Ma Chao was originally galloping, so although he used his war horse to block the incoming crossbow bolts and was not shot dead on the spot, he still suffered a terrible fall when he fell, and he was so disgraced that he could not get up.
Ma Dai rushed to Ma Chao's side. His right arm seemed to have been shot by a crossbow arrow, and he didn't know whether it was shot through or injured. Anyway, the flesh and blood were bloody and hanging, and he couldn't even hold the weapon. The blood was already flowing all over his body, so he could only use
His left arm barely held a shield, blocking Ma Chao in front.
"Major General! We can't rush through!" Ma Dai shouted at Ma Chao, "Retreat! Let's retreat!"
In fact, Ma Dai didn't need to say it, Ma Chao also saw it.
Under the powerful crossbow bolts, the lethality to the flesh and blood horses and soldiers was undoubtedly huge. Even though there were more than a dozen lucky ones that escaped the net, they were caught in the waiting Fei Qian.
There was nothing that could be done in front of the military formation. Either he was stabbed by spears or cut off by swords and shields. He could not cause much damage to Fei Qian's military formation, let alone disrupt or break the formation.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
The crossbow roared happily, drinking and feasting on flesh and blood, but Ma Chao felt as if his heart had sunk to the bottom of the valley amidst such sharp roars.
The trip to Chang'an was a failure!
According to the current situation, yes, it is the best choice to avoid its sharp edge and retreat to reorganize the team, but...
But once you retreat, it will undoubtedly be a huge loss to your prestige that you have finally established!
Ma Chao is young. Unlike other famous veterans, he has already achieved many meritorious deeds. Defeats in one or two games are innocuous. For Ma Chao, this is the first time he has commanded such a large-scale army. Once he is defeated and retreats, others will follow him in the future.
We will no longer say that this is the descendant of General Fubo, but the madman who was defeated in Chang'an!
The heroic career was all in vain!
why why?
Lying behind the horse's corpse, Ma Chao felt that the noisy sounds around him were far and near, loud and small, and the scene in front of him was moving up and down, left and right, and his brain was buzzing and aching...
How could there be such an army?
How could you let yourself encounter such an army?
Just looking at the crossbow soldiers in the Fei Qian army formation opposite, standing up and squatting down in an orderly manner, even if they see cavalry rushing forward, there is still not much disorder in the rhythm, and it seems that they trust the swordsmen and shieldmen at the forefront.
How could Ma Chao not know that the spearman's guard was obviously a well-trained elite member of the Han family who was comparable to the Han Dynasty's North and South Forbidden Army!
Wasn't this kind of elite Han army already gone when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was established?
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's Central Forbidden Army, which was originally known as the world's elite, had become ineffective. There were really no soldiers available. He could only deploy Huangfu Song and others from the Xiliang border soldiers to quell the rebellion...
And now, why did such an elite and powerful army suddenly appear?
"..." Ma Dai's face suddenly dilated in Ma Chao's pupils, and he opened his mouth not knowing what he was shouting.
Ma Chao closed his eyes and shook his head, and the surrounding sound returned to his ears with a buzzing sound, which made his eardrums hurt!
"...The Qiang people can't stop them! Major General!"
"Qiang people?!" Ma Chao turned his head and looked around, his pupils shrinking involuntarily. Growing up, Ma Chao basically spent his time on horseback. Seeing the situation in front of him, how could he not know what this scene means?
What?
It was like a group of sheep being invaded by tigers and leopards. The Qiang people screamed miserably and helplessly, and subconsciously ran away. They had completely lost any fighting spirit and courage to resist. These Qiang people thought that they were all
Let other tribesmen resist the attack of the Han army, and then buy themselves time to adjust, but everyone thinks so, and naturally no one is willing to step forward to resist the Han army.
Without fighting spirit and courage, how can we still compete with this powerful Han army?
What exactly happened here?
Ma Chao was at a loss and had no answer.
Ma Dai's bloody face came close to his face, and he yelled with foam at the mouth: "Major General! Major General! Please make a decision quickly!"
Several personal guards came on horseback and stood in front of Ma Chao regardless of life and death. However, under the roar of the crossbow arrows, these flesh and blood bodies had no effect. In the blink of an eye, they fell heavily in front of Ma Chao!
The horse, which was hit by a crossbow but did not die on the spot, howled miserably. It tried hard to raise its neck, propped up its body, and tried to stand up again. However, it was hit in the neck by the next round of crossbow bolts. It whined and was thrown down again.
land……
The soldiers do not have such strong vitality. As long as the frontal vital points are hit by the crossbow arrow, they will basically die on the spot. There are very few exceptions. Only those whose hands, feet and limbs are hit by the crossbow arrow are still lingering...
"Young Master... ahem... Major General... retreat..." Ma Dai shook his body and urged Ma Chao through gritted teeth.
Ma Chao turned his head suddenly, grabbed a shield that someone had dropped, and blocked it behind him: "Retreat! Retreat! I swear that if I don't bring my son with me, if I don't take revenge, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"
After Ma Chao finished shouting, under the cover of several guards, he bent down and took two steps, but suddenly found that Ma Dai had not followed him. When he suddenly looked back, he saw Ma Dai's chest and abdomen.
A crossbow arrow had been revealed, and he knelt half-kneeling on the original ground motionless. When he saw Ma Chao looking back, Ma Dai opened his mouth. He didn't know if he was crying or laughing, or if he said something...
Then Ma Dai slowly lowered his head. Unable to hold on any longer, he fell to the ground, leaving only a vague layer of smoke and dust.
At this moment, Ma Chao's eyes finally welled up with tears. There were no hysterical shouts or other crazy actions. He didn't even wipe them. He just took a deep look at Fei Qian's formation.
The flag fluttering in the middle was like a dog with its backbone severed, running away with its tail between its legs and its head lowered.
The tears fell and were swallowed up by the yellow sand in the blink of an eye, leaving only a faint mark...
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"Fight in!"
At the city wall, the Yak Qiang leader and his men were also killed until they were covered in blood. He opened and closed a heavy sword and cut down countless defenders on the city wall. No matter how bravely Zhong Shao's soldiers fought towards
When he rushed towards me, he always chopped him down with more ferocity.
At the end of the battle, even though the defenders had regained some vitality due to the arrival of reinforcements, they retreated step by step in front of the Yak Qiang leader, and even shouted, turned around and ran away!
Another group of Qiang people followed the Yak Qiang-headed people, climbed up the ladder, jumped closer, and jumped into the city that seemed to have been completely soaked in blood.
Facing more and more Qiang people coming up, the exhausted civilians on the city wall just shrank their bodies and hid among the piles of corpses, trembling and muttering the names of the gods.
In order to survive, or what they will face in the future, these people have completely given up on any action, just escaping and leaving their fate to the vague gods.
The yak qiang-headed man roared wildly and saw many of his men coming up, so he led them straight towards Zhong Shao's location!
At this time, Zhong Shao had already retreated into the turret. A dozen guards blocked the door of the turret, and several archers leaned half of their bodies from the entrance of the turret.
"Cum! Cum quickly!"
The last few archers and guards stayed here as a hope in case. Anyway, if there were no reinforcements, the city would be defeated and the city would fall. But now, naturally, we can delay it as long as possible.
If you die before the dawn, wouldn't it be too frustrating?
As for whether the Qiang people would abandon them and rush into the city to loot or something, Zhong Shao didn't care at all.
Anyway, as long as you leave your life behind, it will be a waste of money and disaster!
When the arrows passed by, several Qiang people around the Yak Qiang were shot down. These Qiang people had no armor to begin with, so their protection from bows and arrows was basically zero. Even the Yak Qiang people
I also got an arrow in my forearm!
But the Yak Qiang leader didn't even hum. He raised his hand and broke the arrow shaft, and then slapped the broken shaft hard with his hand. Half of the arrow came out from the other side with flesh and blood, and with a squeaking sound, it shot straight out.
Pull it out and throw it aside bloody!
"superior!"
The yak qiang man picked up a spear and threw it with all his strength. It immediately hit an archer who was trying to shoot again at the corner of the turret, and nailed him directly to the window!
Dozens of Qiang people swarmed up and surrounded the Zhong family guards who were blocking the turret door. They used swords and guns to kill them desperately.
The guards standing outside the turret blocked the knives coming from here, but could not block the guns coming from the other side. After a few rounds, they howled miserably and were hacked to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Zhong family guards quickly retreated into the turret, and then the situation changed.
The Qiang people who tried to rush into the turret were unable to defend themselves against the stabs of more than a dozen spears in the small area at the door. They fell to the door one after another. Immediately, the corpses were piled up in several layers, and the piles of them were almost knee-high.
, which further increased the difficulty of the attack, and there was a stalemate for a while...
"Open the city gate! Open the city gate!" The leader of the Yak Qiang asked the guards to help bandage his arm, and shouted at the same time, "Let all the men outside the city come in!"
"Headman! Headman!" A guard stood on the edge of the city, pointing to the battlefield in the distance with a hint of panic and shouted, "Headman, look! The Tsing Yi Qiang retreated! Ah! The White Horse Qiang retreated too.
!”
"What?!" The yak qiang-headed man rushed to the edge of the battlement in a few steps, and punched the battlement with an angry punch. He didn't care at all that the blood from the wound flew everywhere, and roared angrily, "These cowardly pigs
! These mutts! We have already defeated them! We have defeated them, why should we retreat! Why should we retreat!"
"Headman, what should we do?!"
The Yak Qiang itself is not a large tribe, and there are not many people and horses in the first place. Now that the Baima Qiang and Qingyi Qiang have retreated, the Shenlang Qiang and the Ranji Qiang may not be able to resist for long. There is not much time left for the Yak Qiang and the others.
…
It is absolutely impossible to defend the city. Not to mention that there are still some defenders who have not been completely eliminated. It is basically a delusion to defend the city with the help of these men, not to mention that even the big tribe Bai Ma Qiang and others have retreated.
Why should they continue to fight to the death here?
If you insist on staying here, you can only let the tribesmen in your hands be wiped out!
"Open the city gate!" the Yak Qiang-headed man roared.
"Headman!"
"I said, open the city gate! Tell the people of other tribes that the city is broken and they can take as much as they can! They can take as much as they want!" the Yak Qiang-headed man said, "...wait until they get off their horses and enter.
The city... we will get on our horses and leave immediately..."
"..." The guard glanced at the yak qiang-headed man with a complicated look, said nothing, and immediately turned around to deliver the order.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Yak Qiang turned his head and stared angrily at the houses and streets in the city, like a hungry wolf staring at a fat and oily sheep, "It was just a little bit close, just a little bit...
…”
"How about we go in and get some, as much as we can get..." Someone on the side was a little greedy and couldn't help but suggest.
"...No, there is no time..." The Yak Qiang-headed man once again looked at the battlefield, shook his head and rejected, "We were defeated too fast... There is no time... We can only move faster, otherwise..."
"But before that..." The yak and Qiang-headed man turned his head and looked at the turret, gritted his teeth and pointed with his bloody arm, "Come here, find some firewood or something, throw it in, and burn it for me! Burn him to death.
Them! Damn it, if these guys hadn’t blocked me for so long, how could we not have had any extra time!”
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"...This General Zhengxi..." On the hill far away from the battlefield, Li Ru looked at the changes on the battlefield and said to Jia Xu, "...it's really an anomaly... tsk tsk, he hits the vital point directly and neatly..."
The strategy adopted by Fei Qian was basically the same as Li Ru's original plan. They both tied up Ma Chao's legions and commanded chaos. Although they had empty numbers, they did not have much cohesion, and directly gave the most ferocious attacks to the enemy.
The attack eventually caused the entire Ma Chao army to lose control and disperse, just like a herd of dozens or hundreds of cattle being driven away by one or two tigers and leopards.
If this herd of cattle gathers together, with their horns facing outward to resist together, one or two tigers and leopards may not necessarily be able to gain the upper hand and win in a short period of time, but in a scene like this, every cow is running wildly, just thinking
Letting other cattle feed the tiger and leopard's appetite will allow you to escape, but even doubling the number of cattle will be useless.
Li Ru had relatively few manpower, so the original plan was to wait until Ma Chao and others' defenses were relaxed at night, that is, after the city of Chang'an was broken, when both the Qiang people and Ma Chao's people were focused on the city.
If you suddenly launch a surprise attack, drive away the chaos, and seize the horses left by these people outside the city, you can be like a wolf on the grassland. You don't need to fight head-on, you just need to follow them not far or close, and keep making prey.
Wound, apply pressure, wait until the prey bleeds out and collapses, then enjoys a delicious meal.
As a result, before Li Ru could launch his attack, Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, arrived, and his attack was so fierce that it was like a giant hammer, smashing the huge Ma Chao army into pieces.
This completely exceeded Li Ru's expectations...
"How?" Jia Xu chuckled twice and said, "What you said is not bad, right?"
"Alas..." Li Ru sighed, waved his hand with a complicated expression, and said, "Come on... It was a good table of dishes, but the tiger and leopard ruined the situation... If you don't serve, you won't have anything to eat..."
