Chapter 448: Young tigers are invincible
There was nothing happening inside and outside Guzang City overnight. Dong Zhuo was not crazy enough to attack Guzang City overnight, and Ma Teng was not so crazy that he launched a raid at night.
When the dawn shone on Xiliang again, Dong Zhuo and his generals gathered together to discuss today's siege plan.
Almost all the methods that should be used were used. Before the strategic weapons like "Boom Thunder" that can change the end of the battlefield appeared, neither Dong Zhuo nor Ma Teng could think of any more effort-saving way to reduce the casualties of their soldiers. All conspiracies were basically difficult to use in the presence of Guo Jia and Li Ru. The only feasible way was to fight head-on and see who could not hold on first.
Therefore, the final result of Dong Zhuo and the generals discussing was to grit their teeth and continue to launch a fierce attack on Guzang City! Even if life is exchanged for life, there are many people on our side, and there will always be a time to kill Ma Teng.
Dong Zhuo ordered the troops to get up at Chen Shi, make meals in the first half of Si Shi, prepare weapons and armor in the second half of Si Shi, and launch a siege at noon.
After seeing Dong Zhuojun getting busy, the defenders on the city also stood up to repair their armor, prepare arrows, replace the wound with hemostatic and muscle-renewing white medicine supplied by Bingzhou, then eat, and then wait quietly for the next crazy fight...
At noon, several cowhide drums in Dong Zhuo's army under the city sounded the urging sound of "bang, bang, bang...". Under the command of their respective generals, Dong Zhuo's army launched another attack on Guzang City.
The battle at the city was exactly the same as yesterday. Some people were constantly hit by arrows and fell to the city, some were constantly chopped off their heads, and some were constantly pierced through the heart. Because it was a siege, 5,000 of which were stationed in three small cities, including Luanniao, Shici, Cangsong, etc., and the remaining 15,000 people were guarding the periphery of the infantry under the city, and they would not be able to help for a while.
As the vanguard general under Dong Zhuo's tent, Zhang Xiu naturally commanded the cavalry with strong mobility. After the battle lasted yesterday, Zhang Xiu and the side general Wang Fang each brought 5,000 cavalry to guard the two wings of Dong Zhuo's army. As for the remaining 5,000 cavalry, they were led by Dong Zhuo's younger brother, Dong Min, to protect the safety of Dong Zhuo's central army.
Dong Zhuo has always been very suspicious. At any time, he will leave some troops to protect his safety. This is also the reason why Fat Dong has encountered many dangers over the years and can always turn bad luck into good fortune.
The fierce fighting lasted until noon three. In less than an hour, Dong Zhuo's army lost more than 5,000 infantry, and the Ma Teng army, who was defending the city, also lost nearly 3,000 troops. With such a desperate fighting style, the losses of the offensive and defense sides were rising at an astonishing speed.
Pang De, who was guarding the city, cut over a warrior under Dong Zhuo who had just rushed to the city and fell to the city, then raised his hand to wipe his sweat from his face. He looked at Dong Zhuojun, who was still charging towards Guzang City with a hurried heart. He thought to himself that if he continued to waste this, Guzang City would be in danger of falling in two days. After all, as the main force of defense, there were only 4,000 heavy-armored infantrymen. After two days of loss, the remaining ones are less than 1,500. After all these soldiers were killed, how could those cavalrymen who were not good at defending the city resist Dong Zhuo's infantry siege?
Dong Zhuo, who was under the city, stared at the war at the city gate with gritted teeth, cursing in his heart that he didn't know whether it was Ma Teng or Zhao Xing's ancestors. This battle made him feel distressed. Now he is difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only continue to stand it. If it takes another two days, his infantry would almost all be trapped in. I really didn't expect that Guzang City would be so difficult to attack, it was like a hard bone that hit his throat.
Just as the offense and defense were already in a state of madness, suddenly, Zhang Xiu, who was patrolling in the distance, felt the vibration of the ground, and a faint roar came from the southeast direction.
"Finally come..." Zhang Xiu murmured in his heart, "Since Ma Chao is here, it's time for me to leave. If I weren't afraid of hurting each other, I really wanted to fight with Ma Qiao. Dong Zhuo, I'm sorry, who asked my master to help me with the third junior brother. One day, one day, and a father, I can't ignore the words of my master. I, Zhang Xiu, didn't shoot you in the back, it's already been the most righteous..." Zhang Xiu thought for a moment, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Brothers, follow me to stop the team in the distance!"
Then, Zhang Xiu took his five thousand cavalry and rushed towards the cavalry who had already seen figures in the distance. Gradually, the cavalry on both sides could see each other's flags. Ma Chao, who was in the lead, suddenly turned half of the horse's head to the left hand, and took the cavalry behind him to fight head-on, just passing by. Zhang Xiu also slightly adjusted the horse's head to the left, expanding the distance between the two high-speed cavalry legions when they met.
It was only a moment for Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu to meet. Then Zhang Xiu led the five thousand cavalry toward Xici City without looking back, leaving Dong Zhuojun who had no cover behind him and waiting for Ma Chao to explode his anus.
Not long after, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, who were in the central army, suddenly heard a loud "rumbling" sound from behind, and saw a large area of smoke and dust rushing from afar. When they looked carefully, it was not the cavalry guarding Zhang Xiu on the left side of the army. Li Ru was shocked and quickly suggested that Dong Zhuo order Dong Min to send out all 5,000 cavalry to intercept.
Ma Teng on the top of the city snatched the "Qianliyan" from Guo Jia without saying a word. He looked at the boy wearing bright light armor in the distance, wearing a white horse, and carrying a tiger-headed gilt spear, just like lightning. Tears were faintly rising in his eyes.
"Children, the army brought back by my son Ma Mengqi from Jin State has arrived. Dong Zhuo's army will be destroyed today!" Ma Teng shouted loudly at the top of the city.
"Major General is mighty! Dong Zhuo's army will be destroyed!" The overwhelming shouts sounded from the top of the city, so shocked that the soldiers who were sieging the city could not help but look around.
Dong Min, who was in a hurry to fight, ran out with the cavalry less than half a mile, and then ran head-on with the three thousand cavalry guards led by Ma Chao.
Ma Chao, who was galloping at high speed, stared at a pair of tiger eyes, and lifted up the spear in his hand from a distance. The moment he met Dong Min, he pierced Dong Min's heart with a "puff", then raised Dong Min high and roared loudly: "Brothers, follow me to kill all these miscellaneous pieces who dare to invade Wuwei!"
After the Ma Chao guards who were personally slapped by Gao Shun and Zhao Yun, everyone waved the cold sabre in their hands and rushed into the cavalry group behind Dong Min. A tragic head-on battle began. Hu Cheer, who was following not far behind Ma Chao, looked at Ma Chao who was as brave as a tiger and rushed into the enemy formation. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You are still young after all, look at the rushing and rushing, tsk..."
Ten thousand Dingyuan light cavalry, under the command of Hu Cheer, immediately dispersed in the form of a Yanyue formation, and did not contact Dong Zhuo's army in the distance. They just wandered around the battlefield and shot arrows, with the first goal of killing Dong Zhuo's soldiers. Since Ma Chao had already taken the form of drilling into the center of the enemy formation, when Dong Zhuo's army was in chaos, it became the primary task to surround the periphery to prevent Dong Zhuo's army from escaping in the chaos.
Ma Chao, who had been suppressed in Jin State for nearly half a year, had a fight of real swords and guns, and he could not tell the feeling that he could not tell the enemy in his eyes, only the shadowy scene was moving. Any object that dared to block him had been knocked down by his spear. He didn't know that just after a few miles of tearing through, he had killed Dong Min, Fan Chou, and Wang Fang, who had come to intercept Dong Zhuo one after another!
Kill! Kill! Kill for me! Jin Ma Chao and three thousand cavalrymen rushed into the group of infantry that had been disorganized, completely shattering Dong Zhuo's army under the city into countless pieces...
Chapter completed!