Chapter 227: The Great Wall of Camels

It was just a hedge, and the armor and cavalry immediately killed the hundreds of horsemen led by the horse play, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were horrified, and the horse play was defeated. As the mounted cavalry continued to charge, the ground behind them was covered with the corpses of horses and cavalry. In front of the armor and cavalry, the remaining light cavalry of Han Sui's army was already frightened.

Under the order of Cherrigi, the armored cavalry was arranged in a horizontal formation, facing head-on, and successively broke through the heavy enemy light cavalry, and a loud scream sounded on the battlefield, which was issued by the light cavalry of Han Sui's army before he died.

As a general, Ma Wan's strength and weapons are much higher than ordinary soldiers. He fought hard to kill five armored cavalry equipment, Rao was like this, his knife became more and more dull, and there were two more wounds on his body, and he could not stop the armored cavalry equipment from charging his troops. When Ma Dong looked back, he saw that most of his troops had been trapped. Moreover, the armor and cavalry outfits frightened the soldiers, and the light cavalry of the rear army stopped their horses one after another and fled backwards, not daring to engage with the armor and cavalry equipment again. But some of the armor and horses caught up with them, and still killed them and dismounted. It was just an instant, and the victory and defeat of the two armies on the battlefield were divided.

Ma Play knew that he couldn't resist the armor and cavalry after all, and saw more armor and cavalry equipment approaching him, ready to strangle him together, Ma Yu hurriedly killed and repelled the two armor and cavalry, fled backwards, and ordered: "Withdraw!" Evacuate! ”

When the remaining 1,000 or so light cavalry heard this, they were relieved, and they spread their horses' hooves and ran back. Cherrigi led the armored cavalry to catch up, but because the armor was too heavy and the horses were tired, they did not catch up.

When Ma Chao saw this, he understood that the heavy cavalry was suitable for charging into battle, but the mobility was too poor, and if the enemy army mastered this weakness, he might be able to defeat the armored cavalry. The broken part was defeated as soon as he rushed in pairs, and now, Han Sui had no one to resist him. Ma Chao seized the opportunity and instigated 20,000 light cavalry to catch up.

On this side of the battlefield, the defeated generals of the remnants of the horse play led quickly ran back to Han Sui's army. It wasn't until they fled back to their own army that Ma Yu and the remnants of his defeated army exhaled. Ma Yu chased after Han Sui, and Han Sui was furious: "Why can't you stop it even for a moment? ”

Ma Yu looked at Han Sui's murderous gaze and said: "Lord, it's not that the last general will escape, but that Jinma Chao used that armor and cavalry to attack our army, and the armor and cavalry are heavy, like an iron-cast fortress, and our army can't stop his impact at all!" Just a hedge, and our army was defeated......"

When Han Sui heard this, he had to sigh helplessly.

At this time, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves behind Han Sui, and Han Sui eagerly looked back, behind him, the Xiliang Iron Horse had already emerged from the horizon, and was wrapped in rolling yellow sand, galloping and surging!

And for some reason, on the horizon in front of Han Sui, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared, and the momentum was also not small, and there were many banners. Han Sui was shocked, and when he looked closely, the largest banner was embroidered with the word "Yan".

Han Sui understood that he happened to meet Yan Xing, who had just returned from the expedition to Dunhuang. And the main forces of Yan Xingbu and Ma Chao have already formed a two-sided encirclement of him, and it seems that he can't escape this battle. Once again, Han Sui closed his eyes in despair. He had lost count of the first times he had felt hopeless today; Not to mention counting, this is the first time he has felt desperate since Ma Chao entered Liangzhou.

Cheng Gongying said eagerly: "Lord, it's better to stick to the spot, otherwise you will be forced by the enemy on both sides and lose faster!" ”

Han Sui gritted his teeth, he didn't want to bow his head to that hateful and hateful bunched hair kid so easily. Han Sui was in a hurry and shouted: "Order, the whole army stops, tie the camels with ropes, and surround them into a line of defense, there are not enough camels to use horses!" ”

Camels can be used not only as pack animals, but also as war animals, so there are camels in almost every cavalry. What's more, Hexi, which is rich in camels, Han Sui also brought many camels to transport baggage when he went out of the city.

Of Han Sui's remaining 25,600 horsemen, most of them were the elite 20,000 horsemen he had retained from the Battle of Caohan, and they moved quickly, stopped immediately, brought more than 2,000 camels, and hurriedly tied the camels together with ropes. Soon, thousands of tall Bactrian camels were tied to their four legs and fixed in place, and a succession of Bactrian camels formed a high wall. Han Sui also ordered the soldiers to put extra leather armor on the Bactrian camels, making the "Great Wall of Camels" even stronger.

Ma Chao saw a group of cavalry in front of Han Sui's army from a distance, and knew in his heart that it must be Yan Xing, who had led the army back from the westward expedition to Dunhuang, and happened to meet him on the road to pursue Han Sui. Ma Chao was very happy in his heart, and sighed that God really treated him well, although in Caohan and Ayang, God deliberately let Han Sui go. But this time, God deliberately arranged for Yan Xing to lead his troops to return to the east when he was chasing Han Sui, which was God hinting to him that this battle would be able to completely defeat Han Sui and lead Liangzhou!

Thinking of this, Ma Chao was excited, urging his troops to quickly approach Han Suijun. But to Ma Chao's surprise, Han Sui did not choose to sit still, did not choose to attack Yan Xing's iron horse, but chose to stop and line up. What surprised Ma Chao even more was that Han Sui was really smart, and he actually thought of using camels to form a Great Wall. Ma Chao thought to himself, if it were him, it would be difficult to think of such a clever strategy when he was in such a dangerous situation when he was being pursued and surrounded on both sides.

Seeing this, Ma Chao ordered the whole army to expand to the left and right, and together with the Yan Xingbu on the opposite side, they formed a heavy encirclement of Han Sui's Great Wall of Camels.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry quickly dispersed on both sides, and the chaotic horse's hooves trampled the desert up and covered the sky with yellow sand. When the yellow sand landed, Xiliang Iron rode around the Great Wall of Camels and surrounded it impenetrable. Then, Ma Chao ordered the whole army to be stationed on the horse, just around the enemy position, and spread his strong bow and crossbow, beware of the enemy behind a row of camels suddenly launched a breakout.

Yan Xing ran over from the opposite side of the enemy formation, and when he saw Ma Chao, he was overjoyed, clasped his fists on horseback, and said: "Young master, the last general has just taken all the cities in the entire Dunhuang County, and is leading the army back to return to the young master, but I never thought that I could actually meet the young master to pursue Han Sui, this is the will of heaven to help the young master!" ”

Ma Chao said: "Do you have any garrison troops for Yumen Pass?" ”

Yan Xingdao: "The Yumen Pass is not open, and the last general left a thousand cavalry to garrison, and it is expected that even if Han Sui escapes from here, he will not be able to break through the Yumen Pass in a short time." ”

Ma Chao is much more relieved.

Zhang Xiu said in surprise: "Brother, Han Wenyue is behind this camel, as long as he breaks through, he can defeat him, why do you stop?" ”

Ma Chao said calmly: "Bactrian camels are tall and thick, not to mention that bows and arrows are difficult to kill, even spears, if they don't hit the vital point and don't stab deeply, they can't kill Bactrian camels." ”

Zhang Xiu said: "That's simple, send the soldiers close to the camel and cut the rope that binds the camel, the camel will naturally escape, and Han Suijun will be exposed." ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Close to the enemy formation, what if the enemy **** shoots my sergeant?" ”

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment and said, "Then it's better to call the crossbow, and you will definitely be able to shoot the camel!" ”

Ma Chao said: "The camel was shot and fell to the ground, but it was difficult to move away, and it was even more impossible for our war horses to jump over the camel's carcass." You're always in a hurry, and you can't think about it! ”

Zhang Xiu said aggrievedly: "How is that good?" Do you want to look at it? ”

Ma Chao said: "Yes, just just watch!" This is the depths of the desert, as long as our army traps him, Han Sui and his soldiers will always drink the water, and then he will be defeated without a fight. ”

Zhang Xiu said sullenly: "Oh, I see. ”

Ma Chao saw him pouting and looking unhappy, so he smiled and said, "What's wrong?" Don't you like to say two sentences? ”

Zhang Xiu's mouth pursed high, and said: "My brother also wants to share my brother's worries and break the Yellow River in Jiuqu earlier, and my brother will say that my brother is ...... like this."

Ma Chao laughed and said, "You can't say two words, like a girl!" Okay, it's me who is not good, I shouldn't have said that about you, I apologize to you. Our army will still be trapped in Han Sui's army for a long time, so you can arrange for three soldiers to set up camp. ”

"Oh." Zhang Xiu went down now.

After sending Zhang Xiu, Ma Chao looked back at the camel array, He saw that behind the camels, the cavalry of Han Sui's army were huddled together, surrounded by two horsemen, it was Han Sui and Cheng Gongying.

Ma Chao then beat his horse forward and rode alone to the camel formation for 300 steps. Seeing Ma Yue in battle, Han Sui's eyes were on fire, and he secretly gritted his teeth. So Han Sui and Cheng Gongying went out side by side, and the galloping horse also came twenty steps in front of Ma Chao.

Han Sui and Cheng Gongying, who came to Ma Chao, both of them had angry faces, their faces were tense, their eyes were as red as coals, and even Cheng Gongying's face was twitching with anger.

Ma Chao was about to speak, but Cheng Gongying said angrily: "The general is a wise man, don't you know when to repay the wrongs?" Why do you repeatedly push us to a dead end, leaving no way to live? ”

Ma Chao sneered and said, "There are no two tigers in the mountains, and there are no two masters in the earth." All the counties and counties in Liangzhou, I will help the wind and the Ma clan to decide! And the lord of the gentleman is blocking my way forward, intending to compete with me for Liangzhou, how can I let it go? If it were you, sir, you would never let me go, would you? Sir is smart, why ask? ”

Han Sui said angrily: "Jin Ma Chao, don't think that if you trap the old man here, you will have won all." ”

Ma Chao smiled: "Dead duck has a hard mouth!" ”

"The Old Man's Great Wall of Camels", as he said, Han Sui pointed to the Great Wall of Camels behind him, "You can't break it!" ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "I can't break it, but I can't break the formation!" I can choose to besiege you like a siege, so that you can't move. Your soldiers and horses are elite, my soldiers and horses are even more elite, how sure are you that you will be able to break through? You can't break through, and there is no water source here, can you be undefeated? ”