Chapter 307: Raid

The officers and soldiers moved quickly, Zhao Yi gave an order, and the five thousand archers of the officers and soldiers got on their horses in less than half an hour, and Zhao Yi took out the bow and crossbow he carried with him, and led the soldiers to rush in the direction of Baipi Mountain.

Cao Cao and Sun Jian led a large group of officers and soldiers to follow closely behind Zhao Yi, strengthening the momentum for Zhao Yi's 5,000-strong army.

The Qiang generals who withdrew from Baipi Mountain, just now saw Zhao Yi taking a detour, afraid that the county seat of the Biao clan would be lost, so they moved quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the army withdrew from the Baipi Mountain and marched towards the county seat of the Biao family.

Now the internal strength of the county seat is empty, if Zhao Yi attacks the county seat, then the county seat of the county will not be able to hold it at all, fortunately, it will take some time for Zhao Yi's official army to make a detour, and according to their current marching speed, they will definitely be able to enter the county seat before the official army arrives.

"General, our army is so hidden, why would the officers and soldiers find our soldiers?" An adjutant general asked in disbelief, for the sake of this lurk, the general has strictly ordered his soldiers not to move or talk, and violators will be punished according to collaborating with the enemy.

And more importantly, these 40,000 soldiers are all Qiang soldiers, and the general has no doubts about the loyalty of these soldiers.

Speaking of the failure of this operation, the general was also quite annoyed, this matter was very well planned, and he had already thought of some unexpected things, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yi's officers and troops would suddenly change their route.

"In my opinion, the officers and soldiers should not have discovered us, and if they did, they would not have changed our route, but would have mobilized a large army to fight us." The general analyzed it, he knew Zhao Yi's mind and guts, if he knew that there were ambushes here, he would definitely fight with him.

Because Zhao Yi knew that Beigong Boyu would never deploy all the soldiers in Baipi Mountain, Zhao Yi had an absolute numerical advantage in fighting with this part of the Qiang soldiers. After all, if you annihilate a part of the enemy army, you will be part of the enemy army.

And the reason why Zhao Yi didn't attack should be just that he suspected that there were ambushes in this Baipi Mountain, and he didn't find any traces of himself, the general said his conjecture, and the deputy general nodded frequently, because everything the general said was logical.

"This Zhao Yi is also cautious in his march." The deputy general sighed, according to the deputy general's understanding of this kind of general, as the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, he should be a decisive person, but Zhao Yi was a little too cautious, which made the deputy general a little strange, how did Zhao Yi, who acted so cautiously, make so many great achievements.

While directing the soldiers to leave quickly, the general corrected the general: "Then you are wrong Zhao Yi, he is a person who is more cautious than anyone else when he should be cautious, and more risky than anyone else when he should be risky." "This kind of person is the most terrifying, because if he doesn't make a move, he will kill you when he makes a move, and it is a move that you can't crack.

The general nodded ignorantly, and most of the contempt for Zhao Yi in his heart was expelled.

At this time, the general seemed to feel something, turned his head to look at the east, and saw a burst of dust not far from the east, and between the dust and smoke, the appearance of a soldier with a fierce expression appeared.

And the number of this cavalry was quite large, five thousand. His eyes turned rapidly, within a radius of dozens of miles, in addition to the Qiang soldiers under his own department, only the official army had so many soldiers.

This is the official army of Zhao Yi's department? The general woke up suddenly, and secretly said in his heart that Zhao Yi was cunning, and now his soldiers were all exposed to the wilderness, without the shelter of the trees of Baipi Mountain, and the soldiers were equivalent to missing the natural shield. The only way to fight each other is to rely on the soldiers' own force. Although he was confident in the strength of his soldiers, he did not have a good estimate of the odds.

The lieutenant snorted lightly: "Zhao Yi can't help but see my Qiang soldiers too clearly, he only sent 5,000 cavalry, Zhao Yi thinks that these 5,000 cavalry alone can deal with our 40,000 troops?" The deputy general was very angry at Zhao Yi's arrogance, and asked the general: "Please allow the general to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to battle, and the general will guarantee that all these 5,000 officers and troops will be wiped out!" ”

The general's eyes flashed as he stared at the five thousand cavalry that were getting closer and closer, it must have been discovered by the official army when he withdrew from Baipi Mountain just now, so Zhao Yi sent cavalry to come, and the reaction speed of the official army was beyond the general's imagination.

However, this general is also a person who has been in battle for a long time, and he did not lose his sense of proportion and confusion because of the sudden attack of Zhao Yi's official army, and it was easy to eat 5,000 soldiers of the official army with his own 40,000 soldiers. But what the general was afraid of was the hundreds of thousands of imperial army behind these 5,000 soldiers.

If he is entangled by these 5,000 soldiers, Zhao Yi's army will be surrounded again, and his 40,000 soldiers will be in danger at that time. The total number of Qiang soldiers is only 100,000, and if 40,000 are annihilated by the official army in a battle, it will be a heavy blow to the Qiang soldiers, which will not only affect the morale of the army, but more importantly, lose their vitality.

At that time, how will Beigong Boyu gain a foothold in Liangzhou with 60,000 soldiers? In the past, Xiang Yu started with 8,000 soldiers and became the overlord of Western Chu, but today's situation is different from that year, when the Qin Dynasty was full of smoke, especially Chen Sheng and Wu Guang attracted the attention of most of the Qin Dynasty's soldiers and horses, and Xiang Yu was able to develop and grow at this time.

But the situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty today is different from that time, although Qingzhou, Xuzhou and the remnants of the Yellow Turban are troubled, but it is just a small fight, compared to the previous Yellow Turban Uprising is a lot worse, Xiliang's Beigong Boyu because of repeated thwart of the imperial court's official army, successfully attracted the attention of the imperial court, and currently Beigong Boyu is the number one enemy of the imperial court.

If 40,000 soldiers are killed by Zhao Yi, Yongzhou soldiers and horses and Yizhou soldiers and horses may send troops at that time.

After thinking about it, the general did not agree to the general's proposal, but ordered some of the cavalry to block the 5,000 officers, and the rest of the soldiers marched quickly towards the county seat, although the deputy general had a lot of dissatisfaction with the general's decision, but he did not dare to disobey the general's military order, so he had to sigh and lead the soldiers to leave here.

Zhao Yi saw a large group of cavalry rushing towards him, but the large group of infantry was retreating rapidly, and nodded secretly to the Qiang general, the Qiang general made a correct decision.

Zhao Yi waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to stop, and all the archers were ready to attack, and when the large group of soldiers was only two hundred steps away from him, he gave the order to attack.

These 5,000 archers were arranged to shoot in stages, forming an uninterrupted rain of arrows, although the accuracy of these soldiers was not as good as the bow and crossbow team led by Tai Shici, but they had an absolute numerical advantage.

The oncoming Qiang soldiers could not react, and there were many soldiers who were shot off their horses, but this group of Qiang soldiers did not retreat in the face of such a fierce attack by the official army, and they still attacked as always.

Zhao Yi saw the eyes of the Qiang soldiers who kept falling off their horses flashing, and from these soldiers, Zhao Yi could see that the reason why Beigong Boyu was able to occupy the northwest of Liangzhou was not accidental.

As a result of the battle, Cao Cao and Sun Jian led the imperial army to arrive and kill all the 5,000 Qiang soldiers. Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Beigong Boyu fought against each other, and it was the first time that they achieved such a big victory, annihilating 5,000 soldiers. secretly said in his heart that if it weren't for Zhao Yi's decisive actions, it would not be easy to kill so many Qiang soldiers.

Zhao Yi's ability Cao Cao and Sun Jian were obvious to all, so although they were happy in their hearts, they were not shocked, but set their eyes on Murong Feng's body, to be exact, the eagle on Murong Feng's shoulder. secretly said in his heart that Zhao Yi can really attract the world's talents, with this eagle as his eyes and ears, wouldn't the mobilization of the Qiang soldiers be under control?

When the soldiers of both sides fight, the most important thing is the transmission of information, so all camps pay more attention to the horses, because sometimes the information reported by the horses will determine the victory of a battle. However, it is a pity that the speed of the Tanma is too slow, and by the time the Tanma reports the news, the fighter may have disappeared.

And the important thing is that there are no people living in a radius of dozens of miles between the warring sides, and there is no way to hide their identities.

But using the eagle to listen to the news can completely avoid this, firstly, Beigong Boyu never imagined that the eagle flying in the sky would be the eyes and ears of the officials and soldiers, and secondly, even if he found the range of the arrow, it would not reach the eagle that soared for nine days.

And the eagle is extremely fast, more than ten miles away in a blink of an eye, saving time, which naturally means giving more opportunities to the officers and soldiers.

Unlike Cao Cao's joy, Zhao Yi's face looked quite dignified. What he cared about was not the victory of this battle, but the result of this battle, the five thousand soldiers of the Qiang tribe, at the cost of all their deaths, delayed the officers and soldiers for two quarters of an hour, and bought time for the large group of infantry to enter the county town of Biaoshi.

In the face of an army of more than 100,000 people, these 5,000 soldiers were not afraid and dared to fight to the last soldier. If the Qiang soldiers have this kind of momentum, then it will be a little difficult to break through Beigong Boyu.

As soon as Zhao Yi said this concern, the smiles on Cao Cao and Sun Jian's faces suddenly froze, they were all blinded by the result of this victory just now, and they didn't see what was behind this matter.

Zhao Yi is right, if Beigong Boyu's soldiers and horses have this kind of fighting awareness, then it will be even more difficult for the official army to recover the lost territory.

"Order the soldiers to bury these Qiang soldiers." Zhao Yi gave the order, and then waved his hand to beckon the army to continue advancing.

The imperial army was encamped less than twenty miles away from the county seat of the Biao family, and before Zhao Yi could speak, Sun Jian's subordinate Cheng Pu bowed down and walked out: "The last general asks to go out to call for battle!" ”