The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 784 The Persevering Ma Chao

At this time, the defeated Cao Chun had already returned to the central army where Cao Ang was. With a look of distress on his blood-splattered face, he bowed his hands and pleaded guilty: "My lord, the last general is incompetent and failed to repel the enemy cavalry."

Cao Ang didn't blame him either, because he knew that Cao Chun had tried his best.Ma Chao was born in Xiliang, and had made great achievements in quelling the Xiliang rebellion. Not to mention his own strength, he was proficient in riding and fighting.

If it were someone else, maybe two or three charged down, and they would have already been defeated.

"My lord, the enemy's cavalry seems to be coming to us!" Man Chong said loudly beside him.

Cao Ang looked down and saw thousands of horses galloping towards them. They were the Xiliang iron cavalry commanded by Ma Chao.

To catch a thief, please ask the king first.

Ma Chao is very clear about this truth. As long as Cao Ang's central army is defeated and the "Cao" commander's flag is cut down, the morale of Cao's soldiers fighting fiercely below will plummet.
But at this time, Cao Ang had less than [-] people around him, and they were all pawns. He only needed a charge of cavalry pawns to completely destroy them.Ma Chao couldn't miss such a good opportunity.

Looking down from a high altitude, the entire wilderness looks like a shallow concave shape. The positions of the handsome flags where Chen Gong and Cao Ang are located are both high places in the wilderness, facing each other. It is possible to clearly observe the situation on the battlefield and make timely deployment of soldiers and horses. mobilize.

Ma Chao and his cavalry rushed towards Cao Ang from below. Fortunately, the slope was very gentle. Although the speed of the charge was slightly affected, fortunately, it was not a big problem.

Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing, Cao Ang didn't show much panic on his face, as if he had expected it long ago, he ordered the soldiers to line up.

"The secret weapon that was originally intended to deal with the wolf cavalry camp, now it seems that it will be used on Ma Chao first." Cao Ang said.

The Wolf Cavalry Battalion was well-known, and it was in his early years that Lu Bu relied on this notorious cavalry army to repeatedly make extraordinary achievements.Since a decisive battle with Lu Bu was going to be fought, Cao Jun was naturally fully prepared for it.

But today is a bit strange, the two sides have been fighting for so long, and they haven't been able to see the flag of the Wolf Riding Battalion for a long time.

Could it be that he wanted to make a surprise attack later?

Cao Ang was puzzled at this moment, and the surrounding soldiers had already started to line up.Excluding the personal guards around Cao Ang, the eight thousand Cao soldiers had eight layers inside and outside, and Cao Ang was firmly guarded in the middle.

The outermost three layers are shield soldiers, but the shields in their hands are not made of iron, but very common wooden shields.

The difference is that many sharp iron nails protrude from the outer layer of this shield.With an ordinary shield, the cavalry can use the powerful impact force to knock the soldiers behind the shield flying far away in an instant.

But if sharp iron nails were added to the shield, would the cavalry dare to charge forward unscrupulously?
Even if the crotch horse is well-trained and can cross one or two floors, its speed is bound to be greatly reduced.

The soldiers standing on the third floor behind the shield-bearing soldiers, the weapons they hold in both hands are pointed spears more than one foot long, which are more than twice as long as the common spears and halberds.

This kind of weapon is almost equivalent to chicken ribs in fighting on the battlefield. It does not need this kind of weapon in short combat, and it is far inferior to bow and crossbow in long-distance combat.

Think about it, with a weapon that is more than three meters long, it is impossible to fight at close quarters, and the flexibility will be greatly restricted.

However, the ruler is shorter and the inch is longer.

This kind of ultra-long weapon is not very lethal to soldiers, but it has a great restraint effect on cavalry.When the war horse charges forward, once it hits the spear point, even if it is not dead, it will at least have a blood hole.

The spears in the hands of the cavalry on horseback barely touched the bodies of these spearmen.

Once the cavalry loses the speed advantage of the horse, they are actually not much better than ordinary infantry.

The last two layers are crossbowmen, whose function is simple and clear. When the enemy cavalry enters the shooting range, they can shoot and kill.

After Cao Jun's formation was completed, Ma Chao was about to rush forward at this moment.

Ma Chao couldn't help but frowned when he saw Cao's army waiting in full force. Looking at the posture of these guys, it was obvious that they had specialized research on restraining cavalry.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

The crotch horse of the soldier next to him suddenly neighed in pain, his front legs moved, and he knelt down on the ground. The huge inertia knocked the soldier on the horse back to pieces.

The soldier rolled twice on the ground, then screamed in pain, and took out a bloody four-edged thorn from his belly.

Caltrops!
Ma Chao recognized this object. This was the method used by Lu Bu when he was fighting the Xianbei people, and it also had an unexpected effect.

No wonder the formation of Cao's army before the battle looked a little weird. The distance between the central army and other departments was relatively large. It turned out that this open space was deliberately left to deal with their raiding cavalry.

"Be alert, watch your feet!"

Ma Chao shouted loudly to remind the soldiers in the rear.

Seeing the cavalry in front slow down, Cao Ang decisively ordered: "Fire the arrows!"

shhhhh~~~
shhhhh~~~
Nearly a thousand arrows were thrown, and Ma Chao waved the silver gun in his hand, and then there was a crisp sound of ding ding ding, like playing a piano.

The arrows rained one wave after another, and the other soldiers were not as capable as Ma Chao's, and there were not a few people who were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

It can't go on like this!
Ma Chao looked into his eyes, anxious in his heart.There are only two options before him now, either attack or retreat.

Blindly defending like this will only kill and injure more soldiers.

"Everyone stops moving forward, runs around from both sides, and mounts and shoots!"

Ma Chao shouted orders, urged the horse under his crotch, and ran along the safe area of ​​this week.

At the same time, Ma Chao put the silver gun back next to the horse's belly, took out the bow and arrow, and aimed at the rows of Cao Jun's archers and shot fiercely.

Cao Jun's archers fell in response, and the soldiers following Ma Chao followed suit. Xiliang cavalry soldiers were also excellent in riding and shooting in addition to charging and fighting.

If Cao Ang's position wasn't too far away, Ma Chao really wanted to kill this fellow with an arrow.

"Raise your shield!"

With an order, Cao Ying's archers abandoned their bows and arrows, picked up the shield at their feet, and raised it above their heads.

The flying arrows landed on the iron shield, making tinkling and crisp sounds, which kept ringing.

Apparently, Cao Jun also expected that the opponent would launch cavalry and shooting.

hateful!

A grumpy look appeared on Ma Chao's face, and he let out a low growl, feeling extremely aggrieved and angry.

If the long-distance attack fails, you must find a way to break through the barbed wire area in front of you!
Ma Chao got off his horse, and the school officer next to him saw him and shouted anxiously: "General, it's dangerous, get on your horse!"

Ma Chao turned a deaf ear to this, and ordered him sharply: "You continue to ride and shoot to suppress the opponent, don't let them fight back! Without my order, you are not allowed to cease fire!"

Afterwards, Ma Chao brought several unowned horses, drew out a short dagger from his waist, and stabbed the horses' buttocks fiercely.

The painful horse rushed forward desperately. When it stepped on the sharp barbed wire, because there was no pressure and gravity from the cavalry on its back, it galloped faster until it hit the cloth in the hands of Sergeant Cao. On the shield with iron nails, he fell to the ground and died.

A look of pity flashed in Ma Chao's eyes, without any hesitation, he immediately got on the horse, pointed the spear in his hand forward, and said in a heroic manner, "Follow the place where the horse has trod, follow me!"

(End of this chapter)