"My lord, behind a certain person, the shouts of killing are deafening, and the sound of horses' hooves is faint and continuous. Presumably, it should be the Huns who rode up to chase and kill......" In the galloping horse, Zhang Liao caught up from the rear team and quietly reported beside Ma Chao.

"So fast?" Ma Chao's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, then he calmed down and ordered: "The Xiongnu only seek benefits, not loyalty. Waiting in formation, Rong negotiated with the Huns. Even if they can't talk, they won't necessarily lose to them! ”

"No!" When Zhang Liao heard this, he immediately rushed to Xu Huang to convey Ma Chao's order. And Gao Shun was even more responsible, taking the lead in commanding the deployment of the lifting cavalry.

I saw that Gao Shun first asked his more than 300 spearmen to insert the spears diagonally into the ground, forming a long row of giant anti-horse gun defense lines. Then, let more than 200 sword and shield men in front, and 300 crossbowmen to hide behind the deer. As for the heavy cavalry, after 200 steps of rejecting the rifle line, the Yanbei cavalry guarded the two wings......

Ma Chao was overjoyed, after having these three generals, there was no need to tell many things in person. These people can take the initiative to do a good job, and even do better than they imagined!

The sword and shield hand in front of the horse gun in front of him, Ma Chao knew that Gao Shun was by no means letting them die in vain, but as a cover to cover up the horse gun rejection. When the Huns rush over at high speed, these sword and shield men will definitely go around the back of the horse rejection gun for the first time, and when the crossbowmen are powerful, they will fiercely pick up the fish that hit the horse rejection gun and cut off their heads!

And three hundred crossbowmen, which may not seem like much, can become the main force of this blockade. Because the crossbow has the reputation of the so-called "sharp weapon of the Han Dynasty", it is the main combat weapon of the Han army. Unlike bows, this thing relies on the power of a spring, so the user can fill the crossbow bolt into the magazine beforehand, which is extremely convenient; Moreover, the range of the crossbow is extremely long, up to 250 steps, far better than the bow and arrow; In addition, there is a lookout mountain for aiming on the crossbow machine, and the shooting accuracy is much higher than that of the bow and arrow.

Therefore, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, six or seven out of ten soldiers in the army have been equipped with crossbows to fight. In the past, Wei Qing expeditioned against the Huns, encountered the main force of the enemy's cavalry, so he first surrounded the circle with iron chariots, and held in the center with crossbowmen.

At this time, the Yuan Rong crossbow of the Ma family used by the trap camp reduced the firing distance. But in terms of frequent crossbow arrows, it is better than Han crossbows. Ma Chao roughly estimated that although Gao Shun only had more than 300 crossbowmen, one round of fire would be no less powerful than a thousand people. And if the number of people is larger, even if it is said that it is 'ten thousand crossbows fired together', it is not an exaggeration at all!

As for the Han army's 'array of 10,000 crossbows', it refers to dividing the troops into several horizontal rows during the battle, moving forward to aim and firing arrows, and the rear line is used as a reserve. By firing in this way, it is possible to repeat the cycle and inflict a powerful blow on the enemy without interruption, so there is a saying that "crossbow battles are protracted." Later, Li Ling had 5,000 soldiers surrounded by tens of thousands of Huns, although in the end due to the loss of arrows, the backup was far away and surrendered, but also set a record of killing more than 10,000 enemies, and he used this array.

And what is certain is that the three hundred crossbowmen under Gao Shun will definitely shoot two or three times in a row like this. In other words, Gao Shun's formation, although it seems simple, completely absorbs the subtlety of Wei Qing and Li Ling's formation. And add to that the deceptive tactics of the sword and shield hands...... Ma Chao expected that as long as the performance was normal this time, Gao Shun's more than 600 people could kill at least 3,000 Huns under the first wave of attacks!

After that, when the Huns' galloping cavalry was completely in chaos and filled in the rejection array, let the world's unparalleled heavy cavalry come out to destroy the withering and skillful Yanbei cavalry to be responsible for the two wings of the killing, that kind of scene, that kind of invulnerable, killing the enemy like taking things...... Ma Chao believes that unless there is a general as superb as Gao Shun in the Hun team, otherwise, if they choose to fight, they will definitely die a miserable death!

After Gao Shun finished arranging the formation, Ma Chao raised his eyes and saw that in the dark night, on the official road two or three miles away on the opposite side, the overwhelming firelight seemed to have stopped advancing, and gradually gathered to form a bright sea of torches: the Xiongnu obviously discovered the movement of the Ma family's army, so they also stopped their pace and gathered the troops that had become loose because of the rapid march. Then, as if the dragon was spewing monstrous flames forward, countless flames swam out from the huge sea of fire on the opposite side, accompanied by earth-shattering shouts of killing, and rushed towards this side in a disorderly and loose manner!

Feeling the tremor of the ground under his feet, Ma Chao's breath was suffocated: It's coming!

And just as Ma Chao stared intently at the Huns approaching at an astonishing speed, these torches that were advancing at high speed were suddenly extinguished together! The shouting and killing also stopped suddenly, and this astonishing change was dizzying, making the burning enemy group in the distance and the four thousand soldiers of the Ma Jiajun suddenly turned into an incomparably deep darkness. Only by the chaotic sound of the countless cavalry's hooves gradually turning into a roaring thunder in the ear drums could all the soldiers perceive that the Huns were about to appear in front of them.

"This ......" Ma Chao had no experience in fighting against the Huns, and he was a little incomprehensible about the Huns' sudden extinguishing of the torches.

"My lord, the Huns suddenly extinguished their torches, but it was just a cover to conceal their scattered charge into a dense formation. After they are gathered, they will press the opponent's battle formation like a torrent, and this kind of means is really ......," Zhang Liao seemed to be accustomed to this, and opened his mouth to explain.

"Oh, I see, that's ......" calmed Xiao Hei, who was suddenly shocked by this sudden powerful deterrent, Ma Chao couldn't help but be shocked in his heart: the Hun Cavalry was able to achieve so naturally and smoothly from a loose skirmish line to a dense formation without seeing his fingers...... What a lot of hard training and how clever riding skills are required?! It is too accurate to use the term 'soldier and horse disease' to describe the nomads who grew up on horseback.

Thankfully, it was night. If it is daylight, Gao Shun's formation is afraid that under the rush of the Huns, it will be useless. Thinking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but feel a little stunned: himself, really want to be the enemy of this warlike army for no reason? They are only the expelled troops of the Xiongnu, and there are at least hundreds of thousands of such warriors in the grasslands, if there is a war, this is really an enemy that the Ma family does not want to face in the future......

However, this is not the time to look ahead. Ma Chao felt that the Xiongnu troops were close in the dark, and shouted: "Ma Chao, the general of the Han Auxiliary Kingdom, is here, and the person who comes quickly reports his name!" ”

Together, the sergeants behind Ma Chao shouted loudly and repeated: In this noisy battlefield, no matter how penetrating Ma Chao's voice is, it can't penetrate the muffled sound of 20,000 war horses rushing. Only when thousands of soldiers shouted in unison could the other side be heard.

And after that, Ma Chao suddenly felt that the sound of the hooves of the other Huns' troops had weakened a lot in an instant. Immediately, the sound of scattered horses' hooves scattered by the Huns scattered into their camps could be heard...... Just when Ma Chao was puzzled, a shout suddenly came from there: "But Yongzhou Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi?" ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, but then he was overjoyed: the Xiongnu didn't care about his official position in the Han Dynasty at all, but mentioned 'Yongzhou', which shows that their understanding of Yongzhou is far more important than that of the Han Dynasty!

"Exactly!" Ma Chao replied angrily, at this time, he found that the Hun cavalry on the opposite side began to extinguish the activity again, and was slowly approaching him in a defensive formation.

"Xiongnu Shan Yu Luan Ti Yu Fuluo, ask for the forgiveness of General Tianwei Shen!"

When this sound fell, Ma Chao saw a guy who was very gorgeously dressed, short and stout, with a large and round head and only a small stiff beard under his collar, respectfully holding a spear, kneeling on one knee in front of his horse......

'This ......' Ma Chao couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, looking back at his subordinates, those innocent eyes seemed to say: "When did my brother have such a prestige?" ”