Chapter 632 The Huainan Wei army wants to run away!
Ma Su was like this, thinking about how to solve the problem of Guandong Hao's separatist rule next, while raising his gun and fighting hard.
Although Ma Su's strength has declined a lot over the years, as a veteran, his fighting experience has been engraved into his reflex arc.
Especially since Ma Su was not afraid of facing the elite soldiers of Kansai at the beginning, the local soldiers from Kanto who had not seen war in twenty years naturally posed little threat to Ma Su.
However, as more and more rural soldiers and Wei troops gathered, Ma Di became somewhat powerless. According to his estimation, if the Wei army continued to intercept them with all their strength, he would have no choice but to be forced off the city wall.
However, just when Ma Su thought that the siege was going to fail and was about to fight to the death, he suddenly heard the sound of the Wei army calling for gold and withdrawing its troops!
That's right, Linqiu City suddenly started ringing with gold. Then Cao Wei's regular army was stunned for a moment, and then began to retreat actively under the leadership of the officers!
"What happened? Wei Jun ran away on his own?" Ma Su frowned and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Those who also felt something was not right were the local powerful people in Linqiu City. They watched helplessly as the government troops suddenly turned around and left, leaving only their private soldiers who came to help!
"What's going on! Why did Captain Sima withdraw his troops with gold?"
"Are we trying to lure the enemy deeper? Why don't we retreat too?"
"Get out of here! Are you stupid? Haven't you seen that we were betrayed by that bastard named Sima!"
The head of the Haoyou family has already seen the problem, and the anger in his eyes is about to burst out.
You old Sima thief, our Yanzhou clan has spent all our money to support the imperial court. As a result, at this juncture, since you, the mighty Imperial Lieutenant, have sold us out!
Although their private soldiers are not afraid of death in defending their hometown, their combat effectiveness and equipment are very poor. Cao Wei's regular army suddenly pulled away, and these rural soldiers were basically slaughtered!
Sima Yi was really good at pulling out the firewood, and the effect was immediate. His own people were pushed directly to the front, and the pressure on Ma Su's side dropped sharply.
In just a quarter of an hour, Ma Di directly penetrated the rural soldiers. The city was quickly captured by the Han army, and a large number of soldiers rushed to the city like a tide.
Since then, Linqiu City, which had been gnawed by the Han army for more than ten days, was finally successfully captured.
The remaining rural soldiers and remnants of the party retreated to the inner city and tried to resist with the help of local right-wingers. Then they discovered that Sima Yi ran too quickly and had already withdrawn from Linqiu with his army in the blink of an eye!
This reaction was completely beyond everyone's expectations. Even Ma Su didn't understand what Sima Yi meant. But that's what Sima Yi did. Regardless of the previous sacrifices, he retreated without hesitation.
"Is Sima Yi so decisive? Or is he already giving up in order to show his favor to the big man?" Ma Di frowned slightly, feeling that something was not quite right.
But Ma Su couldn't tell exactly what was wrong. However, since Sima Yi took the initiative to withdraw from Linqiu, the remaining rural soldiers naturally had nothing to fear.
"The whole army attacks! Capture Linqiu City as soon as possible and fight quickly!"
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Without Sima Yi and Cao Wei's regular army, Linqiu City was already in the hands of the Han army. Before dusk, the Han army had successfully controlled the entire city.
As for these heroes who had already shown their swords to him, Ma Su showed no mercy and ordered to kill them all without hesitation.
Now that he needs to quickly control the occupied counties, he needs to be intimidated. Especially when dealing with these powerful right-wingers, it is useless to be gentle at critical moments.
After successfully capturing Linqiu, Ma Su's original strategic concept was basically achieved. The hinterland of East Yanzhou was basically completely occupied by the Han army, and completely separated the Jiyin front line from Hebei.
So far, all the Wei army's troops in the south have been basically divided and surrounded. If the Wei army in Hebei wanted to support them, they would have to go over the mountains and around Qingzhou to Xuzhou to reinforce the Yanzhou front.
The war has reached this point, and there is basically no possibility for the Wei army to turn around. In particular, Xia Houxuan of Baimajin, after hearing about the fall of Linqiu, immediately started writing a memorial and suggested to Cao Shuang that he consider surrendering.
The prospects for the entire Cao Wei regime are bleak. If Ma Su had not had a bad reputation, the Han army could even accept Guandong all the way.
However, after Ma Su led his army to station in Linqiu and cut off Yanzhou's traffic for more than ten days, he got some information that was not quite right.
"Your Majesty, the Wei army in South Yanzhou was not in chaos because of our raid on Linqiu, but was still resisting." The person in charge of the Military Council came to Linqiu urgently and reported the situation to Ma Su.
"Even though Jutao is now defeated by our army, the Wei army still shows no signs of retreating."
"How is it possible?" Ma Su felt a little unbelievable about this information.
With Sima Yi's talent, how could he possibly achieve such a situation of holding one place and resisting stubbornly? Considering his character, it is normal for him to even voluntarily give up the entire Yanzhou.
But now this situation is so abnormal that even everyone feels that something is wrong.
"There's something wrong. When did old thief Sima change his gender?" Ma Su squinted his eyes, spread out the map again and began to think.
"It stands to reason that anyone who understands the art of war would not allow Buqu to continue resisting in Nanyanzhou, which is surrounded by enemies on three sides. If I were Sima Yi, I should have ordered Buqu to retreat to Xuzhou... Wait, Xuzhou!"
Ma Su suddenly looked towards Xuzhou, then all the way south, and finally locked on Huainan, his expression changed instantly.
"No! Send someone quickly to investigate the situation in Huainan! Master Sima and Guo Huai want to run away!"
Originally, Ma Di did not take action against Yuzhou, but marched eastward to conquer Yanzhou in order to stabilize the Wei army in Huainan.
But Ma Di still underestimated Wei Jun's courage, or underestimated his own deterrence. The moment his troops left Hulao Pass, Cao Wei was ready to abandon the entire Central Plains.
Soon, the Military Council sent back Huainan's movements. After just one glance, Ma Su's face darkened.
After Hefei defeated the Wu army for the nth time, Sima Division did not withdraw to Xudu at all, but directly stationed back to Shouchun. At the same time, the entire Wei army in Huainan was gathering towards Shouchun, with large forces gathering near the Huai River.
It seemed that they were going to attack Soochow again, but based on the abnormal behavior of the Wei army in Yanzhou, their next plan was already obvious.
"The Wei army in Huainan wants to run away!" Ma Di gritted his teeth and stood up suddenly.
"Quickly, send the order to Xiuren Boyue... Anyway, all the generals in Kanto have sent the order to come!"
"No matter what, we must not let the Wei army in Huainan escape!"