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

Chapter 686: Missed the Chance Again
"The Shu army's formation is in disarray! Give chase!"

After successfully launching a surprise attack on Jiang Wei and gaining an initial advantage on the battlefield, Guanqiu Jian ordered the entire army to pursue.

He knew that the size gap between the Wei army and the Han army had reached an incredible level. Unless Cao Wei also had a Ma Su, and the Ma Su on the Han side died immediately, there was no possibility for them to fight a protracted war.

Therefore, Guanqiu Jian had to fight quickly and make a quick decision, relying on the advantage of this battle to quickly expand. If he was lucky, it would be best if he could annex the entire Qingzhou in one battle. If not, he had to recover all the territory north of the Ji River.

After Guanqiu Jian ordered the entire army to pursue, the Wei army followed the retreating Han army closely and fought all the way through Gaotang. Without Ma Su to stabilize the situation, the Han army began to retreat southward.

During this period, Jiang Wei was almost always on the run. The Han army he led fought and retreated, and was chased by the Wei army for nearly a hundred miles.

It seemed that everything was moving in a good direction. If things continued smoothly, Guanqiu Jian might have won the first victory of Cao Wei against Ji Han in the past 20 years.

However, Guanqiu Jian became more and more silent as he pursued, with his brows furrowed. At the end, Guanqiu Jian even considered giving up the attack and retreating back to Gaotang.

The battle went so smoothly! Although he did plot against Jiang Wei, it shouldn't have been so smooth. Besides, Jiang Wei was Ma Su's confidant anyway. Could he lose like this just because he was plotted against by an arrow?
Is there an ambush?
An idea popped up in Guanqiu Jian's mind, but he quickly put it out. After all, if they set up an ambush, they would only be a few dozen miles away. He had already chased for hundreds of miles and was about to reach the Ji River...

Wait? Jishui?
Guanqiu Jian's face suddenly changed, and suddenly he thought of a bad memory.

When Ma Su was fighting in Guandong, he had the miraculous effect of defeating the enemy with his back to the river! As Ma Su's confidant, if Jiang Wei could do the same to him...

"Stop the pursuit!" Guanqiu Jian suddenly reined in his horse and turned around to give orders to the entire army.

"Sound the retreat! Sound the retreat! Retreat to Gaotang immediately!"

However, it had already reached this point, and it was obviously beyond Guanqiu Jian's ability to save the situation. Although the horn had been sounded, the Wei army, which was in full pursuit, still relied on inertia to advance more than ten miles.

And just within these ten miles, the support troops arranged by Jiang Wei appeared!

Five thousand elite Han soldiers suddenly rushed out from both wings, rushed towards the Wei army, and replaced Jiang Wei to withstand the Wei army's pursuit.

This is also what Jiang Wei learned from Ma Su's Art of War compiled by Liu Yin. Even if you want to fight to the death, you must give your subordinates enough time to react!

Because the Wei army was about to retreat, its momentum was no longer sharp and it was eventually stopped by 5,000 Han troops.

After successfully escaping from the battlefield, Jiang Wei led his troops to the bank of the Jishui River, and then pointed at the surging Jishui River and shouted to his troops.

"Generals, there is the Ji River ahead and the pursuers behind us! We have no way to retreat now, why don't you fight to the death!"

"If we don't fight to the death now, we will all die!"

Most of Jiang Wei's troops were natives of Qingzhou, and their fighting spirit was not as strong as that of the Han army in Guanzhong. So in order to encourage them and win a great victory, Jiang Wei had to resort to this bad strategy.

But the result was good. The Qingzhou troops, who had retreated all the way to the Jishui River, finally reacted. After seeing the situation clearly, all the soldiers who were not very motivated to fight went crazy.

We are almost being driven into the river after fighting this battle. If we don’t fight again, we will be doomed!

"kill!"

"Let's fight these Hebei guys!"

"Let's fight!"

Jiang Wei was very satisfied with the sudden surge in the fighting spirit of the Qingzhou army. He immediately drew his sword and shouted without caring about his injuries.

"In that case, all the generals, follow me and charge!" On the other side, when Guanqiu Jian saw this scene, the blood in his body seemed to freeze.

He saw the shadow of Ma Su in Jiang Wei...

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At the same time, Ma Su also traveled a long way and successfully entered Qingzhou from Langya and arrived in Jinan. After half a month of travel, Ma Su arrived at the Jishui River.

"We are finally arriving at the battlefield. All my hard work along the way is worth it." Ma Su wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh.

"General, I think you should take a rest... Are you really fit to go to the battlefield in this physical condition?" The general who had been guarding Ma Su all the way here was already sweating profusely. Faced with Ma Su's current physical condition, he was more nervous than Ma Su himself.

"What are you afraid of? When I was in Weinan, I was able to defeat Wang Shuang even if I had to sacrifice half my life! With just this little symptom now, what is there to worry about?"

Ma Su waved his hand nonchalantly and said very confidently.

"But..." The general wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Ma Su.

"Okay, I know what's going on... Maybe the Wei army will be defeated before I arrive."

Ma Su said this jokingly and then continued to ride his horse forward.

However, when Ma Su arrived at the Ji River and saw the scene on the other side of the river, he was dumbfounded.

The other side of the river was already littered with corpses, countless wounded soldiers had fallen to the ground, blood had dyed the land red, and a large number of flags had fallen on the roadside with no one picking them up.

"What's going on? Has the war already started?" Ma Su was completely stunned, and his face changed drastically when he reacted.

Oh no, why did I feel a sense of foreboding again...

Ma Su quickly led his men across the Jishui River to the north bank, and found several wounded Han soldiers lying on the roadside.

"I am General Ma Su. Whose troops are you from? Who were you fighting against just now?" Ma Su asked impatiently after asking after his personal guards bandaged him.

"Are you the general? General Ma?" Several wounded soldiers were so excited that they almost stood up when they heard Ma Su's name. After a while of excitement, they excitedly reported the victory to Ma Su.
"Don't worry, General. We have defeated those Wei dogs!"

"Yes, General Zhenbei led us to a great victory over the Wei bandits! Now General Jiang has led his troops in pursuit, and we should have won by now!"

"General, go to the front and take a look. Maybe you can see General Jiang personally killing the enemy commander!"

"Fuck!" Although Ma Su was mentally prepared, he almost couldn't help but swear when he heard this.

Did Jiang Wei really defeat the Wei army before he arrived?

No! Bro, I was just joking!
But soon, the wounded soldiers dealt Ma Su another huge critical blow.

"Oh, by the way, I heard just now that General Zhengbei has also arrived with his cavalry! The Wei army has probably been chased to the Yellow River, and the general may not be able to catch up."

(End of this chapter)