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

Chapter 668: Perfectly Avoiding the Correct Answer
Ruxu Fort was the only foothold of the Eastern Wu in the north of the Yangtze River. It had become very solid after being repaired by Sun Quan.

No matter it was Cao Cao at the beginning or Cao Pi later, after the army arrived at Ruxuwu, they could only defend the city honestly. So according to the thinking of the Eastern Wu, this time it should be another long-lasting confrontation with the Northern Army.

But who knew that Ma Su would not play by the rules this time. Less than half a month into the siege, before the siege equipment was fully developed, he launched a fierce attack on Ruxu Fort.

The Han army's repeated attacks made the Eastern Wu side confused and disoriented. Lu Kang, who was defending the city, had to personally supervise the battle on the top of the city wall, which barely stabilized the situation.

This was the case when Ma Su himself did not participate in the battle. If Ma Su had led the troops, who knows whether Dongwu could have held on.

"Crazy! Absolutely crazy! Doesn't Western Shu care about the loss of its troops at all?" After repelling the Han army's offensive for the seventeenth time, Lu Kang, covered in blood, muttered as he looked at the Han army retreating like a tide.

"Is it Ma Su who has gone crazy, or are all the high-ranking officials of Western Shu crazy? If they attack so aggressively, they will not be able to get anything even if they take down Ruxuwu, right?"

After a month of fierce fighting, the death toll on the Eastern Wu side reached 6,000, and the Han army, which was attacking the city, probably lost tens of thousands.

This was the first time Lu Kang had seen such a brutal battle since he entered the government. If the battle continued like this, even if Ruxuwu was defended, the Eastern Wu army would suffer heavy losses!
At this time, Lu Kang could not understand Ma Su's thoughts at all.

After repelling the Han army's offensive, Lu Kang dragged his exhausted body back to the city to report to Sun Quan. However, when he met his own emperor, he found that Sun Quan's face was gloomy.

"His Majesty!"

"Yuanxun, what is the reason for an enemy who has always been extremely cunning suddenly becoming extremely reckless?"

Sun Quan did not look at Lu Kang, but kept his eyes on the map. While his eyes were flashing with thoughts, he suddenly asked Lu Kang.

When asked a question by Sun Quan, Lu Kang was slightly startled, and then answered subconsciously.

"If that's the case, then we should consider whether the opponent has other plans. After all, there must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. If..."

"That's where the problem lies!" Sun Quan fiercely slapped the table that had lost three corners, his face looking so gloomy as if water was about to drip from it.

"Ma Su has been famous since he started in Longyou. His military achievements are all traceable, and they are basically all risky tactics. Even if such a person hates me deeply because of personal grudges, he would never do such an impulsive act!"

"The Shu army is suddenly acting out of character. They must have other plans!"

As the overlord of the southeast who came to power at the age of 16, Sun Quan's military talent was indeed almost zero, but his political level was absolutely impeccable. During the half-month battle, Sun Quan was very sensitive and smelled the smell of conspiracy.

It's not like he had never fought against Ma Su before. He was a bastard who liked to take risky tactics. When he wanted to attack Gong'an, he was cut off from the bottom of his heart by Ma Su, and he lost tens of thousands of people in one battle...

So now the Shu army suddenly attacked recklessly, contrary to its usual behavior, and even if Sun Quan was slow-witted, he could sense that something was wrong.

Ma Su definitely has other plans, but he just doesn't know it yet!

Lu Kang also fell into deep thought and began to think with his mind. After Lu Kang looked at the map again and again, he finally set his sights on Jianye.

"Could it be that Ma Su is planning to use the same old trick again, using a small group of troops to sneak across the river in small boats and launch a surprise attack on Jianye?" Lu Kang guessed uncertainly.

As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Kang didn't react at all, but he found that his Supreme's face suddenly changed.

You know what, this is something Ma Su could really do!

You know, although the Dongwu navy is strong, it can't withstand the vastness of the Yangtze River. What's more, the main force of the navy is now blocked in Xiakou, and the troops used to defend the Jiujiang Danyang line are even smaller.

If Ma Su took a small group of troops and suddenly crossed the Yangtze River in a small boat to attack Jianye, based on Sun Quan's understanding of the combat effectiveness of his own troops, Jianye would fall without a doubt!
And most importantly, the person in charge of Jianye now is Zhuge Jin's son Zhuge Ke! Although this nephew of the prime minister of Ji Han is a hard-line war faction, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and who can really be sure? Sun Quan thought of the unsuccessful mutiny at the beginning of the year. Zhuge Ke told him that he had found nothing...

"Quickly dispatch Luo Tong to help! I will personally lead 20,000 troops back to Jianye. We must not let the rear be lost!"

Sun Quan was also decisive. After figuring out all this, he quickly made arrangements.

Since it was determined that the frontal attack of the Han army was a diversion, there was no need to block all the troops here. Sun Quan immediately mobilized 20,000 troops to return to Jianye to guard against possible enemies from Yangzhou.

At the same time, he ordered Luo Tong to lead his troops back as soon as possible and send troops to cooperate in blocking the river.

After Sun Quan completed the deployment, he did not even take a break, and began to return south with part of his troops that day. He also issued a series of edicts, and the whole of Jiangdong began to respond.

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Sun Quan's series of decisive deployments could have saved Jiangdong's life under normal circumstances. However, this time his actions were not very appropriate.

Because in the Han army camp outside the city of Ruxu, Ma Su was sitting leisurely in the military tent reading the battle reports from the front line.

"Tsk... you know what, the Dongwu's defense level is really good. My 70,000 troops took turns to fight for a month, and lost more than 13,000 people, but there was not even a wave of damage."

Ma Su was amazed at the battle report, but he did not feel sorry for the huge losses at all.

This time, he recruited the local soldiers from the three states of Guandong, that is, the private soldiers of the powerful families. For Ma Su, the greater the loss of these soldiers, the better.

Although this is a bit cruel, no one has a choice when it comes to dynastic affairs.

This time Ma Su's purpose was simple, which was to use a rash attack to consume the power of the Guandong and Jiangdong clans.

As for destroying Wu...the farming system in Lianghuai has not yet been completed, and Ma Su has not actually made any preparations for the time being.

However, just when Ma Su was lamenting the strong resistance in Jiangdong, Liu Yin suddenly walked in and said to Ma Su with a helpless look on his face.

"Sir, our reckless attack may have angered the generals in Guandong. Seven officers have come to me to ask for a halt to the attack and to find another opportunity."

"Look for another good opportunity? Where can we find another good opportunity? Can we just listen to them?" Ma Su shrugged, not caring at all.

"Tell them to get out of here and just obey the military orders."

But at this point, Ma Su felt that he shouldn't make his purpose so obvious. After a moment's hesitation, Ma Su changed his words and added,

"Go tell them that it is impossible to stop the offensive, and the previous troops cannot be lost in vain."

"But in order to boost morale, I will lead the troops to attack Ruxuwu in person during the next siege!"

(End of this chapter)