Chapter Forty-Eight: Victory in the First Battle

"Woo! --Woo! Woo! ”

"Kill! --Kill! Kill! ”

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Gao Gan led 20,000 Tielin troops, out of the city to set up a formation, after three shouts, launched a group charge, instantaneous, swords and guns flashed, the sound of killing shook the sky, thousands of horses galloped, unstoppable...... At the same time, the drums and trumpets of the head of the Shangdang City sounded in unison, cheering for the cavalry attacking!

On the other hand, the Cao army has a slight advantage in strength, but most of them are chariots and infantry, and the cavalry is less than 10,000 people, and they are also distributed on both sides of the large array.

"Xu is like a forest, fast as the wind, aggression is like fire, and immobile is like a mountain...... Brethren steady! ”

Ma Liu mounts the red rabbit horse, standing proudly in front of the formation, the body is as steady as Mount Tai, the main general is not afraid of death, the soldiers are not afraid, lined up in a dense formation, holding high swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, ready to fight to the death, who wins and who loses is not sure?

"Long! Prosperous! …… The cavalry charged, extremely fast, two thousand paces, one thousand five hundred steps, one thousand steps, eight hundred steps......

Eight hundred paces away, for the cavalry, it is already the final sprint, the eyes are better, you can see the enemy's face, the same, such a close distance, it is impossible to change the formation, the front is the sword mountain and the sea of fire, the cavalry can only rush up!

"Toot! --Honk! -Honk! ”

Seeing that the time was ripe, Ma Liu made a gesture, and several pro-soldiers raised their horns, and the beep sounded, sending out a signal to change the formation!

After hearing the horn, Cao's soldiers quickly dispersed to the two wings, vacating the middle position, like a huge tiger's mouth, with sharp fangs and long tongues, waiting to devour flesh and blood, while the 10,000 cavalry troops were also slowly moving their positions......

"Roar! --Roar! Roar! ”

At the same time, a special infantry team advanced up from the rear, all of them were strong men with a height of eight feet and a tiger's back, they were wearing double layers of heavy armor, wearing stainless steel helmets, and their bodies were impermeable, like a venerable iron tower, holding a seven-foot long knife, weighing at least forty or fifty pounds, which was the famous Mo sword soldier!

Cavalry charge, galloping, only with the heavy to overcome the light, to clumsy cleverness, in order to win, Xiao Yi set up hoplites, used to restrain the enemy cavalry, but, the selection of Mo sword soldiers is difficult, the cost is high, not to mention, the requirements for the battlefield, are also extremely strict!

Helmets, heavy armor, combat boots, blades...... Together, these weigh at least one hundred and fifty pounds, even if an eight-foot strong man wears it, it is also quite difficult, so on the ground, the Mo Dao soldiers can only fight on the plains, at most a thousand steps forward, and there is no strength, and today's battle situation just meets the requirements!

"There's a Mo sword soldier in front! …… Stop the charge, I can't fucking stop, it's over! ”

Gao Gan led thousands of horses and thousands of troops, and was charging bravely, and suddenly saw the Mo sword soldiers, and was so frightened that his soul was scattered, after all, the history of the state assassin had some eyesight, and he knew that he had encountered the cavalry nemesis, but if he wanted to change his tactics, it was too late!

20,000 soldiers of the Tielin Army, like moths to a fire, hit their heads head-on, and suddenly people turned on their backs, screaming and shaking the sky, and blood flowers covered the earth, how a 'miserable' word!

"Slash! …… Chop! …… Chop! ”

The big bull held the mace, commanded 5,000 soldiers, divided into ten teams, held high the Mo knife, marched together, like a knife mountain, the soldiers advanced three steps, brandished a Mo knife, wrist strength, arm strength, waist strength in one, body rotation, slash and kill...... Everywhere they passed, people and horses were shattered, like a meat grinder, constantly reaping life!

As for the enemy's sabers and spears, slashing at the Mo sword soldiers was like tickling, and it was difficult to pierce their defenses......

Under such a slashing and killing, the Tielin army suffered heavy casualties and a river of blood, Gao Gan saw that the situation was not good, and was ready to lead the team back, but looking at the surrounding situation, there was still a way to live?

When the two armies fought fiercely, Ma Liu led 10,000 cavalry, which had cut off the back road of Yuan's soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers were divided into two wings, forming a defensive line with chariots, blocking the road with spears, halberds, bows and arrows, and shields, forming a combined encirclement, and Yuan's soldiers could not escape!

"Kill! - Kill the high-ranking cadres, reward 2,000 gold, and promote the official to two levels! ”

"Rush! - Kill a barbarian horseman, a bounty of five taels, two acres of fertile land, and a reward for meritorious service, just today! ”

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Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, Cao soldiers are brave, kill the brute horses, cut off the heads, constantly close the encirclement, compress the opponent's space, and completely grasp the initiative!

"Run, rush out of one is a ...... I can't fucking run away, so let's raise our hands and surrender! ”

The soldiers of the Tielin Army are all horse thieves of the Huns, Karasuma, and Xiqiang, because they are greedy for money, so they took refuge in the high cadres, and they usually do all kinds of evil, and the military discipline is extremely poor, if it is a downwind battle, they can still obey orders, and once they encounter failure, they will not listen to the command!

The Yuan army in the encirclement had some things colliding with each other and trying to break through; Some got into the pile of corpses, closed their eyes and pretended to be dead, while others discarded their blades, raised their hands and surrendered, and became a mess of lambs to the slaughter!

"It's over! - This time it's completely over, there is no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth! “

The subordinates scattered and fled, the high cadres were like ashes, the battle situation reached this point, and there was no power to return to the sky, I really regretted it, I shouldn't have sent troops in a rage, I shouldn't have despised the enemy, I knew it was like this, not to mention being scolded as a rabbit, what if I really did a rabbit, it's better than a human head falling to the ground, right?

Thinking of this, Gao Gan pulled out his sword and prepared to kill himself on the battlefield, which can be regarded as saving his name, but on the sword frame and neck, he can't draw it, and he still has a beautiful wife and concubine, gold and silver jewelry, and he really doesn't want to die!

"Kill! …… Fight bravely to kill the enemy and rescue the assassin! ”

"Rush! …… There is no advance or retreat, and those who retreat are killed! ”

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When the high-ranking cadres were in a dilemma of life and death, a miracle suddenly happened, the gate of Shangdang City was opened, and countless soldiers rushed out, as well as many young and strong people, holding chaotic weapons, bravely storming the encirclement, and the offensive was wave after wave!

It turned out that seeing that Gao Gan was trapped and it was difficult to break out, Li Sheng gathered the remaining soldiers, as well as the young and strong people in the city, and forcibly rushed out to rescue, they stormed the Cao army's defense line, trying to kill a gap and pick up the people inside......

For the reinforcements in the city, Ma Liu also had some precautions, and personally led the troops to block the north side, but he didn't expect that the Yuan army was so crazy, and the defenders in the city poured out, and they were still wrapped in hundreds of people, a total of seventy or eighty thousand people, and the Cao army cavalry was less than 10,000, and they had to deal with the enemy on both sides, so they were in a hurry!

In addition, Xiao Yijun is strict in discipline and does not allow soldiers to kill the people, at this time, seeing the people participating in the war, he was suddenly a little constrained, and he didn't dare to kill with all his strength, so he could only retreat step by step, and there was a gap in the defense line!

"Haha! -The road to the sky, if you don't break out of the encirclement at this time, when will you wait...... Kill! ”

When Gao Gan saw the vitality, he was immediately overjoyed, brandished the sword in his hand, and rushed towards the gap with the greatest courage in his life.

The battle of the trapped beasts should not be underestimated, in order to seize a way of life, the Yuan army fought bravely, and a few charges down, really let them break through the encirclement, converge together, and then fight and retreat, back to Shangdang City......

Seeing that the enemy had escaped, how could Ma Liu give up, hurriedly reorganize his men and horses, and continue to pursue and kill Yuan Jun, but the encirclement network had been broken, and it was impossible to capture Gao Gan, plus the arrows at the head of the city were raining, blocking the speed of pursuit, so he could only watch as the remnants of Yuan Jun returned to the city and refused to come out again!

"Hey! …… I tried hard and fell short, I hate it so much! ”

The boiled duck flew, Ma Liu was so angry that he smoked, constantly beating his chest, with a look of chagrin, if Xiao Lang used soldiers, there would never be such a mistake, and his own way is still shallow!

In any case, this is also a victory, preliminary statistics, more than 10,000 Yuan soldiers were killed, more than 6,000 were captured, countless ordnance and horses were captured, and the essence of the Shangdang defenders has been completely lost!

Next, Ma Liu commanded the soldiers, cleaned the battlefield, treated the wounded soldiers, and buried the corpses, and then the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, sang triumphantly, and went back to the camp to celebrate the success, and at the same time galloped to Anyi and reported the battle situation to Xiao Yi!

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"Woohoo! -Once defeated, the soldiers are lost, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled, how to protect the city? ”

Besides, Gao Gan retreated to the city, counted the losses of soldiers and horses, only three percent of the Tielin Army remained, and the rest of the soldiers were also killed and wounded......

The house leaked and rained overnight, and the boat encountered a head wind again, and when Gao Gan hugged his head and cried, two more sad things happened:

First, after receiving the report from his nephew, Yuan Shao dispatched 60,000 elite soldiers and asked Jiang Qi to lead the rescue to the party.

Yuan Shao was caught off guard, coupled with the lack of troops, he lost the battle and lost a lot of cities, so he couldn't care about saving his nephew, so he hurriedly asked Jiang Qi to return to Yecheng, that is to say, there will be no reinforcements in Shangdang City!

Second, there are no reinforcements from his own, but the enemy's reinforcements are coming, and they are continuous, with strong troops, coupled with the defeat on the battlefield and the shaking of the people's hearts, Shangdang City may not be able to hold it!

(End of chapter)