The last battle between Xuchang and Dongjun, although it successfully defeated Cao Ying. But the extremely terrifying combat power of the tiger and leopard ride also shocked Liu Bei Sizhi. In fact, at first, Liu Bei was a little unimpressed by Pang Tong's virtual and real advance. But later, whenever he thought of that battle, Liu Bei had palpitations. Especially in East County. The Fengyun cavalry and the tiger and leopard cavalry met face-to-face, and they actually lost 2,000 horsemen at once, and they were simply strangled in an instant. Even if Liu Bei was exhausted, he even did not hesitate to transfer Xiliang Iron Cavalry from the west to help in the battle, and Ma Dai also took advantage of the opponent's light enemy to kill Cao Chun, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but in the last point, there were only more than 6,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry left. The price Liu Bei paid for it was nearly 20,000 cavalry. If you add in the foot soldiers who died in the battle of the tiger and leopard, the number is even more staggering.

In view of this, this tiger and leopard riding is also a big trouble in Liu Bei's heart. In this battle, Liu Bei gave Pang Tong a death order before the battle, and he must find a way to inflict heavy damage on the tiger and leopard cavalry, or even annihilate them all. In order to complete this impossible task, Pang Tong thought hard all night, referring to the major classic battles, and finally his hair was almost gray, so he came up with a trick and prepared to try it this time.

Now that Cao Ying has dispatched the tiger and leopard to ride, Liu Bei knows that the time has come. Since Ma Dai couldn't pull away for a while, he couldn't count on it, so let Zhang Liao go first. Seeing the flags played in the Chinese army, Zhang Liao knew that the real test was coming.

"Come with me, brethren!" Zhang Liao gave an order, and the 20,000 Fengyun cavalry and the white horse Yicong behind him who had been playing soy sauce followed and intercepted the road that the tiger and leopard rode through. This time, Cao Ying only brought 15,000 tigers and leopards to ride, but there were 20,000 Fengyun cavalry, plus 5,000 Xiliang iron horses, which was almost half of Liu Bei's family. On the contrary, Cao Ying still has 40,000 or 50,000 elite cavalry in Guanzhong who have not been mobilized, and the Hu cavalry army is also being led by Shao to garrison the northern frontier, so in terms of the number of cavalry alone, this time Cao Ying has lost the upper hand.

Of course, Cao Zhen didn't care about the opponent's numerical advantage at all, because even if the tiger and leopard cavalry faced the cavalry, it was enough to defeat one enemy and two. is only 5,000 more than himself, and this numerical advantage is almost better than nothing in Cao Zhen's eyes. Looking at the cavalry formation formed by the other party, a trace of disdain flashed in Cao Zhen's eyes. Cavalry is different from infantry, so what should be done when they form a formation? On the contrary, it will not be able to give full play to the advantages of flexible surnames. If Zhang Liao rode and shot like before and started a fight with himself, Cao Zhen would still feel a little headache. But seeing that the opponent didn't know whether to live or die and chose to collide with himself, Cao Zhen was also overjoyed. It's just that he still has a trace of doubt in his heart, Zhang Liao is not a person who does not know the art of war, why would he do such an unwise act?

Thinking about it, maybe it's because I'm worried that once I get involved in the war, Wen Ping won't be able to hold on, after all, he is already in danger. Cao Zhen's thoughts are long, but they are also fleeting. At this time, the tiger and leopard cavalry was only a few hundred steps away from Zhang Liao's cavalry array.

"Brothers, knots, impact!" Looking at the enemy troops getting closer and closer, Zhang Liao suddenly shouted. With his order, the 20,000 cavalry behind him, each of whom took out two chains from his saddle. These chains are about eight feet long and have hooks at both ends. When he had taken out the chains, he hung the hooks at both ends of the chains on the iron rings on the top of his saddle, and on the other end on the iron rings on the saddles of his comrades on either side. The whole process only lasted for dozens of seconds, and all the Fengyun cavalry had already been connected into a cavalry chain formation with 500 people in a row.

"Rush!" With Zhang Liao's order again, the Fengyun cavalry was launched and rushed towards the tiger and leopard cavalry. That's right, this is Pang Tong's trick: a chain of horses.

The last time Xuchang besieged Cao Ying, there were hundreds of thousands of Cao soldiers in Hebei, but because they couldn't break through the blockade of Jingxiang Water Division and cross the Yellow River, they almost completely beat the soy sauce. Later, if it weren't for Guo Jia's plan before he died, whether Cao Ying could escape alive would have been a big question mark. However, there are gains and losses in everything, and while Guo Jia rescued Cao Ying, he also provided a new idea for Pang Tong: a chain of horses.

What makes the tiger and leopard ride terrifying is its unparalleled impact. In terms of positional warfare capabilities alone, the Fengyun cavalry is not inferior to the tiger and leopard cavalry. In fact, no matter how good the horses ridden by the tiger and leopard, no matter how strong the soldiers are, they really have to wrestle with the Fengyun cavalry one-on-one, and the Fengyun cavalry is not an opponent one-on-one, but the two-on-one should always be able to beat the other party to win. The problem is that group army operations are not one-on-one or two-to-one, and the tiger and leopard riders can hit one of you and then the next, how can they honestly wait for a few of you to hit me?

Since you don't wait, then I'll force you to hit me. At Pang Tong's suggestion, Liu Bei began to build this chain of horses. In fact, the prototype of the chain horse, Zhao Feng once proposed. But what he wanted was an iron-clad chain of horses, and most of the horses in the Central Plains couldn't bear the weight of ironclad, so he was forced to give up. This time, Pang Tong told Liu Bei that the ironclad chain horse was just to strengthen the defense. He has now removed the iron armor, and although his defense has been weakened, it will only be visible when facing a dense array of bows and crossbows. Now it is only used to intercept the tiger and leopard ride, which should still be enough.

Of course, in order to verify this, Pang Tong still conducted several confrontation exercises, and the exercises were naturally accompanied by Ma Dai and his 5,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry. It turned out that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, whose impact was far superior to that of the Fengyun Cavalry, was also stopped in the face of this chain of iron horses, and even its own formation was confused. Encouraged by this, Liu Bei made up his mind to use a chain of iron horses to deal with these terrible tigers and leopards.

Now Zhang Liao led this group of cavalry and went up and collided with the other party. Although Cao Zhen was taken aback at first, it was too late to change the formation at this time, and he really didn't take the other party in his eyes, so he suffered a big loss as a result of this collision.

The Fengyun cavalry in the first row was almost completely shattered by the tiger and leopard cavalry in an instant, and the second row was almost the same. But their sacrifice was not worthless. After each collision with a row of Wind and Cloud Cavalry, the speed of the Tiger and Par Rider inevitably slowed down. Finally, after hitting the twelfth platoon, the formation of the tiger and leopard cavalry was completely chaotic, and many people in the front row had already been knocked off their horses, and their confusion blocked the advance line of the rear army. Under the push of the front and back, the tiger and leopard ride was also chaotic.

"First row, javelin shooting!" Seeing that the pace of the tiger and leopard rider was inevitably slowed down, Zhang Liao immediately gave the order to attack. These tigers and leopards in iron armor rode with ordinary bows and arrows that were only enough to scratch them, so Zhang Liao came up ruthlessly, and while letting the iron-clad chain horses completely outflank them, he frantically threw javelins at them. The sharp spear pierced the iron armor of the tiger and leopard warriors, stabbing them off their horses. Cao Zhen didn't care about tidying up the formation, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to return fire with bows and arrows, but although the trapped tiger and leopard cavalry could also counterattack smoothly, the effect was quite average. At least, compared to Zhang Liao's high-density javelin strike, it is definitely inferior.

"Straighten out the formation and fight with me!" Cao Zhen knew that if he didn't think of a way, he would be trapped here for life and death. At this time, almost all the surrounding areas of the tiger and leopard were the war horses of the Fengyun cavalry that they had killed. But though the man died, the horse was still together. It's really difficult to rush out face-to-face. It's like a ferocious shark, a weed can't stop it, but once the grass grows, it's enough to make it unable to move. What's more, the chain of the chain horse is not the weak aquatic weed. Cao Zhen knew that it was impossible to rush out if he was blocked by more than a dozen rows of war horses. The only way to do this is to take advantage of the fact that the opponent's encirclement has not yet been completely closed, and first make a roundabout fight with the rear army from both sides, and then make a plan.

"Zidan was actually tripped up?" Cao Ying, who was in the distance, saw this scene and muttered to himself in disbelief. This time is different from the last time, last time it was Cao Chun's accidental death, which caused the rout of the tiger and leopard rider. This time, he was stopped face-to-face, and Cao Ying was also depressed. At the same time, on the rest of the battlefields, Xu Huang of the right army could still be supported; However, under Zhang Fei's terrifying attack, the Chinese army's Yu Ban has been defeated and retreated. As for the part of Zhang Jaw, who originally had the upper hand, just before he was about to defeat Wenpin, Ma Dai finally led the army to intervene in time, so that Wenpin could continue to support him. Now there are four battlefields, and the three are barely holding each other, but the most important Chinese army, Cao Ying, can no longer hold on.

"King Wei, I'm afraid it won't work!" Seeing this, Jia Xu also stepped forward and said gently. Cao Ying nodded silently, although today's battle was fought in a hurry, Cao Ying didn't expect that Liu Jun's combat power was so strong. The infantry trained by Chen Zhi and Gao Shun, as well as the cavalry trained by Zhao Yun and Ma Dai, are indeed rare elite divisions in the world.

"The prime minister can rest assured, now Liu Bei is rampant. When the time comes, Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops will be wiped out! Cheng Yu on the side was relieved. Cao Ying nodded silently, but Jia Xu said with a hint of concern: "King Wei, according to the Tanmalai report, Liu Bei's army was not all stationed in Luoyang City, but ordered Pang Tong to lead an army to be stationed in the camp outside the city. I'm afraid that Zhongde's strategy will not work completely! ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as Liu Bei dies, the rest of the people are insignificant!" Cao Ying said disapprovingly. Seeing that it was difficult to win today, Cao Ying also ordered the troops to be withdrawn as soon as possible. At present, after the tiger and leopard cavalry and other elite troops were broken, Cao Ying's army began to retreat towards Cao Yang in an orderly manner. Liu Bei pursued for a while, and saw that the other party was very well guarded, so he didn't care about himself. In this battle, fortunately, Cao Ying saw that the opportunity was wrong, so he ran away, so he was able to retain most of the military horses. Otherwise, it will inevitably be the same as when Xuchang was born, and if you don't die, you have to shed your skin.

"My lord, the Cao army was killed and wounded and captured in this battle, and it was by no means less than 30,000. The casualties of our army were almost around 20,000, but more than 6,000 tigers and leopards were left behind! After the war, after counting the results, Xu Shu briefly reported to Liu Bei. Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then asked Pang Tong: "Shiyuan, in your opinion, what should I do next?" ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he smiled strangely, and then said: "If Cao Ying is smart, he will definitely withdraw his troops from Hebei or Guanzhong, give up the land of Luoyang, and fight a decisive battle with us in Guanzhong or across the river." Otherwise, his hundreds of thousands of troops were stranded in Henan, and Guandu was garrisoned by our Jingxiang Water Division, and it was inevitable that he would repeat the mistake of being called Xuchang. ”

"I think so!" Chen Gong and Xu Shu nodded when they heard this. Liu Bei saw that the three strategists all said this, and he was also relieved, and the surname Suo patiently waited for Cao Ying to withdraw from the army on his own. But this time, Pang Tong and the three of them were completely defeated in the hands of Cheng Yu. What is even more unexpected is that Cheng Yu and Cao Ying are not the final winners. The end of the matter turned out to be so chaotic.

(To be continued)