With the sudden withdrawal of Cao Zhen's army, the crisis of Yinping was over.

In order to consolidate the situation, Yang Wan, in accordance with the previous agreement, led Fu Jian, a person who surrendered to Cheng, and hundreds of his cronies, and prepared to go to Nanyin, Hengling, Shunyin, and Xundi in Yinping to contact the tribes of the four great kings of the old time, so as to establish a new pro-Han regime.

Seeing the two away, Jiang Wei began to pack up the loot and prisoners.

Through this small-scale ambush battle, the spoils captured by the coalition forces included more than 100 war horses and 300 sets of tiger riding equipment, of which half were intact, and most of the remaining ones could still be used after restoration.

These horses are selected from Hexi and Liaodong, and their body shape and appearance are far better than those produced by the Qiang people in Longnan; The sword is one in a hundred refining knives, and the Mingguang armor is rare even in Yizhou, and it has the value of use and research, and it is an extremely precious material, and Jiang Wei is not ready to give it to Zhuqiang.

After the Battle of Shibaishui, the allied forces captured a lot of grain carts from the Diren camp, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered his soldiers to pack and collect these armors, hide them on the grain trucks, and cover them with curtains, so that the Qiang people would not covet them.

Since the Qiang people had seen Ma Chao's courage in killing the strong end, and Jiang Wei's heroic posture of single-handedly challenging Xiahou Ba, they were extremely convinced of the combat power of the two generals and the Han army.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei couldn't help but bow his head secretly.

Next, there was the disposal of more than fifty Wei prisoners, as well as a Wei general named Xiahou Ba.

Ma Dai bluntly said that after the battle of Hanzhong, Cao and Liu were on the same footing, and there was no possibility of peace, and at this time, Cao Pi was in power, and the Xiahou family was quite honored, in this case, Xiahou Ba had no possibility of surrendering.

Ma Chao also really hated Cao Wei, according to his meaning, he really didn't have to show mercy to the enemy, and he killed all of them on the spot.

But Jiang Wei thought that Xiahou Ba was finally a good partner who fought side by side with him in history and helped each other in the same boat, and for some reason, a trace of compassion suddenly flashed in his heart.

After pondering for a moment, he still proposed: "At this time, it is better to spare their lives, and wait until Cao Zhen's army is overwhelmed, so that they can be hostages." ”

The battle of Wudu is imminent, and for this proposal, Ma Chao and Ma Dai naturally have no way to refuse, so they have to respond to it.

So, just as the generals commanded the whole army to pack up, Jiang Wei quietly walked to the small forest where the prisoners were being held with sackcloth and medicine in hand.

But he said that Xiahou Ba was swept by the tail of his gun in the chest, fortunately there was a heart shield to remove the fatal injury, but in the end, because of the fierce strength, Wu Zi broke several ribs, and was lying on the ground at the moment, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he did not say a word, obviously suffering a lot.

Jiang Wei didn't say a word, and immediately bent down to remove his armor and check the wound for him.

Xiahou Ba Huo Ran opened his eyes, and suddenly saw the enemy general acting like this, a trace of doubt flashed on his face, and after a little thought, he immediately thought that the other party must have wanted to save himself as a hostage, so he instinctively resisted.

But he was so painful that he couldn't move, and even every time he breathed, he felt a sense of pain in his heart, and in desperation, he had to look angrily, gritted his teeth, and shouted intermittently: "Wu ..... Wu Na Shu thief, you want to ...... If you want to kill, you will kill, what ...... Pretend! ”

Jiang Wei couldn't help but stimulate him, so he didn't answer half a sentence, and just focused on bandaging.

It's just that although he has seen the soldiers of the ambulance battalion help the soldiers deal with the rib fracture accident, and knows the procedures and key points during the period, he has never operated it himself. Today can be regarded as crossing the river by feeling the stones, so the strength in his hands is inevitably greater.

Xiahou Ba was so painful that he couldn't scold anymore, so he used the spirit of his whole body to concentrate on fighting the pain; Inevitably being underestimated by the enemy generals, he would rather grit his steel teeth than shout for half his life. After a while, his face was pale and he was sweating profusely.

It was nearly noon and the sun was scorching.

After a stick of incense, Jiang Wei finally finished treating the wound roughly, and sighed unconsciously. Looking back at the man on the ground, he didn't know whether he was in pain or tired, and he had already fainted and fallen asleep.

Looking up, not far away, the allied soldiers were already in order to pack up and set off; Wei Rong was waving his hand to this side.

He got up and answered, and immediately beckoned the soldiers to push a cart and work together to lift Xiahou Ba to the cart and settle it.

Looking at that young face, Jiang Wei sighed in his heart: "I really can't be hard-hearted against these 'old guys'." ”

The army is back in action.

In order to be able to return to the city as soon as possible to make defensive arrangements, Ma Chao left Ma Dai and the cavalry battalion to take care of the wounded soldiers and prisoners along the way, while he himself and Jiang Wei and Wei Rong led the army lightly.

Along the way, Xiliang rode because he knew that a new big battle was imminent, and the atmosphere was quite dull and solemn, but the Qiang soldiers were laughing and enjoying the successive victories.

In the past two months, through a series of battles, not only have the cattle and sheep divided into the population, but even the strong end of the Di people who have been in great trouble have been beheaded under the horse.

And in their opinion, Shenwei Tian's general Ma Chao has not yet come forward, and only General Jiang can scare off the governor of Wei Yongliang, the son of Nashlao, single-handedly, and it is expected that there is nothing to be gained from that guy, even if he raises troops again, General Tian and General Jiang can also teach him to come and go. Therefore, he sang and danced along the way, looking heartless.

******

After two days and one night, the coalition army finally arrived on the outskirts of Xiabi City on September 11, and the three people who stayed behind, Pang Hong, Ke Shisan, and Yadan, went out ten miles to meet them.

The city has already prepared military supplies for the reward.

Speaking of which, the 6,000 cavalry set out on the third day of the ninth month, and in only eight days, they defeated the famous Baima Di people and his army of 20,000 men.

Such a record is glorious in the past and present, and everyone can't help but celebrate it.

But except for the Qiang soldiers, the generals and officials who knew the severity were all apprehensive and had no intention of celebrating - the appearance of the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Wei State was like a black cloud destroying the city, which invisibly cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

The carnival outside the city continued, and in the chamber of the Lower Defense Office, Ma Chao, Jiang Wei, Wei Rong, Pang Hong, Ke Shisan, and Yadan sat on the ground.

The current situation is that Cao Zhen has successfully escaped from Wudu, and Zhuge Liang's instructions have not yet come from Hanzhong. During this period, whether to fight or go depends on everyone present, and it must not be Meng Lang for a while.

Wudu is the homeland of the Qiang people, and Ke 13 and Yadan are both Qiang generals who advocate tough treatment.

After all, Pang Hong's mind was much more delicate, and he muttered: "After all, it is a small border city, and I don't know if the imperial court is willing to start a big war with Cao Wei for this city...... Moreover, the next argument is close to Wei Zhitianshui, and it is far away from Han Zhihan, and the convenience of transshipment is not in my ......."

When Wei Rong heard this, he rushed to say: "How can the imperial court give up the city that was finally obtained?" Giant, you can stop growing the morale of others and extinguishing your own prestige! ”

Pang Hong smiled bitterly: "Brother Wei, what Hong means is that the imperial army has been repeatedly conquered and urgently needs to rest, so it may not have the strength to support; Moreover, it will take some time to operate for a new debate, and this is not a good time for a conflict to break out between the Han and Wei dynasties. It would be great if I could come up with a way to avoid this battle! ”

As soon as he said this, Jiang Wei's heart moved.

"Compared with the military forces here, Pang Hong has a fierce vision and far-sighted thinking, and can jump out of the dispute between one city and one place, and expand the local contradictions to the entire strategic level...... It seems that in the past few months of training, his way of governing the country has made a lot of progress......"

Wei Rong was a young man with enthusiasm, and muttered to himself: "What is exempt, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the ears!" ”

"Yes, Cao Zhen is not three-headed and six-armed, I'm afraid of what he will do!"

"Just take this opportunity to take Liangzhou away!"

The generals were arrogant, and under the guidance of Wei Rong, you said a word to me, and even began to criticize Pang Hong, and taught Pang Hong to cry and laugh for a while.

Seeing that everyone was in a quarrel, Ma Chao said proudly: "He Cao really dares to come, I, Ma Chao, dare to break into the enemy formation and take his head, why should you panic?" ”

Ma Chao is the first general here, since he said so with confidence, the matter is also conclusive.

Wei Rong, Ke Shisan, and Yadan all exclaimed: "The general is wise! ”

"Everyone, listen to Wei." At this moment, Jiang Wei suddenly spoke.

In the past few months, he has repeatedly schemed, led everyone to win many battles, and his prestige and status have risen, invisibly forming a situation where "orders are given by Ma Chao, and decisions are made by Jiang Wei".

At first glance, when he heard that he was going to speak, the audience suddenly quieted down, and even Ma Chao turned sideways to pay attention.

Jiang Weixian nodded at Pang Hong, and said solemnly: "Actually, what the giant master said is reasonable, my mission this time is to attack the martial capital, and there is really no need to make more enemies and make extraneous branches." But as you have said, the next argument is a city that we have obtained with great difficulty, so how can it be justified to give it up? In this way, before the official order of the imperial court is issued, we should work together wholeheartedly to make the defense and management impregnable. ”

"That's as it should be!" When everyone heard this, they applauded.

Jiang Wei paused, and then said: "As for the matter of defending the city, in Wei's opinion, we must strengthen the fortifications of the city and wait for the enemy; secondly, recruit Yangcheng Yueji and Liu Yinbu to argue below, thinking that it was Austrian aid; Again, our army should torture dozens of defeated Wei troops captured on this trip, and try to find out Cao Zhen's true strength as much as possible, so as to prescribe the right medicine and have a target. ”

After that, he set his sights on Ma Chao.

Seeing that he arranged in an orderly manner, Ma Chao didn't think about it, and immediately said: "This is reasonable, so take this as a plan!" ”

Jiang Wei's spirit was shocked, and he immediately assigned the generals one by one to perform their duties and prepare separately.

Three days later, Zhao Tong, who had been sent to Zhuge Liang to report the military situation, completed his mission, carrying Zhuge Liang's handwritten reply and the latest report from the imperial court.

Zhao Tong was dusty, his eyes were red, and he hugged Wei Rong and choked up.

Jiang Wei seemed to feel something, and hurriedly opened the newspaper to read. In addition to the normal personnel appointments, there is a line of words that stand out and are shocking.

...... On August 16, the 25th year of Jian'an, Huang Zhong, a general of the Han Dynasty, died in Fuzhong......

This veteran, who held a bow and sounded Lingyunwang when he was young, and did not enter the Ming Jun's account until he was over half a hundred years old, finally couldn't survive the time and passed away.

He gently put down the bamboo slip and let out a long sigh.

"There are fewer and fewer old guys."