As he got a few years older, Ma Chao's martial arts and strength had improved a lot. He climbed to the trail in the northeast corner in a few steps. He first looked around and felt that he still couldn't knock down the camp on the opposite side by himself.
.So he stepped back and pulled the people behind him to climb up one by one.
Arrows were falling like rain on the platform, and many security soldiers were hit by arrows. However, because of the protection of their armor, most of them were only injured and not killed. By the time Pang De also climbed up, the path was already crowded with one or two hundred people.
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Ma Chao looked at the enemy camp in front, then at his troops and horses behind him, and said to Pang De: "That's enough!"
Pound nodded in agreement, then turned around and shouted to the soldiers: "Follow me!"
Having said that, he had already rushed out in front of Ma Chao. No matter what, Ma Chao was the son of Ma Teng, the prefect of Anding, and he could not let Ma Chao lead the charge. More than a hundred soldiers followed Pang De, and followed him.
We rushed towards the camp along the slightly sloping path.
There were faint shouts from the opposite side, and then some of the defenders separated and fired arrows at Pang De and others on the trail. If you were holding a thirty kilogram object, you might not be able to run very well due to the center of gravity.
It's fast, but if you're wearing thirty kilograms of steel armor, your full charge speed will only be slightly slower than normal.
Pound lowered his head, put his shield on his head, and rushed to the base of the camp in a few breaths.
At the foot of the mountain, Chen Cheng picked up his horsewhip, pointed at Pang De, who stretched out his arms as vigorously as an ape, and said with a smile: "Ling Ming is not as brave as General Zhang Heng."
Pang De's martial arts skills were famous in Anding County and even in Liangzhou.
Because he had fought several battles with Zhang Lu of Hanzhong and their relationship was very tense, Zhang Heng only brought 3,000 men over this time, and the rest of the troops stayed at Wudu to guard the home. He heard Chen Cheng praising Pound's
Wu Yong, a little unhappy in his heart, said loudly: "My lord, if I lead the black-armored army forward, I will fight better than the Anding people!"
Ma Teng sneered when he heard this, Zhang Heng's black-armored army can fight, but so what? Now we have to climb mountains every day in that poor place in Wudu? On the other hand, the Ma family has become more and more prosperous in recent years.
He has military power and holds a lot of shares in factories near Yinchuan. The annual dividends alone are more than the taxes of the entire county of Wudu.
Zhang Heng squinted at Ma Teng and said displeasedly: "General Ma, do you think what someone said is wrong?"
When he was first transferred to Wudu, he was still very excited. Before, he and Cheng Yin divided Zhangye equally and only had half of the county. How could he compare with the pleasure of being the prefect of a county? And when he was in Zhangye
, surrounded by the wolves and tigers of the Xiliang princes and the extremely vicious Xianbei miscellaneous people, all day long they were thinking about how to protect themselves.
But after arriving in Wudu, there is the prosperous Hanzhong Plain below. If we can capture Hanzhong, we can take the opportunity to march into Shuzhong. Then the situation will be completely different. However, the facts soon gave Zhang Heng a blow to the head. Although the five measures of rice thieves in Hanzhong were
The combat effectiveness is not very good, but the number of people is strong, the morale is high, and the location is advantageous. Although the fighting skills are not very good, it is really difficult to deal with. The Black Armored Army and the Hanzhong Army fought for half a year, killing and wounding hundreds of people.
The things I arrived can't even make up for the losses.
As a last resort, he could only stop fighting and prepare to accumulate more strength before competing with the rice thieves under Zhang Lu. However, his ability to lead troops in war is pretty good, but his ability to govern local areas is not good enough.
. After staying in Wudu for two years, the little money and food I received was just enough to train an additional thousand people. If I want to expand the army on a large scale, I don't know if I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.
Just when Zhang Heng was unable to do anything in the face of the predicament, the Prefectural Mufu issued an edict, asking the prefects of each county to prepare to lead troops to Guanzhong. After receiving the edict, he was overjoyed to be able to transfer the seal from the poor place of Zhangye.
When he came to Wudu, it was because of Chen Cang's outstanding performance in the two battles against Huangbeishan that Chen Cheng took a high look at him.
As long as he can make great achievements again, he might be transferred directly to Guanzhong. Whoever wants to deal with those nasty rice thieves can be dealt with! Our family will no longer serve you!
So he excitedly brought three thousand black-armored troops over, just to show off his skills in front of Chen Cheng. But Yang Qiu had a better relationship with Ma Teng, so he gave Ma Teng the opportunity to lead the battle.
When Ma Teng heard Zhang Heng's malicious question, he also sneered and said: "Everyone can talk about big words, as long as you see the truth on the battlefield!"
When there was nothing to deal with here, under the Fufeng Army camp, Pang De had no intention of stopping. The moment he hit the camp, he threw away his shield, then used his feet to exert force, and placed his hands on the barrier.
With the last press, the person was already flying into the air, and then landed on the barrier.
As soon as his feet stood still, he reached out and touched his waist. The five-foot-long horizontal knife was already held in his hands. The light of the knife was like a rainbow, blooming in Pang De's palm. He held the knife in both hands, relying on the weapon and strength.
Take advantage of the situation and kill several people in a row on the barrier.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhang Heng was originally quite dissatisfied with Ma Teng, but when he saw Pang De's bravery, he couldn't help but feel dumb. He was a hero who dared to "climb first" and "fall into battle" after becoming the leader of an army.
But he is not as brave as Pound.
Chen Cheng was surprised and liked it when he saw it. Just as he was about to say something to Ma Teng, he saw Ma Chao following closely behind Pang De, ignoring the arrows shot from the barrier, and climbed up the camp. He climbed up the camp.
Pound and I took the lead in climbing up the barrier, and even before the follow-up troops could catch up, they had already cleared it for a long time.
Chen Cheng knew about Ma Chao's bravery, but he didn't like Ma Mengqi's temper very much. He thought he was "strong but unjust", so he didn't need to use it. At this time, seeing Ma Chao's brave appearance, he fell in love with talent again.
Heart. Now that the world is in chaos, princes from all sides are spending a lot of money to recruit good ministers and strong generals, and Xiliang is no exception.
Isn't it a pity that a strong general like Ma Chao is buried in the countryside?
Pang De and Ma Chao fought their way up to the camp, but the security forces behind them were not as skilled as they were and could not climb up to the three or four-meter-high camp wearing heavy armor. However, they had their own methods, and the people in the front row paused.
After getting down, the soldiers behind stepped on the back of his comrade and climbed up.
During the charge, because there was no strict formation, more than twenty people were shot to death by arrows or stoned. However, after the soldiers rushed forward, the defenders could no longer cause any casualties.
The Xiliang army's valor is already superior to that of the Guanzhong troops. However, military discipline has always been lax and armor battles have been poor, so they were trapped on the border of Xiliang.
After Chen Cheng armed this group of brave warriors and used military tactics, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army had made great progress. Even if they were not tooth soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers from various counties and counties was much stronger than before.
There were not many defenders in the camp, just over a hundred. After the Xiliang army rushed in, they had no place to escape. After resisting for a while, the desperate defenders put down their weapons, knelt on the ground, and put their lives on.
It was placed in the hands of the enemy. Ma Chao killed Xing Xing. He slashed down a defender who was kneeling to beg for mercy and roared: "Stand up, you cowards! Instead of kneeling to beg for mercy, why not have a good time with a certain family?"
A quick fight?"
After saying that, he raised his horizontal sword and went to kill the enemy who had surrendered. Pound threw away the weapon in his hand, stepped forward and hugged Ma Chao, and persuaded: "Chen Shijun is below, if he knows that the young general
You will definitely not be happy if you kill prisoners of war."
If Pang De moves Ma Teng, Ma Chao may still ignore it, but he still has some respect for Chen Cheng. It's okay not to be in awe. Chen Shijun's martial arts and courage have exceeded Ma Chao's imagination.
I am convinced, and my views have gradually changed over the past two years.
Hearing what Pang De said, Ma Chao angrily put away his horizontal knife, spat on the ground, and cursed: "I'm taking advantage of you trash!"
The prisoners were scolded, and they were all so ashamed that they couldn't even lift their heads. But they couldn't be blamed. Who would have thought that the Xiliang thieves could beat them better than when they came last time? And they were guarding this ghost.
There is no place to retreat even if you want to. If you don’t surrender, will everyone really die in battle?
Chen Cheng was very happy to see that the Anding Army had captured a camp within a short period of time. This showed that his efforts over the past few years had not been in vain. At least, the Xiliang Army's combat effectiveness was much better than before. This was mainly due to
Thanks to this, discipline has improved a lot. It's not like the last time we attacked Chencang, where the troops didn't listen to orders at all. They swarmed up when they saw something good, and ran very fast when they saw the situation was wrong.
Chen Cheng turned around and said to Yang Qiu: "Send people to send the prisoners to the rear to carry food and grass, and tell them that as long as our army takes Fufeng, we will let them go home."
"promise!"
A good start is half the success. After breaking a camp, Yang Qiu sent troops from various counties to attack the Fufeng Army's outer camp in turn. It took two days to break through four camps, but one of them had a terrain that was too dangerous.
, attacked three times, and suffered more than a hundred casualties before being captured.
Then the troops and horses advanced to the gates of Chencang City, leaving only a small number of troops to guard the remaining camps. The defensive system of Chencang's peripheral defense had been painstakingly managed by Duan Xuan for a long time, but he was not the governor of Fufeng.
Manpower and materials are very scarce. The purpose of establishing those camps on the periphery is not to block the comeback of the Xiliang army, but to buy time for Chen Cang so that reinforcements can arrive.
From this point of view, Duan Yan's goal was still half successful. However, Duan Yan was not happy at all. The original goal was half achieved, but now he has completely lost the confidence to defend Chen Cang. He was once regarded as
The backing Huangfu Song Army no longer exists, where can reinforcements come now?
Just rely on Lu Bu?
Duan Xuan was also from Xiliang and had some friendship with Han Sui. After Han Wen came over from the hinterland of Guanzhong, Duan Xuan stepped back and asked in a low voice: "General Han, in your opinion, General Lu's troops are enough to fight against
The current Xiliang Army?"
Although he was not ashamed of Han Sui's character, Duan Yan also admitted that Han Sui was one of the few smart people in Xiliang. The situation was critical now. Chen Cheng in front was a man-eating tiger, and Lu Bu who came behind was even more hungry.
Wolf. These tigers and wolves all stared at the fat piece of Fufeng, which made Duan Xuan feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.
