Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1715 Not happy without fighting

  Western Capital City.

  If future generations still have a little impression of the scene of the couple arguing on the city wall in the final ending of Journey to the West, then the current city wall of the Western Capital City looks almost like that.

  In the loess city, the city walls that have not been repaired for many years have been eroded by wind, sand and rain. Since the beginning of the Western Qiang Rebellion, very few Han people have set foot here. Now Zhang Liao and others have arrived here again in more than ten years.

  It is always easier to destroy a thing than to build it. Back then when the Han people retreated, they lit a fire themselves, and after the Hu people looted, they lit a fire again. Everything that could be taken away was taken away, most of what could not be taken away was burned, and the rest were stones, loess and so on.

  Zhang Liao asked people to re-dig the wells that had been blocked in the city. After digging down for more than ten meters, they finally found water. Although it was muddy, it could be used as long as it settled for a day or two.

  The water source is almost enough. After all, there is Huangshui outside the city, and the main problem is food.

   "There is grain and grass in Longyou, and Yishan will send it over..." Zhang Liao watched as Ma Heng counted the amount of grain and grass again worryingly, and said, "Didn't you just do the counting two days ago?"

Ma Heng smiled and said: "General Wen Yuan is laughing, so... well, I am anxious in my heart, I find something to do..." Ma Heng is an obsessive-compulsive disorder caused by anxiety, just like many people in later generations You need to check again and again whether you have your keys and mobile phone, and then open the door to see if the kitchen is turned off, turn off the fire and close the window, get out of the car, walk two steps, and then turn back to pull the car door to see if it is locked. It belongs to emotion a compensation for.

Compared with Ma Heng, who was on the big scene for the first time, Zhang Liao was undoubtedly much calmer, and he didn't laugh at Ma Heng because of it. He just explained some logistical matters and then focused his energy on the upcoming battle superior.

  Before the two armies confront each other, the scouts from both sides will always be the first to confront.

  According to the news sent back by the scouts, Zhang Liao felt a little strange. The scouts reported that they looked like Qiang people, not Fan people...

  Although Zhang Liao had no contact with the Fan people before, according to Yang Fu and Yang Yishan's description, there are still some differences between the Fan people and the Qiang people, and they are also easy to identify. The Qiang people do not have the habit of putting on makeup, but the Fan people do.

  Of course, the makeup here is not like the Asian metamorphosis of later generations, but a thing called "ocher", which is ground into a fine powder and then applied to the face...

  So it's easy to identify, the face is painted red, like a monkey's butt, so it is naturally a fan. Now Zhang Liao naturally thinks that the makeup habits of the Tubo people are very weird, but hundreds of years later, the Tang Dynasty made the makeup of the Tubo people all the rage. wind".

  Why Qiang people?

   This made Zhang Liao vigilant.

In Longxi, the Qiang people are also in the majority. If the Qiang people and the Fan people join forces, it must be a very difficult matter. Therefore, Zhang Liao not only paid close attention to the changes ahead, but also deliberately passed such a message to the rear. In case of any accident.

  What Zhang Liao didn't know was that Yao Kehui, who was opposite him, was even more sad than Zhang Liao.

"Is this the third time someone has been sent to urge you?" The Qiang leader beside Yao Kehui couldn't help saying angrily when he saw the humiliated and arrogant Fan messengers leave, "What is this taking us for? "

  Yao Kehui fell silent.

  The leader of the Qiang people asked: "What should we do next?"

  Yao Kehui nodded silently.

  The leader of the Qiang people sighed. In fact, he also knew that there was only such a choice.

   Just when Yao Kehui was preparing to fight, Zhang Liao actually made the same decision, planning to take some men tomorrow to carry out a tentative attack to find out the strength of the opponent.

  Currently, due to the terrain, Zhang Liao's scouts can't carry out reconnaissance on the large plains like Guanzhong. The folds on the Loess Plateau restrict the direction of travel and also fix the scope of reconnaissance. Of course, this is true for both parties.

  At present, Youfufeng prefect Jia Xu said that he is about to arrive in Longyou. With Jia Xu, an old fox, in Longyou, Zhang Liao can face the enemy in front of him with more peace of mind. If Longyou was restless and faced with the enemy, even if Zhang Liao had superb abilities in battle, he might only be able to win a partial victory, but would not be able to save the overall defeat.

"This group of guys..." Zhang Liao gestured with his fingers on the map, "the day before yesterday they marched ten miles...yesterday they also advanced ten miles, and today they didn't even move at all...either they are waiting for backup, or they have other plans ...We have rested for four days, and we are waiting for work at leisure..."

   "I just don't know how many people are behind these Qiang people?" Ma Heng frowned and said, "It would be even better if we could find out what's going on behind them..."

  Zhang Liao laughed, and said, "A certain person has that intention!"

   "General Wen Yuan means..." Ma Heng also came to his senses and said, "Send the scouts secretly while tomorrow's battle is chaotic?"

   "Exactly!" Zhang Liao's eyes brightened, "I want to see what kind of tricks these Qiang and Tibetans are doing together?!"

  The sky in the northwest of Dahan, especially in autumn, is so blue that it makes people feel distressed.

  When the moon is dark and the wind is high, it is a good time to kill, but the cloudless sky is also a good time to kill.

  Early the next morning, the two sides acted together with a tacit understanding, advancing towards each other, and facing each other from afar.

  In order to better observe the situation on the opposite side, Zhang Liao did not lead his troops on the front line, but stood on a temporary wooden platform, looking at the situation of the opponent's army in the distance.

  Ma Heng felt that Zhang Liao, as the coach, even if he hadn't reached the front line, was somewhat risky to be at the front, but Zhang Liao said that if he was in the rear, how could he solve the enemy's situation in the first place, and how could he make the most reasonable judgment?

   It can be said that all the generals from Bianjun, from Lu Bu to Guan Yu, are mostly generals who belong to such a front-line command. If these Bianjun men did not go to battle in person that day, it might make the soldiers feel uneasy...

   Ma Heng, who was in the western capital city, also went up to the city wall, leaning on the dilapidated city wall and looking at it, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and even his breathing was a little disordered.

  Zhang Liao frowned, looking at the front line of the Qiang people who were powerful but actually not very numerous, he couldn't help feeling a little puzzled. After all, Zhang Liao was also a cavalry general. He knew that the seemingly huge cavalry skirmish line of the Qiang people was due to the relationship between the horses, so it seemed to be quite large visually, but in fact it was not thick enough...

   After pondering for a moment, Zhang Liao slowly raised his hand, and suddenly lowered everything.

  In an instant, the drums and thunder sounded, shaking the world!

  In order to cover the scouts and attract the attention of the Qiang people, Zhang Liao's formation this time is more similar to the traditional Han battle formation, that is, the central army has infantry and the two wings have cavalry.

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  Comparing people to others, sometimes it will **** people off.

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   "How to fight?" asked the Qiang leader on the side, "Still attacking the main line of the Han people as before?"

  Yao Ke shook his head back, and said: "Look at the formation of the Han people... If we rush to the middle, then the cavalry on both sides of the Han people will surround them..."

   "Then what should I do..." Before the leader of the Qiang people could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the sound of rumbling war drums.

   "Let's attack one flank of the Han people first!" Yao Kehui roared, "Left wing! Attack the left flank of the Han people!"

  The horn sounded, and the Qiang people rode their horses forward.

   On the battlefield, the sound of horns, drums, and horseshoes mixed with the roar of people made the ground shake for a while.

Almost at the moment when the Qiang soldiers rushed forward, Zhang Liao began to order the soldiers to adjust their formation. On the temporary high platform, the commander in charge of the flag waved the flags representing the position and affiliation. A team of swordsmen and shields rushed out of the formation, facing the Qiang people's attacking direction, and then set up spears, forming a new defense line outside the formation.

  The cavalry started almost at the same time as the opponent, but unlike the Qiang people, the Han cavalry still maintained a relatively complete formation while galloping...

  The cavalry of both sides took the lead in contact.

The Qiang cavalry was faster than the Han army, and the rapid sound of horseshoes gradually turned into a huge roar. In the flying yellow dust, the Qiang cavalry was like a wolf rushing out of the dust, shouting all the way. They rushed forward, and then looked at the silent Han army on the opposite side. Some Qiang people thought that the Han people were timid, so they couldn't help shouting even more frantically, trying to overwhelm the Han people in terms of momentum.

  Among the animals in the natural world, there are many roars that are used as deterrents, but some roars can make people frightened, such as lions and tigers, while some roars can make people laugh, such as the groundhog that straightened its waist and roared...

Although the scattered line of troops of the Qiang people seems to fill all the space, and with the yellow dust raised, it is somewhat majestic, while the cavalry of the Han army is densely arrayed in a cone shape. It seems to be a lot smaller under it, but in fact, the cavalry of the Han army is like the steel knife in their hands, sharp and tough. After two or three rounds of arrow exchange, they slammed into the Qiang people viciously. Among the front!

  The cavalry line of the Qiang people, as if being hit by a giant, suddenly sunk a large piece!

If it is said that on a relatively flat and wide battlefield, the tactics of the Qiang people should be more advantageous, because the Han cavalry has a higher load, while the Qiang cavalry has better endurance, and the Qiang cavalry can stick to the front, back, left, and right sides of the Han cavalry like a dog skin plaster , the intrusion back and forth weakens the Han cavalry, and then wait until the horsepower of the Han cavalry drops, you can harvest the Han cavalry...

After three or four hundred years of contests with the Han people, this set of methods has become a consensus of nomadic peoples. Therefore, after being hit by Zhang Liao's cavalry, the Qiang cavalry still did not take it seriously. The battle experience with the Han cavalry for a hundred years has told these Qiang people that regardless of the fierceness of the Han people, only the one who laughs behind is the winner. Therefore, the Qiang people quickly avoided the direction of the Han cavalry attack. Make room for the Han Chinese cavalry to pass, and then try to attack after going around...

  Among the left wing of the Han army, Marquis Zhang Shi felt that the light and shadow in front of him changed, and it seemed to be much brighter.

   Speaking of Zhang Shi, there are a few twists and turns. He was originally from Chang'an, but when Dong Zhuo and Li Guo made trouble in Chang'an, Zhang Shi, who was originally from a poor family, went to Pingyang. However, Zhang Shi felt that under Fei Qian, his military exploits were more powerful, so after the end of the term of the teaching envoy, he actually stayed in Yinshan to join the army. After completing the cavalry training, he changed his job and became a soldier. Junhou followed Zhang Liao to this place.

  Zhang Shi shouted: "Turn! The whole army turns!" Then he gestured to the scout who was following him. The scout master knew it, greeted him, and then separated from the queue with more than a dozen scouts, taking advantage of the yellow dust all over the sky, and ran towards the diagonal stabbing direction.

This time, Zhang Liao arranged such a team of scouts among the cavalry on the left and right flanks, mixed in the army formation, and took advantage of the confusion to cross the Qiang army formation to investigate the situation behind the Qiang army. The cavalry on one wing broke through the Qiang line, and they would release these scouts...

  Even though it is possible for the Qiang people to see them, the Qiang people generally think that such a dozen or so people may be deserters of the Han people, and they will not specially send troops to arrest and intercept them. After all, the changes on the battlefield are more eye-catching.

   "The Han people are ready to turn around!"

   "Come on! Come on!"

Even though the front of the cavalry charge is extremely sharp, the flanks and back are like tanks in the battlefield of later generations. The chrysanthemum is always fragile. I rushed up to measure the size of the chrysanthemum of the cavalry of the Han army with my own hands.

On the other side, after the Qiang cavalry charged, they were also preparing to turn around. They rode past the Han infantry line with big stabs, preparing to look like they had been doing for hundreds of years, while mocking the formation of the Han infantry like a tortoise shell , while throwing some arrows to strike, and then turned back leisurely.

Past combat experience tells these Qiang people that after all, two legs cannot run with four legs, and for infantry, they dare not leave the formation easily, so even if the Qiang people swayed in front of the formation, the Han infantry would not be able to run. I can only swallow the dirt mostly.

   Then, at this moment, an unexpected change happened to these Qiang cavalrymen...

  (end of this chapter)