Chapter 39: Crisis and Breakthrough
And Ma Chao was a little shocked in front of him, the eroded foot soldiers had formed a strict formation, the shields were attached to each other, and spearheads, spearheads, and halberd heads appeared in the gap between the shields and the shields; Ma Chao could still hear the sound of arrows swaying and colliding in the quiver behind the shield, thinking that there were many crossbowmen. Ma Chao saw that it was Yan Xing who commanded this department. Being able to integrate the defeated troops in such a short period of time and form a complete and tight formation, this Yan Xing is still a rare good general. At the moment, Ma Chao knew that the formation of this infantry was indestructible, and there were many crossbowmen, once they attacked, they would be sent to death, just like the battle between the Huns and Li Ling.
Ma Chao was very anxious, he knew that the reason why the rebels had such an arrangement was that Han Sui had already understood his tactics of harassment between the two sides, so he decided to send Yan Xing to sort out the foot soldiers to block him; Concentrate the rest of the main army to storm Pound and others, intending to attack him again after concentrating all his strength to eliminate Pound in one fell swoop. Ma Chao has to say that this Han Sui is really smart!
But now his situation is critical again, and when he attacks the infantry phalanx formed by Yan Xing, he may not be able to break through and the damage is great; Yan Xing's formation is extremely broad, if he wants to bypass and attack the light cavalry led by Han Sui, not to mention that it takes too long and the rescue is not timely, it is very likely to be flanked by Yan Xing and Han Sui; But if you don't do anything, you just sit back and watch Pang De and others be strangled by Han Sui, Pang De and others don't know if there are still 10,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, but Han Sui still has more than 100,000 troops, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before Pang De is eliminated......
Ma Chao was extremely anxious, could he just watch Pang De and the others being wiped out? Once Pound and the others fail, he will also fail, is he going to fall into a big defeat today? The subordinates under his command were also very anxious, and they all looked at Ma Chao. This made Ma Chao even more stressed.
Yan Xing looked at Ma Chao in the distance sitting on the back of the horse in a daze, looking anxiously to this side, sometimes focusing on his tight and sturdy formation, and sometimes looking at the battlefield behind him: there, Han Sui was leading the army to chase Pang De and the others, and Pang De and the others were in a hurry and couldn't avoid them.
Yan Xing smiled proudly, today's battle was very hard, the offensive and defensive momentum changed several times, and each time Ma Chao could always take the advantage and beat the rebels. But now, because of Han Sui's strategy, Ma Chao seems to be in trouble. This time, let's see how this so-called "Shenwei Heavenly General" still shows "Shenwei!" Yan Xing thought to himself.
Ma Chao really didn't have any way, the only way was to risk attacking Yan Xing's array, but he couldn't guarantee that he would break through; He was even more afraid that once Yan Xing entangled him, his troops would lose their mobility, and everything would be over.
Ma Chao was so anxious that he was sweating all over his body. At this time, there were soldiers behind him, Ma Chao accidentally glanced back, and those soldiers immediately shut up. But at this glance, Ma Chao saw the scene after the trilogy, and just a glance made him excited. Ma Chao turned his head again and saw that the five miles behind him was the camp of the rebels, built next to the Weishui, and the wall was extremely tall. But the walls are full of old and weak soldiers, either too old or too young; uneven height; The number of people doesn't look like much.
Ma Chaoji came to his heart: That's right! If you attack the rebels' camp, it will be to encircle Wei and save Zhao, how can the rebels abandon the camp and continue to pursue Pang De and others? And if the rebel camp is broken and set on fire, and the rebels lose the camp and the grain, grass and baggage in the camp, what will they do to fight him?
As for his own camp, Ma Chao left 5,000 horsemen to guard, and the camp was also very tall and strong, and it was difficult for the rebels to break through. Besides, even if the rebels really broke through his camp, Ma Chao was not afraid, as long as he took the rebels' camp, it would be just a replacement of the camp with Han Sui, he could change to a stronger camp that he knew, and get more grain, grass, horses and baggage, he was the real winner!
I didn't expect this to be another village, and the battlefield was full of fighters! Ma Chao then laughed. I don't know what Ma Chao means. Ma Chao led his troops to kill behind him, and the target was the rebel camp.
Ma Chao ran up and stepped on the yellow sand. Yan Xing saw Ma Chao kill backwards, he was surprised and surprised, I don't know why Ma Chao didn't come to rescue his subordinates, but ran reflexively, could it be to escape?
But Yan Xing immediately figured it out: the rebel camp was behind him, exposed under Ma Chao's hooves! Yan Xing knew that before the war, Cheng Gongying and others thought that with the hundreds of thousands of troops of the rebel army, Ma Chao was unable to lead the army to break through the rebels to attack the camp, so only 2,000 men and horses were left in the huge camp.
But now that the battlefield situation has changed too much, the rebels are chasing Pang De and others, how can they have the kung fu to protect the camp?
Yan Xing was in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, Ma Chao's trilogy had already disappeared on the horizon. Yan Xing hurriedly led the pawn to chase Ma Chao. He knew that it was impossible for the foot soldiers to catch up with the cavalry, so he sent someone to inform Han Sui.
Ma Chao is non-stop, and five miles is two thousand meters in later generations, which is not a very long distance. His troops were all extremely good cavalry, and in a matter of moments they were in front of the rebel camp.
The soldiers on duty in the camp were frightened and immediately beat gongs and drums to warn the remaining 2,000 rebels of the enemy attack. Seeing that there were only a few hundred rebels on the wall, they were scrambling to defend back and forth, some of them couldn't draw their bows, some couldn't lift their halberds, and some were so frightened that they spilled gold juice everywhere...... Ma Chao knew that he had encountered a weak brigade among the rare rebels!
So he hurriedly waved his army to the foot of the tall walled gate, and shot a few arrows from the wall, rejecting horses, and ditches, which had no effect on him at all. He hurriedly dismounted and pushed the door, but the door was too strong and heavy, and there was a deadbolt to push it down.
Ma Chao hurriedly dismounted, separated the soldiers, and stood in front of the gate. Ma Chao tried to push, but he couldn't push; The tribes pushed with him, and the gate still stands.
Ma Chao is in a hurry, if he can't open the gate, then everything will be over. At this time, Ma Chao saw a large pile of wood outside the walled gate, thinking that it was extra after the rebels used it to build the wall. Ma Chao was overjoyed, picked out a piece of wood that needed to be hugged by two people, and held it high. The tribes will know, and they will come together to hold the wood high.
More than 20 people, under the leadership of Ma Chao, carried this wood to the bottom of the wall. Ma Chao no longer carried it, but commanded Qu to carry this wood as a battering ram, Ma Chao gave an order, and the subordinate immediately slammed into the gate with wood.
The strength of more than 20 people and a heavy piece of wood hit the wooden nailed gate, making a loud "bang" sound, causing the gate to shake, and the surface was shaken dust.