Chapter 630 Attacking Linqiu
Sima Yi, the most health-conscious official in Cao Wei, now has gray hair and looks very old.
Even what Ma Su said was right, he really looked like a man who had stepped halfway into the coffin.
"Don't worry about my health, General Xi Shu, I will know my fate."
Sima Yi waved his hand, not intending to argue with Ma Su for too long on this.
"I have already seen through your plan, and now I have led tens of thousands of troops to defend Linqiu."
"Your plan is no longer effective, Ma Su, go back as soon as possible. Otherwise, when your logistics are cut off, you will not be able to leave."
"Tsk... You are worthy of being the minister entrusted by the pseudo-Wei, you are so arrogant without blushing at all." Ma Su couldn't help but sigh in amazement at Sima Yi's bragging.
To be honest, it takes courage to brag like Sima Yi without changing your expression. At least Ma Su couldn't do it, he always wanted to laugh.
"Okay, stop bragging. You only have 4,000 defenders in Linqiu. Do you have the guts to scare me? You might as well think about how to die the most comfortably after I break the city!" Sima Yi didn't take Ma Su's threats seriously, but just shrugged and said disdainfully. "If it's a field battle, I'm not as good as you. But this is Yanzhou, the territory of my Great Wei, and your legend ends here!" "I am the minister entrusted by the Great Wei, the current Taiwei, how can I be afraid of a kid like you?" "Okay! This is what you said, don't send your sons to the Han Dynasty in the future! If they come, I will chop them all for you!" Ma Su nodded and looked at Sima Yi with a smile. Sima Yi: "..." No, I was just saying polite words, why are you taking it seriously! But even so, Sima Yi didn't dare to say a word of curse. After all, no one's mother is wholesale these days, and quarreling with Ma Su is humiliating.
In the end, this negotiation ended unpleasantly. Both sides went back to prepare, and the battle of Linqiu was inevitable.
Sima Yi was not in a hurry for this battle, and he still needed to delay as much as possible. Especially with the continuous return of the Liaodong army, the balance of victory would always tilt towards him.
On the contrary, Ma Su needed to fight quickly. Otherwise, if he came deep into the enemy's territory alone and gave the Wei army sufficient opportunities to react, he would be self-defeating.
So, after returning to the barracks, Ma Su quickly urged the whole army to prepare. In just a few days, several cloud ladders and battering rams were built.
However, although a lot of siege equipment was built, Ma Su was still worried. You know, Sima Yi is a famous bastard, and this conventional equipment is still too simple.
So, Ma Su was patient and tried his best to build two more Lv Gong chariots, and sent people to transfer eight bull crossbows from the rear.
When dealing with Sima Yi, we must be well prepared and give him the highest level of respect.
Sima Yi also took this opportunity to demolish the houses in the city and build equipment to defend the city.
Ma Su and Sima Yi finally met again under Linqiu City after several years.
In this way, Ma Su prepared for another half a month, and all the siege equipment was ready. Then the 20,000 Han troops had a full meal and rested fully, and then under Ma Su's deployment, they launched a strong attack on Linqiu City.
As the seat of Yanzhou, although Linqiu is not big, the city wall is very strong. In addition, in order to be best prepared in the past two years, the Wei army has specially repaired it for this purpose.
So at the beginning, Ma Su gave up the idea of destroying the city wall. The whole army gave priority to pushing the cloud ladder forward, and Lv Gong chariots and arrow towers followed.
Sima Yi responded by directly using kerosene and lighting a fire under the city to burn the Han army's ladders.
However, Ma Su was not a pushover either. The frontline soldiers quickly covered it with sand, directly extinguishing Sima Yi's kerosene.
But soon, Sima Yi gave Ma Su another big surprise. Several boulders weighing hundreds of pounds suddenly flew out from the city, directly knocking down the Han army's ladders!
"Fuck! Is Sima old thief so fast at stealing? Did he learn the Huihui car so quickly?" Ma Su frowned and had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, when the Han army put up the Huihui cannon and prepared to smash the Wei army's city wall, they felt that the Wei army had turned bamboo into a cover to protect the outer perimeter of the city.
When the Han army's boulders hit it, the potential energy was immediately delayed by the bamboo, and the lethality was greatly reduced.
Afterwards, the rain of arrows from the Han army's Lu Gong car was also blocked by the door panels prepared in advance by the Wei army. When the battering ram approached the city gate, it was immediately smashed by a huge millstone thrown by the Wei army.
Sima Yi fled to Guandong and spent three years recuperating in Nanpi, not only training soldiers. He studied the Han army's invincible siege equipment day and night, and tried his best to restrain it.
It can be said that Sima Yi responded to most of the tricks used by the Han army. This unexpected situation made Ma Su besiege Linqiu for three days without any progress.
The stagnant progress of the siege made Ma Su look more and more ugly. He found that although he had repeatedly valued Sima Yi, he still underestimated this old man who was famous in history books.
He is indeed a bastard and a shame to China. But this gentleman's ability is indeed rare in history, and he can be as famous as the prime minister.
"Go back and tell Ma Su that as long as I, Sima Yi, am here, he will never be able to enter Linqiu!" Sima Yi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Ma Su's siege progress was being thwarted one after another, and then sent someone to talk to Ma Su.
He is so arrogant, so naturally he has a purpose. He must make Ji Han feel that he is worthy of winning over, so that he can have a chance to obtain higher value for the Sima family.
Historically, Wang Lang, Situ of Cao Wei, wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang after Liu Bei died of illness. In his mind, he quoted scriptures and tried to persuade Zhuge Liang to surrender. This is also the prototype of Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang to death in the novel.
Historically, Zhuge Liang's attitude was that he could not read back and politely expressed his rejection. But Sima Yi is different. He is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and is waiting for Ji Han to write him such a letter.
But it never came, so Sima Yi could only continue to increase the price for himself to show his value in united front.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the enemy army is well prepared and waiting for work." Jiang Wei was also very worried and came to meet Ma Su and said,
"If this continues, our surprise attack will probably fail. Why don't you let me lead the troops in a desperate charge? We must defeat it before the Wei army's support arrives!"
Ma Su also deeply agreed with Jiang Wei's words. He looked at the small city of Linqiu, and couldn't help but a fierce look flashed in his eyes.
"I, Ma Di, have been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years. How can I capsize in this small town without going through any dangers?"
"I don't need to ask you to come, I'll go into battle myself! I want to see for myself how good this old thief Sima is!"