Chapter 195 War is not that easy
"Mom, come here once and leave without a battle. I really can't afford to lose this man. Is this Longxi County guard a mule or a horse, and he has to pull it out!" It was not until the sun began to shine that his eyes could not be opened that Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said.
"Brother Chou, your subordinates have not been useful since Nan'an. Today, it's up to you to take the lead!" Ma Chao turned around and called the general under the account and ordered Brother Chou.
"No!" Brother Chou held his fist and was extremely excited. On the way, he had the least military achievements. Generally speaking, his achievements have long gone crazy on the side of other princes. But in Ma Jiajun, he only lost 500 people and won one county, but he could only get the final ranking...
Fortunately, the bastards under him were also ashamed and held back their strength all the way. At this moment, when you meet this kind of difficult bone, just let the young master see that you belong to the kind of hard-to-war unit!
From this, Brother Chou couldn't help nodding when he looked at Ma Chao. Several emotions of gratitude, excitement and eagerness merged together. The expression on his face looked extremely strange, with a three-point ferocious smile, and the scars on his face jumped. But at this moment, a discordant voice came to his ear:
"Young master, a subordinate has been resting for days and is dedicated to fighting. And there are no casualties in Guangwei County, which is more suitable for this battle..." Pound does have the demeanor of a general, but the question is, no one has stipulated that this general can't be invited to war?
Undai dai Ma Chao to speak, ugly brother grabbed Pound, "Lao Pang, I haven't begged you for so many years. Can you let me do this?"
"Don't, you didn't beg me. When you couldn't beat me, you gave me a stick and tripped me, and once I almost died on the battlefield..."
"This is not the same time. At that time, we had to eat, drink or drink, and we didn't compete to be the boss, and even the dog bullied you..." Ugly brother immediately let go of Pound's hand, stroked Pound's collar, and said with a shy face.
"Enough! What kind of style are you at the time of the war?!" Ma Chao was in a bad mood and had no good breath for the two: "Some people let the ugly brother attack the city because his subordinates are as good as him. They know that if they can beat him, they will be like mad dogs. If they can't beat them, they will flash. When the golden sound, they are similar to rabbits!"
Ma Chao tells the truth, what kind of people lead what kind of soldiers. The statement that the character of the general directly affects the character of the army is not bad. It is indeed better to let Brother Chou, a more discerning army, attack the city, than Pound's desperate parts.
Brother Ugly is speechless at present, and I don't know whether this young master is praising or derogating, but fortunately, this first task is absolutely impossible for him to escape.
"Brother Chou, I'll be honest with you this time. I'll let all the crossbow cannons shoot Longxi County to try the water, and then you charge with all the soldiers equipped with Yuanrong and the big shield. Today, if you can fill the moat for me, this battle will be your head! How's it going?!"
"No!" The ugly brother took the order with his fist and looked at Pound proudly.
"Ring Ming, you wait for your subordinate cavalry to be on standby. If Longxi County dares to send cavalry to attack the infantry of Brother Chou, you will resist it! Can you do it?"
"My subordinates will certainly live up to their mission!" Pound also left with his fists, leaving Ma Dai standing stupidly.
"Ma Dai, you go to check the preparation of all the crossbow guns and be responsible for the firing of the crossbow guns. Even if there are immortals in Longxi County, it will be a sieve with me!"
"No!" I thought that the eldest brother was allowed to watch the battle, but he didn't want to have his duty, so Ma Dai ran down.
"Superer, have you really decided to take Longxi?" After the deployment, Jia Xu asked.
Ma Chao nodded and reached out to explore the direction of the wind: Yes, just in the right wind.
"Brother, the crossbow gun is ready!" In a little while, the 50 consecutive crossbow guns brought by Ma Chao this time have been installed in place.
After Ma Chao's slight guidance and the transformation of Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan of the arsenal, this continuous crossbow gun has a range of more than 300 steps; the seemingly simple sight has greatly improved the accuracy of shooting. At this time, the crossbows used on most of the walls at the end of the Han Dynasty had a range of only 200 steps, and with the height of the wall, it could barely reach 250 degrees. Counting today's wind direction, the Ma army has an absolute advantage!
What's even better is that the originally bulky crossbow is very convenient to march after installing leather wheels. Usually, the march is carried on a mule horse. In wartime, only two soldiers can be pulled to the front line to assemble.
Ma Dai shuttled back and forth in the crossbow array and carefully checked whether the bed crossbow was installed in place and whether the crossbow arrows were ready. After that, he reported to Ma Chao, "Big brother! Fifty crossbows are ready! Brother, please give me an order!"
'Come on, Tianshui County! Although I like to subdurate without fighting, I prefer men when I can't help it. Let me see how hard your Longxi County is!' Thinking in his heart, Ma Chao spit out two words fiercely: "A volley!"
Under an order, 50 crossbow guns were fired together, and the roar that pierced the eardrums sounded together, frightening many war horses. Ma Chao saw from afar that the thick crossbow nail actually exploded the bricks of the city. Countless soldiers who foolishly looked at the Ma's army firing the crossbow machine 300 steps away watched the thick crossbow nail roar. They had no time to avoid them. With previous disdain and ridicule, they were shot into pieces, like a broken kite. However, it fell straight down to the top of the city.
This move is wonderful! Ma Chao stroked his palm and laughed: This time it not only took their momentum, but I'm afraid it also took away their courage, right?
"Whew..."
The second wave of crossbows was immediately launched, and the county soldiers on the wall of Longxi County had been scared, and their reaction seemed to be very alert. After this round of volley, Ma Chao could no longer see anyone. But all the county soldiers curled up on the narrow wall, and there were still many county soldiers who could not avoid it.
"Puff--"
An unlucky Longxi county soldier was suddenly shot by a crossbow arrow. The huge impulse made the county soldier's body fly up like a broken kite. When he fell down, his whole chest seemed to have been hollowed out, his internal organs had long been shaken to rot, and he didn't even have time to exhale wailing, and he had been shot to death alive.
In an instant, Longxi City turned into a hell.
"Ah--" and "Ouch--"
Many county soldiers who were scratched or shot in their hands and feet cried and shouted, and the wall said that their limbs were broken and their arms were full of blood, just like the scene of the end of the world.
Finally, after the fifth wave of shooting, no one can be seen in the city. At this moment, tens of thousands of Ma soldiers outside the city suddenly cheered in unison, and tens of thousands of voices roared and almost suppressed the sound of crossbow guns. Ma Chao was surprised and hurriedly looked left and right. He saw that the black flag hanging on the tower on both sides was hit by a crossbow and fell down.
At this time, the morale all belonged to the Xiliang Army. And Ma Chao was excited and angry: Why didn't this ugly brother charge at this time?
"Dong... Dong... Dong..."
When Ma Chao was about to get angry, several big drums behind the side sounded in unison, and a sad shout of heavy cannons and drums, straight to the eardrums. Ma Chao smiled slightly and looked at the sound. Sure enough, he saw Brother ugly wearing armor all over his body and riding on a jujube red horse, and loudly to his soldiers viciously.
'In this way, it's not difficult to fight Longxi County...' Ma Chao thought to himself: In the face of absolute strength, those military tricks in Longxi County are useless!
But then, Ma Chao found out how ridiculously wrong he was: war, there is no such simple...