Chapter 515 Ma Su: I’m here for the banquet
The Han and Wu armies fought at the mouth of Youjiang River, and Soochow lost the first battle.
In the next few days, the two sides began to confront each other across the Xiangjiang River. The Soochow Company troops stationed on the east bank, and the Han army stationed troops on the west bank, all have the attitude of wanting to confront you for a long time.
However, secretly, both sides began to make intensive preparations for war, where they could not be seen from the opposite side.
And what's interesting is that neither Sun Quan nor Ma Di thought that the other party would take the initiative to attack at this time.
Ma Su believed that Sun Quan was unfavorable in the first battle, and the morale of the Han army was so strong that even a fool would not dare to fight against him at this time. Sun Quan believed that Ma Su had few troops and reinforcements were arriving, so there was a high probability that he should hold the base high and not fight at this time.
So, both parties unanimously chose to take a gamble.
After several days of confrontation, Ma Di took the lead in taking action. After leaving the power of public security to Xiang Chong, Ma Di personally led thousands of elite troops to the south quickly. In the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River where Soochow's defenses were empty, thousands of elite soldiers quietly crossed the river using rafts as tools.
Ma Su's troops of thousands crossed the Xiangjiang River and quickly landed on the east bank. Ma Di then bypassed the sentries set up in Soochow and led his troops towards Guiyang in the south.
At this moment, the entire east of the Xiangjiang River is still under the control of Soochow, and the Wu army still firmly controls this area. Although the Han army regained a lot of territory, it still did not return to many key places.
And Guiyang County is the top priority.
Guiyang is adjacent to Lingling County, Nanhai County to the south, and Cangwu County to the west. Occupying this place can open up the channel to Jiaozhou and cut off the connection between Jiaozhou and Sun Quan.
At this time, the Wu general stationed in Guiyang County was Wei Wen, who stationed troops here with 10,000 soldiers and horses. At the same time, Quan Cong in the south led thousands of Jiaozhou barbarians to support him and jointly resist the Han army.
This seems to be more troublesome, but it is really not easy to fight hard. However, Ma Su studied it carefully and found that there seemed to be a way to break the situation.
For example, as long as you run fast enough like you did against Sun Quan...
Soon, a good idea appeared in Ma Su's mind.
He thought of a strategy used in later generations, which was to march quickly and carry out a surprise attack. A direct assault to the opposite main camp, and then all the way to the opponent's coach, quickly carried out beheading operations.
It is not impossible to catch the opponent by surprise and behead him quickly.
Ma Su immediately told Xiang Chong and others about the matter, and what he got next was Xiang Chong's confused look.
But in the end, after Xiang Chong wanted to say something but stopped, and stopped and wanted to say something, he choked out a sentence:
"Come on, General Hussars. I don't know the art of war. I don't know if this is possible."
Xiang Chong did not object, which surprised Ma Su, but he was more satisfied. But out of sight of Ma Su, Xiang Chong quietly found a stack of paper and began to record Ma Su's plan in detail.
He really didn't understand the art of war, so he still had to report it to the prime minister who knew the art of war. Maybe the prime minister who understands the art of war will resonate with the hussar general and make some suggestions.
After sneaking across the Xiangjiang River, a thousand Han troops quickly marched straight to Guiyang. In order to catch the opponent by surprise, Ma Di directly marched for several days in a surprise attack.
Along the way, the Han army did not even have time to eat, and all the soldiers followed Ma Su on a forced march. Especially in order to stabilize morale, Ma Di himself did not even ride a horse and led the team on foot.
Under Ma Su's operation, the Han army raided Guiyang County in three days. At dusk on the fourth day, the Han army appeared at Chencheng, the seat of Guiyang.
This attack really exhausted the Han soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that these were the soldiers who were chosen as the front line, probably more than half of them would be left behind.
However, such a forced march also yielded huge rewards. When Ma Di raided the city, the Wu army guarding the city did not react at all.
"They haven't closed the city gate yet! Follow me and rush into the city!" Ma Di saw at a glance that the gate of Chencheng was not closed, and quickly gave orders to the generals.
"Don't fight when you rush into the city! Pass quickly!"
With Ma Di taking the lead and running with all his strength, the Han army rushed into the city before Soochow could react. Ma Di personally killed several pawns who tried to close the gate and quickly captured the city gate.
"Why did the Shu army appear here?"
"Go and report to the general!"
"It's over! Run! They're rushing in!"
For a time, the Soochow soldiers at the head of the city were in chaos, and it was difficult to form effective resistance in a short period of time. At this juncture, Ma Su had successfully broken through the Soochow soldiers and horses at the city gate and entered the city.
"Don't follow these rat ink stains! Follow me through quickly! Let's chop off Wei Wen's head first!"
After breaking through the city gate, Ma Di quickly threw away the blade, replaced it with his most convenient double-headed gun, and ordered with a serious face.
After all, the core purpose of his long-distance attack was to behead people in a surprise attack. If Wei Wen was not killed successfully, the exhausted Han army would definitely be defeated.
This is a big gamble and you can’t hesitate at any time!
Therefore, Ma Di did not bother with these Dongwu soldiers at all, and led dozens of personal guards through the streets and went straight to the governor's house in Guiyang.
At this time, Wei Wen was happily hosting a banquet for the local magnates in Guiyang's governor's mansion. The whole banquet seemed very relaxed and enjoyable, without any tension at all.
"Everyone, I'm hosting a big banquet today. Let's raise our glasses and drink!" Wei Wen followed the powerful family heads with a smile on his face and raised his glasses with everyone.
However, at this moment, Wei Wen heard a commotion in the direction of the north gate. Wei Wen frowned for a moment, and his face became a little unhappy.
He didn't think it was an enemy attack, just that something was going wrong. And to make such a loud noise under such circumstances, wouldn't it make him unhappy?
I just sat down and I haven’t had my first glass of wine yet!
However, before Wei Wen could call the personal guards and prepare to inquire about the situation, there was a commotion outside the county governor's mansion. The sounds of fighting and scolding intertwined in the chaos, causing the expressions of all the guests present to change.
This sound doesn't seem to be an ordinary disturbance.
Suddenly, the door of the Sheriff's Mansion was kicked open, and a general covered in blood strode in.
Suddenly, everyone in the house was shocked, and everyone
"Hey, everyone is eating. This banquet is quite good."
Ma Su walked in slowly, looked around and found that there were no guards in the house, and immediately relaxed. Then he focused on the person on the main seat, and seamlessly took over the disappearing smile on the other person's face.
"Hey, isn't this General Wei... What are you doing? We all eat vegetables, don't be nervous, I'm here for the banquet too!"