Chapter 299: Unreliable

Unstoppable arrows, with the humming sound of a thousand birds flying, poured down towards the enemy's scale shield array seventy paces away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Those Xiliang cavalry who were hiding behind the iron shield thought that they could bounce the enemy's crossbow arrows effortlessly like the last battle in Heyang, but this time, they were wrong.

It was the strongest five-thousand-bow crossbow in the world, roaring, and it actually pierced the seemingly indestructible iron shield, and in shock, hundreds of people were hit by sharp arrows in an instant.

The howl in the fish scale shield formation suddenly sounded, and the military formation began to shake, and the rhythm of the advance was immediately disturbed.

Ma Chao, who was hiding in the formation, was really taken aback, he really didn't expect that the enemy's crossbow power was as strong as a fight, and then he suddenly understood that this was specially prepared by the enemy to deal with his fish scale shield array.

Ma Chao's confidence immediately weakened a little, but he still had the confidence to win.

Although you Liu Feng have a hard crossbow, don't forget, I still have the nirvana of the javelin.

"Don't panic, the whole army is speeding up!"

Ma Chao shouted loudly in the formation, encouraging the soldiers whose emotions began to fluctuate to continue to move forward.

On the front, five thousand crossbowmen kept firing arrows.

Originally, when dealing with cavalry, the crossbowman only fired three arrows, and the enemy cavalry had already rushed to the front, but the special tactics of the Ma Chao Legion determined that his cavalry must slowly advance under the protection of the fish scale array, which gave the enemy crossbowmen time to calmly release their arrows.

When Ma Chao's fish scale array marched to more than 40 steps in the face of the rain of arrows, 5,000 crossbowmen had shot nearly 40,000 or 50,000 sharp arrows, and more than 1,000 people in Ma Chao's army had been shot to the ground.

Seeing this, Liu Feng immediately ordered the crossbowmen to withdraw to their own formation.

The flag waved, the shield array of the Chinese army separated, and the five thousand crossbowmen quickly retreated into the large array.

At this time, Ma Chao's fish scale array also separated almost at the same time, and thousands of Xiliang knights with javelins in their hands sent an attack towards their army from a distance of forty paces.

According to Ma Chao's tactics, his javelinmen would have been launched at least thirty paces closer, but this time he was disrupted by Liu Feng's strong crossbow, and in order to avoid more casualties, Ma Chao decided to launch an attack in advance.

Liu Feng guessed that Ma Chao would use troops like this, so he also ordered the crossbowmen to retreat to their own camp in advance.

When Ma Chao's four or five thousand standard horsemen rushed out, the crossbowmen on the opposite side had retreated completely, and he was greeted by layers of giant trees and countless spears as dense as a forest.

Ma Chao sneered hideously, how similar this scene is to the original battle of Heyang, stupid enemy, do you think that a mere wooden shield can withstand the blow of my javelin?

In Ma Chao's mind, it seemed that the scene of the enemy's rout had emerged, and at that time, he could urge the army to cover up and kill, and even kill Liu Feng's fight in one fell swoop.

Just when he was proud, the five thousand standard horsemen had already rushed to the front of the enemy formation, and when they were about to take more than ten steps, these Xiliang knights, who were skilled in horsemanship, suddenly turned the direction of the horse's running, and changed from rushing straight to passing in front of the enemy formation.

At the moment of passing through the enemy line, the javelin in his hand came out of his hand.

Countless cold fronts, like the sharp thorns of a hedgehog, fell towards the enemy formation.

The moment the spear and shield collided, Ma Chao's originally smug expression instantly became extremely shocked.

The javelin he was so proud of couldn't penetrate the enemy's shield!

In the blink of an eye, more than 5,000 javelins were thrown, and almost all of them failed, except for a few.

It was only at this time that Ma Chao suddenly realized that the enemy's shield also had another mystery, and he had long been ready to restrain his javelin shooting.

The fish scale shield and javelin, the magic weapon of the Ma family's army, have all been broken now, and the thousands of Xiliang knights who have returned in vain, their military spirit is on the verge of collapse at this moment.

On the contrary, it was Liu Fengjun, after he nervously blocked a round of enemy shooting, and the soldiers who were safe and sound suddenly became highly motivated.

The time has come, and Liu Feng on the mountain bag can see it clearly.

He slowly drew his sword, pointed in the direction of the enemy, and shouted, "Order, attack!" ”

The battle flag waved, the thunderous drum beat reached its peak, and the tens of thousands of infantry troops of the front army roared and pushed towards the Ma Chao army.

A few hundred steps away, Liu Bei clearly saw the defeat of Ma Chaoxi's Liang cavalry, and his only remaining hope fell to the icy bottom in an instant.

The cavalry has been defeated, the enemy position has been launched, and at this time, there is no way to retreat in any case, and a retreat means the collapse of the whole line.

There is only a desperate battle, and perhaps the last glimmer of life.

Liu Bei plucked up his courage, drew his sword and shouted, "The whole army is attacking." ”

The order was handed down one by one, and the army formation of nearly 40,000 people roared, facing the 100,000 troops of the enemy on the opposite side.

In the fish scale array, Ma Chao, who was terrified, had all his fighting spirit gone up in smoke at this time.

He looked back at his poor 40,000 soldiers and horses, and then at the enemy's overwhelming and unsightly 100,000 troops, and a kind of fear suddenly arose in his heart.

This fear is the same as when he was defeated by Cao Ying.

"Liu Bei is finished, it's really finished, how can I, Ma Chao, be buried for him!"

His mind changed in an instant, and when he looked up again, the enemy's large array had already advanced to more than twenty paces, and there was not much time left for him to hesitate.

Ma Chao took a deep breath, gritted his teeth fiercely, and shouted loudly: "Retreat west, retreat with me to Xiliang." ”

Under the yell, Ma Chao "took the lead", carrying his silver spear and turned to the west to withdraw his horse and run, the fish scale array of 10,000 people collapsed, and most of the Xiliang soldiers fled with Ma Chao.

Most of these Xiliang soldiers were born in Qianghu, and the reason why they worked hard for Liu Bei was because of the generous reward on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because of Ma Chao's prestige.

Now that Ma Chao has escaped like this, they will naturally follow the group and collapse.

Ma Chao's escape really dealt Liu Bei a heavy blow, making him almost vomit blood in anger.

"Ma Chao'er, I should have known that I couldn't rely on you-"

At this time, no matter how angry Liu Bei was, it was useless, Ma Chao fled with 10,000 elite cavalry, and the chain reaction caused by this was to cause his 40,000 soldiers and horses to be in turmoil.

Liu Feng on the mountain bag, witnessed this generous gift from Ma Chao to himself, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, he immediately ordered Zhang Wei to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to pursue Ma Chao, and ordered Ma Zhong to lead 3,000 cavalry to attack Liu Beijun from the flank.

"Whoever gets Liu Bei's head will be rewarded with 10,000 gold and sealed 10,000 households!"

Liu Fenggao shouted, carried a heavy gun, and urged Lu Chong under his crotch to go down the mountain, and the 100,000 army was like a vast torrent, running towards the Guanzhong army that had fallen into a huge panic on the opposite side.

"Could it be that the sky is really going to kill me Liu Bei?"

Looking at the chaotic soldiers around him, looking at the surging enemy tide on the opposite side, Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed, with indescribable grief and pain in his heart.

(To be continued)