Outside the city of Qiangdao.

The sound of war hooves, hissing and the training of sergeants was incessant.

On the plain, thousands of knights rode their horses and galloped in a cavalry formation.

"Hurry up, just practice like this."

"Kill!"

At this time, Pang De was leading Guan Xing and Zhang Bao to train the riding skills of the sergeants under his command.

After annihilating these thousands of Qiang soldiers in World War I and capturing countless Xiliang horses, Guan Ping also made a quick decision to form a knight legion.

The reason why he arranged it this way was also because there was Pang De, a cavalry general who was once born in Xiliang, who could train cavalry.

Guan Ping was dressed in a navy blue battle robe, with a sword hanging from his waist, and Liu Jia beside him was guarding with a sword at all times, slowly marching above the clearing, inspecting the training of his sergeants.

After observing for a while, he sighed: "Pang Lingming is worthy of being a cavalry general, it has only been a few days, and the sergeants under his command have already advanced and retreated in a certain degree on their war horses." ”

This is not to be admired.

It must be known that the training of knights and the difficulty of training foot soldiers are completely different!

The foot soldiers only need to train the organization and discipline on the ground and how to line up to meet the enemy, but the knight's words still need to spend time for the soldiers to run in the horses, how to control the horses on the way of the war horses, and fight smoothly like foot soldiers to meet the enemy.

This is precisely the most difficult for today's Han army to master.

The strength of the Xiliang soldiers lies in the fact that they have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and they are accompanied by horses all day long, and their riding skills have long been extremely skilled.

This is also the reason why the Xiliang border pass rebelled, and the Qiang people rebelled with an army of 100,000 at every turn.

But now the more than 3,000 people under Guan Ping's command are newly formed new troops, not to mention, and almost all of them are Shu people, Shuzhong is a steep mountain, rolling land, horses are almost rare in Shu, which also leads to the Shu people's riding skills are almost zero.

Now Guan Ping was surprised by this, Pang De was able to initially run in the discomfort of riding a war horse among the soldiers in a short period of time.

……

Chen Cang.

Cao Jun barracks, in the camp tent.

At this time, the main general Xiahou Nan and the generals stood aside, staring at the map hanging on the screen and analyzing.

In the meantime, Shizi Zhang Ji pointed to the map and said slowly: "General, colleagues, now the situation has become a stalemate, the Qiang people are divided into two parts, one is headed by the general Yue Ji is now attacking to the Hanzhong barrier Fu County, because of the steep terrain in this place can not be broken, so I have to raise the army to confront the main force of the Han army. ”

"Secondly, the main army led by Cheriji, the king of Xiqiang, led the south to conquer Shu after the recovery of Yinping County, in an attempt to annex the land of Xichuan."

Analyzing this, Zhang Ji shook his head a little, and said with a smile: "But according to the analysis, Cherrigi has exaggerated his own strength and underestimated the strength of the Han army. ”

"To be able to recapture Yinping County, lies in the place outside the pass, there is no barrier to hinder, and the Qiang people occupy an absolute advantage in military strength, but Baishui Pass, Sword Pavilion and other roads are all rugged and difficult paths, but if the Han army arranges defense in advance, the sharp strength of the Qiang people is bound to be frustrated."

"I'm afraid that the Qiang side can only play a role in containment this time."

In the last word, Zhang Ji thought softly.

"Is there a battle report from Hanzhong now?"

After Zhang Ji analyzed, the main general Xiahou Nan couldn't help but look worried and asked each other.

When these words fell, Zhang Ji on the side shook his head and said, "General Qiqi, there is no news back yet." ”

"How so?"

After hearing this, Xiahou Nan suddenly felt a little irritable and worried, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhang He has led his troops into the meridian for more than a month, so it stands to reason that he should have entered the territory of Hanzhong, right?" ”

"Anyway, the battle report should have arrived, right?"

Just when he was worried and anxious, Zhang Ji was thoughtful, but he always wanted to say it and didn't know whether to say it, Xiahou Nan raised his head and looked at him, seeing that he was like this, he couldn't help but say: "Jing Zhong, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

With the approval, Zhang Ji straightened his clothes and said with a slightly solemn face: "General, according to General Zhang's style of conquest, the battle has always paid attention to quick battles and quick solutions, and if he leads the people to raid Hanzhong smoothly, he will definitely send an envoy to report the military intelligence and war report as soon as possible." ”

"But now that so much time has passed, but there has not been the slightest military information, I am afraid that the situation has changed!"

"Are you saying that the Shu army has been prepared in Hanzhong for a long time?"

Before these words fell, Xiahou Nan seemed to understand his meaning and spoke first.

"This ...... I don't dare to fully guarantee it, but judging from the current situation, this move has to be guarded against. ”

When these words were settled, Zhang Ji looked thoughtful, and said after half a sound: "Now that the main offensive of the Qiang people has been contained, I think we should discuss a plan, if General Zhang has an accident, how will we deal with it?" ”

These words can be said to be to the point, and the generals think it is true, and they all know that in terms of the current situation, the safety of Zhang He's department is very important, and it is a matter of survival!

At this point, Xiahou Nan also deeply agreed, nodded again and again, and then stretched out his hand to look at the map to deduce the battle situation, and only after half a ring did he raise his head and give an order with a serious face: "The generals listen to the order." ”

As soon as the order was given, the generals immediately stood up and listened carefully.

"General Zhang had an appointment with Ben General as early as when he led his troops to attack Meridian Valley, and he would definitely write a letter within a month at most, but now it has been nearly a month and a half and there has been no news."

"Our army must be on guard, and we will immediately send an envoy back to Chang'an to report to Mr. Zhong and ask him to pay attention to and take great precautions against the land of several counties in the rear. In order to avoid changes in the situation and cause an impact on Guanzhong, it will be difficult for our army to resist the enemy in a hurry. ”

"Secondly, the general decided to order the dispatch of Guo Boji, who is now recruiting soldiers in Longxi, to immediately send troops to Wudu County to defend and station, so as not to attack the Shu thieves suddenly."

After saying this, Xiahou Nan said in a deep voice again: "This general has decided that tomorrow all the troops will march along the Dasan Pass through the hinterland of Hanzhong such as Linchayang and Nanzheng, on the one hand, in response to General Zhang's surprise attack, and on the other hand, if the surprise attack does not go well, they can also respond to the return of their troops." ”

"You think it's ......"

"Report!"

At this moment, one of the guards immediately strode into the tent with a sword, and shouted loudly.

Seeing this, Xiahou Nan was a little unhappy in his heart, and scolded angrily: "What's the situation, so panicked? ”

Hearing this, the guards hurriedly surrendered their hands and said truthfully: "General Qiqi Xiahou, just now scattered around the territory of Wudu and returned to the Shu general Guan Ping led thousands of people to cross the Yinping Trail a few days ago, crossed the Motianling, Konghan Valley and other dangerous places, raided Qiang Dao City, and slaughtered the thousands of Qiang soldiers who stayed here. ”

"Now the tens of thousands of horses and forage and other military supplies that the Qiang people have gathered here have all fallen into the hands of the Shu army."

As soon as these words fell, the tent seemed to be fried suddenly!

"What's the situation, Qiang Dao is lost?"

"The rear that Cherrigi is proud of has been attacked by Shu thieves like this?"

As the generals said a word, Zhang Ji showed an unpleasant look in his heart, and hurriedly stared at the map on the screen to analyze the location.

Halfway, he let out a long breath, his face was full of loneliness, and he said in a low voice: "General Xiahou, I'm afraid the situation will get worse and worse now!" ”

"Jing Zhong, why do you say this?"

"Qiang Dao is just a plain, and the city is only temporarily built by Cheriji, even if it is lost, there will be no conflict with our army, right?"

Xiahou Nan said.

Hearing this, Zhang Ji was not so optimistic, pondered for a moment and sorted out his rhetoric, before he arched his hand and said: "General Xiahou, the key lies in the geographical advantages and transportation advantages of Qiang Dao. ”

When these words fell, he saw that the generals and Xiahou Nan had some doubts on their faces, so he smiled and chuckled: "Now that the Shu army has captured the horses of the Qiang people, and the Qiang Road is out of the vast plain, if Guan Ping takes advantage of the situation to arm the whole army, and plunders the Quartet with knights into the land of Xiliang, and successively attacks the Qiang tribes in the West Qiang country, what should this move be?" ”

Zhang Ji thought deeply and explained slowly.

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