The sound of "fight to the death" was as loud as a bell, and everyone in the big tent who heard it was moved.
After being silent for a long time and holding back for a long time, today, I finally heard Yan Liang’s words.
The generals present were all excited and eager to fight.
Only Jia Xu was shocked.
This poisonous martial artist had never panicked many times when he was in danger, but this time, he was frightened by Yan Liang's order for a decisive battle.
How can more than 4,000 soldiers and horses contend with cavalry whose horses are several times their own?
Jia Xu was shocked and shook his head at Yan Liang, suggesting that he should withdraw his orders.
However, Yan Liang turned a blind eye and only waved his hand to those Xiliang people and shouted: "I have accepted Ma Chao's challenge, why don't you get out of here..."
Those Xiliang people were so frightened that they almost wet their pants and hurriedly slipped out of the tent in disgrace.
There was no one else in the tent, so Jia Xu hurriedly said: "General, although Ma Chao mobilized several thousand soldiers and horses back to Guanzhong the day before yesterday, his army still only has 20,000 soldiers, and most of them are cavalry. Our army only has more than 4,000 soldiers and horses."
, how can we compete head-on with an enemy five times more powerful."
Faced with Jia Xu's worries, Yan Liang snorted, "Ma Chao is so arrogant. If I don't go to war, will the world laugh at me, Yan Liang, for being a coward?"
His words were full of confidence.
Could it be that he already has a plan in mind to defeat the enemy?
"But I don't know how the general plans to fight the enemy decisively?" Jia Xu asked suspiciously.
"How else can we fight? Of course we must line up in the field and fight head-on." Yan Liang answered lightly.
Jia Xu's expression was shocked again, and his face could not help but become more worried.
In the art of war, the only way to defeat a strong opponent is to use surprise. Jia Xu is well versed in military strategy and naturally understands its principles.
Seeing that Yan Liang was so confident, Jia Xu originally thought that he was planning to launch some surprise attack, but he did not expect that Yan Liang actually planned to fight the Xiliang army head-on in the wild.
Four thousand foot cavalry versus twenty thousand iron cavalry, in a head-on battle, there is no chance of winning.
Jia Xu frowned deeply and said hurriedly: "General, the enemy is strong and we are weak. I hope the general will think twice before acting." This was a tactful reminder to Yan Liang not to fall for Ma Chao's tricks and never act out of anger.
Yan Liang waved his hand and said, "Sir, there is no need to persuade him any more. I have already made up my mind. There will be no change in the decisive battle tomorrow." Seeing Yan Liang's determination, Jia Xu knew that further persuasion would be useless, so he could only shake his head and sigh secretly.
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The next day, noon.
Dark clouds were overthrown, and the sky and earth were dark.
The wind passed through the wilderness, and the red flags were like waves of blood.
Under the most dazzling red banner, Yan Liang, wearing black armor, stands majestically, surrounded by four thousand elites.
This time, he has come out in full force.
The earthy wind blew past his face, and Yan Liang smelled a hint of blood in the wind.
At the end of the horizon, a calm lake seemed to suddenly appear. The dazzling sunlight shone like a mirror on the lake, just like a bewildering illusion in the desert.
There were bursts of muffled thunder in the distance, and the earth trembled inexplicably.
The four thousand officers and soldiers of the Yan Army became nervous, and pairs of young eyes looked into the distance.
In the field of vision, the lake is slowly floating towards the south. For a moment, it makes people think it is an illusion.
Soon, they realized that the parallel rise was an illusion.
The roar of rolling thunder was approaching. Although it was not rapid, it was very heavy.
Getting closer.
Countless battle flags!
Countless knights!
Countless swords and guns!
It seemed to fill the field of vision in an instant.
It was a shocking scene caused by 20,000 Xiliang cavalry wearing white armor, all advancing forward.
Ma Chao, wearing white armor, walked proudly in front of the formation, the white tassels on his iron helmet flying, and the silver gun in his hand emitted a frightening cold light.
Today, he came for revenge.
Several defeats, the fall of his sister, the beheading of the envoy, everything gathered into the strongest hatred in Ma Chao's heart.
Today, he commanded 20,000 Xiliang cavalry and came here with the intention of crushing Yan Liang and his army and reestablishing his reputation as the Lion of Xiliang.
Yan Liang, who was in the military formation, immediately saw Ma Chao coming in a show of force.
In his heart, the angry magma was also rising.
Ever since Runan raised his army, no one had ever pushed him to such a point, and there had never been an enemy that made him so disgusted.
All kinds of insults, all kinds of aggression, new and old grudges, let's put an end to it today.
Yan Liang raised his sword eyebrows, raised his sword and shouted: "All troops, form formations." As soon as the war drums sounded, the emotions of the soldiers of the three armies were immediately aroused.
Five hundred shield bearers lined up in front, forming the most solid iron wall in the center of the formation. Divine cavalry guarded the left and right wings, and the iron pagoda was hidden behind the formation. In a moment, a standard mixed formation of infantry and cavalry was formed.
"This formation is very profound, but how can it withstand the impact of the Xiliang cavalry? Alas..."
Jia Xu, who was wearing armor, shook his head slightly and sighed secretly.
Jia Xu was sighing, but Ma Chao, who was a few hundred steps away, was sneering.
"Yan Liang, you finally lost your composure and dared to come out and fight me to the death. It's a pity that with just this military formation, you want to block the torrent of iron hoofs from Xiliang. You are really overestimating your capabilities." Ma Chao felt sarcastic in his heart.
He raised the silver gun in his hand slightly.
Woohoo~~
The distant horns rumbled, and the 20,000 Xiliang knights clenched their swords and guns, with murderous intent surging on their cold faces.
When the horn sound reached its loudest moment, Ma Chao swung his silver spear forward fiercely.
Twenty thousand Xiliang iron hooves burst out with a loud noise like landslides and ground cracking.
This time, Ma Chao launched an attack with the whole army. He wanted to defeat Yan Liang's army in one fell swoop and complete his victory in one battle.
The earth is trembling, and the birds in the sky are screaming.
At a glance, the tide of black noses was overwhelming, and the dim light from the clanking iron armor almost chilled the sky.
The four thousand officers and soldiers of the Yan family all looked horrified when they saw such a huge cavalry attack.
For the first time in his life, he saw the scene of 20,000 cavalry charging. Even Yan Liang, who was proud and fearless, couldn't help but feel shocked at this moment.
At the moment of the shock, the raging enemy general was already two hundred paces away, and its invincible momentum had the terrifying potential to change the color of the storm.
Yan Liang and his four thousand soldiers were like a lonely boat in the sea, as if they would soon be swallowed by the oncoming strong wind and waves.
Under this majestic shock, the hearts of all the soldiers were in their throats, and many of them seemed to have lost their will to fight.
"Stand still, the whole army. Anyone who takes a step back will be killed without mercy!" Yan Liang shouted loudly, using his power to calm the officers and soldiers' gradually wavering military morale.
Ma Chao, who was in the iron current, had a sneer at the corner of his mouth. He seemed to have seen in advance the scene of the enemy troops disintegrating and being crushed like ants by his iron hoofs.
Three hundred steps...
Two hundred steps...
The fierce cavalry craze is approaching rapidly.
As the time approached, Yan Liang shouted: "Crossbowmen, prepare."
At the command, the flag waved, the shield bearers in the front row quickly bent down, and the three hundred crossbowmen hidden behind them stepped forward.
"How can a mere 300 crossbowmen withstand the impact of 20,000 enemy cavalry? Does General Yan only place his hope of victory on these 300 crossbowmen?" Jia Xu sighed again in his heart.
Although he felt that the crossbows held by those crossbowmen were slightly different, perhaps modified and more lethal, the number was too small after all, and they could not influence the outcome of the battle.
When Ma Chao, who was galloping, saw Yan Liang's shield hands spread out and crossbowmen appeared, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
When Ju Yi defeated Gongxun Zan's white-horse righteous followers, he first lured Gongxun Zan to ride and charge, and then suddenly launched an ambush crossbowmen to defeat the white-horse righteous followers with a powerful crossbow.
However, when Ma Chao saw that the enemy's crossbowmen numbered only two or three hundred, he breathed a sigh of relief, his pride and sarcasm reappearing in his face.
"Danbai crossbowmen just want to stop my 20,000 cavalry, Yan Liang, you are just a mediocre general after all." In contempt, Ma Chao raised his arms and danced his spear, and ordered the whole army to rush forward.
In an instant, the cavalry had entered within a hundred steps.
The huge wedge-shaped impact formation, the sharpest arrow, pointed directly at the center of the military formation.
Seeing the rolling enemy cavalry entering the range of the crossbows, Yan Liang's always stern face finally revealed a mysterious sneer.
Then, he slowly moved the sword forward and said loudly: "Crossbowmen, shoot!" The crossbowmen in three rows moved upon hearing the order. The crossbowmen in the first row took a step forward and raised their hands in an unusual way.
The crossbow machine, accompanied by a shout, two hundred people triggered the mechanism at the same time.
In an instant, the rainbow rose sharply, and thousands of arrows shot out of the sky, like a dragnet, roaring towards the oncoming enemy.
In an instant, a thousand arrows.
Under the rain-like net of arrows, more than a hundred Xiliang cavalry who were in the lead were hit by arrows. The powerful lethality immediately caused a mass of people to fall on their backs.
At this time, the crossbowmen in the first row quickly pushed to the back row and quickly reloaded the arrows. The crossbowmen in the second row moved forward and continued shooting, while the crossbowmen in the third row stepped forward to prepare for shooting.
Three rows of shots were fired non-stop. In just a moment, tens of thousands of arrows were shot out.
A radius of several hundred steps, tens of thousands of arrows, equivalent to hundreds of arrows per step, so dense.
Under such a high-density and short-term arrow attack, the Xiliang cavalry rushing towards them had no time to react, and they were already shot to the point where everyone in the line was turned upside down.
With people howling and horses neighing, and dust and mist billowing, the originally raging Xiliang Army was destroyed into pieces in the blink of an eye, as if it had hit an indestructible embankment.
The four thousand soldiers of the Yan Family Army stared at the astonishing scene with their mouths open, with expressions of astonishment and inexplicable surprise, as if they had witnessed the most incredible scene in the world.
The menacing enemy collapsed almost in the blink of an eye, and the situation changed so fast that their thinking speed could not keep up.
Only Yan Liang, holding a long sword in his arms, admired the "spectacular" scene in front of him as if watching a play.
That calm and calm demeanor, as if the sudden change in front of him had been anticipated by him.
Jia Xu, who was the first to wake up from the shock, couldn't help but cast his eyes on Yan Liang and said curiously: "Yan...General Yan, this...this..."
Surprised, the poisonous man was so excited that he could not speak.
"Mr. Wenhe, why should you be surprised? I have already told you that I have my own plan to defeat the enemy." Yan Liang only smiled faintly.
After finally recovering from his excitement, Jia Xu couldn't help but exclaimed: "I didn't expect the general to be able to create such a divine crossbow. The general is truly a god."
Opposite him, Jia Xu sincerely admired him, but Yan Liang only smiled.
Immediately, his eyes burst out with unprecedented murderous intent, and his heroic face became as cold as ice.
The crossbow arrows have been used up, and it's time to deal the final blow to Ma Chao.
