Chapter 14: Descending the Mountain to Fight
Ma Chao saw that after the war, the momentum and morale of the rebels were obviously shortened, Ma Chao looked carefully, and saw from a distance that many of the rebel soldiers on the wall of the mountain were sweating nervously. Ma Chao was overjoyed in his heart, at this time, he finally understood why Wang Situ had to scold Zhuge Liang in front of the battle, and was scolded by Kong Ming so angry that he died, it turned out that the power of this language was so powerful.
Ma Chao said again: "Now, my father and I are ordered by the imperial court to lead 100,000 iron horsemen to crusade against Han Sui and other rebels, eradicate the scourge for the world, for the imperial court, and for Liangzhou, and return Liangzhou to a bright future." Anyone who dares to stop me will die! ”
Kingdom's eyes stood up in fright, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly. Ma Chao said again: "If you want to survive, you can surrender to me." I can ignore the past suspicions and use it as a part. If you don't want to live, go to war with me! ”
The kingdom was terrified, but when he turned his head, he saw that some of the rebel soldiers around him had begun to talk to each other. The kingdom knew that if he really demoted Ma Chao, he would be settled by Han Suiqiu. At this time, he couldn't help but pluck up his courage. The kingdom drew his sword and stabbed to the left a soldier who had been fighting his head to the robe. The soldier was impaled through his body, and his body instantly went limp, and he fell to the ground and never got up again. The kingdom said viciously: "Whoever dares to surrender will be the same as this person!" ”
The rebel soldiers were too frightened to speak. Immediately, the kingdom turned his head and shouted to Ma Chao at the bottom of the mountain: "Ma'er, why bother talking! I have come to fight you, and I swear to take your head! So saying, the kingdom ran down the wall and went to transfer the five thousand horsemen.
Ma Chao didn't say anything anymore, he quietly waited for the kingdom to lead the army to rush down. Soon, the gates of the camp were opened, and countless iron horsemen were slaughtered from it, and they wielded the ring-headed sword in their hands, and the first person was the kingdom. The kingdom led the rebels to rush to Ma Chao from the low South Mountain, diving from top to bottom, and sure enough, the rebels were wrapped in a raging killing intent, the mountains shook, the dust was flying, and the arrogant shouting and killing of the rebels was also like a wolf howling to destroy people's hearts, and Ma Chao was a little frightened, and the iron horse swept down from the mountain, like a flood erupting, after all, it was the first time he had seen such a terrible scene.
Ma Dai and Pang De also nervously looked at the grand charging momentum of the rebels in the distance, and Ma Dai asked, "Brother, can that really stop the kingdom?" ”
Ma Chao smiled: "Brother Dai doesn't have to worry. ”
Pang De said: "Young master, just in case, you can arrange more bows and crossbows on both sides of the formation." ”
Ma Chao thought about it, it is always right to be more careful, and said: "Okay, arrange a thousand crossbowmen on each side of the military formation, two on the left and right." There are two parts, the crossbowman is at the end, the crossbowman is in the middle, and the crossbowman is at the front. When the enemy stops, immediately trigger a crossbow, shooting the left to the right and the right to the left. ”
"No, I'm going to arrange it!" Pound kicked his mount in the stomach and ran towards the army behind him.
At this time, Ma Chao was very grateful to the imperial court. Because the turmoil in Liangzhou is the biggest danger of the imperial court, in order to pacify Liangzhou, the imperial court has always paid the most attention to Liangzhou in armaments, not only selecting six counties for training all year round, but also hoarding the most sophisticated weapons in the country in Xiliang. Therefore, Ma Chao obtained the most sophisticated weapons in the Eastern Han Dynasty from the imperial court.
The most sophisticated of them all is this kick-open crossbow, waist crossbow, and arm crossbow. Back then, Li Ling relied on his strong bow and crossbow to shoot 30,000 Hun cavalry with only 5,000 people, which made the other 70,000 Hun cavalry so frightened that they did not dare to advance. In the end, it was because of the leakage of his subordinates that Li Ling surrendered.
Nowadays, because of the attention of the imperial court, everyone in Ma Chao's subordinates is equipped with a bow and crossbow, and there are more than 10,000 pairs of sharp weapons such as kick-opening crossbows, waist crossbows and arm crossbows.
However, Ma Chao's attention was not on the two crossbowmen at all, but had been focused on a faint line under the South Mountain. That was the surprise that Ma Chao prepared for the rebels.
The dive increased the speed and momentum of the rebels a lot. The swooping rebels were unstoppable like a flood from the mountains. The kingdom laughed wildly, and he had long known that he was right to place the camp on the South Mountain.
The rebels' 5,000 horsemen were swift and soon swept in. When the kingdom's mount rushed to the ground first, his smile froze instantly. Ma Chao laughed heartily. Because the kingdom's mount suddenly screamed, and its front hooves fell to the ground, and the kingdom fell from its horse.
Ma Chao watched the kingdom fly up from the horse's back like a parabola, and then fell heavily to the ground, with a "bang", stirring up smoke and dust. The rebels behind the kingdom were surprised to find that a deep ditch had been dug on the flat ground, and the ditch was covered with branches, clothes and dirt, so the kingdom could not see it, and the war horse stepped on the air and fell. However, the rebels swooped down from the hill and could not stop. Behind the kingdom, the rebels fell one after the other, trampling into a heap. A deep ditch that was covered up caused thousands of troops and horses to fall to the ground and collapse.
Ma Chao first laughed, then waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot!" ”
At the sound of an order, the two two crossbowmen on the left and right immediately detained the crossbow machine, and the arrows rained down, covering the sky and shooting at the chaotic rebels.
The rebel soldiers finally reined in their horses, or just got up from the ground, who can resist Ma Chao's strong bow and crossbow and ten thousand arrows? In an instant, a large number of rebel soldiers were shot down. The kingdom was nimble, and when he saw that the arrows were like flying locusts, he hurriedly pulled over a corpse beside him and covered himself.
Ma Chao immediately ordered the crossbowmen to stop firing, and the eight thousand iron cavalry quickly pressed up and rushed towards the rebels at the foot of the mountain. The kingdom picked up his life, knowing that he could not resist Ma Chao, hurriedly grabbed a horse and ordered the rebel soldiers to flee back to Nanshan.
The rebel soldiers also scrambled to flee to the southern hills. Seeing that the rebels had returned to the mountain, Ma Chao was worried that the kingdom would shoot arrows downward according to the mountain, so he ordered the eight thousand iron horsemen to stop. Ma Chao thought to himself that even if he couldn't completely annihilate the kingdom's troops today, he would definitely be able to defeat him in less than two days, so he let the kingdom climb up the southern mountain.
The kingdom finally escaped to the gate of the camp of Nanshan Daying, and the gate of the camp was closed. The kingdom looked up and saw that it was Duan Xuan guarding the camp gate. He didn't notice that a smile had curled up on the corner of Duan Xuan's mouth. Wang Guo hurriedly shouted: "Captain Duan, quickly open the camp gate and let Ben General in!" ”
Duan Xuan listened to his words, but he waved his hand resolutely. When the kingdom saw it, he thought that Duan Xuan was signaling the soldiers to open the camp gate. But he didn't expect that a team of archers suddenly appeared beside Duan Xuan and on the tower of the camp gate, drawing their bows and arrows, aiming at the kingdom under the camp gate.
The kingdom screamed, the archers released their arrows, and the kingdom fell from its horse.