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

Chapter 701: Eastern Wu Cavalry

Chapter 701: Eastern Wu Cavalry

Ma Su crossed the river like a fierce dragon, and appeared in Wujun as if he had fallen from the sky. The entire Wujun surrendered, and half of Jiangdong was basically occupied.

Such a big change almost made Sun Quan collapse. If it weren't for the support of his close ministers, he would have fallen to the ground.

However, even though Sun Quan was discouraged, some people still felt that there was a chance. Among them, Sun Quan's last confidant Lu Kang stepped forward.

Lu Kang suddenly stood up and said that there was still hope for recovery. This gave Sun Quan a little hope and allowed him to calm down again.

"Youjie, you are right. I can't give up just like that!" Sun Quan took a breath and then gritted his teeth.

"What's so great about Ma Su! Now that you've come to Yangzhou, you must die here for me!"

"I order General Sun Shao to accompany you to the battle. I will give you 10,000 soldiers and horses. Go to Wujun to suppress the rebellion! Ma Su can't bring many people with him this time. You must capture him alive!"

At this moment, Sun Quan also reacted, and his eyes lit up slightly.

Ma Su is the pillar of the Han Dynasty. If he is captured alive, wouldn't it be possible to force Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops? If this is possible, maybe his Jiangdong regime can still be saved!
Thinking of this, Sun Quan immediately made a decision. He quickly allocated 10,000 troops to Lu Kang and ordered the imperial clan general, General Sun Shao, to accompany him on the expedition.

This was the last of Sun Quan's troops. After giving them to Lu Kang, Sun Quan only had about 20,000 men left. It could be said that Sun Quan had reached the end of his rope. If Lu Kang was defeated, he would be completely finished.

After Lu Kang took the military power from Sun Quan, he joined forces with Sun Shao and rushed straight towards Ma Su from Jianye.

At the same time, Ma Su had also accepted the surrender of the four counties of Wujun and collected more than 3,000 private soldiers from the local tyrants. With these surrendered soldiers, Ma Su was marching towards Danyang.

"Sir, the main force of the Eastern Wu is charging over here! It's led by their Grand Commander Lu Kang himself, and there are quite a few of them. Should we avoid their attack first?"

Liu Yin personally served as the scout leader and quickly told Ma Su what he had discovered. But Ma Su, as always, didn't take it to heart and didn't even show any emotion.

"What are you afraid of? You know the fighting power of the Eastern Wu troops. Their fighting power is nothing." Ma Su shook his head gently and said slowly.

"Don't think that we only have 300 elite soldiers now, but I am confident that I can defeat them head-on."

"But Sir, there are indeed quite a lot of them... probably over ten thousand people." Liu Yin scratched his head and added cautiously.

"Huh? Sun Quan can actually come up with so many people? He really thinks highly of me." Ma Su raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised.

According to the report of the Military Council, the troops of the Eastern Wu who were still waiting for the call were only about 30,000. Sun Quan actually sent 10,000 troops to fight at once, which showed that he attached great importance to the battle.

Hmm… maybe it’s normal considering my own fame?

"I have to go and investigate it myself. I have fought wars all my life and I can't afford to fail here." Ma Su pondered for a while and then made a judgment.

Even if he wanted to die, Ma Su had no intention of sending his head to the Eastern Wu. Even if I wanted to send my head away, it shouldn't be taken by the rats of the Eastern Wu.

It’s better to go and check it out yourself to avoid any mishaps.

With this plan in mind, Ma Su immediately mounted his horse and rode ahead with only a few men, intending to personally investigate the enemy situation before the two armies engaged in battle.

Ma Su only brought a few people with him, so he was naturally much faster. Soon, Ma Su approached the main force of the Eastern Wu army and saw the Wu army from a distance. "Well... fortunately, they are all regular troops, and there are very few heavy infantry, so they are not a big threat to our army." After carefully studying the composition of the Wu army, Ma Su nodded slightly, and his heart soon settled down.

It seems that Sun Quan has not prepared any trump cards, nor does he have many trump cards left. This is normal. Given Sun Quan's personality, if he still has trump cards, he would not reveal them now.

However, when Ma Su turned around and prepared to leave, the Wu army suddenly changed its position. Then Ma Su keenly heard the sound of horse hooves and his face changed quickly.

Broken, discovered.

Sure enough, a group of cavalry quickly rushed out from the Wu army's formation and galloped straight towards Ma Su!

Jiangnan lacked horses, and its troops were mainly infantry. But this did not mean that Jiangdong had no horses. In fact, Sun Quan always had a small number of cavalry troops.

It's just that these cavalry are too expensive, and Sun Quan has been reluctant to use them. This also led to Ma Su always ignoring their existence until now!

"Run away first!" Ma Su immediately gave the order and turned around and ran away with several of his followers.

Because Ma Su did not bring Ma Zhong this time, he could only escape and had no way to fight back.

"Ma Su, stop running! I am Gu Yu!" Soon, the sound of horse hooves and the shouts of the Wu cavalry commander came from behind. What made Ma Su frown was that the Wu cavalry was getting closer and closer to him!
This was normal, after all, the horse was contributed by a great family in Wu County, not brought from Jiangbei. Such a poor horse obviously could not beat the horse bought by Dongwu from Liaodong.

"It seems that a fierce battle is unavoidable." Ma Su shook his head, then ordered someone to go back and report, then he swung his hand and drew out his spear.

Ma Su couldn't help but sigh as he felt the unfamiliar spear. Three years had passed in the blink of an eye, and he hadn't ridden a horse into battle in a long time.

"It seems that I need to practice more, otherwise I won't be able to charge into battle sooner or later." Ma Su shook his head and sighed. Then the Han general's eyes became fierce, and he turned around and shouted.

"Don't be so arrogant, you little bastard! I, Ma Su, am here to fight you!"

Seeing Ma Su suddenly turn around and come back to kill, Gu Yu, who had been shouting just now, suddenly changed his expression and shouted,
"Wait! Don't do anything yet! We are not here to kill you!!"

"Aren't you chasing me? Do you still want to persuade me to surrender?" Ma Su frowned and responded subconsciously.

"Who would dare to do that? We are not idiots!" Gu Yu was speechless and shouted at Ma Su from a distance.

"What I mean is, General Han, are you and your personal guards willing to accept the surrender of our 500 cavalrymen from the Eastern Wu?"

Ma Su almost fell off his horse after hearing these words. After he came to his senses, he became even more confused.

"what?"

However, Ma Su's surprise did not affect Gu Yu, and he continued talking to himself.

"We've agreed on this beforehand. This is our Gu family's token of surrender! We are the only cavalry unit in the Eastern Wu. If we surrender, that bastard Sun Quan will no longer have any cavalry available."

Therefore, we are coming to you in courtesy, please do not humiliate us!"

(End of this chapter)

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