Chapter 174 Skirmishing Formation
Guanqiu Jian didn't know that the reason why Ma Su's soldiers and horses were so neatly arranged was not because of Ma Su. At this moment, his vigilance against Ma Su rose to an extremely high level, as high as a six-story building.
"Ma Su is a formidable enemy! If this person does not die, there will never be peace on the border of Wei Dynasty!" Guan Qiujian made his evaluation of Ma Su, which can be said to be very high.
"Even if I risk my life, I must find a way to kill him!"
Guanqiu Jian's lieutenant twitched at the corner of his mouth as he listened. General, you were almost killed in a duel with the opponent before. Is this really appropriate?
But this is not important, the Wei army has already set up its military formation and is waiting for the Shu army.
A series of warships docked at the same time, and hundreds of Shu army cavalry rushed down from the ship. Ma Su rushed to the front as always, followed by nearly a hundred personal guards, and then hundreds of assault cavalry.
"The lackeys of the pseudo-Wei! Take your life!" Ma Su drew his gun and rushed towards the Wei army like a loose horse... ah, a wild horse that escaped the reins.
The distance between the two sides was not far, only a few miles away, and the Shu army rushed to the front of the Wei army in the blink of an eye.
But this time, Wei Jun came prepared. As Guan Qiujian's military flag changed, the soldiers of the Wei army quickly completed the change.
When Ma Su led his troops into the Wei army's formation, he instantly realized something was wrong. This time, the Wei army's formation was no longer tofu. It was almost non-existent, and there was no obstacle at all.
The Shu army easily rushed into the Wei army's formation without encountering any resistance.
But at the same time, something was wrong. After the Shu cavalry rushed in, the Wei troops in front were immediately chopped down and knocked away, or they fled in all directions, but the number of spears thrust from both sides suddenly increased.
The Wei army was not as expected and was rushed away. Except for the Wei troops on Ma Su's charge line, most of the Wei troops basically remained motionless.
It wasn't until Ma Su rushed to the central army that he suddenly ran into rows of Cao Wei armored soldiers!
Although it is the same as fighting ordinary infantry, armored infantry and horses cannot be beaten. After a collision, when the horses were unwilling to move forward in front of the spears, Ma Su could only rein in the horses and turn around.
Until then, the Wei army on both sides suddenly surrounded them on all sides and attacked the Shu army whose momentum was frustrated. For a time, hundreds of Shu troops were surrounded by Wei troops in the center, and the situation instantly became crisis!
Guanqiu Jian was a general with strong learning and understanding abilities, otherwise historically, he would not have followed Sima Yi to become the God of War in the Northeast within a few months. As long as he is given a direction to study, Guanqiu Jian will quickly find new ideas.
After a confrontation with Ma Su, and then asking about Ma Su's record. Guanqiu Jian discovered that Ma Su was extremely good at rushing into battle. Every time he rushed into battle, he could not be stopped unless he was an armored warrior.
But in this era, the armor rate was not high. It was a joke to expect that the few armored soldiers in the army could stop Ma Su.
But Ma Su has a huge characteristic, that is, the side is unstable, and he will always be the vanguard of the cone-head formation. Normally, such a formation is very easy to collapse due to a side attack.
It's just that Ma Di was able to rush in every time he charged into the formation. In the few cases where he couldn't rush in, such as Ding Feng, the infantry on the opposite side didn't dare to surround him, so he didn't suffer any big losses.
So Guanqiu Jian took advantage of this loophole in the Shu army and quickly designed a skirmishing formation without any teachers.
The so-called skirmishing formation is a scattered formation composed of peripheral military formations with units of one tun or one tenth around the flag officer. In this way, the central officers have control, and they only need to keep an eye on the soldiers in their formation at all times.
In the Wei army's formation, a large number of skirmishers were combined together, scattered but not bad in power. Guan Qiujian of the Chinese Army personally led the soldiers to form the strongest military formation, which served as the strong backbone to block the Shu army.
As long as the formation of the skirmishers is kept stable, once Guanqiu Jian can block Ma Su's attack, the Shu army will be unable to move as if they were trapped in a swamp. If the skirmishers scattered everywhere surround and attack them, they can defeat the Shu army in one battle.
Obviously, Ma Di had never encountered such a scheme before, and the encirclement of the Wei army put a lot of pressure on him. He led his bodyguard cavalry to attack from all sides, roaring into the wind and charging out. It took a lot of effort to charge out.
When I turned around, I saw that Buqu was still trapped inside, so I turned around and killed him again. After breaking up the besieging Wei army skirmishers, they reunited with the separated troops before fighting out again.
After Ma Su fought his way out, he turned back to count the losses, and his face turned dark.
After the first battle, at least more than a hundred cavalry were lost, all of them veterans of hundreds of battles!
This loss was basically Ma Su's biggest loss since he started fighting. When Guo Huai was besieged by thousands of armored soldiers, Ma Di had never suffered such a horrific loss.
You know, Ma Di's piece of music is now extremely valuable, hard to buy for a thousand dollars. Every Qiang and Di cavalry general followed Ma Su when he started his career in Longyou. Most of them were loyal and followed Ma Su through the blood sea of mountains of corpses.
Their combat experience and battlefield morale are things that recruits do not have. Usually losing more than ten, Ma Su was so distressed that he couldn't sleep at night.
Although Ma Su's troops were indeed worthy of their reputation as elites, they also killed hundreds of Wei troops despite being plotted against. But this was still a loss of blood, because Guanqiu Jian's losses were basically all soldiers stationed in the field. He had thirty thousand soldiers in this group.
As for Ma Su, this tribe only had 1,600 people since Ma Su brought it to Shu. After fighting for such a long time, only more than 1,100 people were left.
If Guanqiu Jian exchanges ten men for one of you, he will still make a profit. Even if fifty men exchange for one of your sons, he will not lose money.
After two years in the army, this was the first time Ma Su suffered a big loss on a frontal battlefield. The last time he was plotted against was when King Hao Zhao ambushed him like a man desperate for his life.
"Excellent! This group of Wei troops turned out to be so troublesome!" Xu Shiying succeeded. Ma Su's first reaction was anger after losing as he wished for the first time.
mdI have never suffered this kind of grievance!
"General! We should..." The deputy general also noticed something was wrong. The group of soldiers in front of him was obviously well prepared. Normally at this time, you should retreat first to avoid its sharp edge.
However, we have been used to staying in Longyou since we were young, and we are no longer from Jingxiang. At this moment, Ma Su just snorted coldly and waved his hands.
"Soldiers, the whole army is in formation!"
"We burly men have always taken advantage. When have we ever let Wei thieves plot against us? If we don't take back our place today, will the soldiers who died in battle be able to rest in peace?"
"Remember what I said last time? They all carry one head on two shoulders, and we, the big men, are better than them."
"We meet on a narrow road!"
"The brave wins!"
The remaining hundreds of Qiang and Di cavalry generals all roared in unison, their fighting spirit suddenly rising.
The whole story was recruited by Ma Su from scratch. Although many talents helped Ma Su train during the process, Ma Su is still the core of the entire army.
Every soldier knows that as long as General Shenwei is still there, we will always win!
Even if we lose or die in battle, no matter what, Mr. Ma is not afraid of death and has given our children a safe life. How much are the lives of our brothers worth?
Ma Su's soldiers and horses once again ignited a fierce fighting spirit!