Chapter 448 Wei Yan stood in the way
His eyes were as red as bloodshot, and Ma Chao gritted his teeth, reached out and pulled over a horse abandoned by his master because he had been shot by a bow and arrow, jumped up, and then held the hook and sickle of the dragoon in his hand, and then rushed forward without retreating.
If you are replaced by an ordinary general, facing the trap designed by others, all you have to do is how to retreat. But Ma Chao is indeed different, he is an unruly person, and he belongs to the kind of person who is not afraid of tigers when newborn calves. When he was in Xiliang before, there was nothing that could make him feel scared, not even the things in front of him.
Besides, Ma Chao didn't think it would be too late to retreat now, even if Dong Zhuo had already set a trap here and waited for him, even if it was Guan Yu's withdrawal in the morning, it would be fake. It is so likely that his back road has been sealed, even if it is so, retreat is death, and advance is death, why not kill a happy one before death?
In a short period of time, Ma Chao made a decision, and then rode a war horse and held a dragoon hook and sickle to kill forward.
In history, Ma Chao is known as "Jin Ma Chao", named after his handsome appearance and extraordinary outfit of lion helmet and beast belt, white robe and silver armor, and is known as "not reducing Lu Bu's bravery". At this time, he suddenly came out from the side, although there was only one person, but it did play a role in killing the enemy by surprise. Because the cavalry he led was suppressed by bows and arrows, the pikemen in front of Dong Zhuo's army were retreating, wanting to change to ordinary soldiers to attack, and he took this opportunity to kill in it.
Then, I saw a man and a horse suddenly enter Dong Zhuo's army, and then blood flew out, but wherever Ma Chao passed, there would be pieces of blood mist.
Ma Chao didn't dodge or dodge, he just relied on his own strength to kill Dong Zhuo's army, and by the night, when many people were unclear about the enemy and me, he really let him hit it with one blow and killed a lot of people. Often, when the spear is stabbed out and withdrawn, a life is harvested.
"Don't mess up, don't mess up." Seeing that someone had actually entered the formation, the generals in Dong Zhuo's army were shouting loudly, hoping to suppress the chaos so that they could find out where the invaders were. It's just that in the dark, the soldiers can't see the soldiers, and the soldiers can't see the generals, and this kind of shouting obviously doesn't have a great effect. As the army moved in a panic, it was difficult to find the place where Ma Chao's true body was.
Taking advantage of this chaos, Ma Chao killed dozens of people and injured hundreds in a while, and then jumped past the lineup of pikemen and came to the archers behind him.
Those archers, with longbows in their hands, are ready to shoot arrows. Leng Bu suddenly struck a horse, and then a shot stabbed, a bloody hole was created in his body, and an archer also looked up to the sky and fell to the ground in a look of disbelief.
Obviously, this archer couldn't even think about who he was killed by when he was dying, why did there be an enemy in his army?
After Ma Chao entered the camp of the archers, he killed more than a dozen people in a row, and his bravery finally made the second echelon of Dong Zhuo's army chaotic. For a while, these archers were all in danger, as if they were afraid that the spear would be stuck on their body next time, and they could not retreat.
The archers were in disarray, but it gave the Xiliang cavalry a chance to attack. Despite the heavy losses of pikemen and archers, there are at least 40,000 of the 50,000 horses left, and the main force is still there. Seeing that the lord had already rushed down, the cavalry below also roared out.
Driven by Ma Chao, the original situation of retreat has changed. Those Xiliang cavalry, who were supposed to retreat, rushed up instead, and then borrowed horsepower to really inflict heavy losses on Dong Zhuo's front army.
Dong Zhuo, who was in the middle of the Chinese army, originally had a smile on his face, and according to Fa Zheng's suggestion, he first pretended to be invincible, and then came to the Linshui River, and used the cover here to give Ma a blow beyond his surprise.
All of this seems to have been realized, so the next step should be to attack the army and pursue these defeated troops who were heavily damaged by themselves. But he never expected that Ma Chao, a strong seed, would not retreat but advance and kill him. What's even more hateful is that those Xiliang cavalry actually killed them in the chaos.
Hearing the sound of shouting and killing not far ahead, Dong Zhuo's face was constantly beating, showing his anger.
"Lord, Ma Chao is about to bring someone to kill him, for your safety, let's retreat some first." The vanguard general Duan Cheng also had a look of horror on his face, obviously what Ma Chao did also shocked him, and it was also much beyond his expectations.
"Why should I retreat, aren't you a forward general? The enemy rushed over, you don't resist, what are you doing here with me, quickly, lead people to kill them. Dong Zhuo did shout at Duan Cheng with an angry expression, and after saying this, he said to a person next to him: "What are you still doing standing here with me, why don't you quickly inform Liu Bei's army, let them stop guarding behind, come and support me." ”
Dong Zhuo's shout caused Duan Cheng and the pro-soldier to agree one after another, and then quickly rode away. And after the two of them left, Dong Zhuo let out a heavy cold snort in his nose, and then waved his hand to the relatives and soldiers: "Withdraw, we are retreating a little." ”
Obviously, Dong Zhuo was still a little frightened of Ma Chao's force. At the same time, it also shows his character of being afraid of death.
Dong Zhuo retreated, Ma Chao did not retreat, and when he saw the cavalry behind him rushing over, he also said with a happy face: "It's good, I didn't embarrass our Xiliang cavalry, so the soldiers, kill me with me, and kill Dong Zhuo's old man." ”
Under the leadership of Ma Chao, the 40,000 cavalry continued to rush forward, and they also really advanced a distance. But after Duan Cheng led the army to block it, this stifled their way forward.
Because of Duan Cheng's appearance, the two armies fell into a stalemate for a while.
Just when the front army and Dong Zhuo's army were tough and suffered some losses, behind them, the 50,000 horses led by Ma Xiu and Cheng Yi also encountered obstacles.
It was seven miles away from the Linshui River, and a man in black armor and a helmet with a protective face and a Shura sword stopped in front of them.
"It's not good, it's Liu Bei's soldiers and horses?" Matthew was walking in the front, looking at the people in earth-gray military uniforms who suddenly came, and immediately recognized their origins.
Thinking of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses appearing here, Ma Xiu had a very bad feeling.
It's just that before Ma Xiu could think about it, the general with the Shura knife had already spoken up: "I am Wei Yan, who dares to fight with me?" ”
The person who came was Wei Yan of Liu Beijun, he was ordered to block Ma Xiu's 50,000 army here, in order to be able to hit the Xiliang army this time, Fa Zheng gave him 100,000 soldiers and horses, with twice the strength of the other party, he was full of confidence.
"It's Wei Yan, I heard that this person is very powerful." Cheng Yi, the general next to Ma Xiu, couldn't help but look solemn when he heard the name of the person who came.
"No matter how powerful he is, the eldest brother is in front, he must be surrounded, if he can't fight his way out, I'm afraid the eldest brother is in danger. Come on, General Cheng, you and I will lead the army to kill the generals together, and I don't believe that he can defeat two with one. "Ma Xiu has naturally heard of Wei Yan's name, but he really can't think about it so much this time, he is concerned about the safety of his eldest brother.
What the situation is, Cheng Yi naturally distinguished, so the most correct choice is, of course, to lead the troops and retreat. But in that case, Ma Chao's life would be in danger, thinking that if something happened to the young general, I was afraid that Ma Teng would not spare him, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll go with the second son to meet Wei Yan, but I want to see if he is really as powerful as I heard." ”
"Okay." Seeing that Cheng Yi agreed with his decision, Ma Xiu clamped his legs and rode out first. Cheng Yi on the side and the 50,000 troops behind him also rushed up.
Wei Yan didn't think that he appeared, Xiliangjun still dared to attack, his face couldn't help but be happy, he was worried that there was no credit to take, and now it was sent to his mouth, so there was no reason not to eat, so he laughed, and then rode forward to meet him.
As Wei Yan also came from a prancing horse, soon a big knife and two spears collided together, and the sound of weapons colliding was heard.
To say that Wei Yan is worthy of being the person who almost entered the history of the Five Tiger Generals, a Shura knife is played, it is quite powerful, not only powerful, but also very fast, it actually formed an impenetrable huge net in front of him, no matter how the two spears progressed, they did not hurt him in the slightest.
Ma Xiu and Cheng Yi fought with Wei Yan for no less than twenty rounds, but they did not take advantage of it at all, which couldn't help but make the former anxious.
The eldest brother is in front, I don't know what the situation is now, if this obstacle can't be rushed through, then it is likely that Ma Chao's life is in danger, and for the sake of the eldest brother's life, he has to take a risk.
"General Cheng, I'll leave it to you here, I'll take someone forward to save my eldest brother." Ma Xiu knew that it was too difficult to defeat Wei Yan, so he gave up this plan and decided to divide his troops.
"Okay." Although Cheng Yi answered happily, he did have a bitter face. Facing Wei Yan, neither of them could take any advantage, let alone just him, but at this time, these words were unspeakable, just hoping to find an opportunity to stay away from this Wei Yan for a while.
Seeing that Cheng Yi agreed, Ma Xiu was not polite, as soon as the spear in his hand was collected, he hit the horse and went to the side, followed by tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers.
Wei Yan did not hinder Ma Xiu's departure, what he had to do now was to take Cheng Yi's life first, and then go back to find the Ma brothers, anyway, they entered the encirclement, and it was not so easy to escape.
Ma Xiu hurriedly led people to the area of the Linshui River, thinking anxiously, "Brother, don't you want anything to happen." ”