Because of the early deployment of the strong end, the surprise attack strategy of the Han and Qiang coalition forces failed to launch, and in desperation, Ma Chao had to order Jiang Wei to arrange for the soldiers to camp on the spot.

As a result, the 20,000 Di army and the 6,000 Han and Qiang coalition troops faced off across the ten-zhang wide white water.

When Jiang Wei returned to the camp tent after handling all the things about camping, he saw Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Yang Wan all sitting around in front of the desk, discussing word by word, but the three of them frowned, obviously not discussing a good idea to break through the predicament in front of them.

When Ma Dai saw him coming, he moved his ass to vacate a seat and invited him to take a seat, and sighed:

"I just said that our army has lost the opportunity, and the grain and grass are only enough for half a month, and the situation is not optimistic...... But I don't know what good way to do it? ”

Jiang Wei thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Ma, do you know about the old affairs of Huaiyin Hou Pingwei?" ”

Ma Dai was stunned for a moment, put on a look of asking for advice, and hugged his fists and said, "Please also ask for advice." ”

Jiang Wei bowed his head lightly and said: "Back then, Gaozu and Xiang Yu fought for the world, and not long after the battle of Pengcheng, the king of Wei who occupied the land east of the river turned against Han and Chu, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Hedong is the heart of the Han Dynasty, and it must not be lost, so Gaozu led the general Han Xin to attack the Wei Wangbao. At that time, Wei Wangbao blocked the Yellow River crossing and Heguan...... Well, Heguan is now Pujin Pass...... Han Xin's army was not allowed to cross the river, and the predicament we are facing now is similar to that of him at that time. ”

Yang Wan became interested, and hurriedly asked, "Then later?" How did Han Xin later break the King of Wei? ”

Jiang Wei smiled and replied: "Han Xin deliberately set up more suspicious soldiers, displaying boats to pretend to cross the river pass to attract the attention of the Wei army, and he himself led the ambush soldiers from Xiayang in the upper reaches of the river to cross the river with wooden basins and barrels, and then attacked the Wei capital Anyi. Wei Wangbao was shocked, led troops to meet Han Xin, Han Xin won a great victory, captured Wei Bao, pacified Wei, and finally changed Wei to Hedong County, and made great achievements. ”

Ma Dai suddenly realized: "What does Boyo mean...... Shall we find another place where we can land on the beach and cross the river secretly? ”

Jiang Wei nodded at first, but then there was a trace of difficulty on his face: "It's just that our army has few soldiers, and if there are fewer ambush soldiers, it may not be a strong opponent; If he goes a lot, he may see that our army is false and real, and it is not easy to grasp the proportion here......"

As soon as these words fell, Ma Chao suddenly got up and said resolutely:

"This matter is easy to hear, you and Brother Dai lead the main force here to attract the attention of the strong end, I will take a thousand iron cavalry under my command to cross the river and assault, and when the enemy formation is chaotic, you take the opportunity to cross the river and attack."

Jiang Wei was shocked when he heard this, his original plan was that he would lead two thousand Qiang to ride into the territory of Yinping to burn and loot, and unite the old troops of the four old Di kings to raise an incident, so as to attract the attention of the strong and force the Di people to retreat to the hinterland. In this way, the coalition forces will be able to take advantage of the situation to cross the river.

Who knew that Ma Chao didn't say a word, took down the big bag, and tried to use 1,000 cavalry to attack the 20,000 Di army head-on. In Jiang Wei's view, how is this different from suicide?

He was in a hurry, and hurriedly persuaded: "Think twice, the general thinks twice, after all, there are 20,000 people in Di, not to mention that the guards under the command of Qiang Duan are well-equipped, and they must not be underestimated!" ”

Ma Chao sneered: "With only 20,000 rabble, my Ma Chao is single-handed, and I can also take the head of the strong end!" This matter is settled, no need to persuade again! With that, he shook his clothes and strode away.

"General, wait for my old Yang!" Yang Qian hurriedly got up and followed.

Jiang Wei was shocked and anxious, and was about to catch up and persuade again, but was pulled by Ma Dai.

He was impatient in his heart, frowned and asked, "Brother Ma, what are you pulling me to do?" I think it must be General Ma who was provoked by the strong end in the morning, and this time he is doing something rashly! This is not child's play, you and I need to work together to persuade him to dispel this idea! ”

Ma Dai shook his head and said with a wry smile: "How can the things set by my brother be so easy to change?" ”

After a pause, his expression froze, and his eyes flashed with light.

"Moreover, a certain family has not seen my brother show such murderous aura for a long time...... I have a gut feeling that he is back! If...... If that's the case, you and I can just relax...... Between the Qiang, there is no one who can stop the divine power of the Heavenly General! ”

Jiang Wei suddenly stood up and thought for a moment.

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In the afternoon of the same day, the scout secretly reported that there was a canyon fifty miles downstream, the narrowest point was only one zhang, and those who were skilled in riding could leap over; However, the terrain of the canyon is treacherous, and the water flows through it so rapidly that if the rider fails to cross the canyon, he will be swept away by the river and will die with no place to be buried.

Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard the news, and he was not afraid at all. After everyone summed it up, they finally decided to attack around tomorrow morning.

Now that the plan has been decided, Jiang Wei simply let go of his happiness and let it go. He moved the coalition camp to the shore, just across the river from the Di people, and sent people to plant flags near the camp.

He also sent some of his soldiers across the river to insult the Di people, and sent hundreds of soldiers to cut down trees and gather them near the camp to make rafts and force them across the river.

At nightfall, the coalition camp was still brightly lit, and the dispatch of troops was busy, and the sound of building wooden tools could not be heard.

The strong end on the other side watched intently for an afternoon, and finally sneered at this time: "It seems that Ma Chao has no choice but to attack." Hmph, it seems that I don't have to wait for Cao Dudu's army, I can destroy this army and horses alone! "With that, take it easy and return to your home camp to rest.

On the dark side of the coalition camp, Ma Chao had already ordered the 1,000 people with the most skilled riding skills in Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and after saying goodbye to Jiang Wei and Ma Dai, he quietly left the back door of the camp.

Speechless all night.

Before dawn the next day, most of the soldiers in the Diren camp were still asleep, except for the soldiers who patrolled and kept vigil.

Fu Jian was dressed in clothes, anxiously ran to the outside of the big tent at the strong end, and warned: "King, there is movement on the other side, please go to the river bank to take a look!" ”

A moment later, there was a light in the big tent, and Qiang Duan put on a leather armor and walked out quickly, looking in the direction of the river.

The morning fog on the river was so thick that it was difficult to see, but if you listened carefully, you could smell the deliberately suppressed noise coming from the other side of the river.

Qiang Duan walked to the shore, sniffed hard, the smell of burning firewood was faintly wafting in the air, thought for a while, and said categorically:

"Ma Chao is cooking in the stove! He must have wanted to take advantage of the fog on the river to suddenly cross the river. Hmph, it's really underestimating my strength. ”

After a pause, he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Tell all the brothers to get up and go to the river to guard!" ”

"Yes!"

His orders were passed down one by one, and in a few moments, there was a great noise on the riverbank, and small phalanxes were arranged neatly or disorderly on both sides of the white water, stretching for nearly ten miles; The soldiers in the front row were armed with bows and arrows, ready to give a head-on attack to the comers.

The movement on the other side of the river also seemed to intensify, and from time to time there was the sound of horses neighing and people shouting, and the sound of the river churning.

However, because the fog on the river surface was so great that it was difficult for the eyes to see, no one dared to shoot the first arrow, and the tense atmosphere permeated both sides of the white water.

I don't know how long it took, the red sun rose, and the light smoke on the river evaporated much thinner, and it was about to disappear.

The good-eyed soldiers suddenly saw the black pressure on the riverside more than ten zhang away, as if countless people and horses were about to come to Lingbo, and some of them who couldn't hold their breath shouted loudly when they saw this.

So in this shout, the two sides revealed their whereabouts, and they could also let go of their sweaty hands on the line of control, and fired the first round of attacks at each other.

For a moment, the arrows were like a raging wind and storm, and they sneered endlessly.

Because they were so close, before the soldiers in the front row could react, many of them were shot by the oncoming arrows, and let out a penetrating scream.

But the strong end had no intention of letting them retreat, and kept shouting and directing "shoot again" and "shoot again".

The two sides did not show weakness and exchanged nearly ten rounds of arrows with each other.

After the ten rounds were fired, a gust of wind suddenly floated in the sky, blowing the smoke on the river surface clean, and the scene after the armies on both sides of the strait fired at each other was presented to the opponent without reservation.

After some comparison, the strong end couldn't help but be angry.

But on the other side of the river, a wooden shield of a man high, densely packed with arrows, was erected on the other side of the river, and the enemy soldiers hid between the shields, and occasionally shot an arrow between the shields. With the protection of the shield, they were only hit by a round of blind shots, and their casualties were very few!

On the other hand, in this formation, hundreds of soldiers have been killed by arrows, and nearly 1,000 have been hit by arrows, but they have not been shot to the vital point, but they have just stopped wailing on the ground, which greatly affects morale.

In the first confrontation, the Di army was completely defeated. And the other side doesn't seem to have the intention of stopping, and the arrows are still fierce, constantly reaping the lives of Di people.

The fierce general Fu Shuang on the side said angrily: "Damn! The cunning Han turned out to be making shields overnight, not rafts! We've all lied to them! ”

Qiangduan's face turned pale, he waved his hand violently, and shouted: "The whole army retreats twenty steps back and re-formation!" ”

The order was teleported far away, and the people breathed a sigh of relief and retreated like a tidal wave. After all, one side has a shield to cover, and the other side relies on the flesh to resist, this is a life-saving deal, and no one wants to stay for a moment.

Fu Shuang hurriedly said: "So easily gave up the riverbank defense line? ”

The strong end stared at the other side and said coldly: "What if you let it go?" The deepest part of the river, which was at least half a horse high, was already moving slowly, and they had to throw away their shields in order to keep it steady. Hmph, when that time comes, I'll shoot them into a sieve one by one! ”

But apparently he had a hand, and he ordered: "Order the whole army to form a formation twenty paces behind the river bank, and then send someone to cut some wood in the forest to make a shield, and send it to the front of the formation at once!" ”

Fu Shuangxuan immediately led the order loudly and left.

When the Di army retreated, the soldiers of the Qiang-Han coalition army took advantage of the situation to advance forward, and some brave riders threw away their shields and made the appearance of crossing the river, and the riders in the middle section of the white water gathered more and more.

But they seemed to be very afraid of the crossbow on the other side, and they only tasted it away, and did not dare to really cross the river.

Qiang Duan observed for a long time, and then summoned Fu Jian and instructed: "Order all the men and horses, give me a dead eye on the other side of the river, and there must be no slackness!" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Jiang Weizhi's eyes on the other side of the river were also locked on the black figure.

In any case, this move to repair the plank road has successfully deceived the Di people's army out of the camp, and attracted all the attention of the strong end, and he has no defense against the flanks of his own army, which can be described as an empty door.

Next, just wait for Ma Chaoqi's troops to arrive and contain the main force of the Di people, then the coalition army can take advantage of the situation to cross the river and break the Di army in one fell swoop.

But at the same time, he was also very worried, after all, Ma Chao only had 1,000 horses, and Di people had 20,000.

Helpless, Jiang Wei had to pray secretly:

"I hope General Ma's Xiliang Iron Cavalry is really as powerful as the legend!"