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Chapter 528: Heavy Cavalry Iron Pagoda, Regretful Archer
Looking at Taishi Ci who still had the strength to help Ma Chao out of trouble, Cao Ren's eyes were stern and he intensified his attacks. He had just forced Taishi Ci to use a pair of double halberds once again. Now, Taishi Ci only had his last pair of double halberds left.

This pair of halberds is a little different from the others. It is longer. It can be said to be Taishi Ci's last guarantee. It is destined not to be thrown for long-range attack and must be kept for self-defense.

Just when Ma Chao was in danger, Taishi Ci had to throw out the double halberds in his hands to block the attacks of Cao Ren and Cao Xiu, and only then did he kill the first-class general with one arrow.

Just after dealing with the first-rate general, a heavy cavalryman broke through the heavy encirclement, came to the unconscious Ma Chao, leaned over, picked up Ma Chao, and placed him on Li Feisha's back.

Similarly, another first-rate general under Cao Cao came to support him. He was a first-rate general who was promoted from an archer. He originally wanted to pick up heads, but after seeing the heavy cavalry in iron armor, he changed his mind. After all, as an archer, he knew best how much heavy armor could restrain them. At this distance, it was easy for him to block his bow and arrows.

So he immediately gave up all his thoughts, and also bent down and put Xiahou Dun on his warhorse.

The heavy armored man just stared at him. As long as he made any unusual movement, the heavy armored man would rush over immediately and fight with him.

Li Feisha, who shared the same mind as Ma Chao, was behind the heavy cavalry, quietly waiting for the heavy cavalry to clear the way for him so that he could return to the city of Nanjun smoothly.

This heavy cavalryman was none other than the chief general of the Iron Pagoda, a special force under Ma Chao. In just one month, he had been promoted from a third-rate general to a second-rate general, and was only a stone's throw away from becoming a first-rate general.

But this level was still not enough to support him to protect Li Feisha and send Ma Chao back to the city. He was able to kill him just now because he happened to be nearby, and the combat effectiveness of heavy cavalry like Iron Pagoda would be greatly enhanced after the two sides ended the collision and started fighting.

He is now waiting for the Iron Pagoda to gather. Only when all 500 Iron Pagoda gather here, will they have a chance to break out of the siege and send Ma Chao back.

The number of Cao's troops was almost 100,000 more than that of Gu Rubing's troops. In addition, Ma Chao was now deep in Cao's territory, so Xiahou Dun's retreat was not surprising at all.

After rescuing Xiahou Dun, the first-class archer general was not idle. He began to gather Cao's troops around to surround and kill Ma Chao, intending to keep Ma Chao here.

Soon, the five hundred Iron Pagodas gathered together. The commander was at the front, holding an iron spear and breathing heavily.

"One hundred men will protect the general, the three hundred in the middle will be responsible for the front, left, and right protection, and the rear will be left to me!"

Upon hearing this, the others looked at him. At a time like this, choosing to stay behind would definitely be the most dangerous and would also involve the greatest pressure. However, there was no fear in his eyes beneath the layers of thick armor, only a burning desire to fight.

At the command of that first-rate general, Cao's army had already begun to surround them with more than a dozen teams, totaling more than 3,000 people. They wanted to kill all the 500 Iron Pagodas here, and also wanted to keep Ma Chao here.

A small and fierce battlefield in the midst of a great war suddenly began.

More than three thousand people began to surround and kill the small Iron Pagoda.

Taishi Ci and Zhang He wanted to go and help so that they could send Ma Chao back to the county town smoothly. The reason why the northeastern battlefield could still hold Cao's army tightly despite the difference of more than 100,000 people and such a huge gap in the combat power of famous generals and first-class generals was all due to Ma Chao's credit.

Ma Chao first relied on his extraordinary experience to guess that the opponent's focus was on the northeast. Based on his guess, he resolutely came to the northeastern battlefield and left Pang De, who was still a first-class general, on the front battlefield to face the Western Spear King.

It can be said that Ma Chao's arrival helped Zhang He and Taishi Ci share the huge pressure, and was also an important factor in creating the current situation. Ma Chao then fought one against two, and seriously injured Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan in succession. Although he himself fainted, he made the two famous generals lose their combat ability. In the final analysis, it was still a gain.

The only prerequisite is that Ma Chao can return to the county town safely, otherwise it will be in vain no matter what.

"Junyi, cover me, I'm going to escort Zilong!"

Taishi Ci roared and stabbed with both halberds, forcing Cao Ren to retreat again, then he rushed towards the direction of Iron Pagoda without looking back.

How could Cao Ren just sit there and watch him go to help Zhao Yun? He immediately rushed forward again to kill Taishi Ci and not give him the chance to support him.

Just when he was about to catch up with Taishi Ci, a long spear fell from the sky, followed by a horse leaping high, passing over Cao Ren's head and arriving in front of Cao Ren.

"Just get past me first."

Zhang He stood on his horse with his spear in hand, blocking Taishi Ci's retreat route.

Xu Chu and Cao Ren, who followed closely behind, looked at each other and tacitly chose to attack Zhang He first. Ma Chao had already lost his fighting power. Even if he could not be taken down now, he would still be exposed after the war. If one more person could be made incapable of fighting now, victory would only be a matter of time.

Although Cao Ren and Xu Chu were stopped, Taishi Ci's way to provide support was still hindered.

Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Le Jin and Yu Jin arrived here early and waited for Taishi Ci. On the other side, one of the three generals brought by Zang Ba had been killed, and the remaining two were fighting with Xiahou Shang. Zang Ba was also fighting with Li Dian and had no hands to provide support.

Among the four quasi-famous generals, Taishi Ci put away his double halberds and picked up his longbow, wanting to break through quickly. The double halberds certainly couldn't do it, so he could only use the bow and arrow.

Just when Taishi Ci was about to take action, two more people surrounded him. Taishi Ci looked carefully and found that they were also old acquaintances.

Xu Huang and Gao Lan were both at the same level of quasi-famous generals. Taishi Ci's face was extremely solemn. Six quasi-famous generals were enough to give him a hard time. Not to mention six quasi-famous generals, even six first-rate generals would be enough.

Cao Cao recruited many talented people, and with the support of the people and the good timing, he recruited a large number of generals. Now those generals have basically grown up and finally showed their fangs. "Brother Zilong, I can't take care of you."

Taishi Ci pulled up a bitter smile, and the next moment, he suddenly shot three arrows and then ran in the opposite direction.

Zhang He, who was facing siege from Cao Ren and Xu Chu at the same time, was not feeling well either. In fact, the main reason why Ma Chao was able to seriously injure the two Xiahou brothers was that Xiahou Yuan was careless and did not take Ma Chao seriously, which gave Ma Chao the opportunity to act and then seriously injure him. Then Xiahou Dun was blinded by anger, and coupled with the fact that that first-class general made things worse, Ma Chao's final double-palm punch led to this.

But Zhang He was not so lucky. Xu Chu's characteristics had been superimposed to the highest level. Zhang He was still confident that he could fight one-on-one, but if Cao Ren added another, that would not be possible.

Although the two men's attacks were equally fierce, they did not give up defense. They attacked and defended, leaving Zhang He no chance.

At this time, the Iron Pagoda had already begun to break through the siege. The Iron Pagoda commander was standing at the back. Standing there alone, they actually had the momentum of thousands of troops. This was the oppressive feeling brought by the heavy cavalry.

Although he was only at the level of a top second-rate general, but as he stood there, his aura was no weaker than those first-rate generals who wanted to capture Ma Chao in exchange for the Second King, and he was even more imposing than them.

"Although there are thousands of people, I will go."

The Iron Buddha commander murmured softly, and then began the attack without hesitation.

"kill!"

The hundred Iron Pagoda riders behind him showed no fear on their faces and also followed his figure and began to charge.

If the visual effect of a cavalry charge looks like a surging wave with a rapidly advancing wave, then the charge of a heavy cavalry is like a towering mountain rushing towards you from a distance. The momentum is daunting.

Even though there were only a hundred horses, the rumbling sound from the horses' treading on the ground was even more thrilling than the rumbling thunder.

There were the most pursuers behind, and under the call of the first-class general archer, two more first-class generals came over.

Of course, it was not only the Iron Buddha who was participating in the rescue of Ma Chao. Other soldiers who were nearby were also helping. Among them, the Taishan Tiger Bandits accounted for the majority, because they had rushed into the battlefield from the south, and the battlefield of Ma Chao, Zhang He and others happened to be in the south, and they were the closest.

The main force is of course the Iron Pagoda. Although each of the heavy cavalry is a brave hero who can fight ten people at once on the battlefield, they are also the most eye-catching type of troops.

To raise a cavalryman and have him go into the battlefield fully armed, the gold, silver and treasures needed are at least enough to support a dozen infantrymen, archers, or shield soldiers. Some elite cavalry units can even support dozens of soldiers of other types.

To train a heavy cavalry of the same type, one needs to spend more money and managers than training ten cavalrymen to train a heavy cavalryman with full armor and weapons.

From this we can see that it is hard to imagine how much effort it takes to train a heavy cavalryman.

Back then in Jiaozhi County, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan fought against Shi Xie and his heavy armored soldiers. Those heavy armored soldiers cost Shi Xie countless money to equip them. You know, since coming here, Shi Xie has been doing business with all his strength, mining jade, and making a lot of money. Even so, he only built 30,000 heavy armored soldiers and stopped because the consumption was too huge and even he could not bear it.

Therefore, after the Iron Pagoda appeared, it immediately attracted the nearby Cao army to attack it.

They all chose to surround and kill the Iron Pagoda, not only to detain Ma Chao, but also to keep the Iron Pagoda, a heavy cavalry that appeared for the first time in the battle between the two sides, here.

The leader of the Iron Buddha held an iron spear and led the way in the front line, clearing the way for his teammates behind him. After killing more than a dozen people, including two second-rate generals, he felt the breath of death for the first time.

Because an arrow pierced through the crowd and came in front of him. The arrow carried a huge force and went straight through his armor. The remaining force of the arrow stopped only after it pierced into his muscles.

Although it did not cause much damage, it gave the first-rate archer a signal that these heavy cavalrymen could not withstand his attack relying solely on the defensive power of armor. Moreover, it seemed that the opponent was not a first-rate general, because it took him some time to kill the two captains.

If he was a first-rate general, he should have been able to eliminate the opponent within a dozen breaths at least, and would not have wasted so much time just to kill two captains.

Therefore, this first-class general and archer is now filled with hatred and regret. After all, he was only one step away from catching Ma Chao, but at the critical moment, he was frightened by the man wrapped in heavy armor, so he did not take action, which led to the current scene.

Otherwise, he would have already pocketed the military merit representing the Second King long ago. Why would he have to alarm more than 3,000 people to encircle and suppress Tiefutu, and the number of people is expected to continue to grow?

The most important thing is that in addition to him, two first-class generals also came, one was the deputy general of the General of Cavalry, and the other was the chief general of the Sword and Shield Battalion. Needless to say, these two people also came for Ma Chao. In this way, he had two powerful opponents.

And what made him feel most difficult was that these two people had big shots behind them. Needless to say, General Xu Chu was a big shot beside his lord. This first-rate general was a soldier who had followed Xu Chu from the very beginning. He and Xu Chu had experienced several life-and-death situations, so there was naturally no need to explain the relationship between the two sides.

Although the Sword and Shield Soldier's backer is not that powerful, he is still a popular figure in front of the lord. He can have a seat at the table during ceremonies, although he is in the last row and his ranking is not particularly powerful. But the backer above that popular figure is Cao Ren, who is that?
But he is their lord's younger brother, and he calls their lord "Big Brother". He is definitely their lord's legitimate descendant, the most legitimate of all.

Looking at himself, although he is the commander of the Archery Battalion, and the scale of the Archery Battalion is much larger than that of the Sword and Shield Battalion, he has no backing. His immediate superior is Xiahou Yuan, who is also a worker in front of the lord and also a brother of the lord's mother's clan. However, he has never spoken a few words to him. Usually, the Archery Battalion is managed by him alone, and Xiahou Yuan never interferes.

Thinking of this, the first-rate general of the Archery Battalion took a deep breath, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed. He was only one step away from embarking on a smooth road in life, but after taking one step, he was frightened by an ant and lost his good fortune.

If he competes with the two of them now, the possibility of taking it away is very slim, and there is basically no chance of it being his turn. Therefore, he now sets his target on the Iron Buddha commander and wants to kill him to vent his hatred!
(End of this chapter)