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

Chapter 667 Borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha
"General! Something big has happened! Western Shu is planning to mobilize soldiers from Yu, Yan, and Xu to Xingyang, and their attitude is unclear!"

A school official rushed in, and the first words he said shocked Sima Shi so much that his face changed drastically.

Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, the three major states in the Central Plains, have large populations and a huge source of soldiers. Shu Han suddenly mobilized soldiers from the three states at once, which showed that they were aiming for something big!
Moreover, their troops were gathered in Xingyang, which was just south of Dongjun. As long as the army was gathered, they would go north for a few hundred miles to reach Baimadu!

Ma Su is planning to take advantage of the fact that their civil war is about to end and quickly head north to make a comeback!

Thinking of this, Sima Shi and Guanqiu Jian's faces instantly became extremely solemn. After the two looked at each other, they immediately reached a consensus.
"Send someone to make a temporary reconciliation with Cao Shuang, and both sides should stop the dispute for a short time! In the face of the life and death of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Shuang will agree." Sima Shi's expression became serious, and he immediately began to make arrangements.

"General Guanqiu, you must lead 20,000 troops to Baimadu immediately. No matter how fierce the Shu army's offensive is, you must hold out for a month!"

"It will only take a month for me to transfer reinforcements from Liaodong! By then, we will be united as one and will definitely be able to stop the Shu army!"

"Okay! The people are at the ferry!" Guanqiu Jian nodded and said with a fearless look on his face.

Ma Su's move instantly caused panic throughout the Cao Wei in Hebei.

With the huge pressure from the south, Cao Shuang and Sima Shi also had a brief reconciliation. Both sides brought out their main forces, intending to repel the invasion of the Shu army first.

At the same time, a large number of local soldiers from the three states of the Central Plains gathered in Xingyang under the call of the court. At one time, Xingyang gathered tens of thousands of soldiers, and the momentum was so great that it was clear at a glance that Ji Han was going to make another big move.

However, just when Cao Wei in Hebei was in a state of panic and was about to carry a coffin into battle, the Han army in Xingyang suddenly changed its direction. Tens of thousands of troops followed the Central Plains water system all the way south, heading straight towards the Lianghuai area...

Left...leaving only the Wei army in Hebei confused.

Ma Su obviously did not want to go north at this time, but was determined to attack Wu. So this time he took advantage of the time when the farming season had just passed and mobilized the troops in the Central Plains to attack Wu in the south.

It was just that Xingyang was the intersection of the Central Plains water network, and all the supplies from the Central Plains had to be transferred from here. So Ma Su gathered the local soldiers recruited from the Central Plains here, and then unified them and marched south.

Because of this incident, Hebei was almost frightened to death. If Ma Su knew about this, he would probably laugh all night long.

As the Central Plains army gathered in Shouchun, a large number of civilians from Henan and Xuzhou were dispatched to transport food and fodder. After vigorously mobilizing manpower and material resources from the Central Plains, Ma Su immediately led his troops southward.

Ma Su's core purpose this time was naturally to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha. Relying on this year's war against Wu, he could solve two problems that troubled him at once.

Under Ma Su's arrangement, 70,000 local soldiers were recruited from the Central Plains and marched south in a mighty force.

Jiangdong had received the news of such a large-scale mobilization of troops a long time ago. It was the spring rice harvest season in Jiangdong, and when Sun Quan heard that the Shu army was coming at this time, his face turned black.

"Ma Su, you little bastard!" Sun Quan could no longer bear it and drew his sword to chop the round table in front of him in half. But even so, he still didn't feel relieved, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.

At this time, no matter how dumb Sun Quan was, he could see what Ma Su meant. He planned to rely on the great power of the Central Plains and force him to compete with the Shu army in national strength by sending troops south again and again.

Even though the Shu army came in large numbers every time and suffered huge losses in the uninhabited area of ​​Huainan, the Western Shu army could afford the waste, but Sun Quan could not.

After losing Jingzhou, Sun Quan's national strength had been hit hard. The loss of Jiangdong caused by Ma Su's southward march last year had already frightened Sun Quan, but he came again this year. Moreover, not only did he come this time, he also brought a huge number of troops. Even if Sun Quan wanted to passively defend, he had to send all his troops.

"Your Majesty! The Shanyue bandits in Yangzhou have not been wiped out yet, and Jianye is still worried about internal strife. If Your Majesty transfers all the troops to the north, I'm afraid..." At this time, Zhuge Ke suddenly stood up and bowed to Sun Quan. His words quickly touched Sun Quan's fragile heartstrings.

"Yuan Xun, the rebellion that took place at the end of last year... have you found out who was the mastermind behind it?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and asked Zhuge Ke.

"Your Majesty, not yet."

"Then you stay in Jianye and continue the investigation, and protect the prince in the capital." Sun Quan shook his head and made a series of deployments helplessly.

Zhuge Ke's own army of several thousand men and the Imperial Guards were stationed in Jianye, while he personally led 30,000 Wu troops to station in Ruxuwu to resist the attack of the Shu army.

However, before leaving Jianye, Sun Quan gave Zhuge Ke a meaningful look. Zhuge Ke didn't know what Sun Quan meant by this look, but he knew what he should do.

He can only do things that His Majesty cannot do.

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In June of the 22nd year of Jianxing, the 70,000-man army of Ji Han attacked Ruxuwu from Hefei. The powerful Han army quickly surrounded the place and established a siege camp based on the destruction of Wucheng.

At the same time, Sun Quan's reinforcements also arrived at Ruxuwu, and the number of Wu troops in the city reached 40,000.

According to Sun Quan, Ma Su would most likely block outside Ruxu Fort again and press forward step by step, forcing the Eastern Wu troops to stay there for a long time and then consume his wealth.

However, what Sun Quan did not expect was that less than ten days after the Han army's siege camp was built, the Han army suddenly launched a strong attack on Ruxuwu, contrary to its usual practice!
The total strength of the Han army was 70,000, nearly twice that of the Eastern Wu. However, the defense of Ruxuwu was strong and generally not suitable for a strong attack.

But this time, Ma Su seemed to be a completely different person. Under Ma Su's deployment, the 70,000 Han troops were divided into three teams, and they took turns to attack the city as soon as the siege equipment was built.

Lu Kang was caught off guard by this change, and he quickly dispatched troops to guard the city walls. The two sides engaged in a large-scale fight on the city walls of Ruxuwu, and the original sit-in war quickly turned into a brutal offensive and defensive battle.

For a full half month, the Han army took turns to attack Ruxuwu. The powerful offensive made it difficult for the Wu army in the city to resist, and Lu Kang had to personally supervise the battle on the top of the city, which barely stopped the Shu army's offensive.

Fortunately, the great devil Ma Su did not personally lead the troops to the front. Without Ma Su, the Wu army was in a tough battle, but still managed to hold on.

A large number of Han troops fell in the offensive and defensive battles, and both sides were fighting under huge pressure!

(End of this chapter)