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

Chapter 671 Everything is beyond expectations

Lu Kang ultimately failed to stop Ma Su's offensive, and Ruxuwu was lost. However, he eventually brought some of his troops out, leaving some strength for the Eastern Wu.

However, the former military troops he left behind in Ruxuwu were not so lucky.

Lu Kang obviously knew the importance of ships on the Yangtze River. When he fled south with thousands of people, he did not forget to set fire to all the remaining ships. When the Han army arrived at the dock after chasing the fleeing Wu soldiers, they only saw a huge fire and the Wu troops running away.

"Quickly put out the fire!"

"These are what we rely on to cross the Yangtze River to the south! Rescue them quickly!"

"Put out the fire quickly!"

When the first batch of Han troops rushed to the dock, they saw this scene and immediately gave up the idea of ​​chasing the defeated soldiers. Under the leadership of the officers, they hurriedly tried to put out the fire and try to save some of the ships.

Soon, Ma Su also came to the port with a confused look on his face. When he saw countless ships being set on fire by the Eastern Wu and a large number of defeated soldiers surrendering voluntarily, he believed that the Eastern Wu was really defeated.

This was the last stronghold of the Eastern Wu in Jiangbei, a long-time threat to Huainan, and was thus completely removed.

After taking Ruxuwu, the Han army completely controlled the entire north of the Yangtze River. From then on, it was only a matter of time before they crossed the Yangtze River to annex Dongwu.

But until this point, Ma Su still found it a little hard to believe.

Ruxuwu was attacked by the Wei army during the reigns of Cao Cao and Cao Pi. Every time the Wei army marched south, it had a minimum of 100,000 troops and the offensive was also extremely fierce, but they were helpless against the city.

But the same city took me more than half a month to attack, but I took it down in just one day?

What went wrong? What on earth was Sun Quan doing?
"General, we have taken control of the entire Ruxu Fortress and accepted the surrender of more than 4,000 people from Quzhou, Jiangdong. Our army lost more than 2,000 people, and two lieutenants died in the battle, but overall it is still within an acceptable range."

At this time, Zhuge Zhan ran over from the side, his face full of admiration for Ma Su.

After all, as the son of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Zhan has been well protected by people around him since he was born. Although he is a military general in name, he has never been to the battlefield, and all his knowledge of war is just hearsay.

So when he saw Ma Su's overwhelming fighting style today, he was instantly conquered. For a time, he admired Ma Su so much that he wanted to become sworn brothers with Ma Ping and then recognize Ma Su as his adoptive father.

Well... there may be a generation difference, but we can discuss our own issues.

"Wu General Lu Kang fled to Yangzhou with only 7,000 men and burned some of the ships. We are now rescuing the ships. If we are lucky, we may be able to go south and capture the entire Yangzhou!"

Overall, although this battle was fought in a confusing manner, the gains were rich.

After listening to the overall report and the casualty ratio, Ma Su fell into deep thought. Looking at this wrong battle fought at the wrong time and ultimately achieving the wrong victory, Ma Su began to consider the meaning of life.

How come all this is different from what was expected?

Shouldn't I have been so aggressive and led the Guandong army to attack together? Then I suffered heavy losses under the solid city walls, and gave Dongwu a lot of military merits in one go, and then ended tragically?

In this way, he also had enough reasons to make concessions to the Jiangdong nobles. Using a reasonable blank check to deceive the entire Jiangdong civil strife?
What went wrong?

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Just when Ma Su had captured Ruxuwu in a muddle and successfully eliminated the last stronghold of the Eastern Wu in Jiangbei, Sun Quan returned to Jianye with 20,000 troops, and was lucky enough to run into Zhuge Ke's mutiny!

Influenced by Sima Shi's coup to the north to expel his political enemies, Zhuge Ke also planned to plan a mutiny to purge Sun Quan's internal affairs. It would be best to quickly execute those treacherous officials while Sun Quan was not in Jianye and take control of the power of Jiangdong.

The central power of the Eastern Wu had been dispersed for too long, and this system caused a lot of manpower and material resources to be wasted. A lot of power was lost in factional infighting, and it was impossible to unite to resist the southward advance of the Shu army.

Therefore, Zhuge Ke believed that this mutiny would definitely save Jiangdong. Even if Sun Quan knew about it later, he would probably tacitly accept this basic fact.

He acted very quickly. After launching a mutiny and seizing the command of the Imperial Guards, he immediately dispatched troops to kill the ministers. Several ministers of the Jiangdong faction were not even prepared and were killed by Zhuge Ke at their doorsteps!
But it was obvious that Zhuge Ke was still too young to understand Sun Quan's way of checks and balances. And Sun Quan, who had come back from a long journey, had no idea of ​​Zhuge Ke's calculations.

So, when Sun Quan led 20,000 troops back to Jianye and saw Zhuge Ke's mutiny and attempt to purge several court officials, he immediately ordered the rebellion to be suppressed.

"A quick battle and a quick decision! Kill Zhuge Ke as soon as you see him. I don't want him alive!" Sun Quan was almost mad with anger. In his opinion, the son of Zhuge Jin had already been in contact with Shu.

If he had no connection with Shu, why would he wantonly kill his own officials? It was obvious that he had accepted 500,000 troops from Western Shu, intended to kill important officials of Eastern Wu, and then surrender the city to Ma Su!

This is no longer a simple rebellion! We must strike hard!

Following Sun Quan's urgent decree, 20,000 Wu troops immediately launched an attack on the mutinous troops.

Zhuge Ke was totally unprepared for this, and he did not expect Sun Quan to suddenly come back to attack him. Therefore, after seeing the emperor's flag, this loyal minister of the Eastern Wu chose to lead his troops to try to explain to Sun Quan.

After all, his original intention was not to rebel, but to purge the court of evil officials.

However, before he could see Sun Quan, a cavalry general rushed towards him from a distance. He didn't even give him a chance to speak, and stabbed him with a knife!

Zhuge Ke never expected that this time Sun Quan would not give him a chance to speak. Caught off guard, Zhuge Ke was stabbed hard!

The last hawk in the history of Eastern Wu and the last leader of the Huaisi School of Eastern Wu died at the hands of his own people!

Just like the ending in history...

Zhuge Ke was dead, and his guards were all stunned. But before they could react, the cavalry general sent by Sun Quan had already given the order.

"The leader of the bandits is dead, all his followers should be killed!"

The Wu soldiers quickly surrounded and killed all of Zhuge Ke's personal soldiers. All the troops who participated in the mutiny were killed without mercy by the Wu army.

After all... if I can't defeat the Shu army, can I still defeat you few rebels?
Zhuge Ke was killed, and the Jianye mutiny was suppressed at lightning speed. When he regained his throne, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Jianye has not fallen, so there is still room for easing.

But before he could take a second breath, he heard an urgent battle report from Ruxuwu...

(End of this chapter)