Chapter 653 I am your dog-foot!
Chapter 653 I? Dog-footed I!
Although Sun Quan knew that Ma Su came with only a few riders, he still went ahead.
When he appeared on the top of the city with a group of young generals, the entire Wu army in Ruxu began to cheer. Although Sun Quan's reputation in Yizhou, Central Plains, was not good, at least in Yangzhou, he was still the undisputed emperor of Wu.
Seeing the reaction of his troops, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief. With a little more confidence in his heart, he also held his head high and planned to meet this former nightmare.
However, as soon as he walked to the top of the city, he heard a teasing shout from the city.
"Hey, is this our Great Wei Wu King Sun Lao Er? I haven't seen you for a few days. Have you recovered from your injuries?"
Ma Su led several cavalrymen and appeared about a hundred steps outside the city. Just a few people shocked the Wu army in the city and made them dare not fight.
"Ma Su! This is Jiangdong! This is the territory of my Eastern Wu! You, a pseudo-regime established in a cave in Yizhou, don't stay in the north honestly, and come here to die?"
Sun Quan suppressed the tension in his heart, looked at Ma Su calmly, and shouted righteously.
"Cao Wei's level is not good, and finally lost to you. But so what? Our Eastern Wu soldiers are all united, how can you compare with your weak soldiers in Western Shu?"
"Go back as soon as possible, don't let your soldiers die here in vain!"
It must be said that Sun Quan has indeed grown a lot in recent years. At least this mouth is much smarter, and he can even bite back.
"Tsk... It seems that Wu Laoer's knife was not in vain, and he has learned to talk nonsense." Ma Su was amazed, looking at Sun Quan as if he was looking at a clown.
"It's just that it's not a good thing to be a monkey wearing a crown. Sun Laoer, have you forgotten what will happen if you are not worthy of your position?"
In Ma Su's view, Sun Quan is just like a monkey wearing a crown. After all, Yangzhou itself is in internal and external troubles, and no one should force himself to be emperor at this time.
But Sun Quan did it, and he was emperor despite all the pressure. Even for this matter, Gu Yong, the first prime minister of Dongwu, fell out with Sun Quan.
"I am the master of Dongwu! This Jiangdong is the foundation of my father and brother for three generations! How can I allow you to say more?" Sun Quan was furious and slapped the city wall angrily.
Seeing Sun Quan anxious, Ma Su laughed even happier and said without giving him face.
"I? I? Dog-footed I! You are just a monkey wearing a hat. If you have the ability, come down and see if you can get away this time!"
Sun Quan was really broken by Ma Su's insulting abuse. If he hadn't had a bit of reason left, he really wanted to go and argue with Ma Su in person.
But obviously, he also knew that he could never beat Ma Su. And now, it was obvious that he couldn't scold him.
There was no other way. Sun Quan was worth ordering a small force to go out of the city and drive Ma Su away. If Ma Su continued to unilaterally provoke, I'm afraid the morale would be affected.
Soon, Zhuge Ke took the order and led hundreds of troops out of the city to pursue.
However, the Wu army had few horses and the cavalry was extremely fragile, so Zhuge Ke could only lead the infantry to pursue. The slow mobility of the infantry allowed Ma Su to despise them at will, and no threat was useful.
In the end, Ma Su provoked again, and Ma Zhong shot and killed several of Zhuge Ke's personal guards. He had provoked Dongwu enough, and then he left with his troops!
From beginning to end, his contempt for Dongwu was evident. The entire Wu army in Ruxuwu felt a huge insult, and the generals were indignant for a while.
However, all of this was suppressed by Sun Quan, who knew that the fighting power of the Eastern Wu could not match it.
However, although he felt insulted by Ma Su, Sun Quan did not feel much pressure. After all, there was no water for 300 miles from Hefei to Ruxuwu, and the road was difficult to travel. There was no county town to borrow power in the middle, so the loss was astonishing.
In the past, every time Cao Wei went south, it basically fell in this uninhabited area. Even if they went smoothly to Ruxuwu, they would eventually retreat because of food shortage.
And Ruxuwu was a local battle for the Eastern Wu, and it was effortless to rely on the Yangtze River for water transportation. Sun Quan believed that as long as the walls were fortified and the fields were cleared, Ma Su would sooner or later retreat on his own like Cao Wei did back then.
Sun Quan had always believed so firmly, so he ordered 50,000 Wu troops to defend Ruxuwu. But as the Han army began to move, Sun Quan began to sit still.
"The Shu army has started to build the city wall on the spot? You mean, Ma Su is planning to stay here?" Sun Quan looked at Lu Kang with a sullen face, and his heart, which had just been relieved, was suddenly hanging again.
"Looking at the movements of the Shu army, it's probably like this." Lu Kang nodded and said very confidently.
"And our scouts in Huainan have also sent back news. Now the Shu army's troops in Huainan have begun to repair the roads, especially focusing on repairing the roads to the south of Hefei."
"Looking at the situation, the ultimate goal of the Shu army is probably to push the front line to the gate of Ruxuwu."
"Impossible! They are dreaming!" Sun Quan couldn't sit still this time, and stood up angrily.
If Ma Su started to stay outside Ruxuwu in the future, Sun Quan would have no chance to reduce the garrison in Jiangbei. At that time, the military pressure faced by the entire Yangzhou would be unprecedentedly huge, and even the economy of Dongwu might be dragged down.
After all, although Yangzhou looks rich, in fact, the treasury is full mainly because of the protection of the Yangtze River. The only truly arable land in Jiangdong is the Danyang Plain and the Yuzhang Plain, which are no match for the rich Central Plains.
If Ji Han really takes root in Ruxuwu and the confrontation continues for a long time, Sun Quan will definitely be the first to give up!
"No, we must stop the Shu army!" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes, but he felt a little disappointed after looking around.
Now there is no veteran general in Dongwu, and the last veteran Lu Xun has been dead for three years. At present, Sun Quan's subordinates are all a bunch of young generals, and they have almost no ability to stand on their own.
If this goes on, Dongwu may really be in trouble.
Sun Quan shook his head, threw away these pessimistic emotions, and then looked at Zhuge Ke and said.
"Yuanxun, this task is handed over to you, don't let me down!"
"Yes!"
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The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is very humid, and the soil is soft and not suitable for building a city. So although Ma Su led his soldiers to try their best to build the city wall, the progress was still extremely slow.
But Ma Su was not in a hurry about this. Anyway, although the logistics pressure was great now, it could still be supported. As for the threat from the Eastern Wu, it seemed to Ma Su that it was almost zero.
Given the cowardice of the Eastern Wu, would they have the guts to go out of the city to fight?
So from the beginning to the end, Ma Su was concentrating on repairing the city, and ignored the Eastern Wu troops. However, Ma Su still underestimated the courage of the Eastern Wu. After all, they still had a few warriors.
On a dark and windy night, the gate of Ruxuwu suddenly opened...