Taishi Ci received a letter of help from Xu Sheng late at night, and was really shocked. During the day, Chaisang fireworks were everywhere and shouting for killing. Although Taishi Ci did not witness it with his own eyes, he also knew that the intensity of the war in Chaisang must be far beyond his imagination. But he never expected that Xu Sheng would have only been holding on for one day and could not help asking for help from him.

Taishici was from Donglai, Qingzhou, and Xu Sheng was from Langya, Xuzhou. Although the two were different states, they were Linjun. They were both northerners living in Jiangdong. In addition, they were very similar in temperament, so they gradually formed a good friendship.

Taishici knew very well that Xu Sheng was a man of integrity and courage. He always ignored the difficulties when fighting, advanced without retreating, and was deeply loved by the soldiers. With his personality, he would never ask for help easily unless he had to be absolutely necessary.

After carefully reading Xu Sheng's letter, Taishi Ci's expression became solemn and speechless for a moment.

Xu Sheng's letter described in detail the flying stone carts of the Jingzhou army, Linchong (siege tower), Iron Tower Army, etc. Taishi Ci couldn't help but worry about Xu Sheng based on his imagination. Faced with the endless means of Jingzhou army, he might not be able to do better than Xu Sheng if he defended the city.

After a long time, Taishi Ci put down the letter, stood up and walked in the tent, and sighed deeply: "How can the battle tools of Chu be so sophisticated?"

After feeling moved, Taishi Ci calmed down and the roosters were about to crow, so it was not too late. He first ordered people to summon the heads of the Qu, and then ordered fire soldiers to make rice, and to collect cows and wine to serve the soldiers.

At the end of the day, the soldiers had breakfast and prepared their horses and soldiers. Taishi Ci left a thousand men to guard the military camp, and he led 5,000 infantry and cavalry to go straight to Mount Lu.

Han Guang, who was stationed in the south camp of the city, had long noticed Taishi Ci's abnormal movements. While sending people to inform Liu Jing, they gathered troops to fight Taishi Ci. The two sides met at the foot of Mount Lu, on the shore of Pengli.

When Taishi Ci saw that there were only a few thousand Jingzhou troops opposite, which were roughly equivalent to Ji, he calmly arranged the formation, with one thousand light soldiers as the front. These light soldiers were mainly Shanyue, mostly holding bows and crossbows, with strong feet and running like flying. A thousand new soldiers with weak combat power were the rear.

Taishici personally led 3,000 people into the central army. The central army was composed of elite troops under Taishici and Sun Ben. The soldiers were armed with armor and had more than 60%. Even those without armor held large tiles, and their weapons were mainly swords, shields, spears and halberds. Such elite troops were rare in Jiangdong.

Han Guang, Ma Zhou and horses were under the command. Looking at Taishi Ci's formation in a good manner, the troops of his troops were Qi Su, Han Guang couldn't help but praise: "Taishi Ci is known for his bravery. Now, when he set up his formation, his light troops are in front, and his sharp soldiers are in the middle. He is deeply in line with the key to military strategy. He is not a hero of an ordinary man, so he should not be underestimated..."

Ma Zhou nodded silently. He was originally quite cheerful and talkative and arrogant, but after he lameted, his temperament changed drastically and he became less talkative from then on.

Han Guang seemed to have been accustomed to Ma Zhou's silence, and said to him: "Zi Jin is a famous general in our army. Thinking of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, all of whom are the heroes of the world, and have few opponents. In the battle of Yicheng, Zi Jin defeated Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and the entire army, and was admired and called it "Iron Wall". Taishi Ci is also a hero from the north and enjoys a reputation. Do you want to do this?"

Of course, Ma Zhou was interested and volunteered: "Ma Zhou is willing to be the front."

Han Guang laughed and said, "Okay, I have a son who is in front of the battle. Taishi Ci is incompetent. When he fights for a long time, his soldiers are exhausted. I personally lead the elite cavalry to attack his flanks and will definitely receive miraculous results."

Ma Zhou nodded slightly, stopped talking, and immediately summoned his troops to prepare for the war.

"Woo...woo...woo..." The low horn sound suddenly rang through the mountains.

Taishici had lived in Liaodong for many years. The border Han and Hu used the horns as their horns. Taishici liked the majestic and desolate sound of the horns, so he replaced the drum sounds with horns in his army.

The soldiers in the front moved when they heard the roar and rushed towards the Jingzhou military formation opposite.

Since the front is full of light troops, the formation is very loose during the march and the soldiers are quite different, which also leads to the Jingzhou army shooting several rounds of arrows, and the effect is very average.

These light soldiers only dared to shoot arrows at the Jingzhou Army's positions from afar, and did not dare to fight close to the soldiers of Jingzhou Army who were fully armored.

However, light soldiers are used to harass and anger the enemy, and head-on combat is not his main force.

Unfortunately, Taishi Ci was destined to be disappointed. Ma Zhou was no longer the desperate raid who guarded the city gate and could not read a word. Now that he is familiar with military books and war strategies, how can he not know how to "light troops advance and challenge the formation without fighting". Faced with Taishi Ci's harassment of light troops, he made up his mind to respond to changes in the same way, strictly guard the positions, and ignore provocations.

Seeing that more than a hundred people had died or injured in the light soldiers, and the Jingzhou army still couldn't stand it. Taishi Ci knew that if he continued to entangle, it would be just a way to increase casualties. He immediately recalled the front light soldiers and asked them to retreat to the rear to rest.

Then Taishi Ci divided the three thousand central troops into three units and attacked the Jingzhou army positions in sequence.

The central army is different from the front, and is all elite. The soldiers carry spears and halberds, advancing like walls, and the array is very tight.

Seeing that Taishi Ci finally couldn't help but act seriously, Ma Zhou couldn't help but sneer and ordered Hu bed to move around and then sit on Hu bed calmly and give orders.

In the Battle of Yicheng last year, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led hundreds of elite cavalry to raid. The entire left wing army was defeated, and the central army was also in danger. At a critical moment, Ma Zhou sat on the Hu bed and commanded the battle to show his desire to fight to the death. As a result, the morale of the army was greatly boosted and he repelled it in one fell swoop.

After this battle, Ma Zhou not only won the name of iron wall for himself, but was also called "Hu Shui's Captain" by the soldiers. As the deeds of "Hu Shui retreating to the enemy" spread to Chu, Hu Shui naturally became his unique label. It is strange that when the soldiers saw Hu Shui, their morale would be strong.

Hu Pao can not only enhance reputation, but also boost morale of the army. There is no reason. After that, Ma Zhou will bring Hu Pao when entering and leaving the battle formation.

After several rounds of tentative shootings, two torrents of steel collided violently. In an instant, there were sounds of shouts, screams, and the sound of soldiers and armor colliding into a ball, rushing straight into the sky.

It is no luck that Ma Zhou was able to repel hundreds of elite cavalry led by Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. His troops were elite soldiers in a hundred battles. After Ma Zhou was lame, he thought that his prestige was not enough to convince the public, and his military management became extremely strict, and at the same time he did not forget to support the public. His troops were so strong that they were among the best among Liu Jing's army.

Liu, Guan and Zhang could not do anything to Ma Zhou, and Taishi Ci was no exception. Under the continuous attacks of the army, the defense line of Ma Zhou's troops was always as solid as a rock, but the Jiangdong Army was somewhat chaotic.

What made Taishici even more unacceptable was that he saw Ma Zhou sitting on the bed from afar.

Taishi Ci had long heard of Ma Zhou's deeds and knew that his move was not intentional humiliation, but he still felt angry.

Taishici immediately stopped commanding the center, and personally led dozens of cavalry to the two formations. Wherever the battle was fierce, he rushed to wherever he was in a fierce position. The arrows in his hand would hit him. He would shoot from Wuxu. Once there was a gap in the enemy formation, he would rush to the cavalry and the infantry followed him up, and he would go all the way.

However, although Taishici was trapped in the enemy's formation several times, he only made some breakthroughs. Overall, the defense line of Ma Zhou's troops was still stable.

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