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- Chapter 140 "Cao Cao's Cavalry vs. Ma Chao Cavalry"
After Cao Cao laughed, he said to Jia Xu: "That's it. Send someone to send them to Yizhou with gifts."[]
After finishing this matter, when Cao Cao was about to raise his account and dispatch his troops to carry out the plan he made yesterday to actively attack Ma Chao's army, "outside the city" came the compulsory lesson that Han Sui, Ma Dai and others had to do every day - angry curses, It seems that yesterday's battle has not damaged their vitality, but their desire to fight is still urgent. Xiliang soldiers seemed to be born with a good voice. Even Cao Cao, who was in the center of the "city", could clearly hear the abuse directed at him:
"Cao Cao, old thief! What's the point of being a coward?"
"Thief Cao, apart from killing loyal people, massacring common people, and raping women, what else can you do?"
"Come out if you have the guts!"
Of course, the soldiers guarding the city did not show weakness and shouted back:
"Ma Dai, you were raised by wild wolves!"
"What kind of man is it to curse people? If you have the ability, attack!"
Cao Cao had been in the military camp for a long time and had long been used to scolding each other, so he didn't take it seriously. However, today he calmly ordered the guards: "Blow the drum and raise the tent!"
The general and other counselors who had been waiting outside immediately filed in. When Cao Cao saw everyone gathered, he cursed loudly: "Ma Chao is really bullying people. We haven't left the city, so they thought we were afraid of leaving the city. Since they were not scared yesterday, we will teach them a lesson today. Generals, listen up make!"
The generals were all shaken and responded loudly and excitedly.
"Order Xu Chu and Cao Hong to lead one thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry. Drive these two noisemakers back to Ma Chao's camp. If Ma Chao's army comes to rescue them, withdraw immediately!" Cao Cao drew his command arrow and said.
"Prime Minister! Why did you retreat when you saw Ma Chao? The general is not afraid of him!" Xu Chu shouted loudly.
"Not only must we withdraw, but the two of you can only attack Ma Dai inside the city, and you must be open to Han Sui and not hurt him." Cao Cao added.
"Ah? How to fight like this? The last general has taken care of that kid Ma Dai alone. General Cao, go deal with Han Sui!" Xu Chu asked in surprise, then said something to Cao Hong, and took it from Cao Cao. Ling Jian turned around and left.
Cao Cao laughed softly. To Cao Hong, who was still hesitating, he said: "It's okay to do this, go ahead! Remember. When you see the cavalry coming out, let the infantry retreat first. Don't be reluctant to fight."
Cao Hong muttered something, and finally took the command arrow and hurried away.
Cao Cao immediately picked up another command arrow and ordered: "General Cao Ren!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you to lead 2,000 light cavalry until Generals Xu Chu and Cao Hong drive Han Sui and Ma Dai away before leaving the city. Follow Generals Xu Chu and Cao Hong at a distance, ready to step forward to respond at any time! If Ma Chao's army is chasing closely, Then rush forward to block Ma Chao's troops, and after our infantry escapes from Ma Chao's attack, we will immediately retreat with the two generals, no mistake!" Cao Cao ordered.
"Yes!" Cao Ren took the order arrow and turned around and left.
"Xu Huang, General Xia Houyuan!"
"The final general is here!" the two generals responded in unison.
"I order your second general to position all our 6,000 heavy cavalry outside the city. Intercept and kill Ma Chao's cavalry. Do not retreat without orders!"
"Follow your orders!"
The second general took the command arrow excitedly and turned around and strode out of the tent.
At this time, Xu Chu and Cao Hong had already ordered their troops and horses to fight out of the city.
?? Han Sui and Ma Dai were shocked. They really didn't expect that someone would actually come out today. For so many days, they usually yelled at each other, and they would only accept the fight unless their own troops took the initiative to attack the city. What's going on today?
Thinking so, the second general immediately stopped cursing and the whole team faced off.
"How come these two are the opponents of Xu Chu and Cao Hong?" The second general will be overwhelmed after just a few rounds. In addition, although there were 5,000 troops brought out this time, they were all slacking off. The number of soldiers was superior, but they could barely maintain an invincible situation after the battle began.
When Han Sui saw this, he immediately ordered his troops to retreat: if it was delayed for a long time, it would be troublesome to exclude troops from the "city" for reinforcements. Besides, their purpose was just to scold Cao Jun and lead them to other places to fight them decisively.
As soon as Han Sui and Ma Dai retreated, Xu Chu and Cao Hong naturally pursued him. Many Xiliang soldiers became lonely ghosts during the retreat.
The troops in front ran away desperately, while the soldiers behind pursued them with great vigor. Together, more than 8,000 horses from both sides rolled up dust all over the sky, like a giant yellow dragon rolling towards Ma Chao's camp in the distance.
Not far behind them, two thousand light cavalry led by Cao Ren followed calmly. At the gate of the city, there were a large number of people wearing iron armor.Horses and soldiers in full armor walked out of the city gate in an orderly manner. Every time the war horses took a step, the armor on their bodies made a jingling sound, which sounded very pleasant.
Inside the city, Cao Cao personally directed the remaining soldiers to form a team. After the heavy cavalry left the city, it was the turn of the infantry who were ready to go.
Ma Chao, who was in the camp, soon received the news that Han Sui and Ma Dai were being chased by Xu Chu and Cao Hong. At the same time, he also saw the dusty scene in the distance. The excited Ma Chao immediately ordered his troops to gather to fight. Wait for the 20,000 Xiliang cavalry to arrive. He and Pound immediately set off with the cavalry. When leaving, he ordered Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu to stay at the camp. Li Kan, Liang Xing, and Ma Wan followed with 50,000 infantry.
Seeing Ma Chao's 20,000 cavalry rolling in like a hurricane, the morale of Han Sui, Ma Dai and their 5,000 men who were fleeing was greatly boosted. Under the leadership of the two generals, they turned around and attacked Cao Jun. Cao Jun really didn't expect that the Xiliang soldiers could counterattack during their retreat, and they were caught off guard. However, because the two generals Xu Chu and Cao Hong fought their way into the returning enemy group regardless of their own safety, the morale of Cao's army was not low, and there was no sign of defeat.
The battle immediately became intense.
But when the calm Cao Hong saw Ma Chao's army approaching, he remembered Cao Cao's order and hurriedly shouted: "Infantry withdraw!"
With the retreat of the infantry, the situation of more than a thousand Cao's cavalry quickly became serious. Naturally, they could not stop Han Sui and Ma Dai from fighting with nearly 5,000 troops. The morale of Cao's army began to decline, and Cao Hong had to lead them back step by step.
When Cao Ren from behind saw it, he immediately urged his cavalry to rush forward with shouts, and quickly joined the battle group. The addition of two thousand cavalry greatly increased the combat effectiveness of Cao's army. The infantry of Cao Army, whose tail had just been bitten by the Xiliang soldiers, once again opened the distance from the enemy.
But soon the 20,000 cavalry army led by Ma Chao arrived, and the situation on the battlefield soon completely shifted to Ma Chao's side. Cao Jun's three thousand cavalry were left to flee for their lives. Xu Chu fought against the surging Ma Chao cavalry for a while, and killed several cavalrymen with his dancing sword. But among so many enemy cavalry, Xu Chu's personal strength was too small. There was always the danger of being swallowed up by numerous cavalry. Xu Chu, who was depressed and never gave up, had no choice but to turn around and escape along with the large army.
Hearing the report from Tan Ma that Cao Cao¡¯s army had also left the city, Ma Chao was overjoyed: Now we have a chance!
He immediately had a quick conversation with Pang De on his horse, then caught up with Ma Dai and Han Sui, and ordered them to lead a large force to follow them. He and Pang De wanted to forcefully break through the obstacles of the fleeing Cao troops and force their way to the front. Cao Cao, who resolutely prevented Cao Cao from finally leaving the city, retreated.
Arrangements completed. Ma Chao shouted: "Comrades of Xiliang, Cao Cao has come out now. Follow my general to stop him! Follow my general and charge!"
Pang De also shouted: "Kill!"
Immediately, there were loud shouts all around: "Kill Cao the thief¡ª¡ª!"
Ma Chao was full of energy and danced with his silver spear, which was feared by everyone and troubled by ghosts, and rushed into Cao's army first. His silver spear turned into a big silver ball beside him, rolling forward quickly, With every step forward, one or several living lives were forcibly harvested, and red liquid and scattered limbs were constantly splashing around the ball, and the screams never stopped. And the blood mist that burst out around the sphere from time to time made the silver sphere full of terror.
The barbarian general Pound is not inferior. A broadsword slashed into two walls of light on both sides of the horse. He and the war horse he rode became a small boat traveling in the river. Although it was bumpy, it kept moving forward. Behind him were corpses and dripping blood on the ground.
As time went by, the two light walls slowly turned from white to red.
Behind the big silver ball and two light walls were the Xiliang cavalry who were furious. They howled and followed the two perverted generals to expand the path forward. Some Cao Jun who couldn't dodge quickly became a pile of minced meat: they were trampled to pieces by their horses or cut into pieces with knives.
Under the pressure of such a powerful attack. Cao Jun had to hide on both sides. Few people had the courage to provoke these Xiliang soldiers.
Although Ma Chao and others fought so hard and Cao Jun was so panicked, due to the restrictions of the terrain, the Xiliang cavalry could only advance in separate ways. The closer they got to Shacheng, where Cao Jun temporarily built a city, the narrower the terrain became. In the end, Ma Chao's army could only reach the front of Cao Jun's city in a few columns, and faced Cao Jun who had already formed a formation.
Seeing that Cao Jun had already made preparations under the city and deployed a rare heavy cavalry, Ma Chao was frightened but did not think too much about it. His idea is simple: attacking with a formation is much better than using a ladder to attack the city. After all, it is a face-to-face battle. As long as your army has strong combat effectiveness and your soldiers are brave. No matter how Cao Jun arrayed himself, it was of little use. As for these thousands of weightsIt's hard to say how effective the soldiers can be in front of their 20,000 well-trained Xiliang cavalry.
However, he did not order the troops that had just arrived to attack immediately, nor did he even ask the soldiers to intercept Cao's troops who had fallen behind. Instead, they were allowed to slip past his own army fearfully and sneak behind Cao's army's formation.
Ma Chao knew that today¡¯s battle would be a battle in which both sides would use all their strength. Compared with the battle that was about to begin, the thousands of desperate Cao Jun soldiers in front of him were not worth mentioning at all.
Ma Chao asked the soldiers to start forming formations while waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops. At the same time, he ordered the small colonel to turn around and return to his camp.
At this time, Cao Cao did not dare to distract himself. Although his troops had already set up their formations as required, two generals, Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan, were already gearing up and standing in front of the heavy cavalry formation, holding axes and swords, waiting for Cao Cao's order to attack. . But Cao Cao was analyzing the current battlefield situation and waiting for the best opportunity: Ma Chao's troops had only arrived with three to four thousand men, and most of them were cavalry. If you launch an attack at this time, you can defeat the opponent quickly. But the opponent can easily run away. Once Ma Chao's troops retreat immediately, his efforts today will be in vain.
He has to wait for most of the Xiliang cavalry and Xiliang infantry to come over and the road leading here is filled with Xiliang infantry before launching an attack. At that time, the Xiliang cavalry will have to step over their own infantry even if they want to retreat. past. Only at this time will these Xiliang cavalry fight with their heavy cavalry first, and then they can retreat after the infantry has almost retreated. Then during this period of time, the heavy cavalry, which does not move quickly, can take advantage of their powerful combat effectiveness.
Since both sides have to wait, the thrilling battlefield just now has become much calmer: Cao Cao is waiting for the fighter he wants, and Ma Chao is waiting for his follow-up troops.
There was no fierce fighting. This does not mean that the mood of soldiers on both sides is calm. On the contrary, soldiers on both sides now feel unprecedented pressure, and the heavy atmosphere is a bit breathless:
Ma Chao¡¯s soldiers were shocked by Cao Jun¡¯s heavy cavalry who were fully armored. They exuded an invincible murderous aura; while Cao Jun was shocked by the fighting prowess of the two leaders of the Xiliang soldiers, especially the young and handsome Ma Chao, who stood in front like a majestic mountain, with breathtaking eyes. The cold light, now his whole body is covered with brown blood. Except for the silver on his helmet, the original color of other parts has long been lost. The war horse under his crotch was not much better. Only a few small areas of white fur were exposed on the tail, and except for that, the whole body seemed to have been soaked in a pool of blood. Wherever he glanced, there was a slight commotion, as if his gaze could kill someone.
At this time, Xu Chu, who was unconvinced or suffocated with anger, drew his sword, drove his horse and approached Cao Cao and said: "Prime Minister, I will ask you to go into battle and fight Ma Chao'er to kill his arrogance!"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Okay! Go!" Since waiting in vain would make people uncomfortable, it would be better to let Xu Chu challenge him.
Xu Chu clasped his fists and saluted, then immediately picked up the reins and drove towards the opposite side. Cao Hong also came out to request: "The last general is willing to hold the battle for General Xu!"
Cao Cao also smiled and agreed.
"My dear Ma Chao, do you dare to fight this general for 300 rounds?" Xu Chu reined in his horse and shouted loudly at Ma Chao, who was standing still, just a stone's throw away from Xiliang's army.
Ma Chao still didn¡¯t move. He just laughed loudly and said: "General Xu knows that he can only fight Ma for 300 rounds, right? But Ma is a little skeptical. According to Ma, General Xu can fight Ma for 100 rounds at most. What are you bragging about? Haha ¡¡±
The soldiers behind Ma Chao all laughed together with Ma Chao.
Another soldier shouted: "Xu Chu is bragging!"
"You just ran away after a big defeat, and you said you couldn't stop it even after 300 rounds, right? Haha"
Xu Chu didn¡¯t expect Ma Chao¡¯s answer. Let others think that they are timid before fighting. So he shouted angrily: "Fart! How dare you fight me for five hundred rounds" Before he could finish his words, he immediately realized that his words still meant to show weakness, so he changed his words: "My dear Ma Chao, how dare you accept your promise?" Grandpa¡¯s ten moves?¡±
When Ma Chao saw Pang De driving his horse to his side, he immediately shouted angrily: "Xu Chu, don't be so arrogant! Look at the gun!"
As Ma Chao spoke, he raised his gun and drove his horse towards Xu Chu.
When Xu Chu saw him, he shouted: "Well done, he's a man!" He also clapped his horse to meet him, and slashed with his sword.
Ma Chao came out of the sea like a dragon, his silver spear quickly stabbed Xu Chu's forehead, chest and other vital parts. Zhaozhao stirred up gusts of fishy wind; Xu Chu descended from the mountain like a fierce tiger. The sword slashed straight at Ma Chao's life gate, and every sword strike was filled with murderous intent.
The two generals fought for more than a hundred times. There is no difference between victory and defeat. Saw the war horses on both sidesMa Chao, sweating profusely and furious with the killing, shouted: "Do you dare to change your horse and fight again?"
"Just what Xu wanted!" Xu Chu laughed and left. After changing horses with Cao Hong, he went out again and fought with Ma Chao, who had changed horses with Pang De.
As a result, the two fought for more than a hundred times, but they still couldn't tell.
Win or lose.
Xu Chu suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Haha General Ma, wait a moment!"
Ma Chao was stunned for a moment and then he held back his silver spear. I saw Xu Chu quickly driving his horse back to the formation. Under the surprised eyes of everyone, he took off all the armor and robes on his body in a few moves, revealing his strong, bronzed muscles. When only a pair of shorts were left on his lower body, he picked up his sword and mounted his horse again. Enter the arena and fight Ma Chao.
Ma Chao didn't answer either, waiting for Xu Chu to approach. Just raise the gun and stab him. The soldiers from both armies were dumbfounded when they saw such a scene. They all craned their necks to stare at the two passionate people in the field. The two generals fought for more than thirty years.
Suddenly Xu Chu took a deep breath, shouted, and slashed his sword straight at Ma Chao's head - the sound of wind caused by the blade could be heard for several feet. Ma Chao, a man of great skill and daring, smiled lightly and flashed calmly. At the same time, he stabbed Xu Chu in the heart with a spear. The sound of the spear tip tearing the air penetrated the bone marrow.
Xu Chu was so good that he could not draw back his sword in time. In desperation, wisdom arises, and he throws away his knives. Taking advantage of the opportunity when he turned to avoid the silver gun and it penetrated his left armpit, he immediately retracted his left arm and at the same time quickly stretched out his right hand to grab the silver gun that Ma Chao was about to retrieve.
Ma Chao was startled, not expecting this to happen, and hurriedly pulled the gun with all his strength; Xu Chu even gritted his teeth and held on to death, refusing to let the silver gun go back.
The two were in a stalemate on the horse, shouting "Let go!" from time to time.
At this time, Cao Cao, who had been paying attention to changes in the battlefield, saw Ma Chao's infantry appearing on various roads. The fighter plane for the decisive battle has arrived, and he immediately shouted: "Kill!"
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Cao Cao's army, especially the heavy cavalry who were impatient to wait, shouted loudly, the war drums suddenly beat, and the earth began to tremble - the heavy cavalry, led by Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan, finally dispatched towards Ma Chao. The army pressed forward.
When Pang De, who was holding the position behind Ma Chao, saw him, he immediately drove his horse forward and raised his sword to chop Xu Chu in the middle while he was still grabbing the gun. Xu Chu, whose face turned red from holding back, had no choice but to abandon his gun and flee back to his own formation.
An extraordinary fight between dragon and tiger ended so hastily.
Ma Chao's face turned red with anger at Xu Chu's move. At this moment, he raised his silver spear and shouted loudly: "Kill¡ª¡ª!"
Before he finished speaking, he took the lead and went straight to Cao Cao with his silver spear.
When Cao Hong saw this, he quickly drove his horse to follow him. Xu Chu, who had already taken the sword that was thrown on the ground from the guard, also turned around to fight Ma Chao again.
At this time, the soldiers of the two armies were already fighting together.
When the battle started, the two armies simply collided. Fight any opponent you see. It often happens that the heavy cavalry of the Cao army with amazing combat effectiveness deal with a single Xiliang infantry, and there are also situations where a dozen Xiliang cavalry surround and cut down a few lone Cao army infantry. However, as the battle progressed, new changes slowly occurred on the battlefield. The Xiliang cavalry concentrated their efforts on dealing with the smaller number of Cao Jun's heavy cavalry, while Cao Jun's large infantry encircled and suppressed the Xiliang infantry.
In this chaotic situation, the combat effectiveness of the heavy cavalry suddenly became unique: they usually used a dozen or at most dozens of cavalry as a unit to form small squares, and they marched straight from one end of the battlefield to the other. To the other end, although they were not advancing very fast, they sometimes could not outrun the infantry. But they are like stone rollers. They rolled all the way and destroyed almost all the enemies who were enemies of them. Even the powerful Xiliang cavalry could only parry against them. Only when four to five times the cavalry are concentrated. Only the Xiliang cavalry could defeat these heavy cavalry.
Due to the restriction of the terrain, more Xiliang soldiers could not come in, and less than half of all soldiers could participate in the battle. Because of the narrow terrain, the advantage of the Xiliang cavalry in maneuvering could not be reflected. During the battle, most of the Xiliang cavalry rode on horseback. The horses circled and slashed Cao's troops around the horses with their swords.
On the other hand, Cao's army occupied favorable terrain from the beginning. Their large troops could join the battle almost at the same time, and the heavy cavalry was originally suitable for such densely populated battles with small movement areas.
Therefore, Cao Jun took the initiative in the war as soon as the battle began, and the balance of the war tilted towards Cao Jun.
Ma Chao obviously also noticed the changes on the battlefield. He immediately asked Han Sui to organize the infantry to retreat, and at the same time let the cavalry gradually concentrate. He seems to be using his own cavalry cubes to deal with Cao Jun's heavy cavalry cubes.
When Cao Cao saw this, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered his infantry to follow the retreating Xiliang infantry and ordered light cavalry to guard the main roads. He was determined to keep Ma Chao's cavalry trapped here, trying to destroy Ma Chao in one go.Chao¡¯s main force¡ª20,000 cavalry!
The battlefield was soon divided into two parts. Near Shacheng, the battle was dominated by cavalry from both sides. Xiliang's cavalry was nearly 20,000, Cao's heavy cavalry was 6,000, and the other cavalry was more than 3,000. The other battlefield was in the wilderness a few miles away from the city, where there were 50,000 Xiliang infantry and 60,000 Cao Jun infantry. Only one external channel is still completely in the hands of the Xiliang soldiers.
It can be said that so far, the battle is proceeding as Cao Cao originally expected. Cao Cao, who was watching the battle, began to smile: I was reminded by General Xu Huang, the slaughterhouse carefully prepared for your Ma Chao child today should be good, right? Ha ha¡¡
But is Ma Chao, who has been dealing with war horses since childhood, really so vulnerable? The cavalry phalanx used by Ma Chao against the cavalry phalanx really made Cao Cao ecstatic?
Chapter 140
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