The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 295

A careful inventory of the entire army shows that there have been more than 2 casualties under Wei Tao's command, but not many of them died, and more were injured.

In fact, half of the troops were killed or killed, most of them were injured, and they could recover after a few months of rest. Compared with the casualties of the Qiang people, it was already a huge profit. Most of the Qiang people died in a battle, but not many were injured.

However, this does not help to change the current reality, that is, whether Ma Teng or Han Sui, with the help of the Qiang people, their military strength is no less than that of Wei Tao.

Fortunately, the relationship between the two has not changed at this time, and it is impossible for them to be in an intimate alliance as before.

If not, I am afraid that Wei Tao really turned from an advantage to a disadvantage in this battle.

"Unexpectedly, the situation is like this, can you plan something?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, although it was possible for Wei Tao to send troops here, but Wei Tao really didn't want to do it.

In addition to spending a lot of time and energy on mobilizing troops, if you want to mobilize troops, it is inevitable to leave your territory empty.

Maybe it was because of this that the Xiongnu or Wuhuan could take advantage of it. This is something that Wei Tao does not allow, so it is absolutely impossible for Wei Tao to send troops here.

But when Wei Tao asked such a question, no one including Chen Qun and Tai Shici could answer.

In fact, even if Zhou Yu and others were here, it might be the same.

If there is any strategy that has been used before, it will not be waiting here at all.

But hearing Wei Tao's question, everyone closed their eyes and thought hard. This was not pretending, but really thinking.

"If not, launch an attack at this time? Didn't Junshi Chen say that the Qiang people are getting training now? If so, can they launch an attack while their training is not over?"

It has to be said that among the many generals, Wei Yan was the most scheming, and he said after a while of thinking.

"General Wei Yan, that's not the case."

But at this moment, Chen Qun spoke directly.

"How can this kind of discipline and battle formation be completed in one day? In fact, no matter how you train, in just a few days, at most, they will be in formation before the battle, so even if we attack at this time, there will not be many people." Good point. The reason why Ma Teng and Han Sui did this is more to restore the morale of the Qiang people. If the morale is low, how can they fight against us?"

Wei Yan is also quite savvy, and he was not angry when he heard Chen Qun's words. After thinking about it carefully, he even admitted that Chen Qun's words were quite true.

"Is it impossible to imagine?"

Tai Shici couldn't help but asked, he was also an old man in the army, so there was nothing wrong with asking at this time.

"The time of day is approaching the cold winter. Although our army has benefited, and even prepared winter clothes early, we still have to get firewood to burn it. The location is favorable, this is Liangzhou, and it is impossible to manage it with Ma Teng and Han Sui. I don't know the geography of Liangzhou. As for Renhe, I don't have to worry about Ma Teng and Han Sui's complete alliance due to the blessing of Gongjin, but unfortunately Renhe is not with me now. No matter whether Xiliang people support Ma Teng and Han Sui, at least The actions of the Qiang people have shown that they support Ma Teng and Han Sui."

Chen Qun finished saying these words with a blank face. Although these words hurt morale a bit, but this is the responsibility of a counselor, Chen Qun did not evade the slightest, and he bowed his hands to Wei Tao while speaking.

"My lord, this battle has already hurt the confidence of the Qiang people. If they come again next year, they can easily win. Presumably by then, the Qiang people will not be able to survive the cold winter like they are now. After the recruitment of Han Sui, he came desperately."

This is already persuading Wei Tao to back down and withdraw his troops.

"Hehe... What Changwen said is indeed a method, but although I don't care about the so-called reputation, Changwen also knows that the morale of the army is greatly affected. If one is not careful, it may even cause the Xiliang Army to form a title. Chasing and killing, when the time comes, it is really possible to be defeated."

Unfortunately, Wei Tao just smiled and rejected Chen Qun's proposal.

"I don't know much about military and political affairs, please forgive me, my lord."

Chen Qun blushed slightly and said, it wasn't that Chen Qun was weak-skinned, but that Chen Qun was not a pure military strategist in the first place, so he made some jokes, and bluntly said that he would retreat, which in itself was not subject to the military's influence. Soldiers welcome.

If it weren't for Chen Qun's family background, he would have enjoyed getting along with the generals during this period of time, and just based on his words, I am afraid that many people would scold him.

"It doesn't matter, Changwen is also a good intention, but the battle for the army should not be easily withdrawn, otherwise once the morale drops, it will be difficult to recover, especially when facing the princes of Xiliang who have self-respect and powerful cavalry. Otherwise, once it is pursued by its followers, it is almost impossible to win."

Wei Tao didn't pay too much attention to it, but he also reminded him.

"Don't talk about withdrawing troops, even if you want to retreat and lure the ambush, you must be cautious. If you are not careful, it may become a real defeat."

"Please be taught."

Chen Qun is not a person who can't listen to words, so he immediately bowed his hands and said respectfully, but the problem in front of him was still unsolved, so Chen Qun still spoke.

"If this is the case, our army cannot advance, and it is difficult to retreat, so what should we do?"

"Maybe so."

Without the help of counselors such as Zhou Yu, it does not mean that Wei Tao is powerless to win. After thinking about it for a while, Wei Tao also has no plans in mind.

"All the troops are listening to my orders, immediately organize the army and beat the drums!"

Wei Tao's prestige in the army is not ordinary, although people still have doubts about what Wei Tao said, but at this time, no one disobeyed Wei Tao's order, and immediately everyone acted independently.

The drums of the whole army are sounding, which is a sign of an attack. I just said not long ago that this is actually not a good time for a war of words, and it is time for a war of words in a flash. objection?

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The sound of the thundering drum immediately excited the two Xiliang armies on the other side of the river, and they led their respective troops to face Wei Tao across the river.

Compared with Wei Tao's side, the opponent's number is larger, but there is a very obvious open space in the middle, which shows that the two armies are just at odds with each other.

Seeing Ma Teng and Han Sui from the two armies, Wei Tao didn't hesitate even more. He rode out slowly, looked around, and finally landed on Ma Teng and Han Sui.

"General Ma, General Han, you have been fighting me for a long time, you should understand that you can take advantage of the Qiang people to be brave for a while, but if my army is moved, you can't be an enemy. If so, why don't you surrender sooner? "

"Hmph! Wei Tao, come if you want, why make such provocative words!"

It is none other than Ma Chao who can confront Wei Tao head-on. Even now Ma Chao is still full of vigor.

"Provocation? Hehe..."

Wei Tao chuckled, not talking too much, but rather as if he was talking to himself?
"Actually, I have a way to defeat you and others in one fell swoop. Even if you don't believe it, before the Qiang people arrived, I have been standing still, and at most I just set up camps. You know why? Because I did it for The Qiang people come here, I just want the Qiang people to come, and then kill them one by one!"

I have to say that Wei Tao's words are very arrogant and conceited, which makes people unable to resist punching him hard, but at the same time, everyone can't help but think about it according to Wei Tao's words.

After thinking about it this way, many people realized that this was indeed the case. Wei Tao did not act like this when the Xiliang army was at its weakest.

It is impossible for Wei Tao to have any friendship with Xiliang people, and Wei Tao is not a soft-hearted person, so why did Wei Tao say such a thing?

Could it be that what Wei Tao said is true, if he had the heart, he would have defeated all of our Xiliang army?
Not only ordinary soldiers, even some low-level generals couldn't help but think so.

Even Ma Teng and Han Sui were stunned for a moment, and they didn't answer in astonishment for a while, which made it more obvious that Wei Tao's words were true.

Morale, which was originally not high, suddenly declined even more.

"Nonsense! If you have the ability, you can fight me with a knife and a gun. What kind of heroes are you talking nonsense!"

At this time, only Ma Chao seems to be unaffected, but it is a pity that the two armies are still separated by the Weihe River at this time. Swearing across the river.

It has to be said that the morale of the Xiliang army was boosted by Ma Chao's drink.

"Hehe... you want to fight me? Why do you fight me alone?"

But at this time Wei Tao smiled again, just now he had already seen the vacillation of the opponent's soldiers, not only the Xiliang people, but also the Qiang people.

Thinking about it, in the past few days, Tai Shici, Xu Huang, and Wei Yan have all fought against the Qiang people.

How did Ma Chao get the title of "Shenweitian General"? That is how he fought and killed.

After killing Tai Shici and others, it is impossible for those Qiang people not to have fear in their hearts, but the so-called fear was suppressed by the reward offered by Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Seeing this, Wei Tao was relieved, and he was more certain about his own thoughts. As long as he followed his own thoughts, it would not be a problem to defeat Xiliang in this battle and destroy the Qiang people.

"you……"

Ma Chao was different, he flew into a rage when he heard Wei Tao's words, but Wei Tao's words made him irrefutable, and finally shouted loudly.

"Wei Tao, no matter what happened before, you dare to fight me now, and you will never die!"

"Perpetually dying?"

At this time, Wei Tao smiled proudly and said coldly.

"Ma Chao, you are indeed extraordinary in martial arts, but you are still much weaker than me. If you fight me again, I will definitely kill you, and I will not let others have a chance to save you. If you don't die, If you don’t stop dying, you can also compete with me?”

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(End of this chapter)