Shu Chen

Chapter 268 Invulnerability
"If the general can keep Ni Shu out of Hexi, even if the Zhang family in Dunhuang secretly colludes with Ni Shu, how can Hexi change hands? Conversely, if the general is defeated, Ni Shu will drive into Hexi with the prestige of breaking the golden city. , even if the Zhang family in Dunhuang intends to be loyal to the country, they will not be able to return to heaven. Therefore, why did the general deceive you!"

Jia Xu, who was pointed out by Yang Fu, went back satisfied.

Not only did he let go of his worries about changing his elbow and armpit, but he also followed Yang Fu's words and began to look forward to his family's future.

Now among the generals Wei Guo stayed in Xiliang, only Yang Fu, Wei Ping, and the Zhang family in Dunhuang had the same authority as him.

Needless to say, Yang Fu is old and has long been impatient with his official career. He will definitely leave his post after the war.

Even if the Luoyang Temple does not allow it, they will hang their seals and brush their clothes away.

And Wei Ping, who has a higher official position and seniority than him, has a past of faults in Xiaoguan and Shuyinsai, and he will not be promoted to Liangzhou Committee again by Luoyang Temple.

Today, the Zhang family in Xichuan, known as Xinyi, has the responsibility of not sending troops this time.

After the war, the Luoyang Temple will definitely weaken its authority, such as transferring Zhang Jiu or Zhang Huaqi away from Hexi.

In other words, in the eyes of Luoyang Temple, he became the best choice to guard Liangzhou.

Wuwei Guzang Jia's family will usher in the glory of Gaodi and Xichuan.

Naturally, this future can only be realized if the Han army that violates the border is repelled in the future.

It is already the middle of July.

The army led by the former general Wei Yandu of the Han Dynasty had already stepped into the barren valley, and arrived at Wuting Nishui River Valley after half a month at the latest.

As expected, the Han army gave up their speed and came slowly.

When marching, Wugang carts and luggage carts were placed on both sides to protect the soldiers in the middle; and when the camp was set at dusk, the cart array was connected horizontally to form a simple fortress.

This tactic of "using clumsiness to defeat ingenuity" is also the most classic tactic used by farming dynasties to use infantry to restrain nomadic cavalry.

For example, it shined brilliantly in the Battle of Han and Huns during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Pang Hui, Ke Wu, and Hu Boju, who each led [-] riders to harass them, wandered around with the Han army for four or five days, but they could not find an opportunity to take advantage of them.

no way.

The Han army's powerful crossbows with a range of up to 120 steps left them with nothing to use for their superb riding and archery skills.

The riding bows they use are only as strong as a stone.

If you want to throw arrows into the Han army formation, you must first accept two waves of crossbow arrows like locusts.

Furthermore, the Han army was still marching in a dense array, and the two-foot-four-foot-long refusal carbine guns tied to the chariot formation were like lush forests, which also made all the cavalry under their command lose the courage to break through the formation.

Because that is not called breaking the formation, but sending to death.

Even in Ma Dai's department, which was guarded by the Han army on the outskirts, they couldn't find an opportunity to work together to kill them.

The makeshift cavalry, even though everyone is excellent in cavalry, but in terms of morale, strict discipline, and coordinated operations, the three thousand Xiliang cavalry under Ma Dai's supervision are still unmatched by Pang Hui and Ke Wu.

For example, on the third day when the Han army marched across the river from Shuyin City, Pang Hui and others encircled and suppressed Han cavalry.

It was the Kewu Headquarters, which was about to be eliminated by the Han Army, and quickly came to harass the Han Army and then pretended to be defeated to lure the Governor Ma Dai to pursue them, while the Pang Hui and Hu Boju's two divisions ambush their troops on the road and cut off their return. road.

At the beginning, things went quite smoothly. When Han Wei Yanfu saw Kewu's banner, he immediately ordered Ma Dai to pursue him.

But the development of the situation made Pang Hui, the riding supervisor, gnash his teeth.

When he and Hu Boju Zizhi approached as expected, Han Qi didn't panic, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards him fiercely, piercing through his formation with just one encounter, forcibly fighting a bloody path from the ambush circle. and go.

Set up an ambush, and with three times the strength of the enemy, they are sure to win, but they are surrounded by Han cavalry, as if entering a land without people.

Not to mention Pang Hui's red face due to such a battle, even Hu Boju, who came to the battle with a mind of coping, felt ashamed - he had asked Jia Xu for it on the grounds that his headquarters were better at riding and fighting than Kewu's. There are a lot of military supplies.

Unexpectedly, after the first test of the water, he learned the confidence of the big man's declaration of "the sun and the moon shine, all are ministers and concubines"!
Naturally, the Hexi cavalry, who lost their vigor, not only did not dare to harass the Han army's march, but also let go of the luxury of destroying Jiang Wei's tribe after severely injuring Ma Dai's tribe.

Correct!
When marching from Guzang, Jia Xu also told them to play by ear.

For example, when the situation allowed, the three of them sent troops to Naowei County to destroy Jiang Wei's tribe.

As long as the two cavalry of the Han army are severely damaged, the Hexi coalition forces with more cavalry can go forward and besiege the fortress of Yuyin with great mobility, so that even if the governor's army reaches Jincheng County smoothly, Wei Yan has no choice but to retreat because the back road is cut off. .

After all, winter is not far away.

From the extremely cold winters in recent years, it can be inferred that the river at the Fuyin Ferry this year must be frozen!

The Shuyin Fortress, which separates Guanzhong from Hexi, loses its strategic significance within a month or two at the turn of winter and spring. The main force of Wei Guoguanzhong can come along the Shuiquansha River that runs through the Quwu Mountains, and cross the river directly on ice. Enter Hexi.

Jia Xu believed that if Guo Huai, who was guarding Gaoping City, heard that Hexi soldiers and horses had besieged the city of Shuyin, he would definitely ask Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, to lead thousands of cavalry to help the battle.

Trapped the Han army in the border of Hexi, and waited for the food and fodder to run out before being defeated.

But it's a pity.

The defeat of Pang Hui and others in the first battle made Jia Xu extinguish the enthusiasm in his heart.

He also began to be down-to-earth, adopting the safest strategy, and when the Han army besieged Jincheng County, he would lead troops to join Pang Hui to threaten his retreat.

I also secretly said a fluke in my heart.

The two thousand Qiang cavalry led by Gein Jiang Wei were completely restrained by the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei.

The Xianbei marshal Dai Hu'a Langni adopted the usual tactics of the grassland, never confronted Jiang Wei's head-on, and kept going around the county's territory, trying to drag down the fighting spirit of the Han army by exhausting the troops.

According to the latest news from the scouts, Jiang Weibu has now chased to the Mingsha Mountain area.

That is to say, with the distance of nearly a thousand miles (Han) from Mingsha Mountain to Wuting Nishui River Valley, when a war broke out between the Hexi Allied Forces and Wei Yan, he would not be able to come to respond.

All in all, regardless of strength or geographical advantage, the Hexi Allied Forces still have an advantage.

Jia Xu felt that as long as he was more cautious, it was a foregone conclusion that the Han army would return in vain!

However, what he didn't know was that Guo Huai, who was in Gaoping City, Anding County, was standing on the top of the city at the moment, looking at the back of the messenger leaving with worry.

Because he is not optimistic about the outcome of the Liangzhou war.

Even Sima Yi had already made up his mind, claiming that by the spring and February of next year, he would send a few troops to harass Longyou and force Wei Yan to return to his division in response to the battle in Liangzhou.But he still felt that Jia Xu and Wei Ping might have been defeated by the time Guanzhong could send troops.

Therefore, after thinking about it, he sent an envoy to ask Sima Yi for instructions to see if his strategy would benefit the situation in one way or another.

(End of this chapter)