The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

After the surprise attack on the woods, Ma Chao ordered the cavalry to follow him and Ma Dai first, followed by Ma Xiu's infantry.

Ma Chao mobilized the Xiliang cavalry, and he stepped on his horse, wanting to attack and rush into the open city gate in one fell swoop, so he didn't need to attack the fortified Lingling city.

Ma Chao led [-] cavalry and ran fast, and boundless smoke and dust rose from the ground, and the battle flag fluttered in the breeze, and made a "fluttering" sound.

But at this time, Ma Chao was completely wrong. When they rushed out, they saw that there were countless soldiers waiting in front of them.

Ma Dai urged his horse and asked: "Brother, shall we attack forward, or wait in formation?"

"Attack it for me."

"Yes."

Ma Dai shouted to the messenger next to him: "The whole army is attacking, attack and kill me."

The Xiliang cavalry immediately let out a cry.

Ma Chao looked at the front of the battle formation. In front were shield soldiers as tall as a man. Each of the shield soldiers held a long spear in their hands. The long spears were placed on top of the shields. Facing the cavalry, their arrangement was extended to all directions.

This kind of army formation is a new type of formation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. If they are attacked by enemy soldiers, they will shoot arrows first. After the enemy attacks, they will use shield soldiers to resist first. The soldiers rushed out and slashed and killed the enemies who had fallen from their horses. If the shield soldiers in front were broken, some cavalry rushed up to give the enemy a last fight.

Ma Chao shouted to Ma Dai, "Get ready for the javelin."

"Yes."

The Jingzhou soldiers on the opposite side have already begun to draw their bows and arrows.

Ma Chao led the order: "Strike."

Countless javelins "search, search, search..."

Countless javelins were thrown towards the Jingzhou army's side. The rain of feathered arrows and arrows scattered like a shower of rain, but the javelins scattered over like black clouds falling down.

After the javelins fell, countless soldiers fell down one after another. Most of the feather archers who were preparing to shoot a volley had already been hit by these javelins and fell down one after another. Most of the panicked archers did not shoot, but few Some soldiers shot out, even if these bows and arrows were designed, most of them were shot out in panic, and the force was not very strong. Some of them did not fall into the cavalry of Xiliang cavalry, but fell in front of them. Even if they fell into the horse formation, it was very small. Only a few soldiers fell to their horses and died, and most of them continued to attack.

The school lieutenant, the central leader of the Jingzhou soldiers, once again raised the command flag and ordered the archers to raise their bows and arrows to shoot again, but the Xiliang cavalry had already reached their front.

Ma Chao took the lead in jumping over the tall shield and directly attacked their central commanding lieutenant. Wherever he went, where the guns fell, countless soldiers were picked off their horses. The shield soldiers fell to the ground, and the following Xiliang cavalry drew out their full-moon scimitars, and directly felled these soldiers one after another.

Under the reflection of the sunlight, the blade shone with a cold light, and the blood from the continuously torn armor stained those who slashed red.

The Xiliang cavalry was brave and good at fighting. For these already broken troops, the Xiliang soldiers were like chopping melons and vegetables. The Jingzhou army couldn't stop them in an instant, and retreated one after another.

But once the Jingzhou soldiers broke up, they were overtaken by these Xiliang horses and slaughtered. The blood flowed all the way into a river. From the sky, they saw a piece of red land in the middle of the yellow land.

The horse moved super fast, and with a long spear in his hand, he stabbed the lieutenant of the Central Command who was slower on the horse to death from the back of the heart.

The Xiliang army stepped over the Jingzhou army's flag and continued to move forward.

They attacked Lingling City in one fell swoop.

Liu Biao in the city saw the smoke and dust, covering the sky and covering the sun, and the smoke was everywhere,......

Liu Biao said with emotion: "It's really a strong army, invincible in the world, who is the leader?"

Chen Zhen replied from the side: "I heard it was Ma Chao."

"Ma Chao? Who is Ma Chao? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Chen Zhen attacked the Ma family army directly from the city, and said: "That is the son of Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang. Back then, Ma Teng took his eldest son Ma Chao as a hostage to Dong Zhuo in order to obtain the land of Xiliang. Dong Zhuo arranged for Ma Chao to follow Lu Bu, so he followed him all the time. Lu Bu, ever since Nie Zefeng became the Marquis of Wancheng, he has been following the Marquis of Wancheng."

Liu Biao said: "Sir, thanks to your strategy this time, we asked Ma Chao to easily capture the forest in front of us, and then asked him to form a arrogant army, and then Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu's two armies came back to help us. .”

Chen Zhen hurriedly bowed and said, "Where, where, this is all because of the master's command."

The prefect Liu Du next to him also wanted to flatter and said with a smile: "I have Mr. Chen Zhen in the Jingzhou army. I think our army will be able to recapture the entire territory of Jingzhou and sweep the world."

Liu Biao smiled and said, "Prefect Liu, what you said is very true. When we regain the lost ground, your Lingling soldiers will definitely become the main force of our Jingzhou army."

Liu Biao turned his head and asked, "Sir, how do you think we will fight this battle?"

"My lord, I have ordered Zhang Xian to lead a thousand soldiers to guard the mountain. Ma Chao's soldiers came to attack. Within a hundred meters, bows and arrows were served, and within ten steps, rolling logs and stones were thrown down. After five days of their death, the food and grass will be used." We will attack from east to west and annihilate the Ma family army in one fell swoop."

Both Liu Biao and Liu Du laughed loudly and said, "A clever plan, a wonderful plan."

Amidst the laughter, Liu Biao coughed suddenly, and the cough became louder and louder. Chen Zhen rushed forward to support Liu Biao, and then slowly persuaded Liu Biao to go down the tower and return to his mansion in Lingling City.