Chapter 559 The Battle of Yiling (81)
Ma Su thought hard for several days and finally found the weakness of Liu Bei's strategy.
Although he had not decided on a solution, he did not dare to waste any more time. He quickly ordered his guards to prepare horses and rushed to Jingzhou overnight.
Because Ma Su was not very old, he showed outstanding talents.
When he was in Xinye, Ma Su took the lead in presenting Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" to Liu Bei, but he did not receive Liu Bei's reuse.
It’s not that Liu Bei doesn’t care about talents, but mainly because Ma Su is too young and not very famous, so it’s reasonable not to use it for the time being.
Later, when Liu Bei visited the cottage three times, he saw that Ma Su and Zhuge Liang coincided with each other, he recognized Ma Su's talent in his heart.
Liu Bei did not give up on Ma Su when he had Zhuge Liang. He just wanted to hide Ma Su and reserve talents for his son Liu Chan.
Therefore, Liu Bei did not strictly reward Ma Su's merits.
Of course, Liu Bei did not dare to dispel the hearts of the Ma brothers, so he counted his credit on Ma Liang.
Ma Liang contacted Shamoke in Jingnan to invade the incident. Liu Bei had a very skilled vision. When he saw the military plan, he knew that it was Ma Su's work, including Ma Su's contribution.
But he deliberately turned a blind eye and counted all the credits on Ma Liang's head.
Therefore, Ma Liang worked in Jingzhou from an injustice and became a Shizhong, entering the core of the rights of Liu Bei Group.
Ma Su had already known Liu Bei's thoughts and believed that it would not be useful to directly ask Liu Bei for advice.
If Liu Bei wants to hide Ma Su, he cannot let Ma Su make too much contribution.
Although Ma Su's guess was accurate, it was something that had not happened yet.
Even if Liu Bei agrees in his heart, he can take precautions quietly.
Whether it is because of face or not wanting Ma Su to make contributions, Liu Bei will not accept Ma Su's suggestions on the surface.
Therefore, Ma Su did not think about meeting Liu Bei, but went directly to Shamoke Camp.
He wanted to tell Ma Liang about his plan, which was equivalent to giving the credit to Ma Liang, just taking advantage of Liu Bei's intentions and maybe he could really adopt it.
Ma Su traveled day and night, and finally arrived at Shamoke's camp at dark on the seventh day.
Along the way, Ma Su was very glad to see the peaceful area occupied by Liu Bei.
He believed that Lu Xun had planned and did not rush to do it. He still had time to break Lu Xun's plan and save the failure.
Shamoko's camp is already heavily guarded.
Because Ma Su had close contact with Shamoke, these barbarian soldiers were not unfamiliar with the Barbarian King's brother-in-law, so they took him directly to Shamoke's tent.
It just so happened that Ma Liang was also in Shamoke's tent. When he saw Ma Su suddenly coming, he was shocked.
Ma Liang quickly asked, and when he learned that his family was not surprised, he came to offer advice, he felt relieved.
Ma Liang returned to the Jingzhou front two days earlier than Ma Su. He handed Zhuge Liang's urgent letter to Liu Bei.
After reading it, Liu Bei also felt that what Zhuge Liang said was reasonable.
However, Liu Bei believed that Zhuge Liang's plan was too conservative, and he was confident that Lu Xun could not solve his plan, so he did not adopt Zhuge Liang's suggestions in a timely manner on the grounds that he needed to consider carefully.
Ma Liang was a man who knew how to advance and retreat. Seeing that Liu Bei did not reject Zhuge Liang's suggestions, nor did he continue to express his interests. Instead, he returned to the army and asked Shamoko to strengthen his defense.
Although Shamoke's camp strengthened its vigilance and sent many scouts to inquire about the enemy's situation, Ma Liang was still worried, and he was still worried that Lu Xun would defeat each of them.
Because Shamoke's camp is located at a critical moment, it is a must for Lu Xun to counterattack Yidu.
The last time Han Dang and Zhou Tai robbed food, they also stole it from their place.
If Lu Xun launches a counterattack, Shamoke's camp will definitely be attacked by Lu Xun.
Shamoke formed a defensive unit with Fu Tong and Zhao Rong, but they all had only three thousand troops.
Shamoke's ten thousand barbarians were also transferred half by Liu Bei and placed in Wu Ban's vanguard army. When attacking Yiling City, the barbarians also suffered heavy losses.
Shamoke resolutely sent troops, left the Xiongxi tribe, joined Liu Bei and then attacked Sun Quan. It can be said that there was no way out.
This incident was facilitated by Ma Liang. He did not want Shamoko's army to be wiped out, so he hurried back to the army and made arrangements and prevention in Shamoko's army in advance according to Zhuge Liang's suggestions.
Ma Liang was a little surprised that he had to offer advice to Liu Bei, but he didn't think his younger brother's military talent was still above Zhuge Liang.
He thought in his heart that his younger brother should have coincided with Zhuge Liang. In order to avoid embarrassment, he first explained Zhuge Liang's arrangement plan in detail.
Because in the dream world, Zhuge Liang was like a god, and Ma Su has always admired him very much.
After hearing Ma Liang telling Zhuge Liang's plan, Ma Su secretly admired him.
Because of Zhuge Liang's arrangement, although he did not guess that Lu Xun would attack Liu Bei's cavalry battalion, he believed that Lu Xun would definitely attack with fire.
Therefore, the arrangement suggestions he made in his letter to Liu Bei were mainly about the rearrangement of the camp, and the focus was on preventing fire attacks.
Zhuge Liang was rigorous and the arrangements he made were very strict. If Liu Bei really re-arranged the defense according to his suggestions, then Lu Xun would have no way to start.
Because Ma Su was in a hurry, he did not have time to formulate a solution.
But if he is focused on defending, his plan will not be better than Zhuge Liang's.
Since Ma Su guessed that Lu Xun would attack the three cavalry camps, he could not only work hard on defense, but also use tricks, and perhaps lure Lu Xun to take the bait, break the current deadlock and win.
After listening to Ma Liang's narration, Ma Su fell into deep thought and soon made a rough plan in his heart.
Because he drew on Zhuge Liang's plan, Ma Su focused on preventing fire attacks on the cavalry camp and set up a trap, preparing to attract Lu Xun to take the bait and take advantage of the situation to counterattack Jiangling City.
Ma Liang is not as good as Ma Su in military planning because the two have different learning focuses and his intelligence is no worse than Ma Su!
After listening to Ma Su's arrangements, he quickly understood Ma Su's plan and realized the wonders.
He also saw that Ma Su's strategy was different from Zhuge Liang's strategy, and it just had a complementary effect. If Liu Bei accepted the suggestions of the two, he would be invincible.
After solving the problem in his heart, Ma Liang was very happy. Seeing that the night was getting dark, he ordered Ma Su to arrange a tent to rest.
Ma Liang originally wanted Ma Su to meet Liu Bei together, but Ma Su refused and refused to let Ma Liang tell Liu Bei about what he had come to the army.
Ma Liang was a smart man. He thought that although Ma Su was incest, it was of no benefit to see Liu Bei rashly, so he agreed to Ma Su's request.
Although Ma Liang understood Ma Su’s suggestions, he still needs to summarize it.
Chapter completed!