Chapter 491: A Battle in the Night
The cavalry on both sides bent their bows and arrows at each other, holding their breath. Gradually, and again, and again. When the distance between the two sides was only a dozen meters, they both saw each other clearly, and they were suddenly startled, and couldn't help but roar, and suddenly let go of the bowstring. The rain of arrows flew staggered, and the people on both sides turned on their backs, and then rushed forward with their guns and knives, and in the blink of an eye, they were mixed together and fought! The spear pierced the human body, the sword cut off the head, the iron hoof trampled over the human body, and the originally silent field was full of fighting and clamour, like two groups of wild beasts meeting in the dark night!
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The wilderness was quiet again. The soldiers and horses on both sides lay on the ground, the horses that had lost their masters could not move around their masters, and the wounded horses screamed and wanted to get up. More than 600 Cao army rangers were all killed, and 500 Lu Bu army rangers were almost wiped out. The air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, and the night wind rustled the nearby woods.
An officer of the LΓΌ Bu Army struggled to stand up with a seriously wounded soldier, and the officer first put the soldier on his horse, and then turned over on his horse. Pulling the reins, he glanced at the tragic scene around him, frowned, shouted, and galloped away in the direction of the barracks.
The reports of the fierce battles of the Rangers kept coming to the tent. Ma Chao's generals felt unexpected. Matthew said incredulously: "What does Cao Jun want to do?" How did you send so many Rangers to fight with us? Ma Tie frowned and said, "Tonight's situation is extraordinary!" These Cao army war cavalry all have the heart of death, and they are fighting with our army, and they don't even take a step back! Until the last man! Although our rangers have won so far, they have basically been wiped out! β
Ma Dai pondered: "The Cao Army Rangers are so desperate to compete with our army, they must be doing something that they don't want to be discovered by us, so they will use a large group of rangers to attack to suppress our army Rangers and Sentinels!" Ma Xiu and Ma Tie nodded sympathetically.
Ma Chao asked, "Is there any news from the sentry rider?" Is there any news for the three generals? β
Ma Dai hugged his fists and said, "There is no news." β
Ma Chao frowned, thought for a moment, and ordered: "Send more rangers!" I'd like to see how long Cao's cavalry can hold up! β
Matthew clenched his fists and ran down.
A moment later, the gate opened wide again, and three thousand horsemen rushed out, divided into five teams and patrolled in all directions.
Soon after, the sound of fighting came from between the two camps. Soon after, Tanma reported: "A group of rangers of our army and the rangers of Cao's army encountered, and the two sides fought fiercely, annihilating the enemy, and our army also suffered heavy casualties, and the remnants of the army are retreating." Ma Chao frowned. In the following time, the battle reports of the vicious battles came one after another, and the battle situation was extremely tragic, and the battle was always over until one side was wiped out.
Before I knew it, a wisp of fish belly white was revealed in the east, and soon after, a red sun jumped up the horizon, and the long dark night quickly faded. A thin mist rose from the river and from the woods, fluttering and hazy. At this time, the cries of various insects and birds should be loud like music, but this morning there was silence. It turned out that the insects and birds were frightened by the fierce battle of last night, and although the sky was bright at this moment, they did not dare to make a sound.
A cavalryman galloped into the barracks from the northeast, went straight to the outside of the big tent, turned over and dismounted, and galloped into the big tent. When he saw Ma Chao, he immediately knelt down and reported: "General, I'm back." β
Seeing that it was the second envoy sent to Huang Zhong, Ma Chao stood up, walked up to him, and asked angrily, "You are only coming back now?" β
The messenger replied: "When I went down, I encountered the enemy's rangers and was almost killed. Fortunately, our rangers feel like they are fighting their opponents. Only then did his subordinates take the opportunity to rush to General Huang Zhong's camp, so they came back late. β
"Get up and speak."
"Yes." The messenger stood up.
Ma Chao asked, "What is the situation on General Huang Zhong's side?" β
"Returning to the general, General Huang Zhong asked me to come to tell General SΓΉ that we would march to the Cao army camp together at noon today. General Huang Zhong would also say that he had sent an envoy to the military camp on the other side of the river to inform Xu Huang and General Wu Yierwei. β
Ma Chao nodded and said to the messenger: "You have worked hard, go down and rest." The messenger clenched his fist at Ma Chao and left the big tent.
Almost front and back, as soon as the messenger came out of the big tent, a scout rushed in and hurriedly reported: "General Qiqi, the enemy rangers have completely collapsed. Our rangers and sentinels are heading to the perimeter of the enemy camp. Ma Chao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and sneered: "Fighting with our army for cavalry, I don't know whether to live or die!" The scout also reported: "Although our army has defeated the enemy rangers, it has also lost more than 5,000 horsemen!" β
Although General Ma Chao had expected it, he was still taken aback when he heard the report. Ma Tie couldn't help but say, "Good guy! It's the first time we've lost so many soldiers when we're fighting the Rangers! β
At this time, smoke rose everywhere in the barracks, and the army was cooking.
After breakfast, the army received orders to assemble in front of the Great Tent, and they gathered together in front of the Great Tent.
The sun rose above the treetops, and the sky and the earth were crystal bright.
A scout flew into the gate until Ma Chao reined in his horse and saved himself: "General cavalry, Cao Cao's camp is very quiet, it seems that there is no one left!" β
Ma Chao and the others were taken aback, and Ma Chao immediately ordered: "Ma Tie, follow me to the 30,000 front army first!" "No." "Ma Xiu, you lead 50,000 war cavalry as the Chinese army." "No." "Ma Dai, you lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to join forces." "No!"
Ma Chao urged the Shadow Divine Horse to gallop out of the gate, and Ma Tie led 30,000 war horses to follow. The earth shook with a loud rumbling sound, and the originally quiet morning was no longer there.
Ma Chao and Ma Tie led 30,000 forward horsemen to gallop towards Cao's camp like a wave. This was followed by the 50,000 Chinese army led by Ma Xiu, followed by the soldiers and horses led by Ma Dai. The whole army of the Blue Wolf Army war cavalry was dispatched.
At the same time, Huang Zhong had already led the main force of 60,000 hussars to leave the Xuanyuan Mountain camp and rush to the side of Shuishui, and Xu Huang and Wu Yi were also gathering a large army to prepare for battle.
Ma Chao and Ma Tie led 30,000 forward horsemen to Cao's camp in a blink of an eye. The army stopped, and the sound of wind and thunder disappeared. Ma Chao raised his eyes and looked, and sure enough, he saw silence in Cao's military camp. Ma Chao frowned and scolded angrily: "Fooled! Then he rode his horse towards the Cao army camp. Seeing this, Ma Tie was taken aback and hurriedly led the army to follow.
Ma Chao rushed to the front of the gate, brandished the dragon horse gun left and right, and picked up all the horses that were in front of the courtyard gate, and the dragon horse gun hit the gate hard, and the door collapsed inward with a loud click! Ma Chao galloped in. Ma Tie was worried that Ma Chao would be ambushed, so he hurriedly led 30,000 war horsemen to pour into Yuanmen.