Chapter 8: The Secret Weapon

"Ahh

Liang Xing looked at the silver gun inserted into his chest in disbelief, he and Ma Chao had only fought five moves, and they had already been shot through the chest by the other party. What's even more sad is that I didn't see how this shot was hit.

"Why, why do I have to fight against Ma Chao?" In the consciousness that was about to disappear, such a thought emerged, and Liang Xing's body fell off the horse like a broken pocket. In fact, he doesn't have to be sad, because behind him, Li Kan and the other three were also stabbed off their horses one after another, and four of Han Sui's eight generals died at the hands of Ma Chao.

"Ahh

The same scream, although Zhao Yun and Ma Chao were on the same footing, Yan Xing's martial arts were always better than Liang Xing's, this shot made him dodge more than half of it, and finally was pierced in the left shoulder. It was inevitable that he couldn't take his surname, but Zhao Yun was also a little surprised. Taking advantage of Zhao Yun's surprise, Yan Xing hurriedly turned his horse's head and ran back. After being shot in twelve rounds, Yan Xing himself was certainly terrified, and Han Sui, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, was also shocked. But how could Zhao Yun allow him to come when he said he would come, and leave as soon as he said? At that moment, Zhao Yun gave an order, and the cavalry of the Baqiang Tribe, which had been waiting for a long time, outflanked from both sides, and Yan Xing and his subordinates were suddenly surrounded by heavy encirclement.

Xiqiang's surname is fierce, but he is extremely respectful of a good man. Fa Zheng knew that even if Xiliang was pacified, Liu Bei said that in order to prevent the Ma family from becoming dominant in Xiliang, there would be some forces to balance Ma Teng's father and son. Although I have some talents, I don't have enough weight. Therefore, after Fa Zheng convened the Baqiang Ministry, he deliberately launched Zhao Yun after a drunken meeting.

When more than 20 warriors from the Baqiang Department couldn't catch Zhao Yun's three moves, everyone was immediately impressed by him. After knowing that he was Ma Teng's son-in-law, these people no longer dared to underestimate him. Otherwise, how could the Baqiang Division, which has always been fierce, obey the command of a Han man who has not been here for a long time today? Under the echo of Zhao Yun, the 30,000 cavalry of the Baqiang Department quickly wrapped Yan Xing's subordinates in the core. In the end, except for the violent Yan Xing, who led more than 1,000 remnants of the army to escape, the rest were either annihilated, captured or surrendered.

"General Zilong is really brave, it seems that everything is going well!" Seeing that Ma Chao was also proudly leading the army back in the distance, Fa Zheng was also smiling from ear to ear. In terms of personality, Zhao Yun, who has a modest surname, is much closer than Ma Chao.

"Thanks to filial piety's clever plan to anticipate the enemy's first opportunity!" Zhao Yun has always been a fool, but he knows that if it weren't for the help of Fa Zheng, a strategist who is familiar with Xiliang, this time, it would not be realistic to win so easily by himself and Ma Chao. first tricked Ma Play and Yang Qiu, then attacked Cheng Yin to startle the snake, and finally ambushed Li Kan and the other four, and at the same time deliberately transferred Ma Chao, so that Yan Xing was careless and was hit hard by Zhao Yun. One of these links is one after another, all of them are anticipating the enemy's opportunities, and Han Sui and the others are completely led by the nose.

"Brother-in-law, I've got it all done here, and now there's only Old Thief Han left!" Ma Chao came with his usual arrogant laughter, and there were still a few heads hanging on the mount, and it was Li Kan and others. At this point, Han Sui's eight generals except Yang Qiu, who defected to the enemy, played with horses, Cheng Yin was killed by Ma Dai after breaking the city, Liang Xing and other four people were killed by Ma Chao, and the remaining candidates saw that something was wrong and surrendered with interest. Ma Chao sent people to subdue Wuwei and other counties in the west, and he and Zhao Yun and Fa Zheng besieged Jincheng.

"The walls of Jincheng are dangerous, but they are difficult to attack!" Ma Chao said with emotion. As a senior resident of Jincheng, Ma Chao himself could not be more clear about Jincheng. Bu Si Zheng smiled slightly, and then said confidently: "The young general doesn't need to worry, I already have a plan on how to capture Jincheng." It's just that at the moment, Han Sui's garrison is only more than 10,000 people, but there are no less than 50,000 horses in our various departments here. Why don't the two generals lead a group of men and horses to the street pavilion to support General Zhao? ”

"It's okay, brother-in-law, go ahead!" Ma Chao didn't want to think about it, so he said with a big grin. Zhao Yun now has a certain resistance to Ma Chao's cheekiness, and without hesitation, he led 20,000 cavalry to the street pavilion. Ma Chao and Fa Zheng were left to besiege Jincheng.

And the street pavilion has been filled with gunsmoke since two days ago. After learning that the Sichuan army had already guarded the street pavilion, Xiahou Yuan rushed here almost like a fly. As a result, when he saw that the defenders were holding the avenue and the street pavilion city, they formed a corner of each other, and suddenly understood that they had kicked the iron plate again this time.

The defenders in the city didn't care about it for now, they came in a hurry, and they didn't bring siege equipment, and the thousands of people in such a small city had nothing to do with the overall situation. The most important thing is to hold the Sichuan army Dazhai that is in charge. Looking at the towering and fluttering banner of the word "Zhao", Xiahou Yuan's eyes couldn't help but twitch a little.

Although there are not many duels and battlefields with Zhao Feng in his life, Xiahou Yuan still knows this person. At least from the comments I heard about this person from Cao Ying and others, I have never hesitated to praise him. Xiahou Yuan knew that Zhao Feng had always been a good hand in defensive battles, and he defended Guangling with less than 50,000 soldiers back then, but he actually forced Ji Ling, the first general in Huainan who led an army of 150,000, to surrender. Xiahou Yuan asked himself, he didn't have this ability.

However, Xiahou Yuan is also very confident now, because almost all of Zhao Feng's men are infantry, and he has 30,000 iron cavalry. To use infantry against cavalry on the plains is simply to find abuse. At that moment, Xiahou Yuan looked at the ground, except for some artificially set obstacles and trenches, the other party did not have any favorable terrain to take advantage of. So Xiahou Yuan decisively ordered and began to attack.

Bands of cavalry dismounted, rushed forward with the stones they had picked up, and began to clear the traps and trenches. Of course, the trench is directly cleared, but the trap can only be verified by people. And once the verification is successful, you don't want to come back. At the same time, the defenders in Dazhai would not let them clear the trap so calmly, under the command of Zhao Feng, all kinds of bows and crossbows with a relatively long range began to exert their might, and the crossbow arrows fell in the Cao army's array.

"Xiahou Yuan's guy is really battle-hardened, and the fighter is really good!" Zhao Feng stood on a high place and looked at the crossbow arrows that he shot, and he was not very accurate, and he also secretly admired Xiahou Yuan. Originally, Xiahou Yuan had just arrived in the morning, and Zhao Feng thought that he would have to take a break before starting to attack, but he didn't want him to start attacking so soon, which made Zhao Feng a little surprised, and thought that Xiahou Yuan's surname was impatient.

But as soon as the fight started, Zhao Feng understood how powerful Xiahou Yuan's move was. It's morning, and my men and horses are facing east and firing arrows, and their eyes are facing the sun, and it's a little difficult to even open their eyes. It took nearly a day of hard work, and Xiahou Yuan had already repaired these barricades. Of course, the price to be paid was more than three thousand casualties.

However, in Xiahou Yuan's opinion, all this is worth it, because without these roadblocks, he can give full play to the advantage of cavalry impact, and then he can charge and completely penetrate the opponent's Dazhai. Even if the other party has tens of thousands of people, but once the melee starts, Xiahou Yuan believes that his hundred elite soldiers in the pass are definitely not comparable to these half-hung Sichuan troops, not to mention that he is still a cavalry.

"Array, charge me!" With Xiahou Yuan's order, the three thousand iron cavalry stopped and then drove their horses to the Sichuan army Dazhai a few miles away. Thousands of people rushed along the mountain road, and the ground suddenly trembled violently, and all kinds of gravel and small stones began to dance. Few people in the Sichuan army have seen the scene of a large-scale cavalry assault. The recruits, who had little combat experience, were already turning a little pale.

"Shoot the arrows!" As the opponent's cavalry had already entered the range of the crossbow, Zhao Feng roared angrily, and all kinds of crossbow arrows began to wield. The powerful crossbows, copper box crossbows, and ballistae that shot sixteen arrows at a time, as well as ordinary bows and crossbows all began to exert their might, and a rain of arrows flew towards Xiahou Yuan's cavalry.

The screams came and went, and there were more than 6,000 arrows in the first wave of arrows. I have to say that in terms of the firepower of the bow and crossbow, Zhao Feng is already the first person in the world. Under his planning, although this first wave of arrow rain failed to harvest 6,000 surnames, and even the 3,000 cavalry only fell a thousand people, such casualties had already shocked Xiahou Yuan.

Regardless of the casualties of his subordinates, Xiahou Yuan roared angrily: "Go up with me again!" "None of the remaining 2,000 cavalry turned back, and they knew for the rest of their lives that what was waiting for them was the broadsword of the Warlord. Moreover, the opponent's first round of arrow rain has passed, and according to common sense, the second round of arrow rain must be reloaded before it can be test-fired. That's enough time to run in front of them. As long as they get close, these crossbowmen of the Sichuan army can only become the soul of their own saber.

"General, the enemy is rushing up!" Ma Jian beside Zhao Feng also changed his face when he saw this situation. Although Zhao Feng also placed large shield soldiers and horse rejection rifles in the front row, once he became entangled with this first wave of enemies, the follow-up troops would continue to keep up, and the pressure would be great.

According to common sense, now Zhao Feng can only rely on heavy infantry to resist the other party. But how many of the short Sichuan army can be used as heavy infantry? Moreover, Zhao Feng, as a traverser, how could he rely only on such conventional means?

In Ma Yan's surprised eyes, Zhao Feng gave an order: "Repeater launch!" Immediately, the first platoon of 1,000 soldiers took out their crossbows and fired the first wave of arrows at the enemy cavalry who had already rushed in front of them. Then, with a simple push and pull action, the second, third, and fourth waves of arrow rain swarmed up, generally only a few dozen paces away, and the remaining two thousand cavalry had already fallen more than half, and finally the remaining five or six hundred people did not dare to be tenacious, and directly turned their horses and ran back.

"What's going on?" Xiahou Yuan was also taken aback when he saw his men and horses rushing to a distance of only a few dozen steps away from the opponent's position, and they were shot back by a continuous and dense rain of arrows. He couldn't figure out how there could be such a powerful arrow.

That's right, the secret weapon Zhao Feng used this time was the Zhuge Repeater. Although A Liang and his wife have already researched this thing, the production of Zhuge repeater is extremely cumbersome, and for more than a year, Zhao Feng has done his best to benefit the manpower and material resources of Yizhou, and only let the craftsmen create more than 1,000. This time guarding the street pavilion, in order to deal with the other party's cavalry, Zhao Feng took out a thousand of them and kept them as a secret weapon to deal with Xiahou Yuan's cavalry. Now that it's been used, it really works in one fell swoop.

Of course, even the crossbow as a weapon of mass destruction is not without shortcomings at all. The short range and the incredible rate at which arrows are consumed are two of the biggest drawbacks of repeaters. Therefore, before the other party rushed to the present, Zhao Feng first suppressed it remotely with a strong bow and crossbow with a long range, and finally tried to shoot the repeater at close range, which worked in one fell swoop.

"Grandma's, go back with me!" Xiahou Yuan, who did not believe in evil, attacked twice more, but each time he threw down nearly 2,000 corpses, and then retreated in embarrassment. Xiahou Yuan knew now that it was really wishful thinking to rely on cavalry to break the opponent's position in one fell swoop.

Thinking about this, Xiahou Yuan stopped fighting hard. The sergeants were ordered to dismount, and the infantry took up their shields and lined up in a phalanx, slowly advancing towards the position of the Yizhou army. Zhao Feng looked at Xiahou Yuan, who had regained his composure, and knew in his heart that the real test was coming.

(To be continued)