Antonio was really under pressure now, the Han army's bed crossbow had a very long range, and 30,000 Romans lined up under the city wall and made a target alive. Seeing the heavy losses of his own horses, the commander hurriedly asked Antonio for advice. What else can Antonio do, the combat power of the Egyptian legion is not said, but it is a pity that the Han army only gives you a long-range blow, and the gap in weapons makes the Romans anxious.

Antonio pondered for a long time, but had to let his soldiers retreat to avoid the attack. Zhao Lei waved the flag at the head of the city and informed Guan Yu. When Guan Yu saw it, he was about to lead the troops to the city, and Ma Chao said beside him: "General Guan, there is a general, how can I let you come forward?" ”

Guan Yu smiled coldly and said, "Does Meng Qi look down on the old man? ”

Ma Chao said: "General Guan, what are these words? As the chief general, you command the whole army, once you go to the city, won't the army under the city be in chaos? ”

Regarding the ranking of the generals of the Three Kingdoms, there has always been a saying among the people, which is: one Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses, six Zhang Fei, seven yellows, eight summers, and nine Jiang Wei. Guan Yu and Ma Chao ranked one after the other, close to each other. Guan Yu's cold and arrogant temperament was still relatively famous in the Three Kingdoms era.

Guan Yu said: "In this case, Meng Qi, I will give you 5,000 heavy soldiers, and let the city head Zhao Lei and Wang Fu cooperate to kill and disperse the enemy troops in the city and open the city gate." ”

Ma Chao said: "Okay, the last general will definitely live up to his orders." ”

Ma Chao selected 5,000 men and horses, came to the city, saw the enemy army hiding far away, and said loudly: "The brothers at the head of the city work harder, clean the horse road, and wait for me to lead the heavy soldiers to kill the enemy, you divide the men and horses to help with crossbows, and the rest of the men and horses quickly find a way to open the city gate." ”

The heavy soldiers were wearing thick armor, and it was impossible to bend down to carry stones, and after the soldiers at the head of the city heard this, they cleared the road first under the command of Zhao Lei and Wang Fu. Ma Chao led the heavy soldiers and killed the city.

Antonio saw the Han army going down to the city, and urgently ordered his men and horses to press up, Ma Chao was a cavalry general, but unfortunately there was no horse available, seeing the enemy approaching, the Romans who led the way to the general, the war horse under the crotch was extremely powerful, and he was secretly careful. Zhao Lei commanded the men and horses, the crossbow was deployed, and the arrows rained down on the enemy, and the Romans held their shields and slowly approached. Ma Chao saw that the general was less than thirty paces away from him, he shouted, suddenly moved forward, looked closer, opened his spear, and smashed it at the Roman general.

The Roman general held a shield, his vision was not good, and when he sensed the danger, he instinctively dodged, and the shield in his hand protected the left side of his body. What strength does Ma Chao have? The shot was smashed out with all its might, only to hear a "poof" sound, and smashed on the shield. The Roman general suddenly felt that his body was high, and it turned out that Ma Chao shot and smashed the Roman general off the horse. Seeing that the back of the war horse was empty, Ma Chao reached out and pulled the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, shook the spear, and killed the enemy. The rear hoplites also came into close contact with the enemy.

Wang Fu went down to the city and came to the city gate cave to take a look, as expected, the city gate hole was full of stones, and hurriedly commanded the men and horses to carry it. Antonio saw the Han army carrying stones, could he still not guess the intention of the Han army? Immediately, another 10,000 horses were transferred to stop it.

The two armies were close to each other, and Zhao Lei ordered his soldiers to be on guard with crossbows, and when he saw 10,000 Romans rushing towards him, he hurriedly shot. Antonio gave the death order to these 10,000 horses, and the Han army must not be allowed to open the city gates, so these 10,000 horses did not care about life and death, and braved the rain of arrows to attack. When Wang Fu saw this, he hurriedly dispatched 3,000 men and horses to help.

The Roman cavalry paid half of the casualties, and it was expected that they would collide with the Han army. Zhao Lei was anxious, his own people were all foot soldiers, once he let the enemy cavalry approach, he would know what it would be like if he thought about it with his heels. Zhao Lei roared hoarsely: "All the gunpowder packets, throw them all." ”

In the city, he has been confronting the enemy for a long time, and the 10,000 horses led by Zhao Lei and Wang Fu are tired enough, but fortunately, there is no short-range fighting, and the physical strength is quite sufficient, but after shooting the crossbow for so long, even the iron man should take a breath. The battle is perseverance, and whoever can persevere to the end is the final winner. When the Han soldiers heard Zhao Lei's shout, they took out a small gunpowder bag, lit it, and threw it into the enemy group.

Hundreds of gunpowder packets exploded one after another, temporarily blocking the charge of the Roman cavalry. Zhao Lei yelled in the direction of the city gate: "Wang Fu, how long will it take?" ”

Wang Fu roared: "At least half an hour." ”

Zhao Ti's heart was like lightning, and he ordered to continue the crossbow attack, while sending people to the city, asking Guan Yu to send reinforcements.

Ma Chao galloped through the enemy line, and the five thousand heavily armored soldiers rolled like a huge iron hedgehog in the Roman crowd. Although the Roman cavalry was powerful, it was a pity that because of the distance, they could not charge, and the advantage of the cavalry was offset by more than half, and they were rolled around by the heavy soldiers.

Antonio saw that the Han army was stubbornly resisting, and the 10,000 cavalry he sent out suffered heavy losses, and said secretly: Although the Han army's crossbows are powerful, the arrows are limited after all, and Lao Tzu will send another 10,000 cavalry, so I don't believe that you will not be able to die.

Zhao Lei's worried situation appeared, and another team of cavalry rushed from afar. Zhao Lei saw it, turned his head to look at the city, and the support staff had not yet appeared, so he had to grit his teeth and make desperate plans.

Ma Chao saw that Zhao Lei and Wang Fu were nervous, and let out a long howl, and the heavily armored soldiers slowly retreated, blocking the city gate.

The arrows of the crossbow were gone, and the 5,000 heavily armored soldiers were tired enough, and the 10,000 Roman cavalry who galloped forward saw the Han army enter the attack distance, and countless throwing spears were thrown towards the Han army. Ma Chao opened his spear and dialed left and right, but the heavy soldiers and Zhao Lei and Wang Fu's manpower did not have Ma Chao's ability, and the casualties of the Han army began to surge.

Ma Chao saw the robes fall one by one, his eyes were red, and he roared loudly and rushed towards the enemy. Zhao Lei saw that Ma Chao was single-handed, worried about the loss, and said loudly: "Pick up the enemy's throwing gun and throw it back." ”

For a time, in front of the two armies, throwing guns shuttled back and forth, piercing into the living bodies one by one. Ma Chao entered the Roman cavalry group, spear stabbed and blocked, killing more than 30 people in one breath, and the Roman cavalry saw it and divided 200 people to surround Ma Chao from afar. The rest of the cavalry killed, and the majestic impact made it difficult for the heavy armor to resist.

Zhao Lei scolded Wang Fu: "Wang Fu, you turtle son, move quickly, the Romans are coming." ”

Wang Fu said: "The brothers are gritting their teeth, and it will take at least a quarter of an hour. ”

Zhao Lei also understood that Wang Fu was not lazy, threw away the crossbow, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and said loudly: "Brothers, raise your sword to kill the enemy." ”

Ma Chao was in the enemy's formation, rushing left and right, and the Roman cavalry spears blocked him in front of him and did not confront him head-on. Ma Chao has been killing for more than an hour, and just now he killed so many people with his blood and bravery, and at this time, his body was almost unable to hold on.

The Roman cavalry charged, and more than half of the Han army was killed and wounded, so the cavalry commander grabbed the horse, turned the horse's head, commanded the cavalry, and rushed over again. Zhao Lei was dumbfounded: "Kill the enemy in formation." ”