Chapter 373 It’s better to use fire attack

Chapter 373 It’s better to use fire attack

When Ma Di unexpectedly attacked Xie Dongcheng and formally blocked Sun Huan in this small narrow channel of the Yangtze River, the Soochow general was confronting the Han army in Zigui on the front line.

Sun Huan can also be regarded as an old revolutionary in Soochow, and he has made great contributions to Soochow over the years. Moreover, he is a member of the Sun family and is highly regarded. He has always been the second-in-command in the Jingzhou War Zone.

This time Lu Xun was responsible for leading troops north to assassinate Ma Di, while General Wei Wen was responsible for attacking Wuling in Jingnan. Sun Huanlai was responsible for the task of advancing along the river to attack Yi Dao and raiding Shu.

This guy started playing very smoothly, it could even be said that it was incredibly smooth.

Xie Dongcheng built by Zhuge Liang was captured in a quick battle, and the defenders rushed all the way to Yiling. Sun Huan then relied on his navy to capture Xiaoting in the south of the Yangtze River, and the army stormed Yiling.

In less than ten days, Yiling was also captured. This series of strong Yangtze River passes were successfully conquered by Soochow. They fought until they reached Zigui, where they encountered the stubborn resistance of Fei Yi, the general and minister of Shuhan Zhenxi.

The two sides started a battle on the front line of Zigui. Sun Huan relied on his large number of troops and the army rushed to attack Zigui. However, they were blocked by the soldiers of the Northern Han Army led by Fei Yi.

The two sides fought for more than ten days, but Sun Huan made no progress. However, Sun Huan was not too nervous about this. Anyway, his attack on Shu was a lottery in itself.

It's best if you can capture it. If you can't defeat it, it's okay. The main direction of attack is not here anyway.

As long as Nanyang cooperates with Cao Wei to kill Ma Su, everything will be fine. Even if the Shu Han goes crazy and marches eastward, without Ma Su, the Shu army at the Yangtze River Pass will not be able to achieve much success.

But Sun Huan's optimism ended here. While he was still thinking about how to break through in Zigui, suddenly his bodyguard hurried in to report,

"General Sun! Colonel Zhu Ji who was stationed in Xie Dong came back crying and said he was sorry for the Supreme Being."

"What?" Sun Huan's face suddenly changed, and an ominous premonition quickly rose in his heart.

Zhu Ji, who was stationed in Xie Dongcheng, escaped back. Could there be something wrong with Xie Dongcheng?

Soon, Zhu Ji was brought in in rags. As soon as he saw Sun Huan, he cried and knelt down.

"General Sun! I'm sorry, Supreme! Xie Dongcheng has fallen!"

"What?" Sun Huan was shocked, his face changed immediately, he stared at Zhu Ji and said angrily,

"How did you defend the city? Weren't you asked to defend the city?"

Sun Huan saw it with his own eyes at Xie Dong's place. The higher city was not so easy to capture. Zhu Ji led more than 2,000 people but lost this place. This was a loss of wealth and life for an army of 50,000 people!

"It's Ma Su! He suddenly led people to kill from the east! We were caught off guard, and Ma Su stole the city. I'm so sorry to you!" Zhu Ji cried loudly and bowed again, his words full of self-blame.

"That's enough! I still want to defend myself!" Sun Huan's face suddenly turned ugly. He stared at Zhu Ji and said through gritted teeth,

"Do you think I'm a fool? How could Xie Dongcheng be stolen so easily! Is it possible that your family had colluded with Xishu for a long time and deliberately gave away this city?"

"Zhu Ran was persuaded by Ma Su to surrender in Yidao. Don't you remember that as a general?"

Zhu Ji was stunned. He had no idea that Sun Huan would slander him like this. He was at a loss for a moment. However, Sun Huan did not explain too much and ordered with a cold snort,

"Come here, imprison Zhu Ji for me! When our army breaks through and returns to Jiangling, it won't be too late to ask the Supreme Being to interrogate him!"

Immediately, Sun Huan immediately sent people to arrest Zhu Ji and imprisoned him without saying a word.

Sun Huan had always disliked Zhu Ran, especially when Yidao surrendered to Ma Su almost like a peaceful liberation. As a result, Sun Huan was guarding Yiling and was attacked from both sides. In the end, his entire army was defeated.

Therefore, Sun Huan seriously suspected that Zhu Ran was collaborating with the enemy, and might even have had contact with Xi Shu for a long time. Although there was no subsequent evidence, and Zhu Ran had made great contributions, Sun Quan did not touch him, but Sun Huan had always disliked him.

Now his son Zhu Ji faced the same people at the same place and did the same thing. Sun Huan was already in good temper for not immediately ordering Zhu Ji's death.

However, imprisoning Zhu Ji could not calm Sun Huan's nervousness. He was now the same as he had been a few years ago, he was surrounded from the front and back again.

The only difference is that it is Fei Yi who is stationed in Zigui now instead of Zhuge Liang.

The 50,000-strong army was smashed by dumplings and blocked in two places in Yiling Xiaoting. Although the army's food is sufficient for a short period of time, it can only last for half a month at most. If he couldn't break through within half a month, I'm afraid he would really be doomed.

"Damn it! Has Boyan already been defeated in Xiangfan? Why did Ma Di come here!" Sun Huan could not help but curse in secret as cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Pass my order to the entire army to stop attacking. The front army will act as the rear army, and the rear army will act as the front army and retreat towards Yiling!"

"If you are pursued by the Shu army, don't stop fighting and retreat to Yiling as quickly as possible!"

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When Sun Huan urgently separated from the Han army and retreated towards Yiling, Ma Di had already rested in Xiedong City and then rushed to Xiaoting.

Yiling and Xiaoting are now Sun Huan's only two strongholds, located in the south and north of the Yangtze River respectively.

Next to Xiaoting are two large mountains, Jingmen Huya, which are full of hidden reefs and are not suitable for the navy to pass. In other words, if Ma Su can win this place quickly, even if Soochow's naval forces are fully mobilized, they will not be able to rescue Sun Huan.

However, when Ma Su arrived near Xiaoting, he suddenly discovered that the nearby mountains and forests had fallen leaves everywhere in early winter. A large number of dead branches and leaves buried the ground tightly, and Ma Su thought of something almost immediately.

"Fire attack! That's right! Just use fire attack!" Ma Su's eyes lit up slightly, and his desire to die emerged again.

Sun Huan had 50,000 soldiers in his hands. Although they were all Soochow soldiers who were not very effective in fighting, it would be really troublesome to fight against trapped beasts. If they could be defeated as soon as possible, Ma Su wouldn't have to starve them to death.

Now the war has been going on for more than half a year, and it's early winter. The area around Xiaoting is full of flammable dead branches and leaves. If it is feasible, it is not impossible to burn Sun Huan with a fire.

"It seems it's time to give General Sun a little shock." Ma Su touched his chin and began to think deeply.

First of all, he cannot show up first, otherwise Sun Huan will not dare to step forward no matter how stupid he is. You must give Sun Huan the illusion that he is not here, and then send someone else to attract him to the designated place.

In this case...

Ma Su looked at Ma Zhong, the general of Wu Jiang who was fishing behind him, and immediately thought about it.

"Ma Zhong, do you want to be promoted and stop being looked down upon by others?"

Ma Zhong was confused when he saw Ma Su suddenly looking at him and then asking.

"I?"

"That's right, it's you." Ma Di smiled very kindly, patted his shoulder and said,

"Now there is a difficult task for you. If you succeed, you will be promoted to an official position by His Majesty. Then you will be able to lead an army on your own, and you will no longer have to be looked down upon by anyone!"

Looking at Ma Su's smiling expression, Ma Zhong felt an inexplicable feeling of a somewhat ominous premonition.