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

Chapter 700 Surrender
Wu County, Yunyang County,

This is the northernmost city of the Eastern Wu in Wu County, with a pitifully small population. Because it is located in a remote area, wars are generally not encountered, so there are basically not many garrisons.

The county magistrate here also came to the county government office cursing, ready to start work.

"This damn world is so unbearable..." As a grassroots official of the Eastern Wu, the magistrate of Yunyang County was naturally a local tyrant. However, at the moment, this local tyrant was in a bad mood and cursed while working.

"These days, there have been wars year after year, and the Baiyue people are still not at peace. They really don't give the people a way to survive..."

"If someone comes from the north, I will be the first to surrender. No one else will be able to help me!"

Obviously, the people of Sun Wu had lost their morale. Both the local faction and the Huaisi faction were very dissatisfied with Sun Quan's rule. Even a small local tyrant in Wu County was cursing and full of resentment.

However, after scolding him, the county magistrate was still a little discouraged. After all, he knew very well that although Wu County was located along the Yangtze River, the Han army normally landed directly from Danyang.

Even if he wanted to surrender, he would probably be the last one to be accepted. By then, the big families in Jianye would have jumped ship and fled, and these local tyrants might be regarded as the ones to be divided up for the benefits.

For local tyrants, this may be their saddest ending.

"Can't we let the people from the north land in Wujun? It would be better if we surrender first. I promise to give away all my wealth and welcome the royal army!" The county magistrate couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

Originally, this was just a daily complaint from a small county magistrate. But when he was about to finish his complaint, there was a sudden commotion outside.

Before the county magistrate could make any move, he saw the captain guarding the city rushing in and reporting in panic,
"Wu County Magistrate, the Shu army is coming from the north!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the magistrate of Yunyang County jumped up from his seat, looking extremely excited.

"What did you say? The Han army crossed south from us?"

"That's right! They...wait." The captain answered subconsciously, but he soon noticed the county magistrate's words.

Han army? Did he hear the county magistrate mention Han army just now?

"Great! Open the city gate quickly and follow me out of the city to welcome the returning royal army!" The county magistrate did not care about the captain's expression and was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Just now he was still wondering why the Han army didn't cross the river from his side. Unexpectedly, just a few minutes later, his dream came true.

Thinking of this, the county magistrate did not hesitate at all. On the one hand, he sent someone to write a letter to the family, asking the family to give all their wealth to show their loyalty, and on the other hand, he personally held the seal and forced all officials, big and small, to go out to welcome the royal army.

The political system of the Eastern Wu was very peculiar, not only in the central government, but also in the local government. In particular, the local governors of some marginal counties were not even appointed by the central government, but governed their own hometowns.

This led to the fact that when the Han army entered Wu County, the county magistrate, as the local chief, was the most active in surrendering.

After all, resisting on the spot would only harm one's own interests...

Therefore, when Ma Su arrived at Yunyang County with a small force of 400 Han troops and thousands of Baiyue native soldiers, he encountered no resistance at all. The local officials and wealthy people even came out of the city with food and drink to welcome the royal army.

The entire county surrendered without even the slightest resistance.

Not only that, these local tyrants also took the initiative to donate all their wealth and private soldiers, which was extremely rare. The Wu family, where the county magistrate was, alone provided all the food and fodder for Ma Su and hundreds of private soldiers. Such generous donations also show that Sun Wu's influence in Yangzhou has been completely wiped out. Even in Wu County, which is so close to Danyang, the local tyrants no longer support the Eastern Wu regime.

"It seems that Sun Quan's rule in Yangzhou has lost the support of the people. It can be said that it is what everyone wants for our Han Dynasty to go south to retake Yangzhou." Ma Su looked at this scene and nodded slightly.

Liu Yin: "Your Excellency is right. A righteous man has many supporters, while a wicked man has few supporters."

Jiang Wei: "Dongwu is a joke. Let me be the vanguard and I will definitely capture Sun Quan alive for you!"

Deng Ai: "Let me do it. I can not only capture Sun Quan alive, but also Lu Kang and all the other rebel officials of Wu. None of them can escape."

Shu Ji: "Generals, stop arguing. I can run fast. Let me do it."

Zhang Yi: "Let them protect the envoy, and we will go together..."

"Alright, alright, shut up." Ma Su couldn't help but interrupt their argument and made a direct conclusion.

"I will personally lead the vanguard. You should take some of your troops and go to other counties in Wujun to surrender."

"Hurry up! Don't wait until I reach Moling before you're done!"

At this time, the area around Jianye was basically the last of Sun Quan's forces. The only large-scale tough battle in the entire campaign to destroy Wu could only take place in Jianye.

Therefore, Ma Su would not give up such a good opportunity to his subordinates. He had to personally lead his troops to Jianye and open a big eye for Sun Quan.

After being reprimanded by Ma Su, the generals all behaved themselves. They took their guards with them, and together with the surrendered soldiers from Yunyang County and the Baiyue soldiers, they raided other counties in Wujun.

Ma Su personally led 300 infantrymen westward, heading straight towards Danyang.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Yin finally got the qualification to follow Ma Su into Moling with his rich experience in fighting Ma Su. It is also because of this that Deng Ai and Jiang Wei looked at Liu Yin with eyes that were about to spit fire.

Of course, Liu Yin didn't care about this at all...

After parting ways with Jiang Wei and others, Ma Su led Liu Yin and 300 soldiers to march eastwards in a threatening manner. They passed through several counties one after another, and all of them surrendered when they saw Ma Su's flag, without any hesitation at all.

With the whole Wujun so sensible, Ma Su almost took over as he went. In just a few days, he crossed the whole Wujun and reached Danyang.

It was not until this time that Sun Quan finally received information that Ma Su had crossed the river!

When he heard this information, Sun Quan almost fell to the ground.

"Ma Su crossed the river? How is that possible!" Sun Quan felt dizzy and seemed a little dazed.

I was so prepared, but the most worrying thing still happened.

The unbeatable dragon finally crossed the river!
But just when Sun Quan was feeling discouraged, Lu Kang gritted his teeth and stood up.
"Your Majesty, don't worry! Ma Su is crossing the river from Wujun, and his number is definitely small! Give me 10,000 soldiers and I promise to stop him for Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)