Chapter 623: A Turn of Attack

"My Lord, it's not going very smoothly."

In response to Ma Su's question, Liu Yin shook his head slightly and answered honestly. Facing his surprised eyes, Liu Yin replied with resentment,

"Yanzhou was originally difficult to fight. The previous smooth progress was all due to the active surrender of the local tyrants. As a result, now... the tyrants in Jiyin are eager to fight with us."

My Lord, can't you hold the Heyin Diving Competition later? Stuck at this juncture, how can I smoothly attack Yanzhou...

From a strategic point of view, the timing of the Heyin Incident was not well grasped. Such a big bomb exploded at this juncture, which had a huge impact on the situation in Guandong.

Liu Yin naturally knew Ma Su's helplessness and helplessness, but he still wanted to say that the Lord was a little rash in thinking about this matter.

"Ahem... It's not a big problem. After all, victory cannot be achieved by compromise." Ma Su coughed twice and gently covered up the topic.

"Since the Yanzhou clans are unwilling to surrender, we can't be blamed. From today on, the entire army will attack Yanzhou. I will personally lead the team to take Yanzhou first and quickly capture Yanzhou!"

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy, sir." Liu Yin sighed and handed the latest battle report obtained by the General Council from Yecheng to Ma Su.

"Sima Yi, the pseudo-Wei Taiwei, has been appointed as the governor of Yanzhou and supervised the military affairs of the Central Plains. Now he has led more than 70,000 soldiers from Jiqing to Cangting in the south and can support Yanzhou at any time."

"Including the original troops of Yanzhou, the total strength of the Wei army can reach 110,000. By then, all the fortresses in Yanzhou will be fully manned, and the plan of a quick victory will basically become a luxury."

Yanzhou is not easy to fight, especially its northeastern counties, which include the Taishan Mountains. Now Sima Yi, who is best at defense, is in charge of Yanzhou, and the plan of a quick victory can basically be declared bankrupt.

Ma Su frowned at Liu Yin's report.

"What the hell, wasn't it cruel enough to beat Sima Yi in Guanxi before? This old thief actually dared to show up?"

In Guanxi before, the person Ma Su wanted to kill the most was Sima Yi. Unfortunately, he didn't succeed in the end, so he could only shoot Chen Tai to death as compensation.

And the consequences of letting Sima Yi, the old artist, escape are already obvious. If it weren't for this thing, Cao Wei would probably have collapsed, and there wouldn't be so many things.

This old thief Sima, why hasn't he died yet!

Ma Su looked at Cangting, which was hundreds of miles away from Chenliu on the map, and a trace of fierceness suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"TMD, since Sima Yi wants to join in the fun, let him have enough fun!" Ma Su slammed the table fiercely, pointed at Cangting in the hinterland of Hebei, and said decisively.

"Xiu Ran, since you are leading 30,000 troops to continue to attack Jiyin, if you encounter a county that refuses to surrender, you should immediately attack it!"

"Bo Yue, Shi Zai, follow me to lead the main force from Chenliu to the north! We will send troops to Hebei to let Sima the old thief have a good time!"

Ma Su's decision made all the generals of Ji Han stunned for a moment.

The initial plan for this Eastern Expedition was to send troops to reap the Guandong prefectures abandoned by Cao Wei. So from the beginning, the Han army that went east out of Hulao Pass marched all the way south and east from Chenliu.

As for Dongjun north of Pushui, the Han army did not launch an offensive because the rivers were densely covered and not suitable for large-scale military operations.

If the Northern Expedition is launched now, the Han army will need to cross the Jishui River, Pushui River and other rivers all the way to the Yellow River. In this way, the supply line will be lengthened, and the Wei army will gain the advantage of fighting at home, so the veterans generally do not choose this.

However, when this decision was made by Ma Su, everyone said that they would never say anything after being stunned for a while.

After all, no matter how good you are at fighting, can you be as good as our mighty general? The general said that there must be a chance to march north, so we should just follow the military orders!

"How should we fight? The general gives the order, and I, Jiang Wei, will definitely charge in front!" Jiang Wei patted his chest and asked Ma Su for battle with a smile.

"Sir, I am also willing to be the vanguard! Open the way for the army to march north!" Deng Ai also bowed and said to Ma Su.

"Very good, I already know your spirit of thinking for the Han Dynasty... But I have to take the position of the vanguard myself!" Ma Su glanced at them and said lightly.

"So, Bo Yue is responsible for leading the central army, Shi Zai is responsible for leading the rear army, just control the army behind me."

"This time, I will never let Sima Yi, the old thief, get away again!"

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Ma Su's actions were extremely decisive. Just after setting the goal of going north, the army set out the next day.

However, Ma Su's raid to the north was not a full-scale northward raid. If that were the case, the main force of the Wei army would have been waiting for him at the ferry before he reached the Yellow River.

He had to cross the Pu River quickly before the Wei army could react, and rush hundreds of miles to attack Baimajin. Only by taking the Yellow River ferry could the Han army have the opportunity to further threaten Hebei.

Therefore, Ma Su made the decision to divide his troops again, and he personally led 10,000 cavalry to quickly raid the nearest Pu River ferry.

And this Pu River ferry is the Yanjin ferry. And to the south of this ferry, there is a small ferry with a little fame, called Guandu.

Because the Han army had been heading eastwards before, they didn't care about this place when they passed by. Therefore, the Cao Wei defenders in Yanjin believed that the Han army was not targeting them. In addition, they had too few troops, so it was useless to be on guard, so the whole army had been negligent in taking precautions.

Therefore, when Ma Di led the Han cavalry and rushed towards them, the Wei army on the south bank of Puyang surrendered immediately.

After occupying the southern part of the ferry, Ma Su did not make the same mistake as the last time and quickly sent people to investigate the depth of the river.

Soon, the conclusion reached made Ma Su very happy. At present, the Pu River is also in the dry season, and the river is shallow enough for war horses to flow across.

After coming to this conclusion, the Han cavalry quickly formed a formation on the south bank of the Yellow River. With Ma Su taking the lead, the whole army attacked across the river and headed straight to the north bank of Pu River.

As long as the size of the cavalry increases, the psychological impact on the infantry will be huge. Especially when faced with the massive 10,000 cavalry crossing the river, the morale of the Wei army stationed on the north bank collapsed almost immediately.

So when the Han cavalry landed on the north bank of Pu River, the defenders had already thrown away their weapons and were waiting by the river to surrender. Except for their general named Cao, all the soldiers surrendered very quickly.

The only fly in the ointment was that the guard of Yanjin, Cao Jia, son of King Cao Biao of Chu, ran away on a fast horse. His running away will definitely make the Han army's Northern Expedition noticed by the old thief Sima in advance.

So, after Ma Di pondered for a while, he decisively ordered,

"The entire army threw away all unimportant things, took only five days' worth of food, and marched with me day and night to seize the crossing of the Yellow River!"