Chapter 828: Sizhou Iron Horse
In the planning of Jia Xu and others, as well as Liu Yi and others, a key point was mentioned, that is, the Tiger Guard Army led by Zhang He, the elite general of the Yan Army, was transferred to Hanzhong to reinforce Zhang Hu, which was their analysis based on the battle situation and the strength of the enemy's army. In fact, if Liu Yi wants to, he can still call the cavalry of the Xiongnu and Wuhuan clans like the first battle in Sizhou, but firstly, Lang Sheng is really unwilling to use the power of foreign clans to deal with his fellow Han people, and secondly, at this time, Xianbei in the north is quite impatient, and he still needs the power of these two clans to contain it before the world is decided, and the direct corps is also sitting in Beiping for this consideration, and Liu Yi will never show mercy to this wolf ambitious clan once he frees his hand!
But in Zhang Hu's own planning, but did not move to the king of Yan for help, although Hanzhong and Qingyan are on each side, they can be an inseparable part of this war, the stronger the king of Yan here, the higher the chance, in turn can also affect the battle situation in Hanzhong, he is entrusted by the king, with the strength in his hands to try his best with Cao Cao, local interests can not affect the overall situation, this Zhang Hu is more important than anyone else.
Yanyun Army Zhang Wenyuan was transferred to Hanzhong to help in the war, and the Yellow Shirt Army took over to sit in the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang Yan had more or less pimples in his heart, which proves that the status of Yan Yunjun in the heart of the military division is higher than that of the Yellow Shirt Army, although it is true from the perspective of military achievements, Zhang Liao's leader has always admired him, but as a general, who has no intention of fighting for strength in his heart? Especially after nearly two years of careful training, of course, Zhang Yan will never be slack in the execution of military orders, after all, Yan Yunjun won this opportunity with his real exploits on the battlefield, he can only wait for the opportunity!
However, a few days later, Liu Yi's handwritten letter made Zhang Yan's heart depressed, as the helmsman of a large group in later generations, Lang Sheng attaches great importance to the psychological state of his subordinates, and this is even more so, he said in the letter that Zhang Wenyuan had fought with Cao Cao many times when he was under Lu Bu, and his understanding of Cao Jun should be above that of the Yellow Shirt Army, so it was the most appropriate person to go by him this time. Tiger Prison Pass is also a strategic place for the Yan army, and once the Yan army attacks Yanzhou, the Yellow Shirt Army in the Tiger Prison will have the opportunity to send troops to assist in the battle, and they will not worry about the time when they have no achievements. King Yan's handwriting made Zhang Yan feel relieved, but at the same time, he blamed himself for being too narrow, compared with the overall situation, what did the gains and losses of the army gain? Even if King Yan was comforting himself with this letter, could he make Liu Yi care so much, wouldn't it prove the status of the Yellow Shirt Army in his heart? I swear to repay him.
After Cao Cao decided to attack Hanzhong, he first reorganized the army in Chengdu for three days, and then the whole army was dispatched, plus the total army of 260,000 people and horses in Shuzhong, and drove towards Jiameng Pass! And just three days after Zhang Hu and Zhang Lu discussed, Ma Chao personally led the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Sizhou battalion to the city of Hanzhong, from receiving the military order of Zhang Junshi to the whole army to drive here, Meng Qi only spent less than two days of effort, the military situation was like fire, and the Sizhou battalion ran long distances day and night without reducing the morale of the soldiers.
Knowing that Ma Chao led the army to come, Zhang Hu accompanied Zhang Lu in the early morning to watch at the head of the city, a battle in Hanzhong, Zhang Gongqi's long-term prestige and popular support here is extremely worthy of reference, so the nominal commander is this person, the actual command is in the hands of Zicai, so that it can also avoid unnecessary trouble when mobilizing the armies in Hanzhong, Zhang Hu wrote a book that night and Yan Wang described the cause of this matter in detail, for the great cause of Yan Wang, Zi Cai will not care about his own reputation and status, he is the pure Confucian style, The death of a confidant is also what he wants!
Xiliang soldiers are sturdy, one ape arm bee waist, the crotch of the war horse is also a tall horse, Sizhou battalion was carefully trained by Ma Chao for half a year, in addition to the Ma family's own experience in training cavalry, the drill outline issued by King Yan has the experience of each cavalry commander, and the practice will have twice the result with half the effort! In order to show the military might of the Sizhou battalion to strengthen the determination of the military and civilians in Hanzhong to resist the Cao army, Ma Chao, thirty miles away from the city, ordered the whole army to change the marching formation into a review array, which was specially practiced to welcome the Yan prince, plus the majesty of the cavalry itself, the visual effect is not lost gorgeous!
In the usual drill of the Yan army, the queue is one of the key points, here is by no means flashy but a kind of military style of cultivation, in order to give the emperor a birthday Liu Yi had carefully organized a military parade, when the Han army's majestic military appearance and high fighting spirit made a group of foreign races who watched the ceremony are amazed, and in this parade, the most neat military appearance is often the strongest combat power in the army, in the long run, with the attention of the generals here has become the Yan army drill practice.
In the dust, the military formation of 30,000 iron cavalry of the Sizhou battalion marched slowly in unison, like an iron stream flowing in the silence, and the light of the morning sun reflected by the armor on the soldier's body seemed to be shrouded in a halo of light, listening to the dull and neat sound of horses' hooves, feeling the tremor of the earth under his feet, that kind of momentum can really make the wind and clouds change color! The Hanzhong army, including Zhang Lu, will see the Sizhou battalion so powerful, and at the same time they are glad in their hearts, with such a strong army joining the Hanzhong battlefield, reinforcements are still coming, and this decisive battle with the Cao army should not be feared.
Seeing that the Sizhou battalion army formation was less than ten miles away from the city gate, Zhang Lu and Zhang Hu led a group of generals out of the city to greet each other, and when they arrived at a mile away from the city, the slowly flowing iron flow stopped in an instant, the sound of horses' hooves and the shaking of the earth disappeared immediately, and the military formation of tens of thousands of people stopped when they said to stop, and the generals of the unified army knew that this was an extremely difficult thing in their hearts, especially the Sizhou battalion or the cavalry, it was this simple stop that was the hard work of I don't know how many days!
The front military array was separated from the left and right, and the two generals rode out, in front of Zhang Lu and Zhang Hu, their speed did not improve too much, but the bearing of these two generals gave people a sense of slaughter! The leader of the general is white robe and silver armor, the war horse is also snow-white, and under the beast king's sky-swallowing helmet is an almost flawless cold face, and the wolf thunder spear in his hand Xiliang Jinma Chao gives people the feeling that it is like a cold and cold like ten thousand years of ice, and it is indeed a majestic god! On that day, King Yan joked that Ma Chao's handsomeness can only be compared with Zhao Yun, and all the generals are deeply aware!
It seems that in order to take care of Ma Mengqi, the general behind him is dressed in black armor, his angular face seems to be carved, his eyes are blazing, and the phoenix-beaked unicorn knife in his hand is shining cold! If Ma Chao is a 10,000-year-old Xuan Bing, this person is also cold, but it is not ice, it may be more appropriate to describe it as phosphorus fire, Ma Chao, who is handsome and incomparable in silver armor, is like a heavenly general, and this general like a black tower is the posture of a demon god, who else is this kind of character besides Pound?
As early as in the battle of Yanzhou that year, Liu Yi had seen Pang Lingming's martial arts and swordsmanship with his own eyes, and he was indeed the world's first-class skill, no wonder he could be equal to Guan Yunchang in another time and space. As for the phoenix-mouthed unicorn knife in his hand, it is from the hands of Xu Gang, the world's first master, which is Liu Yi personally went out to ask Master Xu for the commanders of the various armies, otherwise no one has this weight to make him try his best, here I also have to mention the Xuantie that the envoys of the Western Regions came to send this time, and Huang Shen and Huang Jinzhi in the Western Regions envoys have something to do with it.
Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, Fan Chou, Yan Gang, Gao Ran, these commander-level generals are all famous in the Yan army, and in this Pang De's name was specially instructed by Liu Yi to add, as a general, how can there be a person who does not love divine weapons, this phoenix mouth unicorn knife has been Pang Ling Ming Zhen since the day he got his hand, this knife is not only from the hands of the world's first craftsman, it is hard to find, among them, there is a heart of King Yan If a thousand pounds are heavy, how can Pang De not be heavy in his heart!
"Ma Chao, the commander of the Sizhou battalion, and Pang De, the deputy commander, see Zhang Taishou and the military division." The two war horses walked to a place ten feet away from everyone, and Ma Chao Pound dismounted and walked to the front to bow and salute, the voice of the two did not sound loud, but the people present could hear it, and the sound was so heavy!