Normally speaking, in the case of a war between the two sides, the Chinese army's battle formation is always the focus, and it is also a weakness, in countless battles, once the formation is broken through by the other side, it means the defeat of a battle, no matter how many forces and soldiers are on both wings, it is the same end.

There are countless examples of this in history, whether it is in China or abroad, it is the same, for example, it is like a battle between barrels and narrows, and the devils of Dongying have even praised it for a thousand years, but what did Zhang Liao say?

Especially in the era of conscription, soldiers are actually fighting more for the commander, and when a commander is defeated, he loses the reason to fight, and some seem to have a damaged brain, even if the strong limbs are useless.

When Ma Chao broke a huge gap in the front of the Ji County soldiers and was about to kill in front of Jiang Yin, Ma Chao felt that victory was just around the corner.

As long as Jiang Yin's head is taken, the city gate tower will definitely fall into his own hands, and once the city gate tower is broken, it also means that the city gate of Ji County can be opened, and the Qiang people outside the city will be like a tide, pouring into Ji County!

Jiang Yin's soldiers battle array, after a fierce fight in Fang Cai, it is inevitable that it will be a little weak, these soldiers of Ji County, not a brave and good fight, can be one enemy and ten soldiers in the army, under the sudden attack, can gather around Jiang Jian, hold on for so long, and face this current fierce situation of both sides exchanging human lives for human lives, if it were not for Jiang Jian's actions to boost morale, I am afraid that it would have been impossible to support it by now.

However, in the face of Ma Chao's ferocious attack, Jiang Jian's army formation is also crumbling, although there are still people who continue to resist with all their might, but it is difficult to form an effective front to block the attack of the Qiang people, everyone can only wave the blade in their hands wildly, trying to save their lives in this cruel fight, and the collapse of the array is in the evening.

If it is the flying bear army in the army of General Fei Qian, maybe it can be less to more, and the horse is not inferior, but after all, Jiang Jian's soldiers, although they have been training with Jiang Jian for some time, compared to gathering hungry militia soldiers, or strong and strong townspeople, they are naturally a lot stronger, but in the end, they have not been able to enter the ranks of sweat beads, in the face of the crazy Qiang people, they have been able to hold on until now, it is all dependent on Jiang Jian's prestige and kindness accumulated on weekdays!

Ma Chao shouted wildly, holding a spear in both hands and piercing a foot soldier in front of him through his chest, and then raised it high, and the blood rain rose to the sky, pouring him all over his face, and a foot soldier next to him waved a half-cut spear and pounced over, but was knocked aside by Ma Chao with his corpse, standing unsteadily and falling to the city!

Ma Chao only had Jiang Jian in his eyes, and now what stood between him and Jiang Jian seemed to be the thin array of pawns in front of him. Ma Chao shook off the blood stained on the spear, pointed at Jiang Jian obliquely, and suddenly shouted again: "Shaft! Grandpa Ma is here! Dare to fight a certain battle! ”

Jiang Jian naturally heard Ma Chao's loud shouting, and also saw the infantry array collapse in front of his eyes, and his reaction was only a faint smile, flat picked up the spear, waved his hand, and then shouted loudly: "Release the arrow!" ”

Ma Chao's color changed suddenly, and he subconsciously shrank his body, only to find that there were no arrows at all, and Jiang Jian was just a row of sword and shield men in front of him, how could there be any archers, and the archers all retreated to recover, and it was impossible to recover so quickly!

"Shoot the arrows!" Jiang Jian shouted in a deep voice again.

"Haha puppet......" Ma Chao was about to laugh at Jiang Yin's poor donkey skills, but he never thought that the column of swords and shields in front of Jiang Jian turned the shield, revealing two columns of crossbowmen, and the sharp crossbow arrows shone with a piercing cold light in the firelight, and suddenly the laughter turned into a gasp, and without saying a word, he immediately turned around and turned to the side where there were many people!

"Boom!" The sound of the crossbow arm bouncing back was like the roar of death in hell! At such a distance, even an ordinary infantry shield would be unable to resist the crossbow shot!

The elite armor of the Qiang people who rushed over was killing vigorously, but they didn't expect such a row of crossbow arrows to shoot, and suddenly it was like a punctured cowhide water bladder, a hole was opened in front and back, and blood gushed out!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Chao swooped down and smashed on the corpses of the soldiers on both sides on the side, and snorted muffled in the dark, not knowing whether he was shot by a crossbow arrow, or touched a blade, or something else......

"Where! Shoot him! Jiang Jian pointed to Ma Chao's location, and suddenly the crossbowmen in the second row began to turn and aim at Ma Chao's figure. If it is a bow and arrow, you can also use a corpse to cover your body, but in front of a strong crossbow, at such a close distance, it is a joke to use the old tricks!

Ma Chao's guards screamed and pounced, trying to cover Ma Chao's body with their flesh and blood, only to hear the sound of hanging knives and crossbow arrows whistling, and these loyal guards also fell down like punctured balloons.

Jiang Jian frowned and searched for Ma Chao's figure in the dark shadows, this treacherous boy, if he doesn't kill him, he will be a scourge after all!

Suddenly, a figure jumped high from the pile of corpses, Jiang Jian stretched out his hand and pointed, shouting: "Release the arrow!" ”

The last row of crossbows shot out, and the powerful crossbows not only pierced the figure with a thousand holes, but also flew backwards in the air with the figure, smashing heavily on the city wall!

"Hoo ......"

Before Jiang Jian could breathe a sigh of relief, another black shadow appeared in the darkness!

"Fuck it!"

This is the real Ma Chao!

However, Ma Chao was obviously injured, and he no longer had the same arrogance as before, dragging the spear with one hand, and didn't know where to cover it with the other, so he ran back with his slumped!

"Kill! Kill it! Jiang Jian shouted loudly, beckoning the soldiers to fight forward. The strong crossbow is extremely powerful, but there is a huge drawback, the attack frequency is too low, the three rows of crossbow arrows are fired, and if the bowstring is reopened, Ma Chao will not know where to run for a long time.

On the other hand, Jiang Jian here, due to the stabilization of the situation, more and more soldiers gathered over and joined the battle, and a team of soldiers rushed over from Jiang Yin's side, shouting and rushing over, and more than a dozen spears were pushed straight out, driving the Qiang people who were declining with three drums and constantly driving backwards.

Jiang Jian shouted, holding the spear in both hands and quickly parting left and right, blocking two or three Qiang people's war knives, making a loud slapping sound, these Qiang people who opened the empty door were either stabbed by Jiang Yin, or cut by the sword and shield hand beside Jiang Yin, blood splashed everywhere, screaming and falling.

Jiang Jian and Ma Chao's battle mode is completely different, between one advance and one retreat, all of them are within the defense range of their own guards, never one more step, and no one less step, anyway, Ma Chao on the front has been defeated, and no one can stop Jiang Jian's pace.

As Jiang Jian led the soldiers forward step by step, the area of the city under the control of the Qiang people became smaller and smaller......

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Pang De was organizing people under the city, and when he saw that the battle situation on the city wall had taken a sharp turn, he was jumping to his feet and was angry, and when he was about to go into battle in person, he heard a whispered call from someone in the dark, and subconsciously took two steps forward, only to suddenly see that it was Ma Chao who was lying on his back, half-kneeling and half-squatting in the grass and trees on the side.

"Major General!" Pound was shocked.

Ma Chao's appearance was extremely embarrassed, covered in blood, and he didn't know when a crossbow bolt was pierced between his chest and abdomen, which penetrated from the front, revealing a sharp arrow in the back, and the blood kept gushing outward.

"Major General! You're hurt! Come ......" Pang De checked Ma Chao's injury, and his heart sank.

"No need to scream!" Pang De hurriedly prepared to greet the guards on the side, but was pulled by Ma Chao. "I can hold out for a while...... I'll go find quinoa later...... You take our people with you...... Immediately...... Go back to Jincheng at once, and then ...... Then he moved to the Western Regions to find ...... Lushui tribe ......"

"Major General......" Pang De covered Ma Chao's wound with his hand, but it had no effect, and the viscous blood was still surging outward.

"Less nonsense!" Ma Chao pulled Pound, stood up with strength, got close to Pound's ear, and whispered, "After I die...... Quinoa is bound to swallow up our people...... I can still procrastinate...... But you have to be fast...... Otherwise...... Brother Hugh was imprisoned by me in ...... Go to him and say, ......"

Because of excessive blood loss, Ma Chao has seen a large piece of fog in his sight, and the shape of the person is like a double shadow, shaking violently, although his mind is still sober, but it is already buzzing, and he stretched out his hand to the ground, pointing to his spear, "Take it...... To Brother Hugh...... Come on...... Come on! ”

Ma Chao was actually shot in the stomach, through the injury, and because he was still violently moving after being hit by a crossbow arrow, which led to tears and bleeding near the wound, if it was placed in the later generations, after surgical suturing with anti-inflammatory antibiotics, maybe he was still alive and jumping no different from a normal person, but in the Han Dynasty, because it was impossible to suture the wounds inside the body, if it was the hands and feet and limbs, there was still a chance to recover, but the injuries that penetrated the chest and abdomen were basically fatal, so the soldiers were not afraid of knives and guns, but they were extremely afraid of bows and arrows, which is the reason.

Ma Chao pushed Pang De away, and then staggered in the direction of Quinoa Xiangli......

Pang De chased two steps, but when he saw Ma Chao's eyes that were almost about to burst into flames, he gritted his teeth, stopped, and then stomped his foot angrily, turned his head and went in another direction.

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Listening to the noise above the city, it gradually stopped, and the quinoa Xiangli's face became more and more like the bottom of a pot, almost dripping.

"Damn it......," Quinoa cried out in a deep voice, "what about that kid from the Ma family?" Let him come to me quickly! ”

"No need!" Ma Chao staggered over from the side, sat on the ground with a puff, and smiled with cracked teeth, "I'm here......"

Quinoa's gaze fell on the crossbow arrow on Ma Chao's body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching twice, "Commander Ma Shao, you are ......"

Ma Chao pointed to the wound on his body, he was dizzy, and he was too lazy to sell quinoa for any more money, and said directly: "I tried my best...... There is a strong crossbow hidden in the city......"

"What?!" Quinoa Xiangli couldn't help but set his eyes on the black city wall of Jixian County, and took a cool breath, as if he saw a fierce beast squatting on the ground, "Strong crossbow?!" It's still hidden and only used today?! "In the past few days, after the siege of the city, I only saw bows and arrows, and I did not see the defenders with strong crossbows, which seems to show that even now, there are still back hands in the city of Jixian County, which is a terrible thing. At this moment, some regretful thoughts even rose in his heart.

Quinoa's gaze slowly moved back to Ma Chao from the top of Ji County, and he was silent for a moment, and said softly: "Commander Ma Shao, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Ma Chao's body shook twice, barely holding on, and then stared at the quinoa and said, "...... Can't capture Ji County...... I'm not willing to die...... I...... Also, there is another plan...... I will give it to you, but you will ...... Make sure not to move...... Move my people......"

Quinoa groaned, nodding or shaking his head, but said, "What is the plan?" Let's hear it first. ”

"We're pretending to withdraw our troops!" Ma Chao said almost word for word, "It's been around for so long...... The city is also in trouble...... As soon as we withdraw our troops, we will either chase after ...... Either the city will be opened...... When the time comes......"

Quinoa pinched the mustache on her chin, frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, and said, "You can give it a try......"

Ma Chao couldn't hold it anymore, so he fell to the ground to one side, facing the sky, and muttered, "You promised...... Don't touch my people......"

Quinoa Xiangli still frowned, looked at Ma Chao, and said, "What did you promise?" Oh...... For the sake of your best efforts, if this strategy works, I will not touch your people......"

Ma Chao said "ha", and did not continue to argue about anything, perhaps he was no longer angry to argue. I don't know if it was because the blood choked on the trachea or what, Ma Chao coughed a few times and squirted out some large and small blood clots.

"Stand down, prepare to withdraw your troops......" Quinoa glanced at Ma Chao indifferently, then turned around and left.

The Qiang people swayed in the dark night one by one, like homeless ghosts.

The night was about to pass, and the sky was faintly glowing with a gray color. The morning wind blew quietly over the field, like a girl's delicate hand gently rubbing against her face.

Ma Chao was completely unconscious of the pain at this time, but his eyes were black, his whole body was weak, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and the residual blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth and from his nose, and he gasped a few times, and moved his lips: "Father...... Father......

When the morning light was gradually rising, Ma Chao seemed to see his father Ma Teng riding a horse in the sunset, looking at him quietly.

Ma Chao tried his best to stretch out his hand, but he could only move his fingers slightly.

Ma Teng laughed, laughed, and then picked up the two little boys, one big and one small, from the ground, and then put them on the horse. Both children laughed crisply, and the laughter spread far and wide across the prairie with the sound of horses' hooves......

However, the two children in Ma Teng's arms, one older and one young, are not Ma Chao. Ma Chao could only see the black shadow under his feet gradually getting bigger and bigger, and then coming overwhelmingly, completely devouring him, leaving only a sigh of nothingness, "Alas...... Father ......"

When the sun completely fell, Ma Chao lay motionless under the city. Several Qiang people who were left behind and were about to leave found Ma Chao, came up to test it, and then glanced at each other, and then began to scramble without hesitation, taking off Ma Chao's armor and robes, and putting them on themselves indiscriminately, like hyenas competing for carrion corpses in the wilderness......