Chapter 640 Night Visit to Wei Camp
Wei Yan's arrival helped Ma Su a lot. Not only did he bring the powerful Liangzhou Army, but he also brought the Wudang Flying Army.
This powerful unit that swept across Guanxi is one of the few mountain combat troops in Ji Han. It can only be said that Zhuge Liang understood Langya, otherwise he would not have asked Wei Yan to bring the Wudang Flying Army.
However, this time Ma Su was a learned man and did not go to battle immediately.
Sima Yi was very cautious and had a strong learning ability. Any tactic that beat him once would not work the second time.
So even if Ma Su got the big killer, he had to kill him with one blow. If Sima the old thief survived smoothly, then there would be no need to think about fighting the natural barrier in southern Qi.
Therefore, when Ma Su had gained an advantage, he chose to continue to lie dormant, which was extremely rare. Not only did he hide the Wudang Flying Army, but he also covered up Wei Yan's existence tightly.
However, it was still difficult to kill with one blow alone. So after some contemplation, Ma Su once again made a decision that went against his ancestors.
"Ma Zhong! Go find some Wei army clothes, and follow me to put on makeup and sneak into the Wei camp!" Ma Su turned his head to look at Ma Zhong and gave the order directly.
"Okay, I'll go now... Wait, where are you going to sneak into, sir?" Ma Zhong took the order subconsciously, but soon came back and asked Ma Su with a confused look.
"Sneak into the Wei camp! I want to personally investigate the strength of the Wei army!" Ma Su frowned as he looked at him making a fuss.
How many times have I, Ma Su, been behind the enemy lines? How can this Ma Zhong still be so unstable? With this psychological quality, he really doesn't have the appearance of a general.
"No... sir, do you know what you are doing!" Ma Zhong was a little unbelievable. He didn't even dare to think about Ma Su's plan.
Just take a few people, put on makeup like the Wei army, and then sneak into the Wei camp with 100,000 people? Even the most elite scouts of Ji Han would not dare to do so under such circumstances.
But it is obvious that Ma Su is determined to go to the front line to investigate personally. Ma Zhong had no chance to persuade him at all, and was directly dragged to the battlefield by Ma Su.
The Han army fought all the way from Luoyang to Langya, and the captured Wei army uniforms piled up like a mountain. So the Wei army armor that Ma Su wanted was delivered quickly, not only that, but one of the black armors was of the Quchang level.
Ma Su and Ma Zhong, who were only a few people, quickly put on the uniforms of the Wei army. After a simple makeup, Ma Su changed from Ji Han's general to Cao Wei's centurion.
Shocking, the apprentice of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty would rather be Cao Wei's centurion than Ji Han's general. The reason behind it is chilling...
In short, after Ma Su disguised himself, he took Ma Zhong and a few others to sneak to the side of the Wei army camp in the middle of the night.
Although he had fought for more than ten years, to be honest, Ma Su did not have much experience as a scout. Fortunately, he knew that professional matters should be asked to professionals, so he brought a veteran who had been a scout for ten years.
The scout skillfully brought Ma Su to a blind spot outside the Wei army camp. Then he lay on the wall of the camp and patiently waited for the patrol of the Wei army.
Soon, a patrol passed by and exchanged secret signals with the sentry on duty. And all of this was heard by Ma Su hiding in the shadows.
"Tsk... Sima Yi is really cautious. Even the secret signals must be asked and answered three times. If you don't have any experience, you may not be able to get out if you rush in." Ma Su was amazed and felt that the work of scouts was not easy.
"Not only that, sometimes the secret signals of different camps of the Wei army are different. As for the first half of the night and the second half of the night, the secret signals are even more different." The scout nodded and reported to Ma Su carefully.
The original intention of the scout was to make it more difficult so that Ma Su would give up. However, after he said that, Ma Su was even more reluctant to leave.
"What are you waiting for? Let's fight quickly! Come in with me!" As he said that, Ma Su stood up and was about to go in. The scout on the side quickly pulled him back, and then pointed to the bell hanging on the wall of the camp.
Obviously, the Wei army also made a lot of countermeasures to prevent the infiltration of the Han army scouts.
However, this obviously couldn't stop Ma Su who wanted to die. After a moment of hesitation, Ma Su made another bold decision.
Go directly through the main gate of the camp!
As soon as he said it, Ma Su went around from the side to the front of the Wei army camp and walked in under the eyes of the sentry.
It is worth mentioning that the ancient camps were not 100,000 people crowded in one camp. Instead, every thousand people formed a camp, and the sentries stood guard alternately.
Such an arrangement is destined to have gaps between different camps. It's just that the Wei army relied on the terrain to block most of the gaps.
Because of this, different officers also need to enter and exit different camps when inspecting the troops. So Ma Su swaggered out from the shadows, and although the Wei army sentry was startled, they no longer paid attention after the secret signal.
Such an attitude made Ma Su quickly retract his evaluation of the Wei army. Sima Yi was indeed very cautious, but the quality of this song was really not praiseworthy.
Ma Su just overheard the enemy's secret signal and went through several camps along the way. Along the way, the Wei army ignored him after the secret signal, and their vigilance was ridiculously low.
This is normal. After all, although the Wei army is large now, it is mixed. Especially Ma Su sneaked in from the junction of the Qingzhou Army and the Huainan Army. There was not much communication between the troops of both sides, and Ma Su and his men could not see it at all.
But even so, Ma Zhong was still scared enough. When facing the Wei army on all sides, if it was not late at night, he would have been exposed.
Ma Su, on the other hand, patrolled everywhere openly, as if he was in his own military camp. When passing by a dozing sentry, Ma Su even put his long-length coat on him considerately.
Just after Ma Su patrolled left and right, he suddenly stopped.
Because he saw the general flag of the Wei army not far away.
"Tsk... Doesn't the old Sima like to keep healthy? Why is he still working overtime now?" Ma Su looked from a distance and saw that the lights in the Wei army's tent were still on.
But it was definitely impossible to continue forward, because Sima Yi's main camp was in front. The garrison of the main camp was all veterans, and the guards were strict. The plan to directly assassinate Sima Yi might not be realized.
However, Ma Su's coming and going basically found out the internal structure of the Wei army and the location of the main camp. Especially when he knew Sima Yi was in the main camp, Ma Su memorized the route firmly in his mind.
"It's a pity that Shi Zai was not brought with him, otherwise he would have drawn a map of the Wei army's deployment." Ma Su shook his head and said with some regret.
Ma Zhong was trembling on the side, not daring to say a word.
Originally, Ma Su's trip should have ended without any surprises, and the rest was all understood.
However, when Ma Su was strolling along the way and preparing to leave, he encountered a little accident.