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

Chapter 666 Send Jiangdong a wave of military merit

Looking at the pile of letters nearly half a meter high on the table, Ma Su fell into deep thought.

He once thought that Cao Cao in the Battle of Red Cliff and Cao Xiu in the Battle of Shiting were both noobs. Facing the fickle Jiangdong rats, they were actually deceived by the false surrender. They were really useless.

However, this scene made Ma Su instantly empathize with Cao Cao.

We really can't blame Boss Cao for believing in the false surrender so easily. The main reason is... there are too many people sitting on the fence in Dongwu, right?
The self-reliant nobles in Jiangdong have always found it difficult to decide whether to accept the northern faction.

When Jiangbei's troops were far away, they had been thinking of sitting on the fence and betting on both sides. But once Jiangbei's troops arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River, they suddenly became frightened and worked together to resist the invaders.

This situation is the regional characteristic of the entire Jiangdong region and lasted for four hundred years during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

However, at present, their attitude also made Ma Su speechless. After all, these guys were so diligent in surrendering to him, but once his army marched south to Ruxuwu, these bastards would immediately turn against him and deny their loyalty.

Unless Ma Su could promise them benefits and privileges that were enough to impress all the powerful families before the war, it would be difficult to get them to surrender with just a letter.

But it was obvious that this promise was the last thing Ma Su wanted to make.

He planned to rely on this southward expedition to attack Wu and crush the conservative forces in Jiangdong with tough means. Only in this way could the Han forces smoothly enter Jiangdong and complete the actual control of the south.

Seeing Ma Su's hesitation, Deng Ai, who was good at guessing people's minds, naturally understood Ma Su's thoughts. He immediately bowed and gave Ma Su a serious advice,
"Your Excellency, there is no need to be so entangled. It is just a promise. For the Jiangdong nobles, we only need to give them a false promise, and there is no need to abide by it afterwards."

"And we can even make the promise a little vague in the secret letter we send them, and then..."

Deng Ai showed a hint of "you know" expression, which made Ma Su raise his eyebrows slightly.

Deng Ai was indeed Ma Su's confidant, and even his style of handling affairs was similar to Ma Su's. Ma Su immediately nodded in agreement with his proposal.

"Shi Zai's words make sense. You will be responsible for this matter." Ma Su nodded and quickly agreed to Deng Ai's proposal.

However, after thinking for a while, Ma Su shook his head and continued speaking.

"But, there is no rush for this matter... We have the upper hand in the situation now. And the Jiangdong tycoons have known me quite well over the years.

"If I suddenly agree to their request at this time, it will inevitably make Jiangdong's rich people suspicious. If I don't handle it well, it might even backfire!"

"What does the envoy mean?" Deng Ai scratched his head and asked with some confusion.

In response, Ma Su smiled mysteriously and whispered to Deng Ai.

"I plan to...give Jiangdong Qu a chance to gain military merit!"

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While Ma Su began to secretly plan against the Eastern Wu, the situation in Hebei also changed dramatically. Sima Shi's sudden attack on Cao Shuang instantly pulled Cao Shuang down from the position of the minister entrusted with the care of the orphan, and took control of Yecheng and the young emperor Cao Fang. However, because of his lack of strength, he failed to make proper arrangements, and as a result, Cao Shuang took the Queen Mother in the south of the city hostage and could not escape Baimadu.

The 40,000 Wei troops at Baimadu were Cao Shuang's men, led by Xiahou Xuan. Cao Shuang came here and then, in the name of the Queen Mother, called on all the troops to come to the throne.

In the story told by Ma Su, Cao Shuang died because he was not decisive enough in his resistance. So Cao Shuang, contrary to his usual behavior, was extremely determined to fight Sima Shi to the end.

This would most likely lead to the demise of the Wei Dynasty, but if he didn't do this, Cao Shuang would die even faster!

As a result, under Cao Shuang's resolute resistance, Hebei inevitably went towards division. Sima Shi, supported by the Liaodong Army, and Cao Shuang, supported by the Jizhou Army and the Yanzhou Army, officially began training in Hebei.

At the same time, Zhang Yi, who was stationed at Baimajin under Ma Su's instruction, did nothing and even led his troops to withdraw from the north bank of the Yellow River in order to let Cao Shuang resist with confidence.

With this instigation, the civil war in Hebei Province quickly expanded in scale. Cao Shuang, who had no worries, pushed all his troops forward, vowing to kill Sima Shi.

However...Cao Shuang really overestimated his own military command level.

After Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu passed away, there was no more capable general in the Cao clan. The so-called Xiahou Xuan and Cao Yu were just fillers and had a negative impact on the battlefield.

Guanqiu Jian, the last loyal general of the Cao family, stood against Cao Shuang under Sima Shi's promise to "only kill Cao Shuang and support the Wei Dynasty."

After all, the emperor is in the hands of Sima Shi, that is the orthodoxy. You, Cao Shuang, only hold the queen mother, and your appeal is indeed not enough.

So no matter from which perspective, Cao Shuang's failure was already doomed.

After half a year of fierce fighting, Cao Shuang was defeated by Sima Shi and driven to the Qinghe County area. However, even at this point, Sima Shi was still highly nervous and kept a close eye on the movements of the Han army in the Yellow River area.

"Have you found out the movements of the Shu army? Do you have any idea of ​​sending a large number of troops north?" Sima Shi was dressed in military uniform and looked tired, but he still insisted on commanding and deploying. While handling military affairs, Sima Shi did not forget to ask about Guanqiu Jian's situation.

"General, there is no need to be so nervous. The main force of the Shu army is still stationed in Luoyang." Guanqiu Jian shook his head and said with the same serious expression.

"And Ma Su himself has been stationed in Shouchun. It is obvious that he wants to go south first and then north. Judging from the current situation, we still have at least three to four years to prepare."

"Three to four years...General Guanqiu may be a little too objective." Sima Shi smiled bitterly. After years of fighting, he knew the current situation too well.

Soochow was indeed a tough nut to crack, but it was no problem for Ma Su. If Ma Su wanted to fight hard regardless of casualties, Jiangdong would probably not survive more than six months.

Therefore, let alone three to four years, the best news is that the Shu army does not move north before next year.

"We don't have much time left. We must fight quickly and prepare for war as soon as possible. The Wei Kingdom cannot be usurped by the Western Shu!" Sima Shi shook his head, and his words were so nice to hear. Under his beautiful words, Guanqiu Jian also nodded seriously.

"Don't worry, I will personally lead the troops to fight and strive to defeat the traitor Cao Shuang this month..."

At this moment, a school official from the school office suddenly ran in hurriedly.

"General! Something happened!"

(End of this chapter)