Ma Chao sacrificed 5,000 cavalry to break out of a hole in Cao Ren's military formation, and then the remaining 20,000 cavalry rushed into the military formation. The cavalry rushed into the infantry formation, which was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep.

"Hold them."

"Shoot, shoot arrows." The army was in the middle of the army, Cao Ren was in a calm manner and commanded his soldiers.

The 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers of Cao's army began to slowly change the formation. However, this is a turtle-shaped formation, with extremely poor mobility, and it is very difficult to achieve the effect of changing the formation in a short period of time.

If the formation remains unchanged, it will be difficult to stop Ma Chao. Not only can he not stop Ma Chao, but he may also have heavy casualties.

There is no doubt about the mobility of the cavalry. At this time, someone must be able to take over and delay the mobility of the cavalry so that the Cao army can completely gain the upper hand.

"If the Xiliang army is not afraid of death, how can our Cao army be afraid of death?"

"Brothers, I will push you up." Cao Hong shouted loudly, holding a giant shield in his hand and headed towards Ma Chao's cavalry.

As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Now the Xiliang Army and the Cao Army are completely competing. Now no one can be afraid at this time, and whoever is afraid will lose.

Cao Hong was young and energetic, and he was a desperate person. At this time, in order to block Ma Chao, he also took the initiative to lead more than 10,000 infantry soldiers and blocked Ma Chao's way.

"Shoot the arrow."

At this moment, Cao's archers took the bow and arrow from behind, looked up at the sky at an angle of 45 degrees, and launched a round of projectiles at Ma Chao's cavalry.

"Swoosh!swoosh!swoosh!"

Tens of thousands of archers shot out arrows in their hands at the same time. These arrows shot towards the Xiliang Army like locusts.

"Avoid arrows and fight back."

Although Ma Chao is not old, he is still in battle for a long time. At this time, he did not panic, but still calmly commanded.

Projection is the most basic shooting method for archers. The advantage of projection is that it has a long range, lethality for dense targets, and has low requirements for shooters. Basically, it can be said that you can just pull the bow and hit the arrow, and there is no accurate requirement.

At this time, the Xiliang Army was entangled by Cao Hong and others. Although Ma Chao had ordered the evasion as soon as possible, this wave of arrows still caused huge damage to the Xiliang Army.

As the saying goes, it is impolite to come but not go. After the Cao army's arrow rain, the Xiliang army immediately launched a counterattack. The cavalry of the Xiliang army grew up on horseback. Riding and archery was a compulsory course for them since childhood. Compared with archery, this is simply a big knife in front of Guan Gong.

In an instant, more than 10,000 cavalrymen grabbed the reins and took the bow and arrow from the saddle bridge. They opened their bows and pulled the bow strings, and the arrows shot towards Cao's army like meteors.

"Hand up the shield."

With Cao Ren's order, Cao's army raised a large shield to block most of the arrows.

Compared with archery, the Xiliang Army is simply too skillful. This skill that has been engraved in the bones since childhood, pulling a bow and catching an arrow is more like a conditioned reflex for them. This is not comparable to the Cao army archers who were trained in the later stages. Fortunately, Cao Ren prepared a large number of shields in advance, which can block the Xiliang Army's arrows very well.

Soon, the second round of shots came again.

"Swoosh!swoosh!swoosh!"

The arrow feathers of both sides shot towards the place with the sound of wind. The arrows were like storms, and they were all over the place.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The sound of arrows drilling into the flesh and blood, screams and wailings kept coming from around, and the people on both sides were killed and injured.

In a blink of an eye, half an hour passed. Cao's army paid a price of about 10,000 people, and the Xiliang army also paid a price of nearly 10,000 people.

Although the Xiliang Army is a cavalry, it should be the upper hand. However, you should know that the Xiliang Army is now holding its stomach, both humans and horses. Not only are they weak in their legs, but even horses are weak in their legs.

However, Ma Chao did not waste this half hour. Now they have broken through to the edge of Cao Ren's military formation. As long as they break Cao Ren's turtle shell, they can completely kill the general.

"tender!"

At this moment, Ma Chao gave the order and saw about three thousand cavalry behind him, taking out dark javelins from the skin next to the saddle bridge. These javelins are short, and the length is about the thickness of an adult's arms.

"Bid!Bid!Bid!"

The three thousand people shouted in unison, and the rear wheels rounded their arms and projected the short mark in their hands.

This cavalry is a special force trained by Ma Chao, called the cavalry, also known as the iron cavalry. Each of these 3,000 people is a great Xiliang horse, with hard bows and scimitars and spears in their hands. However, these are not the most lethal weapons in their hands. The most lethal weapons in their hands are short marks hanging next to the saddle bridge. Each person is equipped with seven short marks. At medium and long distances, they use horsepower to throw the short marks out to kill the enemy.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Soon, the short mark of the Xiliang people flew to Cao's army. The power of this javelin is not comparable to that of arrows. Cao's shield formation is simply vulnerable to the power of the javelin.

Ma Chao's cavalry became the last straw that defeated the camel. Cao Ren had never seen the cavalry and had never fought with the cavalry. For a moment, the power of the cavalry could be said to be beyond Cao Ren's expectations.

If you haven't seen it before, it means you can't deal with it. At this moment, even Cao Ren didn't know how to deal with Ma Chao's cavalry, let alone ordinary Cao's soldiers. For a moment, the atmosphere of fear spread among Cao Ren's army, which also caused a crack in Cao Ren's army.

"Kill out!" Ma Chao waved his hand and took the remaining subordinates to kill him.

Seeing Ma Chao running away, Cao Hong led his troops to chase him, but was stopped by Cao Ren.

"Don't pursue the enemy with poverty, retreating and helping the wind is the top priority."

"When I came, I made a military order to the King of Wei. As long as I, Cao Ren, cannot be lost in Fufeng City." Cao Ren said solemnly.

Although Cao Hong was young and energetic, he still did not dare to be arrogant in front of his elder brother Cao Ren. He was talking about it, Cao Ren did not allow him to chase him. Without Cao Ren's military talisman and order arrows, he could not mobilize a soldier, and even if he wanted to chase him, he could not pursue him.

On the other side, Ma Chao took the remaining troops to kill him, and ran forward for more than 30 miles, then turned his head and found a direction to return to Heishi Pass. When he arrived outside Heishi Pass, Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the Black Stone Pass, Ma Chao had a little soldiers and horses. What a good guy, who brought 30,000 people out, but when he came back, there were only 12,000 soldiers left. He ran away when he brought the casualties and wounded back, losing 18,000 cavalry.

The battle between Heishi Pass can be said to be both defeated. Cao Ren retreated to Fufeng City, and although Ma Teng occupied Heishi Pass, he was also injured.
Chapter completed!