Chapter 53 Another Secret Weapon

In the last battle between Xu Chang and Dongjun, although he successfully defeated Cao Shen. But the extremely terrible combat effectiveness of the tiger and leopard also made Liu Bisi frightening. In fact, at the beginning, Liu Bei was a little disapprove of Pang Tong's virtual and real troops. But later, whenever he thought of the war, Liu Bei was still worried. Especially in East County. The Fengyun cavalry and the tiger and leopard cavalry faced each other face to face, and unexpectedly lost 2,000 riders at once, which was simply hanged in an instant. Even if Liu Bei was exhausted, he even did not hesitate to transfer the Xiliang iron horse from the west to help the battle, and Ma Dai also used the other party's light enemy to kill Cao Chun, the leader of the tiger and leopard horse, but the last point left more than 6,000 tiger and leopard horse. The price Liu Bei paid for it was nearly 20,000 cavalry. If you count the peds who died in the tiger and leopard riders in the battlefield, the number will be even more amazing.

In view of this, this tiger and leopard ride is also a big problem in Liu Bei's heart. In this battle, Liu Bei gave Pang Tong a death order before the war. He must find a way to hit the tiger and leopard hard, or even annihron it completely. In order to complete this impossible task, Pang Tong thought hard at night and referred to the major classic battles. Finally, his hair was almost gray. Then he came up with a unique trick and was ready to try it this time.

Now Cao Wei has used the tiger and leopard riding. Liu Bei knows that it's time. Since Ma Dai can't open his body for a while and can't expect it, let Zhang Liao go first. Seeing the flag in the Chinese army, Zhang Liao knew that the real test was coming.

"Brothers, come with me!" Under Zhang Liao's order, the 20,000 wind and cloud cavalry and white horse followers behind him followed, intercepting the only way for tiger and leopard riding. This time, Cao Shen only brought 15,000 tiger and leopard riders, but the Fengyun cavalry had a full 20,000, plus 5,000 Xiliang iron riders, which is almost half of Liu Bei's family. On the contrary, because there are still 40,000 to 50,000 elite cavalry in Guanzhong that have not been mobilized, and the Hu cavalry is also being garrisoned in the northern border, so in terms of the number of cavalry alone, Cao Qian has fallen behind this time.

Of course, Cao Zhen doesn't care about the opponent's numerical advantage at all, because even if the tiger and leopard rider is facing the cavalry, it is enough to fight one against two. There are only 5,000 more riders than himself. In Cao Zhen's eyes, this number of people is almost better than nothing. Looking at the other party's cavalry formation, a trace of disdain flashed in Cao Zhen's eyes. Cavalry is different from infantry. How to form a formation? On the contrary, it will not give full play to the advantages of flexible surnames. If Zhang Liao had ridden and fought with himself like before, Cao Zhen would still feel a little headache. But Cao Zhen was also overjoyed to see that his opponent was not knowing whether he was alive or dead and he chose to collide with him. It's just that he still has a trace of doubt in his heart. Zhang Liao is not a person who doesn't know how to fight. Why did he do this unwise move?

After thinking about it, it may be because he is worried that once he intervenes in the war, Wen Ping will not be able to hold on. After all, he is already in danger. Cao Zhen's thoughts are long to say, but they are just instantaneous. At this time, the tiger and leopard rode only hundreds of steps away from Zhang Liao's cavalry array.

"Brothers, lock, impact!" Looking at the approaching enemy, Zhang Liao suddenly shouted. With his order, the 20,000 riders behind him, each took out two chains from his saddle. These chains are about eight feet long, with hooks at both ends. After taking out the chain, the hooks at both ends of the chain are hung on the iron ring on the top of your own saddle, and the other end is on the iron ring on the saddle of the same robe on both sides. The whole process lasted for dozens of seconds, and all the cavalry had been connected into a series of cavalry with 500 people.

"Crush!" With Zhang Liao's order again, the Fengyun cavalry launched and rushed to the tiger and leopard. That's right, this is Pang Tong's unique trick: a serial horse.

Last time Xu Chang besieged Cao, there were hundreds of thousands of Cao soldiers in Hebei, but because they could not break through the blockade of Jingxiang Marine Division and cross the Yellow River, they almost made soy sauce. If it hadn't been for Guo Jia's plan before his death, I'm afraid there would have been a big question mark if Cao Qian could escape. However, there are gains and losses in everything. While Guo Jia rescued Cao Qian, he also provided a new idea for Pang Tong: a serial horse.

The reason why the tiger and leopard ride is terrible lies in its unparalleled impact. In terms of positional combat ability alone, the Fengyun cavalry is not inferior to the tiger and leopard cavalry. In fact, no matter how good the horses of the tiger and leopards are, no matter how strong the soldiers are, if they really want to compete with the Fengyun cavalry one-on-one, even if the Fengyun cavalry is not an opponent one-on-one, they should be able to beat the other party. The problem is that the army group is not one-on-one or two-on-one. The tiger and leopard ride can hit one of you, and then hit the other. How can you wait for a few people to hit me?

Since you don't wait, I will force you to hit me. At the suggestion of Pang Tong, Liu Bei began to build this iron rope. In fact, Zhao Feng once proposed the prototype of a serial horse. But what he wanted was an iron armored serial horse, and most of the horses in the Central Plains could not bear the weight of iron armor, so he was forced to give up. This time, Pang Tong told Liu Bei that the iron armored horse was just to strengthen his defense. I have now removed the armor. Although I have weakened my defense, it will only appear in the face of dense crossbows. Now it should be enough to only use it to intercept tigers and leopards.

Of course, in order to verify this, Pang Tong still conducted several confrontation exercises, which were naturally accompanied by Ma Dai and his 5,000 Xiliang Iron Horse. As a result, it turned out that the impact was far better than that of the Fengyun cavalry. In the face of the iron rope, it was also stopped, and even its own formation was confused. Encouraged by this, Liu Bei made up his mind to use iron cables to deal with these terrible tiger and leopard rides.

Now Zhang Liao led this group of cavalry and went up and bumped into each other. Although Cao Zhen was surprised at the beginning, it was too late to change the array at this time. In addition, he really didn't pay attention to the other party. As a result, he suffered a big loss.

The Fengyun cavalry in the first row was almost completely scattered by the tiger and leopard in an instant, and the second row was almost the same. But their sacrifices are not worthless. After each collision with a row of wind and clouds, the speed of the tiger and leopard horse inevitably slows down. Finally, after hitting the twelfth row, the formation of the tiger and leopard riding was completely chaotic. Many people in the front row had been hit and fell off the horse, and their chaos blocked the forward route of the rear army. Under the front and back push, the tiger and leopard ride was also messed up.

"The first row, shoot the javelin!" Seeing that the footsteps of the tiger and leopard riding were inevitably delayed, Zhang Liao immediately issued an order to attack. These tigers and leopards in iron armor were only enough to scratch them, so Zhang Liao came up fiercely, letting the iron armored horses completely envelop them, while throwing javelins at them crazily. The sharp gunhead pierced the iron armor of the tiger and leopard warriors and stabbed them down. Cao Zhen didn't care about sorting out the formation and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to fight back with bows and arrows, but although the trapped tiger and leopard riders could also fight back smoothly, the effect was quite ordinary. At least, compared with Zhang Liao's high-density javelin strike, it is definitely at a bottom.

"Organize the formation and kill with me!" Cao Zhen knew that if he didn't think of a way, he would be trapped here. At this time, the tigers and leopards were almost all the war horses of the Fengyun cavalry that they killed. But although people are dead, the horses are still connected. It's really difficult to rush out face to face. This is like a fierce shark. A water grass can't stop it, but once there is more grass, it is enough to make it unable to move. What's more, the chain of the serial horse is not the weak weed. Cao Zhen knew that he was blocked by more than a dozen rows of war horses, and it was impossible to rush out. Only now, while the other party's encirclement has not been completely closed, it is still a detour from both sides and the rear army, and then make a plan.

"Zidan actually tripped up?" Cao Wei in the distance saw this scene and muttered to himself in disbelief. This time is different from the last time. The last time was Cao Chun's accidental death, resulting in the defeat of the tiger and leopard horse. This time, he was stopped face to face, and Cao was also depressed. At the same time, Xu Huang of the right army can still support the rest of the battlefields; but the Chinese army has been defeated under Zhang Fei's terrible attack. As for Zhang Yi, who originally had the upper hand, just before he was about to defeat Wenpin, Ma Dai finally led the army to intervene in time, so that Wenpin could continue to support him. Now there are four battlefields, and the three places are barely holding each other, but the most important Chinese army, Cao Wei can no longer hold on.

"King Wei, I'm afraid it won't work!" Seeing this, Jia Xu also stepped forward and said gently. Cao Qian nodded silently. Although today's battle was relatively rushed, Cao Qian did not expect that Liu Jun's combat effectiveness was so strong. The infantry trained by Chen and Gao Shun, as well as the cavalry trained by Zhao Yun and Ma Dai, are indeed rare elite divisions in the world.

"The Prime Minister can rest assured that Liu Bei is rampant now. As soon as the time comes, Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops will be wiped out!" Cheng Yu, who was beside him, said with relief. Cao Yan nodded silently, but Jia Xu said with a trace of worry: "King of Wei, according to the report, Liu Bei's army was not all stationed in Luoyang City, but ordered Pang to lead an army to be stationed in the camp outside the city. I'm afraid that Zhongde's plan will not work completely!"

"It doesn't matter. As long as Liu Bei dies, the rest of the people are not good enough!" Cao Wei didn't think so. Seeing that it is difficult to win today, Cao Wei also ordered the early withdrawal of troops. After the elite troops such as Tiger and Leopard were cut off, Cao's army began to retreat to Cao Yang in an orderly manner. Liu Bei chased a little, and saw that the other party was very defensive, so he didn't take much for himself. In this battle, fortunately, Cao saw that the opportunity was wrong and ran away, so he was able to keep most of the military horses. Otherwise, it will be the same as Xu Chang's time. If you don't die, you will have to peel off the skin.

"Lord, Cao's army was killed and wounded in this battle, and it was never less than 30,000. The casualties of our army were almost 20,000, but more than 6,000 tigers and leopards were left behind!" After a little count of the results after the war, Xu Shu simply reported to Liu Bei. Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction when he heard the words, and then asked Pang Tong, "Shi Yuan, in your opinion, what should I do next?"

When Pang Tong heard this, he smiled strangely, and then said, "If Cao Yan is smart, he will inevitably withdraw from Hebei or Guanzhong, give up the land of Luoyang, and fight against us in Guanzhong or across the river. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of troops are stranded in Henan, and with our Jingxiang navy stationed in Guandu, it is inevitable that he will repeat the mistakes of Xu Chang.

"I feel the same way!" Chen Gong and Xu Shu nodded when they heard the words. When Liu Bei saw that all three counselors said so, he was also relieved. He patiently waited for Cao Qian to retreat by himself. But this time, Pang Tong and the three of them were completely defeated by Cheng Yu. What's more unexpected is that Cheng Yu and Cao Yan are not the final winners. The end of the matter turned out to be so chaotic.

(to be continued)