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- Chapter 141 "Cao Ma is in pain and Liu Jia is happy"
Cao Cao was indeed happy too early! How could Ma Chao, who was good at using cavalry, be so stupid as to give up the support of infantry to cavalry without any purpose? Ma Chao actually did this to make room for the cavalry to charge. []
Cao Cao wanted to destroy Ma Chao's 20,000 cavalry, and now Ma Chao, who had taken a gamble, didn't want to destroy Cao Cao's heavy cavalry to reduce the trouble in future battles? In order to make the old thief Cao Cao feel heartbroken forever, Ma Chao, who was already a little angry at being singled out by Xu Chu, even had the idea of ????destroying Cao Cao's heavy cavalry even at the cost of his own money.
Sure enough, soon as the number of soldiers on the battlefield decreased, the field began to become relatively empty, and the Xiliang cavalry's room for activity gradually increased. With increased mobility, the Xiliang cavalry's attack power against Cao's heavy cavalry also doubled. A cavalry charging from a distance at high speed, with its momentum, as long as he does not die during the impact and can stab the slow-moving heavy cavalry, he will You can pierce the spear in your hand into the body of a heavy war horse or stab down or kill a soldier wearing heavy armor riding a horse. Even if one of them fails, when two or three cavalry use this move at the same time, the one who is killed will be killed. The heavy cavalry in the photo is destined to die. After the space was enlarged, not only did the pressure on Cao's heavy cavalry increase, but their blows to the Xiliang soldiers were also greatly reduced, because their clumsy speed made it difficult to kill those mobile opponents.
Cao Cao, who had spent his life as a soldier, quickly discovered the anomaly on the battlefield and quickly understood the crux of the problem. The formation of the heavy cavalry was quickly rearranged: the heavy cavalry was divided into several large pieces. The heavy cavalry that relied closely on each other was like a subway plate that could not be smashed and rolled outwards in batches in a centrifugal manner. After approaching the periphery of the field, they pressed towards the center, splitting the battlefield space, greatly reducing the impact distance of the Xiliang cavalry and reducing their mobility.
As a result, the pressure on the Xiliang cavalry began to increase again. Under the strong pressure of Cao Jun's heavy cavalry, the Xiliang cavalry, whose number was only twice that of the opponent, began to suffer heavy casualties again. The Xiliang cavalry who could not sprint because the distance was too short could only use their spears or broadswords to use their own strength to slash and stab the Cao cavalry who were wrapped in armor. The Xiliang cavalry, who were dressed in light clothes, were close at hand during the short period of time. The well-trained ones can often cut the opponent three or four times, while the clumsy opponent can only cut the Xiliang soldiers once. However, the effect of the sword struck by Cao Cao's cavalry was greater than the three or four swords struck by the Xiliang soldiers. Each of the excellent and powerful Xiliang cavalry died unwillingly and with hatred under such unfair competition.
Seeing such results, except for the commander Cao Cao, who suddenly felt a little uneasy, the other generals' self-confidence soared.
Cao Jun shouted louder and beat the drums louder.
The brave and capable Xiliang cavalry did not wait passively to die. Except for Ma Chao, Pang De and others who continued to lead the cavalry to fight tenaciously with Cao Cao's army, some Xiliang cavalry, led by generals such as Ma Dai, simply stopped fighting. Heavy cavalry fighting. Instead, they specifically targeted the light cavalry of Cao's army guarding the intersection. More than half of the more than three thousand light cavalry of Cao's army were wiped out by these Xiliang cavalry.
Another main road was penetrated by Ma Dai's cavalry.
But what¡¯s strange is that the Xiliang infantry outside still didn¡¯t rush in to help, and the Xiliang cavalry inside who was fighting the heavy cavalry didn¡¯t rush out either. Seeing Ma Chao and Pang De immersed in fighting, even Cao Cao looked a little strange and asked himself: Is this kid Ma Chao crazy from fighting? Does he have to fight all the cavalry before he gives up?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao was really a little anxious: Although Cao Cao really wanted to eliminate Ma Chao's 20,000 cavalry, he did not want to eliminate them head-on. His idea was to gradually weaken them in a leisurely manner in the future. Today, as long as their vitality is wounded and the Xiliang cavalry is frightened, the purpose of the battle will be achieved. It will be enough to let the Xiliang soldiers know that their cavalry cannot run rampant in Guanzhong unscrupulously. Now it seems roughly that these Xiliang cavalry have been wiped out at least more than 6,000. The initiative on the battlefield is still firmly in the hands of Cao Jun. Why is Ma Chao so reckless? Logically, he should retreat immediately.
Could it be that he was waiting for the battlefield space to increase after a large number of cavalry losses on both sides to improve the mobility of his Xiliang cavalry? This is too cruel, and the corpses and dead horses left on the battlefield will also hinder their mobility. Moreover, the greater the loss of the soldiers, the lower their morale. It is completely wishful thinking for him to do this. Wouldn't I add more infantry to hinder your movement?
"Could it be that we saw that our heavy war horses are very tired now, and the soldiers in heavy armor are already panting, thinking that if you persist for a while, you can turn the situation on the battlefield around?" It¡¯s a joke, it¡¯s good that we are tired, but aren¡¯t you who are being hunted even more tired?
Cao Cao couldn't figure out why, so he stopped thinking about it. He now started?How to drive away these desperadoes? He feels that today's mission has been completed, and there is no need to fight head-on. The remaining Xiliang cavalry will be left to be eliminated when they escape!
Cao Cao quickly ordered the light cavalry guarding the intersection to join the battle group, and let the peripheral infantry begin to retreat and slowly penetrate in. Cao Cao wanted to use the current victory to squeeze out Ma Chao's troops.
At this time, Ma Chao was also very anxious. The reason why he was struggling was because he had trained a team to deal with heavy cavalry when he was in Xiliang. He was now waiting for their arrival. He didn't think about what Cao Cao thought. He didn't have the intelligence or the time. His only thought was to persevere and persevere. You must wait for the arrival of your own troops and give these heavy cavalry a fatal blow!
Heavy cavalry has appeared since then, but for Ma Chao, a country rich in good horses and better equipped to form heavy cavalry than other places, they did not form heavy cavalry because they believed that the heavy cavalry had poor mobility and was very unsuitable for long-distance travel and transportation. They used hit and run tactics. Because their enemies are all in the interior of the Central Plains, unless they don't come to the Central Plains, they who are in Xiliang cannot avoid traveling long distances to attack their enemies. If we don't come to the Central Plains, it will be useless to form heavy cavalry. You must know that the value of the heavy cavalry equipment is not low. Even though Cao Cao, who owned the entire north and was extremely wealthy, spent a lot of effort to build these 6,000 troops.
Later, someone came up with a way to deal with heavy cavalry, which made Ma Chao and others give up the idea of ??forming heavy cavalry, and thus formed a new army.
Ma Chao is waiting for them now!
Just when Cao Cao rearranged the battlefield and Ma Chao's army was about to be unable to support it, suddenly a team of three thousand cavalry rushed from a distance.
Seeing this team coming, Ma Chao, who was already showing signs of fatigue, felt refreshed. He yelled at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived. Kill them for me, General!"
After hearing what Ma Chao said, the worried Cao Cao was a little relieved: Haha, reinforcements? What is the use of these three thousand troops here? According to what Ma Chao said, there are tens of thousands of reinforcements in the city behind me.
It is true that since the battle began, the city gate behind Cao Cao has not been closed. Wounded soldiers were carried in batches, and fresh troops from the city also poured out in batches. After the cavalry from both sides fought here, the number of soldiers coming out of the city far exceeded 3,000. If the place wasn't so narrow that it couldn't hold hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides, Cao's army could have come out with more troops. Therefore, these three thousand reinforcements are completely ignored by Cao Cao and others.
On the surface, this team looks no different from other troops, except that they all hold blue spears. However, if you observe carefully, you will immediately notice a difference, that is, the front iron part of their spears seems to be longer and larger, and the spear shafts are not long, only half to two-thirds of the length of ordinary spear shafts. Another feature is. Each of them has more than one spear, and there are two bundles of strange spears of the same style tied to their horses.
After arriving, these three thousand cavalry did not immediately join the battle group, but began to stand in separate areas like Cao Cao's heavy cavalry. Just when everyone was surprised, those people suddenly screamed strangely, and the horses in each "block" started almost at the same time, charging straight towards the heavy cavalry. But he didn't rush very far when he followed someone's command. All the cavalry threw out the strange spears in their hands. As soon as the spears fell out of their hands, they immediately flew towards Cao Jun's heavy cavalry. The "piece" in front did not stop after throwing the spear in their hands, and immediately withdrew their horses from both sides to the rear. The group of cavalry behind immediately rushed forward and did the same thing, throwing their spears about ten steps away from Cao Jun's heavy cavalry. Go and then pull back from both sides.
The cavalry who returned to the rear immediately took off the prepared strange spears from their horses, and regrouped behind the other cavalry blocks who were preparing to throw the strange spears. Get ready to throw again.
Except for the Xiliang soldiers. Almost all of Cao's army stared dumbfounded at the strange movements of this strange cavalry: using the human body as a bow and the spear as an arrow, this is so strange!
Those flying spears don¡¯t matter whether anyone is surprised. After they are released, they move quickly towards their goal. These soldiers who throw heavy spears have obviously gone through long-term training, and their arm strength is amazing and their movements are skillful. The speed of the heavy spears thrown is naturally not slow. Coupled with the speed of the horses, the flight speed of these heavy spears is almost as fast as the arrows flying in the sky. The speed is equivalent. But their importance is dozens or even hundreds of times that of arrows, and their impact is certainly unmatched by a bow and arrow. Those heavy cavalry at close range would either die or be seriously injured if they were hit by a spear. The sharp spear point even penetrated the armor of the horse and penetrated into the chest of the war horse.
Although heavy cavalry from a distance may not necessarily die after being hit by a spear, they are often knocked off their horses due to the inertia of the spear, or their ribs are broken, their abdomens are punctured, and their heads are knocked unconscious
And the clumsy heavy cavalryEven when he sees a spear flying towards him, he often can only let out a scream of terror. It is very difficult to twist his waist, lower his head, or turn sideways. Not to mention the horse, as long as the spear is directed at it, it is almost impossible. One hundred percent correct. In addition to the inflexibility of heavy cavalry to evade, the formations were too neatly arranged and the cavalry were too close to each other. These were also some of the reasons for the heavy losses that cannot be ignored.
Seeing the overwhelming number of short spears in the sky and the tragic sight of heavy cavalry lances falling to the ground, Cao Cao, who was commanding the battle, was heartbroken and bleeding. He shouted loudly and urgently: "Quick! Kill them for me! Kill them!" Those spear-throwing cavalry!¡±
After shouting, he suddenly became impatient and simply called out names one by one: "General Xu Chu, kill me!"
"General Xu Huang! Charge forward for me!"
"General Cao Hong, ignore him there. Yes, charge forward!"
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With Cao Jun's attention turning, the pressure on Ma Chao and others finally eased.
Ma Chao looked at the situation on the battlefield and knew that the defensive power of the throwing cavalry was very weak, so he immediately shouted an order: "The whole army retreats!"
Although the throwing cavalry has weak defensive power, it can run very fast and retreat as soon as Ma Chao orders it. They threw their spears at the approaching Cao army, turned their horses' heads and ran away.
Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Cao Hong and other generals could only stare. However, the strange spears thrown were not very effective. Except for a few unlucky ones who were pierced by a few spears thrown into the group of soldiers, the general did not hit any of them. These generals are much more flexible than those heavy cavalry. They can easily avoid them when they see them coming. The only effect of their taking the ground is to slow down the advancing speed of the pursuers.
Seeing Ma Chao shouting to retreat, Cao Cao also quickly offered money to withdraw his troops: the losses were too great, and Ma Chao might not be able to kill them if they pursue them again. Let¡¯s fight them again in the future!
The results of Cao's army were tallied up at dusk: more than 7,000 Ma Chao cavalry were eliminated. More than 13,000 infantry were wiped out, among which Li Kan and Ma Wan were killed. Liang Xing was seriously injured but was rescued by the enemy. The cavalry and infantry captured 1,000 and 6,000 people respectively. The losses on our side were as follows: more than 3,600 heavy cavalry, more than 2,000 light cavalry, more than 8,000 soldiers, and more than 3,000 missing.
It can be said that from the final result, Cao Cao won. And he won a lot.
But from Cao Cao to the generals, they were not happy. Everyone was filled with bitterness: it was unacceptable for an opponent who was destined to perish to cause such a heavy loss to his army.
??????????????? And this battle also ended in an inexplicable way like the last time I chased the enemy. The initiative on the battlefield has always been in my own hands, but at the last moment, the situation was reversed. Last time, I was too careless. All I know is that they pursued and fought fiercely, forgetting the strength of the Xiliang soldiers and cavalry, and let them kill a carbine. This time no one is to blame. If we must blame it, we can only blame Ma Chao and the others. Why did they have such a force?
After the heavy cavalry, which was almost invincible at first, appeared in that strange force, the heavy short spears flew up, and in just a moment, nearly two thousand heavy cavalry, who were invincible just now, were lost. If the generals hadn't abandoned the enemy in front of them, Only God knows how much of the heavy cavalry will be left after freeing up hands to chase down that strange troop. This is the thrower who is simply the nemesis of heavy cavalry!
Thinking of the scene at that time, Cao Cao shuddered. Of course, the talented and resourceful Cao Cao did not feel sorry for these two thousand heavy cavalry, nor did he feel sorry for the money and effort he spent training these heavy cavalry. It's not that they are afraid of bringing disaster to their own troops.
What he didn¡¯t expect was that this most effective strike weapon would be so vulnerable. What hurts him is that this proud weapon can be said to have basically come to an end after this battle. If you use it again, you will only become the object of ridicule by your enemies! This kind of sadness can only be understood by him, the organizer of the heavy cavalry, and other non-organizers cannot understand it at all.
????Losing one as the final striking force. Cao Cao also lost a spiritual support! What worries him is that he will be even more embarrassed when facing the aggressive Liu Jiajiang in the future!
How many people can understand the mood of Cao Cao, who stands tall and sees far?
Cao Cao was miserable at this time, and his opponent Ma Chao was in no better mood than him. Seeing that Cao Cao's heavy cavalry was defeated by his own throwing troops, Ma Chao retreated with joy. But after returning to the camp, one thing after another made him go from happy to surprised to angry, and then from angry to angry and panic.
According to preliminary statistics, nearly 30,000 horses were lost in this battle, of which more than 7,000 cavalry were lost. Especially this time, two leaders, Li Kan and Ma Wan, were killed, and Liang Xing was seriously injured. It is still unclear whether he is alive or dead. In other words, half of the leaders of the ten troops were lost.
In addition to the loss that made Ma Chao a little heartbroken, the conflicts between various departments made Ma Chao frightened. Now several ministries suspect that there is a tacit understanding between Han Sui and Cao Cao. When Cao Cao sees Han Sui's troops, they always avoid them or only resist but do not attack. The other leaders were either dead or injured, but Han Sui not only escaped unscathed, but those generals of Cao's army who would not stop killing the other leaders opened their eyes with anger when they saw Han Sui. They either smiled lightly or pretended not to see it. There was definitely something in between. Even a blind man can see ghosts. Now not only the troops whose leader was dead cursed Han Sui for being a traitor and traitor to Cao Cao, but also the few soldiers who stayed behind in the camp also took the initiative to draw a clear line with Han Sui's troops. When they saw Han Sui's soldiers approaching, they showed contempt in their eyes.
Of course Han Sui and his generals and soldiers were full of resentment. Han Sui was the commander-in-chief, so of course he had to hold back first, but several of his generals were not so honest. As soon as they met each other, they began to complain and abuse the stupidity of friendly troops and vent their dissatisfaction:
"He's a bastard. He just treats us like his stepmother. Did I kill fewer enemies on the battlefield than they did?"
"It's just that I don't feel comfortable when I see those weird people. You bastards have no ability and have suffered a lot of losses. Why blame us? Cao Jun hid when he saw us because we have the ability and they don't dare to fight us!"
"Hey, I'm not afraid of the others. A few scoldings won't hurt, as long as everyone works together to beat Cao's thieves. I'm worried that they will use their dirty tricks behind us. Maybe we don't know how we died."
"Who said it wasn't? Damn it. Now they see fire in our eyes. This kind of thing is not impossible!"
"They dare, let's see which one is afraid of which one. They dare to do something dirty to me. I can't cut down many people with the knife in my hand."
"If they really did this, didn't they say that we have contact with Cao Jun anyway? What I did that day really pissed me off, so I just stopped doing it and went to"
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"If Yang Hong, the special envoy sent by Liu Jia, had not told Ma Chao about Cao Cao's counterintuitive plot, and therefore trusted Han Sui and pressured and persuaded the leaders of other ministries to deal with it rationally, internal massacres would not have been impossible.
Another thing that alarmed everyone was that Tan Ma had found accurate information. Cao Cao had ordered General Zhang He to lead 30,000 elite troops to avoid Chang'an City occupied by the Xiliang soldiers and attack from the north through Feng Yi County and Beidi County in an attempt to Take Xiliang directly and take the retreat of Xiliang soldiers. Now Xiliang's soldiers and horses are almost exhausted, and many cities are guarded by old and weak soldiers. As long as the first few cities are conquered, the cities behind will be almost undefended, and then one's own lair will be in danger. The children of all the soldiers may be robbed by Cao's army. The life of the Xiliang soldiers who have no foundation and no family will definitely be even more difficult.
Although Zhang He only leads more than 30,000 soldiers now, the cities in Fengyi County, Beidi County and other places can still hold on for a while, but it is difficult to say exactly how long this time will be. If we don't return the troops to rescue now, it may not take a few days. It was broken.
But how to save it now? Cao Cao is in trouble ahead. Although the way forward is not completely blocked, they will definitely charge at our waist and cut our tail when we return, and tens of thousands of soldiers will disappear out of thin air.
Unlike Cao Cao and Ma Chao, Liu Jia is in a super happy mood!
As soon as he announced that he had become the king of Shu, Cao Cao sent people to send Zhang Liao and Yu Jin¡¯s family members to smooth over the worries he had been thinking about. Although Cao Cao also asked the emperor to make Zhang Liao the Marquis of Jingxi, this trick made Zhang Liao embarrassed to break up with Cao Cao in the future, but it also gave Liu Jia a reminder to start thinking about how to reward his hard-working subordinates: Since Now that I have become a king, what's the big deal about making a few marquises, generals, etc. in violation of regulations?
In addition, Liu Jia also received a report from Xu Shu, saying that after their victory at Water Snake Valley, their army cut off the final return route of the Burmese army with lightning speed, and blocked the Burmese army in the capital of the Uge Kingdom. inside.
Now the army has completely surrounded the city.
Outside the city, there are not only more than 50,000 old troops brought in by Xu Shu, but also 30,000 new troops that have just been recruited. In addition, more than 70 newly formed elephant soldiers were patrolled outside the city day and night using more than 70 captured elephants, leaving 90,000 troops in the city. Many of the defenders no longer had the courage to even curse.
It can be said that the city¡¯s destruction is just around the corner. Now the people in the city were panicking, and Xu Shu, like Pang Tong, predicted that the army might be able to get it without attacking the city by force.
Will Xu Shu¡¯s attack on the capital of Wuge Kingdom really go smoothly?
Chapter 141
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