To the north of Cangsong County, Sima Yi in the Wei army camp also received the latest information.

"What do you say? Zhuge Liang led the troops directly in Pingyang Hill? Hearing the report of the scouts on the front line, Sima Yi was surprised and delighted for a while.

Pingyang Hill is to the west of the Wei army, and it is the only way for the Western Regions coalition forces to come and converge. Zhuge Liang directly stationed troops here, which directly put himself in a situation of being attacked from both sides!

Seeing that the opponent was so supportive, even Sima Yi couldn't help but be moved.

From any point of view, this is an extremely perfect fighter!

Although the scout also brought back a piece of information, that Ma Jian also arrived at the Shu army camp. However, Sima Yi didn't care about this, but the support of three thousand cavalry and one general did not have much impact.

The total strength of the Wei army at this time was more than 45,000 people, and they were basically the elite of Sima Yi's four-year training in Liangzhou. The Western Regions Alliance Army has 30,000 soldiers, and they are all elites who are personally guided and trained by Sima Yi.

Sima Yi has been working hard in the Western Regions since he was the governor of Liangzhou.

In the early years of Cao Wei, he had always been a "non-active, non-refusal, and irresponsible attitude" towards the Western Regions. For a long time, Cao Wei basically did not manage much of the Western Regions.

However, after Sima Yi took office in Liangzhou, he quickly rectified the Western Regions. Relying on the majesty of Cao Wei and the deterrence of the army of the Liangzhou Military Region, he asked the Western Regions to send money and troops to deal with the Shu army together.

In a few years, Sima Yi passed through more than 30,000 troops of the Western Regions Alliance in Dunhuang. This is the real reliance on him who dares to be close to Zhuge Liang and watch the Shu army.

At this moment, the Shu army counted the 3,000 cavalry brought by Ma Tan, and it was a little more than 30,000 at most. At this moment, Sima Yi's total strength has reached more than 70,000, and the advantage is already very obvious.

Wyvern riding face, can I still lose?

"Zhuge Villageman is so trusted, he will definitely pay the price!" Sima Yi smiled coldly, and quickly sent someone to call all the generals and convey his next order.

In a word, attack!

When the officers and men of the Wei army, who had already been holding back for a long time, received the order to attack, they were all awe-inspiring and their morale was high. The generals were also smiling, and they all shouted and changed their weapons and prepared to go into battle to give those Shu troops a little color.

Sima Yi has always been good at adapting measures to local conditions and controlling the rhythm in his own hands.

At first, he didn't dare to fight against Zhuge Liang, first, the morale of the Shu army was high, and he came prepared at first glance. And his own reinforcements have not yet arrived, and Jincheng has been newly defeated, and the sharp spirit has not yet gathered, Sima Yi can only hold back.

With more than a month of close pressing, the anger value of the Wei army has reached its peak. Moreover, when the reinforcements arrived, the Shu army jumped into the encirclement by itself, and Sima Yi had no reason to continue waiting.

The Battle of Pingyangqiu, which was related to the ownership of Liangzhou and even the entire northwest, officially broke out.

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"Prime Minister! This isn't the right place for a blockade battle. ”

The 34,000 Shu army had arrived at the front line of Pingyang Hill and, under the command of Zhuge Liang, began to set up a military formation and wait for the Wei army to come to the door.

However, in Ma Yan's view, this is obviously not a suitable place to block the attack.

Although this area is hilly, the terrain is not steep, and the counteract of the cavalry impact is not obvious. Moreover, the Shu army needs to meet the enemy on both sides, and the situation is not very good.

"Okay, there is enough terrain for such a piece of land, and Sima Yi won't dare to come to the door if it's a little steeper." Zhuge Liang shook his head lightly and said unhurriedly.

"Young Chang, I will give you 5,000 infantry, Yao Hu, Jiang Wei, Shu Ji and other generals will all be handed over to you. Can you stop the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions here, and lead the soldiers from the west not to advance an inch? ”

"No problem, Prime Minister!" Without saying a word, Ma Yan took the order.

"Good! Hold on with peace of mind, and wait for me to break the Wei army head-on. Zhuge Liang nodded, and with a feather fan, he let the soldier push his four-wheeled cart towards the front.

Zhuge Liang gave his back to Ma Jian so relieved, and asked him to resist the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions who were three times his size.

"General! We're finally fighting together again! Not long after Zhuge Liang left, Ma Tan's former subordinates, Shu Ji, Yao Hu, Jiang Wei and others all came to Ma Jian and saluted the old leader.

Zhuge Liang allocated three people to Ma Yan, the raiding general Shu Ji, the breaking general Jiang Wei, and the Tunlong general Yao Hu. They are all Ma Tan's old subordinates who used to be in Longyou, and they have all become miscellaneous generals after following Ma Tan to accumulate military merits for so long.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Ma Tan seemed to have returned to the time when he was in the street pavilion in the past.

Well...... That's how it feels.

"It's been a long time since I've fought with you, and today I'm going to break the enemy with you!" Ma Tan smiled, helped the three of them up, and then began to deploy the troops and horses.

However, when deploying the army, Ma Jian found a problem.

What this war horse needs is not simply to break the enemy, but to block the enemy from the west. In other words, Ma Jian can't simply charge the cavalry from the side and crush the enemy, he needs to defend frontally.

But Jiang Wei and Shu Ji are both generals who are good at leading cavalry impacts, and they are not good at defense. Although Yao Hu has learned the art of war, he cannot take on this heavy responsibility.

In the end, Ma Jian looked at it for a long time, and could only go up by himself.

"Jiang Wei!"

"In!" Jiang Wei quickly replied.

"I will give you 2,000 cavalry, detour from the left flank, and assault the flank of the Western Regions Alliance!"

"Yui!" Jiang Wei immediately answered.

"Shuji!"

"So-and-so!"

"You lead two thousand cavalry, break through from the right flank, and give Jiang Wei to attack the enemy's flank!"

"Yui!"

"Yao Hu, you follow me to lead five thousand troops to meet the enemy head-on, and find a way to block the frontal impact of the enemy!" Ma Jian finally looked at Yao Hu and said solemnly.

"Yui!"

Because the stakes are so important in this battle, Ma Jian didn't dare to shake his wit. Directly in accordance with the art of war, the strategy of matching and winning by surprise opened the battle.

With Zhenghe, it is the 5,000 infantry led by Ma Yan, which is the regular soldier, and meets the enemy head-on. The surprise victory is to use the cavalry on both sides as a reserve, and rush out of the harvest game from both sides at the moment when the main army is engaged with the enemy.

This is one of the few frontal infantry defenses in accordance with the rules and regulations of the army, and it is indeed difficult for him.

After the battle began, Ma Jian personally came to the front of the battle in full armor and armed with weapons. Five thousand Shu soldiers relied on the mountain to spread out the military formation, and waited for the battle.

The Western Regions Alliance Army had also received Sima Yi's order at this moment to break through to the Shu army camp from the west. 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Western Regions came from the Great Road to kill Ben, and appeared in front of the Shu army all over the mountains.

"It's the first time in so many years that I've encountered an enemy with frontal infantry! I don't know if this thing is dangerous...... If it's dangerous, I'm a good defender. Ma Tan looked at the Western Regions Alliance Army that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help muttering with emotion.

(End of chapter)