The Chinese infantry of the official army also fought back, but the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which was divided into five divisions, violently rushed to kill and infiltrate, and the Chinese army was suddenly divided into fragments, and the establishment of countless divisions was broken in an instant. As a result, the counterattack of the Chinese infantry could not become a large-scale, organized counterattack, but only a small-scale, unorganized counterattack. And such a counterattack, for the fierce Xiliang Iron Cavalry, is just a trapped beast.

Although the speed of the attack continued to slow down as the deeper into the enemy formation, Ma Chao and the four generals quickly achieved a division in the Chinese army of the official army. Just when Ma Chao wanted to gather all his strength and continue to break through the Chinese army, Huangfu Song finally appeared, showing some famous generals. It took a lot of effort for Huangfu Song to assemble enough shieldmen on the chaotic battlefield, and with great difficulty, he mobilized them to line up in the rear of the Chinese army as the last line of defense. At the same time, Huangfu Song and Bao Hong also recruited a large number of crossbowmen and spearmen.

When Ma Chao saw Huangfu Song's operation from a large group of trembling but still fearless Chinese infantry, he knew that he had completed the defense of the cavalry, that is, he used crossbowmen to block cavalry at long range, spearmen to stab cavalry at close range, shieldmen to resist cavalry at the nearest point, and protected crossbowmen and spearmen behind him.

In this way, Ma Chao estimated that he still had a great chance of winning and could break through the last line of defense with the unstoppable sharpness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. But it is bound to suffer heavy casualties, and more importantly, if it takes too much time to break through that line, it is likely to be surrounded by the left and right flanks.

Right! Left and right wings!

Ma Chao remembered that he had to strike at the left and right wings again in order to prevent the encirclement of the left and right wings and win. Because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry rushed into the Chinese army and mixed with the Chinese army, it was impossible for the left and right wings to pursue, because that would be to impact the Chinese army and accidentally injure friendly troops, so it was impossible for the left and right wings to take any action against the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Ma Chao ordered Yan Xing and Zhang Xiu to lead 20,000 horsemen to fight out of the Chinese army and attack the left flank; He, Ma Dai, and Pound led the rest of the iron cavalry to the right flank.

The flag waved and issued a military order, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry immediately took action, quickly following behind the five people, and killed the left and right wings respectively.

The commanders of the right wing were Zhou Shen and Yuan Peng.

Zhou Shen was indecisive, and in the last year, that is, in 186 AD, when he fought against Han Sui, Beigong Boyu, and Bian Zhang, he once surrounded Yuzhong City, where the rebels gathered. Sun Jian, the military commander and the army member, urged him to send cavalry to cut off the rebels' grain route, but Zhou Shen hesitated, but the rebels captured Sangyuan Gorge and cut off the grain route.

At this time, Zhou Shen's indecisive and hesitant character appeared again.

Faced with the attack of 20,000 thousands of cavalry led by Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De from the weak flank, Zhou Shen and Yuan Pan looked at each other, and the two hesitated between ordering the troops to turn to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and leading the troops to retreat. The reason for their hesitation was that they knew that no matter which option they chose, they would not be able to avoid the doom of being defeated by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Because at the moment when the Xiliang Iron Cavalry Mausoleum fell to the official army and the Chinese army, the defeat of the official army had already been laid.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry rushed into the right flank, and the weak flank of the right flank allowed the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to easily penetrate into it and penetrate deeply.

And because the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was facing the flank of the right-wing official cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could attack with all its might, while the opponent needed to turn the horse's head with great difficulty and face the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in order to meet the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Often, when the cavalry of the officers and cavalry on the right flank was awkwardly and anxiously turning their horses' heads, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry rushed to their side, or stabbed them with spears, or slashed with broken gold knives, so that they would die of their lives.

In this way, the right wing also immediately repeated the tragedy of the Chinese army. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry quickly and effectively crushed most of the army formation on the right flank.

At the same time, the left wing is in turmoil.

Dong Zhuo saw that Xiliang Tie rode unexpectedly and quickly trapped the Chinese army, and was also preparing to attack the left and right flanks, so anxious that he was sweating profusely. At this time, Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru.

Li Ru said: "Don't worry, father-in-law, my son-in-law already has a plan. ”

Dong Zhuo seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and said eagerly: "Come on!" ”

Li Ru pointed to the Xiliang army camp opposite and said, "Jinma is probably leading the main force to fight, so its camp is likely to be only a few thousand people stationed. There are 25,000 horsemen in my left-wing army, why don't you surround Wei and save Zhao! ”

Li Dao said: "But I don't have siege equipment on my left flank, and they are all cavalry. Isn't it to send people to death when they attack the camp? ”

Li Ru said: "You don't have to really attack the camp, as long as you make a momentum of attacking the camp, you can lure the Xiliang Iron Cavalry back to pursue my left flank, and you can naturally rescue the Chinese army and the right flank!" ”

Guo Yan said: "But Jin Ma Chao is so smart, he must know that we don't have siege equipment, and we are cavalry." He should know that our army's siege of Wei to save Zhao is actually a bluff. ”

Li Ru said: "In the chaotic battlefield, how difficult is it to keep a clear head and make a flawless analysis? General, now, why don't we gamble on Jinma Chao in the chaos and in a hurry, I can't imagine that our army is bluffing? ”

Hu Zhen said: "But Jin Ma Chao has already assigned Yan Xing and Zhang Xiu's troops to attack from the weak flank of our left flank army, and our army is running to the enemy camp, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will be pursued by Yan Xing and Zhang Xiu." ”

Li Ru took the trouble to refute: "It's better to be pursued than to be attacked from the flank!" Because they are being pursued, they may escape; But it was broken from the flank, and there was no escape. ”

After refuting the generals one by one, Li Ru turned his head again and said to Dong Zhuo: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law also knows that in this way, my left-wing army will still be defeated. But my father-in-law must also know that because our army did not know the arrival of the main forces of Jinmachao and Xiliang Army, our army was defeated in today's battle. Now we have to solve the problem of which way to minimize the losses of our army. If the father-in-law does not adopt the policy of the son-in-law, the Chinese army, the left wing, and the right wing will be completely defeated, or even completely destroyed; If the father-in-law adopts the strategy of a son-in-law, it is also possible to lead the Xiliang army away from the middle army and the right wing, although there are losses, but the losses will undoubtedly be much smaller. Without further ado, please make a quick decision to your father-in-law! ”

Dong Zhuo instantly realized that he immediately ordered the left flank to attack the camp of the Xiliang Army.

Ma Chao was killing happily in the right flank, but Ma Dai told him that Dong Zhuo on the left flank was quickly attacking the big camp, and it seemed that he wanted to attack the big camp. Once the camp falls, then the victory and defeat are about to be reversed.

When Ma Chao was hesitating whether to turn the whole army and pursue Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song of the Chinese army initially reorganized his troops and began to launch a counterattack against the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Ma Chao no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the whole army to break away from the central army and the right flank of the official army, and go to pursue the right flank of the official army.