Chapter 988: Senseless Resistance (2)
Ma Chao immediately led 30,000 iron horsemen to rush there. However, when they arrived, there was not a single ghost.
Ma Chao called the scout who had come to report earlier, pointed to the empty scene in front of him and asked angrily, "What about people?" ”
The scout glanced at it, a blank look on his face.
Just as Ma Chao was thinking about his next move, several scouts galloped in from the east.
"General, we have found enemy troops in front! There are tens of thousands! ”
Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and when he was about to give an order, he remembered Cao Cao's advice before, 'Think more about things and see more!' Don't be reckless! ’
Ma Chao slowly put down the whip in his hand and ordered: "Order the scouts to continue to monitor and reconnoitre, and determine the number of enemies!" The brigade is slowly moving forward! ”
Soon after, the scout reported that the enemy force in front of him numbered tens of thousands of men, and that, according to the flag, it was supposed to be a full legion.
Ma Chao thought for a moment, but couldn't think of anything wrong, so in order to prevent this enemy army from running away, Ma Chao ordered the whole army to pursue at full speed.
After about half an hour, 30,000 horsemen chased the enemy army into a gentle hilly area.
Although this is not a plain, but the terrain is gentle, obviously not a good place to set up an ambush, there are dense woods on the northwest and northeast sides, a small stream flows along the foot of the two trees, forming an inverted V-shape, and Ma Chao's 30,000 iron horsemen are located in this one.
The surroundings were not quiet, there was almost no sound at all, it was unusually quiet, and it was unsettling.
Ma Chao suddenly felt that the person who might be in ambush was in ambush.
Just then, one of the scouts who was behind sped over.
"General, there are 20,000 enemy troops behind us!"
Ma Chao frowned. At this moment, a shout came from the trees on the left and right in front of him, and at the same time, the clan flag surged
The Wei soldiers immediately realized that they were surrounded, but no one was afraid, but one by one they showed excited expressions, and the battle intent surged in their eyes, wanting to let the blood and corpses of the enemy cast the glory of themselves and the empire.
Ma Chao pulled the reins of the horse and raised his voice: "Kill with me!" After the words fell, Ma Chao urged the war horse, and galloped away towards the road where he came, and the 30,000 soldiers turned their horses' heads and followed closely.
Seeing such a scene, an officer of the Jin Kingdom under the woods said urgently: "They want to escape!" General, give the order to pursue! ”
The legion commander on the side hesitated, "Don't worry! Let's let them spend it on our Iron Shield defense line first! ”
Ten years ago, the Germanic tribe to which he belonged was incorporated into the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and he became a Jin officer, and after years of hard work, he became an enviable Captain of the Guards Legion, and he was a legendary hero in his own tribe.
30,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry quickly turned over a low hill, a Jin army front appeared in front of you, here is a gentle area between the two hills, not very open, now the army formation composed of 20,000 gold **** foot soldiers is like a city wall here, their purpose is very obvious, this is a typical encirclement and annihilation arrangement, but the appetite and self-confidence of the Jin people seem to be too big!
The equipment of these Jin Janissaries was better than that of ordinary Jin regular troops, and the largest number of them were shield spearmen with large shields in their left hands, spears in their right hands, and chest pins.
This kind of infantry is the largest number of conventional infantry in the Western army, characterized by hand-to-hand combat with the enemy infantry, but also can effectively contain the opponent's cavalry impact, which is a type of military made by the Jin court to learn from Western countries.
The formation of the Jin people was divided into two parts, the shield spearmen in front and the archers in the back.
Ma Chao raised the dragoon spear in his hand and strangled the war horse at the same time. The whole cavalry team spat down.
Several cavalry commanders looked at Ma Chao together, with a fierce battle intent in their eyes.
Ma Chao glanced at the enemy army formation not far away, and asked Han Meng beside him, "What is the movement of the enemy army behind?" ”
Han Meng replied: "There is no movement for the time being!" ”
"General, give the order!" The three cavalry commanders asked for battle together.
Ma Chao glanced at the three of them, turned his head and glanced at the enemy's military formation again, and Hong Sheng ordered: "The 10,000 people are attacking!" Be sure to crush the enemy in one go! ”
Duan Lang, the deputy commander of the legion, excitedly agreed, pulled the reins of the horse, and roared behind him, and the ten thousand iron horsemen behind him let out a shout together, shaking the mountains.
Duan Lang led 10,000 Xuanjia iron horsemen out of the formation, rushing towards the enemy army, the stirring smoke and dust tumbled and stirred, the thunderous sound was deafening, the whole earth seemed to tremble, and a chilling killing aura became stronger and stronger.
The 20,000 gold **** on the front gradually felt that something was wrong, and the momentum exuded by the enemy cavalry was far beyond their imagination.
In the blink of an eye, 10,000 iron cavalry were nearly a hundred paces away from the enemy line.
At this time, I saw a rain of arrows roaring out of the Jin army's array, and hundreds of Wei army iron horsemen fell on their horses, and those Wei soldiers who were not injured turned a blind eye to the arrows inserted in their bodies, and their faces did not change.
The Wei army's iron cavalry continued to rush towards the enemy line in the rain of arrows from the enemy, and the speed became faster and faster.
When the two sides were less than fifty paces apart, the Wei iron cavalry drew a short spear from the leather bag next to the saddle and threw it at the enemy.
A dense sound sounded in the Jin Army's formation, and hundreds of Jin **** soldiers were thrown to the ground with guns and nails, and the entire front was in chaos.
The Wei army's iron cavalry threw throwing spears while galloping, the Jin army formation looked a little chaotic, the deputy general of the Jin army roared to maintain order, and the archers behind fired arrows desperately, but they could not stop the Wei army's iron cavalry from advancing.
In the blink of an eye, 10,000 Wei army iron cavalry were close at hand, but the shield and spear defense line of the Jin **** battle to resist the Wei army's iron cavalry had not yet recovered from the spear attack just now. The deputy general of the Golden **** Army couldn't help but turn pale.
The Wei army pulled out the barrier knife together, and a dazzling sword light appeared when they landed, and the iron cavalry was like a wave, and the soldiers of the Jin army couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, and a feeling of depression that could not be resisted surged into their hearts.
The Wei army's iron cavalry let out a fierce shout and slammed into the opponent's line, and at this moment it was like a meteor falling to the ground.
The Wei army's iron cavalry tore through the golden army's shield and spear line with a bang, and the barrier knife was slashed, blood flew in the air, and from time to time people's heads rose to the sky. However, the Jin army did not collapse there, they gritted their teeth to resist the ferocious impact of this landslide and tsunami.
However, the Jin army, which had broken the front, could not resist the powerful power of the iron cavalry charging formation, and after desperately resisting for a while, the entire front completely collapsed.
The Wei iron cavalry pressed the Jin army, which had broken backwards, and scattered the weakly defended bow and arrow lines.
The Wei army's iron cavalry roamed the mountains and fields, and many Jin troops were still resisting, although their companions continued to fall under the Wei army's iron cavalry, but they were still holding on.
In the woods not far from the battlefield.
"What's going on?" Already sensing that something was wrong, Captain Croce looked anxiously in the direction where the killing noise shook the sky, and at this time, a scout was running in this direction.
The scout rushed to him and hurriedly reported: "General, our front has been broken by the Wei army!" The deputy commander and the remaining soldiers are desperately resisting! ”
Everyone couldn't help but be surprised!
"How is that possible? How could a defensive line consisting of fifteen thousand shield spearmen and five thousand archers be broken through by 30,000 cavalry in such a narrow terrain! "Croce is unbelievable. (To be continued.) )