The history of the construction of Pingtao can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is a veritable thousand-year-old city. But on the sixth day of the fourth month of the third year of Kaiyuan, the ancient city suffered an unprecedented catastrophe and was almost razed to the ground.

The fire and chaos in the city continued until dawn, when the morning sun rose and the fire was completely extinguished, leaving wisps of green smoke rising in the air, proving how terrifying the chaos was at night. In addition, only the bare, scorched and bloodstained city walls on all sides silently tell the glory of this ancient city.

Fortunately, no one in the Qingzhou Army took it as their responsibility to be a historian, so except for Wang Yu, no one felt sad or anything. The army is filled with ecstasy and pride!

Among the examples of battles in history that are talked about by the world and the weak defeat the strong, the Battle of Longshan is not the most disparity in proportion before the war. The two most famous large-scale battles carried out by Xiang Ji, the overlord of Western Chu at that time, the Battle of Julu and the Battle of Pengcheng, are both classics of defeating the strong with the weak.

In the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu led 50,000 Chu troops, crossed Zhangshui in a broken cauldron and sunk boats, won nine battles and nine victories, and broke the elite of Zhanghan's 400,000 Qin army, and the gap between the two sides reached eight times.

The battle of Pengcheng was even more exaggerated, when Liu Bang and more than ten princes of the road allied together, with a total army of 560,000, and launched a full-scale attack when Xiang Yu's main force was pinned down in the Qi State. Under the great pressure of the Han army, Peng Yue, the general who stayed in Pengcheng, surrendered to the wind, and after Xiang Yu heard the news, he only brought 30,000 cavalry back to help, the ratio was almost twenty to one!

The result, of course, was that Xiang Yu won, and he defeated the opponent head-on in the battle, a record that no one may be able to break.

But if it rises to a strategic height, Wang Yu will fight against the Xiliang Army in Bingzhou, and the results will be much more brilliant than Xiang Yu's in Pengcheng.

Although Xiang Ji defeated Liu Bang's coalition army in the Battle of Pengcheng, due to the limited number of troops, he was unable to completely annihilate the enemy army, and even failed to pursue the victory. In the end, he could only use Liu Bang's father and wife as hostages to try to take advantage of the political level, but of course the result was very unsuccessful, and the gap between Xiang and Liu at the military level and the political level was inversely proportional. Liu Bang can't beat Xiang Yu, but playing tricks is enough to throw Xiang Yu a few streets.

On the other hand, in the battle of Bingzhou, Wang Yu first completely defeated more than 200,000 soldiers and horses of Xiliang in Longshan, and then Xu Shu used a clever plan, and the soldiers and horses of Xiliang were surrendered or captured or killed in battle, and the whole army was destroyed. The tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers who escaped first had to go through the encirclement and interception of the wind cavalry, and then they had to travel a long journey of thousands of miles, and finally they could successfully escape back to Xiliang's lair, and I am afraid that there would be no one in ten.

The most incredible thing is that it was all done in just five days. Before the second day of the fourth month, the Xiliang army was still invincible, and it could be called the most important force in the world, and by the sixth day of the fourth month, a huge army of soldiers and horses had been wiped out.

With such a brilliant result in front of him, it is closely related to himself, who cares if the history of Pingtao City will end here?

It seems that the approach of the Qingzhou army was discovered, and there was soon movement in the city.

The first to come out were hundreds of cavalry. Seeing the formation outside the city, the cavalry queue twitched slightly, but it quickly calmed down, and with a low shout, these more than 400 people actually brazenly put on an attack formation - a dense fish scale formation!

The generals in Qingzhou all laughed when they saw this. Although their courage is commendable, these people really don't know whether to live or die. You know, there are more than 30,000 people outside the city, and they have been recuperating all night, and stretching out a little finger is enough to crush this remnant to death.

Although he knew that the other party was not harmful, the Qingzhou army did not take it lightly. Thunder Cadet Captain Huang Ze gave an order, and the crossbowmen in the front row instantly completed the adjustment of the formation, and put out a triple killing array with the archers in the back, the strong crossbow in the center, and the crossbow in front!

The hundreds of cavalry who left the city first were obviously shocked, and the neat array suddenly became chaotic. The cavalry, who were still brave and fearless just now, saw death as if they were at home, and involuntarily retreated, and the fish scale array suddenly shortened a lot, and it was seen that there was a tendency to become an irregular phalanx.

In the Battle of Longshan, the most impressive thing for the Xiliang army was nothing more than three things: the terrifying long-range strike, the terrifying attack power of the iron cavalry, and the superb martial arts of Zhao Yun and Tai Shici. Among them, the most deterrent is the long-range strike.

Although Zhao Yun and Tai Shici's martial arts are high, they and Ma Chao are only between them, and if they want to decide the winner, I am afraid they will have to fight for three hundred rounds, although it is shocking, but it is not incredible.

Although the combat power of the iron cavalry is strong, the Xiliang cavalry is not weak, and in the past, there were many records of cavalry charging and beating the enemy to the ground. If it weren't for the spear cavalry that served as the vanguard was plotted and attacked head-on, the Xiliang army might not have been afraid of the Qingzhou Iron Cavalry.

Only the long-range power of Qingzhou is unheard of and unseen by the people of Xiliang. The Han army has a tradition of attaching importance to long-range forces, and in the Han-Hungarian War, with the advantage of long-range, the Han army fought many battles in which the Han army was outnumbered and won more with less. The self-boasting cavalry and archery of the nomadic barbarians in later generations is a joke in this era, and only the Han army really deserves this title!

The biggest drawback of the bow and crossbow is that it consumes a lot of money and requires high logistical supplies. In a poor place like Xiliang, there is no way to imagine what it will be like to have ten thousand arrows at once.

In the battle of Longshan, they saw a more terrifying scene than the volley of ten thousand arrows, which left a deep psychological shadow on them, and even those who could be called dead soldiers could not help but be weak and afraid.

"Useless waste! Death without fear, what else is there to fear? There was a roar from the cave in the city gate, and before the roar fell, a fast horse swept out of the city gate like a whirlwind. The war horse was covered in coals, and the knight was also red all over, giving people the feeling of a raging fire!

The person who came was none other than Ma Chao.

"It's strange, didn't he wear bells and whistles last time, why did he wear red this time? Could it be that he really wanted to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, changed his career in advance, and wanted to join his wife? Pan Zhang was happy and pointed and said.

If you want to count martial arts, Pan Zhang will definitely be ranked outside the top ten in the army, but if you talk about complaining, he is a well-deserved top seed player in Qingzhou. can fight with him, only Tai Shici is barely strong. He was seriously injured, Wang Yu originally wanted him to recuperate, but this guy couldn't be separated, how could he miss such a lively, and he still came.

"What eyes, you!" Ji Ling pursed his lips and sneered: "Look carefully, those on his body are full of blood!" ”

"Blood?" Pan Zhang was stunned, looked at it, and suddenly gasped: "This guy is really not an ordinary fight!" Looking at this posture, he had to kill two or three hundred people this night, otherwise why would there be so much blood splattered on his body? ”

"Xiliang's first brave general, it's not surprising." Ji Ling's face was full of indifferent expressions, and he proposed to Wang Yu: "Lord, Ma Chao didn't break through, Bacheng was stumped by General Yuanzhi's design, and now as soon as he left the city, he put on a hostile posture, it seems that he is going to resist to the end, it is better to advance a few hundred steps, attack inside and outside, and take him down." ”

He turned out to be a good individual braver, but first he saw someone outside the people in the confrontation with the Qingzhou Army, and then he has been training under Yu Ban's men, and over time, he has also become a supporter of collective strength stronger than individual bravery, of course, he will not make a fuss about Ma Chao's bravery.

No matter how brave you are, are you brave enough to shoot thousands of arrows and stab with spears?

Wang Yu shook his head noncommittally and did not express his position directly. He agreed with Ji Ling's point of view, but his thoughts were different from Ji Ling's.

Ma Chao is not so easy to deal with, he has suffered many defeats in history, and has fallen into a desperate situation many times, but he can save the day every time. From this point of view, he is very similar to Zhao Yun.

"Wait, I've been waiting all night, can't I afford to wait for this moment or three?" Wang Yu waved his hand and said lightly. He didn't plan to push too hard, at least until he got Xu Shu's official return.

The appearance of Ma Chao greatly boosted the morale of the Xiliang army, the cavalry array quickly stabilized, and the follow-up cavalry also came out of the city in a steady stream, and the whole process lasted about a stick of incense.

In this process, the Qingzhou Army, which formed a semi-encircled formation outside the city, always stood still, and watched Ma Chao gather troops, adjust the formation, and move the position.

There were about 1,800 cavalrymen who came out one after another, and it seems that this is the only remaining strength of Ma Chao after the chaotic battle.

Ma Chao commanded the cavalry to set up a glaive formation, and at the same time made a guard against the Qingzhou army in the direction of the city gate and on the other side, which was not without provocation. At the same time, it also verified Ji Ling's statement, he was indeed restrained by Xu Shu through the hands of Liang Xing and others.

After Ma Chao's men and horses all left the city, there was soon a new movement in the city. Countless figures suddenly appeared at the head of the empty city, followed by several large flags that were erected, the flags were different in size and color, and the only thing in common was the big 'Han' character in the center of the flag!

The banner of the Han family fluttered fiercely, and everyone in the city suddenly shouted in unison: "Xiliang Liang Xing, candidates, and Li Kan are all willing to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and the anti-thief Ma Chao will not descend early?" ”

Thousands of people shouted in unison, condescendingly, and the sound and waves were shot down from the air like a storm crashing on the shore, with the action of raising the flag and demonstrating, the momentum was extremely amazing.

"Don't you come down early?" Infected by this atmosphere, the Qingzhou army under the city and the more than 20,000 people of the Liang Xingbu in the city also shouted in unison. The sound of questioning seemed to have turned into substance, filling the entire heaven and earth.

Everyone under Ma Chao's command was depressed, there were fifty or sixty thousand people inside and outside the city, and Ma Chao's less than 2,000 cavalry was like a flat boat in the storm, and there was a danger of capsizing at any time, how could people not be alarmed?

As if the pressure was not enough, the troops in the city also came out of the city.

The foot soldiers lined up in a neat square, chased behind Ma Chao, and rushed out from the East City Gate, swaggering in front of Ma Chao's army. The soldiers at the head of the city drew their bows and arrows, ready for a long-range attack. At the same time, a muffled thunderous roar came from the direction of the North City Gate. You don't have to ask to know that it was the cavalry who was outflanking it.

"It's a well-embattled, ambushed on all sides, Yuan Zhi is really very attentive." Wang Yu Leng Ding came out with a sentence, and everyone nodded their heads when they heard it, all smiling.

After Xu Shu surrendered Liang Xing, he entered the city with the army. I thought he was trying to keep the communication smooth, but seeing the current posture, it was obvious that Xu Shu had once again exerted his ability to integrate the rabble, and had already controlled the troops of General Liang Xing in his hands.

Even the strong soldiers of Western Chu back then, after falling into Han Xin's ambush on all sides, were all discouraged and lost their fighting spirit, can Ma Chao continue to resist stubbornly now?

The answer should be obvious.

Although the generals still maintained basic vigilance, they all had the answer in their hearts, and they waited for the once invincible Ma Chao to get off the horse and surrender.

However, Ma Chao refused to fulfill everyone's wishes. Whether it was the shouts and questions of tens of thousands of people, or the dilemma of being surrounded on all sides, he was not moved.

He didn't even look at the pursuers who were surrounding, and kept posing in the shape of a horizontal gun, which actually made the pursuers stop one after another and did not dare to step forward.

The courage of the general, Ma Chao's composure infected the cavalry under his command, they forgot about fear and danger, and their eyes became firm. Xu Shu's move to suppress people with momentum failed at all.

Shocked the pursuers, Ma Chao was not in a hurry, and directly turned the war horse, and actually approached slowly towards the Qingzhou army.

Zhuge Liang looked at Wang Yu with some unease, and had a faint sense of bad luck. He was tempted to propose that he directly launch a crossbow and shoot to eliminate all hidden dangers. But judging from the smile that escaped from the corner of Wang Yu's mouth, this suggestion would definitely not be adopted, even if Ma Chao's intentions were already very clear.

Ma Chao stopped his horse at a position about two hundred steps away from the Qingzhou array, and shouted: "A certain Liangzhou Ma Chao, who has heard the name of the hussar general for a long time, has fought twice, but it is a miserly sight." Now that it is a situation of ten deaths and no life, can the general take the time to see it and let Chao die blindly? ”

Without waiting for Wang Yu to answer, Zhuge Liang had already said sharply: "Lord, this is the enemy's strategy to survive in death, and you must not be provoked by it!" ”

"What Kong Ming said is very true! Ma Chao has always boasted of his bravery, and his surname was extremely stubborn, and when this was destroyed, he refused to get off the horse and ask for surrender, nor did he refuse to negotiate, but invited the main public array to meet in front of him, making it clear that he wanted to rely on bravery and plot against him! The lord's daughter, why bother with this dying man, you have to negotiate, and you don't need to go out in person, the end will not be talented, I am willing to go on behalf of the lord! ”

The generals also spoke out to dissuade them, for fear that Wang Yu would rashly agree.

Wang Yu's martial arts are no worse than Ma Chao, but Ma Chao is now clear that he wants to work hard, in case of any injury, wouldn't it be bad?

"You all know, Ben will understand, but if Ben will not show up, it will inevitably weaken the momentum. Even if a large army was dispatched to capture Ma Chao, it would inevitably damage morale. Wang Yu smiled indifferently and said: "It's okay, Ling'er and Gongming are guarding left and right, even if it's really in case, you can keep it safe." ”

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"Second brother, what is the eldest brother doing?" Ma Yunluo's big eyes flashed, and his pale golden eyes were full of curiosity.

"He probably wants to test the spirit of a hussar general?" Ma Dai wasn't quite sure.

Originally, last night was a good opportunity to break through, but Ma Chao missed the best opportunity to break through in order to preserve his strength, and after the army gathered, the Qiang soldiers had almost run, and Liang Xing's army was approaching, resulting in a confrontation situation.

Liang Xing and the others were afraid of Ma Chao's bravery, and they knew that there was an army from Qingzhou outside, so they never pushed too much. And Ma Chao has too few soldiers and horses, and he thinks that even if he can break through Liang Xing's interception, most of the remaining soldiers and horses will have to be explained in Pingtao. Without soldiers, even if you can escape back to Xiliang, what's the use?

After meeting with Ma Dai and Ma Yunluo, after a brief discussion, Ma Chao decided to simply wait for dawn. However, Ma Dai is not very clear about what Ma Chao has in his heart.

He persuaded Ma Chao to negotiate with Wang Yu at that time. He believes that the main responsibility for Ma Teng's death is still on Han Sui and Yao Dangqiang, and Xu Shu only played a role in fueling the flames at most, and there is no irreconcilable contradiction between the two sides. Since Gao Gan and Liang Xing can all descend, why can't the Ma family descend? Compared with Liang Xing and Gao Gan, how can his brother be worse?

However, Ma Chao has never made a positive statement, and no one can figure out whether he wants to negotiate or take the opportunity to assassinate. Based on Ma Dai's understanding of his brother, he felt that maybe Ma Chao himself was not very sure, maybe he was just thinking of acting at the opportunity.

If Wang Yu comes out, he will talk a few words, and if he is speculative, he will negotiate, and if he is not speculative, he will assassinate him. If you don't come out, then go all out to break through, whether you die or live, anyway, it's a happy and vigorous battle.

So, no one can give an accurate answer right now.

"Eh......" Ma Yunluo blinked as if he didn't understand, suddenly moved, pointed in the direction of the Qingzhou military formation and shouted: "Come out, come out!" The one riding the red horse is Sister Lu! ”

Extremely excited, her combat boots unconsciously kicked the horse's belly, she rode this horse is also one of the best horses in a hundred, through the human surname, feel the excitement of the master, and was kicked by the master, sigh and snort, off the string like an arrow jumped out.

"Little Five is back!" Ma Dai was shocked.

Seeing each other before the battle or something is a very delicate thing, and the slightest disturbance may cause an uproar. Xiao Wu suddenly rushed out, everyone knows, everyone knows that she is just overexcited, and there is actually no malice, but what will the other party think? Will you think you've fallen into a trap?

The temper of the eldest brother is not a person who can patiently defend himself, not to mention that the other party may overreact, even if it is just a calm question, he will not explain if he is not good, but directly push the boat.

What a disaster!

Ma Dai was so anxious that he was angry, but he didn't dare to chase after him, because he wanted to stay in the army, and the misunderstanding was getting bigger and bigger, so he could only watch Ma Yunluo rush closer and closer.

Ma Chao was also very surprised, and his reaction was indeed as Ma Dai thought, not only did he not make a move to retreat and open the distance, or stop Ma Yunluo and other actions to dispel the other party's doubts, but instead rode forward and greeted Wang Yu and his party.

The situation suddenly became tense, and the conflict was on the verge of breaking out! (To be continued.) )