The Three Kingdoms of the Lu family

() The marching speed of Ma Teng's allied forces was obviously much faster than Lu Yi expected.Not long after the scouts of the two sides came into contact, the scouts came to report that Ma Chao's cavalry had already killed outside Tianshui City.

There was immediate chaos in Tianshui City, and countless people were terrified. It was because Ma Chao's reputation in Xiliang was too great.It has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Lu Yi originally planned to see the power of the crossbow cart launch, but when Ma Chao arrived, he could only dispel this idea. After ordering Pu Yuan to train the crossbow cart soldiers as soon as possible, he brought a group of civil and military soldiers to Tianshui City.

Two hundred paces away from the city, a group of cavalry surrounded there in a disorderly manner, seemingly out of formation, but Qianghu was best at cavalry, coming and going like the wind.Formation is not too important to them.

In front of the cavalry, Ma Chao's face was like a crown jade, he was wearing a wolf-swallowing helmet and a golden armor, and a cloak made of white tiger fur was draped over his body, looking majestic and murderous.

Seeing the commander-in-chief flag waving at the head of the city, and countless generals in armor appearing, Ma Chao knew that it was Lu Yi who had arrived. With a sideways look, he raised his golden coiled dragon spear and shouted loudly: "Lu Zicheng, I, Xiliang, and you, Su No grudges, why invade my border? Send assassins to kill Cheng Yin?"

Lu Yi laughed, knowing that it was Ma Chao who wanted to be the first to clear the Ma family's innocence, but how could he let Ma Chao do what he wanted? An angry look immediately appeared on his face, and he cursed loudly: "Ma Chao! Stop spitting blood! I will I swear, if someone from this general kills Cheng Yin, he will be killed by five thunderbolts!"

"You really didn't send someone to assassinate Cheng Yin?" Ma Chao was a little confused. Seeing Lu Yi's swearing, it seemed that he really didn't know, and there was a rare hesitation on his face.

Lu Yi laughed secretly, of course he didn't send someone to kill Cheng Yin, it was after Cheng Yin's death that Jia Xu came to tell him the news, so he could completely evade it.

But since he wanted to frame him, how could Lu Yi make it easy for Ma Chao?Immediately, he shook his head again and said: "Brother Ma, you are really serious. I know that your Ma family wants to annex Xiliang and dominate one side, but you can't be so radical, even kill your own allies, and want to frame this general. superior!"

"Lu Yi, don't talk nonsense, our Ma family is open and aboveboard, how could we do such a thing!" Ma Chao almost vomited blood out of breath, which is a typical backlash, and even looked around worriedly.

The cavalry who followed this time were not only from the Ma family alone, but also from Han Suima playing with the two of them. If this word is passed back, it will definitely cause another disturbance.

Ma Chao hurriedly stopped the conversation, pointed at Lu Yi again with the golden gun, and said with a sneer, "Lu Zicheng, don't use your tongue! I've heard that you are brave, today we dare to fight alone with me!"

"Hmph! How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? If I don't need to take the initiative, I will be able to kill you!" Before Ma Chao finished speaking, General Fenwei Zhang Xiu jumped out in a rage and shouted at Ma Chao.

"Come here, come here!" Ma Chao flaunted his power, looked at Zhang Xiu with extreme disdain, and even made a gesture of letting the horse come over.

Zhang Xiu was furious and wanted to show his bravery in front of everyone. He clasped his fists and said to Lu Yi, "My lord, please order me to fight!"

Lu Yi smiled, shook his head and said: "General Zhang, be safe and don't be impatient! This is Ma Chao's aggressive general method, and you must not be fooled! And wait until the coalition troops arrive, it will not be too late to go out to fight!"

He cupped his hands to Ma Chao outside the city and said, "Brother Ma, I would have known you to be brave and invincible, so this competition will be avoided. I would rather fight wit than strength!"

Without giving Ma Chao a chance to speak, Lu Yi turned his head when he saw only cavalrymen coming, and led them down the tower without any intention of fighting.

Ma Chao's eyes outside the city flickered coldly. He wanted to provoke the generals in the city to come out and kill the prestige of the Bingzhou army, but Lu Yi so easily dispelled it.I am really unwilling.

But Ma Chao looked left and right, all of them were cavalry, and it was impossible to attack the city, so he could only send people out to scold and fight, trying to anger the city.

Immediately, a dozen or so Xiliang cavalry with loud voices stood in front of the formation and cursed at the city.

Regarding this, Lu Yi just smiled slightly, and ordered everyone to ignore it, but ordered the generals to select smart soldiers to form ballista soldiers, and to familiarize themselves with ballista operation as soon as possible.

The coalition forces outside the city scolded for a long time, their mouths were dry from exhaustion, and seeing that they couldn't scold the Bingzhou army, they were all downcast, and came to plead guilty to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao was also extremely depressed. Looking at the heavily defended Tianshui, he resisted the idea of ​​attacking, and reluctantly led the cavalry back slowly.

Lu Yi didn't care either. All the cavalry that appeared on the first day were fast-moving cavalry, and they didn't gain much if they went out. His goal was Ma Teng's infantry, so naturally he wouldn't go out easily.

The next day, Ma Chao still came to Tianshui early, raised his voice to challenge, and brought hundreds of people with loud voices to scold together. Many people in the Bingzhou Army were full of anger, calm as Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun couldn't help but ran over. Find Lu Yi and ask to fight.

Lu Yi still shook his head, not allowing the generals to fight, but sent people to pay close attention to the movement of soldiers and horses outside the city.

On the third day, the main force of Ma Teng's coalition army arrived, and more than 2 infantry came to Tianshui together, and camped twenty miles away. Here we go, we can go to battle."

"Hahaha, since Ma Teng has arrived, how can I show weakness!" Lu Yi smiled lightly. He knew that Ma Chao had been swearing at each other for the past few days, and all the generals were holding back their anger. If he didn't vent, everyone would probably be angry. exploded.Hastily promised that the army would go to battle the next day, which made Zhao Yun and others retreat excitedly.

Early the next morning, Lu Yi left [-] troops to defend the city, and the remaining [-] troops were all dragged out of the city and formed into formations.The ones at the front are not the soldiers leading the battle, but huge shields, and behind them are huge ballistas covered in black cloth, which are pushed forward by the soldiers.There are also a small amount of thunderbolt cars mixed in.

The fighters and Wudang Flying Army stood on the two wings of the ballista as protection, and behind them were groups of infantry from the Bingzhou Army. On the left and right wings, Yan Yan led a large number of crossbowmen as protection.Not far from the army formation, there were cavalry led by Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, serving as two partial troops to prevent the coalition forces from attacking the two wings of the army.

From the whole point of view, the formation of the Bingzhou Army is mainly defensive. It seems that they want to use bows, crossbows and shields to resist the cavalry attack of the coalition forces. ,

Ma Teng, who had already set up his formation on the opposite side, sneered and shook his head: "It is said that the Bingzhou army is strong, but it is nothing more than seeing it today! Although the strong crossbow can restrain the cavalry, the old man's [-] cavalry are mere Can the shield resist it?"

Han Sui was a little worried. He recalled the pale experience last time, and hurriedly reminded: "Brother, don't underestimate the enemy. In the Bingzhou Army, there is a thunderbolt chariot that can throw flying stones and kerosene. The distance is extremely long. Last time I Because of this, the spear array was broken!"

"Oh, that's the case! It's better to send someone to test it out first!" Ma Teng had also heard about the power of the Thunderbolt Chariot, so he didn't dare to be negligent. He immediately looked around and ordered Zima Dai to lead five thousand Qiang Hu cavalry , to attack.

Ma Dai got the order, and immediately roared, brandished the steel knife in his hand, and led five thousand Qingqi to attack first.The sound of rumbling horseshoes immediately broke the tranquility of the battlefield. Countless Qiang people screamed, holding scimitars, and galloped wildly.

"My lord, the enemy army has started to attack!" Seeing Ma Teng's army move, Sun Guan squinted his eyes and kept looking at Lu Yi, waiting eagerly for Lu Yi to order to fight.

Lu Yi shook his head slightly, looked at the opposite side, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Teng's main force has not moved, this is just a probing attack! Send the order, the crossbowman is ready, the thunderbolt chariot is ready! Don't let the enemy cavalry approach!"

"promise!"

The herald rode his horse into the army at high speed and passed on Lu Yi's order. The sound of drums began to sound in the army formation, and teams of crossbowmen began to prepare their bows and arrows, aiming at the charging cavalry.

The Thunderbolt chariot with the longest range was the first to show off. A hundred Thunderbolt chariots among the crossbow carts were stripped of their black cloth, and the soldiers put the kerosene in an orderly manner and cut off the ropes.

With a buzzing sound, hundreds of red fireballs rose from the sky one after another, and smashed towards the charging cavalry. The charging Ma Madai was startled, and hurriedly urged the horse to increase the speed to the extreme.Instantly escaped from the envelope of the fireball.

The rest of the Qianghu cavalry also screamed strangely, but their speed was not much slower than Ma Dai's. They all avoided the coverage of the fireball extremely flexibly. Only a few unlucky ghosts were hit by the fireball and turned into burning men.

This undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Qianghu cavalry. With their high-speed mobility, they could easily dodge the throwing attacks of the thunderbolt chariots.

After only firing two rounds and taking the lives of less than a dozen cavalrymen, the Thunderbolt Chariot had to stop firing.Because the fast-charging cavalry had reached a distance of 150 steps.

Many good Qiang people have already started to draw their bows, screaming excitedly, preparing for a rain of arrows.

At this moment, the veteran Yan Yan brought countless crossbowmen to the front of the formation. Countless crossbows fired randomly, and there was a burst of chaotic shots towards the cavalry rushing towards them.

In fact, as early as 150 paces, the crossbow soldiers could shoot, but Yan Yan insisted on holding back until [-] paces before ordering to shoot. At such a distance, the penetrating power of the crossbow is undoubtedly stronger.

I saw a row of enemy cavalry in the front, screaming and being shot into hedgehogs with their horses, and died tragically on the battlefield. At this time, there was still a gap of fifty steps from the maximum range of the bow and arrow. The Qiang people are pure rangers, they don't even have leather armor on their bodies, they fell down like rags in the face of a strong crossbow attack.

"Hateful! The Bingzhou Army's crossbow arrows are so powerful!"

Ma Dai charged forward and received the most rain of arrows. The blade in his hand rotated, jingling to block the flying crossbow arrows, feeling the powerful force above.Ma Dai was startled and angry, he didn't care about attacking, he whistled.

The Qiang and Hu cavalry behind all reined in their horses, avoided the rain of arrows from the side, and fled back towards the army in a state of embarrassment.

Ma Teng was startled, and said in a panic: "I don't want the Bingzhou Army to be so powerful, we can't even get close!"

Han Sui smiled coldly, with a gleam of joy in his eyes, he laughed and said, "Brother, don't worry, although the defeat is small, the enemy's true strength is under control!

Look, brother, although the thunderbolt chariot is strong, it can only be thrown. It is effective against infantry, but it does not do much damage to cavalry. Only the strong crossbow is a problem. ! "

"What Brother Xian said is true!" Ma Teng's eyes lit up, and after receiving Han Sui's suggestion, he also discovered the weakness of the Perak car. It's all on you!"

"Father, don't worry!" Ma Chao smiled confidently. He had also seen the attack of the Bingzhou army. Although he was afraid of those powerful crossbows, Ma Chao was confident to fight in.

For this reason, Ma Teng even sent a group of the Ma family's most elite heavy armored cavalry to be led by Ma Chao.Although these heavy armored cavalry were not as terrifying as those from the Bingzhou army, at least they were half armored and could run amok in Xiliang.

Then, Ma Teng asked Yan Xingma to lead a group of troops, candidate Pang De and others led another group of troops to attack from the two wings first, while Ma Teng's central infantry were the last to move out and followed slowly. ,

"The coalition forces have begun to attack!"

Seeing Ma Teng approaching across the board, Lu Yi smiled slightly, and seeing that Yan Xing's troops were on the enemy's left flank, he was even more pleased. However, he did not send out his own cavalry immediately, but ordered all the crossbowmen to be dispatched. to the wings.

Suddenly, countless bows, arrows and crossbow arrows shot out from the two wings of the Bingzhou army like locusts, resisting the offensive of the two wings of the coalition army.It's just that in this way, the striker can no longer have a large number of bows and arrows to defend.

"This is your chance! Boys, follow me to kill!"

The coalition forces took the lead in attacking from both wings, in order to attract the Bingzhou army's crossbows to go to the coalition forces, and create opportunities for the coalition forces to destroy the Thunderbolt chariot.

Just when the two wings of the two sides were fighting fiercely, Ma Chao of the Chinese army let out a loud roar, pointing the golden coiled dragon gun in his hand forward, and the ten thousand cavalry behind him roared like a torrent of steel, slamming fiercely. Rolling towards the formation of the Bingzhou Army.

"My lord, can that thing really withstand such a terrifying impact?" Zhang Liao came to Lu Yi's side, and said worriedly. After all, there were thousands of horses galloping across the road. If he was rushed into the army formation, the Bingzhou army might be defeated.

Lu Yi was also a little nervous, but he had seen the horror of the ballista launch, and he had great confidence in Huang Yueying's design of this ballista, so he just smiled lightly and calmly ordered: "Let them charge! Send the order The ballista is ready to launch!"

The passionate battle drums sounded again, and a herald ran over to deliver the order holding a green flag. , It was Gao Shun who was in charge of commanding the ballista.Seeing the green flag rising, Gao Shun looked indifferent, raised his hand, and ordered someone to uncover the ballista that had been covered with a black cloth.

The few thunderbolt chariots were quickly pushed down, and these things could only be thrown away, and they did not pose much threat to the fast-moving cavalry at all.

"Ma Chao is here! Wait, who dares to fight!" Ma Chao, who was charging, did not see the ballista appearing because of the cover of the shield, but only saw the Thunderbolt chariots being pushed down quickly. He couldn't help but burst out laughing. Laughing, the impact became more violent.

The cavalry at the back also laughed wildly, without crossbows, thunderbolt chariots, even though there were a lot of shields on the opposite side, everyone believed that as long as they rushed up, even if the Bingzhou army was holding an iron shield, they would be able to hit it The smash!

Many people showed bloodthirsty expressions on their faces, imagining the pleasure of rushing into the enemy's line and killing all directions.

It's just that the charging cavalry was inexplicably excited, while Han Sui, who was watching the battle behind, suddenly felt his eyelids twitch wildly, as if he had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

Cheng Gongying next to him also frowned, feeling that something was wrong with the Bingzhou army. Facing so many cavalry attacks, the Bingzhou army didn't use bows and arrows to defend, and didn't send cavalry to resist. Do you really want to use infantry to fight against the cavalry?

Unless it's a lunatic!Even the most elite infantry cannot withstand the impact of cavalry!

"There is a problem, there is absolutely a problem!"

Han Sui and Cheng Gongying looked at each other, seeing the worry in each other's eyes, but they couldn't explain what went wrong!

"Boom boom boom!"

Thousands of horses are galloping, and at the front, there is Xiliang's first fierce general personally leading the charge of the heavy cavalry. This is absolutely a terrifying scene, enough to destroy any army formation.

Even in the Bingzhou Army, many soldiers felt pale and trembled when they heard the terrifying sound of thousands of horses trampling the ground.

Especially the soldiers holding the shields in the front felt their palms were sweating. If it wasn't for the ruthless Gao Shun commanding behind them, many soldiers would have the urge to run away.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, the enemy cavalry was approaching quickly.Almost every step forward, the faces of the soldiers in front turned paler.

Lu Yi, who was watching from the back, also felt his heart tremble, and almost couldn't bear it, he was about to pass Gao Shun, and ordered the ballista to move forward.But he finally held back.

For Gao Shun, he has unreserved trust.

There are 150 steps left!This is a very dangerous distance, it may be very long for infantry, but for cavalry, it can be killed in a few breaths.

The legs of the person holding the shield in front began to shake.Looking back at Gao Shun in horror.

Gao Shun's face was still extremely indifferent, as cold as ice, but he finally said something that made people breathe a sigh of relief.

"Shields spread out, crossbowmen, step forward!"

The shieldmen who heard the military order hurriedly dispersed, and the crossbow carts, flashing with cold light, were pushed to the front line.

"What's that?" The Xiliang cavalry who charged were slightly dazed, and looked curiously at the strange cars on the opposite side.But now that the horses have begun to charge, no one can turn back.

The cavalry in the front row leveled the iron halberds in their hands and let out bursts of roars.Ma Chao in the middle roared even more, and was about to enter the final sprint.

"put!"

Gao Shun on the opposite side gave the order to attack with a louder roar than Ma Chao.The ballista soldiers in front immediately let go of the noose, and accompanied by countless rattling and terrifying vibrations, each ballista began to roar.

The rain of arrows from the large canopy, like a terrifying huge wave, roared and shot at the charging cavalry.It was densely packed, like rows of deadly walls of knives.

The charging coalition cavalry immediately looked like rags, and even their horses and men were pierced by powerful crossbow arrows. Except for Ma Chao who was at the back relying on his martial arts skills and frantically dancing his coiled dragon spear to avoid the rain of arrows, the hundreds of soldiers in the first row The cavalry were all shot to death by crossbow arrows.

Then the second row, the third row!

Rows of charging cavalry, screaming like wheat, fell to the ground with blood flowing, and then were trampled into flesh by the cavalry behind.

The eyes of the cavalry in the back turned red instantly, and they roared angrily, hoping to kill them and avenge Paoze, but suddenly they felt severe pain in their bodies, and a crossbow arrow instantly pierced countless holes in their bodies!

The rain of arrows is endless, endless!Without the slightest break!How can this be?

The faces of all the cavalry before they died were full of horror and endless shock!

"This is a demon method! This must be a demon method!" Ma Teng, who was watching the battle, trembled immediately, and those who rushed to the front were all his elite men. In this instant, thousands of people died. Teng's heartbroken eye sockets were about to burst.

There is even more fear in his heart, it doesn't matter if the soldiers and horses are dead, his son Ma Chao, please don't worry!