- Zhang Wuji, this kid, why haven't you sent reinforcements yet?

-- As long as there is a "10,000-strong enemy," our army will be able to turn defeat into victory! ……

And at this moment, Zhang Wuji, who was constantly chattering in Guan Hai's heart, was not idle.

As the Tianping Army, which had fought with the Yanzhou Prefecture Division many times two months ago, if Chen Gong would have omitted it in his ambush plan, then Chen Gong would not be worthy of being called a qualified military mastermind.

Because Bao Xin knew that there was a "10,000 enemies" level general in the Tianping Army, who was capable of rivaling the "Jiangdong Tiger" Sun Jian, Chen Gong really put a lot of thought into designing the headquarters of the Tianping Army.

In the end, Chen Gong took advantage of a known weakness of the Tianping Army and made up his mind to send one of the most elite troops currently in his hands to contain the Tianping Army.

The unit that was sent out to carry out the task of diversion was the cavalry of the Han army, which numbered as high as 400.

In today's Han Dynasty, there are two cavalry teams that jointly dominate the world. One is a Youyan Sudden Ride, and the other is a Xiliang Iron Rider. Other than that, the other states are not known for their cavalry.

For example, the Yanzhou Prefecture Division commanded by Commander Bao Xin was not formed into a cavalry team at all at the beginning of its formation due to the rush of time. So much so that in the outpost battle of the "Battle of Single Fathers" a few months ago, Bao Xinbu was also depressed by the cavalry squad of the Tianping Army.

Later, Bao Xin felt that there was no cavalry in his hands, and it would be very inconvenient to fight, so he discussed with Yanzhou Assassin Shi many times, wanting to ask for a cavalry team that could be used.

Yanzhou Assassin Shi was so annoyed by Bao Xin that he couldn't help it, so he forcibly transferred a hundred-man cavalry from the "Dongping Kingdom", which was a little extinguished at that time, and put it to Bao Xin for use. Coupled with Bao Xin's own collection, when the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army entered Yanzhou, the number of lightly armed cavalry in Bao Xin's hands had reached more than 200 people.

When Chen Gong specially rushed from Dongjun to snipe the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, the commander of the Han Army and the Zhonglang general Huangfu Song also specially transferred a Tun cavalry from the "Yue Cavalry Battalion" of the Northern Army to follow Chen Gong south.

On the one hand, the Taishou of Dongjun felt very limited about the role of cavalry in the frontal battle out of concern for Bao Xin, and generously added another cavalry accompanying Chen Gong.

The Yanzhou cavalry, the Dongjun cavalry, and the cavalry of the "Yue Cavalry Battalion" of the Northern Army, the three added together form the four hundred cavalry mentioned above.

Although Cheng Lian is only a tun chief, he was born in the "Yue Cavalry Battalion" of the Central Army. According to the official system at that time, his position was automatically one level higher than that of the local county soldiers, so he was able to serve as the chief general of the 400 cavalry.

As for the deputy general of this temporarily formed cavalry team, Song Xian, the cavalry commander of the "Dongping Kingdom" who was skilled in horsemanship and only slightly inferior in force compared to Cheng Lian.

In this way, the two of them each commanded two hundred cavalry, and reached a balance between the interests of the main and guest soldiers, which can be regarded as a sufficient sincere agreement. Faced with such a high-spirited cavalry attack, the Tianping Army couldn't help but fall into a small quagmire.

Cheng Lian and Song Xian are both veterans who are proficient in cavalry tactics. The two divided their men into six teams, four of which numbered between eighty and ninety men, all of whom were light horsemen with bows and crossbows.

These light horsemen hovered at a distance of about one hundred and fifty steps from the Tianping Army, so that the strong crossbows of the Tianping Army were helpless against them. As soon as there was an opportunity, the crossbow light cavalry would suddenly insert it, and at a distance of about fifty paces from the Tianping Army, it would rain a round of arrows, and then immediately march away, regardless of the results of the battle.

The remaining two cavalrymen are composed of skilled horsemen who can use their legs to hold the belly of their horses and support themselves in horse fighting.

If the Tianping Army intends to send a small force to drive the crossbow light cavalry. These "elite cavalry", which numbered about seventy people, would use the terrible impact of the horses to tell the small force sent by the Tianping Army, how sharp the swords of the Han cavalry were!

This kind of tactic is actually very horsepower-consuming. Therefore, if it is a daily battle, the horsepower of these cavalry can support two or three days at most. However, in the case of the fierce attack on the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, the resentment of these cavalry was like a surging river, endless.

This is also the reason why Chen Gong only proposed three suitable locations when planning the ambush. If it weren't for the fact that the cavalry team could exert enough combat power and delay the Tianping army, there must be a flat terrain, and Chen Gong could find no less than ten suitable ambush points on the possible march route of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

As the head snake of Yanzhou, if he doesn't even have this ability, how can he be evaluated as the "first-rate strategist of the Three Kingdoms" in later generations?

The cavalry teams of Cheng Lian and Song Xian received military orders after Captain Bao Xin successfully ambushed the rapid counterattack troops of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and only then did they come to delay the return rescue operation of the Tianping Army.

Due to the indescribable and unclear estranged relationship between the Tianping Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, the Tianping Army, as the former army, and the Guanhai Department have opened a distance of two or three miles.

This gap is a big flaw in the eyes of Wang Guo, Yu Ban, Xie Xun and others who are proficient in the art of war. If there is an enemy who dares to venture into this gap, he can easily cut off the connection between the Tianping Army and the Guan Hai Army.

For this matter, Zhang Mad specially visited Guan Hai and explained to him. Guan Hai agreed, but the little marshal who followed behind Tianping Jun just didn't want to follow closely. Zhang Mad asked twice in private, guessed the little handsome's thoughts, and had to listen to it.

The reason why that little marshal was reluctant to follow the Tianping Army closely was actually to avoid his Yellow Turban sergeants from being lured by the "preferential" treatment of the Tianping Army and turning to the arrogant command!

As the war continued, the Taiping Taoist Order, which was originally closely united with Zhang Jiao, the "great virtuous and good teacher", finally inevitably appeared the phenomenon of each little marshal supporting the army and self-respect.

This point, in fact, can be seen from the number of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army who followed "Guan Haishuai" and went to support "Bu Jishuai".

A few months ago, the "Bo Cai Shuai" could pull out an army of 40,000 or 50,000 strong men in Yingchuan County alone. Although the momentum of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is far inferior to that of the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army, it is also a big state, and it has at least 70,000 or 80,000 strong soldiers.

However, Guan Hai tried his best, and finally got entangled and went to Yanzhou to rescue the Yellow Turban Army of "Bu Jishuai", but there were only more than 10,000.

Of course, there is a reason why Guan Hai is not good at commanding soldiers. However, the self-respect of the various commanders is the most important.

In the face of that little marshal's insistence on distancing himself from the Tianping Army, Zhang Qiang couldn't say anything more than privately complaining that this guy didn't understand the art of war and didn't care about the overall situation. Because, insolence itself is a typical example of self-reliance and self-respect in the Yellow Turban Army.

Therefore, when Cheng Lian and Song Xian, with the cavalry team, inserted into the gap between the Tianping Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Qiang only issued a military order in addition to sighing:

"Hold on to the enemy!"

With Le Jin, who is proficient in cavalry tactics, he is present, and he will naturally not make some low-level mistakes. With the two legs of the infantry, to drive the four legs of the cavalry?

Zhang Mad felt that it was not yet that time.

In fact, a well-trained infantryman, if he is prepared, wants to defend against the attack of cavalry, it is really not a difficult thing. Shields, crossbows, arrays. After these few things are done, the threat of cavalry can be ignored.

Even if it was to forcibly disperse the cavalry not far away, the Tianping Army would not be impossible. It's just that Zhang Yan feels that in terms of the proportion of battle losses between the two sides, this is not too cost-effective. You must know that in the hands of insolence, there is now a killer weapon that can eliminate the threat of the Han cavalry in a moment.

However, I just don't want to use it.

Since arrogance, Wang Guo, Yu Ban, Xie Xun, Zang Ba and others are all recommended not to use. On the other hand, the soldiers of the Tianping Army are still actively placing the vehicles of the accompanying army into a vehicle formation suitable for defense, preparing to meet the large Han army attacking in front.

-- But it turned out that the top and bottom of the Tianping Army thought that the reason why the Han cavalry team severed the connection between the Tianping Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was to attack the Tianping Army as the front army. The Tianping Army was waiting with bated breath, wanting to swallow the arrogant Han army of the Tianping Army in one go.

"If the Han army dares to come, it will be up to me Zang Ba to cut off his one hundred and ten heads and sacrifice a big sword for me!"

ps: Characters - Cheng Lian, Song Xian.

Both of them were Lu Bu's generals.

The author set that Cheng Lian came from the Central Army of the Han Army, and later fled with Lü Bu when Lü Bu was defeated in Chang'an.

Song Xian came from the county soldiers of Yanzhou. When Lü Bu entered Yanzhou, as Zhang Miao's subordinate, he followed Lü Bu.