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Ma Dai took the lead, swung his sword and killed a piece of blood until he was under the wolf-headed banner. An enemy general under the banner waved an iron stick and smashed towards Ma Dai. Ma Dai was overjoyed when he saw the enemy general wearing a golden helmet on his head. This should be the enemy's chief general.

He waved his long sword, and the tip of the knife used the force to lift the iron rod. The big sword then slashed down the iron rod. The light of the knife flashed and blood burst out. The enemy's head was chopped more than one foot away and the body fell down.

Ma Dai clamped his legs and turned over and slashed at the flag. The big blade was sharp and the flagpole was split into two pieces with a crack. The tall wolf-headed flag fell down with a bang. He killed the general and chopped the flag in one go. But Ma Dai did not see the expected chaos of the enemy. On the contrary, the enemy's offensive became more and more fierce. He felt a little uneasy. Could it be that the general with the golden helmet he killed was not the commander of the enemy.

At this moment, a subordinate pointed at the enemy's back and shouted: "Look at General."

Ma Dai also saw another wolf-headed flag behind the enemy. There was a golden-helmet general under the banner. He suddenly realized that he had been trapped. What they had just killed was not the enemy's central army, but just a virtual flag. The real central army was behind, and they could not kill them at all.

At this time, the deputy general Leng Bao came up and shouted: "General Ma, the enemy has a large number of people, and we are surrounded."

Ma Dai also saw the enemy's wings coming together. If they continue to fight, they will eventually wipe out the entire army. Ma Dai immediately said to Leng Baoling: "Lead the army and break through with me."

Leng Bao immediately ran back to rectify the army and horses. At this time, Ma Dai led several elite cavalry to fight towards the southeast direction of the enemy's weakest. They were like an iron fist, killing the enemy's troops and finally breaking through a gap. Thousands of Han cavalry had received orders to break through. They worked hard and followed Ma Dai's front army and rushed out of the enemy's encirclement, galloping in war horses, and retreating to the east.

Ma Dai led the Han cavalry to rush out for more than ten miles in one breath and rushed to the abandoned Guyuan County. They rushed directly into the county town. Fortunately, both city gates were well preserved. Ma Dai commanded the soldiers to quickly install the city gate and insert the door bolt with thick and long wood.

Leng Bao led two thousand soldiers to the top of the city. He ordered the soldiers to hide behind the battlements, lifted the bow and prepared, and waited patiently for the Jie cavalry who were chasing closer and closer.

Seeing that the Jie cavalry was about to rush to the city gate, Leng Bao suddenly shouted, "Shoot"

Two thousand soldiers appeared together, and two thousand arrows shot towards the Jie cavalry like heavy rain. The enemy troops rushing in front were caught off guard and were shot to the ground one by one, with countless casualties and injuries. Seeing that the situation was not good, the cavalry behind them tied their horses and turned around and retreated beyond the range of the Han army's crossbow arrows.

Ma Dai under the city commanded soldiers to carry huge rocks to block the two city gates of the east and west. Fortunately, although the houses in the city were burned, the city walls of the county were still preserved intact and there was no large-scale destruction. Apart from the two city gates, a corner of the northeast collapsed, revealing a gap of more than 20 meters wide. A general led five soldiers to defend at this gap.

At this time, Ma Dai had counted the number of people, and his mood suddenly became heavier. In a fierce battle with the enemy, he actually lost 1,44 brothers, and there were more than 1,55 cavalry in the city. The enemy's losses were not much. It was estimated that there were only less than 2,000 people. In a fierce battle, both sides suffered equivalent losses, but the Han army's base was very small, with more than 1,400 casualties, which was close to proportion, and the other party was almost unaffected.

Ma Dai was upset. You should know that he was leading the elite cavalry and the Yamen Army of the King of Han. How could he explain to the King of Han for such heavy losses?

Zhao Qian, the army joined the army, comforted him and said, "The situation may not be that bad. At that time, the brothers broke through several times. There were a thousand five people here, and it is very likely that there were brothers elsewhere to break through. Moreover, we had been fighting with the enemy for less than half an hour, so the losses should not be so heavy."

In fact, Ma Dai also felt that soldiers would break through from other places, but he always felt that it was his own responsibility and was unwilling to be lucky. He sighed and said, "No matter what, I should not show off my courage in this battle. I should retreat directly to the old city of Guyuan, and the casualties will be much smaller."

"It's over, and it's useless for the general to blame himself. It's better to try hard to defend this old city."

Ma Dai nodded silently, and at this moment, a soldier rushed to report: "Report to General, the enemy has turned to the northeast corner."

Ma Dai was shocked. The enemy must have planned to enter the city from the collapsed city wall in the northeast corner. Without worrying about his anger, he immediately rode his horse to the northeast corner.

The Jie cavalry did not carry siege weapons such as ladders, and even if they brought stairs, if the war horses could not rush into the city, it would still have no meaning to them. Of course, the Jie cavalry also had a choice, either waiting for the Han cavalry to be exhausted and the water was gone, and they would kill themselves, or they would find a way to kill into the city.

Shi Tan chose the latter. He did not know the food and grass situation of the Han cavalry, and how many days the Han army could last. More importantly, it was only a few dozen miles away from Xiaoguan. He knew that some of the Han cavalry broke south and would likely attract reinforcements. He must annihilate this small cavalry as soon as possible. Once successful, it would be of great benefit to his tribe.

The stone tanning has been found to have a section of the northeast corner of the city wall collapsed, which was more than twenty meters wide, and there was no moat, so they could rush in.

Shi Tan immediately led 6,000 cavalry to the northeast corner of the city. He was very cunning. He still maintained the pressure of attack at the two gates of the east and west, making it impossible for the Han army on the top of the city to concentrate its forces to defend in the northeast corner.

The collapse of the city wall in the northeast corner has become the focus of fierce battle between the two armies. The Han army gathered 1,55 soldiers to defend the collapse, led by the chief general Ma Dai himself. At this time, the Han army had already inserted thousands of spears into the soil in front of the gap. The tip of the spear was diagonally outward, forming a spear thorn. This is a way to defend against stealing the camp when camping, and the Han army used the gap defense.

Zhao Qian suggested to Ma Dai: "General, it is better to use stones to block the gap so that the enemy cavalry cannot cross it."

Ma Dai's cavalry had a lot of experience in attacking. He shook his head, "There are no big stones in the city, they are all fine pieces of stone. Instead, they are easy to form slopes, which makes it easier for the cavalry to rush down from a high place, which is not conducive to our defense."

Zhao Qian had to give up this idea, but Ma Dai smiled and said, "You can use dry food bags to put soil on and cover the gap, which will help us shoot bows and arrows."

With his order, several soldiers put in thousands of bags of dry food and piled them inside the gap. Although they did not have much effect on the Hu people with superb riding skills, they gave Han soldiers a hiding barrier.

Seeing more and more enemy troops gather outside the northeast corner, 1,55 Han troops were also on high alert, Ma Dai set up a defense point, and Ya general Luosun and Zhao Qian, the military officer, led soldiers to defend the city walls on both sides of the gap, and shot the enemy with bows and crossbows from a high place.

Ma Dai personally led nine people to be distributed in the gap more than 20 meters wide, and used crossbow arrows and spears to defend. As soon as they were deployed, the sound of trumpets of the Jie people attacked came from the opposite side. The sound of trumpets was loud. The first wave of 2,000 cavalry suddenly launched and rushed towards the gap like a covert earth. The yellow dust was everywhere, and the fierce sound of horse hooves hit the ground, which shocked the hearts of the Han soldiers as if they were jumping out of their bodies.

The enemy cavalry is getting closer and closer, and the steps are...twenty and fifty steps...two and fifty steps are 150 steps, and murderous aura is filled with the earth. Ma Dai's eyes are staring at the cavalry. The opponent has no shields, and the people are wearing thick leather armor. Apart from fifty steps, ordinary bows and arrows do not want to shoot trans-leaf armor. For powerful crossbow arrows, they can only have a killing effect in the steps. If the time when the crossbow arrows are turned on, their first strike must be effective.

The rigorous training of the Han army showed its power at this moment. Although the Jie cavalry had already rushed into the range of crossbow arrows, there was no order to shoot, and no one shot archery without authorization. When the enemy cavalry advanced eighty steps, Ma Dai shouted, "Clicking crossbow arrows"

A rapid sound of buzzing sounds, and a thousand crossbow arrows made a crackling sound. The crossbow machine hit, and a thousand crossbow arrows roared out, like dense raindrops, and quickly shot towards the rushing cavalry. The powerful arrows shot through two layers of leather armor. The screams suddenly broke out, and the war horses neighed and rolled to the ground. The cavalry were also caught in the arrows and fell from the horse. Most of Yu Ming, who was rushing in front, died and injured.

But the powerful crossbow arrows still couldn't stop the Jie people's cavalry. The cavalry behind rushed over, stepped on the corpses all over the ground, and continued to rush towards the gap. In an instant, they rushed to fifty steps away. Ma Dai was not panicked and ordered coldly: "Bow and arrow shooting"

The sound of war drums suddenly sounded, which was the shooting command of the bow and arrow. Five bows and arrows were raised, and long arrows pointed at the enemy cavalry running. The five arrows were almost out of string at the same time, drawing a strong straight line, and directly taking the enemy cavalry. The cavalry within fifty steps shot fast, with unparalleled speed. In an instant, nearly two more Jiehu cavalrymen fell to the ground screaming. The war horses behind were tripped, and the cavalry rolled from the horse and fell to the ground, and a group of striking in 50 steps from the city wall.

For the huge two thousand cavalrymen, the losses of nearly five people still caused their impact to be severely damaged. Cavalry began to be prepared to turn around and return, but Shitan blew the horn of the attack again, and continued to blow it, just like the wizard's art. The Jiehu cavalry once again boosted their morale and continued to gallop.

This is a unique tradition of the Jie people. If they die bravely on the battlefield, their wives and children will be treated well by their clan members. On the contrary, if they escape in the war, their wives and children will be discriminated against, and their property will be taken away by their clan members and distributed to others.

Because of this, Jiehu was extremely brave in fighting and extremely cruel, and never kept prisoners. Under the warning of the horn, the momentum of the cavalry became fierce again, and he rushed towards the gap in the city wall regardless of everything, but there were thousands of sharp and dense spears to greet them. The cavalry filled the front could no longer stop. As the spears got closer, the cavalry screamed in despair.

Amid the screams, the sharp spear pierced the war horses and pierced the cavalry's chest. Blood mist filled the air. Several Jiehu cavalrymen died tragically on the spot, quickly forming a wall of corpses about meter high.
Chapter completed!