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

Chapter 716: The Wei Army's Defeat
When Sima Zhao saw Zhong Hui leading a group of men and chasing him with murderous intent, he immediately became furious.

Zhong Hui was the first talented person he recruited when he started his career, and he also worked with him the longest. From the beginning to the end, Sima Zhao had great trust in Zhong Hui.

Who would have thought that his most trusted subordinate would send him into the fire pit with his own hands!
"Zhong Hui! You are a two-faced villain! I trusted you so much!" Sima Zhao shouted with gritted teeth, and his eyes looking at Zhong Hui were filled with murderous intent.

"I have a grudge against you for killing my father, and you are a traitor who killed the king. The whole world should fight against you. What's the point of your hypocritical trust?" Zhong Hui had no moral burden at all, but instead sneered with disdain.

"Besides, you are a power seeker who got to the position through a coup. What qualifications do you have to criticize me? Didn't I, Zhong Shiji, learn all this from you, Situ?"

Zhong Hui's ridicule made Sima Zhao's face turn red immediately. If he could defeat Zhong Hui, Sima Zhao would have drawn his sword and chopped him down.

"Zhong Hui! How dare you!" Sima Zhao gnashed his teeth, but he did not dare to delay even a little. While cursing at Zhong Hui, he led his troops to flee towards the east gate.

He only had a few men under his command, and they were already very tired after running around all night. Zhong Hui, on the other hand, was a fresh force, and Sima Zhao could clearly see the difference in combat power between the two sides.

After all, if you have a green mountain, you will never be short of firewood. It won't be too late to wait for him to escape to Julu, gather troops and counterattack!

Zhong Hui was obviously unwilling to let Sima Zhao escape, so he kept chasing him. Unfortunately, Zhong Hui was like a snake swallowing an elephant, and he had too few people to stop Sima Zhao.

In the end, Zhong Hui could only watch Sima Zhao rush out of the East Gate and flee north to Julu. Zhong Hui stopped at the East Gate and did not choose to continue chasing him.

"Stop the pursuit and let Sima Zhao go! Everyone, follow me to gather the armed forces in Yecheng and control Yecheng first!"

Compared to killing Sima Zhao alone, Zhong Hui still felt it would be better to keep the credit for himself.

Moreover, most of Hebei's military forces were now led to the front by Sima Shi. The troops in Julu were pitifully few, and it would be easy to destroy Sima Zhao by gathering the armed forces in Yecheng!
So, with this in mind, Zhong Hui began to gather his troops scattered in Yecheng.

At this time, the armed forces of Yecheng, including the two thousand imperial guards, had been confused all night. Under Zhong Hui's series of advance arrangements, all the troops were leaderless and dared not leave their base.

Zhong Hui relied on Sima Zhao's confidant and the status of the Central Guard Army to quickly seize the command of various troops. By dawn, Zhong Hui had basically controlled all the troops in Yecheng and nominally took over Yecheng.

Of course, it should be said that it is Yecheng which is mostly in ruins.

Thanks to Zhong Hui, most of Yecheng was engulfed in flames, and many places were reduced to ruins. Except for the inner city controlled by the wealthy families, which was spared by the fire put out by the servants of the wealthy families, there were basically no intact buildings in the outer city.

Hebei's most important city turned into ruins overnight.

But even so, Zhong Hui had no intention of stopping. After gathering all his troops, he immediately made the next move.

"All the generals, listen up and follow me to burn down the inner city, and force those officials to follow me south to surrender to Han!" Zhong Hui waved his hand and said with high spirits.

He had just disintegrated the entire Cao Wei regime from within through a series of deployments. Now he felt a great sense of accomplishment, so he finally set his sights on that group of powerful families.

Dragging them all up to surrender to Han would definitely be a great achievement. If there were anyone unwilling, they would be killed on the spot... Well, Ma Su always did this, and it was definitely correct.

In this way, Zhong Hui led his troops into the inner city with confidence.

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"Yecheng...has fallen?"

It was several days later when Sima Shi received the letter. He read Sima Zhao's letter several times, still muttering in disbelief.

Before, the death squads he had placed in Yecheng reported that the situation in Yecheng was stable. Even if the whole Hebei province was in chaos, Yecheng would not be affected at all.

Only a few months had passed, and Yecheng was gone in such a confused manner?

Even the emperor is gone?

"General, Situ has now withdrawn from Julu and would like to ask you what to do next..."

"How would I know what to do..." Sima Shi smiled bitterly, feeling a wave of fatigue permeating his whole body, making this general in his prime suddenly look a bit old.

"It has come to this. There is no way to break the situation. No matter what we do, the defeat is irreversible."

At this moment, he could truly deeply understand how desperate Ji Han was when he was in Yizhou. Even if he tried his best and did everything he could to win, he still could not see hope.

The gap between the two sides had long been so large that it was beyond human control. At this critical juncture, such a big problem occurred in their rear, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back for Sima Shi.

"Retreat... withdraw!" Sima Shi slowly gave the final order, then his body tilted and fell to the ground!
"General! General!"

"Quick! Call a doctor!!"

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Sima Shi's fall completely crushed the low morale of the Wei army. As soon as the order to retreat was issued, the Wei army on the front line collapsed on its own. A large number of officers simply disobeyed orders and began to disperse.

Fortunately, Sima Shi was protected by some of his loyal soldiers, who covered the unconscious Sima Shi and helped him escape in the chaos. Cao Wei's last troops on the front line finally collapsed in such an outrageous way.

In the Han army camp not far away, Ma Su watched the whole process with a confused look on his face. It was not until the Wei army was in a great rout that Ma Su reacted and ordered a pursuit.

Just like that, Ma Su's final battle to recapture Hebei ended in such an anticlimactic way. Such a smooth progress made Ma Su feel a little magical.

When did fighting become so easy? When they fought in Chang'an, their entire army almost lost their temper by the Wei River. How could such a large province like Hebei appear so fragile?
At the same time, the news from Yecheng also reached Ma Su, but the information he received was slightly different from Sima Shi's intelligence.

"Regicide?" Ma Su was shocked when he saw just this one word.

Oh no! If Cao Fang dies, who should I capture to sit in Your Majesty's seat?

It's impossible for Liu Chan to prepare a seat and wait for more than ten years, only to have no guests arrive, right?
"Let Liu Yin come in, take the cavalry and head straight to Yecheng!"

(End of this chapter)