Chapter 898: Ma Chao is here, and Lian Po is leaving
On the mountain road on the northern outskirts of Anlu City, Lian Po ordered a reverse charge. In an instant, the vast army rushed to the slopes on both sides like marching ants, trying to save their fate.
The resistance proved to be futile.
Just when the Qin army launched a reverse charge, Ma Chaobu on the top of the mountain took advantage of the situation to put away his bow and arrows, stepped on the war horse, and brazenly launched a charge under the unified dispatch of the commander.
"Charge!"
Imagine what would happen if the infantry going up the mountain and the cavalry charging down the mountain collided with each other.
The next scene was nothing short of a human tragedy.
If the Qin army that went up the mountain was a group of ants fighting against fate, then the charging Jin army was a monstrous torrent, which completely submerged and destroyed the ant colony in an unstoppable and unavoidable momentum.
In the frenzied waves, the Qin soldiers were like rootless duckweed, drifting with the tide, and they couldn't control their fate at all. Countless warriors were trampled into flesh under the hooves of their horses, and their heads were in different places.
On the hillside, blood flowed everywhere.
The moment he saw the cavalry, Lian Po's heart trembled, and he almost didn't breathe.
The first to be defeated were the 100,000 Qin natives, who, under the orders of their commanders, braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the hillside with trepidation.
When the cavalry launched a charge, the front-line troops were destroyed like a wither, and the last bit of courage of the Qin army disappeared. One by one, they ran away, lest they could avoid it.
An army of 250,000 walked on the mountain road, stretching for more than ten miles. By the time the order to attack was given, the front-line troops had already rushed halfway up the mountain, and the rear troops had not yet received the military order.
The rout of the front army made the rear army completely lose its courage, and the hula was scattered, no matter how tough the commander was, it was useless.
"Kill!"
How could the Inhuman Legion of the Eastern Jin Dynasty camp let go of such a good opportunity and immediately launched a pursuit. At the same time, the Huan Chong Division, which was ambushed on the side of the mountain road, rushed out and flanked the Qin army.
The mountains are all over the wilderness, and there are fights everywhere.
The entire mountain forest turned into a killing battlefield, endlessly.
"Withdraw!"
Lian Po frowned, knowing that the general trend had gone, the morale of the whole army had dropped to the freezing point, and the soldiers had no heart to fight again, and any further delay would only lead to the annihilation of the whole army. What can be done now is to keep the troops as much as possible.
Thinking of what Fang just said that there was no ambush, Lian was quite ashamed.
100,000 Qin natives were located in the rear of the army, blocking the army's northward retreat. In desperation, Lian Po could only lead his troops to continue to move forward, and get out of this damn mountain road first.
Fortunately, the natives of the Qin army are in the rear, if they are in the front, their rout, and then retreat, will inevitably drag the entire army into the abyss of hell.
"This group of guys who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures." Lian Po thought fiercely.
Fortunately, the 150,000 Inhuman Legion of the Former Qin camp was not vegetarian, although it suffered a sudden change, it was panicked but not chaotic, and after the defeat of the front-line troops, they immediately formed a formation on the mountain road to resist the enemy.
The cavalry of the Eastern Jin Dynasty camp went down the mountain to charge, although it was an invincible existence, but the cavalry would never dare to come to the mountain road easily, so they would fall into the sea of people and could not get out.
Lian Po, a veteran with a fierce eye and rich experience, dispatched a large army to block the invasion of enemy cavalry and cover the withdrawal of the main force.
As for the 100,000 Qin army natives, Lian Po no longer wants to care.
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Somewhere on the top of the mountain, Ma Chao rode on a war horse, condescending, watching the whole battle. Standing beside Ma Chao was Ma Xiu, the division commander of the Third Division, who was also Ma Chao's younger brother.
Ma Xiu pointed at Lian Po and said, "General, Lian Po is going to escape!" ”
In the army of the Great Xia Dynasty, some habits of the generals of the Three Kingdoms such as Matthew also changed. Just like in the army right now, Matthew will never call Ma Chao Big Brother in public, and there is a superior-subordinate relationship between them.
Ma Chao condensed and said: "Can't let the old thief escape, gather the team, and we will chase it in person!" ”
"No!"
In an instant, the tiger and leopard riders, who had not been put into the battlefield, were in place.
Ma Chao decided to attack in person, "Rush!" ”
The fierce tiger and leopard rider is a cut above the other territorial elf riders, and the mountain roads that other elite riders dare not set foot on are ordinary for tiger and leopard riders.
"Kill!"
Ma Chao and Ma Xiu brothers personally went out to fight and led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush into the Lian Po army.
This time, the judgment was made.
The battle formation, which originally looked indestructible, was like paper paste in front of the tiger and leopard riders. With peerless generals like Ma Chao taking the lead, and tigers and leopards riding like the world's elites, who can stop them? !
In an instant, the tiger and leopard rode a bloody path on the mountain road.
When the rest of the elves saw this, their morale was greatly boosted, and they would not admit it, so they launched a charge, and for a while, the battle spread from the hillside to the mountain road, and the battle on the battlefield became more and more fierce.
Both sides have their own casualties, and it depends on who is more ferocious.
Ma Chao didn't have time to pay attention to the battle situation, and led his troops to chase after Lian Po, shouting loudly: "Ma Chao is here, Lian Po is leaving." ”
When Lian Po heard this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Although Lian Po has a good face, he is extremely patient, knowing that this is not the time to take advantage of his tongue, he retreats in a muffled voice.
Ma Chao saw it and led his troops to chase after him.
With the speed of tigers and leopards, no army can outrun them. In this way, the tiger and leopard rider wanted to peel a turnip, falling behind Lian Po's army, cutting it off one by one.
However, the mountain road is narrow, and even if Lian Po wants to leave a large army to form a large formation to defend against the enemy, he can't do it.
Only abandon the car to protect the handsome.
Lian Po only hated why this mountain road was so long, as if there was no end. The road to retreat was a huge ordeal for the officers and men of Lian Po's army.
The tiger and leopard ride led by Ma Chao is like a pack of hungry wolves, and if they do not achieve their goal, they will not give up.
In order to catch up with Lian Po, Ma Chao even abandoned the main battlefield and ignored it. This is not Ma Chao's willfulness, but Ma Chao's seeing through the key to this battle.
Lian Po is the soul of this Qin army, as long as Lian Po is taken, even the troops will not be in trouble. As for the main battlefield, it's better to leave it to the generals sent by Huan Chong and the rest of the territories.
The two armies chased and fled, and ran for more than half an hour before they walked out of the mountain road. Along the way, not only Ma Chao shouted again, but all the tiger and leopard riders shouted together: "Lian Po Lao'er is leaving!" ”
As the saying goes: the lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, and the lord humiliates the minister to death.
Seeing that the lord would be humiliated, the Handan City army that followed Lian Po was quite angry, and muttered that they wanted to stop and fight to the death with the tiger and leopard cavalry, but they were suppressed by Lian Po.
Lian Po is worthy of being an old fox, knowing that the other party is doing this to provoke him and make him stop the decisive battle, how can Lian Po be fooled.
This time he led his troops to Jingzhou, and Lian Poben was burdened with the trust of the lord, which was related to a big plan.
Where did I think of it, it was a complete failure.
If the army of Handan City is wiped out in this battle, then he will no longer have the face to see the lord.
Out of the mountain road, the terrain suddenly becomes opener.
Lian Po also had no intention of fighting to the death, so he immediately divided the army into three, agreed to join the division in Yuzhou, and disappeared into the wilderness with the army.
When Ma Chao led his troops to chase out, he looked at the army in three directions, and was dumbfounded.
"Big brother, which way to chase?" Matthew asked.
Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said, "You and I will each lead a chase." "Ma Chao doesn't believe it, they will carry it like this, and two of the three choices can let Lian Po escape.
It's not that Ma Chao doesn't want to divide his troops into three ways, but his troops are really limited, and if he is too scattered, he is afraid that he will be countered by the enemy, which will be bad.
Don't look at Ma Chao's fierce appearance, in fact, he is by no means a reckless man.
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Of course, Ma Chao wouldn't carry it like this, but he underestimated Lian Po's cunning.
Lian Po was not on any of the three roads army at all, but with a team of personal guards, he stayed in a forest next to the mountain road.
When he saw the tiger and leopard riding away, he walked out of the woods and disappeared into the wilderness.
After that, Lian Po came to a village, "borrowed" clothes to change into, dressed up all the way, and went to Yuzhou.
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Near evening, Ma Chao led his troops back in a huff. Not long after, Matthew also led his troops back. The two brothers looked at each other, and both saw the disappointment in each other's eyes.
Ma Chao couldn't help but scold: "This old fox! ”
"In the end, ginger is still old and spicy."
Although he failed to capture Lian Po, fortunately, today's Eastern Jin camp finally won a big victory.
In the end, less than 100,000 of the 250,000 Lianpo army survived.
The surviving Inhuman Legion was only more than 50,000 people, and after the Qin army withdrew from the battlefield, they disappeared into the mountains and wilderness of Jingzhou, and would never assemble with the large army again.
This battle alone scared them.
An inevitable southern expedition eventually turned into a major rout, and it was extremely embarrassing.
Of course, the Eastern Jin Dynasty camp did not pay a price, and nearly 50,000 soldiers were completely buried in the mountains. Huan Chong's casualties were the heaviest, with more than 30,000 dead.
Even so, Huan Chong's face could not hide the excitement.
There is no doubt that this is a big victory enough for Huan Chong to show his majesty's merits. Coupled with the previous merit of destroying the 30,000 Qin army, Huan Chong can be described as radiant in this battle.
Compared with Xie Xuan, it is already not far behind.
At night, Ma Chao and Huan Chong bumped their heads to discuss the next military action.
Before leaving, the king had an entrustment, and Ma Chao obeyed the order, and said to Huan Chong: "General Huan, tomorrow I will lead my troops back to Yuzhou to pursue the remnants of the enemy army." As for the remnants of the enemy army scattered on the border of Jingzhou, General Lao exterminated them. ”
Huan Chong was overjoyed when he heard this, and the smile on his face became more and more vigorous. Huan Chong is a person who understands, and knows that the people scattered on the border of Jingzhou are all the natives of the Qin army, and they have almost no combat power, and it is just a matter of effort to exterminate them.
The Qin Army's Inhuman Legion that fled to Yuzhou is the real hard stubble, and now Ma Chao took the initiative to pick up the hard stubble and leave the soft persimmons to Huan Chong, how could Huan Chong not like it.
Huan Chong clenched his fists and said: "It's all for the imperial court, and the general is polite." ”
Ma Chao nodded lightly, didn't say much, and left after a little leaning, he didn't serve the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he served the Great Xia Dynasty.
Early the next morning, Ma Chao reorganized the surviving 80,000 Inhuman Legions and embarked on the return journey.