"General, hurry up and retreat to the rear camp." Seeing that the situation was wrong, Chen Tai quickly suggested: "Destroy the camp and we still have a chance."
Cao Zhen nodded: "You go and prepare, I'll take a look."
Chen Tai did not persuade him much, responded and turned around.
The strong combat effectiveness of the Wei family's martial arts soldiers seriously interfered with Cao Zhen's rhythm. The army was blocked in the camp and could not leave the camp to form a formation. They could only fight against the Shu army with scattered soldiers, and the defense could not exert their advantages. If the stalemate continues, wait
Wei Yan's main force arrived, and the Wei army might suffer greater losses. Therefore, Chen Tai suggested that Cao Zhen retreat into the rear camp, and simply give up the front and central troops, use the interval between the two battalions to arrange the battle.
Preparation. In this way, the camps of the front and central troops will inevitably be greatly damaged and will also lose morale, but they can be exchanged for precious time and space. It is a wise decision to choose the least of both evils.
Then, then
Chen Tai rushed to the rear camp and lined up at the fastest speed. As soon as he was ready, Wei Yan led the army to arrive. After a little sweeping away the situation on the battlefield, Wei Yan ordered the battle.
One thousand five hundred elite soldiers entered the battlefield. The Wei army, who had been beaten by the Wei family's martial soldiers, could no longer resist and retreated step by step. Cao Zhen sighed and ordered the retreat.
With a command, the surviving Wei army felt relieved and covered each other to withdraw from the battle group. Wen Qin covered his waist with one hand and held a bloody battle knife with the other. He looked at Wei Wu who was standing on tiptoe and quickly evacuated with his personal guard camp.
Wei Wu was not happy either and was about to chase him again. Wei Yan rushed over and saw Wei Wu limping around, and hurriedly asked, "Are you injured?"
"It's okay." Wei Wu smiled and put away his knife: "It's just twisting it. That guy is not simple. I kicked him. I can still fight with me until now."
Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Wei Wu and others to withdraw back to the rear formation to rest. He commanded the army to launch an attack. After several years of fierce battles, the number of Wei Wu soldiers had dropped sharply, and the total number was less than a thousand. Good steel should be used on the blade.
It cannot be consumed easily.
The Wei family's Wuzhang and the pro-guard camp led by Wen Qin successively withdrew from the battlefield, and the next battle began between ordinary soldiers on both sides. In such a battle, Wei Yan still had the advantage. Cao Zhen handed over the elite to Cao Zhi, and the rest of the camp
They are all old and weak or have not been cured by minor injuries. At this moment, they are also tired of dealing with the elites led by Wei Yan, but they rely on the camp and pre-set positions to barely remain unbeaten.
Cao Zhen also knew that the stalemate was only temporary. Although the troops of both sides were similar, their combat power was not on the same level. The longer the time was delayed, the more unfavorable it was for him. Although he was not afraid of death, if the general of Wei State died in front of the formation
, it will inevitably be a major blow to the morale of the entire Wei army. He cannot die here both public and private.
Cao Zhen ordered that the Shizhong lead the baggage camp to evacuate first. The food and grass and wounded soldiers were sent to the large ship docked by the river and transported to the other side of the river. He led the personal guard camp and guarded the ferry tightly in order to hinder Wei Yan.
The four camps except the rear army were ignited.
Seeing the fire, Wei Yan immediately understood Cao Zhen's intention. He ordered Wei Wu to lead 1,500 people, including Wushu, to attack Cao Zhen's flank along the river bank. Cut off Cao Zhen's retreat and try his best to drive Cao Zhen to the best of his ability.
Stay here. When Wei Wu heard the order, he immediately ran out of the formation.
"Kill--" the martial soldiers shouted, and while running, they pulled the strong bow in their hands and shot out sharp arrows.
"Stand!" Chen Tai held the sword and walked back and forth in the formation, loudly giving orders: "Bound Bowman, shoot!"
"Boom boom boom boom!" The Wei army hid behind the barriers built with the baggage camp and shot with all their might. The crossbow chariot kept roaring, shooting a rain of arrows at the incoming Shu Han army.
"Don't panic, hide behind the big cart and fight back, advance slowly, pay attention to covering each other." Wei Wu held up a big shield and shouted loudly. Under his command, the military soldiers used large frames of baggage to build a tall one.
The barriers of the Wei army cooperated with each other to advance. The Wei army had crossbows to help, and the arrows were densely packed like rain. They rushed forward. Without such large-scale weapons, if they attacked rashly, they would definitely suffer a great loss.
Although Wei Wu was brave, he was not reckless. He patiently pushed the front forward step by step, although he was a little slower, but he was not without any loss of stability.
Chen Tai looked at the tender face hiding behind the big shield opposite, and felt chill. Wei Yan himself was a powerful general, but his son was even better than the blue one. Needless to say, Wei Ba, now he is famous all over the world.
, and Wei Wu should not be underestimated. With such skills and scheming at such a young age, he will definitely be another general in the future.
After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, Wei Wu finally rushed to Chen Tai's formation. The martial soldiers behind the cart rushed over like a tide and launched a fierce attack on the Wei army again. Chen Tai tried his best to resist, but still could not stop Wei.
Wu's attack was about to be broken and his back was about to be cut off, so Chen Tai had to send an alarm to Cao Zhen.
Cao really commanded the Central Army and Wei Yan to fight together, and he also worked very hard to hold on and struggled to support Wei Yan in front of every step of the way. Hearing Chen Tai's alarm, he no longer hesitated and ordered the Central Army to withdraw to the battle.
After getting on board, he ordered all the crossbow trucks to push aside and shoot violently at the shore to cover Chen Tai's retreat.
With Cao Zhen's support, Chen Tai fought and retreated, and finally retreated on the ship at the last moment.
After two hours of hard battle, Cao Zhen retreated across the river with less than 500 remaining soldiers, and Wei Yan won a complete victory. Although Cao Zhen struggled to support him, he won a lot of time to transport food, supplies and some wounded people as much as possible.
When we arrived on the other side of the river, more than a thousand people were killed in battle, hundreds were captured, and a large amount of supplies fell into Wei Yan's hands, and the camp was burned to white ground, causing heavy losses.
Wei Yan quickly counted the battlefield and rushed back to Tongguan with the casualties and prisoners. He rested overnight. The next morning, he left Tongguan with two thousand people. Wei Wu was not very convenient to move due to his foot injury, so he could only
Stay in Tongguan to recuperate.
After receiving the news of Wei Yan defeating Cao Zhen, Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief. While he patiently guarded the camp and waited for Wei Yan's arrival, he passed the news to Ma Su. After Ma Su received this news, he finally felt relieved, at least in the short term, Tongguan would not
There will be danger.
At this time, Cao Zhi, who had been resting for two days, started marching again. He led the army toward Chang'an in a fierce manner. After receiving the news, Ma Su did not dare to neglect. He personally guarded the workshop on the banks of the Weishui River, but handed over the task of protecting Chang'an City to
Others. He even made a decision that when necessary, he would rather burn the workshop with a torch than let the workshop fall into Cao Zhi's hands.
But to his surprise, Cao Zhi had no intention of attacking the workshop. He did not stop at the city of Chang'an, just like the three thousand cavalry who had passed by Chang'an before. He walked west and rushed all the way.
After Ma Su and Zhao Yun and Wei Yan arrived later, they had serious differences in the face of Cao Zhi's strange actions.
Wei Yan's meaning is very simple. Cao Zhi now has about 13,000 people, and the three of them add up to the same number. The troops on both sides are similar. They have the power to fight. When they go west, they can get supplies, such as Ji County and Chen Cang.
There are grain storage available in these places, unlike Cao Zhi who only carries the supplies and has no source of supplies, and is always in a nervous state.
Wei Yan suggested chasing, and there was another consideration. To the west of Chang'an and to Longshan, they were all places for farming, but most of them were civilian villages, and some were large clans in Guanzhong and some were Taoist people in Tianshi. They did not have many ways to protect themselves, and they encountered them.
When Cao Zhi came to Cao Zhi, they had no strength to fight back, they had to surrender. Cao Zhi defeated them and could rob the food and grass and the people, and could last longer and strengthen their own strength. If they chased after him, Cao Zhi would not dare
If he easily attacks those civilian villages, his food and grass problems will not be solved.
Ma Su agreed with Wei Yan's view, but he had deeper considerations. Cao Zhi went west and he could not have known where Zhuge Liang's army was, but why did he still go? It was just to cooperate with Zhang He inside and outside and lead Zhang He into the pass.
Are you in the middle? Have you ever thought that if Cao Zhi traveled west to lead us to follow, and then let Zhang He enter the pass from the north and enter the eastern part of Guanzhong?
Zhang He and Qin Lang have 40,000 people, and their whereabouts are uncertain. How do you know if he is in Liupan Mountain or Huanglong Mountain?
Wei Yan also had to admit that Ma Su's statement made sense.
They still suffer because they lacked troops and were not as fast as the Wei army. They could have used the advantage of their geographical advantages to resist the enemy outside the country, but now Cao Zhi has been rushing into Guanzhong in a boat, causing them great trouble.
Outside there were Zhang He's forty thousand infantry and cavalry, and inside there were more than ten thousand desperate people from Cao Zhi. They did not have enough troops to defend and lost sight of one thing.
In the end, no one could convince anyone, so they had to take a compromise method. Zhao Yun led 8,000 people from the headquarters to guard Chang'an, taking into account the passes in the north. Ma Su and Wei Yan led 5,000 people to follow Cao Zhi and leave in Hanzhong.
Before the reinforcements arrived, avoid fighting with Cao Zhi as much as possible, just keep surveillance and act according to the situation.
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Ma Dai stepped into the tent and bowed to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister."
Zhuge Liang put down the pen in his hand, raised his head, and smiled calmly. "Bo Zhan, how is the training situation?"
"It has made rapid progress. It is worthy of being the personal guards of all the generals. It has a good foundation." Ma Dai said gratefully.
Zhuge Liang gathered the small number of personal guards in each unit, and about 4,000 cavalry were handed over to Ma Dai. This was the only cavalry in the Shu Han army with a population of more than 1,000. Ma Dai knew the weight of it very well, and even more
He knew that Zhuge Liang relied on him, so he was very grateful to Zhuge Liang and obeyed his words.
"Can you fight?"
"There is a war?" Although Ma Dai was happy, he was not proud. Whether these people can fight depends on who the opponent is. If they encounter a strong enemy, they have no advantage.
"There are three thousand Wei cavalrymen who entered Guanzhong from Huanglong Mountain. Zhao Zilong and Wei Wenchang had no cavalry and could not catch up. They probably would be in Fengxian soon." Zhuge Liang briefly said the situation: "I want you to
You are sure to face these uninvited guests.”
Ma Dai pondered for a while and bowed: "Please rest assured, Prime Minister, I will do my best."
Zhuge Liang smiled with satisfaction. He waved his hand and signaled Ma Dai not to worry: "Your subordinates have just gathered together for a while, and their cooperation may not be tacit enough. I don't force you to defeat them, just to make them not be reckless. Here's the
The farming is our hope to stick to Guanzhong, and I don’t want to be destroyed in their hands. You go and let them restrain themselves. If you want to fight, come and find me."