Chapter 518 Wu Jun is inexplicably stubborn
Quan Cong originally wanted to show off his eloquence, but as soon as Ma Su opened his mouth, he knew that he would lose.
Therefore, Quan Cong wisely gave up the idea of continuing the conversation with Ma Su. He quickly turned his head and gave an order to Soochow Tribe:
"attack!"
Surprisingly, Quan Cong did not choose to lead troops to resist, but took the initiative to attack Ma Su. Thousands of Dongwu soldiers and horses formed a square formation and marched slowly towards the Han army to the rhythm of war drums.
"Taking the initiative to attack? I like this..." Ma Su's eyes lit up slightly and he said to himself with some surprise.
Generally, only those who are confident enough in their own team's combat power can dare to take the lead in charging against him. And Quan Cong is not a mediocre person. This attitude is probably a well-thought-out one.
The other party is confident, but Ma Su is not sure about the quality of his own song. So in general, Ma Su thinks that I have the advantage in this battle!
As soon as he thought of this, Ma Su quickly turned around and issued the same attack order.
"Form up and attack! The whole army attacks!"
After issuing the order, Ma Di personally led his headquarters to select 300 warriors to line up at the front. Especially Ma Di, still wearing extremely dazzling white armor, leading the troops forward.
Because although he has four thousand soldiers and horses under his command, in fact, three thousand of them are reduced soldiers and reorganized. To be on the safe side, Ma Di personally led his elite to be the blade at the front to bear the greatest pressure.
The military formations of both sides began to move forward slowly. The beating of the war drums became faster and faster, and both sides advanced faster and faster. Finally, at the moment when the war drums stopped, both sides launched a full-scale charge at the same time.
"kill!!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!"
The soldiers of both Han and Wu sides shouted together, and within a few breaths the two groups of soldiers and horses collided with each other. The fierce close-quarters fighting was about to break out and quickly expanded to the entire battlefield.
Because Ma Di himself was at the front, he was the first to encounter Soochow soldiers and horses. But as soon as he took over, Ma Su frowned instantly.
This group of Soochow soldiers and horses does not seem to be a big deal, and is even inferior to Ding Feng's troops. Not to mention trying to stop him, even his improvised strategy of lowering soldiers can survive two moves. Do you dare to take the lead in launching an attack with such good looks? I'm afraid this is not to entertain me, Ma Su!
The charge is weak and the defense is weak. Do you want to compete with me, Ma Su?
Ma Di suddenly felt bored and directly swept several Wu soldiers blocking him to the ground. Then Ma Di clamped his horse's belly and broke through Soochow's front very easily, and went straight to the Chinese army to capture Quan Cong.
"Quan Cong! Come quickly and fight me to the death!"
Because the troops led by Quan Cong were not elite troops, but just troops stationed in Jiaozhou, they had no power to stop Ma Su who was riding a war horse. Ma Su led several people with him to sweep through the formation, as if there was no one in the field.
The Soochow Tribe was in chaos without any surprise, and the Cangwu generals who were originally afraid of Ma Di dispersed one after another. Before the two sides engaged the enemy for three sticks of incense, Wu Jun could no longer resist.
If it weren't for the fact that most of the Han army were just reorganized soldiers and most of them had low fighting will, the Wu army would have collapsed by now. But even so, under Ma Su's provocation, the morale of Soochow was inevitably declining.
But in the face of the decline, Quan Cong showed no signs of nervousness at all, and gently shook his head.
"He is indeed a famous general from Western Shu. If Liu Bei had asked him to guard Jiangling in the past, I am afraid that even if Governor Lu takes Jiangling, he would not be able to win, right?"
Fortunately, Ma Su's talent was so terrifying that Liu Bei couldn't detect it. Otherwise, let alone Jingzhou, I am afraid that the battle of Chibi would not be their turn.
While thinking this, Quan Cong calmly gave the order to retreat. Under his guidance, the entire Dongwu army retreated in panic to the west.
"This is a battle where you can fight when you want and leave when you want?" Ma Su frowned and immediately mounted his horse to give chase. But at this time, Ma Zhong rode his horse to catch up and said to Ma Di,
"General! Don't be careless! Quan Cong is extremely cunning. With such a simple defeat, there may be an ambush, so we should first..."
"So there is an ambush? Then we have to chase and fight!" But before Ma Zhong finished speaking, Ma Su suddenly became energetic.
I said that the Soochow Trilogy collapsed at the first touch. It turned out to be Quan Cong's plan to cheat defeat. And the real elites are probably lying in wait for him to pursue him!
"The whole army goes into battle lightly and quickly pursue the Wu army! Don't let them escape!" As he said this, Ma Su galloped on his horse and chased directly in the direction of Soochow's retreat.
Ma Su's appearance made Ma Zhong feel helpless. If he had known it earlier, it would be better not to say anything. This made the Cavalry General even more excited. He had no choice but to pick up his bow and arrow and follow him, trying his best to protect Ma Di.
Although the morale of the Han army is not high, they can still fight with the wind. With Ma Di taking the lead in pursuit, thousands of Han troops also chased after them with shouts.
Quan Cong didn't run fast, or he didn't run fast on purpose, and the Han army soon caught up. The two sides met again on a narrow road, and Soochow was defeated again.
The Wu army just fought and fled. In the pursuit of dozens of miles, they lost five battles in a row and lost nearly half of their troops. In the end, Ma Su chased him to a narrow beach, and then barely blocked the Han army's pursuit.
However, after the fight, Quan Cong was still calm, but Ma Su couldn't help it anymore.
"Where is the ambush! Ma Zhong! Where is the ambush you are talking about? Didn't you say there will be an ambush in Quan Cong? So where are the people?" Ma Di looked at Ma Zhong and asked with a black question mark on his face. He ran all the way for dozens of miles to catch up here, and Mao didn't even see the ambush. What kind of thing is this?
"I...I don't know?" Ma Zhong also looked confused, a little confused about what was going on.
Logically speaking, Quan Cong, as a famous Soochow general, shouldn't have lost so quickly. Could it be that he was really just fooled by Ma Su, so he was not prepared at all?
"Quan Cong! You deceived me about your feelings, and I'm not done with you!" Ma Su was so angry that it was rare for him to be cheated on his feelings. He was very angry now.
So Ma Di was furious. He had to capture Quan Cong alive today. He had to personally ask this idiot what he was thinking!
Under Ma Su's order, the Han army pursued and intercepted the Wu army all the way, blocking the Wu army in a mountainous area. Ma Di personally led thousands of Han troops to camp at the foot of the mountain, vowing to capture Quan Cong alive.
However, because the beach under the hill was too narrow, the Han army's camp was built almost to the bank of the Xiangshui River.
Ma Su feels that this seems a bit risky, but it is not a big problem.
At this moment, Quan Cong, who was forced to the top of the mountain by Ma Su, couldn't help but smile when he saw Ma Su's move.
"Very good, Ma Su took the bait!"