September 16 of the twentieth year of Yanxi of Shu Han (257 AD). The Taishou Mansion of Fuling County sent troops to conquer Qinjiabao in Wuxi Man.

An army of more than 1,000 people climbed through the mountains for seven days and arrived at the foot of the peak where Qinjiabao was located.

The people of Qinjiabao saw such a big battle of the Han army, but they also felt empty. So he sent for him to plead guilty. As a result, the conditions given by Guan Yi made the other party not in the mood to bargain at all.

"It's still the same sentence, 1,300 people in Qinjiabao moved out of Qinjiashan and lived in the place designated by the official. Oh yes, to add, it's scattered living. How to divide it, it is also the official who has the final say. ”

"Han people, don't be too rampant. If you have the ability, you will lay down my Qin Jiabao and then come and tell us such things. ”

"That's what the official intended."

"Humph! Then I'll be waiting for you in the mountains. Don't cry if you can't hit the mountain when the time comes. ”

"Hehehe, did the official let you leave like this? Come on! Cut off both of this guy's ears for me. It is considered to take some interest for the humiliated messenger of the year. ”

Listening to the screams of the envoy outside the tent, Huang Chong frowned: "Zifeng, didn't you make the other party's morale high by doing this?" ”

Before Guan Yi could answer, Guan Suo and Yang Zong jumped up at the same time, and after the two glanced at each other, Yang Zong raised his hand: "You are old, you speak first." ”

"You're not much younger than me." Glaring at Yang Zong, Guan Suo said to Huang Chong: "Shang Shulang, this matter is right for Zi Feng. Barbarians, they are all afraid of power and not virtuous. Since you are going to fight, then give the other party a hard scare first. When the time comes, as long as the war goes well, these barbarians will obediently surrender. I have been in Nanzhong for so many years, whether it is the former Hu Du (Ma Zhong) or the current Wenping (Yan Yu), they have all done this. ”

What Hua Guansuo said is extremely true. Shang Shulang, if we put the messenger back in such a complete way, these barbarians will despise us - try our best to fight, but if you can't beat it, it's nothing. Anyway, the Han people won't do anything to us. Wuxi Man, there are also a lot of Badong County, over the years, whether it is Bo Miao (Deng Zhi) or Deyan (Zong Pre), they have also done this. ”

After listening to Guan Suo and Yang Zong, two generals who have been dealing with ethnic minorities for a long time, Huang Chong was not hypocritical, and got up very calmly and gave his hand: "I have been taught." ”

Looking at the toughness of the Shu Han officers to foreign races and Huang Chong's calmness, Guan Yi felt a little emotional.

"Zifeng, Zifeng!"

"Huh? Oh, what's the matter with the third uncle? ”

"What should I do next, everyone is waiting for you to give the order."

"Well, the general of this expedition is Yongbo. Ah, well, I'm going to go to school. In this way, I will go out of the camp first to see how the terrain is like. ”

In fact, the terrain is very simple. In the Wuling Mountains, almost all of the Wuxi barbarian villages are built in the same way: on a mountain peak that is higher than the surrounding mountains, the whole village is built on the mountain. Starting from the halfway up the mountain, set up cards layer by layer. The weak village is a checkpoint, with a wooden gate and a fence for the wall. There are two or three levels where the strength is stronger, the gate can be wrapped in iron sheets, and the fence can also be used to build a dry base.

And to attack this stockade, of course, it was from the bottom of the mountain.

"How, Zifeng, is there a way to break the village?" Guan Suo looked at his nephew expectantly.

"Well, I want to break this village. First you have to attack head-on for three or five days. If you can't break the village. Then cultivate for two or three days, and then attack head-on for one or two days, and then send out strange soldiers to climb up from behind the mountain, which can be broken. Uh, why are you all looking at me like that? ”

Guan Suo rubbed Guan Yi's head very happily: "Very good, this is the standard method of attacking the cottage." First attract the enemy's attention with the main army, and after resting, only attack the main gate, that is, to let the enemy relax his vigilance, and then use surprise troops to copy his rear road. Break! ”

Liao Yong also looked appreciative: "Although Taishou has never been on the battlefield, the strategy he came up with is similar to what the veteran thinks." ”

Yang Zong looked at Guan Yi playfully and said, "Not bad." But I'll test you again. What if I wanted to take this village with zero casualties? ”

"This is nothing more than sitting at the foot of the mountain, cutting off its water source, and destroying the grain fields at the foot of the mountain. Kill by thirst or starvation. However, thirst killing is of little significance locally. Because there is so much rain in the area, it is almost impossible to wait for the other side to run out of water. So we can only hope that the other side will run out of food. However, it is said that Qinjiabao specializes in plundering other barbarian villages, and it is estimated that there is a lot of grain stored in the fort, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to starve and kill. My Fuling County is already poor and weak, and this time has dragged on, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, the method of starvation is also not feasible. ”

"It's nice to know geography. Well, the next thing is for Liao to worry about more. The general was ordered by the general, and only if your army was beaten by the barbarians on the mountain and could not hold on, hahahahaha, Guan Weizhi, did you bring wine from Nanzhong? Let's go for a drink. ”

"Humph! How can we be defeated by the barbarians in the mountains, don't cry when we don't have a chance to win the battle when the time comes! Uncle Yong, Zhang Zun asked to be the first battle! ”

As an old man who has participated in the Northern Expedition since the time of Zhuge Liang, although he only has 500 people in his hands, Liao Yong's training of these 500 people has always been required according to the standards of the strongest mobile corps in Shu Han. From taking office in February to mid-September, more than seven months, these hodgepodge of soldiers and generals from Fuling County have become a bit elite.

The composition of the Shu Han army is relatively complex, in terms of ethnic composition, Han people, Badi people, Qiang people, Nanzhong barbarians, Yi people (1), Wuxi barbarians, and Yu people. In terms of troops, Tiger Infantry and Tiger Cavalry are conventional infantry and cavalry, in addition to mountain infantry such as Wudang Feijun and Death Stormtroopers such as Sudden Generals. According to the different corps and the different wars, the ethnic composition of the Shu Han army and the proportion of the troops are constantly changing. But no matter how it changes, there is one class of troops that makes up a huge proportion of Shu Han's army: crossbowmen. To be exact, it was Zhuge Lian crossbowmen.

Guan Yi also saw this legendary ancient machine gun for the first time, with Liao Yong's order, fifty crossbowmen stood up, and then Guan Yi saw these fifty crossbowmen holding crossbows in their left hands, and their right hands kept wrenching the silhouette. If you pull it once, a crossbow arrow will fly out, and if you pull it again, another crossbow arrow will fly out......

"One, two, three...... Nine, ten. Can you fire ten arrows in a row?! ”

"Change!"

In Liao Yong's roar, the first row of crossbowmen, which was empty in the crossbow gates, retreated to the back, and the second round of crossbowmen began to continue firing. In an instant, another five hundred crossbow arrows rose into the air.

"Suppress with this fire in such a narrow place...... Hiss ......"

It's not that the people of Qinjiabao on the opponent's level don't want to fight back, but once they show up, they will often be hit by arrows: Zhuge Repeater does not pursue the hit rate of a single crossbowman, but pursues a wide range of indiscriminate coverage. Although 500 crossbow arrows are fired at a time, they can only hit 120 or even a few people, but this kind of concealed crossbow arrows cover the sky, and the blow to the enemy's psychology is absolutely huge.

Because of the fire suppression of your crossbowmen, the defenders cannot make an effective defense. Zhang Zun led the follow-up troops to gradually approach the gate of the enemy's fortress.

"Tiger Bu Army, attack!"

"Huh~~~"

Zhang Zunhu, who inherited Zhang Fei's loud voice, roared, and a hundred infantry wearing heavy armor, holding shields in their left hands and guns in their right hands quickened their steps and began to charge.

"Hey, guns and shields, wearing heavy armor, this is a hardcover version of the Spartan spearman?"

"Zifeng, this is the tiger infantry army of my Han against the pseudo-Wei tiger and leopard rider on the Guanzhong Plain." I don't know when, Guan Suo was already standing behind Guan Yi.

"Uh, third uncle, do you mean that the infantry of my Han Dynasty will fight against the enemy's cavalry with flesh and blood?"

"There's no way, my Han is close to Xiqiang, and there is no shortage of horses or cavalry. But we can't afford to have too many horses. Therefore, the total number of the Tiger Cavalry Army of the entire Five Great Han Legions never exceeded 10,000. More often, it can only rely on the Hubu army to fight against the cavalry of the puppet Wei. ”

"But isn't a soldier's life the most precious? My Han has a small population, and he still trades human lives for horses...... This ......"

"So it's really difficult for the prime minister and the general, but my Han also has a chariot army of 3,000 people, which is prepared to fight against the cavalry of the puppet Wei. The chariot soldiers are only available in the general's mobile corps, and you won't be able to see them today. Well, look carefully at the front, the battering ram has already gone up. ”

With Guan Suo's guidance, Guan Yi saw that at the top of the front line, a battering ram covered with thick cowhide had been quickly pushed to the gate by dozens of strong men. With the battering ram pumping in and out, after a few strokes, the membrane was broken......

"Ah? That's it? ”

"yes, that's it." Guan Suo smiled slightly: "Liao Yong is a veteran who has followed the prime minister and the general of the Northern Expedition for more than 30 years. The troops he trained would not be much worse than the mobile corps. How many days does it take for my Han's most elite troops to fight a barbarian village? Chinuer, you remember, the reason why our Han army has been able to defeat the strong with the weak many times is that the most valuable wealth is this group of outstanding grassroots officers accumulated since the prime minister's era! ”