Shu Chen

Chapter 442 Undefeated
Jesse Doman's face was full of urgency.

The pontoon bridge at the rear of the camp was made of iron chains connecting many small boats, and then paved with wooden planks.

Moreover, not all of the soldiers of the Wei State who were manipulating the bed crossbows and Thunderbolt chariots on the other side fled. At least half of them were still under the command of Du Bo or the head of the village, trying to contain the Han army from crossing the river.

This made him feel that the speed at which Zhang Bao led the three thousand cavalry across the river was too slow.

Just now everyone saw that he led the tribe to turn against the enemy and put down the suspension bridge of the camp for the Han army, and the women and children of his tribe are still at the food storage place more than ten miles away. He led the Han army over a moment later, just to let Women and children are at increased risk.

But no matter how eager he was, there was nothing he could do.

Fortunately, after half a quarter of an hour, Li Tangmang, the pioneer, finally crossed the river with more than two hundred riders.

He didn't reprimand the cavalry to line up, he jumped on the horse vigorously, roared "Follow me", and galloped towards the bed crossbow and Thunderbolt chariot of the Wei army.

Only by destroying these equipment can the follow-up cavalry cross the river more quickly.

Li Tangmang was the well-known leader of horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor in the past, and also Lu Shuihu who was later accepted by Zheng Pu as his retinue.

It's just that during the Battle of Lingju, he was sent by Zheng Pu to serve as Jiang Wei's guide, and then fought fiercely with Ma Dai in Juyanze, so he was appreciated by Ma Dai and became the captain of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.After Ma Dai retreated to the rear, Zhang Bao was also given a thousand Xiliang iron cavalry. Due to the ties between Zheng Pu and Zhang Baonai's in-laws, he also became one of Zhang Bao's subordinates.

Naturally, he did not disappoint.

Only leading more than two hundred riders, under the direct threat of the bed crossbow, it took only half an hour to kill all the Wei troops who manipulated the equipment, and destroyed these equipment conveniently.

This made Ji Saiduoman feel a little relieved.

At this time, all the [-] riders led by Zhang Bao had crossed the river, and the distance of more than ten miles was only one after another. Rescuing the women and children of his tribe was also a breeze.

ten miles
Bali
It's only four miles away!

He was leading the way with his horse, silently calculating in his heart.

But when he was approaching two miles, when he could vaguely see granaries lined up side by side, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

He smelled a strong smell of blood.

As a man who relied on animal husbandry, he could easily smell the difference between the blood of cattle and sheep and human blood.

Therefore, his face became ferocious, and he looked like a mad tiger. He began to flog the horse desperately, and kicked the horse's belly fiercely with his legs to speed up the horse.

Zhang Bao and Li Tangmang, who followed closely behind, also vaguely felt something strange.

Because, it's too quiet!
If, as Ji Saiduoman said, all the women and children of his tribe were placed here, then at this time, under the command of the big witch, they should put on the grazing horses and run towards them!

At the very least, cattle and sheep should be driven to create chaos, and granaries or pastures should be secretly set ablaze to make it easier for their leaders to come to the rescue.

After dozens of breaths, the truth came out.

I saw a low hill suddenly protruding from the grass in front of me.

A low hill built with the corpses of thousands of women, children, old and weak.

The blood has already solidified due to the cold weather, but the color is extremely coquettish in the thin snowflakes.

"Do not!!"

Ji Saiduoman screamed like an old owl in the deep mountains, which aroused the mournful cries of all the clansmen who were also driving their horses forward.

But it didn't take long for their voices to stop abruptly.

When they rushed towards the low hill of flesh and blood recklessly, countless crossbow arrows whizzed over, shooting them all to death, leaving Kong's wide-open eyes asking the sky why the world is so cruel.

"retreat!"

"Turn the horse! Back!"

Zhang Bao and Li Tangmang gave orders loudly at the same time.

Covered by the sound of locust-like crossbow arrows piercing the air, their voices seemed insignificant.

At this time, on the other side of the granary, Deng Ai looked at Fei Yao with a smile, and stammered, "General Fei, today is the hatred of Xuexi and Lushui!"

Fei Yao, who had been expressionless all this time, paused for a moment, and then replied with some reluctance, "Cheng Shi carries auspicious words!"

After saying that, he took the lead and galloped away.

The cavalry behind him had a terrifying number of nearly ten thousand cavalry!

Deng Ai seemed to be used to Fei Yao's indifference, but tilted his head slightly to look at his receding back, and twitched the corner of his mouth to reveal a sneer.

Yes, Fei Yao didn't want to see Deng Ai again.

At first, it was because he despised Deng Ai's humble background and often pointed fingers at military disputes.

However, after Fei Yao's defeat, he restrained his temper and discussed with Deng Ai. In midwinter last year, he jointly wrote a book to Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, and presented a plan.

Also at the beginning of this year, Sima Yi personally came to Helan Mountain to inspect.

But during the more than ten days of their stay, they have always been noncommittal about the strategies they presented.

Until the night before returning to Chang'an, he called Deng Ai into the tent and whispered for a long time.

Fei Yao didn't know what was being said.

However, the next day he led the cavalry to escort Sima Yi for more than [-] miles, and when he parted, he got an order, "Scholar Zai is from a humble background, and he is dedicated to his merits and has no secrets about the world, but he can help the general overcome the hatred of defeat in the old Lushui tributary. After the general returns, let him take charge of all affairs for the time being."

Yes, Sima Yi asked him, who had been in the army for decades, to listen to Deng Ai, who had never been in a battle.

Although he was a little unwilling in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey orders or disobey.

It's not that Deng Ai is afraid of Sima Yi's confidant general.

Instead, he was defeated by Wei Yan in the wild of Yangcheng first, and then lost countless soldiers in the Lushui tributary. If Sima Yi hadn't asked the emperor Cao Rui to intercede for him and let him have the opportunity to stay in the army to perform his crimes and meritorious deeds, he would have been killed by Luo by now. Yangmiaotang was deposed as a commoner after being seized with a crime.

With this kindness, even if he is dissatisfied, he will not make a mistake.

When he returned to the camp, Deng Ai, who had waited for a long time, couldn't wait to inform the new policy.

The new policy is quite different from what the two discussed before.

It didn't take much thinking to know that this was a private discussion between Sima Yi and Deng Ai last night.

The combination of the two of them was to select some troops from the Qianghu tribe in the north of Anding County, and go to the Han army to seek asylum. They claimed that other tribesmen in their own tribe had been treated harshly by the Wei State, and planned to cooperate with the outside world to seize the camp for the Han army. When the Han army led the army to attack, they defected.

Yes, it is also giving up the camp that relies on Qu Wushan.

And Fei Yao will lead the cavalry to ambush in the desert and attack the Han army from behind.

But Sima Yi felt that this plan would be self-defeating.

The reason is very simple, Ni Shu, who experienced Li Yan's surrender and loss of nearly [-] elites, cannot repeat the same mistakes.

If you want Ni Shu to be tricked, you have to fake the show and do it for real, and it will hurt others and benefit yourself!

The fake show was really done, so Deng Ai and Fei Yao deliberately forced them to rebel against the Zahu tribe, and slightly relaxed the control, so that they had the opportunity to spontaneously seek Nishu and surrender.

Harming others and benefiting oneself is to make Nishu feel that if he believes in the surrender of the Zahu tribe, he will have a chance to severely injure the Wei army, and even if the Zahu tribe tricks the enemy into surrendering, he is sure to retreat.

Therefore, according to the soldiers in Qu Wushan's camp, the countless bed crossbows and thunderbolt chariots on the other side of the river, as well as the guards and soldiers, they were all abandoned sons of the conspiracy.Even one of the two major food stockpiles can be burned by Nishu!

This is also the reason why Deng Ai placed the women and children of the Zahu tribe near Dige and sent them to the camp of Quwu Mountain.

Everything is to lure the Shu army to cross the river.

Because Sima Yi knew that if the Shu army did not cross the river, even if the Wei army succeeded in setting up an ambush, there would be no chance of winning in the field battle.

There is no way, based on the combat power and morale of the enemy and our soldiers, it really makes people dare not take chances.

Therefore, he retreated to the next best thing, and only wanted to ambush the Shu army who had crossed the river.
And this move is also for the sake of not being alerted by the Shu army when setting up an ambush.

In other words, first send your own soldiers to death, and then pay for a camp and countless military equipment, and also calculate the battle damage during the ambush. Even if the ambush is successful, the Wei army will have to pay the same price as the Han army. The ambush seems very unwise and undesirable.

Hurting others is not beneficial to oneself, gaining its disadvantages but not gaining benefits, why bother to spend so much time designing schemes?

But if you start from the perspective of Sima Yi personally and the country and the country, you will find that the advantages of an ambush outweigh the disadvantages.

Firstly, Wei State has suffered too many defeats since it sent troops to Longyou against Shu. Both Sima Yi and Luoyang Temple urgently need a defeat against Shu to boost the morale and vigor of the troops in Yongliang.

On the other hand, the national strength and war history of the two sides are different.

For Nishu, who has a small land and few people, he lost thousands of soldiers with Wei, and he was undefeated and defeated!

As far as the Wei State is concerned, since the combat power of the soldiers cannot match the Shu soldiers and the fact that it is easier to restore the war background, both sides will suffer, but they will win without victory!

Of course, if the ambush is to be successful, Sima Yi has to consider one more issue——

With only [-] cavalry troops in the south of Helan Mountain, it is difficult for Wei to have the superior force for ambush.

Therefore, he sent Hu Zun to Shuofang County again, claiming that he would personally present Luoyang, and asked Cao Rui to confer Liu Bao, the left part of the Southern Huns, as the Great Chanyu after the war!

Of course!

Nearly [-] of the nearly [-] cavalry following Fei Yao are all members of Liu Bao's clan!

As for why Liu Bao, who originally had two intentions, cooperated so much this time, fighting with all his might.
Hu Zun also conveyed another original sentence of Sima Yi, saying: "Although Liu Gaosheng's love on the right is dead, he has made great contributions to the court in getting rid of the humble, and the emperor and Luoyang princes all favor him."

The words were very cryptic, but Liu Bao knew what they meant when he heard them.

He is nothing more than threatening, "Those who follow our Wei will prosper, and those who oppose our Wei will perish."

If Liu Bao is unwilling to send troops to cooperate with the Wei army, then Sima Yi will go to Luoyang and help Li Qubei's other sons to continue to supervise the Southern Huns!
As long as Maodun Shanyu's blood is not the only one left by Liu Bao, as long as the Southern Huns still live in Bingzhou, Wei Guo will have countless ways to keep Liu Bao from the position of Da Shanyu forever!
Even, Zuo Xianwang, who will support others to replace Liu Bao in the future, will also be replaced!

On the one hand, the position of the Great Chanyu, and on the other hand, Wei Guoyong's endless suppression, Liu Bao quickly made a choice.

But what he didn't know was that before Hu Zun took the order to go to Shuofang County, he also advised Sima Yi that this move was inappropriate. If Liu Bao succeeded the Great Shanyu, it might induce new turmoil in the frontier.

Sima Yi didn't care about this.

Said: "If you enter the game, you will always be a pawn, so why worry about it!"

Hu Zun was surprised and went happily.

Yes, as long as Liu Bao is involved in the dispute between Han and Wei, he will become a pawn in the game between Han and Wei; no matter whether it is the Han or the Wei, he will never be kept out of the matter.

It can be said that Sima Yi's personal plan this time can be said to be comprehensive.

Once the Han army entered the game, there was no chance of retreating.

However, except for him, Fei Yao and Deng Ai, everyone would think that Deng Ai was making a plan this time.

He is the general of the Wei State and the governor of Yongliang. He is the minister of Gu Ming today, and he cannot have the reputation of personally sending the soldiers under his command to death.

In particular, there is no perfect theory of military war planning.

Once the ambush did not succeed as expected, and he was crowned with such a reputation, even the emperor Cao Rui would not be able to let him continue to serve as the governor of Yongliang under the mouth of Youyou.

But Deng Ai has no worries in this regard.

He is nothing more than an unknown person from a humble background who has never been on the battlefield!

Moreover, his duty in the south of Helan Mountain was to farm the fields, and he was not good at military warfare, so why was it surprising that he was defeated by Nishu?

In the past ten years of Han and Wei battles, Wei Guoben had no shortage of defeats.

There is no need to worry that Deng Ai will be divorced because of this. On the contrary, Deng Ai is grateful for this.

He who is deeply rooted in fame always looks forward to the opportunity to accumulate meritorious service. Sima Yi promotes him first and then gives him a chance. That is the kindness of knowing you.

This is also the reason why Fei Yao started to dislike Deng Ai again.

In his early years, he belonged to Cao Zhen and the army for decades, and he disagreed with this practice of sending soldiers to death.

Since Sima Yi cannot be despised, let it fall on Deng Ai.

Anyway, he is like a raccoon dog.

However, Zhang Bao, who had crossed the great river and penetrated more than ten miles, found that Wei Guo had set up a strong crossbow array at the food storage place, and immediately shouted at his cavalry to transfer their horses and turn around, and turned back.

Although he wanted to use the mobility of the cavalry to kill all the crossbowmen in front of him in a roundabout way.

But reason told him that Wei Guo's ambush could not be just a crossbow formation.

He was entrusted with high hopes by the prime minister and became the only second cavalry commander of the Han Dynasty. He knew how much food the Han Dynasty spent to build up the cavalry.

He couldn't let these cavalry break down here.

If you want to die in battle, you should also die in the battle of Guanzhong, which is still in the old capital.

Therefore, although he witnessed many cavalry soldiers being shot and fell off their horses with powerful crossbows, even though his eyes were tearing and his indignation was unbearable, he still ordered his subordinates to go to Yiqu Wushan camp.

The pontoon bridge over there is their only way of life.

But they had just completed their detour, and Fei Yao had already led nearly ten thousand cavalry to cross.

Tens of thousands of horseshoes landed on the ground, even if a layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, it could not stop the breathtaking voice.

The brave Zhang Bao has never lacked the courage to die on the battlefield.

"Li Mantang, lead your Xiliang iron cavalry to detour and snatch the pontoon bridge!"

He turned his head and roared, and without waiting for Li Mangtang's reply, he leveled the horse in his hand and took the lead, "Burn the Qiang, follow me to pierce through the enemy's formation, and return to Hexi!"

(End of this chapter)