Chapter 297: Cooperate with each other and the situation is reversed(1/2)
When Cao Cao sent a large army to conquer Ma Chao, the commentators said many things:
"The troops in Kansai are strong and the spears are used well. If you are not a selected forward, you can't be a leader."
Who were the discussants back then?
Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other famous generals.
Based on this record, many later generations thought that the Guanxi Army led by Ma Chao should be infantry with spears raised. In fact, this is wrong.
Because if it is just a simple spear infantry, no matter how strong it is, it will not be strong enough to make even the famous generals above fear it.
Therefore, the Kansai spearmen that those famous generals feared at the beginning should be the Xiliang cavalry who can throw long spears.
The appearance of the spear is very similar to that of a spear.
It is rare among the Han cavalry to use the spear as a weapon thrown from horseback to kill the enemy. This method is mostly spread among the cavalry of foreign races.
It is precisely because this method of killing the enemy is so unusual and so lethal that it makes all the bright and famous generals feel fear.
It is no longer visible how Ma Chao killed the famous generals of Cao and Wei, but the tragic situation of more than 2,000 Wei troops and light cavalry can be seen.
Under the fierce attack of thousands of long spears, the more than two thousand Wei army's light cavalry had suddenly been reduced by at least 30%.
The shrill wails of many comrades sounded in the ears of the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi.
The surviving Wei Jun Qingqi looked at the corpse of his comrade with holes in his body with fearful eyes.
In addition to seeing the blood flowing out of the hole, they could also see the internal organs of their comrade through the hole.
This extremely impactful scene made the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi feel the cold air on their tailbones, and quickly rushed towards their Tianling Cap.
Everyone will have fear, even the most elite soldiers.
The key lies in whether the fear created by the enemy is strong enough.
Now the fear caused by more than three thousand Xiliang cavalry is enough.
Never before had the Wei army's Qingqi seen such a brutal attack.
Under this kind of attack method, many famous generals back then found it very difficult, not to mention Xu Chu now?
Although Xu Chu had just relied on his own skills to quickly avoid the oncoming attack and successfully saved his life.
But when he stabilized his mind and wanted to command the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi to start up speed again, this time his order was covered up by the fear in the Wei Jun Qingqi's heart and could no longer take effect.
And just when the Wei army's Qingqi slowed down because of fear in their hearts, more than 3,000 Xiliang cavalry led by Ma Chao had already rushed in front of them.
In an instant, the two cavalry armies officially collided on the vast plain.
Although the fear in their hearts caused the Wei army's Qingqi to slow down, out of survival instinct they still raised their swords in their hands, thinking of confronting the Xiliang cavalry that came with a bloodthirsty aura.
But it is a pity that with the blessing of speed, they may not be the opponents of the Xiliang Cavalry, let alone now?
In the eyes of the Xiliang cavalry who were still running at high speed, the tortoise-like Wei army's light cavalry in front of them were not much different from the infantry on the ground.
Led by Ma Chao, the extremely fast over 3,000 Xiliang cavalrymen blew violently into the Wei army's light cavalry formation like a gust of wind.
And at the wind-like speed of the Xiliang cavalry, even some of the Wei army's light cavalry saw the enemy's blade coming towards their bodies.
But when their own speed is much lower than that of the enemy, their bodies have no time to react.
So not long after, screams rang out from beside the Xiliang cavalry, and streaks of blood spattered on the cold armor of the Xiliang cavalry.
And the corpses belonging to Wei Jun's Qingqi also fell weakly to the ground.
Even when the corpses of Wei Jun's Qingqi fell down, the horses under their crotches did not know what had happened, and were maintaining the inertia of their bodies and rushing forward.
From the perspective of others, the sturdy Wei Jun Qingqi were swept to the ground like extremely weak fallen leaves by the strong wind of more than three thousand Xiliang cavalry.
By this moment, the number of Wei Jun's light cavalry had been reduced by half.
This caused the surviving Wei army's Qingqi to collapse instantly.
Perhaps the Qingqi of the Wei army had not yet been completely wiped out, but the remaining people had completely lost their fighting spirit.
Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry had launched two attacks just now.
Because of the speed of the war horses, both attacks were completed in a very short time.
Therefore, in the eyes of the surviving Qingqi of the Wei army, it was equivalent to the Xiliang cavalry killing nearly half of their men in a very short period of time.
Who can withstand such an attack?
A great sense of fear instantly swallowed up the sanity of the surviving Wei Jun Qingqi.
Ma Chao led more than 3,000 Xiliang cavalry to rush through the formation of Wei Jun's Qingqi, and then turned his horse's head at an extremely fast speed, preparing to continue attacking the back of Wei Jun's Qingqi.
In the cross-formation raid just now, the Xiliang cavalry was not unscathed, but the damage was not serious.
And even if the damage is serious, Ma Chao won't care.
Because the moment the Xiliang cavalry led by him launched an attack, they were like wolves smelling blood.
For wolves, the prey will not die and the attack will not stop.
What Ma Chao didn't expect was that when he turned his horse's head, he found that the surviving Qingqi of the Wei army in front of him had already been frightened and fled in all directions.
The speed at which they fled was even faster than the speed at which they had just launched an all-out attack.
It is normal for the Wei army's light cavalry to behave like this.
Although they are all elites, they may be able to withstand a 50% battle loss rate.
But the prerequisite for achieving this is that one's own side has high morale and the battle damage is accomplished through a protracted war.
But now half of their battle losses have been caused by the enemy in a short period of time. How can they not collapse?
Although it is said that cavalry battles are never tense, some are extremely fast battles.
But the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Ma Chao was probably the only one in the world that could defeat them to such a level of battle damage in such a short period of time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The collapse of the Wei cavalry occurred as a matter of course, and even Xu Chu could not stop it by killing several deserters in a row.
Under this situation, Xu Chuyi could only give up struggling and fled toward his own infantry formation on his horse.
Xu Chu is taciturn, but he is not stupid.
Knowing that the situation was over, he would not think of taking on three thousand Xiliang cavalry alone.
Seeing the Wei army's light cavalry disintegrating in an instant and Xu Chu's fleeing back, Ma Chao's face showed a look of unfinished contentment, and the disdain in his eyes became even stronger.
The cavalry of the Wei army, without any conspiracy or machinations, or with the advantage of numbers, was still so vulnerable.
It is true that the Battle of Guanzhong ended with Ma Chao's defeat.
But it was Cao Wei's all-star team that defeated Ma Chao. Even someone as resourceful as Jia Xu was on the field, which shows how much pressure Ma Chao put on the Wei army at that time.
As for Xu Chu, he used his personal bravery to scare off Ma Chao who wanted to capture Cao Cao.
But if Xu Chu faced Ma Chao as a cavalry commander, he would not pose the slightest threat to Ma Chao.
Looking at Xu Chu's fleeing back, Ma Chao had no intention of leading his army to pursue him.
He knows what his mission today is.
Ma Chao, still unfinished, led the three thousand Xiliang cavalry and turned around. He looked at the Wei army's infantry hundreds of steps away with a playful look.
Ma Chao's eyes were like a wolf looking at a group of dying prey.
As the battle between the two cavalry armies came to an end quickly, Sun Li watched the almost one-sided massacre.
So when Sun Li saw Ma Chao turning his gaze towards him, fear appeared in his eyes.
How could it be so fast!
It was not only Sun Li who was paying attention to Xu Chu's battle, but also many Wei troops.
The Wei army was not as good at cultivating Qi as Sun Li. They could clearly see the power of the Xiliang cavalry just now.
Because they could see clearly, when Ma Chao led the three thousand Xiliang cavalry to turn their attention to them, the formation of the Wei army's cavalry became more and more turbulent.
Of course, it was not only Sun Li and the Wei army who discovered this scene, but also Mi Yang, who had been leading the Han army to fight bravely.
After seeing that Ma Chao had quickly defeated Xu Chu's light cavalry army, Mi Yang had a deeper understanding of Ma Chao's ability to lead the cavalry army.
No wonder Ma Chao was defeated so miserably in history, but his reputation is still so great.
There is only one reason for this phenomenon, and that is that Ma Chao had a very outstanding performance in the battle with Wei Jun.
And seeing that Ma Chao has not yet launched his attack again, he seems to be looking for an opportunity. How can Mi Yang, who is good at seizing the opportunity, remain indifferent?
Under the current circumstances, if Ma Chao's three thousand Xiliang cavalry are to exert their maximum power, his cooperation is still needed.
After knowing this, Mi Yang launched his latest order, which was to attack with the entire army!
In the situation just now, even the morale of the Wei army was greatly affected by the appearance of the Xiliang cavalry.
However, relying on their numerical advantage, the Wei army still maintained its offensive against the Han army.
Now Mi Yang ordered the Han army to launch an attack. His purpose was simple:
That is to use the Han army's offensive to further disrupt the Wei army's formation, even making it impossible for most of the Wei army to retreat and form a formation.
When Mi Yang's order was issued, even though the Han troops on the scene were very tired, their morale was now very high due to the brilliant performance of their own cavalry.
To be continued...