Chapter 316: Breaking Cao's Army
The two armies are in front.
Gan Ning, Zhang Liao and more than 30 fights, still difficult to distinguish the winner and loser, Zhang Liao secretly thought that Gan Ning's knife skills are sharp, there is no flaw, non-force battle can win when outwitting, so Le Ma turned around and rushed to the formation and left, how Gan Ning was willing to give up, immediately patted the horse to chase, Ma Yue saw that the situation was not right and wanted to say a reminder, Gan Ning Ma had already chased behind Zhang Liao.
When Gan Ning was raising his knife to split, Zhang Liao suddenly returned to the horse with a shot, and stabbed Gan Ning in the heart accurately and ruthlessly, Gan Ning was caught off guard and twisted his waist to dodge it was already too late, only to avoid the chest and abdomen, but a piece of shoulder armor on his left shoulder was completely picked up by Zhang Liao, and the sharp blade also took away a piece of flesh and skin, and the blood was suddenly dripping down.
Zhang Liao succeeded in the blow, then immediately pulled out the horse's head, taking advantage of the opportunity of the two horses entangled together, the spear in his hand was like a storm to launch a tidal attack towards Gan Ning, Gan Ning roared again and again, trying his best to fight back, but the wound on the shoulder was bleeding like an infusion, but it was unbearable and the knife technique was gradually chaotic.
In the Liang army array, Dian Wei couldn't hold back any longer, so he stepped forward and said to the horse: "Lord, let the last general fight!" ”
Dian Wei is Ma Yue's personal guard, shouldering the responsibility of guarding Ma Yue's life and safety, under normal circumstances, he is never allowed to fight privately, otherwise, according to Dian Wei's surname, he would have been the first to fight before Fang Yue went out!
"Hmm."
Ma Yue nodded heavily.
"Hahaha...... Boom! ”
Dian Wei looked up to the sky and laughed twice, pulled out two bulky iron halberds from his back with his backhand and slashed them together in front of his chest, and suddenly made a deafening sound of gold and iron, when the eardrums of Ma Yue and the generals of Liangzhou were still buzzing, Dian Wei had already galloped out of the horse and rushed towards Zhang Liao like lightning.
"Xingba come back quickly, Lao Tzu Dian Wei is also here!" Dian Wei shouted, "Zhang Liao'er, suffer death!" ”
Gan Ning didn't dare to fight, so he hurriedly rode his horse back to the battle.
Zhang Liao was about to stab Gan Ning to death on the spot with his spirit, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow like a whirlwind, and looked up in shock, only to see a tower-like general riding a strong horse with a black body and a tall head flying towards him.
"Hah!"
Zhang Liao snorted lightly, and hurriedly gave up Gan Ning to raise his gun to attack Dian Wei, the heavy iron spear swept through the air, and suddenly turned into a churning and flying black dragon and collided with Dian Wei's iron halberd without any tricks, and a landslide and earth cracked explosion suddenly sounded in front of the two armies, and the soldiers who were slightly weaker suddenly felt their hearts and minds churning, and their breath was cramped.
The figures were separated at a glance, and the figures of Dian Wei and Zhang Liao had already staggered.
"Sigh~~"
Zhang Liao was almost smashed off the horse on the spot by Dian Wei's powerful blow, and hurriedly clamped the mount with his legs, and his sturdy body shook violently on the horse's back twice to avoid the misfortune of falling off the horse, but the mount under the crotch was clamped by Zhang Liao's legs and was in pain, and suddenly the person stood up and looked up to the sky and hissed.
Dozens of steps away, Dian Wei slowly turned the horse's head, and the two iron halberds staggered in front of him, and shouted coldly: "Zhang Liao, how does this blow taste?" ”
Zhang Liao took a deep breath of cold air and replied lightly: "But that's it." ”
Dian Wei turned the iron halberd sideways and shouted: "I don't want to take advantage of the danger of others to give you a pillar of incense time to breathe!" ”
"There's no need for that." Zhang Liao slowly raised the iron spear in his hand, the cold tip of the spear locked onto Dian Wei from afar, and shouted, "I can knock you off the horse now!" ”
Dian Weihuan's eyes showed murderous intent, and he shouted: "Then Lao Tzu is not welcome!" ”
Zhang Liao said coldly: "Let the horse come over." ”
"Humph!"
Dian Wei snorted, the horse galloped forward, Zhang Liao let out a long roar to urge the horse to meet each other, the two horses intersected between the lightning and stone fire, and the two big iron halberds in Dian Wei's hands were like crabs' big pincers poking out, cutting the throat and cutting the chest and abdomen down, Zhang Liao learned a lesson, and then did not fight hard with brute force, but took the skill of pulling out thousands of catties in four or two, and easily resolved Dian Wei's offensive.
In terms of strength, it is natural that Dian Wei is slightly better, but if you talk about exquisite martial arts, Zhang Liao is above Dian Wei.
More than 100 rounds have passed in the blink of an eye, the sun has begun to set westward, and Dian Wei's breath has begun to be cramped, but he still can't defeat Zhang Liao.
In the Liang army array, Ma Yue's eyes flashed with a terrifying cold glint for a moment, and he turned back to Xu Huang and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years, but I didn't expect Zhang Liao's martial arts to have improved as promised, and even after fighting Fang Yue and Gan Ning, the two generals, he can still fight with Dian Wei for more than 100 rounds without winning or losing, which is indeed amazing!" ”
Xu Huang said awe-inspiringly: "It's a pity that the young general is not in the army, otherwise how dare Zhang Liao be so arrogant?" ”
"Such a ruthless character must not be left to Cao Apu!" Ma Yue's eyes revealed the killing intention, and said to Jutu, "Jutu, look for an opportunity to shoot it with a cold arrow!" ”
"Yes!"
With a sudden answer, the horse once again hid behind the door flag.
In the Cao army's array, Cao Ying also said to Cao Chun and Zhang He: "The horse butcher is really a fierce general, General Zhang Liao is already the highest martial artist in our army, but in addition to Dian Wei, the martial arts in the Liangzhou army are not under Zhang Liao, at least Xu Chu and Ma Chao!" Especially Xiliang Ma Chao, not only superb martial arts, but also insidious and cunning, I'm afraid that even Zhang Liao is not an opponent. ”
Zhang He said: "Lord, wait for a certain to shoot Dian Wei with a cold arrow." ”
"Hmm." Cao Ying stroked his beard and nodded, "Go quickly, so as to kill with one blow." ”
"Yes."
Zhang He agreed, and also rode his horse to hide behind the banner array.
In front of the two armies, Dian Wei and Zhang Liao fought for more than 50 battles, but it was still difficult to distinguish the winner.
Dian Wei's heart was on fire, and he shouted to Zhang Liao "Wait a minute", patted the horse back to the battle and took off all the iron armor and brocade robe on his body, and then rode out of the battle against Zhang Liao again.
At this time, seeing Zhang Liao's stabbing shot, he didn't dodge or dodge, and when Zhang Liao's iron spear was about to stab his body, he suddenly dodged and let go, and the sharp iron spear stabbed through Dian Wei's left armpit.
"Haha."
Dian Wei laughed twice, his left arm slammed in, clamping Zhang Liao's iron spear to death, and at the same time, the iron halberd in his right hand had already flown back, slashing Zhang Liao's neck. However, Zhang Liao is Zhang Liao after all, seeing that there is no way to avoid it, and he is unwilling to abandon the gun and leave, he actually pulls the iron gun and slams it hard, and his sturdy body suddenly moves forward, and then his left hand is lightning out, and he grabs Dian Wei's iron halberd.
Dian Wei and Zhang Liao each held the end of the opponent's blade and fought horseback.
In terms of strength alone, Dian Wei is obviously better than Zhang Liao, the two fought for a few times, Zhang Liao was almost thrown off the horse by Dian Wei several times, and when he was in danger, a sharp arrow shot from the Cao army array like lightning, straight to Dian Wei's throat, almost at the same time, the Liang army array also shot out a wolf's tooth arrow, shooting at Zhang Liao's throat at a faster speed.
"Whew!"
"Humph!"
At the moment of crisis, Dian Wei and Zhang Liao shouted at the same time to let go of the blade in their hands, and rolled the saddle and dismounted at an incredible speed, only to hear two crisp sounds, the iron helmet on Zhang Liao's head had been shot away, Dian Wei's bun was also scattered, and the black hair on his head was sprinkled down like grass, as hideous and terrifying as a savage.
Xu Huang and Zhang He flew out of the formation at the same time, and each rescued Dian Wei and Zhang Liao back to their own formation.
In the Liang army formation.
Ma Yue turned around and nodded heavily to Gao Shun.
Gao Shun understood, slowly raised his only one-arm, and said to the herald behind him: "Trapped in the camp...... Sortie! ”
The herald hurriedly rode forward, and a terrible howl swept across the sky: "The general has an order, trap the camp and attack~~"
"The momentum of the charge, there is no return~~"
"The will to fall into battle, there is death and no life~~"
"Roar~~"
"Roar~~"
"Roar~~"
Gao Shun's military order was conveyed like flowing water, and in an instant, the low and long horn sound rushed into the sky, and an ironclad and hideous elite soldier had surged out of the Liang army array, and in the neat and loud trumpet, I saw Jin Ge like a forest, towering in the sky, and the shield was like a wall, indestructible.
This time, the trapped camp is no longer 800 people, but a full 2,000 people!
Behind the 2,000 elite soldiers, there were 18,000 Tuntian soldiers, these Tuntian soldiers were divided into nine phalanxes in units of 2,000 people, and followed behind the trapped camp in the arrangement of "two, three, and four", and the entire 20,000 infantry formed a huge cone-shaped formation, which was unstoppably crushed towards the Cao army.
In the sound of the horn, the Liang army changed again.
Xu Huang and Ma Dai each led 5,000 iron cavalry from the two wings to slowly move forward, like a pair of goose wings to wrap the entire Cao army into it, if the Cao army dared to concentrate its forces to besiege the 20,000 Liang army infantry advancing in the middle, the 10,000 iron cavalry would immediately pounce like a wolf, and then cut through the ribs of the Cao army like a sharp boning knife, dividing, encircling and annihilating the Cao army.
Only the 10,000 elites of Gan Ning's naval army and the 10,000 elites of Hanzhong led by Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang are still standing still, ready to respond at any time.
Cao Jun in the array.
"Trapped!" Cao Ying's eyes shrank suddenly, and he said in a condensed voice, "This is Gao Shun's trap camp?" That camp that is attacked and broken by everyone!? ”
"Horse butcher this is a two-wing suppression, a breakthrough in the middle!" Xun You had insight into the horse butcher's intentions at a glance, and said awe-inspiringly, "The horse butcher is really insidious!" ”
Cao Ying's heart sank when he heard this, and a trace of gloom swept between his eyebrows.
The arrangement of the entire Cao army is that the 50,000 Jizhou troops are divided into two, listed on the two wings, and the 20,000 Cao army elites are in the middle, in order to defend the Chinese army.
Cao Ying never imagined that the horse butcher would give up the absolute superiority of the two wings of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and instead use the 20,000 Chinese army foot soldiers to launch an assault on Cao Ying's Chinese army, so that the 20,000 Cao army elites bore the brunt of the Liang army's attack, and Cao Ying's hard work was in vain.
Now, even if Cao Ying has the intention to change the formation and push the Jizhou troops on both wings to the front of the battle, in order to resist the attack of the trapped camp, it is too late, if he forcibly changes the formation at this time, the result can only be a chaotic formation, and the iron cavalry on both wings of the Liang army only need to take advantage of the situation to rush and kill, and the Cao army will be doomed.
The horse butcher has already shown his sword, and Cao Ying has no choice but to take the move!
The corners of Cao Ying's mouth flashed with a trace of imperceptible fierceness, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Where is Cao Chun? ”
Cao Chun hurriedly rode forward and shouted, "The last will be." ”
Cao Ying said: "Lead five hundred tigers and leopards to ride as the vanguard and collapse the camp!" ”
"Yes."
Cao Chun suddenly received the order.
Cao Ying said again: "Tibetan tyrants listen to orders!" ”
Tibetan Ba Yice stepped forward immediately, hugged his fists and said: "The end will be." ”
Cao Ying said: "Lead eight thousand elites to follow up!" ”
"Yes!"
"Zhang He, Jiang Qi obeys the order!"
"The end will be."
"Leave half of the elite soldiers on the two flanks to contain the cavalry of the Liang army, and the other half of the army will rush forward and then move closer to the Chinese army, and after detouring to the side of the Liang army, look for an opportunity to cut off the connection between the trapped camp and the Liang army's main formation!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
The generals took their orders and left, and the battle was about to break out.
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Dabie foothills, passes.
"What do you say! Liangzhou Iron Rider ran away? Pan Zhang's eyes widened, staring at the general in front of him, and roared angrily, "How could the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry run away, the official road has been blocked, there are steep mountains on both sides, and the war horses can't pass through at all, where are they going?" How to run? ”
The general didn't dare to face Pan Zhang's terrifying eyes, and said in a comfortable voice: "They abandoned their horses and ran over the mountains." ”
"Ah, abandon the horse?" Pan Zhang was stunned and said, "Liangzhou Iron Horse abandoned the horse and fled? ”
The general snorted.
"Haha, isn't Ma Chao looking for death by himself?" Pan Zhang laughed twice when he heard this, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, take General Ben to have a look." ”
Pan Zhang picked up more than 100 personal soldiers, and under the guidance of the general, he came to the pass, and sure enough, he saw the abandoned horse corpses all over the ground, and there were more than 1,000 war horses in a rough count, there is no doubt that the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry has slaughtered all the war horses in order to prevent the war horses from falling into the hands of the Wu army.
But without the war horse, can the Liangzhou Iron Horse still be called the Liangzhou Iron Horse?
In the lofty mountains of Dabie Mountain, can this few hundred troops still resist the attack of Shanyue's elite soldiers, you must know that Pan Zhang's three thousand Shanyue elite soldiers are all good at mountain warfare, not only climbing strongly, but also good at ambushes, traps, hunting, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as you enter the mountain, no army can compete with the Shanyue army.
"General, look, the Liangzhou soldiers escaped from the mountain."
Pan Zhang looked in the direction of the general's finger, and sure enough, he saw a large number of obvious footprints left on the hillside, as well as traces of broken branches and slipping weeds.
At this time, the two thousand Dongwu light cavalry led by Tai Shici had also caught up, and seeing that Pan Zhang only led more than 100 personal soldiers to block the way, while both sides of the official road were full of horse corpses, he couldn't help but be shocked and stepped forward and asked, "General Pan Zhang, what's going on?" Could it be that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has been defeated? ”
Pan Zhang clenched his fists and responded: "General Taishi, Ma Chao led Xiliang Tie to abandon his horse and escape!" ”
Tai Shi Ci said in confusion: "Abandoned the horse and fled? Where to escape? ”
Pan Zhang stretched out his hand and pointed to the hillside on the right side of the official road and said, "General, please look, this is it." ”
Tai Shici dismounted and walked to the side of the official road to carefully observe the traces, and determined that it was undoubtedly the traces left by hundreds of people climbing, and checked dozens of war horses one by one, and then said to Pan Zhang: "General Pan Zhang, since the Liangzhou soldiers have fled into the mountains, then please lead the Shanyue elite soldiers to continue the pursuit, and the last general will report back to Gongzi Ce and Zhou Yu, and then go to the Runan Plain in front to find an opportunity to intercept, how about it?" ”
Pan Zhang said: "It should be like this. ”
At that moment, the two cherished each other, Pan Zhang picked up 3,000 elite soldiers from Shanyue, followed the footprints left by the Liangzhou soldiers and tracked them up the mountain, while Tai Shici led 2,000 light horsemen to cross the pass and go straight to the Runan Plain.
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Xuchang.
"Boom!"
In the pleasant sound of metal grinding, Cao Chun gently pulled down the mask, his handsome face was instantly covered by the ghostly metal mask, only the eyes revealed in the narrow eye hole were still so cold and full of murderous aura, and the next moment, the long knife in Cao Chun's hand was slowly raised.
"Qiang Qiang ......"
In the continuous sound of metal grinding, a full five hundred tiger and leopard riders also pulled down their masks. Five hundred ghost faces, supplemented by cold iron armor, shaky spears, and heavy horse swords, and even the horseback of the war horse was covered with thin black iron armor, making people almost suspect that this was a monster made of five hundred metal.
Tiger and leopard riding, an elite that Cao Ying has poured countless efforts into.
Like Xu Chu's iron cavalry battalion, this is also a heavy armored iron cavalry that even wraps people and horses in iron armor, the only difference may be that the war horse ridden by the tiger and leopard has not been nailed to the horse's shoe, and the mount used is not a high-headed horse in the Western Regions, so the staying power and explosive power are not as good as Xu Chu's Liangzhou heavy armor.
But even so, the Haw Par Rider is an intimidating elite!
During the Battle of Guandu, it was through the brave performance of the tiger and leopard cavalry that Cao Ying broke through the black nest with a few outnumbered people and burned Yuan Shao's military rations, thus returning with a great victory! In the battle of Xuchang, Cao Ying still had high hopes for the tiger and leopard cavalry, hoping that these five hundred heavy armor could be like a sharp steel knife deep into the Liang army's formation, so as to disrupt the enemy formation in one fell swoop.
If the tiger and leopard rider can do this, then Cao Jun's chance has come!
However, it is a pity that Cao Ying's idea is obviously too wishful thinking, and the horse butcher is the first warlord to form and use the heavy armored iron horse, far more deeply understand the powerful power of the heavy armored iron horse than Cao Ying, and also try how to crack the powerful destruction surname of the heavy armored iron horse earlier than Cao Ying.
"Tiger and Par Ride...... Break the army! ”
Cao Chun pulled the long knife in his hand forward, and the five hundred tiger and leopard riders began the final sprint, and the one hundred heavy cavalry in the front row had already pressed down the erection of the long sky cavalry spear, fixed on the special butt of the saddle, and the hundred cavalry spears instantly formed a row of cold and sencent death jingo, crushing towards the trapped camp.
"Tiger and leopard riding?" A trace of calmness flashed across Gao Shun's face, and his figure was as tall as a mountain, "Order, trap the camp to stop advancing, line up on the spot, and throw guns~~ Prepare!" ”
The soldiers behind Gao Shun immediately raised a black pennant and waved it twice in front of him, and the captain who always paid attention to the flag of the Chinese army raised the thick-backed machete in his hand without hesitation, and howled sadly in the sky: "The general has an order, stop advancing~~"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The two thousand soldiers who were trapped in the battle used to roar three times in a row, and then stopped abruptly.
"Shield soldiers and pikemen march forward, and line up to resist the horse formation!"
"Spearman...... Array! ”
The commander of the trap gave the order again, and the formation of the two thousand soldiers in the trap changed again, and the five hundred pikemen built five solid shield walls forward, and the five hundred pikemen followed behind, resting the five hundred spears on the Lulu, pointing at the sky at an angle of forty-five degrees, and in an instant they became a hideous and cold horse rejection array.
The 1,000 lance throwers in the back row quickly lined up, then unloaded the pouches they were carrying, took out the throwing guns inside one by one, and carefully lined them up around them, each soldier had a total of four throwing guns! This is a real weapon, not only for the Tiger and Par Riders, but also for any enemy who dares to stop the charge of the trapped soldiers.
"Boom~~"
The iron hooves churned, the earth trembled, and Cao Jun's tiger and leopard rode forward like a torrent of steel.
"Throw guns~~ Ready!"
The trapped-in captain slowly raised his machete, and the expression on his face was like this cold winter, a slaughter.
A full thousand spear throwers indifferently raised their spears, put them on the side of their ears, and at the same time leaned back slightly, their legs were separated from the front and back, and they were ready to run.
Cao Chun's sturdy body had already risen from the horse's back, and the heavy long knife had been raised to the sky, thirty steps, and there were only thirty steps left! With a few more moments of effort, he would be able to slash off the head of the Liang military captain in front of the battle, and Cao Chun had even seen the picture of the head falling to the ground and blood splashing!
"Woo-ha!"
At this moment, the captain of the trap raised his head to the sky and howled bitterly, and at the same time the machete in his hand slammed forward.
The spearmen took a long breath, took the next step back, then ran forward quickly while spreading their arms, raising the spears in their hands high, and when the speed of the run reached the limit, the body wearing only soft armor slammed forward like a bow, and at the same time the arm that was raised backwards was pulled forward with all its might.
"Hunt Hunt Hunt ~~"
The terrible sound of breaking the air sounded, and a whole thousand spears swept into the air, and then because of the difference in strength and angle, they quickly intertwined into a dense piece in the air, and then fell viciously towards the tiger and leopard riders who were rushing forward.
The rear of the Liang army.
The corners of Ma Yue's mouth suddenly bloomed with a cold murderous intent, and things ...... That's how it should be!
Cao's army was in the rear.
Cao Ying's breathing stopped for a moment, and a strange sullen evil suddenly began to wreak havoc in his chest, and Cao Ying's originally white face quickly turned red.
"Zheng Zheng Zheng!"
Cao Chun waved the long knife in his hand vigorously, and barely flew three head-on throwing guns, but finally failed to block the fourth, fifth and sixth sharp throwing guns, Cao Chun was the leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and rode his horse to gallop at the front of the riding formation, and naturally became the number one target for the first shot of the soldiers in the trapping camp.
Cao Chun's death interprets an irrefutable truth with bloody facts: personal martial arts are so small and insignificant in the chaos of the army!
"Poof!"
The fourth spear pierced through Cao Chun's right chest, and then passed through the chest, and coldly shot through the throat of another tiger and leopard rider behind Cao Chun, these spears were far more powerful than feather arrows, and could easily penetrate any solid iron armor, even the heavy armor of Xu Chu's iron cavalry battalion could completely resist the penetration of this throwing spear!
The rapid dash of the tiger and leopard riding forward greatly increased the power of the throwing spear.
Cao Chun's majestic body shook suddenly, and the whole body was numb like being devoured by thunder, and then the fifth and sixth spears passed through the body one after another, and then deeply penetrated into the back of Cao Chun's mount, and actually nailed him to death with people and horses! The mount took a few steps forward, before finally falling to the ground with a smack.
Suddenly, the neighing of the war horses and the miserable howls of the soldiers were intertwined, and nearly half of the tiger and leopard riders were wiped out like their commander Cao Chun! The body of a soldier blooms like a flower, the fresh life is harvested cheaply, war, this is war, cold-blooded war!
The indifferent lancers raised their guns, dashed, and threw, and another round of throwing spears swept through the air, but this time, the casualties of the tiger and leopard riders were far less, for they had rushed close to the trapping camp.
In the end, the more than 200 surviving tiger and leopard cavalry finally crashed heavily into the trapped camp's horse rejection array, and the cavalry spear carrying the powerful habit was like piercing the fragile watermelon, easily piercing the body of the trapped camp soldiers along with the sturdy shield, but at the same time, the horse rejection spear of the trapped camp soldiers also pierced the body of the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers effortlessly.
This is a fight for life!
It's a decisive battle with no luck!
Here, life is just a pale number, just a defeat on horseback, just an obstacle under the iron hoof, just a group of meaningless flesh and blood after the death of the battle, the two sides fight for the ability to bear death, fight for a strong will and an indifferent heart to kill.
Under the wild and ferocious collision of the tiger and leopard horse, the first shield wall of the camp quickly collapsed, and the whole two hundred soldiers became the minced meat under the iron hooves of the Cao army, but the price paid by the tiger and leopard riders was equally heavy, after breaking through the first shield wall, there were only more than 100 riders left of more than 200 tiger and leopard riders!
Now, even idiots can see that it is impossible for the tiger and leopard riders to collapse the camp, and now, Cao Ying can only pin his last hope on the 8,000 elite soldiers led by the Tibetan tyrant, and in the battle of Guandu, the 8,000 elite of the Tibetan tyrant withstood the repeated onslaught of Zhang He's 30,000 Jizhou elites.
Today, will the Tibetan tyrant still be able to withstand the attack of Gao Shun's 20,000 elite soldiers?
As long as the 8,000 elite soldiers of the Tibetan tyrant can block Gao Shun's 20,000 elite soldiers, and wait until Zhang He and Jiang Qi's army detours from the two wings, then it is still possible, whether Cao Ying's army will defeat Gao Shun's 20,000 elite soldiers first, or Ma Yue's two-wing cavalry will first break the two wings of Cao's army, then only God knows!
For the first time in his life, Cao felt that he had lost control of the evolution of the battlefield situation.
However, it is a pity that this time Zangba finally failed to create a miracle again, and his 8,000 elite soldiers could not stop Gao Shun's 20,000 army at all! Whether it is equipment or troops, the Tibetan tyrant is at an absolute disadvantage, especially what makes the Tibetan tyrant feel helpless is that the momentum and fighting spirit of the Liang army are completely above the Cao army!
In the end, without waiting for Zhang He and Jiang Qi's army to come around, Gao Shun defeated the eight thousand elite soldiers of the Tibetan hegemony with lightning speed, and the Cao army was defeated like a mountain.
The Battle of Xuchang ended in a great victory for the Liang army.
The 8,000 elite soldiers of the Tibetan tyrant were almost wiped out, and in the end, under the desperate response of Zhang Liao, the Tibetan tyrant only led hundreds of his own soldiers to kill through the siege and fled back to Xuchang City! Under the key pursuit of the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, the Cao army led by generals Zhang Liao, Cao Xiu, Yin Li, and Sun Guan also suffered heavy losses, and only less than 5,000 of the 20,000 elite Cao troops could escape back to Xudu alive.
However, the losses of the Jizhou army were minimal, with nearly 50,000 people when they went out to fight, and nearly 50,000 when they returned to the city! So far, the Jizhou army has an overwhelming military advantage in Xuchang City, and the tail is not falling, and the heroes are like Cao Ying, and they can't put an end to the suspicion and vigilance between the Jizhou army and the Cao army.
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Runan.
The elite of the 8,000 Wu army led by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu successfully rushed to Runan, and Tai Shici, who arrived first, hurriedly came to greet him.
Tai Shi Ci respectfully clasped his fists to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu and said, "See Gongzi, see Dadudu." ”
Sun Ce said with his hands solemn: "Ziyi doesn't have to be polite. ”
Zhou Yu said: "General Taishi, have you found any traces of the Liangzhou Army recently?" ”
Tai Shi Ci said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, the last general has sent troops to guard the dangerous intersections out of the mountain, but no trace of the Liangzhou army has been found so far. ”
Sun Ce said: "Does General Pan Zhang have any news back?" ”
Tai Shi Ci said: "Two days ago, there was news that the Liangzhou army led by Ma Chao had been going around in circles in the mountains, and it was unclear whether it was deliberate, or if it was unfamiliar with the terrain and got lost. ”
"Oh?" Zhou Yu's expression moved when he heard this, and he said thoughtfully, "Going around in circles in the mountains? ”
Sun Ce was puzzled: "What kind of mystery is Ma Chao playing, actually going around in a circle with Pan Zhang's Shanyue elite soldiers in the mountains?" Isn't this attacking the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, Xiliang Iron Cavalry can only exert its power when it goes out of the mountains to the plains, how can Ma Chao not even understand this truth? Could it be that you are really lost? ”
"The last general thinks that the surname of the person who is lost is not big, the weather has been good recently, the sun rises as usual every day, Ma Chao has no reason to even tell the difference between the head and the east, right?" Tai Shi Ci said, "Ma Chao is afraid that he will not dare to go out of the mountain, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry that has lost its war horse is like a tiger that has its fangs and claws removed, no matter how much it is not to worry about, the two thousand light cavalry of the last general is enough to deal with it." ”
"But hiding in the mountains all the time is not a way after all, not to mention what does the Liangzhou army eat in the mountains?" Sun Ce said this, and suddenly asked Zhou Yu, "Could it be that Ma Chao is waiting for reinforcements?" ”
Zhou Yu muttered: "Even if he is waiting for reinforcements, Ma Chao doesn't have to go around in circles with Pan Zhang in the mountains at all, wouldn't it be better to go out of the mountains and find a small city to stick to?" Bi Zi Tianzi and the hundred officials of the court are not soldiers, and it is inevitable that they will fall ill after eating and sleeping, if the Son of Heaven has a mistake, won't Ma Chao regret it? Therefore, there must be another mystery in this. ”
Tai Shi Ci said: "Ma Chao is at the end of his rope, what other mysteries can there be?" ”
Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci: "Bo Fu, you personally stay in Runan to sit in the formation, divide your troops to guard the main roads out of the mountains, General Taishi, you lead three hundred light cavalry to accompany you on the next trip to the Qingniu Pass, and you need to carefully inspect the terrain near the Qingniu Pass and the traces left by the Liangzhou army to see what Ma Chao is playing." ”
Sun Ce said: "Gongjin, this son will accompany you to go to Qingniu Pass in person, it is enough for Ziyi to stay here." ”
Zhou Yu said: "It's okay, how about setting off without further ado?" ”
……
Near the Qingniu Pass, a hidden valley.
When Ma Chao appeared in front of him, Fa Zheng almost didn't recognize it, only to see that the animal skin armor on Ma Chao's body had been tattered, and the old battle robe had almost become a beggar's outfit, and the more than 400 Liangzhou elite soldiers behind Ma Chao were even more unbearable, many soldiers were still wounded, and some soldiers were still wearing crutches, and they needed help to walk.
"Major General!" Fa Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and said in a trembling voice, "How can this be? ”
"His grandmother's." Ma Chao, who usually rarely speaks rudely, couldn't help but scold at this time, "These Eastern Wu soldiers are really fucking difficult, traps full of antlers, crossbow arrows with foot traps, boulders that may roll down the mountain at any time, and even good trees will suddenly fall!" Damn, these Dongwu soldiers in the mountains are simply ghosts, and they can't be guarded against! ”
Fa Zheng swallowed his saliva, not knowing how to comfort Ma Chao.
Ma Chao snorted, and then said: "But this level has finally been passed, although the Eastern Wu soldiers are difficult, didn't they be able to leave us in the mountains?" Hmph, wait until you get to the plains, and then turn around and clean them up, let them know what the real elite of a hundred battles is! ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Fa Zheng nodded again and again, "Wait until you get to the plain, and then you can clean up the Eastern Wu soldiers." ”
Ma Chao said: "Xiaozhi, has the Wu army at the pass in front withdrawn?" ”
Fa Zheng said: "I secretly sent people out of the valley to reconnoitre, and the Wu army in the pass has all withdrawn, and it is estimated that they are going to the Runan Plain to wait for the rabbit." ”
"Good!" Ma Chao slammed the knot and said sharply, "Where is Han De?" ”
Han De hurriedly stepped forward and replied sharply: "What do you want from the young general?" ”
Ma Chao said fiercely: "Immediately prepare the horses and escort the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials out of the valley!" ”
"Yes."
Han De responded violently and took the order.
……
Green Bull Pass.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu arrived under the escort of three hundred light horsemen, Zhou Yu didn't have time to inspect the clues left by the Liangzhou iron horse, and suddenly heard a chaotic neighing of horses in the valley on the right, and then the light and crisp sound of horses' hooves stepping on the snow resounded through the empty valley, Sun Ce's face changed, and shouted: "Array, protect the governor!" ”
The three hundred light cavalry of the Wu army had just finished the formation, hundreds of ragged and unkempt clothes, and the whole refugee-like "horse thief" had already rushed out of the valley, and soon crowded the entire official road, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's eyes were quickly attracted by the leader of this group of "horse thieves".
Although the leader of this group of "horse thieves" was also ragged and unkempt, all this could not hide the fierce aura exuded by this person, especially the silver spear in his hand, which faintly revealed a cold murderous aura, which could be clearly felt even though it was dozens of steps away.
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were shocked, and a thought passed through their minds at the same time - Xiliang Jin Ma Chao!
……
(To be continued)