Normally speaking, when the two sides are fighting, the Chinese military formation is always the focus, and it is also the weakness. In countless battles, once the formation is broken through by the opponent, it means the defeat of the battle, regardless of
No matter how much force there is and how many soldiers are on both sides, the end will be the same.
There are countless such examples in history, whether in China or abroad, such as the Battle of Tongzhajian, the Japanese devils even praised it for thousands of years, but did Zhang Liao say anything?
Especially in the era of recruitment system, soldiers are actually fighting more for the commander. When a commander fails, they lose the reason to fight. It's like the human brain has been damaged.
Strong limbs won't help either.
When Ma Chao broke through a huge gap in the line of soldiers from Ji County and was about to attack Jiang, Ma Chao felt that victory was just around the corner.
As long as Jiang's head is taken, the city gate tower will definitely fall into his hands. Once the city gate tower is broken through, it also means that the city gate of Ji County can be opened, and the Qiang people outside the city will be like
Like the tide, pouring into Ji County!
The battle formation of Jiang's soldiers inevitably seemed a little weak after the fierce fighting just now. These soldiers from Ji County are not brave and good at fighting. They can fight one against ten strong soldiers in a sudden attack.
Under this situation, they were able to gather around Jiang and persist for such a long time, and faced with this cruel situation where both sides were exchanging human lives for human lives. If Jiang's actions had not boosted morale just now, I am afraid that they would not be able to sustain it by now.
Already.
However, facing Ma Chao's fierce attack, the Jiang Bing formation was crumbling. Although some people continued to resist, it was difficult to form an effective front to stop the Qiang's attack. Everyone could only wave their weapons wildly, trying to
Just to save his own life in this cruel fight, the array will collapse in a matter of seconds.
If it were the Flying Bear Army in General Fei Qian's army, he might be able to defeat Ma Chao with less against many, but after all, Jiang's soldiers, even though they had been trained with Jiang for some time, were not as good as before.
Regardless of whether they gathered hungry soldiers or powerful village warriors, they were naturally much stronger, but in the end they still failed to join the ranks of sweat beads. In the face of the crazy Qiang soldiers, they were able to persist until now, and they were already the best.
Rely on Jiang’s accumulated prestige and kindness!
Ma Chao shouted wildly, held the spear in both hands and pierced the chest of an infantryman in front of him fiercely, then raised it high, and blood rained into the sky, pouring on his head and face. An infantryman next to him waved a half-broken spear.
He rushed over, but was knocked aside by Ma Chao with his corpse. He lost his balance and fell down the city!
Ma Chao only had Jiang in his eyes, and the only thing standing between him and Jiang now seemed to be the thin array of infantry in front of him. Ma Chao shook off the blood stained on his spear, pointed at Jiang diagonally, and suddenly shouted again:
"Shuzi! Grandpa Ma is here! Do you dare to fight with a certain person!"
Of course Jiang Ziran heard Ma Chao's loud shouting and saw the infantry array collapse in front of his eyes, but his reaction was just a faint smile, raised his spear, waved his hand, and then shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
Ma Chao's expression suddenly changed, and he shrank subconsciously, only to realize that there were no arrows coming at all. There were only a row of sword and shield men in front of Jiang. There were no archers, and the archers who had just retreated to recover.
, and it’s impossible to recover so quickly!
"Fire the arrow!" Jiang shouted again in a deep voice.
"Haha..." Ma Chao was about to laugh at Jiang's lack of skills, but he never thought that the sword and shield wielders in front of Jiang turned their shields, revealing two rows of crossbowmen. The sharp crossbow arrows shone bone-piercingly in the firelight.
The cold light suddenly turned into a gasp, and without saying a word, he immediately turned around and headed to a place with a large number of Qiang people!
"Boom!" The hanging knife was pulled down, and the sound of the crossbow arm rebounding was like the roar of death in hell! At such a distance, even an ordinary infantry shield can hardly withstand the powerful crossbow's fire!
The elite Qiang warriors who rushed over were fighting vigorously, but they didn't expect such a row of crossbow arrows to be fired. It was like a punctured cowhide water bag, with holes opened in the front and back, and blood spurted out!
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Ma Chao pounced diagonally and hit the corpses of soldiers from both sides. He grunted in the darkness. He didn't know whether he was hit by a crossbow bolt, or touched a weapon, or whether
What other situation is it? I groaned...
"Where is it! Shoot him to death!" Jiang pointed to where Ma Chao was, and immediately the crossbowmen in the second row began to turn and aimed at Ma Chao's figure. If it was a bow and arrow, they could also use the corpse to cover their body, but in front of a strong crossbow
, and at such a close distance, trying to use old tricks again is simply a joke!
Ma Chao's guards screamed and rushed forward, trying to cover Ma Chao's figure with their flesh and blood. They only heard the sound of the hanging knife being pulled down and the whistling of the crossbow bolts. These loyal guards were also like balloons being punctured.
Slumped and then fell down.
Jiang frowned and searched for Ma Chao's figure in the dark shadows. This cunning boy would be a disaster if he was not killed!
Suddenly, a figure jumped up from the pile of corpses. Jiang stretched out his hand and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
The last row of crossbow arrows was shot out. The extremely powerful crossbow arrows not only pierced the figure with holes, but also carried the figure flying back in the air for a while, and then hit the city wall heavily.
superior!
"call……"
Before Jiang could breathe a sigh of relief, another black shadow emerged from the darkness!
"Damn it!"
This is the real Ma Chao!
However, Ma Chao was obviously injured. He no longer had the arrogance and arrogance he had before. He dragged his spear backwards with one hand and covered it somewhere with the other, hunched over and ran back!
"Kill! Kill!" Jiang shouted loudly, calling for the soldiers to fight forward. The crossbow was extremely powerful, but it had a huge drawback. The attack frequency was too low. It had to wait until the three rows of crossbow bolts were fired.
If the bow string was opened again, Ma Chao would have gone to nowhere.
The group of armored elites that the Qiang people rushed to the city wall were almost killed by the powerful crossbow just now, and the momentum of the entire charge was also interrupted. On the other hand, Jiang here, due to stabilizing the situation, the Yue Dynasty
More and more soldiers gathered to join the battle. The soldiers who came in groups rushed past Jiang with shouts and shouts. They pushed out more than a dozen spears, and they were defeated in three blows.
The Qiang people kept driving back.
Jiang shouted loudly, held the spear in both hands and struck it apart quickly, blocking two or three swords from the Qiang people. There was a loud slapping sound. The Qiang people who had the door wide open were not struck by Jiang.
He was struck by the knife and shield hand beside Jiang, and he fell down screaming with blood splashing everywhere.
Jiang and Ma Chao's fighting modes are completely different. When they advance and retreat, they are all within the defense range of their own guards. There is never one step more or one step less. Anyway, Ma Chao in front has been defeated, and there is no more
Anyone can stop Jiang's progress.
As Commander Jiang led his soldiers forward step by step, the area of the city controlled by the Qiang people became smaller and smaller...
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Pound was organizing men below the city. When he saw the battle situation on the city wall taking a turn for the worse, he was jumping up and down in anger. When he was about to go into battle himself, he heard someone whispering in the darkness and subconsciously took two steps forward.
After that, he suddenly saw Ma Chao with his hunched body, half kneeling and half crouching among the grass and trees nearby.
"Major General!" Pang De was shocked.
Ma Chao looked extremely embarrassed. He was covered in blood. A crossbow arrow was inserted into his chest and abdomen at some point. It penetrated from the front, and a sharp arrow was exposed at the back. Blood kept pouring out.
Spring.
"Major General! You are injured! Come..." Pang De checked Ma Chao's injuries and his heart sank.
"No need to scream!" Pang De hurriedly prepared to call the guards on the side, but was caught by Ma Chao. "I can still hold on for a while...I'll go find quinoa later...You take our people with you."
...Immediately...return to Jincheng immediately, and then...then move to the Western Region to find...the Lushui Tribe..."
"Major General..." Pang De covered Ma Chao's wound with his hand, but it had no effect, and the thick blood continued to surge outward.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ma Chao pulled Pound, stood up, and leaned close to Pound's ear, whispering, "After I die... Quinoa will definitely annex our people... I can still
Delay for some time...but you must be quick...otherwise...Brother Xio is imprisoned by me...Go find him and say..."
Due to excessive blood loss, Ma Chao had large pieces of mist appear in his vision, and his human figure was like a double shadow, shaking violently. Although his mind was still clear, it was already buzzing, and he tried his best to move towards the ground.
God reached out his hand and pointed at his own spear, "Take...brother Xio...go...go!"
Ma Chao was actually shot in the stomach, causing a penetrating injury, and because he continued to exercise vigorously even after being hit by a crossbow arrow, the wound was torn and bled. In future generations, after surgical suturing and anti-inflammatory antibiotics, he might still be alive and normal.
People are no different. However, in the Han Dynasty, because wounds inside the body could not be sutured, the hands, feet, and limbs had a chance to recover, but wounds that penetrated the chest and abdomen were basically fatal. Therefore, soldiers were not afraid of swords and guns, but were extremely afraid of bows and arrows. That is,
This reason.
Ma Chao pushed Pang De away, and then staggered towards Quinoa...
Pang De chased after two steps, but when he saw Ma Chao's eyes that were almost spitting out fire, he gritted his teeth, stopped, then stamped his feet angrily, turned around and walked in the other direction.
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Listening to the noise above the city head gradually subsided, Quinoa Xiangli's face became more and more like the bottom of a pot, almost dripping with water.
"Damn it..." Quinoa Chaoli shouted in a deep voice, "Where is that boy from the Ma family? Tell him to come see me quickly!"
"No need!" Ma Chao staggered over from the side, sat down on the ground with a puff, grinning with his teeth cracked, "I'm here..."
Quinoa's sharp eyes fell on the crossbow bolt on Ma Chao, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice, "Young Commander Ma, what are you..."
Ma Chao pointed to the wounds on his body. He was so dizzy that he was too lazy to sell quinoa for profit. He said directly: "I tried my best... There are powerful crossbows hidden in the city..."
"What?!" Quinoa Changli couldn't help but cast his gaze at the dark wall of Ji County and gasped, as if he saw a ferocious beast squatting on the ground, "Strong crossbow?"
! It’s still hidden like this until today?!” After the siege in the past few days, we only saw bows and arrows, but no crossbows used by the defenders. This seems to indicate that even now, there are still some soldiers in Ji County.
Hands, this is such a terrible thing. At this moment, some thoughts of regret arose in my heart.
Quinoa's eyes slowly moved from the Ji County city back to Ma Chao. After a moment of silence, he said softly: "Master Ma, do you have anything else to say?"
Ma Chao shook his body twice, managed to hold on, and then stared at the quinoa and said: "...We can't capture Ji County...I'm not willing to die...I...I still have another plan...I'm willing to sacrifice
I will come out to you, but you must... promise not to touch... my people..."
Qinmai Xiangli pondered, neither nodding nor shaking his head, but said: "What is the plan? You tell me first and listen."
"We are pretending to withdraw our troops!" Ma Chao said almost word for word. "After being surrounded for so long... the city is also trapped... As soon as we withdraw our troops, we will either chase... or open the city... then..."
Quinoa pinched the beard on his chin, frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he finally nodded and said, "You can give it a try..."
Ma Chao couldn't hold on any longer, so he fell to the ground on one side, facing the sky, and murmured: "You promised... don't touch my people..."
Quinoa went to Li still frowning, looking at Ma Chao, and said: "What did you promise? Oh... for the sake of your efforts, if this strategy works, I will not touch your people..."
Ma Chao let out a "ha" and did not continue to argue. Maybe he had no energy to argue. I don't know if it was because the blood had choked his trachea or something else. Ma Chao coughed a few times and sprayed out some large and small blood clots.
.
"Back down, prepare to withdraw troops..." Quinoa glanced at Ma Chao indifferently, then turned and left.
The Qiang people wandered around in the dark night like homeless ghosts.
The dark night is about to pass, and there is a faint line of gray color on the horizon. The morning wind blows quietly from the wilderness, like a girl's delicate hands gently caressing her face and body.
At this time, Ma Chao could no longer feel the pain at all, but his eyesight turned black and his whole body was weak. He spit out a mouthful of blood, and the remaining blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth and nose. He gasped for a few breaths and moved his lips: "Father...
…Father…”
As the morning light gradually rose, Ma Chao seemed to see his father, Ma Teng, riding a horse in the rays of light on the horizon, looking at him quietly.
Ma Chao tried hard to reach out his hand, but could only move his fingers slightly.
Ma Teng smiled, laughed, and then picked up two little boys, one big and one small, from the ground, and then put them both on the horse. Both children smiled crisply, and the laughter was accompanied by the sound of horse hooves far away on the prairie.
spread...
However, the two children, one large and one small, in Ma Teng's arms were not Ma Chao. Ma Chao could only see the black shadow under his feet gradually getting bigger, bigger, and then overwhelming, swallowing him completely, leaving only a faint sound.
You Ruowu sighed, "Oh...Father..."
When the sun completely fell, Ma Chao lay motionless at the foot of the city. Several Qiang people who were lagging behind and about to leave noticed Ma Chao, came up to test it out, and then looked at each other, and started without hesitation.
They started fighting for each other, taking off Ma Chao's armor and robes, and randomly putting them on himself, like hyenas fighting for a carrion in the wilderness...