Chapter 498 The Battle of Yiling (20)
During his time in Jiangling, Ma Su was very familiar with the terrain of Jiangling and even the entire Jingzhou. When formulating the plan, it was necessary to make corrections based on the characteristics of the terrain.
Seeing this perfect plan, Ma Su was very satisfied. He took the plan to find the third brother, Ma Shuchang, and wanted to study with him to show off his skills.
Uncle Ma happened to come to find Ma Su. After reading the plan, he was very impressed, but he looked very sorry.
Uncle Ma often used money to open up the road and colluded with officials and businessmen. In the three families of Liu, Cao and Sun, they all had their own official backers.
Although Jingzhou changed its owner, Ma Xian's caravan was not greatly affected, and he was very well-informed.
Cao Pi and Liu Bei have successively proclaimed emperors, and Ma Xian has already received news.
Ma Xian had known about Shangyong's capture by Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang for a long time, but it was just that it was nothing to do with him and did not tell Ma Su.
Today, Ma Xian came to see Ma Su, hoping to tell him that Liu Bei was the emperor and Ma Liang was appointed as the chief minister by Liu Bei, which also protected the rights and interests of the Ma family in Chengdu.
After reading Ma Su's plan, Ma Xian admired Ma Su's talent very much, but had to tell him the news that Shangyong had been compromised by Cao Pi.
This news was like giving him a basin of cold water on the back, causing Ma Su's heart to fall into the ice cave.
Ma Shuchang told Ma Su in detail that the prefect of Shangyong Meng Da had already led his troops to expose the city to surrender to Cao Pi. Now the entire Shangyong is under the control of Cao Pi's army.
According to Ma Su's arrangement, Zhang Fei was allowed to send troops from Langzhong to Shangyong. With his more than 10,000 elite troops, he might be able to conquer Shangyong County, but it was a bit difficult for him to send troops to attack Jiangdong!
After losing Shangyong, it was not as simple as Liu Bei's attack on Jingzhou without an attack point. Instead, he needed to send a large army to defend against Cao's army's sneak attack, which greatly reduced his chances of victory.
As a time traveler, Ma Su also wanted to change history and completely change his destiny, but his efforts were all gone, which made him disheartened.
He vaguely remembered that Liu Bei attacked Jingzhou and was defeated by Lu Xun in the Battle of Yiling, which should have a lot to do with Shangyong's loss.
In Ma Su's impression, Shamoke also participated in the Battle of Yiling, and joined forces with Liu Bei, and finally died in the Battle of Yiling.
From this point of view, Ma Su's plan to attack Jiangling unexpectedly from Jingnan and attack in a joint attack should have also failed.
Ma Su is now a slight person and is far from the center of power, so he has no way to influence Liu Bei's plan.
He had to settle for the second best, first find a way to ensure the safety of his family, and also want to leave a way out for the Sha family.
The Ma family was easy to deal with. With Ma Xian and Ma Liang's arrangement, the Ma family has been empty now, and important figures of the Ma family have been withdrawn to Chengdu and Mianzhu in advance.
The land in Majiahe was also distributed to other members of the Ma family.
Although the Ma brothers were officials in Xichuan, they did not offend Cao Cao and his son, and were not afraid that he would implicate the Ma clan.
On the contrary, although the Sha family does not have many staff and has already purchased industries in Xichuan, it is difficult for them to adapt to outside life, and they still need to find a way out.
But in the mountainous areas controlled by ethnic minorities, Ma Su really has no good idea to find a foothold.
On that day, Sha Qiu came to visit Sha Dong. Ma Su had dinner with him and asked Sha Qiu casually:
"Do you Sha family have any place to stay elsewhere?"
Because of his emotional entanglement with Ma Liang, Sha Qiu never got married and became Mo Ke's right-hand assistant.
She was in charge of the confidential documents of the barbarians and the Sha family and knew a lot of things. She thought about it for a while before saying to Ma Su:
"Our Sha family has not risen for a long time. Although we have not left many retreats like those aristocratic families, it is not just a place to settle down. Our Sha family has great strength in Yuezhi County through marriage with other tribes. My aunt and eldest aunt have both married into the large tribe of Yuezhi County. Our Sha family has purchased a lot of industries there, which can be used as a destination for refuge."
It seems that the three holes of the cunning rabbit are not the patent of the aristocratic families. Even the backward tribes in the mountains have their own way of survival!
While Ma Su sighed, he suddenly felt that Yuezhi County was very familiar with him, and Ma Su couldn't help but remained unchanged.
Because he suddenly remembered that in the historical records of the dream world, Ma Su seemed to have served as the prefect of Yueli, and did a good job.
Ma Su originally wanted to make some plans to let Shamoko, the strange soldier, play a greater role and allow Liu Bei to win the war.
Now, when you look at it, Yueli really has a fate with me!
Ma Su was not an indecisive person. He immediately decided that since he could not take the lead, he would give up his unnecessary efforts and let the main figures of the Sha family retreat to Yueshi County.
As for Zhong Yue, Yang Kui, Zhang Zhuang, Fu Li and others, Ma Su is also preparing to let them go to Yueli.
This is equivalent to planning in advance and laying a solid foundation for your future performance of duties in Yueshi County.
But how to make these people willingly refrigerate in Yueli for several years is a big problem.
After careful consideration, Ma Su decided to take the tactic of trying to get, and asked them to take the initiative to lead the army to Yueli.
That day, Ma Su called Zhong Yue, Yang Kui, Zhang Zhuang and Fu Li over and said to them:
"My generals, I originally wanted to work with you to cooperate with your lord to counterattack Jingzhou and make great contributions, so that several generals can continue to be promoted, and also be able to win a wife and son, and find a way out for the family in Xichuan. Who knew that things went against my wishes? Although the lord recognized my plan, he asked Fan Zhou and Xi Zhen to take charge of this matter. I could only leave Jingnan. You have almost a thousand elites under your command. You should have a decision on where to go!"
The Zhong family is full of talents, Zhong Yao is valued under Cao Cao and his son. Zhong Yue has the highest status among the four, and invisibly becomes the boss. He stood up and said:
"We have been following General Ma since Guanzhong. This time we are in Jingnan. Only General Ma's order is his follower. Now General Ma is leaving. How do we plan to arrange a few of us?"
When Ma Su saw that they had taken the bait, he waved his hand and said:
"Although my position is above you, you are not my direct subordinates. Moreover, during the period of Dingyou, I have no right to care about you. But because you are following me to fight with my old subordinates of Qianli in Guanzhong, and then follow me to your lord. Now Jingzhou is lost and you have no place to stand. Since I have the fate to fight with you side by side again, I cannot help but consider your future. A few days ago, everyone has rejected the possibility of joining Sun Quan and Cao Pi, and can only continue to stay under the lord. Then there are only three ways to go!"
Chapter completed!