Chapter 65: The Battle of Hedong (Part II)
For two consecutive days, Ma Chao's battalion did not move, and at the same time, Li Dian also received information from the scouts in front that Ma Chao had led the army south to Luoyang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Li Zhao, order you to stay in Anyi, and the others will follow me to Fenyin and Dayang!" Li Dian finally couldn't sit still, Ma Chao had already left, but he was still cowering in the city, spreading it out, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth?
"Whoa!" The deputy general Li Zhao was a little reluctant in his heart, but the military order was like a mountain, so he still stood up and bowed, and Li Dian took his men and horses out of the city and rushed to the Ma Chaoda camp.
Half an hour later, looking at the empty camp and the dead sheep, Li Dian silently ordered people to dismantle the barracks, and at the same time divided his troops to Fenyin and Dayang to garrison the city.
Regret it?
It's not, Li Dian knows very well that Ma Chao wants to go, he can't stop him, the other party's subordinates are all brave and good fighting Qiang horses, not only come and go like the wind, but also have extraordinary combat power, Li Dian's account, are all foot soldiers, if he defends the city, relying on the help of the local gentry and people, he can also resist Ma Chao, but if he goes out of the city to fight, I'm afraid he is not an opponent, in this regard, he doesn't think he has done anything wrong.
It's just that Ma Chaoran like this, and the battle of Heluo will have a few more variables, which makes Li Dian a little worried, the lord is still in Jizhou to quell the rebellion, if there is an accident in the battle of Heluo, I am afraid that it will have an impact on the battle of Jizhou.
Thinking about these in his heart, Li Dian began to urge the soldiers and horses to pack up their baggage as soon as possible, and he wanted to press his troops on the border around Heluo as soon as possible, even if it didn't play a big role, but at least it would make Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have some jealousy.
"General, look!" At this moment, a guard pointed ahead and shouted, pulling Li Dian's thoughts back, and hurriedly looked up, only to see that a group of soldiers and horses he had sent to receive Fenyin not long ago appeared in sight again at this moment, looking very embarrassed.
Countless warriors threw away their armor and wolves rushed as if something terrible was chasing after them.
Li Dian's pupils contracted suddenly, and he clearly saw that behind this group of chaotic troops, a big banner waving in the wind was rapidly approaching, and on the big banner, it was like a few big characters dyed red with blood-Fubo Zhonglang's horse looked so dazzling in the sun.
"Not good!" Li Dian's face changed greatly, and he was tricked!
"Array, meet the enemy!" After all, it is Cao Cao's general, even if he encounters great changes, Li Dian is still not confused, with a wave of the spear in his hand, he ordered the soldiers to form a formation, in this kind of empty plain, when the infantry meets the cavalry, only by lining up in a dense formation and fighting to the death, there is a glimmer of life, turn around and run away, you will only die faster, and the two legs will never want to throw over the four legs.
Li Dian's soldiers and horses are all the elite under Cao Cao's command, although there was a sudden change at this time, but he was not panicked, with Li Dian's order, they quickly lined up in a dense formation, and one by one spears pierced forward like a dense jungle of death.
Looking ahead, the chaotic footsteps were gradually replaced by the sound of horses' hooves, the earth was trembling, and the looming sound of horses' hooves gradually turned into a thunderous roar, as if a huge dense drumstick was constantly knocking on the earth, and suddenly, a Cao army soldier who was running wildly flew up without warning, and a blood hole the size of a bowl appeared in his chest, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was blood or internal organs, and a knight suddenly rushed out of the crowd.
One horse, two horsemen, ten horsemen, one hundred horsemen, more and more knights came out of the formation, quickly converging into a gray torrent, the Cao army that had been rushing before had been annihilated under this mighty torrent, and there was no trace of it, and it was crushed into powder by the ruthless iron hooves.
Feeling the violent pressure coming to his face, Li Dian's face sank like water, and the hand holding the gun couldn't help but tighten a little tighter, he could feel the anxiety and uneasiness of the soldiers in the front row, not to mention these ordinary soldiers, even Li Dian himself, was a little desperate in his heart at the moment, but the three thousand foot soldiers were facing almost the same number of cavalry, just the violent impact, the collision could smash his formation, but at this moment, he couldn't retreat, even if he took a step back, he would only die faster.
Before the 3,000 cavalry, Ma Chao wore a certain wolf helmet on his head, held a spear in his hand, and a West Pole horse in his crotch was like a divine horse that looked abnormal among the horses.
"Don't panic!" Li Dian took a sharp breath, sank into the dantian, and said loudly: "As long as we don't mess up, they will take us without a rut, and the archers are ready!" ”
A stone's throw came suddenly, and seeing that the opponent was about to rush into the firing range, Li Dian raised his spear high and waved it down fiercely: "Release!" ”
The rain of arrows rose into the air, gathered into a dark cloud in the air, and when it rose to the top, it began to fall downward, and at the same time, Ma Chao suddenly let out a high-pitched roar, thousands of horses and turned quickly in the gallop, most of the arrows fell to the ground, and some fell in the crowd, but most of them were bounced off by the leather armor on the knight's body, and only a few shot in the place without the protection of the leather armor, seeing the blood, several knights screamed and fell under the horse, and were trampled into flesh by the cavalry who drove by.
The death of Pao Ze did not make these knights from Hetao feel sad, they were used to seeing life and death, and accepted all this indifferently, and under the command of Ma Chao, they spared a large circle, and once again launched an attack on Li Dian's troops from the flank.
"Archers prepare! The spearmen turn their formation to the east! Li Dian let out a high-pitched angry shout in a hoarse voice, and the spearmen quickly adjusted their formation to the west, while the archers also completed their second preparation.
This time, Ma Chao's cavalry did not let them release their arrows, and quickly pulled their bows and arrows.
"Put!" The two gave the order to release the arrows almost at the same time, the arrow clusters met in the air, collided, and then staggered, falling in different directions, Ma Chao rushed over with the cavalry almost against Li Dian's formation, and did not directly rush into the formation, and the sparse arrow rain took away several lives, but the arrow clusters shot by the cavalry were almost all undertaken by the Cao army, even if there were shield hands to cover them, there were still dozens of Cao soldiers who fell in a pool of blood.
Ma Chao did not rush to attack, but continued to gallop around Li Dian's formation, rushing into the range from time to time to shoot at the opponent, just like a cunning wolf, greedily staring at its prey, constantly consuming the physical energy of the prey, waiting for the moment when they were exhausted.
Li Dian naturally saw Ma Chao's plan, the other party was unwilling to lose soldiers and horses excessively, and also gave them a little room to breathe, but this is not a good thing, the soldier is in a tense state at this moment, the longer the time, the greater the pressure he will bear, not only physically, but also mentally, after a long time, I am afraid that he will have to collapse first.
Reinforcements!
Li Dian glanced at the camp that had been demolished, if this camp was not demolished, it would be better, at least he could rely on the camp to fight against Ma Chao, and then wait for reinforcements to come to the rescue, if he did not return for a long time, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of his subordinates.
Wait, Big Battalion?
Li Dian's eyes suddenly lit up, turned his head to look at the baggage that had been removed, and said loudly: "Quick, go and burn all those baggage for me!" ”
"Whoa!" The guards were puzzled, but they didn't ask, the two guards stepped forward directly, found some tents that were easier to burn, piled them together and ignited them, and then the flames began to spread around.
"General, look, what are they doing?" In the midst of the cavalry, watching Li Dian set their camp on fire, a Tu Ge military general looked at Ma Chaodao in puzzlement.
Ma Chao glanced at the smoke billowing up in the sky, his eyes were cold, and he snorted coldly: "They are asking for help!" It's also forcing us to fight a decisive battle! If the other Cao troops in Hedong see these thick smoke and come to support, we will be attacked on our backs! Can't wait any longer! Get ready to attack! ”
"Woo~Woo~Woo~"
A strange melody reverberated across the wilderness with the sound of a trumpet, and a large number of cavalry quickly gathered and began to charge Li Dian's army again.
"Archer prepare!" Seeing this, Li Dian's eyes were cold, and with a wave of his hand, the archers who were protected in the middle began to draw their bows and arrows.
Ma Chao gradually sank down, this time he did not dodge the bow and arrow, but took off a three-foot-long throwing spear from the horse, not only him, but also the three thousand Qiang people behind him from the horse one by one also took off a throwing spear from the horse, Ma Chao took the lead in rushing into the opponent's range with a low crouch, and at the same time the throwing gun was also tightly held in his hand, the range of the throwing gun is not as good as the crossbow arrow, the farthest is only twenty steps, even if it is thrown at this time, there is no way to cause effective damage to the enemy.
"Shoot the arrows!" The spear in Li Dian's hand swung down fiercely, and a wave of arrow rain rose into the air again, this time without the opponent's arrow cluster to obstruct it, with a sharp roar towards Ma Chao's troops, like the roar of death, a large number of knights fell from their horses with arrows, and Ma Chao also successfully rushed to the front.
"Cast~"
In the whistling, more than 2,000 throwing spears soared into the air, and the entire sky seemed to be darkened, and then in a violent and dense whistling, it fell towards Li Dian's military formation.
A sword and shield hand felt in danger and subconsciously raised his shield above his head.
"Poof~"
The cold spear easily pierced through the wooden shield, and in the stunned gaze of the sword and shield hand, it sank into his head, the wooden shield could defend against the bow and arrow, but it was difficult to defend against the powerful and heavy spear.
The same scene was constantly staged in Li Dianjun's army, and the formation of 3,000 people in a puff of blood flowers became a Shura hell in an instant under the cover of this round of throwing guns, and the dense formation became a joke.
"Get out of here!" Ma Chao withdrew the wolf spear with his backhand, and the spear that pierced his own tree root was easily swinged, Ma Chao took the opportunity to break into the enemy's defensive circle, and the wolf spear in his hand brought up the remnants of the road, where he passed, he died next to each other, and he died when he touched it, and then the cavalry who arrived instantly shattered the already messy formation, at this moment, Li Dian knew that it was over, and he didn't care about the army, so he turned his horse and ran.
"Li Dianxiaoer, where to run!?" Ma Chao has not done anything about Li Dian's turtle shell in the past six months, and now he sees that the victory is in his hands, where can Li Dian escape, roared angrily, handed over the troops to the deputy to continue to impact, and chased after Li Dian. (To be continued.) )