Liu Zhang glanced at Wei Yan. Wei Yan did not speak, his face was calm. Liu Zhang was slightly surprised, raised his head and said: "Okay, let's go down and organize the army. Remember, the Xiliang Army claims to be invincible in the world. We defeated the Xiliang Army once."
, but the Xiliang army would not give in.
As long as we defeat them again, the Sichuan Army will be famous all over the world. You must be cautious, don't be impatient, and fight this crucial battle well."
"Yes." All the generals agreed in unison.
When the generals left, Liu Zhang stopped Wei Yan. Wei Yan bowed to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang sat down and asked, "I just assigned combat tasks and didn't mention you. Why didn't you say anything? You don't want to fight? You don't want to fight?"
Wei Yan raised his chest and raised his head and said: "My lord, my lord told the general during the expedition to Brazil that you can't rely on your talents and be arrogant, and you can't be greedy for merit. The general will always keep it in mind. If the lord really feels that Wei Yan is worthy of the important task, he will naturally assign tasks.
If he can't, Wei Yan will be disgusted if he asks for help."
"So you still remember."
"The general never dares to forget." Wei Yan said: "My lord thinks that Wei Yan has forgotten, but Wei Yan himself feels that he has not. As the saying goes, generals will not accept military orders when they are abroad. When Wei Yan leads the army alone, he will observe the changes at any time and choose the best option.
The plan that is beneficial to the entire war situation, the battle of Jiangling and the battle of Yangpingguan, if there is a second time, Wei Yan will still choose this way, even if the lord fights with swords and axes."
Liu Zhang looked at Wei Yan and said slowly: "From your tone, it seems that you are dissatisfied with my handling of you?"
"The last general dare not." Wei Yan said loudly: "Wei Yan is a general, and the lord is the lord. The general should take the advantage of the war as his own responsibility, not to avoid life and death. The lord should maintain the authority of the superior, and not to avoid the meritorious generals. Wei Yan's treatment of the lord is not the same.
Complain."
Liu Zhang looked at Wei Yan for a while, smiled, stood up and said, "Okay, this time I will give you a mission, a sneak attack on Tianshui. I will leave all the power to you. I only want the result, how about it?"
"Tianshui? How many soldiers and horses will the lord give to the general?"
"Five thousand."
"Five thousand?" Wei Yan frowned.
"Miscellaneous soldiers." Liu Zhang added.
Wei Yan frowned. Although the Xiliang army went south, Tianshui was the main place to store grain. It was impossible not to be guarded by soldiers and horses. Moreover, there were cavalry and five thousand miscellaneous soldiers. I am afraid that they would be captured by the West before they even brought the siege ladder over.
The Liang army attacked them all.
"Don't you dare to accept the order?" Liu Zhang said.
"Five thousand miscellaneous soldiers. The final general cannot accept the order, but as long as the lord gives me two hundred more elite soldiers, I am willing to capture Tianshui for the lord and hold on for more than ten days."
"Ten days? This time should be the time when the Xiliang army can return for reinforcements. The calculation is quite accurate. Okay, I'll give you two hundred swordsmen..."
"Commander Guan Yinping." Before Liu Zhang finished speaking, Wei Yan interrupted.
"Why?"
"In Keji City, the news about Guan Yinping's surrender to the lord has not been spread yet. Even if it is spread, it will only be believed with suspicion. If necessary, he can be used as a hostage."
Liu Zhang pondered, although Ma Yunlu, Pang De and others knew that Guan Yinping was in the Sichuan Army, they did not know that she had surrendered to the Sichuan Army. If Guan Yinping suddenly appeared under Tianshui City, as Guan Yu's daughter. Liu Bei was also one of the forty-seventh warlords.
It is very likely that the deception will be successful.
As for the hostages, the threat will not be great. Guan Yu's reputation is known all over the world. But after all, Liu Bei is weak and the Xiliang warlord only values his strength. It will not give Guan Yu much face, but after all, it is better than nothing. If he meets the generals of Ma Teng's army, he can really threaten him.
one time.
It's just that Guan Yinping has to do this kind of thing...
Liu Zhang said to Wei Yan: "You go down and prepare first. I will give you two hundred swordsmen, but not necessarily Guan Yinping. Remember, if your whereabouts are exposed, call the Dongzhou soldiers."
Wei Yan frowned, seeming a little confused, and then said loudly: "Yes."
When Wei Yan went down, Fazheng looked at Wei Yan's back and said to Liu Zhang: "My lord, Wei Yan is a famous general, but he is too wild and untamable."
"It's not that he is wild and untamed, this man has a kind of restlessness in his bones." Liu Zhang said in a deep voice. "But don't worry, I don't think Wei Yan would dare to escape under my eyes."
"I am worried about your lord's future..." As soon as Fazheng finished speaking, Liu Zhang looked at him, and Fazheng immediately bowed in fear: "I made a mistake, please forgive me, lord."
Liu Zhang turned his head and said, "What's wrong with you? This is indeed something you should consider, Xun'er, Xun'er..."
Liu Zhang muttered a few words and thought of Liu Xun, a man who could only write poems and compositions but had no means. The most important thing was that he had good intentions. How could such a person control this group of civil servants and generals and survive in troubled times?
Liu Zhang now understood why Wei Yan was removed when Zhuge Liang died. It was not necessarily because Wei Yan wanted to rebel, but because Liu Chan couldn't control it.
"You guys go down first and ask Yinping to come in." Liu Zhang closed his eyes with a tired look on his face.
"yes."
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"Meet my lord." Guan Yinping handed the scimitar with sheath to the guard and bowed to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang lay on the chair and wiped his face with his palms, opened his eyes and glanced at Guan Yinping up and down: "Yinping
, how old are you?”
Guan Yinping looked a little embarrassed. It was not good to ask the girl's age so bluntly, but the other party was the lord. How could he not answer it? But could the lord just ask this question casually?
It seems that there is no answer to these two questions, because there is no precedent of a woman as a general before.
"There's still half a month left to turn fourteen." Guan Yinping replied.
"Fourteen." Liu Zhang muttered: "You are so young, I really shouldn't let you become a general, you are not yet an adult."
"Then my lord, would you like to compete with Yinping in martial arts?" Guan Yinping raised his chin and looked at Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was speechless.
"I have a mission where I may die. Are you willing to go?" After a while, Liu Zhang asked.
Guan Yinping looked at Liu Zhang and said solemnly: "My lord, I am your general, not a vase you bought. I don't know why my lord called me here to ask this question. If my lord wants to hand it over to other generals like this
Will I also be called to ask questions about my tasks?
Although Yinping is young, she still knows the basic ways of being a general. Since she has decided to serve her lord and eat the emperor's salary, she should repay him with death. Yinping only hopes that her lord will regard Yinping as an ordinary general and forget about Yinping's identity as a woman. In this way, Yinping
Only under the lord's tent can you feel at ease."
Liu Zhang looked at Guan Yinping and nodded.
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Han Sui gathered the warlords in Guanzhong and swore to conquer Sichuan on the outskirts of Tianshui. He made sacrifices to the three gods of heaven, earth and man, proclaimed himself the leader of the Xiliang Alliance, and led an army of 200,000 to attack Hanzhong. Cao Cao named Han Sui the governor of Liangzhou. General of the Conquest of the West.
The Marquis of Chengdu, Chang'an Zhongyao and Xia Houyuan sent 10,000 troops to aid.
Mutai and Shangguan are two powerful passes backed by mountains, more than three feet high. The wooden platform is higher than the Shangguan wall. However, because the road behind Shangguan is narrow and the mountains are undulating, Han Sui left a small number of soldiers and horses in Shangguan to contain the defenders.
, a large number of Xiliang troops rushed to Mutai.
In front of Mutai Pass, there was a crowd of cavalry and infantry, with the majority of them being cavalry. Most of the infantry were Yongzhou warlords. Wu Ban, who had just recovered from his serious injury, stood on the pass wall. The Xiliang army could not see the end at a glance, and took a breath of cold air.
"Good fellow, I have never seen so many soldiers and horses in my life." Wu Ban sighed.
Fazheng smiled and said: "It looks like a lot of rabble."
The Xiliang army roared and shouted outside the city, and the Yongzhou infantry raised their spears and roared. Among them, the Xiliang army looked majestic because they were on horses, but the Yongzhou warlords were much more trembling. Most of them were infantry, and even the cavalry could only
Counting the horse army, the so-called horse army is infantry who can ride horses, and their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the Xiliang army.
Moreover, these people have all kinds of weapons. They have been fighting in the Guanzhong area for years. They fight to the death but can't tell the winner. Every time they lose, the woman gives some money. If they win, the woman takes some money. Everyone is afraid of becoming the target of public criticism, so that the war
It cannot be cut off and supplies cannot be supplied.
So these warlords had only one way to make money. They robbed the people, and the people left their homes. The more the warlords robbed, the poorer they became, so that in the rich land of Guanzhong, everyone from the warlords' army to the lower class people became beggars. In the end, even the princess of Shache State dared to
Robbed.
The Yongzhou warlords are basically a mob.
The Xiliang army is quite elite, but it is a pity that the orders are not uniform. The warlords of the Ma Teng clan and the warlords of the Han Sui clan have been separated and combined for more than ten years. The warlords who depend on each other have long been accustomed to it. When fighting each other, they do not hesitate to defend, and they also fight together.
Keep an eye out.
As a result, the Xiliang Allied Forces' 200,000 troops gathered more than 100,000 in front of the wooden platform. They looked magnificent, but upon closer inspection, they were uneven. It was not as neat as Ma Chao's 80,000 troops.
The sound of stamping on the ground, shouts, and the sound of scimitars hitting shields shocked people's hearts.
Han Sui brought a large army this time just to scare the Sichuan army. The Mutai Sichuan army defenders plus the people brought by Wu Ban totaled only 20,000 people, a ratio of nearly ten to one. The Xiliang army was mainly cavalry.
, when Han Sui thought about it, the defenders should have collapsed from fear.
If this was a battle in Xiliang, Han Sui would just walk around in front of the city and surrender to the disobedient princes.
But obviously the Sichuan army was not intimidated. Wu Ban waved his hand, and hundreds of crossbowmen were divided into three rows. Two rows fired, and one row fired flatly. Hundreds of arrows shot out with a whistling sound, and they were nailed in front of the Xiliang army.
, the rain of projectile arrows and the rain of flat arrows form a straight line.
The trembling rain of arrows conveyed the determination of the Sichuan army to dare to fight and want to fight. The Xiliang army, especially the Yongzhou warlords, were shocked. Archers are a valuable unit. Each of them has thousands of troops.
It would be nice to have a team of archers here, let alone shoot so neatly.
"Men of Xiliang, let the Sichuan army see how powerful you are." Han Sui roared, and Liang Xing, one of the eight cavalry of the banner, and Ma Wan, one of the eight cavalry of the banner, each led a detachment to attack the city gate and towards Mu.
Open the bow and release the arrow.
"Ha ha ha ha."
When the wooden platform was closed, the Sichuan army burst into laughter. The Xiliang army's cavalry, archery and throwing bows were powerful weapons for attacking the city. Although it was difficult to suppress such a powerful pass as the wooden platform, there was still a threat.
However, the Sichuan Army saw Ma Chao's cavalry and archery formation at Yangping Pass. The overwhelming rain of arrows, the U-shaped formation as smooth as flowing water, and the S-shaped circular route were all breathtaking.
The cavalry and archery formation commanded by Liang Xingma was excellent compared to the Central Plains and Southern cavalry, but compared to Ma Chao's cavalry formation, it was far behind. It's like a person who is used to eating white rice. You
It's like eating bran rice. How do the Sichuan Army think about it? Why do they think the Xiliang Army's cavalry and archery array is ridiculous?
The Sichuan Army had already fought a battle with the Xiliang Army, and they knew that the Xiliang Army liked to scare people. Without siege equipment, it was impossible to capture the city with a cavalry archery formation, not to mention the cavalry archery formation played by Liang Xingma, which caused a mess of arrows.
It cannot form coverage and cannot threaten the defenders at the top of the city.
Liang Xingma played in the laughter of the Sichuan army and returned in disgrace. Han Sui glared at the two men. The morale of the entire Xiliang army was low. The Sichuan army was highly motivated and continued to provoke the Xiliang army.
"Children of Xiliang, come and attack the city quickly. Your uncle is impatient to wait."
"Han Sui, old dog, come on, come to the city, and I will pee on your head to keep you warm in the winter."
"Your mighty generals have been defeated. Old dog Han is nothing. He is already a lot older. Go back and nurse your grandson."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Han Sui's old face was extremely angry. Ma Teng said: "Brother, don't be angry. Let's forget it for today. When we build the siege equipment, we will come back to fight the Sichuan barbarians. Let's see how arrogant they are."
"You tell me." Han Sui said loudly with his face tied up: "I'm not angry. Two hundred thousand people can crush these Sichuan barbarians to death, huh."
The Xiliang army retreated like a stream, and the Sichuan army at the city head raised their spears and cheered in unison. Every cheer was like a needle piercing the ears of the Xiliang army.
Watching the Xiliang army walk away, Fazheng said to Wu Ban: "I'll leave these rabble to you. Do you have confidence?"
Wu Ban said loudly: "The reason why the Xiliang army invaded the territory was because I credulously believed in Han Sui's peace talks and drove back the Xiliang army. It is Wu Ban's duty to do so."
Wu Ban looked at the miscellaneous infantrymen who fell behind and said disdainfully: "Although the Xiliang army is large, the wooden platform is a dangerous barrier. No matter how many others there are, we can't arrange many people to attack the city at once.
I just saw the Xiliang Army's cavalry and archery formation, and I laughed out loud. If Ma Chao came in person, I would still be afraid. Han Sui, sir, don't worry, I will guard the wooden platform, otherwise I will come to see you with my head raised."
"Okay, it's fine as long as the general has this determination, but don't talk about life and death lightly." Fazheng nodded and was about to leave. His post was in the Chinese Army, so he took advantage of the zigzag cross formation.
Wu Ban suddenly said: "Sir, I am sorry to have overstepped my bounds, but I have a question that I shouldn't ask."
"Ask."
Wu Bandao: "Why did my lord personally lead the cavalry this time? Isn't it too dangerous? Moreover, it seems that my lord is not a very good cavalry commander, so my subordinates think it is unnecessary."
Fa Zheng chuckled: "Why are you so obscure? It's good if your lord knows how to ride a horse. I remember the year before last in the Fucheng battle, my lord led his army to pursue Zhao Wei for thousands of miles. When he arrived at Jiangzhou, his legs were worn out and bloody. Lord
How can I command any cavalry, but..."
Fazheng stopped smiling and said to Wu Ban: "Don't worry, my lord is not the kind of person who likes to take personal risks. Since you take risks, there are reasons and benefits."
"yes."
Wu Ban bowed his hands, raised his head and looked into the distance, and let out a breath. So far, Wu Ban felt that he had made the right choice.
From the very beginning when Liu Zhang returned from Jiangzhou and various clans conspired, Wu Ban never thought of rebelling against Liu Zhang. On the contrary, before the Battle of Fucheng, Wu Ban was quite disdainful of Liu Zhang and did not even think about becoming an official.
When the Lord entered Sichuan, Wu Ban was the first to surrender. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!