Chapter 42: Miscarriage of Justice
"Kill !!"
With a roar of rage, the armorers began to set up ladders, preparing to storm Lintao.
The archers on the city walls kept fighting back, and arrows flew across the battlefield.
In the past, Shu's armaments have always been indistinguishable from those of Wei, but at this moment, there seems to be a gap in the equipment of the two sides.
Jiang Wei watched the arrows continue to fly towards him, and the armorers fell to the ground screaming, and soon ended this round of siege.
Jiang Wei is tentatively attacking Lintao, in terms of Sima Wang's defensive strength, Jiang Wei wants to tear through the Liangzhou defense line and sweep the entire Liangzhou, but I am afraid it is unrealistic.
However, Jiang Wei still had to put pressure on the other party, so that he could ensure that more Qianghu could escape from Cao Thief's pursuit with peace of mind and go to his place to gather.
So far, Jiang Wei has successfully received more than 10,000 Qianghu troops, which has greatly boosted Jiang Wei's self-confidence.
He felt that if he could hold on for a while longer, he would be able to bring back a large number of elite cavalry to Shu.
Just when Jiang Wei was still trying to pull and recruit miscellaneous beards, the scout suddenly brought a shocking bad news.
The main forces of the enemy appeared behind them and were marching towards the middle of the city.
At this moment, Jiang Wei was completely stunned.
He asked puzzledly: "How could General Hu stay on the road, how could he let the main force of Wei pass by them quietly?" ”
Jiang Wei left Hu Ji to guard near Shangqi in order to keep an eye on Cao Wei's reinforcements, fearing that they would cut his back road.
Therefore, when he learned that the Wei army was attacking towards Yuzhong, Jiang Wei's face was full of disbelief.
What is Huzi doing?
Can't he even do such a simple thing?
At this moment, Jiang Wei was extremely angry, obviously things were developing in such a smooth direction, why did there be such a fork?
Why does even Hu Ji have to drag himself back?!
Jiang Wei was now the commander of the army, and he did not show his anger in front of the generals, he first sent someone to inquire about the situation on Hu Ji's side, and then began to prepare to counterattack the army that went to the middle of the army.
Yuzhong is the key springboard for Shu to go to Liangzhou, and it must not be lost here.
If the Wei people occupy this place, then the Shu Kingdom will become more passive.
What's more, the enemy can directly cut off Jiang Wei's grain passage from here.
Jiang Wei already sensed the threat.
However, Jiang Wei was not very afraid.
He now has a lot of cavalry in his army, and he is ready to use the mobility of cavalry to pursue those Wei troops and take the opportunity to expand his victory.
What Jiang Wei didn't know was that the army in this attack was not a small-scale army, but an elite led by Deng Ai himself, with more than 30,000 people.
Moreover, as early as when Jiang Wei sent troops, Deng Ai was already prepared.
Deng Ai loves to take risks, likes to appear in places that others don't expect, and predicts the trajectory of the enemy to make a strategy.
When Deng Ai hurried at full speed and came here, there were only more than 1,000 people in the defensive force, and these people were not Deng Ai's opponents at all, but they were all wiped out in one face.
And Deng Ai began to occupy the surrounding favorable terrain.
When Jiang Wei's cavalry came back to help, Jiang Wei suddenly found that this place had been lost, and Jiang Wei could only attack with a large army, but Deng Ai had become a favorable defender at this moment, and he was not in a hurry, so he relied on the local terrain and began to fight with Jiang Wei.
At this time, an even more shocking bad news came to Jiang Wei, and Hu Ji sent someone to inform him.
The enemy's main force did not go to Yuzhong, but directly went to attack Wudu County, which was already attacking Wujie, and Hu Ji could only lead the army to the rescue.
When Jiang Wei heard the news, the other party's strategic plan quickly appeared in his mind.
Jiang Wei believes that the enemy wants to block them in the northwest corner, close the door and beat the dogs.
Jiang Wei did not go to reinforcements, but continued to fight Deng Ai, trying to fight for control of the central region.
Deng Ai was not afraid of Jiang Wei at all, the two sides had several battles in the middle of the battle, Jiang Wei was not Deng Ai's opponent, those Qiang horses could only play a role when it was advantageous, and when it was weak, they would want to flee more.
Jiang Wei thought that Deng Ai wanted to annihilate himself, and he thought that the army attacking Wudu was to pull away Hu Ji and cut off his own back road, they were not the main force at all, probably only more than 10,000 people.
It's a pity that when Jiang Wei and Deng Ai were fighting, Zhuge Xu and Pang Hui led the army to launch a fierce attack on Wudu County, and Hu Ji was defeated and retreated, frantically asking Jiang Wei for help.
Hu Ji didn't wait for any reinforcements, but waited for someone else's letter for help.
Jiang Wei asked him to repel the deviant master in front of him as soon as possible and help him recover the middle of the mountain.
And Fu Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, also hurriedly sent scouts at this moment.
Yangpingguan suffered the main force of the enemy!! Absolute workhorse!! I would like support!!
At this moment, Hu Ji was almost about to scold the street.
Jiang Wei said that he met the main force, and you also met the main force?
What did Nai Gong encounter??
A total of 40,000 people?!
The communication between the three parties was not clear, Jiang Wei couldn't take Yuzhong for a long time, and at this moment he finally realized that something was wrong, and after Hu Ji sent someone for help again and informed Hanzhong of the situation, Jiang Wei suddenly sobered up.
Only then did he realize that the enemy's purpose did not seem to be his own.
They want to destroy my big man!!
Jiang Wei immediately changed his countermeasures, he left the middle to Deng Ai, and then led the army to the direction of Wujie for reinforcements.
Deng Ai actually watched Jiang Wei leave from here with peace of mind and did not pursue.
Just after Jiang Wei left the city, Deng Ai immediately gathered the army and rushed directly to the bridgehead.
This is the path to the Sword Pavilion.
Jiang Wei could only divide his troops and go to Yinping with elite cavalry, trying to intercept Deng Ai's army halfway.
And by this time, Hu Ji couldn't bear it anymore.
Wujie was breached, and Hu Ji retreated to Yang'an Pass.
For a time, the entire Hanzhong defense line was in jeopardy.
Chen Qian was also leading a large army at this moment, and was storming Yangping Pass, and Fu Tong, the governor of Hanzhong, immediately gathered the army and went to reinforcements, vowing to block the enemy outside the pass.
However, Chen Qian's command was the most elite Chinese army, and Fu Yan's army here was extremely limited, and it was extremely difficult for him to hold on under the onslaught of the enemy.
But the army of Wei, except for Deng Ai's department, the rest of the troops were not very anxious, including Chen Qian, he was not in a hurry at all.
They came prepared this time.
It was in this situation that Cao Chao led the army to officially arrive in Chang'an.
Cao Chao lived in a temporary palace in Chang'an, and many ministers and generals immediately began to intervene in this military operation.
Cao Chao ordered the general Zhong Hui to lead three battalions of the Chinese army to Hanzhong to help in the battle.
At the same time, Zhuge was appointed commander and put him in charge of the battle.
Cao Chao himself sat in Chang'an and supervised the battle situation on the front line.
The news of Cao Chao's arrival quickly spread to Cao Wei's army, and at this moment, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army seemed to have increased by several grades!
"Kill!!"
Fu Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, roared angrily, kicked down the armor soldier who had climbed the city, threw away the spear in his hand, and took the life of another armor soldier.
He led the army to defend Yangping Pass, where he blocked the attack of Cao Wei's army.
Chen Qian was not in a hurry, and kept attrition and attack.
Fu Yan was already extremely tired at the moment, and he had not rested for three days and three nights.
His army suffered so many casualties that he had to go into battle to kill the enemy himself.
When the commanders of an army begin to kill people with knives, then the army has come to an end.
The enemy is still charging continuously, as if it will never stop.
Fu Yan couldn't even hold a spear anymore.
"General!! It can't go on like this! ”
A fierce general with a thick beard stood in front of Fu Yan.
This man seemed to be much older than Fu Yan, he frowned, his face was full of determination, he said: "General, the number of enemies is too much, they have divided their army into multiple batches, and they take turns to attack the city, and we have no army that can be rotated, and if this continues, the city will soon be breached!" ”
Fu Yan took a deep breath, "As long as we hold out for a few more days, the reinforcements of the Great General and the Hussar General will come without worrying, the checkpoint is majestic, the enemy has not attacked with all his strength, and they are not willing to pay too much price." ”
"Keep holding on, our reinforcements will be coming soon."
Hearing this, the fierce general spoke: "General, with this intensity, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on any longer, I think that now that the other side is bent on attacking, if we can organize elite cavalry, while we still have physical strength, take the opportunity to attack their camp, we will definitely be able to win a huge victory, and they will not dare to attack easily." ”
Fu Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head, "We were ordered to defend the city, and we can only protect the city to make meritorious contributions, and go to war against the order. ”
This fierce general was very persistent, he said: "The general has made contributions to the preservation of the city!" But I want to fight to defeat the enemy! Let's do our part! ”
He raised his head and said fiercely: "I, Jiang Shu, am definitely not a cowardly person, I am willing to fight to the death for the country this time, even if I fail to come back, I will definitely let these thieves know the stakes, so that they will not dare to attack the city so unscrupulously!" ”
Hearing these words, Fu Yan seemed to be moved, and he looked at the general in front of him with respect.
"Okay, then it's up to the general!!"
Jiang Shu immediately gathered his cronies, led half of the army, had a full meal, and then when the enemy was about to change the siege team, he led his people to rush out.
When this Shu army charged in his direction, Chen Qian was surprised.
He didn't expect that in this case, the generals of Shu would still be able to attack!
What a warrior!
Just as he was about to engage in battle, Jiang Shu suddenly reined in his horse.
"General!! I will surrender!! I am willing to surrender!! ”