Chapter 393: Good Swimmers Drown
Both friendly armies collapsed, and Cao Ren was a little weak-hearted.
It was too far away for him to know what was happening, and all he could see was that both friendly armies were crushed at the touch of a button, like sand on the beach, and they were swept away by the waves.
From this point of view, to evaluate the combat power of the iron cavalry under Zhao Yun's command, how could he not tremble?
That's too fierce!
Although the combat power of these two friendly armies is indeed not very reliable, there are more than 10,000 people, even if they stand in place and wait for someone to kill, the cavalry alone will have to cut off at least five heads, how can it be wiped out so easily?
In addition to the ferocious impact, the enemy general's calmness and strategy were also terrifying. His tactical concept was simple and effective, first with the wings and then the main trunk.
Cao Ren's troops are the strongest, if Zhao Yun is in a hurry to save people and finds Cao Ren at the beginning, then, with the help of the ability of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array to trap and harass the enemy, even if he is defeated in the end, Cao Ren can cause enough consumption to the Qingzhou army.
When the time comes, the two armies of Lu Kuang and Zhang Yang, who are outnumbered, will be able to play a great role. The best thing for mediocre people to fight is to fight with the wind, even if Zhao Yun defeated Cao Ren with a very low loss, after consuming too much human strength, he would only be drowned in the crowd tactics.
Therefore, he chose to deal with the two miscellaneous troops first, and wisely gave up the plan to drive the troops to attack Cao Ren.
Lu Kuangjun and Cao Jun have been mixed together for too long, and they have long succumbed to the power of the other party. As long as Cao Ren's insight was not lower than Mu Shun's, he would not let the rout attack his array. If Cao Jun used iron-blooded methods, it is difficult to say whether Lu Kuangjun would have the courage to resist, and if it is not, it is unknown whether they may turn around and fight to the death.
In such a short period of time, such a right choice was made...... Cao Ren was also full of emotion in his heart, no wonder the lord was so jealous of him, this calmness alone was enough to deserve this attention.
As for the bravery of the other party when he rushed into battle, Cao Ren was no longer surprised, anyway, there was a fierce boss in Qingzhou, what was so strange about the little brother who brought him out?
The problem now is that I have become a lone soldier, and it is very stressful to be one-on-one with this kind of fierce man.
Having crushed five times the number of its own enemy, the Qingzhou army was almost unscathed, and even the speed of its horses did not drop much. Seeing Zhao Yun's silver spear pointing again, the Qingzhou army quickly divided into two teams, leaving hundreds of light cavalry to continue to drive the rout, while Zhao Yun himself turned with the main force and pointed the spearhead at Cao Ren.
Cao Ren shuddered again, he suddenly realized that he was not one-on-one, but one-on-two, Tai Shici was still alive and well!
The two friendly armies collapsed too quickly, and the only thing Cao Ren was fortunate about was that the formation had been adjusted, but the task of killing Tai Shici was indeed far away.
As if he had a heart in his heart, Tai Shici, who learned of the arrival of reinforcements, reversed his previous style of fighting and rushing and began to fight. It was as if he knew from the beginning that reinforcements would not be the first to come to help, and he didn't need to be in harmony with the outside.
The suspicious array of the Eight Gates Golden Lock has a very good effect in trapping and confusing the enemy, but its lethality is very limited. It is an unavoidable law that the suspicious formation pays attention to the difference between the virtual and the real, and the troop allocation is much more evacuated than the attack formation, and the number of troops per unit area is small, and the lethality will naturally be greatly reduced.
If Tai Shi Ci still hits and rushes, his chances of encountering the enemy will increase, and the intensity of the battle will also increase, and it is not hopeless to take it down in a short time.
But once he started fighting, it was Cao Ren who had a headache.
It's like catching a soft-shelled turtle with a fishing net, but without a knife and axe in hand, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array successfully trapped Tai Shici, but it couldn't help the other party, unless Cao Ren changed the formation again.
It can be seen that after seeing Zhao Yun's fierceness, he gave Cao Ren a hundred dares, and he didn't dare to change the formation again.
5,000 foot soldiers against 3,000 iron cavalry, as long as the opponent can maintain the previous level, this battle is already lost. The only chance of winning is to rely on the strength of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, taking advantage of the enemy's weakness that must enter the battle to save people, and deal with the enemy army.
The weak enemy is strong, this is the most fundamental role of the suspicious formation, so he can only let Tai Shi Ci get away.
Although he has full confidence in his killer weapon, Cao Ren is not without hidden worries in his heart.
Cao Cao had a very unique conjecture about Zhao Yun before, he thought that in the battle of the boundary bridge, the core figure of the ten swings and ten decisive formations was not Wang Yu, but Zhao Yun!
Cao Cao's analysis did not come out of thin air, but was based on his long-term attention to Wang Yu and the conclusions of his research.
Since the Battle of Mengjin, Wang Yu's traits have been mainly his bravery, rather than military strategy. Even in the Battle of Yangren, if you put aside the setting of the battlefield, he really exerted his skills, and it started with the surprise attack on Xu Rongzhong's army.
The command of array warfare is Yu Ban, and Wang Yu is not good at arranging formations and conventional operations.
In the face of a master like Frustration, in the Xuanxiang Array, this kind of ability is beyond Wang Yu's ability. No matter how brave he is, the suspicious array is the suspicious array, and it is the most effective against the opponent who comes straight up, how can he break it with courage alone?
At that time, Yu Ban was not there, so the key person Bacheng was the new Zhao Yun.
Cao Cao's analysis is very reasonable, but after all, there is no empirical evidence, and the generals did not take it to heart, especially the arrogant Cao Ren. He didn't take frustration in his eyes at all, he was just a scholar, could he be better at military strategy than his battle-hardened self?
However, when it really came to face this mysterious opponent, he still beat the drum in his heart.
The stakes are high, lives are at stake, and if this battle is lost, on this wilderness where there is no danger to rely on, under the pursuit of iron horsemen, the destruction of the whole army is inevitable. At the time of life and death, in the face of such two powerful opponents, he couldn't help but be nervous.
What should come will always come, Cao Ren saw from a distance, the figure of the white horse and silver spear, raised the spear again. As if through the long distance, and the sea of flags, accurately captured his position, the silver spear pointed in the direction where he was, and the torrent composed of iron horses rolled in again.
As soon as he saw the direction of Zhao Yun's impact, Cao Ren's heart suddenly cooled by half.
The difference between the Eight Golden Locks and the Xuanxuan Array is nothing more than that the Eight Golden Locks have a fixed law, just like the moves of martial arts. Tricks are the form of expression, and internal strength is the fundamental.
Whether the suspicious formation is strong or not depends on whether it can grasp the transformation between virtual and real and hide it from the eyes of the enemy.
The Eight Gates: Rest, Life, Injury, Du, Jing, Death, Shock, and Open, each gate has a different arrangement. If you enter from the birth gate, the view gate, and open the door, it is auspicious; If you enter from the injured door, the shocked door, or the closed door, you will be injured; From the door of Dumen, the door of death, and the people die.
Zhao Yun chose the one with the highest proportion of suspicious soldiers among the eight sects!
Suspicious soldiers are not lethal. If it is not seen through, it can disturb the sight of the attackers, only to feel that there are enemies in all directions, and then make wrong judgments and choices; But if it is seen through, it is worthless, and if you rush directly, you can easily disperse the bluffing suspicious soldiers.
The visual effect is that wherever the Qingzhou Iron Cavalry goes, the flag is defeated and invincible.
At this time, it is not whether the formation is powerful or not, but whether the host adjusts fast enough.
"The tiger and the wolf are intercepted head-on, the leopard and jackal are attacked and killed on the side, and the suspicious soldiers bluff to cover the elite actions of the four divisions, divide and surround the enemy cavalry, and annihilate them in one fell swoop!" Even though it was winter, Cao Ren was sweating profusely, and white gas even came out of his head. It was not a fairy spirit, but a mist made of sweat and cold.
Cao Cao likes to name his troops after fierce beasts, and Cao Ren also has this hobby.
As the name suggests, the Tiger is a hoplite who specializes in frontal attacks; The wolf department is a spear force that is good at besieging, and with these two men and horses to intercept it head-on, even if the Qingzhou cavalry is strong, it is difficult to break through quickly. It is just to build a fighter for the two divisions of Leopard and Jackal, which are mainly sword and shield hands and move quickly.
Cao Ren's arrangement is not inappropriate, but ......
"Report ...... The enemy general avoided the interception of the tiger and attacked the wolf from the flank......"
"Report ...... The wolf army has been defeated, and the enemy cavalry drove the rout to avoid the tiger and attack the leopard ......"
"Report ......"
The bad news kept coming, Zhao Yun seemed to be listening to Cao Ren's deployment while studying the formation map, and gently and skillfully jumped out of the encirclement network carefully built by Cao Ren, and then killed a horse pistol, avoiding the strong and weakening, and beat Cao Ren's troops and horses to a pulp.
"Mixed ...... Darn! Cao Cao's prediction came true, but Cao Ren was shocked and angry, he never thought that this Zhao Yun was more terrible than the lord predicted. How can he be good at changing formations? It's just a pair of invisible eyes, okay? He's cheating!
The suspicious array is useless in front of the other party! Every time they step on it without hesitation, Qingzhou people step on the wind-like footsteps, take away victory and glory, and leave a mess to themselves.
In the suspicious formation, the suspicious soldiers are the link, connecting the seemingly scattered formations to form an effective whole. And then lay one trap after another, waiting for the enemy to step into it himself, from the fake encirclement, to break into the real encirclement.
Without suspicious soldiers, those who are scattered on the vast battlefield are stragglers. The larger the area covered by the suspicious array, the looser the allocation of troops, and the art of war is to disperse with special attacks and overlay the outnumbered.
The suspicion that has been seen through is just a plate of dishes, just step on it!
Now, Cao Ren's Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is like this, the suspicious soldiers can't interfere with Zhao Yun, and the loosely arranged elites are broken by each one.
The bead curtain is reversed, driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, returning to the horse gun, and outflanking the ...... All kinds of classic tactics were used by Zhao Yun back and forth, the core idea was still to avoid the strong and weaken, several teams of heavy infantry were thrown far away by Zhao Yun, and they couldn't catch up no matter how they chased them, and the other troops and horses were repeatedly ravaged, and they collapsed one after another.
Cao Ren finally understood that the lord's prediction was very correct, and it was a joke that the eight doors of gold were locked in front of the enemy generals. And can withstand Zhao Yun's frustration, and his attainments in the art of war are far above him.
But it was too late, and he didn't have time to make any adjustments, so he could only watch his troops continue to slide into the abyss.
Zhao Yun is like a bamboo......
Tai Shi Ci is re-energized......
The two generals converged in one place and divided their troops to sweep ......
Good swimmers drown, the ancients are honest and do not deceive me!
Cao Ren looked back left and right, only Shi Jian had a pale face and looked at him - Zhang Yang had already seen that the situation was not good, and ran away in the name of collecting the rout and counterattacking, and the person he had always looked down on actually realized the truth more wisely than himself, which is really a wonderful irony.
But things shouldn't be bad enough to be true, right? After all, his own battle restrained Zhao Yun, and if this elite cavalry suddenly appeared on the frontal battlefield, the main force of Jizhou would probably ......
In that case, it's really a complete end. Now, as long as Yuan Shao is on guard, things will not evolve into a point of no control. As long as Yuan Shao and Wang Yu fight to lose both, it will be ...... for the lord
With endless anticipation, Cao Ren looked to the southeast.
"What's that?" The next moment, his face changed drastically.
"Wolf smoke ......" Shi Lian followed his line of sight and let out a painful groan: "God, how is it possible, Yuan Shao is asking for help?" He's already defeated? ”
"No, it won't end like this, Zhao Yun, I'm fighting with you!" Cao Ren shouted frantically, and ordered the guards to attack with him, fighting with Zhao Yun.
"General, General Zixiao, don't be impulsive, stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, the lord is still waiting for you!" Shi Jian was taken aback and hurriedly dissuaded.
"Run? Did you run? Cao Ren's voice seemed to come from the sky, faintly with a calm atmosphere: "After no one breaks off, how can you escape the pursuit of the light cavalry?" Five thousand elites are in mourning, and there is no face to see the lord, Gong Liu, you go, the lord needs you! ”
"The country can't be without a general for a day, and I am willing to replace it with my body......" Shi Lian wanted to persuade again, but was pushed down by Cao Ren, and he could only watch Cao Ren take dozens of guards against the flow of people and rush forward.
With his strong martial arts, Cao Ren's counterattack once blocked the momentum of the Qingzhou army, and the first dozen or so cavalry were slashed by him one by one, and all of them fell off their horses, and the guards rushed up and chopped them into meat puree.
After all, the back-and-forth counterattack could not last, and soon, that nightmarish figure reappeared, a white horse and a silver spear, mighty and unstoppable!
Shi Lian threw away the armor that represented his identity as a general and blended in with the scattered soldiers, his eyes full of tears and hatred.
However, now, he can only escape, while telling himself that it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, while desperately escaping!