Withered grass and dust flew together, blurring the vision; the corners of clothes and flags rustled, echoing the scorching heat in the chest.
The turn of autumn and winter in Liangzhou has always been dominated by the sound of horse hooves.
In the past, officials were so corrupt that they encouraged countless common people to become bandits and bandits, and fostered a rightful and dissatisfied mind. Therefore, during the slack season of autumn, when the horses were busy, they repeatedly plundered villages or passing caravans.
But now, the elite cavalry from the Guanzhong of Wei Kingdom are frequently harassing us.
Since mid-autumn, the counties and villages in Weiwu County have gradually become accustomed to the sound of horse hooves.
Although the Han army ordered many soldiers to guard the roads in various counties and villages, so that the Wei State rarely had the opportunity to break in, burn, kill and loot, the Li Shu who still stayed in Wuwei County were still in a state of panic and the consciousness of the rebels.
The Han army's cavalry was too small to contain the incoming Wei cavalry.
This is the consensus reached by all the Li people since the sound of horse hooves has lasted for three months. It is also the consensus shared by Fei Yao, his deputy Xu Gai and his cavalry.
As a veteran general in the army, Fei Yao has always been very cautious even though he has the advantage in military strength.
Every time he went out to harass, he would divide the five thousand Guanzhong elite cavalry into two groups. His deputy Xu Gai would lead the two thousand cavalry in front of him to invade various places. He himself would supervise three thousand cavalry to provide support to prevent Shu from setting up an ambush with infantry.
Or ride along the road to intercept and kill them.
In fact, his scheduling worked very well.
Although Xu Gai had never been ambushed by the rebel infantry, the rebel general Jiang Wei once tried to lure two thousand Qiang cavalry to intercept and kill him.
And not just once.
However, because he arrived in time with the supervisor behind him, the Qiang cavalry did not dare to take the lead and fled in haste.
After several times, the cavalry on both sides had a certain tacit understanding.
For example, when the Wei cavalry invaded the counties and towns in the east of Wuwei, the Han Qiang cavalry would always come to the rescue under the warning of smoke and smoke from beacon soldiers along the way. However, they did not attack head-on. They only relied on the Qiang and Hu's cavalry and archery skills to drive and block them from the side.
When they saw Fei Yao's rear army arriving, they first sent a message to the infantry in the rear with a blare, then stayed away and tiptoed about twenty miles away. The intention was obvious. If Wei Qi dared to continue
If you go deeper, you will face a pincer attack by the Han army on foot and cavalry.
After being entangled like this for several months, Fei Yao had the idea of severely injuring this Han cavalry.
In other words, he was a little moved by the repeated requests from his soldiers.
It's not that he underestimates the enemy.
Since the establishment of the three pillars of the world, Wei has always been dominated by cavalry and pawns.
The two thousand Qiang cavalry of the Han army seemed to be in good shape, but in a real head-to-head confrontation, could the Qiang people's combat strength be compared to the Guanzhong elite cavalry, all composed of Han family members?
Not to mention that Wei Qi had an absolute advantage in military strength.
Another consideration is that Fei Yaobing's purpose has now been achieved.
Sima Yi ordered him to come and take charge. Firstly, he was asked to protect the left and right tribes of the southern Xiongnu and the Xianbei Tuoba tribe from entering Hexi. The other was to disturb the people's livelihood in Weiwu County, forcing the Han army to deploy troops from Longyou to garrison.
As for the subsequent attack on Manyin City by the Xiahou Ru army, that was not within his scope of authority.
After all, considering their identities and experiences, Luoyang Temple would not let him control Xia Houru.
The most important point is that he recently received a message from Liu Gaosheng Yuan, the right-wing leader of the Southern Huns.
Liu Gaoshengyuan and Tuoba Liwei have now settled in Yanze.
This is because they did not move the old and weak women and children together, but the young and strong people drove the cattle and sheep to go first.
At the end of the year, when winter was approaching, the old, weak, women and children had become a burden, so they went to seize pastures and divide their territories, and then sent people to move the rest of the tribe.
Furthermore, Juyanze and Mingsha Mountain are thousands of miles away from each other, and are cut across by the desert. If the Wei State did not leave their women and children behind, how could they believe that they would attack and invade Nishu as promised? Maybe?
, after they moved to the new territory, without any ties, they would take the rewards from the Wei State and exchange favors with Nishu, agreeing not to offend each other!
Liu Gaoshengyuan sent people to complain.
When the two of them arrived at Juyanze, they were suddenly attacked from the flank by the army led by Ma Dai, who had arrived there a long time ago.
Although the two tribes had a total of nearly 30,000 horsemen, they were suddenly attacked unprepared and were still defeated for a while. They lost more than 400 people before they could stabilize their position.
And there is no chance of revenge.
After they calmed down their panic and saw that the incoming Han army only had 3,000 cavalry, they planned to use their superior strength to surround and kill the Han cavalry.
But how could Ma Dai give them a chance?
After succeeding in a sudden attack, he turned his horse's head and headed back.
Liu Gaoshengyuan and Tuoba Liwei didn't want to pursue them at first, but they couldn't stand the dissatisfaction of the commanders and nobles of their respective tribes, so they let the commanders and others of their respective tribes ride on their own initiative and chase them away.
Afterwards, the young commanders of various ministries looked at the ocean and sighed in front of Juyan City Fortress.
It is difficult for cavalry and soldiers to attack fortresses.
Looking at the towering archery towers and the crenels with huge crossbows on the fortress, if they didn't want to die, they could only return home in dismay.
But no matter what, the two of them finally entered Juyanze as they wished.
Moreover, the Qiang and Hu tribes who originally lived in Yanze are now hard to trace. I don’t know if they heard the news and thought they could not resist their annexation, so they moved away first; or they were persuaded by the Han army to hide.
I went to Juyansai to avoid the war.
At that time, after Fei Yao got his reward, he calmed down the messenger.
He also personally promised that he would report it to Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, and compensate them for their losses.
But in fact, in his heart, he was feeling hurt and happy for the clan members of Liu Gaosheng Yuan and Tuoba Liwei.
He even felt a little regretful: Ma Dai was a long-established general, and the Xiliang cavalry had once been famous in the world. However, they suddenly attacked and only killed more than 400 of the enemy's cavalry. It was really too few.
Yes, he regretted that the loss of Wei's vassals was too little.
It's not that he adheres to the idea that "people who are not of my race must have different minds."
It is more in line with Wei's interests if the right arm of the Southern Xiongnu and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei have suffered more losses - only if they are killed many times by Ni Shu will they turn into mortal enemies and then firmly vassal Wei and fight to the death against Ni Shu.
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Anyway, those two tribes of Hulu are very numerous, and even if there are one or two thousand more dead and injured, they will not be delayed from invading Nishu!
Ha~~
The arrival of this news also convinced Fei Yao that the Han army's Ma Dai tribe was not in Wuwei County.
In other words, if he can severely damage Jiang Wei's two thousand Qiang cavalry, the Han army will no longer be able to restrain him and Liu Bao's cavalry from the left of the Southern Huns in the future, and all the counties and villages in Wuwei County will be able to do whatever they want.
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With this idea in mind, he recently asked his deputy Xu Gai, who was in charge of the two thousand cavalry at the front, to try to fight Jiang Wei head-on, to see if there was any chance that he, who was hanging at the back, could suddenly come from the flank and kill him in one fell swoop.
Heavy damage.
But the traitor general Jiang Wei has no courage!
Often the two armies would stagger and flee as soon as they approached, leaving him no time to turn around and attack from the side, alas.
Little did he know that Jiang Wei, whom he had declared to be courageous, had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
