Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 543 Marsh Confrontation
On the ninth night of October, according to Cao Cao's arrangement, Cao Jun's ships suddenly sailed from the Yellow River into the Weishui River. Thousands of ships were divided into three groups and built a pontoon bridge to connect the north and the south.This is the benefit of having a lot of money, which can quickly mobilize resources and make you hard to guard against.

When Ma Chao got the news and personally led the troops to attack, he discovered that Cao's army had already used the pontoon bridge to reach more than [-] people on the south bank.There was no time to set up camp. In order to consolidate the landing point seized on the south bank, all [-] Cao troops stood in the howling wind.

Ma Chao was a little hesitant when he saw the Cao army that had already formed an array. Although there was no camp defense, it was like an impregnable wall: all rows of Cao troops stood in front of them with heavy armor and held large shields.

Ma Chao ordered Pang De to lead two thousand light cavalry to try to charge the formation, but before he was close to being shot by five hundred archers, the big shields were so densely packed that they couldn't move at all, and it would be useless for the pikemen to line up.After thousands of people were lost, Ma Chao sent an order to withdraw his troops and watched Cao Jun from afar.

"Brother, what should we do?" Ma Dai asked anxiously.

"What are you panicking? You didn't see that Cao Jun is already unable to cross the river. He can only defend this small area. It has suddenly become cold these two days. He has no camp to defend, no tent to live in, and he will freeze to death."

Ma Chao looked at it for a while and said: "You and Ling Ming each lead 5000 people. If you see that Cao Jun is about to set up camp, go and harass him. As long as he can't set up a camp, he can't garrison on the south bank and retreat naturally. If there is any change, report to me immediately!" After speaking, he rode back to the camp.

Sure enough, as Ma Chao expected, Cao Jun wanted to set up camp, and Ma Dai and Pang De took turns to attack without giving Cao Jun any space.Cao Jun wanted to excavate soil to build a wall, but found that it was all sand and soil that could not be rammed. It collapsed within less than two feet of the pile, and there was no vegetation and no fence, so they had to rely on soldiers to form a long base for defense.

Thinking that Cao Jun was about to freeze in the cold all night, Ma Dai and Pang De laughed and withdrew their troops back to camp at night.

At dawn, Ma Chao and the others were still having breakfast, and came to report to Ma Chao: "General, Cao Ying built several walls in one night!"

Surprised, Ma Chao dropped his chopsticks and took the two of them out of the camp to watch.I saw that Cao Ying really built a long barrier nearly five miles long and five feet high, which glowed coldly under the sunlight.It turned out that after Cao Cao learned that he could not set up camp, he asked around for advice. Someone suggested: Now that the weather is suddenly cold, water can be poured into ice, and the pile of sand can be changed into water, so as to build a sand and ice wall for the city!And Cao Jun has all shrunk behind the ice wall to defend, and tents have been set up inside the wall.

Ma Dai and Pang De looked at each other: how could this happen?
Without saying a word, Ma Chao took out a dart from his watch pouch, patted his horse and ran towards Cao Ying, shouted and threw the dart at a distance of nearly a hundred steps. The dart drew a perfect arc and hit the ice wall before breaking.

Ma Chao looked at it for a while and pulled the horse back, his face was already livid.Not only him, Ma Dai and Pound also changed their faces, this wall is so strong!
"Let the two of you each bring 2000 troops to break the camp, and pay off the crime!"

Before the Xiliang iron cavalry approached, thousands of arrows were fired from inside the wall, knocking off nearly a thousand people, and the two of them could only look at the wall and sigh.Sighing and sighing, because they found that with the protection of the ice wall, Cao Jun began to increase troops to the south bank again.

"Brother, what should I do?"

"Go back!" Ma Chao returned to the tent. "Immediately prepare more torches and fire starters, sneak out of Cao Ying at night and throw torches inward, and destroy them with fire!"

At night, Pang De came back shortly after leaving the camp, his face full of helplessness. "General, the torches on the ice wall of Cao Ying are as bright as day, and it is impossible to approach."

"Impossible!" Ma Chao stood up, then sat down again, with a wry smile. "Cao Cao doesn't need to keep any more troops on the north bank. He must have demolished the pontoon bridge. Why is there no fire starter? Tomorrow, I will personally go to his camp to challenge!"

On the [-]th and [-]th day of October, Ma Chao went to Cao Ying to challenge him, but Cao Jun ignored him.On the [-]th, Ma Chao challenged again.

"Meng Qi, your father is now a high-ranking official in Yedu, why did you rebel if I treated you well?"

Cao Cao is here.Three days was enough time for Cao Cao to move his army to the south bank, and Cao Cao naturally came to the front of the battle.

"Cao thief, don't be so sweet. You coaxed my father to Yedu. If you hadn't thought about the existence of my tribes in Xiliang, you would have murdered him long ago. I advise you to send my father back quickly, and I can let you go back." Go, or this place will be your death!" Ma Chao rode his horse back and forth. "Ma Chao from Xiliang is here, does anyone dare to fight me?"

Xu Chu had long held back his anger: "My lord, please allow me to go out of the camp to take the horse's head!"

Ma Chao had already seen Xu Chu: "Are you a tiger idiot? I've never seen anyone who hides behind a wall and speaks out loud!"

"You are allowed to fight, the horse is brave, Zhongkang be careful!"

"Decree!" Without saying a word, Xu Chu got on his horse with a knife in hand, and rode up to Ma Chao alone.

The two looked at each other a few times, their aura was evenly matched, and they did not speak too much, and they killed each other with swords and guns at the same time.Xu Chu has come into contact with a lot of opponents with guns. Zhang embroidery is full of tricks, his jaw is calm and heavy, while Ma Chao is fast, accurate and ruthless!Every move seems to have been exhausted, but it is effortless to change moves in the middle.It had been a long time since he had encountered such an opponent. Xu Chu's slashing blades were flying, and the more he fought, the more excited he became.

Ma Chaoyue became more and more frightened. Cao Cao's camp had become difficult to break through. He had to rely on his own force to kill the generals of the opponent to lower the morale of Cao's army and improve the prestige of his own army. Unexpectedly, he picked a tough bone.

In the [-]th round, there was no winner between the two, Ma Chao was anxious, he shot his horse and left, Xu Chu patted his horse and hurried away.Ma Chao handed over the gun to his left hand, and took out Fei Lao from his bag with his right hand, turned around and shot Fei Lao straight to Xu Chu's face.

Xu Chu knew that Ma Chao was undefeated and there was deceit in his approach, so he was always on guard, when he saw something flying towards him, he ducked to dodge it, and raised his saber without stopping.Seeing that Xu Chu didn't stop and Fei Lao couldn't use Fei Lao, Ma Chao had to drag Fei Lao back, but unexpectedly the rope was wrapped around Xu Chu's broadsword, and Xu Chu unintentionally broke Ma Chao's coup.

The two were competing on horseback at the same time. Although Xu Chu had great strength, the rope was entangled with the blade, consuming more energy.Ma Chao had no intention of competing with Xu Chu again, and immediately slammed his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards Xu Chu with a gun in his left hand.

Taking advantage of the slack in the rope, Xu Chu shook off Fei Lao and pulled out the horse to rescue him. He secretly pulled out the arrow, turned around and shot the arrow, and Ma Chao knocked the arrow into the air with Fei Lao.Xu Chu made a circle and greeted him back, and Ma Chao put away Fei Lao.

The two faced each other again and stared at each other.

The back and forth happened only in an instant, and the Xiliang army and the Cao army let out thunderous cheers. "Okay!" The generals were terrified. If it were themselves, they would be hard to resist.

"Why don't you and I change horses and fight again?" Ma Chao spoke first.

"Right on my mind!"

The two changed horses and fought for another fifty rounds, still tied.When Han Sui learned that Ma Chao was fighting Xu Chu, he also led Liang Xing's men to watch the battle. Half of their minds were on watching the two fight, and the other half were watching Cao Ying. The more they watched, the more flustered they became.

The night came soon, and Xu Chu called out, "How dare the horses light up the lamp to fight at night?"

(End of this chapter)