Chapter Twenty-Seven: Zhang Liao's Advice
"Since the 'gust of wind' is here, let's stay!"
At this time, a long laugh came, and suddenly I saw a team of nearly 100 people and horses pouring out of various houses, rushing straight behind them, and it was Wei Tao who was the first.
"Zhao Xianglao has done a good job, after this time, he will definitely be rewarded!"
"Bastard!"
Hearing Wei Tao's call, the three masters did not hesitate at all, shouted, and directly drew their knives and slashed at Zhao Yi beside them.
That Zhao Yi is just a civilian, and he can't react to such a change, and he was directly cut into two pieces with a knife.
"Turn to the enemy! Quickly turn to meet the enemy! ”
After killing Zhao Yi with one sword, the three masters immediately shouted orders desperately.
I can't help but be in a hurry with these three masters.
You must know that the biggest threat to the cavalry is that it is unstoppable in running, and once it stops, then the power of the cavalry will be reduced by at least half.
Therefore, once it comes to siege warfare, it is often necessary to rely on infantry.
Now everyone is crowded here, attacked from the rear, and there is not enough distance for the cavalry to start sprinting, then they are just lambs to the slaughter.
It's a pity, although the three masters have already been decided, but you must know that this is Mayi City.
Ma Yi City is not big, it is blocked by many horse riders, and there is not much space, where is it so easy to turn the horse's head and turn around to meet the enemy?
At this time, Wei Tao smiled coldly, and the hand he had just raised suddenly waved.
Suddenly, I saw a cold light shooting from high speed, and the target was the three masters who were commanding many horse bandits!
"Whew!"
"Ah......h
The three masters were also careless, they despised Wei Tao at the beginning, and they didn't expect that someone would still set up a secret arrow, and they were immediately pierced through the throat by an arrow!
If you look closely, isn't this the same arrow they sent not long ago?
"Kill yourself!"
Wei Tao couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart, if it weren't for the other party giving him a good bow and arrow, I am afraid that he would not be able to shoot the leader in one fell swoop.
"Kill!"
With a loud shout, the gun is like a dragon, and in one fell swoop, it is to pierce a horse bandit.
"Kill!"
Seeing Wei Tao taking the lead, the sergeants also shouted violently and attacked and killed one after another.
Originally, all the horse bandits were just crowded together, and the rotation remained unchanged, and the leading three masters were easily shot and killed on the spot, and there was no one to host, and suddenly all the horse bandits were in a mess.
was attacked and killed by Wei Tao in a row, and all the horse bandits were panicked all of a sudden.
"Those who dismount and surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who dismount and surrender will not be killed! Those who dismount and surrender will not be killed! ”
At this time, Wei Tao drank suddenly, although they were all horse bandits, but Wei Tao did not mean to exterminate them all.
This time, there were also 200 horse bandits attacking Mayi, and once they really fought hard, Wei Tao would also suffer heavy losses.
At this time, it was to see that Wei Tao's 'capture the thief and capture the king first' was powerful, if it weren't for the three masters led by the other party who were directly shot, the other party would not have panicked so far.
Under such a panic, hearing Wei Tao's words, many horse bandits really dismounted and surrendered.
Although there are also some fierce people who not only do not surrender, but desperately stop and kill, but Wei Tao's strength is not weak, and the spear in his hand is continuous, and he will be cut off the horse in an instant, and soon all the horse bandits will not dare to resist.
As soon as the weapon was removed, even the horse bandits were greatly reduced, and at this time Zhang Liao came from a distance.
This was Wei Tao who ordered Zhang Liao to hold the bow and secretly look for an opportunity to shoot his leader.
"Wen Yuan, the matter here is left to you, first of all, these people will be detained separately, and then let people take care of all the horses."
Wei Tao immediately ordered to go down.
"No."
I have to say that this time is indeed thrilling, and at this time Wei Tao has the opportunity to examine his own situation.
Although the horse bandits were caught off guard, after some inspection, it was also found that more than ten people were killed, and half of the remaining people were injured, and at least five or six of them could not go to the battlefield again.
This time, it is about a quarter of the strength in Wei Tao's hands.
But in the same way, there were more than 200 horse bandits attacking, and Wei Tao captured more than 150 people this time, which can be regarded as defeating the strong with the weak.
"Young master, the horse bandits were hit hard by us this time, I'm afraid they won't give up, if the horse bandits make a comeback, I'm afraid they won't be able to resist at all in Mayi, a place where there is no danger to defend."
At this time, Wang He looked at no one on the left and right, and persuaded Wei Tao again.
"With the ferocious nature of the horse bandits, I am afraid that it is not surprising that the entire city of Ma Yi will be slaughtered, and there is no way to calculate the next decision."
"Uncle Wang wants me to quit Mayi?"
Wei Tao didn't say anything embarrassing to Wang He about this, or what he thought about Wang He.
He knew that Wang He was doing this for his own good.
In fact, Wang He has never been very favorable for Wei Tao to go to Mayi, such a frontier place is too dangerous, and Wei Tao does not have to take such a risk even if he wants to enter the city.
At the same time, Wei Tao also understands that this time it is actually just luck.
If it weren't for Zhang Liao's ability to be extraordinary, one arrow would have killed the other party's three masters, and these horse bandits were not trained on weekdays, and it would have been chaotic.
Otherwise, according to Wei Tao's approach, even if he can win, I am afraid that the end will be a miserable victory.
So Wei Tao was also silent for a while.
At this time, Zhang Liao just stepped in, and there was still a little irrepressible joy on his face.
"Wen Yuan, but what's the good thing?"
"This time it's really an adult, this horse bandit's 'gust of wind' is indeed preparing to deal with General Gao Shun, so this time the soldiers are divided into two ways, one is to destroy us, and the other is to ambush General Gao."
Zhang Liao apparently got the information from the captured horse bandits.
"According to their plan, they are to intimidate us, let us ask General Gao for help, and then send someone to destroy us, and then pretend to be our army, suddenly join when the two armies are fighting, and directly attack the state army, so as to make General Gao's troops chaotic and win in one fell swoop."
"This is a good plan, could it be that the guy who was shot by Wen Yuan with an arrow did it?"
Wei Tao nodded, although this plan was simple, even if Gao Shun was prepared, the sudden addition of such an unknown force of friend or foe in the battle between the two armies was enough to make Gao Shun's army chaotic.
"That's not it, that guy is the third master of 'A Gust of Wind', but he has some wisdom. In addition, it is said that there is also a second-in-command among the bandits, but he is a brave and unscrupulous person. ”
Zhang Liao obviously knew a lot of things from those captives.
"This must have been the work of the leader of the 'gust of wind', and apparently the leader is not an ordinary person."
"Wen Yuan has a plan?"
Wei Tao smiled at this time, and he could feel that Zhang Liao seemed a little relaxed at this time.
"Not bad. I have already heard what I said, and the leader of the 'gust of wind' has led people to ambush General Gao in an ambush at Yanmen Pass, some distance away from Mayi. That 'gust of wind' probably didn't expect us to be able to wipe out this group of people so easily, if we directly raided their cottage at this time, we would definitely be very successful." ”
Hearing Wei Tao's inquiry, Zhang Liao's color was correct, and he said seriously.
"Horse bandits have always been just horse bandits, a rabble. Once the back road is taken, it must be panicked and want to recapture the cottage. At that time, as long as we communicate with General Gao Shun in time and attack from inside and outside, we will definitely be able to go to Mayi! ”
Wei Tao nodded, it was true.
"But now we don't have many troops in our hands, not to mention how many people are defending the cottage, can we take it, even if we take it, how can we defend it?"
At this time, Wang He spoke.
Although Wang He's energy is not weak and prime, he is already over half a hundred years old after all, and he has a little more mentality of seeking stability.
"I also asked about this, in fact, the 'gust of wind' horse bandits said that there were more than 1,000 people, but in fact there were more than that, there should be about 3,000 people, except for 1,000 horse bandits, the rest should be some old and weak women and children."
At this moment, Zhang Liao said again, but Wei Tao and Wang He were not surprised by this.
"According to my estimate, in addition to the two hundred people on our way, if we want the other side General Gao Shun, even if it is an ambush, I am afraid that we will have to bring six or seven hundred people, so that if we calculate it, there are only one or two hundred people left in the camp at most, if we pretend to be horse bandits and attack them unprepared, it can be done."
"But the forces in our hands are insufficient."
Although Wang He has a bit of a mentality of seeking stability and peace, he is still a courageous person, otherwise he would not be willing to follow Wei Tao here.
"Wen Yuan wants to subdue those horse bandits?"
Without waiting for Zhang Liao to speak, Wei Tao already understood what he meant, in fact, the reason why he surrendered those horse bandits was not only that he didn't want to have more damage, but Wei Tao didn't necessarily have such thoughts.
"Even if you don't ask those bandits to be loyal immediately, it is too much to let them attack and kill the cottage immediately."
"Your Excellency doesn't know that those people are bandits. For bandits, they are very murderous bandits to their own people. Whether they are captured or killed, everything that belongs to them will be divided by the rest of them. ”
Zhang Liao shook his head slightly.
"So if you don't get captured, that's fine. Even if they were rescued now, it would be impossible for the more than 100 people to keep their wealth, or even be killed directly. This is the 'rule' of the bandits. ”
Wei Tao moved slightly, and immediately understood what Zhang Liao meant.
"It means that if they succeed, and I am willing to forgive their sins, and promise to divide them, I must be able to make them do their best, right?"
"I'm sure they're going to be willing to go all out against the bandits."
Zhang Liao's color was correct, and he said seriously.
"At least I can tell that at least most of the people are in this mind, and as for that small number of people, it can be used as a warning and deterrent, and the combination of grace and power should be able to control these bandits."