Although the Shu Han army was in a hurry, they did not panic. Facing the Wei army's death squads who were charging towards them, the sword and shield bearers crowded together tightly and formed a wall with their shields. The spear bearers raised their spears.
The shining spear points pointed at the Wei army that was getting closer and closer. The crossbowmen hid behind them and fired with all their strength.
The arrows flew rapidly, whizzing and making a sound. Within a hundred steps, there was no need to aim at all. The Shu Han army's crossbowmen fired at will.
Long arrows whizzed towards the Wei army's death squads. The Wei army soldiers of the death squads roared. The soldiers in front leaned together, blocked their faces with shields, and rushed forward. The shields were too small, and they were quickly hit by arrows.
But he refused to stop and kept running with all his strength until he was shot by an arrow and turned into a hedgehog. His body was knocked down by the power of the arrow, and he suddenly fell to the ground.
Although they fell, they bought precious time for their companions behind them and advanced more than ten steps towards the Shu Han army.
When one person fell, another person immediately came up and continued to roar, quickly approaching the Shu Han army.
At a distance of more than a hundred steps, nearly half of the two hundred death squads fell.
"Kill!" A Wei army soldier with his face covered with blood roared and rushed over. When there were still four or five steps left, he threw out the sword in his hand. The sword rolled and swirled and flew towards the Shu Han who was waiting for him.
The army then jumped up and slammed into the spear formation of the Shu Han army, and ran into it without hesitation.
The sword roared, hit a shield, bounced up, and before it hit the ground, the soldier was pierced through the chest by a spear. But he did not stop running. He ignored the spear that penetrated his body.
, hit the shield hard, picked up the shield in his hand, and hit the shield hand of the Shu Han army who was facing him.
There was a "boom", the shields collided, and the Wei soldiers used their own lives to complete the Wei army's first blow.
Immediately afterwards, another Wei soldier bumped into him.
Then, another one.
The Wei soldiers bumped into the Shu Han army's spears one after another, allowing the sharp spears to pass through their bodies. Before they hit the spears, they smashed out their swords and shields, attacked the Shu Han army, and finally used their own
If possible, they would try to hug the Shu Han army and open their mouths to bite them.
This is not a group of warriors, this is a group of bloodthirsty beasts.
Although the Shu Han army was in a tight formation, they were frightened by the fierce attack of the Wei army soldiers. A shield bearer was unable to avoid it and was hugged by a dying Wei soldier. His nose was bitten off while he was still alive. He threw away his weapon and covered his face.
, let out a howl of pain, and was immediately hacked to death by another Wei soldier with a knife.
The soldiers of Wei came one after another, hitting the Shu Han army's position one after another. They didn't even have time to swing out the weapons in their hands, and were stabbed to death by the Shu Han army's spears and hacked to death with swords. However, their murderous aura that regarded death as home seriously impacted the Shu Han army.
Army morale.
After sacrificing the lives of more than 30 people, the Wei army successfully opened a gap, and fifty or sixty Wei army death squad soldiers roared in, slashing and killing.
Cao Zhi immediately ordered the crossbowmen to move forward again. More than two hundred spearmen lined up in five rows and charged towards the Wei army with neat steps.
Like those suicide squad members, these spearmen ignored the dense rain of arrows. They moved forward bravely and suffered most of the casualties. More than thirty spearmen successfully entered the Shuhan army's position. They immediately gathered together,
Forming a forest of spears, they stabbed fiercely and tenaciously widened the gap.
In a matter of moments, the front line of the Shu Han army was fighting together, and countless strangers were fighting for life and death.
Seeing the rapidly expanding battle group in the front line, Ma Su couldn't help but feel frightened. His original contempt for Cao Zhi disappeared. In his impression, Cao Zhi was of course a talented man, and this talented man was not a complimentary name, but almost a libertine.
.The Han people attach great importance to the study of classics
, light poetry and fu, and the father and son brothers of the Cao family obviously have no deep attainments in Confucian classics. What they are good at is poetry, and Cao Zhi is a typical example of it. In addition, what he did when he was fighting for the throne, left
The impression of the world is that of a slut, not a gentleman.
What's more, although Cao Zhi has led troops, he has never independently commanded a battle, let alone achieved any results. Although his tactics this time were unexpected, they were unconventional and suspected of chaos. Ma Su did not take him too seriously from the bottom of his heart.
What's more, he even decided to block Cao Zhi here, wait for Zhao Yun's arrival, and then use his superior force to kill Cao Zhi here, and then go back to deal with the three thousand cavalry.
However, he did not expect that Cao Zhi would be so decisive when he led the army for the first time, nor did he expect that Cao Zhi would win the hearts of the soldiers so much when he led the army for the first time. Every Wei soldier who went into battle seemed to be crazy, regardless of life and death, and marched forward bravely.
Ma Su did not have enough time to prepare. Many large ordnances and even the ballistas were not in place, and the thunderbolt chariots had not yet been moved out of the way. Moreover, he was not mentally prepared enough. Facing the Wei army's crazy attack at all costs, his reaction was not enough.
Quickly, he watched helplessly as Cao Zhi tore a gap in the position.
Ma Su tried his best to fight back, but Cao Zhi obviously had no intention of giving him a chance. Before the gap was really opened, Cao Zhi sent out the main force, 5,000 men to attack from the front, and another two groups of 3,000 men each to attack Ma Su's left and right wings. Ma Su
There were only 8,000 men, and there was a huge disparity in strength. The troops on the two wings were especially insufficient. Facing the fierce attack of the Wei army, the position was shaky and quickly showed a disadvantage.
Ma Su had no choice but to deploy the Chinese army to reinforce the two wings.
Seeing the Chinese army's battle flag waving, Cao Zhi showed a cruel smile. He mounted his white horse and raised his long sword high: "Guard battalion, charge with me -"
"Charge -" dozens of bodyguard knights galloped on their horses, embracing Cao Zhi and charging toward the center of the Shu army.
More than 3,000 infantrymen of the Wei army followed Cao Zhi and rushed towards the left wing of the Shuhan army, which was the weakest in the formation.
Seeing Cao Zhi personally go into battle, the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted, and their attacks became more fierce, and the Shu and Han army were firmly contained.
Three thousand Wei troops, with Cao Zhi and others as the vanguard, rushed unstoppably into the left wing of the Shu Han army. Cao Zhi took the lead, slashing left and right with his long sword, killing two people in a row, and then rushed into the formation with his horse.
Different from the impression of the world, although Cao Zhi is famous for his literary talent, he is not a weak scholar. On the contrary, he has quite good martial arts. Although he is not as famous for his swordsmanship as Cao Pi, nor is he as famous as Cao Zhang.
Although Cao Zhi was capable of fighting ligers and tigers, his martial arts were also taught by famous teachers. After a long conversation with him, Handan Chun, a famous scholar from Yingchuan, once praised him as a heavenly man. Although it was meant to be flattering, it was true that Cao Zhi was versatile in both civil and military affairs.
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In fact, although the scholars in the Han Dynasty despised warriors, there were not many who really didn't understand martial arts at all. They just looked down on those pure warriors who only knew how to fight and had no knowledge of knowledge. Cao's father and son were like this, and so was Ma Di. It was just their martial arts that made them look down on them.
Not that famous. For example, Cui Yan, a famous minister of Wei State, was a famous fencing expert, but he never showed his swordsmanship, and how many people knew about it.
These personal guards around Cao Zhi are composed of tiger warriors selected by Emperor Cao Rui and warriors arranged by Cao Zhen. Although they are not Cao Zhi's own personal guards, they are impressed by Cao Zhi's demeanor like ordinary soldiers and are willing to serve for him.
He was going through life and death. What's more, they knew very well that Zhao Yun was right behind them. If they couldn't break through Ma Di's interception as soon as possible, they might be attacked from both front and back, and they might die here.
With no way out, they had no choice but to survive. This was already doomed from the moment they crossed the Yellow River. At this moment, even Cao Zhi went into battle in person, who would hesitate?
Without much encouragement, all Wei soldiers moved forward with one heart.
One person is desperate, ten people are difficult to defeat, ten thousand people will die, and they are rampant in the world. The fifteen thousand Wei army infantry led by Cao Zhi, who had no way to retreat, broke out with astonishing fighting power and quickly captured the Shu Han army's position.
Although Ma Su screamed loudly and tried his best to organize a counterattack, his momentum was completely suppressed by the desperate Cao Zhi. In front of the furious Wei army, he did not last for an hour before the entire army collapsed.
The Shu Han army scattered and fled.
The Wei army pursued him to the north.
Cao Zhi galloped on his horse and killed them wantonly.
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Zhao Yun was extremely anxious and urged his army to advance rapidly.
He has been following Cao Zhi. Although he tried his best to catch up, he has been unable to close the distance with Cao Zhi. It was like they were in a competition, both trying their best to move forward at full speed. He could not shorten the distance, and Cao Zhi could not widen the gap.
People go one first and one behind, looking at each other from head to tail.
From the moment Cao Zhi did not go to Tongguan, but turned around and headed west at Pubanjin, Zhao Yun realized that he had been deceived. Cao Zhi's goal was not Tongguan. The reason why he had been traveling south along the west bank of the Yellow River after coming out of Huanglong Mountain
,At once
The purpose was to make him mistakenly think that he was going to Tongguan, so he followed him closely instead of marching on the west side of Cao Zhi. Now, Cao Zhi achieved his goal and successfully threw him behind him, finally revealing himself.
his true intentions.
Although Zhao Yun understood it, he had no choice but to pursue it with all his strength. He knew very well that Ma Di was on his way east, and he was likely to meet Cao Zhi head-on. Cao Zhi had 15,000 people, while Ma Di only had 10,000 people.
There are still people left to defend the city, and they can only bring seven or eight thousand people at most. The difference in strength between the two is nearly double. In addition, the Wei army will risk their lives and survive, so they will definitely go all out. Once they engage in battle, the situation will be very unfavorable to Ma Su.
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Zhao Yun did not dare to hope that Ma Di could defeat Cao Zhi. He only hoped that Ma Di could block Cao Zhi's way and delay Cao Zhi. In this way, as long as he arrived in time and joined forces with Ma Su, he would have enough military advantage and be sure to inflict heavy damage.
He even defeated Cao Zhi's army.
From the march route in just a few days after Cao Zhi passed the pass, the experienced Zhao Yun already knew what kind of opponent he encountered. At this time, he also understood why Cao Rui left a general like Sima Yi unused, but let a general like Cao Zhi
Clan clans that have never fought a war go to war.
This is the sharpest sword of the Cao family.
Cao Cao was versatile in both civil and military affairs, and he was a god in military use. Each of his sons had their own inheritance. Cao Pi inherited his power, Cao Zhang was brave and a rare general, and Cao Zhi undoubtedly inherited his military skills. But Cao Zhi inherited his military skills.
Because of his status, he has never had the opportunity to perform.
Now, the sharpest sword of the Cao family is finally unsheathed.
Can Ma Di be able to stop him? Zhao Yun didn't dare to have any extravagant hopes.