Chapter 1204 One More Game

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Lost, Zhang Liao and the others lost. After going back, they counted and lost more than 20,000 people.

Zhang Liao raised his account to discuss matters.

"I didn't expect the enemy to be so fierce. This time, what can you do to save the situation?" Zhang Liao asked.

Several generals also saw that the Romans had obvious advantages.

Tall and big, plus powerful.

The advantage of great strength is obvious. When the army reaches a certain size, a sweep will make it difficult for two soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to resist.

"Their army formation is not good, and they will be chaotic when they start fighting, but they are strong and make up for this situation. We are very difficult to deal with." Tai Shici said.

This is how the Roman army actually did.

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong had no other options. These people were too strong to beat them.

At this time, Zhang Yu was still on the road and didn't know that such a thing had happened.

When Ma Chao went back, he was naturally full of confidence.

It is not so easy to defeat Datang's army this time.

The army of the Tang Dynasty has gone through countless battles and defeated several princes. Now that the army is strong, they can actually win.

"Our 50,000 army is 50,000 warriors. How does the Tang Dynasty's army compare with ours?" Ma Chao said.

After returning, Ma Chao said: "Go back immediately and tell Father, we will win this battle."

Fifty thousand Romans are fifty thousand warriors, which makes them sure to win.

One of Ma Chao's lieutenants said to Ma Chao: "General, these men are strong. We can ask our lord to make the battle armor thicker than Tang's heavy infantry and heavy cavalry. Bows and arrows can't pierce it, and even spears can pierce it." Wouldn't it be invincible if you don't wear it?"

Ma Chao's eyes sparkled, and he was very interested in this proposal.

He didn't think about it before, so the armor he built was the same thickness as theirs.

But this time, if the battle armor is really thickened, then it will really be invincible.

"Okay, I'll have a couple of them built and see if the Romans can bear it."

Originally, the armor is big, but if it is thicker, it will be very heavy, and it will be uncomfortable to carry it on the mountain, so we still need to study it.

Ma Chao sent people back to study, and he was going to continue to attack Datang's army.

Only by constantly attacking can we know the good or bad in time.

Ma Chao wanted super heavy armor, so he sent people to build it. If it was possible, then their combat power would continue to soar. By then, Zhang Yu and the others might really be in danger.

Early the next morning, Ma Chao continued to attack. With the experience of the previous day, they were even bolder this time.

He directly pulled the army to Zhang Liao's barracks.

"Zhang Liao, how dare you come out for a decisive battle."

This time, Ma Chao brought 120,000 soldiers and horses, leaving only 30,000 soldiers and horses to watch the house.

They didn't lose much in yesterday's battle, and they dared to do so today.

In the morning, Zhang Liao and the others were still studying how to defeat the enemy.

"General Zhang, this Ma Chao is so arrogant." Huang Zhong said angrily.

Yesterday's battle had caused them a lot of losses. This time Ma Chao came to challenge again, and several people were very angry.

Zhang Liao pondered for a while and said, "Arrange more archers inside the barracks, and do a good job of defense. Han Sheng's heavy cavalry should be in ambush. We have to continue fighting with them."

"Zilong, Ziyi, you two are ready to lead the team in person."

Zhang Liao wanted to observe the enemy's weaknesses, so he had to fight them, even knowing that he would lose.

Zhao Yun and Tai Shici led the infantry into battle.

Ma Chao was very happy when he saw the enemy coming out. As long as he can break through this way, he will be victorious.

"attack."

"Crush them."

Ma Chao ordered, and the army came to kill.

Their morale is very high, with Roman warriors, they are confident of victory.

The army came to kill, Tai Shici and Zhao Yun went up to meet them.

At the beginning, the two armies were able to fight each other. In terms of army quality, Liangzhou soldiers and horses were far behind them.

After a while, the Roman legion came to the front.

Zhao Yun and Tai Shici were not afraid to fight, leading troops to attack continuously.

However, he was quickly beaten back by the Roman army.

They are disorganized, relying on their strength, relying on their longer and heavier weapons to swing and attack.

For this powerful attack, Datang's side united and resisted with collective strength.

But after fighting for a while, he was still defeated by them.

The army was beaten out, and Datang's army began to retreat steadily.

Ma Chao took the opportunity to pursue and kill them, but although the Tang army was defeated, they did not lose their positions and retreated slowly.

The two sides continued the bloody battle. After an hour or two hours passed, Datang's army had already retreated five miles, leaving many corpses along the road, and even the camp ahead was breached.

At the critical moment, Huang Zhong's heavy cavalry began to charge.

He rushed over from a distance and directly rushed into Liangzhou's army formation, causing great damage to Liangzhou's soldiers and horses. This made Ma Chao furious and led the army to kill him himself.

The two sides continued to fight, and when the Roman Legion came to support, Huang Zhong left some of them and retreated.

And Zhang Liao also personally led the light cavalry to safari, harassed around, found an opportunity to attack twice, and dealt a great blow to the enemy.

After fighting for several hours, Ma Chao saw that he could no longer take advantage of it, so he retreated.

Zhang Liao and the others packed up the camp again, and retreated twenty miles to find a place to camp.

After setting up camp, it was already dark.

At this time, Xi Zhi came. He had been taking care of the rear, preparing food and grass, and arranging food roads.

Xi Zhicai was also shocked. In two days, they had lost more than 50,000 troops.

Yes, the battle yesterday and the battle today, after two days of fighting, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses have been lost.

But Ma Chao was also uncomfortable. The Roman Legion was powerful, but after all, there were only 50,000 soldiers, and they were all infantry.

Being attacked by the cavalry, or the Liangzhou army that attacked them, did them great harm.

There's no way, Ma Chao's soldiers and horses are much weaker.

Ma Chao also lost about 30,000 people this time, but it was much better than Datang's army.

Ma Chao realized a problem, the army of Datang was not a mob.

If it is a mob, then after the first defeat, they can take advantage of the massacre, and there is no subsequent counterattack at all.

This is the case with the general army of princes.

However, Datang's army is an army that has experienced many battles, and they will not disperse even if they are defeated.

Even if they are defeated, they still dare to fight back. They are an army with faith.

An army with faith cannot be defeated.

Therefore, after the Roman army was held back this time, the remaining Liangzhou army was no match.

The two sides retreated and studied tactics again.

After listening to the battle situation in detail, Xi Zhicai said: "I'm afraid we can only rely on the large number of troops to slowly consume each other. Liangzhou's soldiers and horses are not terrible. The Roman army has to rely on Liangzhou's army. If we attack the weaker side, the opponent is also very weak." uncomfortable."

If the strong one can't beat it, then grind out the weak one first.

Zhang Liao wanted to use this method first to gradually understand the characteristics of the Roman army.

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