Chapter 243 Ma Chao Xingbing (23)
The cavalry phalanx on the left of the Western Liang Army was composed of eight cavalrymen, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan and Yang Qiu. The force was about 15,000, which was the most powerful among the three formations.
This formation was also ordered by Han Sui. Obviously, he wanted to use his superior forces to break away from Cao Cao's right wing.
But although this formation is still neat, it seems a bit loose. You can tell at a glance that there is a lack of tacit understanding among the soldiers. Cao Cao had a plan in his mind and prepared to start a war later and concentrate his efforts to break through Ma Chao's left wing.
Although the Western Liang army was only slightly more powerful than Cao Cao in terms of military strength, they were all elite cavalry, and Ma Chao's troops had just defeated Cao Hong in Tongguan. The morale of the subordinates was high and their combat effectiveness was much higher than that of Cao's army!
Cao Cao looked at Ma Chao and saw that he had a face like pink, lips like red lips, waist, wide waist, strong voice, white robe and silver armor, holding a spear in his hand, and immediately fronted the formation; the upper head Pang De and the lower head Ma Dai.
Cao Cao secretly praised him for his love affair, and he had no reason to love Ma Chao!
Ma Chao is well-known in Xiliang, especially in the Qiang people's prestige. Cao Cao once summoned Ma Chao to the court several times, but he refused. He felt quite regretful and had no choice but to summon Ma Teng into the court.
Now that Ma Teng is killed by Cao Cao, he and Ma Chao have a grudge against him to kill his father. He knows that it will be difficult to get Ma Chao's loyalty to him, but he still can't help but be obsessed with love. He still wants to give it a try, and he rushes forward and persuades Ma Chao:
"General Ma, after you were a famous general of the Han Dynasty, you have received the favors of the court for generations and did not want to serve the court. Why bother to rebel and rebellion? If you can repent, I will raise the emperor. Not only will you pardon your crimes, but you will also use them heavily to help you make contributions to the court and enjoy wealth and glory!"
After hearing Cao Cao's unrestrained nonsense, Ma Chao gritted his teeth in anger. He remembered that his father and brothers died at Cao Cao's hands and scolded him with hatred:
"Cao Aman, you are called the Prime Minister of Han, but you are actually a traitor of Han. I apologize for yourselves. Your crimes cannot be punished! You killed my father and brother for no reason. I have an irreconcilable grudge with you. As long as you can eliminate you, the traitor, how can I be greedy for official positions and glory? I wish I could eat you alive, how could I work with a traitor like you!"
As soon as the scolding fell, Ma Chao could no longer suppress the grief and anger in his heart. He suddenly jumped out of his gun and rushed straight to Cao Cao and came over.
Although Cao Cao's martial arts skills are not weak, he naturally would not fight with Ma Chao himself. He turned around and waved his hand. The general behind him, Yu Jin, came out to greet him with a gun.
When the two horses fought, they fought for eight or nine times. The more they fought, the more they became, the more courageous they became. Without the strength of the forbidden power, they were defeated and returned to their original formation.
Ma Chao then chased after him, Zhang He came out and grabbed his gun to stop Ma Chao. The two fought for twenty rounds, but Zhang He could not resist the enemy and was defeated back to his original formation.
Seeing Ma Chao chasing Zhang He very quickly, Li Tong rushed out of his horse to stop him. Ma Chao was furious, his strength doubled, and his power was powerful. Within several rounds, he stabbed Li Tong in the neck, landing on the horse, and he didn't know how to live or die.
When Cao Cao saw that the general was not good, he prepared for a riotous battle. He waved his hand, Cao Ren raised the flag and danced. Cao's army suddenly changed the formation and released a passage. Cao Cao turned around and hid into the formation.
Amid the dense drum sounds, the 10,000 cavalry behind Cao Ren was divided into two 5,000 teams, one team slowly moving forward, as if it was about to attack. The team turned back to the rear team of the right-wing Xiahou Yuan, and the two began to attack, one left and one right.
Cao Cao in the middle has formed a solid defensive formation, with heavy infantry forming a long spear formation, which is specially used to block cavalry charges.
After Cao Cao entered the formation, the heavy infantry in front also arranged three rows of ferociously-looking deer antlers to resist horses, which obviously wanted to defend the enemy.
As soon as Ma Chao saw Cao Cao hiding, he chased him closely, so he looked at the back with a move. The elite cavalry behind him followed him and rushed out with Ma Dai. He wanted to break through Cao Cao's defensive formation, only Pang De led two thousand elite soldiers to defend the formation.
But when the cavalry rushed to the front of the horse, hundreds of cavalry fell to the ground, unable to break through the heavy defense of Cao Cao's middle road. Ma Chao could not do so, so he could only take out his bow and arrows and shoot against Cao's army. After Han Sui on both wings opened up the situation.
The middle lane entered the stalemate and shot at each other. Occasionally, soldiers were shot by stray arrows and made a cry of pain.
Cao Ren from Cao Cao's left wing led the cavalry to attack first, but Han Sui seemed to have not seen him and stopped moving.
Cao Ren's charge seemed aggressive, but in fact he was just a gesture. He reached the arrow place in front of Han Sui's formation. Cao Ren pulled his horse back and waved his hand. Thousands of cavalry slowly stopped behind him. The formation was neat and unchanged, and he confronted Han Sui far away.
Yan Xing, behind Han Sui, wanted to lead troops to fight several times, but Han Sui stopped him.
Han Sui was very experienced. From the posture and speed of Cao Ren's cavalry running, it was obvious that Cao Ren did not really come to charge the formation, so he was not afraid.
The lethality of the cavalry lies in his speed and visual impact. The cavalry battle is a typical example of a brave man winning when he meets on a narrow road!
If it is a still cavalry, it is actually not much stronger than the infantry and cannot resist the impact of the cavalry, which means the escape speed is just a little faster.
But once the cavalry starts charging, they can only move forward without any means to stop in time! Because once they stop, they are easily knocked down by their companions behind them, and they are dying inexplicably. This is the same effect as sudden brakes on the highway.
Therefore, the experience of cavalry attacks is very important. The reason why Han Sui dared not send troops to attack at the risk of being chasing the formation was to show an attitude and send a signal: "We can negotiate, and we don't necessarily have to fight to the death!"
Ma Chao in the middle was stopped by the heavy infantry horse-rejecting formation, but he was still not willing to give up. He sent a team of cavalry to conduct tentative attacks from time to time, intending to disrupt the rhythm of the Cao army and find flaws.
Xiahou Yuan, who was on the left wing of Cao Cao, was good at long-distance raids and was quite unique in his use of cavalry. The order he received was to first break down Ma Chao's left wing's square formation, and then cooperate with the central army to siege Ma Chao.
Seeing Xiahou Yuan rushing to the formation, Yang Qiu and other eight soldiers naturally would not wait for death, and launched an attack almost at the same time. Both sides began to fight endlessly in a very narrow area.
Cao Junsheng was proficient in cooperation and taking care of each other, while the Xiliang cavalry had a slightly higher personal ability. Both sides had to go back and forth, and they had suffered losses, entering a difficult stalemate.
The two sides fought fiercely. Half an hour passed, and the losses became increasingly greater. Seeing that their athletes fell one by one, Yang Qiu and eight others were bleeding in their hearts, and Cao Cao could not bear it anymore, so he ordered the formation to change first.
Cao Cao still had the old method, and at the critical moment he used his killer weapon to rush forward with the tiger and leopard cavalry.
Amid the desolate sound of trumpets, the heavy infantry in front of the central army separated to both sides, and opened a passage. Amid the heavy sound of horse hooves, five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry covered in full swing out under the leadership of Cao Chun and headed straight for Ma Chao's cavalry formation opposite.
The fast-striking Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can crush all other troops. Cao Cao used it on the battlefield and was unfavorable. He only had a defeat by the Dangyang River.
Looking at the fast approaching Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Ma Chao also felt a little cold in his heart because his cavalry could not resist it.
Fortunately, Ma Chao and Ma Dai were prepared for a long time. His cavalry were well trained. They followed Ma Chao and Ma Dai respectively, dodged to both sides, and put the tiger and leopard cavalry in the middle.
Ma Chao has specially studied the method of cracking Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, and has long been eager to try it, so naturally his skills are more than that.
Ma Chao and Ma Dai's cavalry drew a wonderful arc, separated and reunited, avoided the interception of the horse, and quickly entered the infantry formation from the passage of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and was attacked by the cavalry. The strong infantry formation quickly collapsed.
Pang De, who had been holding his troops, did not dodge when he saw the oncoming tiger and leopard cavalry. Instead, he waved his hand and the two thousand cavalrymen rode forward and shot the spear in their hands.
The black spear shot at the tiger and leopard cavalry overwhelmed, and most of the tiger and leopard cavalry were damaged. In a blink of an eye, Pang De's two thousand cavalry drowned more than 200 tiger and leopard cavalry.
Chapter completed!