When Ma Chao saw Xia Houyuan appeared, he was immediately furious. He looked around and saw that there were not many Wei troops, so he immediately ordered: "Kill!"
After giving the order, the Chinese army began to counterattack. The crossbowmen quickly fired arrows. Compared with the archers of the Wei army, they were more powerful than the Wei army at close range. They specialized in shooting at the enemy's throat, and all of them were arrows.
It penetrates the throat, and the shooting speed of the repeating crossbow is very fast. It is not as time-consuming as the bow and arrow.
In addition, there are two types of repeating crossbows in the Chinese army. One is for shooting ten crossbows at a time, and the other is for shooting one crossbow at a time, but it can shoot continuously. For a time, the Chinese army was besieged among them. Under the powerful
In front of the arrow formation, the Wei troops also started to dodge one after another.
Surviving in adversity actually increased the combat capabilities of the Chinese army. The Northwest Army was already well-trained, so once the arrows were compared, the Wei army was at a disadvantage.
"Shoot with the armor-piercing awl!" Xia Houyuan shouted loudly as he took out the armor-piercing awl.
He took out three armor-piercing awls, aimed them directly at Ma Chao, and shot out the arrows without answering.
Ma Chao hid in a stirrup and hid, leading the cavalry towards Xia Houyuan. Apart from some initial damage to the 10,000-strong Chinese army, the situation was basically stabilized. The infantry mixed together to form a battle formation.
The cavalry rushed in all directions, taking the opportunity to carve out a bloody path.
When Xia Houyuan saw Ma Chao arriving in person, he hurriedly abandoned his bow and used his sword, and immediately went to fight Ma Chao, hoping to avenge the arrow.
As soon as the two people met, they fought together, with swords and guns raised. Both eyes were full of hatred. They only focused on fighting themselves, forgetting the environment they were in.
When Xu Shu saw this from a distance, he couldn't help being surprised. He knew that Xia Houyuan was impatient, but he didn't expect him to be so impatient. As a result, his plan was disrupted. There are relatively few Wei troops in the military camp, so it is only suitable for distant soldiers.
Attack is not suitable for close combat. Xia Houyuan suddenly threw his words behind him.
"Now, I just pray that Cao Xiu can come here quickly, otherwise, with the advantage of the Chinese army, our army may not be able to resist for long." Xu Shu worried secretly in his heart while directing the archers to shoot arrows.
Ma Chao was fighting fiercely with Xia Houyuan. Both of them were using swords and guns to fight each other. No one within a few meters around them dared to come close, for fear of being injured by the two men.
Wang Shuang led his cavalry in a circle to fight, and rushed towards the Wei army soldiers. He took out his sword and killed their heads. He was also unstoppable.
Cao Xiu, who was ten miles away, received the signal and immediately led his troops to assist in the battle. The army charged forward non-stop.
With his personal bravery, Wang Shuang led the soldiers of the Huaxia Army to fight a bloody road. When he saw that the way in was blocked and there were not many Wei soldiers in the northwest corner, he was overjoyed and rushed towards that direction with his soldiers.
He rushed to the entrance of the camp and was about to retreat to the outside of the camp when his horse's hooves suddenly missed the mark and a large pit appeared on the ground. Wang Shuang was unprepared and fell directly into the pit. The people behind him also fell into it.
The pit was filled with sharpened wooden stakes. Once Wang Shuang fell in, due to the steel armor protection, the wooden stakes failed to pierce his chest, but his two thighs were deeply pierced.
The horses above him fell down again, pressing him to the ground, and he was hit in the chest until he vomited blood. Then, the cavalrymen above him fell down one after another.
They were all stabbed by wooden stakes and screamed again and again. Some of them directly pierced their heads. On the contrary, Wang Shuang was directly pressed to the bottom. After receiving heavy blows again and again, he was so pressed that he couldn't breathe, and his legs
He was seriously injured, making it difficult for him to move forward. He looked up at the night sky, used up his last bit of strength, and roared loudly: "Master, leave quickly..."
"boom!"
There was another muffled sound, and a war horse fell down and hit him directly on the head. With a crisp sound, his skull was smashed and he died on the spot.
Ma Chao was fighting fiercely with Xia Houyuan. After less than ten rounds of fighting, he heard Wang Shuang's shout. He couldn't help but get upset. After randomly stabbing Xia Houyuan several times, he forced Xia Houyuan away. He immediately looked back, but
Seeing that there were soldiers and horses in the open space in the northwest corner, but no one dared to move forward, there must be a large horse trap on the ground, but no matter what, Wang Shuang could not be seen, so he shouted: "Wang Shuang"
pair!"
The shouts shook the sky, but no one responded. Ma Chao couldn't help but feel an ominous premonition in his heart.
At this time, Xia Houyuan's blade approached, and a fierce force struck directly at the top of Ma Chao's head. Ma Chao was startled and hurriedly dodged. Xia Houyuan's blade directly cut off the helmet on Ma Chao's helmet. This sword was really dangerous.
Ma Chao was extremely angry and his eyes were even redder. Thinking of Wang Shuang who was loyal to him and now his whereabouts were unknown and his life and death were uncertain, veins popped up all over his body. He turned around and stabbed Xia Houyuan with a single shot.
Xia Houyuan was feeling regretful about the sword strike just now, but he didn't know that Ma Chao was so good at shooting that he stabbed him in such a short period of time. He twisted around and stabbed his chest with his carbine, making it difficult for him to resist.
"when!"
Ma Chao's Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear directly hit Xia Houyuan's chest, making a muffled sound. Xia Houyuan was also knocked off his horse by the sudden and huge force, and fell heavily to the ground, making a muffled sound.
Xia Houyuan originally thought that Ma Chao's carbine shot would kill him, but he didn't know that what Ma Chao stabbed was not the head of the spear, but the tail. Even so, he was also stabbed in the internal organs by Ma Chao's huge blow, and he only felt that
There was a surge of energy and blood, and he spat out blood with a loud sound, and a groove for the tail of a gun appeared on the armor on his chest.
When Ma Chao saw this, he was surprised. Due to Wang Shuang's interference just now, he actually forgot that he was holding his spear upside down. When he turned around, he stabbed out with the tail of his carbine. Xia Houyuan took an advantage and was unable to kill him with one shot.
Xia Houyuan was killed. He turned his gun upside down, rode forward, and was about to stab Xia Houyuan, who fell to the ground. Xia Houyuan's generals suddenly came out from both sides, and the soldiers quickly pulled Xia Houyuan away from his sight.
"Xiahou son, don't try to escape..." Ma Chao stabbed a general to death with one shot, swept through the entire army with one move, and killed all the surrounding Wei soldiers.
However, as soon as they finished killing everyone here, the Wei army came up again and surrounded Ma Chao. Ma Chao watched helplessly as Xia Houyuan disappeared into the night, regretting the shot he had just taken.
At this time, Cao Xiu led his men to kill them. It was hard to tell how many people came in the dark night. The soldiers of the Huaxia Army, commanded by several generals, gathered together inside the camp and started fighting with the Wei Army. They were as stable as a rock.
Ma Chao saw that he had lost the opportunity to rob the camp. If he was surrounded by the incoming Wei army again, he was afraid that more people would die. After killing the people around him, he rode towards the camp and led his men.
, and immediately shouted: "The whole army retreats!"
After giving the order, all the soldiers of the Huaxia Army followed Ma Chao and fought out from the southwest. Ma Chao took the lead, and the cavalry behind him were all brave. They quickly fought a bloody road from the Wei army. When Cao Xiu's army arrived at the camp,
By then, Ma Chao and others had already retreated.
Cao Xiu wanted to pursue him, but Xu Shu stopped him and said: "Don't chase the poor enemy. Ma Chao is very brave and brave. You can't press hard. Clean up the camp and clean the battlefield. There will be no trouble in the north."
After Ma Chao and others ran for more than ten miles, they stopped. Once they stopped, Ma Chao immediately found Wang Shuang's general. After asking, he found out that Wang Shuang fell into the horse pit and died. He immediately beat his chest and stamped his feet.
wailing loudly.
At this moment, Jiang Shi came over from the direction of Baishi Mountain with his soldiers and horses. After seeing Ma Chao, he took a long breath, dismounted and said, "General Tian is fine, I'm relieved."
When Ma Chao saw Jiang Shi arriving, he hurriedly asked: "Why are you here? Didn't I ask you to guard Baishi Mountain?"
"General Tian, didn't you send someone to report that the Wei army was trapped and asked me to lead the army to support?" Jiang Shi was also surprised.
"Damn Xu Shu, I fell into his trick again." Ma Chao said regretfully.
Ma Chao was about to discuss taking back Baishi Mountain when he saw that all the soldiers from the direction of Wuzhu Cave Mountain had also come out. At that moment, he knew something was wrong. Both Baishi Mountain and Wuzhu Cave Mountain had been occupied by the Wei army.
Wang Shuang was killed in battle, and Baishi Mountain and Wushu Cave Mountain were attacked by the Wei army. Ma Chao felt that he could not gain a foothold here, so he decided to temporarily lead his troops to retreat to Xiangwu, preparing to regroup and fight with the Wei army again.
In the Wei army's camp, Xia Houyuan suffered some minor internal injuries. He was sitting in the big tent. After receiving the battle report from Deng Bai and Wenji, he laughed and said to Xu Shu: "I really admire the military master's clever plan. Our army will not be able to do it."
With no effort, we captured two dangerous mountains. However, the failure to catch Ma Chao tonight was actually annoying, and I almost... Hey! Let's not say it, Ma Chao is brave, and I know today that I am not his opponent...
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"General, the count has been completed. Our army lost more than 2,000 people in this battle, and the Chinese army lost more than 2,000 people. Moreover, Wang Shuang's body was found in the horse pit. Once Wang Shuang died, Ma Chao lost an arm.
, it will be much easier to capture Ma Chao again." Cao Xiu came in and reported.
Xu Shu pondered for a moment and said: "Shouyang County and Zhang County are too close to Baishi Mountain and Wushu Cave Mountain and are still under the front of our army. If I am not wrong, Ma Chao should retreat to Xiang."
Wu, our army should speed up its march and capture Jicheng first. Then we will have the troops in Liangzhou and Huaxia.
The capital consumed by the army. The city of Hebei has sufficient grain and fodder. It is an important strategic location for our army and must be captured. After taking it, we obtained the grain and fodder and then retreated here. The terrain here is difficult, and we can attack when we advance and defend when we retreat. It is far better than
The city is much stronger and can carry out a long-term confrontation with the Chinese army."
After saying that, Xu Shu said to Xiahou Yuan: "General, please order Zhang Xiu to lead all the troops to garrison here. Didao City has lost its strategic significance. If the Qiang people capture the cities of Panhan and Daxia, the military front will definitely be in danger.
Didao, this is not the time for friction with the Qiang people."
Xia Houyuan nodded and said: "The military advisor's words are reasonable. Wen Lie, please pass on the order and let Zhang Xiu lead troops to garrison here."