There is no worst, only worse.

Jian Yong understands, after the lord saw the letter yesterday, why did he act so sad and inexplicable, he was indeed cheated by someone! The pit is not ordinarily miserable.

As the saying goes: happiness gives birth to sorrow, otherwise it is extremely Tailai, but when these people break through easily, and before they have time to be happy, and indeed do not find a reason to be happy, the situation has evolved into a greater tragedy, to be precise, a tragedy.

Yan Liang is here!

Yan Liang is a famous general in Hebei, but there is nothing remarkable, there are two fierce generals, Tai Shici and Guan Yu, just one Yan Liang, how much wind and waves can he afford? But the problem is that Yan Liang didn't come to play heads-up, he brought troops to reinforce, and behind him, there were three thousand iron horsemen!

Under the pursuit of 3,000 iron cavalry and 20,000 infantry, even Jian Yong, who did not have much research on military affairs, realized how dangerous the return journey would be.

Cavalry, the best at attacking is not to attack fortifications, chasing and killing is their forte!

Now Jian Yong also understands that Cao Ren and Lu Kuang are desperately attacking their own army, delaying the speed of the lord's breakthrough, in order to wait for Yan Liang to arrive.

After reaching an alliance with the Huns, the Jizhou army was no longer short of war horses. In Hebei, if you only fight on horseback, and do not involve riding and shooting, it is easy to find the source of cavalry troops.

Therefore, Yan Liang, as a pioneer, should have arrived near Qingyuan a long time ago, and he should not want to startle the snake, so he did not move, just waiting to dig a pit and bury people.

There are too many main forces in Jizhou, and no matter how lightly they advance, the speed is outrageously slow. If Wang Yu rushed to Qingyuan first, Cao Ren would not be able to entangle the Qingzhou army. Yan Liang will appear in time.

was bitten by three thousand light cavalry, Wang Yu didn't have the ability to get rid of it easily, not to mention, no one could guarantee whether there were other cavalry units behind Yan Liang. You must know that Wen Chou is also a heavy general in Jizhou, and he is also good at commanding cavalry, who dares to say that he was left aside by Yuan Shao?

Use cavalry to harass, trap the enemy, and wait for work. Break the enemy in one fell swoop. Wang Yu used this trick more than once or twice to break the enemy. This time, Yuan Shao obviously planned to repay the favor with his own way, so as to let out a bad breath.

But what is helpless is that Wang Yu did not encounter this trap. It's called his own father-in-law to lead it out, isn't this a tragedy?

Obviously, Tai Shici came once yesterday, and Cao Ren saw through his intention to come back the next day, so he set up such a formation, preparing to use Liu Bei as bait to delay Tai Shici's itinerary and annihilate the Qingzhou elite cavalry and Liu Bei's remnants in one drum.

If it weren't for the discovery of the enemy's traces, Tai Shici made a quick decision and let go of the extra war horses. Jian Yong was even skeptical. Did Wang Yu plan to borrow a knife to kill someone?

But even with horses, the situation is still not optimistic. The reason is very simple, Yan Liang's Ma Duo! The 3,000 horsemen in Jizhou also came with one person and two horses, although the proportion of men and horses in the Qingzhou Army was high. But after taking Liu Beijun with him, he became a man and a horse.

Fight, it's definitely not going to fight.

The most restrained type of cavalry is cavalry. Mounted archery can bully slow-moving infantry with mobility. But against the same light cavalry, even if the opponent is not good at riding and shooting, it is not so easy.

The number of people is about the same, you can first weaken the enemy with cavalry shooting, and then fight against it, but now, Yan Liang's cavalry is more than three times that of Tai Shici, and there are 20,000 foot soldiers of Cao Ren and Gao Ran to help fight, what is there to fight in this battle? Do you hit a stone with an egg?

Qin Feng is not a madman, he is very interested in cavalry warfare, and when he saw the dust and smoke raised by the enemy cavalry from afar, he judged the size of the enemy army, and conveyed it to Tai Shici with a horn as soon as possible.

When Tai Shici heard it, what else could he say, run?

Throw away your armor and flee in the wilderness.

That's right, after escaping from Cao Ren's attack range, the Qingzhou army began to discard its armor.

Paper armor is also armor, although it is not as heavy as iron armor, but after the people and horses are equipped, it is also very heavy, with an average of 30 to 40 catties. Strictly speaking, the cavalry wearing paper armor is no longer a pure light cavalry. The weight of the war horse is thirty or forty pounds more, and when it comes to dealing with the infantry, it is still at ease, and in front of the real light horse, it is dwarfed.

It took a lot of time to get rid of Cao Ren, and after getting rid of it, Yan Liang's banner was already clearly visible. In the cavalry chase battle, this starting first hand is nothing at all, and if you continue to maintain the original speed, you will be caught up within ten miles.

Therefore, in order to save their lives, the Qingzhou army could only discard the armor.

Compared with iron armor, paper armor has the advantages of being convenient to wear and unloading in addition to lower cost, lighter weight, and can be worn in any color.

Iron armor is very troublesome to wear, especially heavy armor, no one helps, you can't wear it neatly, just think about it, it doesn't take a little effort, how can you fix such a heavy pile of iron pieces on your body?

Paper armor is much simpler.

This thing is originally composed of independent parts, shoulder armor, breastplate, neck guard, arm guard, as well as armor skirt and leg guard, in Wang Yu's words, this is called modularity.

The fastest way to remove the armor is to take a knife and slash it, and then, the seemingly indestructible paper armor falls apart.

Tai Shici and the others used this method, they didn't stop a step, and with such a chic wave of their hands, they came to a big transformation. The parts of the paper armor fell to the ground in a 'screech', and the friendly troops and pursuers were all looking straight at each other.

Liu Bei thought for a while, suddenly rode forward, and called loudly: "General Ziyi......"

Tai Shi Ci turned his head, his face suspicious.

Liu Bei said worriedly: "The chasing soldiers are very urgent, and there are many horses, I am afraid that this battle will ......."

Taishi

Ci laughed and waved his hand disapplausively: "General Liu doesn't need to worry, there is mercy here, but he can't tolerate Yan Liang's arrogance." ”

"Wang Junhou Gaoyi, General Ziyi's solemnity, Bei is all in his heart, this matter is all because of Bei, if the general is implicated, Bei is really sorry not to go."

Tai Shi Ci was impatient, and shouted: "General Liu, you also said that the chasing soldiers are very urgent, and there is no time to go around in circles, you just say, what do you want." ”

"Be prepared for ......"

……

"Just threw it away?" On the other side, Yan Liang stared at it.

Although there is no propaganda in the army. But in military discussions, the term paper armor is repeatedly mentioned. This piece of equipment, whose name is ridiculous and whose actual utility is equally absurd, has become the most feared thing for the Jizhou army.

Yan Liang had arrived at Ping'en City, which was only a hundred miles away from Qingyuan, five days ago, and even if he was advancing at a normal marching pace, he had almost arrived at Qingyuan three days earlier. He waited fifty miles away just to fight Wang Yu in an ambush.

Wang Yu didn't come, Tai Shici came, but Yan Liang was not disappointed at all. Being able to completely annihilate Tai Shici's cavalry was also a big blow to Wang Yu. Another very important factor is that if you annihilate Tai Shici, you can also get the loot of paper armor.

After getting your hands on it. Whether it's to study its weaknesses or imitate it, it's a good choice.

It is said that Tai Shici should not hesitate to fight to the death and keep this secret, but who would have thought that the coveted spoils of war would fall in front of him like this?

Previously, Guo Gongze and others also speculated, saying that this armor was only good at defending against arrows and was in close combat. It doesn't work well. And the cost is low, not as magical as imagined, just an emergency thing, now it seems, this is not bad. ”

"Kind of makes sense." Yan Liang glanced back. Seeing that Cao Ren's banner was closer, he hesitated a little: "Zijing, in your opinion, the general should have collected the loot first. Or ......"

"Keep the pursuit!" The adjutant general said categorically: "In Yang that day, Wang Yu also used the strategy of discarding the treasure and defeating him, of course Tai Shici did not dare to turn back to fight at the moment, but if our army dismounts and chases again, I am afraid it will be too late, and the opportunity must not be lost, General Yan!" ”

"Well, that's reasonable, then keep chasing!" Yan Liang thought so, and said with a contemptuous smile: "The left and right fall into the hands of Ah Pu, the lord speaks openly, and he doesn't dare to hide his secrets!" ”

In order not to destroy these hard-won trophies, Yan Liangjun took a slight detour, and when they re-entered the road, they were stunned to find that the fleeing enemy army actually divided into two roads, all the way to the north, all the way to the east, and fled separately.

Yan Liang was stunned, the situation was a bit complicated.

He turned his head to look at Zhao Zhao and asked, "Let's divide our troops too, how about you and I lead the way to pursue?" ”

"No." Zhao shook his head, a solemn look flashed in his eyes, "It is a taboo for soldiers to divide their troops in battle, in case the enemy has other arrangements, or to contain our army with one way of false soldiers, and the other way to kill back the horse gun, it is not easy to deal with." ”

The two enemy armies, Qingzhou's one road is stronger, if it is after the division of troops, the numerical advantage is not so obvious, and it is not fun to be beaten back by someone, and each one is broken. Especially the commander of the Qingzhou cavalry is Tai Shici, who is a fierce man, without Yan Liang, he can't stop him.

"Then you say, which way to chase?" Yan Liang asked.

According to his meaning, chasing Tai Shi Ci is the right reason, is there a debtor and a debtor, what kind of character is Liu Bei? Killing him all won't hurt Wang Yu's muscles and bones, right?

However, the reason why there is such a deputy general is that the lord and the military advisor are worried about Wang Yu's cunning and worried that they have fallen into a scheme. Therefore, before making a decision, Yan Liang still has to listen to the opinions of the recruit.

"Hmm......" pondered for a moment, raised his head sharply, and said categorically: "Chase Liu Bei!" ”

Yan Liang tightened the big knife in his hand, looking like he was about to cut someone if he didn't agree with him, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the reason?" ”

"Tai Shi Ci fled eastward, according to General Cao's intelligence, the main force of Qingzhou is about fifty miles east of Qingyuan, Wang Yu is resourceful, maybe he has made some arrangements in advance, just waiting for Tai Shi Ci to lead our army into a trap. Even if there was no ambush, the Qingzhou army was well-trained, and when our army caught up with them, the response of the Qingzhou army also came out, but in the end it was still fruitless. ”

The biggest worry is that the loss is too great. There is a cloud in the art of war: the soldier is like water, avoiding the strong and weakening, Tai Shici's troops, mixed with a lot of veterans who are righteous on white horses, skilled in bows and horses, if you insist on chasing, you can't catch up with the other party, but the loss of the soldiers is worth the loss.

Bai Ma Yi's ability to shoot arrows while running is a must, quite famous, quite powerful. It's just that this reason is not good to say to Yan Liang, so as not to arouse his bull temper, it will not be good if he has to screw it.

Seeing that Yan Liang's face was cloudy and uncertain, he hesitated, and said again: "The general is clear and has killed Liu Bei, Wang Yu's trip can be regarded as fruitless, and he has also lost hundreds of paper armor and more than 1,000 war horses. ”

"Well, it's okay, just follow the Zijing." Yan Liang was finally convinced, after suffering Wang Yu's losses so many times, he was a little worried in his heart, or Liu Bei was a little easier to deal with, anyway, he had merit, didn't he?

Besides, Liu Bei's army also has an old enemy! It's rare to have an opportunity, so you can't let it go.

Yan Liang raised the big knife in his hand and shouted: "Chase, chase Liu Bei, kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

"Oh!" Three thousand iron horsemen, suddenly turned, all the way to the smoke and dust, chasing the death and chasing the north.