Chapter 1204 The right choice may not have the right result


    Gan Feng steadily stretched out the horse''s spear, not caring about the sharp swords of the Xiliang cavalry who were slashing at him, because Gan Feng knew that in a horse fight, an inch long is an inch strong, no matter how powerful the opponent is in cutting. Come on, your own horse is definitely faster than the opponent''s sword!


    “Pfft!”


    Just like piercing a thick cowhide bag, Gan Feng stabbed the Xiliang cavalry in front of him off his horse. The extremely elastic horse pole bent violently and bounced up, and the eight-sided and eight-pointed sharp tip flashed in the blink of an eye. Another Xiliang cavalryman''s face was crossed, and his head was almost cut in half!


    ??Simply speaking of his fighting ability in the battle formation, although Gan Feng is brave, he is not a terrifying figure like Lu Bu, who is brave and superhuman. However, he has been in the army since he was a child and is already an old man at the age of ten. His rich battle experience may not even be matched by ordinary first-rate generals.


    ??The more you are in a melee situation, the more important you are on the battlefield experience. Sometimes the nerves in your brain have not yet responded to the command, and the body''s instinct has begun to take effect.


    In the midst of the flying swords and guns, it is inevitable that there will be times when the protection is not complete, but Gan Feng can always use small injuries and the least fatal parts in exchange for serious injuries, and then seize the opportunity to fight!


    Ganfeng has long arms and legs, and a well-made Masha, which allows him to control a large area. Those who can break into Masha''s circle also have a sword to protect themselves while fighting with the pursuers on the right. In an instant, he picked down and chopped down five or six Xiliang cavalry in one breath. For a moment, these Xiliang cavalry took a breath of cold air and couldn''t help but subconsciously avoid this fierce and grown-up man!


    Seeing Gan Feng being so brave, one of the Xiliang cavalry leaders, a Qiang man named Wuliu, swung a long-handled hammer weighing more than twenty kilograms with a buzzing sound. Come and fight Gan Feng.


    ??The sweet wind came suddenly, and the long pole stretched out, knocking a Xiliang cavalry off his horse. The pole bent violently and then straightened rapidly. The sharp blade pointed directly at Wu Liu''s face!


    ?Wuliu suddenly twisted on his horse, stretched out his hand like lightning, and grabbed the pole with one hand.


    Almost at the same time, the two people turned their wrists violently and quickly, trying to make the other party let go. However, they did not expect that the almost simultaneous movements caused both parties to get stuck. There was a tooth-piercing friction sound in their hands. For a moment, There was a stalemate, and the long horse''s trunk was bent, causing both of them to lean back.


    "Want it? Here it is!" Gan Feng laughed and loosened his hand instantly.


    As he spoke, Gan Feng quickly let go. Before Wu Liu, who was thinking slowly, had time to react, Gan Feng had already galloped past him. The cold light of the sword in his hand flashed, and he slashed Wu Liu''s neck with one strike!


    ?Blood splattered, Wu Liu''s head rolled off, the castration force of the long sword was still there, and there was a huge deep wound on the back of the horse underneath it. The war horse was in pain, neighing, and the man stood up, causing Wu Liu''s headless body to rise high on the horse''s back, raining blood all over the sky!


    As Wu Liu''s body fell to the ground, a hasty warning horn sounded, and the three-color flag was raised high on the flank of the Xiliang cavalry. The cavalry led by Jia Xu had already rushed out from one side and approached the Xiliang cavalry!


    Arrows were flying in the air, the horses were running, and their hooves were flying at the maximum speed. The Zhengxi Cavalry and the Xiliang Cavalry with the three-color flags were chasing each other at high speed on the land of Longyou. In the chaotic situation , keep getting closer!


    “Turn quickly! Turn—”


    Cheng Gongying shouted loudly while running at high speed, and the flag bearer and trumpeter conveyed the instructions almost at the same time. However, the cavalry is not a machine after all. Even on the highway, various accidents often occur with rapidly turning cars, let alone against the opponent. A cavalryman who requires extremely high coordination between man and horse?


    When a small group of Ganfeng troops were discovered, Cheng Gongying thought he had caught the elusive Zhengxi scout team. In order to obtain the exact location of the Zhengxi cavalry, he ordered the Xiliang cavalry to hunt down the Ganfeng troops, but he did not expect that it would actually happen. When he led out the large army of Zhengxi Cavalry, his own cavalry position was indeed in such an awkward position...


    Because the scouts sent to the street pavilion for investigation had been intercepted and intercepted by Zhengxi soldiers, the Xiliang tribes, including Cheng Gongying, had always believed that the cavalry reinforcements of General Zhengxi were still in Fanzhou. Circling around the Xudaokou Street Pavilion, and there are a large number of Xiliang soldiers and horses gathered in Tianshui, the Zhengxi reinforcements may not have the courage to go deep into Longyou, but they never thought that the Zhengxi cavalry had unknowingly approached Shanggui!


    Some of the more reckless soldiers in the front line of the Xiliang cavalry on the left heard the sound of the horn horns turning, and subconsciously pulled the reins on one side of the horses'' heads in an attempt to make the horses turn. However, the horses running at high speed could not move quickly. After adjusting his body''s center of gravity, he was suddenly pulled, and his four hooves suddenly lost their balance and fell to the ground. The bodies of the man and the horse rolled, twisted, and were thrown far away.


    The more prudent method is to reduce the speed a little, and then pull the reins to turn, and it should not be too strong all at once. At least the war horse must be given a certain reaction time to complete the safe turn.


    "Turn to the left! Side attack with the right! Quick! Quick!" Cheng Gongying shouted loudly. The sudden change made his voice involuntarily bifurcated and hoarse.


    Cheng Gongying was not an incompetent general, and the original situation should not have been like this.


    At about 1:00 pm yesterday afternoon, Han Sui''s messengers arrived in Tianshui.


    Under Han Sui''s reputation for more than ten years, the Xiliang tribes finally ended their wrangling and agreed to cooperate in the battle. Some went to search for and meet the reinforcements of the Western Expedition Cavalry led by Jia Xu, and some went south to Qishan to cooperate with Han Sui. .


    ??However, the battle plan has been formulated, but it is still somewhat unrealistic to assemble the army and set off immediately.


    Cheng Gongying was also helpless, and because of his previous defeat, he was already a little uneasy, so he stopped getting involved with the Xiliang tribes about the old sesame seeds and rotten millet, and led his troops to go south first, but he did not expect to return. Before reaching Qishan in time, they first encountered Ganfeng''s team, and then were attacked by the Zhengxi Cavalry led by Jia Xu!


    These Zhengxi cavalrymen who rushed over were either in groups of five or ten. Although some were shot down by flying arrows on the way, when they got close, the gap between the two sides suddenly became very large. At first Cheng Gongying did not notice anything wrong with the high-speed collision between several riders, but as the soldiers fought against each other, the disadvantage of Cheng Gongying''s men unknowingly expanded.


    Because Cheng Gongying separated his left and right wings in order to outflank Gan Feng, while Jia Xu brought the Zhengxi cavalry, but they were concentrated together, as if one hand was facing two hands. Although Cheng Gongying''s right wing gave up, Gan Feng''s They chased and rushed to the rescue with all their strength, but after all, there was still a distance, and in high-speed cavalry combat, the consequences of such a distance were more obvious and terrifying than in the starting battle formation.


    Normally, as long as there is reason, people will not actively seek death, even for soldiers on the battlefield. Otherwise, there would not be war supervisors and military police since the beginning of the war. , the political commissar team appeared...


    When it is discovered that the entire war situation begins to collapse, the instinct to avoid death will appear, and the biggest drawback of the recruitment system is finally exposed. Since it is for money, the greatest wealth in life is nothing more than one''s own life. Without life, it will be There is no money left, so you can move forward bravely when you are winning, but once there is a decline, it is easier to lose your resilience and collapse and run away.


    In addition, at this moment, although the Xiliang tribes have unified their opinions and agreed to fight according to Han Sui''s arrangements, only the vanguard of Cheng Gongying''s group went to Qishan, and most of the troops were still in Tianshui. , has just started to be deployed, and some have not even been deployed yet, so from a local perspective, compared with Jia Xu''s number of troops, Cheng Gongying has no advantage at all.


    Before Cheng Gongying''s right wing had time to outflank it, the left wing had already lost its array shape under the impact of the large group of cavalry led by Jia Xu, and even began to collapse and scatter. The fleeing Qiang Hu cavalry led the Xiliang Han cavalry. , only to see under the tricolor flag, the Zhengxi cavalry rushed into Cheng Gongying''s left wing like a broken bamboo!


    Soon, the collapse of the left wing led to chaos on the right wing. Cheng Gongying had to blow the trumpet and voluntarily withdraw from the battle order, retreating to Tianshui to seek support from the Xiliang tribes.


    For Cheng Gongying, this choice is actually not wrong. After all, all the tribes of Xiliang are still in Tianshui. If the reinforcements from the Western Expedition go too deep, even if they open up the road to Qishan, they still have a chance to fight with Han Sui. They blocked it at Qishan and destroyed it together, so there is no problem in temporarily repairing the front after its collapse. But in fact, it was the people of Xiliang, including Cheng Gongying, who made seemingly unproblematic choices again and again, which caused the entire war situation to slowly slide into a direction beyond the control of the Xiliang tribes...


    ……………


    Will the right choice definitely lead to the right result?


    When faced with a choice, Ma Chao also chose not to march forward immediately, but to stop and observe the situation, preparing to give Fei Qian Houbai a severe blow at the most critical moment of the battle between Han Sui and Fei Qian.


    Is this choice wrong?


    Normally, there is no problem at all.


    But Ma Chao did not expect that in order to prevent his own information from being exposed, this very common practice of killing Di people along the way would attract the troops of Di people Wang Hu...


    When the army is marching in secret, generally speaking, it is a normal choice to massacre and kill villages that are not one''s own along the way. Even if it were not Ma Chao, other people would probably adopt the same method, but the problem is unfortunately, This time it was not the Han people who were killed, but the Di people.


    Perhaps the population base of the Han people is too large, so the death of dozens or hundreds of people is basically insignificant to the Han officials. Anyway, the people who do not want to die are those under their own estates, but for the original number of people On the other hand, there were only about three thousand Di people in Xiabian. The sudden death of dozens of people naturally aroused the vigilance of the Di people.


    ??When Ma Chao focused all his attention on the battle situation in the Feiqian camp ahead, the Di Ren Wang Ke who was following behind had already followed the traces to Ma Chao.


    Of course, if Ma Chao had launched an attack on Fei Qian immediately, it would have been possible to avoid Di Ren Wang''s pursuit. But the problem was that Ma Chao had just chosen to wait and see, which led to Di Ren Wang''s pursuit. The troops finally caught up with Ma Chao.


    Furthermore, if Ma Chao had not chosen to hide his team or hide in the forest on the hillside, he might not have been able to defeat the mounted Xiliang soldiers with his two legs, but...


    What did Ma Chao do wrong?


    No, all of Ma Chao''s choices were quite satisfactory and reasonable, but even the choices that seemed to be all correct led to the worst results.


    Di man Wang Ke held up his battle ax and shield, shouted something with unknown meaning, and then rushed out of the forest like a bull, charging at Ma Chao''s soldiers first. Behind him, figures of Di people kept jumping out of the forest, and the crackling footsteps resounded throughout the forest.


    The arrows fired by Ma Chao''s soldiers in a hurry either hit the tree trunk or were blocked by the shield in Di Ren''s hand. They had no obvious killing effect at all. On the contrary, Di Ren leaned out from behind the tree trunk and shot cold arrows one after another. Harvesting the lives of Ma Chao''s soldiers.


    The Di Ren Wang was not a very good strategist. After seeing the Qiang troops led by Ma Chao, a thought came to him instantly - killing people and seizing horses before, and then even though he came to apologize, the Di Ren Wang Niao also ignored Han Sui because of his face, but it was obvious that Ma Chao did not realize his mistake, but was unwilling to let him go and secretly came back with his men to take revenge!


    ?Then the choice for Di Ren Wang Yu is very simple...


    ??Can this be tolerated? !


    ??Wang Ke, a Di man, was naturally rude and ignored the dissuasion of the leader of the inner five clans. He surrounded them with his men and launched an offensive directly.


    In the mountains and forests, this was originally the home ground of the Di people!


    Diren’s game paradise!


    The Di people were jumping around in the bushes in the forest, waving their swords and guns, jumping or shouting. It was more like dancing than killing the enemy. Sometimes they would chop several times in front of Ma Chao''s soldiers without waiting for Ma Chao''s soldiers. When I fought back, I was already jumping to the other side and doing somersaults...


    ??Then he was in a daze. He held up his sword and didn''t know whether it would be better to chase after him and cut him down, or to take this opportunity to run away. This Ma Chao soldier was stabbed by another Di man who came from the side.


    "Kill! Fight out, mount up, mount up!" In the forest, it was inconvenient to use a spear, so Ma Chao could only hold a spear in one hand and a knife in the other, while slashing and shouting orders.


    “Kill these thieves!” Diren Wang Ke also waved a double-sided battle ax and shouted loudly, “Avenge our brothers!”


    A wave of blood surged out on the front line!


    A Di man rushed towards him. Ma Chao struck him with one knife, thinking that he should have been hit in the head. Then he slashed his body with the second knife. Blood spattered everywhere. Ma Chao kicked the dead Di man away and took the time to look around. For a moment, I saw the Di people leaping out of the bushes and jumping out of the shadows of the trees. It seemed that they were surrounded by the fanatical shouts of the Di people, but the soldiers here were lost in the shouts of the Di people. Without a sense of direction, some people not only ran to the ground immediately, but also ran deeper into the more dangerous forest...


    The Di people are brave and good at mountain fighting, but not good at formation fighting. This is recognized by most people. Therefore, entangled with the Di people in the mountains and forests is undoubtedly an act of seeking death. However, in the panic of the sudden attack, Ma Chao Not all soldiers may be able to remain calm, so chaos and disorder are inevitable.


    ?Ma Chao shouted loudly, trying to lead more soldiers to charge towards the war horses, and then took the war horses to the flat ground. As long as they were on the flat ground, once the war horses started running, whether fighting or retreating, the initiative would be in Ma Chao''s hands.


    ??After Ma Chaolian killed several Di people who were running towards him, he robbed the forest land. Before he could reach the Tibetan horse land, he heard the screams and whines of the war horses!


    The blood drained from Ma Chao''s face immediately. He knew in his heart that things were in trouble now...


    (End of this chapter)