After listening to Zhao Ang's objection, Wei Kang's face was complicated and he didn't speak.

As a big surname of Sanfu, Wei Duan, known as one of the "Jingzhao Sanxiu", has been in charge of Liangzhou for many years, and it is difficult to stay in this bitter cold place where "strength is the hero" and "down" prevails without a little mastery of political means.

Wellcome was regarded as his father's heir, followed his father's side, and learned some of his father's political tactics from it.

One of the important points is to trust and reuse the children of Jiang, Yan, Ren, and Zhao, who have the integrity of "the soldier dies for his confidant", and trusting them can often get their heartfelt effect; Reusing them can help their father and son calmly control this large area of land in Liangzhou.

However, in some special times, we can't rely too much on these big surnames.

For example, rushing to rescue Ji County now is a matter of everyone's interests, and the officers and men of the army must go. However, there is a big difference between "first aid" and "slow rescue", Yang Fu, Zhao Ang and their families are not in danger for the time being, so they must try their best to avoid paying a big price during the rescue, and they do not want to fight hard with the strong Guanzhong soldiers and horses, hoping to take a relaxed way to repel the enemy army.

If you win, it is naturally the best; If you are defeated, you must do your best to protect the interests of your family without betraying the monarch.

The Wei family's father and son are different, the Guanzhong soldiers and horses who invaded Liangzhou have shaken their rule in Liangdi, and if the Guanzhong soldiers and horses are surrounded under the city of Ji County for one more day, their Wei family's rule in Liangzhou will be more dangerous.

Therefore, they must repel and defeat the Guanzhong soldiers and horses who invaded Liangdi at all costs, and make sure that the Guanzhong soldiers and horses who have suffered heavy losses will not dare to easily watch Liangzhou in the days to come.

This essential divergence of interests, coupled with the influence of other complex factors, made them present two attitudes in the rescue of Ji County, both radical and conservative.

Wei Kang still needs Zhao Ang, who knows the soldiers, to lead the troops for him, but he can't blindly listen to Zhao Ang's words.

He stared at Zhao Ang and quickly said:

"Is it deceitful to think that the enemy troops on the other side of the strait have withdrawn? Didn't you say that the scouts didn't find any trace of the enemy? ”

Zhao Ang was a little embarrassed, but he still said cautiously:

"This time the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong can fight well, and most of the enemies who lead the troops are famous generals under Yan Xing, rashly abandoning the ferry, perhaps as the general said, in order to return to the division to encircle Ji County, but it may also be that it is rushing to our support army, 'half-crossing and attacking' is a common method used by soldiers, and the enemy generals cannot think of it, so it is appropriate to send more scouts to search for the other side carefully."

Wellcome was still unwilling to give up his opinion, and continued to ask:

"What if there is no ambush at all, or is it just a suspicious plan of the enemy? Don't forget that Ji County is still under siege by the enemy, and the envoy has already sent envoys twice to urgently summon state soldiers to help! ”

Zhao Ang felt the pressure of invisible persecution in Wei Kangjiong's blazing eyes, and he instinctively felt the strangeness and danger on the other side, but he couldn't insist on his opinion, so he could only grit his teeth and say instead:

"Ang is dull, can't deal with the enemy's strategy, please ask the general to show me!"

This is to return his part of the decision-making power to Wellon, and Wellon, who has achieved his goal, smiled and softened his tone.

"Zhao Jun, it's not that Kang doesn't know the danger of the military and insists on adventuring. Kang also knows some stories such as besieging the city for reinforcements, attacking half-crossing, and the ambush of Maling. However, saving soldiers is like fighting fires, and we cannot blindly use heavy soldiers, and defend everything first. There is still a compromise between priorities and priorities. ”

Zhao Ang did not explain his opinion again, but bowed his head and agreed.

Seeing this, Wei Kang didn't say anything anymore, but said:

Therefore, Kang decided, so he asked Pang Zhi to lead a thousand Hu people to follow the righteousness, make a big fanfare, and pretend to be the main force to ride quickly across the river first. When they have gone far and made sure that the other side is safe and sound, we will wait for the army to continue to cross the river, so as not to delay the crossing of the river by the soldiers and horses, and to avoid the danger of accidents. What does Zhao Jun think? ”

After listening to Wei Kang's plan, the corners of Zhao Ang's mouth trembled, Wei Kang was a good plan, and directly pushed Pang Yu, who he didn't like, and a small number of Hu soldiers to the other side as a bait for temptation, as if he didn't care about the lives of these horses.

But Wei Kang didn't let him and the Zhao family's subordinates cross the river first, and Zhao Ang couldn't shirk Pang Hao, so he could only echo and agree in front of Wei Kang at the moment.

Seeing that there was no longer any objection and no longer delayed, Wei Kang immediately ordered Pang Shu to let him lead a thousand Hu soldiers and take the lead in crossing the river and landing on the shore.

In this regard, the corners of Pang Shu's mouth grinned, and he knew the bitterness.

Two days ago, he had just returned from Guzang City.

In the battalions of Li Piao, Yan Jun and others, although Li Piao, Yan Jun and others were very dissatisfied with Wei Kang's behavior of leading the state soldiers without saying goodbye, which caused the momentum of the besieging army to be greatly reduced, but in view of the fact that the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong invaded Yongliang and Guzang City was still not down, they still restrained the anger in their chests, and did not blatantly attack the well-known Pang Shu, but let him back.

Unexpectedly, Wei Kang still resented his mistakes in Guzang City.

Zhao Ang, Yang Fu and others advocated the heavy use of troops, and led the army to cross the river after fully confirming the retreat of the enemy troops on the other side, but Wei Kang couldn't wait so long, so he became a bait to test the enemy's reality.

Military orders are like mountains, and violators will be beheaded immediately.

Pang Hao could only bite the bullet, board the boat with a thousand Hu soldiers and rock the oars, cross the river without stopping, and boarded the river bank with a big flag and a trumpet.

After checking from all sides and confirming the safety near the ferry, the fanfare Pang Yu sent cavalry to search for Zu Li's official road, but also found no ambushes. At this time, Pang Yu, who ensured the smooth and safe passage of the ferry, quickly ordered the horn to be sounded, signaling that the soldiers and horses who were ready to go could board the boat and cross the river.

Hearing the sound of the horn on the other side to confirm safety, Wei Kang, who was waiting, smiled proudly, he waved his hand, and the commander beside him began to give orders, and the whole army was divided into several groups, and they were ready to board the boat to cross the river one after another.

There are nearly 200 large and small ferries at the west bank ferry, and the army can cross the river in just over an hour.

Wellcome thought to himself.

In this way, in less than half an hour, another 2,000 people had already gone ashore, and looking at the ships returning one after another, Wei Kang hurriedly ordered to urge the troops waiting on the shore to step up their crossing of the river. It was at this time that a shrill drum suddenly sounded.

Wei Kang looked back in amazement, thinking that it was the rear troops and horses who had waited too long and that there was a riot. Zhao Ang, who could unsaddle his horse, was startled, and immediately jumped on the bareback mount, looked left and right with a nervous expression, and loudly ordered the whole army to postpone crossing the river and line up along the river.

Yang Fu also hurriedly patted his horse and hurried over, and said anxiously to the confused Wei Kang:

"General, there are traces of enemy troops on the West Bank!"

"This! Whose soldiers and horses are they? ”

As soon as Wellcome heard that there were enemy troops on the west bank, he immediately became anxious.

"The scout report is the banner of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong."

Yang Fu's face was full of bitterness.

"Didn't you say that the enemy troops on the east bank did not cross the river and withdrew, so how could they run to the west bank again?"

"I'm afraid that the withdrawal of the enemy troops is just a cover-up, in fact, they secretly used other methods to cross the river and go around to the back of our army, just waiting for this opportunity to launch a surprise attack on our army from behind!"

"It's-"

Wei Kang, who was choked for a while, blushed in a hurry, and he turned to look at the other side, where the soldiers and horses on the other side waved their flags and sounded the trumpet, and they didn't know the situation here; The soldiers on the boats in the river also looked at the boats and the river below, and did not notice the changes on the shore; Only the soldiers who had not yet boarded the boat realized the danger from Zhao Ang's order, and instinctively approached the boats on the shore of the river, and set their eyes on those tools that could survive the river.

Not far away, Zhao Ang, who had remounted his horse, was directing his own soldiers to prevent the sergeants from competing for the boats crossing the river, and ordered them to return to the battle array.

Wei Kang's heart calmed down a little, he turned to look at Yang Fu, and asked out loud:

"Yang Zhen, how many enemy troops are ambushed on the west bank, and can the state soldiers on the west bank repel them?"

Yang Fu shook his head, not daring to make a confident guarantee, he said:

"The enemy army is waiting for work and menacing, and the number is not clear for the time being, and the scouts have returned nearly 10,000 people. However, our army crossed the river in groups and scattered forces, and if we engaged in a battle on the west bank, I am afraid that we would fall into a bitter battle. ”

After Wei Kang listened, his heart was cold, he understood the deep meaning of "hard fighting" in Yang Fu's words, and soon he looked at the ships that were about to dock in silence, and suddenly said to Yang Fu:

"Yang Zhi, you take people to watch and live a few big boats, and you must not let the sergeants and soldiers rush to the ferry!"

···

"General, the enemy is defeated!"

Yang Qiu pointed to the enemy formation that was constantly collapsing, and said to Yang Feng excitedly.

Yang Feng nodded, he also saw that the back of the Liangzhou state soldiers who had no time to lay out a tight formation was under the impact of the Guanzhong cavalry, and the first military formation began to collapse, and then the second military formation spread, although the military formation behind it was formed and carried for a while, but under the continuous attack of the Guanzhong cavalry, the military formation soon cracked, until the current collapse of the whole army.

Yang Feng pointed to the banner in the enemy formation and solemnly ordered.

"Captain Yang, you take another elite cavalry, enter the enemy formation, and be sure to capture Wei Kang Xiao'er alive, with him, you are not afraid that Wei Duan in Jicheng will not surrender!"

"No!"

Yang Qiu saw this great achievement, and immediately agreed to it, and rushed away with the cavalry under his command.

Yang Qiu's cavalry swept through the inlaid formations of the two armies, stabbed through the oblique stabs into the already routed enemy formation, rushed left and right, and was invincible.

It's a pity that there was no one under the banner of the enemy formation, and the scattered enemy soldiers fled for their lives, and after a while, even the banner that was in the way was trampled to the ground, and Yang Qiu had no choice but to capture a few prisoners, only to learn that Wei Kang saw that the battle situation was not good, and he had already fled to the other side with his men by ferry.

Yang Qiu then rushed to the shore with the cavalry, only to see that several large boats had sailed away, and the remaining soldiers were fighting for the boats, at this time seeing the enemy's cavalry rushing over, he was quickly frightened and fled in all directions, and a small boat from the shore accidentally turned over in the big river, and the overloaded soldiers on the boat fell into the water one by one.

"This coward, acting like his old turtle-like father in the city, actually abandoned the army and fled!"

Yang Qiu looked at the big ship that was far away and couldn't be shot by a bow and arrow, spat on the ground hatefully, and said with a curse.

Note: "Wei Luo" records: Tianshui used to have four surnames: Jiang, Yan, Ren, and Zhao, and Chang Xiong was in the county.