Chapter 426 Crossing the River in White Robe

Chapter 426 Crossing the River in White Robe

"Since you are not Simpi, why are you cowering in the city and not moving forward? King Donglai is a brave man who is good at fighting and often leads troops to attack first."

Regarding Xin Pi's pretending to be calm, Ma Su just shook his head gently and said unhurriedly,

"Only Xinpi, the former aide of Yuan Tan and the shame of the Kanto gentry, would huddle in the city with 20,000 people against 1,000 people and not move forward, right?"

"But let me tell you, Weiwei Xin might as well just repeat his old trick and surrender the troops leading Tongguan to the Han Dynasty. In this way, the general can not only preserve his glory and wealth, but also use these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as bargaining chips to win a good fight for himself. A way out.”

"After all, this isn't the first time you've done this. Didn't you sell Yuan Tan to Cao Cao in the first place to get you into this position? Both the left and right are pretending to be public servants for personal gain. If you do it again, it will be..."

"You fart!" Hearing this, Xinpi's blood pressure had already risen. Just now, he had always thought that Ma Su was slandering Wang Ji, but he hadn't realized it yet. Now that it was really happening to him, Xin Pi felt his anger soaring like crazy.

Why do you mean that I am pretending to be a public servant for personal gain? Yuan Tan was clearly stupid to death, so what does it matter to me? I'm a damn scholar from Yingchuan, so I still need chips to get into this position!

Unable to get angry, Xinpi suppressed his anger and did not get angry. On the one hand, it’s because Simpi himself is good at forbearing, and on the other hand, it’s because he really can’t beat him!

"No matter how provoking you Ma Su is, how can I do what you want? I'm afraid your Shu army has already set up an ambush outside the city, just waiting for me to take the bait?" Xinpi relaxed his breathing, then calmed down and said ,

"It's a pity that how can you get what you want? Such a low-level provoking method is not enough to anger me! If you have the ability, come and attack the city. Don't even think about wanting me to go out of the city to fight you!"

After saying that, Xinpi turned around and ran away without any nostalgia at all. If he stayed any longer, he was afraid that Ma Su would make some violent remarks. It would be bad if he really couldn't help but go out of the city to quarrel with him.

"As expected of an old guy from Yuan Shao's era, he can keep his composure." Ma Di shook his head with some regret, looked at Xin Pi's leaving figure and said to himself,

"But don't let me catch you. If I do, you won't be able to eat any juice!"

At that time, someone must be sent to hold him down and slander him in public... All his crimes will be denounced in public and written into a novel. Ma Di wanted to see if Xinpi, who was so tolerant, could still hold back at that time.

Hmm... I'm really looking forward to it.

Unfortunately, Xin Pi was not stimulated in the end, and Wei Jun shrank even more. Although this is a good thing for strategy, it is always inappropriate without the opportunity to commit suicide.

Hey, wait a minute, if I want to lure the enemy into action, shouldn't I show a little less confidence?

Ma Su's hand stroking his beard suddenly paused, feeling as if he had discovered Hua Dian.

Should I restrain myself a little next time? It's not appropriate to be so arrogant all the time and scare the other person so much that they don't dare to come out, right?

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While Ma Di was locked in a stalemate with the main force of the Wei army in Huayin, and Xinbi was frightened by the bombing and did not dare to leave the city, the Han army in Weibei was launching a full-scale attack on the Wei army on the front line of Jin.

The Wei army approaching Jin Dynasty was Chen Tai's tribe, and most of them retreated from Beidi County. At this moment, Chen Tai himself was seriously ill in bed, and his soldiers were distracted. It was obvious that they could not stop the Han army's attack.

Under the successive attacks of the Han army, the Wei army near Jin was overwhelmed. Only two days after the war began, the Han army crossed the Fen River and approached Jin City.

In this regard, Chen Tai had to step forward to stabilize the morale of the army before his injury healed. While gathering troops to defend Linjin, he went to Tongguan for help.

The Kwantung reinforcements are already close at hand, so Chen Tai still feels very hopeful about holding Linjin.

Then, more than ten days passed, and not a single soldier from Tongguan came to support them. Chen Tai sent someone to question him, but the answer he got was that Xin Weiwei led his troops to confront Ma Su in Huayin, and was short of troops and unable to support Chen Tai.

Ma Su only has a thousand people. Is it worth watching your army of 30,000 to 40,000 people?

Chen Tai was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do about it. Faced with Zhang He's attack on the Han army's elite, he had to shrink his front and prepare to retreat to Pubanjin.

But he didn't know that at this moment, Pubanjin was no longer safe.

To the north of Pubanjin, a group of Han troops quietly appeared on the bank of the Yellow River.

This group of Han troops totaled no more than 4,000, and 3,000 of them were infantry, with only 1,000 cavalry. The costumes are not particularly well made. The commanders of this group of Han troops were none other than Deng Fan, who had risen to the rank of general, and Changshui captain Shu Ji.

Deng Fan led three thousand soldiers, all wearing winter clothes, and traveled all the way across mountains and rivers to arrive, and stopped two hundred miles north of Pubanjin. Looking at the turbulent Yellow River water in front of him, Deng Fan nodded slightly and stammered,

"It's almost... almost... right here."

"There is no ferry here, and the Yellow River is very fast. Large ships can easily capsize. Is Shizai really planning to cross the river from here?" At this time, Shu Ji appeared behind Deng Fan and asked calmly.

"No, no, no... that's right!" Deng Fan nodded, and before he could continue speaking, Shu Ji had already put the pen and paper in his hand. Deng Fan hesitated for a moment, then took over and wrote,

"This place is close to the northern border, and as time goes by, the weather has become extremely cold. According to my understanding in Beidi County, it will be very cold in three days, and the Yellow River will definitely freeze. In less than seven days, we can cross the ice. ”

"So, the white cloth Shizai asked me to prepare was also for this time?" Shu Ji raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.

"Yes, this is the general's hint." Deng Fan nodded affirmatively and explained on the paper,

"The general hinted that we should prepare white cloth, so he must have other ideas. In the next few days of severe cold and frost and snow in the north, our troops will all wear white robes and walk across the ice. We will definitely be able to catch the Wei army by surprise!"

Deng Fan's explanation is very reasonable, and this is obviously a very good plan. However, Shuji just smiled and suddenly said,

"The person who made this plan must be a great talent in the world. But I have a doubt. Was this plan hinted by the general...or was it Shizai's own idea?"

After the words fell, the field fell into a deathly silence, and Deng Fan himself fell into silence.

As the first person to follow Ma Di, Shu Ji was Ma Di's general from Chencang. Compared with others, he is the person who understands Ma Su's character best, so Deng Fan's words cannot deceive him.

However, Shu Ji could understand this. After all, with Deng Fan's qualifications, if he did not pull Ma Su's banner, the military power would not fall to him no matter what. Therefore, Shu Ji did not expose Deng Fan's little thoughts on the spot, but expressed his acquiescence.

"Shizai, work hard. If this battle succeeds, General Shenwei will not treat the heroes badly."