Chapter 475 Another attack on Luoyang
As soon as Ma Su finished speaking, Liu Xu on the side immediately noticed it. Without waiting for Ma Su to say anything else, he immediately stood up and expressed his intention to continue the expedition with Ma Su.
This time following Ma Di on his expedition to Jiangling, Liu Xuan stepped onto the battlefield for the first time. However, under Ma Su's protection, he basically just watched the battle from the sidelines.
When he saw Ma Suhao defeating the enemy army effortlessly and watching the Han army shouting and chasing the enemy army, Liu Xuan's blood boiled with excitement. So this time he not only planned to continue fighting with Ma Su, but also wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy himself.
Ma Su frowned at this, and frowned a little at the prince's reaction.
He remembered that he first recommended that the prince should be an emperor like Wen Jing, who would govern honestly and do nothing, rather than tormenting the people. But in this situation, is it possible for Liu Xu to become Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?
This is not good news. Although being interested in war is a good thing, it also comes at its own time.
Before the world was unified, it was not a bad thing for the emperor to be warlike. But when a large-scale war is over and everything is devastated, no matter how belligerent you are, it will only waste people and money.
Moreover, Ma Di is going to Luoyang to appeal again this time, and the prince cannot be allowed to follow him in this kind of death-seeking thing.
"Your Highness, this matter is of great significance, and you have an extraordinary status..."
"My prime minister can go, why can't I go? I also want to go to war with my prime minister!" Liu Xuan refused to accept this trick and insisted on going to the war with Ma Su. Ma Su hesitated for a moment, and soon thought of something.
"In that case..." Ma Su said while giving color to the soldiers. Soon the soldiers who understood Ma Su's thoughts brought two bowls of wine over and said to Liu Xu,
"If Your Highness wants to join the army, then drink this bowl of wine to prove your courage! If you can't do it, then return to Chang'an as soon as possible to learn how to govern the country from the Prime Minister, and don't go to the battlefield again."
"Huh? Are you serious about this?" Liu Xuan was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said,
"But I want to drink from Xiangfu's bowl of wine to show that I am willing to advance and retreat together with Xiangfu."
With that said, Liu Xuan directly picked up the bowl of wine that Ma Su was supposed to drink. Obviously Liu Xuan was worried that Ma Su had drugged the wine, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity to have a warm relationship with his father-in-law.
Ma Su showed no sign of this, raised his glass directly to Liu Xuan, and then drank it all in one gulp. Liu Xuan studied in a decent manner, drank it all in one gulp, and then... fell down.
Fortunately, the soldiers nearby quickly supported him and Liu Xuan was not injured. Then, in Wu Ban's stunned eyes, Ma Su signaled Yao Hu to protect the prince and drive back to Chang'an.
"You're still too young. You have such a drinking capacity and you still want to compete with me on the stage? It's boring."
Ma Di watched Liu Xuan being helped away, and smiled disdainfully, showing a crooked dragon king's smile.
In front of a real old fox, Liu Xuan's little cleverness was just like a joke. Ma Su personally gave Liu Xuan a little bit of the shock of distilled spirits.
"You Chang, the wine you invited His Highness to drink just now seems to be different." Wu Ban also saw the clue, and immediately looked at Ma Di eagerly,
"Any more? It feels like a pretty good wine."
"I'll treat you to a drink when I get back."
"Then I'll go with you!"
"Get out!"
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After being freed from the prince's entanglement in Wuguan, Ma Su once again returned to his most familiar feeling.
That's right, it's this feeling of being carefree and loving no one! Only in this situation can Ma Su commit suicide boldly.
And this time Ma Su also brought his own external sniper, so his death-defying business could proceed smoothly.
Ma Di quickly returned to Wancheng from Wuguan with hundreds of his own soldiers. After resting for two days in Wancheng, Ma Di quickly went to the Kunyang front line.
Ma Su's target was naturally Luoyang Yin. He planned to go north along Jishui, bypassing the Wei army's blockade and the Eight Passes of Luoyang, and a small group of troops entered Luoyang Yin from a small road.
At this moment, Cao Wei had also begun to move the capital, and because their family had a big business, they started moving several months earlier than Ji Han. At this time, Ma Su only needs to lead his troops into Luoyang Yin and catch them off guard, and he will surely catch a big fish!
With this in mind, Ma Di came to the Kunyang front line, ready to take a look at Cao Wei's arrangements first.
At this time, the Wei army in the direction of Yingchuan had stopped attacking and the entire army withdrew to the east bank of Jishui. At the same time, Ma Su finally found out Guan Qiujian's name and recalled this person who almost put pressure on him.
At this time, Guanqiu Jian had 30,000 soldiers and horses, most of whom were field soldiers led by veterans as grassroots officers.
This is stronger than pure field troops, but their combat power is just that, at most a second-line force. However, if he rashly attacks them, he may alert the enemy, so Ma Su has no intention of attacking them.
But instead of taking action against them, Ma Di still planned to scare them to attract their attention.
On a dark and windy night, Guanqiu Jian's troops stationed on the east bank of Jishui River noticed the movement of the Han army in Kunyang. In the distance, the torch looked like a long dragon, moving rapidly southward along the Thorny Water.
This movement frightened Guanqiu Jian, who immediately thought that the Han army was planning to launch troops against Runan. The defense there is empty. Once the Han army takes it, the military pressure on the entire Huainan theater will be extremely huge.
So Guanqiu Jian urgently dispatched thousands of troops and horses to move southward and guard against the Han army along Jishui. At the same time, all the attention of the large forces was directed to the south. Apart from necessary precautions, there was basically no vigilance in the north.
At this time, Ma Su quickly set out from Kunyang with his five hundred cavalry and marched north quickly. Taking advantage of the darkness, the five hundred cavalry quickly bypassed the Wei army's warning area and quickly headed north from the road to attack Luoyang Yin.
Kunyang is not far from Luoyang, only two to three hundred miles away. Ma Di led the cavalry lightly into battle, and arrived near Liang County in just a few days, which was shockingly fast.
This is also why Cao Wei counterattacked with the Kwantung army after the Han army left Nanyang. After Kunyang fell, it was indeed very easy for a small group of Han troops to penetrate into Luoyang Yin.
Because Ma Su did not bring many soldiers and horses, and he prepared spare horses to carry enough military rations for twenty days. Therefore, Ma Di didn't have to worry about logistical issues at all. He bypassed the pass through the path and entered Luoyang Yin directly.
So a month later, when the entire Cao Wei Dynasty lowered their guard, Ma Di led the Han cavalry to appear again in the Luoyang Basin.
"Juniors of Pseudo-Wei, I, Ma Hansan, am back again!"
"Eat mine and spit it out, take mine and bring it back to me!"
When he appeared in Luoyang Yin again, Ma Su became a lot more excited. This time he must catch a big fish and go back.