Ma Yan said angrily, "It is precisely because there are not many Cao thieves from Fansu Road that I am determined to save them." Cao thief did not hesitate to take the trail over Longshan Mountain, which proves that he has reached the last moment. ”

"Now that the Cao thief has reached the point where he has to take risks, if I can fight with General Li in Luoyang City inside and outside and defeat his troops, then the overall situation of Longyou will be decided."

"You let me stay here tightly, but I am afraid of death, not my husband."

Seeing that he was so persuasive, Ma Yan couldn't listen to it, so Liu Yin had to ask again, "Then what if there are more Cao thieves from the south?" ”

Ma Jian waited for Liu Yin's words, and immediately grabbed his words, "There is General Wu in the south, how dare Cao Thief do this?" But if you say so, then I will send two thousand men with you, and I will keep it here. ”

"Guangwei and the Cao thief in Guanzhong are separated from each other, how can they cooperate so closely? Since you are so afraid, then don't take the credit from me. ”

In Ma Tan's view, Zhang He is a famous general of Cao Thief and the main figure who rushed to the aid of Longyou, and his appearance means that Cao Thief has nothing to do.

If he can defeat him, not only will he cut off the last hope of the thief, but it will also be the best chance to prove himself.

When the first emperor was in the battle of Hanzhong, the most feared was Zhang He, if he could defeat him, wouldn't it prove that the first emperor said on his deathbed was "useless" The words are very wrong?

Thinking of this, Ma Tan's heart was even hotter.

I brought 5,000 people by myself, and then fought with the 5,000 people of Li Sheng in Luoyang inside and outside, and I was afraid of the thousands of people who came in danger?

Liu Yin sighed, and had to watch Ma Jian take the main force away, he returned to the city, and wanted to tell Feng Yong on Longguan about the situation here.

But thinking that the prime minister's transfer of the strength of the street pavilion was done in secret, so that people could not leak the matter of General Gao's departure, and thought about what arrangements there must be.

Now that the sun is not lost, the street pavilion is unharmed, if he is out of square inches first, and he is in a hurry to rescue General Feng in Longguan, he really wants reinforcements to come down the mountain, but the street pavilion is invincible, isn't it a big joke?

In this way, it will damage the defense of Longguan, Liu Yin thought so, so he had to extinguish this thought, first let people strengthen the defense of the camp of the street pavilion, and at the same time pay close attention to the movements of Ma Tan and Qingshui County in Guangwei to the south.

Ma Tan was eager to make meritorious contributions, urging the army to rush along the way, and the men and horses rarely rested, and at the same time sent a sentry to prepare for Li Sheng of Luoyang to respond.

When he was halfway there, he saw a large number of Han troops in front of him coming towards his side.

When the rout army saw Ma Tan's men and horses, as if they had seen a savior, they all cried for help and rushed over.

Ma Jian was taken aback, and hurriedly asked the team to stop, gathered the rout, and inquired about the situation.

"Run, General Li run! After guarding for a long time, he ran away by himself," the defeated soldier's face turned pale, with fear in his expression, "Cao thief is very powerful, we can't beat it, we can't beat ......"

"Where's Luoyang City?"

Ma Tan felt bad, and saw that this defeated soldier was incoherent, so he immediately slapped this defeated soldier hard and asked loudly.

Only then did the defeated soldiers come back to their senses and cried loudly, "It's broken, General!" That Li Sheng was gutsless, and the Cao thief was worthy of the city wall, so he ran away first! ”

"No one is in charge of the overall situation, the Cao thief is extremely fierce, everyone can't stop it, can't stop it......"

As he spoke, he seemed to recall Cao Thief's fierce and fearless appearance, and his body trembled a little at the moment.

Ma Tan only felt a "buzz" in his ears, he deliberately rejected Liu Yin, and asked Li Sheng to lead the troops to go, it was okay that the Cao thief didn't come, if he dared to come, as long as he guarded the city and didn't let the Cao thief pass, it would be a great achievement.

I didn't expect Li Sheng to be such a waste, and I didn't want the credit for sending it to the door.

Fleeing without a fight is a felony of killing the head!

He was still about to ask questions, but he heard rumbling thunder in the distance, and a sentry from below hurriedly reported, "General, the thief is coming!" It's the Cavalry! ”

"How can it be so fast?" Ma Tan was shocked, and hurriedly ordered, "Array, array!" ”

The defeated army that had just been gathered over, as soon as they heard the thunder, their faces were all pale, some muttered to themselves, some trembled, they were driven by Cao Jun like sheep along the way, and they were already frightened.

The thunder grew louder and louder, beating like a muffled drum on the hearts of these defeated troops.

"Here we are...... Here ......" someone stood up, didn't dare to look behind, but couldn't control his legs, rushed out of the formation directly, and shouted, "The thief is here again, everyone run!" ”

At the same time, several people also shouted, "Run, I can't beat ......."

When the defeated soldiers, who had already formed a conditioned reflex, heard this, they subconsciously ran backwards, and actually rushed through the formation that had just been lined up.

Ma Tan turned his head to look at it, and almost vomited blood.

But there was no time for him to regroup.

Zhang He originally came with the idea of fighting against the water, and now he has captured Luoyang, which is only the first step, if there is no way to open up the street pavilion and unite with the Qingshui County soldiers of Guangwei County, it will be in vain.

So he deliberately drove the defeated army of Luoyang towards the street pavilion.

Ma Jian had the same flaws as Wei Zhen, who was seven hundred miles away: his eyes were low, and he was inexperienced.

It was already a mistake for him to gather the defeated army in his own army.

Because the fear of those defeated soldiers who had already broken through their courage infected the soldiers they brought, the sergeants and soldiers of the army were already afraid of three points before they fought.

Now that someone in the defeated army took the lead in disrupting the formation of the rear army, Zhang He in front of him was pressing closely, and Ma Tan couldn't do an effective response for a while.

In the confrontation between the two sides, cavalry has two uses, one is called ranger, that is, constantly wandering around the enemy, constantly harassing, pinpointing the opponent's weak link, and tearing the opponent's camp at any time.

Because the Hu people were born to be skilled in riding and shooting, they were mostly rangers, but in the absence of stirrups and Takahashi saddles, they were not good at charging head-on, which gave Li Ling 5,000 foot soldiers to shake tens of thousands of orders in the main force, and also killed and injured more than 10,000 people on the other side.

The Han people did not have the conditions of the Hu people who "could ride sheep and shoot birds and mice with bows", so in the way of using cavalry, they transplanted some infantry tactics.

That is, holding a halberd, spear and a long knife, directly attacking the enemy camp, engaging with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, this is the cavalry impact tactic.

The elite cavalry used to charge into battle is called assault cavalry.

Don't doubt that although there were no horses in the Han Dynasty, halberds and spears were regarded as the most important fighting weapons in the Han Dynasty.

Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing used this tactic in many times, allowing the Han cavalry to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and the nomads could not give full play to their advantages in cavalry and archery, and repeatedly won big victories.

At this time, the non-commissioned officers did not have the nature of a professional army.

The soldiers led by Zhang He can be a ranger or a sudden horseman, and they can also be used as foot soldiers when they dismount, which is a rare elite.

When the two armies suddenly met, the quality of the generals and soldiers of the two sides clearly showed a difference.

Ma Tan wanted to encircle with Li Sheng of Luoyang and defeat Zhang He, so he only cared about hurrying along the way, and didn't pay much attention to the formation, but now he was able to finish the formation, and he was disturbed by the defeated army, which made him busy for a while.

As soon as Zhang He saw the Han army arrayed in front of him, he immediately ordered the formation to be organized.

In a short time, the Cao army had already formed the most suitable formation for the charge - they had to go to the street pavilion in the shortest possible time, otherwise they would be in danger of being surrounded by the Han army on the right side of Longyou when they reacted.

The only way for infantry to gain an advantage over cavalry is to preset the battlefield.

First make all kinds of preparations on the battlefield you have chosen, arrange horse traps, horse rejection, thistles, etc., and then have enough time to form a dense formation, like a hedgehog.

In the end, the cavalry general's brain still had to enter the water, and he directly ordered his soldiers to attack this hedgehog formation.

These prerequisites are indispensable.

None of Ma Tan's current situation is in line with any of them, and the disadvantages have been determined.