Chapter 310: Iron Harrier

Lincheng.

Ma Jin was drinking wine in his tent, and before him, seven women were dancing gracefully.

These women were ones he had ordered to be seized from the vicinity of Lincheng, all of them women with a bit of beauty.

Life in the army was always dull, and for Ma Jin, he had never liked this kind of dullness.

Thus, every time he marched to war, he had to find some women to amuse himself.

It was precisely because of this that he had been punished by Ma Xuan that one time.

"Elder brother, didn't you tell me not to seek pleasure in the army? Now I am going to enjoy myself to the fullest; why don't you turn into a vengeful ghost and punish me? Hahaha..." Ma Jin laughed incessantly.

Just at this moment.

A general walked into the tent, glanced at the dancing women, came to Ma Jin's side, and whispered a few words.

"What! Yan Wang is actually besieging Jincheng?" Ma Jin's expression changed drastically.

"It is absolutely true; this is the news our scouts just sent back," the general said.

"How is that possible?" Ma Jin wore an expression of disbelief.

In his view, after entering Jinzhou, Yan Wang should have faced difficulties at every step; how could he have fought his way to Jincheng in just one month?

He had crossed swords with the Xiliang Army, and Tuoba Wuji was one of the top generals in Xiliang.

Furthermore, even if they were ten thousand pigs, it would be hard to catch them all in a month, so how could he let Yan Wang fight his way to the foot of Jincheng?

But the intelligence sent by the scouts should not be false.

"This Yan Wang is truly full of surprises," Ma Jin's eyes narrowed, "If this is the case, then I must not let him have his way."

At present, there were two things he was wary of.

First, although he had caused the death of his elder brother Ma Xuan and taken control of the Ma Family.

The matter of safeguarding the Ma Family's interests remained unchanged.

If Yan Wang were truly allowed to retake Jinzhou, Yan Wang would inevitably meddle in Jinzhou and foster his own forces.

And this would be extremely disadvantageous to the Ma Family.

After all, the Ma Family had always wanted to get their hands on Jinzhou.

The second was his promise to Dou Wei; if he failed to fulfill it, his own end would be miserable.

Neither of these two points allowed him to sit by and watch Yan Wang fight smoothly in Jinzhou.

It was precisely because of this that he had secretly collaborated with Xiliang.

"Send someone to Linshui City to tell the Xiliang general in the city that they can lead their troops away at any time and head to Jincheng," Ma Jin said.

The general agreed and turned to leave.

"Wait," Ma Jin called the general back.

After pondering for a moment, he continued: "Send others to contact Yan Wang, but in reality, secretly spy on the situation in Yan Wang's army and send the information to the Xiliang people."

After speaking, he pointed to one of the women, "This one is a reward for you; you must handle this matter well for me."

The general was excited, "General, rest assured, this subordinate will certainly not fail the mission."

Looking at the woman, he gradually approached and, with a lewd laugh, dragged the woman out of the tent.

Li Jiazhuang.

The battle between the Wangfu Army and the Xiliang reinforcements grew increasingly intense.

The Xiliang Cavalry charged repeatedly, slamming into the Wangfu Heavy Infantry that had cut through the middle of their formation.

Among these cavalry, the one thousand Iron Harrier heavy cavalry were charging back and forth.

Although the plate armor of the heavy infantry was impervious to blades and arrows, the force of the Iron Harrier's charge, with both man and horse, was immense.

Casualties still occurred when they were hit head-on.

For a time, the middle of the formation became even more chaotic.

But just at this moment, the artillerymen made their move.

Of course, they did not bombard the middle position.

Because doing so would accidentally injure the Wangfu Army.

The artillerymen to the south bombarded the front of the Xiliang troops directly.

And the artillerymen to the north bombarded the rear of the Xiliang army.

Amidst the bombardment of the artillery, the flintlock infantry steadily advanced.

The sound of artillery rang out.

The attention of the Xiliang troops was immediately diverted, and then they discovered the Wangfu Army that was closing in.

Jili had no choice but to pull some cavalry back from the middle of the formation.

Out of the ninety thousand-strong army, there were fifteen thousand cavalry.

Ten thousand in the vanguard, five thousand in the rear.

Because the formation had been cut off, they had no way of knowing the situation in the rear.

Now they could only try their best to break through the Wangfu Army in front.

Otherwise, once they were surrounded, his ninety thousand men would be finished.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

This time it was the rumbling of the Xiliang Cavalry.

Six hundred Iron Harrier heavy cavalry were pulled from the center.

They lined up in a straight line and headed toward the advancing Wangfu Army phalanx.

The remaining Iron Harriers were still entangled with the Wangfu heavy infantry.

At this moment.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei rode their horses to find a slightly higher vantage point.

Through a monocular, they observed the situation on the battlefield.

Now, the Xiliang Army was completely enveloped by his troops.

The central section was the most chaotic at this time, with Xiliang soldiers constantly attempting to reconnect their rear and front.

However, his Heavy Infantry were not just sitting idle.

After cutting off the Xiliang Army, they formed a tight formation, like a wall of steel dividing the front and rear of the Xiliang Army.

The Xiliang soldiers charged repeatedly, but could not shake them in the slightest.

The Light Cavalry did not have any particularly good methods against them either.

Every time they charged, the Long Spear soldiers sandwiched within would thrust their Long Spears diagonally toward them.

Only the Iron Harrier soldiers, covered in armor, did not fear the Long Spears and charged again and again.

But their numbers were few, and they could not change the outcome of the battle.

Shifting his gaze from the center, Zhao Xu saw the Iron Harriers charging toward their direction.

These Iron Harriers were aiming straight for the Flintlock formation.

"Let them taste the power of the Flintlocks," Chang Wei said, clenching his fists.

A distance of two or three hundred meters was merely a breath away for Cavalry.

The Xiliang Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry started off running slowly, but suddenly accelerated at the one-hundred-meter mark.

And just at this moment, the Flintlock Infantry of the six square formations facing the Iron Harrier charge stopped their advance.

They pointed their Flintlocks at the Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Under the commander's order, the first row of Flintlock Infantry opened fire.

Over a hundred of the galloping Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry immediately fell over on their horses.

But because iron chains bound their bodies to the horses,

they did not fall off the horses.

It was just that the Warhorses were startled by the Flame and the sound of the Flintlocks, carrying their corpses as they ran back toward the Xiliang Army.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..." The second row of Flintlock Infantry continued to fire, followed by the third row.

Under the continuous firepower of the Flintlocks, the heavy armor of the Iron Harriers was as if it were nothing.

One by one, the corpses of the Iron Harrier cavalry hung from their horses, and the Warhorses carried them, wandering aimlessly across the battlefield.

After three rounds of gunfire, only a hundred or so Iron Harriers remained, reaching the front of the Flintlock Infantry.

At this time, the Long Spear soldiers immediately braced their Long Spears, thrusting them toward the Iron Harriers.

Due to the immense momentum of the Iron Harriers, the soldiers holding the Long Spears had the webs of their thumbs split from the impact.

However, because a dozen Long Spear soldiers coordinated to brace their Long Spears against the Iron Harrier soldiers simultaneously, they still managed to cushion the impact of the Iron Harriers and prevent them from charging into the Flintlock Infantry.

Once the momentum of the Iron Harriers was halted, a Long Spear soldier used his Long Spear to pry open an Iron Harrier's Helmet, and immediately several Long Spears thrust toward the Xiliang Cavalry's head.

The Xiliang soldier let out a miserable cry and fell backward on his horse.

However, in one formation, some Long Spear soldiers failed to defend against the Iron Harriers in time, and were cut through by several Iron Harrier cavalry.

But once their momentum stopped, the Long Spear soldiers immediately surrounded them and killed them.

Having killed the Iron Harriers, the commander reorganized the formation and headed toward the Xiliang Army once again.