Chapter 710: Heavy losses

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Cao Ren's mood couldn't be worse anymore, and in front of Cao Zhen, he smashed everything that could be dropped in this elegant study.

The comparison between the three thousand most elite cavalry that had been painstakingly cultivated was actually killed by the enemy's two thousand cavalry without the leadership of a general, and when they launched a charge during the march, nearly two thousand were killed, and this comparison was absolutely shocking. And the most frightening thing is that the cavalry of the Lu family army, when they fought to the last three people, still did not escape, and were still preparing to attack the enemy of more than 1,000 people.

The combat effectiveness is not terrible, but what is terrible is this tenacious and unyielding spirit of fighting to the death. This is something that no other warlord has, including his own Cao Cao clique.

All the soldiers in the world should be forcibly recruited, all in order to mix a bite to eat, when the two armies face each other, the ones who really dare to fight are the personal soldiers under the generals. And the other soldiers, to put it bluntly, are just a number, fight a good fight, there is no problem, and once the war repeats, these soldiers will disperse in a hurry, especially when they find that the war is unfavorable, these soldiers will be the first to kneel on the ground and surrender to the other party, and then the next day they will turn around and attack themselves.

That's why there was a scuffle between the two warlords, but there weren't many casualties on the actual battlefield, and the numbers were quickly restored.

More soldiers are not right, immediately fled the battlefield, of course, they are soldiers to eat, if they really escape, they will be starved to death, so there will be a strange scene on the battlefield, the generals of both sides are fighting desperately, and not far from the battlefield, there are countless soldiers on both sides squatting on the periphery to watch the excitement, and the soldiers on both sides will also do some friendly interaction.

When one side wins, the soldiers of the losing side will follow the soldiers of the winning side to run there, continue to mix and eat, or the two sides will have a tie, then you don't have to worry about your soldiers disappearing, as long as it is dark, the smell of food begins to appear in the barracks, and the soldiers who disappeared will return to the camp with knives and guns in their hands, and continue to eat your food and mix your days.

That's why there was a scuffle between the two warlords, but there weren't many casualties on the actual battlefield, and the numbers were quickly restored.

The combat effectiveness of the warlord army is not mainly manifested in the confrontation between the two armies, but in the destruction and looting of the common people.

According to Cao Zhen's report, Zhao Yun's 2,000 soldiers are definitely not Zhao Yun's personal soldiers, they are just a team under ordinary Zhao Yun, but his combat effectiveness has surpassed his most elite Cao Zhen cavalry, and the most terrifying thing is his fierce and decisive fighting spirit. If Zhao Yun's 30,000 cavalry all had such a fierce spirit of not fearing death, could such an army still be defeated by himself?

No, what should be thought about is, how can you remain undefeated in the face of such an army?

"Immediately pass down the military order to gather all our soldiers outside, and we will immediately withdraw to Heyang, keeping the precious cavalry for the lord."

Now that Cao Ren's sweat has come down, his own 20,000 cavalry, but the treasure that Cao Cao has accumulated with great difficulty, in order to obtain Xiliang's war horse, he did not hesitate to bow his arrogant head with his old enemy Ma Teng. If in this operation, it is eliminated piecemeal, otherwise it will play its due role in the real war, then he will be the biggest sinner for the Cao Cao group.

The heralds immediately flew away and began to convey Cao Ren's military orders to the surroundings.

At this time, Cao Ren didn't have the heart to enjoy anymore, and paced anxiously in the room, but the irritability in his heart became bigger and bigger, so he simply walked outside the door, and finally walked directly to the gate of this courtyard, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, waiting for the news of his army's return.

As time went by, batch after batch of his own soldiers returned, and when they came back, one by one they all carried rich looting gains, and when they saw Cao Ren, they were excited, and they complained that their commanders had withdrawn their troops too early, which simply delayed the brothers' wealth and happiness.

Cao Ren ignored their complaints, but nervously counted the number of people returning with his hands behind his back.

At the beginning, the high-spirited soldiers returned, and slowly began to have a broken team returning, and when Cao Ren's hand hidden behind him bent to fifteen, there was no team back.

The soldiers began to get bad news from the mouths of their incomplete companions, and the original warm and excited atmosphere became depressed, and all the generals accompanied Cao Ren to stand on the steps of the gate, silently waiting, hoping that some of the brothers would rush back, and find all kinds of reasons to comfort their troubled hearts for those who had not yet shown up.

Time passed little by little, the sun had sunk to the western horizon, and there was no one, no one appeared in front of everyone's eyes again.

Cao Ren finally sighed and waved his hand: "Forget it, don't wait, let's go in and have a meeting, let's talk about these things." Then he walked in with his hands behind his back with a gloomy face, and the generals around him followed him into the hall with a heavy heart.

"There are fifteen teams of men who have returned, which means that there are more than 5,000 brothers who may never come back." Cao Ren frowned, and calculated with a sad heart: "If we add the two who were disabled, we lost no less than five hundred, and General Cao Zhen lost one thousand seventeen, then we lost seven thousand two hundred soldiers inexplicably." ”

Such losses, according to normal combat calculations, are almost equal to a war of medium intensity.

"The most important thing is that the enemy that has been clearly annihilated is only General Cao Zhen's 2,000, and the other sides have no results. It's terrible. ”

Cao Zhen also said with a heavy heart: "And my annihilation of Zhao Yun's cavalry is the result of my three thousand most elite sons against two thousand, and the enemy is still on the march, in the case of a light enemy." ”

The whole house will take cold air together.

Everyone knows that Cao Zhen's 3,000 cavalry, which is the elite of the elite of this cavalry, can directly confront the other 15,000 brother cavalry, however, in the case of Zhao Yun's ordinary cavalry in the case of a light enemy, it is still a one-to-one damage ratio to annihilate the other party, which shows that the opponent's combat effectiveness is strong, so can the cavalry led by himself still be compared with the other party?

One plus one equals how many, and this account will be calculated by a person.

"And the most terrible thing about the enemy is not their combat effectiveness." Cao Zhen continued to summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy: "It is their spirit of not fearing death, when they only have the last three seriously wounded soldiers left, they still turn their horses' heads and fight against my more than 1,000 soldiers, which is the most terrifying." ”

Knowing that the battle was defeated, and knowing that three people were facing the attack of a thousand people, that is, moths to the fire, but they still dared to fight and were willing to fight, such an enemy was absolutely invincible. And how many more enemies are there? At least 30,000.

Cao Ren stood up and ordered to the generals: "We can't fight Zhao Yun alone, let's go with Jia Xu." ”

(End of chapter)

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