In December of the 11th year of Jianxing, Sun Huan retreated eastward from Zigui, and at the same time assigned suspicious soldiers to contain Fei Yi. Fortunately, Fei Yi was cautious, and was unwilling to pursue rashly without getting definite news, so that Sun Huan's army could return to Yiling smoothly.

After returning to Yiling, Sun Huan checked the grain and straw equipment and found that he seemed to be too optimistic. I'm afraid that the food in the army can only last ten days, because of the previous onslaught on Zigui, arrows and weapons have begun to be scarce.

If you don't break through the siege for ten days, these tens of thousands of troops will definitely collapse by themselves!

However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and Ma Jian had already started a series of moves here, and he would not give Sun Huan time to prepare.

Only the day after returning to Yiling, Sun Huan received an urgent battle report from Yiting. Thousands of Shu troops came from Yidao, and the army besieged Yaoting, and the fall here was imminent.

"Did Ma Tan personally go to besiege the Pavilion?" Sun Huan frowned, squinted his eyes and asked.

If Ma Tan personally led the troops to besiege Yaoting, then Sun Huan would have to give up this place. But fortunately, the scout gave the answer,

"General Yu, Ma Shu's general Ma Tan Daqi is still in Xie Dong, and it is Ma Zhong who is besieging Yaoting." The scout reported on it.

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

A young general who can only shoot arrows, and he can't lead troops into battle at all. As long as he has some ability, he will not always be Pan Zhang's lieutenant.

"This Xishu is really getting more and more wasteful, and even my Dongwu can be a general in the past."

"But since Ma Jian is so contemptuous, it's not bad, quickly solve Ma Zhong, and then rush in and out of the encirclement by water!"

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"Listen to the people in the city, come down with courtesy now, and the Han will definitely be rewarded!"

Outside the pavilion, Ma Zhong led the Han soldiers to surround the city, and began to persuade him to surrender with a loudspeaker. However, the effect is not very good, this group of Dongwu youngsters are all very arrogant, and they don't even show their faces.

Well, it must be so, definitely not because the general who showed up on the first day was killed by Ma Zhong with an arrow!

"General, go back, it seems that these Dongwu rats don't plan to show their heads." Ma Zhong's personal guards came up and said with concern. However, Ma Zhong did not feel relieved, but felt that he was also scolded.

"Forget it, a bunch of cowards." Ma Zhong shook his head, but just as he was about to withdraw his troops, a scout suddenly came to report,

"General! There are a large number of Wu troops from Yiling to kill, among which the commander of the banner is "Wu Jianwu General Sun" "

"That's Sun Huan came by himself, and the fish was hooked!" Ma Zhong nodded and immediately spoke.

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

"Yui!"

Subsequently, thousands of Han troops quickly assembled and lined up their military formations with such an order. By the time the Eastern Wu army rushed to the front, the formation of thousands of Han troops had already been prepared.

"I am the captain of the Great Han Pingyu, Ma Zhongye!" After Ma Zhong deployed his troops, he personally led his horse forward and shouted.

"Ma Zhong! What kind of face do you have to be a traitor in Soochow to be arrogant here! Sun Huan also appeared, but the whole person was hiding in the Chinese army, very far away from Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong's reputation for good shooting has already spread, and Sun Huan will not be as close to the head as full of pets.

"Hehe, my Ma Zhong is a lieutenant in Dahan, and he led the troops alone, but in Dongwu, he can only be suppressed. Not only is he being exploited by his superiors, but he also has no personal freedom, I don't think anyone would want to do this, right? Ma Zhong snorted lightly, glanced at the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu, and then spoke loudly.

"You're all from Jingzhou, right? You used to be all Han soldiers, what is the situation under General Guan in the past compared to now? ”

In just a few words, a large number of soldiers under Sun Huan began to discuss.

Sun Huan, like Zhu Ran, started by recruiting Guan Yu's old department. This also means that don't look at Sun Huan's command of the army now, but he may not have washed the Shu Han attributes on these Eastern Wu soldiers.

Especially Ma Zhong came out of Soochow, but he knew the internal situation of Soochow very well. A large number of soldiers cannot become national soldiers at all, and can only be called the slaves of the wealthy family!

For example, Ma Zhong's own subordinate named Pan Zhang was actually private property. If Ma Zhong hadn't been capable, he might have been mortgaged by Pan Zhang's gambling without money that day.

Ma Zhong himself is still like this, let alone ordinary big-headed soldiers?

Ma Zhong's words pointed directly to the internal contradictions in Eastern Wu, which made Sun Huan's face change.

"Presumptuous! You are only a small general in Soochow, dare you do this? ”

"Catch this thief left and right! Defeat the Shu army today! ”

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

"Hehe......" Ma Zhong rolled his eyes, quickly picked up his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow almost without aiming. With the sound of the bowstring, a pioneer lieutenant of Soochow fell from his horse.

Then Ma Zhong returned to the Chinese army in a flash, and began to snipe the pioneer generals of Eastern Wu from a distance. At the same time, thousands of Han troops fought with nearly 10,000 Eastern Wu soldiers and began a melee outside the Yaoting.

Ma Zhong's original plan was to have a scuffle, and as soon as there was a decline on his side, he quickly withdrew his troops and lured Sun Huan into the game. As a result, what made Ma Zhong dumbfounded was that after fighting for half an hour, thousands of Han troops not only did not show their decline under the siege of Eastern Wu, but became more and more courageous.

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it? Is the combat effectiveness of the Soochow army so stretched? Ma Zhong scratched his head, and at this moment he wanted to point at Sun Huan's nose and scold him, "You are useless if you give you a chance." ”

10,000 or 3,000 can still be played like this, Sun Huan, will you play!

There was no way, Ma Zhong could only quietly withdraw 500 soldiers from the battlefield to add an advantage to Dongwu. It turned out that it seemed to be difficult to do, so Ma Zhong withdrew another 500 people.

At this time, Soochow finally began to show its superiority, and the Han army began to show its decline. Ma Zhong immediately seized the opportunity and quickly ordered Mingjin 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 it was not Ma Jian on the other side, Sun Huan did not need to be so cautious, and quickly gave the order to pursue.

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

Ma Zhong fought and walked like this, pulling with Sun Huan to the limit. gave Sun Huan the illusion that the Shu army had been trying to stop resisting, but he was quickly defeated, so he was more assured to pursue.

After more than a dozen miles of tugging, the Han army began to retreat to a relatively narrow place to stop resistance. Sun Huan saw that the hills on the left and right were bare, and there was no place to ambush the soldiers, so he was relieved to pursue.

Finally, when the main force of Eastern Wu entered the mountain forest near Yaoting, a loud shout suddenly came from the top of the nearby mountain.

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

(End of chapter)