Chapter 401: A Rich Harvest

As mentioned last time, Zhang Bao pretended to be a leak and hurriedly kept silent, but the more he hid it like this, the more Su Li believed it. Zhang Bao's trick of "wanting to cover up" was used just right, and he successfully fooled Su Li around.

Next, Su Li asked a lot of things about Liu Hou, and Zhang Bao continued to half-conceal and reveal a lot of "secrets" to him, and successfully helped Liu Hou establish the image of the son of the emperor in Su Li's heart, which made Su Li's loyalty rise a lot.

Then, Su Li said: "General Zhang, there are already many tigers and leopards who have escaped, I don't know, can General Zhang's subordinates intercept them?" ”

Zhang Bao said: "Lord Suli, please rest assured, Ben will have already arranged it, and they won't be able to escape." ”

It turned out that the Xianbei cavalry was responsible for the frontal assault here, and the men and horses of the first division were not idle to do. Those tower shield soldiers and bombardiers cooperated here, responsible for bombing the front line positions of the tiger and leopard cavalry, while the rest of the men and horses took advantage of the big battle here, quickly moved in place, and set up an ambush on the periphery of the tiger and leopard cavalry camp, waiting for the tiger and leopard cavalry to collapse and escape, responsible for intercepting them.

Su Li obviously also knew about Zhang Bao's arrangement, so he asked this question. The job of capturing captives and beating water dogs is the easiest, and Zhang Bao has arranged manpower in all directions early in the morning, so he is not worried about any unexpected situations.

It is said that there are some tigers and leopards riding ~ After opening the fence of the camp, I was overjoyed and hurriedly slapped my horse and galloped. They thought they could escape, but unfortunately, they didn't escape far before they found that there were already Shu army men and horses waiting for them in front.

Looking at the rows of black holes~ The muzzles of the holes have been aimed at themselves, and those tigers and leopards who don't want to die can naturally only obediently get off their horses and be captured. Such people still account for the majority, after all, those who can escape from the camp still cherish their lives, otherwise they would not have done this kind of thing of escaping from the battle.

They are all knowledgeable people, and they naturally know that those things in the Shu army that are like burning sticks are really deadly guys, and even if they don't die, they will be extremely painful.

Since there was no choice, surrender became the only option. They dismounted, threw down their weapons, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and naturally men from the 1st Division came up to receive them.

Of course, there is never a shortage of hard bones in this world, and in this well-trained elite of the Wei State, there are not few such people, they are full of blood, but they refuse to surrender, they choose to ride their horses and rush to the camp of the Shu army.

What awaits them is the black "peanuts" and the call of death. The mounts of the tiger and leopard were all carefully selected war horses, which made the officers and soldiers of the first division covet them for a long time, so these soldiers who were responsible for intercepting them started the idea of these war horses.

For these charging tiger and leopard cavalry, the first division did not use a rain of bullets to cover the attack, as in the past, but let the sharpshooters in the army shoot at them one by one, shooting people without shooting horses, so as to preserve the safety of the war horses to the greatest extent.

Provided, of course, that these centaurs don't threaten the safety of their own camp. The rebellious tiger and leopard riders are a minority after all, so it is possible to use a small number of sharpshooters to slowly eliminate them without worrying that they will rush into the camp.

Elite troops like the First Division have a large number of sharpshooters, and they have specially made guns, which can hit farther and more accurately, and can complete certain sniper tasks, and they can play their role at this time.

However, if there is a large group of tiger and leopard cavalry that refuses to surrender and forms a formation to attack the camp, then this calm method cannot be used, at that time, it is still necessary to let the fire ~ spearmen line up and use the three-stage attack method to quickly defeat them.

The war was fought until dawn, and it was not until the afternoon of the next day that the earth-shattering shouts of killing gradually subsided. There was no suspense about the outcome of the battle, and the Shu army won a complete victory.

It's time to harvest the fruits again, and Zhang Bao's favorite is this kind of time, when he and Su Li sit in the camp and quietly listen to his subordinates report the results of the battle: "Eight thousand six hundred and seventy-one enemies were killed, and eighteen thousand and fifty-eight were captured." Among them, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry was one, and the adjutant general estimated that there were about 3,000 enemies who escaped.

Hearing this, Zhang Bao's brows furrowed, but he didn't say anything and continued to listen quietly. The tigers and leopards were cavalrymen after all, and they rode fast on horseback, and they fled from all sides of the camp, and everyone fled in different directions, like mercury, and it was difficult to catch them completely.

Although the First Division said that it had laid an ambush around the camp, it was impossible to surround the camp of Nuoda, so many people still escaped. Especially at night, although there is moonlight, the vision is inevitably affected, and the Haw Par Knights ride horses, and they can get out of the field of vision of the tracker as long as they run for a while.

Therefore, although the 1st Division also had a lot of horses, it still gave them more than 3,000 escapes. If it's daytime, it may be different. However, even during the day, in the open field, it is difficult to completely encircle a pure cavalry unit.

The results of this battle can be called rich, the elite of the Wei army was completely disabled, even if the 3,000 people fled back, it is estimated that they will not be able to turn over any storms. After these people escaped from the encirclement, it is estimated that there are not many people who will continue to return to Chang'an to serve Cao Pi.

The reason is very simple, now the situation in the world is very clear, the fall of Chang'an is imminent, the fall of Wei is imminent, and there is no difference between returning to Chang'an and dying at this time. Therefore, the wise men are afraid to avoid this place of execution.

Many of the people who were surrounded in Chang'an wanted to escape, and now that they have difficulty getting out of Chang'an, why should they go back? Are you waiting for Cao Pi to use them as cannon fodder? Therefore, it is believed that many people will be disarmed and return to the fields -- to become deserters and return to the countryside to farm or find a place to escape the war.

Even if there are really people who go back to Chang'an, the number will not be large, and such a small number of people can play a very small role in the battle of hundreds of thousands of people, not to mention, after this defeat, they are already frightened, and they will have no fighting spirit against the Shangshu army.

Moreover, maybe they will also infect the people in Chang'an City with the panic of the Shu army, which will be more conducive to the Shu army to capture the city in the future. Based on this consideration, although Zhang Bao was dissatisfied that his subordinates did not wipe out all the tigers and leopards, he did not pay attention to the 3,000 people who escaped.

In this battle, in addition to crippling the elite of the Wei elite of the Wei State, the most satisfying thing for Zhang Bao was the capture of a large amount of supplies. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was an ace class created by the Wei State with a lot of money, not to mention that there were only 30,000 horses, but Cao Pi spent much more money on them than those hundreds of thousands of large armies.

So, their equipment weapons should be worth a lot. However, although the weapons and armor of the tiger and leopard riding are excellent, they are not in Zhang Bao's eyes, what makes Zhang Bao care most is their war horses, which are all first-class good horses, almost all of the best war horses that can be found in the whole Wei country are concentrated here, and now they are all owned by him, can he not be happy?