Chapter 709: Crossing the River for a Decisive Battle

Chapter 709: Crossing the River for a Decisive Battle

Compared to Ma Su, Liu Yin was a bystander and quickly understood Master Sima's plan.

He tried to lead the Han army to the north bank of Baimadu with the attitude of decisive battle. In this way, the Han army's attention will be attracted here and they will have no time to care.

The Wei army only retreated fifteen miles, and basically couldn't survive much. In other words, the Han army that crossed the river to the north bank was already limited in size.

In this way, we can not only contain more than 100,000 Han troops with 50,000 troops, but also weaken the Han army's numerical advantage.

Overall, very insidious!

Liu Yin's reminder also made Ma Su notice this. He looked at the map carefully and suddenly said,

"I see... is I even involved in the conspiracy? There is something in Master Sima's plan."

"Yes, this person is indeed difficult to deal with." Liu Yin also nodded, stroking his chin and analyzing,

"But it's okay. Generally speaking, it's not a big problem. As long as we don't fall into his trap and continue to cross the Yellow River with all our troops, Sima Division even..."

"That won't work! Since Master Sima has given up his place, is it okay if I don't go over and give him a beating myself?" Before Liu Yin could finish speaking, Ma Su directly rejected his proposal and said cheerfully.

"Anyway, we are the dominant side now, how can we still be afraid of the Sima Division? Let's just cross Baima Jin and use part of our troops on the north bank to defeat the Sima Division in an upright manner!"

"This time I not only have to defeat Master Sima head-on, but I also have to destroy the last bit of morale in his unit!"

Seeing the excitement on his general's face, Liu Yin suddenly understood the real power of Master Sima's plan.

He knew the character of his general so well that even if he saw through Ma Su, he would take the initiative to stick to him...

After all, although Ma Su is no longer as energetic as he was back then, he still likes to pursue excitement. What's more, now that the Han army is at a huge advantage, Ma Su will naturally not let go of this critical opportunity to commit suicide.

This is a conspiracy against them...

The corner of Liu Yin's mouth twitched a few times, but he still accepted the order honestly. Commanding is always the general's business. Just obey the orders and fight the war.

However, after Liu Yin went out, Ma Di put away his previous excitement. He calmly looked at the location of Baima Crossing on the map and murmured leisurely.

"Master Sima, I am very optimistic about your final battle with the trapped beast... Don't let your guard down. Whether the Han's rule in Guandong is stable or not depends entirely on you!"

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Two days after the Wei army retreated, the Han army immediately launched a large-scale river crossing.

What happened was not as expected by Sima Shi. As expected, the Shu army did not cross the river in many places. Except for some of the troops, most of the Han troops began to shrink their front lines and gather towards Baima Jin.

In the following days, Sima Division watched helplessly as tens of thousands of Shu troops crossed the Yellow River and camped against the water. And Ma Su's iconic flag also arrived at the north bank with the army.

At this point, Master Sima breathed a sigh of relief. At least before his decisive battle, the Han army would not break through his defense line.

Even if the Han army later regrets and wants to readjust its deployment, this back and forth will buy the Wei army a lot of time.

"The next step is to deploy carefully and delay the time as long as possible." Master Sima shook his head gently and said to himself.

Of course, having said that, it is not easy to block Ma Di from the front. From the beginning of the Guanzhong campaign, countless Cao Wei veterans tried various methods, but none of them could do anything to Ma Su. Instead, they lost more and more miserably each time.

Therefore, if you want to stop Ma Su here, it is absolutely impossible to just hold the base high without fighting.

Therefore, Master Sima immediately made a decision after some thought.

Since deep ditches and high bases are useless, why not just go up and fight the Han army directly?

Immediately, Sima Division issued an order for the entire army to rest for a few days. After a few days, they made an appointment with the Han army for a decisive battle!

As soon as this statement came out, all the generals could not understand it. If it weren't for Sima Division's authority and strict military discipline, some generals might have disobeyed orders long ago.

Sima Shi's battle appointment was quickly delivered to Ma Su, and Ma Su naturally wanted it. Immediately approved and ordered the Han army to prepare for war.

After all the soldiers on both sides had eaten, rested and were fully prepared, the two sides ushered in the day of decisive battle a few days later.

The Wei army mobilized almost all of the family's assets, totaling 40,000 Wei troops. Sima Division personally took command and led his troops to form an array in front of the Han military camp.

On Ma Su's side, due to the limited number of people crossing the river, a total of 30,000 Han troops were dispatched. Liu Yin was in charge of the left wing, Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi were in charge of the right wing, and Ma Di personally led the Chinese army to fight.

The deployments of both sides are basically quite satisfactory, without much change. They all formed an infantry phalanx, with cavalry on both sides as reserves.

But what surprised Ma Su was that this time Sima Division brought a total of 5,000 cavalry. And these five thousand cavalry were all equipped with stirrups, horseshoes and high bridge saddles, and they all transformed into light cavalry.

Not only that, as a veteran of the battlefield, Ma Di could tell at a glance that the Wei army's cavalry was not simple. Basically, they are the Youzhou elite cavalry who have been fighting against the Goguryeo and Wuhuan people in Youzhou, Liaodong all year round. They are on par with the Xiliang cavalry of the Han army.

"It seems that the Wei army has reacted. It seems that our cavalry advantage is not that great." Ma Su sighed slightly, but he didn't pay too much attention.

Originally, he didn't expect to stay ahead by relying on such a few technologies. Even in his expectation, it was too slow for the Wei army to complete the cavalry upgrade now.

Originally, they were supposed to fight with me in the Central Plains, but they were not upgraded until now. It can only be said that in the feudal dynasty era, any change was not as simple as imagined.

"Beat the drums, march! Let me see how much Sima Shi has improved in the three years of recuperation in Hebei!"

After sighing, Ma Su immediately issued an order to march. Accompanied by the melodious sound of the horn, the sound of war drums in the Han army began to sound.

Not long after the sound of the Han army's war drums sounded, the war drums on the Wei army's side also began to sound. In the tense atmosphere, the soldiers of both sides also began to move with the drumbeats.

The key decisive battle of the Northern Expedition to Hebei officially kicked off.

On the north bank of Baimadu, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses launched a charge driven by war drums. A bloody battle that was destined to be tragic finally broke out the moment the troops of both sides met!

"Kill!!"

"For the country!"

"You can't pass!"

In this battle, the soldiers of both sides are fighting for their lives, and no one will stop working.

After all, both the Han and Wei armies are very clear about the importance of this battle. Everyone knows how serious the consequences will be if they lose this battle, so the soldiers of both Han and Wei want to fight to the death.

At the forefront of the Wei army, Sima Shi personally rushed to the front with a spear!

"Ma Su, old thief! I'm here to take your life!"