"This is called attacking the west, the Han people have the benefits of the Han people, at least Sun Tzu's Art of War is a very good book, in the future, we should learn more like the Han people, with the methods of the Han people, we can also be emperors ourselves, and at this time, it is the time when our Qiang people rise in one fell swoop. ↗ Top novel, you know? ”

"Understood, I'll arrange it." Mi Dang said with a smile.

……

Xu Shu returned to the hall of the Taishou Mansion, met with Xiahou Yuan, and informed Xiahou Yuan of the dispatch of troops by Cheriji, but concealed the matter of giving Cheriji a day's food. If you tell Xiahou Yuan about this matter, I am afraid that with Xiahou Yuan's temper, it will be strange if you don't find trouble.

"Strategist, what should we do now?" Xiahou Yuan asked.

"Go attack Ma Chao and Wang Shuang, and then ambush them."

"How many soldiers and horses do you bring?" Xiahou Yuan asked.

"Except for Zhang Xiu's department, take all the rest away."

"Zhang Xiu is a general, why don't you bring it?" Xiahou Yuan asked.

"Ma Chao is Zhang Xiu's old master, I'm worried that Zhang Xiu will not be able to do it when he sees Ma Chao, if Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu meet, and then persuade him to return to Huaxia, then wouldn't we lose more than we gained? Therefore, it is enough to leave Zhang Xiu to defend the city, leave them with ten days of grain and grass, and we will take away all the grain and grass, even if Zhang Xiu really rebels, it doesn't matter, and we have no loss to occupy Didao City. Our goal is Jicheng, and the capture of Jicheng is the most important thing, there is our grain in it, and with those grains and grasses, we can continue to gain a foothold in Liangzhou, even if we go into the mountains and fight with the Huaxia army for a long time, it is also possible. Xu Shu analyzed.

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan smiled and said: "The military advisor has a clever plan, then follow the military advisor's plan." ”

The two had agreed to make an order, leaving Zhang Xiu to guard the city. Take away all the grain and grass, and tell Zhang Xiu that it will be three days if it is fast and seven days if it is slow, and it will inevitably be returned with a big victory, so that Zhang Xiu can guard the city.

And on the other side. Xu Shu secretly sent people to distribute some grain and grass to Cheriji, and Cheriji's 200,000 troops also walked in the direction of Caohan. In this way, Xu Shu was also relieved.

Zhang Xiu took Zhang Ji to stand on the tower of Didao City, watched Xiahou Yuan lead the army towards Baishi Mountain, and asked: "Derong, in your opinion, Xiahou Yuan left our army alone to defend the city, and also took away all the grain and grass in the city. Are you suspicious of us? ”

Zhang Ji said: "Not necessarily. It should be that the general is afraid that he will defect after seeing the general of heaven, so he left us. They shouldn't find out the secrets between us, and they can't find out. ”

"So what now? The Qiang people and Xiahou Yuan are all out of the army, and we will defend the empty city alone? Zhang Xiu asked.

Zhang Jidao: "The subordinates think that the general should not move lightly, and should wait and see what happens." Our military horses should play a role in turning the tide, and now the war has just begun. It is not yet the moment when we have decided the day, and we continue to lurk in the Wei army. No harm to us. ”

"Okay, then listen to you and keep lurking. It's just that I don't know what happened to Meng Qi over there, Xu Shu is a powerful character, can Meng Qi deal with Xu Shu's tricks? Zhang Xiu said worriedly.

The city of Caohan.

Cool morning. Pound was still standing on the city wall enjoying the sun, when suddenly a lieutenant ran up from under the tower, and the captain ran to Pound's side and said in a panic: "General, the west...... A large number of Qiang people came from the west. At a glance, there were tens of thousands, approaching the west gate. ”

"Qiang? It's coming so fast, let me take a look. Pang De had expected it, but what he didn't expect was that the Qiang people would come so quickly.

From the east gate all the way to the west gate, Pang De climbed the city tower, but saw that the white snow field was a black oppressive crowd, and a large number of Qiang people pushed a strange shape of the car to the front.

Pang De felt strange, so he looked over with a telescope, but saw that the Qiang people used four camels or four mules to pull chariots, the chariot was wrapped with iron leaf nails, and a sharp blade surrounded the chariot from three sides, and there were ten Qiang people standing on it, wearing iron helmets and iron armor, five people holding spears, five people holding bows and arrows, showing off their might, and looking quite a different kind of momentum.

"It's ...... What is this? When Pound saw this, he asked in surprise.

There was a lieutenant beside him who was from Liangzhou, and he immediately borrowed a telescope from Pang De to take a look, and he was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly said to Pang De: "General, this is Zhong Cunqiang's elite troops, called the iron chariot soldiers, fighting in all directions, invincible, it seems that the Qiang people are serious this time." ”

"Iron Rider?" Pang Dehu asked suspiciously, took the telescope again, and looked over again, and saw that there were other iron chariot soldiers with different decorations on the two wings, but the iron chariot soldiers on the two wings were slightly different from the one in the middle, and the periphery was still wrapped in iron leaf nails, the difference was that it was not a blade that was distributed on three sides, but a Zhang Jin crossbow, and the crossbow on three sides were all facing one direction, and there was a person standing on the car, probably the person in charge of control, pulled by two camels, along the Daxia River.

The Daxia River, which belongs to the branch of the Yellow River, is named Lishui in ancient times, and originates from the northern and southern foothills of the Dabulechka Mountains at the junction of Gansu and Qingdao on the Gannan Plateau. The south source is Sangqu Choka, the north source is Da Naang, and it is called the Daxia River after the confluence. It flows from west to east, flows through Baishi, Caohan, Daxia, Didao along the way, and finally flows into Taoshui, and the Qiang people are active in the area of the West Tilting Mountain, at this time due to the cold weather, the Daxia River is frozen three feet, and you can gallop all the way along the ice surface. The county seat of Caohan is built by the mountains and rivers, and the Daxia River is in the northwest direction of the city, and the west gate is also opening along the Daxia River.

After Pound finished watching the Qiang soldiers, he immediately shouted: "No matter what kind of iron chariot soldiers he is, I have to beat them all over the ground to find teeth." ”

After saying that, Pound wanted to go down the tower.

Seeing this, the lieutenant hurriedly comforted: "The general must not act rashly, this iron chariot soldier has its own advantages, and it cannot be resisted by human flesh, and the Qiang people send this advantageous army, as long as they are not allowed to get close to the city wall." ”

"Cowardly as a mouse, why do you hold the position of captain? Someone, put Jiang Jian in custody for me temporarily, cholera soldiers, and wait for me to repel the enemy soldiers, and then come back and punish them severely! Pound said angrily.

Captain Jiang Jian is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, about the same age as Pang De, a native of Jicheng, Hanyang County, originally a small pavilion chief of the Wei army, three years ago, because he lamented the strength of the Huaxia army, he fled with his family. In the direction of Liangzhou, he took refuge in Huaxia. Later, when he participated in the Northwest Army, when resisting the attack of the Wei army and the Qiang people, he was awarded the post of lieutenant for killing a tribal marshal of the Qiang people.

Jiang Jian saw that Pang De didn't listen to him, so he only sighed, but he didn't complain. Voluntarily taken away.

Pang De immediately ordered three thousand horse steps, opened the city gate, and set up a formation outside the west gate, and the Qiang people arrived.

The leader of the Qiang people, Naixi Qiang King Che Li Ji's younger brother Che Li Xiang, he rode a horse, walked behind the iron chariot soldiers, and saw the Huaxia army outside the city from a distance, so he ordered the iron chariot soldiers to temporarily stop advancing.

Thereupon. The iron chariot soldiers immediately divided into two groups, and Che Lixiang drove out of the middle of the iron chariot soldiers with a large number of cavalry, and walked out in a circle with Pound.

The two armies faced each other, Che Lixiang looked at it from afar, but when he saw that the Huaxia army was in a neat lineup, he smiled and said to the few commanders behind him: "Huaxia Army, it's just like that!" ”

One of the marshals said, "Big handsome." The one in front is Pang De of the Northwest Army, and I heard that his martial arts are outstanding. Courage is outstanding, not to be underestimated. ”

Che Lixiang sneered and said, "Then what can I do?" ”

While he was talking, Pang De rode out, wheeled a big knife, pointed at Che Lixiang and shouted: "Ah! Urnarondi. Do you recognize your grandfather Pang? ”

Cherixiang rode forward, picked up a spear, and said with a smile: "What a big breath, looking at your appearance, are you going to fight alone with me?" ”

"Yes and what. I'm afraid that you, the rat generation, won't dare to fight! ”

"You are a young man, how can I be afraid of you? Come on! "Cherixiang will cross the spear in his hand and will go to battle.

"Dashuai, don't take the enemy lightly, then Pang De ......" his subordinate Qu Shuai hurriedly rode his horse to Che Lixiang's side and reminded.

"Shut up! Dare to raise the morale of others and destroy your own prestige? Are you tired of life? Retire! Cherixiang shouted.

Qu Shuai had no choice but to retreat.

"Look at me taking your dog's head!" Che Lixiang clamped the horse's belly between his legs and immediately rushed forward.

Pound also did not show weakness, patted the horse and danced the knife, and won Che Lixiang.

The two horses intersected, Pound and Cherry Xiang swung their blades at the same time, but heard a "dang" weapon collision, and then there was a "click", Pound danced a big knife made of stainless steel, and cut the iron spear in Cherishang's hand in half with a knife.

Che Lixiang was taken aback, he didn't expect Pound's weapon to be so sharp, seeing Pound cut it with a knife, he hurriedly pulled out the golden scimitar he was wearing at his waist, directly blocking Pound's knife, and the first round passed like this.

Pang De saw that the golden knife in Che Lixiang's hand was extremely valuable, so he wanted to snatch the golden knife over. He turned his horse's head and ran towards Cherixiang again, trying to kill Cherixiang with a single sword, and then snatched the golden knife from his hand.

Cheri Xianglai's golden knife to protect himself, but when he saw Pound rushing over, and his arm was also numb by Pound's knife just now, he knew Pound's power. He had a plan, and immediately rode his horse and fled, secretly took out his bow and arrows, and lured Pound to chase him.

Who knows, Pound actually reined in the horses, and he was not fooled by him, he was annoyed, so he released a hidden arrow, and shot an arrow towards Pound.

Pound danced the big knife and cut the arrow shot by Che Li Xiang into two with one sword, and landed directly on the ground, with a trace of contempt on his face, which made Che Li Xiang not annoyed.

"Carving insect skills, what other skills do you have, just use them!" Pang De immediately stabbed and said proudly.

Cherixiang was indignant, so he said: "Don't be angry, I'll let you see how powerful I am in a while." ”

With that, Che Lixiang ran back to his own formation, and said to his subordinate Qu Shuai: "Pass the order and let the iron chariot soldiers attack!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Then, the whimpering horn sounded, and the cavalry of Che Lixiang and others scattered aside, and the iron chariot soldiers behind them drove forward one after another, without any formation to speak of.

After Pound saw it, he didn't think so, thinking that his armor was very valuable, why should he be afraid of these iron blades? Seeing the Qiang soldiers rushing over in a disorderly manner, and their own lineup was neat, they were even more determined to win.

In a short time, 3,000 iron chariot soldiers gathered on the frontal battlefield, and there were many iron chariot soldiers behind who did not appear. Che Lixiang shouted at Pang De: "Pang De Xiao'er, you look at it, I won't bully you, let's three thousand against three thousand, watch me let you taste the power of my iron chariot soldiers." ”

"Humph! Let the horse come over, why bother? With that, Pound withdrew into formation, with the shield men in front of him blocking it, and the cavalry scattered on both flanks, and he personally commanded two hundred and fifty cavalry on the left flank. The 250 cavalry on the right flank were placed under the command of his subordinates, and the 2,500 infantry in the middle were all lined up and stood there.

After seeing this, Che Lixiang laughed coldly, and when he was about to swing the golden knife in his hand forward, he shouted loudly: "Attack!" ”

Order. Three hundred iron chariot soldiers lined up and rushed forward in a row.

The driver in front drove the chariot, and the archers in the chariot behind began to reload their bows and arrows, and as soon as they came within range, they immediately released their arrows.

The Huaxia army used shields to cover it, and the crossbowmen held their crossbows one after another, aiming at the iron chariot soldiers who rushed in front, waiting for them to enter the firing range.

Three hundred chariots, pulling three thousand chariot soldiers standing on chariots. It rushed quickly, and the earth trembled.

Seeing this, Pound hurriedly shouted: "The ballista is ready - release!" ”

At the back of the line, ten giant ballistas had been erected, and the huge crossbow bolts were tied to small explosive packets, which, after igniting the fuses, were fired from the sky, over the heads of the Huaxia soldiers in front. Flew straight out, but with a shorter range. He did not shoot the Ironcharioteer, but landed in front of the Ironchariot.

After Che Lixiang saw it, he laughed and said: "The Huaxia Army is nothing more than this, even archery is not as good as me, how can you fight me?" ”

At this moment, when the iron chariot soldiers passed. The explosive packet that had fallen to the ground suddenly exploded.

"Boom!"

A loud bang exploded around the iron chariot soldiers, and the iron chariot soldiers did not expect that more than a dozen bombed people overturned on their backs, and even the wheels of the cars were blown away, and the horses and camels were even more frightened. They rushed in all directions, and some of the iron chariot soldiers standing on the chariot were immediately stabbed to death by their own iron chariots armed on three sides.

After Che Lixiang saw it, his eyes widened, and under the resentment, there was also a burst of abuse.

Pound was calm, and when he saw that the iron chariot soldiers had already entered the range of the repeater crossbow, he immediately ordered: "Release the arrows!" ”

Under an order, the crossbow arrows were fired continuously, and the sound of "whooshing" continued to sound in everyone's ears, although the battlefield was filled with arrows of the Qiang people, but the crossbow arrows of the Huaxia army were also dense like locusts, shooting directly at the mules, horses, and camels pulling chariots.

A row of arrows was fired, and more than thirty chariots were shot down.

However, more than 200 chariots were still charging forward, and the archers on the chariots began to shoot non-stop, and the arrows hit the cavalry in a face-to-face manner, and dozens of cavalry were shot down. At this time, the iron chariot soldiers rushed over angrily, and although many mules and horses were hit by arrows, they still ran in pain, and directly rushed towards the infantry phalanx of the Huaxia army.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the two armies met, and the soldiers of the Huaxia Army who were blocking the first row were immediately knocked away, their bones shattered, and their mouths were spitting blood, and the iron chariot soldiers only exerted their true power at this time, with blades on three sides, and many soldiers were scratched where they passed, and the spearmen standing on it were even more specialized in stabbing the vital parts of the soldiers, and the archers were also constantly shooting accurately.

For a time, the infantry phalanx was directly disrupted.

"Fence it out!" Seeing this, Pound was taken aback, but he didn't expect that after being approached by the iron chariot soldiers, there would be such a huge deficit.

With Pound's order, the cavalry and infantry began to surround the iron chariot corps.

Suddenly, after a rush of killing in the Huaxia army, the Qiang people occupied an open space, only to see the Qiang soldiers connect the iron chariots end to end, and the chariots lined up with weapons will be outwards on three sides, and the soldiers jumped down from the chariots, all gathered in a circle, looking like a city.

Pang De and the others couldn't get close, as long as they used the repeater to shoot, and the Qiang soldiers also began to counterattack with arrows, which had completely disrupted the formation of the Huaxia army.

Che Lixiang looked at it from a distance, and was overjoyed, and the golden sword swung forward, and the iron chariot soldiers full of crossbows distributed on the two wings immediately galloped out, with three hundred cars on each side, surging towards Pang De and the others like a tide.

"General, the Qiang soldiers rushed over another six hundred chariots...... "The lieutenant beside Pang De saw it and hurriedly came to report to Pang De.

Pang De turned around and saw the iron chariot soldiers rushing over like a tide, and there was still a group of Ziqiang soldiers in his formation, and saw Che Lixiang grinning in the distance, and he couldn't attack the camp formed by the iron chariot soldiers, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and his heart was crossed, so he said: "Withdraw the troops and return to the city!" ”

Before the order could be conveyed, the six hundred iron chariot soldiers of the Qiang soldiers all galloped in, and the chariot suddenly stopped advancing, and the camels, mules and horses pulling the chariot turned their direction one after another, and at this time, the Qiang soldiers on the chariot began to cut a rope with their knives, and the twenty crossbow machines tied to the chariot immediately fired all the crossbow arrows.

Six hundred tanks. Twenty crossbows on each chariot were fired together, striking left and right, and when they landed, ten thousand crossbows were fired at once, and all the short crossbow arrows were fired horizontally, specifically at the back of the soldier's neck. It's all an arrow through the throat.

With just this crossbow arrow, Pound and the others were almost killed and wounded, and the horses and soldiers fell one by one.

The Qiang soldiers' iron chariot soldiers turned around again, and the soldiers did the same, firing a crossbow machine on the other side, and ten thousand crossbows fired in unison.

"Wow......" The soldiers of the Huaxia Army were flanked by the iron chariot soldiers in front and rear, and suffered heavy casualties, and there were only a few hundred people left in the 3,000 horse steps, and they all fled with wounds. It's embarrassing.

The iron chariot soldiers did not pursue, only chased with arrows, and shot dozens of people, and only fifty-three people really fled back to the city, even Pang De entered the city on foot, and the horse under the seat fell to the ground, and there was a crossbow arrow stuck in his back. Fortunately, the crossbow arrow did not shoot through the steel armor, but the arrow was embedded in the steel armor. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I would have already died.

Ascended the tower again, but saw that the Qiang soldiers dragged away all the corpses of the Huaxia army, and then lined up on the snow with brushes, and then cut off the heads one by one with a scimitar, and inserted the heads with spears. Standing on the ground, his eyes revealed a look of disdain.

When the soldiers of the Huaxia Army standing on the city wall saw it, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and when they saw the behavior of the Qiang people, several captains surrounded them. They all asked for war.

Pang De saw that the Qiang people lined up the iron chariot soldiers, and from a distance, the black oppression was like a wall with weapons, even if the cavalry and infantry went to attack together, they couldn't start.

He frowned, feeling a little overwhelmed for the first time, and turned around and asked, "How many explosives are left in the army?" ”

"There aren't many left, about a hundred left."

"More than a hundred...... Hehehe...... How is this enough? Pang De couldn't help but let out a sneer when he saw that the Qiang people outside the city were rushing over one after another.

The Qiang people also have tens of thousands of people, and this time in order to quickly attack Caohan, Pang De only brought 10,000 soldiers, and now nearly 3,000 people have died, which makes everyone embarrassed.

The Huaxia army has always been invincible, known for its sharp weapons and sturdy equipment, but this time when attacking Wei, Wei's armor-piercing cone was extremely sharp, and it could shoot through their armor, and the armor worn on the body had also been improved to defend against the attack of steel weapons.

"General, please let me wait for the battle and fight to the death with the enemy!" Many lieutenants asked for their lives together.

"I can't win, let alone you?" Pound refused, "Bring Jiang Yin here, I'm going to ask him something." ”

Not long after, Jiang Jian was brought over, and Pang De saw that Jiang Jian was still tied, so he hurriedly untied Jiang Jian in person, and said: "Captain Jiang, this general regrets not stopping your words, so that he sent 3,000 troops, and only dozens of people returned. ”

Jiang Jian said: "The general doesn't have to be so ......"

"Captain Jiang, since you know the power of this iron chariot soldier, there must be a way to crack it, I wonder if Captain Jiang can tell me?" Pound asked.

Jiang Jian looked embarrassed at that time, and said: "General, although Jiang Jian knows that it is an iron chariot soldier, and he also knows that the iron chariot soldier is very powerful, but he doesn't know the iron chariot soldier's method of cracking, I am afraid that he will not be able to help the general." However, once the Qiang people attacked the city with iron chariot soldiers, as long as they did not let the iron chariot soldiers get close to the city walls. ”

"What if you get closer?" Pound asked.

"Then we have to retreat, otherwise, we will attack the city gate with iron chariots and destroy the speed of the city wall, if our army does not retreat in time, I am afraid that it will fall into a heavy siege."

After listening to Jiang Yin's answer, Pang De glanced outside again, but saw that Che Lixiang was fearless and elated, and the soldiers of the iron chariot soldiers stayed in place to rest, so he asked Jiang Jian: "In addition to this county seat, is there any dangerous place in Caohan?" ”

Jiang Jian thought for a while and replied, "That's only the Crow Pass!" The first pass on the Daxia River, thirty miles east of Caohan City, as long as the thick ice on the Daxia River is chiseled and the area around Laoyao Pass is restored to the turbulent water flow of the past, then even if he has 100,000 iron chariot soldiers, he will not be able to cross it. ”

"It's so amazing? Why didn't I see it when I came? Pound asked.

"Now it is three feet frozen, and the city of Caohan was originally an extremely dangerous place, relying on the flow of the Great Xia River and the back of the hillside, the iron chariot soldiers could not attack, but now they are all frozen. If the iron chariot soldiers really want to attack Caohan, they will inevitably go around from the river to the back, attack on both sides, day and night, and they are afraid that they will soon be able to capture the city of Caohan. The city is not a stone wall, although it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. However, due to the continuous attacks on this area, the walls were so dilapidated that it only took a day or night to tear them down. The old crow pass is different, the city wall of the old crow pass is made of stone, if you can chisel through the ice, it is a dangerous pass. ”

After hearing this, Pound thought about it for a while, and said, "I understand what you mean." If we stick to Caohan and are harassed by the Qiang people, we can't cut through the ice, and if we retreat to Lao Yao Pass, we can have plenty of time to prepare, right? ”

"Yes!"

Pound smiled and said, "Okay, the whole army is assembled." Retreat thirty miles, and retreat to Lao Yao Pass. ”

Order. The whole army began to assemble nervously, and the remaining more than 7,000 soldiers and horses all withdrew from the city. However, in order to prevent the Qiang people from pursuing, Pang De set up a suspicious formation and did not remove the banner.

Outside the city, the iron chariot soldiers were resting, and Che Lixiang circled around with the iron chariot soldiers. For fear that the people on the city tower would see the weakness of the iron chariot soldiers, many soldiers were busy under the iron wall, tying Zhang Jin's crossbows together. The weakness of the charioters is that the camels, mules and horses consume too much physical strength. A chariot of such a weight, with people still standing on it, to pull it up and run, will definitely tire out the livestock. Therefore, every time the chariot soldiers walked for a period of time, they would stop and rest for a part of the time, so as not to let the animals pulling the chariots get a good rest, and in the real march, the soldiers generally rode war horses in order to reduce the weight of the animals.

Nomads often carry two horses per man, which can be changed constantly on the way, of course, in an ideal situation. This time Cherixiang took the iron chariot soldiers out to fight, basically there were very few cavalry, 30,000 troops, only more than 5,000 cavalry, the rest were infantry, but there were a lot of livestock, 30,000 troops, 10,000 iron chariots, just the kind of chariots that cost a lot of money There are 2,500 chariots, each of which needs four camels or four mules and horses to pull, plus the replacement on the way, a total of 20,000 animals to pull and transport the chariots. Therefore, every time the iron chariot soldiers travel, looking from afar, the team is very large.

"Handsome! There is no one left in the city, and this kind of behavior has been going on for a long time, is it that Pound is afraid of us and has retreated? A Qu Shuai discovered something unusual in the city of Caohan, and hurriedly said to Che Lixiang.

Che Lixiang looked from afar, but saw that the banner of the Huaxia army was still planted on the city wall and fluttered in the wind, but no one could see one, so he said: "This must be Pang De's plan to lure the enemy deeper, want us to think that they are all gone, and then relax their vigilance and enter the city in a big way, but in fact, they set up an ambush in the city, waiting for our army, and carving insects is just a small skill." Ignore them, continue to repair the chariots, prepare for battle, and in a while storm Zaohan. ”

Qu Shuai nodded, knowing that Qiang King Cheriji and Che Lixiang both liked to read the Han people's Art of War, and they had always been the main backbone, so he didn't refute it and gave the order.

However, when the Qiang people repaired the chariot and got everything right, they still did not see any movement of the Huaxia army.

Che Lixiang was suspicious, so he released the scout to reconnoitre, who knows how long later, the scout reported that Pang De's army had been gone for a long time, and Caohan was already an empty city.

"Mother's Hippie! The Han people's art of war became more and more chaotic the more they learned, if they didn't learn the art of war, Lao Tzu would have rushed over a long time ago, where would there be a chance for Pang De to escape? Where did you flee? Cherry asked.

"It seems to be going in the direction of the old crow pass."

"Chase! Catch up with them, and take Pound's head and sacrifice the flag. Cherixiang said resentfully.

Qu Shuai hurriedly persuaded: "Marshal, if it is too late today, it is not appropriate to launch troops, why don't you wait until tomorrow morning to mobilize troops?" ”

"It's getting late? It's only noon, so why is it getting late? ”

"Dashuai, when we go to Lao Crow Pass, it will be late, people are sleepy and tired, and it is not appropriate to move troops, so let's do it tomorrow!"

Although Che Lixiang was reluctant, he felt that what Qu Shuai said was right, so he said: "Okay, let Pang De live one more day." ”

In the evening, Pang De led more than 7,000 troops to retreat to the area of Lao Yao Pass, where a little Wei army was stationed, seeing Pang De leading the army to arrive, he fled when he heard the wind, Pang De and others occupied Lao Yao Pass.

Lao Crow Pass is actually a dock fort, accommodating soldiers are limited, if in summer, when the Daxia River is turbulent, this is indeed a dangerous pass, next to the waves crashing on the shore, the dock fort is built on the road. It's really easy to defend and hard to attack. However, it is a pity that it is winter, and the Daxia River is frozen for three feet, and the ice surface is frozen, so that thousands of horses can gallop.

As soon as they entered the Old Crow Pass, 2,000 people could barely accommodate it. However, there were still more than 5,000 people who could not enter the Old Crow Pass, so Pang De divided some people to camp on the hill diagonally opposite the Old Crow Pass, and the Old Crow Pass was a horn to each other, and he personally led some people to dig ice.

However, the ice is very thick, and it is too laborious to chisel it down little by little. So, Jiang Jian came up with an idea and chiseled a hole first. Then it was poured with boiling water, and an ice layer was melted, and you could see the water flowing under the ice.

"Captain Jiang, isn't this too slow? Is there any faster? When Pound saw this, he asked.

Jiang Jian thought for a while and said, "General, I have a method, I don't know if the general dares to use it?" ”

"What would you not dare? Say! Pound said.

Jiang Jian said: "The Great Xia River flows through here. So we diverted to the south, and we are now on the east bank of the Bactria River. If Cherrixiang pursues him from Caohan tomorrow, he must cross the river first, and we can use explosives to hide under the ice, and then use a long lead to connect the explosives hidden under the ice one by one, and wait until the iron chariot soldiers cross the river. We'll light the fuse, and when the time comes, we'll definitely be able to blast the ice, and all the Iron Riders will fall into the Great Xia River. As long as the iron chariot soldiers are broken, the Qiang people have nothing to fear. ”

After hearing this, Pound visually measured the width of the Great Xia River. He immediately said: "This plan is good, you can bury the remaining explosives separately, bomb in many places, and it is bound to let those iron chariot soldiers and the Qiang people all fall into the Great Xia River!" ”

The plan was decided, and the people immediately began to arrange, first chiseling the ice, then burying the explosives in it, making another lead, and beginning to string the explosives together, covering the lead with some bark, and covering it with snow.

After all the preparations were done, Pang De and the others went back and rested.

The next day, before dawn, the whimpering horn sounded from outside the old crow pass, the Huaxia army had already prepared, a long time to wait for the day, as soon as the horn sounded, they immediately turned over, the soldiers quickly boarded the city, looking outside, but saw the black pressure on the opposite side of the Daxia River, the white snow became a black, in the darkest time before the dawn, looking far away, I can't see the end at a glance, I don't know how many soldiers and horses came.

Pang De climbed the tower and saw a large number of soldiers and horses arranged on the other side of the river, so he said: "I didn't expect the Qiang people to come so quickly......

On the west bank of the Daxia River, Che Lixiang was gathering troops and horses, and when he saw the lonely small city of Lao Yaguan from a distance, he sneered. He secretly thought in his heart: "If it is normal, maybe I will praise you for being smart, but now it is winter, the Daxia River is frozen three feet, and the army can directly pass through the ice, you hide in Lao Yao Pass, Rao is city wall is strong, and I can't withstand my constant attacks day and night, I see how long you can hide......"

"Marshal, the enemy army has occupied Lao Yao Pass, where the terrain is dangerous, even if we cross the river, we can't guarantee that we will be able to capture the city."

"Bastard! As long as the Daxia River is crossed, it will be easy to attack the city, and the Huaxia army is frightened by our iron chariot soldiers, otherwise they would not have retreated yesterday. Don't say these cool words, go and urge the iron chariot soldiers behind, speed up, and then take a short rest, and attack after dawn. Cheri Xiang said.

"Why not attack now? The marshal just said that the soldiers were ...... quickly," Qu Shuai asked with a cold face.

"Now our soldiers are sleepy and tired, and we don't care if they travel thirty miles long distance, but the iron chariot soldiers are different, we need to let them rest, at this time there is still half an hour before dawn, take a good rest for half an hour, and then we will launch a general attack, and we will be able to conquer the old crow pass in one fell swoop. If we attack now, the enemy will not see the majesty of our iron charioters, and if they can be scared away? Besides, who knows if those enemy troops have laid any traps or something, how can they tell if they are blind in the dark at this time? Although Cherixiang learned Sun Tzu's Art of War, his head is a wooden fish head, which is not as good as his brother Cheriji, and he can become a marshal, also relying on Cheriji's relationship, and he is particularly good at talking on paper.

Qu Shuai was embarrassed by Che Lixiang's words, turned around and left, and muttered when he left: "What's the spirit, if you don't rely on the relationship of King Qiang, it's strange that you can be a handsome......

Che Lixiang heard Qu Shuai muttering words, as for what he said, he didn't hear it, so he immediately asked, "What are you talking about?" Why don't you hurry up and urge the Iron Riders to arrive? ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing...... Yes, handsome. Qu Shuai hurriedly left.

On the city of Lao Yao Pass, Pang De saw that the Qiang soldiers were constantly gathering, but he didn't attack, and he didn't know what the hell was going on. He looked up at the sky, estimated the time of dawn, and said to the soldiers behind him: "I am ready to go out of the city to meet the battle in a while, you go and inform Jiang Jian and let them prepare on the mountain, and when they see the signal I sent, they will immediately kill from behind." ”

"No!"

The two armies looked at each other across the river, and the sky gradually brightened, and Che Lixiang and others all assembled, and rested on the river bank for a long time, and then began to move.

At the end of the day, the iron chariot soldiers of the Qiang people gradually rested, and Che Lixiang couldn't wait to turn over his horse, pull out the golden knife in his waist, and began to command the iron chariot soldiers to be arranged in the first line.

Pound did not dare to show weakness, led a thousand people to set up a formation on the riverbank, and then divided the thousand men into ten teams, each hundred people as a column, arranged on ten different locations on the riverbank. When the arrangement was completed, one team was turned into two teams, and one of them quickly pulled out of his squatting down and began to take out the fire fold from his bosom, ready to light the fire at any moment.

On the other side of the hillside, Jiang Jian and other 5,000 people were all in full formation, and when he saw the two armies facing each other, he gathered all the other four lieutenants together and discussed: "Thanks to the general's trust, let me temporarily serve as a lieutenant and be responsible for commanding this surprise attack." Thanks to all the brothers who can afford it, I have Jiang Jian today. Therefore, in today's battle, I still need to rely on you, after the success of the surprise attack, the credit will go to you, and I don't want Jiang Yin at all. ”

"Captain Jiang, when you say this, doesn't it chill the hearts of all the brothers? From Caohan to Lao Yao Pass, everyone can see clearly along the way, Captain Jiang, your credit is not small, and it can be called both wisdom and bravery, this surprise attack is also what you suggested to the general, no matter how the victory or defeat, all five of our captains will be divided equally! One of the lieutenants said.

"Yes, this is fair, we only have brothers in the Northwest Army, and there are no interests!" The other three lieutenants said together.

Jiang Jian said: "Well, with your words, it's enough, as soon as the ice explodes in a while, we will quickly launch a surprise attack and go around the back of the Qiang people." Slaughter the Qiang people fiercely and sweep away the bad luck. ”

"No!"

Cherixiang had completely assembled a large army, and arranged the iron chariot soldiers into a charging formation, the first row of 300 vehicles, the second row of 500 vehicles, the third row of all the iron chariot soldiers, and the cavalry of the Qiang people was still scattered on both wings.

"Blow the trumpet!" Cheri Xiang saw that it was ready, and Pound arranged a thousand people to stand on the ice, and he didn't care, anyway, he didn't find anything abnormal, so he simply rushed over with all his brains, and scared people to death.

The whimpering horn was blown, and the melodious sound of the horn spread in all directions, and it was unusually hurried.

When the Qiang people heard the sound of this horn, they immediately came to their senses and knew that this was the trumpet of the charge, so the three hundred iron chariot soldiers arranged in the first row rushed forward quickly, and ten men stood on each chariot, each chariot was drawn by six mules, and began to gallop from the ice of the Daxia River.

Not long after the first row of iron chariot soldiers rushed out, the second and third rows also rushed forward in full swing, and 20,000 soldiers were pulled on the chariots, showing off their might and galloping towards Pang De and others. And Che Lixiang did not show weakness, the golden sword swung forward, and the cavalry scattered on both flanks also rushed forward quickly, guarding both sides of the iron chariot soldiers.

30,000 Qiang soldiers, all rushed over, and the galloping momentum of 10,000 horses made Pang De and others feel shocked when they saw it. (To be continued......)