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Cao Jun, who was still in confusion, was attacked by a rain of arrows in the blink of an eye, and they were defenseless, and hundreds of people fell under the arrows of death in an instant.

Tens of thousands of Cao soldiers immediately fell into panic.

At this moment, Cao Xiu completely realized that his King Wei had fallen for someone's tricks, and the price was that he and these tens of thousands of soldiers might die on the bank of Luoshui today.

"Wen Lie, we have been tricked, what should we do?" Cao Chun drove his horse and exclaimed.

Cao Xiu is not the kind of person who easily accepts his fate, as one of the former commanders of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, in such an ambush, the back road was cut off, and in a difficult situation, he regained the calm that a famous general should have.

"Don't panic, the whole army is in array for the enemy." Cao Xiu shouted an order.

These elite soldiers of the Cao army, knowing that they were in ambush, if they were replaced by other troops, I am afraid that the morale of the army would have collapsed at this time, but they still maintained a high degree of discipline and quickly formed a defensive formation.

Cao Xiu calmly observed the enemy situation around him in the protective layer formed by the shields of his own soldiers, and soon found that the density of ambushes and arrows in the northwest seemed to be much weaker, which may mean that there were fewer enemy ambushes in this direction.

At this critical moment, Cao Xiu didn't have time to think about it, he keenly grasped the favorable information on this battlefield, and ordered Cao Chun: "Zihe, there are fewer thieves in the northwest, so we will take this as a breakthrough, you will use the tiger and leopard to ride the road first, I will follow up with the infantry army, let's fight out of the encirclement, and then retreat to the north bank from the uncracked river upstream." ”

The main general ordered, Cao Chun had no doubts, immediately flew out, gathered his remaining 4,000 tigers and leopards under the arrows, and rushed towards the Ma Dai army in the northwest in the face of the enemy's arrow rain.

The horses' hooves galloped out of the ruin-like stronghold, and towards the first rays of morning light rising in the east, the tiger and leopard rode at an astonishing speed, and in the blink of an eye they were within a hundred paces of the enemy.

The enemy's formation was also exposed to the reflection of the rising sunrise, and with a rough sweep, the archers in the formation were only two or three thousand at most. Seeing this situation, Cao Chun's heart felt a little more hopeful, so he ordered the whole army to speed up the attack.

At this moment, a mediocre-looking and seemingly modest Han general was standing in the middle of the formation with his sword, silently watching the rolling enemy horsemen.

This leading Han general is none other than Ma Dai, the younger brother of Jin Ma Chao.

Looking at the enemy's iron cavalry in front of him, Ma Dai's modest eyes gradually revealed murderous intentions.

Father and brother are mighty and powerful, and he has followed them for half his life, but he has only ended up in obscurity. He also has enthusiasm, and he also wants to be famous in the world, telling people that he Ma Dai is also the proud son of the Ma family, and he is not destined to be an ordinary mediocre person in his life.

At this moment, the prey that made him famous was getting closer and closer, and Ma Dai's heart was like a volcano awakening, and the hot magma was ready to go.

Fifty steps were close, and Ma Dai shouted: "Change formation!" ”

The order flag waved, the whole army got the order, the gunners in front of the formation quickly squatted down, and the three thousand crossbowmen hidden behind showed their killing moves.

It was not an ordinary crossbowman, but three thousand crossbowmen holding the most terrifying weapon in the world, Zhuge Flying Crossbow.

This previous show of weakness was also Pang Tong's strategy, just to lead Cao Jun into the trap in the ambush circle, and these three thousand Zhuge flying crossbows were the last killing weapon to end the prey in the net.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy cavalry was nearly thirty paces, and Ma Dai shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" ”

Within a dozen seconds, more than 30,000 crossbow arrows stained with poison buzzed and pounced on the target like a hornet that had exploded its nest.

Just a few seconds ago, Cao Chun, who was running wildly, was still surging with strong confidence and killing intent in his heart.

Since the Battle of Chibi, as a tiger and leopard rider, he has been trapped by illness, when he stayed in Xiangyang to recuperate, he heard that there was a famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing in Jiangling, so he secretly sent someone to infiltrate Jiangling, with a lot of money to Zhang Zhongjing to get a life-saving prescription.

It was by relying on that good prescription that he survived from death, got up again from the brink of illness and death, and after years of adjustment, this time, he was finally able to lead the army to fight again. And the king of Wei is still more important than him, and as soon as he returns to the battlefield, he puts the tiger and leopard riding back into his hands.

How many years have he been silent, how much he has been holding his sullen breath, today, he must use a painful killing to wash away the painful memories of the past.

However, just a few seconds later, Cao Chun's wishful thinking was shattered. Because of the sudden change of formation of the enemy, he clearly saw the legendary Zhuge flying crossbow that made Cao Jun frightened.

For a moment, Cao Chun felt a cold breath of death blowing in his ears.

He suddenly realized that he had fallen for the trick again!

"Retreat! Fall back! ”

Cao Chun exclaimed, but it was too late. The overwhelming rain of arrows is already coming.

The hundreds of cavalry who rushed to the front were shot to the ground without any suspense like broken arrows, and the cavalry that followed closely behind, while undergoing the baptism of arrow rain, was tripped by the comrades who had fallen to the ground before because they could not stop the horses' hooves, and then they were squeezed and dumped by each other, and were crushed into meat cakes in the huge force of squeezing and colliding.

Within fifteen seconds, less than 800 of the 5,000 cavalry remained, but fortunately, Cao Chun, as the commander, miraculously survived the rain of bullets.

Although he was lucky to survive, Cao Chun was terrified.

The 5,000 iron horsemen in their hands have accounted for about half of the entire number of tiger and leopard riders, and this iron horseman, which is known as a hundred victories and has changed the color of the world's heroes, is now under his own leadership, but it will be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

"The tiger and leopard were destroyed by my hands, how can I be worthy of the trust of King Wei!"

Cao Chun's heart was heartbroken, but the instinct to survive drove him to move closer to Cao Xiu's infantry army in fright under the escort of 800 remnants.

However, his enemies would not let him go so easily.

After the bombardment of Zhuge Fei's crossbow, Ma Dai was ambitious and roared: "Brothers, follow me to kill all the thieves, rush." ”

The sound of drums was loud, and 20,000 paces rode out, following the big banner of the word "horse" fluttering in the wind without hesitation.

Ma Dai led 3,000 Xiliang cavalry, one horse took the lead, the horses of these cavalry were all the best horses offered by the Qiang people, the speed was better than the cavalry of the Cao army, and soon approached the 800 panicked enemy cavalry.

Ma Dai's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw the enemy general with bright armor, so he whipped a few lashes and rode his horse to chase after him.

The enemy general who was favored by Ma Dai was Cao Chun.

Originally, Cao Chun's mount was a good horse in Liaodong given by the King of Wei, and the foot distance was comparable to that of an ordinary horse.

However, the unfortunate thing was that Cao Chun's war horse was scratched by the highly poisonous crossbow arrows in the attack of the crossbow arrows just now. Although the resistance of the horse is much stronger than that of people, as the poisonous surname gradually spreads, the war horse is finally affected, and its foot is getting slower and slower.

Looking back, seeing that there were enemy horsemen chasing him, Cao Chun knew that it was difficult to get rid of, so he had to take down the iron spear and prepare to fight to the death.

A few seconds later, Ma Dai rode his horse closer, and when he was only a little away, the long knife in Ma Dai's hand swept out. Cao Chun had already prepared, and the body of the gun reversed, intending to block the chopping knife.

At the moment when the knife was inspected, the war horse under the crotch was haunted by poison, and he stumbled unsteadily, and the gun in Cao Chun's hand was deflected by three points.

The fatal three lives are opened.

I saw that the bright blade passed by the handle of the gun, and with a pop, it slashed Cao Chun's waist. And this knife came so quickly and violently that it cut through the armor and went deep into the flesh.

"Ahh

Ma Dai added another force to the knife, only to hear a bang, the blade cut in from the left, swept out from the right, and brought out all the intestines and stomachs of the waist by the way.

Cao Chun looked up to the sky and let out a miserable roar, and he rolled off the horse while holding his intestines that burst out of his stomach.

Cao Chun was beheaded, and the remaining morale of the 800 remnants of the soldiers immediately collapsed, and the Han army's iron cavalry swept over, trampling them all under their feet. The morale-boosting Han army, stepping on the corpse of the tiger and leopard rider, rushed to the Cao army behind them like an angry wave.

At this time, Cao Xiu, commanding the more than 10,000 infantry troops, had just rushed out of the camp and clearly witnessed the terrifying scene of Cao Chun's troops being destroyed in an instant.

Before Cao Xiu could even gasp for this, the Han army stepped on his brother's body and killed the general.

Cao Xiu was shocked and angry, and hurriedly summoned his frightened soldiers to prepare to meet the enemy, and just when their array was not finished, the 3,000 Han cavalry led by Ma Dai had rushed into the formation unstoppably.

The anxious and panicked Cao army could not resist this sudden and unexpected impact at all, and the formation that had just formed was broken in a short time, and more than 10,000 Cao troops were scattered together, each holding his head and fleeing for his life.

Cao Xiu saw that the general trend had gone, so he turned his horse and headed to the north bank, followed by only more than 100 personal soldiers to escort him.

At this time, the Han army's Shenwei artillery attack had not stopped, but the density had weakened a lot, because it was cold, and part of the cracked ice began to condense again.

Looking at the river from afar, Cao Xiu looked up to the sky and shouted: "There is no way to cross the river, there are chasing soldiers behind, it is impossible to kill me Cao Xiu!" ”

At this time, the dust behind was heavy, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and the pursuit of the Han army was approaching.

At this time, a personal soldier beside him hurriedly shouted: "General, the river is not completely frozen, why don't you try to cross the river by stepping on the ice, maybe there is still a way to live." ”

Cao Xiu's spirits were lifted, and after this reminder, he seemed to see a trace of vitality, but this frozen river surface was destroyed once, although it had begun to re-condense, but the thickness was unpredictable, in case he stepped on a thin ice and fell into the ice cave, it would not be a dead end.

There was not much time left for Cao Xiu to weigh up, the arrows of the Han army were already beckoning to them, Cao Xiu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said: "So far, it can only be like this, brothers, if you want to live, come with me." ”

Before the words fell, Cao Xiu had already ridden his horse onto the frozen river.

(To be continued)