Chapter 162 Fighting against the odds
Chapter 162 A last-ditch battle... shit
When he rushed over with a rapid march and saw that the two fools Chen and Bao were still alive, Ma Su breathed a sigh of relief.
"At least we caught up. Every idiot committed a crime and had to be rescued by me... Look at my fate!" Ma Su shook his head helplessly, feeling that the only possible way for him to die was to die of exhaustion.
This was Ma Su's least favorite way to die, it was too painful.
"Forget it, no time to talk nonsense, it's time to charge!" Ma Di waved his hand, raised his carbine and shouted.
"In front of you is Dongwu Xiaoxiao. Follow me and charge forward. Defeat the enemy's formation and kill the enemy general!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!"
Three hundred Longyou cavalry followed Ma Su in the dust, their bodies filled with astonishing fighting spirit.
At the same time, when Bu Zhao saw the cavalry appearing, the despair in his eyes could hardly be concealed.
He never expected that the other party's ambush would be so deeply hidden. In order to lure the enemy deeper, he did not hesitate to let three thousand Guiyang soldiers die to make him proud.
Most of the time, cavalry doesn't actually have as big an advantage over infantry as imagined. As long as the infantry is arranged in a square formation and the front and rear are properly blocked, it will be difficult for the cavalry to break through the formation.
After all, there are only a few lunatics like Xiang Ma Su who are sure to conquer when they attack and win when they fight.
But this has a prerequisite, that is, the infantry must line up in a neat square formation and not be intimidated by the cavalry. Only a well-disciplined infantry phalanx can render the cavalry helpless.
When he heard that there were a large number of cavalry in the troops led by Ma Su, Bu Zhi was ready to deal with the cavalry charge. He formed an infantry formation with his back against the water. Facing the Guiyang soldiers, he kept defending and was wary of the cavalry.
In the case of fighting with their backs against the water, the Jiaozhou barbarians had nowhere to escape and did not dare to run around. If the army does not disperse, even if Ma Su leads all the cavalry into the formation, he will still suffer heavy losses.
The calculation was loud, but things changed unexpectedly.
Three thousand Guiyang soldiers turned out to be just bait, and the Shu army would be so patient. When he completely lowered his guard and led his troops in full pursuit, he ran into the Shu army cavalry who had been planning for a long time.
At this moment, the Jiaozhou soldiers' military formation has been completely crossed, and everyone is chasing the defeated soldiers across the mountains and plains. At this moment, a cavalry appeared. It can be imagined how big a blow it had to Wu Jun!
When Ma Su led three hundred elite cavalry and rushed towards them, the Wu army, which had been so full of morale just now, collapsed instantly. The scattered vanguards were overwhelmed by Ma Di as soon as they met. The Shu army was unstoppable and rushed straight towards the handsome flag on foot!
"It's broken! Ma Su is coming towards me!" Bu Zhao was shocked and immediately turned around and left with his troops without hesitation.
He didn't have Danyang soldiers, so he didn't dare to attack the Shu army's cavalry head-on.
However, Bu Zhi wanted to escape, but Ma Su would not let him do so. The advantage of the cavalry's high mobility was quickly revealed. After just breaking up two Wu soldiers, Ma Su was within easy reach of the infantry.
"Bu Zhao! Stop running away! You can't run away!" In order to prevent him from giving in and running away again, Ma Su decided to focus on his heart this time. While he was chasing, he had people shouting at the pacer.
"Whether it's a soldier or you, the commander-in-chief, as long as you lay down your weapons, you can surrender. Join the Han army and follow the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition. Only two years of military service will be enough to become a marquis!"
"What are you waiting for for such an opportunity? Are you waiting to die? Can Soochow's poor fighting ability be made a marquis?"
"Think about your family, think about everything you have done to revitalize the Bu family over the years! With Sun Quan's character, you will have to break up with him sooner or later, why not now!"
"Sun Quan's son is nothing more than a mature dog, and Master Bu will be played to death by Sun Quan in a short time. By then, as one of her clansmen, you will be able to have a good death..."
"Shut up, Ma Su!" Bu Zhao finally couldn't bear it anymore, and Ma Su's mouth almost made people angry to death.
Especially after Ma Su's shouting, he had to turn around and fight Ma Su. After all, he would not be able to get away with slandering his own clan and the Supreme Being if the news spread again.
"Turn back! Get in formation!" Bu Zhao gritted his teeth and drew his sword himself, preparing to fight Ma Su to the death.
"I will personally kill this bastard Ma Su today!"
Under Bu Zhao's order, the five hundred core troops quickly turned around and formed an array, preparing to withstand Ma Su's impact.
For Bu Zhao, he also witnessed Zhang Liao's impact in Hefei. The best thing is to form a dense military formation. As long as the spears are in the first place and the bows and crossbows are in the back, it is enough to block the impact of the cavalry.
Ma Di was not even a northerner like Zhang Liao, but a native of Jingzhou. It stands to reason that as long as he survives the first round, Ma Su's offensive momentum will basically be lost...
Then, Ma Su began to charge, using practical actions to tell the Bulu people that there are individual differences between people.
The two sides collided for only a moment, and the Shu army broke through Bu Zhao's defense line like cutting tofu. The seemingly impregnable battle line in front of Ma Su was like a sandcastle on the beach, which was crossed at the first touch.
Ma Su personally led the team to attack the Chinese army, and met Bu Zhao himself.
He only missed the horse by one turn, and the horse was stalled under the horse.
The handsome flag embroidered with "Bu" collapsed suddenly, announcing the collapse of the Jiaozhou Army. All the Jiaozhou barbarians who were still resisting suddenly lost their will to fight when they saw their flag fell. They all dropped their weapons and fled behind, fearing that they would be slower than their own robes.
The formation was completely messed up. Ma Su and his cavalry drove away Soochow's defeated troops like cattle and sheep. When Chen Ying and Bao Long saw this situation, they immediately gathered their defeated troops and participated in the battle to pursue the Soochow soldiers.
"Brother! We won!" Bao Long said proudly, as if he was the one who defeated Soochow Formation's Zhan Bu Zhao.
"Stop talking nonsense! Follow us and hunt together! We can't let General Ma think we are useless!" Chen Ying shook his head and said seriously to Bao Long.
The defeated troops of Soochow were driven back for more than ten miles and then back to the original battlefield.
Across the front is a wide river. The river that Bu Zhi originally planned to use as a last-ditch battle has now become an obstacle that could kill Soochow himself.
"There is a dead end ahead. The situation has come to this, why don't you fight to the death..." One of Bu Zhao's generals also planned to imitate Han Xin and let out a final howl. As a result, before he finished speaking, he was pushed aside by the defeated soldiers next to him, and died in the trampling of his own family members.
When people face a sudden desperate situation, they always keep running forward without having time to react.
Thousands of Jiaozhou troops were driven like this, scrambling to jump into the broad river. A large number of soldiers were drowned in the river, and those who were not drowned were basically hunted down and captured by the Shu army.
In this battle, Ma Su used 300 cavalry and relied on almost perfect timing to enter the battlefield. In the First World War, the Jiaozhou tribe under Bu Zhao's command was basically wiped out.
But seeing the final battle situation, Ma Su only felt a huge sense of crisis.
If this continues...I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to commit suicide on the battlefield!