The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 711 710 Private Meeting
Zhang Ni's archery is unparalleled, which was discovered by Zhang Fei by accident. On the second day when Zhang Fei took Zhang Ni as his own soldier, Zhang Fei accidentally saw the scene of Zhang Ni practicing archery. The technique of hitting a hundred shots and hitting a target with a hundred steps is highly praised.

However, Zhang Ni has never had a chance to perform. This time, Zhang Fei gave him a good opportunity to perform, which made all the soldiers in the Sichuan Army look at Zhang Ni with admiration.

Even Liu Xian, who has always had a good relationship with Zhang Fei, was very curious, when did Zhang Fei have such a master of archery by his side.

After Zhang Ni came down from the city wall, Liu Xian chased after him and yelled at Zhang Ni.

"I don't know what the general's orders are for you?" Zhang Ni turned around, and when he saw Liu Xian, he cupped his hands and saluted, and asked by the way.

Liu Xiandao: "I can't talk about orders, I'm just a little curious, and I want to ask you a question."

Zhang Ni cupped his hands and said, "Please ask the general!"

"Since you are so good at archery, why didn't you shoot Pang De with one arrow just now?" Liu Xian said.

Zhang Ni said: "Pang De was standing about 120 steps away. The distance was too far. Originally I aimed at him and wanted to shoot him to death, but the arrow still deviated a little bit and was affected by the wind. If it was sunny, If there is no wind, this person has already been pierced by my arrow."

"So, I thought you were showing mercy?" Liu Xian said.

Zhang Ni said: "He is an enemy. My arrows will never show mercy to the enemy. Next time I have a chance, I will definitely kill him. If the general has nothing else to do, I will go and report to the lord."

"Go."

Liu Xian looked at the back of Zhang Ni going away, and smiled in his heart, "With such a good archer by my lord's side, I think my lord can sit back and relax in the future, right?"

At this time Zhang Fei had already returned to the government office, and Zhang Ni went back to report to Zhang Fei. There was also a trace of regret in the conversation, and he said to Zhang Fei: "If there is no wind today, Pang De is already a dead body."

Zhang Fei knew that Zhang Ni was good at archery, but Zhang Ni's mission had been completed, and whether Pang De lived or died was not very important to him.After all, that letter is the ultimate goal, and once Zhang Ni's archery skills are shown, it is bound to let the enemy know that not all the Sichuan troops are incompetent.

Of course, if Pound could be shot to death, that would be the best result, because in this way, Ma Chao would lose an arm.But Pound didn't die, which meant that he should not die.

And Zhang Fei was still thinking about one thing. If Pang De died, it would be difficult to discuss things with Ma Chao in the future.Fortunately, Zhang Ni's arrow did not take Pang De's life, otherwise, he and Ma Chao would definitely become mortal enemies.

"As long as your task is completed, the rest is not important. Well, thank you for your hard work, go down and rest first, if there is anything, I will send someone to notify you." Zhang Fei said.

"promise!"

Zhang Ni exited the room where Zhang Fei was. As soon as he left, Liu Xian walked in from the outside and bumped into Zhang Ni.

Zhang Ni's official position was not as high as Liu Xian's, so he saluted Liu Xian naturally, and then left quickly.

Liu Xian also respects Zhang Ni very much, because Zhang Ni's archery skills are so good that he can even admire him.

"See my lord!" Liu Xian withdrew his envy from Zhang Yi, went to the room where Zhang Fei was, and cupped his hands.

Zhang Fei waved his hand, motioning for Liu Xian to be excused, then raised his hand, pointed to a seat beside him, and said, "My dear brother, please sit down!"

Liu Xian stood still and did not move, but respectfully cupped his hands at Zhang Fei and said, "My lord, a letter has been sent from the enemy!"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to reply so quickly, so he immediately asked Liu Xian to show him the letter.

After opening the letter, Zhang Fei had a quick glance at it, then laughed, and then said to Liu Xian, "Ma Chao agreed to my request for a meeting. .”

Liu Xian knew Huang Quan's strategy to Zhang Fei, and asked: "Then do you want to prepare?"

Zhang Fei waved his hands and said, "Ma Chao is not someone who is idle. If there had been an ambush, he would not have come out to see me. What I want to discuss with him is a big matter, and there must be no idlers waiting here. Otherwise, this There is no way to talk about it, and it will make Ma Chao not trust me."

"But if we don't strengthen our defenses, what if Ma Chao cheats?" Liu Xian said worriedly.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own arrangements."

After Liu Xian left, Zhang Fei immediately sent someone to call Zhang Ni back, and then asked Zhang Ni to personally select nine soldiers with strong archery skills, then gathered them all together, and arranged for them a Task.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was Shen Shi. Ma Chao was already ready and was waiting to meet Zhang Fei.

At this time, Pang De walked into Ma Chao's tent and said to Ma Chao: "General, do you really plan to go alone?"

"Is there something wrong?" Ma Chao asked back.

"The subordinates think that the general is a little hasty, at least they should bring some relatives with them. As the saying goes, you must not have the heart of harming others, but you must have the heart of guarding against others. The general is open and aboveboard, but not all the opponents are the same. The general is just as open and upright. Besides, the matter of the sharp archer I mentioned to the general today is worth letting the general take precautions, don't fall into Zhang Fei's trap." Pang De said earnestly.

Ma Chao didn't answer right away, but was thinking about something vaguely, as if Pound's words had some effect on him.Pound never praises people easily, and he will never hurt a person easily. His words have always been fair and objective. Today, Pound has been praising the sharp archer in the enemy army. Being afraid of that sharp archer is tantamount to acknowledging the strength of that sharp archer.

After a while, Ma Chao asked, "Then how do you think I should handle this matter?"

"The general thought that when he selected a number of good archers from the army and went with the general, he could lie in ambush behind the general. If something happened, they could also shoot arrows in the dark to help the general escape. If the enemy If the army has an ambush, they can also defend the general for a while, so as not to let the general get into trouble." Pound suggested.

Ma Chao thought for a moment, then said: "Okay, let's do as you want, pick twenty elite shooters, and lay in ambush on both sides of the road in case of emergency."

"Here!"

After receiving the order, Pound turned around and went out of the tent, picking out twenty elite shooters from the army.Among them, Qiang people are the majority, with 17 people, and the other three are Han people under Ma Chao's subordinates.

The Qiang people are a minority. They have learned riding and archery since they were young. Riding horses and controlling bowstrings are two things they are best at.This time, in order to attack Shu, Ma Chao abandoned the cavalry and let the Qiang people advance on foot. It is precisely because the road to Shu is difficult, and the role of cavalry in Yizhou is very small, so they are discarded.

In this way, the Qiang people who followed Ma Chao to Xichuan, in a sense, became cripples who lost their legs, and the only thing they could take out was their bows and arrows.

The seventeen elite archers that Pang De selected from the Qiang people are mostly the commanders of the Qiang tribe, and all of them are the leading marksmen in the tribe, and they are also very superb in archery.The other three are Ma Chao's subordinates, and these three are recognized marksmen in the army.

Although Ma Chao is in Liangzhou, not all of his army is cavalry, because it takes a lot of money and food to feed a cavalry, so Ma Chao's army is still mostly infantry, supplemented by cavalry.Moreover, since Ma Chao hired the Liqian people, he saw the Liqian people's super teamwork in combat, so he asked the Liqian people to teach his army how to coordinate operations, and the whole army also felt a bit like the Liqian people.

Therefore, in his army, there are relatively few crossbowmen, and those who are proficient in archery only appear in Ma Chao's guard. He is a mixed talent with various weapons, and he is also the elite of Ma Chao's subordinates.

Seeing that Shen Shi was about to arrive, Pound arranged in advance for these twenty sharpshooters to ambush on both sides of the place where Zhang Fei and Ma Chao met. The main purpose was to protect Ma Chao.

At the same time, Zhang Ni also led nine shooters out of Jiameng Pass, and quietly ambushed them. Together with Zhang Ni himself, there were ten people in total, and they alone protected Zhang Fei's safety.

At the third quarter of Shen Shi, Ma Chao set off from the camp alone on a horse. He was still fully armored, and this time he wore a layer of chain mail under the iron armor to prevent sneak attacks from behind the scenes. The defense was very safe and thoughtful.

And Zhang Fei also came out of Jiameng Pass alone, and both of them arrived at the meeting place almost at the same time.

The distance between the two is twenty steps, as long as the other party speaks, they can hear each other.

After meeting each other twice, Ma Chao first asked: "General Zhang, you and I are at the moment of battle. At this time, you suddenly asked me to meet. Could it be that you know how powerful I am and want to surrender?"

"Hehe..." Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I never thought about surrendering, General Ma thought too much. I asked General Ma to come here this time, in fact, for the sake of General Ma's future."

"For me?" Ma Chao sneered and asked, "Then I want to hear what General Zhang is going to say to me."

"General Ma is a famous general, but today he has become someone else's pawn, shouldn't he feel sad?" Zhang Fei asked straight to the point.

"I am General Zhenxi, Liangzhou Mu, appointed by the emperor of the Han Dynasty. I have more than [-] soldiers in my hand. I guard Xiliang for the emperor of the Han Dynasty. I am an important official of the court. Moreover, I am here to attack General Zhang this time. I am also ordered by the emperor. The name is justified, so is it someone else's minion that General Zhang said?" Ma Chao countered.

"General Ma really doesn't know or is he pretending not to know? The Great Han Dynasty has long existed in name only, and the current Great Han is controlled by Zhang Yan, a traitor. The fate of the emperor is just a trick by Zhang Yan to fool the officials. Is it true that General Ma Are you willing to be a pawn for such an ambitious person?" Zhang Fei said.

Ma Chao laughed and said: "I thought you would say something, but it turned out to be just these useless words. In this case, I, Ma Chao, don't bother to listen to you so much. The general should conform to the will of the people and return to the imperial court as soon as possible. Only when the country is unified can the people live a good life..."

Before Ma Chao could finish speaking, Zhang Fei interrupted Ma Chao and asked, "General Ma, you must have heard the words of rabbit dead dog cooking, right? If the country is unified, a general like you with a heavy army in his hands will definitely If you become someone that the imperial court fears, you will lose your military power sooner or later, so what glory and future is there?"

(End of this chapter)