Chapter 761: Cao Cao's Heartache (Third Update)

The cavalry galloped, very quickly. Soon, it galloped past outside the city of Xudu. It may be said that it was fleeting, but the impact of this cavalry was much more than that.

"What do you say? It wasn't Zhu Ling who returned triumphantly, but Zhao Yun drove the cavalry and passed outside the city of Xudu? In the study room of Shang Shuling's mansion, Xun Yu, who was originally very relaxed and natural, turned pale and asked in disbelief.

"Originally, the little ones thought that when the cavalry passed by, it must be General Zhu Ling who led the troops back. But I didn't want to, but what I saw was the handsome flag of the word "Chu", plus there were many horses in this cavalry, it must have been after defeating General Zhu Ling and capturing the horses. Under Xun Yu's momentum, the herald who was ordered to come to report explained tremblingly.

"Without seeing the cavalry coming, your general lied about the army. He doesn't want to die? Xun Yu's face turned even more pale, and he asked angrily.

"I beg your pardon." The herald didn't dare to speak, but lowered his head and said in fear.

"Forgive, how do you ask the old man to forgive him? Kaile played, which is equivalent to telling the whole process of 50,000 elite soldiers, we have won a big victory. This big victory suddenly turned into a big defeat. How can this be? Xun Yu smiled angrily and said.

"Come on, go and remove the official position of the guard, put him in prison, and when Cao Gong comes back, he will make a decision." Xun Yu ordered loudly.

The little official promised and planned to take someone to arrest him.

But just then, another herald arrived.

"My lord, the guards of the west of the city have already committed suicide in fear of sin." Herald Soldier Report.

Xun Yu was speechless when he heard this.

It's really too oolong. After Zhao Yun came, not only was the capital in chaos, but also indirectly killed a general defending the city.

However, people hate to die. Since the general defending the city had the courage to commit suicide, Xun Yu did not plan to continue to pursue it.

"Immediately went to collect the corpse. In addition, the order goes down and stops Kaile. Xun Yu was silent for a moment, then waved weakly.

The official promised and immediately led the people away.

The two heralds were still kneeling, but Xun Yu didn't send them away immediately, because he was already deep in thought.

Xun Yu slowly came to the position and knelt down, closed his eyes slightly, and his expression was extremely heavy.

Zhu Ling's cavalry was defeated, and depending on the situation, it is estimated that none of them will want to come back. This is not only the loss of 20,000 iron horsemen in the north.

Twenty thousand iron horses, for Cao Wei, is really a drizzle, not a nerve-wracking.

But the most important thing is that at present, Cao Cao is in the west, and the grain is slowly transported from the Central Plains. Now that there is no iron cavalry as a countermeasure, Zhao Yun's cavalry can drive straight in.

Directly cut off the food supply between Cao Cao and the Central Plains.

It is equivalent to directly declaring that Cao Cao's western expedition has failed, and those who fail cannot fail again. A large-scale war, especially a war with an army of more than 200,000 people.

The resources that need to be used, as well as the war materials, are astronomical amounts that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

Otherwise, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in history would not have been unstable because of the siege of Mayi, which led to the instability of the emperor's throne and was almost abolished by the Empress Dowager Dou.

This kind of nerve-wracking thing is really unbearable.

This is the most direct impact, and the indirect impact is with the growth of the cavalry of the Chu State. Since Zhao Yun was able to lead his troops to kill Zhu Ling, it meant that the quality of his cavalry was already comparable to that of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and it might only be a step behind the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

That's the far-reaching impact.

It's not just the southerners who have become good at horse warfare. In the hearts of wise people like Xun Yu, they are already frightened. Think about it, how long has it been since Zhao Yun's cavalry was established?

It's not been a year. There is such combat effectiveness. Now, he has defeated Zhu Ling, and he has also captured tens of thousands of Zhu Ling's war horses.

How many cavalry can Zhao Yun build?

In less than a year, combat effectiveness can be formed, which is really terrible, very scary. The state of Chu has a rich population, an adequate treasury, and a solid foundation.

It is very popular with the people.

As long as Kou Feng has enough horses, he can assemble enough cavalry.

The closest is that Cao Cao's western expedition must be yellow, and the far is the threat of the large-scale cavalry of the Chu State. This makes Xun Yu as big as a cow.

It's a heart-pounding beat.

With today's status like Xun Yu, and having experienced so many ups and downs, it is difficult for this situation to occur. But unfortunately, the state of Chu is rising step by step, it is really too fast, too fast.

Cao Wei's decades-long foundation is not as good as Kou Feng's decades-old foundation. This really made Xun Yu breathless.

But when Xun Yu was dizzy, suddenly Xun Yu's mind flashed, and he asked the herald in front of him tremblingly: "Zhao Yun, which direction is he going?" ”

His eyes were staring at the herald, very nervous.

"Lord Qi Shangshu Ling, Zhao Yun's cavalry went all the way to the east. There was no looking back. The herald didn't know why, but he replied obediently.

Yu only felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost spewed out a mouthful of blood arrows.

Negligence, really negligence.

Xun Yu had a flash of inspiration just now, but he thought of a big horse farm outside the city. There are more than 100,000 adult war horses there, and the rest of the foals and mares are not counted.

If Zhao Yun obtained this, wouldn't the cavalry of this Chu State be on top all of a sudden? From a weak brigade, it has become a cavalry power that can compete with the big forces in the north.

Negligence. It was he who was negligent.

Xun Yu was very remorseful in his heart, and he was also full of confidence, so he sent Zhu Ling there. Zhu Ling's existence, one of them is to protect the grain road, but at the critical moment, he also has the responsibility of guarding the horse farm.

He sent Zhu Ling out, thinking that he would eliminate Zhao Yun. Unexpectedly, Zhu Ling was eliminated. Now there is no cavalry between the horse farm and Xudu. His 50,000 foot soldiers couldn't keep up with Zhao Yun's speed at all.

I could only watch Zhao Yun go to the horse farm to collect the fat meat that was not guarded by many people.

This made Xun Yu's heart rise with indescribable remorse.

Xun Yu's first reaction was to send troops to reinforcements. But Zhao Yun's cavalry was able to defeat Zhu Ling's cavalry in a head-to-head confrontation, so it was very simple to defeat the 50,000 elite soldiers walking around the plain.

It's like blowing fire.

It's an exaggeration, but that's exactly what happened. All they can do now is have cats in the city, and they will be knocked out as soon as they emerge.

In Xun Yu's heart, after taking the risk to go out of the city to save the racecourse and save Xu Duzhi, he could only choose to retreat in the city.

watched Zhao Yun loot Cao Wei's war horse training base outside the city.

There are more than 100,000 war horses, as well as mares and foals.

"In vain, when the old man used to be, he was also pretentious and could be calculated. But he didn't expect that the cavalry of the Chu State would advance so quickly. It's really rotten wood that can't be carved. Xun Yu smiled bitterly, and his heart was like pressing a big stone, very heavy.

"Someone, go and summon Shangshu Wu Qi to come."

Xun Yu ordered.

"Go down." Immediately, Xun Yu said to the two poor heralds.

Qi Ying promised, and the guards immediately went down to find someone. And the heralds left.

Soon after, a middle-aged literati walked in, a very elegant person. It is the Shangshu Wu Qi in Xun Yu's mouth. Shang Shuling's right is to be in charge of Shang Shutai.

On the one hand, he is in charge of the exchange of documents, and on the other hand, he is also the staff of the Son of Heaven. Shangshu Ling Xun Yu, as well as Shangshu in Shangshutai, are very powerful.

"Your Excellency." After Wu Qi came in, he immediately bowed to Xun Yu.

Immediately wrote an official letter to the prime minister, saying that Zhu Lingbing was defeated. The big horse farm outside the city was robbed by Zhao Yun, Xun Yu couldn't do anything, and asked the prime minister to return to the army early. Xun Yu's face was still very pale, he smiled bitterly and said.

"Why do you say that? Kaile played just now, wasn't General Zhu Ling already killing the Quartet and eliminating Zhao Yun? Wu Qi said very strangely.

Naturally, he heard about Kaile, and he was very pleased.

Why did it suddenly turn into a big defeat for Zhu Ling at this moment. How powerful were the cavalry in the north, and they would actually lose to Zhao Yun and other three-legged cat cavalry who had only been trained for less than a year?

Because what Xun Yu said was too ethereal, Wu Qi's heart actually rose whether Shangshu Ling was sick and confused. Such thoughts that would normally be difficult to arise.

You must know that Xun Yu's prestige in the north is very high, and Wu Qi actually thinks that Xun Yu is old and confused, which shows that Wu Qi believes in the power of the northern cavalry in his heart is a little more powerful than being afraid of Xun Yu's prestige.

To put it simply, Wu Qi believed in their cavalry more.

But alas, this time he was wrong.

"That's the Xicheng guard Deng De misreported, and now Deng De has committed suicide. There will be no mistake, so let's go west with an official letter. Don't delay the time, if the time is delayed, the prime minister's 200,000 troops will not have time to withdraw, and they will run out of food. Then the whole north is finished. ”

Xun Yu's face smiled more bitterly and said.

"W-that's true?" Wu Qi realized that Xun Yu was not sick, nor was he old and confused, this matter was true.

Wu Qi was so shocked by this news that he stood for a long time before he came back to his senses. When he came back to his senses, his face was as white as paper, and there was hardly any blood.

It's shocking, it's shocking.

The northern cavalry, which they were so proud of, actually failed. Defeated by the lame cavalry of Chu State Zhao Yun who had been trained for less than a year.

It's really, it's true.

At the same time, it was also a huge blow to the confidence of the northern cavalry. After that, the cavalry will fight against each other, and they must be timid. There is no more vigorous attack.

A great sorrow rose in Wu Qi's heart.

"It's true." Xun Yu nodded, confirming his words again.

"Xiaguan will deal with it." Wu Qiyan's face was even more bloodless when he heard this, he hugged his fists weakly, turned around and walked out, looking very decadent.

Looking at Wu Qi's appearance, Xun Yu sighed.

This news is not the worst. The worst thing is the big horse farm outside the city, he wants to save it, but he can't save it.

Ay.

When the prime minister comes back, how should he explain?