Chapter 624: 300-Mile Raid in the Rain

Ma Su once again showed great decisiveness at the critical moment.

The Han cavalry originally came lightly, and this time they abandoned a large number of equipment. All the soldiers, in addition to weapons and light armor, only brought five days of food, and even threw the marching pot aside.

The whole army marched all the way to Baima Ferry with the courage of burning their boats and burning their boats.

From Yanjin to Baima, the three hundred miles in the middle are all land roads, and the roads are not smooth. Ma Su led 10,000 Han cavalry to travel day and night, even eating on horseback, and the whole army rushed to Baima Ferry without caring about their lives.

In fact, there are dozens of places where the Yellow River can be crossed in the Yanqing section. However, these are small ferry crossings, which are okay for sneaking across, but it is a bit difficult for the army to pass.

And the only place that can really supply tens of thousands of troops to cross the river is Baima Ferry.

If Baima Ferry cannot be taken, the pressure on Hebei by the Han army will not be so great. In this way, Ma Su's idea of ​​intercepting the Wei army in advance and buying time for Liu Yin to attack Yanzhou will fail.

So, no matter what, Ma Su has this Baimadu, and no one can save it!

Normally, with the marching speed of the Han cavalry, it is feasible to raid Baimadu in a short time. However, there are unexpected events, and it rained heavily on the second day of the forced march.

In ancient times, even official roads were just compacted dirt roads. With the sudden heavy rain, the road quickly turned into mud.

Although this is Yanzhou, the most developed Central Plains, the road conditions are much better than the mountain roads that cannot be walked when it rains, such as the Shu Road. But in the face of this sudden heavy rain, the speed of the Han cavalry was still greatly affected.

"General, the road is too muddy and it is difficult for horses to move forward!" The guards next to Ma Su caught up with Ma Su, who was in the front, and asked him for instructions.

"Hundreds of people have fallen and been injured because of the road problem, and they can't follow us. If we continue to march like this, only half of us will be exhausted by the time we get there."

"General, let's take shelter from the rain first and move forward after the rain stops!"

There is one more thing that the guards didn't say... that is, at Ma Su's age, heavy rain is also very harmful to his body!

However, Ma Su ignored the care and persuasion of the guards, and his will did not waver at all.

"Even if only 10% of the cavalry can keep up, we can't give up the final goal! The whole army must continue to move forward and must not stop like this!"

Because there was no time to put on a straw raincoat, Ma Su was soaked by the heavy rain. But even so, he still insisted on running forward with all his strength.

"It's raining now, our situation is difficult, and the situation of the Wei army is even more difficult! What's more, they definitely didn't expect us to attack in the heavy rain, and they must be negligent in prevention!"

"The opportunity to determine the Central Plains in one battle has arrived! Soldiers, follow me to continue moving forward!"

Afterwards, Ma Su quickly divided the troops into two parts. The soldiers who were tired and unable to keep up stayed to rest, and their horses were freed to continue to march with the army.

And all those who still had strength continued to follow Ma Su in the heavy rain and continued to run wildly on the muddy road.

The military strategy says that if you march a hundred miles to fight for advantage, the general will be frustrated; if you march fifty miles to fight for advantage, only half of the army can arrive.

And this time, Ma Su not only ran all the way for 300 miles, but also had to run in the buff of heavy rain. Along the way, countless people fell off their horses because they couldn't keep up.

However, these could not stop Ma Su from running forward. After all, as long as they seized Baimadu, the loss reduced for the Han army would be more than just this little!

At the same time, Cao Jia, the defender of Yanjin, who was one step ahead of the Han army, also rushed to Baimadu and successfully met the defender Linghu Yu here.

Linghu Yu was originally the governor of Yanzhou, but he was directly demoted after the previous defeat in Hongnong. At present, he was the garrison commander of the key crossing of Baimadu.

After meeting Linghu Yu, Cao Jia immediately reported to him that the Han army had crossed the Pu River and was heading straight for him. Then he panicked and told Linghu Yu that he should immediately hold the crossing and not go out, and then send someone to Cangting for help.

Now the main forces of Cao Wei in Hebei are all deployed in Cangting, preparing to go south to assist Dongyanzhou. If he can ask for help in time, then Baimadu will be out of danger.

Linghu Yu had fought against Ma Su, and he was deeply impressed by the combat effectiveness of the Han army and Ma Su's combat skills. So after hearing that Ma Su was leading the team personally, he immediately sent people to Cangting for help.

But soon, Linghu Yu's heart was comforted by the heavy rain. With such a heavy rain, the Shu army should not rush over in a short time, and Baimadu still has time to prepare... bullshit.

In just one day, the Han cavalry braved the heavy rain and marched on the muddy road to Baima!

Because the heavy rain blocked the view, it also concealed the actions of the Han army. It was not until the Han army reached a few miles around Baima that the Wei army realized something was wrong.

However, at this time, they had no chance to counterattack.

It is worth mentioning that although Baimajin is a famous Yellow River ferry, it has no wall to rely on. More than 10,000 Wei soldiers led by Linghu Yu set up camp on flat ground, and Ma Su's forced march made it impossible for him to dig trenches.

In particular, because the heavy rain made the ground muddy, the deer horns could not stand up on the ground at all!

So, the Wei army was hit on the waist by the high-speed Han army, just like the mud truck Iai that Ma Su encountered that year...

For a moment, there was no suspense. The outer position of the Wei army was torn open. Ma Su led the way and tried desperately to disrupt the Wei army's line.

However, his debuff was stacked several times, and Ma Su was also not doing well.

The result of the 300-mile run was that 10,000 cavalrymen were left with less than 2,000 people. The whole army marched in the heavy rain, not only physically and mentally exhausted, but also exhausted their horses.

The result was that although Ma Su quickly tore open the outer position of the Wei army, his troops did not penetrate as smoothly as before. The exhausted Han army

Linghu Yu was also a veteran. After recovering from the panic of the sudden attack by the Han army, he also found that the Han army was completely exhausted. This discovery made Linghu Yu ecstatic, and he quickly came up with the idea of ​​counterattack.

Since Wang Ling's death, he has been a person without a political backing. And now, Ma Su suddenly became a fortune thrown in front of him.

If Ma Su had brought a well-prepared army, even if there were only 5,000 Han cavalry, Linghu Yu would have turned around and ran away. However, when he saw that Ma Su only had more than 1,000 people, and they were so tired that they were about to fall off their horses, Linghu Yu admitted that he was tempted.

"Surround him with the whole army! Ma Su came here to die on his own initiative, he is already at the end of his strength, we must not miss this opportunity!"