Chapter 225: The First Cavalry General in History
In this battle, the key is to destroy the enemy's cavalry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It will be a pure cavalry battle.
In this battle, the potter could no longer rely on a half-toned warrior like Yingbu to command the cavalry, and had to find a pure cavalry general to command his precious 2,000 cavalry.
So, he's going to summon another one.
"Tick...... The system has called up the summonable list, please select the host. ”
In the potter's mind, a not-so-long list immediately appeared, and the potter browsed for a long time, his eyes fixed on a dazzling name:
Huo Qu's disease!
Han Dynasty Hussar General, Commander 93, Armed 97, Resourceful 82, Political 75, Initial Loyalty 11. "Huo Quai, Ma Hum angry, powerful ancient and modern, everyone knows, no one knows the name.
In the first battle of Monan, Huo Qubing broke away from the main force for hundreds of miles with 800 light cavalry, killed more than 2,000 Hun soldiers, and bravely crowned the three armies.
In the battle of Hexi, Huo Qubing attacked the Hun evil king Hun Tu King twice, annihilated 40,000 enemies, captured more than 100 enemy nobles, and forced 40,000 Huns to surrender to Han.
In the decisive battle of Mobei, Huo Qu led 50,000 iron cavalry, went out of Mobei for more than 2,000 miles, annihilated 70,000 enemies, and the troops reached Lake Baikal and defeated the Xiongnu in one fell swoop.
In this glorious battle, Huo Qubing commanded the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, and killed the Huns who were good at cavalry again and again.
If you talk about cavalry warfare, I am afraid that looking at the past and the present, no one can get out of the sickness.
The potter is familiar with history, but he doesn't know the strength of Huo Quai.
"Cao Cao, do you think you can suppress me with Zhang Xiu and Xiliang Tieqi, I want to see how a mere Zhang Xiu can be Huo Quai's opponent......"
A sneer rose at the corner of the potter's mouth, and then he resolutely ordered: "It's Huo Qu's illness, take all the points, and I'll summon him." ”
That night, a young general, led by 2,000 Tao cavalry, left the camp and went straight to Puyang.
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Southwest of Puyang.
A group of cavalry rode their horses and galloped, and the banner of the word "Huo" flew proudly.
"Report, thirty miles ahead, is Weixiang City." A scout galloped in.
Huo Quzhi nodded slightly, waved his hand to retreat from the scout, stopped, and ordered the left and right to bring the map.
"General Huo, Wei Xiangcheng is just ahead, if you order the whole army to march quickly, I believe that in the evening, you will be able to take Wei Township." Gao Shunjin said.
Like Huo Quai, Gao Shun was one of the few horsemen under the command of the pottery merchant, and in order to win the battle, the pottery merchant even sent Gao Shun to assist Huo Quai.
However, Gao Shun has been famous for a long time, and Huo Quzhi has always been a martial artist of the pottery merchant's martial arts hall, and he has just been given a name by the pottery merchant and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and he was simply an unknown pawn before.
In Gao Shun's heart, he had some doubts about this young man who was given the name Huo Quai, but the potter believed in this person, and Gao Shun had to be his deputy general with peace of mind.
Hearing Gao Shun's proposal, Huo Quzhi shook his head, "Pass the order, the whole army will stop advancing and set up camp on the spot." ”
Camp in place?
Gao Shun frowned, showing a little suspicion, but he did not question Huo Quai's instinct to obey orders, so he pressed the question and conveyed the general.
When the order was given, the two thousand horsemen stopped their advance and set up camp.
The soldiers who had been running for a day buried their pots and cooked meals, and when night fell, the soldiers soon fell asleep.
Gao Shun couldn't sleep, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help it, and went to the big tent to talk to Huo Quai.
"General Huo, as your adjutant general, I shouldn't have questioned your orders, but this battle is very important, and there are a few words that my last general has to say." As soon as Gao Shun entered the account, he handed over his hand.
"General Gao has something to say, and the general likes to have frank and unrestrained people." Huo Quzhi put down the military book in his hand, and his young and confident eyes looked at him so lightly.
Gao Shun said: "Our army is now only more than 30 miles away from Wei Township, as long as we march for half a day, we can take it first, but General Huo is camping at this critical moment, if the enemy army takes Wei Township first, you can kill Puyang unimpeded, when the time comes, even if we add 3,000 infantry troops, we may not be able to block the enemy's 4,000 iron cavalry, the last general really doesn't understand, why did General Huo do this?" ”
"General Gao is right, if you capture Weixiang City, you can block the enemy's road to Puyang, but then what?" Huo Quzhi asked rhetorically, his tone was still indifferent and confident.
And then?
Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, and a little displeasure appeared on Guozi's face.
Huo Quai's tone, this rhetorical question, as if he didn't understand anything, didn't understand anything, made him listen to it very harshly.
Gao Shun swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Do you still need to ask, of course, it is to occupy Wei Township, wait for work, and crush the enemy's cavalry." ”
As a deputy general, it is impossible for Gao Shun not to know the purpose of this battle.
"The terrain around Weixiang is flat, but the enemy army is mostly light cavalry, extremely mobile, and General Gao is also a person who is proficient in cavalry warfare, do you think that in such a terrain, with our army's 2,000 cavalry, we can destroy Cao Thief's 4,000 light cavalry?"
Huo Quzhi asked rhetorically again, still so confident, and his tone was as if he was teaching experience to a recruit who had just entered the battlefield.
Huo Quzhi's tone made Gao Shun very happy, but the content of what he said shocked Gao Shun's body, and he suddenly realized.
The number of cavalry of the Tao army was inferior to that of the Cao army, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was also inferior to the cavalry of the Cao army, which was dominated by the Xiliang cavalry.
In this battle, the key to defeating the strong with the weak lies in the five hundred heavy cavalry.
Because, Cao's army was mainly light cavalry, and the army must not be equipped with heavy cavalry.
Heavy cavalry against light cavalry, although the Tao army can rely on a strong impact force, easily crush the light cavalry regiment of the Cao army, but the lightly armed Cao army light cavalry, in this plain area, can quickly scatter and flee, so that the damage caused by this battle to the Cao army will be greatly discounted and the Cao army found that they are equipped with heavy cavalry, understand the reality, and naturally will not be fooled again, and confront them head-on.
Capturing Weixiang City is equivalent to presenting his strength to the enemy, and showing the killer weapon first.
"This Huo Qubing is so familiar with cavalry warfare, he surpasses me, he is by no means a mediocre person who has the name of the ancients, the lord can actually dig out such a young talent, this ability to recognize people, it is really incredible......"
Gao Shun was amazed at the potter in his heart, but he was busy reining in his doubts and arched his hand: "General Huo is right, if you want to inflict heavy losses on the enemy cavalry in one battle, we must choose an excellent battlefield. ”
"The general has already chosen a grave for Cao Jun." Huo Quzhi smiled coldly, and his young face swept up with a cold and confident killing machine.
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West of Wei Township.
When Huo Quai's 2,000 cavalry stopped moving, the 4,000 Cao army led by Zhang Xiu rode wildly all night.
The next time, Zhang Xiu finally arrived in Weixiang City and opened the road to Puyang, the last city.
When Zhang Xiu learned that Tao's army was thirty miles away, he breathed a sigh of relief, admired the speed of his soldiers, and rushed to Weixiang one step ahead of the other, without being blocked by the enemy.
"The pottery thief really sent cavalry, wanting to block us from relieving the siege of Puyang, just two thousand cavalry, do you want to stop us, General Zhang, immediately order, the whole army will attack, completely destroy the pottery thief's roadblock." The vengeful Cao Hong said proudly.
Zhang Xiu said: "Although the Tao army is small, the reality is unknown, and I don't know who the enemy's leader is, so it's better not to attack easily." ”
"What's the matter, General Zhang crisscrosses Xiliang and holds four thousand iron cavalry, is he still afraid of the potter's cavalry?" Cao Hong glanced at Zhang Xiu, his eyes sarcastic.
"Of course not, I mean ......"
Before the embroidery was finished, Cao Hong had already interrupted with a wave of his hand, "I know, don't you just want to say that you know yourself and your opponent, I have fought with the pottery thief many times, and I know his truth well, I can tell you clearly, there are no outstanding cavalry generals under the pottery thief, the only one who is proficient in cavalry is that Gao Shun, you won't even have the confidence to defeat Gao Shun, right?" ”
Cao Hong's method of agitating generals is also true, although there are such powerful people as Yingbu in the pottery merchant army, but if you talk about the ability to command the cavalry, there is really no commendable figure.
Zhang Xiu's brows furrowed, and a trace of unhappiness flashed in his eyes.
As a new general, although he was nominally the commander of this army, he knew that Cao Cao sent Cao Hong as his deputy general for the purpose of spying on him.
In the final analysis, Cao Hong should be the real commander of this cavalry.
Seeing that Cao Hong insisted on fighting, Zhang Xiu didn't dare to resist, and thought that Cao Hong was indeed telling the truth, he didn't believe in cavalry fighting, who could be his opponent.
Secretly gritting his teeth, Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, and said proudly: "In this case, the general will fight in a battle, so let General Cao take a look at the strength of my Xiliang Iron Cavalry." ”
Zhang Xiu immediately ordered to send a waiting horse to carefully reconnoiter the details of the Tao army.
After a day's reconnaissance, Hou Cai sent back the news that the Tao army that came by sneak attack was indeed only 2,000, and Zhang Xiu's doubts were dispelled, and his confidence was even stronger.
The enemy only has 2,000, but he has 4,000 iron cavalry under his command, of which more than 2,000 are still his descendants' Xiliang iron cavalry.
Xiliang Iron Ride, Dominate the World, Who Can Fight!
Zhang Xiu no longer had any doubts, and immediately ordered that the whole army would go out tomorrow and sweep away the Tao army in one fell swoop.