Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, Only Seek Death

In the Battle of Tongguan, more than 20,000 Cao Wei's Guandong reinforcements were annihilated, and more than 20 generals, including commander Xin Pi, died in the civil war. Among them, nearly 10,000 Wei soldiers surrendered to the Han army.

In the end, the only ones who were able to escape back to Tongguan and defend it were the less than ten thousand defeated soldiers led by Wang Ji.

The only pity is that the Yang family does not provide much support. Deng Fan's troops could not cover everything, and Wang Ji finally escaped back to Tongguan.

But even so, Deng Fan's soldiers and horses left in Pubanjin, with the secret support of the Yang family, still successfully captured Fenglingdu, which was empty of defense, and led the Han army into Pubanjin.

When the Han army entered Pubanjin from Fenglingdu and Ma Di's banner was raised, the morale of the Wei army on the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain collapsed instantly.

Originally, their army was blocked in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain because it was rumored that Ma Di led his troops near Pujin Ferry. As a result, before the Shu army in the front could be driven away, another Shu army appeared in Pubanjin behind. For a while, the Wei army no longer had the will to fight, and the entire army withdrew to Hedong County.

However, the escape of the Pubanjin defenders directly harmed Chen Tai's troops who were still fortified in Fengyi County. He originally had the Yellow River at his back, and relied on the support of Pu Banjin behind him to withstand Zhang He's offensive with difficulty.

As a result, as soon as Pubanjin fell, Chen Tai immediately became deeply surrounded by the Han army. Chen Tai could not continue to recover from his injuries, so he quickly gathered all his troops and retreated to Longmendu, the last place still under the control of the Wei army.

Within half a month, the main force of the Han army officially pushed the front line to Pubanjin. The Qinguan Road from Tongguan to Hongnong was completely exposed to the front of the Han army.

The progress of all this is astonishingly fast. It seems that a month has passed. There were originally nearly 70,000 troops on the Eastern Front battlefield, but only Wang Ji and the defeated soldiers of about 10,000 people were left. The entire Eastern Front battlefield was in a state of emergency.

However, such rapid progress did not make the cavalry general Ma Youchang happy. At least for now, the biggest headache is still how to deceive the Prime Minister and hold him accountable.

All this progressed so fast that Ma Su felt that he was posing for death outside Huayin City some time ago, and now he was recuperating in Puban County.

"This battle was also thrilling to win. If Shizai hadn't forced his way over Zhongtiao Mountain, I would have fallen outside Tongguan by now." Ma Su looked at the severity of his injuries. He was even bandaged three times inside and three outside. , couldn’t help but complain.

Since beating up the street pavilion, he has been on the verge of committing suicide countless times. Several times, such as this time, I was just short of the last finishing touch, but I just couldn't die.

And every time, he could be snatched back from the edge of the gate of hell by the doctor in the army, as if the Lord of Taishan Prefecture did not want him.

When did my Shu Han doctor's medical skills become so good?

"General, I'm very complimentary. If it weren't for the support of the Hongnong Yang family, I would have died in Pubanjin." Deng Fan cupped his hands and reported to Ma Su word by word.

Deng Fan's report was slow and his tone was surprisingly slow, but Ma Di was still very sensitive to the fact that Deng Fan didn't stutter!

"Is Shizai's stuttering gone?" Ma Di raised his eyebrows and looked at Deng Fan and asked.

"General, there is no serious problem." Deng Fan nodded and replied.

"It's very good. Before, Shizai was often troubled by his stuttering, and it was difficult for Sisi Aiai to communicate with his colleagues. Now his stuttering is basically gone, and he no longer needs to communicate with pen and paper every time in the future."

Ma Su felt very good when he saw that Deng Fan was basically no longer troubled by his stuttering. He congratulated casually, and then asked about the left and right,

"Have the envoys from the Hongnong Yang family arrived? Didn't they say they wanted to come and meet me the day before yesterday?"

"General, the Yang family's envoy has arrived outside the door now, but because the general still has something to do..."

"What's the matter? Go and invite the Yang family's envoy to come in." Ma Su waved his hand and immediately asked the guards to invite the Hongnong Yang family's envoy to come in.

The Yang family of Hongnong can be considered a famous family, and it was already an upper-class family during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Its earliest ancestors can be traced back to the period of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, and they were important officials of the Han Dynasty for generations.

For example, Taiwei Yang Biao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Yang Xiu who divided Boss Cao's snacks were both members of the Yang family of Hongnong.

Such a wealthy family suddenly decided to join Shuhan, which was a good thing from any point of view. As the crown prince and tutor and the supreme commander of the Eastern Front battlefield, Ma Su naturally had to meet them.

Soon, an extremely young-looking scribe dressed in white walked in under the leadership of the messenger. After seeing Ma Di, the scribe immediately saluted respectfully and said,

"Yang Zhun, I've seen General Chariot and Cavalry!"

"Yang Zhun... Hongnong Yang is so sincere." Ma Su raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised for a moment.

Yang Zhun himself is not very famous, and his father Yang Xiao is not a high official either. But this person's grandfather has a lot of background, he is Yang Xiu, the useless god of war.

In other words, Yang Zhun is the current eldest son of the Yang family, not a concubine.

Ma Su was moved by the sincerity of having the eldest son of the family come as an envoy.

"I must have been on duty in Luoyang originally, but it happened that my mother passed away and I had to go back to Hongnong to observe mourning. As a result, it happened that the Han Dynasty was recovering Guanzhong, so I came here as an envoy on the orders of my family." Yang Zhun looked calm, He said matter-of-factly.

As for whether it was a coincidence, only God knows.

"I heard from Shi Zai that the Yang family of Hongnong abandoned the puppet Wei and led the whole county of Hongnong to the west to attach the Han Dynasty?" Ma Di asked next, but was immediately refuted by Yang Zhunyi.

"General, what you said is wrong. We, the Yang family, have been ministers of the Han Dynasty for generations. We have been paid by the Han Dynasty and received the favor of the Han Dynasty. We also have a deep hatred for the puppet Wei Dynasty. We have been suppressed by the thieves. Because we are unable to fight, we have given in to them.

Now that the Han army has recovered, we, the Hongnong Yang family, will naturally raise the Han flag in response. Why should we abandon the theory of the puppet Wei? "

In response, Ma Su's mouth twitched twice and he suppressed his desire to complain.

If the Yang family were really as loyal as you say, you wouldn't have waited until he defeated Hongnong before surrendering.

However, from Yang Zhun's words, Ma Su also understood why the Yang family joined Shuhan. As a prestigious family with five generations and three princes during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yang family was too deeply tied to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, from Cao Cao to Cao Rui, the Cao family's three generations of government did not give the Yang family a chance to come forward at all. Even the former head of the Yang family, Yang Xiu, was killed by Cao Cao. Until now, the head of the Yang family, Yang Xiao, was not even a Jiu Qing.

So it's not surprising that the Yang family would make such a choice. Even without Ma Di, the Yang family of Hongnong was a die-hard supporter of Sima's usurpation of Wei in history.

In this case...

A trace of joy flashed in Ma Su's eyes, and he looked at Yang Zhun with squinted eyes.

He has already begun to think about how to let the Hongnong Yang family provide maximum assistance to Shu Han.