Chapter 299 Unreliable

The unstoppable arrows, with the buzzing sound of thousands of birds flying together, poured out towards the enemy's fish scale shield array 70 steps away.

Those Xiliang cavalrymen who hid behind the iron shield thought that they could bounce off the enemy's crossbows without any effort, just like the last battle in Heyang, but this time, they were wrong.

It was the strongest 5,000 bows and hard crossbows in the world. It roared and penetrated the seemingly indestructible iron shield. In amazement, hundreds of people were hit by sharp arrows in an instant.

The howling in the fish scale shield array suddenly began, the military array began to shake, and the rhythm of the advance was immediately disturbed.

Ma Chao, who was hiding in the battle, was really surprised. He really didn't expect that the enemy's crossbow was so strong. At this time, he suddenly realized that this was specially prepared by the enemy's fish scale shield array to deal with him.

Ma Chao's confidence immediately weakened a few points, but he still had the confidence to win.

Although you, Liu Feng, have a hard crossbow, don't forget that I also have the must-kill skill of the javelin.

"Don't panic, the whole army will speed up!"

Ma Chao shouted loudly in the array, encouraging the soldiers who began to have waves and continued to move forward.

Oncoming, five thousand crossbowmen kept shooting arrows.

Originally, when dealing with the cavalry, the crossbow's hand was only three times, and the enemy cavalry had rushed close to the front, but the special tactics of the Ma Chao Legion determined that his cavalry must push forward slowly under the protection of the fish scale array, which gave the enemy crossbowmen time to release arrows calmly.

When Ma Chao's fish scales walked more than 40 steps against the arrow rain, 5,000 crossbowmen had shot nearly 40,000 to 50,000 sharp arrows, and more than 1,000 people of Ma Chao's army had been shot to the ground.

Seeing this, Liu Feng immediately ordered the crossbowman to withdraw from the array.

The flag shook, the Chinese army's shield array was separated, and the 5,000 crossbows quickly retreated into the array.

At this time, Ma Chao's fish scale array was also separated almost at the same time. Thousands of Xiliang knights with javelins attacked the army from a distance of 40 steps.

According to Ma Chao's tactics, his javelin would not be launched until he approached at least 30 steps, but this time he was disrupted the battle plan by Liu Feng's strong crossbow. In order to avoid more casualties, Ma Chao decided to launch an attack in advance.

Liu Feng speculated that Ma Chao would use troops like this, so he also ordered the crossbowmen to retreat to this array in advance.

When Ma Chao's four or five thousand standard riders came out turbulently, the crossbowman opposite had retreated completely, and he was greeted by layers of giants and countless dense spears like forests.

Ma Chao sneered ferociously. How similar this scene was to the original battle of Heyang. Stupid enemies, can you withstand the blow of my javelin if you think it's just a wooden shield?

In Ma Chao's mind, the scene of the enemy's collapse appeared. At that time, he could urge the army to cover up, and even kill Liu Feng's man in one fell swoop.

Just as he was proud, 5,000 standard riders had rushed to the enemy's front. After more than ten steps, these Xiliang knights, who were good at riding, suddenly turned to the direction of the horse running, from straight rushing to passing by the enemy's front.

At the moment of passing the enemy's array, the javelin in his hand came out.

Countless cold fronts, like the sharp thorns of hedgehogs, fell towards the enemy's array.

At the moment when the spear and the shield hit, Ma Chao's original proud expression became appalled in an instant.

The javelin he is proud of can't penetrate the enemy's shield!

In a blink of an eye, more than 5,000 javelins were thrown out, and almost all but a few of them failed.

It was not until this time that Ma Chao suddenly realized that the enemy's shield also had another mystery, and he was ready to restrain his javelin shooting.

The fish scale shield and javelin, the magic weapon of the Ma army's victory, are now all broken. The thousands of Xiliang knights who returned without success are on the verge of collapse at this moment.

On the contrary, it was Liu Fengjun. After disturbingly blocking the enemy's round of shooting, the safe and sound soldiers suddenly had high morale.

The time has come, and Liu Feng on the mountain bag can see clearly.

He slowly pulled out his sword, pointed in the direction of the enemy, and shouted harshly, "Order, attack!"

The battle flag shook, and the thunderous drums reached its peak. Tens of thousands of troops of the front army were sensational and pushed towards the Ma Chao army.

Hundreds of steps away, Liu Bei clearly saw the failure of Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry. His only remaining hope fell to the bottom of the cold valley in an instant.

The cavalry has been defeated and the enemy's position has been launched. At this time, it is impossible to retreat in any case. A retreat means the collapse of the whole line.

There is only a fight to the death, and there may be the last glimmer of life.

Liu Bei summoned up his courage, drew his sword and roared, "The whole army is attacking."

The order was passed down to the first level, and nearly 40,000 soldiers were sensational, facing the enemy's 100,000 troops on the opposite side.

In the fish scales, Ma Chao was shocked. At this time, all his fighting spirit had been sold out.

He looked back at his poor 40,000 soldiers and horses, and then looked at the enemy's overwhelming 100,000 troops at a glance, and suddenly a fear appeared in his heart.

This fear is the same as when he was defeated by Cao Yan.

"Liu Bei is finished. It's really over. How can I, Ma Chao, bury him!"

His mind changed in an instant. When he looked up again, the enemy's array had pushed closer to more than 20 steps, and there was not much time for him to hesitate.

Ma Chao took a deep breath, gritted his teeth fiercely, and shouted loudly, "Retreat to the west, retreat with me to the west."

Under the roar, Ma Chao "takes the lead" and turned to the west with his silver gun. The fish scales of tens of thousands of people collapsed, and most of the Xiliang soldiers fled with Ma Chao.

Most of these Xiliang soldiers are from Qiang Hu. The reason why they work for Liu Bei is that on the one hand, they are for the reward, and on the other hand, they also look at Ma Chao's reputation.

Now that Ma Chao has fled like this, they will naturally collapse with the group.

Ma Chao's escape from the battle really hit Liu Bei hard, which made him almost bleed.

"Ma Chao, I should have known that I couldn't rely on you--"

At this time, no matter how angry Liu Bei was, it was useless. Ma Chao fled with 10,000 elite cavalry. The chain reaction caused by his 40,000 soldiers and horses to be in turmoil.

Liu Feng on the mountain bag witnessed the generous gift given to him by Ma Chao and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately ordered Zhang Yi to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to chase Ma Chao, and ordered Ma Zhong to lead 3,000 cavalry to attack Liu Bei's army from the flank.

"Those who get Liu Bei's head, reward ten thousand gold, ten thousand household marquis!"

Liu Fenggao shouted, carried a heavy gun in his hand, and urged Lu Chong to go down the mountain. The 100,000 troops, like a vast torrent, crushed the Guanzhong army on the opposite side, which had fallen into a huge panic.

"Is it true that God is going to kill me, Liu Bei?"

Looking at the chaotic soldiers around him and the turbulent tide of enemies on the opposite side, Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed, with indescribable grief, indignation and pain in his heart.

(to be continued)