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

Chapter 682 Battle
With the visit of Sun Quan's envoy Wei Yao to Cao Wei, Hebei and Jiangdong finally united.

Especially under the threat of Ma Su, the two sides agreed to send troops together. It would be best to take advantage of the fact that Ma Su was seriously ill and could not lead the troops personally to find a way to launch a counterattack again.

Sun Quan's ultimate goal was to recapture Ruxuwu and regain control of the Jiangbei stronghold, while Cao Wei hoped to recapture Qingzhou and the natural defenses of southern Qi to fill the gap in Hebei's defense line.

With both sides in need, Wei and Wu began to mobilize. Both the Hebei Army and the Jiangdong Qu began to station troops on the border, preparing for another battle.

Obviously, the large-scale troop movements of Wei and Wu could not be hidden from the scouts of the Han army. Soon, the intelligence of both sides was placed on Zhuge Liang's desk.

"It seems that Youchang's serious illness has given the Pseudo-Wei and the Rebel Wu some confidence. Do they think they can do it again?" Zhuge Liang looked at the intelligence confidently and couldn't help but sigh.

The Wei army sent General Guanqiu Jian to lead 40,000 troops to station at the Yellow River, intending to launch a counterattack against Qingzhou. Meanwhile, the Eastern Wu army raised 30,000 troops in Jiangdong, eyeing Ruxuwu covetously.

This was the first time that Wei and Wu launched a large-scale counterattack since Ma Su left Guandong.

Before this, they always defended themselves with all their strength against the Han army in order to save their lives. Unexpectedly, Ma Su's serious illness instantly made the two families feel that they were fine again.

"This is normal. After all, it has been the general who has been fighting in the past decade. Most of the Han Dynasty's victories in Guandong are the masterpieces of the general, which has led to the achievements of most generals being covered up." Deng Liang at the side smiled and took over the conversation, but soon shook his head with a little helplessness and added.

"It's just that... maybe it's because you, Prime Minister, haven't been out for too long, so Wei and Wu have forgotten that you were the commander of the Northern Expedition!"

Zhuge Liang's military tactics are famous for being stable and powerful. As long as he appears, he may not win a big victory, but he will definitely not lose.

Not to mention that the new generation of the Han army was trained by Ma Su. They are not as good as Ma Su, but they are not comparable to Wei and Wu, whose talents are dwindling.

It is precisely because of this that Deng Liang and a group of officials within Ji Han are so gloating.

Do you think that Ma Su is seriously ill and can't beat you? Does that mean our Han army is no longer capable? Now the new generation of Han army is already capable of taking charge. If we don't beat you silly this time, we will lose.

"Alright, alright, stop laughing. We can't underestimate our opponents. After all, Wei and Wu have confronted our Han Dynasty in the past, so they can't be underestimated." Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, interrupting Deng Liang's silly laughter, and began to make arrangements with a serious face.

"The Wei army's attack in the north must be Qingzhou. First, order Bo Yue to retreat to the south bank of the Ji River to set up defenses. At the same time, let Shu Ji stationed in Chenliu lead his troops to support and delay the Wei army in Qingzhou as much as possible!"

"My request is not high. I just need to delay for a month and a half. After I defeat the Eastern Wu in Ruxuwu, I will go north to defeat Wei together with them!"

"As for the south... I will personally lead the troops south and fight with Sun Quan in Jiangbei. Everything must be resolved quickly, and we will take this opportunity to deplete the power of Wei and Wu to the greatest extent!"

Wei and Wu are now each in their own area, and they basically have some natural defenses to rely on. If they had been hiding, Zhuge Liang would have had to deal with them cautiously. But since the other side has now come out, Zhuge Liang naturally can't let them go back!
As long as the enemy troops were successfully lured into Han territory and then surrounded and annihilated, it would become extremely easy to destroy Wei and Wu.

Zhuge Liang quickly issued a series of deployments, and Ji Han's forces in Guandong began to mobilize continuously.

But at this moment, Zhuge Liang suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called Deng Liang and gave him instructions.

"By the way, don't let You Chang know about the counterattack by Wei and Wu... If You Chang knew there was a war to be fought, the guards of Xu County alone might not be able to stop him."

Zhuge Liang's instructions immediately made Deng Liang's face stern. Recalling Ma Su's previous achievements, he immediately nodded and replied seriously,

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. I will never let the general know about this!"…………

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As Wei and Wu launched a final counterattack while Ma Su was seriously ill, the entire Guandong region could no longer rest and recuperate, and all the troops in various places were mobilized to prepare for the battle.

On the northern front, Jiang Wei, Shu Ji and Zhang Yi were in charge. Jiang Wei was in charge of the defense of Qingzhou, while Zhang Yi and Shu Ji were in charge of the defense of Yanzhou.

Upon hearing that the main force of the Wei army was pressing towards Qingzhou from Pingyuan County, Jiang Wei, who was in charge of supervising the military affairs of Qingzhou, suddenly became excited.

"The Wei army not only did not retreat, but instead came towards us? Isn't this a military achievement sent by God?"

"Quick, call up the troops! I want to personally fight the Wei army on the plains and prove to the general that I am his most capable subordinate!"

In the past two years, Ma Su has begun to gradually train his successor and has begun to gradually transfer power. At this point in time, it can be seen that the successor chosen by Ma Su is Liu Yin.

This made Jiang Wei, an old subordinate, feel very aggrieved. I was the first one to come, so how could you, Liu Yin, catch up? Therefore, when Jiang Wei was supervising Qingzhou in the past two years, he had been working hard to prove to Ma Su who was the most capable.

Unfortunately, after two years of waiting, the Wei army had basically been in a civil war, and the Yellow River defense line was even more watertight. Now Jiang Wei finally got his chance, how could he not be excited.

But soon, the general next to him carefully reminded,
"General Jiang, the Prime Minister has ordered you to retreat to the south of the Ji River and work with Shu Ji and others to delay the Wei army..."

"Delay? And join forces? How much does Prime Minister Zhuge look down on me, Jiang Boyao? Do I need to bother with him to fight against a few remnants of soldiers from Hebei?" Jiang Wei said angrily, pointing at himself, as if he had suffered a great humiliation.

"Even a great general wouldn't look down on us like this!"

"I don't accept it! I want to see the general!"

"General Jiang, the general is... seriously ill now, and our immediate superior is the prime minister..."

"That won't do! I finally found an opportunity to fight against the Wei army, how can I give up like this!" Jiang Wei shook his head like a rattle and said very firmly.

Soon, the General Zhenbei, who was a disciple of Ma Su, had his eyes turned and a plan came to his mind.

"Oh right! I'm not in Jinan now! I should be at the front line in the plains fighting the enemy now!"

Jiang Wei quickly turned around and said to his subordinates, "When the Prime Minister sends someone to question us in the future, we should all say that we haven't received the order yet. By the time we receive it, we've already engaged the Wei army and can't retreat!"

"Anyway, the Wei army has volunteered to join the pot, so I have to let them eat it all!"

(End of this chapter)