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

Chapter 711 Cao Fang Escapes

The battlefield situation at this time was generally somewhat biased towards the Wei army.

Because Sima Shi had trained the troops for several years, the Wei army had recovered its vitality. The Han army was mainly composed of troops from the Guandong area, and their combat power was not as strong as that of the Guanzhong army, so it was difficult to suppress the Wei army.

If nothing unexpected happened, Sima Shi thought he would not suffer any loss if he continued to fight like this. But when he saw the messenger sent by the heavy cavalry commander, his brows suddenly jumped.

It's bad, I have a bad feeling...

"General! The Shu army also sent out armored cavalry to intercept us. They have a large number of people and their tactics are much stronger than ours. We have suffered heavy losses!"

The messenger rushed to Sima Shi and reported breathlessly.

"The commander has decided to withdraw the troops. Let me report to you that the Shu army's armored cavalry are about to enter the battlefield!"

As soon as these words came out, Sima Shi's face suddenly darkened. Then he immediately turned around and quickly shouted to his generals,
"Quick! According to my previous deployment, the entire army will withdraw from the battle! Abandon all troops that cannot leave the battlefield and retreat to the camp as quickly as possible!"

Sima Shi was also very clear about the combat effectiveness of the heavy cavalry. If Ma Su was allowed to lead the heavy cavalry into the battlefield, the Wei army would be doomed.

Fortunately, Sima Shi had a plan for this, and had arranged a retreat plan for all the generals before the battle. So when Sima Shi gave the order to sound the horn, the Wei army did not panic, but slowly began to retreat.

Seeing the Wei army retreat, Liu Yin, Jiang Wei and others were all overjoyed and immediately led their troops to try to expand their advantage. However, the orderly retreat of the Wei army did not give the Han army any opportunity to take advantage of it, and any soldier who left the battle formation would be abandoned without hesitation.

In such a brutal retreat, the main force of Cao Wei gradually withdrew from the battlefield, and the Longwu Yicong was unable to catch up and expand their advantage because of their heavy armor and huge physical consumption.

Ma Su was somewhat unwilling to accept this situation. Unfortunately, because his horse was exhausted and the Longwu Yicong could not catch up, he could only watch the Wei army retreat.

If this continues, it is certain that the main force of the Wei army will successfully withdraw to the camp and delay the time. Sima Shi was relieved when he saw this situation, and felt that he had successfully delayed the time.

However, just when Sima Shi felt relieved and even saw his own camp, smoke and dust suddenly rose again on the western skyline!

Accompanying this puff of dust came the Han cavalry! The technical charge of thousands of Han cavalry was shaking the earth.

And Sima Shi's heart was shaking along with the earth!
"Did the Shu army just make a feint? Or did they send people to cross the Yellow River from another place?" Sima Shi looked at the mighty Han cavalry with a terribly ugly expression.

How could he not see that this was the Han army's back-up plan? Or, perhaps Ma Su had never intended to kill him openly from the beginning, and he obviously did not know enough about Ma Su.

"Damn you old bastard! He's still old and cunning!"

Of course, what he didn't know was that Ma Su was actually even more confused than he was.

"What's going on? Whose general is this? I don't seem to remember giving any orders to make backup plans?"

"General, these appear to be... General Zhengbei's troops..."

Shuji's people? It seems that this guy disobeyed military orders again...Huh? Why did I say again?
"Forget it, these guys can always come up with something fancy for me." Ma Su was silent for a while, and finally he couldn't help laughing.

General Ji Han, who started his career by disobeying military orders, has taught his cronies to be of the same character.

Sima Shi's calculations were not wrong, and Ma Su himself did not have the energy to prepare a backup plan. However... given the current situation of the Han army, sometimes Ma Su's words were not so effective.

Therefore, the Han general's self-willed actions finally shattered Sima Shi's hopes. When the group charge of thousands of cavalry arrived, the Wei army, which was completely exposed on the side, had no power to resist. Sima Shi had been trying hard to avoid a major defeat, but in the end he could not avoid it...

The only thing that made Sima Shi feel somewhat relieved was that the camp was already within sight. With advance preparation, the Wei army was at least prevented from being completely defeated.

In the end, the 40,000 Wei troops, with the support of the rear army, lost nearly half of their troops before they could barely hide in the camp. Sima Shi made a rough calculation and found that the battle had lost more than 20,000 soldiers, most of whom were elite troops.

This was the result of advance preparation. If he had not been prepared for retreat, Sima Shi could not imagine how great his losses would have been.

Back to the point, although this loss was expected, it was also beyond Sima Shi's deployment. With only this little force left, Sima Shi estimated that he could only delay the battle for another ten days at most.

If he doesn't withdraw after ten days, he might not be able to leave.

"What's going on in Yecheng? Zhao is so slow!"

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Sima Shi was almost unable to suppress his anger. If he had not been unable to leave the front line, he would have personally gone to Yecheng to kill those big families that were holding him back.

However, just when Sima Shi was in trouble, his personal guard suddenly came in to report that an urgent letter had been delivered from Yecheng.

Express letter! When he heard this word, Sima Shi's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Could it be...that something happened in Yecheng too?

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A few days ago, late at night,
In the Yecheng Palace, Cao Fang was anxiously waiting for something. Behind him, under the dragon bed, there were several bodies of maids. From the wounds on their bodies, it could be seen that someone had smashed them to death with the imperial seal!

Cao Fang paced back and forth in the house anxiously, looking out the window from time to time, waiting for the hero in his heart.

In the middle of the night, Cao Fang finally heard footsteps outside. He hurried over, and when he saw the leader, Cao Lin, the King of East Sea, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty! We are here to protect you!" Cao Lin, along with dozens of attendants, saluted Cao Fang.

"No need to be so polite! If it weren't for you, I would have been kidnapped by the Sima bandits and taken to Liaodong!" Cao Fang nodded with relief and hurriedly helped Cao Lin up.

"Your Majesty, this..." Cao Lin hesitated when he saw the corpses of the maids and eunuchs left after Cao Fang's death.

"They are Sima Zhao's men, and I have already dealt with them." Cao Fang shook his head slightly and said directly.

"Let's go! While the Sima family is busy moving the capital, quickly escort me south to seek refuge with... with Uncle Ba."

For Cao Fang, it was obviously better to go south to surrender to Han than to be held hostage in Liaodong. After all, if he surrendered to Ji Han, at most he would be humiliated, but he would definitely receive the same treatment as he deserved.

But if he went to Liaodong... as an emperor, he would probably live worse than a county magistrate!

(End of this chapter)