With this fierce guard, the group rushed out of the range of the sea of fire without much effort. Rain of arrows tactics simply do not threaten these specially trained soldiers. The main thing is that the shields of these pro-soldiers are too sharp, and it is not a problem to defend against spearmen, and the bows and arrows are not even qualified to tickle them.

Shan Jing was slightly surprised, the reason why he dared to rebel was that he was sure that he could kill Tian Kai and capture Ma Chao in a short time, otherwise don't talk about Ma Chao, even Tian Kai's descendants rushed over, and they only had to escape. Seeing that the bow and arrow could not be used, he shouted: "Kill me!" All surround and set up a spear formation, and be sure to capture Ma Chao alive! ”

"Kill!"

The hundreds of private soldiers who were ambushed at the door immediately surrounded them after receiving the order, and the momentum was terrifying, and the spears in their hands were aimed at Ma Chao's personal soldiers, and a fierce white-edged battle immediately began.

These private soldiers were pikemen, and their spears were five feet long, which was the most suitable for besieging enemy generals. You can imagine what it would be like for a group of people with spears more than three meters long to stab you from all directions, if you only have a sword in your hand, I am afraid that you will only be beaten, and you will not be able to fight back.

The plan alone is very good, but it is not enough to use pikemen against Ma Chao's sword and shield soldiers. Ma Chao's soldiers were equipped with a total of four weapons, the main battle weapon, the steel shield and the horse chopping knife, in addition to the halberd and self-defense dagger that could throw and hurt people.

This chopping knife is not a bulky chopping knife in the Western Han Dynasty, but Ma Chao is modeled after the Song Dynasty chopping knife design, the knife body is arc-shaped, four feet five inches long, three inches wide, weighing twenty-two catties, plus a one-foot-long handle, the whole chopping knife is five feet five inches long. The advantages of this knife are that it is moderately weight, can be used with one hand, has a fast striking speed, has a wide range, and is extremely flexible, and the curved blade is also more conducive to chopping.

Although the pikemen were powerful, the prerequisite was to concentrate on a group charge, such as the famous Macedonian spear formation in the West, and street fighting in narrow places was insufficient. The spear stabbed from all sides, either separated or stabbed into the shield, and then the head of the spear was slashed horizontally with a sword. Only a long wooden stick remained in the hands of the private soldier who had the head of the gun cut off, and ten percent of the combat strength immediately went to fifty or sixty percent.

Ma Chao didn't kill the enemy for a long time, and his heart was itching at the moment, so he killed the enemy side by side with Dian Wei with his sword, leaving only more than ten personal soldiers in the middle to protect Kong Rong and Tian Kai. The group was invincible, no one could stop its edge, and they fought their way straight to the north gate.

Let's say that Shan Jing and Yan Gang also started in a hurry, and it has been less than two hours since Ma Chao entered the city to attend the banquet, how can everything be in place? Tian Kai's subordinates saw the fire burning in the Thorn Mansion from a distance, and immediately led to the rescue. With the addition of this new force, Dian Wei and the others suddenly reduced their pressure and greatly accelerated their movement speed!

Huang Zhong and Xun You, who were ready to attack the city at any time, saw that there was a fire in the city and knew that it was not good. Zibo City has just been broken by the Yellow Turban Thieves, it is already dilapidated, the city wall is more broken, not to mention, even the moat has been filled by the Yellow Turban Thieves for most of it, plus the defenders divided their troops to rescue Tian Kai, the defensive strength is extremely weak,

In the city, Tian Kai was relieved to see that his troops had come to quell the rebellion, so at this time, he suddenly heard the sound of drums and horns outside the city, and the sound of shouting and killing came from afar, and he didn't need to think about it to know that Ma Chao's army had begun to attack the city.

Seeing this, Ma Chao frowned, and said in a deep voice: "This matter has nothing to do with Tian Tingshi, the general will not pursue it, and now the generals under my command have launched an offensive when they see the fire in the city, and now they are already a family, how about asking Tian Tingshi to let them into the city?" ”

Tian Kai said: "That's how it should be! With that, the anxious confidant went to the north gate to deliver the order.

Seeing that things were out of control, Shan Jing and Yan Gang immediately organized soldiers and horses to resist the counterattack of Tian Kaiyan's men, and at the same time took their families and retreated to the east gate, intending to retreat to the Donglai area to wait for Gongsun Zhan's instructions. Dian Wei and Chen Zhi led their own soldiers to surround Ma Chao in an airtight manner, and did not interfere in the fight between the two groups of Qingzhou troops at all, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

With more and more of Tian Kai's lineage, he gradually gained the upper hand, forcing the private soldiers of the two to retreat to the east gate, looking at it, the entrance of the Assassin's Mansion was full of corpses, there were hundreds of corpses, and the fire of the Assassin's Mansion burned Lao Gao, and it was impossible to extinguish it. After another half an hour, Huang Zhong and the others finally rushed into Zibo City, and the situation was completely under control.

At that moment, someone was sent to capture Shan Jing and Yan Gang, and it was already reported that the two had fled from the east gate to the direction of Donglai. Ma Chao was furious, these two really didn't know whether they were alive or dead, they just ran away, and stole his BMW and immediately shouted: "Chen Dao, where is the surname Cao?" ”

"Mo will be!"

Ma Chao said: "Order the two of you to ride five thousand out of the city quickly to chase and kill Shan Jing and Yan Gang, be sure to refute the thunder to the general and chase it back, and those who block it will be killed." ”

"Obey the order, if you can't complete the task, I am willing to come and see you!" After receiving the order, the two led five teams of cavalry to the east gate to kill.

Tian Kai saw that Ma Chao was furious, and his face was pale with fright, and then he thought that if it wasn't for Ma Chao's personal soldiers to protect him just now, he and Kong Rong would both become ghosts under the knife, and his heart was complicated for a while, and he hugged his fists and said: "The general is angry, only because of negligence at the next moment, this incident happened, fortunately, the general's personal soldiers are brave and good at fighting, there is no danger, and I ask the general to forgive me!" ”

Ma Chao sighed helplessly, and said: "Tian Tingshi doesn't have to blame himself, there is a reason why Shan Yan and the others are unwilling to submit to the general, and this matter is revealed, and they can't escape the general's net!" But I don't know how many private soldiers there are under the two of them, and how many people, horses, grain and grass are there in Zibo City? ”

Tian Kai said: "The three of us have a total of nearly 50,000 people, 30,000 troops are stationed in Zibo City, and the rest are all in the Donglai area, but there is not much grain and grass. ”

Ma Chao nodded and asked, "In this way, most of the soldiers and horses who fled with the two of them were foot soldiers?" ”

Tian Kai said: "Exactly, Qingzhou has young horses, but there are not tens of thousands of cavalry like the general, but the descendants of the two are all the troops of the former General Gongsun, but there are also two or three thousand cavalry!" ”

Ma Chao pondered for a while, and soon had an idea, Zibo Gudonglai is five hundred miles, even if it is more than a hundred miles away from the nearest cities of Changyi and Xiami, and this area belongs to the plain area, which is suitable for cavalry to travel long-distance tactics, and then said: "The military situation is urgent, as the general expected, the two will definitely go to Changyi, Tian Thorn Shi Ke quickly sent his henchmen and cavalry to Changyi to fight an ambush in the vicinity, and he could have sent a team of men and horses to assist you!" ”

Tian Kai was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "There is a great general, it is easy to destroy these two thieves, so I will arrange this matter in the next place!"

Ma Chao also asked Huang Zhong to send 2,000 cavalry to Changyi with Tian Kai's troops to fight an interception battle, and the defenders in the city cleaned up the battlefield, drew water to put out the fire, and did not stabilize the situation until the evening. And the 30,000 infantry troops led by Zhang He also drove into Zibo City with their baggage, completely controlling the situation.

However, it was said that Chen Zhi and Cao surnamed led 5,000 cavalry to chase and kill Shan Jing and Yan Gang, and the two not only had their families accompanying them, but also thousands of foot troops, and no matter how fast they ran, they could not outrun the war horses. Leaving the city and rushing straight out of less than fifty miles to catch up with most of the two, seeing that he had tens of thousands of parts in his hands, and did not take this cavalry in his eyes, Suo stopped to wait for work, and ordered the infantry to form a formation with spears in hand, the archers in the back, and the cavalry on both sides.

Shan Jing has been under Gongsun Chan for many years, and has fought many battles with Wuheng in the north, and he has rich experience on the battlefield. The first choice for infantry against cavalry is the arrow formation, followed by the spear formation, and it is possible to win by static braking......

The advantage of the cavalry is that the impact is strong, the mobile surname is unmatched, if you can fight, you can fight, if you can't beat the horse, you can go, if there is no cavalry, it is impossible for the infantry to surround and annihilate the cavalry.

Chen Zhi and Cao surnamed Lao Yuan used binoculars to see the enemy's formation clearly, and couldn't help sneering secretly in their hearts.

The spear array has great lethality, and there is no doubt that it will rush and die, but it also has shortcomings, that is, the mobile surname is not strong, and there are great flaws in the flanks, and it needs to be guarded by heavy troops. Shan Jing also knew this, so he placed the cavalry on both sides of the spear array.

At this moment, as soon as he saw Chen Zhi and Cao surnamed detour to the flank, he immediately commanded the sergeant to change the formation, still aiming his spearhead at the two of them, and seeing that the cavalry was already within two steps, he immediately waved his sword and shouted: "The archer is ready to release arrows!" "The two teams of archers, hiding in the middle of the spear formation, bent their bows and arrows, and did not aim, ready to shoot at an angle of forty-five degrees.

At this moment, the two teams surnamed Cao and Chen Zhi also slowed down, and they didn't intend to charge at all, but while scattering around, they slowly approached, waving the war knife in their hands, shouting and killing to the sky, and with the black iron mask, the momentum was extremely terrifying.

Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere is getting more and more tense, and Shan Jing can't figure out what these two groups are going to do? However, when they saw the equipment of the two cavalry teams, the tens of thousands of soldiers present were all envious, especially the helmets with masks, which were simply too stylish. And the people are all wearing high-grade fish scales, except for some generals, the horse chopping knives in their hands are all shining, shining with cold light, bright as new, like heavenly soldiers.

The spearmen on the periphery of eighty paces were only eighty paces away from Ma Chao's cavalry, and the archers inside were relatively far away, less than within the ideal range. Shan Jing and Yan Gang both pinched a cold sweat in their palms, their spirits were extremely nervous, and they were ready to give the order to release arrows at any time!

At this moment, I saw that the surname Cao and Chen Zhi suddenly stopped and shouted: "The whole army stops advancing!" The two teams of cavalry immediately stopped, except for the dust on the ground, the whole battlefield immediately fell silent, and the atmosphere was extremely strange. (To be continued.) )