Chapter 1072: Respite
Busy and chaotic.
When Wen Chou was full of flaws, Ma Chao shouted at Wen Chou.
This sudden scream.
broke the balance between Ma Chao and Wen Chou.
Ma Chao shouted, his morale soared, and he stabbed Wen Chou in the chest with a shot.
And Wen Chou was already full of flaws, and at this time, Ma Chao seized the opportunity, and there was no chance to dodge at all.
was frightened by Ma Chao's shouting again.
A little distracted.
The winner is decided.
Flutter.
The golden spear in Ma Chao's hand instantly pierced through the armor on Wen Chou's body.
Pierced directly from Wen Chou's body.
Yuan Shang's first general, Wen Chou, died on the spot.
Wen Chou died.
The battle that took place on this road gradually came to an end.
The soldiers and horses he brought over died with Wen Chou, so he didn't dare to continue the attack.
Even if it is an attack, in the face of these Xiliang iron horses under the command of Ma Chao, there is no chance of winning.
After all, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was the most elite heavy armored cavalry of the Han Empire.
And these soldiers and horses under Yuan Shang. Although there was also a part of the cavalry.
However, most of their cavalry were light cavalry like the Karasuma people.
It's still okay to rush and trample, and it's okay to deal with the foot soldiers.
Encountering the same cavalry, especially heavy cavalry like Xiliang, their cavalry was not so good.
It is not possible to occupy any advantage in the hands of these cavalry under Ma Chao.
After a big battle, the losses of the Xiliang cavalry under Ma Chao were not large.
At the cost of just more than 2,000 horses, the thousands of cavalry led by Wen Chou and more than 10,000 foot soldiers were eliminated.
The reinforcements on Yecheng's side were all wiped out.
And on the other side.
Zang Ba and Guan Hai's battle against the White Horse Yicong also had a victory.
Although the current White Horse Yicong has greatly improved in strength, it is far from being comparable to the previous White Horse Yicong, it can be said that it is not what it used to be.
However, the opponents these white horse Yicong encountered were Guan Hai and Zang Ba, and the soldiers and horses under their command were the best at dealing with cavalry.
This also made these white horses under Zhao Yun's command doomed to failure.
When the battle is in the heat of the day.
Both sides suffered heavy losses in their troops and horses.
Zhao Yun himself was not lost in this battle because of his superior martial arts and the protection of many personal guards around him.
Even Zhao Yun didn't have a scar on his body, but he fought bloodily and led the soldiers and horses to rush and kill on this battlefield, which consumed a lot of physical strength.
Seeing the continuous losses of these white horses and horses brought over, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses have lost thousands of people in just this moment, and after a period of hard fighting, more than half of them have been lost, and the large number of losses of soldiers and horses made Zhao Yun more and more curious about this wave of reinforcements in front of him, and he knew at a glance that these horses were not Yuan Shang's people.
After carefully collecting food, Zhao Yun suddenly realized that these people should be Liu Zheng's troops, not Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses stationed in Yecheng.
It can be thought that this group of people is Liu Zheng's words. Zhao Yun suddenly realized that something was wrong.
It stands to reason that these people should not appear in this place, they should all gather in Hejian County to besiege Yuan Xi.
But Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses now appeared outside Liyang City, which made Zhao Yun very puzzled.
Although he was very puzzled, he was now at war with the other party, and Zhao Yun didn't have so much effort and energy to explore why these people were here.
Zhao Yun looked at the enemy troops present.
At this time, Guan Hai and Zang Ba, although they had lost some soldiers and horses, there were still some people fighting bloodily.
In addition to some elite soldiers in his headquarters, Zhao Yun was able to achieve some advantages on the battlefield because of his personal bravery.
The remaining White Horse Followers, who had just been recruited, were not able to gain any advantage in this battle.
If he continued to stay here and fight Zang Ba, Guan Hai and the others, Zhao Yun was not too sure that he could completely repel them.
Even if they can be repelled in the end, the loss of their more than 10,000 white horse followers is definitely not small.
You must know that these people under Zhao Yun are all cavalry.
Every loss is a huge price.
Zhao Yun will have a lot of pain.
And his opponents are just some foot soldiers. No matter how many casualties there are, they are just a loss of some people.
The value of the losses of the soldiers and horses on both sides was completely disproportionate.
Zhao Yun died of cavalry, and the opponent died of only some infantry.
His cavalry was limited in number, and if he wanted to retrain, it would take a long time.
And horses are not easy to get hold of.
It's easier to train the opponent's foot soldiers.
Therefore, although the losses of soldiers and horses on both sides seem to be not much different, Zhao Yun is a blood loss.
So after some fighting, Zhao Yun didn't plan to continue to involve these enemy forces here.
He also needs to save some strength.
and so on to remain in the battle in Liyang County, continue to play a role.
However, at this time, he did not complain about how strong these enemy troops were that appeared here.
still complains a little about Ma Chao.
After all, Ma Chao was responsible for guarding the vicinity of Liyang County, but now he put in reinforcements from Liyang County.
will let Zhao Yun suffer this defeat.
All this has something to do with Ma Chao, if Ma Chao hadn't put these people in, the result would not be the way it is now.
I have some complaints about Ma Chao in my heart.
But at this time, I know that this is not the time to have an attack.
Zhao Yun could only turn his head and look behind him.
I don't see much of these people left. I knew I couldn't afford to waste manpower here.
Gritting his teeth, he decided to retreat to the city tower for the time being.
After gathering Xu Chu's soldiers and horses, he will make plans.
A whining sound came.
Zhao Yun ordered the horn of retreat to be blown.
After hearing this retreat horn, some of the remaining soldiers and horses chose to retreat without hesitation.
This was the first time that these cavalry had been defeated in the face of foot soldiers.
Normally, and in the past, when they faced the infantry, they never thought that their cavalry would suffer a great defeat.
They will even be full of confidence and think that it is a one-sided situation.
But this time it was a big mistake.
It dealt a heavy blow to the confidence of these white horse followers.
They didn't want to fight anymore, and what remained after their self-confidence faded was the desire to survive.
In the face of this situation, the battle can only be stopped.
After hearing that the soldiers and horses on Zhao Yun's side were retreating, Zang Ba and Guan Hai wanted to chase them, but his shortcomings were that they couldn't catch up with those cavalry.
They could only watch as the cavalry slipped away from under their feet.
Moreover, the soldiers and horses under their command also suffered heavy casualties, so it was not appropriate to continue the battle at this time.
It was a good thing that Zhao Yun's men and horses had retreated, which could give them some respite.