Chapter 149: Military moves (Part 2)

According to Huang Chong's idea, the State of Wu should have sent people to study in Sichuan, rather than the General Ma Jun from Sichuan. The Lord of Wu, Sun Liang and the ministers from Jiangdong, naturally did not want to do so. It was safe to invite Ma Jun. Not to mention how much he could learn after sending some people, Ma Jun's invention was more than just a catapult.

Although Shu Han let the Wu people enter Sichuan, he was certainly protecting Ma Jun, but who knows if there is any intention to protect other technologies from leaking them?

After discussing for a long time, the people of Wu made concessions. They selected talented craftsmen in the Wu Kingdom to come to Sichuan to learn the technology of the catapult. The number of people was controlled at about ten people, and if there were too many, Ma Jun could not teach them.

The cooperation between the two sides has a foundation, and the rest is much smoother. In order to enable Jiangdong to send troops to attack Wei as soon as possible, Huang Chong led the Wu envoy Lu Yin to Sichuan to meet the Shu Lord Liu Chan at the moment. The second was to load seventy catapults in Baidi City and send them to Wu State, and sent people with the ship to guide the use.

With the catapult cart, the craftsmen of Wu State were at ease to follow Ma Jun in Sichuan, and the more than 100,000 troops of Wu State could compete with Cao Wei again.

Although these actions are hidden, they cannot be concealed by Xun Xu. The envoy of Shu Han left in a hurry and the gradually neglected attitude of the family of Eastern Wu. It is a signal. The Lord of Wu has not spoken yet, but the situation has become more and more obvious. This time, Wu chose to stand on the side of Shu Han - after his own interests were satisfied.

Xun Xu weighed the time, observed the actions and arrangements of the monarchs and ministers in Jiangdong. He estimated that he would go back to Jiangbei and pass the news to the Duke of Jin and the Wei army in the Huai River, and prepare early. Although the Jiangdong family reduced their exchanges, there were still people coming to visit and banquets every day. State affairs are state affairs, and ministers are just suggestions. The decision-making power is always in the hands of Lord Wu Sun Liang.

These aristocratic families come to banquets and ask for advice, just a trivial matter between the families, and they do their best to do their own landlords. So many aristocratic families have held banquets before, but they are about to leave Jiangdong and don’t hurry up to invite them? Otherwise, when Xun Xu returns to the north and mentions Jiangdong’s past, he will inevitably be despised by the aristocrats in the north.

After all, Xun Xu was a descendant of the Xun family of the high-ranking Yingchuan family. Even though he knew that he had been here, he was still calm in his behavior without any panic or anxiety. This style was seen by the scholars of Jiangdong, and even more praised. Putting aside the national affairs, the demeanor of the famous descendants of the Xun family was extraordinary.

A few days later, Xun Xu discovered something was strange. The Lu Mansion was crowded in the past, and many civil and military officials asked to see Lu Kai in front of the mansion. When they passed by the Lu Mansion these days, they were deserted. Could it be that Lu Kai had returned to the Jiangbei army?

Suppressing the throbbing in his heart, Xun Xu began to think about how to inquire about the news. If Wu was really ready to fight again, it would be difficult to find out the news at this time. Those wealthy families of aristocratic families would not dare to reveal their great secrets to themselves after taking advantage of the courage of Xiong Xin and Leopard.

Half a month passed like this, and the people sent to Jiangbei to deliver the letter never responded, and there was no chance of trouble in Jianye's prosperous Jiangnan capital. At this time, the Lord of Wu, Sun Liang, summoned Xun Xu, held a banquet in the palace to entertain Xun Xu and saw him off.

Although I didn't say much, I understood it very well. Wu and Shu were an alliance, and as an allies, there was no reason to act against the alliance. Therefore, I could only refuse the kindness of the Wei Lord Cao Huan and the Jin company Ma Zhao. The two countries were the result of war.

Xun Xu was prepared for this, completely as expected. The strategy of delaying time has come to an end, and the next step is to see the methods of the two companies on the battlefield. Wu's ability to attack tough is really poor. I believe Shouchun's city defense must have been rested in the past two months, so there is no need to worry.

The next morning, Xun Xu and the attendants of Wei packed up their luggage and left Jianye. All the scholars from Jiangdong came to see them off. Just as Xun Xu was saying goodbye to everyone, he suddenly found that the attendants sent to Jiangbei half a month ago were sent over by Wu.

When the servant saw Xun Xu, he knelt down and kept crying. He was caught when he left Jianye City. The letter of emergency was still in his arms...

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The situation in the east changed, and the hard battle on the western front was coming to an end. Wei general Zhong Hui besieged the troops of Jiang Wei, the general of Shu Han, and Jiang Wei led his army to die and refused to retreat. Only 10,000 troops were left.

The Wei army was exhausted in the fierce attacks for several days, but victory made people laugh. Zhong Hui was instructing the generals to take down the Shu army in one go tomorrow, but a visit was made to report. The Shu general Zhao Tong gathered more than 10,000 troops from the two states of Yongliang to support Jiang Wei!

When the Wei general heard this, he burst into laughter. The Wei army here still has more than 40,000 cavalrymen, and the Shu army has only more than 10,000 troops. How can it be Jiang Wei be released if it is only more than 10,000 troops? It is better to say that it is a rescue than to send him to death.

Zhong Hui also smiled and said, "It seems that all Yong Liang's troops gather here. Just defeat this Shu army and pacify Yong Liang is easy to beat him!"

Originally, he thought that Zhao Tong's 10,000 infantrymen were approaching a certain range and did not dare to move forward. Not long after, the explorer came to report again. He said that the Shu army had actually accelerated the marching speed and rushed towards the Wei camp on the periphery. It seemed that it was to rush through the camp and meet with Jiang Wei!

"Oh? Is the general of Shu not afraid of death?" Zhong Hui said in surprise.

"Report to the general, the movements of the Shu army do indeed mean to rush into the camp." The Exploser replied truthfully.

Zhong Hui nodded, waved his hand to signal the horse to retreat and explore again, and ordered the battalions to stay and see what tricks the Shu army was playing. The generals of the Wei army were ready to go out to fight, but no one dared not to obey Zhong Hui's arrangement. When he attacked Shu, someone did not capture Yangping Pass within the prescribed time limit, and was forced to lose his head.

You could vaguely hear the shouts of killing from afar. It seemed that the Shu army had indeed begun to attack the Wei camp. The horses also came to report at this time that the Shu army had a fierce attack without regard to casualties. The Wei army seemed to be a little unsupported by relying on infantry defense alone.

After all, the Wei army has been fighting with the Shu army since entering Yongzhou, and the cavalry cannot be used to defend the camp. It is indeed difficult to take into account the surrounding Jiang Wei army and resist the surrounding Zhao army.

Zhong Hui was still calm and sat quietly in the camp waiting. After a while, the scouts sent around to inquire also came back to report that there were no other people and horses following the direction of the Shu army. Only more than ten thousand Shu soldiers were willing to die and sacrificed their lives to attack the Wei camp.

Seeing that the Shu army was a lonely army, Zhong Hui jumped up from his seat and ordered the generals to divide the cavalry into two parts, one of which was wary of Jiang Wei's Shu army taking advantage of the situation to attack the Wei camp, and the other immediately went out to cooperate with the infantry to attack the troops of Shu general Zhao Tong.

This kind of battle must have alarmed Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei, who had been besieged for a long time, seemed to be unable to hold back. At this time, all the troops came to fight in this direction.

The Wei cavalry was just right to move, and they stopped the Shu army from the front and started fighting. Most of the Shu soldiers were infantry, but there were also three or four thousand cavalry. It was not easy for the Wei cavalry to take advantage of it for a while, but it was not easy for them to swallow Jiang Wei's man and horse. The two sides were entangled together and fought fiercely. Zhao Tong's experience on the other side of the Wei camp was the same as Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei had thousands of cavalry in his hands to deal with, but Zhao Tong was all pure infantry. Before the attack on the Wei camp stopped, the Wei army's cavalry and infantry surrounded them on both sides. The infantry followed him from a distance, and the cavalry was the main force. Ten thousand cavalry were like a spear, shuttled back and forth in the Shu formation, killing the Shu army.

Zhao Tong commanded the troops to support and tried his best to move the military force to a place far away from the Wei camp. How easy is this? After finally moving the military force slightly away from the battle circle, the Wei cavalry roared and surrounded him again. Before the Wei cavalry began to rampage the Shu army, Zhuge's crossbowman was lying in the dark and exposed his body, and the crossbow arrows shot wildly. Countless Wei cavalry could not defend themselves from being shot and turned over!

This crossbow soldiers had only five or six hundred people ambushed behind Zhao Tong's army. How far was the scout's sight of the horse in the middle of the night? It was far more than vision to use hearing than vision. It was not surprising to ignore such an ambush. What's more, this was a group of people separated from Zhao Tong's army. It was not far away. No matter how bold the scout of the Wei family would not be so close.

The crossbow soldiers emerged, and the Wei cavalry were busy adjusting, while the infantry farther and mixed with cavalry rushed up. The Zhuge crossbow soldiers took some advantage first, but they had no danger to defend. They were attacked from all sides and were soon overwhelmed by the Wei army...

Jiang Wei was surrounded by the Wei camp, and he was fighting to the death with the Wei army, but the Shu camp was captured by other Wei troops. The entire camp was trapped in the sea of ​​fire, and the raging fire kept burning. He told the Shu army that there was no way out.

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Yang Hu could not stop Liu Chan's direct advancement, so he had to find a city nearby to garrison, hoping to use this to restrain the Shu army.

Liu Chan was not vague at all, and he surrounded the Shu army. After the catapult cart was loaded, he finally made the Wei army, who had been stationed in Wanluo for a long time, see the power of the catapult cart. He heard it as if it was false, but Yang Hu and the Wei soldiers were shocked when they saw it. This destructive power was much stronger than expected. The rumors were just human words and were not enough to be accepted. At the moment, the rumors were still not exaggerated...

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Hu decisively gave up this city and fled to another place. He had to delay time even if he could not fight hard with the Shu army.

The Shu Lord Liu Chan naturally knew the preciousness of time, but Yang Hu was very cunning and tricky. After choosing one place, the Wei army fought hard and the whole army was in concert. If the Shu army fought desperately torment it and hurt a lot, it might not be able to stop the Wei army.

Chang'an was surrounded by the Wei army, and the troops of Yongliang and the Shu army in Hanzhong were also limited. Cherishing troops is the most important problem at the moment. Liu Chan, who came from the country, knew very well that most of the defenders in each county were new soldiers now, and even only 4,000 people in Chengdu are trustworthy veterans.

The remaining troops were either transferred to Hanzhong or brought to the east by Liu Chan and Huo Yi. Even if they were replenished in the future, they were all new recruits, and their combat power was incomparable to those of the current veterans.

Therefore, Liu Chan patiently followed the footsteps of the Wei army. No matter how fast you walk, my marching speed will remain unchanged. As soon as the Wei army stopped, the Shu army arranged an attack, so that the Wei army could not stop. Although the Shu army was chasing, they could move and fight according to their own rhythm, and they did not feel tired. Instead, the Wei army resisted repeatedly and fled repeatedly, knowing that they were delaying time, but they could do nothing.

Delaying time was a very beneficial strategy for the Wei army. Just when Yang Hu was consuming Liu Chan, the Wei army everywhere had already begun to gather troops and prepare to come to support. Unfortunately, before the reinforcements of the Wei State arrived, Yang Hu's Wei army was quietly in crisis.
Chapter completed!