Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 728
Wen Chou did make a good guess about the delivery of the luggage this time.The front line was forced to be stretched, and Cao Cao had to escort his luggage to Baima City as soon as possible, so that Baima City could become a thorn in Yuan Shao's side.However, Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with the way of escorting the luggage with infantry before.After all, once the enemy used cavalry to harass the grain road, the infantry could only rely on the carts to form a circle to delay time.And often this kind of delay is easy to be defeated by the enemy's massive attack and killing.

From this, Cao Cao invented this method of using cavalry to escort luggage.This method is undoubtedly quite worthless, after all, cavalry should be placed in a wider space to be valuable.But for Cao Cao today, making Baima City a bridgehead against Yuan Jun's wrath is the top priority, so he is still willing to waste this way.

This time the escort was indeed for Cao Cao to personally test the effect.Of course, as the commander-in-chief of the first army, Cao Cao would certainly not be truly defenseless-in the dark of this baggage, there are two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xia Houyuan as support.

When Wen Chou discovered Cao Cao, Cao Cao actually also discovered Wen Chou.

According to Cao Cao's estimate, even if Wen Chou's team of mixed infantry and cavalry could not see the strangeness of his own supply team, he would not choose the stupid way of sneak attack at night.After all, it is very easy to fight a chaotic night battle like this, and it will only hurt both sides, and it is not necessarily clear who wins and who loses.

However, Cao Cao had been using troops for a long time, and in order to prevent accidents, he had already joined the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry with Xia Houyuan, and moved into Wen Chou's rear at night.Afterwards, Wen Chou's army turned into a battle state, Cao Cao had no choice but to act first and ordered Wen Chou to be defeated.

The troops of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty had their own strengths, but Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry were definitely among the best.Cao Cao knew that the hinterland of the Central Plains was not suitable for the survival of good horses and the training of cavalry, so he focused on knights.This army selected a hundred generals as riders, which made the tiger and leopard cavalry's combat ability, pursuit ability, and attack ability second to none.

Tiger and leopard knights suddenly swarmed from all directions, forming a charge formation flexibly in the dark night. When they came into contact with Wen Chou's rear team, they instantly wedged in like sharp knives, and tore out behind the team with terrifying force. A gap.The soldiers in the rear rushed in with oblique stabs, further tearing the bloody mouth open, so that Wen Chou's army was caught off guard, and they were in chaos.

The tiger and leopard cavalry's assault method learned the style of the Xiliang iron cavalry of the Han Dynasty. Since they could not get good horses, the tiger and leopard cavalry did not rely entirely on the impact of the horse, but emphasized more offense during the impact.Every tiger rider held a spear. When fighting, he first leaned over to stab, let go with one blow, and then took out a long knife specially designed for horse warfare and swung it down.At the same time, the leopard cavalry behind will also shoot a round of cold arrows at the right time to increase the chaos of the enemy as much as possible.

Under this rapid attack, Yuan Jun was helpless, unable to form a formation to fight against it, and could only desperately wave the weapons in his hand for a one-on-one confrontation.However, after fully mobilizing the charge of the horse, the cavalry can easily kill an unsuspecting infantry.

For a while, many Yuan Jun were pierced by spears or slashed by long knives, and the blunt sound of metal piercing into flesh and blood and screams followed one after another.Even raising the shield is useless, without the cover of their comrades in arms, they will often be crushed by the horse's hoof, and the whole person will fall to the ground, trampled to death by the ensuing chaos...

Cao Cao did not participate in the fight. He was standing on a high ground not far away at the moment, using a torch to direct the battle.Under the waving of torches, the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers sometimes marched separately and sometimes attacked together, besieging Yuan Jun in an orderly manner in the dark.From Cao Cao's point of view, they vaguely saw their tiger and leopard riding like a ferocious strange python, devouring its prey inch by inch.

However, Cao Cao soon discovered the strangeness of the battlefield - he naturally didn't see it, the dark night provided the best cover for their surprise attack, and at the same time left only a blur in the battle in the distance - Cao Cao noticed something strange when he heard the sound of horseshoes on the battlefield.After all, when they discovered Wen Chou's troops during the day, Wen Chou was still a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, but now the entire battlefield only has the sound of a single horse's hoof advancing and fighting, and there is no sound of opposing horses' hooves.

This made Cao Cao feel very bad: where is Wen Chou's cavalry?Also, after fighting for such a long time, why has Wen Chou's bravery never been seen?
"Quickly order the tiger and leopard cavalry to wipe out the enemy army as soon as possible. I think something is wrong." Cao Cao said suddenly, ordering the messenger who was shaking the torch beside him.

"Is my lord worried about Wen Chou's cavalry?" Xia Houyuan looked at the fighting in front of him, and his whole body was full of fighting spirit. Hearing Cao Cao's words at this moment, he didn't take it seriously: "Even if Wen Chou hid in advance like me, then he Even if he kills at this time, he can only accidentally injure his own people. Even if he wants to exchange injuries for injuries and sneak attack on our supply team, it is impossible to win overnight, but he may be wiped out in one fell swoop after we clean up his pawns."

"No, that's not what I'm worried about, but that Wen Chou used their pawns as bait!..." After not seeing Wen Chou's movements for such a long time, Cao Cao suddenly felt a great panic.After all, he was only stationed in Baima for the first time, and he hadn't had time to understand Yuan Jun's overall movements, and today Yuan Jun is crossing the river in a big way, who knows if there will be some elite soldiers sneaking in through the night...

But the truth has always been so cruel. Just when Cao Cao said this, he suddenly heard a sound of horseshoes coming from the far north side - this should be Wen Chou's cavalry unit.But at the same time, there was a sound of rumbling horseshoes from the west side.

Cao Cao's expression finally changed. He was about to order the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to withdraw from the battle regardless of the consequences.Suddenly, it was discovered that the sound of horseshoes was also coming from the east side where the sound of horseshoes should not be heard!
Except for the first sound in the north, the other two sides are heavily armed.Cao Cao immediately realized that he had been fooled, and shouted: "Retreat, regardless of any consequences, all retreat!"

But the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had killed so boldly just now, and now they were deeply trapped in the infantry formation, and it was not easy to get away?Before Cao Cao's second order was issued, the armies from three sides had all surrounded him.In an instant, countless torches were raised at the same time, illuminating the surroundings brightly.The disparity in the strength of the enemy and ourselves is printed in everyone's eyes.

At this time, everyone saw that Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry were eating away at Wen Chou's pawns.But the three armies surrounded Cao's army at the same time, and the tiger and leopard riders became the prey in the quagmire. Wen Chou used his own pawns as bait, and Cao Cao bit him but couldn't break free. Tighten this pocket inch by inch.

At this time, Cao Cao could see clearly that the army coming from the west was Chun Yuqiong's army; the north side was naturally Wen Chou, and the remaining east side was Gao Lan who hadn't shown much on the battlefield all this time. Doubtless, Gao Lan arrived near Baima City long before Wen Chou crossed the river today, waiting for the opportunity.

Wen Chou knew very well that Cao Cao was not a big fish that he could swallow alone.Sometimes, the greatest benefit can be obtained through the necessary sacrifices - Wen Chou naturally understands this truth.For this complete victory, he doesn't mind giving some of the credit to others.

After all, the way of heaven is permanent, not being greedy is the most important thing, and people can't want to take all the benefits.

"Cao Mengde, take off your head to pay homage to Brother Yan, it's so wonderful!" Wen Chou laughed boldly, he couldn't help but yearn for the pleasure of beheading Cao Cao's head with his own hands, so he galloped towards Cao Cao's direction .

But he didn't realize that when he mentioned Yan Liang, Cao Cao's anxious face suddenly became calm: when he mentioned Yan Liang, Cao Cao couldn't help but think of Guo Jia who planned to kill Yan Liang.And this Guo Jia insisted on asking him to test the effect of transporting luggage today...

Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly had a glimmer of life.He turned over and rode his horse, no longer caring about the exposure of his position, but shouted loudly: "Whoever wants to live, come with me!"

The heroic general is undoubtedly the greatest motivation for the soldiers.All of a sudden, those tiger and leopard riders who were caught in a hard fight also became fierce again.One by one, they showed the courage of a strong man breaking his wrists, and knowing that they couldn't kill them, they tried their best to hold back the enemy soldiers around them and create a chance for Pao Ze to escape.The tragic roar broke out again on the battlefield, and for a moment it seemed that the God of Death who was watching the entire battlefield was moved by it.

Finally, more than two thousand tiger and leopard riders gathered around Cao Cao.And those heavy soldiers also desperately pushed the vehicles and rushed behind. Cao Cao looked at the heavy soldiers and suddenly ordered: "The tiger and leopard riders obey orders, retreat while fighting, and protect the baggage!"

This order made Xia Houyuan almost faint: "My lord, it's too late to escape now, why do you need these luggage?!"

But Cao Cao didn't listen, and just repeated the order again: "Whoever dares to abandon the luggage will be killed without mercy!"

(End of this chapter)