At this time, the defeated Cao Chun had already returned to Cao Ang's Chinese army, and his blood-splashed face was embarrassed, and he surrendered his hand to plead guilty: "The eldest prince, the last general is incompetent and failed to repel the enemy cavalry. ”

Cao Ang didn't blame either, because he knew that Cao Chun did his best. Ma Chao is in Xiliang, and he has the merit of quelling the Xiliang rebellion, not to mention his own strength, and he is proficient in cavalry warfare.

In other words, maybe two or three charges down, and they would have been defeated.

"Eldest Prince, the enemy's cavalry seems to be coming to us!" Full pet said loudly next to him.

Cao Ang looked down, and thousands of horses galloped over, which were the Xiliang Iron Cavalry commanded by Ma Chao.

Capture the thief first and invite the king.

Ma Chao is very clear about this reason, as long as he breaks through Cao Ang's Chinese army and cuts off the 'Cao' character handsome flag, the morale of the Cao soldiers who are fighting fiercely below will inevitably plummet.

At this time, there were less than 10,000 people around Cao Ang, and all of them were foot soldiers, and they could be completely destroyed with just one charge of cavalry. Such a good opportunity, Ma Chao can't miss it.

The whole field is overlooking from a high altitude, showing a very shallow extension of the concave shape, and the position of the handsome banner where Chen Gong and Cao Ang are located are both high places in the field, opposing each other, and the situation in the battlefield can be clearly observed, so as to facilitate the timely mobilization of troops and horses.

Ma Chao led the cavalry to rush towards Cao Ang from below, but fortunately the slope was very gentle, although the speed of the charge was slightly affected, but fortunately, there was no big problem.

Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing towards him, Cao Ang did not have much panic on his face, as if he had expected it a long time ago, and ordered his soldiers to line up.

"The secret weapon that was originally going to deal with the wolf riding camp now seems to be used on Ma Chao's body first." Cao Ang said.

The wolf cavalry camp is famous, and it was by relying on this notorious cavalry army that Lu Bu repeatedly established miraculous feats in his early years. Since he was going to have a decisive battle with Lu Bu, Cao Jun was naturally fully prepared for this.

But it's a little strange today, the two sides have been fighting for so long, and they haven't been able to see the banner of the wolf cavalry camp for a long time.

Could it be that you want to go around for a surprise attack?

Cao Ang wondered at this moment, and the surrounding soldiers had already begun to line up. In addition to Cao Ang's personal guards, there are eight layers of 8,000 Cao army soldiers inside and outside, and Cao Ang is firmly guarded in the middle.

The outermost three layers are shield bearers, but the shields in their hands are not made of iron, but wooden shields, which are extremely common.

The difference is that the outer layer of this shield has many sharp iron nails pierced through it. With an ordinary shield, the cavalry can instantly knock the soldiers behind the shield and the people with shields into the distance with a powerful impact.

But if sharp iron nails are added to the shield, will the cavalry dare to rush up with impunity?

Even if the crotch war horse is well-trained and can cross one or two layers, its speed is bound to be greatly reduced.

The soldiers standing in the back three layers of shield-wielding soldiers, the weapons they held in both hands were spears more than a foot long, more than twice as long as the common spears and halberds.

This kind of weapon is almost equivalent to chicken ribs in the battlefield fighting, and this weapon is not needed in short-range combat, and long-distance combat is far inferior to a bow and crossbow.

Think about it, with a weapon more than three meters long, you can't fight at close range, and your flexibility will be greatly restricted.

However, the ruler is shorter and the inch longer.

This kind of super-long weapon is not very lethal to the soldiers, but it has a great restraining effect on the cavalry. The war horse charged over, and once it hit the tip of the spear, even if it didn't die, it would at least add a blood hole.

And the spears in the hands of the horsemen on horseback could barely touch the bodies of these spearmen.

Once the cavalry loses the speed advantage of the war horse, it is actually not much stronger than ordinary foot soldiers.

The last two layers are crossbowmen, which are simple and straightforward, and can be shot when enemy cavalry is within range.

Cao Jun has completed the formation, and Ma Chao is about to rush to the front at this moment.

Seeing Cao Jun's strict formation, Ma Chao couldn't help frowning, looking at the posture of these guys, it was obvious that he had a special study of restraining cavalry.

However, at this moment, a change abruptly emerged.

The war horse under the crotch of the soldier next to him suddenly neighed in pain, his front legs tended, and he fell to the ground, and the huge inertia threw the soldier on horseback into a mess.

The soldier rolled twice on the ground, then cried out in pain, and felt a bloody four-edged spike from under his abdomen.

Tribulus terrestris!

Ma Chao recognized this object, which was the method used by Lu Bu when he fought against the Xianbei people, and it also had a surprise effect.

No wonder the formation of the Cao army before the battle looked a little strange, the distance between the Chinese army and the other departments was large, and it turned out that this open space was deliberately set aside in order to deal with their surprise cavalry.

"Be on guard, watch your step!"

Ma Chao shouted loudly, reminding the soldiers in the rear.

Seeing the cavalry in front slowing down, Cao Ang decisively ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

Woo Woo Woo ~~~

Woo Woo Woo ~~~

Nearly a thousand arrows were thrown, and Ma Chao waved the silver spear in his hand, and then a crisp sound sounded, like playing a piano.

The arrow rain came one after another, and the other soldiers didn't have the ability of Ma Chao, and there were not a few people who fell from the horse with arrows.

This can't go on like this!

Ma Chao looked at his eyes and was anxious. Now there are only two options in front of him, either to attack or to retreat.

Blindly defending like this will only kill and wound more soldiers.

"Everybody stop, run around from both sides, and shoot!"

The horse commanded loudly, urging the war horse under his crotch to run along the safe area of the week.

At the same time, Ma Chao put the silver spear back next to the horse's belly, took out his bow and arrows, and shot them at the rows of Cao Jun archers.

The archers of the Cao army fell in response, and the soldiers who followed behind Ma Chao followed suit, and the Xiliang cavalry not only charged and fought, but also rode and arched.

If it weren't for Cao Ang's position being too far apart, Ma Chao really wanted to shoot this guy in the head.

"Raise your shield!"

With an order, Cao Ying's archers abandoned their bows and arrows, picked up the shield at their feet, and raised it above their heads.

The arrows landed on the iron shield with a clanging sound.

Obviously, Cao Jun also expected that his opponent would launch a cavalry shot.

Damn it!

Ma Chao had an irritable anger on his face, and he roared, feeling extremely aggrieved and angry.

If the long-range attack fails, then you have to find a way to break through the area of thistle terrestris in front of you!

Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, and when the school officer next to him saw it, he was so anxious that he shouted: "General, danger, get on the horse quickly!" ”

Ma Chao turned a deaf ear to this, and ordered him sharply: "You continue to ride and shoot to suppress the opposite side, don't let them fight back!" No ceasefire without my orders! ”

Subsequently, Ma Chao led a few ownerless war horses, pulled out the short dagger at his waist, and stabbed the war horse's buttocks.

The painful horse rushed forward desperately, and when he stepped on the spiked thistle, because there was no pressure and gravity on his back, he galloped faster, until he hit the shield covered with iron nails in the hand of Sergeant Cao, and then fell to the ground and died.

Ma Chao's eyes flashed with pity, and without any hesitation, he immediately turned over and got on the horse, pointed the spear in his hand forward, and was full of heroism: "Where the war horse has stepped on, rush with me!" ”

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