Chapter 595 Unexpected
As the trumpet sounded, Cao Jun's front army was already advancing in small steps, preparing to charge.
The Han army's front army did not have any arrangements and could only resist the enemy physically.
Seeing the pointed cone-shaped front troops of Cao's army aimed at him, Ma Su became even more panicked - what did the military book say when encountering this kind of situation?
There was no time to think too much. Cao Jun started jogging, then gradually accelerated, rushing towards this side like an iron stream.
Ma Su thought that he could be like the prime minister, chatting and laughing, making the three armies obey orders, strategizing, and playing with the enemy at the palm of his hand.
But when he actually faced the enemy, he found that his hands and feet were trembling slightly. For a moment, he felt that his eyes were blank...
Although Huang Xi, the general brought over by Ma Su, was trembling, he was finally sober and pushed Ma Su quickly, "General, give the order quickly! The Cao thieves are coming."
“The order is given, yes, don’t panic.”
Ma Su was pushed awake, looking at the torrent ahead, feeling the vibration under his feet, his lips trembling, trying to force himself to calm down.
It’s over!
Huang Xi felt a chill in his heart. General Ma usually liked to discuss military strategies. He thought he was a rare general. Why did he look like this now when he was on the battlefield?
Thinking of this, his eyes glanced behind him.
On the contrary, Ma Su finally regained consciousness after being pushed. Even though he was inexperienced, he knew he had to resist at this time.
Otherwise, being driven back to the street pavilion like the defeated army in Lueyang would be considered a fate. It is not impossible to be directly trampled on the ground by horse hooves and die among the rebels.
At that moment, he gritted his teeth, pulled out his long sword, and issued the first command, "Fire the arrow!"
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang knew that he did not have many generals in his hands, so when training his soldiers, he attached great importance to the discipline of his soldiers.
Although there was chaos in the rear, the soldiers in the front were already in formation, just waiting for the commander's order.
Seeing that Cao Cao's cavalry was about to rush forward, an order finally sounded from behind. The soldiers instinctively fired arrows according to the training requirements, and the first batch of arrow feathers was finally shot out.
Unfortunately, the distance was already too close, and the optimal distance for shooting arrows was lost. The crossbow only had time to shoot one wave, and the second wave of arrows was also sparse.
Although the leader of Cao's thieves fell off his horse, more people had already rushed up and hit the Han army's front army hard.
The Han army's front army formed a temporary formation and was suddenly torn open.
The flag of the Chinese army was raised again, and the Han army behind them shouted and rushed to make up for it. After all, the shaky front line was not broken.
Cao's cavalry quickly dispersed from both sides and turned around to reorganize their formation.
Although the first wave of impact was blocked, Ma Di was heartbroken because he knew that his temporary weak formation could not be sustained for a long time.
He was about to take the opportunity to turn back and gather the rear army. How could Zhang He give him this opportunity?
The first charge was just a test, but it was enough for Zhang He to roughly understand the situation of the Han army.
Although the horses brought here are not too many, this is not the time to care about the horses.
This Han army coming from the east is obviously the garrison coming from Jieting. As long as they defeat the opponent, there should not be many people in Jieting, and they can be easily taken at that time.
So the second attack arranged by Zhang He was much more violent, directly breaking through the front row of the Han army and fighting with Ma Di's middle army.
Unfortunately, the rear army was disrupted by Lueyang's troops at the very beginning and could not provide support for a while.
More importantly, after this fighting, the infantry behind Cao Jun had already caught up.
Although Ma Su tried his best to resist, in this case, the infantry and the cavalry met rashly, and he was already at a disadvantage.
But he didn't have much experience. Facing a famous general like Zhang He, how could he take advantage and use manpower to reverse the disadvantage?
The defeated army in Lueyang took the lead in fleeing. The rear army saw that the front army collapsed. The Chinese army fought hard and was at a disadvantage. At the moment, its morale was low and it had no fighting spirit.
Cao's cavalry has already circled around, preparing to attack from the flanks.
Ma Su's left branch and right branch are weak and increasingly deficient.
When news of the flank's defeat came, the soldiers at the front were finally unable to resist. Ma Su no longer had the mobile troops on hand to respond in time, and the entire formation finally fell into disarray.
Ma Su did not know whether intentionally or unintentionally, he was surrounded by the defeated army and retreated.
At this time, the sentinel was able to pass the news of Ma Di's encounter with Zhang He to the street pavilion. Liu Yin was dumbfounded on the spot: When will Fanxudao be able to march with the army? How could Thief Cao defeat Lueyang so quickly?
Liu Yin although Liu Yin disapproved of Ma Di leading the army to leave easily when the situation in Lueyang was unclear, so as to prevent the street pavilion from being attacked by Cao's thieves from the south.
But his thinking actually has one thing in common with Ma Di, that is, there will not be too many Cao thieves coming from Fanxu Road. With the strength of Li Sheng's hands, even if he cannot defeat them, he can at least defend the city.
The difference is that Liu Yin believed that as long as Lueyang held on for a few days, Cao's thieves would have no choice but to retreat.
Ma Su believed that he could cooperate with Li Shengli of Lueyang and annihilate Cao's army.
Neither of them thought that Cao Jun could break through Lueyang's defense line.
What Liu Yin didn’t expect was yet to come.
He thought that the sentinel had detected the wrong situation, so he sent several groups of troops to check the situation without giving up.
This time the sentry report came back even more shocking: General Ma was also defeated.
Not only was Ma Su defeated, he was defeated very quickly and had already fled this way.
Liu Yin confirmed the news. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning on the spot, with a look of tragedy on his face, "What a great man! The great situation of the Northern Expedition was ruined by your hands! You are truly the sinner of the Han Dynasty through the ages!"
“General, what should we do?”
The general asked with a pale face.
"What else can we do, we can only stick to the street pavilion and worry about the whole country!"
Liu Yin's eyes were filled with determination. He no longer bothered to find out why Zhang He was able to defeat Lueyang first and then defeat Ma Su one after another. The most important thing now was to quickly arrange for soldiers to guard the street pavilion.
"Now that the way back is cut off, only General Feng's 10,000 horses at Longguan Pass can return to rescue Jieting."
Feng Yong is already the highest-ranking general he can contact at present. Once the street pavilion is lost, the army in Longguan Pass will have no choice but to wait for death, so Liu Yin sent a messenger as soon as he realized what he was doing.
As for how Feng Yong will decide after receiving the news, it is not up to Liu Yin. The only thing he can do now is to try his best to stay for two more days.
Soon, broken troops came in groups from the west of the street pavilion.
“Open the door, open the door quickly! The thief is coming!”
The defeated army in disheveled clothes ran to the gate of the village and shouted loudly.
Liu Yin stood on the wall of the wall with a stern expression, "The battle is ahead, so don't open the camp gate privately! If you don't want to wait to die, quickly go around to the back of the wall and assemble on your own. I will help you block it here."
The defeated army ran all the way, just thinking about escaping from the pursuit of Cao's thieves. The camp in front of them seemed to be the best place to hide.
Now that he heard Liu Yin's words, he was extremely frightened, and with the instinct of survival, he immediately started to curse, "Thief! Do you want me to die at the hands of the thief? Open the door quickly!"
Someone took the lead, and the soldiers following behind started making loud noises, with the intention of attacking the gate of the village.
However, during Liu Yin's southern expedition, he was often sent as a vanguard along the way to kill enemies and generals. He was a man who was personally bloody. How could he be compared to a newcomer like Ma Su who had never commanded an army?
I saw him setting up his bow and guiding the arrow, and with a "pop" sound, the arrow hit three feet in front of the defeated army and went straight to the ground.
“Anyone who dares to take a step beyond this arrow will be killed on the spot! The crossbowmen listen to the order and prepare to shoot!”
Liu Yin shouted.
These words and deeds made the defeated army slow down for a while, and someone in the crowd shouted again, "He is just scaring us, everyone, come together!"
A few impulsively heard this and rushed out subconsciously.
“Fire the arrow!”
The crossbowman hesitated slightly.
Liu Yin drew his sword in his hand and shouted sternly, "Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!"
“Buzz buzz…”
Arrows flew like locusts on the wall of the village, and a group of broken soldiers who rushed in front were shot to the ground on the spot.
Everyone took a breath of air.
(End of this chapter)