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

Chapter 684 Ma Su Slips Away

Under Zhuge Liang's deployment, the Han army began to organize and defend in an orderly manner.

Although the generals of the Han army took some subjective initiative in some details, overall, the deployment of the Han army was still very complete.

On the northern front, Jiang Wei will lead 30,000 Qingzhou troops to resist the counterattack of 40,000 Wei troops. At the same time, Shu Ji, who was guarding Puyang, led 20,000 troops to move north to help Jiang Wei.

On the southern front, Zhuge Liang mobilized 50,000 troops from Huaibei and Huainan, and 30,000 troops from Yuxu to march south to fight Sun Quan. According to Zhuge Liang's plan, if they could successfully lure the enemy deep into their territory and then surround and annihilate them, they could easily deal a heavy blow to the Jiangdong forces.

A series of deployments were implemented under Zhuge Liang's military orders. If nothing unexpected happened, this battle would be nothing special, and Ma Su would not be able to win this battle.

After all, with such a huge advantage, Ji Han had countless ways to resist the counterattack of Wei and Wu. In such a stable situation, there was no need to invite Ma Su out.

However, some people just like to join in the fun, and you can't just ignore them if you don't want to.

So, the day after the head of the guards let the cat out of the bag, Ma Su disappeared while going to the toilet. This great general of Ji Han slipped out of Xu County under the eyes of dozens of people.

By the time the guards realized something was wrong and rushed back into the toilet, Ma Su had already disappeared.

The chief of the guards was now in trouble, and he immediately sent orders to the entire Xu County to search for the general.

"Hurry! We must dig deep to find the general! If anything goes wrong with the general at the front, I will have a way to explain to the prime minister!"

The chief of the attendants was almost in tears, and he immediately led everyone to search for Ma Su who had escaped. But even though he searched Xu County thoroughly, he could not find Ma Su.

Why? Because Ma Su had already escaped from Xu County...

"Alas... The Prime Minister is really something. He wants to keep an eye on me just by sending these three idiots?" Ma Su said slowly while riding on the horse, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

After all, he was the general of the Han Dynasty, and Zhuge Liang did not want to take away his power. So as soon as Ma Su slipped out of the general's mansion, he immediately got a horse from the nearest Han army camp and slipped out of the city very smoothly.

"General, where are you going now? We will escort you there!" Several Han cavalrymen who followed him guarded Ma Su and asked him cautiously.

"Let's go to Qingzhou first. The Wei army in the north is quite capable... What's more, I don't think we can win the battle in Huainan, and I'm afraid we won't be able to avoid the beating." After Ma Su pondered for a moment, he made a quick decision.

Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhuge was in the south, and he was personally leading the army against the Eastern Wu. If he went there, not only would he not be able to fight, but he would also be beaten...

I escaped to fight and die, not to fall into a trap!

"Looking at the Prime Minister's deployment, he should want to go south and then north, first concentrate superior forces to eliminate the Eastern Wu, and then go north to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army."

Ma Su was Zhuge Liang's apprentice after all, and he had guessed most of Zhuge Liang's deployment. After deducing Zhuge Liang's deployment, Ma Su felt more relieved.

"That is to say, the Prime Minister will definitely let the troops on the northern front focus on defense. This way, the war on the northern front will not end in a short time. We will definitely catch up if we rush north now!"

"Yes! That's it! Follow me north, we're going to Qingzhou to defeat the Wei army!"

Ma Su nodded with great satisfaction and gave the order with a wave of his hand. Seeing the general so excited, the lieutenant next to him opened his mouth but finally didn't dare to speak.

He wanted to remind Ma Su that the one guarding Qingzhou now is your trusted confidant Jiang Wei. Now the whole army knows that the generals who followed you are all reckless, among whom Jiang Wei is the most representative general.

With this Zhenbei General guarding the area, can the Wei army in Qingzhou really wait for you to arrive? But in the end, he didn't want to disturb Ma Su's interest, so he chose to remain silent.

With this idea in mind, Ma Su and his party set out on the journey north.

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At the same time, in Pingyuan County, Qingzhou, tens of thousands of Wei troops had crossed the Yellow River under the command of Guanqiu Jian. The army set up camp with their backs to the water and built a solid camp relying on the Yellow River.

Jiang Wei also arrived with the Han army and confronted Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian had fought against Jiang Wei before, and he knew very well that this Han general was no fool. So facing Jiang Wei's large army, Guanqiu Jian was still very cautious.

But caution is not enough. Guanqiu Jian knew that the reinforcements of the Shu army were coming to help. If he could not make a quick decision, he might not be able to withdraw when the main force of the Shu army arrived.

"What kind of magic potion did those Eastern Wu troops feed the general? How can you possibly launch a counterattack with such a small force!" Guanqiu Jian smiled bitterly, shook his head and muttered to himself.

The difference in military strength between the two sides was too great. The military strength in Qingzhou alone was nearly 30,000. With only the 40,000 troops at hand, they were going to recapture Qingzhou and counterattack the natural barrier of southern Qi...

Unless Jiang Wei is an idiot, how could he possibly do that!
But even if he had no hope for the future, Guanqiu Jian had no choice at this moment. After fighting for several days, Guanqiu Jian had to send someone to hand over a declaration of war to Jiang Wei.

Originally, Guanqiu Jian had no hope for the other party's attitude. After all, as long as the other party was not crazy, he would generally refuse and continue to drag it out for a long time.

But to Guanqiu Jian's surprise, Jiang Wei readily agreed to the decisive battle.

This made Guanqiu Jian a little nervous. After all, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Could it be that... Ma Su was not sick at all?
Guanqiu Jian was shocked when he thought of this, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved.

If Ma Su was not ill and came to Qingzhou

, he is dead now.

Therefore, it should be true that Ma Su was seriously ill, and the other party was willing to come out for a decisive battle, probably because they had other intentions.

In short, no matter what, Guanqiu Jian had to come out and fight the Han army. After agreeing on a date for the decisive battle with Jiang Wei, Guanqiu Jian began to prepare his troops and make final preparations.

Finally, with the willingness of both sides, the 30,000 Han troops and the 40,000 Wei troops officially met near Gaotang in Pingyuan County.

When facing the Han army, Guanqiu Jian also met his old rival Jiang Wei again. This Han general, who looked a few years younger than himself, was now dressed in white clothes and armor, cosplaying as Ma Su.

"I am the Great Han General Zhenbei, and the Marquis of Ji County, Jiang Boyue! Who dares to fight me?"

Jiang Wei was only thirty years old now, and his strength was at its peak. At this moment, he had the absolute capital to despise the Wei army, and arrogantly showed off his power in front of the Wei army.

"Don't be so arrogant, I, Guanqiu Jian, will come to meet you!"

(End of this chapter)