Chapter 22 Miscalculation

Ma Su turned a blind eye. He stared at the lines on the ground with his brows frowned and said nothing for a long time. Although Shamoke was anxious, he saw that he was so immersed in his mind that he did not dare to scream, so he had to squat on the side and scratch his head. Ma Su thought for a long time, and added a few more money outside with the tip of the knife, and suddenly realized something. He held the knife ring tightly, his face turned ashen, and his eyes flowed for a while, then raised his head to look at the bright sky, gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, please serve me."

Shamoke was overjoyed and quickly asked someone to take the pen and ink. He watched Ma Su write a letter of help, but he forgot that he didn't know a single Chinese character. Ma Su held the pen in his hand, looked at the cut wood chips for a moment, and wrote a letter with a pen.

"Mr. Ma, is this a letter of help to Prefect Zhang?" Shamoke looked at the correct and delicate handwriting on the wooden piece, and asked happily with big eyes.

"That's right." Ma Su blinked, "You send someone to send this letter to Linyuan, and we can turn defeat into victory."

Shamoke was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to send the letter out. Then he came to find Ma Su with joy, but Ma Su disappeared. Shamoke was wondering, but saw the guard who was burying the pot and cooking whispering to a military tent next to him. Shamoke took two steps, but heard a charming moan from the tent coming from the tent, and couldn't help but grin. Mr. Ma still had this leisurely intention, and it seemed that the situation was not as bad as he had imagined.

If Shamoke knew that Ma Su was relieving the pressure, he would probably rush in and pull Ma Su out and beat him up. Ma Su urgently wrote to Zhang Fei, not asking for help, but analyzed the strange actions of Cao's army behind him, suspected that Cao's army used him as bait to attract Zhang Fei to rescue, and then raided Lin Yuan. He said that Le's four thousand army might not be to intercept his way back, because he was just a person, Wulingman was originally a mountain man, and they did not need to retreat to Lin Yuan, so Le's intercept must not be them. The four thousand army was

The mission may be to delay the reinforcements sent by Zhang Fei. Therefore, he suspected that there might be war in Changsha, or that the Cao army might have the real combat target to Linyuan, or the military farming in Yuannan and Yiyang south of Linyuan. Now it is the harvest season for the mature military farming. If they fight in, the harvest of military farming will be greatly affected, and we will be at a disadvantage next year's war. Therefore, he asked Zhang Fei to send troops carefully, only to show some rescue intentions and attract Le Jin's attention. He will find a way.

Ma Su thought it very carefully and thought it carefully for Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei had 10,000 infantry and cavalry and 5,000 naval troops. If the troops were not divided, it would be impossible to attack the city if the troops were fewer. If the troops were too strong, the Yangtze River defense line would not be protected. He advised Zhang Fei to seize the Cao army from afar, which was only conducive to the characteristics of quick battles and decisive decisiveness, and to use static control, and not blindly move, and to fall into the trap of others.

He even inferred that as long as Zhang Fei does not move his troops, he is safe here. Once Zhang Fei divides his troops, his role as bait will disappear and he will die faster. Therefore, he asked Zhang Fei not to send heavy troops to rescue the siege, just express some meaning.

Of course, Shamoke cannot be known to these words, otherwise Shamoke would definitely use his long sword to chop him in half. Of course, it is not to say that Shamoke would be fine if he didn't know him. He himself was very nervous, worried about his mistake in inference, which would send his life away. He also made Cao's army go south quickly, affecting the military advisor's farming in Wuyang area, and even cut off the lord's retreat and trap the lord to death in Jingke.

Zhang Fei received Ma Su's urgent letter, but did not take it seriously. He was even a little angry. Ma Su had only fought a few battles and actually talked to me in this tone. Are you teaching me to fight? He didn't listen to Ma Su, and of course he didn't want to send heavy troops to rescue him. He only sent his general Fan Qiang to lead a thousand people, slowly along the Yuan River, and looked like he was going to pick up Ma Su. In fact, his mind was in Yiling and Changsha.

Recently, Yiling has become quiet. Wei Yan, who has been struggling, suddenly became very content. He stayed at Yiling's gate and did not leave. The spies who sneaked to Yiling had not seen Wei Yan go out for several days. The Yizhou Navy only left a small part of him on standby in Yiling. Most of the other departments, led by Yan Yan, the navy commander, went down the Yangtze River along the Yangtze River and rushed to Lukou to meet with Wenpin's Jingzhou Navy. General Pingdi Zhang He also rushed to Jiangxia, and seemed to have plans to cross the river. He did not dare to be negligent. On the one hand, he quickly arranged people to be on guard. On the other hand, he urgently reported to Zhuge Liang, asking him to contact Jiangdong, and sent his troops stationed in Chaisang Lusu to move upstream, threatening the Jingzhou Navy and Yizhou Navy to prevent him from crossing the river and approaching Changsha County.

Zhuge Liang had received a report from Xiang Lang before that, and had sent Fei Yi to Jiangdong to ask Sun Quan for emergency. Sun Quan ordered Lu Su and Lu Meng to make them stand in support and stationed in E County and Xiazhi on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The vanguard troops Ganning had arrived in Jiangxinzhou and could threaten Xiling City at any time. At the same time, he ordered Xiang Lang's troops to move to Luo County on the south side of Dongting Lake in Changsha County to protect the north side of Changsha County. The prefect of Changsha County Liao Li was trying his best to seize the harvest, trying to put the results of the military farm in the warehouse in a little free time before the war, and then he could wait for the Cao army to come and work hard without success.

Xu Yi and He Ping quickly approached Shamoke and Ma Su, which made them feel strange that Ma Su did not flee in a hurry, but instead set up a camp and acted as a decisive battle. Xu Yi and He Ping were stunned. Just as they were hesitating whether to launch an attack to take down Ma Su or slow down first, and when Zhang Fei's reinforcements were attracted to fight, Fa Zheng rushed to the front line.

Fa Zheng was very anxious. General Pang led the army to Jianwei and could soon trap Liu Bei, but he had no progress here. Zhang Fei's reinforcements were not delayed, and the purpose of attracting Zhang Fei to divide the troops seemed difficult to achieve. Wuling's autumn harvest was in full swing. After ten days, he could only see crops all over the ground. If he was lucky, he could still pick up rice grains in the fields. He asked about the situation these days in detail, sent He Ping to attack tentatively, and found that the other party had no intention of continuing to retreat. He decided not to care about Zhang Fei's reinforcements, and immediately attacked Ma Su's troops, annihilated the Wuling barbarians, and then joined Le Jin, and rushed his troops south to fight Wuyang to harvest the military farm, attracting Zhang Fei to divide the troops.

Xu Yi and He Ping were a little confused. When they were about to make suggestions to Fa Zheng, Le Jin's document also arrived.

Le Jin had been ambushing in Hutou Mountain in Yuanshui for two days. He sent a large number of scouts and was very clear about the situation on both sides. The 1,000 troops sent by Zhang Fei had just left the city and learned the news. When he heard that Fan Qiang had only walked more than twenty miles a day with a thousand people, he intuitively realized that Zhang Fei had no intention of rescuing Ma Su. He immediately urgently asked Fa Zheng not to expect to kill Zhang Fei's reinforcements, and immediately took down the Wuling Man, then turned around and went south, and he blocked Zhang Fei's reinforcements in Hutou Mountain to protect Fa Zheng's rear safety.

When Fa Zheng saw that Le Jin's letter was consistent with his arrangement, he no longer hesitated and immediately ordered Xu Yi and He Ping to attack. Two thousand Jingshan Army and two thousand White Tiger Army immediately launched a tide attack on more than a thousand remaining soldiers of Shamoke. Ma Su was happy that He Ping's feint attack was consistent with his guess, and then he was really crazy and had no idea. In addition, Wulingman had been defeated for several days in a row, and the Dazhai was burned again. It was a time when people were panic. At this time, they encountered fierce attacks from four thousand troops and immediately felt huge pressure.

Ma Su ran and shouted in front of the formation to boost morale. Shamoke dragged his injured leg and fought for life in front of the formation, barely repelling the fourth attack of the White Tiger Army. Shamoke was hit by another cold arrow and grinned in pain. While he asked someone to bandage it, he shouted to Ma Su: "Mr. Ma, what should I do? Before the reinforcements came, these bazis went crazy. They came up four times in just half a day. I only had more than 800 people, and half were injured. If I did it again, I couldn't hold on."

Ma Su wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up at the weather: "Elf man, don't worry, they attacked for a long time, and it was the end of their strength. It was getting late. I guess I'd beat them again and it would be over today. As long as it gets dark, we can leave here safely."

"Leave? Where to go?" Shamoko asked in surprise.

Ma Su looked at him and smiled: "Spiritual man, let's go north."

"To the north?" Shamoke suddenly became anxious. To the north is the Yangtze River, and opposite the Yangtze River is the territory of Cao's army. What should I do if I meet Le Jin, who likes to massacre the city? He is a 4,000 elite northern army, and these people are not enough for others to fill the gaps. Of course, it is to go south. There are Liu Bei's army's military farming soldiers and a large number of just harvested food. It's easier for me to fill my stomach. I've been hungry for a few days.

"There is a dead end to the south." Ma Su shook his head and was about to explain again. A shocking sound of war drums sounded in front of him. He quickly pulled up Shamoko and shouted: "Shengman, they are fighting again. I don't have time to say more to you. You're right to listen to me. But now I'd better fight back this attack first, otherwise nothing will be useful."

Shamoke picked up his long sword, looked at Ma Su in confusion, waved his hand and rushed forward. Ma Su directed the people to gather all the archers, covered Shamoke with the arrows in his hands, and shot the Jingshan army that was rushing over.

Because He Ping wanted to kill Shamoke himself to avenge Park Gan, Xu Yi stayed behind to observe the formation. He Ping fought in four formations in a row. Although he defeated Shamoke step by step, he had never been able to break Ma Su's second formation, and his morale was affected. So Xu Yi suggested that his Jingshan Army take the lead this time, He Ping's White Tiger Army rest for a while behind to replenish his physical strength. As soon as he saw that there were loopholes in the other formation, he could follow up at any time, and strive to defeat Shamoke today.

He Ping responded and retreated to the back of Jingshan Army, took out the Desheng cake and chewed it with the mountain spring water. After fighting for a long time, the river water next to him had a bit of blood. However, for the White Tiger Army, whose eyes were red, the bloody smell could not be tasted at all. He Ping chewed the cake fiercely, while looking at Shamoke who was roaring loudly in front of the formation with his eyes squinted, and his eyes were full of fierce light, wishing that he could chew Shamoke's meat in his mouth.

"Zijun, what's wrong with you today?" Fa Zheng, who had been unable to capture the front line for a long time, rushed over from behind with some dissatisfaction: "You are usually quite calm. Why are you messing around today? You only care about rushing but not on the battlefield. The other party clearly has loopholes, but you turn a blind eye to Shamoko and fight hard. This way, can you fight a good battle?"

He Ping did not reply, but just glanced at Fa Zheng and snorted unconvincedly. At this time, no one would let him take revenge. Even if Cao Chong came, it might not be useful, let alone Fa Zheng.

"Look at the formation opposite." Fa Zheng was a little annoyed. This man who usually looks very smart, wasted a lot today like a madman, wasting several opportunities in vain. He suppressed his temperament and raised his hand to point to the formation opposite and said, "Look, Ma Su formed a condescending formation along the hillside. There were basically no injured soldiers in front, and his combat power was sufficient. He arranged for them to use a long sword and shield to support them.

The terrain was blocking, and behind were injured soldiers, who only used bows and arrows to support them. Some soldiers were unable to stand firm and could only sit on the ground and shoot arrows. It can be seen that they had reached the end of their lives. The reason they were able to fight to this point is because he chose the terrain well. On the left is the Yuanshui River and on the right is a hill. He stuck on this road that was only about ten steps wide, like a stalk in his throat. No matter how many people you have, how could you beat it by relying on such a hard rush and a hard collision?"

He Ping was stunned. He pinched the Victory Bread in his hand and woke up from a dream when he looked at the terrain in front of him. No wonder the battle today was so unsuccessful. He only saw Shamoko on the opposite side, and he didn't care about the terrain next to him. He forgot all the key points that the young master had usually said. His face turned red, and he stuffed the cake in his hand into the hand of his guard in shame, swallowed the cake that had not been chewed in his mouth, and then bowed and said, "Thank you for the advice of Fa Zhonglang, He Ping was negligent."

"Hmph!" Fa Zheng stomped his feet, raised his hand and pointed at Jingshan Army who was fighting fiercely with Shamoke and said, "When Shamoke was dealing with Xu Zhengli, you took someone to rush over the hill next to him, and gave the Ma Su and his family from behind, and immediately dealt with them."

"No!" He Ping replied loudly, and led the White Tiger Army to the hill next to him quickly.

Ma Su was commanding his soldiers to shoot arrows when he suddenly saw the White Tiger Army resting in the other side of the formation taking action again, and ran towards the hill on his right. He immediately understood what He Ping meant and quickly ordered someone to ring the gong to notify Shamoke to withdraw his troops. At the same time, he moved the second formation back twenty steps and ordered to shoot at the hill to block the White Tiger Army that could soon rush across the mountain.

Shamoke was crazy. He was waving the long sword and slashing at Xu Yi in a thirteenth way. He hated Xu Yi so much that he was slashed on the thigh two days ago. These days it became more and more serious. His walking was severely affected, and even his nightlife was affected. He was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that he was forced to make him angry. He was forced to beat him up again today. He was forced to kill five of his personal guards in one breath, and beat his front to a shaking point. This made him angry. He didn't even hear the sound of the golden gong behind him. He just roared wildly and limped forward, trying to cut Xu Yi under the knife.

Xu Yi was calm and blocked the long sword in his hand without any leakage, resolving Shamoke's astonishing offensive one by one. He heard the sound of golden gongs on the opposite side and saw Ma Su moving the formation back against He Ping who was rushing over the hill. He understood He Ping's intention and gradually retreated, leading the crazy Shamoke into his formation to prevent him from escaping He Ping.

Seeing that Shamoke was led by Xu Yi to the formation, Ma Su was so anxious that his eyes were red. He ordered his barbarians to roar in unison to retreat immediately. Shamoke finished the thirteenth knife and was just stopping and panting like a bull. At this time, he heard the barbarians' screams. When he turned around, he knew that they had been fooled and hurriedly retreated with people. Xu Yi was not willing to let him go again. With a long roar, he rushed forward and three swords towards Shamoke. Shamoke had no choice but to retreat, and raised Yu Yong, connected Xu Yi's three swords, and was chopped by Xu Yi to double-sharp attack. Just as Xu Yi was about to fight back while Xu Yi was retracting his sword and changing his moves, Xu Yi and his body bumped into him, jumped up, bent his legs and knees and slapped hard on his breastplate.

With a muffled sound, Shamoke's breastplate was knocked down by Xu Yi's knee. His chest became sweet, and a mouthful of blood suddenly came out of his mouth. He dragged his injured leg back three steps, turned the long knife back, and stabbed the tip of the knife to the ground before he could barely stand firm. He raised his head and looked at Xu Yi fiercely with a trapped look like a beast.

Xu Yi secretly complained, it was a pity that this barbarian was too tall, otherwise he would have knocked his knee on his head, which would have been able to knock him out now. He could only hurt him severely. He screamed strangely, tightened his sword and rushed up again.

Shamoke roared, and tried his best to stand firm with the uninjured leg. He held the knife in both hands and cut a Jingshan soldier who rushed to him into two sections. The long sword flipped back and slashed from bottom to top to Xu Yi's lower abdomen. Xu Yi suddenly stopped his body, held the knife in both hands and slashed with all his strength. The two swords intersected. Xu Yi had the advantage of being full of energy and being able to exert force. The long sword in his hand was another sharp weapon, and he slashed the long sword in Shamoke's hand with a "clang" sounded and slashed two pieces of the long sword in Shamoke's hand. Shamoke's leg was already unstable, and he lost weight for a while and immediately tilted to the side. He jumped twice in a row and fell to the ground with a pounce. Xu Yi took the step and followed, killing two Wuling barbarians with both left and right swords. The long sword ran towards Shamoke's big head with the sound of the wind.

"Stop it and leave him to me." He Ping, who had just captured the hillside, shouted. Xu Yi suddenly stopped his hand. The long knife stopped beside Shamoke's neck, and a trace of blood was drawn. A drop of blood slowly sucked out, condensed into a blood bead, shaking.

Seeing that Shamoke was knocked down by Xu Yi, the barbarian soldiers scattered like birds and beasts, and their formation was defeated and out of control. They could only sigh and lead hundreds of remaining soldiers to roar away. In a blink of an eye, they fled in the mountains and trees. He Ping broke through his formation and had no intention of chasing him. He quickly turned around and rushed to Shamoke.

Shamoke was dying. He was injured too seriously by Xu Yi's knee and vomited blood. Although he struggled to sit up, the strength on his arm was quickly lost. He tried several times, but he did not get what he wanted.

"You have today too." He Ping gritted his teeth and tightened the long knife in his hand: "Today I will let you pay your blood debts."

"Gee..." Shamoko's eyes were loose. He wanted to laugh loudly, but he said a smirk, and blood spurted out from his mouth: "You...you...what are you...you...you...you..."

He Ping ignored him and shouted, and a long sword flashed, and Shamoke's big head was stimulated by the blood fountain that was spurted out. He Ping flashed again, and the tip of the knife picked Shamoke's head. He reached out and held Shamoke's bun, kneeled down with his legs, and whistled to the sky: "Xinzhao, I'll avenge you--"

Yuan Hu also rushed over, and knelt down immediately after He Ping, and Hu Tao cried.

Fa Zheng saw that He Ping and Yuan Hu were only concerned about revenge, but letting Ma Su run away, who had become a defeated army, and he couldn't help but be furious. He walked over with a blue face and strode. He was about to scold them angrily, but Xu Yi shook his head and gave him a wink. Although Fa Zheng was arrogant, he knew that Xu Yi was Cao Chong's confidant and could not be offended easily, so he suppressed the anger in his heart.

He Ping cried for a while, turned around and fell to Xu Yi: "Zhengli, I, He Ping, owe you a favor. In this life, even if the Zhengli wants my head, I will present it at any time."

Xu Yi quickly helped him up: "Zijun, I am also a newly guarded robe. Avenging him is not only your White Tiger Army, but also my business. Why do you say such dissatisfaction? Get up quickly and listen to the following wars."

He Ping walked to Fazheng again and knelt down with a pounce: "Fa Zhonglang, He Ping is in chaos today, acting in a disorderly manner, and has misled the military law. He asked the Fa Zhonglang to punish him. Now that he has great revenge, I will take the White Tiger Army deep into the jungle and will definitely present Ma Su's head at Zhonglang's feet."

Fa Zheng frowned and hesitated for a moment. He did not dare to let He Ping lead his troops to chase into the jungle. That Ma Su is not a brainless person like Shamoke. Although he was defeated, there were still some remaining soldiers under him. If He Ping was cut off again, it would be difficult for those bazi to explain. While helping He Ping up, he said, "Zi Jun, things have come to this point, and it is useless to think about it. If Ma Su wants to escape, either go east or south. There is a four thousand army of General Zhe Chong in the east. He can't escape. Let's chase south and you will definitely be able to catch him."

He Ping had already avenged his revenge and was in a good mood. He followed his advice. Fa Zheng said to go south and he went south. At that moment, Yuan Hu and Yuan Hu took the White Tiger Army as the vanguard and moved forward all the way. Fa Zheng was still a little worried about him and told them not to be too fast and not to be more than five miles ahead, so as not to get lost in the Jingshan Army, who was not familiar with the terrain here, got lost. They rushed south for two days, but did not see Ma Su at all. Apart from a few lonely soldiers, Ma Su seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and no trace was left behind.

"He must be going east." Fa Zheng judged: "Then we don't care about him, we will march towards Wuyang quickly and catch Zhuge Liang off guard." Xu Yi and He Ping had no objection at all. They were just restrained, but now they have gained the opportunity to fight the main battle. They were just right, so there was no reason to disagree. Fa Zheng rushed to Wuyang while informing Le Jin of their battle situation, and reminded him to be careful of Ma Su who fled.

Le Jin could not see Ma Su's shadow. Ma Su still followed his original plan and led hundreds of remaining soldiers to the north. Not only did he avoid Fa Zheng's pursuit, but he also gradually gathered the remaining soldiers, robbed several small villages along the way, replenished food, restored his spirits, and devoted himself to doing a big thing.
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