Chapter 701: Eastern Wu Cavalry
Ma Su crossed the river like a fierce dragon, and appeared in Wujun as if he had fallen from the sky. The entire Wujun surrendered, and half of Jiangdong basically fell.
Such a big change almost made Sun Quan collapse. If it weren't for the support of his close ministers, he would have fallen to the ground.
However, even if Sun Quan was discouraged, there were still people who thought there was a chance. Among them, Sun Quan's last confidant Lu Kang stepped forward.
Lu Kang suddenly stood up and said that there was still hope for the situation to be saved. This gave Sun Quan a little hope again, allowing him to stabilize his body and mind again.
"Youjie, you are right, I can't give up like this!" Sun Quan took a breath and then gritted his teeth.
"What's so great about Ma Su! Once you come to Yangzhou, you must die here honestly!"
"I order General Sun Shao to go with you, give you 10,000 soldiers and horses, and go to Wujun to suppress the rebellion! Ma Su can't bring many people this time, you must capture him alive!"
At this moment, Sun Quan also reacted, and his eyes lit up slightly.
Ma Su is the pillar of the Han Dynasty. If he is captured alive, can't he force Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops? If he can succeed, maybe his Jiangdong regime can still be saved!
Thinking of this, Sun Quan immediately made a decision. He quickly allocated 10,000 soldiers and horses to Lu Kang, and ordered the clan general, General Sun Shao to go with him.
This is already Sun Quan's last army. After giving the troops to Lu Kang, Sun Quan only has more than 20,000 people left. It can be said that Sun Quan has reached the end of his rope. If Lu Kang loses, he will be completely finished.
After Lu Kang got the military power from Sun Quan, he joined forces with Sun Shao and rushed straight to Ma Su from Jianye.
At the same time, Ma Su had accepted the surrender of the four counties of Wujun and collected more than 3,000 private soldiers from the local tyrants. With these surrendered soldiers, Ma Su was marching towards Danyang.
"Envoy, the main force of the Eastern Wu is coming! It is the other side's Grand Commander Lu Kang who leads the troops personally. There are many people. Should we avoid their sharp edge first?"
Liu Yin personally served as the captain of the scouts and quickly told Ma Su what he had found. But Ma Su didn't care as usual, and didn't even have any emotional fluctuations.
"What are you afraid of? You know the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Wu troops. Their combat effectiveness is nothing." Ma Su shook his head gently and said slowly.
"Don't think that we only have 300 elite soldiers now, but I am confident that I can defeat them head-on."
"But envoy, they are indeed quite numerous... there must be tens of thousands of people." Liu Yin scratched his head and added cautiously.
"Hmm? Sun Quan can actually take out so many people? He really thinks highly of me." Ma Su raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised.
According to the report of the Military Council, the troops of Dongwu who were still listening to the call were only about 30,000 people. Sun Quan actually sent 10,000 troops to fight in one go, which shows that he attaches great importance to them.
Hmm... thinking about his own reputation, maybe it's normal?
"I have to go and investigate it myself. I have fought for a lifetime, and I can't turn over here." Ma Su pondered for a while and made a judgment.
It's a death wish, but Ma Su has not planned to send his head to Dongwu. Even if I want to send my head out, it shouldn't be taken by the rats of Dongwu.
It's better to go and investigate it in person to prevent a capsize in the ditch.
With this plan, Ma Su immediately got on his horse and rode ahead with only a few people, intending to personally investigate the enemy situation before the two armies engaged in battle.
Ma Su only brought so many people, so his speed was naturally much faster. Soon Ma Su approached the large army of the Eastern Wu and saw the Wu army from a distance.
"Well... Fortunately, they are all regular troops, and the heavy infantry is pitifully small, so the threat to our army is not too great." After carefully studying the composition of the Wu army, Ma Su nodded slightly, and his heart was soon relieved.
It seems that Sun Quan has not prepared any trump cards, and there are not many trump cards left. This is normal. With Sun Quan's temperament, if he still has trump cards, he will not reveal them now.
However, when Ma Su turned around and prepared to leave, the Wu army suddenly changed its position. Then Ma Su keenly heard the sound of horse hooves, and his face changed quickly.
It's bad, I've been discovered.
Sure enough, a group of cavalry rushed out of the Wu army and galloped straight towards Ma Su!
Jiangnan lacks horses, and the troops are mainly infantry. But this does not mean that Jiangdong has no horses. In fact, Sun Quan has always had a small number of cavalry troops.
It's just that these cavalry are too expensive, and Sun Quan has been reluctant to use them. This also led to Ma Su's ignoring their existence until now!
"Run away first!" Ma Su immediately ordered, turning around and running away with several followers.
Because Ma Su did not bring Ma Zhong this time, he could only run away all the way and could not fight back at all.
"Ma Su, don't run! I am Gu Yu!" Soon, the sound of horse hooves and the shouting of the Wu cavalry general came from behind. What made Ma Su frown was that the Eastern Wu cavalry was getting closer and closer to him!
This is normal. After all, these horses were contributed by the big families of Wujun, not brought by him from Jiangbei. Such a lame horse obviously couldn't shake off the horses bought by Dongwu from Liaodong.
"It seems that a fierce battle is inevitable." Ma Su shook his head, then ordered someone to go back and report, and then he threw his hand and directly drew out his spear.
Feeling the unfamiliar spear, Ma Su couldn't help but sigh. Three years had passed in the blink of an eye, and he hadn't ridden his horse to charge into battle for a long time.
"It seems that I need to practice more, otherwise I won't be able to charge into battle sooner or later." Ma Su shook his head and sighed. Then the Han general's eyes became sharp, and he turned around and shouted.
"Don't be so arrogant, you little boy from Dongwu! I, Ma Su, will fight you!"
Seeing Ma Su suddenly turn around and kill back, Gu Yu, who had been shouting just now, suddenly changed his face and shouted,
"Wait! Don't do it first! We are not here to hunt you down!!"
"Aren't you hunting me down? Do you still want to persuade me to surrender?" Ma Su frowned and responded subconsciously.
"Who dares to do that? We are not idiots!" Gu Yu's face was speechless, and he shouted at Ma Su from a distance.
"I mean, General Han, are you and your personal guards willing to accept the surrender of our 500 cavalrymen from the Eastern Wu?"
This almost made Ma Su fall off his horse. After he recovered, Ma Su was even more confused.
"Ah?"
However, Ma Su's surprise did not affect Gu Yu, and he still spoke to himself.
"It was agreed in advance that this is our Gu family's surrender! We are the only cavalry unit in the Eastern Wu. If we surrender, that bastard Sun Quan will no longer have cavalry available."
So, we surrender with courtesy, don't humiliate us!"