Text: The Struggle of Great Powers_Chapter 152 Ma Chao's Reversal of the Situation
25,000 cavalry, led by Ma Chao, advanced slowly on the endless plain at the usual speed. After killing and dispersing the 100,000 enemy troops that had stopped in the east, only 25,000 of the 30,000 iron cavalry remained.
After all, no matter how few enemies there are, they are loose, and there are 100,000 people. Although the enemy had no army to rely on, the huge number still caused a lot of casualties to the equally tired cavalry. Of course, the enemy will certainly not be better.
More than 30,000 people were killed in the 100,000-strong army, and all the rest were scattered by the cavalry of the Beichen Army. Trying to reunite these people and restore their combat effectiveness is enough to give the enemy boss a headache for a while. While killing a large number of enemies, the cavalry of the Beichen Army also lost more than 5,000 people, and now only 25,000 people remain.
As soon as he saw the more than 20,000 cavalry behind him who were covered in blood and exhausted, Ma Chao felt a sharp pain in his heart. This is all a unit trained by themselves, and they were ambushed by others like this, and half of them were directly wiped out. And the number of enemies killed is estimated to be only fifty or sixty thousand, and the ratio of casualties is as high as one to two, which is simply a loss.
Under normal circumstances, a single cavalryman can kill five enemies with his life. And now that one cavalry has only changed two enemies, if this is known to the king of his own family, he will definitely not spare himself. I thought that I had taken 50,000 elite iron cavalry all the way to attack the city and plunder the land, and I was majestic. But now, only 20,000 of the 50,000 iron horsemen remain.
With a slow sigh, Ma Chao cheered up and walked at the front of the army. Looking at the boundless grassland, it was full of green and yellow colors. The army behind him all followed him listlessly, and now he wanted to bring them all back. The dead brothers themselves are helpless, but the living brothers themselves have to take them home.
There is no spectacle of rolling yellow dust, no domineering spirit of galloping horses, and no spirit of bloody battle. The cavalry of 25,000 men attacked twice in a row with all their might in less than an hour and a half. In such a short period of time, their brothers lost more than 20,000 deaths, and of course they killed more than 50,000 enemies. As for the wounded enemy, it would be twenty or thirty thousand, to say the least.
"Newspaper - General, there are thousands of enemy cavalry ahead, and they are killing our army!" A bloodied, exhausted knight quickly flipped off his horse. I don't know if it was because my feet didn't stand firmly, or if my body was too tired, and I fell directly to the ground when I got off the horse. Fortunately, the two cavalrymen quickly dismounted and helped the brother up, and Ma Chao got this shocking news.
Thousands of cavalry, if it were in normal times, Ma Chao wouldn't care too much, but not now. The 25,000 men behind him fought two fierce battles in succession, and then marched all the way without a moment of rest at all. At this time, almost all the fighters were exhausted at the moment, and most of them still had wounds. In this situation, let alone thousands of cavalry, even if there are 10,000 infantry, Ma Chao will definitely have to cry.
"Brothers, thousands of enemy horsemen are now coming at us! We have just escaped from an ambush of half a million enemies. So now, do you have the confidence to play again! Ma Chao sat in the saddle, with a spear in his hand, cheering for his subordinates loudly.
"There are !!" Tens of thousands of cavalrymen slapped their arms and shields fiercely with their swords, and their mouths responded to the general's words.
"Good! Brothers, the head is off but the bowl has a big scar, twenty years later, you are still a good man! Meet the enemy with me and kill! Ma Chao's indignant and generous words immediately aroused the morale of the army. The remaining more than 20,000 cavalrymen also drew their swords one after another to speed up their horses.
If you look at it from the sky at this moment, one west and one east, two huge black shadows are moving relatively fast. The speed in the east is faster, but it is not clear because of the yellow dust that is raised. The speed on the west side is a beat slower, so there is not much dust to obscure it, but it can be seen clearly.
At least 20,000 cavalrymen, the armor on their bodies could no longer see the original color, and only dried blood stains could be seen. The sword in his hand was also stained with blood, and the shield was even more scarred. You can see their tired looks on their faces, but the murderous and crazy look in those eyes has already told us that they are not easy to mess with.
The two cavalry soon met, and when they saw the enemy, they did not stop to sit down on their horses, but struck them harder. Especially the cavalry of the Beichen Army, many knights ruthlessly pierced the buttocks of the war horses with the tips of their knives, hoping that they would be able to run faster.
The surging cavalry frenzy soon collided head-on, and the horses slashed with swords, and when they collided in an instant, hundreds of people fell on both sides. Among them, the cavalry of the Beichen Army suffered the greatest casualties. The cavalry of the Beichen Army was not only tired, but also the horses, and the speed could not be improved, and the impact was naturally not as good as the Gallic cavalry that had been waiting for a long time. Therefore, at the moment of the collision, the Beichen Army suffered a lot of casualties.
Similarly, the cavalry of Gaul was not very comfortable. Although they did not suffer as many casualties as the cavalry of the Beichen Army, their numbers were not large. The Beichen army died in the hundreds, which is nothing for the base of 20,000. But if the Gallic army is concerned, if it is a hundred deaths, it is all cutting flesh. There are only 7,000 cavalry in the entire country of Gaul, and no amount of cavalry can be found at all.
The cavalry of the Gallic State had the advantage of abundant physical strength and completely suppressed the cavalry of the Beichen Kingdom. However, the cavalry of Beichen Kingdom was not willing to die in vain. There were many knights of the Beichen Army who directly rode their horses and crashed towards the oncoming enemy horses, just asking for a life for a life.
The intermingling of war horses, the sound of fighting and the collision of weapons have become the most popular sounds on the battlefield. Countless knights, under the miscarriage of their horses and horses, fell to the ground and could not stand up again. There were also many knights who had their throats slit or disemboweled.
The battle was fast, and it was a battle with no ending. The first to retreat were the cavalry of Gaul, and only two thousand cavalry remained. At this time, there were only more than 18,000 Beichen cavalry on the battlefield, and each Beichen cavalry was bloody and had different facial expressions. Some are happy, glad that they survived. Some were sad, holding their brother's corpse and weeping. Some are tired, they just want to get a good night's sleep, and they don't care about it.
Ma Chao was also uncomfortable, and was attacked by an enemy in the abdomen, making a cut. But fortunately, if the meat is not deep, a simple bandaging is not too much of a problem. He was also slashed in the shoulder by an enemy general, and his shoulder armor was chopped to pieces, and he sank into the flesh for three points, but did not hurt the bones. The rest are some small wounds, although the injuries are not serious, but the body is also tired to death. In the continuous battles, Ma Chao alone killed no less than 200 enemy soldiers and beheaded nearly ten enemy generals. The body has long been overdrawn, and now it is able to stand up, completely supported by willpower.
He cannot fall, and if he falls, then the soldiers under his command will also lose the faith to hold on. Even if you fall, you must first bring your brothers back.
"Brothers, go! Continue east! Ma Chao exerted all his strength and shouted at the Beichen army around him.
"No!" "No!" ... One after another, the word "no" sounded, and at this time, there were not many people who could speak loudly, let alone neatly.
Subsequently, more than 10,000 cavalry piled up on the war horses at random, and lifelessly controlled the war horses to advance to the east. Some knights even fell asleep after getting on the horse, wrapping their arms around the horse's neck. If it weren't for the knights around to help hold the reins of their horses, I don't know how many people would have been lost along the way.
When Xiao Chen saw the cavalry in front of him, he was dumbfounded on the spot. Is this still the 50,000 elite iron horsemen he ran out a while ago? Even if the number of people is less than half, why are the rest of the people all looking like they are dying?
However, Xiao Chen obviously still has a lot of eyes, and after seeing this cavalry army, he immediately asked a large number of foot soldiers to help his brothers. When Ma Chao was carried over, Xiao Chen looked at Ma Chao, whose armor was broken, and there were more than a dozen wounds on his body. The words that were originally going to blame Ma Chao were swallowed, compared with the number one general under his command, the loss of more than 30,000 cavalry was nothing at all.
The 50,000 iron horsemen under his command were bullied, and Xiao Chen was definitely not happy. So, the next morning, an army of more than 200,000 people ran directly to the west. I have Zhang Han and Chen Gong under my hands, if I am afraid of that leftover girl again, how will we mix in the future.
Although Chen Gong and Zhang Han also compared the strength of the two sides, Beichen Guo now said that Mingxian was in a weak position. However, when it comes to the combat strength of the army, the Beichen army can still fight a big battle with the Gallic army.
As a result, more than 200,000 Beichen troops were dispatched. Run all the way to the west of Gaul. It didn't take long for more than 200,000 troops to come to the place where Ma Chao fought before, under the leadership of Xiao Chen.
Here, all traces of the original battlefield have disappeared. What appeared in front of Xiao Chen was a very large military camp, looking at the crowds coming and going in the barracks, there would definitely be no shortage of troops.
This large camp is where Joan of Arc's soldiers and horses are located, and the remaining more than 400,000 men and horses are all gathered here to resist the arrival of the main force of the Beichen army. Joan of Arc was very unhappy that the cavalry led by Ma Chao had not been completely annihilated before.
On his side, he resisted the charge of 50,000 elite iron cavalry, killing and wounding more than 20,000 enemies. But the remaining 30,000 tired troops, and the 100,000 soldiers and horses in the east couldn't stop it. Thirty or forty thousand troops were killed, tens of thousands were wounded, and five thousand were killed. Oh ~ God, how powerful these yellow people should be.
The only 7,000 cavalry in Gaul are also rubbish, and the 25,000 tired army cannot be wiped out. On the contrary, he was almost wiped out by others, and after 5,000 died, 2,000 people ran back. Although he also killed nearly 10,000 cavalry of Beichen Kingdom, his record was very good, but it did not reach the previous plan.
According to the previous plan, that is, the 50,000 cavalry were wiped out in one go, and then the army was pushed directly over. Without cavalry, the 300,000 troops of Beichen Kingdom are not too difficult. But now, there are still 15,000 cavalry.
Ten days later, the more than 10,000 cavalry will definitely appear on the battlefield again. When the time comes, the cavalry has lost all its own side, and there is no way to take the 15,000 cavalry. Maybe they can poke us twice if they have nothing to do, or maybe they can run to the back to give our chrysanthemums a few times, and we can only bear it silently.
Joan of Arc set up a large camp and closed the camp gate, and Zhang Han did not dare to attack at will, so he had to order the army to camp on the spot. An army of 200,000 set up a large village at a distance of 500 steps in front of the camp of Joan of Arc, aren't you very powerful? I'll admit that we can't play you with tricks, but I'll stay under your nose. Come on, I'll see what you can do, and you can hide from my 200,000 eyes.
When it comes to the command of the battlefield, maybe Zhang Han can be compared with Joan of Arc, but when it comes to battle plans, Zhang Han can't. It's no problem for you to let Zhang Han plan a large-scale strategic layout, let him lay out on such a fast battlefield, it is better to let Chen Gong come.
Since your strength is my weakness, then you won't compare with you, let's play openly. If you come to bite me, I wish you were coming.
After the camp was organized, Zhang Han directly pulled the more than 500 catapults carried by the army to the camp wall, and then began to be extremely shameless. What dozens of catties of big stones, more than a dozen catties of small stones were all smashed towards the opposite side. smashed happily, two more fierce fire oil, warm up the body on the opposite side, not to mention how cool it is.
Joan of Arc is out of temper, and the bastards of Beichen Kingdom don't fight with you at all, so they just throw stones and play. You can't kill many people, but it's disgusting. There were so many stones that the stakes of the camp could not be carried at all, and now several places have been smashed.
There is also the black thing, I heard my subordinates say that it is the Greek divine fire, as for what kind of god word, Joan of Arc has no heart to care. Let's put out the fire first, the camp is all wood and canvas, and if the fire is burned, no one will be able to escape.
Joan of Arc also wanted to retreat and move the army back. However, looking at the 50,000 armored soldiers in Beichen Kingdom who were on standby at any time, he had no chance to retreat at all. At a distance of 500 steps, a strong man can run and reach the sky in five minutes. Perhaps, you can sneak up at night... In broad daylight, the scorching sun hung high in the air, and from time to time a stone flew in front of Uncle Sun's eyes, and then smashed into the camp to the west. Joan of Arc could only watch the stones fly in the sky, there were not so many catapults on his side, and he only hoped that he could attack at night and try to destroy the enemy's catapults.