Chapter 667: Borrowing Flowers to Offer to Buddha

Chapter 667: Borrowing Flowers to Offer to Buddha

"General! Something big has happened! Western Shu intends to recruit soldiers from Yu, Yan and Xu in Xingyang, and their attitude is unclear!"

A school official hurried in, and the first sentence he said shocked Sima Shi's face.

Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, the three major states in the Central Plains, have a large population and a huge source of soldiers. Shu Han suddenly recruited soldiers from the three states at once, and it was obvious that they were aiming for something big!

And their troops were gathered in Xingyang, which was just south of Dongjun. As long as the army was gathered, they would go north for a few hundred miles to Baimadu!

Ma Su was planning to take advantage of the end of their civil war and quickly go north to collect a wave of troops!

Thinking of this, Sima Shi and Guanqiu Jian's faces instantly became extremely solemn. After the two looked at each other, they immediately reached a consensus.

"Send someone to temporarily reconcile with Cao Shuang, and both sides will stop the dispute for a short time! In the face of the life and death of Wei, Cao Shuang will agree." Sima Shi's expression became serious, and he immediately began to deploy.

"General Guanqiu, you will lead 20,000 troops to Baimadu immediately. No matter how fierce the offensive of the Shu army is, you must hold it for a month!"

"It only takes a month, and I can transfer reinforcements from Liaodong! By then, we will be united in Wei and will definitely be able to stop the Shu army!"

"Okay! As long as the people are at the ferry!" Guanqiu Jian nodded, saying with a face ready to die.

Ma Su's move instantly caused panic throughout the Cao Wei in Hebei.

With the huge pressure from the south, Cao Shuang and Sima Shi also reconciled briefly. Both sides took out their main forces and planned to repel the invasion of the Shu army first.

At the same time, a large number of rural soldiers from the three states of the Central Plains gathered in Xingyang under the call of the court. At one time, Xingyang gathered tens of thousands of soldiers, and the momentum was so great that it was clear that Ji Han was going to make another big move.

However, just when Cao Wei in Hebei was in a state of chaos and was about to carry a coffin to the battlefield, the Han army in Xingyang suddenly changed its direction. Tens of thousands of troops followed the Central Plains water system all the way south, heading straight towards the direction of Lianghuai, and left...

Left... Only the Wei army in Hebei was left confused.

Ma Su obviously didn't want to go to the North at this time, but was wholeheartedly attacking Wu. So this time he just took advantage of the period just after the farming season and recruited soldiers from the Central Plains to attack Wu in one go.

It's just that Xingyang is the intersection of the Central Plains water network, and the entire Central Plains' supplies have to be transferred from here. So Ma Su gathered the local soldiers recruited from the Central Plains here, and then unified them to go south.

Because of this, Hebei was almost scared to death. If Ma Su knew about this, he would probably laugh all night.

As the Central Plains army gathered in Shouchun, a large number of civilians from Henan and Xu were also dispatched to transport food and fodder. After vigorously recruiting the manpower and material resources of the Central Plains, Ma Su immediately led his troops to the south.

Ma Su's core purpose this time was naturally to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha. Relying on this year's war against Wu, two problems that gave him a headache were solved at once.

Under Ma Su's arrangement, the Central Plains recruited 70,000 local soldiers to march south in a mighty manner.

Jiangdong had already received news of such a large-scale mobilization of troops. This was just the spring rice harvest season in Jiangdong. When Sun Quan heard that the Shu army was coming at this time, his face turned black.

"Ma Su, little boy!!" Sun Quan couldn't bear it anymore, and he drew his sword and cut the round table in front of him in half. But even so, he still didn't get rid of his anger, but became more and more angry the more he thought about it.

At this time, no matter how stupid Sun Quan was, he could see what Ma Su meant. He planned to rely on the great power of the Central Plains, and force him to compete with the Shu army in national strength by coming south again and again.

Don't look at the fact that the Shu army came in large numbers every time, and they came with huge losses in the uninhabited area of ​​Huainan. But even so, the West Shu could afford the waste, but Sun Quan couldn't afford it at all.

After losing Jingzhou, Sun Quan's national strength had been hit hard. The loss of Jiangdong caused by Ma Su's southward movement last year alone had already made Sun Quan tremble with fear, but he came again this year.

And this time he not only came, but also brought a super large-scale troupe. Now even if Sun Quan wanted to passively defend, he had to send all his troops.

"Your Majesty! The Shanyue bandits in Yangzhou have not been eliminated yet, and Jianye is still worried about internal strife. If Your Majesty transfers all the troops to the north, I'm afraid..." At this time, Zhuge Ke suddenly stood up and bowed to Sun Quan. The words quickly touched Sun Quan's fragile heartstrings.

"Yuanxun, did you find out who was behind the rebellion at the end of last year?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and asked Zhuge Ke.

"Your Majesty, not yet."

"Then you stay in Jianye to continue the investigation and protect the prince in the capital." Sun Quan shook his head and made a series of deployments helplessly.

Zhuge Ke's troops and the Imperial Guards were stationed in Jianye. He personally led the army and stationed 30,000 Wu troops in Ruxuwu to resist the offensive of the Shu army.

However, before leaving Jianye, Sun Quan looked at Zhuge Ke meaningfully. Zhuge Ke didn't know what Sun Quan meant by this look, but he knew what he should do.

What His Majesty couldn't do, he could only do on his behalf.

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In June of the 22nd year of Jianxing, Ji Han's 70,000 troops attacked Ruxuwu from Hefei. The powerful Han army quickly surrounded the place and established a siege camp by breaking Wucheng.

At the same time, Sun Quan's reinforcements also arrived at Ruxuwu, and the number of Wu troops in the city reached 40,000.

According to Sun Quan, this time Ma Su would most likely block outside Ruxuwu again and press forward. This would force the Eastern Wu troops to stay here for a long time, and then consume his wealth.

But what Sun Quan did not expect was that less than ten days after the Han army built the siege camp, the Han army suddenly launched a strong attack on Ruxuwu!

The total strength of the Han army was 70,000, nearly twice that of the Eastern Wu. But Ruxuwu was strong and generally not suitable for a strong attack.

But this time, Ma Su seemed to be a completely different person. Under Ma Su's deployment, the 70,000 Han troops were divided into three teams, and they took turns to attack the city as soon as the siege equipment was built.

This change caught Lu Kang off guard, and he quickly dispatched troops to guard the city head. The two sides launched a large-scale fight on the city head of Ruxuwu, and the original sit-in war quickly turned into a tragic offensive and defensive battle.

For a full half month, the Han army took turns to attack Ruxuwu. The powerful offensive made it difficult for the Wu army in the city to resist. Lu Kang had to personally supervise the battle on the top of the city wall, which barely stopped the offensive of the Shu army.

Fortunately, the great devil Ma Su did not personally lead the troops to the front. Without Ma Su, although the Wu army was in a hard battle, it was still able to hold on.

A large number of Han troops fell in the offensive and defensive battles, and both sides fought under huge pressure!