Chapter 265 Sima Personally
Thanks to Fei Yao, the Shu army, led by Zhang Yi, held back tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers, giving Ma Su a chance to show off his skills.
Especially when most of the Qiang soldiers had exhausted their energy, no one dared to resist Ma Su anymore.
In just a few hours, Ma Di fell to his knees wherever he went. Basically, the Qiang tribe began to surrender in an organized manner, and Ma Su didn't even need to use his knife.
As for Fei Yao, he had long since taken advantage of the group of Qiang soldiers to be recruited and fled with his troops. Anyway, he has always looked down upon the Xiqiang, and there is no psychological pressure at all to run away before the battle.
Poor Xiqiang tribes, they finally gathered everyone in the tribe and prepared to fight to the death. As a result, the partners at the stall had no intention of practicing with them, so they tricked them to death and then left.
In this battle, each tribe basically pulled out everything the tribe could do. With their retreat route cut off, few of the Qiang troops escaped.
The Qiang tribe, which has lost its young adults, has basically lost its fighting strength and future. From now on, the entire Xiqiang tribe may no longer be able to cause trouble in Yongliang.
But all this is not what Ma Su has to consider. He is currently wandering between Schrödinger's anger and happiness.
On the one hand, because of his good luck, he captured tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers, including thousands of cavalry. Ma Su should be happy. But on the other hand, Lao Ma has been running for two days and plans to come over and have a hearty fight.
As a result, as soon as he came over, all the Qiang soldiers surrendered before he could take action. He led the people around for a little while, and all the Qiang soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy.
This made Ma Su very unhappy, but at least it gave me a sense of participation!
Especially looking at Zhang Yi's injuries during the fight, Ma Di felt as if he had missed an opportunity to commit suicide. If he had known, Ma Su would have guarded the camp himself and asked Zhang Yi to lead the cavalry to Linqiang.
Finally, after a round of interrogation, Ma Di found the culprit.
"So it was Fei Yao who ordered you to attack the Han army camp first, right?" Ma Di narrowed his eyes, with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"That's right! He was the one who ordered us!"
"If it weren't for his coercion, we would have wanted to submit to the big man!"
"We have been Han people's little brothers for generations, and it was those Wei people who forced us!"
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Listening to a group of chiefs passing the blame to each other, Ma Di just rolled his eyes and put his hatred on Fei Yao.
It's you who thwarted my plan to commit suicide, right? I, Ma Su, will remember you!
Don’t sleep too hard at night!
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When Ma Su defeated the Qiang soldiers in Xiping County, Zhuge Liang personally led 30,000 Shu troops into Wuwei territory.
Opposite him was Sima Yi, the equally capable minister of Tuogu in Cao Wei.
Sima Yi, a native of Hanoi, is said to be a descendant of Sima Xian during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony.
Sima Yi had already been an official and held a high position during Cao Cao's period. During Cao Pi's period, he was the governor of Huainan and was designated by Cao Pi as the third minister Tuogu.
This is a heavyweight player. When the prime minister was in Chengdu, he heard that Sima Yi had built Liangzhou with a piece of iron. Therefore, Zhuge Liang also showed sufficient respect and led 60,000 troops to the northern expedition to Liangzhou.
But what he didn't expect was that Sima Yi would be so ruthless. Not only did they cede various benefits to the Han people and bribe surrounding foreign tribes, they also took the initiative to destroy Liangzhou, which they had worked hard to build.
In Jincheng, if Ma Su hadn't defeated Sima Zhao with his quick movements, most of Jincheng would have been in chaos.
The original plan was that the Northern Expedition to Liangzhou was mainly to train a new generation of military leaders and temper troops. However, after Sima Yi's full showdown, he led the Hu people from the north and the Qiang people from the west to join forces to surround the Shu army, and the prime minister had to end it himself.
"Prime Minister! According to the report of the scouting horse, the main force of the Wei army came out with force and came to kill us!" General Ma Dai reported in hand.
After Ma Dai defeated Ma Di and left Yongzhou, he took over the Yongzhou cavalry. This time Zhuge Liang took him with him and asked him to command the three thousand cavalry accompanying the army.
"It seems that Sima Yi is planning to fight us, and the main force came out to intercept him." Yang Yi looked at Tan Ma's report, and then reported to Zhuge Liang very happily.
"I used to be in charge of the intelligence network in Longyou, and I also inquired about the rumors about Sima Yi. This puppet minister Tuogu of the Wei Dynasty has always been aggressive with his troops. I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle next."
"A fierce battle?" Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, but his eyes flickered with speculation.
Judging from the intelligence, Sima Yi only had 40,000 troops. However, because they were in Liangzhou, they had more cavalry than the Shu army, and they still had seven or eight thousand cavalry.
In other words, if the Shu army starts a battle with its plains from the front, there is a high probability that it will suffer. Zhuge Liang's latest eight formation map also needs to rely on terrain to take advantage.
In other words, Zhuge Liang must choose a battle location suitable for his side.
Soon, Zhuge Liang found several locations on the map suitable for decisive battles. These places all have certain hilly terrain, which is very suitable for the military formation of the Shu army.
But...where will Sima Yi fight him?
Prime Minister Zhuge didn't know, but he wasn't worried anymore.
If we talk about the first Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang also needed to rely on strategic deception and avoid the truth. Now Zhuge Liang has been studying the art of war for many years and has mastered the art of war.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang took Ma Dai and Wu Yi as the vanguard, led Chen Shi, Ju Fu, and Jiang Wei, who had been kidnapped from Ma Su, to come to Sima Yi to fight in the open air.
However, just when Zhuge Liang led his army to attack Sima Yi, the Wei army who was marching in a hurry to find the Shu army suddenly stopped. Then the Wei army quickly built a camp on the spot and took up a defensive posture relying on the mountains.
This change was something that many people did not expect. After all, Sima Yi had more troops than the Shu army, so he suddenly shrank.
In response, Zhuge Liang looked at Yang Yi questioningly.
Didn’t you say that Sima Yi fought like fire? What's happening here?
Yang Yi couldn't explain it. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. Because in the past, Sima Yi's military thinking was always, just lie down and I will kill you right away.
Why are you so cowardly now?
Of course, at this time, there was no peace in the Wei army camp, because a large number of Wei generals asked to fight.
"Your Majesty! With me as the vanguard, we can defeat this group of Shu troops while waiting for work!" Wei general Dai Ling said in invitation, pointing to the Shu troops outside the camp.
"They have few soldiers, and the generals Wei Yan, Ma Su and others who are good at fighting have been restrained. Now only Zhuge Liang is leading the army. We have more troops than the other side, so we still have to wait and see. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Dai Ling's words attracted the approval of many generals. Although they were all driven to Wuwei, they still looked down on the Shu army.
Those stinky Xichuan people have come to our Wei territory to beg for food.
However, Sima Yi only gave one word to these requests for war.
"no!"
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