The appearance of Ma Chao made the situation on the entire Jieting battlefield a very big reversal.

Zhang He, who originally wanted to use the numerical advantage to regain the initiative on the battlefield after repelling Zhang Fei, suddenly gave up his unrealistic illusions after seeing Ma Chao leading Qiang Huyi from the cavalry.

The terrain here is enough to support the charge of the cavalry troops, and it is impossible to break the cavalry with infantry if you want to rely on the terrain in this place.

Therefore, Zhang He immediately made a decision, tried his best to gather his soldiers, and formed a circle to block the impact of the cavalry.

But even so, Zhang He knew that he was only doing this for a while, and as the cavalry rushed back and forth, his infantry would only suffer heavy losses over time.

This time, it was Zhang He who was facing a desperate situation.

Zhang Xi breathed a sigh of relief at this, and led more than 3,000 soldiers who had managed to escape to temporarily retreat to the edge of the battlefield to rest, giving up the main battlefield to Ma Chao and Zhang Fei.

And Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, one thinking about the shame of the past, the other thinking about making meritorious contributions, did not intend to let Zhang He go at all, and the infantry and cavalry alternately attacked the defense line temporarily organized by Zhang He.

Just when Zhang He was already desperate, a burst of smoke and dust suddenly rose from the northeast, which made several generals on the battlefield a little confused.

But soon, as another cavalry unit burst into the battlefield, the situation on the battlefield changed subtly again.

Fei Yao, the general of the Cao army in the northeast, finally led more than 3,000 cavalry to join Zhang He at this critical moment after finally burning all the antlers of the defensive line.

And with the entry of the three thousand cavalry of Cao Wei's Chinese army led by Fei Yao, the situation on the battlefield was broken again.

Zhang He was suddenly overjoyed and had a feeling of escape. With Fei Yao's cavalry to contain Ma Chao's Qiang Hu Yicong, then Zhang He can still lead the infantry to fight Zhang Fei hard, and it is not without a chance to win.

Although after Zhang Fei's stirring and Ma Chao's rush, Zhang He's foot soldiers suffered heavy losses, but now there are nearly 10,000 soldiers gathered around Zhang He, and the formation has not collapsed, not without the strength of a battle.

And Zhang Fei and Ma Chao didn't need to communicate more at all, as Fei Yao's cavalry entered, Ma Chao immediately divided a cavalry unit to Pang De, and asked Pang De to lead the troops to stop Fei Yao, while he continued to cruise on the battlefield and cooperate with Zhang Fei to continue to besiege Zhang He.

To be honest, this kind of arrangement, Ma Chao is actually a little too much.

Fei Yao led the central elite cavalry of Cao Wei.

To put it mildly, this is Cao Wei's carefully trained and best-equipped cavalry unit, and to put it mildly, these cavalry were formerly known as the famous tiger and leopard cavalry before the expansion of the army.

Although the combat power after the expansion of the army can no longer be compared with the tiger and leopard cavalry commanded by Cao Chun at the beginning, it is still much stronger than the garbage of Qiang Huyi's cavalry.

Ma Chao only sent a team of Qianghu cavalry to intercept it, obviously underestimating the combat power of Cao Wei's cavalry.

You must know that even in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it was a Han Dynasty to five Hu, three thousand central elite cavalry, and no 20,000 Qiang Hu Yicong, it could not be stopped at all.

However, Ma Chao gave Pang De only 5,000 Qiang Hu Yi, so Fei Yao was very confident that he could rely on the elite cavalry in his hand to completely defeat the unknown general on the opposite side and the miscellaneous Hu cavalry under his command.

One thing to say, Fei Yao is not an incompetent person, although he is a little underestimated, but it is also a judgment made based on the consensus of this era, and it cannot be said that it is wrong.

His only problem was probably misestimating the enemy generals. Pound is not an unknown general, this is a white horse general.

Cavalry combat is a relatively special combat weapon, especially in this situation of rushing to kill each other, it is impossible for Fei Yao to squat behind and command all the time.

In this year's cavalry warfare, the emphasis was on iron-blooded collisions, not only cavalry shooting to kill the enemy, but at certain necessary moments, the leading generals also had to personally take the saber into battle to kill. This gave Pound the opportunity to talk directly to Fei Yao.

And then bar. There is no then.

Fei Yao faced Pang De, it was just a mistake to do it, Fei Yao felt that the world suddenly turned in front of him, and the scenery in front of him, from the sky to the earth, appeared in front of his eyes in turn like a marquee, and after that, he would not have any consciousness.

During a cavalry hedge, Pang De's array beheaded Fei Yao, so that the cavalry that Cao Jun came to help was uncommanded, and there was chaos in every inch.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pang De immediately led Qiang Huyi to rush and kill, and the cavalry of the Cao army was uncommanded, fell into chaos, and retreated one after another.

That is, Zhang He ordered in time to let the defeated cavalry quickly move closer to him, otherwise this cavalry, which finally brought hope to Zhang He, would be completely annihilated.

But even so, the current battle situation can only be said to give Zhang He room for self-preservation, which is still very unfavorable to Zhang He.

Really, Zhang He didn't expect that God gave him hope, but half of his hope was dashed so quickly. Fei Yao, this idiot, is not good at commanding the cavalry, what are you doing in the battle?!

Now, it was originally a situation where you could turn over if you fought well, and you could get out of it even if you didn't fight well, but it has once again become a situation where you are passively beaten.

That Fei Yao, probably the biggest good thing he did was to send more than 1,000 cavalry to Zhang He, so that Zhang He would not be beaten passively all the time.

Zhang He was angry and anxious, the good scene was ruined, Zhang He originally wanted to lead the infantry to counterattack Zhang Fei, but now that he is good, he can only change the offensive formation that has just been adjusted back to the defensive formation and continue to hold on.

Missing such a good opportunity to turn the tables, Zhang He didn't dare to think about whether he could encounter a miracle again and retreat from the street pavilion.

But just when Zhang He was anxious and thinking hard about how to get out, a miracle really appeared.

Guo Huai led his remaining 3,000 Liangzhou cavalry to gallop all the way to the rescue, and arrived at the battlefield at the most critical moment.

Guo Huai's arrival was completely Guo Huai's own judgment and choice, and it was this choice that saved Zhang He's life at the most critical moment.

As early as three days ago, Guo Huai found that the Zhang Fei camp opposite him was a little quiet.

Although Zhang Fei's banner can still be seen, and many Liu Bei soldiers can be seen going out to chop firewood and make fires for cooking, the quietness of the entire military camp is not at all like the seven or eight thousand people stationed inside.

Guo Huai was suspicious and worried that Zhang Fei had some conspiracy, so he personally led the troops and launched a tentative attack on Zhang Fei's camp.

Then Guo Huai found that the situation was wrong.

It was only a tentative attack, so Guo Huai did not attack with all his strength, but only sent more than 3,000 soldiers to pretend to attack the camp.

But in the face of these more than 3,000 soldiers, Zhang Fei's camp only relied on the defense of the camp and retreated from the enemy with bows and arrows. It's not right, it's very wrong.

What kind of general Zhang Fei is, Guo Huai has long known.

Even if there are insufficient troops in the army, with Zhang Fei's personality and temper, he will never choose this pure defensive method of passive beating. In the face of an attack of 3,000 people, Zhang Fei would send some soldiers from high and low, and he might even personally lead the troops and go out of the camp to kill the enemy and retreat.

Zhang Fei's style of employing troops is obviously inconsistent with the combat style of the camp guards in front of him.

After Guo Huai noticed the abnormality, he made a judgment - Zhang Fei was most likely not in this military camp.

After realizing that Zhang Fei might not be in the camp, Guo Huai's first reaction was not to storm the camp and open the passage from Shangtai to Tianshui County, but to think seriously, where did Zhang Fei go?!

Zhang Fei's personality, temperament and status are destined to make it impossible for this famous general in Shu to escape from the battle, if he is not in the barracks, he must lead the troops to fight.

Then, the entire Longshan area, where there can be combat opportunities. Guo Huai was taken aback, and immediately understood Zhang Fei's purpose.

Zhang Fei went to sneak attack Zhang He who was besieging the street pavilion.

After coming to such a speculation, there are two paths in front of Guo Huai.

One, break through the Zhang Fei camp in front of him, and go all the way west into Tianshui County, threatening the back road of the main force of Liu Bei's group.

In doing so, you can wash away the shame of losing your defeat in Ji County and losing the entire Liangzhou Army, and even if you are lucky, you can burn the grain and grass of the main force of Liu Bei's group, then you can also make immortal achievements.

But the disadvantage of this is that Zhang He is put in a situation where he may be destroyed at any time, and once his attack does not go well, it may lead to the loss of the entire Longshan, and he will be cut off from the back road.

The other is to quickly rescue Zhang He, cooperate with Zhang He to attack Zhang Fei before and after, and at worst have to pick Zhang He out, trap Shangqi together, and continue to wait for Cao Pi's reinforcements to arrive.

The advantage of doing this will not be too risky, and the rescue of Zhang He is not without a chance to break the enemy, even if he takes a step back, he can't help Zhang He break the enemy, and after receiving Zhang He, he can continue to hold on to Shangqi and provide a fulcrum for the reinforcements in the rear to rescue Longxi.

The disadvantage is that even if Zhang He is rescued and Shangqi is defended, he is just loyal to his duties, and there is no credit at all.

After some simple thinking, Guo Huai made his own decision - regardless of Zhang Fei's camp in front of him, leave 10,000 people to stick to Shangqi, and lead the remaining 3,000 cavalry to quickly rescue Zhang He.

The first choice certainly has the possibility of meritorious service, but the consequences are too serious to be borne by oneself.

Moreover, a veteran like Zhang He must not die without help, otherwise even if he makes a great contribution, Guo Huai will not have good fruits to eat after he goes back.

It is better to choose the second more secure way, although this method is useless, but it is the most beneficial to the entire Yongliang battle situation.

Guo Huai has never been the kind of mediocre general who doesn't understand the overall situation and only looks at the front of him.

And it was Guo Huai's timely appearance that gave Zhang He a chance to breathe, and also gave Zhang He the opportunity to calmly arrange, cooperate with Guo Huai, and break through the double encirclement of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle on the battlefield of the street pavilion.

The cavalry and the cavalry rushed to each other, the infantry and the infantry were strangled together, the entire street pavilion was fighting from beginning to end, even Zhang Xi, who finally withdrew from the battlefield, also led the troops back to the battlefield, and Cao and Liu were completely strangled together in the street pavilion.

From dawn to dark, both sides paid a lot of casualties in the end, but in the end, no one could help anyone.

As night fell, Zhang He joined Guo Huai and set up camp.

And Zhang Fei also joined Zhang Xi, Ma Chao and others, and temporarily retreated to the Jieting City, which had no city walls to speak of.

A big war has come to an end for the time being.

If you do so, you can be sure

(End of chapter)