Chapter 541: Pressing Forward in One Fell Swoop
"What is Zhang Baiqi doing? Why haven't you been able to help the front army for so long?"
Zhang Yan was furious and saw the vanguard army led by Xu Huang marching in. They were about to defeat Lei Gong's front army in one fell swoop, but Zhang Baiqi's cavalry still failed to arrive on time. Once Lei Gong's front army was defeated in one fell swoop, then Xu Huang's forward with high morale would naturally be able to take advantage of the situation and drive straight into the heart of the Black Mountain Army.
Yang Feng on the side admonished: "Can't you see, Marshal? The Liangzhou Army dispatched the elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry to intercept and kill Bai Qishui. The White Cavalry cannot compare with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in terms of strength and eliteness. How can we help Thunder Lord?"
Zhang Yan's two rows of teeth clenched together and she whispered, "What will happen if we can't stop the enemy's charge?"
While Zhang Yan was impatient, the third and fourth thousand-man troops of the Xiliang Cavalry had already withdrawn from the cavalry battle in accordance with Ma Chao's order, and then mobilized their horses at full speed towards the Black Mountain Army. The forwards and flanks took advantage of the trend to kill.
The general who led the two thousand-man troops was none other than Ma Chao's cousin Ma Dai. Ma Chao has been crowned, and Ma Dai has also grown up. His appearance is five points similar to that of his brother, with two straight sword eyebrows, and a rough yet handsome face with the unique coldness of a Liangzhou man.
"The whole army listens to the order!" Ma Dai shouted, holding a spear in his hand: "The whole army concentrates on the previous breakthrough and executes the penetration tactics. The formation is not allowed to be dispersed at will. Do you understand?"
"No!" The two thousand Liangzhou cavalry behind them agreed in unison. They were not dissatisfied with the young commander. After all, not only was he similar to Ma Chao in appearance and physique, he was also similar in skill and tactics.
The two thousand Xiliang cavalry were getting closer and closer to the Lei Gong's forward, their eyes showing bloodthirsty and warlike desire.
"kill!"
boom! With an unstoppable momentum, two thousand cavalry easily charged into the front army of the Black Mountain bandits. They immediately opened a gap in Lei Gong's men and started a massacre. The Xiliang cavalry were all built with tall horses produced in Liangzhou. They charged forward with impetus. The Black Mountain bandit infantry met the Liangzhou cavalry head-on. They were hit before they could react. Without the Liangzhou cavalry even using their hands, they had already broken muscles and fractures and fell. Half dead.
Seeing Ma Dai dispatching troops to help, Xu Huang looked happy and seized the opportunity.
"Our army's reinforcements have arrived. Let's work together to break through the enemy's formation and achieve eternal feats!"
The forward army was already very powerful, but now with the assistance of the Liangzhou cavalry, it was even more unstoppable, and they charged forward. In particular, the three thousand soldiers of the Urgent Battalion launched an offensive at one go, and the Black Mountain bandit forwards suddenly showed a rout.
"Interspersed earlier to create opportunities for General Xu!"
Ma Dai swept his spear across and knocked a Black Mountain bandit off his horse. Then he shouted and gathered the cavalry. All two thousand cavalry suddenly gathered behind him.
Two thousand cavalry gathered into one force, followed Ma Dai and rushed forward. The already extremely loose Black Mountain bandit front army was already unable to stop them and was immediately dispersed.
"kill!"
With the cooperation of two thousand cavalry, more than ten thousand Xu Huangjun could not wait any longer and immediately launched a fierce attack at the same time. The Montenegrin army, which had been struggling to support them, finally couldn't support it anymore, collapsed instantly, and fled in all directions.
"No, run away. We can't stop the enemy's fierce offensive."
"That's right, didn't you see that Commander Lei has been killed by the formation? What are we still doing here?"
"Come on, hurry up, wait for me."
In fact, the number of tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops is still not a small number, but the foundation of an army lies in morale. Xu Huang chopped off the head of Lei Gong with an axe. The morale of the Montenegrin army's forwards had long been on the verge of collapse. As Ma Dai led two thousand cavalry in a frontal assault, the front army It collapsed immediately.
Seeing the collapse of the Thunder Army, Ma Dai and Xu Huang unanimously issued the pursuit order. At this time, the cavalry battle also changed dramatically.
"Zhong Hua is doing a great job!"
Ma Chao galloped his horse to a high slope and watched from a distance as Ma Dai led his cavalry back and forth on the battlefield in the distance, and couldn't help laughing.
"Okay! In that case -" Ma Chao said with full confidence: "The entire army obeys the order, do not hold anything back, and completely defeat the Black Mountain Cavalry."
After the eight thousand Xiliang cavalry heard Ma Chao's order, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the Black Mountain cavalry, like a huge wave rolling in, trying to completely drown the Black Mountain cavalry.
The Black Mountain Cavalry was far inferior to the Xiliang Cavalry in terms of equipment and military quality. Facing the continuous attacks of the Xiliang Cavalry like raging waves, they suddenly fell into a hard fight, as if they were a lone boat in the wind and rain. Know when it’s time to turn things upside down.
His subordinates looked bitter and admonished Zhang Baiqi: "Commander Baiqi, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is indeed not something our army can compete with. Should we retreat temporarily to avoid the enemy's edge?"
Zhang Baiqi slowly shook his head and said helplessly: "Marshal Zhang ordered us to attack. If our army retreats without permission, can Marshal Zhang spare us?"
"Bai Qi Shuai!" the confidant begged: "But we can't just watch the eight thousand cavalry that we have worked so hard to train be destroyed in one day, right?"
"Shuai Zhang is afraid that he will let lard fool him into fighting Liu Yuqing this time." A confidant advised: "This time, Black Mountain will definitely be defeated. If Bai Qishuai can maintain his strength, he may not be able to become a leader in the future." Marshal Montenegro.”
"Someone?" Zhang Baiqi was stunned.
"Yes, Zhang Yan has no choice but to fight Liu Yuqing, and her strength will be greatly damaged. If Bai Qishui can retain most of his strength, won't others have to listen to Bai Qishui even if they don't want to listen to him?"
"Well" Zhang Baiqi gently rubbed his chin with his fingers, his eyes glowing with a strange light, obviously considering the feasibility of the plan.
"Well!" It didn't take long for Zhang Baiqi to make a decision and said: "It should be so. Marshal Zhang is too stubborn. If this continues, our army will fall apart sooner or later, and I will have no choice but to lead everyone to survive."
"The Black Mountain Cavalry comes with me, don't get entangled with the enemy!"
Zhang Baiqi raised his arms and shouted, waving the military flag, and took the lead in retreating to the north. After the Black Mountain cavalry saw the direction in which the handsome flag was moving, they originally did not want to continue fighting with the Xiliang cavalry, so they followed the handsome flag and fled north together.
As a result, the remaining four thousand Black Mountain cavalry followed Zhang Baiqi and began to flee.
"General, Zhang Baiqi fled, will our army pursue him?"
"No need!" Ma Chao shook his head and said proudly: "The key to this battle is to defeat Zhang Yan's army, Zhang Baiqi is not the right one!"