Chapter 123: Surrender before the battle
It was pitch black under the night sky, and the five fingers could not be seen, which made the city of Caohan in the beacon fire particularly conspicuous.
Ma Chao was on Xiaobai's back, his body was up and down violently with Xiaobai's running, and his heart was beating violently with his body. Because the city of Caohan is about to witness the final battle of his dominance and division of Liangzhou! Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou are dead, and Dong Zhuo is not there, if Han Sui solves it, who else can compete with him for the ownership of Liangzhou?
Although Liangzhou has been war-torn for a long time, the people are poor, and it is partial to the western wilderness, it has produced the world's best war horses and warriors! Longdi has a lot of arable land, Beidi County is the fertile Ningxia Plain in later generations, the Silk Road in the Hexi Corridor, and the Baiyin City in later generations is the most abundant mineral resources in the northwest region, and it is also in the forefront of the country.
This is the most turbulent but most dynamic place in the entire Han Empire, and it is also the place where his ancestor Ma Yuan became famous in this world. Ma Chao's soul and personality are naturally from later generations, but at this moment when he is about to dominate Liangzhou, he can feel a unique yearning and restlessness from the surging blood in his veins. Ma Chao thought that this was probably the genetic bloodline.
Ma Chao looked back, and behind him was a ghost that had disappeared under the night sky, and there was no end in sight. Only the Danglu on the head of the war horse, and the scarlet of the knight, glowed coldly in the moonlight. There is also a part that raises a torch and lights a fire like a sea of fire. Having already seen the outline of the city of Caohan and the enemy army under the city, the savage Xiliang people screamed excitedly. Like a pack of wolves howling when they attack a flock of sheep.
The corners of Ma Chao's mouth rose slightly, and an arrogant voice shouted in his heart: With such a male soldier, what is a mere Xiliang? I'm going to take over the whole world in the future!
Distance is not distance under the iron hooves of the iron horseman. Soon, Ma Chao led the iron cavalry to rush to a place where Han Sui's army was five miles. Ma Chao saw that Han Suijun was not sitting and waiting for death, so he quickly divided into a separate department, and with some hesitation and some tragedy, he rushed towards his iron horse. Ma Chao knew that Han Sui probably wanted to exchange the casualties for the time to capture the city. About thousands of riders, but it was also huge, roaring loudly.
So Ma Chao raised the silver gun in his hand slightly, this time he still had to enter the enemy formation first, leading 50,000 iron cavalry, not relying on any tactics, nor riding and shooting, and rushed directly to fight a tough battle, bringing Han Suibing the last nightmare before he died. Ma Chao was confident that his own troops could break through the parts sent by Han Sui to intercept in one round.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiu, who had been following behind Ma Chao, chased after him, and shouted hard in the hunting wind: "Young master, the last general requests to be the front army, and the last general will definitely be able to defeat Han Sui's army and clear the way for the lord!" ”
Ma Chao looked at Zhang Xiu's immature face, with a serious look, and stopped calling "brother" casually. I thought to myself, after all, I am a young person, so I should give young people a chance to exercise.
So he said, "Okay! If you order three colonels, and if you don't kill all the songs in front of you, you won't be a general! ”
"Yes!" Zhang Xiu hit his horse over, clicked on the three lieutenants behind him, and then stood out as the striker and rushed towards Yang Qiubu on the opposite side.
Yang Qiu saw that Ma Chao's cavalry were countless in the night, and his heart was even more panicked, and even his teeth were cold.
Seeing that Ma Chaojun's forwards were killed, like a rolling torrent, Yang Qiu also forgot how to command Qu to deal with it.
Zhang Xiu was different, he calmly ordered the two schools to spread to the left and right, he led one school in the middle, and the left and right schools were like the wings of a wild goose. This is obviously an attempt to use the left and right schools to flank the enemy from the left and right, and after the left and right flanks are realized and the flanks are crushed, the middle school rushes up again and deals a fatal blow to the enemy troops who have been broken down from the flanks.
Yang Qiu watched Ma Chaojun's formation change in fear, and was so frightened that he sat straight on the horse's back and did nothing.
The first lieutenant couldn't stand it anymore, and seeing that the enemy's advance was only half a mile away, he shouted anxiously: "General Yang, why don't you give the order to cavalry shooting?!" ”
Yang Qiu's confused mind listened to this advice, and thought for a long time before stammering: "Yes, yes... To mount and shoot, to ride and shoot...... Hurry up and shoot ......"
But before Yang Qiu could finish shouting the order, Zhang Xiu's left and right schools came in. Rushing to the front were the respective captains of the two schools, and immediately cut down several soldiers on the left and right sides of Yang Qiu's department and dismounted. A gap appeared, and the two colonels went straight in, and the cavalry of Ma Chao's army was ruthless, wielding a long ring-headed knife, as long as they saw an enemy soldier, they raised their knives and slashed down fiercely, and Yang Qiubu suddenly had hundreds of heads and severed limbs fall to the ground in a dull manner.
Yang Qiu's soldiers also wanted to fight back, but Yang Qiu didn't let them turn and face Zhang Xiu's troops who were attacking from the side, so Zhang Xiu's soldiers could swing their knives and slash from the front, while Yang Qiu's soldiers wanted to slash, but they couldn't turn around. By the time they turned around, Zhang Xiu's soldier's ring-headed knife had already been chopped off. Yang Qiubu was killed countless people in an instant, and Zhang Xiubu suffered few casualties.
The cavalry was not as tight as the infantry formation, because it was necessary to maintain mobility and flexibility, so the cavalry was very scattered among themselves, and each had to reserve a distance for the movement of the horses. Zhang Xiu's soldiers flexibly shuttled into the gap between Yang Qiu's troops, slowing down the speed of the war horse slightly. Yang Qiu's soldiers could only be on the left and right of Zhang Xiu's soldiers, and it was impossible to be in front of them, so everyone opened and closed widely, swung their knives to the left, and after cutting off a rebel on the left hand, they had to use all their strength to swing the knife to the right, and cut down an enemy on the right. In short, it is a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, with a knife on the left and a knife on the right. This move is not flashy, it is not complicated, it is just a knife, but it is the most effective method on the battlefield, as long as the knife goes down, you can kill a person. In just a few tens of seconds, the casualties of the enemy army increased geometrically, and seeing that the original 7,000 horsemen were immediately lost more than 1,000 horsemen.
When Ma Chao in the back saw it, he nodded with relief. Being able to defeat the enemy army in such a short period of time, Zhang Xiu was already about to complete the task.
Yang Qiu's heart was sad, but more fearful. Looking left and right, Ma Chao's soldiers are about to rush over from both sides and kill him; The soldiers who were scattered by Ma Chao's army were all squeezed to him; In addition, Zhang Xiu was holding a spear in front of him, and he was about to rush over, but the distance was only one mile.
At this time, Yang Qiu's heart was pounding, all the thoughts in his brain were gone, and there was only one thought: I want to live!
Yang Qiu yelled at the flag bearer: "Throw the flag to me!" ”
When the flag bearer heard this, he was stunned. The next moment, he reacted again and said angrily: "General Yang, do you want to surrender before the battle!" ”
"Less nonsense, throw it at me!" Yang Qiu was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.
The flag bearer stiffened his neck and said, "If you don't throw it, you won't throw it!" ”
Yang Qiu said angrily: "I'm a general, you dare not listen to me?!" ”
The flag bearer said: "If you want to join the enemy, you are a traitor!" ”
"Okay, you forced me!" Yang Qiu didn't say a word, pulled out the sword at his waist, stabbed it, and stabbed it into the throat of the flag bearer. Seeing this scene, all the parts were stunned! The flag bearer fell straight off his horse.
Yang Qiu grabbed the flag and threw it on the ground. I was afraid that Zhang Xiu wouldn't know, so she pulled her neck and shouted: "It's down, it's down!" ”