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The Rise of Heroes Chapter 371: Continuous Successful News

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    The two horses crossed each other, Ma Chao raised his halberd and stabbed Guan Jing in the chest, the blow was fast and hard.  The latter did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly raised his sword to parry, having already used all his strength.  Ma Chao didn¡¯t know this person at all, but seeing that he was dressed as a general, he didn¡¯t dare to take it lightly. Hearing a crisp sound of ¡°dang¡±, the halberd was immediately lifted a foot away, but missed.  The attack failed, and the two horses passed by each other. Ma Chao didn't want to let this person go. He immediately used his left foot as a pivot, left the stirrup with his right foot, turned his body sharply, and used the skill of returning the carbine. The sharp halberd pointed straight at him.  Guan Jing's heart was stabbed.  Although Guan Jing deflected Ma Chao's halberd, his arms were numb and his chest felt tight at the moment. Just when he was secretly rejoicing that he had escaped with his life, he heard the vicious wind behind his head. It was too late to escape, and he felt a chill in his heart.  , the sharp halberd passed through the chest.  This skill of turning back the carbine shocked the whole audience. The enemy soldiers were frightened when they saw it, and the soldiers who were on our own side were so morale high that they swung their horses and killed them with all their strength.  With the strength of weapons and armor, Ma Chao only needed a few breaths to pass through Gongsun Zan's cavalry and rush into the infantry behind.  The battle between a heavy armored cavalry and an ordinary infantry was almost completely one-sided.  Gongsun Zan's forward troops were also about to rush into Ma Chao's 5,000-foot infantry camp, but what greeted them was a volley of 500 consecutive crossbows.  Gongsun Zan, who suffered heavy casualties, turned pale. In this single battle, he lost nearly half of his 40,000-strong army, while Ma Chao's heavy armored cavalry suffered very little losses. The main reason was that their armor was so strong that ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate it.  Even the spear must hit the neck, lower abdomen, joints and other vital parts before it can hurt the enemy. Otherwise, the spear will be broken if it hits the steel plate.  After Ma Chao rushed through the cavalry team, he immediately ordered three thousand-man teams to turn back and kill the remaining cavalry team, while he led two thousand people to kill Gongsun Zan.  On the battlefield, ordinary infantry would undoubtedly die if they faced heavy armored cavalry. As if falling into no one's land, the two thousand people rushed straight towards the general's banner.  These infantry troops were originally frightened by the soldiers. Now that they saw the steel lions wrapped in heavy armor, they immediately lost their intention to fight and collapsed one after another.  The two thousand people moved forward unimpeded, and soon they rushed to the front of Gongsun Zan's formation. However, their momentum was blocked by the oncoming arrow rain, followed by an overwhelming number of javelins, thousands of them.  Ma Chao's cavalry were not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows, but they were not sure whether the heavy armor could prevent javelins. In order to avoid possible casualties, Ma Chao had no choice but to order to turn back and kill the chaotic infantry. Suddenly it became one-sided.  of**.  Gongsun Zan did not charge into the battle personally like Ma Chao, and he was protected by more than two thousand white horse followers, including Ma Tie.  When Gongsun Zan saw that Ma Chao's heavy armored cavalry was invincible and most of his own soldiers were lost, he couldn't help but burst into anger. He was frightened and angry, and murmured: "What a strong armor, what a powerful cavalry. No wonder Ma Chao's little thief is so arrogant, such a tiger and wolf  The army is simply unable to defeat" Zou Dan was so surprised that his eyes almost fell off. His infantry had been routed, and the cavalry was also routed because their leader Guan Jing was killed. The remaining few  Thousands of cavalrymen were charged back and forth by Ma Chao's heavy armored cavalry. The number was getting smaller and smaller, and a defeat was bound to happen sooner or later.  After hesitating for a while, Zou Dan said: "I didn't expect Ma Chao to have such a sharp weapon. Our army is poorly prepared. It is impossible for ordinary cavalry and infantry to cause actual casualties to heavy armored cavalry. My lord, it is better not to fight. If we continue to fight, all the soldiers will die."  We can't beat Ma Chao!" Gongsun Zan felt like he was bleeding. These elite troops were the ones he had built up after years of hard work. But now they were severely damaged by the soldiers and heavy armored cavalry before they could be used. There were only 10,000 soldiers left in the 40,000-strong army.  The remaining people.  Ma Chao's 5,000 heavily armored cavalry only suffered a few hundred losses. Because the infantry had spear formations and repeating crossbows, his cavalry did not dare to get closer after suffering several hardships, so the losses were naturally minimal.  The situation was extremely chaotic. Gongsun Zan pondered for a moment and asked with a gloomy face: "According to what you see, what should we do now?" Zou Dan said: "The only solution now is to retreat to the next best thing, take a detour through Jizhou with Ma tie and seek refuge with Yuan Shao or Cao Cao.  **. Ma Chao is determined to win Youzhou, and he will never allow the existence of the lord. Yuan Shao and Cao ** are Ma Chao's mortal enemies. At this critical moment, as long as the lord has troops, no matter who he defectes to, he will be in a high position.  " Gongsun Zan sighed helplessly when he heard this, and said with a look of despair: "If I had known this, I would have agreed to Ma Chao, at least I would not have ended up in this situation!" Zou Dan moved his lips but said nothing.  , thinking: My lord is confused!  If you agree to Ma Chao, it will only make things worse. Once Ma Chao rescues Ma Tie, will he allow an uncontrollable army of yours to wait for opportunities in his rear?  It is said that you are sent to attack the four counties of Liaodong, but in fact, I can find any excuse to send troops to destroy you. By then, you will have no allies and no sources of troops, and you will only die.  Having made up his mind, Gongsun Zan immediately ordered the gold ringing. The frightened soldiers who were killed stopped hearing the sound of nature and ran back as hard as they could. ?Ma Chao took the opportunity to lead his troops to cover up the killing, beheading and capturing thousands of people, and then pursued them for more than 20 miles before withdrawing his troops.  After counting the number of people, Ma Chao's 5,000 heavy-armored cavalry suffered more than 1,200 casualties. Most of them suffered varying degrees of injuries due to damage to their armor. Less than 300 were actually killed.  Because the infantry was well prepared and in a completely defensive position, the number of casualties was less than 400, which is considered a miracle.  Gongsun Zan suffered heavy losses. Forty thousand soldiers and horses only escaped with more than 7,000 cavalrymen. The number of casualties reached more than 17,000 people. Most of them died under the influence of crucifixion and crossbows. More than 5,000 people were captured.  , there were two to three thousand soldiers scattered.  Not only that, Ma Chao also captured more than 5,000 war horses, armor, weapons and other baggage were piled up like a hill. The fired crossbow arrows and the specially made iron arrows for the crossbow were also recovered. It was a great victory.  Tian Hukang, who went out to ambush in advance, immediately returned to the army after Gongsun Zan attacked Gaoyang City with all his strength, and seized the empty camp left by Gongsun Zan, and then rushed outside Gaoyang City to help in the battle. Unfortunately, the war had already ended.  Ma Chao was afraid that Gongsun Zan would lead the remaining troops to Jizhou to rob the people, so he sent Tian Hukang to lead 10,000 Xiongnu troops to hunt down Gongsun Zan's remaining troops along the way. He also found many local guides for him in the army, with the purpose of not giving Gongsun Zan any chance to breathe.  At the same time, the war in Yijing was coming to an end. Faced with the bombardment of a hundred Xiangyang artillery pieces, the city was seriously damaged. As more and more Liu Yu soldiers climbed to the top of the city, they broke through the north gate just after noon.  Then the two armies started a fierce street battle. With the advantage of numbers, the morale of Liu Yu's army was high, and with the help of Shen Pei, Gongsun Yue finally couldn't resist, so he had to roll up something soft and cooperate with thousands of family members and the remaining people.  Five thousand elite soldiers broke out from the south gate, and their target was Gongsun Zan's camp.  Zhao Yun had been in ambush ten miles outside the south gate for a long time after getting some advice.  Five thousand elite soldiers wearing black iron helmets came out unexpectedly to kill the generals. The Gongsun Yue brothers immediately became confused. Coupled with the mixed personnel and heavy baggage, the soldiers were tired. They could only resist a stick of incense before being completely defeated.  Gongsun Fan was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun, and Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Xu and others also became prisoners.  (To be continued.
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