Chapter 561 The golden cicada escapes from its shell
"Is Ma Su confused, or is he just willing to die because he has no provocation?" After plotting against Ma Su, Lu Zhi felt extremely strange and did not act because of it.
Logically speaking, as a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he should not make such a mistake. Even if Ma Su was defeated in the battle, his sneak attack should not have been so smooth.
Obviously, Lu Zhi sensed something was wrong. Therefore, after seriously injuring Ma Su, Lu Zhi not only did not relax her vigilance, but instead increased her vigilance.
"Gentlemen, please do not let down your guard. Ma Su is treacherous and this may be his trap!" Lu Zhi ordered the generals on his left and right.
Afterwards, Lu Zhi began to order all generals and soldiers to start patrolling all night long. All the soldiers expanded the patrol area as much as possible to ensure that Ma Su was not given any chance.
But in this case, the soldiers will become tired. But Lu Zhi said that this was not a big problem. After all, Ma Su could only hold ten days' worth of food at most. As long as he could survive these few days, Ma Su would inevitably retreat.
By then, when Pingyang County is safe, it will not be too late to let the generals rest.
Lu Zhi's patrol seemed to be effective. In the following days, the Han army remained silent and motionless. This lasted for several days, and the defenders of Pingyang City remained motionless, leaving the Han army with no chance at all.
Finally, on the ninth day of the siege of the city, the Han army began to retreat across the board. All the Hu soldiers began to retreat in an almost disorderly manner, running away in a chaotic manner.
But Lu Zhi still resisted the urge to attack. No matter how you show off the Han army, I will not move.
Facts have proved that Lu Zhi, a great man recognized by history books, is capable. Even if the Han army exposed so many flaws, he could still stay true to his original intention and defend the city.
However, just because Lu Zhi has this patience does not mean that others have this patience.
When the Han army began to retreat toward Anyi in a chaotic and almost disorderly manner due to running out of food, Wang Jing could no longer stand it.
"Lu Zhi did a great job! He forced Ma Su so hard that he had to run away in embarrassment. I will definitely ask for credit for him when I get back!" Wang Jing nodded slightly, very satisfied with Lu Zhi's performance.
Then, the wise man ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, and then they had a feast and then attacked the Han army.
After all, he is a person who has not been educated by Ma Su and still has some unrealistic illusions about victory in the field.
There are nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses stationed under Wang Jing's command, and most of them are elite soldiers. Wang Jing planned to directly dispatch 7,000 elite soldiers, and in one battle, he became the first person to defeat Ma Su head-on.
At this moment, thousands of soldiers of the Han army became deserters in just ten days. By the time the chaotic Han army arrived near the Emei Platform, there were less than 20,000 troops left.
Moreover, these 20,000 people wanted to have the double buff of running out of food and having the general seriously injured. However, the morale of Wang Jing's entire army is high and they are still waiting for work, so Wang Jing thinks that the advantage lies with me!
With this in mind, Wang Jing ran into the main force of the Han army outside the Emei Platform.
Then... a big defeat!
The morale of the Han army was indeed low, but Jiang Wei, Deng Ai and others were not vegetarians. Wang Jing is not a veteran general. He would be lucky if he could defeat the Han army.
The most important thing is that the low morale of the Han army was just an act from the beginning...
"The enemy has fallen into a trap! The whole army is pressing forward!" Deng Ai replaced Ma Di and quickly issued orders to the large troops. The Han army pursued the Wei army to the Emei Platform and quickly launched a strong attack using the momentum.
This news reached Pingyang City, and Lu Zhi was so angry that he wanted to strangle Wang Jing to death.
"Why is this governor so unreliable! How dare you go out to fight after being beaten at Pu Jin Ferry!" Lu Zhi was so angry that her teeth itched, and she felt extremely helpless towards this boss who was both good and fun-loving.
"General! Wang Jishi was defeated and lost most of his troops. The Shu army is attacking fiercely and its situation should be very critical. Should we send troops to support it?" The general next to him frowned, but still asked cautiously.
"What kind of support? How do you know that the Shu army's goal is to envoy you and not us? Hasn't Ma Su done this enough?" Lu Zhi snorted coldly, with a very, very bad attitude, and said directly.
"Emei Terrace is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as the king does not continue to attack, we can hold it. Instead of worrying about him, we should think about what we should do if the Shu army comes back."
"Pass my order. The entire army will continue to be on high alert. No one is allowed to relax their vigilance until the Shu army returns to Hedong County!"
After hearing Lu Zhi's order, the generals couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was quite torture to follow such a vigilant general. They had not had a good night's sleep for a long time.
I don't know how long such a high level of vigilance will last. If this continues, my morale will plummet.
Lu Zhi was right, the dignified Gao Huan Happy City was not so easily broken. Even if Wang Jing lost more than half of his troops, the remaining troops alone would be enough to render the Han army helpless.
Finally, after two days of strong attack, the Han army completely ran out of food and fodder, and the 20,000 Han army slowly retreated to Hedong County.
It was not until the Han army retreated to Anyi and Lu Zhi was sure that it was impossible for the Han army to make a surprise attack that he breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the Wei army had achieved a rare success in blocking this time.
But is this really the case?
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In a jungle outside Pingyang City, hundreds of soldiers have been hiding here for ten days. And in the middle of them was Ma Su who had been "seriously injured".
"TMD, let me know who is responsible for shooting me, I have to kill him!" Ma Su kept thinking in random thoughts, obviously resenting the person who shot him with the arrow.
"You can't even hit an arrow! Is your heart on the right side? Shooting to the right side of the heart can kill a ghost!"
The main force of the Han army had indeed withdrawn, and had to withdraw after running out of food. But, those Hu soldiers with weak combat effectiveness have never been real combat effectiveness.
The only thing that can really be used to fight tough battles is the thousand-selected front camp brought by Ma Su!
In fact, if the forward camp is directly sent to the front camp, Pingyang City can be conquered. But Ma Su also discovered that the opponent's general was a capable person. If his body were like that, the forwards that Ma Su had trained so hard would become a line-filler.
So in order to reduce losses, Ma Su made such a series of complicated calculations.
First, let the troops start to flee in a planned way, which can paralyze the opponent and reduce the loss of food and fodder at the same time. It was the remaining rations of these "deserters" that supported Ma Su to stay here for ten more days.
No matter how treacherous you Lu Zhi is, you still have to drink my Ma Su's foot-washing water!
Lu Zhi had exhausted his calculations and had been counting the remaining grain of the Han army. Unfortunately, it was still a little worse than Ma Su.
"Okay, what time should it be, the soldiers should take action!" Looking at the bright moon hidden behind the clouds in the night, Ma Su stood up gently.
"I don't believe it. The main force of the Han army has retreated for ten days, and you can still be on high alert!"