Chapter 1175 Ma Chao's Iron Cavalry
Speaking of this, Huangfu Song looked somewhat awkwardly at the cavalry corps that Guo Hao had brought from Luoyang. This corps was special, with a rather strange talent composition.
There is nothing much to say about the first talent. The decathlon is used to lay the foundation. Generally, as long as the decathlon is refined, the quality of the soldiers will be very good.
But this second talent is a bit strange, the will is twisted.
There is nothing wrong with these two talents, and there is nothing wrong with this combination, but it is very strange to combine these two talents in a double-talent legion.
Huangfu Song could see that Guo Hao was planning to replicate the Fourteen Combined Legions. After all, the decathlon was about imitating skills, and the distortion of will was about imitating will.
Theoretically, it is indeed possible to copy other people's talents by distorting their wills, and then reproduce them through skills. Even if it is not a high-imitation version of the Fourteen Combination, it is still a powerful legion at least.
But the problem is that in reality this legion is simply useless at this stage.
Before the decathlon completed its transformation, its combat effectiveness was already inferior to others, and its distorted will required more quality support, but this legion did not have it.
The only thing that can be said is that this legion is a group of archer cavalry. Huangfu Song doesn't know how Guo Hao created this legion.
It was obviously a super late-stage soldier. Guo Hao threw it to him, hoping that he could modify it, but he couldn't do it.
He wanted to wash out the legion talent first, then put on two quality talents to practice his qualities, and then wash out the quality talent and replace it with these two talents.
But he gave up later. What's the difference between this and pinching three talents by hand?
If he could train a legion with qualified qualities to develop a talent with a twisted will, he would have three talents and a military soul.
After thinking for a long time, Huangfu Song handed this legion to the five schools of the Northern Army. Since it was an imitator, he should first imitate the five most practical legions of the Han Dynasty. If he could do it, it would be a good way to train them.
Shaking his head to clear the distracting thoughts from his mind, Huangfu Song began to survey the map. This time the battlefield was extremely vast and there were many things that needed to be considered.
Many times, he also has to consider cross-regional operations, which is a big challenge for someone of his age.
At the same time, Zhang Liao, as the vanguard, successfully encountered the first barbarian army that was wandering aimlessly.
As soon as the barbarian army saw Zhang Liao, they rushed up to him and tried to attack him.
Zhang Liao's violent temper was not tolerated. In his eyes, these barbarians were not much different from the mixed Hu people of the past. At most, they had changed from small fry to small fry with double talents.
Zhang Liao became even more furious when he thought about how he used to lead the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry as the imperial guards, and now he was leading the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry as the imperial guards.
There was nothing much to say. Three rounds of arrows from the Big Yellow Bow directly blew up the barbarian organization, and then a charge from the wolf cavalry directly defeated the barbarian army.
These wolf riders under Zhang Liao's command are truly super elite.
As an all-round soldier, it is already terrifying to have reached the level of super elite. The perfect hexagonal warriors can defeat the barbarian legion they encounter in all aspects.
After Zhang Liao and his wolf cavalry killed a lot of people, there were no more than fifty soldiers injured, and no one died. Apart from being a little tired, they were basically fine.
Zhang Liao still felt unsatisfied and unreconciled, so he simply followed these defeated barbarians and chased them all the way to their vanguard.
Just like when they fought against the barbarians, they attacked anyone who showed up. Nearly 30,000 barbarians were killed by Zhang Liao and his single legion.
After the killing, Zhang Liao regretted it. His mission was to harass and disrupt, and try to cut off the food supply, but he ended up killing so many people that he directly robbed Ma Chao of his job.
Zhang Liao realized that something was wrong and wanted to move closer to Ma Chao. He planned to guide the people back to Ma Chao. Anyway, they did not reveal their identities, so he could say that it was Ma Chao who did it.
As a result, before Zhang Liao found Ma Chao, he ran into Lucius of the 15th Eagle Flag.
Lucius didn't hesitate at all, and rushed forward to attack Zhang Liao like a wild dog that had broken free from its leash.
Although Zhang Liao was afraid of the Eagle Flag Legion, he was just afraid. Facing Lucius who was rushing towards him, Zhang Liao did not hesitate at all. He directly released a wave of arrows and then began to kite Lucius.
What a joke! Since when did infantry dare to chase cavalry in the wild? If it were the Xiliang Iron Cavalry or something like that, they might engage in hand-to-hand combat with you, but their noble Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry could kill you in a flash.
They ran and shot at the same time. This kind of archery on horseback was considered a basic skill among the barbarians, not to mention the old wolf riders from Bingzhou. They were skilled in working in groups of three or two to coordinate shooting at the soldiers of the Magic Sword Legion. Even if the soldiers of the Magic Sword Legion blocked frantically, there would always be one or two arrows that would break through their defense and hit them.
After two or three hundred people were shot dead, Lucius could no longer hold it in and gave the order to retreat in frustration.
In his first battle after his debut, Lucius was beaten without any injuries, which made him so angry that he wanted to rush over alone to kill Zhang Liao.
In fact, he did do so, but unfortunately, Zhang Liao, a veteran, was not willing to fight with him at all. He directly ordered a wave of arrows and concentrated fire, which successfully made Lucius retreat in embarrassment with injuries.
Zhang Liao was having a lot of fun. Killing barbarians was not as satisfying as killing the imperial guards. Even though he had killed thousands of barbarians before and only killed a few hundred imperial guards now, Zhang Liao still found it fun to kite the enemy like this.
"roar!"
However, when Lin Lin had killed more than 400 people, a legion of roaring beasts came running over from the horizon at a speed no less than that of cavalry.
"Thank God, Romulus, you are finally here!"
Lucius's tense nerves finally relaxed. He now wished he could kill the Roman guardian with one sword.
The other party told him that he came here just to feel the battlefield, there wouldn't be any tough enemies, he just needed to lead the crowd and that would be it.
He believed it, and then led his legion to go out and attack. When he was planning to kill something, he met Zhang Liao.
This first battle after his debut could almost be said to be a complete defeat. If he had not lost face and chosen to ask for help at the first moment, he estimated that he would have been killed by Zhang Liao today.
Fortunately, Romulus is here now, and even if he can't stop the enemy, he can make them retreat.
But unfortunately, Lucius still doesn't understand what a battlefield is.
"Wolf Riders, follow me and kill!" Seeing the new legion, a strange light flashed in Zhang Liao's eyes, and then he led the Wolf Riders to engage in a passionate charge against the opposite side.
"kill!"
At this moment, the roar of the five thousand wolf riders was as loud as thunder, and as majestic as the surging Yangtze River. They charged towards the Wild Beast Legion with an unstoppable momentum.
The dark-brown wolf riders galloped up, and their surging momentum even made Romulus' heart sink. The cold murderous intent made him feel cold hands and feet, but there was no turning back on such a battlefield. Seeing the Han army surging towards him, Romulus clawed at his chest.
The blood and the pain made Romulus suddenly clear his mind. He then looked at the wolf riders rushing towards him with a distorted face and let out an angry roar.
"Kill! The Wild Beast Army, follow me!"
Along with Romulus' roar, the Wild Beast Legion roared and charged towards the Wolf Riders!
The next moment, blood spurted out, and the soldiers of the Mad Beast Legion and the Wolf Riders attacked each other frantically, and a large number of soldiers of the Mad Beast Legion fell.
In just a few breaths, the two sides crossed each other. The casualties of the Mad Beast Legion exceeded a thousand, while the casualties of the Wolf Riders were less than half of their number.
Romulus felt the wounds on his body and didn't even need to look back to know that the warriors behind him were definitely not in good condition. The Wild Beast Legion was directly defeated in its debut battle.
A thick shadow covered the hearts of Romulus and Lucius. This was true death, and it was not the kind of battle in heaven where one could be resurrected after death.
Originally, they both thought that they had developed some resistance to death, but when they really felt the threat of death, they even found it difficult to breathe.
"Although they are weak, they are also real guards. Sure enough, the Roman Empire will not be a pushover!"
Zhang Liao's heart sank. His family knew his own business. He was just an adult beating a child, and the result was not very good.
"Retreat!" After verifying the strength of the opponent, Zhang Liao led the wolf cavalry and retreated directly.
Being greedy for merit and making reckless advances are things that young people do, but he no longer plays that game. He now only thinks about how to clear a path for the Wolf Cavalry. Neither the Xianzhen nor the Yulin are the best choices for the Wolf Cavalry.
"Lucius, do you know which troop this is?" Romulus' face was gloomy. Although he completed the rescue, he really couldn't be happy.
"I don't know!" Lucius looked even more aggrieved. After all, Romulus died standing, but he caused zero casualties to the other side.
"Retreat, tell them that there is a super elite here, and let them be careful!" Romulus sighed.
"Let's go back and gather them. We seem to have underestimated the Yuan family. I heard that they have several guards. If they are all of this level, we won't gain any advantage if we fight them!"
Lucius shook his head upon hearing this. After all, he knew more than Romulus. After all, his legion was a kind of backup control to weaken the barbarians.
So now he vaguely understood the purpose of so many barbarians coming this time.
"Use these barbarians to consume the elite troops of the Yuan family?" Lucius thought with a frown, but his intuition told him that this might not be the real purpose.
"Never mind, let's go back and gather the army. I need some cannon fodder to help me limit the speed of the cavalry enemies!"
After personal experience, Lucius realized the significance of auxiliary troops. No wonder the Roman Eagle Legion was equipped with auxiliary troops, not for reinforcement, but to enable them to exert their due combat effectiveness in various situations and then lead the barbarians to fight.
After leaving the battlefield, Zhang Liao found Ma Chao. After briefly explaining a few words to him, Zhang Liao made a circle and returned to his original route.
"What do you mean, kill the barbarians and beat the Romans? And then leave the rest to me?" Ma Chao looked at his captain blankly.
"Maybe General Zhang used your name to attract hatred for us?" After a little thought, the captain came to an obvious conclusion.
"So that's it!" Ma Chao suddenly realized and then put the matter behind him.
"Brothers, follow me!"
Ma Chao’s train of thought was very simple. Zhang Liao encountered the enemy when he came over just now, which meant that the enemy was not far away, so he just charged.
Zhang Liao had already grabbed the first prize. He was an officer with an important responsibility, so just killing him would be the end of it.
"Brothers, kill!"
Ma Chao encountered a barbarian army that was out on reconnaissance. After Romulus and Lucius issued warnings, these barbarians became more cautious.
However, no matter how cautious they were, most of the barbarian legions were infantry, and Ma Chao easily caught the wine glass.
Ma Chao roared, raised the flag with one hand, rode his horse forward, fearlessly took the enemy's arrows, killed the barbarian officers who were blocking the way, and then began to kill.
The cavalry following behind Ma Chao, seeing his unparalleled bravery, immediately roared and attacked desperately.
"Kill!" Waving the spear with one hand, Ma Chao was fearless at all. Blood splattered, but his eyes were fearless as he madly killed the enemies in front of him.
The blood almost soaked his armor, but Ma Chao's momentum did not decrease at all. In fact, Ma Chao's momentum became more violent.
"Kill them all!" Ma Chao roared, "For the glory of the Iron Cavalry!"
Blood spurted out, but it did not change their momentum. The commander was brave enough to lead the way and break through the enemy formation. All the soldiers behind Ma Chao roared and burst out with their ultimate fighting power, just like the majestic figure holding the flag in front of them, they launched a fierce attack towards the opposite side frantically!
They believed what Ma Chao said, and they wanted to follow Ma Chao to kick out the current Xiliang Iron Cavalry and restore the reputation of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Their Xiliang cavalry were not a group of infantry on horseback.
Just like Ju Yi did not recognize the Xiliang Iron Cavalry back then, there were also some people in Xiliang who did not recognize the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. In the past, they were oppressed by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and dared to be angry but not speak out.
But when Ma Chao stood up, they immediately responded and wanted to take back the glory that belonged to them.
Among Ma Chao's cavalry, there are Qiang people, barbarians, Hu people, Han people, and people from the Western Regions, but now they all have only one identity, that is, cavalry soldiers.
Ma Chao, who was somewhat experienced in military strategy, led his cavalry to directly cut through a mixed barbarian army of 8,000 people.
The fierce attack defeated the barbarians in almost the blink of an eye, and the rest of the time was spent in killing.
Although he did not agree with the fighting methods of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, Ma Chao agreed with their fighting style and believed that a strong army must fight its way out.
Moreover, Bai Qi had told Ma Chao that he didn't need to know too much about training soldiers. As long as he killed tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of them, he would be able to build a strong army. Therefore, Ma Chao showed no mercy to this barbarian army.
Even after the killing collapsed, they continued to chase Ma Chao until Ma Chao realized that he had completely deviated from the designated direction, and then turned around and headed north.
