Chapter 271 Destroying the Enemy in the First Battle

Although Ma Teng was shocked by Yi Conghu's rebellion in Huangzhong, he didn't take it seriously.

He was a military commander under the former governor Geng Bi. At that time, most of Liangzhou's soldiers and horses were newly recruited soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was weak due to lack of training. But now the eight thousand elite soldiers under his command are powerful, and they can deal with a small Huang Zhongyi. Isn't it easy to capture from Hu?

Zhou Mu is managing Yongzhou and attacking Chang'an. It is a critical time, and he must not let Zhou Mu be distracted.

"Lieutenant, Hefan City will be ahead soon." Joining the army Cheng Ying rode up from behind and said to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng nodded: "Let's go to Hefan City to rest for a while, to replenish food and grass, and after a short rest, we will march to Deshun City."

"Here."

The eight thousand Liangzhou soldiers heard that they would be able to rest and recuperate when they arrived in Hefan City. Their morale, which had been slightly lowered due to the hasty march, picked up, and they immediately accelerated their march towards Hefan City.

"Report, less than twenty miles ahead, there is an unknown enemy army." A scout rushed back and reported to Ma Teng.

"Continue to march." Ma Teng nodded, but did not stop. Instead, he ordered 8,000 Liangzhou soldiers to speed up the march. Since the enemy army is so short-sighted, they should simply defeat the enemy army in one go before resting.

Eight thousand Liangzhou soldiers galloped forward, and a Hu cavalry was seen coming forward from a distance. The distance between the two armies became closer and closer, and there were only a few hundred steps left between them.

With a gun in his hand, Ma Teng shouted, "Stop!"

The slightly noisy footsteps and horseshoes became quiet in an instant. The eight thousand soldiers from Liangzhou were indeed well-trained and elite. They stopped marching immediately when they heard Ma Teng's order.

"Array."

The eight thousand soldiers stopped suddenly, and then approached each other, forming a dense formation.

Ma Teng glanced at it, and his rich military experience let him see that there were only four or five thousand horses on the other side, so it was not a worry.

"Swords, shields, and spears line up, bows and crossbows string up, and cavalry stand by!"

The eight thousand Liangzhou soldiers obeyed their orders. The saber and shield hands in the front row skillfully raised their large shields and connected them to form a solid shield wall. The spearmen in the back row placed spears more than ten feet long on the shields. On the top, the crossbowmen in the back row raised their bows and set up arrows, pointing obliquely at the sky, while the three thousand cavalry in the back row stood still, divided into two groups on the left and right, and were on standby at all times.

The four or five thousand horsemen on the opposite side saw Ma Teng's army from a distance, and immediately, under the leadership of a general Hu, rushed over clamorously clapping horses and wielding knives.

As the horse galloped, Hu Qi entered the range, and Ma Teng waved his arm without hesitation.

"The enemy reaches 150 steps, the crossbowman shoots!"

Crash!

More than a thousand arrows were ready to go, and with the shock of the bowstring, they shot out immediately, drew a circular arc in the air, and covered Hu Qi.

The Hu general murmured something, and the five thousand Hu cavalry charging in formation immediately raised their arms, and they, who were proficient in riding and archery, were able to use their round leather shields to block the falling arrows.

Hundreds of barbarian arrows fell off their horses, but most of the arrows were blocked by their round leather shields.

Hu Jiang roared ferociously, thousands of Hu Qi immediately raised their bows skillfully, bent their bows on horseback and shot.

"Raise the shield!"

Seeing a cloud of arrows covering down, Ma Teng hastily ordered, and the shields in the formation immediately lifted up to block the rain of arrows pouring down, but it was inevitable that the arrows with tricky angles shot into the gaps between the shields, and then Then came the muffled groans of Liangzhou soldiers.

Hu Qi rode a horse since he was a child, and has always been good at riding and shooting. Therefore, the crossbowmen in the Liangzhou army kept shooting, while the Hu people on the opposite side fought back with riding and shooting.

The two sides each threw a few rounds of arrow rain, Hu Qi saw that they were getting close, and immediately drew his bow and took out his saber.

The moving Hu Qi army collided heavily with the Liangzhou army formation, and the long and narrow saber and the sharp spear launched a life-and-death contest. The spears continued to penetrate Hu Qi's war horse, and the saber cut off Liangzhou's army. State soldier's head.

When Ma Teng saw Hu Qi rushing forward, he immediately waved his spear, signaling to the cavalry on standby to charge immediately, cutting off Hu Qi's back path.

Seeing Ma Teng's order, the three thousand cavalry, who were divided into two parts, rushed out without thinking. The three thousand cavalry were like two huge scimitars.

Two Liangzhou cavalry suddenly rushed into the enemy's formation, and Hu Qi was taken aback. Surrounded by enemy troops in front and on the left and right, Hu Qi was almost trapped in an encirclement that was difficult to break free from.

Ma Teng immediately ordered the army to shrink the front and gather to oppress the enemy.

This general Hu has a bit of a brain, seeing that he is surrounded, he immediately shouted: "Don't entangle with the Han army, retreat, retreat!"

Thousands of Hu cavalry are all light cavalry, coming and going freely, whistling like the wind, hearing the leader's order, turned around and left without saying a word, the rear team turned into the front team, although hundreds of cavalry were killed in battle, they managed to escape Surrounded by Liangzhou soldiers.

"The cavalry pursued, and the infantry followed. Today, this group of cavalry will be wiped out."

Two of the three thousand cavalry formed one, biting Hu Qi's butt, and chasing after him. Hu Qi turned his head and shot from time to time, but the three thousand Liangzhou iron cavalry were not afraid, but chased straight ahead.

And Ma Teng personally sat in the middle army, and the five thousand infantry also followed slowly.

"Brother Shoucheng, our army is exhausted now, don't we need to take a break?" Cheng Gongying asked with some concern.

Ma Teng waved his hand disapprovingly: "Brother Cheng, Hu Qi was defeated. Now is a great time to completely wipe out the enemy army, and we must not let it go. Besides, our army is all elites. What is it if you can fight hard and persevere?"

Hearing what Ma Teng said, Cheng Gongying couldn't refute for a while, so he nodded.

"kill!"

After a while of victory, the fatigue caused by the hasty march of the Liangzhou soldiers disappeared immediately, and they were all focused on catching the Hu Qi in front of them. One of the two armies was running in front and the other was chasing after. Hu Qi was terrified and kept dropping food, grass and luggage along the way, and he didn't know how many things he dropped along the way.

tread! One rider galloped past, and the war horse under his crotch stepped on a flag into the sand, and then the thousands of riders who came one after another ignored it at all, and stepped over directly, trampling on the barbarian's banner It sank deep into the mud, only one corner was exposed, and it was covered with dust.

Everyone in the Liangzhou iron cavalry was brave and rushed forward, fearing that they would fall behind and lose credit, and the voice of shouting was endless. At the beginning, Ma Teng was worried that Hu Qi might feign defeat and lure the enemy deep, so he deliberately divided the army into two.