Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 168 When I look at this person, I will surely get an arrow in the knee

There are only eight short words in the military order: The equipment is fully prepared, and the day is chosen to attack the cold.

After reading the military order, Ma Su fell silent.

The current situation in Yongliang and Liangzhou is not optimistic.

After Cao Pi came to power, Kyushu was restored to fourteen prefectures. At that time, Yongzhou had twelve counties under its jurisdiction.After Wudu and Yinping were taken away by the Shu Han, only Zuo Fengyi, You Fufeng, Jingzhao, Xinping, Beidi, Longxi, Nan'an, Tianshui, Anding, and Guangwei ten counties remained in Yongzhou.

The latter five counties are all located in Longyou, connecting with Wudu County of Shu Han, and they are the frontline positions of the two countries.

Liangzhou is under the jurisdiction of Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Xihai, Xijun, Xiping, Jincheng, and Wuwei eight counties.

Because the five counties to the west of Liangzhou are desolate, with diverse forces and sparse population, the main force of the Wei army is now stationed in the three counties to the east of Liangzhou.

Xu Miao, governor of Liangzhou, led [-] soldiers and horses to Wuwei, Guo Huai, the captain of the guard Qiang, led [-] soldiers and horses to Jincheng, and the later general Fei Yao led [-] soldiers and horses to Xiping.

These three are also Ma Di's main opponents.Of course, there are still two groups of troops that cannot be ignored, namely Zhang Xi's 2 troops stationed in Tianshui County, and the [-] soldiers and horses of Youchu, the prefect of Longxi.

That is to say, once there is a fight, you have to be mentally prepared to fight five.

Regardless of the quantity or quality of troops, Ma Su did not have the upper hand.

Coupled with the hasty formation of the army, the situation is very grim.

But Ma Di has never been a person who retreats despite difficulties. Now he has grown to the point where he can face the Wei army head-on without simulating the battle situation.

The confidence comes from talent and the newly formed [-] cavalry.

Therefore, as soon as he received the order, Ma Su mobilized [-] elite Qiang cavalry from the Shenlang Qiang, and joined Zhao Yun's [-] elite cavalry to attack Jincheng together.

Zhang Xiu, He Zhishimeng, Brother Ah Da and others all joined the army, and the eight brothers are now proud of themselves, each in charge of a thousand-strong Qiang army.

In August of the eighth year of Jianxing (230), Ma Di led [-] cavalry to roar down from the plateau, encircling Jincheng.

At the same time, Ma Di ordered Wu Yi, who was stationed in Xixian County, to make a gesture of sending his army northward to attack Tianshui.He also sent a letter to Ke Bineng, the leader of the Central Xianbei, inviting him to raise troops to Shicheng, look at Longyou as a tiger, respond to the Shu army, and carve up the Wei land.

Hearing the news, Cao Rui ordered Cao Shuang's [-] troops to step up their attack on Hanzhong; he ordered Sima Yi's [-] troops to guard the pass to contain Zhuge Liang; Ling, You Chu, Guo Huai and others resisted Ma Su.

At the same time, he ordered Yu Fuluo, the leader of the Western Xianbei, and Wang Meng, the governor of Youzhou, to seize Kebineng's tribe together.

At this point, the Wei and Shu countries are at war on four fronts.

When Sun Quan saw that Wei had deployed more than 20 troops on the western front, he had a bloody fight with the Shu Han. He led an army of [-] to attack Hefei, and ordered Lu Xun to attack Xiangyang. Zhuge Jin recovered Jiangxia County in the north of the Yangtze River.

While Cao Rui ordered Xiangyang and Jiangxia to guard the city, he personally led the army to Hefei to fight against Sun Quan.

Longyou battlefield.

Zhang Yun first ordered Dai Ling to lead [-] elite soldiers to garrison Shangyu, while he himself led [-] troops to advance westward to rescue Jincheng.

After several years of preparations, what Ma Di was waiting for was this day of decisive battle. Even if A Xiutong's 5000 men continued to besiege the city, he and Zhao Yun personally led [-] elite cavalry to face Zhang Yun.

To the east of Jincheng, on the Di Road in Longxi, the two parties arrived as scheduled and set up their positions.

Zhang He knew that the Shu army was mixed with Han and Qiang, and their deployment was different, so he planned to crush Ma Di's miscellaneous army with one or a few charges, and then win a hearty victory, washing away the shame of the previous losing streak.

But when I walked to the ground and looked at it, I took more than 100 breaths.

I saw an earthen city with a height of three feet and a radius of several miles standing every few miles on the Longxi Di Road in Yimapingchuan.These earthen cities are not high or strong, but they can easily stop the Wei cavalry from charging.

At the same time, the scouts who went to Jincheng to inquire about the situation of the battle reported: Outside the four gates of Jincheng, an earthen city stood on each side, blocking all the way out of the city for the Wei soldiers in the city.

Seeing that Ma Su held on to the danger and refused to fight, Zhang He was helpless.

He has been in the army for more than 30 years, and this is the second time he has seen this kind of shameless style of play.

The first time was also Ma Di. During the Battle of Wei County, the Tucheng that rose out of thin air also made him helpless.

Originally, Jincheng had four gates, east, west, north, south, and the soldiers and civilians in the city could go wherever they wanted.

But now the four gates were forcibly blocked by the four earthen cities built by Ma Di, and the Wei army in the city suddenly became a turtle in the urn.

Zhang He originally thought that with the cavalry, the Shu army would become wilder and more aggressive, daring to confront him, the king of field battles in the world, head-on.

I didn't expect to stay in the city and act like a turtle.

How to fight this?
This is impossible to fight!

Zhang He didn't stay where he was, so he withdrew his army for [-] miles, went around the camp and dug a ditch, and confronted the Shu army, not engaging him for the time being.

The main reason is that there is no way to fight.

The Shu army only besieged but did not attack Jincheng, and they all huddled in the earthen city, like hedgehogs, with nowhere to attack.

Zhang Yun believed that the Shu army had trekked far from the Qiang land, and "the lone army had little food and could not last long", so he must want a quick battle.Therefore, we should garrison the army here, personally lead the troops to contain Ma Di, and then separate out a few groups of surprise soldiers to outflank the Shu army's rear and cut off their food roads.

It stands to reason that this strategy has won the essence of cavalry field warfare, and it is not perfect.

However, after Zhang Yun divided his troops and left, he suffered defeats one after another.

The small groups of soldiers and horses sent out were wiped out again and again.

The Shu army seemed to be able to pinch and count. Every time the Wei army cavalry ran not far away, there would inevitably be a Shu army cavalry chasing after them, killing them.

General Zhao Yun of the Kingdom of Shu, general Zhang Xiu, and King Axiu of the Qiang took turns to lead the troops and defeated the Wei army.

After several battles, there were more than 1000 heads of low-ranking officers of the Wei army who were beheaded. The trophies included 3000 horses, [-] black armor, and more than [-] horned crossbows.

The [-] Wei soldiers lost several thousand without knowing it.

Zhang He was shocked, and never dared to send a small group of soldiers into battle easily.Except for Dai Ling, the generals of the Wei army called for battle several times to attack the city, but Zhang Yun refused. The generals were very dissatisfied, so they laughed at him: "The public is afraid of Shu like a tiger, making the world laugh!"

Even so, Zhang He still withstood the pressure and held a stalemate with Ma Di in the east of Jincheng.

In September, Fei Yao, the prefect of Xiping and later general Fei Yao, led [-] soldiers and horses to help him. As soon as he left the city, he was slaughtered indiscriminately by the [-] Shu troops who had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing this, Xu Miao, the prefect of Wuwei who wanted to send troops to besiege Ma Su, immediately chose to guard the city and stand still.

In mid-September, seeing that the siege of Jincheng was still in progress and the food and grass in the city had run out, the guard Guo Huai kept sending out distress calls. Zhang Yun and the other two generals decided to send troops at the same time to encircle the Shu army from the east, north, and west.

But before the tripartite soldiers and horses joined forces, they received the news that Ma Di led the army to retreat.

The four great Wei generals fought in Jincheng, demolished Tucheng, and discussed whether to pursue Ma Di.

Although they didn't understand Ma Di's intention of sending troops to besiege Jincheng for a month without attacking the city once, they knew that if the Shu army retreated, if they didn't pursue it, it would be a missed opportunity!

Guo Huai, Fei Yao, and Xu Miao all suggested to pursue them. The reason was that the Shu soldiers must retreat after running out of food. If they pursue at this time, they will win a complete victory.

Dai Ling lowered his head and hid behind, without saying a word.

Zhang Yun believed that "the army must be surrounded, and the army must not be suppressed", and he did not want to pursue the Shu army, especially the Shu army led by Ma Di.

The reason is that in the last battle of Chencang, Wang Shuang's entire army was wiped out because of chasing Ma Di.Ma Di is cunning and insidious, and he is very wicked in using troops, so he should not act rashly.

But all the generals tried to persuade Zhang Yun to pursue him, showing a bad temper, especially Guo Huai, the captain of the Qiang guard, who was very emotional.

He was unreasonably blocked in the city by Ma Di for more than a month, without a sip of clean water, and he was so aggrieved that he had nowhere to vent.

Seeing that the public opinion was hard to disobey, Zhang Yun had no choice but to lead four generals and [-] cavalry to pursue the Shu army.

But after chasing hundreds of miles along the way, he didn't even see a shadow of a Shu soldier.

The generals were wondering, when scouts from the rear came to report that Jincheng County had been captured by the Shu army, and the Shu army was looting the treasury in the city, arresting the gentry, and sharing property and food equally.

Fei Yao was shocked when he heard the words, and repeatedly urged Zhang Yun to return to save Jincheng.

Helpless, Zhang Yun had no choice but to turn around and fight to Jincheng.

However, the Shu army had already left the city empty.

The scouts reported again that Wuwei City had been breached.

Zhang Yun had to leave 3000 people to help Guo Huai garrison Jincheng, and led the other two to rescue.

Under the city of Wuwei.

Ma Di ordered the soldiers to loot Wuwei City, distribute all the gold, silver, jewelry, and food in the treasury to the people, and told them that as long as they fled to Qiang or Xixian with these belongings, they could live a good life.

When Zhang He led his army to Wuwei City, the city was already in a mess, and the people scattered in all directions.

Xu Miao was so annoyed that he lowered his head in shame.

Zhang Yun didn't blame him too much, leaving only 3000 troops behind, and rushed to Xiping County with his lieutenants Dai Ling and Fei Yao non-stop.

No way, when he came to rescue Wuwei, Xiping County also fell.

After this guerrilla monkey-walking battle was fought, Zhang Xi's inner anger could hardly be suppressed.

Think of him as the number one general of the Wei Dynasty, who had fought all his life, and when he was old, he was defeated and played by a young junior over and over again.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

When the army reached Xiping County, Zhang Yun left [-] soldiers and horses to help Fei Yao defend the city, so he was about to gallop away.

At this time, Fei Yao, who had already realized that Ma Di was powerful, turned pale with shock, and quickly stopped Zhang He's horse, and advised: "General, think twice, there are less than [-] soldiers and horses under his command now, so don't pursue him!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yun stared straight at Fei Yao, without saying a word, the atmosphere almost froze.

Among the people who encouraged the pursuit at the beginning, the one who jumped the most was Fei Yao. Now Wei Guo suffered such a big loss, with countless property losses and countless people fleeing.

You actually said forget it?

Outrageous!

Fei Yao was so ashamed by Zhang He that he had to get out of his way and watched Zhang He lead his army to chase south.

On a gentle slope a hundred miles away from Shaodang Qiang, Ma Su glanced at the thirty thousand elite horsemen behind him, exchanged glances with the generals on the left and right, and sneered.

This ten-mile-long gentle slope was the place he chose for Zhang Xi to bury his bones.

"Old General Zhao, as soon as Zhang He's troops arrive later, you can use this bow to trace his knees and shoot!!"

"Just shoot the knee?" Zhang Yun was taken aback.

"Youchang, you probably don't know that within a hundred steps of Zhao, there are no mistakes, so hit wherever you point!"

The implication is that he can directly hit Zhang Yun's vitals without the trouble of shooting his knee.

Zhang Xiu patted his chest and stood up: "General, what about me, I shot his knee too?!"

Ma Di shook his head: "Zhang Yun is quite powerful, so it's not safe to shoot at other parts."

There is one more sentence that Ma Di refrained from saying.

Zhang Xi has a magical knee, which has the attribute of absorbing arrows.

It's almost time to send him off.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu looked at each other, each thinking.

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