Chapter Twenty-Five: Swinging the Army and Killing
Ma Chao led 5,000 horsemen to rush over, and in order to cover his whereabouts, he sent scouts to investigate forward in advance to find out where the main force of the rebel army led by Han Sui was.
The whereabouts of the 170,000-strong army cannot be concealed. But the dust they rolled up was enough to cover the heavens and the sun; Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of feet and horses' hooves that trampled the earth with a roar.
Ma Chao's scouts soon discovered the whereabouts of Han Sui's main army, which was less than thirty miles directly opposite his troops. Just a few more moments of marching, and the two armies will soon meet. Ma Chao was excited, and saw that there was a low and gentle mound, and Ma Chao thought about it, so he ordered his five thousand horsemen to hold a piece, and the horses wrapped their hooves, and quietly walked up to the mound.
After a while, Han Sui's main army approached Tugang, where Ma Chao's tribe was located. Ma Chao saw the rebel formation at this time: the men and horses were boundless, the swords and guns were like forests, the flags covered the sun, and the whole army was based on iron gray, exuding a murderous atmosphere. The army was divided into four large phalanxes, and facing Ma Chao's side was his right army, with about 20,000 horsemen, and the men and horses were strong. At the front of the rebels, there was a tall chariot, which was expected to be driven by Han Sui. But Han Sui really didn't know about Cheng Xuan's defeat as Ma Chao expected, so he didn't take too many precautions.
Ma Chao is not afraid, and now he occupies a certain active advantage. Little by little, the rebels approached the charging distance of Ma Chao's troops, and the fighters were lost. But Ma Chao thought about it again and again, but did not immediately order a surprise attack, but turned around and said to the people: "The act of atonement begins here!" If you really want to wash away your sins, follow the formation of me to kill Han Sui, and move forward without retreating! How? ”
All the tribes resolutely said: "Only the order of the Lord is obeyed!" May I fight to the death with my lord! ”
"Good!" Ma Chao said, "When I give an order, I will raid immediately!" You don't have to shoot at a gallop, go straight into Han Sui's army, and cut the flag! ”
"No!" All the tribes said excitedly.
So Ma Chao picked up the spear, and the subordinates behind him also took out the ring head knife, long hammer or spear, his eyes were resolute, and he held his breath.
At this time, Han Sui's army was already less than forty paces away from the bottom of the hill, and Ma Chao expected that this distance was very suitable for the cavalry charge, so he shouted violently, and the horse flew up, and after flying up the hill, he galloped towards the rebels. The five thousand trilogies also jumped their horses and raised their swords, rushing behind Ma Chao.
Ma Chao's voice made the right army of the rebels hear it, and they all involuntarily turned their heads to look at Tugang. I saw a horse fly out, streak across the sky, and then stomp heavily on the ground, and flew towards them with lightning speed. The right army was stunned for a moment. Immediately afterwards, the five thousand horsemen also carried the mountain wind and the sea rain, and the sound of horses' hooves resounded throughout the plain. The soldiers of the right army shouted in horror: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
The generals Li Kan and Zhang Heng, who commanded the 20,000 horsemen of the right army, saw that there was an enemy attack, and immediately ordered: "All the troops should be restrained, and they should not panic; Point the three on the far right to pick up the enemy. ”
"Yes!" Immediately, three groups of men and horses, that is, three thousand horsemen, rushed to meet the horses; The rest of the men and horses stopped their panic and orderly handled their weapons and prepared to meet the enemy; In addition, Han Sui also quickly discovered the enemy attack on the side of the right army, ordered the whole army to be on alert, and ordered the general Cheng Yi and Ma Wan to raise the six divisions of the Chinese army to support, and the rest of the soldiers and horses all rushed and turned into a defensive formation.
Han Sui saw from afar that the general flew out of the Tugang, his face was like Fu powder, his lips were painted with Zhu, his waist was thin and his shoulders were wide, his voice was strong, he was in white robe and silver armor, holding a spear in his hand, and he rushed in front of the battle. Han Sui was first lost, the candidate must have been defeated, and the head was still hanging under the neck of his horse, so he let Ma Chao set up an ambush and raid here; But it's another excitement, and it's finally time to compete with this Jinma Chao!
Ma Chao saw that the rebels were suddenly attacked, but he was not afraid of the battle, advancing and retreating freely, and sighed that this Han Sui really had superb ability to govern the army.
But Ma Chao is not a thing in the pool. Seeing that the right army sent three men and horses to counterattack, Ma Chao was not afraid, and the horse entered the enemy's formation, and the five thousand horsemen behind him also rushed to the horse, so he chased after Ma Chao.
Ten steps away, Ma Chao shouted "Ho! ", the horse held a spear, and immediately pierced a horse. As soon as Ma Chao exerted his strength again, he waved the corpse and threw it far away towards the enemy, and immediately smashed the three horsemen off the horse. Xiaobai galloped, Ma Chao danced the gun left and right, and shot down more than 30 horses. The tribes saw it and were encouraged. As soon as they came into close contact with the enemy, they were wrapped in a condescending charge, causing the rebels to fall hundreds of horsemen, and the momentum of the rebels' counterattack came to an abrupt end.
Ma Chao went deep into the enemy formation, only caring about moving forward, wielding the silver spear, and all the rebel cavalry that was rampage with him died under his silver spear without exception. In front of him is a flag, there is a flag bearer holding a large flag, Ma Chao stabbed the flag bearer to death with a spear, and broke the flagpole with one hand; Ma Chao saw that he was rushing to the right and rode it, and quickly stabbed his spear, and immediately stabbed through the head of that horse; Seeing that he was running to the right and riding, Ma Chao immediately pulled out the silver spear, and with a loud shout, the silver spear swept and broke the backbone; Before meeting again, he went straight to ride, seeing that he was rampage, and was about to bump into him and Xiaobai, Ma Chao was not afraid, and stabbed the war horse with a spear, and immediately stabbed the war horse to death, and the head of the gun was deeply pierced into the chest of the war horse, and Ma Chao made a slight force, and lifted the horse into the air together, effortlessly.
Whether it was a rebel soldier or Ma Chao's troops, seeing that Ma Chao could easily lift a person and a horse, and it was effortless, they all exclaimed. Ma Chao laughed, waved his silver spear, and threw a horse strung high on his silver spear, knocking down four horses and a flag.
The tribesmen shouted loudly, "The lord is mighty! The Lord is mighty! ”
The rebel soldiers were so frightened that they flinched, and taking advantage of their hesitation, Ma Chao's sergeants were encouraged, and they all slaughtered the rebels fiercely, killing two or three hundred more rebel soldiers in one fell swoop.
By this time, Ma Chao's troops had already routed the front of the rebels' three divisions and sprinted into the three, and the rebels' banners fell one after another. And Ma Chao left his subordinates far behind.
The little white horse is non-stop, and the horse is flying with a silver spear. A silver spear, left and right, stabbed forward and back, swept up and down, and swept down, killing the rebel soldiers. On the way to Ma Chao's killing, the corpses of the rebel soldiers fell into a line; Once they approached Ma Chao's silver spear, they died one after another.
Seeing that Ma Chao was galloping in his troop, there was no resistance at all, and when he saw that one killed the other, he angrily transferred thirty horsemen and surrounded Ma Chao. Ma Chao was not afraid, and immediately stabbed three of them to death. The lieutenant commanded the thirty horsemen to spear together and stab Ma Chao. Seeing this, Ma Chao shouted again, "Ho! Swinging the silver spear, it flew around, and with one blow, thirty iron spears were cut off!