The location of the ambush was chosen on a mountain road, and if the tiger and leopard riders did not take this mountain road, they would have to go around the mountain, which would have to take at least two more days, and two days would have a decisive impact on the course of the war.

In this sortie, the leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry was Dong Wan. Dong Wan is the younger brother of Dinghou Dong Zhao, and he was knighted as the Marquis of Guannei. Originally, as the elite of the Cao army and the descendant of the lineage, the tiger and leopard cavalry has always been led by the Cao clan or the Xiahou clan.

However, in this era of talent scarcity, neither the Cao family nor the Xiahou family has suitable candidates available. The original tiger and leopard cavalry commander Cao Zhen was still a talent, but during the Battle of Jingzhou, he was killed by the fire ~ spearmen led by Liu Hou.

Its deputy commander Wang Qiu was also stunned by the cannon of the super battleship Jingzhou, and then killed Guan Xing's army in one fell swoop. Later, Cao Pi reorganized the Tiger and Par Cavalry and expanded the establishment to 30,000, but the position of commander was a problem.

The Cao clan and the Xiahou clan were able to get on the stage, the old ones were dead, and the remaining ones were killed or captured by the Shu army. The ones killed were a little better, and the captured people, such as Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Shang and others, didn't even dare to use their children and relatives anymore.

In addition to these people, the rest of the Cao and Xiahou clans were still too young to take on heavy responsibilities. At this time, inevitably, Cao Pi began to consider handing over the tiger and leopard riders to someone with a foreign surname to command. Just when Cao Pi was struggling with the position of the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Dong Zhao recommended Dong Wan.

Dong Zhao served as a guard lieutenant and was responsible for the security of the capital, which shows that he won Cao Pi's trust. As the commander of the garrison in the capital, it is reasonable for him to recommend someone to serve as a special force directly under the orders of the emperor.

However, it is unknown whether he recommended his younger brother to be selfish, although it is said that he does not avoid relatives, but it is only applicable when this relative is indeed very talented and suitable for this position.

Dong Zhao's younger brother has a good academic background, and he is also quite famous in the community, so he should still be able to be a magistrate or a Beijing official, but the problem is that now he is a general to fight, so it is difficult to say.

Although it is said that the boundary between civil officials and military attaches in this era is very blurred, many people can cross borders, and there are also many humanities and martial arts.

Moreover, most of the people who can cross borders are the so-called Confucian generals, although they can command the army to kill the enemy, but they can rarely go into battle to kill the enemy in person. It is not surprising that a good mind can be a civilian official or command an army.

However, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is special, this is a special force characterized by rapid response, high mobility, super impact and super chisel penetration. This determines that the generals of this army need to have superb horsemanship, archery and martial arts, and need to be brave and take the lead.

A brave general personally leads the team to charge, which can often have unexpected effects, so the commander of the tiger and leopard riding has always been a fierce general, even if it is Cao Zhen, although he is a child of the Cao family, in fact, he also has good riding skills and martial arts.

But now that Dong Wan has been replaced, it is not the same thing at all, Dong Wan is a scholar after all, and there is no problem with riding a horse, but his superb riding skills cannot be said, in addition, his martial arts are also mediocre, such a person cannot take the lead in rushing into battle, otherwise he will not return as soon as he is gone. Therefore, he can be said to be the first commander in the history of the tiger and leopard cavalry to hide behind and command.

I don't know what Cao Pi thinks, he actually let a literati serve as the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, maybe it is based on his trust in Dong Zhao, maybe he also realized that in the face of the firearms of the Shu army, a brave commander who can take the lead in the battle will not only not play its due role, but will be killed as soon as the battle starts, and play a counterproductive role, so a wise general is more necessary than a fierce general.

No matter what Cao Pi's considerations were, in the end, the army directly under the Wei Emperor was led by Dong Wanlai. Now Dong Wan is in the center of the tiger and leopard riding, and under the protection of everyone, he is riding forward.

Soon, however, they stopped on a mountain road, and it turned out that an earthen wall had been built in front of them, and in front of the earthen wall there were some antlers that were rejecting horses, and as to whether there were any pits or trenches, they could not see clearly, for they were still some distance, and the traps on the ground were usually disguised with weeds, leaves, and branches, and the like, and they could not be seen clearly until they were near.

However, according to the past practices of the Shu army, there is a very high possibility of these traps, these are the common methods of the Shu army, the Wei army and the Shu army have fought for so long, and they are very familiar with each other.

Dong Wan immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, knowing that this time they must have encountered the enemy's resistance. Sure enough, when the tiger and leopard riders stopped advancing and lined up, a row of soldiers dressed in green and wearing green hats stood up behind the low wall.

Who else is the Shu army that they don't hate the most, but they fear the most? I saw that these green-clothed and green-hatted Shu soldiers put a swarthy "burning stick" on the low wall, and aimed the muzzle of the black hole~ hole at this side, and the tiger and leopard riders suddenly made a commotion~ movement.

Unlike the previous Wei army, now the Wei army knows the power of the fire ~ gun, and no one can remain calm in the face of these things like the scythe of death, of course, no one dares to charge against the fire ~ gun array without fear of death as in the past.

Dong Wan ordered the troops to retreat three miles and dismount to rest. He needed to figure out a solution, or where to go. Is it to force it over? Or do you want to go around the mountains, or simply give up receiving reinforcements and return to Chang'an?

The enemy and us did not shout at all, there was no communication, the matter was obvious, the Shu army appeared here, and also built a blocking position, the purpose of which was to block the way of the tiger and leopard horseman, not to let them pass through here, not to let them go to receive reinforcements.

And the enmity between Wei and Shu can be said to be as deep as the sea, and there is no possibility of resolution, so shouting and negotiating are in vain, unless one side is willing to surrender, otherwise, everything is nonsense, in order to waste so much saliva, it is better not to say it.

It's not that I haven't thought about surrendering Dong Wan, after all, even if I'm stupid now~ I can see that the situation in Wei is not good, and it's only a matter of time before the country dies, and it may be a good choice to take refuge in a new master, but my family is in Chang'an City, especially my brother is still an important minister of Wei.

Let's not talk about whether he can let go of his family, even if he wants to surrender, can the emperor of Shu trust a person whose brother is in a high position in Wei State? Therefore, surrender is not Dong Wan's first choice now, and for now, let's think about how to break the enemy.