Chapter 111: Invincible
Ma Chao indulged in fighting, Xiahou Yuan simply bandaged his wounds, and insisted on directing Cao's cavalry to retreat. In the distance, Wang Ling and Li Jun, who were preparing soldiers and horses, saw that Xiahou Yuan was not supported and there were signs of retreat, and the two wings of the Han army moved to surround Xiahou Yuan.
Wang Ling and Li Jun couldn't take care of the 4,000 Han soldiers and horses, and first solved the crisis in Xiahou Yuan in front of them.
Wang Ling led a thousand soldiers and horses into the army, first pretending to support Guo Huai on the left flank, and then suddenly turned the direction of the attack when he was about to engage in battle, and approached the Chinese army to meet Xiahou Yuan's retreat.
Ma Chao noticed Wang Ling's movements and had already deployed troops and horses to prepare.
On the battlefield, the situation was scorching, the 5,000 elite Han army led by Huang Xian on the right flank and the elite Cao army led by Guo Huai fought, I have to say that Guo Huai's command was really powerful, 4,000 against 5,000 actually made the Han army unable to bargain.
The situation on the left flank was similar, Liang Ang commanded 3,000 Han troops and Zhao Ang commanded 2,000 Cao cavalry were equal, and the Han army could not take advantage of anything.
Ma Chao lamented that there were too few excellent generals in the Han army, while the Cao army was full of talents. If it was a mistake, Xiahou Yuan would not dare to fight for his life, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to win! turned to secretly be proud that the king had to use me, who could take down Xiahou Yuan without me!
Ma Chao saw Wang Lingchao rushing towards him, and he expected that he had this hand, so he commanded troops and horses to meet him. The 4,000 Qiang cavalry who ordered the bluffing people to go around the rear to attack Li Jun with 1,000 soldiers and horses, 4,000 and 1,000, even if Cao's army was elite, it couldn't stand the crowd.
Wang Ling did not engage in the battle at the beginning, but walked around the formation, dispersing the Han army, Ma Chao understood Wang Ling's thoughts and sneered: "I can do it in front of my Ma Chao!" ”
Turning his head slightly, he said to the Han army behind him: "After a while, I will shout and rush to follow me, go straight to Wang Ling, and take his head!" I heard that Guan Yu can 'take Yan Liang's head from the army', but unfortunately there is no Yan Liang to kill me, so let's try Wang Ling! Cheap him! ”
Xiahou Yuan secretly complained while fighting in the battle: he was a general in a hundred battles, and his strength was inferior, but he never expected to be defeated so quickly. I was really forced to this point by Ma Chao.
In the battle, the ability of an invincible person like Ma Chao was brought into full play, but Xiahou Yuan knew that it was not suitable to fight head-on, and there was no way, and he was forced to the point that he couldn't afford to fight.
Outside the formation, Wang Ling went around and around, and suddenly grabbed the gap that had not yet been closed and rushed towards the Han army in a sharp array, squeezing out a hole to maintain the gap in the formation.
Xiahou Yuan had already paid attention, and cooperated with Wang Ling to form a local flanking attack on the Han army, wanting to break through the Han army's plan to encircle him.
At this moment, Ma Chao flicked his spear and shouted: "Kill with me!" ”
Ma Chao jerked the war horse under his crotch, and the war horse let go of its hooves and galloped up. Wherever Ma Chao went, the Han army got out of the way, and the Cao army came to resist and no one could resist Ma Chao's shot.
In the blink of an eye, Ma Chao killed in front of Wang Ling and stabbed Wang Ling in the cheek. Wang Lingtong's red eyes glared at Ma Chao, his mouth was tightly closed, the flesh on his cheeks was tight, and he did not dodge the spear that was waved.
Ma Chao is famous, Wang Ling knows that the battle will not last for a few rounds, so he is ruthless. Wang Ling slashed at Ma Chao's chest with a knife.
Ma Chao exclaimed: "Good! Guts! ”
The voice did not fall. Ma Chao smashed the back of the knife with the tail of the gun, which shocked Wang Ling's hand and made a lightning-like move. Wang Ling didn't have time to change his moves, he felt a trace of pain in his throat, and blood spurted out of his mouth.
Ma Chao took Wang Ling's head off the spot. Xiahou Yuan saw from afar that his heart seemed to be hammered, and in the blink of an eye, Wang Ling's head was hung on the flagpole.
Ma Chao personally held the breakthrough of Cao Jun and squeezed Wang Ling's soldiers and horses out. The Cao army inside and outside was divided into two sections and could not meet.
It's almost about to succeed and soldier, this point can't be crossed, Xiahou Yuan's despair turned into hatred, since he can't run away, he will fight, Xiahou Yuan is like chewing Ma Chao's meat, grinding his teeth and shouting: "Ma Chao is a child, traitor, I will fight with you for rebellion!" ”
Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses have been gradually surrounded, and Xiahou Yuan desperately crashed out, but he couldn't kill them. Ma Chao commanded the Han army to form an encirclement, pressed the Cao army in the middle, and compressed the space of the Cao army step by step, so that the Cao army collided with each other in the narrow space, unable to move and cause chaos, which is a common tactic of cavalry.
Cao Jun had no hope, and when he saw that he was surrounded, there was a commotion. Xiahou Yuan noticed something strange and raised his gun and said, "Soldiers! General Ben is here! Don't be afraid, if you want to die, everyone will die together, and General Ben will accompany you! ”
Xiahou Yuan loved the soldiers and played a role in such a desperate situation. Cao Jun responded in unison to the responder Xiahou Yuan.
Seeing this, Ma Chao knew that it was not cost-effective to fight hard, and Xiahou Yuan led the troops to no longer rush into battle but fought to the death with his own soldiers and horses, which was simply a desperate fight.
Ma Chao frowned, he didn't want to lose both, he slowly compressed, made the guards in the direction of Xiahou Yuan weaker, and then deliberately let go of it, Xiahou Yuan rushed out all of a sudden, and then Cao Jun saw hope, and they all hugged me to break through.
Xiahou Yuan had been on the battlefield for a long time and shouted: "It's not good, this is Ma Chao's deliberate exposure!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao and Cheng Ji closed the exit on both sides in the formation, and Cao Jun, who had no Xiahou Yuan, was desperate for a moment, and his morale was greatly reduced, and they shouted that the general abandoned me! The general deceived me!
Xiahou Yuan was about to turn around when he heard this, but the guards on the left and right hurriedly stopped him and said: "The general can't, the general is the prince of Wei, and there is no room for loss!" ”
Xiahou Yuan pushed everyone away: "Don't abandon the soldiers!" Otherwise, how can it be! The overall situation of Longyou is over! I'm done as a general! Then I'd rather be like a horse-aided horse-leather shroud! ”
Yan Yan looked at Ma Chao and said, "It made Ma Chao a thief famous!" I'm not reconciled! ”
Turning around to face the battle, Ma Chao stopped and laughed: "Xiahou old thief, don't run for your life yet!" ”
Xiahou Yuan laughed angrily: "Do you think I am Ma Chao who doesn't care about the life and death of my family? The soldiers trust me, and I will not give up on them! ”
Ma Chao's smile stiffened and changed: "Xiahou Yuan, don't look for death!" ”
Xiahou Yuan said contemptuously: "Some things can never be washed away, no matter how good your combat exploits and prestige are, it is useless!" Ha ha! It's useless Ma Chao, he will always be with you like a nightmare! Like your father! ”
Ma Chao interrupted fiercely: "Don't worry about the dead!" With that, he went straight to Xiahou Yuan.
Xiahou Yuan was already injured, and Ma Chao made a dead hand, and the guards on the left and right blocked him. The rest of the guards hurriedly set up Xiahou Yuan and fled to the right flank.
Ma Chao killed and blocked the guards, and then chased, opened his bow and arrows, and shot more than 30 arrows, and the arrows were not missed, shooting more than 30 people.
Xiahou Yuan retreated, passing through Guo Huai's place, Guo Huai sent troops and horses to intercept him, and the horse shouted loudly, instantly penetrating the Cao army's soldiers and horses.
Guo Huai saw that he couldn't stop Ma Chao and shouted: "Ma Chao, I have a share of your wife and children back then, come and come!" Find me for revenge! ”
Ma Chao turned around and said strangely: "Why haven't I heard of you?" ”
Guo Huai sneered: "I fought with General Xiahou Yuan and you messed around, did you forget?" ”
Ma Chao cursed: "How come Xiahou Yuan's command is all my enemies!" You don't have to be in a hurry, you can't run away with hatred or hatred, you don't have to beg for death, I'll come to you when I kill Xiahou Yuan! ”
After that, you have to continue to catch up. Guo Huai took advantage of his speech to transfer soldiers and horses, and personally led his personal guards to fight with Ma Chao. Ma Chao saw that Xiahou Yuan had run away, and his heart was anxious, and his subordinates were even more ruthless!
Guo Huai dragged Ma Chao's footsteps, but he fell into it. Cao's army, which was engaged in the Han army, gradually broke away and prepared to retreat.
Guo Huai got out of the entanglement with the support of several Cao generals and commanded the soldiers and horses, Guo Huai really had a set, and the Cao army could still maintain a relatively complete formation when they retreated.
There are not many soldiers and horses led by Ma Chao, most of the Chinese army is in the encirclement and suppression of the Cao army, in addition to the personal guards, only the Han general Zhang Xiu led hundreds of people, or Cheng Ji was afraid that Ma Chao would suffer a loss and hurriedly sent it.
Ma Chao picked up and entangled Cao Jiang to death, and Ben Guo Huai came. Zhang Xiu persuaded: "General, Xiahou Yuan is the commander of the three armies, or should he kill Xiahou Yuan first!" ”
Ma Chao said confidently: "Don't pay attention to it, the lost dog is not worthy of my horse!" Taoyang Pang Lin's 2,000 cavalry had already made a detour to the front! I still want to run! Xiahou Yuan will be captured alive!
Now I'm going to destroy the Cao army in front of me, and the Cao general who leads the troops to get in the way sees that the banner is Sima, surnamed Guo, it should be Guo Huai! Let him command the Cao army can really run out of thousands of people, I want to completely destroy these Cao army, and watch me capture him alive! ”
In Ma Chao's eyes, he suddenly felt that Guo Huai was more threatening than Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan didn't cause much trouble to him.
Lookers-on see most of the game. Ma Chao didn't realize that when besieging Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan was targeted, and General Cao had the heart to help, and the Han generals would come forward to block it. Xiahou Yuan commanded the soldiers and horses, and Ma Chao had to deal with it-for-tat. Xiahou Yuan was preoccupied with every step of Ma Chao, giving full play to his bravery and military advantages, and Xiahou Yuan naturally had a difficult step by step.
In contrast, Guo Huai and Ma Chao did not take him seriously, and first had a contempt for him. Guo Huai can show his ability! Besides, the yellow attack can be mediocre, and the opponent can't talk about the same day.
Ma Chao did not have a deep ruthlessness for Xiahou Yuan to kill his wife and children, so he gave up Xiahou Yuan and turned to deal with Guo Huai, but Guo Huai blocked the disaster for Xiahou Yuan!
Ma Chao took over the command of the Han army, Guo Huai immediately rushed to the pressure, to say that the cavalry is used, Ma Chao is absolutely top. Guo Huai's troop moves were dissolved by Ma Chao!
The arrangement was almost done, Ma Chao pointed a gun at Guo Huai and said to Huang: "Capture this person alive!" Give me command to resist his personal guards, and don't get in my way! Huang Xi promised.
Ma Chao launched a charge, and Guo Huai saw that Ma Chao's target was himself, so he immediately hid in the army.
Ma Chao couldn't see Guo Huai and understood what was going on and shouted: "Guo Huai, come out!" Don't cower, you're a general! Come out! ”
Guo Huai ignored Ma Chao's provocation, Xiahou Yuan didn't hide from Ma Chao when he was fighting because Xiahou Yuan was burdened by the name of Xiahou Yuan's bravery, and the impact of avoiding war on morale was immeasurable!
Guo Huai is not distinguished by bravery, and he does not have that level of care!
Ma Chao continued to provoke Guo Huai and shouted: "The thief general Guo Huai seems to have fled, and the Cao army is not ready to surrender and avoid death!" ”
Guo Huai shouted in the crowd: "General Ben is here!" ”
But then many people shouted this: "The general didn't run away, the soldiers fought with the thief army!" "It's all this general, Ma Chao can't tell which direction Guo Huai is.
Ma Chao was furious, immediately left the battlefield, and concentrated a thousand Han troops to wander around the periphery.
Ma Chao saw that there were two trees in the northeast, and ordered Huang Xi to lead the Han army to drive Cao's army to the northeast.
Without Ma Chao's harassment, Guo Huai commanded handily, and reorganized the army while withdrawing, Cao's army gradually completed the formation, and the Han army failed to surround it several times but suffered a lot of losses.
Guo Huai didn't notice Ma Chao's thoughts, his attention was mainly on whether Ma Chao would attack and how he would deal with it.
Ma Chao saw that it was almost over, and sent a fine general to climb the tree, holding the flag in his hand.
Ma Chao commanded and began to charge, Guo Huai was prepared, contracted the formation, and gave way to the resistance of Ma Chao's charge, so that the Han army moved forward step by step and successfully killed. Guo Huai commanded Cao's soldiers to launch a round of charges in the middle of the Han army.
Ma Chao's ignorant charge would hit the surrounding Han army, and Guo Huai's move wanted to slow down Ma Chao's impact. Ma Chao slowed down, Guo Huai turned over and went out, breaking the encirclement that the Han army had not consolidated. Now Guo Huai is waiting for dark, and he still has a chance to break through after dark!
Ma Chao did not necessarily succeed in the charge, but forced the Cao army further in the direction of the tree, and then the Han army charged fiercely.
Guo Huai commanded calmly, but he found that he was hiding in the formation and the command was ineffective, he changed his position Ma Chao also changed, and several times Ma Chao was almost killed in front of him.
Guo Huai moved frequently, and the formation that had finally been put together was chaotic again. Guo Huai looked around and found the Han general in the tree. Guo Huai secretly took a strong bow, stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and charged an arrow to kill the Han general on the tree.
Another man climbed up under the tree, shielding himself with his hand. Guo Huai fired three arrows in succession, causing the Han army to leak a flaw and shoot again. But the kung fu of archery, Ma Chao is coming.
Looking at Ma Chao, who was about to come to him, Guo Huai sighed lightly: "In the battle of Weishui, the first king had Xu Chu to protect him. Where is Xu Chu today! Who in our army can withstand Ma Chao! ”
Guo Huai thought about abandoning the army and leaving, he had a chance, that is, when Xiahou Yuan retreated, he abandoned the army, at that time, the Cao army formation was still there, and he could delay for a while, but he hesitated and didn't want to be a general who escaped from the battle.
Now he has to face the vicious Ma Chao directly. Guo Huai held a gun to defend himself, Ma Chao rushed over and stabbed Guo Huai without saying a word, he knew that it was useless to persuade him to surrender, and he still had to do it in the end.
Guo Huai shook his spear and stabbed Ma Chao in the heart, but Ma Chao did not block, but stabbed Guo Huai in the left shoulder. Guo Huai saw that Ma Chao was unstoppable, but he didn't dare to take the gun head-on, as soon as he raised the gun to change his moves, he turned sideways to dodge Ma Chao's long spear, and he swept towards Ma Chao's throat. Ma Chao shouted: "Just tie your hands and arrest it!" ”
Ma Chao flickered, Guo Huai stabbed Ma Chao in the shoulder, Ma Chao held it with his hand to prevent the tip of the gun from going deeper, and then changed his backhand and pierced Guo Huai's shoulder with a shot.
Guo Huai didn't expect Ma Chao to fight against himself with injuries. Guo Huai was stabbed very heavy, almost pierced, and Ma Chao threw Guo Huai off the horse. Ma Chao's personal guards were immediately captured.
Ma Chao hammered his shoulder with his hand and whispered: "I pierced the skin, it's a bit of a loss!" I'm in a hurry! ”
The sun is about to set, and the battle is nearing its end. Li Jun's army of 1,000 people was completely annihilated, and Li Jun was captured. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Ang's subordinates persuaded Zhao Ang to escape, but Zhao Ang refused and was finally captured. The remnants of the Han army are in pursuit.
Zhao Angjun, Guo Huaijun, Li Junjun and the Chinese army surrendered either to death. After everyone cleaned up the battlefield, they pressed Zhao Ang, Li Jun, Guo Huai and others.
When Ma Chao saw Zhao Ang, he asked: "I treated you well at the beginning, your son served in our army, and he never suffered a loss!" Why are you still against me, it seems that you hate me very much! ”
Zhao Ang said: "I don't have personal love with you, but because loyalty is the foundation of our life, you betrayed your father, killed Wei Kang Assassin Shi and Tianshui Taishou, and have no credit."
It is a great shame that we surrendered to you, and it is not important to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of this hatred, let alone a son! What do you have? All your life is killing, burning, and plundering, what is the difference between you and the rebels? You deserve this retribution! ”
Ma Chao raised his head and stared at Zhao Ang, silent, these days he figured it out, everyone scolded him with similar words, Ma Chao knew that his past actions were all intolerable by the world, how could he justify himself, saying why did you kill my wife and children, but he first killed and surrendered regardless of the agreement, and he was untrustworthy first.
It was useless to say more, but fortunately he did not open his mouth, but he maintained the pride and contempt of the victor. Cheng Ji saw Ma Chao like this and stepped forward and said, "General Ma, there will be a way to die!" Ma Chao nodded.
Cheng Ji looked at Li Jun on the side, and Li Jun immediately said, "I'm the same as General Zhao Ang!" Don't bother talking! It's just that our opposition to Ma Chao was in line with public opinion, why was we killed by Ma Chao in the end, God is unfair to us! ”
Ma Chao glanced at Li Jun and was still silent. Cheng Ji said: "Providence is not to help Ma Chao, but to help the Han room!" Now Liangzhou and Longyou are in the hands of the king of Hanzhong, and in the hands of the Liu clan of the Han Dynasty, what you have done is no longer in line with the will of the people and the way of heaven! Heaven will naturally not bless you! ”
Cheng Ji looked at Guo Huai, and Guo Huai said indifferently: "No need to say more!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao said: "I don't have any enmity with him, he can't handle it in my turn, so bet it on the king of Hanzhong!" The enemy who killed my wife and children at the beginning, King Hanzhong, promised that if I did not surrender, I would be killed! The rest are not among them! ”
Cheng Ji agreed to the left and right: "Loosen the bonds for the generals!" ”
Guo Huai sneered: "Don't bother, how can I descend to Liu Bei, a traitor who splits the soil!" ”
Ma Chao waved his hand and said, "Hold on, look at it!" The rest is the king's business! "Left and right led the order to escort Guo Huai.
Cheng Ji took over and said: "Generals, we admire your loyalty and bravery, General Ma has no intention of taking your heads to ask for credit, you can kill yourself!" We will bury the generals! ”
Zhao Ang laughed and said, "Thank you, General Cheng!" ”
Then he said in the direction of Yin Ping: "The elite cavalry is gone, the king, I deserve to die for misleading the country, and I apologize here!" After that, Li Jun killed himself.
Cheng Ji buried Zhao Ang, Wang Ling, Li Jun and others together.