Jiang Wei laughed coldly: "I am General Fengyi of Han, Jiang Wei." I see that you have an extraordinary bearing, general, what position do you hold in Cao Ying? ”

Sun Li's eyes flashed, and he clenched his fists and said: "My name is Sun Li, and I am a small school ear under General Zhang He's account, and I am not a person." Jiang Wei was shocked when he heard this, this person turned out to be Sun Li. Jiang Wei had been in the Wei officialdom for eight years, and had heard a lot about Sun Li's deeds, and this person was known as the political star of the Great Wei, who held the important position of Sili Lieutenant for several years, and had prestige in the seven counties and five states he governed. is the best candidate for the next Sikong.

After thinking about it again, Jiang Weicai said: "It turned out to be Sun Deda, and he was disappointed." But why did the best friend of the Son of Heaven go to danger in person and come to this northwest wasteland to ask for military merits? ”

Sun Li sneered, and his contempt was undoubtedly revealed: "I can't get used to the boring and bad rules of the Great Wei officialdom, I hope that my achievements can match my status, but I don't want to be pointed at the backbone." However, you, Jiang Boyo, betrayed the country to seek glory, and thought that there was no hope of promotion, so he declared himself a vassal to the Shu thief. Such a despicable villain, dare to shamelessly question me in front of the two armies? ”

After Sun Li's words, the five thousand wolf riders behind him suddenly burst into bursts of roars, and Shanhu responded: "Shameless villain, shameless villain~~" immediately drove the mount under his crotch to slowly press towards the Shu army formation with neat steps, and the cold murderous aura filled the entire valley. When the two armies were about 100 paces apart, a riot suddenly broke out among the Qiang iron cavalry, and the whole army involuntarily retreated. Yang Lan stepped forward and gently tugged at the corner of Jiang Wei's clothes, and whispered: "The situation is very bad, the Qiang people are shaking badly now, and if they don't retreat, they will be defeated miserably." ”

Jiang Wei immediately made a decision, and the powerful bow in his hand was full, only to see a sharp arrow whistling past, shooting the Wei army flag. When the soldiers of the Wei army saw that the military flag was broken, their faces showed a hint of panic. Sun Li frowned, he never thought that Jiang Wei would have such divine power. Jiang Wei took advantage of the slight suppression of the Wei army's morale and shouted: "Brothers, rush out, kill back to the street pavilion first and then make plans." ”

These Qiang iron horsemen woke up like a dream, and followed Jiang Wei closely behind him to open a hole in the tight military formation of the Wei army.

"Drink" Jiang Wei shook it hard, and cut off a Wei soldier who was blocking in front of him with a shield and a palm, and the Wei soldier still slashed Jiang Wei's left shoulder extremely fiercely. At the critical moment, Jiang Wei's left hand stepped out lightly and blocked this fatal blow. Suddenly, two wolf riders holding steel knives were killed from the oblique stab, and the cold blades were like poisonous snakes attached to Jiang Wei's left and right breastplates, and the sharp blades cut several deep marks on the chain armor, and the expressions on the faces of the two Wei soldiers were extremely distorted, and their eyes flashed with crazy flames, no different from the devil.

Jiang Wei couldn't react, so he had to withdraw and dismount and dance among the galloping horses. The cold wind shouted, and dozens of cold steel knives had converged into a dense death forest, pressing towards Jiang Wei. At the critical moment, Yang Lan guarded the three pieces of the iron tire bow and killed those wolf riders one by one. Jiang Wei snatched a war horse and sat on it, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, you must not fall in love with war, and retreat as quickly as I want." ”

Under the leadership of Jiang Wei, the Qiang iron cavalry fled in a hurry, leaving nearly a thousand corpses behind, before escaping from the pursuit of the Wei army and fleeing back to the camp in embarrassment.

After Jiang Wei returned to the camp, he immediately counted the soldiers and horses, and the two armies fought for less than an hour, and 2,000 Qiang soldiers were killed, and according to Jiang Wei's rough calculation, the Wei army may have lost less than 1,000 people. The combat power of the wolf rider in the state is far beyond his imagination.

After this battle, he also understood why Zhuge Liang's six unsuccessful expeditions to Qishan in history, the national strength of Shu was weak, and the recruits were sent to the battlefield after hastily training after being recruited from the mainland, while the new army of Wei would be sent to Saibei and other races to practice after training. For the Wei army, Saibei was a training ground for new recruits to be reborn after a bloody bath. This allowed the Wei soldiers to gather a strong combat power when they were put into the battlefield in the early days.

In contrast, Shu is much more passive. In the end, the victory cannot be a big victory, and the defeat is a complete defeat.

Yang Lan saw Jiang Wei sitting by the fire in a daze, the firelight kept flashing in his empty eyes, and the shadows danced on his handsome cheeks. The heart of pity paused, and he asked with a smile: "Stinky boy, was you stupid by Sun Li?" ”

Jiang Wei shook his head and said, "Definitely, the stronger the enemy, the more valuable it is to defeat him." It's just that if you want to defeat Sun Li in a short period of time with the existing combat power at hand, it is really difficult to climb to the sky. If Sun Li is allowed to confront our army. Within three days, Guo Huai's army would be able to rush back to Jieting, and the consequences would be unimaginable. "Guo Huai is not inferior to himself in military strategy, and he knows the northwest terrain well, so he can't get any bargains in his hands.

Yang Lan crossed her waist and said: "Ten years ago, when my mother was not the king of mercenaries, I saw that the red-eyed enemy ran faster than the rabbit on the grassland. The implication is to persuade Jiang Wei to evacuate the street pavilion.

Jiang Wei sighed and said with a wry smile: "You think about the problem simply, I am not a free mercenary. It is difficult to escape the blame for the loss of the street pavilion, this mad dog will definitely bite indiscriminately, and Wang Ping and I are the targets of his revenge. Therefore, Deng Xian's head alone can't keep my future. ”

Depressed, Jiang Wei picked up a handful of soil and sprinkled it on the fire, and something unexpected happened, not only was the flame not extinguished, but became brighter and brighter. Jiang Wei rubbed his eyes, grabbed a handful of soil and spread out his palm, and looked at it fixedly. Suddenly, a bold idea came to him.

This is dirt, clearly charcoal, I can't imagine that the northern part of the country is full of charcoal powder. Jiang Wei ordered the Qiang warriors to collect charcoal powder overnight and spread it under the lonely mountain, facing the Wei army camp. The Qiang people lost the battle, and they were naturally in a bad mood, and they ignored Jiang Wei's orders, and their resentment turned into complaints.

Jiang Wei was not afraid of Cheriji's rebellion, so he beheaded a few people who took the lead in causing the riot in public, and temporarily suppressed these stubborn Qiang people.

"There is no distinction between respect and inferiority among these Qiang people, and only the strong are respected in the grassland." Yang Lan reminded.

"They won't survive tonight," Jiang Wei said softly.

"You're so vicious, maybe one day I'll be cheated by you." Yang Lan turned around and left.

The moonlight is vast and the west wind is cold, Jiang Wei said in a deep voice: "Order, light the fire." “

Cherrigi also shouted loudly: "The general has an order, light the fire." ”

Jiang Wei's military order quickly spread throughout the army, and the Qiang soldiers spread the prepared hay and dry branches on the ground, and poured some mutton fat and butter. Then pour a large amount of powdered black soil. Jiang Wei personally threw the torch into the haystack, and immediately covered his face with a layer of gauze stained with water.

The Qiang soldiers also concocted a layer of gauze in the same way, but it was not wet.

Suddenly, a raging fire erupted on the haystack, and spread rapidly forward along the dry grass branches soaked in mutton fat, and the black powder disappeared in the fire in an instant, replaced by billowing smoke sweeping towards the Wei army's Dazhai.

Charcoal powder is not easy to burn, but once ignited, the fire is difficult to extinguish, and the waste after burning contains a large amount of carbon monoxide, this poisonous gas is colorless and tasteless, ordinary people feel dizzy after a few puffs, and eventually suffocate people.

In winter, the whole land of China blows westerly winds, the Shu army is on the high slope of the west, and the Wei army camp is stationed in the eastern lowland. The wind fueled the fire, quickly blowing the poisonous smoke towards the Wei army camp. The sudden smoke completely disrupted the formation of the wolf riders in the state, and they had never seen such a battle before.

The former scouts who patrolled the valley were the most unlucky, they had no power to resist but watched the smoke roll in, and soon they fell into the fog and could not get up again.

The guard in front of the gate suddenly reacted, hurriedly shook the alarm bell, and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack, there is enemy attack." ”

The sleeping Wei soldiers barely got up, put on their battle uniforms, and opened the big tent to find out. Billowing smoke had filled the entire barracks, and there was no finger visible in the grayness, let alone the distinction between the southeast and the northwest.

Late at night, Sun Li was still asleep, and he was still studying military books in the tent. So when the bell rang, he was the first to take up his sword and rush out of the camp, and to his strange feeling was that the whole valley was filled with smoke, but in the smoke there was neither the shouts of soldiers charging nor the sound of bugles. There was clearly no Shu army, just a puff of smoke drifting by.

Sun Li also didn't understand, if Jiang Wei used fire, then why did he set fire to the entire valley?

It's a pity that he didn't have time to think about these questions. Sun Li felt that his eyes were sore and swollen, his beard was covered with tears, and he felt a little out of breath, and his steps were a little shaky and floating.

Damn, it turned out to be wolf smoke and poisonous gas. Sun Li immediately shouted: "All the army pay attention, this is the enemy's poison gas attack, hurry to the river." Ahem......"

However, Sun Li's reaction was a step slower after all, because these Wei soldiers had lost their way in the thick smoke, how could they run to the river?

Under the gray-black smoke, the whole Wei army camp was coughing, and some soldiers with slightly weaker constitutions already felt weak in their legs and feet, and they only gasped on the ground. Unbeknownst to him, the faster he breathed, the closer he was to death. Most of the soldiers who were still sane and clear-minded hurriedly pulled a rag and plugged it on their noses to prevent the poisonous gas from continuing to penetrate in large quantities.

However, after all, it is to quench their thirst, and if they can't find a water source in a short time, they will instinctively only speed up their exercise and cause more need for oxygen.

Jiang Wei didn't see the wolf ride out of the fog for a long time, and he didn't hear the slightest restlessness. His heart suddenly settled down a lot, and it seemed that these elites of the Wei army were finally buried in the poisonous gas, but he was not happy at all. Attacking the enemy with poison gas is not a long-term solution after all.

The success of the strategy was accompanied by many fluke factors.

How to create a division of a hundred battles like the wolf cavalry in Bingzhou is a problem that the Shu army will eventually solve on the road of the Northern Expedition.

Jiang Wei saw that the smoke had dissipated, so he pulled out his green steel sword and pointed ahead, and said impassionedly: "The whole army charges, and captures Sun Li's lieutenant alive." ”