Chapter 468: Kill the enemy! The truth about Tianshui Warehouse! [Subscribe]

Several rounds of crossbow fire caused the Xianbei army to become scattered and suffer heavy losses.

A layer of red glow appeared on Zhang Fei's dark face, and he tightened the snake spear in his hand.

In the distance, the Xianbei soldiers who were not attacked had quickly dispersed.

At Chi Yunfu's call, they looked for a nearby sand dune as cover.

Zhang Fei thought that after the volley, it would be his turn to lead his troops to fight.

Before the seven rounds of volleys were over, Qu Yi shouted again:
"Everyone, switch to crossbows! Follow me and charge forward!"

The crossbowman placed the foot-operated crossbow on the ground and left a small number of people to guard it.

The rest of the people switched to the smaller Qin crossbows and rushed towards the enemy troops under the sand dunes.

Zhang Fei was stunned.

Can the crossbow troops attack in close combat?

When Qu Yi established the crossbow army more than ten years ago, he was under Yuan Shao's command.

At that time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were fighting.

Qu Yi first ordered his troops to shoot at Gongsun Zan's famous Youzhou cavalry, and then led 800 men to attack, hacking and killing the horses, and stabbing the enemy's throats, hands and feet through the gaps in their armor.

He led 800 elite soldiers and served as the main force in defeating Gongsun Zan's army of 30,000.

Including 10,000 elite cavalry from Youzhou, who were defeated by him, thus making him famous throughout the world.

Qu Yi's crossbow troops have always had strong close combat capabilities.

But this capability is based on selecting the best soldiers and targeted training.

So at that time, only 800 troops could be formed.

Later, Cao Wei had the Qin crossbow.

Its power greatly enhances the close combat capabilities of the crossbow army.

Unlike arrows shot from a bow, the arrows shot from a crossbow are nearly straight and can be fired continuously, making them very suitable for close-range rapid shooting.

The close combat ability of the crossbowman becomes even more powerful after acquiring the Qin crossbow.

In the past two years, Qu Yi has been constantly training the crossbowmen to switch between long-range and close combat, so that the crossbow army no longer needs to rely on cavalry cooperation and can form an independent army.

Now is the time to test the results.

The entire army received the order and charged out, divided into teams of thirty men, coordinating with each other and shooting crossbows at high speed.

As soon as the Xianbei army dodged the long-range shots from the powerful crossbows, the Wei army quickly approached and changed from a covering attack to a precision strike.

The main purpose of long-range shooting is actually to defeat the enemy's morale and formation, making it impossible for the enemy to have a unified command.

Especially against the light cavalry like the Xianbei, who were not fully equipped with armor.

After Qu Yi shot the crossbow, he led his men to attack and annihilate the small group at close range, which had a particularly good effect.

Zhang Fei stared at the crossbow troops rushing out in astonishment: "Fuck."

These big crossbowmen are really good at stealing credit.

At first he thought it was a cooperation between the two sides, you hit from far away, I hit from close, and we shared the credit equally.

Who knew that Qu Yi was a man without martial ethics, and he wanted all the credit, both near and far.

Zhang Fei waved his hand anxiously.

The 5,000 soldiers he brought with him also followed and attacked.

Zhang Fei, holding a snake spear in his hand, leaped and galloped across the sand dunes, heading straight for Chi Yunfu.

battlefield.

The crossbow arrow flew into the air and accurately hit a Xianbei soldier.

His eyes widened instantly, his body stiffened, and he fell to the ground.

The warm blood from the crossbow arrow that pierced his throat flowed down the shaft and seeped into the yellow sand on the ground.

Boom-boom-boom!

As Zhang Fei rushed out, low war drums sounded on the battlefield.

Yellow sand fills the sky.

The two armies clashed, raising a cloud of dust.

Zhang Fei held the snake spear in his hand, like a nimble black bear. After several rises and falls, he approached Chi Yunfu.

"That Xianbei barbarian general, come out and die!"

Zhang Fei's eyes were wide open and his voice was as loud as a bell.

Chi Yunfu strode out from behind a sand dune, holding a spear with a blood-red edge in his hand.

Chi Yunfu was not only a brave Xianbei general, but also Afu Yu's chief disciple.

He had followed Afu Yu for many years and possessed the most powerful military force among the Xianbei army.

Woohoo——

The snake spear in Zhang Fei's hand suddenly spun around his body, just like a black dragon emerging from the sea. His momentum kept rising and he was extremely arrogant!
Chi Yunfu and Zhang Fei faced each other from a distance and sneered:

"Today I will fight you to the death!"

The next moment, the two men rushed towards each other with momentum like a fight between a lion and a tiger.

Zhang Fei thrust out his spear, but before the spear arrived, the ferocious momentum like a violent storm had already pressed down on Chi Yunfu.

Chi Yunfu was not willing to be outdone. During Zhang Fei's violent attack, he accurately identified the location of his spear tip.

when!
The weapons roared.

Chi Yun hid his spear tip and blocked the tip of Zhang Fei's snake spear, interrupting the force of Zhang Fei's spear. It was an amazing skill.

The powerful collision between the two sides caused the sand dunes beneath their feet to collapse in large areas.

"Some tricks!"

Zhang Fei exerted force again, and the snake spear became more and more powerful like an angry dragon rising across the river.

Chi Yunfu also met the attack with his spear, and every move and every style revealed calmness and ruthlessness.

Ding-ding-ding!

Zhang Fei attacked with every move, while Chi Yunfu defended steadily, looking for opportunities to counterattack and lock down Zhang Fei's offensive.

The two sides exchanged several moves.

Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and the snake spear drew an arc in the air. The trajectory was erratic, like the horns of an antelope, or the traces of birds and fish, unpredictable.

The tip of the spear pierced Chi Yunfu's heart.

This attack condensed all of Zhang Fei's strength, and it was so ferocious that Chi Yunfu's ears were filled with a thunderous roar.

That was Zhang Fei's powerful military force, resonating with heaven and earth.

Chi Yunfu dodged sideways with great speed.

He also let out a low howl like a wolf, which was captivating, and he was still confronting Zhang Fei!
On the battlefield not far away, there were flashes of swords and sounds of killing.

"kill!"

Suddenly, Zhang Fei opened his mouth and shouted.

This shout was like thunder in the sky.

Chi Yunfu's low murmur was interrupted and suddenly disappeared.

As his heart palpitated, his movements also stopped for a moment.

Zhang Fei seized the opportunity, shook the tip of his spear, and knocked Chi Yunfu's spear away with one blow, and took the opportunity to stab out with his snake spear.

Clang!
A lightning-like blade light flashed in the void.

Chi Yunfu tried his best, drew the sword from his waist, blocked Zhang Fei's spear, tapped the sand dune with his foot, and retreated like a ghost.

But the Zhangba Snake Spear that Zhang Fei stabbed forward suddenly changed and became longer.

Zhang Fei used a spear to release his hand. With a twist of his wrist, the snake spear spun at high speed, like a poisonous dragon poking its head out. At the moment when the spear was about to release his hand, Zhang Fei pushed the spear handle with his hand.

With a hissing sound, the spear tip moved forward.

when!
Chi Yunfu slashed out with his sword again.

However, Zhang Fei's spear was thrown with great force.

Heavy weapons such as swords and snake spears collided continuously and broke with crisp sounds.

The spear swirled with unstoppable force.

A ray of sharp energy suddenly pierced Chi Yunfu's chest.

He flew backwards, fell to the ground, staggered and took a wrong step.

Chi Yunfu looked down and saw that the spear tip was following him like a shadow and had pierced through the inner armor on his chest.

Zhang Fei took a step forward to catch up, grabbed the snake spear again, and stabbed with all his strength.

Chi Yunfu was no longer able to dodge and swung his arm at the snake spear.

The tip of the spear deviated only slightly and pierced into his chest.

Chi Yunfu was impaled on the tip of Zhang Fei's spear and pierced through the chest.

There was also a trace of blood on Zhang Fei's shoulder.

When Chi Yunfu's sword broke, he used his foot to pick up the remaining soldiers and flew towards Zhang Fei through the air.

In order to seize the opportunity and kill Chi Yunfu, Zhang Fei did not dodge the short blade.

At this time, the winner had been decided. Zhang Fei laughed loudly towards the sky, picked up Chi Yunfu's body with his snake spear, and looked around the battlefield.

There were crossbows shooting like rain on the field, and Cao's army was chasing the Xianbei army.

That night, after chasing and killing Guo Yi and ending the battle, Zhang Fei led his troops westward. On the next morning, he met up with Guan Yu and attacked the Kushan army head-on.

The two armies fought for several days on the border of the Western Region.

……

Tianshui County.

Xi Zhicai walked into the granary after the fire.

Since he began to be in charge of matters such as the grain census, Xi Zhicai has come to realize more and more deeply that grain is the lifeblood of the country.

As long as there is food, the world will be at peace.

How many people can be fed with so much food being burned?
How many people need to work hard to get all this food?

After hearing the news, Xi Zhicai hurried over from another county to check the barn after the fire.

"There are six first-class warehouses in Tianshui. Apart from this one, what happened to the others? How many hu of grain were burned?"

Xi Zhicai came here after hearing the news from another place. It had been many days since the fire.

He had no idea of ​​the details of the loss.

The attaché gave a number.

Xi Zhicai turned around in surprise, quite surprised by the amount of losses.

Much less than expected.

“Before the fire, Zhuge Kongming came with His Majesty’s imperial edict and laid out a strange formation called the Eight Formations.

On the night of the fire, we watched the man running around the barns, but each time he would come back to the same barn and set fire to it in different directions, probably thinking he had set multiple barns on fire.

The attendant said: "Kong Ming said that your majesty meant not to do this. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, the Xianbei will choose to flee and it will be difficult to inflict heavy damage on them.

They lie dormant and are always a potential threat.”

"Only by taking action, luring the snake out of its hole, luring it out and destroying it, can we prevent it from having the foundation to rise again."

Xi Zhicai nodded slightly.

He hasn't been back to Yecheng for some time and doesn't know the specific plans of Cao Cao and others.

But he was clear about the general direction of dealing with the Xianbei.

After Xi Zhicai left Tianshui County, he returned all the way to Yecheng.

He returned to Yecheng in early August.

noon.

Xi Zhicai approached Cao Cao's study, and before he even entered the door, he heard the laughter of Guo Jia and Cao Cao talking.

Xi Zhicai entered the study and said politely, "Your Majesty."

"Without courtesy, I will give you a seat."

Cao Cao sat in the main seat and unbuttoned two buttons on the collar of his imperial robe without paying any attention to his appearance.

Guo Jia sat in the first seat with his back to the window, and Xi Zhicai came and sat down below him.

He looked at Guo Jia, his good patient whom he had known for many years, with some surprise.

I haven't seen Guo Fengxiao for a while. How come his skin is so fair?

"I heard your majesty's laughter before I came in, but the battle on the front line is victorious." Xi Zhicai said.

Cao Cao nodded and said:
"Our army has wiped out the Xianbei troops that attacked the Western Regions. What is particularly gratifying is that we have cleared out most of the wavering forces within the Western Regions."

Xi Zhicai nodded.

Some people from the Western Regions will attach themselves to whoever attacks them.

Getting rid of these people will be more conducive to the stability of the Western Region in the long run.

Cao Cao continued, "The two armies of the Kushan Empire attacked, but were defeated one after another, suffering heavy casualties."

Xi Zhicai: "The Tianshui warehouse was burned. I went to check and found that the damage was under control. I wonder if the Xianbei were fooled?"

Guo Jia took over the conversation: "The arsonist at that time entered the Tianshui Warehouse and his direction was reversed in the Eight Diagrams.

He just set a warehouse on fire without knowing it."

"In order to increase the fire, we added wood ourselves later."

"The Xianbei were worried that it was a trick, but they didn't want to miss the opportunity. So while they were communicating with the Kushans, they also sent another team from the west, trying to secretly approach Hexi to wait and see.

That team was blocked by Ma Mengqi and Pang Lingming yesterday, and was defeated in the north of Hexi."

"Your Majesty and I have just received the message sent back."

Guo Jia briefly described the recent changes.

The smile on Cao Cao's face was the result of the news of wars on all sides, which had been summarized into the defeat of the Xianbei and Kushan.

A Xianbei team tried to approach Hexi at the same time that Xi Zhicai returned to Yecheng.

"So, the current war can come to an end?" Xi Zhicai said.

Guo Jia nodded first, then shook his head:
"Our Great Wei will completely defeat the Xianbei this year. If the war goes smoothly, it will be an unprecedented event. Your Majesty's achievements in expanding the territory are comparable to those of Emperor Wu.

The territory of our Great Wei will also double."

"However, we need to rest for a few days first. We have some arrangements on the northern route that are still being pushed forward."

Cao Cao planned to take a concubine while he was resting.

A few days ago, Dao Zun set out again for Kunlun Ruins.

If Cao Cao could absorb and guide the earth energy of Kunlun Mountain and push the emperor dragon to evolve to the ancestor dragon level, he could take the opportunity to marry a concubine, which would also be a great help to his luck, just like when he married Diao Chan.

study.

A few people were talking when Cheng Yu came in from outside and said:

"Your Majesty, the person has been brought in." He then waved his hand to let the person outside come in.

Xi Zhicai looked at the person who came in, but was stunned.

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