Looking at the Celestial Silkworm Plate Armor, which was priced at 1,000 points each, and then looking at his total assets of only 146,226 points, Ma Di suddenly hesitated a little.
Even if you spend all your points, you will only be able to buy 146 pieces of plate armor.
146 pieces, even centurions can't get one piece per capita. There are a total of 300 centurions among the 30,000 soldiers, and there are also a hundred generals, ten generals, and four lieutenants.
Of course, the four lieutenants, namely the three major generals and Yang Wanwan, are currently equipped with Celestial Silkworm Plate Armor.
Ma Di still has nothing to say about his own people. He is not stingy at all with the equipment he should give.
Buy it or not?
If you don't buy it, you won't be sure of tomorrow's bloody battle; if you buy it, your assets will return to before liberation overnight.
After struggling for a long time, Ma Su finally gritted his teeth.
Buy TMD!
In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers, these equipments are necessary.
Even if you cannot be as armed as a centurion, it is still good to be as armed as a general.
[Congratulations, you successfully spent 146,000 points to purchase 146 pieces of Celestial Silkworm Plate Armor. Your current balance is 226 points.]
[The plate armor is being shipped at high speed, please check it carefully.]
Ma Su looked at the three-digit balance left, and his heart ached.
Witnessing the assets accumulated over four years wiped out in one second, it felt... so heart-wrenching.
Ma Su walked out of the camp and stared at the night sky with his hands behind his back, lost in thought.
He was wondering how these plate armors would be delivered.
"General!"
Just as I was dazed for a while, Yang Wanwan's shout came from afar.
Ma Su turned around and saw Yang Wanwan hurriedly running from outside the camp. Before he could get closer, he gasped and reported: "General, our soldiers found a secret room in Chen's warehouse, with more than a hundred weapons placed in it."
Good armor. According to Guo Huai, the former Chencang guard, he collected materials from several surrounding counties and ordered skilled craftsmen to imitate the general's armor. Originally, Guo Huai planned to use these armors to defend Chencang City.
, but before he could use it, he was captured."
"The armor has been delivered to the camp."
"Oh? Guo Huai?" Ma Di was surprised at first, and then suddenly realized.
The secret of his superior armor was only exposed when he ambushed Zhang He in Liangzhou.
At that time, he was besieged by more than a hundred Wei soldiers. If it were not for the protection of his armor, the grass on his grave might be several feet high now.
At that time, Guo Huai was the prefect of Jincheng, and he probably learned about the armor from the Wei soldiers who escaped from the battle.
No wonder this guy deliberately planned to fake his death and return to Wei after surrendering to Shu, and finally was able to be used by the Lord of Wei again. I think Sima Yi's protection was one reason, and this armor should be another reason.
However, now these babies all have the surname Ma.
Even Guo Huai was captured again.
Ma Di grinned and hurried back to the camp to call a meeting with all the generals at senior level and above.
At the meeting, each general received a piece of plate armor. Then, Ma Di solemnly stated that the remaining 46 pieces would be distributed to the generals with the greatest military exploits tomorrow.
In short, any soldier who can kill five Wei soldiers tomorrow will be rewarded with an additional 50,000 coins in addition to the military merits he deserves. If he kills ten Wei soldiers, he will be rewarded with an additional piece of plate armor or equivalent money.
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A piece of plate armor is worth one hundred thousand dollars.
As soon as this reward order came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Soon the news spread throughout the entire military camp.
Every soldier was gearing up and excitedly looking forward to the next day.
The wages of avarice is death.
If you kill five enemies, you will be promoted to one level (according to the Shu army system, if you kill five enemies, your rank will be promoted to one level; if you kill ten enemies, your rank will be promoted to two levels, and so on), add 50,000 yuan; if you kill ten, you will be promoted to one level.
If you have one, you can upgrade it two levels and get an additional 100,000 yuan.
Then go for it!
Find fame, wealth and honor in danger!
Seeing that the army's morale was available, Ma Su was greatly relieved, and his chances of winning tomorrow were a little higher.
In fact, this kind of "heavy reward" method may not be common in this era (because there is not so much money reward), but it has been played to pieces in later generations.
I didn't expect that the effect would be so good the first time I used it.
Ma Su felt that if we could really win tomorrow, defeat more with less, and completely annihilate the remaining 40,000 main forces of Wei...
So what if it costs more than a billion dollars?
Anyway, during the period of rampage in Guanzhong, the Shu army plundered almost this amount of money from the warehouses of various counties.
Use Wei's money to reward Shu soldiers, and then use them to destroy Wei soldiers... This wave is not a loss no matter how you calculate it!
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Early the next morning, when the main force of Cao's army was assembled and faced off against the Shu army, they suddenly discovered that
Something is wrong!
Today's Shu soldiers are completely different from yesterday. They are all brave and unafraid of death. They seem to have an sworn hatred against them and hate to kill their fathers and seize their wives. They rush to kill them with red eyes.
Moreover, there are a small number of Shu army generals who are invulnerable, like gods of war, a dozen or so without frowning.
As soon as the soldiers from both sides came into contact, the Wei army was in a rout.
Even Cao Shuang, the general in charge of supervising the battle, was being chased and killed by a white-faced young general leading a hundred men, and fled eastward without his life.
As soon as the general fled, the morale of the Wei army sank instantly.
Soon, with a cry of "Stop fighting, surrender, surrender...", the war had only started for more than half an hour, and the Wei soldiers who could not withstand the pressure began to abandon their weapons and kneel down to ask for surrender.
An hour later.
The results of the post-war inventory are released.
The Shu army was completely victorious, with only more than a thousand people killed; the Wei army lost more than 4,000 people, and more than 39,000 soldiers surrendered. Hao Zhao, one of the main generals, was also captured alive by three major generals.
At this point, the Battle of Guanzhong ended, the Shu army completely controlled all Guanzhong areas except Chang'an City, and the two sides immediately entered the second stage of the contest.
As soon as the news of the Shu army's victory came out, Guanzhong was shaken, Longyou was shaken, and the whole world was shaken.
Chang'an, Weiyang Palace.
Cao Rui glared at Cao Shuang with hatred and wanted to kill him.
But reason told him that this defeat had little to do with Cao Shuang.
No matter who becomes the commander-in-chief, facing the crazy Shu soldiers, the chance of victory is very slim.
A crime other than war.
Cao Rui looked at the four important ministers with lingering fear and sighed: "If Ma Su is not dead, I will die without a burial place!"
Then he asked: "My lords, Ma Su is approaching the city with his troops. What should I do?"
Wang Ling frowned and stepped out of the queue, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, why not retreat to Tongguan for the time being and summon King Sima Yiqin quickly."
Gao Rou came out and said: "Your Majesty, what the prince said is very true. Ma Di's troops are at a sharp point and cannot be resisted forcefully. Now that the generals are timid and the soldiers have lost their courage, Chang'an cannot be defended. It is better to avoid the sharp point for the time being and plan for the long term."
Jiang Ji and Xin Pi looked at each other and said in unison: "Your Majesty, let's go."
Cao Rui nodded and was about to follow his example when he suddenly saw an imperial forest guard running up to the main hall, kneeling and reporting: "Your Majesty, the west gate, south gate, and north gate have been surrounded by Shu troops. Only the east gate is fine."
"What?!"
Cao Rui was shocked, stood up suddenly, and then fell back down in despair. He was completely confused for a moment.
With three people around and one missing, it is impossible to run away now.
It can be predicted that as soon as Cao Rui here makes a gesture of abandoning the city and fleeing, the Shu army over there will definitely follow behind and cover him up.
When the time comes when we are in the wild and the major generals are cowardly and refuse to respond to orders from the sky and the earth, then we will have no choice but to capture him without mercy.
Cao Rui was really panicked this time.
At the same time, Xiao Guan.
The young Sima Shi was anxiously waiting for the reply from his father Sima Yi behind the closed door.
When Ma Su started to attack eastward, Sima Division sent people to rush to Longyou to ask Sima Yi to make a decision.
When it was learned that Ma Di crossed the Wei River with lightning speed, crossed the river, captured Xingping and Yongshou, and then quickly headed south, crossed the Wei River again, and marched towards Chang'an behind Mei County, Sima Division realized that, This decisive battle is inevitable.
Ma Su's tactical detour shocked Hao Zhao, Cao Shuang and others. When he learned that the Shu army had arrived at Chang'an City, Hao Zhao, who was stationed in Mei County, was forced to lead his troops back to Chang'an to block the Shu army.
Why must Hao Zhao return for help?
Because there is Emperor Cao Rui in Chang'an City, the sage cannot be disrespected, and the power of God cannot be provoked.
Even though he knew that Ma Su only had 40,000 troops and there were 50,000 troops in Chang'an City, Hao Zhao had no choice but to immediately return reinforcements.
Now, this "no choice" pressure has come to Master Sima.
It is not easy for Sima Division to return reinforcements at this moment, because most of the cities in Guanzhong are under the control of the Shu army. If he returns to reinforcements Chang'an, he will have to attack them one by one.
Otherwise, you will fall into the dilemma of being alone.
Although the situation had deteriorated to this point, Sima Division did not immediately move eastward to launch a general attack on the Shu army. He ordered the army to stick to the pass and not fight behind closed doors. When a small group of Shu army came to challenge, he only fired thousands of arrows at the general. Just knock it back.
He was waiting for his father Sima Yi's decision.
As a child of a wealthy family, the most important thing in Master Sima's heart is always his family. He doesn't care about the life or death of Emperor Wei.
Of course, this was just what he was thinking and could not be expressed verbally. On the surface, in front of the generals, he still looked extremely anxious.
News of Ma Di's victory and the siege of Chang'an reached Longyou, and Sima Yi remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and ordered the generals to withdraw their troops in batches in an orderly manner and return their troops to Guanzhong.
As soon as the Wei army on the right side of Longyi moved, Zhao Yun, Yang Yi, Wei Yan and others all thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. They suggested to Zhuge Liang many times that they launch an attack on the rear of Sima Yi's army, but they were all rejected.
Zhuge Liang told the generals with serious words: "Don't hide when you return to the army, and don't chase after the enemy."
"The rabbit bites people when it is anxious, not to mention the Wei army that has been fully reorganized. Sima Yi is not an ordinary person, how can he not take precautions against this?"
"What's more, Zhang He's lessons learned from his mistakes only happened yesterday."
"Today our army only needs to successfully capture Longyou, so that Liangzhou, Qiang, Longyou, Hanzhong, Sichuan, and Nanzhong can be connected into one, without any need for branches."
When all the generals heard the words, they were all silent.
In fact, there was another reason for not pursuing the Wei army, which Zhuge Liang did not mention.
That is to guard against Soochow.
Sure enough, on the third day after Sima Yi retreated, the scouts discovered traces of a large number of soldiers and horses ambushing on both sides of the river valley twenty miles away from the street pavilion.
At this point, all the generals admired Zhuge Liang greatly.
If they had really gone after Sima Yi that day, there was a high probability that they would never come back.
Just when Sima Yi withdrew his troops and returned to Guanzhong, Ma Di also gave up the idea of capturing Chang'an and capturing Cao Rui.
Ma Di handed over 40,000 surrendered troops to Wang Ping and ordered the latter to take them back to Hanzhong. He personally led the army to Beiyuan and built several earthen cities fifty miles east of Xiaoguan to build a perfect defense.
Then they waited quietly for the arrival of Sima Yi and his son.
Ma Su could not take Sima Yi lightly.
In the past, when his military ability had not yet developed, Ma Di would hide away from Sima Yi when he saw him.
Now, Ma Su had a strong idea in his mind: to have a chance encounter with Sima Yi.
Let’s see who is more stable between the two!
If you're lucky enough to win one and a half moves, it's not a waste of time to come to this era.
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On the other side, after learning that Ma Su did not continue to attack Chang'an, but returned to fight against him, Sima Yi was confident that half of his goal of returning to the army had been achieved. Next, he would use his 150,000 troops to defeat Ma Su Perform a thunderous strike.
