Chapter 263 Xidu Meat Mincing Battle
Ma Su occupied Linqiang and blocked the Qiang soldiers' return route. This was indeed a huge blow to the Qiang soldiers.
But what does Feiyao have to do with me? I am not a Qiang person.
Fei Yao didn't care what would happen to this group of Qiang people because their way back was cut off, as long as they didn't collapse, it was enough.
What he was most concerned about was where Ma Su was.
When he learned that Ma Su had gone to Linqiang, and the three thousand most capable cavalry from his headquarters also went to Linqiang, Fei Yao was so happy. This means that the Shu army outside the city only has 10,000 infantry, and its commander is only Zhang Yi, who is not well-known.
This is enough!
The reason why Fei Yao defended the city was because he was afraid that you, Ma Su, would frighten the Qiang soldiers. Now that Ma Su has left, there is only one Zhang Yike left, and there is no threat.
In this regard, Fei Yao quickly made a strategic judgment.
"Ma Su's purpose should be to cut off the return route of the Qiang people and force the Qiang soldiers to retreat and engage in a decisive battle. At that time, he will be waiting for work in Linqiang and flank our army with Zhang Yi to achieve a great victory..."
"But this time he missed the mark. It would be a fool's errand to think that I would fall into the trap."
Fei Yao sneered, pondered for a while, turned around and called his personal guard,
"Give me the order. The horse butcher is no longer in the Shu army camp. It is time to attack the camp and defeat the enemy. Tell them that as long as they break the Shu army camp, all the food and supplies will belong to them, first come first served!"
"Wei!" The soldier nodded, took the order and passed it on.
Fei Yao moved very quickly, and he had to move quickly. Taking advantage of the fact that the Qiang leaders still didn't know Ma Su's location, they quickly entangled them with the Shu army.
Otherwise, when they knew that their retreat was cut off, Fei Yao would order them not to move.
Again, Fei Yao is a Wei general, he doesn't care about the life or death of the Qiang soldiers.
Fei Yao sent a message to all the troops and horses to send out all the main forces to attack Zhang Yi's camp. As long as Zhang Yi's fortress is broken, what kind of trouble can Ma Di, who is hanging outside, stir up.
After leaving 5,000 of the 30,000 Qiang troops to defend the city, Fei Yao personally led more than 20,000 troops to attack Zhang Yi's camp.
At this time, Zhang Yi was training soldiers in the camp and arranging troops to stabilize the camp. As a result, while he was leisurely handling military affairs, a soldier suddenly rushed in to report.
"General! The Wei army is out in full force and rushing towards us!"
"What?" Zhang Yi was almost stunned, and then a little unbelievable.
"Is Wei Jun crazy? Even though his retreat was cut off, he didn't retreat but instead came towards us?"
"My subordinates don't know, but they are indeed out in full force." The soldiers reported anxiously, and at the same time, Zhang Yi could already hear the heavy sound of horse hooves outside getting closer and closer.
"Hiss... these Qiang people are really crazy." Zhang Yi shook his head in confusion, and then quickly straightened his expression.
"But even if it comes against us, it doesn't matter. I, Zhang Yi, am not a soft persimmon. It would be too naive to use me as a breakthrough point."
"Inform all the camps to hold them tightly and use strong crossbows to resist. You follow me to the central army. I will personally go into battle and command all the troops to resist the Wei army!"
Zhang Yi has never been famous, and his main achievements are in suppressing bandits in Shu. This makes him look more like a soft persimmon compared to Ma Su.
But this Northern Expedition Governor of the Shu Han Dynasty was a real tough guy, but he just never had the chance to show it off. In the late Shu Han Dynasty, this was the general who conquered the west, a veteran who had followed Jiang Wei in the Northern Expedition all year round.
Fei Yao led an army of 20,000 to the Shu army's camp, but was subsequently resisted by the Shu army.
The first thing that encountered the Wei army was the outer camp of the Shu army. The vanguard cavalry rushed forward with great confidence. After all, the only person they Qiang people fear is Ma Su. Without Ma Su, you Shu people would just be nothing.
Then, they encountered the most terrifying crossbow suppression they had ever seen in their lives.
The overwhelming crossbow arrows shot out and pressed over like locusts. The Qiang soldiers at the front had no chance to dodge and were quickly shot into hedgehogs. The Qiang soldiers behind stepped on their corpses and continued to advance, but they were hit by crossbow arrows again before they had taken two steps.
Because the Shu Han regime had few cavalry, it conducted a lot of research on strong crossbows under Zhuge Liang's initiative. With the participation of the Prime Minister's wife Huang Yueying, the Shu Army developed a new type of continuous-fire light crossbow.
Although the lethality has decreased, the firing rate of the crossbow has increased by a notch. This kind of repeating crossbow was put to the test in actual combat at this moment, and it taught the Qiang cavalry a lesson.
Facing the overwhelming barrage of crossbow arrows, the Qiang cavalry suffered heavy losses when charging into battle, and those who were shot fell over. After charging into the formation several times, the Qiang cavalry soldiers were forced to withdraw and replaced themselves with infantrymen holding shields.
Of course, if Ma Su saw this scene, he would definitely scold Zhang Yi for being a prodigal. So many horses, so many reserve cavalry, shot in vain.
Do you know what ten thousand cavalry means?
This means that if Prime Minister Zhuge wants to rob, he will have to rob four times to get them all!
As a result, Zhang Yi shot nearly a thousand people to death in this round of arrows. What a waste.
After the Qiang cavalry were suppressed, the infantry then pressed forward with simple shields. They moved forward little by little against the Shu Han's arrows, preparing to get closer and fight with the Han army.
But at the same time, the Han army's archers also joined the battlefield, shooting left and right, right and left to suppress the Qiang soldiers in all directions.
In the past few years, although the Shu army has continued to fight abroad, its training has not fallen behind at all. Years of training have made Shu soldiers already veterans, and they are extremely skilled in dealing with all aspects.
In this situation, even if the number of Qiang soldiers is higher than that of Shu army, Zhang Yi is totally justified.
The two sides fought fiercely in front of the Shu army camp, with the Shu soldiers and Qiang soldiers anxiously fighting together. In this small piece of land, soldiers continued to fall, and new soldiers continued to take their place.
The ground was littered with corpses, and there was blood and broken and thrown away weapons everywhere.
The entire battlefield was like a meat grinder, with both sides fighting desperately.
However, as time went by, the leaders of each Qiang tribe became anxious and wanted to withdraw.
"No more fighting!"
"Our tribe is almost depleted and must be evacuated!"
"The Shu people are too cruel. If this continues, our tribe will be doomed!"
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A group of leaders asked to evacuate, but Fei Yao firmly refused.
It was only at this time that Fei Yao revealed the news that Ma Di had gone to cut off their retreat.
"It's useless to retreat now. Ma Di has occupied Linqiang and cut off your retreat!" Fei Yao looked at the dozen chiefs and chiefs and said slowly.
"Retreat now, and you will face the Horse Butcher."
"What!" Upon hearing this, a group of Qiang leaders all panicked.
Our retreat has been cut off? When did this happen?
In a panic, a Qiang leader looked at Fei Yao and asked angrily.
"General Wei, we need an explanation!"
"If you can't give us a reasonable explanation, we, the Shenlang Qiang tribe, probably won't let you leave here!"
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Although there is still an exam on the second day, the impact will not be big.
"Miss Risa, pour me a cup of tea."
After leaving a few words, Shimantani walked directly back to the office.
As the youngest section chief of the club, Shimatani Chuan has been working hard to climb up and strive to become the head of the headquarters.
However, while considering promotion, he seemed to need to be wary of his 'loyal (ambitious)' female subordinate. "Director, I've poured the tea, be careful not to burn it!"
Nagase Risa respectfully placed the tea cup on Shitani River's table.
They pretend to be very similar! Shimatani Chuan felt that she was not satisfied with her current generous salary and was always peeping at his section chief's throne!
As for why Shimatani Chuan made such a judgment?
Almost in the blink of an eye, a message popped up in front of his eyes.
[Name: Nagase Risa]
[Stamina: 4]
[Intelligence: 7]
[Charm: 8]
[Current situation: A poor, beautiful woman is wary of men. The husband committed suicide by jumping into a river because of high debts. He also had a daughter who was in school and had no choice but to work. 】
[Information: Extremely eager for money, and hoping to find someone you can rely on. 】
[Warning: She seems to have plans for you! ! ! 】