Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, Only Seek Death

In December of the 11th year of Jianxing's reign, Sun Huan made a large-scale retreat eastward from Zigui, and at the same time dispatched suspicious troops to contain Fei Yi. Fortunately, Fei Yi was cautious and was unwilling to pursue rashly without getting the exact information, allowing Sun Huan's army to return to Yiling smoothly.

After returning to Yiling, Sun Huan checked the grain and equipment and found that he seemed to be too optimistic. The food in the army may only last for ten days, because due to the previous fierce attack on Zigui, arrows and weapons have begun to be scarce.

If we don't break out in ten days, these tens of thousands of troops will definitely collapse!

However, the house leaked and it rained all night. Ma Di had already started a series of moves, and he would not give Sun Huan time to prepare.

Only the second day after returning to Yiling, Sun Huan received an urgent battle report from Xiaoting. Thousands of Shu troops came from Yi Dao, and the army besieged Xiaoting. The fall of this place was imminent.

"Did Ma Di personally go to besiege Xiaoting?" Sun Huan frowned and asked with squinted eyes.

If Ma Di personally led the troops to besiege Xiaoting, Sun Huan would have to abandon this place. Fortunately, the scout gave the answer,

"General, the flag of Ma Shu general Ma Su is still in Xiedong, and it is Ma Zhong who is besieging Yiting." The scout handed over the report.

"Ma Zhong? The traitor who surrendered to Xi Shu?" Sun Huan raised his eyebrows and quickly remembered who this person was, and then felt contempt in his heart.

He's just a young general who can only shoot arrows, but he doesn't know how to lead troops in war. As long as he has some ability, he will not always be Pan Zhang's lieutenant.

"This Xishu is really becoming more and more useless as I look at it. Even a general from Soochow who was demoted to me can become a general."

"But since Ma Su despises him so much, it's good to deal with Ma Zhong quickly, and then rush out of the siege by waterway!"

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"Listen, people in the city, come and surrender with courtesy now. The man will definitely be richly rewarded!"

Outside Xiaoting, Ma Zhong led the Han soldiers to surround the city and began to persuade them to surrender with Ma Su's loudspeaker. However, the effect was not very good. Each of these Soochow young generals was very aloof and did not even show their faces.

Well, that must be the case, definitely not because the general who showed up on the first day was shot to death by Ma Zhong with an arrow!

"General, go back. It seems that these Soochow rats are not going to show up." Ma Zhong's personal guard came up and said with concern. However, Ma Zhong did not feel relieved. Instead, he felt that he had also been scolded.

"Forget it, they are a bunch of cowardly people." Ma Zhong shook his head, but just as he was about to withdraw his troops, a scout suddenly came to report on Pegasus.

"General! A large number of Wu troops are rushing from Yiling. Among them, the military commander's flag is "General Wu Jianwu's grandson""

"That means Sun Huan came by himself, and the fish took the bait!" Ma Zhong nodded and said immediately.

"Send someone to report to General Zhengbei, and at the same time prepare the troops to prepare for battle!"

"only!"

Afterwards, thousands of Han troops quickly gathered and formed a military formation under the command of Ma Zhong. When the Soochow army rushed towards them, thousands of Han troops had already prepared their formations.

"I am Ma Zhongye, the captain of the Pinglu School of the Great Han Dynasty!" Ma Zhong finished arranging his troops, then rode forward on his horse and shouted.

"Ma Zhong! How can you, a traitor from Eastern Wu, be so arrogant here!" Sun Huan also showed up, but he was hiding in the middle of the army, very far away from Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong's reputation as a good shooter has spread, and Sun Huan will not be like Man Chong who leans forward and kills people.

"Haha, I, Ma Zhong, could serve as a captain in the Han Dynasty and lead troops alone, but in Soochow I was suppressed as a family general. Not only was I exploited by my superiors, but I also had no personal freedom. I don't think anyone would be in such a situation. Are you willing?" Ma Zhong snorted, glanced at the Soochow soldiers and horses, and then spoke loudly.

"Are you all descendants of Jingzhou? You were once all Han soldiers. How is your situation under General Guan in the past compared to now?"

In just a few words, a large number of Sun Huan's soldiers all started talking.

Sun Huan, like Zhu Ran, started his career by recruiting Guan Yu's old troops to surrender. This also means that although Sun Huan's army is very strict now, he may not have completely washed away the Shu Han attributes of these Soochow soldiers.

Especially Ma Zhong, who came from Soochow, knows the internal situation of Soochow very well. A large number of soldiers cannot become national soldiers at all, they can only be called slaves of wealthy families!

For example, Ma Zhong's own general named Pan Zhang was actually private property. If Ma Zhong hadn't been able, he might have been mortgaged by Pan Zhang that day because he had no money to gamble.

Ma Zhong himself is like this, let alone ordinary soldiers?

Ma Zhong's words pointed directly at the internal conflicts in Soochow, causing Sun Huandu's expression to change.

"How dare you! You are no more than a general in Soochow, how dare you do this?"

"Capture this thief quickly! Defeat the Shu army today!"

Under Sun Huan's order, the Soochow vanguard quickly dispatched, and both left and right came out to kill Ma Zhong.

"Haha..." Ma Zhong rolled his eyes, quickly picked up the bow and arrow, and shot the arrow with almost no need to aim. As the bowstring sounded, a Soochow pioneer captain fell from his horse.

Then Ma Zhong ducked back to the Chinese army and began to snipe the Soochow pioneer generals from a long distance. At the same time, thousands of Han troops fought with nearly 10,000 Dongwu soldiers, and a melee began outside Xiaoting.

Ma Zhong's original plan was to engage in a melee, and as soon as his side showed signs of weakness, he would quickly withdraw his troops and lure Sun Huan into the game. What made Ma Zhong dumbfounded was that after fighting for less than half an hour, thousands of Han troops not only showed no signs of decline under the siege of Soochow, but instead became more courageous as they fought.

"Is it too exaggerated? Is the Soochow army's combat effectiveness so low?" Ma Zhong scratched his head. At this moment, he wanted to point at Sun Huan's nose and scold him, "You are useless if I give you a chance."

Ten thousand against three thousand can still be beaten like this, Sun Huan, do you know how to play?

There was no way, Ma Zhong could only quietly withdraw 500 soldiers from the battlefield to give Soochow an advantage. It turned out that it didn't seem to work, so Ma Zhong withdrew another 500 people.

Now Soochow finally began to show its advantage, and the Han army began to show its decline. Ma Zhong immediately seized the opportunity and quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and the army quickly retreated south.

In Sun Huan's eyes, the Han army seemed to have been defeated by him and began to retreat. Since the opponent was not Ma Su, Sun Huan did not need to be so cautious and quickly issued an order to pursue.

Thanks to Ma Zhong's various acting, the script finally went in the prescribed direction. Sun Huan took the lead and personally led an army of 10,000 to pursue Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong just fought and walked away, struggling to the limit with Sun Huan. It gave Sun Huan the illusion that the Shu army had been trying to stop and resist, but he was quickly defeated, so he could pursue the pursuit with more confidence.

The two sides fought for more than ten miles, and the Han army began to retreat to a relatively narrow area to prevent resistance. Sun Huan saw that the hills on the left and right were bare and there was no place to ambush, so he pursued with confidence.

Finally, when the main force of Soochow entered the mountains and forests near Xiaoting, a loud shout suddenly came from the top of the mountain nearby.

"Sun Huan! You have figured it out! I have been waiting here for a long time!"