Chapter 343: Raid on the Black Nest

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On the night of August 12 in the third year of Jian'an, a dragon and wolf rider who had secretly arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass as early as a month ago suddenly broke through the pass. Before the warring sides of Luoyang and Guandu had time to react, they galloped and rushed straight to Yuan Shao's rear grain hoarding base - Wuchao.

There are not many men and horses in this pure cavalry, only 500 horses, but at least one person and two horses, of which more than 100 heavy cavalry are one person and three horses. This light, heavy, and bow cavalry was a mixture of fire, firewood, and oil canisters in addition to basic equipment. They wore the clothes of the Yuan army, waved the banner of the Yuan army, the ranks, the horses, and the hooves wrapped in cloths, like a tornado, and rushed towards the east at an astonishing speed.

The commander of this strange army is Ma Han - he will personally light the first fire to bury the Yuan clan.

From the tiger prison to the black nest, there are more than 200 miles, and there are three Yuan army defense lines along the way, which are Yuanwu, Yangwu, and sour jujube. The order of the Ma 4 Fierce is: Break through, break through, break through again! Before dawn, you must stand in front of the camp of the Black Nest.

Xiahou Yuan can be five hundred in three days, and his dragon and wolf can be two hundred in one night. These five hundred iron cavalry are definitely the most professional and powerful cavalry of this era. All the selected raid cavalry are the elite of the elite, not to mention the combat power, in terms of riding alone, they can travel day and night, eat and defecate on horseback, and even sleep with their horses around their necks without falling off.

Like another plane, Wuchao was the base camp for Yuan's army to stock up on grain. This. Not only was it confirmed by Xu You, but Ma Han had sent seven sentry spies to infiltrate Wuchaoze as early as two months ago, closely monitor and collect intelligence, and confirmed that Yuan Jun's grain and grass were indeed in Wuchao.

Whether it was Xu You's defection or a raid on the black nest, Ma Han took advantage of the traverser. This is the biggest turning point in the battle of Guandu, how can Ma Han not know? Poor Cao Cao didn't know. His historical benefits were claimed by a guy who killed out of thin air.

This is not over, the raid on the black nest is just one of the many prongs. When the five hundred wolves rode out, in Mengjindu, Aocang, and Hujiao, there were already three armies waiting for the day, namely Lejin, Xu Huang, Ma Chao and other 5,000 dragon and wolf armies. As soon as the morning dawns, regardless of whether the Mahan raid is successful or not, the three armies will attack in the three directions of Hanoi, Yanjin and Guandu at the same time. Among them, Xu Huang took Hanoi and Ma Chao attacked Yanjin. And Lejin, who is responsible for supervising Cao Jun.

Supervising Cao's army is not to take the opportunity to clean up Cao Cao, Ma Han does not have the strength and strength to fight on two fronts at the same time. But when the Yuan army was shaken on all fronts. Cao Cao will definitely take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, snatch the baggage and surrender the soldiers, and divide the fruits of victory.

Lejin's task is to lead the barbarian battalion to break through and hold Yangwu. Cao Jun crossed the river. OK; Attack Yuan's army, you can; Looting supplies, yes; But over Yangwu. No way! That is, with Yangwu as the boundary, which foot will be chopped off if it crosses the boundary, it is related to the interests of the war, and there is no need to discuss it at all.

This is equivalent to encircling Cao Jun within a range of nearly 100 miles north of Guandu to Yangwu, which is equivalent to telling Cao Cao unmistakable: What is south of Yangwu belongs to you, and what is north belongs to me, and if you are not satisfied or unhappy, you will fight first!

Before the attack, Ma Han entered the palace overnight and met with Liu Xie, the son of heaven. Liu Xie was overjoyed to see the rejuvenated horseman. Ma Hanxuan was about to tell Xu Yu about his defection, and learned that it was Yuan Shao who did it, and with Liu Xie's forbearance temperament, he was almost about to burst into foul language, and naturally there was no reason to stop the revenge of the Dragon Wolf Army, so he immediately granted the rune.

Ma Han knew that when the fire of the black nest was ignited, there would definitely be a group of Yuan clan among the hundred officials who opposed it. But it doesn't matter, he has asked Guo Jia to prepare an article to expose Yuan Shao's conspiracy to murder the minister, and at the same time, Xu You, a "tainted witness", will definitely make the Manchu Dynasty lose its voice. If there are still objections to this, it doesn't matter, the second prison in Luoyang has also been built......

At the same time as Ma Han's action, the three major strategists also took action: Xun Yu crossed the river with Xu Huang and attacked Hanoi; Guo Jia took over the Tiger Prison and communicated and coordinated; Jia Xu sat in Luoyang and unified the whole army. When the four armies complete their scheduled plans as scheduled, there will be a steady stream of second echelons to take over the territory. It involves the dispatch of officials, the transportation of grain and grass, the replenishment of soldiers, the replacement of armor, the reception of prisoners, and so on. These are all coordinated by Jia Xu. The great butler of the Dragon Wolf Army has come to show his talents again.

The reason why Ma Han led an army alone was also because he avoided such a head-wrenching and meticulous work. What he is better at is strategy and tactics, no one is all-rounder, just show their strengths.

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Wuchaoze, belongs to Sujube County, with an area of dozens of miles, is a narrow reed that is wide from north to south and narrow from east to west. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the river on one side, surrounded by dense forests, the concealment is quite good. The reason why Yuan Shao chose this place was because of its complex terrain and hidden terrain, which was difficult for Cao Jun to detect.

Facts have proved that Cao Jun did not find out where Yuan Jun hoarded grain, but for Ma Han, it was the opposite. If Yuan Shao changed places to stock up on grain, Ma Han would not be so easy to find, but it was a black nest, that is, he hit the muzzle of the gun.

On August 13, at dawn, in the morning mist, the shadow of a rider appeared in the woods south of Wuchaoze.

After a night of rushing, they successively broke through the three defense lines of the Yuan army, especially the first line of the original military defense line, and clashed with the Yuan army, and the dragon wolf cavalry directly kicked the camp through. After running for more than 200 miles in one night, and there was a skirmish, the dragon and wolf knights were exhausted, and they seized the time to rest one by one to recharge for the upcoming raid.

With the exception of the guard posts, most of the knights lay a sheepskin blanket on the grass and slept upside down. Those who can sleep in the tense atmosphere of this surprise attack are all veterans with excellent psychological elements. Some soldiers, whose eyelids were sleepy, were so excited that they could not sleep, so they leaned against a tree, or carefully wrapped the bowstring with dried skin to keep it from getting wet. Or take off the horse chew cage and give the horse water and feeding; Or talk in a whisper about what kind of feats will be accomplished in this battle.

Chen Zhi and a group of neat cavalry guards were surrounding the horseman, listening carefully to the introduction of the enemy's situation.

Ma Han used small stones to lay out different positions, and instructed one by one: "Two miles to the east, here, here, here, here, there are three light and dark sentinels. Four in two places, five in one place, and one for you, you shall cut off one by one; Three hundred steps to the south, there were five light and dark sentinels, twice as many as the number, which was to guard against the official crossing Cao's army. When you come in from your back, and you are taken by surprise, you must not let go of any of you. ”

Chen Zhi listened and wrote it down carefully, in addition to being shocked or shocked, which group of brothers did this reconnaissance? It's so precise and timely. Look at the more than ten dragon wolf horsemen who are about to start a hunting operation. One by one, their eyes were shining, and there was no doubt at all, which was obviously commonplace and accustomed to it.

"Action!"

After Ma Han introduced the enemy's situation, he gave an order, and Chen Zhi and the eighteen wolf riders disappeared into the misty reeds at the same time.

Ma Han stood quietly under the tree, looking into the distance, the morning mist was misty. Faintly visible on the other side of the strait fighting horns are connected, and the flag looms.

Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, unified the four states and looked down on the world. The princes looked sideways. Before that, the world was only afraid that ten ** would believe that the princes would compete for hegemony and the final winner. Who is Sheshaoqi. It's just that who would have thought that an inconspicuous black nest would become the Waterloo of the first hegemon of the Three Kingdoms, who is about to stand at the peak of his life.

A black nest. It will be ruined in one fell swoop. Yuan Shao can really be called his prosperity and prosperity, and his death is also sudden.

Historically, Cao Cao underestimated the consequences of the raid on Wuchao, and because of the lack of people and horses, he was unable to pursue, so he missed the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot and killed Yuan in one fell swoop, and even almost rejected the surrender of the two famous generals.

Ma Han would not make such a mistake, take advantage of his illness and ask him to die, either not do it, or do it to death. Since he is eyeing Yuan Shao, since he has made a move, he must fight so that the opponent cannot turn over.

Hebei competes for power, the Central Plains dominates, a qiē, let's start with this black nest!

The reeds shook, Chen Zhi appeared, and behind him, the wolf rider hunters appeared one by one, counting, eighteen people, one is not less, only two hanging colors, none of them died.

Chen Zhibi made a gesture: "Fifty-two light and dark sentinels, all of them have been cut off, there is nothing abnormal in the Wuchao camp, and the Yuan military police call should not have arrived." ”

Ma Han nodded, this is right. Despite this breakthrough, there were two lines of defense that were forcibly broken through, which had already alarmed Yuan's army. But under the black light, Yuan Jun couldn't understand what was going on, let alone call the police. Of course, at this time, the sky was already clear, and most of the Yuan troops in the Yuanwu, Yangwu and other defensive lines had already understood, and they must have sent people to warn. It's just, it's late.

"Ready." Ma Han issued military orders, and the characteristics of military orders are simple and clear, and those that can be explained in two words must not be explained in three words.

One by one, the sleeping wolf riders were shaken awake, rubbed their faces, and chewed a few mouthfuls of dry food with cold water. Then they began to inspect the weapons, oil, firewood and grass, and after the inspection, reported to the chiefs. Each Shishi chief then reported to the team rate, and the team rate was reported to the tun chief, and finally the five tun chiefs summarized the results and reported to the commander Ma Hanyu.

If the knight's weapons and equipment or firewood and grass are lost or damaged, they shall be reported to the commander of the cantonment and receive a replacement from the spare baggage.

Half an hour later, the whole army was inspected and replenished.

"Armor."

This order was issued mainly for heavy cavalry. The knights first put on the armor of the horses, and then put on their own armor. Thanks to the use of insert iron plates, heavy cavalry could first put on armor, then turn over their horses, and then insert pieces of iron plates into the long pockets in front of them, screw buttons, and finally put on helmets and pull down the masks. The whole process is operated by the knight himself, without the help of an attendant. This further reduced the cost of heavy cavalry and greatly increased mobility.

At this time, the outpost cavalry team came with news that it had found a passage that was most convenient for the cavalry to assault, and from there, it only needed half a stick of incense to rush to the Wuchao camp five miles away.

As soon as Qiē is ready, the surprise attack is imminent.

Aso took the riding horse and brought the charging horse, the red rabbit.

The horse man rolled over, closed the iron mask, took the re-welded heavy cavalry overlord gun, raised it high, and slashed it suddenly. The crimson fireball that had just jumped out of the horizon seemed to be split in half by this split, and the golden ball burst into flames.

"Attack!" (To be continued......)