Chapter 684 Ma Su slipped away
Under Zhuge Liang's deployment, the Han army began to organize and defend in an orderly manner.
Although the generals of the Han army made some subjective initiatives in some details. But overall, the deployment of the Han army was still very perfect.
On the northern front, Jiang Wei will lead 30,000 Qingzhou troops to resist the counterattack of 40,000 Wei troops. At the same time, Shu Ji, who was guarding Puyang, led 20,000 troops to move north to prepare to support Jiang Wei.
On the southern front, Zhuge Liang raised a total of 50,000 troops from Lianghuai and 30,000 troops from Yuxu to the south to fight Sun Quan. According to Zhuge Liang's deployment, if they can successfully lure the enemy deep into the area and then surround and annihilate them, they can easily hit the Jiangdong forces.
A series of deployments began to be implemented under Zhuge Liang's military orders. If nothing unexpected happens, there will probably be nothing special about this battle, and this time there will be no chance with Ma Su.
After all, with such a big advantage, Ji Han has countless ways to resist the counterattacks of Wei and Wu. In such a stable situation, there is no need to invite Ma Su out.
So it should be true that Ma Su is seriously ill. The other party is willing to come out for a decisive battle, probably for other purposes.
Why? Because Ma Su had already slipped out of Xu County...
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"Quick! We must dig three feet into the ground to find the general! If something happens to the general at the front line, I will have a way to explain to the prime minister!"
If Ma Su is not sick and ran to Qingzhou
This made Guanqiu Jian a little nervous. After all, there must be something wrong with the abnormal situation. Could it be... Ma Su is not sick at all?
As soon as this thought came out, Guanqiu Jian was shocked. But after thinking about it, he put down his hanging heart again.
Originally, Guanqiu Jian did not have hope for the other party's attitude. After all, as long as the other party is not crazy, they will generally refuse and continue to drag it out for a long time.
Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhuge was in the south, and he personally led the troops to fight against Dongwu. If he went there, he might not be able to fight, and he would be beaten...
So, the day after the leader of the guards let the cat out of the bag, Ma Su disappeared while going to the toilet. This great general of Ji Han slipped out of Xu County under the eyes of dozens of people.
Ma Su nodded with great satisfaction, and waved his hand to give orders. Seeing the great general so excited, the captain next to him opened his mouth, but finally didn't dare to speak.
"What kind of magic potion did those Dongwu troops give the general? How can they counterattack with such a small force!" Guanqiu Jian smiled bitterly, shook his head and said to himself.
In short, no matter what, Guanqiu Jian had to come out and fight the Han army now. After agreeing on the date of the decisive battle with Jiang Wei, Guanqiu Jian began to prepare his troops and make final preparations.
"General, where are you going now? We will escort you there!" Several Han cavalrymen who followed Ma Su asked him carefully.
He wanted to remind Ma Su that it was your confidant Jiang Wei who was guarding Qingzhou now. Now the whole army knows that the generals who followed you are all reckless, among which Jiang Wei is the most representative general.
But caution cannot be eaten. Guanqiu Jian knew very well that the reinforcements of the Shu army were rushing here. If he could not make a quick decision, he might not be able to withdraw when the main force of the Shu army arrived.
When the guards found something wrong and went back to the toilet, Ma Su had already disappeared.
, he is now dead.
Guanqiu Jian had fought against Jiang Wei before, and he knew very well that this Han general was not a fool. So facing Jiang Wei's army, Guanqiu Jian was still very cautious.
"I am the General Zhenbei of the Han Dynasty, and I am Jiang Boyue, the Marquis of Ji County! Who dares to fight me?"
When facing the Han army, Guanqiu Jian also met his old rival Jiang Wei again. This Han general, who looked a few years younger than himself, was now dressed in white clothes and armor, cosplaying a wave of Ma Su.
However, some people just like to join in the fun, and you can't just not invite them if you want.
"Looking at the Prime Minister's deployment, he should want to go south and then north, first concentrate superior forces to solve the Eastern Wu, and then go north to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army."
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In the end, with the willingness of both sides, 30,000 Han troops and 40,000 Wei troops officially met near Gaotang in Pingyuan County.
The gap in the strength of the two sides was too big, and the strength of Qingzhou alone was nearly 30,000. Relying only on the 40,000 troops at hand, to complete the recapture of Qingzhou and counterattack the natural barrier of southern Qi...
Unless Jiang Wei is an idiot, how can he do it!
But even if he had no hope for the future, Guanqiu Jian had no choice at this moment. After several days of confrontation, Guanqiu Jian had to send someone to hand over a letter of challenge to Jiang Wei.
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I escaped to fight and die, not to throw myself into a trap!
"Let's go to Qingzhou first. The Wei army in the north is quite capable... What's more, I guess I can't fight in Huainan, and I'm afraid I can't avoid a beating." Ma Su pondered for a while and made a quick decision.
And Jiang Wei also led the Han army to arrive and confronted Guanqiu Jian.
At the same time, in Pingyuan County, Qingzhou, tens of thousands of Wei troops had crossed the Yellow River under the command of Guanqiu Jian. The army camped with their backs to the water and built a solid camp relying on the Yellow River.
With this Zhenbei General guarding, can the Wei army in the direction of Qingzhou really wait for you to arrive?
But in the end, he didn't want to disturb Ma Su's interest, and finally chose to remain silent.
The chief of the attendants was about to cry, and he immediately led everyone to look for Ma Su who had escaped. But even though he searched Xu County thoroughly, he could not find Ma Su.
The head of the guards was in trouble now, and he quickly sent an order to all of Xu County to look for the general.
Ma Su was Zhuge Liang's apprentice after all, and he had guessed Zhuge Liang's deployment. After deducing Zhuge Liang's deployment, Ma Su felt more relieved.
"In other words, the prime minister will definitely let the troops on the northern line focus on defense. In this way, the war on the northern line will not end in a short time. We will definitely catch up if we rush north now!"
"Yes! That's it! Follow me to the north, we will go to Qingzhou to fight the Wei army!"
"Alas... the prime minister is really sending these three walnuts and two walnuts to keep an eye on me?" Ma Su said slowly while riding on the horse's back, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
With this idea, Ma Su and his party set out on the road to the north.
But to Guanqiu Jian's surprise, Jiang Wei readily agreed to the decisive battle.
After all, he was the general of the Ji Han Dynasty, and Zhuge Liang was not trying to seize his power. So as soon as Ma Su slipped out of the general's mansion, he immediately got a horse from the nearest Han army camp and slipped out of the city very smoothly.
Jiang Wei is only thirty years old now, and his strength is at its peak. At this time, he has absolute capital to despise the Wei army and arrogantly show off his power in front of the Wei army.
"Don't be so arrogant, I, Guanqiu Jian, will meet you!"