Chapter 385 Is Brother so famous?

"Lord, behind him, the shouting of killing is deafening, and the mixed horseshoe sound is weak and continuous. Presumably, it should be the Xiongnu who rode after it..." As the horse rushed, Zhang Liao caught up with the back team and quietly reported to Ma Chao.

"So fast?" Ma Chao's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise, and then calmed down and ordered, "The Xiongnu only want interests, not loyalty. You waited in line, and Rong negotiated with the Xiongnu. Even if they can't agree, they may not lose to them!"

"No!" When Zhang Liao heard the words, he immediately rushed to Xu Huang's place to convey Ma Chao's order. And Gao Shun was even more unyielding and took the lead in commanding the deployment of the lifting cavalry.

Gao Shun first asked more than 300 long gunners to insert the long gun diagonally into the ground to form a long row of giant horse gun defense. Then, more than 200 knives and shields were put in front of him, and 300 archers hid behind the deer. As for the heavy riding, after 200 steps of the horse-gun defense line, Yanbei rode to protect the two wings...

Ma Chao was overjoyed. After having these three generals, he didn't have to order many things in person. These people can take the initiative to do well, even better than they think!

Ma Chao knew that Gao Shun did not let them die in vain, but as a cover for rejecting the horse gun. When the Xiongnu rushes to attack at high speed, these knife and shield hands will definitely bypass the horse gun as soon as possible. When the crossbowman is powerful, they will pick up the fish that hit the net of the horse gun and cut off their heads!

And 300 crossbowmen, which do not seem to be many, can become the main force of this attack. Because the crossbow has the so-called "weapon of the Han Dynasty", it is the main weapon of the Han army. This thing is different from the bow. It relies on the power of the spring, so the user can fill the crossbow into the bullet slot in advance, which is extremely convenient. Moreover, the range of the crossbow is extremely far, up to 250 steps, which is farther than the bow and arrow. In addition, there is a mountain for aiming on the crossbow machine, and the shooting accuracy is much higher than that of the bow and arrow.

Therefore, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, six or seven out of the army have fought with crossbows. In the past, Wei Qing went on an expedition to the Xiongnu and encountered the main force of the enemy's cavalry, so he first surrounded a circle with iron carts and defended it in the center. When the enemy's long attack was unable to overcome and exhausted, he suddenly released an iron horse to attack the enemy's exhausted army, so he won a complete victory.

At this time, the Yuanrong crossbow of the Ma family used in the camp, although the shooting distance was reduced. However, in terms of frequently launching crossbows, it is better than Han crossbows. Ma Chao roughly estimated that although Gao Shun only had more than 300 crossbowmen, a round of launch was no less than the power of a thousand people. And if there are more people, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 'thousands of crossbows'!

As for the Han army's 'thousand crossbow array', it refers to dividing the troops into several ramps during the battle, moving forward to aim at the arrows, and going back as a preparation. After shooting forward, retreating and filling, and then launching. In this way, rotating shooting can achieve a cycle and give a strong blow to the enemy without interruption, so there is a saying that the crossbow is willing to fight for a long time. Later, 5,000 strong soldiers of Liling were surrounded by tens of thousands of Xiongnu. Although the reinforcements finally surrendered due to the loss of arrows, they also set a proud record of killing tens of thousands of enemies. This is what he used.

And it is certain that the 300 crossbowmen under Gao Shun will definitely shoot twice or three times in a row. That is to say, although Gao Shun's array seems simple, it completely absorbs the subtlety of Wei Qing and Li Ling's formation. And coupled with the confusing plan of the knife and shield hand... Ma Chao expected that as long as he played normally this time, Gao Shun's more than 600 people could kill at least 3,000 Xiongnu under the first wave of attacks!

After that, when the Xiongnu's cavalry completely fell into chaos and filled the resistance array, then let the world's unparalleled remount come out to destroy the dry and skillful Yanbeiqi to be responsible for killing the two wings. That scene, the kind of battle situation that is impeccable and killing the enemy like taking things... Ma Chao believes that unless there is a superb general like Gao Shun in the Xiongnu team, if they choose to fight, they will definitely die miserably!

After Gao Shun finished arranging the formation, Ma Chao looked up and saw that in the dark night, on the official road two or three miles away, the overwhelming ignition light also seemed to stop moving forward and gradually gathered to form a bright sea of torches: the Xiongnu obviously found the movement of the Ma army, so he also stopped his pace and closed The troops that became loose because of the rapid march. Then, as if the dragon was spewing out a huge flame in front, countless ignition lights came out of the huge sea of fire opposite, accompanied by earth-shaking shouts, and rushed to this side violently and loosely!

Feeling the trembling of the earth under his feet, Ma Chao breathed: Coming!

And just as Ma Chao stared at the Xiongnu approaching at an alarming speed, these high-speed torches suddenly went out! The shouting and killing suddenly stopped, and this amazing change was dazzling, making it suddenly become extremely deep darkness between the burning enemy group and the 4,000 soldiers of the Ma family army in the distance. Only when the chaotic horseshoe sound of countless cavalry gradually turns from a subtle and imperceptible sound into a roaring thunder in the ear drum can all the soldiers sense that the Xiongnu is about to appear in front of them.

"This..." Ma Chao has no experience in fighting with the Xiongnu. He is a little incomprehensible about the Xiongnu's sudden extinguishing of the torch.

"Lord, the Xiongnu suddenly extinguished the torch, but to cover them from scattered charge to dense formation. After they gather, they will crush the other party's battle array like a torrent. Such means are really..." Zhang Liao seemed to be used to this and explained.

"Oh, so it is..." After appeasing the little black who was suddenly shocked by this sudden strong deterrent, Ma Chao couldn't help but be very shocked: the Xiongnu's cavalry can so naturally and smoothly achieve from the loose loose military line to the continuous gathering to form a dense formation... How hard training and skillful riding are needed for these complex changes?! It is too accurate to describe the nomadic people who grew up on horseback.

Fortunately, it was already night. If it is daytime, Gao Shun's formation may be useless under the rush of the Xiongnu. Missing this, Ma Chao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: Do you really want to be the enemy of this warlike army for no reason? They are just the expelled troops of the Xiongnu. There are at least hundreds of thousands of such warriors on the grassland. If there is a war, this will really be an enemy that the Ma family does not want to face in the future...

However, this is not the time to look forward and backward. Ma Chao felt that the Xiongnu's troops were close in the dark and shouted, "General Ma Chao of Hanfu is here. Those who come should inform their names as soon as possible!"

Together with this sound, the sergeants behind Ma Chao shouted and repeated: in this noisy battlefield, even if Ma Chao's voice is penetrating, it can't penetrate the muffled sound of 20,000 war horses. Only when thousands of soldiers shout in unison can they make the other party hear clearly.

After that, Ma Chao suddenly felt that the sound of the horseshoe of the other side's Huns' troops had weakened a lot in an instant. Then what can be heard is the scattered horseshoe sound of the Xiongnu scattered in the camp one after another... Just as Ma Chao was puzzled, a shout suddenly came from there: "But Yongzhou Ma Chao Ma Mengqi?"

Ma Chao was stunned, but then he was overjoyed: the Xiongnu did not care about his Han official position at all, but mentioned 'Yongzhou', which showed that their understanding of Yongzhou was far more important than that of the Han Dynasty!

"Exact!" Ma Chao replied with emotion. At this time, he found that the Xiongnu cavalry on the opposite side began to extinguish again and were slowly approaching himself with a defensive formation.

"Xiongnu Shanyu Luan Tiyuvro, ask for the forgiveness of General Tianwei God!"

This sound fell, but Ma Chao saw a man dressed in gorgeous and noble, short and thick, with a big and round head and only a small group of hard beards under his collar, respectfully holding a long gun and kneeling in front of his horse...

'This...' Ma Chao couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. He looked back at his subordinates. His innocent eyes seemed to say, "When did I have such a reputation?"