On the vast land, on the vast plains of hundreds of miles, groups of ants are busy. When ants of different colors come into contact with each other, the bright red blood makes the land red.
If the sky has eyes, then the sky above is probably such a scene.
However, as a member of the ant, Ma Chao had no time to have so many feelings. Ma Chao's elite troops are worthy of being well-trained elite troops. Under Ma Chao's shouting and swaying the command flag, they were only one hundred.
In fifty breaths, Ma Chao's troops had changed from attacking to defensive state, and the dense and orderly fish scale formation had already formed.
However, in order to change this formation, more than three thousand precious lives have disappeared. In the short time of the formation, the cavalry sent by Guan Yu had already run twice in front of Ma Chao's troops, each time intensively
The rain of arrows was like peeling potato skins, cutting down Ma Chao's troops thinly. Even if Ma Chao's troops were all equipped with a wide shield to protect them, the sideways they showed when they moved became
Their fatal wounds and the sleeveless leather armor they wore were even more like paper, which could not stop the puncture of the sharp arrows of the thrusts.
More than 3,000 lives and more than 3,000 brave warriors are very precious to Ma Chao. But now, although Ma Chao doesn't know how many warriors he has lost, the price of all this is
In Ma Chao's mind, that's still very worth it.
The principle of value for money and equivalent exchange is not feasible on the battlefield. It can achieve the best strategic purpose at the lowest price. Such sacrifice is worth it.
At this time, the small square formation composed of fifty people, like layers of fish scales, quickly expanded and stabilized. The members of these small square formations cooperated with each other and used shields to block each other's comrades-in-arms.
.The wing loopholes in the front, back, left and right sides have disappeared. The damage that Guan Yu cavalry can cause is no longer as great as it was at the beginning. Moreover, due to the changes in the formation, the distance between small square arrays expanded and filled, and the extension of the two wing troops.
, the subsequent troops supplement the central army, and the front line is lengthening. The movement range of Guan Yu's thunder cavalry is gradually being restricted. The Mercedes' Mercedes' Mercedes' Mercedes-Benz route is blocked by fish scale square formations. Unless Guan Yu's thunder cavalry unit
No longer concerned about the overall formation of the main battlefield, retreat greatly to widen the distance to attack, or simply fight with Ma Chao's infantry phalanx without fear of sacrifice. Otherwise, the mobility of Guan Yu's cavalry will eventually be Ma Chao's
Stifled by the infantry phalanx.
Ten steps, twenty steps, and thirty steps, Ma Chao's infantry formation was unswervingly surrounded, and forced Guan Yu's cavalry troops step by step and Guan Yu's main formation.
At this time, Guan Yu's anger had long disappeared. Guan Yu was not a fool, and the temporary command of Ma Chao's troops was chaotic, and Guan Yu couldn't see it. There must be something strange about this. The attack of Ma Chao's troops was definitely not organized in advance.
It can be seen from the inconsistent charges between the small troops when they attacked.
Guan Yu, whose anger disappeared, appreciated Ma Chao's command ability. It was not easy to adjust the formation at the moment of battle in the chaos army. Especially this formation actually threatened him.
The functions of the thunder cavalry are amazing.
However, Guan Yu was not too worried about the danger of his troops. After all, the speed of the thunder cavalry was far higher than that of Ma Chao's infantry. It would take a certain amount of time for Ma Chao's infantry to completely limit the movement of the thunder cavalry. And this
For Guan Yu's troops, it is absolutely powerful. Even if you put aside this period of time, how many Ma Chao's troops can be shot and killed by the thunder cavalry. Just because Guan Yu is standing high and looking far, what he sees
The overall battle situation would definitely make Guan Yu satisfied that when Ma Chao's troops completely restricted the movement of his cavalry, the troops of his five camps would definitely be able to complete a perfect encirclement.
Now, Ma Chao's left rear wing Li Ru's soldiers were almost gone and completely separated from the battle sequence. And Ma Chao's right rear wing Zhang Xun's soldiers were attacked from the flank by Huang Zhong and Huaxiong.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou's soldiers were siegeing Zhang Xun's troops without the interception of Li Ru's troops. As long as Zhang Xun's troops were finished, Ma Chao's troops would not be in a jar.
In addition to the overall situation that is about to win, Guan Yu is also sure that he does not care about the counter-encirclement of his thunder cavalry by Ma Chao's troops. After all, Guan Yu's troops have more than just the thunder cavalry, and the restrictions on the thunder cavalry by Ma Chao's troops are, that's another
For the extension of the formation, when Ma Chao's infantry formation is thin to a certain extent, Guan Yu can allow his strong cavalry to launch an assault at any time. Although the casualties of strong cavalry will be very high when attacking the dense formation, Guan Yu is reluctant to leave it.
Guan Yu would never care about the assault of the strong cavalry against the thin formation. That formation is just a piece of paper for the strong cavalry and will not cause any damage to the strong cavalry.
But at this moment, something that surprised Guan Yu.
With Ma Chao's silence, a red flag in Ma Chao's formation swayed. The soldiers in the front row of Ma Chao's troops, holding shields in their left and spears in their right, made a strange move. With this move, about five thousand
A spear came out of his hand, and passed a beautiful arc in the sky, piercing towards the thunder cavalry who was swimming fifty steps away. The muddy ground made the thunder cavalry unable to maximize its absolute speed.
Covering the area, leaving the thunder cavalry nowhere to escape.
A forest of spears stood in front of everyone in an instant. However, this forest was like a devilish forest, with blood at its roots. His soil was corpses.
About two thousand thunder soldiers were killed by these spears in this moment.
The terrified cavalry instantly opened the distance from Ma Chao's troops to ensure safety.
Guan Yu was so surprised. He really didn't expect that after half a fight, the weapon was brought out. Although Guan Yu was surprised, it did not affect Guan Yu's command. The war was full of surprises. It just depends on who touched the commanders of both sides.
There are even fewer surprises.
What Guan Yu is more troubled now is that what is the maximum range of the spearhead who is not sure about Ma Chao's troops?
Guan Yu, who was standing on the observation stage with a clairvoyance in his hand, had already seen that the projection of Ma Chao's troops just now was definitely not a temporary intention, but a long-term training. Just look at their soldiers who threw spears, their bodies
Tall, thick arms, after throwing, he took out another spear in his hand, and Guan Yu understood.
However, if you want to know the maximum range of the spearheads of Ma Chao's troops, you need to measure your lives, which is difficult for Guan Yu to accept.
Guan Yu immediately sent an order: "Send the cavalry to maintain the maximum range to fight against the enemy."
The flag swayed and the order was passed down.
Guan Yu watched the battle continue coldly. If Ma Chao's spearhead's range was larger than that of his own cavalry, he would have lost this time. Then he would have accepted it.
However, Guan Yu's speculation was not wrong. The range of Ma Chao's spearhead was obviously not as far as the maximum range of the thunderbolts. For a time, Guan Yu's thunderbolts and Ma Chao's infantry formation returned to the initial state of fighting.
However, the effective damage of the thunder cavalry is even smaller at this time.
At this time, Ma Chao was also facing an embarrassing state. Not to mention the battle between the infantry phalanx and the enemy cavalry, the battlefield information sent back by Ma Chao's rear wing sentry also made Ma Chao worried.
Li Ru's troops are said to have retreated, and Zhang Xun's troops are also retreating. If his army has not made plans early and when the people siege, it will be too late for him to leave. If he fights alone, he will definitely be done.
Ma Dai and Pang De around Ma Chao also understood the steepness of the battle. Pang De said earnestly to Ma Chao: "Young Master, please take your brothers and retreat. I will lead five thousand brothers here to cut off the rear for you. We cannot
All of them are here. Young Master, you still have great achievements but have not succeeded yet. The general is still waiting for you to take them back."
Ma Chao felt warmth in his heart, and Ma Chao's eyes felt moist. But Ma Chao was definitely not an emotional person. Ma Chao hid all this in his heart. Ma Chao said to Pang De: "Okay. I'll give it to you here.
.Be sure to come back alive.”
Pang De nodded vigorously.
Ma Chao resolutely turned around and led the team to retreat. Pang De resolutely led a team of five thousand soldiers to hold on.
Under the command of Pang De, the five thousand left behind gave up advancing, reduced their formation, and formed a dense square formation. The shield-holding soldiers on the outside all inserted the large shields into the ground. Perhaps it was
The land after the rain was soft, perhaps because of the unique function of the sharp lower corner of the entire large shield. The large shield was easily inserted into the ground, forming a wall made of shields. The soldiers holding the shields resisted them even more tightly.
Shield. This made Guan Yu estimate that even the powerful assault of a strong cavalry would not penetrate the city wall composed of this shield. What's more, the spears shining behind the shield can definitely cause fatality to any cavalry that attacks forcibly.
harm.
This formation is really interesting. It is still very different from the "Divine Turtle Ten Thousand Salutes Formation". Guan Yu smiled slightly.
Since you are determined to be beaten, I will fulfill your wishes. Guan Yu sent an order: "Order the thunder soldiers to surround them and shoot."
At the same time, Guan Yu also sent an order to ask Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Hua Xiong, Huang Zhong and the other troops to give way to Ma Chao's troops who broke through, and then chase and shoot behind them with thunder soldiers.
The power of Ma Chao's spearheads in the army still caused some concerns to Guan Yu. At close range, the power of these spearheads was too great, and the damage caused by the spear was far more powerful than that of the bow and arrow. However, the interception was
It is definitely necessary to fight Ma Chao's troops at close range. Guan Yu doesn't want his troops to do such unnecessary casualties. After all, the combat intention has been achieved. It is better to let the troops hang Ma Chao and the others' tails to chase them.
.
Guan Yu's command was very successful. The results of the battle were soon revealed.
Pang De's rear-breaking troops were shot with a large number of casualties under the continuous shooting of the thunder cavalry bows and arrows. After Ma Chao's troops left for a certain period of time, Pang De gave up his perseverance and made the soldiers surrender, but he chose to break through. Although Pang De was defeated,
He got a lot of sharp arrows, but with his suddenness of breaking through among a group of surrendered soldiers, and with his extraordinary martial arts and excellent war horses, Pang De still successfully broke through without the generals intercepting him.
The troops that Ma Chao broke through were not intercepted at all, and Guan Yu's troops did not suffer any losses. The subsequent cover caused a large number of casualties in Ma Chao's troops.
However, although Ma Chao's infantry unit could not escape Guan Yu's cavalry unit. However, there is a story. The two brothers were chased by a hungry tiger. The person running behind was worried that the two would be chased by the tiger and eaten by the tiger.
.The person running in front laughed happily: "I can't run away from the tiger, but I can run past you. When the tiger catches up with you and eats you, I run away."
And it is true. Ma Chao's troops could not escape Guan Yu's cavalry, but Ma Chao's elite troops were definitely much more flexible than Zhang Xun's mobs. What's more, Zhang Xun's troops were originally subjected to Huang Zhong and others.
In the case of assault, the troops were already a little inflexible in command. And when Zhang Xun faced absolutely unfavorable battle situations, he did not organize a counterattack or retreat well, but instead took the lead in fleeing with his own imperial guards.
This made Zhang Xun's troops run away like a group of headless flies.
One hundred thousand soldiers, this is not a small number. Although Zhang Xun's troops may not be so many now. However, on this muddy land, on the battlefield where the speed of cavalry was extremely slowed down, this group of defeated soldiers was huge.
, it also greatly caused chaos on the battlefield and greatly affected the pursuit speed of Guan Yu's troops. Especially these running Zhang Xun troops must be determined to resist stubbornly, that is simple for Guan Yu's troops.
Some of these soldiers who ran away from the scattered soldiers chose to surrender when they were chased. This made it difficult for the surrendered army, which had the tradition of surrendering, and had to treat them differently, and gathered the surrendered soldiers to take care of them.
.This greatly slows down the speed of the troops' pursuit and greatly increases the difficulty of the pursuit. Fortunately, this battle is not the main purpose of annihilation of the enemy. Moreover, these surrendered soldiers are also great spoils and great wealth. Therefore,
Guan Yu's troops were still sweeping happily.
It was not until ten miles away that when he saw the camp of Li Ru and his coalition forces, Guan Yu's pursuers stopped their pursuit.
Li Ru! I must kill you! The moment Ma Chao, who suffered huge losses, sweared in his heart at the moment he stepped into the camp gate.