"Reinforcements?"

After hearing the scout's report, Cao Xiu's rising anger gradually subsided, and his red and warm face gradually subsided. Instead, he revealed a hint of suspicion:

"Huh? That's not it, right? Just because of reinforcements from the Shu army, can all the tribes of the Di tribe be intimidated?"

"What's more, now that the King of Wei has personally conquered Hanzhong, that is where the main battlefield is. How many troops can the Shu army have even with reinforcements?"

Cao Xiu was indeed a little suspicious this time.

According to his recent investigation of various Di tribes, the Di people are not so cowardly as mice, right?

However, the next second the scout spat out a name, which suddenly made him realize.

"I heard that the person leading the reinforcements is Ma Chao, and he is coming with his Xiliang cavalry!"

"?"

As soon as he said these words, it was like a thousand rocks stirring up a wave, which made Cao Xiu's heart and lungs feel a little hot. He murmured, "Jin Ma Chao?"

"Then this matter is complicated!"

In an instant, he understood why the various tribes of the Di tribe in the Wudu mountains were desperately severing diplomatic relations despite his response.

It turned out that I heard Ma Chao’s arrival.

With the reputation of Jin Ma Chao, Cao Xiu still dare not underestimate him!

After all, he once knew that King Cao Cao of Wei and General Xia Houyuan spent countless efforts to pacify Liangzhou and expel Ma Chao.

Now he defected to Liu Bei and came back again, wanting revenge!

Naturally, he did not dare to look down upon him.

What followed was concern that the strategy of inducing the various Di tribes to surrender would go bankrupt!

With the arrival of Jin Machao, it would be difficult for him to get the Di people to respond and harass the hinterland of Wudu.

Ma Chao once had a very strong reputation among the Qiang and Di.

Now that he was suddenly born, Di Ren was naturally afraid and did not dare to act rashly!

…

"What?"

"Okay, okay! Our army has been holding on for so many days, and it's finally time to counterattack!"

Qishan's general Zhao Tong, who was inspecting the outpost camp, picked up the military report coming from behind and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

"Huh? General, why are you so happy?"

Huo Yi, the personal guard who was always following him, saw this and couldn't help but ask with suspicion on his face.

"Hahaha……"

"Of course, there is no need to worry about the things we worried about before."

After saying that, Zhao Tong laughed more and more freely and wantonly.

Huo Yi's mind was so active. He understood clearly what his general was referring to in an instant. He quickly showed great joy and said, "Haha. Cao Jun's attempt to lure the Di people in the mountains to attack our rear has turned around."

Already?"

"Well, third general, General Meng Qi has sent troops to help."

Zhao Tong immediately looked blank and just responded lightly.

He didn't need to explain much, just one sentence was enough.

When Huo Yi heard about Ma Chao, he understood it almost instantly!

How can you not understand this?

Who is Ma Mengqi?

That was the mighty general who once shocked the Qiang and Di tribes in Liangzhou and was famous throughout the world!

Now that he is here to help, the Di tribe in Wudu who are ready to take action will surely be able to stop them from taking any rash action.

It turned out that Zhao Tong had been pretending to be nonchalant on the surface for the past few days, but deep down he was already worried!

In fact, he has not yet thought about how to deal with the situation if the Di tribe really attacks the rear?

When things went wrong, he decided to lead his troops to retreat in order to abandon Wudu County to protect everyone and preserve their vitality.

After all, there is a wise saying in later generations: save people and lose land, and everyone and land will survive; save land and lose people, and everyone and land will be lost.

Zhao Tong thinks it makes sense!

But I didn't expect that someone would give me a pillow when I felt sleepy.

My future father-in-law and Ma Chao came to help at this critical moment.

Now, he felt relieved.

"Zhang He, Zhang He, let's continue to waste it, shall we?"

At this moment, Zhao Tong looked down at the outline of Cao Ying under the Qishan Camp. His eyes were as sharp as if they could pierce the sky, and there was a strong look of solemnity on his face as he said.

He thought about it secretly, and then led the personal guards to inspect each camp to appease the soldiers.

This can be regarded as a great boost to the morale of the military.

…

the other side.

Due to the sudden appearance of military information that Ma Chao led his troops to come for reinforcements, the strategy led by Cao Xiu to induce the surrender of the Di tribes went bankrupt.

After pondering, he also decided to lead his troops along the west to attack the Shu army's defense line.

Although this area is dangerous, most of the Shu army was basically dragged to Qishan, facing the battlefield west of Lintao.

And he can contain Wudu County with such a fight.

Since Cao Xiu led his army, Ma Su, who stayed behind in Xia Bian, sent people to keep an eye on his army's movements.

As soon as they advanced this time, the Han army was aware of it.

Under Ma Su's instructions, the weak troops stationed east of Wudu did not dare to engage Cao's army in a head-to-head fight, but took full advantage of the complex terrain.

Make use of dangerous and narrow roads and blocking mountains to set up numerous passes and obstacles to block your attack!

Every time he attacked a place, Cao Xiu's troops would suffer heavy casualties.

Then when they are about to break through the defense line, the Han army will quickly gather and abandon it, move to the next line of defense and continue to wait for work.

The further the attack went on, the more Cao Xiu felt something was wrong.

He seems to have committed a taboo among military strategists...

It was obvious that the Shu army was consuming the strength and physical strength of his subordinates.

Especially when you think about the Shu army's reinforcements being so close...

He suddenly felt relieved!

However, due to the limitations of this terrain, if you want to advance troops to Xiabian, you can only use the tactics of adding fuel to the ground one by one to forcibly conquer it.

He had no choice but to suspend all attacks.

Then he focused his attention again on the Di tribe living in the mountains.

He once again sent people to the ministries that had previously wavered to intimidate and induce them again.

Finally, about ten or so Di tribes were persuaded to go down the mountain to attack the hinterland of Wudu.

But unfortunately, the Di people encountered iron nails as soon as they came down the mountain.

Before they could create chaos and give Cao Xiu's troops a chance to conquer various defense lines, reinforcements led by Zhang Fei and Ma Chao had already arrived.

The vanguard led by Lei Tong and Wu Lan entered Xiabian first.

This suddenly solved Ma Su's urgent need!

Later, under the guidance of the guide sent by Ma Su, Lei Tong and Wu Lan divided their troops into two groups.

One group led the troops quietly deep into the mountains to carry out a devastating attack on these Di tribes who tried to help Cao's army.

Since all the troops in the tribe had gone down the mountain to harass various parts of Wudu, facing the Han army who looked like divine soldiers descending from the sky at this time, they were almost like panicked and bereaved dogs!

Lei Tong almost spent less than two days to wipe out more than ten groups in one fell swoop.

Wu Lan on the other side also blocked various mountain passes, blocking the retreat of the invading Di people.

Then he heard the military news that his tribe had been confiscated.

In an instant, the Di soldiers collapsed one after another, losing all will to fight.

Perhaps in order to protect the safety of their own people, the various tribes quickly asked Wu Lan to surrender.

Under Ma Su's instructions, Wu Lan naturally agreed happily.

Seeing that the Han army accepted the surrender, the remaining tribesmen who were still waiting and watching also put aside their inner prejudices, put down their weapons and surrendered.

The few Di people who were lucky enough to be persuaded by Cao Xiu rose up in rebellion and attempted to disrupt the hinterland of Wudu, but their attempt to disrupt the hinterland of Wudu failed again.

As various ministries surrendered one after another, Cao Xiu's plan failed again!
Chapter completed!