Wei Yan and Ling Cao led the army to fight and retreat. After retreating for ten miles, Ma Dai always led the army to hold on. At this time, it was obvious that the Youzhou army had been trained for a long time. Although the Youzhou army also had the same
Those Wu troops fought for half a night. But the endurance trained by the Youzhou army in the marching process was not comparable to the Jiangnan soldiers led by Wei Yan and Ling Cao. These Jiangnan elite soldiers, even if they fled for the desperate situation, were those
The Youzhou Army also had to swallow the fallen Wu soldiers from time to time. However, Wei Yan and Ling Cao's large troops could not escape the pursuit of the Youzhou Army.
But suddenly, just as the Wu army turned a mountain ridge again, Ma Dai led his troops to chase him again, the drums and roars sounded, and a force rushed down from the hillside. That was really: look at him with a high view.
, the momentum is like chopping bamboo!
Although the Youzhou Army was elite, it had fought fiercely for half a night. At this time, it ran so far and suddenly encountered such a fierce team. It was hard to resist and was chopped into two halves.
At this time, Wei Yan and Ling Cao heard the movements behind him. Although they didn't know what was going on, they also knew that the pursuits in Youzhou were in trouble, which was definitely an opportunity for them to turn defeat into victory. So, Wei Yan and Ling Cao
He also organized his subordinates to fight again.
This time, Ma Dai's troops were even more overwhelmed. Ma Dai was afraid that all his troops would be left here, so he fought desperately to break through the siege and led his remaining troops to be defeated. But in this case, Ma Dai's troops had 7,000 troops.
, was encircled by the enemy who appeared unexpectedly and eaten.
Of course, the counterattack of the seven thousand troops caused quite a lot of casualties to Wei Yan, Ling Cao and others. This was the sudden appearance of the troops that did not pursue Ma Dai, but instead jointly eliminated the division with Wei Yan, Ling Cao and others.
It was only after more than 7,000 people surrounded that they were so smooth.
Afterwards, everyone merged and returned to Jiange, Wei Yan and Ling Cao realized that the ambush that broke out in the middle of the way were not outsiders, but Wu's general Zhu Heng.
It turns out that Zhuge Liang is a cautious person by nature. After sending Ling Cao, he was still a little worried. He always felt that if he wins this battle, he could gain the morale of his own army. However, the soldiers are inconsistent and the water is inconsistent. If there is any
If any accidental failure is expected, the morale of the Wu army will be even greater. Moreover, Wei Yan, Ling Cao and others brought all the elite troops in Jiangnan. If they are defeated again, the morale of the army will be even worse.
Therefore, shortly after Ling Cao left, Zhuge Liang sent Zhu Heng to lead 20,000 troops to pick him up. He ordered Zhu Heng, if Wei Yan and Ling Cao and others win, Zhu Heng led his troops and did not move and ignored him. If Wei Yan and Ling Cao and others
The enemy's army had no pursuers and did not move. But if Wei Yan, Ling Cao and others were defeated and there was an enemy pursuing him, he could intercept the enemy's pursuers on the way to retreat, and turn defeat into victory.
.When the enemy retreats, they cannot pursue them, and quickly return to Jiange.
Wei Yan and Ling Cao learned that Zhu Heng was also sent by Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang even expected this. Wei Yan, Ling Cao, and Zhu Heng were all impressed by Zhuge Liang's magical tricks.
Only Wei Yan complained a little, "You are all military advisors, and you have made achievements and no mistakes in this trip. Only a certain family is a villain, boasting about Haikou, and making great achievements. If they fail, they will come to see you. Now they are still
The military advisor asked you to come and rescue him. What is his appearance to meet the military advisor?"
After saying that, Wei Yan complained to Zhu Heng again: "General Zhu, you are the same. Where can you let the Youzhou army escape? If a certain family was killing the Youzhou army and horses at this time, they would have some face to see him.
military adviser."
Seeing that he had saved Wei Yan, Wei Yan said so, and immediately said with a deep face: "Where is General Wei? The military advisor is as expected. The military advisor's general order, a certain family is not as brave as you General Wei, who dares not listen.
.You General Wei didn't think about it, just stayed here with the Youzhou army. Our troops and horses were several times more siege, making it so difficult to win. If we keep all the troops and horses behind, we can't do it.
It can be eaten. Besides, this place is only about ten miles away from the Youzhou Army's base. If they have reinforcements, who can do it?"
Zhu Heng was brave and arrogant, and he was very proud of others. Moreover, Zhu Heng was originally very dissatisfied with the execution of a general like Liu Pan because of Wei Yan's advice. Of course, he was even more so.
I couldn't listen to Wei Yan's complaints. I immediately gave Wei Yan a face.
But the problem is that Wei Yan is also a person who can't listen to the words, and Wei Yan immediately glared. Fortunately, Ling Cao, among the three, is a little old, even his son is very big, and he is also a general of Wu Jun. This personality is also
It’s a little gentler, and it’s a little more comprehensive.
Ling Cao immediately stopped him and said, "General Wei doesn't need to worry. The military advisor asked us to accept you. It can be seen that he still attaches great importance to General Wei. After General Wei returns, as long as he pays a tribute to the military advisor, he will not blame him if he comes to him.
Besides, although we did not make a great contribution during this trip, we also won a lot of lives from the Youzhou Army. We have gained a lot of strength. It is also a big and small contribution. The military advisor will not blame him.
With you."
To be honest, Ling Cao's words were more or less awkward. The Wu army fought fiercely with the Youzhou army for a night, inside and out, including Zhu Heng's final killing and winning the 7,000 people, but he could not defeat Ma Dai.
There are about 20,000 soldiers. However, the combined losses of Wei Yan, Ling Cao and Zhu Heng are more than 40,000. In terms of the comparison of military losses, it is obvious that the Wu army will definitely not be able to say victory.
However, this is the best result since the Wu army fought with the Youzhou army, and, no matter what, the vanguard battalion of the Youzhou army was ruined. Ling Cao said this, it was not too much.
At this time, Ma Dai, who suffered a relatively small loss of troops, was even willing to die. Although it was true that Ma Dai's losses in this battle were less than Wei Yan, Ling Cao, Zhu Heng and others.
Dai could not ignore the lives of his soldiers like Wei Yan, Ling Cao, Zhu Heng and others, and only believed that his soldiers were just bargaining chips and means to establish their own merits.
Ma Dai was still young when he joined the Youzhou Army and had a innocent heart. Therefore, the school motto of the Youzhou Army loving soldiers as much as a child has long been subtly imprinted in Ma Dai's mind. If these soldiers were upright
, Ma Dai will never feel any sadness when he dies on the battlefield with all his might. A real man dies on the battlefield and the horse is wrapped in a corpse. He dies to the point of death. But now, many of these soldiers, among these dead soldiers
It was not supposed to have died, but if you arranged it more properly or if you didn't lead the troops to chase it so far, many soldiers would not need to die in battle.
Ma Dai felt guilty and sad at this time even more painful than when he learned that his uncle Ma Teng was killed and his cousin Ma Chao was unknown.
Therefore, as soon as Ma Dai led his troops back to the barracks, he handed over the soldiers to Pang De as the commander, ignoring Pang De's questioning. He rode his horse and whipped it and rushed to Zhao Yun's camp.
When he arrived at Zhao Yun's camp, he broke into Zhao Yun's central army tent and knelt in front of Zhao Yun and cried: "General, the last general is incompetent, which has caused the loss of troops. Please kill me and show me the public to comfort those heroes who died in vain."
Of course, Zhao Yun did not have a rest at this time. Although Zhao Yun had learned from the successive battle reports that Pang De's reinforcements had defeated the troops attacked by the Wu army. However, Zhao Yun still had to wait for Pang De's return. Now, he, the sworn man, was a sworn man.
The little brother was originally said to have gone after the enemy, but at this time he came to ask for the beheading. This made Zhao Yun very surprised and didn't know what happened.
Zhao Yun slapped his handsome desk with a "slap" and shouted loudly: "Ma Dai! As a general in Youzhou, you are crying and silly, and you are a good person! Stand up and reply to me!"
Zhao Yun rarely treats these brothers with a stern face to him and always gently protects them. But now Zhao Yun is so arrogant and his elder brother's majesty still makes Ma Dai smart. Ma Dai immediately stood up and stopped.
Sadly, "Yes!"
Then, Ma Dai explained the causes and consequences in detail. Finally, Ma Dai reiterated again: "General, the last general is incompetent, and he has caused so many soldiers to die in vain. The last general requests to behead himself!"
Zhao Yun ignored Ma Dai and asked instead: "You lead the troops to pursue the enemy. Can you do what I have explained to you in advance?"
Ma Dai immediately pulled his neck and said, "How can I forget what my brother told me? Of course, it's just right. Brother, why don't you believe me?"
Zhao Yun felt relieved at this point. He comforted Ma Dai and said, "Fourth, you don't need to apologize. Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. This time the enemy actually used so many troops to attack you. This is beyond our own.
Unexpectedly, if there is something wrong, wouldn’t it be the first big brother to underestimate the enemy…”
Before Zhao Yun finished speaking, Ma Dai said anxiously: "Brother, it is obvious that I am underestimating the enemy. I have not reported it to my elder brother. I want to make a contribution, but why has it become my elder brother's fault? All the mistakes are with me. A good man does things, a good man
The elder brother doesn’t need to share the fault with me!”
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Fourth brother, since you call me brother, how can I not bear your fault? Besides, this time, the enemy has set up ambush after several times, which is beyond our expectations. This is not your fight.
It's a mistake. Moreover, you lead the troops to fight, lose 20,000 troops, but hurt the enemy multiples. This is a little bit of a credit, and it's not a mistake. And you lead the troops to pursue it, even more so, to complete my military order
.This cannot be considered a mistake. Even if you have any faults in command during the war, you have completed the military order according to the plan and made up for it. You can go and rest, take a look at the losses and results, and report to me.
”
Ma Dai was foolish and stopped talking. But his affection for Zhao Yun was so touched.
But after sending Ma Dai, Zhao Yun was also very troubled. Ma Dai lost 20,000 troops, so he definitely didn't think so easy as Zhao Yun said. Zhao Yun's army, which was only 40,000 under his command, has now lost half of it.
Among the soldiers below, there were 10,000 people who were injured. And the mild ones were fewer, and the severe ones were more. How could this not cause a headache for Zhao Yun?
You should know that there are many passes in the mountains in Shuzhong. In the future, whether it is a powerful pass like Jiange or a mountain village like Qishan, it depends on infantry to rush through the pass and the mountain. Infantry is gone, but cavalry and
Archer, who doesn't have much climbing ability at all, will be blind. At that time, even if Zhao Yun succeeds in following Huang Yueying's secret plan, it will probably not play a big role.
At this point, Zhao Yun could only hold his troops in a standstill and sent someone to report to Guan Yu, asking for reinforcements from the infantry army.
When facing Zhao Yun's letters, Guan Yu was also a little worried. Zhao Yun did not lose much troops. The results of the battle were also very good. The current requirements were not excessive. However, the cannon fodder troops owned by other princes are now the same for Guan Yu.
baby.
The Youzhou army dominates the north and stuns the grasslands. It depends on the Youzhou iron cavalry. The strategic thinking of the south ship and the north horse is definitely not just empty talk, but has a real geographical environment and living space.
Facing the threat of grassland people outside the border, only cavalry that can also counterattack quickly is the only group of troops that can fight against Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu, etc., such as infantry, archers, etc., although they can prevent the opponent from advancing.
But it is not enough to kill foreign tribes in large quantities and shock foreign tribes. The nomadic people on the grassland will run away after fighting, and they don’t care about not being able to catch up with their infantry and archers.
Therefore, during the long battle, the Youzhou Army naturally focused on the cavalry. If it weren't for the loss of infantry when the Liaodong was unified, it would have delayed the process of attacking Gongsun Du, the infantry army would have
Maybe it has become a branch of troops eliminated by the Youzhou Army.
But that's true. Due to the different weight, the number of infantry troops is still smaller than that of cavalry troops, especially in the defenses of each place, the number of infantry troops has to be divided into. Guan Yu's number of infantry troops is even smaller.
Even the infantry under Guan Yu's current soldiers were retrained after acquiring Dong Zhuo's troops, plus the newly recruited soldiers. Now, 20,000 infantry suddenly died, and 10,000 more
The ineffectiveness of Guan Yu's infantry lost in Qishan and Yangping Pass really made Guan Yu's troops a little short of strength for a while.
Huang Yueying advised Guan Yu: "The general can order the cavalry to travel back and forth to inspect Hanzhong to replace the infantry guarding in various cities and counties. In this way, although the elite cavalry of our army is not good at attacking, it is enough to deal with emergencies.
, the bandits will become extinct while our elite cavalry traveled back and forth, and the cavalry is more intimidating than the infantry. The families of the surrounding prefectures and counties will never dare to make any changes. And the families of our army scattered everywhere
The infantry can also be united, and they can get 30,000 troops, which is enough for General Zhao to dispatch it."