Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1204 The correct choice may not necessarily have the correct result

Gan Feng stretched out the horse's spear steadily, not caring about the sharp sabers of the Xiliang cavalry who were cutting at him, because Gan Feng knew that in horse battles, an inch of length is an inch of strength, no matter how powerful the opponent has Come on, your horse lance must be faster than the opponent's saber!

   "Pfft!"

Like piercing a thick cowhide bag, Gan Feng stabbed the Xiliang cavalry in front of him off his horse with a lance. Another Xiliang cavalryman's face was drawn across, and his head was almost cut in half!

  Only talking about fighting skills in the battle formation, although Gan Feng is brave, he is not a terrifying figure like Lu Bu who is superhuman in martial arts, but he has been in the army since he was a child, and he has been an old lady since he was ten years old. With rich battle experience, I am afraid that ordinary first-class military generals may not be able to match it.

   The more you are in a melee situation, the more important the experience on the battlefield is. Sometimes the nerves of the brain have not responded to the command, and the instinct of the body has already begun to play a role.

  In the midst of flying swords and guns, it is inevitable that there will be times when the cover is not complete, but Ke Ganfeng can always exchange minor injuries and the least fatal places for serious injuries, and then seize the opportunity to fight!

Gan Feng has long hands and feet, and a fine horse lance, which can control a wide range, and those who can break into the circle of the horse lance have a sword to protect themselves, and they are handing over to the pursuers on the right wing In an instant, five or six Xiliang cavalrymen were knocked down one after another in one breath, and these Xiliang cavalrymen took a breath for a while, and couldn't help subconsciously avoiding this ferocious grown-up man!

Seeing Gan Feng's bravery, one of the Xiliang cavalry led by a Qiang named Wuliu swung a long-handled hammer weighing more than 20 jin with a buzzing sound. Come face Gan Feng.

  Gan Feng came suddenly, and the long lance stretched out, knocking a Xiliang cavalryman off his horse. The lance was bent sharply and then quickly straightened. The sharp lance pointed directly at Wuliu's face!

   Wuliu twisted violently on the horse's back, stretched out his hand like lightning, and grabbed the lance.

Almost at the same time, the two turned their wrists violently and quickly, trying to make the other party let go, but they didn't expect that the almost simultaneous movement caused both of them to get stuck, and there was a tooth-stinging rubbing sound in both hands. Unable to stand still, the long horse lance was bent, making both of them lean back a little.

   "Want? Here it is!" Gan Feng laughed, and let go of his hand instantly.

  Speaking of Gan Feng, he had let go quickly, but before Wuliu, who was slow-witted, had time to react, Gan Feng had already rode his horse past him, the sword in his hand flashed coldly, and slashed Wuliu's neck with one blow!

  Blood splattered, Wuliu's head rolled down, the long knife was still in motion, and a huge wound was cut deep on the back of the horse below. The war horse suffered from pain, neighed and stood up, driving Wuliu's headless corpse to rise high on the horse's back, spilling blood all over the sky!

  As Wuliu's body fell to the ground, the horns sounded hastily, and the three-color flag was raised high on the flanks of the Xiliang cavalry, and the cavalry led by Jia Xu had rushed out from one side, approaching the Xiliang cavalry!

The arrows were thrown in the air, the horses were galloping, and the speed of the hooves was pushed to the limit. The three-color flag Zhengxi cavalry and Xiliang cavalry were chasing at high speed on the land of Longyou. , Keep getting closer!

   "Steer! Turn—"

Cheng Gongying yelled loudly while galloping at high speed. The flag bearer and the horn bearer delivered the order almost at the same time, but cavalry is not a machine after all. Cavalry requiring extremely high coordination between man and horse?

When the small-scale Ganfeng men and horses were discovered, Cheng Gongying thought that he had captured the elusive Zhengxi scout team. In order to obtain the exact location of the Zhengxi cavalry, he ordered the Xiliang cavalry to hunt down and hunt down the Ganfeng men and horses. When he led out the large troop of cavalrymen who conquered the west, his own cavalry position was indeed in such an awkward position...

Because the scouts sent to Jieting for investigation have been intercepted and blocked by Zhengxi soldiers, so the Xiliang tribes, including Cheng Gongying, have always believed that the cavalry reinforcements of General Zhengxi are still in Fanxi. Xudaokou hovered around the street pavilion, and there were a large number of Xiliang soldiers gathered here in Tianshui, and the reinforcements from Zhengxi might not have the courage to go deep into Longyou, but they never thought that the cavalry from Zhengxi would approach Shangyu unknowingly!

A few reckless soldiers of the Xiliang cavalry in the front row on the left wing heard the sound of the steering horn, and subconsciously pulled the reins on the side of the horse's head, trying to turn the horse. However, the horses running at high speed could not move quickly Adjusting the center of gravity of my body, when I was pulled violently, I lost my balance on all four hooves and fell to the ground. The bodies of the man and the horse rolled, twisted, and were thrown far away.

  The safer way is to slow down a bit, and then pull the reins to turn, and it can't be too violent all at once, at least give the horse a certain reaction time to complete the safe turn.

   "Left turn! Right flank! Quick! Quick!" Cheng Gongying shouted loudly, the sudden change made his voice involuntarily split and hoarse.

  Cheng Gongying is not an incompetent general, and the original situation should not be like this.

  Yesterday afternoon around You, Han Sui's messengers arrived in Tianshui.

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

  However, the battle plan has been drawn up, but it is still somewhat unrealistic to start the army immediately.

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

These Zhengxi cavalry who rushed over, either in groups of five or ten, were shot down by flying arrows on the way, but when they got close, the gap between the two sides suddenly became very large. Cheng Gongying didn't notice anything wrong with the high-speed collision of several riders, but as the subsequent soldiers fought each other, the disadvantages of Cheng Gongying's subordinates unknowingly expanded.

Because Cheng Gongying divided the left and right wings in order to outflank Gan Feng, and Jia Xu brought the cavalry from Zhengxi, but they were concentrated together, as if one hand was facing the other hand, although Cheng Gongying's right wing gave up Chase, rush to rescue with all your strength, but there is still a distance after all, and in the high-speed cavalry combat, the consequences of such a distance are more obvious and terrible than the infantry battle.

Normally speaking, as long as there is a rational person, they will not actively seek death, even soldiers on the battlefield. , the political commissar team or something...

When it is discovered that the entire battle 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. There is no money, so you can move forward bravely when you are winning, but once you are in a downturn, you are more likely to lose your resilience and collapse and flee.

In addition, at this moment, although it is said that all the tribes in Xiliang have unified their opinions and agreed to fight according to Han Sui's arrangement, but only the vanguard of Cheng Gongying's part is going to Qishan, and most of the troops are still in Tianshui. , has just begun to deploy, and some have not even deployed, so in terms of part, Cheng Gongying's troops have no advantage at all compared with Jia Xu's.

Before Cheng Gongying's right wing had time to outflank it, the left wing had already lost its array form under the impact of the cavalry led by Jia Xu, and even began to collapse and scatter. , I only saw that under the tricolor flag, Zhengxi cavalry charged 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, voluntarily withdrew from the battle sequence, and withdrew to Tianshui to seek support from the Xiliang tribes.

For Cheng Gongying, such a choice is actually not wrong. After all, all the tribes in Xiliang are still in Tianshui. If the reinforcements from the west are too deep, even if the road to Qishan is opened, there is still a chance to fight with Han Sui. They blocked it in Qishan and wiped it out together, so there is no problem with the temporary repair after the battle line collapsed.

  But in fact, it was the people of Xiliang, including Cheng Gongying, who made such choices again and again that seemed to have no problems, but caused the entire battle situation to slowly slide to a direction that the Xiliang tribes could not control...

  ………………

  Will the correct choice necessarily lead to the correct result?

  When Ma Chao was faced with a choice, he also chose not to march forward immediately, but to stay and observe the situation, preparing to give Fei Qian Hou Bai a slash 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 didn’t expect that the common practice of beheading Di people along the way to prevent the exposure of his own information would attract the troops of Di people...

When the army is marching in secret, generally speaking, it is a very normal choice to massacre the villages that are not our own along the way. Even if it is not Ma Chao, other people will probably adopt the same method, but the problem is very unfortunate. 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 tens of hundreds is basically not felt to the Han officials. Even less, there were only about 3,000 Di people in the entire Xiabian, and dozens of people died suddenly, which naturally aroused the vigilance of Di people Wang Ke.

  When Ma Chao focused all his attention on the battle situation in the Feiqian camp ahead, the Diren Wang Hao who came after him had followed the trail to Ma Chao.

Of course, if Ma Chao launched an attack on Fei Qian immediately, it would be possible to avoid the pursuit of Di Ren Wang Ke, but the problem is that Ma Chao just chose to wait and see, which led to the attack of Di Ren Wang Ke. The troops eventually caught up with Ma Chao.

  Furthermore, if Ma Chao hadn't chosen to hide his troops, or hide among the hillside forests, he might not have been able to defeat the Xiliang soldiers who were mounted on horses with the help of Diren's two legs, but...

   What did Ma Chao do wrong?

   Not at all. All of Ma Chao’s choices were well-regulated and reasonable, but all the choices that seemed to be correct had ushered in the worst results.

   Diren Wang Ke raised his battle ax and held his shield against his shield. He shouted something he didn't know what it meant, and rushed out of the forest like a bull, and rushed to Ma Chao's soldiers first. And behind him, Lin Nei also jumped out of Di Ren's figure continuously, and the sound of crackling footsteps resounded through the entire forest.

The arrows shot by Ma Chao's soldiers in a hurry either hit the tree trunk or were blocked by the shield in the hands of the Di people. They did not have much obvious killing effect at all. On the contrary, the Di people leaned out from behind the tree trunk and shot cold arrows one after another. Harvesting the lives of Ma Chao's soldiers.

Diren Wang Ke himself is not very good at strategy. After seeing the Qiang troops led by Ma Chao, an instant thought came up naturally-before killing people and seizing horses, and then even though he came to apologize, Diren Wang Ke also ignored Han Sui's face, but it was obvious that Ma Chao didn't realize his mistake, but he was unwilling to let go, and secretly brought someone back to take revenge!

  Then the choice for Di Ren Wang Ke is very simple...

  Can this be tolerated? !

   Di Ren Wang Ke was naturally not polite, and he directly ignored the dissuasion of the head of the five clans, surrounded him with his hands, and launched an offensive directly.

  In the mountainous forest, it was originally the home field of the Di people!

  Di people's game paradise!

The Di people were jumping around in the forest bushes, brandishing their knives and guns, jumping or screaming, not so much killing the enemy, it was more like dancing. Sometimes they clearly slashed several times in front of Ma Chao's soldiers, and did not wait for Ma Chao's soldiers. When I fought back, I was already bouncing and running to the other side, somersaulting...

   Then he was a little dazed, held up his saber and didn't know whether it would be better to catch up and chop, or take this opportunity to run away. This Ma Chao soldier was stabbed by another Di man who rushed over from the side.

   "Kill! Kill, get on your horse, get on your horse!" In the forest, it was inconvenient to use a long spear, so Ma Chao could only hold a gun in one hand and a knife in the other, slashing and killing while shouting orders.

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

  Blood waves surged out on the front line!

A Di man rushed forward, Ma Chao went down with a knife, thinking that he must have slashed his head, and then slashed his body with the second knife, blood splashed, Ma Chao kicked the dead Di man away, and took time to look around For a moment, I saw the Di people jumping out of the bushes and out of the shadows of the trees. It seemed that the surroundings were surrounded by the frenzied shouts of the Di people, but the soldiers here were lost amidst the shouts of the Di people one after another. Without a sense of direction, someone actually ran to the flat ground as soon as possible, and even ran to the depths of the more dangerous woodland...

The Di people are brave and good at fighting in the mountains, but not good at battles. This is recognized by most people. Therefore, entanglement with the Di people in the mountains and forests is undoubtedly an act of courting death. However, in the panic of being attacked suddenly, Ma Chao Soldiers may not be able to calm everyone down, so chaos and disorder are inevitable.

   Ma Chao yelled loudly, trying to lead more soldiers to the horses, and then took the horses to the flat ground. Once the horses were on the flat ground, once the horses ran, whether it was fighting or withdrawing, the initiative was in Ma Chao's hands.

   After Ma Chao killed several Di people who were running towards him, he snatched the woodland, and before he ran to the horse hiding place, he heard the screams and wailing of war horses!

  The blood on Ma Chao's face disappeared immediately, and he knew in his heart that things were going to be troublesome now...

  (end of this chapter)