Chapter 686: Missed the chance again
"The Shu army's formation is in disarray! The whole army is in pursuit!"
After successfully ambushing Jiang Wei and gaining an initial advantage on the battlefield, Guanqiu Jian ordered the whole army to pursue.
He knew that the size gap between the Wei army and the Han army had reached an incredible level. Unless Cao Wei also had a Ma Su, and Ma Su on the Ji Han side died immediately, otherwise they would not have the possibility of a protracted war.
Therefore, Guanqiu Jian had to fight quickly and quickly, relying on the advantage of this battle to quickly expand. If he was lucky, it would be best to annex the entire Qingzhou in one battle. If he couldn't, he had to recover all the territory north of the Jishui River.
After Guanqiu Jian ordered the whole army to pursue, the Wei army closely followed the retreating Han army and fought all the way through Gaotang. Without Ma Su to come out to calm the situation, the Han army began to retreat southward.
During this period, Jiang Wei was almost running away all the time. The Han army under his command fought and retreated more. He was chased by the Wei army for nearly a hundred miles.
It seems that everything is moving in a good direction. If it goes smoothly like this, Guanqiu Jian may win the first victory of Cao Wei against Ji Han in the past 20 years.
However, Guanqiu Jian became more and more silent at this time, and his brows kept furrowing. When he arrived at the back, Guanqiu Jian even planned to give up the attack and retreat to Gaotang.
The main battle was too smooth! Although he did plot against Jiang Wei, it shouldn't be so smooth. And Jiang Wei was Ma Su's confidant anyway. Could he lose like this after being plotted against by an arrow?
Is there an ambush?
An idea popped up in Guanqiu Jian's mind, but it was quickly extinguished. After all, if an ambush was set, it would only be set up dozens of miles away. He has been chasing for hundreds of miles now, and he is about to reach the Ji River...
Wait? Ji River?
Guanqiu Jian's face suddenly changed, and suddenly he thought of a bad memory.
When Ma Su was fighting in Guandong, he had achieved the miraculous effect of defeating the enemy with his back to the river! As Ma Su's confidant, if Jiang Wei could also do the same to him...
"Stop the pursuit!" Guanqiu Jian suddenly reined in his horse and immediately turned around to order the entire army.
"Sound the horn to withdraw the troops! Sound the horn to withdraw the troops! Quickly withdraw to Gaotang!"
However, it has already been chased to this point, and it is obviously no longer something Guanqiu Jian can save. Although the horn has been sounded, the Wei army, which is chasing with all its strength, still relies on inertia to advance more than ten miles.
And in these ten miles, the support troops arranged by Jiang Wei appeared!
Five thousand elite Han soldiers suddenly rushed out from both wings, rushed towards the Wei army, and withstood the pursuit momentum of the Wei army on behalf of Jiang Wei.
This is also a point that Jiang Wei learned from Ma Su's military tactics compiled by Liu Yin. Even if you want to fight with your back to the river, you must leave enough reaction time for your subordinates!
Because the Wei army was about to retreat, its momentum was no longer sharp, and it was eventually blocked by 5,000 Han troops.
After successfully leaving the battlefield, Jiang Wei led his troops to the Jishui River, and then pointed at the surging Jishui River and shouted to his troops.
"Generals, there is the Jishui River in front of us, and the pursuers are behind us! We have no way to retreat now, why don't you fight to the death!"
"If we don't fight to the death at this moment, we will all die!"
Most of Jiang Wei's troops are natives of Qingzhou, and their fighting will is not as strong as that of the Han army in Guanzhong. So in order to encourage them and win a big victory, Jiang Wei had to resort to this last resort.
But the result was good. The Qingzhou troops retreated all the way to the Jishui River, and now they reacted. After seeing the situation clearly, all the soldiers who were not very motivated to fight went crazy.
This battle is about to be driven into the river. If we don't fight again, we will be finished!
"Kill!"
"Fight with these Hebei guys!"
"We'll fight!"
The Qingzhou army's fighting spirit suddenly soared, and Jiang Wei was very satisfied with it. Then, regardless of his physical injuries, he drew his sword and shouted.
"In that case, follow me and charge!"
On the other side, Guanqiu Jian saw this scene, and his blood seemed to be coagulated.
He saw the shadow of Ma Su in Jiang Wei...
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At the same time, Ma Su also traveled a long way and successfully entered Qingzhou from Langya and arrived in Jinan. After half a month of travel, Ma Su arrived at the Jishui River.
"Finally, I'm going to arrive at the battlefield. It's worth my hard work along the way." Ma Su wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
"General, I think you should take a break... Can you really go to the battlefield in this physical condition?" The general who had been guarding Ma Su all the way here was already sweating profusely. He was more nervous than Ma Su himself about Ma Su's current physical condition.
"What are you afraid of? When I was in Weinan, I was able to defeat Wang Shuang with half my life! What's there to worry about with this little symptom now?"
Ma Su waved his hand indifferently and said very confidently.
"But..." The general wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by Ma Su.
"Okay, I know... Maybe the Wei army will be defeated before I arrive."
Ma Su said jokingly, and then continued to ride forward.
However, when Ma Su arrived at the Jishui River and saw the scene on the other side of the river, he was dumbfounded.
The other side of the river was already littered with corpses, and countless corpses and wounded soldiers fell to the ground. Blood dyed the land red, and a large number of flags fell on the roadside without anyone picking them up.
"What's going on? Has the war already started?" Ma Su was completely stunned, and his face changed drastically when he reacted.
Oh no, why is there another ominous premonition coming to my mind...
Ma Su hurriedly led his men across the Jishui River to the north bank, and found several Han army wounded soldiers lying on the roadside.
"I am General Ma Su, whose troops are you from? Who were you fighting with just now?" Ma Su asked his personal guards to bandage him, and then asked impatiently.
"Are you the general? General Ma?" Several wounded soldiers were so excited that they almost stood up when they heard Ma Su's name. After a while of excitement, they excitedly reported to Ma Su,
"General, don't worry, those Wei dogs have been defeated by us!"
"Yes, General Zhenbei led us to a great victory over the Wei thieves! Now General Jiang has led his troops to pursue, and we should have won by now!"
"General, go to the front and take a look, maybe you can see General Jiang personally kill the opposing commander!"
"Fuck!" Although Ma Su was mentally prepared, he almost couldn't help swearing when he heard this.
Did Jiang Wei really defeat the Wei army before he arrived?
No! Brother, I was just joking!
But soon, the wounded soldiers dealt a huge blow to Ma Su.
"By the way, just now, I heard that the General Zhengbei also arrived with cavalry! Now the Wei army has probably been chased to the Yellow River, and the general may not be able to catch up."