Chapter 281: Poison Warriors Divorce on the Third Front 4
Seeing that his situation was hopeless, Ma Chao was no longer interested in fighting, so he swung a shot and rode his horse away.
Ma Chao's withdrawal made Xiahou Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.
The battle just now was really dangerous. Ma Chao's attack moves were fierce and he wanted to kill himself every shot. Being able to hold on to his hands for fifty rounds was already Xiahou Yuan's biggest limit. After fifty rounds, Xiahou Yuan's hands were extremely sore, even the spear was a little unsteady, and the strength in his body was exhausted. If Ma Chao did not retreat, he would probably die within three rounds.
Fortunately, Ma Chao saw that the situation was not good, and he did not realize that he was exhausted and ran away early, otherwise he would have really died in battle.
Although Ma Chao ran away, at least 7,000 Liangzhou cavalry were killed in battle, and the remaining 3,000 people surrendered or fled.
On our side, the shield soldiers were lost to about 2,500, and the tiger and leopard cavalry were about 400.
It has to be said that the results of this battle are quite good at annihilation of a cavalry team of ten thousand people at the cost of less than three thousand people.
Although Liangzhou is a place where horses are produced, it is still quite difficult to form ten thousand cavalrymen.
If Ma Teng's personality was slightly softer, he might have been able to cry directly.
Xiahou Yuan was very gloating about this. Who told you to be unable to get along with us for nothing and to force you to send troops to attack Chang'an? Since you have become an enemy, your pain and sorrow will naturally be our happiness and joy.
Although Jia Xu's face was still gloomy, there was a smile on his lips.
The destruction of the Liangzhou cavalry was originally expected and was nothing, but as the initiator of everything, Jia Xu still felt a sense of slight pride in his heart.
However, Jia Xu's plan has just begun now.
It can be said that eliminating this Liangzhou cavalry is just the first link in Jia Xu's series of plans. Eliminating the Liangzhou cavalry is just the beginning of everything and is far from over.
However, Jia Xu was confident that as long as his plan went smoothly, the final victory in the Battle of Chang'an would be within reach for Cao's army.
After talking to Xiahou Yuan secretly and telling the other party in detail about his specific thoughts, Xiahou Yuan's eyes lit up, and he obviously recognized and appreciated Jia Xu's plan.
————————————————————————————————————————— Looking at Ma Chao who was like a defeated rooster in front of him, Ma Teng's heart was filled with bitterness and depression.
Ten thousand cavalrymen were wiped out like this? You know, those were ten thousand Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, the elite cavalry of Liangzhou!
I was still proud yesterday, hoping that my cavalry could annihilate the reinforcements of Cao's army and then take down Chang'an City in one go.
But I never thought that a day later, there were less than a hundred cavalrymen returning!
Cavalry is different from infantry. Cultivating and training 10,000 cavalry alone costs a lot of military expenditure. But now, it’s better that it’s all defeated in just half a day.
Such heavy losses made Ma Teng almost want to go wild.
"A bad boy! A bad boy!" Ma Teng pointed at Ma Chao and cursed loudly, "When you received the order, did you promise to wipe out the other party? Why are you fighting like this now? Almost all of your cavalry are dead. Why do you have the face to come back to see me alone?"
As the chief general who commanded the Liangzhou cavalry, Ma Chao was naturally responsible for the defeat. In Ma Teng's view, the destruction of the Liangzhou cavalry was caused by Ma Chao's improper command.
If it weren't for Ma Chao's own son, Ma Teng might have just dragged him down and killed him.
"Shoucheng, things have come to this point, and it's useless to be angry. It's better to consider the next countermeasures." Han Sui, who was standing beside him, tried to persuade Ma Teng.
Han Sui is also a famous wise man in Xiliang, and he can see clearly. Ma Chao really doesn’t have much responsibility for this failure.
The idea of using cavalry to annihilate Cao's reinforcements is certainly good, but what is unexpected is that Cao's elite tiger and leopard cavalry was actually hidden among the reinforcements. In addition, Cao's army has helped, and all combat arrangements are arranged very well. It can be said that they are just waiting for their cavalry to die. Faced with such a clever layout, no matter which general Ma Chao is replaced, they will probably have the same end.
Of course, although Han Sui advised Ma Tengxi to be angry, he did not intend to tell the other party about his analysis. Ma Teng's idea was Ma Teng's idea. Therefore, strictly speaking, the failure of this battle was still Ma Teng's responsibility because of his poor thinking. If Han Sui explained the reason to Ma Teng in detail, it would be like a slap in the face. Although he and Ma Teng were sworn brothers, it was just because of the unification of interest relations. There was no deep moral relationship between them. If they really slapped each other in the face, they might offend the other party. Han Sui was shrewd and only considered for himself. Now that the relationship with Ma Teng became stiff, it would not be beneficial for him. Of course, he was unwilling to do such offends.