When Cao Cao sent a large army to conquer Ma Chao, the commentators said many things:
"Kansai has strong troops and good spears. If you are not a selected forward, you cannot be a leader."
Who were the discussants back then?
Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other famous generals.
Based on this record, many later generations thought that the Guanxi Army led by Ma Chao should be infantry holding spears. In fact, this is wrong.
Because if it is just a simple spear infantry, no matter how strong it is, it will not be strong enough to make even the famous generals above fear it.
Therefore, the spearmen of Guanxi who were feared by famous generals at the beginning should be the Xiliang cavalry who can throw spears.
The appearance of the spear is very similar to that of a spear.
It is rare among the Han cavalry to use the spear as a weapon thrown from horseback to kill the enemy. This method is mostly spread among the cavalry of foreign races.
It is precisely because this method of killing the enemy is so unusual and so lethal that all the brilliant generals are afraid of it.
It may or may not be difficult for more than 3,000 cavalry to break through a phalanx of tens of thousands of infantry, depending on the use of tactics.
The collapse of the Wei cavalry occurred naturally, and Xu Chu could not stop it even by killing several deserters in succession.
The Han army's sudden attack greatly disrupted the Wei army's deployment, and even interrupted Sun Li's idea of summoning the Wei army to assemble for self-protection.
But now half of their battle losses have been caused by the enemy in a short period of time. How can they not collapse?
Blood instantly covered Ma Chao's hoofs.
Originally, the Wei army's formation was not very tight under the sudden attack of the Han army.
In the situation just now, even the morale of the Wei army was greatly affected by the appearance of the Xiliang cavalry.
There is a lot of emphasis on how to impact.
Although the fear in their hearts caused the Wei army's Qingqi to slow down, out of survival instinct they still raised their swords in their hands, thinking of attacking the Xiliang cavalry that came with a bloodthirsty aura.
And just when the dragon colt under Ma Chao's crotch fell heavily to the ground and caused a cloud of dust, Ma Chao took advantage of the situation and nailed the Wei Jun to the ground with all his strength.
After Ma Chao's search, he had already found the breakthrough point, which was the thousands of Wei troops led by Ma Tai.
At this moment when the Wei army's formation was in disarray, thousands of Xiliang cavalry behind Ma Chao, with unparalleled impact, fiercely inserted themselves into the flanks of thousands of Wei army.
And even if the damage is serious, Ma Chao won't care.
Seeing the Wei army's light cavalry disintegrating in an instant and Xu Chu's fleeing back, Ma Chao's face showed a look of unfinished contentment, and the disdain in his eyes was even stronger.
As an arrowhead, Ma Chao was the first to come into contact with the Wei army's infantry.
In the speed increase just now, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's speed has now reached its maximum speed.
Led by Ma Chao, the extremely fast over 3,000 Xiliang cavalrymen blew violently into the Wei army's light cavalry formation like a gust of wind.
In this way, the power of the iron cavalry can be maximized.
When Sun Li saw the Han army suddenly attacking them as if they were desperate, how could he not understand what Mi Yang was thinking.
But the prerequisite for achieving this is that one's own side has high morale and the battle damage is accomplished through a protracted war.
And at the wind-like speed of the Xiliang cavalry, even some of the Wei army's light cavalry saw the enemy's blade coming towards their bodies.
But when their own speed is much lower than that of the enemy, their bodies have no time to react.
What Ma Chao didn't expect was that when he turned his horse's head, he found that the surviving Qingqi of the Wei army in front of him had already been frightened and fled in all directions.
In the eyes of the Xiliang cavalry who were still running at high speed, the tortoise-like Wei army's light cavalry in front of them were not much different from the infantry on the ground.
After nailing the Wei soldier to the ground, Ma Chao drew out his long spear and began to sweep around.
However, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Ma Chao was probably the only one in the world that could inflict such battle damage on them in such a short period of time.
Therefore, in the eyes of the surviving Qingqi of the Wei army, it was equivalent to the Xiliang cavalry killing nearly half of their men in a very short period of time.
The surviving Wei Jun Qingqi looked at the corpse of his comrade with holes in his body with fearful eyes.
After being picked up by Ma Chao, the dying Wei Jun kept spitting out large mouthfuls of blood, which was clearly visible to all the Wei Jun below.
Looking at Xu Chu's fleeing back, Ma Chao had no intention of leading his army to pursue him.
The key lies in whether the fear created by the enemy is strong enough.
By this moment, the number of Wei Jun's light cavalry had been reduced by half.
Although they are all elites, they may be able to withstand a 50% battle loss rate.
It is normal for the Wei army's light cavalry to behave like this.
The speed at which they fled was even faster than the speed at which they had just launched an all-out attack.
After piercing the Wei Jun, Ma Chao did not pull out the Changshan from the Wei Jun's body.
A great sense of fear instantly swallowed up the sanity of the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi.
But they underestimated Jin Ma Chao.
Perhaps the Qingqi of the Wei army had not yet been completely wiped out, but the remaining people had completely lost their fighting spirit.
The cavalry of the Wei army, without any conspiracy or machinations, or with the advantage of numbers, was still so vulnerable.
Xu Chu is taciturn, but he is not stupid.
But it is a pity that with the blessing of speed, they may not be the opponents of the Xiliang Cavalry, let alone now?
No wonder Ma Chao was defeated so miserably in history, but his reputation is still so great.
The Wei army was not as good at cultivating Qi as Sun Li. They could clearly see the power of the Xiliang cavalry just now.
After knowing this, Mi Yang launched his latest order, which was to attack with the entire army!
The tassels on the long stems were swept across with great force by Ma Chao, causing afterimages to flash in the air.
Seeing Mi Yang covered in blood not far away, Sun Li was trembling with rage.
Then he decisively led three thousand Xiliang cavalry and began to run outside the battlefield.
In the previous surprise attack, the Xiliang cavalry was not unscathed, but only slightly damaged.
Because they could see clearly, when Ma Chao led the three thousand Xiliang cavalry to turn their attention to them, the Wei army's cavalry formation became more and more turbulent.
Now the fear caused by more than three thousand Xiliang cavalry is enough.
When thousands of war horses began to run quickly again, the deafening sound of horse hooves hitting the ground began to resound across the battlefield again.
And for every afterimage that flashes by, a Wei soldier must be killed.
For Ma Chao, when he led the Xiliang cavalry to attack the infantry formation, one of his favorite tactics was:
Break the surface with some points.
The shrill wails of many comrades sounded in the ears of the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi.
Never before had the Wei army's Qingqi seen such a brutal attack.
And seeing that Ma Chao has not yet launched his attack again, he seems to be looking for an opportunity. How could Mi Yang, who is good at seizing the opportunity, remain indifferent?
Under the current circumstances, if Ma Chao's three thousand Xiliang cavalry are to exert their maximum power, his cooperation is still needed.
This move allows them to have the strongest impact on the infantry formation.
He knows what his mission today is.
When thousands of cavalry encounter a scattered infantry formation, the damage caused will be devastating!
From the perspective of others, the sturdy Wei Jun Qingqi were swept to the ground like extremely weak fallen leaves by the strong wind of more than three thousand Xiliang cavalry.
In an instant, the two cavalry armies officially collided on the vast plain.
Since the day the cavalry was created, a great role has been to attack the infantry phalanx.
Under this kind of attack method, many famous generals back then found it very difficult, not to mention Xu Chu now?
Although Xu Chu had just relied on his own skills to dodge the oncoming attack quickly and successfully saved his life.
Because the moment the Xiliang cavalry led by him launched an attack, they were like wolves smelling blood.
Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry had launched two attacks just now.
This caused the surviving Wei army's Qingqi to collapse instantly.
What a poisonous thought!
In addition to seeing the blood constantly pouring out of the hole, they could also see the internal organs of their colleagues through the hole.
The deafening sound of horse hooves was like the sound of drums indicating that the three thousand Xiliang cavalry were about to launch an attack, hammering heavily into the hearts of more than ten thousand Wei troops.
As for Xu Chu, he used his personal bravery to scare off Ma Chao who wanted to capture Cao Cao.
So when Sun Li saw Ma Chao turning his gaze towards him, fear appeared in his eyes.
But when he stabilized his mind and wanted to command the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi to start up speed again, this time his order was covered up by the fear in the Wei Jun Qingqi's heart, and could no longer take effect.
But soon Sun Li had no time to get angry.
There is only one reason for this phenomenon, and that is that Ma Chao had a very outstanding performance in the battle with Wei Jun.
Ma Chao's eyes were like a wolf looking at a group of dying prey.
When Ma Chao led the Xiliang cavalry toward the Wei army where Ma Tai was, he commanded the Xiliang cavalry behind him to form the most offensive front array.
It is true that the Battle of Guanzhong ended with Ma Chao's defeat.
So not long after, screams rang out from beside the Xiliang cavalry, and streaks of blood splashed on the cold armor of the Xiliang cavalry.
Ma Chao led more than 3,000 Xiliang cavalry to rush through the formation of Wei Jun's Qingqi, and then turned the horse's head at an extremely fast speed, preparing to continue attacking the back of Wei Jun's Qingqi.
Because after Ma Chao saw the whole Han army not defending and counterattacking, he first looked at Mi Yang with admiration.
For wolves, the prey will not die and they will attack endlessly.
Just when the Wei army's Qingqi slowed down due to fear in their hearts, more than 3,000 Xiliang cavalry led by Ma Chao had already rushed in front of them.
He used the momentum of his horse to hang the Wei soldier high on a long branch and show it to all the Wei soldiers.
Three thousand Xiliang cavalry, led by Ma Chao, were rapidly increasing their own speed.
Ma Chao, still unfinished, led three thousand Xiliang cavalry and turned around. He looked at the Wei army's infantry hundreds of steps away with a playful look.
Even when the corpses of Wei Jun's light cavalry fell down, the horses under their crotches did not know what had happened, and were maintaining the inertia of their bodies and rushing forward.
Now Mi Yang ordered the Han army to launch an attack. His purpose was simple:
That is to use the Han army's offensive to further disrupt the Wei army's formation, even making it impossible for most of the Wei army to retreat and form a formation.
The distance of one mile is just a fleeting moment for this Xiliang cavalry with overwhelming killing intent.
Especially now that there are tens of thousands of Wei army infantry on the battlefield, but his Xiliang cavalry only has more than 3,000.
Who can withstand such an attack?
After the Xiliang cavalry formed a sharp arrow formation, they followed Ma Chao, holding long spears and leaning on the horse's back.
When Ma Chao attacked with unstoppable force, there were also Wei army infantry who wanted to stab Ma Chao off his horse with their spears.
It is no longer visible how Ma Chao killed the famous generals of Cao and Wei, but it can be seen from the miserable situation of more than 2,000 Wei troops and light cavalry.
Now that they were shocked, the formation became even more scattered.
Gather the most elite cavalry and lead them towards the weakest point in the infantry formation, plunging hard into it.
When his body was about to come into contact with the spear thrust by the Wei army, Ma Chao jumped high over the heads of several Wei soldiers with the dragon colt on his crotch, and then stabbed downwards with the long spear in his hand.
But if Xu Chu faced Ma Chao as a cavalry commander, he would not pose the slightest threat to Ma Chao.
Therefore, the thousands of Han troops who could still fight immediately took their last breath without hesitation and followed Mi Yang's instructions to launch a fierce attack on the Wei troops in front of them.
And the corpses belonging to Wei Jun's Qingqi also fell weakly to the ground.
Knowing that the situation was over, he would not think of taking on three thousand Xiliang cavalry alone.
How could it be so fast!
It was not only Sun Li who was paying attention to Xu Chu's battle, but also many Wei troops.
However, relying on their numerical advantage, the Wei army still maintained its offensive against the Han army.
Because of the speed of the war horses, both attacks were completed in a very short time.
Everyone will have fear, even the most elite soldiers.
As the battle between the two cavalry armies quickly ended, Sun Li watched the almost one-sided massacre.
Under this situation, Xu Chuyi could only give up the struggle and fled towards his own infantry formation on his horse.
After seeing that Ma Chao had quickly defeated Xu Chu's light cavalry army, Mi Yang had a deeper understanding of Ma Chao's ability to lead the cavalry army.
Of course, it was not only Sun Li and the Wei army who discovered this scene, but also Mi Yang, who had been leading the Han army to fight bravely.
This extremely impactful scene made the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi feel the cold air on their tailbones, and quickly rushed towards their Tianling Cap.
Ma Chao's brave and ferocious performance shocked the Wei army around him.
After finding a breakthrough, Ma Chao immediately led the three thousand Xiliang cavalry behind him and rushed towards the location of thousands of Wei troops in Ma Tai.
Although it is said that cavalry battles are never tense, some are extremely fast battles.
However, it could be said that it was Cao Wei's all-star team that defeated Ma Chao. Even someone as resourceful as Jia Xu was on the field, which shows how much pressure Ma Chao put on the Wei army at that time.
When Mi Yang's order was issued, even though the Han troops on the scene were very tired, their morale was very high due to the brilliant performance of their own cavalry.
Ma Chao's long spear easily pierced a Wei soldier.
Under the fierce attack of thousands of long spears, the more than two thousand Wei army's light cavalry were suddenly reduced by at least 30%.
Under the impact of thousands of war horses, the already unstable Wei army formation instantly collapsed.
And under the thrust of thousands of ferocious spears, countless Wei troops were instantly knocked away.
A huge hole in the Wei army's formation was successfully torn open by Ma Chao.
Sun Li's more than 10,000 Wei troops are finished.
The situation on the entire battlefield will also be reversed.
This chapter has been completed!