Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 659: Hebei Civil War
Sima Shi's surprise attack at night completely caught Cao Shuang off guard. Especially since Cao Shuang himself was an idiot in military tactics...

Sima Shi's two thousand soldiers quickly arrived near the armory in Yecheng in the dark. In the middle of the night, one of the soldiers pretended to be someone from the palace, saying that the emperor had an urgent matter and wanted to summon Cao Shuang.

Cao Shuang had just fallen asleep at this time, and the guard was a little hesitant for a moment.

Just this moment of distraction gave Sima Shi's assassins an opportunity. Several crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the darkness and hit the guard's throat!
These few crossbow arrows became the signal to start the war, and dozens of death warriors quickly launched a strong attack. They only wore thin clothes and rushed forward with short knives in hand without fear of death.

In a sense, Sima Shi's action this time was even more dangerous than the Gaopingling Incident. After all, this time he was attacking the armory by force, and he had fewer people.

Because of this, after Sima Shi's death squad succeeded in the early stage, they soon fell into a disadvantage. Cao Shuang's fully armed guards fought desperately and managed to keep the death squad out.

Without armor, with simple weapons and relying only on a few crossbows, their attacking ability was obviously not very strong. As more and more armory guards reacted, Sima Shi was running out of time.

Seeing this situation, Sima Shi made a decision quickly and decisively.

He threw his helmet to the ground, imitated Ma Su, drew his sword and rushed forward!

"Everyone! If you retreat now, you will die! It is better to move forward with all your strength to have a chance of survival!"

Sima Shi personally drew his sword and rushed forward, launching a violent attack on the armory under a hail of arrows.

Normally, if Sima Shi had not had the great fortune and reward of Ma Su, he would have died ten times. But this time, it seemed as if God was helping him, and not a single arrow hit him!

With the blessing of luck as if possessed by Ma Su, Sima Shi led the way and broke through the armory's obstruction. Under his desperate charge, all the soldiers also rushed forward desperately, completely intimidating the soldiers in the armory!

It was not until this time that Cao Shuang arrived at the battlefield. When he saw that the situation on the battlefield was already in a state of decline, he was instantly stunned.

I was already on such guard, how could I still let your Sima family plot against me?
"Master Sima! What the hell do you want to do?" Cao Shuang had a gloomy face and yelled in the direction of Sima Shi.

"Do you think that if you stage a coup and give our Cao family's foundation to Ma Su, he will let you go? In his eyes, your Sima family is doomed to die. Do you really think he will change easily?"

"I don't want to surrender to Western Shu!" Sima Shi's voice also came, with a bit of coldness in his tone.

"I just want our Sima family to survive! Survive as much as possible!"

"You, who are in power, are obviously not good enough to meet our requirements! So for the Sima family and for the Great Wei, Lord Cao Shuang, please die!"

In the final analysis, Sima Shi initiated the coup because he saw Cao Shuang as a loser. Not only did he have no military talent, but he also brainlessly tried to consolidate power.

If this continues, the demise of the Sima family is a foregone conclusion.

Therefore, there was only one choice before Sima Shi. That was to get rid of Cao Shuang, and then take the throne himself, relying on the remaining national strength of Cao Wei to preserve the Sima family as much as possible.

Facing Sima Shi's reply, Cao Shuang's face turned very ugly. He cursed secretly and turned around to run away.

Anyway, according to Ma Su, he was finished just because he believed the Sima family's fart. This time he tried his best to fight back, he didn't believe that this could still let you, Sima Shi, win?

Cao Shuang turned and fled, and Sima Shi's men quickly took over the armory in Yecheng. After briefly re-arming his troops, Sima Shi immediately led his men straight to the palace...

This night in Yecheng is destined to be a sleepless night! …………

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"So... Sima Shi still launched a coup in Yecheng? And Cao Shuang and Sima Shi have already started fighting?"

After reading the battle report sent from Luoyang, Ma Su looked a little confused.

He originally thought that the Luoshui Incident and the Gaopingling Incident were just a fart incident because of the huge advantage. But now, Cao Wei has retreated to Hebei, with only two states under its control. How could there still be internal strife?
"That's right. After Sima Shi seized the armory in Yecheng, he quickly took control of the palace. Cao Shuang only had time to snatch the queen mother away and fled to Cangting with only a few hundred people."

The envoy from Luoyang nodded and quickly reported to Ma Su.

"Now the Liaodong and Jizhou armies of the pseudo-Wei have switched sides and are following Sima Shi's orders. But the Black Mountain and Yanzhou Wei armies still obey Cao Shuang."

"From the current perspective, we may not even need to march north. They will have already exhausted their little national strength internally."

This time, Sima Shi had fewer cards than in the historical Gaopingling. Although Cao Shuang was also weaker, he was still stronger than Sima Shi.

Therefore, Sima Shi ultimately failed to block Cao Shuang in Yecheng, allowing him to escape with the Queen Mother.

Cao Shuang's escape also meant that all the Cao clan members stationed outside broke away from Sima Shi. Sima Shi only had time to win over the Liaodong Army and Jizhou Army, which still had influence. By then, the civil war in Hebei was a foregone conclusion.

This situation surprised Ma Su very much. It was the first time he saw his own people fighting each other when facing a powerful enemy.

"So the Prime Minister sent me here to inform you and ask the general what he thinks." After the messenger saw that Ma Su had basically digested what he said, he added.

"The civil war in Hebei has turned the Wei army into a mess. If we take advantage of the situation and launch an attack on Hebei now, the progress should be smooth."

Ma Su also thought of Zhuge Liang's reminder. The enemy's own people started to fight first, and the already weak military strength became even worse. If the Northern Expedition was launched in time at this time, it is very likely that the Han army would harvest everything in one wave.

But after pondering for a while, Ma Su shook his head.

"Go back and tell the Prime Minister that it is not appropriate for us to intervene now! We might as well sit back and watch the fight between the tigers until they have consumed almost all of their strength."

"Otherwise, if we rashly send troops at this time, external pressure may force Sima Shi and Cao Shuang to reconcile."

"Not only will we not be able to gain any benefits, but we will also be dragged into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. This will have a huge impact on us who have just recovered Kanto and are focusing our main energy on recuperation!"

"So instead of heading north to seize this not-so-opportune opportunity, it's better to focus on defeating Sun Quan first."

As I said, no matter what happened to Cao Wei, the right thing to do is to attack Sun Quan.

(End of this chapter)