Chapter 586 Wei Soldiers and Han Generals

The situation Jiang Ji is facing is very critical at the moment. The speed of the Wei army's retreat is beyond his plan. So if he wants to stabilize the front line, he must have reinforcements.

However, the reinforcements from Hebei cannot be quickly supported from Mengjin Pass because of the fall of Hanoi, and they cannot come in a short time. So after looking around, Jiang Ji can only find a way to get troops from Yanzhou to fill the line.

However, the generals looked embarrassed about Jiang Ji's order, and some didn't know what to say.

"Sima Jiang, Yanzhou is also in civil strife and also needs a large number of troops. I'm afraid that the governor of Yanzhou..."

"Take my seal to Puyang! The troops must be transferred here no matter what!" Jiang Ji didn't care about these at all. Without saying a word, he took out the seal of the Sima and slapped it on the table.

"The civil unrest in Yanzhou is just a few small thieves causing trouble, which will not affect the overall situation. If the Shu army breaks through Luoyang and reaches Guandong, what can he do with his small force?"

"Let the governor of Yanzhou have a sense of the overall situation! Prioritize national affairs!"

Facing Jiang Ji's clear intention to use his power to suppress others, the generals could not say anything. They could only honestly accept Jiang Ji's seal and send people to Yanzhou to grab reinforcements.

"By the way, is there any other movement in the fort? Ma Su is not running around, right?" Jiang Ji suddenly remembered Ma Su, this dirty guy, so he turned around and asked.

In response, the generals answered honestly,

"The general in charge said that everything is normal, and the Shu army has no plan to break through, please rest assured Sima."

"Why did Ma Su change his nature? Since he really honestly served as his nail?" Jiang Ji frowned immediately and quickly realized that something was wrong.

This is not in line with Ma Su's character, especially since he has not made any moves for more than ten days, and Ma Su can still sit still?

Jiang Ji keenly felt that there was something wrong, but he was too busy at the moment, and he really couldn't go and see it in person. So he pondered for a while and put it aside for the time being, preparing to wait until he was done with these two days and the pressure in Luoyang was relieved before going to see what Ma Su was doing.

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While Jiang Ji was fully resisting the three-way offensive of the Han army, Ma Su led a thousand soldiers to attack the Tuntian Manor in the south of Luoyang.

The farmers here are all military farmers, and there are often thousands of farmers in one manor. However, although the number is large, their fighting will is very weak.

When the Han army broke through its periphery, the farmers surrendered very smoothly. In just two days, Ma Su successively incorporated thousands of Wei soldiers.

During the process of incorporation, Ma Su found that many farmers were very numb. The long-term high-pressure and high-burden life made them lack hope and feel numb.

In response, Ma Su quickly revised his strategy and announced to all the garrison households that all those who surrendered to the Han Dynasty could not only be transferred to normal household registration, but also be exempted from taxes for the next three years. The fields are completely owned by the garrison households, and from now on you are self-employed farmers!

The effect of such an incentive was immediate, and a large number of Cao Wei's garrison soldiers swore to surrender to the Han Dynasty without any nostalgia. Even most of the garrison soldiers became guides after surrendering, taking Ma Su to liberate the surrounding garrison villages.

Thanks to the deception of some Cao Wei officials, Jiang Ji had no idea that Ma Su had broken through. Ma Su was almost free-range, and quickly recruited a large number of Wei army soldiers in the south of Luoyang.

Ma Su brought out a total of 1,000 elite camps, and after more than ten days of reorganization, the troops quickly expanded to a scale of 10,000 people.

The 10,000-man army was basically composed of soldiers from the Wei army, but the officers at the grassroots level were all Han generals. Such a configuration can ensure that the reorganized army maintains a certain combat effectiveness, while also providing a bottom line for morale.

In such a short period of time, Ma Su reorganized such a large force behind Jiang Ji. Although there are still many garrison soldiers willing to join, Ma Su does not intend to continue to expand.

The maximum number of a thousand elite camps is 10,000 people, and more people will affect combat effectiveness.

When the army was reorganized, Ma Su immediately ordered the entire army to move east without saying a word.

This time his goal was to cut off the enemy's logistics supply line, but it was just a coincidence that he played so big. But even so, Ma Su's goal has not changed, and he still cuts off Luoyang's logistics first.

So, where can we cut off the connection between Luoyang and Guandong in a real sense?

Is there any need to ask this? It is naturally Hulao Pass!

So after Ma Su reorganized the army, he immediately rushed to Hulao Pass. Even if he couldn't take down this dangerous pass in Guandong, he had to cut off its connection with Luoyang first.

Hulao Pass is located at the easternmost part of the Luoyang Basin and is the most dangerous pass in Guandong. When the 18 princes attacked Dong Zhuo, they were blocked by Dong Zhuo here.

The terrain here is dangerous, the pass is solid, and it is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Relying on the troops composed of Wei soldiers and Han generals under Ma Su's command, it is obviously impossible to attack Hulao Pass by force, so they can only take it by wits.

Ma Su ordered the main force to follow far behind, and he took a few hundred people first. Under his own banner, he rushed to the city of Hulao Pass with great fanfare to provoke.

At this time, Cao Rui had already set his reward at 100,000 households, and there was even the possibility of promoting him to a king of a different surname. Ma Su believed that as long as he personally went out and made the guards of Hulao Pass feel that there was a chance, it would be enough to lure the enemy out.

However, Ma Su still underestimated his reputation. When he appeared at Hulao Pass, the Wei army on the city wall was on high alert, with crossbows, catapults, kerosene, and gold juice all ready.

After seeing Ma Su, the garrison commander immediately wrote a suicide note and swore to live and die with Hulao Pass.

Ma Su: "..."

I don't think we need to be so cautious...

"General of the Cavalry, they don't seem to be fooled, what should we do?" Ma Su's personal guards also saw this situation and quickly turned to Ma Su for instructions.

"Do we need to attack directly? I have prepared the flying ladder. As long as the general leads us to charge again, we..."

"Stop, stop, stop, set up camp on the spot and eat slowly..." Ma Su waved his hand and shook his head helplessly.

Hulao Pass is still too dangerous. Even if Ma Su himself can rush up first, the soldiers behind him can't keep up. In the end, there is no point except losing soldiers and generals.

Obviously, after so many years, Ma Su's brainless strategy is no longer so effective. This was the case with Jiang Ji before, and it is also the case with the garrison commander of Hulao Pass now.

After everyone in Guandong knew that Ma Su was invincible in field battles, there was no room for Ma Su's invincible vanguard to break through the formation.

If Ma Su wanted to win by his own death, he had to think of other ways.

"Let me think of other ways..."