Chapter 684 Ma Su Slipped Away

Under Zhuge Liang's deployment, the Han army began to organize and defend in an orderly manner.

Although the generals of the Han army made some subjective initiatives in some details. But overall, the deployment of the Han army was still very perfect.

On the northern front, Jiang Wei will lead 30,000 Qingzhou troops to resist the counterattack of 40,000 Wei troops. At the same time, Shu Ji, who was guarding Puyang, led 20,000 troops to move north to prepare to support Jiang Wei.

On the southern front, Zhuge Liang raised a total of 50,000 troops from Lianghuai and 30,000 troops from Yuxu to the south to fight Sun Quan. According to Zhuge Liang's deployment, if they can successfully lure the enemy deep into the area and then surround and annihilate them, they can easily hit the Jiangdong forces.

A series of deployments began to be implemented under Zhuge Liang's military orders. If nothing unexpected happens, there will probably be nothing special about this battle, and this time there will be no chance with Ma Su.

After all, with such a big advantage, Ji Han has countless ways to resist the counterattacks of Wei and Wu. In such a stable situation, there was no need to invite Ma Su out.

However, some people just like to join in the fun, and you can't just not invite them if you want.

So, the day after the head of the guards let the cat out of the bag, Ma Su disappeared during a toilet. This general of Ji Han slipped out of Xu County under the eyes of dozens of people.

When the guards found something wrong and went back to the toilet, Ma Su had already disappeared.

The head of the guards was in trouble, and he quickly sent an order to all of Xu County to find the general.

"Quick! We must find the general even if we have to dig three feet deep! If the general goes to the front line and something happens, I will have a way to explain to the prime minister!"

The head of the attendants was about to cry, and he quickly led everyone to look for Ma Su who had escaped. But even if he searched Xu County, he couldn't find Ma Su.

Why? Because Ma Su had already slipped out of Xu County...

"Alas... Prime Minister is really a fool. He wants to keep an eye on me by sending these three idiots?" Ma Su said slowly while riding on the horse's back, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

After all, he was the general of the Han Dynasty, and Zhuge Liang did not want to take away his power. So as soon as Ma Su slipped out of the general's mansion, he immediately got a horse from the nearest Han army camp and slipped out of the city very smoothly.

"General, where are you going now? We will escort you there!" Several Han cavalrymen who followed him guarded Ma Su and asked him carefully.

"Let's go to Qingzhou first. The Wei army in the north is quite capable... What's more, I guess we can't fight in Huainan, and I'm afraid we can't avoid a beating." Ma Su pondered for a while and made a quick decision.

Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhuge was in charge in the south, and he personally led the troops to fight against the Eastern Wu. If he went there, not only would he not be able to fight, but he would also be beaten...

I escaped to fight and die, not to fall into a trap!

"Looking at the Prime Minister's deployment, he should want to go south and then north, first concentrate superior forces to deal with Dongwu, and then go north to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army."

Ma Su was Zhuge Liang's apprentice after all, and now he had guessed Zhuge Liang's deployment. After reasoning out Zhuge Liang's deployment, Ma Su became more and more relieved.

"In other words, the Prime Minister will definitely let the troops on the northern line focus on defense. In this way, the war on the northern line will not end in a short time. We will gallop all the way north now, and we will definitely catch up!"

"Yes! That's it! Follow me to the north, we will go to Qingzhou to beat the Wei army!"

Ma Su nodded very satisfied, waved his hand and issued an order. Seeing the general so excited, the captain next to him opened his mouth, but finally didn't dare to speak.

He wanted to remind Ma Su that it was your confidant Jiang Wei who was guarding Qingzhou now. Now the whole army knows that the generals who followed you were all reckless, among which Jiang Wei was the most representative general.

With this Zhenbei general guarding, can the Wei army in the direction of Qingzhou really wait for you to arrive?

But in the end, he didn't want to disturb Ma Su's interest, and finally chose to remain silent.

With this idea, Ma Su and his party set out on the road to the north.

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At the same time, in Pingyuan County, Qingzhou, tens of thousands of Wei troops had crossed the Yellow River under the command of Guanqiu Jian. The army camped with their backs to the water and built a solid camp relying on the Yellow River.

And Jiang Wei also arrived with the Han army and confronted Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian had fought against Jiang Wei before, and he knew very well that this Han general was not a fool. So facing Jiang Wei's mass coming, Guanqiu Jian was still very cautious.

But caution is not enough. Guanqiu Jian knew that the reinforcements of the Shu army were coming to help. If he could not make a quick decision, he might not be able to withdraw when the main force of the Shu army arrived.

"What kind of magic potion did those Dongwu troops give to the general? How could they counterattack with such a small force!" Guanqiu Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head and said to himself.

The gap between the two sides' forces was too big. The force in Qingzhou alone was nearly 30,000. Relying on the 40,000 troops at hand, to complete the recapture of Qingzhou and counterattack the natural barrier of southern Qi...

Unless Jiang Wei is an idiot, how could it be done!

But even if he had no hope for the future, Guanqiu Jian had no choice at this moment. After several days of confrontation, Guanqiu Jian had to send someone to hand over a letter of challenge to Jiang Wei.

Originally, Guanqiu Jian was not hopeful about the other party's attitude. After all, as long as the other party's brain is not twitching, they will generally refuse and continue to drag it on for a long time.

But to Guanqiu Jian's surprise, Jiang Wei readily agreed to the decisive battle.

This made Guanqiu Jian a little nervous. After all, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Could it be that... Ma Su is not sick at all?

Guanqiu Jian was shocked when this thought came out. But after thinking about it, he put down his heart again.

If Ma Su was not sick and ran to Qingzhou

, he would be dead now.

So it should be true that Ma Su was seriously ill. The other party was willing to come out for a decisive battle, probably for other purposes.

In short, no matter what, Guanqiu Jian had to come out for a decisive battle with the Han army. After agreeing on the date of the decisive battle with Jiang Wei, Guanqiu Jian began to prepare his troops and make final preparations.

In the end, with the willingness of both sides, 30,000 Han troops and 40,000 Wei troops officially met near Gaotang in Pingyuan County.

When facing the Han army, Guanqiu Jian also met his old rival Jiang Wei again. This Han general, who looked a few years younger than himself, was now dressed in white clothes and armor, cosplaying a wave of Ma Su.

"I am the General of the North of the Han Dynasty, and the Marquis of Ji County, Jiang Boyue! Who dares to fight me?"

Jiang Wei is only thirty years old now, and his strength is at its peak. At this moment, he has the absolute capital to despise the Wei army, and arrogantly show off his power in front of the Wei army.

"Don't be so arrogant, I, Guanqiu Jian, will meet you!"