Chapter 261 Fighting Qiang Soldiers Again

Chapter 261 Fighting Qiang Soldiers Again

After Sima Yi made a series of moves, Zhuge Liang also began to respond.

First of all, Wei Yan, the most capable veteran general of the Shu Han Dynasty at this time, was assigned to the east to resist the attack of the Wei army in Guanzhong. At this time, only if he is responsible for guarding can Zhuge Liang rest assured about the safety on the side.

Wang Ping, who was good at defense, was assigned to the northeast front line to guard the Qiang and Hu troops.

After all, Liangzhou does not have high mountains and dangerous obstacles like Longyou, which can effectively resist the invasion of Hu Qi. There is a plain here, and the huge number of Qiang and Hu cavalry is still a big threat to the Shu Han.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang was relieved to have Wang Ping, who had been in charge of Chencang all year round, guard the generals.

Finally, it was Ma Su who put this veteran of Longyou Qiang administration in charge of dealing with the Qiang soldiers. Afterwards, Zhuge Liang was still worried, so he assigned Zhang Yi to Ma Di and sent 5,000 infantry to follow him.

Ma Su's team led 15,000 people to Xiping County to fight against the Xiqiang coalition forces. With Ma Su's bravery and Zhang Yi's responsibility to hold him back, there is no need to worry about this.

In this way, Jincheng County was protected on three sides, and Jincheng County was not destroyed, so the Shu army's food road could pass safely.

After making these arrangements, Zhuge Liang checked again and after repeatedly confirming that there were no loopholes, he personally led 25,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry north to Wuwei.

This battle is a test of Zhuge Liang's many years of military training, and it is also the most critical battle for whether the Shu Han can return to the old capital.

Zhuge Liang personally led the army in the northern expedition to Wuwei, and various Shu armies also began to carry out their own military orders.

For example, Ma Su and Zhang Yi led troops towards Xiping County.

However, Ma Su was not very satisfied with his mission. There was no other reason than that he really looked down upon these Qiang people.

Ma Su is also a veteran in controlling the Qiang, and he already knows the combat power of the Xiqiang very well. They looked at a large number of people, more than 30,000 people, including nearly 10,000 cavalry, but in fact their combat effectiveness was very weak.

On the contrary, for Ma Su, the combat effectiveness of the 5,000 Cao Wei regular troops led by Fei Yao was even more threatening than the 30,000 Qiang people.

Therefore, in Ma Di's opinion, he only needed three thousand cavalry to defeat this group of people head-on. The prime minister forced him to give him 12,000 infantry, which seemed redundant.

With so many troops pressing down from behind, how could I, Ma Su, seek death?

Since becoming the Crown Prince and Tutor, Ma Di has become an immortal presence in the Shu Han court. Now Lao Ma's only chance to commit suicide is to rush to the front line and kill him quickly.

As a result, the prime minister also sent Zhang Yi, the governor of the Northern Expedition, to hold Ma Su in check, which made Ma Su's cause of committing suicide even worse.

However, Zhang Yi did not understand what Ma Su meant, and just saluted Ma Su with a smile.

"Zhang Yi has met the Crown Prince and Tutor!"

Although Ma Su now has the same official rank as Zhang Yi, he is a second-class permanent general. But Ma Su was still the crown prince and tutor, and his official rank was no different from that of a general in four expeditions and four towns.

What's more, this person is the successor appointed by the Prime Minister, so he still needs to make more friends with him.

Ma Su returned the favor, exchanged a few polite words with Zhang Yi, and then continued to think about his next death plan.

Now Ma Su will not make risky moves that would affect the three armies as he did before. Now Ma Su can at most make a more radical choice and increase the difficulty of the battle on his own.

For example, this time, Ma Su's goal expanded from the defeat of the enemies of Xiping requested by the prime minister to the total annihilation of the enemies of Xiping.

Ma Di told Zhang Yi his strategic goals, which shocked Zhang Yi.

"What? Prince Taifu, you seem a little..." Zhang Yi was a little unbelievable.

"Adventure? General Zhang, you are still too conservative." Ma Di waved his hand and said confidently.

"Although there are 30,000 Qiang soldiers on the opposite side, their actual combat effectiveness is not very strong. Moreover, this group of Qiang soldiers are usually scattered among herders from various tribes in the mountains and forests, and they barely cooperate with each other, so there is no combat effectiveness."

"So annihilating them all is theoretically feasible."

"But..." Zhang Yi still found it difficult to accept. After all, his military theory told him that if the enemy is doubled, it will be defeated, and if it is doubled, it will be surrounded.

For Zhang Yi to think that Xiang Ma Su, whose troops were not half as strong as his opponent, was actually plotting to annihilate the opponent was simply bizarre.

However, after thinking about Ma Su's record in recent years, Zhang Yi felt that it was not so difficult to accept.

General Fu Guo seems to have always been so adventurous?

"So what plans does the Crown Prince have?" Zhang Yi was silent for a long time and finally asked cautiously.

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When Ma Di led the army towards Xiping County, Fei Yao also joined the Qiang soldiers.

Sima Yi had been in charge of Liangzhou for more than three years and had attracted all the surrounding forces that he could win over. Xiqiang, who has a sharp conflict with Ma Su, is naturally also a key target.

Although most of Ma Su's tribe are Qiang people, they are respected as divine generals. But in fact, all the leaders of the Xiqiang tribe hated him.

Because Ma Su is different from Ma Chao, he is a Han general and not a local separatist force. He has always been fighting against the disobedient Western Qiang and transfusing blood for the Han court.

Ma Chao can be supported by the Xiqiang tribe because following Ma Chao can bring benefits to the tribe. But Ma Su can't do it. The condition for you to follow Ma Su is to dissolve the tribe and no longer be a tribal chief.

Especially the Shaodang Qiang tribe, more than ten tribes were annihilated during Ma Su's rampage in Longyou. The remaining people who were not wiped out all fled to Liangzhou with their young and old in their arms.

This group of people hated Shu Han extremely, so as soon as they heard that Wei and Shu were going to war, Sima Yi all agreed to join the war.

The Shenlang Qiang tribe and Ma Su didn't have that much of a conflict, and they didn't want to get involved in the civil war between the Han people. However, Sima Yi gave him too much. After some wooing, the Shenlang Qiang tribe also boarded Wei's pirate ship.

Of course, the price is that after defeating the Shu army, the Wei army will completely give up the entire Xiping County to the Xiqiang...

Shu Han's analysis was correct. Sima Yi had no intention of guarding Liangzhou for a long time. At least in his opinion, the strategy of defending Liangzhou and thinking of ways to counterattack Longyou was no longer applicable.

Therefore, he planned to inflict heavy losses on the Shu Han from the beginning, and then throw the devastation of Liangzhou to the Shu Han.

This can not only preserve their strength, but also make the Shu Han unable to conquer Guanzhong in a short period of time. By the time the Shu Han Dynasty recovered, Cao Wei's national power would have already made Guanzhong impregnable.

Whether it is Shu Han or Cao Wei, what they lack most now is time.

Fei Yao couldn't say much about Sima Yi's plan. All he could do was obey the order.

"General! The Shu army has divided its troops and marched westward from Jincheng. Under the leadership of Shu general Ma Di, more than ten thousand troops have joined forces and rushed to Xiping!" After the scouts of the Wei army detected the information about the Shu army, they reported it to Fei Yao.

When Fei Yao heard the name Ma Su, he could clearly see the fear of several Qiang leaders around him.