"If the general can keep Ni Shu out of Hexi, how can the Dunhuang Zhang family change the owner of Hexi even if they are secretly connected with Ni Shu? On the contrary, if the general is defeated, Ni Shu can drive into Hexi with the power of destroying the golden city. , even if the Zhang family in Dunhuang is determined to be loyal to the country, they still have no power to recover. Therefore, why should the general be deceived?"
Jia Xu, who was cleared of confusion by Yang Fu, returned home satisfied.
Not only was he relieved of his worries about elbow and armpit changes, but following Yang Fu's words, he began to look forward to his family's future.
Now among the generals left in Xiliang in Wei State, the only ones with equal authority to him are Yang Fu, Wei Ping and the Zhang family of Dunhuang.
Needless to say, Yang Fu is old and has long been tired of official career. He will definitely leave office because of the war.
Even if the Luoyang temple does not allow it, the seal will be hung and the clothes will be removed.
As for Wei Ping, whose official position and qualifications were higher than his, he would not be appointed to the Liangzhou Commission again by the Luoyang Temple because of his past mistakes in Xiaoguan and Yuyinsai.
Nowadays, the Zhang family, which is famous for its loyalty to Xichuan, has the responsibility not to send troops this time.
When the war breaks out, the power of the Luoyang Temple will definitely be weakened, for example, Zhang Jiu or Zhang Hua will be transferred from their posts in Hexi.
In other words, in the eyes of Luoyang Temple, he became the best choice to guard Liangzhou.
The Jia family of Wuwei Guzang will usher in the glory of rising to the top and dominating Xichuan.
Naturally, in order to realize this future, he needed to repel the Han army that invaded the country in the future.
It is already mid-July.
The army led by the former Han general Wei Yan had already entered the barren valley, and would arrive at the Wuting Nishui River Valley in half a month at the latest.
As expected, the Han army gave up their speed and formed a car formation and came slowly.
When marching, the Wuhan Iron and Steel carts and baggage carts were placed on both sides to protect the soldiers in the middle. When the camp was set at dusk, the cart formations were connected horizontally to form a simple fortress.
This tactic of "using clumsiness to overcome skill" is also the most classic tactic used by farming dynasties to use infantry to restrain nomadic cavalry.
For example, it shined brilliantly in the battle between Han and Hungary during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Pang Hui, Ke Wu and Hu Bo, who each led three thousand cavalry to harass, followed the Han army for four or five days, but could not find an opportunity to take advantage of it.
no way.
The Han army had powerful crossbows with a range of up to 120 steps, leaving them with no use for their superb riding and archery skills.
The strongest bow they used was only one stone strong.
If you want to throw arrows into the Han army's formation, you must first receive two waves of crossbow arrows like locusts.
Furthermore, the Han army was still in a tight formation during the march, and the two-foot-four-foot-long horse-repelling spears tied to the chariot formation were as dense as a forest, which also caused all their cavalry to lose the courage to break through the formation.
Because that's not called breaking the formation, it's calling death.
In fact, even in the Ma Dai tribe where the Han army was on guard outside, they could not find an opportunity to join forces to kill them.
The improvised cavalry, even if everyone is a skilled cavalryman, in terms of morale, strict discipline and coordinated combat, the three thousand Xiliang cavalry led by Ma Dai are still unmatched by Pang Hui and Ke Wu.
For example, on the third day after the Han army crossed the river from the Fortress of Manyin, Pang Hui and others encircled and suppressed the Han cavalry.
Therefore, Kewu's headquarters, which was about to be eliminated by the Han army, came to harass the Han army and then pretended to be defeated and retreated to lure Governor Ma Dai to pursue him. Pang Hui and Hu Bo's Juzizhi army ambushed the Han army on the road to prevent their return. road.
At the beginning, things went smoothly. As soon as Yanfu of Han and Wei Dynasties saw Ke Wu's flag, he immediately ordered Ma Dai to pursue him.
But the development of the situation made Pang Hui, the supervisor of the cavalry, grit his teeth.
When he and Hu Bojuzhi came in for a flank attack as scheduled, the Han cavalry did not panic. They turned their horses and charged at them with great enthusiasm. They cut through his formation with just one encounter, and they forced their way out of the ambush circle.
And go.
They planned an ambush and were sure of victory with three times the enemy's force, but they were attacked by Han cavalry, as if they were in an uninhabited country.
With such a result, not to mention Pang Hui's red face, even Hu Bo Juzizhi, who came to the war with the intention of dealing with the problem, felt ashamed - he had previously sought Jia Xu's request on the grounds that his troops were better at riding and fighting than Ke Wu's troops.
Got a lot of military supplies.
Unexpectedly, in the first battle, he would understand the confidence of the Han Dynasty's declaration that "everything the sun and moon shine on is his concubine"!
Naturally, the Hexi cavalry, which had lost its spirit, not only did not dare to harass the Han army's march anymore, but also gave up the extravagant thought of annihilating Jiang Wei's tribe after severely damaging Ma Dai's tribe.
right!
When setting off from Guzang, Jia Xu also asked them to act according to the situation.
For example, if the situation allowed, the three of them sent troops to Yuwei County to destroy Jiang Wei's tribe.
As long as the two cavalry units of the Han army were severely damaged, the multi-cavalry Hexi Allied Forces could use their strong mobility to besiege the Manyin City Fortress. Even if Wei Yan's governor successfully reached Jincheng County, he had no choice but to retreat because his retreat was cut off.
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After all, winter is not far away.
From the unusually cold winters in recent years, it can be inferred that the river surface at Jianyin Ferry this year must be frozen!
The Fortress of Anyin, which separated Guanzhong from Hexi, lost its strategic significance within a month or two at the turn of winter and spring. The main force of Wei Guanzhong could come along the Shuiquansha River that runs through the Quwu Mountains and cross the river directly on the ice.
Enter Hexi.
Jia Xu believed that if Guo Huai, who was guarding Gaoping City, heard that Hexi soldiers and horses besieged Manyin City, he would definitely ask Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, to lead thousands of cavalry to help in the battle.
The Han army was trapped in the border area of Hexi, waiting for the food and fodder to be exhausted and defeated.
But it's a pity.
The defeat of Pang Hui and others in the first battle made Jia Xu extinguish the fire in his heart.
He also began to be down-to-earth and adopted the safest strategy. When the Han army surrounded Jincheng County, he would lead his troops to join Pang Hui and threaten his retreat.
I secretly said that I was lucky.
Because the two thousand Qiang cavalry led by Jiang Wei were completely restrained by the Xianbei Tuoba tribe.
Xianbei commander Dai Hua Langni adopted the usual tactics of the grassland. He never confronted Jiang Wei's troops head-on, but kept going around the boundaries of Yuwei County in an attempt to wear down the Han army's fighting spirit.
According to the latest information discovered by the scouts, Jiang Wei's troops are now pursuing the Mingsha Mountain area.
In other words, with the distance of nearly a thousand miles (Han) from Mingsha Mountain to Wuting Nishui River Valley, when a war broke out between the Hexi Allied Forces and Wei Yan, he would not be able to rush to respond.
All in all, the Hexi Allied Forces still have advantages in terms of military strength and geographical location.
Jia Xu felt that as long as he was more cautious, it would be a foregone conclusion that the Han army would return without success!
However, what he didn't know was that Guo Huai, who was stationed in Gaoping City, Anding County, was standing on the top of the city, looking at the back of the messenger as he left with full of worry.
Because he was not optimistic about the outcome of the Liangzhou war.
Even though Sima Yi had already made up his mind, he claimed that he would send a few troops to harass Longyou in the spring and February next year to coordinate the Liangzhou war and force Wei Yan to return. But he still felt that when Guanzhong could send troops, Jia Xu and
Wei Ping may have been defeated.
Therefore, after much thought, he sent an envoy with a letter to ask Sima Yi for instructions to see if his strategy could benefit the war situation.
