Mi Han

Chapter 441 The two armies meet quickly
As a local from Liangzhou, how could Ma Chao have never heard of Jiang Wei's reputation?
When Ma Chao led the various warlords in Xiliang to the west, it was the stage when Jiang Wei's mind gradually matured.

In Jiang Wei's impression, during that time, there were people insulting Ma Chao all over Liangzhou.

Of course, there are also people who are afraid of Ma Chao.

Ma Chao's prestige in Liangzhou is difficult to describe in words. It is a kind of fear that will turn people's faces when they hear his name, and it is deeply hidden in their hearts.

Even Jiang Wei, who was as bold as he was, had a serious look on his face after hearing Ma Chao's arrival.

Jiang Wei had been guessing what kind of tactics Mi Yang would use to deal with Wei Jun's three-pronged attack.

Now when he knew that Ma Chao was in Wudu County, he understood Mi Yang's intention.

If the Wei army wants to successfully attack Yinping, it is bound to take Wudu County.

And Wudu County is a place where the Qiang and Di live together. The reason why Cao Zhen appointed Guo Huai as the commander of the West Route Army is not because of Guo Huai's prestige among the Qiang and Di aliens?
But in terms of prestige among the Qiang and Di, who in the world can compare to Jin Machao?
As soon as the news of Ma Chao's entry into Wudu County spreads, Guo Huai's prestige and advantage in Wudu County will not be wiped out, but it will definitely be greatly weakened.

Without the assistance of a strong prestige, how could Guo Huai, even with an army of tens of thousands, be able to pacify Wudu County in a short period of time?
One ring is intertwined and the other is tight. Although Mi Yang does not have the same military power as the Wei army, it does not mean that he cannot use other methods to make the Wei army and the Han army on the same level to a certain extent.

After thinking about all of Mi Yang's intentions, Jiang Wei laughed.

As expected of him.

What Jiang Wei praised was not only Mi Yang's resourcefulness, but also Mi Yang's courage.

Mi Yang actually had the courage to grant Ma Chao military power.

A notorious person who killed his relatives, wouldn't Mi Yang worry that he would have an attempt to disobey him after he gained military power?

Jiang Wei didn't know what Mi Yang was thinking, nor did he know whether Mi Yang had the means to restrain Ma Chao, but in any case, the courage shown by Mi Yang in appointing Ma Chao as the general was enough to make Jiang Wei admire.

As the saying goes, heroes cherish heroes. Although Jiang Wei thinks highly of himself, he is not stingy in admiring Mi Yang.

Qiangduan saw that Jiang Wei could still laugh when he heard about Ma Chao's arrival, and thought he didn't know Ma Chao's reputation, so he wanted to tell Jiang Wei a few words about Ma Chao's past.

But before Qiangduan could speak, Jiang Wei asked a key question:

"How many soldiers did Ma Chao bring into Wudu?"

After hearing Jiang Wei's inquiry, Qiang Duan was stunned.

When he heard the news of Ma Chao entering Wudu just now, his first reaction was fear, and he didn't expect such a crucial matter.

After waking up, Qiang Duan immediately looked at the confidant who came to report the letter, and asked Jiang Wei a question in Di language.

After hearing Qiang Duan's question, the Di man quickly answered Qiang Duan in Di language.

It took a long time for this Di person to answer, because he told Qiang Duan all the information he had detected.

After getting Di Ren's answer, Qiang Duan's complexion improved a lot.

He then told Jiang Wei the information he had received in Chinese: "According to my son-in-law's investigation, Ma Chao led about [-] soldiers, all of whom were infantry."

After saying that Ma Chao's soldiers were all infantry, Qiang Duan emphasized on this sentence.

Ma Chao is difficult to deal with, and Ma Chao with cavalry is not something ordinary people can resist.

After learning that Ma Chao only led [-] Liangzhou troops into Wudu, Jiang Wei nodded thoughtfully.

This did not exceed his expectations.

It's true that Mi Yang can come up with clever tricks, but it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

The lack of military strength in his hands will always be his, and even the entire Nihan's Achilles' heel.

With Hanzhong's military strength already insufficient, it was not easy for Mi Yang to give Ma Chao three thousand mobile troops.

Now that he knew the basic information about Ma Chao's army, Jiang Wei immediately began to think about strategies to deal with Ma Chao.

Ma Chao is famous for his unparalleled bravery, but unparalleled bravery does not mean invincible, otherwise Ma Chao would not have been defeated by Emperor Wu back then.

And it was his resourcefulness that defeated Ma Chao.

When Jiang Wei was thinking about countermeasures, Qiangduan became a little impatient when he saw that Jiang Wei had calmed down.

Although Jiang Wei didn't bring many soldiers and horses, standing behind Jiang Wei was Guo Huai's tens of thousands of troops. On the other hand, the strong end was not Jiang Wei's reinforcements, but Jiang Wei was.

Of course Qiang Duan knew how much Ma Chao hated him. Under the fear of Ma Chao in his heart, Qiang Duan was only worried that Jiang Wei would abandon him.

After all, no one in the Wei army had expected that Mi Yang would suddenly use Ma Chao to lead the army into Wudu County, and with Ma Chao's prestige in the world, Jiang Wei would not be punished for retreating temporarily in the face of him.

Uneasy in his heart, Qiang Duan took the initiative to find a topic to ask the silent Jiang Weidao: "Where does the general think Ma Chao will lead his army after entering Wudu?"

Qiang Duan discovered that Ma Chao had entered Wudu County a few days ago.

The current Qiangduan really doesn't know where Ma Chao's army is.

The forceful inquiry pulled Jiang Wei out of his thoughts.

"It must be an argument."

Jiang Wei answered in the affirmative.

Seeing that Jiang Wei was so sure, Qiang Duan couldn't help being a little surprised. Wudu County said it was not big or small, so how could Jiang Wei be sure that Ma Chao would definitely go down the debate?

You must know that Xiabian City, as the seat of Wudu County, is the most fortified city in Wudu County. It is impossible for Ma Chao to think of using [-] infantry without siege equipment to take down Xiabian.

Sensing the puzzled look on Qiang Duan's face, Jiang Wei saw that he could use him later, so he explained his conclusion.

"Xiabian is located in the center of Wudu County, and it is the hub of all the main roads in Wudu County. If you want to control Wudu County, you must control Xiabian.

Since our army can get information about the bandit army, Ma Chao must also know that I have led the army into Wudu County.

Ma Chao is a veteran general, of course he can guess why I led the army into Wudu County.

Since the enemy has already predicted the enemy's first opportunity, how can Ma Chao not preemptively strike?
Although it is not easy to use [-] infantry to attack the city, if Ma Chao occupies the main roads for defense, our army will not be able to defeat the enemy at all with the same strength.

Ma Chao knows that General Zhengshu will lead an army into Wudu County in a few days. No matter how good Ma Chao is at fighting, it will be difficult for him to defeat our tens of thousands of troops head-on with [-] infantry.

So his target must be me.

If my predictions are correct, Ma Chao will lead his soldiers to march outside Xiabian City in a hurry, looking for key roads to stop our army. "

Under Jiang Wei's explanation, Qiang Duan couldn't help but be convinced by Jiang Wei's judgment.

But after knowing Ma Chao's purpose, Qiang Duan had new worries in his heart, and he tried to persuade Jiang Wei:

"Since we already know the enemy's purpose, the general might as well lead the army to garrison outside Hechi County, waiting for the arrival of the army of General Zhengshu before planning the next step."

Qiang Duan made this suggestion, not only for Jiang Wei, but also for his own consideration.

However, after Jiang Wei listened to Qiang Duan's suggestion, he laughed disdainfully:

"He has three thousand soldiers, don't I have none?
What's more, now I have [-] troops from you to join us. In terms of military strength, our army is far superior to him.

Is there any reason in the world that many soldiers fear those with few soldiers and dare not advance?
If General Zhengshu finds out that you and I have acted like this, I am afraid that when he leads the army to arrive, he will behead you and me to sacrifice the flag to stabilize the morale of the army. "

Ordinary people would be afraid of Ma Chao, but judging from Jiang Wei's actions in history, he is really not afraid of Ma Chao.

It's not like Ma Chao hasn't been defeated before.

Jiang Wei's words made Qiang Duan even more frightened.

He is afraid of Ma Chao's reputation, but he is even more afraid of Guo Huai's punishment for him in the future.

Seeing that Qiangduan was already afraid because of his own words, Jiang Wei continued:
"You don't have to worry too much, Hanzhong is far away from Wudu, no matter how fast Ma Chao marches, it will be difficult for him to stop our army from Xiabian before our army arrives at Xiabian.

As long as Ma Chao doesn't take advantage of the geographical advantage, why do you and I have any fear of joining forces?

Now we need to fight fast to compete with the enemy for the first opportunity! "

Under Jiang Wei's analysis, Qiang Duan, who had lost his mind, couldn't help but nodded.

Seeing that Qiang Duan had already been persuaded by himself, Jiang Wei continued to persuade: "Since there is still a possibility to join forces to attack, and you will die if you sit and wait for reinforcements, then why do you hesitate?"

I have to say that Jiang Wei really has a way of motivating people, no wonder Zhong in history was deceived by him.

Encouraged by Jiang Wei's words, Qiang Duan seemed to feel that he had no way out.

Although he can lead the army back to Yinping by detour, if he loses the support from Cao Wei, how can he resist the Han army in the future?

Since there was no way out, he could only do what Jiang Wei said.

Qiang Duan bowed to Jiang Wei and said, "Everything is according to the general's orders."

Another reason why Qiangduan chose to follow Jiang Wei's words was that this was the period of the Three Kingdoms, and the Three Kingdoms inherited the afterglow of the Great Han, and the strength of force was beyond the reach of other races.

Don't look at Qiang Duan claiming to be king, he also knows that the king he claims to be is nothing in the eyes of ordinary Han captains.

After successfully convincing the strong side, Jiang Wei immediately ordered the whole army to pull out of the camp.

And when Jiang Wei's order spread throughout the army, the three thousand Wei troops who didn't know the inside story could only follow Jiang Wei's order honestly.

Jiang Wei was right. After Ma Chao entered Wudu County, he led three thousand Liangzhou troops and rushed towards Xiabian City.

He had to be ahead of the Wei army and set up a camp on the main road of Xiabian City to stop the Wei army.

After several days of continuous high-intensity marching, Ma Chao, who was sitting on his horse, could already see the top of Xiabian City.

After seeing the top of Xiabian City, Ma Chao's face was filled with joy, and he urged the soldiers behind him to move forward again.

It seems that Jiang Wei is also an incompetent person. If Guo Huai was here, he would definitely guess his intentions and quickly move towards Xiabian City.

When the strength of the two armies is equal, the side that occupies the geographical advantage in advance is almost invincible.

This is the key to the speed of soldiers.

What Ma Chao didn't know was that when he was leading his army towards Xiabian City, there was also a large army in the north of Xiabian City rapidly advancing towards Xiabian City.

This army is exactly the eight thousand soldiers led by Jiang Wei and Qiang Duan.

If you look down from a high-altitude perspective, you will find that at this moment, in the north and south of Xiabian City, each has a large army advancing towards the other side.

They are tit for tat enemies.

But due to Xiabiancheng's obstruction, neither Ma Chao nor Jiang Wei knew at this moment that they were about to meet.

However, as the two armies continued to approach Xiabian City, the sentry cavalry sent by the two armies soon discovered each other's existence.

So almost at the same time, the sentry cavalry of the two sides returned to the main army at the fastest speed, and reported the news to their respective commanders.

When Ma Chao heard the news, he couldn't help narrowing his eyes.

According to reports from sentry cavalry, the number of enemy troops that suddenly appeared was nearly ten thousand, far more than our own.

However, among the nearly ten thousand enemy troops, a large part were foreigners.

After learning this, Ma Chao had a judgment in his heart instantly.

The enemy army that is about to meet must be the vanguard of the Wei army.

The reason why Wei Jun's vanguard army is so much larger than the number reported in the intelligence is that Wei Jun has brought together some Qiang and Di alien races in advance.

This was something Ma Chao hadn't expected before, but it wasn't enough to make Ma Chao panic.

Ma Chao originally wanted to rush to an important road in the north of Xiabian City to stop Wei Jun, but now it seems that this idea can no longer be realized.

In addition, the number of enemy troops is much larger than that of our own army, so it is inappropriate to continue marching quickly at this time.

Ma Chao decisively issued an order for the entire army to stop marching.

Then he commanded the [-] troops behind him to form formation.

According to the scouting report of the sentry cavalry, there are some light cavalry in the enemy army. With the cavalry, it is impossible to lead the three thousand Liangzhou troops to retreat.

On flat ground, the infantry must not expose their backs to the cavalry.

The best way to deal with the Liangzhou army at the moment is to form an army to protect themselves.

Just as Ma Chao was orderly commanding the Liangzhou Army to form an formation, Jiang Wei also listened to the sentry cavalry's report.

Compared with Ma Chao's accident, Jiang Wei was delighted after hearing that Ma Chao's army was not far away.

There were [-] people, all of them infantry, and the ground outside Xiabian City was flat. All these favorable conditions stimulated Jiang Wei's heart.

Almost without thinking, Jiang Wei issued an order for the entire army to speed up the march.

Under Jiang Wei's urging, the Eight Thousand Wei Army quickly bypassed Xiabian City and was directly exposed to the three thousand Liangzhou Army.

Jiang Wei rode on the horse and watched the formation of the three thousand Liangzhou Army, but this did not make him change his mind.

Wei Jun's horn sounded high on the desolate land, representing Jiang Wei's command to attack.

The vanguard army must be elite. Although the Wei army's rapid march had exhausted a lot of physical strength, they did not complain after the horn was blown. The enemy rushed away.

Debate, debate again!
During the Battle of Hanzhong that year, the coalition forces of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were defeated by the Wei army commanded by Cao Xiu outside Xiabian City.

Today, after the Second Hanzhong War broke out, as if by fate, the two armies of mortal enemies met again outside Xiabian City.

And who will win this time!
　Chapter 2!

　　I'll see if I'm free today. If I'm free, I'll continue the two updates.

　　
　
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