When they returned to the Wei army barracks, Yin Xian and the Liang brothers came to greet each other.

Jiang Wei took the cold water handed over by Liang Qian and drank it all. Seeing that everyone was looking eagerly, he wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then introduced in detail what he saw and heard along the way.

In the end, in the eyes of everyone's expectation, he threw out his plan:

"In my opinion, our army has distributed coins, wine, and meat throughout the camp in advance. When the Qiang people come to attack tomorrow, our army pretends to be invincible, gives up the camp, and the whole army retreats to a safe place to gather. The Qiang people's military discipline is sloppy, and when they see the lot of wealth, wine, and meat in the camp, they will definitely not chase after them. When the night comes, when the Qiang people are drinking and having fun, and the garrison is slack, we will lead the army to stab in and behead its chieftain, so that the thief army can be broken! ”

It's a bold plan, but it's also certainly risky. Yin Xian and the others were solemn when they heard it, and they were silent for a long time.

It must be known that the reinforcements are far away, and Shangtai City refuses to open the door, and the camp is their last reliance. If they really follow this plan and easily abandon the camp, if the Qiang people do not fall into the plan, they will fall into a place where they will lose their ground and never recover.

The people were suspicious and did not dare to break lightly, and the tent fell silent for a while.

Jiang Wei didn't urge, just waited patiently, because he knew that there was no other way.

After a long time, Liang Xufang sighed, raised his eyes and said, "If you think about it carefully, there is indeed no other way out for us to wait." Anyway, I agree with Berjo's plan. ”

Liang Qian has always looked forward to his brother, and he nodded at the moment: "I also agree." After a pause, he said: "Through the forest behind the camp, there is a river valley, along the river valley seven or eight miles away, there is a dense forest, which can hide more than a thousand people. If the army feints to retreat, it is better to hide here. ”

Jiang Wei shook his head when he heard this: "It's really good to be like this." ”

Seeing that three of the four people nodded in agreement, Yin Xian wanted to nod in agreement, but suddenly thought of something, so he asked: "It's just that there are only more than ten jars of wine here, and you must be drunk with no three thousand Qiang people." How should this be? ”

Jiang Wei smiled: "This is the first thing I have to do." Brother Yin, after the military meeting is over for a while, you can take someone to go up and down for a while, and then ask for some drinks and money, the more the merrier. ”

Yin Xian frowned and said: "The order has already been given once, but I am afraid that I will not give it again." ”

Jiang Wei snorted coldly: "Then scare and scare him." If he doesn't give it, you threaten to withdraw my troops at dawn. The Qiang people's offensive let him carry it himself. ”

Yin Xian suddenly realized: "I understand! On the one hand, he only lost a little property, and on the other side, he had to face all kinds of pressure from the Qiang people, and everyone knew how to choose. Boyo, you... Why are you so cunning? But it's a good plan, and I'll pick some powerful soldiers in a moment. It's just two miles away, and you can go back quickly. ”

"When you come back, you should divide the money, wine, and meat inside and outside the accounts, and make sure that they are scattered and mixed. In this way, under the coaxing of the Qiang people, the formation will be chaotic, which can ensure that our army can retreat calmly. ”

Jiang Wei said, turned sideways to Liang Xu and said: "When the sky is not dawn, Brother Xu stewed a few sheep sent during the day, burned all the delicious food, and gave the brothers a full meal, which will also boost morale." ”

"Oh, I see!"

Jiang Wei nodded, and turned to Liang Qian again: "The Qiang people drink and have fun tonight, and they will definitely not get up early tomorrow." Tell your brethren to rise up early to-morrow morning, and walk in the direction you have spoken, so that you may not be scattered in a panic. ”

"Okay, I've got it!"

Although the tasks were assigned one by one, Jiang Wei didn't dare to relax at all, and after a little thought, he said: "As the saying goes, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and the hour is still early, so I'll brainstorm again." Avoid unexpected things from happening and panicking for no reason. ”

Yin Xian dragged his chin with his hand, stroked his short beard, and said slowly: "You can pile up more firewood in the camp, and then lead troops to kill and set fire to it, which will inevitably accelerate the collapse of the thief." ”

Jiang Wei was overjoyed and said: "This plan is a great good!" ”

"Behind the camp gate, you can stand up and resist horses, mess up the enemy's formation, and buy a lot of time for our army to retreat."

……

It is a matter of life and death for everyone, and at that moment, the four of them racked their brains, you say a word, I say a word, and one by one they have made a detailed and perfect supplement to the plan of this operation. Although they sat in the tent all night, they were always in good spirits and did not show any fatigue.

By the time the details were finalized, the rooster could already be heard crowing outside the tent.

Jiang Wei suddenly got up and said in a deep voice: "In this troubled world, it is what we and other good men are fighting for. Today's battle is not only to protect the people, but also to show our ability. We should fight bravely to kill thieves, and there is no way to retreat! ”

"Oh! Fight bravely to kill thieves, there is no advance or retreat! ”

Everyone looked excited, and stood up and hugged each other to encourage each other. Then they walked out of the tent one by one and began to do their own things and implement the established plan.

******

The Qiang offensive was a little later than everyone expected.

Yin Xiang asked for fifty jars of wine from Shangtai City as scheduled. The Wei soldiers had breakfast, scattered their wealth, wine, and meat, arranged the horses and barricades, and added firewood and other flammable materials around the camp tents, and walked leisurely to the Tibetan soldiers. After doing all this, there is still no trace of the Qiang soldiers.

Jiang Wei was not idle, and simply sat in the open and chatted with the soldiers.

He is surrounded by county soldiers, and although he usually doesn't see him a few times a year, he is the chief general of the first army after all. Yesterday he was unconscious, which once caused turmoil in the hearts of the army. At this time, he appeared in everyone's field of vision in a timely manner, talking and laughing freely, and his expression was full of confidence, which made the sluggish morale quite excited.

He remembered who he was, and knew that he must not show his nervous and weak side in front of the soldiers. Therefore, it is self-reliant. It's just that, under his calm and calm smile, the anxiety in his heart is gradually getting worse with the passage of time.

When the sun was up, there was a lot of smoke and dust in the western direction, and it seemed that thousands of troops and horses were coming.

The scout on the lookout looked at it for a while, and then he opened his throat and shouted:

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

When the Wei army heard the warning news, they shouted loudly, taking advantage of each other's courage and rushed to the vicinity of the camp gate to set up defenses. Their march was extremely flustered, and many of them could not find their positions, but fortunately they had long known that the whole army would feint and retreat, so their morale was barely maintained.

Jiang Wei stepped onto his mount and hid behind the camp gate to watch.

******

Only a moment later, the 3,000 Qiang army stood one hundred and fifty paces away in front of the Wei army camp. They didn't line up much, they stood sparsely and clearly, looking from afar, like a messy carpet, spread on the brown and yellow earth.

The Qiang people in the formation all wore their hair on their left side, and some of them were naked, revealing their lean bodies. Their equipment and weapons were uneven. The young man standing in the front row was holding a sword and a halberd, and his expression was arrogant; The old and weak, who stood farther away, were holding rake sticks and their faces gloomy.

The most striking thing is the more than 100 cavalry at the rear of the army. Dressed in shiny leather armor and shiny sabers glittering in the sun, they surrounded a sturdy rider like a starry moon. I think it is the most elite unit of the Qiang rebellion.

Located in the middle of the Qiang will be called Muba, and he is a well-known warrior in the Muton Division. Because he was the advocate of this uprising, he was promoted as the leader by the rest of the ministries. He led the army to conquer several villages and fortresses one after another, full of confidence, and did not take the five hundred Wei soldiers in front of him in his eyes at all.

I saw him riding a horse and swaggering to the front of the camp, and said proudly: "Listen to the Wei soldiers inside, there are only 500 of you, but we have 3,000 warriors. If you surrender quickly, I can leave you with a whole corpse. ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he shook his head secretly, and said in his heart: "Whether you surrender or not, you will be killed, what kind of persuasion is this?" Yes, he must have relied on the strength of the crowd, and he already had the intention of killing them all. ”

Thinking through this, he simply said loudly from the camp gate: "How dare you and other barbarian tribes invade my Han territory?" I advise you to retreat as soon as possible, otherwise, when the imperial army arrives, you will be turned into powder! ”

In Muba's ears, he didn't know how many times he had heard the words of General Wei on the other side in the past few days, and it seemed to be righteous and awe-inspiring, but in fact it revealed that he was weak and timid. The temperament of the Han people is like this useless word.

Since he didn't take the Wei army in front of him in his eyes, he didn't bother to talk nonsense, waved his hand, and then shouted: "Attack the camp!" ”

With Mu Ba's order, the Qiang brigade retreated to both sides like a tide. More than a dozen sturdy Qiang men dressed in iron armor, hugged a large tree trunk with a diameter of three feet, and slowly walked towards the gate of the Wei military camp.

The Qiang people's means of attacking the city were very limited and very simple. It was to cut down a tree large enough, leave its trunk, and ten people hugged it, rushed to the city gate and struck it vigorously. This is still the trick of the Qiang and Han wars in the late Han Dynasty, and they stole teachers from the Han people.

If you hit the gates of the city with this log, the effect would be like a mayfly shaking a tree; But it was more than enough to deal with the wooden gate in front of him.

The Wei soldiers in the battalion can't train a few times a year, where have they seen such a battle? Many of you have dry throats, and you are watching the Qiang siege team slowly approaching.

When he was only a hundred steps away from the gate of the Wei military camp, Jiang Wei decisively ordered: "The archers release their arrows!" ”

More than 100 archers raised their longbows and shouted and shot at the Qiang siege team.

"Shoot"

"Shoot these Qiang bandits!"

The arrows were sparsely gone, and the results were also very disappointing. Except for one that hit the siege tree, all the other arrows missed without exception, and even more than half of the arrow feathers had already landed early, and there were still more than twenty steps away from the siege team.

Jiang Wei shook his head secretly, thinking: "A hundred or so people shoot a salvo, even if it is blind, there should be a few arrows that can be shot, right?" At this point, he no longer had hope for the combat strength of the soldiers under his command.

These siege warriors are all Mu Ba's henchmen, seeing the Wei army release arrows, the siege team will slow down, Mu Ba hurriedly shouted: "Foot soldiers cover the siege team, press up, press up!" ”

Just as he gave the order, half of the Qiang people rushed around the siege tree with a shout, and tightly protected the ten ironclad warriors. Their way of covering is very stupid, that is, to fill it with human lives. The number of people besieging the city increased, and the density naturally increased.

Under the continuous shooting of the Wei army, more than a dozen Qiang people fell to the ground with a muffled sound of arrows.

The Qiang people were furious, and some of them carried bows and arrows, shouting and shouting, and at the same time fired arrows into the Wei army camp as a suppression. Although they did not have a unified command, they shot arrows sparsely and unneatly. But the victory is in the large number of people, and the arrows roar up, one after another, without stopping.

For a while, it really scared the Wei soldiers in the camp so much that they didn't dare to raise their heads.