At the beginning of October, the three-way army of the Jing army approached Yingchuan, the army of the west road had reached outside the Yuyuan Pass, the army of the southwest road had been in Ye County, and the army of the southeast road had arrived in Chen County, which had faintly formed a situation of encirclement of Xudu, and the battle of Xudu had already begun. +◆Top+◆Point+◆Small+◆ Say,

In this attack on Xudu, Liu Ze devoted all his efforts to three field corps groups and the 3rd and 12th cavalry corps, plus logistics supply troops, with a total strength of more than 600,000 troops, which was unprecedented in the combat history of the Jing Army.

Not to be outdone, Cao Cao mobilized 830,000 troops from Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and Yanzhou to defend Xudu. The defeat of the battles of Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Fancheng and Xuzhou did not extinguish Cao Cao's ambitions, Cao Cao's sons are also very powerful, Cao Pi in Jizhou, Cao Zhi in Yanzhou, Cao Zhang in Qingzhou recruited more than 100,000 recruits, although the combat power of the recruits can not be compared with those veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, but the ants can also bite the elephant to death, occupying an absolute advantage in numbers, and Cao Cao still brings a lot of confidence support, not to mention that Cao Cao also has a killer weapon this time, in the face of the upcoming battle of Xudu, Cao Cao is still full of confidence.

In order to deal with Liu Ze's all-out attack, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to abandon Wancheng, Lejin to abandon Runan, and Xu Chu to abandon Hangu Pass, comprehensively shrink the defensive line, and concentrate his forces near Xudu. Cao Cao has already suffered enough to be broken by Liu Ze, and this time he has shrunk his forces to defend Xu Du, and Cao Cao is determined to clench his fists and have a real showdown with Liu Ze.

Around Xudu, Cao Cao deployed three defensive positions, with Yuyuan Pass - Luyang - Yexian - Pingyu - Chen County to build a most peripheral circular defensive position, Cao Ren and Le Jin respectively served as the commander of the east and west lines, and built the second circular defensive position with Changshe - Yingyin - Xihua, Xu Chu served as the commander, Xu Du was the core area of the defense, and Cao Cao personally sat down. on every line of defense. are guarded by Cao Cao's elite troops, Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry is stationed in Ye County, and Xu Chu's tiger guards are stationed in Yingyin, these are Cao Cao's trump card descendants, the elite of the elite, and the foundation of Cao Cao's battle.

Liu Ze rushed to Wancheng. After Cao Ren evacuated from Wancheng, all the counties of Nanyang fell into the hands of the Jing army, and Liu Ze traveled unhindered all the way from Luoyang to Wancheng. Ye County has Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, lying in front of Guan Yu's Erye, Liu Ze rushed to Wancheng, just to formulate a detailed strategy for attacking the fortifications.

"What's there to plan for? Big brother, you just look at it, there is my thunder riding here, and Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riding is a pile of scum. I can destroy them in a moment! Zhang Feiman didn't care about the authentic language.

Liu Ze smiled slightly, if it was based on combat effectiveness alone, Lei Qi would definitely not lose to the tiger and leopard horse, but the number of tiger and leopard horses commanded by Cao Chun was huge, with 100,000 horsemen, which was several times that of Lei Cai. Although riding is the best combat plan, killing one thousand enemies is unacceptable to Liu Ze, even if he loses three or two hundred, not to mention that Liu Ze has a better way to deal with it.

"The third brother doesn't need to be in a hurry. Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride doesn't need thunder to ride out of the horse. ”

"Does the eldest brother want to use infantry to resist the tiger and leopard cavalry?" Zhang Fei stared at the copper bell-like eyes. Liu Ze didn't let him play, Zhang Fei was very unhappy, and asked questions.

Liu Ze smiled and said, "In addition to the infantry and cavalry, don't we have any other arms?" ”

Zhang Fei was confused, Guan Yu groaned slightly, and said, "Does the eldest brother want to use artillery to deal with the tiger and leopard cavalry?" ”

Liu Ze nodded. "That's what I mean." ”

"What?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, "Big brother, are you kidding, my old Zhang admits that artillery is indeed a sharp weapon if it attacks the city, but it is used to fight cavalry." That's too far away, the cavalry is agile, and they won't honestly stay where they are waiting for you to bombard, can they fight? ”

Liu Ze didn't give them too much explanation, firearms will become the terminator of the cavalry, this is the history that cannot be changed, what he has to do now is to prove this with facts, the cavalry, as the king of the cold weapon era, will end under the new type of firearms.

Liu Ze took the map and pointed to it: "Ye County is between Fengshui and Yuanshui, the terrain is gentle, which is the most conducive to the battle of the cavalry, and Cao Cao also saw this, so he will deploy the tiger and leopard cavalry in Ye County." However, there are pros and cons, between Fengshui and Yuanshui, the terrain is long and narrow, once the cavalry battle is blocked, there is no room for maneuver left and right, this is also an opportunity for us, we can use artillery to hang the tiger and leopard cavalry. ”

Under Liu Ze's personal deployment, the Jing army completed the layout of the battle, one hundred field bronze artillery under the traction of mules and horses, into the forward position of Fangcheng, in front of the artillery division, Liu Ze arranged five thousand heavy crossbowmen and five thousand pikemen, and also set up a horse rejection array, and the left and right flanks were Zhang Fei's third corps, which was on standby to attack.

Zhou Cang's Second Cavalry Division was sent by Liu Ze to lure the enemy and directly attack the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Battalion in Ye County.

Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry did not enter Ye County at all, the first is that Ye County is small and cannot accommodate Cao Chun's 100,000 cavalry, and the second is that the cavalry was originally used for field warfare, and it is not here to defend the city, so it is meaningless to enter Ye County, so Cao Chun led his troops to be stationed on the bank of the Fengshui River in the west of Ye County.

The tiger and leopard cavalry has always been the supreme existence of the Cao army, and the tiger and leopard cavalry is not a single cavalry, but is divided into tiger cavalry and leopard cavalry, tiger cavalry is a kind of heavy cavalry, although it is not armed to the teeth like the thunder cavalry, but it is also an ironclad cavalry dressed in armor and armor. The horses used in the tiger and leopard riding are all Shangdang black horses, although they are already first-class good horses in the Central Plains, but compared with sweat and blood horses, they are still a little worse, and the load capacity of the horses is not enough to bear the heavy armor, so they can only be covered with light armor.

But despite this, the tiger rode a black-clothed black-armored black horse, and when he attacked, it was like a black cloud covering the ground, and the momentum was enough to overwhelm the opponent. The leopard cavalry is a light cavalry, agile as a leopard, the tiger and the leopard cavalry often cooperate in combat, the tiger cavalry serves as a fortifier, and the leopard cavalry serves as a guerrilla, which complements each other.

The tiger and leopard rider has also created brilliant records, Nanpi broke Yuan Tan, Liaoxi hit Wuhuan, Huaili War Horse Chao, it is this series of proud achievements, so that Cao Chunzhi is complacent, looking at the world.

Cao Chun has long been famous for the thunder cavalry of the Jing army, but he has never had a chance to fight, this time he was ordered by Cao Cao to enter Ye County, Cao Chun has already heard that the thunder cavalry of the Jing army has arrived in Wancheng, this battle is already inevitable, Cao Chun can't help but be fascinated, looking forward to the scene of the thunder cavalry ruthlessly crushed under the city of Ye County.

"Report, General Qiyu, a cavalry from the Jing Army outside the camp is coming to challenge!" The herald reported to Cao Chun.

Cao Chun's eyes flashed coldly, and he said in a deep voice: "Is the person who came from the Jingjun Thunder Cavalry?" ”

"No, the one who came is the Second Cavalry Division of the Jing Army, and the leader is Zhou Cang."

Hearing that it was not Lei Qi, Cao Chun's expression eased, and he was faintly disappointed, but he immediately became energetic again, since someone dared to come to brush the tiger's beard, then he had to give him some color to see, no matter what Zhou Cang Li Cang, dare to challenge the authority of the tiger and leopard riding, there is only a dead end.

Cao Chun picked up the tiger and leopard ride, went out of the village to face the battle, and tens of thousands of tigers and leopards rode on the black forest like a cloud to destroy the city, swallowing mountains and rivers.

In contrast, the momentum of the men and horses led by Zhou Cang was much weaker, but Zhou Cang was not convinced, and rushed to the front of the formation with a big knife in his hand and called for a battle. Cao Chun did not fake the hands of others, and the two of them fought for five or six rounds, Zhou Cang was obviously inferior to Cao Chun, and he was defeated back to his own position.

Cao Chunzheng was killed on the head of Xing, how to be willing to give up, with a wave of the spear, the ten thousand horsemen roared like thunder, and a black whirlwind blew between the flats, attacking Zhou Cang's troops.

Zhou Cang didn't dare to fight, and immediately led his troops to flee in the direction of Fangcheng, and Cao Chun led his troops to chase after him.

Soon, a large group of Jingjun troops appeared in front, and Zhou Cang's cavalry had fled back to their own position. A lieutenant general advised Cao Chun: "General, the enemy may be in ambush, and it is not appropriate to chase him anymore." ”

How can Cao Chun listen, and what if there is an ambush? There is no hurdle in the world that tigers and leopards can't overcome! Hurry up and make the horsemen rush to attack. (To be continued......)