Chapter 296: Rush, Kill (2nd Watch)
Zhang Fei's broadsword tactics slashed Li Dao's cavalry to pieces. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info So, Li Dao increased his troops, and two thousand sword and shield hands roared and rushed to the battle circle. And Cao De correspondingly immediately sent Ma Chao and the four hundred cavalry under his command.
In the battle of the northern port of the Meridian Road, although Ma Chao used 473 cavalry to kill nearly half of Guo Yan's cavalry. However, when this cavalry, which was originally small in number, finally appeared on the battlefield again, there were not even four hundred men. Therefore, with a wave of his hand, Cao De selected a part of his personal guards, so that Ma Chao's direct cavalry returned to the scale of four hundred.
There is a very strange but normal phenomenon on the battlefield right now.
Cao De's first wave of attacking troops was infantry, and Li Dao sent cavalry, so the position of the battle circle was relatively close to Cao De's main formation. Although the battle circle has been moving towards Li Dao's side, the current battle circle is still relatively close to Cao De.
Therefore, the current situation is that Ma Chao will arrive at the battle circle before Li Dao's infantry.
However, Ma Chao did not join the chaotic battle circle, but went around in a circle and threw the battle circle that was fighting behind the war horse's buttocks, and directly rushed to the Li Dao infantry who came to reinforce him!
After all, the current Ma Chao is only an eighteen-year-old child, and he lacks both strength and hand-to-hand combat experience. So Cao De has been protecting Ma Chao and preventing him from participating in direct hand-to-hand combat.
Maybe this is Cao De's kindness to Ma Chao, maybe this will also bury Ma Chao. However, it depends on the future. The current Cao De is reluctant to let the current Ma Chao directly join in hand-to-hand combat, in case there is something bad, it is not directly ruined a seedling.
If Ma Chao's profession becomes kite flying, then at least he is a good cavalry general, but if Ma Chao hangs up directly, then Cao De will find a place where no one is there and cry to death.
Cao De threw Ma Chao into the grassland for training. Although the fighting on the steppe was much more brutal than in the Central Plains, the tactics there were monotonous. If you can't fight, you can fight, and if you can't fight, you can run.
And Ma Chao also learned the elite of the tactics commonly used on the grassland. Otherwise, Ma Chao could really come back alive from the grassland with only 800 people.
Although the tactic of kite flying can also be used in the Central Plains, its effect is greatly reduced. The first is the soldier's equipment. Most of the people on the steppe are cloth armor and leather armor, and bows and arrows can easily kill soldiers. However, in the Central Plains, most of the soldiers here wore Liangdang armor, and at this time, the power of the arrows that could not form a rain of arrows was greatly reduced.
However, Ma Chao still advanced towards the charging infantry. Flying kites, or flying kites against infantry, this is simply incredible. The infantry only needs to put the shield up, no matter how you Ma Chao breaks it, there is a kind of arrow that penetrates the shield.
But this time, Ma Chao has a gap to drill.
The round shield carried by Li Dao's sword and shield hand was not a tall and sturdy square shield. So when the charging sword and shield man found out that Ma Chao's target was himself, under the command of the leading captain, a shield wall composed of two layers of shields appeared.
Although there is a shield wall, there is still a gap in defense, and that is the calf of the soldiers who make up the shield wall!
Sou...
Ma Chao released the first arrow, which made a sharp sound and was nailed to the calf of a Li Dao saber shieldman. The soldier was in pain, and the shield in his hand was crooked, and the entire tight shield wall immediately appeared flawed.
Then, a large wave of arrows was missed. Half a breath later, the originally tight shield wall was shattered glass and torn apart. Immediately after, the second wave of arrows was lost.
The screams and cries of pain immediately rang out. And after Ma Chao succeeded in the blow, he immediately turned the horse's head and began to circle around this already imperfect shield array.
This time, Ma Chao and the four hundred cavalry behind him each brought two quivers, and each quiver contained fifteen arrows. So, that's a whole six thousand arrows.
Although the bows used by Ma Chao and the four hundred cavalry behind him were modified, after each of them thirty arrows was shot, these four hundred people temporarily had no strength to fight again.
Therefore, Ma Chao needs to use a limited number of arrows to achieve the greatest results.
Thirty arrows, which may seem like a lot, actually only takes a short time to release. Therefore, after Ma Chao circled Li Dao's broken shield array five times, it was time for Ma Chao to retreat.
And now, another cavalry has arrived. Ma Chao turned his head and saw that it was a red-faced man who was not very familiar!
It's Guan Yu, Guan Yu finally couldn't help it. After asking Cao De for battle, Cao De gave Guan Yu a thousand cavalry. Guan Yu carried the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, rode on the snow, and like Ma Chao, bypassed the battle circle of the melee in front of him, and rushed straight towards Li Dao's sword and shield soldiers who were already in chaos.
Guan Yu and Ma Chao passed by, and Ma Chao saw a strong battle intent and a cold evil aura in Guan Yu's eyes!
'What a fierce man! Ma Chao thought to himself in his heart.
"Kill ......" At this time, Guan Yu burst into a shout, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand flew up. As soon as Guan Yu stepped on the snow under his crotch, he jumped over the sword and shield hand who was still struggling with the shield.
Blood was splattering everywhere with the blade of the Green Dragon Glaive. The blade of the Azure Dragon Glaive let out a cheerful soft sound in the air, and then sliced through the armor of the enemy, and by the way, tore through the enemy's chest.
Li Dao's shield array, which was already panicked, became even more chaotic after being hit by Guan Yu.
Li Wei, who was staying behind, clearly saw the tragic situation of his soldiers. Li Dao knew that his current chances of winning were not good. Therefore, Li Dao chose to retreat.
If it continues to fight, it is meaningless for Li Dao. Because the possibility of defeat is very high. Therefore, after Li Dao sent another 5,000 soldiers for the use of the palace, the army began to slowly retreat to the camp.
"Lord, Li Dao has retreated!"
"Pass my general's order, all cavalry pursue!"
"No!" When the heralds received the order, they shouted and ran towards the army in formation.
"The lord has an order, and the whole army pursues!"
"The lord has an order, and the whole army pursues!"
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Cao Dejun's side immediately let out a deafening shout of killing, and then countless horses' hooves began to fly, and countless weapons showed sharp blades.
"Kill ......"
Li Dao still returned to the camp safely. However, the nearly 10,000 people who remained on the battlefield did not return.
It was precisely because of their deaths that Li Wei created an opportunity to return to the camp safely.
Cao De's cavalry pursued all the way to the outside of Li Dao's camp, but the dense rain of arrows shot from the camp blocked the way of Cao De's cavalry. So, under the command of Cao Ren, Cao De's army began to retreat.
When the soldiers of the Blade Battalion and the Gudun Battalion finished cleaning up the battlefield, Cao De also came to the vicinity of Li Dao's camp.
Cao De looked at Li Dao's camp and said slowly: "It's time for us to take the initiative." Come! ”
"Lord!"
"Let the Blade Battalion, the Solid Shield Battalion, and the Suzaku Battalion ride and set up camp over there." Cao De pointed to a place not far from Li Dao's camp and said.
"The lord is going to carry it hard with Li Dao?" Cao Ren asked.
"No, I'm going to build the arrow tower all the way to Li Dao's camp." After Cao De finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and walked towards Ganting City.