The trumpet sounded, and Cao Jun's front army was already advancing in small steps, preparing to charge.
The Han army's front army did not have any arrangements and could only resist the enemy physically.
Seeing the pointed cone-shaped front army of Cao's army aimed at him, Ma Di became even more panicked - what did the military manual say when encountering this kind of situation?
There was no time to think too much. Cao Jun started jogging, then gradually accelerated, rushing towards this side like an iron stream.
Ma Su originally thought that he could be like the Prime Minister, chatting and laughing, making the three armies obey orders, strategizing, and playing with the enemy at the palm of his hand.
But when he actually faced the enemy, he found that his hands and feet were trembling slightly. For a moment, he felt that his eyes were blank...
Although Huang Xi, the general brought over by Ma Su, was trembling, he finally became more awake and quickly pushed Ma Su, "General, give the order quickly! The Cao thieves are rushing over."
"The order is given, yes, don't panic."
Ma Su was pushed awake, looking at the torrent ahead, feeling the vibration under his feet, his lips trembling, trying to force himself to calm down.
It’s over!
Huang Xi felt a chill in his heart. General Ma was usually very fond of discussing military strategies. He thought he was a rare general. Why did he look like this now when he was on the battlefield?
Thinking of this, his eyes glanced behind him.
On the contrary, Ma Su was pushed and finally regained his consciousness. Even though he was inexperienced, he knew that he must resist at this time.
Otherwise, being driven back to the street pavilion like the defeated army in Lueyang would be considered a fate. It is not impossible to be directly trampled on the ground by horse hooves and die in the chaos.
Then he gritted his teeth, pulled out his sword, and issued the first command, "Fire the arrow!"
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang knew that he did not have many generals in his hands, so when training his soldiers, he attached great importance to their discipline.
Although there was chaos in the rear, the soldiers in the front were already in formation and were just waiting for the commander's order.
Seeing that Cao Cao's cavalry was about to rush forward, an order finally sounded from behind. The soldiers instinctively fired arrows according to the training requirements, and the first batch of arrow feathers was finally shot out.
Unfortunately, the distance was already too close, and the optimal distance for archery was lost. The crossbow only had time to shoot one wave, and the second wave of arrows was also sparse.
Although some of the Cao thieves at the front fell off their horses, more people had already rushed up and hit the Han army's front troops hard.
The Han army's temporary formation was suddenly torn open.
The flag of the Chinese army was raised again, and the Han army behind them shouted and rushed to make up for it. After all, the shaky front line was not broken.
Cao Jun's cavalry quickly dispersed from both sides and turned back to reorganize their formation.
Although the first wave of impact was blocked, Ma Di was heartbroken because he knew that his temporary weak formation could not sustain it for a long time.
He was about to take the opportunity to turn back and gather the rear army, how could Zhang He give him this opportunity?
The first charge was just a test, but it was enough for Zhang He to roughly understand the situation of the Han army.
Although the horses brought here are not too many, this is not the time to cherish the horses.
This Han army coming from the east is obviously the garrison coming from Jieting. As long as they defeat the enemy, there won't be many people left in Jieting, and they can easily capture them at that time.
So the second attack arranged by Zhang He was much more violent, directly breaking through the front row of the Han army and fighting with Ma Di's middle army.
However, the rear army was disrupted by Lueyang's rout at the very beginning and could not provide support for a while.
More importantly, after this fighting, the infantry behind Cao Jun had already caught up.
Although Ma Su tried his best to resist, the infantry and cavalry met rashly under such circumstances, and he was already at a disadvantage.
But he didn't have much experience. Facing a famous general like Zhang He, how could he take advantage and use manpower to reverse the disadvantage?
Lueyang's defeated army took the lead in fleeing. The rear army saw that the front army was defeated. The Chinese army fought hard and was at a disadvantage. At the moment, its morale was low and it had no fighting spirit.
Cao Jun's cavalry has already circled around, preparing to attack from the flank.
Ma Su's left branch and right branch are weak and increasingly deficient.
When news of the flank's defeat came, the soldiers at the front could no longer resist. Ma Su no longer had the mobile troops on hand to respond in time, and the entire formation finally fell into disarray.
I don’t know who took the lead and ran backwards, but the army finally collapsed.
Whether intentionally or not, Ma Su was surrounded by the defeated army and retreated.
At this time, the sentinel was able to pass the news of Ma Di's encounter with Zhang He to the street pavilion. Liu Yin was dumbfounded on the spot: When will Fanxudao be able to march with an army? How could the Cao thieves break through Lueyang so quickly?
Liu Yin learned that although he disapproved of Ma Su leading his troops to leave Lueyang easily when the situation was unknown, in order to prevent the street pavilion from being attacked by Cao's thieves from the south.
But his thoughts actually have something in common with Ma Su's, that is, there will not be too many Cao thieves coming from Fanxu Road. With the strength of Li Sheng's hands, even if he cannot defeat them, he can at least defend the city.
The difference is that Liu Yin believed that as long as Lueyang held on for a few days, Cao's thieves would have no choice but to retreat.
Ma Su believed that he could cooperate with Li Sheng of Lueyang and annihilate Cao's army.
Neither of them thought that Cao Jun could break through Lueyang's defense line.
Something that Liu Yin didn't even expect was yet to come.
He thought that the sentinel had detected the wrong situation, so he sent several groups of troops to check the situation without giving up.
This time the news from the sentry detectives was even more shocking: General Ma was also defeated.
Not only was Ma Su defeated, he was defeated very quickly and had already fled this way.
Liu Yin confirmed the news, and felt as if he had been struck by lightning on the spot, with a look of tragedy on his face, "What a man! Such a great situation in the Northern Expedition was ruined by your hands! You are truly the sinner of the Han Dynasty through the ages!"
"General, what should we do?"
The general asked with a pale face.
"What else can we do? We can only stick to the street pavilion and worry about the whole country!"
Liu Yin's eyes were filled with determination. He no longer bothered to find out why Zhang He was able to defeat Lueyang first and then defeat Ma Su one after another. The most important thing now was to quickly arrange for soldiers to defend the street pavilion.
"Now that the road back is cut off, only General Feng's 10,000 horses at Longguan Pass can return to rescue Jieting."
Feng Yong was already the highest-ranking general he could contact at present. Once the street pavilion was lost, the army at Longguan Pass would have no choice but to wait for death, so Liu Yin sent a messenger as soon as he realized what he was doing.
As for Feng Yong's decision after receiving the news, it is not up to Liu Yin. The only thing he can do now is to try his best to stay for two more days.
Soon the defeated army came in groups from the west of the street pavilion.
"Open the door, open the door quickly! Thief Cao is coming!"
The defeated troops in disheveled clothes ran to the gate of the village and shouted loudly.
Liu Yin stood on the wall of the wall with a stern expression, "The battle is ahead, so don't open the camp gate privately! If you don't want to wait to die, quickly go around to the back of the wall and assemble on your own. I will help you block it here."
The defeated army ran all the way, just thinking of escaping from the pursuit of Cao's thieves. The camp in front of them seemed to be the best place to hide.
Now that he heard Liu Yin's words, he was extremely frightened, and with the instinct of survival, he immediately yelled, "Traitor! Do you want me to die at the hands of the thief Cao? Open the door quickly!"
Someone took the lead, and the soldiers following behind started making loud noises, with the intention of attacking the gate of the village.
But during Liu Yin's southern expedition, he was often sent as a vanguard along the way to kill enemies and generals. He was a man who shed blood himself. How could he be compared to a newcomer like Ma Su who had never commanded an army?
I saw him setting up his bow and drawing the arrow, and with a "pop" sound, the arrow hit three feet in front of the defeated army and went straight to the ground.
"Anyone who dares to take a step beyond this arrow will be killed on the spot! The crossbowmen listen to the order and prepare to shoot!"
Liu Yin shouted.
These words and deeds made the defeated army slow down for a while, and someone in the crowd shouted, "He is just scaring us, everyone come together!"
A few impulsively heard this and rushed out subconsciously.
"Fire the arrow!"
The crossbowman hesitated slightly.
Liu Yin drew his sword in his hand and shouted sternly, "Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!"
"Buzz buzz..."
Arrows flew like locusts on the wall of the village, and a group of broken soldiers who rushed in front were shot to the ground on the spot.