After being trained by Xiahoudun for fifteen consecutive days, Cao Zhang can finally temporarily get rid of the life of endless knife swinging every day, because Cao Cao sent troops to Yingchuan in early February of the first year of Jian'an, and in addition to Cao Zhang, there was also Cao Pi, because after pacifying Yingchuan this time, he would go to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven, so Cao Pi naturally followed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now Cao Zhang and Cao Pi are no longer in the carriage, but the two of them ride together, under Cao Zhang's strong request, Cao Cao let the craftsman make a super large saddle, convenient for two people to ride, after two months of adjustment, Cao Cao's main army has been quite large.

In addition to the 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers and the 2,000 Tiger Guards led by Dian Wei, there are also 1,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Chun, and the equipment of this Tiger Leopard Cavalry is a grade stronger than that of the Tiger Guards.

First of all, the armor of the tiger and leopard riding is black light armor, black light armor is also known as Xuan armor, and the Mingguang armor is completely different, the black light armor will not reflect in the sun, and the whole body is a black and faint color, Cao Zhang does not know what materials and methods are used to cast, but this armor is much thicker than the Mingguang armor worn by Cao Cao and the generals.

What's even more exaggerated is that the horses boasted by the tiger and leopard knights are all equipped with horse armor, which is the armor of the horse, as the name suggests, is also made of metal sheets of the same color as the black light armor, and the horse's head and neck are tightly covered, which not only strengthens the horse's defense, but also strengthens the impact of the cavalry.

And their weapons in addition to a waist about one meter two long, palm width straight sabers, there is also a three-meter-long all-metal halberd, than the Qingzhou soldiers in the hands of the halberd is much heavier, if a tiger guard can be equipped with twenty ordinary soldiers, then a tiger and leopard horse can be equipped with a hundred ordinary soldiers.

None of these knights are less than 185 cm tall, Cao Zhang is using Xiahoudun as a reference, and the individual type is as great as a mountain, the horses under the crotch are all good horses in the north, fat physical examination, it is really like a fierce tiger and a horse like a dragon, this armor plus horse armor, can definitely shuttle under the rain of enemy arrows.

This time he went to Yingchuan Cao Cao brought 13,000 soldiers, of which Cao Chun 1,000 tigers and leopards were placed in the front army as the vanguard, Yu Ban led 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers in the Chinese army, Lejin led 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers in the left army, Cao Ang led 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers in the right army, Dian Wei led the Tiger Guards to protect Cao Cao and Cao Pi, Cao Zhang's father and son were behind the Chinese army, and Cao Hong led 1,000 Qingzhou soldiers in the rear army after the Tiger Guards.

Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan led 20,000 new sergeants to protect the grain and grass led by Li Dian at the end.

The strategists who accompanied the army included Xun Yu and Guo Jia, and the two strategists rode behind the Cao family's father and son.

Although Yingchuan and Chen Liu are at the junction, but they do not belong to a state, Yingchuan belongs to the boundary of Yuzhou, the governance is called Xuchang, Yuzhou at this time because there are tens of thousands of yellow turbans led by He Yi and Liu Pi, and the counties of Yuzhou are united to protect their territory, and there is no co-owner, He Yi, Liu Pi Although the main area of activity is in Yingchuan, but they do not fully control the county, because Xuchang, the seat of Yingchuan governance, also has a strong stronghold of the family.

Therefore, although the 50,000 Yellow Turban remnants led by the two are in Yanling County, Yingchuan, but because they have to feed tens of thousands of people, they often wander around the territory of various counties in Yuzhou, although they dare not harass the county seats, but they often plunder grain and farm tools and various utensils in the county roads and townships, and the local squires and Taishou are powerless to obstruct them, so they can only defend the county seat and let it rob.

At this time, the situation in Yuzhou is a little better than the three counties of Qingzhou where the thieves were raging in Qingzhou, because the county seat of each county has not yet fallen, and the people still have a place to stay.

It was only five days from Chen Liu's march to the boundary of Yingchuan, and on this day the Cao army arrived at the boundary of Yanling County, where the remnants of the Yellow Turban were entrenched, and the spies reported that it was only twenty miles away from the stronghold of the thief army, and the thief army also found the traces of the Cao army and was arranging troops.

Cao Cao smiled when he heard this: "In the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I led the cavalry captain to break the thief army in the land of Yingchuan, beheading tens of thousands of people, and now facing the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Yingchuan, time has passed, which makes people sigh." Obviously, Cao Cao didn't take the remnants of the 50,000 yellow scarves in his eyes, and he was still nostalgic for the past.

Xun Yu said at this time: "Although our army marches for only one hour today, but the thief army has 50,000 people, it is really not suitable to fight with the thief army, this place is still twenty miles away from the stronghold of the thief army, I think the thief army will not rush to attack, we can camp here, stabilize our position and wait for General Li Dian and the two Xiahou generals to arrive before discussing the strategy of breaking the thief." ”

Xun Yu's method is extremely safe, it takes an hour to march normally for twenty miles, and it is impossible for 50,000 people to run here and then launch an attack, as long as the cavalry is slightly harassed, it will be disjointed before and after, and then the army will be charged, the remnants of the yellow turban are just a rabble, how can they withstand the impact of Cao Cao's Qingzhou army tiger and leopard cavalry and tiger guards? So they can only stand in formation.

Cao Zhang, who read Cao Cao's family letter a few days ago, combined with the art of war, also understood the truth of using soldiers in this era, but because he read Cao Cao's family letter a lot, he thought that Cao Cao would not take this suggestion, because Cao Cao liked to use cavalry, and as soon as he met, he would dismount his opponent, and his tactics were extremely aggressive.

Sure enough, Cao Cao groaned for a while and called Cao Chun over and said: "Zihe, let the tigers and leopards ride all the men and horses to eat, rest for half an hour, and then march at full speed to the flank of the thief army, sound the arrow as a trumpet, and attack immediately." ”

Cao Chun is a sturdy man with a height of two meters, and in Cao's family, he is the tallest.

Cao Cao said in a loud voice: "Pass the order, the Tiger Guard Army is the front army, and it will advance towards the stronghold of the Yanling Bandit Army." ”

The herald immediately shouted: "Herald! The Tiger Guards are the front army, advancing towards the stronghold of the Yanling Bandit Army"

"Herald! The Tiger Guards are the front army, advancing towards the stronghold of the Yanling Bandit Army"

"Herald! The Tiger Guards are the front army, advancing towards the stronghold of the Yanling Bandit Army"

"Herald! The Tiger Guards are the front army, advancing towards the stronghold of the Yanling Bandit Army"

The order spread throughout the army in a moment, and Dian Wei led the Tiger Guards to embrace Cao Cao's father and son, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu transferred to the front army and began to march towards Yanling.

I only heard Cao Cao smile at Xun Yu and said: "Wen Ruo, if you don't know, if you wait for Yuan to let them arrive, the thief army will see that our army is strong, I am afraid that they will hide in Yanling County, and when there is a street fight, my tiger and leopard cavalry will not be able to exert its power, and the tiger guard army has heavy armor, and it is only easy to fight in the open field, and the power of entering the alley is greatly reduced, so that the thief army will take advantage." ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "The Lord is reasonable. ”

Guo Jia smiled silently, and when Cao Cao saw it, he asked, "Is there any other trick for Fengxiao?" ”