Chapter 197: The Raiding of the Wei River Crossing the Wei River

The weather is not so cold that the Wei River is frozen, and the river still flows eastward, but the outdoor weather is already making people feel cold and uncomfortable.

Among the several armies in western Qin, the northern Mo people are the most cold-resistant. The elite of the Tiance army can withstand bitter cold. In addition, the cotton-padded clothing is the most well-equipped, so in terms of cold-resistant, these two types of troops have the strongest cold-resistant. The weakest cold-resistant is the Shu army. The troops attacking Lanzhou have already stopped and have made some routine threats. To the south of Qinzhou, there have been threats from the Shu army. The Shu army built ships, set up camp tents, and even transported some equipment. However, the attack was very negative. It was just a daily attack. When the other side was prepared, it adopted a conservative strategy. Anyway, the commander did not urge him to hurry, and the soldiers were happy to be lazy and slackened. After all, it was impossible to fight across the river without a little sacrifice.

Therefore, Zhang Mai's attention to the south is far less than that of the East and North Roads, especially the North Road, and every detail of the battle in the Ringma Highlands can stir up his nerves - the victory and defeat of the Khitan is the key to the entire battle, but on weekdays, Zhang Mai always seems to be nothing.

At this time, the person responsible for the wartime affairs of the states in western Qin was Fan Zhi, Ma Jirong was responsible for the dispatch of military rations, and An Shoujing's younger brother An Shoushen was responsible for the coordination of the army. Therefore, these three people, together with Ma Xiaochun, often inspected internally in Qinzhou, or led a guardian soldiers to inspect the Wei River and the neighboring states.

Zhang Mai spent the greatest energy on daily life to appease the hearts of the military and people in the states of Qin. The states of Qin have been under the rule of vassal states for a long time. The soldiers have been influenced by the long-term knowledge of profit but have not known righteousness. The people have no good feelings for the officers. When Li Congke was here, it was rare for the lower-class soldiers and civilians to see him. They never expected that Marshal Zhang, who was so powerful, would surrender to nobles and often go to the people and soldiers to inspect.

This is a fashion in the war, but Zhang Mairuo will deal with any unfair things whenever he hears. After quelling countless injustices among the people, he spread them. The people in Qinxi all said, "It is said that Marshal Zhang of Lanzhou is an ancient wise king who is born in the world. I only know it today. Not to mention the emperor before, even the governor and county magistrate, where can we see them at any time?"

Some people also said: "Marson Zhang is not the emperor yet."

"Not now, but it will definitely be in the future. I just hope that the marshal can defeat the Khitan and make our place more peaceful and prosperous as Liangzhou and Lanzhou. Then we will have a good life."

The former officers of Qinxiyuan saw that Zhang Mai was close to the lower class and did not dare to deduct military pay. Therefore, from the time when Zhang Mai arrived in Qinxi, he did not give rewards to buy military morale like Li Congke. However, the soldiers at the lower class loved it quite well. Some soldiers even fled from the old camp and asked to join the Tiance Regular Army.

An Shoushen saw that the people and the army were available, and he advised Zhang Mai to rectify the military and horses of the states in western Qin and said, "Our Tang Dynasty said: 'The good ministers were born in Guandong, and good generals were born in Guanxi'. Guanlong has been the source of elite soldiers and powerful generals since ancient times. However, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, it has been corrupted by previous vassal states and corrupt officials, but its fundamental nature is still there. Now, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses in Qinxi. If it is reorganized, it can get at least 30,000 elite soldiers, and 30,000 elite soldiers are in hand, which will be of great help to our offense and defense."

Zhang Mai just refused and said, "The Qinxi vassal states are complicated and it is too risky to reorganize the troops in the face of the battle. Even if 30,000 elite soldiers can be selected, it is not easy for these people to integrate under the new organization? The lower-level soldiers may have returned to their hearts, but the middle and high-level generals will become more suspicious. Once the reorganization begins, the Qinxi generals will be frightened and think that we are going to seize their military power! I am afraid that if our integration fails, someone will raise the flag and rebel. This matter cannot be mentioned again. Now, everything is best to appease."

On the evening of the evening of the day, Zhang Mai was inspecting the eastern suburbs of Qinzhou. He was chatting with an old farmer. The old farmer was worried that the war had caused disturbance to the harvest of winter wheat. Zhang Mai sighed very much and said, "I have fought for so many years. The more I fought, the more I felt that the war was a weapon. But in such a chaotic world, seeking peace cannot pacify the world. I can only stop the war by fighting, so that I can get it once and for all! Father-in-law, bear it anymore. After this bitter winter days, you and your children and grandchildren will have peace in the future."

The old farmer said with tears in his eyes when he heard this: "Those men who collect grain taxes have always just been drinking. The emperor of Luoyang is far away from the sky, and at most he issued an edict that we couldn't understand. He never wanted to get close to us. How could he say such words to us?"

The people around were moved to tears. Suddenly, the sound of the sound of the south was faintly heard, and the old farmer was shocked. Zhang Mai smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, the sound is still far away. Most of the time it was the Shu army on the south bank who came to disturb him again. Don't worry, they can't cross the Wei River!"

With the sound of horse hooves, soldiers rushed from the southwest, An Shoushen said, "There seems to be military information in the south!"

It turns out that the battle reports of Guo Wei in the east and Xi Sheng in the north will be sent here directly. The military information comes from the west, and I guess it must have gone to Qinzhou City first and then transferred here.

Seeing this, the old farmer and others stood up and said goodbye. The soldiers who delivered the letter approached and took out the letter. An Shoushen opened it and looked at it and said, "The Shu army launched another attack. This time the attack was quite fierce. However, our army was well done on the post along the river and could be guarded."

Zhang Mai said: "When will the attack be launched and where will the attack be launched?"

An Shoushen said: "Three hours of Shen's time. It is located in the river section twenty-five miles southeast of Qinzhou."

Zhang Mai was a man who came out of the front line battle. He was not as good as Yang Yi, Guo Wei and others in terms of battlefield dispatch, but he was extremely sensitive to military tricks and other things. He said at first, "I think Bashu was in Zhuge Liang's hands, and he could use a state to tilt the Central Plains, but when Meng Chang was at hand, he became lazy, afraid of cold and afraid of death. In the past, they always chose the warmest time around noon, and now they suddenly chose the evening. Could it be that this time they were ready to come?"

Ma Xiaochun said on the side: "So what if you really come?"

Zhang Mai said: "Come on, that is, that is, attacking east and west. Attack in the evening is to drag our army down. The real attack may be to attack southeastern Qinzhou after nightfall, which is to attract our attention. Then tonight, the southwest Qinzhou must step up its defenses."

A young general next to him came to ask for an order to lead the cavalry to patrol the river. When Zhang Mai looked at it, it was Ma Jirong's nephew Ma Xu. An Shoushen thought that the Tang army was well prepared in the Wei River. Now the Wei River has not yet formed a thick ice, and the horse cannot pass. The Shu army does not have strong naval forces. He does not expect that he can cross the river, so why not give his personal favor to Ma Jirong and said, "The Shu army has many troops but not strong horses. If there is a general Ma, the Wei River will be safe!"

Zhang Mai nodded. Compared with the normal battle, this was just a trivial matter and he didn't need to arrange specific matters. An Shoushen transferred 4,000 troops, including one thousand palace soldiers and three thousand Qinxi soldiers, and asked Ma Xu to rush to patrol the river.

At this time, Ma Jirong advised Zhang Mai to return to the city and arrived at the temporary marshal's mansion in the city. Murong Chunhua was actually inside! When the two met, Zhang Mai asked, "What's the news on Luntai?"

Luntai is more than ten thousand miles away from here? Even if there is news at this time, it will be news a month ago.

Murong Chunhua said: "There is no new news. There is An Shoujing guarding the southern section of Tianshan Mountain, and Xiao Shitou patrolled the northern route of Tianshan Mountain. Our army won many great victories in the past two years, from Yizhou to Shayeye. The Huhus were shocked by our army's reputation. Who dares to act rashly?"

Zhang Mai said: "That's good."

Murong Chunhua asked, "How are the Huanma Highland and Fengxiang Mansion?"

Zhang Mai said: "You don't need to worry about Guo Wei, he can resist it. As for the horse-loving land..." Speaking of the four words "Ring Horse-loving land", Zhang Mai couldn't help but cry in his eyes and said: "Our children, this is probably a heavy injury!"

Murong Chunhua comforted him: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using troops for a while. If you can wear a horse and wrap a body, it is the best destination for men in the Tang Dynasty! I hate that I cannot do this!"

Zhang Mai's mind has become hard-working over the years and nodded slightly.

It is easy to be in winter, and the military and civilians go to bed early. At the second update, the sound of horse hooves in the east of the city suddenly broke out in a quiet night. An Shoushen was shocked after receiving the battle report and came to discuss with Ma Jirong: "No! The Shu army actually broke through the river defense!"

Ma Jirong said in shock: "How could this happen! How many people have come?"

An Shoushen said: "The Marshal was not bad as expected. As expected, after nightfall, they forced to cross the river beach at a relatively remote outpost thirty miles southwest of Qinzhou. Fortunately, our army was prepared to defeat its treacherous plot. When Ma Xu was about to come to report the victory, an emergency report came from dozens of miles westward. It turned out that the Shu army had crossed the river from the upper reaches again! When Ma Xu rushed there, they had already robbed the river beach! It turned out that these people actually crossed the river with rafts and airbags! At first, there were only hundreds of people ashore, and they were all infantry. Unexpectedly, these hundreds of people were extremely cruel. Under the impact, they actually killed one of our lieutenants and covered the latecomers to come ashore one after another. Now, thousands of people have crossed the river, but not tens of thousands of people have yet to be tens of thousands."

When Ma Jirong heard that there were not tens of thousands of soldiers, he was a little calmer and said, "We must send reinforcements again!"

An Shoujing sent his nephew, An Shoujing's son An Shen, to rescue two thousand soldiers and six thousand soldiers from the west of Qin.

Ma Jirong said: "Ma Xu missed the matter and ruined our army's aggression. The marshal must report this matter to the marshal. You and I will also apologize."

An Shoushen said: "The Marshal has never slept well in the past few days for the matter of the horse-land highlands. Now he is afraid that he has already gone to bed. Do you need to disturb me? The Shu army has only a few thousand people and cannot threaten Qinzhou."

Ma Jirong said: "Qinzhou is the fundamental army, nothing can happen! Let's go and have a look together, or the marshal has not gone to bed."

The two of them came outside Zhang Mai's house to ask for a meeting. Ma Xiaochun met him and said, "The Marshal just went to bed. Why, what emergency military information is there in the Mahe Highland?"

Then he heard Zhang Mai shout in the house: "What's wrong? What's wrong with the horse-loft land?"

An Shoushen and Ma Jirong looked at each other and entered the door together. Ma Jirong said, "It's not about the horse-loft land, it's just Ma Xu's mistake, so I'll ask the marshal to punish him!" He said that, and knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhang Mai said in surprise: "Ma Xu was wrong?"

An Shoushen said the battle situation. Zhang Mai's face changed slightly and said, "This section of Wei River is more than a hundred miles long, which was difficult to prevent from leaking. However, the hands and feet of the raft crossing the river must be wet. When the airbag crosses the river, half of the body is soaked in the water. What weather is now? When you soak in the water and cross the river, ordinary people are frozen to death. After they get ashore, they can still fight and impulse our cavalry with infantry? There are still such elite troops in the Shu army? Which unit is that? Who is the general?"

An Shoushen could not answer any of his questions, and said, "The ones who were impulsive were not our soldiers and cavalry, but the soldiers and horses of Qinzhou. The generals of the Shu army were still unknown. The opponent was defeated by surprise. Now there are no horses or equipment, so we don't have to worry too much."

Zhang Mai glanced at him sideways and said, "This is a bit strange! Qinzhou is where my red satin blood spear is. If it is approached, Xi Sheng and Guo Wei will be shocked. If they are rushed to the city by the enemy cavalry to fight, then our reality will be revealed!"

An Shoushen hurriedly said: "The subordinates have already added troops to go, and they will definitely be able to repair the bribe. The marshal does not need to worry too much."

Zhang Mai nodded, but still got up to put on his clothes. Half an hour later, another battle report came, but the enemy had basically completed crossing the river. After crossing the river, there were about five or six thousand people. These five or six thousand people were extremely fierce. They actually repelled Ma Xu through infantry battles and then rushed to the northwest.

Ma Jirong said happily: "Qinzhou is full of worries! Since it is a surprise attack, it will come and go suddenly and win quickly, and attack Qinzhou while I am unprepared! Now that they have gained profits, they do not come to attack Qinzhou, but instead go northwest. It can be seen that although the generals in command are extremely brave, they are brave but unscheming!"

Zhang Mai ordered: "Come and take the map of Qinzhou!"

After finding the enemy's crossing the river, his fingers moved northwest, but there was a ranch there. The corner of his mouth twitched and said, "The other party is not brave but unscheming! He came prepared! He did enough skills in advance! He went northwest to steal horses! These people are not infantry, they are cavalry! The cavalry has such combat power during infantry battles. Who is this!"

An Shoushen's heart was shocked. At about the fourth hour, Ma Xiaochun suddenly said to the outsider: "Marson, the people outside are a little turbulent."

Zhang Mai shouted: "What's the uproar?"

Ma Xiaochun said: "There is a fire rising to the sky in the west! Many people are going out to watch."

Zhang Mai hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to the roof. Sure enough, there was a fire rising from the northwest direction. The distance was that, it was the ranch! At this time, the front line reported that Anshen had joined forces with Ma Xu and had rushed to pursue the enemy.

An Shoushen was worried, and Zhang Mai said, "These two boys will most likely be defeated in this battle! What a pity An Shoujing's lifelong hero! Your two nephews are in danger tonight!" An Shoushen and Ma Jirong were shocked when they heard Zhang Mai's inference. When they wanted to add more troops, Zhang Mai refused and said, "Purchase the river well! Don't let the subsequent troops continue to cross! We have no time to intervene in the battle situation on the ranch!"

Murong Chunhua also heard the news and rushed over, pondered the situation of the enemy's military use, and said, "There are so many geniuses in Bashu! There are actually such people. We can underestimate them before."

At about the fourth update, the war report came again, and the soldiers were covered in dust and their voices were trembling, saying, "An, the two generals Ma arrived at the ranch, but they saw the enemy burning the ranch, and the fire surged into the sky. They formed a formation with fire. General An urged the troops to siege. The enemy's leader suddenly rushed over and rushed into our formation. Our army could not resist and was rushed into the central army by them. One general was extremely brave and actually killed in front of the formation... and killed General Ma..."

Ma Jirong said ah, his face turned like gold paper, Zhang Mai's expressionless face said, "What's next?"

"After General Ma died in battle, our army's morale changed, and the other side took the opportunity to rush over. Our army was completely dispersed, and more than half of the surrendered! General An also disappeared in the chaos."

After hearing this bad news, the generals around him were extremely frightened. Murong Chunhua hurriedly ordered the defeat of the ranch to be unwilling to be heard.

Zhang Mai's face was rising and he suddenly burst into laughter and praised: "Okay! OK! Good opponent! I didn't expect that the fire broke out in my backyard, and the one who set the fire was still such a powerful person!"

An Shoushen was trembling all over when he heard this, and quickly knelt down to apologize. Zhang Mai waved his hand and said, "The battlefield has changed rapidly and everything can be achieved everywhere. Seeing this man's military use is extremely cruel, and there seems to be an understanding of the overall strategy of this battle behind him. If he really sees through the reality of this big game, then this man's vision and means can be comparable to Yang Yi and Guo Wei. It is understandable that you can't fight him." He asked again: "Have they put forward the banner?"

"The battle of the ranch has already been put forward, it is a Mao Jin sword. There is also a smaller banner as the vanguard, with the word "Wang" written on it."

"Mao Jindao? Liu?" Zhang Mai said: "Which subordinate of Meng Chang has the surname Liu? Wang Chuhui? It shouldn't be." I was anxious to go and investigate.

An Shoushen said: "No matter who it is, my subordinates will mobilize their troops and go to encircle and suppress them!"

Zhang Mai said: "The river patrol troops should not act rashly! After the opponent crosses the water, his body is wet and cold, and his hands and feet are frozen, he can fight in the cavalry, rush back to the pasture, and fight with fire, and he can fight with more and less, and he can win easily! This is obviously the elite among the elite soldiers! Our army has only a few elite troops that can be compared with them. They now have five or six thousand people, and five or six thousand elite cavalry, who travel across the Wei River plain. If there are no elites with equal strength, tens of thousands of people will not be able to trap them. Unless it is Xiaoshitou or Xue Fu here, it is not necessarily useful to transfer tens of thousands of people."

Murong Chunhua said: "Let me go."

Zhang Mai said: "Everyone can move, but you can't move rashly." As he said that, his eyebrows were tumbling into a ball, and he seemed very worried.

Murong Chunhua said: "Even the elite, six thousand cavalry, can only play a role in disturbing our rear and disrupting our morale. We cannot attack the city. If we want our Qinzhou to be overthrown, we must have the army of the Shu army to surge. Originally, at the third update, the general surnamed Liu successfully crossed the river, and the Shu army should have flocked to the shore after taking the shore. But in the end, only this alone army landed. If I expected it, there should be conflicts within the Shu army. The attacker must be a genius, but King Meng Chang was afraid that he would not be optimistic about this lonely army with a dangerous journey. Fortunately, this, otherwise, my Qinzhou would probably be trapped in a land of disaster."

After hearing this analysis, Zhang Mai was slightly cheered up, slapped his hands and said, "Not bad! But now it is not easy for their army to cross the river again."

He ordered An Shoushen: "Call up your troops and supervise the battle and patrol the river yourself. If there is another person and one horse crossing the river on the south bank! Come and see you!"

An Shoushen took the order. Murong Chunhua said: "He charges in front of the formation and makes a strange response. It is not Director Shoushen, but he can ensure that the Wei River is safe by coordinating and making arrangements and patrolling the river and defending."

Ma Jirong said: "It's just that surprise soldier is on the west side of our army, but it's like a ray of light on his back! I have to pull it out!"

Zhang Mai said: "I'll deal with this army myself."

Ma Jirong said: "Why use the dragon sword to kill a chicken?"

"It's not a chicken that comes, but a fierce beast!" Zhang Mai said: "As for my knife... hehe! But I really want to know who this general named Liu is!"
Chapter completed!