Chapter 260: The Tiger and Leopard Ride Emerges
On the other side of the Shouzhang battlefield, Cao Cao was waiting for news from the spies under the escort of his cronies at this moment. And beside Cao Cao, there were two brothers, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan.
Xiahou stood behind Cao Cao in awe, and asked with puzzled face: "Lord, why don't you let me and Miaocai directly kill Bao Xin, wouldn't it be troublesome?"
Cao Cao wanted to seize Bao Xin's soldiers and horses, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan naturally knew about it.
Cao Cao shook his head and said in a deep voice: "If the two of you appear, Bao Xin will definitely fight to the death, and even if we can win at that time, we will suffer heavy losses." If Bao Xin trusted me as he did at the beginning, I couldn't bear to do it. ”
Having said that, there was not the slightest expression of regret on Cao Cao's face.
At the beginning, he misunderstood Lu Bohao's family, and in order to avoid future troubles, he was also able to ruthlessly kill Cao Song's sworn brother Lu Bohao. Now, since Bao Xin has been estranged from him, Cao Cao will naturally not hesitate anymore. Cao Cao also knew that Bao Xin had always sent cronies to spy on him, and Cao Cao didn't know until he became the assassin of Yanzhou, so he planned to take advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to decide to eradicate Bao Xin.
For Bao Xin's general, Cao Cao actually wanted to recruit him under his command, after all, Cao Cao was amazed by Yu Ban's ability to lead troops.
At this moment, a soldier approached Cao Cao on a fast horse. When he was close to Cao Cao five steps away, he turned over and dismounted cleanly, ran to Cao Cao and knelt down in a few steps, reporting the situation on the battlefield.
"Lord Qiqi, Bao Xin has already led the cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield. ”
"I see, you go down and rest!"
Cao Cao nodded lightly, it seemed that Bao Xin's movements had been expected for a long time, and there was no big surprise. Originally, Cao Cao wanted to take Bao Xin's 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, but Bao Xin was now too wary of him, but these 5,000 cavalry could not be obtained. However, Cao Cao was the male lord after all, so he just sighed for a moment and stopped thinking about it. There are no 5,000 cavalry, but there are still 10,000 elite infantry, which is also a good combat power.
"Zihe, it's time to show your combat prowess. Cao Cao turned his head and ordered a young general beside him with a chuckle on his face.
"Yes, it's the lord! The last general will not disappoint the lord!"
It was a young general who spoke, and looking at his face, he was in his early twenties. However, the murderous aura on his body was no worse than Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan. I saw that the young general's whole body was wrapped in black armor, and on his head, a tiger helmet made him look even more imposing.
This young general was Cao Cao's own clan, Cao Ren's younger brother Cao Chun.
Cao Chun has an elegant face, is knowledgeable, and has talents, if he doesn't know people, he will definitely be because he is an elegant person. However, only those who really know Cao Chun know Cao Chun's ruthlessness.
Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan both had a personal strength higher than Cao Chun, but they never thought of fighting Cao Chun. It's not that they can't beat Cao Chun, but they know that once they fight Cao Chun, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation. Cao Chun was extremely ruthless when he fought, and he fought without scruples, even if the strength of Xiahoudun and the others was one line higher than Cao Chun, it was difficult to face this situation.
Of course, both sides are also their own people, and there is no situation where they have to work hard. Otherwise, Cao Chun naturally couldn't beat Xiahoudun and the others.
Cao Chun's grandfather, Cao Bao, was the Taishou of Yingchuan, and Cao Chun's father, Cao Chi, was the captain of Shizhong and Changshui, and his family was quite well-off. At that time, after Cao Chi passed away, the family business should have been inherited by the eldest brother Cao Ren, but the elders of the family and Cao Ren thought that Cao Chun's inheritance was more suitable. And Cao Chun did not live up to everyone's expectations, there were hundreds of servants and guests in the family, but Cao Chun was able to run the house with discipline at a young age, supervise the servants, and manage the family's business without losing order, so the villagers thought he was very talented. Cao Chun admired learning and respected the learned Confucian scholars, so many Confucian scholars came to him, making Cao Chun's reputation praised far and near.
In the fourth year of Zhongping, Cao Chunnian entered the imperial court as a waiter of the Yellow Gate before he was weakened, and he was only eighteen years old. In the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo troubled the Beijing Division, Cao Cao fled to Chenliu, and the twenty-year-old Cao Chun followed Cao Cao to Xiangyi to recruit troops, and began to follow Cao Cao's career as a soldier.
After Cao Cao served as the Taishou of Dongjun under the recommendation of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao wanted to develop his own power and no longer had to look at other people's faces. However, Cao Cao apparently did not have that much money to recruit troops.
At this time, Cao Chun immediately made a decision to take out his family's assets as a fund for Cao Cao's development forces.
Cao Chun, as the head of the family, was naturally able to make this decision. Cao Chun understood that when they stepped on Cao Cao's chariot, everyone was in a relationship of coexistence and death. As long as Cao Cao can sit big, then he Cao Chun will be able to rise to the top, so all the assets in the family can be taken out without the slightest hesitation.
In order to develop forces, we must have troops. Cao Chun's family property was all taken out, enough to recruit 10,000 soldiers. However, Cao Chun did not do this, and instead asked Cao Cao to form an elite cavalry. The importance of cavalry on the battlefield is known to anyone with a little military knowledge, so Cao Cao also agreed with Cao Chun's suggestion.
And Cao Chun did not recruit cavalry as usual, but looked for targets from prisons.
After unremitting efforts, Cao Chun recruited five hundred prisoners, each of whom had no less than one life in his hands, which showed his ruthlessness. However, Cao Cun conquered these tough guys with more ruthless and tough strength, and finally made these tough guys surrender.
After recruiting these cavalrymen, Cao Chun naturally trained them. As for the training process, Cao Cao only knew part of it, and the other generals under Cao Cao didn't know about it, even Cao Chun's brother Cao Ren. However, when these cavalrymen appeared in front of Cao Cao again, their bodies exuded a murderous aura that was stronger than before, and they also had the ability to tear apart the tiger and leopard with their bare hands. Cao Cao knew that the elite cavalry that Cao Chun had envisioned in his heart was born.
Therefore, Cao Cao named it "Tiger and Leopard Ride". Even though there were only five hundred, Cao Cao had no doubt about the lethality of these five hundred [Tiger and Leopard Riders] on the battlefield.
The storage of this [Tiger and Leopard Cavalry] has always been very secretive, so Bao Xin didn't know that there was such a cavalry at all.
Cao Cao didn't have the slightest concern about the Yellow Turban thieves, and in his eyes, he could eliminate these Yellow Turban thieves at will. The reason why it was very critical was that he wanted to take the opportunity to seize Bao Xin's 15,000 troops. Now that Bao Xin has run away, Cao Cao is ready to settle the battle. Although the Yellow Turban thieves were born as farmers, they were mostly young and strong, Cao Cao naturally would not let go of these laborers, and after this battle, his Cao Cao's strength would definitely increase greatly.
Cao Chun saluted Cao Cao with a fist, turned around with great stride, came to his black horse, got on the horse in one go, and drew his gun.
"Shoot!"
Cao Chun just shouted lightly, and the five hundred [Tiger and Leopard Riders] took out their spears sharply, with a cold expression on their faces, as if they were emotionless killing machines.
"Charge!"
When Cao Chun gave the order again, the five hundred [Tiger and Leopard Riders] were like a mold engraved out of the mold, and at the same time pulled the reins of the horse, followed by Cao Chun, and charged towards the battlefield.
This battle will be the virgin battle of the [Tiger and Leopard Rider], but neither Cao Chun nor Cao Cao has the slightest worry. They all understood the combat power of the [Tiger and Leopard Cavalry], and the main role of dispatching this elite cavalry was to deter, so that Cao Cao could easily surrender these Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and lay the foundation for him to develop his power.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The 300,000 Yellow Turban troops on the battlefield, as well as the soldiers of Cao Cao and Bao Xin, all felt the earth tremble, as if thousands of troops and horses were charging. However, when they looked at the source of the sound, they were shocked to see that there were only a few hundred cavalry in such a formation.
In particular, these hundreds of cavalry are all black horses and black armor, like messengers from the depths of the Nine Shadows, which is even more terrifying.
The existence of the [Tiger and Leopard Cavalry] was only known to Cao Cao and a few other people, and these soldiers naturally did not know that this cavalry was their own people. At the moment, if there is a tacit understanding, both sides will suspend the offensive and look at this sudden cavalry.
"The will to fall into battle, I am invincible!"
Cao Cao's soldiers and the Yellow Turban thieves all suspended their movements, but the [Tiger and Leopard Rider] did not stop at all, and still slaughtered towards the battlefield with great momentum. Slogans were shouted, and then, everyone on the battlefield, saw a scene of disgusting slaughter.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The attack power of the charging [Tiger and Leopard Rider] is undoubted, and any enemy who stands in his way is destined to have only one end, and that is death.
Any Yellow Turban thief who was hit by the [Tiger and Leopard Rider] died extremely tragically, even if they died, their corpses were still hanging on the spear of the [Tiger and Leopard Rider], some were disemboweled, and the intestines and internal organs were fluttering everywhere; some were crushed brains, and the brains were mixed with blood and water splashed on the battlefield; some were divided, and the impact of the [Tiger and Leopard Rider] made the Yellow Turban Thief's head and body split directly, without the slightest hindrance, and the only thing [Tiger and Leopard Rider] did on the battlefield at this moment was to slaughter.
"Vomit!" "Vomit!"
Seeing this purgatory-like scene, whether it was Cao Cao's soldiers or the Yellow Turban thieves, they couldn't help but roll in their stomachs and vomited directly. They have never seen such a scene, even a veteran of a hundred battles, they have never seen it, it is really too ferocious.
However, the [Tiger and Leopard Rider] did not stop at all, and still charged towards the place where the number of Yellow Turban thieves was the largest like a sharp knife.
At this moment, [Tiger and Par Ride] is a killing god, and no one will deny it!
When the [Tiger and Par Rider] finished charging, thousands of the Yellow Turban Thieves had already fallen to the ground in a tragic manner. There were also some unlucky soldiers, who were also one of them, but there were not many of them.
"Surrender and don't kill, otherwise, you won't be killed!"
"Surrender and don't kill, otherwise, you won't be killed!"
Cao Chun's voice sounded, and then the five hundred [Tiger and Leopard Riders] behind him all shouted loudly, and their cold eyes made people feel chills in their hearts.
"Mom, they're devils, I'm not fighting!"
"We surrender, we surrender!"
The 300,000 Yellow Turban thieves were all frightened, and when they heard the shouts of [Tiger and Leopard Rider], they were stunned for a moment, and without hesitation, they threw the stick in their hands on the ground, and then squatted on the ground. Even if they had 300,000 men, they no longer had the slightest courage to fight against this group of devilish cavalry.
And Cao Cao's soldiers looked at this cavalry of only 500 people, and they were all afraid.
Then, Cao Cao came out and surrendered the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans without the slightest hindrance, and selected 100,000 elite soldiers from them, called "Qingzhou Soldiers". These Qingzhou soldiers have more than one million families, and the population of Yanzhou is suddenly a big gift.