Chapter 597: Taking advantage of the situation
"Daguguan is in danger! Wei general Guo Huai led 50,000 Wei troops northward and attacked the pass in turn!"
"Yique Pass is in danger! Tens of thousands of Wei troops are attacking the pass and the pass is in danger!"
"Hanoi County is in a hurry. Wei general Qin Lang led tens of thousands of people to march against Yewang, which is less than 200 miles away from Gaodu!"
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"Fuck! Aren't there a few people in the Pseudo-Wei who have some backbone? Bring your army and come face-to-face with me!" After reading the urgent letters one after another, Ma Su blew his beard and stared in anger.
Judging from this emergency letter, the Wei army had at least 100,000 or 200,000 troops, which looked terrifying. But with so many troops, they would rather divide their forces than send them to Hulao Pass to fight him.
Am I, Ma Su, so shameless?
"Ahem...General, doesn't this just show your intimidation?" Liu Yin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and persuaded with a smile.
Unless Cao Wei is an idiot, how could he send his main force to fight with you hanging on the wall? Do you think he has too many troops?
If you really let you flood the Seventh Army again, Cao Wei will really never do it again.
After complaining about Cao Wei's cowardice, Ma Di also started to talk about business.
"Although I look down on them for doing this, it did cause us a lot of trouble..." Ma Di looked at the map, frowned, and said to the generals.
"So what should we do now? Do the generals have any ideas?"
The Han army in Luoyang seemed majestic, but in fact the situation was not very good.
Because Luoyang was still resisting stubbornly, the Han army deployed most of its troops here, with Huang Quan personally in charge, led by Shangshu Ling.
Outside Luoyang, the Han army's military strength was already stretched thin. Except for Hulao Pass, the garrison guards at other passes were only a few thousand people.
After all, Ji Han's family background is still weak. Although the troop dispatched this time was the largest in history, with a total of 130,000 troops dispatched, it was still a little behind the Kwantung Army.
"According to the Wei army's offensive, even if we divide our troops to guard various places, it will be difficult to block all places..." Liu Yin looked at the map and pondered some suggestions.
"So in my opinion, it is better for the general to lead his own troops and retreat to Yishui. Boyue and I will divide our troops to guard various places and take care of each other."
"If any of us can't hold it anymore, the general will lead Longwu Yi to follow and rely on Luoyang's Chidao to quickly complete the support. Only in this way can we ensure that we don't lose everything under the siege of the Wei army from so many aspects!"
Liu Yin's suggestion was very simple, that is, let Ma Su first withdraw to the central government and work as a firefighter. Wherever the passes could no longer hold, Ma Di quickly rushed to the rescue and defeated the Wei army.
In this way, Ma Su was like a whack-a-mole, constantly attacking the Wei army's offensive in all directions. As long as time is delayed until Luoyang is captured, the Wei army will retreat.
This suggestion is relatively pragmatic, but Ma Su still feels it is a bit conservative. Not only did this require him to bear the risk of not being able to rescue him, but the Han army was completely restricted in the Luoyang Basin.
And if he does this, he will fall into the rhythm of the Wei army. When to fight, where to fight, how many people to send out and how to fight are all decided by the opponent.
Years of combat experience have convinced Ma Su that you can only win when you kill others without killing them.
"Is there a better way? It's best not to let us be led by the other side." Ma Su frowned and continued to ask.
When Ma Su raised this question, the whole audience fell into silence. Obviously, Liu Yin's suggestion just now was the best solution they could think of.
However, just when Ma Su was about to be disappointed, Jiang Wei suddenly spoke cautiously.
"Although but... since we have the general here, we can win in any direction. Then why not send out the main force and quickly defeat Hulao Pass and attack eastward?"
"As long as we can advance fast enough in Guandong, the Wei army will obviously have to give up its plan to besiege Sizhou, and the entire army will come to Guandong to stop our army..."
Jiang Wei's words immediately made Ma Su's eyes light up.
Although it is a bit taken for granted, for Ma Su, this strategy is more suitable. After all, as long as he devotes his main force to the east, Wei Jun will obviously have no choice but to fight at his pace due to his own deterrence.
Even if Cao Wei insists on continuing to besiege Sizhou, with Huang Quan at the rear, Ma Di's logistics will at least be guaranteed.
In this case...
"Bo Yue, what you said is very good, and it should be like this." Ma Di suddenly stood up, patted Jiang Wei on the shoulder and said,
"Since their Wei army plans to fight us on multiple fronts, we should fight back and launch a key offensive at Hulao Pass."
"Even if we can't take advantage by then, it will be enough to force Cao Wei to retreat and defend."
To the east of Hulao Pass is Yanzhou, where Boss Cao started his business, and to the south is Yuzhou, the ancestral home of the Cao family. These two places are not only of great strategic significance, but also of political significance to Cao Wei.
Therefore, Ma Su didn't even need to deliberately speed up the progress. He only needed to defeat Fei Yao head-on. Cao Rui would probably be frightened.
"Send the order and prepare the whole army to fight. In three days, we will all go out to fight with Fei Yao about the issue of him occupying the road!"
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Fei Yao probably couldn't figure it out even after lighting up a cigarette all night. The change of formation he made to prevent Ma Di from leaving Guandong only accelerated the soldier's determination to leave Guandong.
Not long after the Wei army moved everywhere, Ma Di led all the Han army to rush down from Hulao Pass.
Seeing this situation, Situ Gaorou immediately panicked and hurriedly came to Fei Yao to discuss countermeasures.
"Didn't you say that as long as the plan is successful, Ma Su will be restrained in Luoyang and unable to move? Then who is calling the formation outside now?"
Gao Rou's words made Fei Yao's head spin, but he still said that the problem was not big and everything was still under control.
"If my guess is correct, Ma Di should be planning to defeat us before our army has made any progress. If he succeeds, not only will Luoyang not be able to recover, but even Kanto will be in crisis."
Fei Yao pondered for a while and quickly analyzed it. In a very short period of time, he analyzed Ma Di's plan very closely.
"Then what should we do? Continue to defend according to the danger?" Gao Rou nodded as if he understood, then frowned and said.
"It doesn't matter, I have a plan that will definitely make that Ma Su return without success!" At this time, Fei Yao showed a bit of a smile and said softly.
"Oh? Lieutenant Fei's plan is out?" When Gao Rou saw this situation, he was overjoyed and asked quickly.
Fei Yao smiled mysteriously at this, and then said leisurely.
"What else can I do...just run!"