"Exactly!" Sima Yi nodded and said, "Now I am looking for Xia Houyuan, has General Ma seen him?"
"What's wrong! That Xia Houyuan must have gone to Longxi. I was careless and missed him." Ma Chao said.
"No problem, Xiahou Yuan went to Longxi to counterattack Liangzhou with the help of the Qiang people. Since Xiahou Yuan has given up the east side of Liangzhou, we can take it at will. General Ma, how about you attack Anding County?
"Sima Yi's tone when speaking was not an order, but a discussion. He knew Ma Chao's temper, so he tried not to provoke him.
Ma Chao said: "Then I'll say goodbye."
With that said, Ma Chao took Wang Shuang and other five thousand cavalry and eagerly headed towards Anding.
Sima Yi continued to march forward with his army. Within ten miles, he happened to encounter Pang De's army. Pang De did not know Sima Yi. When he saw Sima Yi coming with the Huns soldiers, he mistakenly thought they were Qiang people and hurriedly moved away.
Got the posture.
"Is that General Pang Lingming in front of you?" Sima Yi reined in his horse and asked.
"Exactly, who are you?" Pang De felt curious and asked when he saw Sima Yi wearing a strong suit and leading a group of Xiongnu soldiers who looked like Qiang people.
"I'm Sima Yi, I've seen General Pang!" Sima Yi said while riding on horseback, clasping his fists.
"Sima Yi?" Pang De was confused for a moment and asked, "But Sima Yi, the general who conquered the south?"
"Exactly!"
Pang De immediately withdrew his defenses, walked forward quickly, clasped his fists towards Sima Yi and said, "Sir Sima, Pang De is too far away to meet you, please forgive me!"
Sima Yi's rank is one level higher than Pound's. As the saying goes, one level of officialdom is overwhelming, so Pound naturally has to step forward to worship. Ma Chao is different from Pang De. Except for Gao Fei's kneeling ceremony, he will not bow to anyone else, no matter what.
No matter how high an official you are, don't let him worship you.
"No need to be polite. When General Pang comes, it must be that Yuzhong City has been captured by General Pang, right?"
"Exactly, Yuzhong City was captured three days ago, and now we are chasing Xiahou Yuan. Has General Sima seen General Zhengxi Ma?"
"Well, we met. I have asked him to attack Anding. Xia Houyuan fled towards Longxi. Just in case, I also asked General Pang to go to Jincheng County to attack Jincheng County. There are ten thousand cavalry here, all Xiongnu warriors. Please
General Pang led them to attack Jincheng County, but something happened later."
"I understand, I will go immediately, but these eight thousand infantry..."
"Just let me take it back to Yuzhong City."
Pang De said nothing more, immediately got on his horse and headed towards Jincheng with 10,000 Huns. Sima Yi returned to Yuzhong City with 8,000 infantry, cleaning up some chaotic battlefields along the way and burying all the corpses.
After Sima Yi returned to Yuzhong City, he felt very sorry to hear that Chu Yan had died in the battle, so he ordered him to be buried underground. Afterwards, he sent out scouts to urgently notify Tai Shici and Wei Yan in Wuwei, suggesting that Wei Yan lead an army of 50,000 to march to Chu Yan.
He attacked the three counties of Jiuquan, Zhangye and Dunhuang in the west, and suggested that Taishi Ci should leave only 10,000 troops to guard Wuwei City and lead all the troops south.
In addition, Sima Yi temporarily ordered the 50,000 Dongyi soldiers stationed in Lingzhou to take advantage of the situation and seize Gaoling County in Qinzhou as a supervisor.
State purpose.
Sima Yi himself stayed in Yuzhong City, waiting for the arrival of Taishi Ci's army.
Two days later, Ma Chao and Pang De captured Anding and Jincheng counties without any blood. Hou Cheng and Song Xian led 40,000 Dongyi troops southward, and had already captured Gaoling. Chen troops were in the Weishui area, fighting with Xu Huang's Kwantung Army.
An encirclement was formed against Chang'an City in Qinzhou. Wei Yanze led an army of 50,000 to advance westward, and Tai Shici led an army of 120,000 to Yuzhong City.
Sima Yi personally went out to welcome Taishi Ci into Yuzhong City. When they met twice, Taishi Ci first said: "So you are Sima Yi. I have heard about your outsmarting Jicheng. Now the counties in Liangzhou have heard about it.
surrender, only Longxi and Wudu have not yet been attacked
Wei Yan's troops have also sent troops to march westward. Dunhuang, Jiuquan, and Zhangye will definitely surrender after hearing the news. Countries in the Western Regions and the Wusun Kingdom have also rebelled against the Wei Kingdom, and the situation is great. However, if you can come a few days earlier, or
General Xu Chu...hey!"
"A dead person cannot be resurrected, so I hope that the general will show mercy and obey." Sima Yi knew that his general in the southern expedition was only temporary. He was not as good as Taishi Ci's Tiger Wing General, who had 250,000 troops under his command, and was the number one leader of the Northwest Field Army.
The person was a first-class marquis with a distinguished status that was beyond his comparison, so he could only speak in a low voice.
"That's all, it's just that Chu Yan was too reckless. The emperor sent you here as a supervisor and military advisor, do you have a strategy to kill Xia Houyuan?" Tai Shi Ci asked.
"Don't be too hasty. There is heavy snow now, and it is half a man deep. It is extremely difficult to march. Xia Houyuan fled to Longxi, relying on the Qiang people, hoping to use the power of the Qiang people to counterattack Liangzhou. However, I think the Qiang people will not attack Liangzhou at this time.
It is easy to send troops. The general can also temporarily put Liangzhou aside.
Let go, if we press too hard, Xiahou Yuan and the Qiang people will naturally become one. If we don't force each other and defend ourselves tightly, Xiahou Yuan won't be able to make any big trouble. The top priority now is Chang'an. As long as we capture the capital of Wei
, it can destabilize Wei State more than taking down Liangzhou."
Taishi Ci asked: "What do you mean... slow down the attack on Liangzhou first, and then move the army south to take Chang'an?"
"No, Liangzhou soldiers and horses cannot retreat. The general can send 20,000 troops to help General Pang garrison Jincheng, let General Ma's capable general Wang Shuang garrison Hanyang, and then send 50,000 troops to Wang Shuang for deployment. In this way, I
The 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers brought can continue to be deployed by me, and the general will sit in Yuzhong City, surrounding Xiahou Yuan on three sides, and even Xia Houyuan will not dare to act rashly."
After hearing this, Taishi Ci felt that what Sima Yi said made sense, so he asked: "What about you? From what you say, it doesn't seem like you are staying in Liangzhou?"
Sima Yi smiled and said: "I will take the 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers to assist the Kwantung Army in capturing Chang'an City, but I need to borrow a good general from the general."
Taishi Ci asked: "Who?"
"General Ma Mengqi!"
"This... I can't make the decision. General Ma has always been arrogant. If the emperor hadn't given me a false ax, I might not be able to mobilize him. This is a tiger trapped in a cage. It might bite people.
." Taishi Ci and Ma Chao once fought. Although the two seem to be in harmony on the surface, in fact, neither of them is convinced by the other.
When Gao Fei was choosing the generals of the Northwest Army, he also thought carefully and decided to take Taishi Ci as the leader, with Ma Chao, Pang De, Wei Yan, and Chu Yan as assistants. In case Taishi Ci and Ma Chao were at odds and started fighting again, Pang
De, Wei Yan, and Chu Yan can also comfort them from the side, and then talk about Xi
Only Ma Chao in the Northern Army was a latecomer, so the intention was to suppress Ma Chao with four people. In the past five years, although Ma Chao was unruly, he could still obey Tai Shici's command, and he was relatively harmonious. Even if there was a little quarrel,
, it’s just a disagreement.
Sima Yi said: "That's why I want to rely on his strength and ask the general to help me."
"In that case, that's it. I will send 10,000 people to garrison Anding, and give Ma Chao military orders to attack Chang'an. Military advisor, if there are any adverse effects, then I will not be responsible for this."
"If anything happens, I will take full responsibility for it before the Emperor."
Taishi Ci stopped talking. Sima Yi had already mentioned this. He immediately wrote a letter in his own hand and asked someone to deliver it to Ma Chao.
Sima Yi suggested that Taishi Ci should only defend but not attack, and wait until spring began to deal with Xia Houyuan. Taishi Ci nodded in agreement and sent someone to convey the order. At the same time, he sent someone to Lingzhou to pick up his daughter-in-law Tian Xin.
It would be better to have a discussion sooner or later so that no big mistake would be made. Sima Yi returned to Jicheng first and waited for the Xiongnu soldiers to withdraw from Jincheng.
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Qinzhou, Bashang.
Xu Huang, Guo Jia, Liao Hua, Gao Sen and others all gathered together, looking eastward on the official road, quietly waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
Not long after, I saw a blond man wearing thick armor and riding a horse. The infantry formation behind him was very neat and orderly. Every time he took a step forward, he could hear sonorous and powerful steps.
robust.
After Xu Huang saw it, he couldn't help but frowned and thought to himself: "It turns out that the Feiwei Army that the Emperor has been secretly training is such a force. It is indeed different from other armies..."
"Is this the legendary Flying Guards? It is indeed majestic and mighty. It seems that the Roman has some skills." After looking at it, Liao Hua kept praising him psychologically.
Guo Jia looked at the expressions on the faces of Xu Huang, Liao Hua and Gao Sen around him, and thought secretly in his heart: "The emperor sent foreigners to help out. It seems that the day when the emperor will go on a personal expedition is not far away. I don't know when that time will come."
What the reorganized Feiyu Army will look like is really exciting."
After a while, the two met, and the blond man raised his hand slightly, and the infantry formation behind him all stopped, even the steps were consistent and very strict.
The blond man turned over and dismounted. He was wearing armor. Every time he took a step forward, he could hear the sound of metal colliding. The armor on his body was shining with silver. It was made of pure silver and was expensive to make. It was a completely Roman-style armor.
When he walked to Xu Huang and others, the blond and blue-eyed man clasped his fists towards everyone and said: "This is Anita - Partridge, the emperor's personally appointed General Feiwei. I have met several princes!"
Xu Huang, Guo Jia, Liao Hua, Gao Sen and others looked at each other after hearing that Anita Partridge spoke Chinese well. This foreigner was no doubt the same as them in terms of etiquette, and he seemed even more humble.
.
In Anita's heart, these people are all people with marquises. If he does not have a marquis in China, he is inferior to others, so he must have the necessary etiquette.
Xu Huang said: "Welcome General An..."
"No! It's General Partridge. My surname is Partridge, not An. Anita is my name. You can call me Anita. It makes me more friendly." Anita - Pat