000 troops to defeat Dangyang, and the main force has arrived at Yicheng. Wang Ping defended Xinye, blocking the Wei army's retreat in Xiangfan, and together with Xiang Chong besieged Xiangfan.

After making these arrangements, Ma Su led 20,000 main troops and attacked the northwest corner of Nanyang, aiming directly at Kunyang.

However, when Ma Di's army marched to Ye County and prepared to besiege the city, they encountered a large group of common people blocking the way.

It wasn't the Wei army, it was just a group of ragged and unarmed people.

When this group of common people saw the banner of the Han army, they were all ecstatic. They were not afraid that the Han army would rob them, so they gathered beside the road to worship the Han army.

"General! A large number of people suddenly gathered beside the road. I don't know what they mean." The vanguard general quickly reported the matter and reported it to Ma Su. Ma Su was a little surprised when he saw this, so he came to Pioneer himself to see what was going on.

As a result, as soon as Ma Su arrived at the front army, he was grabbed by several ecstatic people.

"General Han, how is General Zuo's health now? Is he still alive?"

"After all these years, our mighty heavenly army has finally arrived!"

"It has been twenty-four years since I said goodbye to General Zuo. My hair has turned white, and I finally waited until General Zuo came back with his army!"

"Is General Zuo okay? Twenty-four years later, we still can't bear to forget General Zuo's kindness!"

Before he finished speaking, a group of people were already sobbing and bursting into tears.

Seeing this scene, Ma Su basically understood and fell into silence.

They are old and new people! They were the more than 100,000 people who followed Emperor Liu Xian to Xiakou and were captured by Cao Jun in Dangyang.

Because Liu Biao died violently and Liu Cong surrendered, Liu Bei, who served as the captain of the Jingzhou Security Brigade, had to run to Xiakou to escape. As a result, because Cao Jun's reputation was so bad at that time, countless people in Xinye Fancheng and even Xiangyang followed Liu Bei and planned to run away together.

There were more than 100,000 people and countless baggage, and they were moving as fast as a turtle crawling. Liu Bei handed over all his main forces to Guan Yu and wanted him to go first. He personally led 2,000 men in the hope of covering the retreat of the people.

That was Liu Bei's most embarrassing moment. It was where General Zhao became famous, but it was also the time when countless people's dreams were broken.

In the end, Lao Liu's two daughters and more than 100,000 people did not escape, and they were all captured by Cao Jun. The last time Ma Su harassed Xinye, he didn't find anyone who thought Nanyang had forgotten Liu Bei's old kindness.

Now I know that all the people who had been favored by Liu Bei in the past were thrown to this place so far north to work in the fields.

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