Chapter 52: Forced March

The Yellow Turban was defeated, the thief army scattered and fled, Cao Ren was stunned for a moment but did not order the pursuit, because the defeated soldiers of the Yellow Turban Thief Army ran in any direction at a moment, and they couldn't see any banners, and they didn't know which one was the general, so they couldn't chase at all, Cao Ren had to take the tiger and leopard to ride around on the left, and rushed several defeated soldiers with a large number of people.

This time, Cao Ren was surprised to find that the Yellow Turban Thief no longer had the same madness as when he first encountered it, and it seemed that this appearance was more in line with what he expected at the beginning.

"What the hell is going on?"

Although there is some confusion in my heart, but now is not the time to think about these things, scatter the tiger and leopard horses, at this time there is no longer a need to rely on the formation to ensure the safety of everyone, and after scattering, you can also kill the thief army who has not had time to run away faster - when he came, Cao Ren got an order, and none of these thieves need to stay.

At that time, Cao Ren was still a little uneasy, thinking that Cao Cāo's order was a bit too much, but Cao Cāo vaguely revealed that this was His Majesty's intention.

"Your Majesty, this is to take the opportunity to let the princes of the world understand something......"

Cao Ren is not very transparent about these higher-level things, and even if he has some understanding, he will not think about it deeply, after all, that matter is not something he can participate in now.

Watching the soldiers scatter to chase and kill the rout, and then clean up the battlefield, Cao Ren rode back and forth on this battlefield, constantly observing the corpses of these Yellow Turban thieves, wanting to see what was so special about these thieves.

But the more I looked at it, the more bewildered I became, because the corpses that fell to the ground were no different from ordinary people—even compared to some ordinary soldiers, these Yellow Turban thieves were thinner-dressed, poorer in weaponry, and thinner, and their faces were more vegetable-colored, and it was obvious that they were not so good in terms of food and grass supply.

"Such a soldier is not even as good as the county soldiers in Yongzhou

But this is such a soldier, crazy and his own tiger and leopard cavalry fought a tough battle, although the final result is undoubtedly the tiger and leopard cavalry won a complete victory, but if it is not for Cao Ren to use all means, and the tiger and leopard cavalry is indeed much stronger than these thieves, the result of this battle may be reversed...

"Could it be that the Yellow Turban Thief will use some evil magic?"

Just thinking about it, Cao Chun also sorted out the tiger and leopard riding and the general results of this battle, rode a horse to Cao Ren's side, and directly reported the situation of the tiger and leopard riding: "Only a few people were killed and injured because of falling off the horse, and although the rest of the soldiers were injured, most of them were slightly injured, and they were fine under bandaging." ”

"Oh!" Cao Ren nodded, the situation of the tiger and leopard riding was not unexpected by him, this was in line with his prediction, but in this case, a few people were killed......

"How many people died?"

"Six!" Cao Chun pouted, these six people actually didn't have to die at all, it was completely personal reasons that caused them to be seized by the Yellow Turban Thief Army, and they were dragged off the horse alive, and then they died in the chaos.

If this is not the case, the cavalry in the formation will hardly be hurt by these thieves who are stronger than the peasants - weapons are one thing, quality is another, plus the soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry react better than ordinary people, as long as the priority is to kill the enemy who poses the greatest threat to them, the rest of the attacks will naturally be solved by companions.

What's more, the tiger and leopard rider is always moving, so it is not easy to be attacked, and at the same time, the armor on the body can also resist some attacks to a considerable extent - especially the bow and arrow, the yellow turban thief is already lacking in the bow and arrow, and the archers are even more lacking, and the sparse arrow attacks are not very strong, and they can't break the tiger and leopard rider's 'defense' all kinds of factors together, and the tiger and leopard rider naturally have no casualties.

"How many thieves have you killed?"

When Cao Chun heard Cao Ren's question, he immediately said a vague number: "It's not clear yet, but looking at the situation, it should be around five thousand!"

The smug face of "Five Thousand ......" became grim again, and Cao Ren felt that this number was too unusual: "It took five thousand people to collapse the enemy army...... Zihe, can you notice that these 5,000 people account for a percentage of the enemy's army?"

"At least more than half!" Cao Chun may not be as strong as Cao Ren, Xiahou Chun and others, his command ability on the battlefield is not as good as Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, and his courage and courage are not as good as Cao Hong, but Cao Ren feels that this tiger and leopard rider will belong to Cao Chun in the future, and he is the most suitable commander.

No matter what the situation, you can calmly observe the surrounding situation, and at the same time complete the tasks assigned by the superior meticulously, and feedback all the situation to the superior general.

Maybe as the commander of a legion, Cao Chun is not qualified, but as the chief general of the tiger and leopard cavalry who is responsible for key assault tasks with elite soldiers and horses, such Cao Chun is the most suitable.

"Half ......"

In the wars of this era, one or two percent of the casualties were basically killed, and at most no more than three percent would cause the collapse of the enemy army, but this time it took more than half of the kills to collapse...... And Cao Ren felt that there must be some variables, if it weren't for that, maybe the 10,000 or so thief army would have been fighting here until there was no one left.

Thinking about that kind of scene, even if Cao Ren would be the one who won in the end, he would feel a chill in his heart.

At this time, he suddenly understood why Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou all fell into the hands of Taiping Dao one after another, with such a crazy soldier, even if the combat strength was weak, it was enough to make the opponent collapse from the bottom of his heart.

"This situation ...... It must be reported to General Cao as soon as possible. ”

Cao Chun nodded, he also agreed with this decision, after all, things are too weird, if you rush forward, who knows what kind of situation will be encountered.

What's more, their tiger and leopard cavalry is 'lone and deeper' this time, there are no friendly troops on the left and right to support, if something happens, a careless will be the end of the whole army, even if he doesn't think that there is any army in this world that can wipe out the tiger and leopard cavalry, but for the general, you can't be too proud, Cao Chun and Cao Ren both understand this, so it is necessary to be cautious and cautious.

"Clean up the battlefield, the whole army is encamped here, and the choke point is not to let the Yellow Turban Thief Army pass, don't take the initiative to attack during this time, wait for General Cao's brigade to arrive. ”

When the order was issued, the Haw Par Knights naturally had no objections, and at this time, a horse that had been released rushed back to report: "An army turned out from behind the mountain in front, and it seems that the flag and armor are friendly troops." ”

"Huh?" Cao Ren was stunned when he heard the report, at this time he was sitting outside the camp that had not yet been built, munching on bread, and he didn't care about his image, so he asked directly: "Is it a friendly army?"

"Absolutely not mistaken, looking at the banner of the armor should be the forbidden army!"

"Forbidden Army?" glanced at Cao Chun beside him, and finally Cao Chun guessed and said, "Could it be that the general is afraid that we will run into trouble, so who will be sent to follow us to meet our army?"

Cao Ren thought the same thing at first, but quickly denied it: "Impossible! The quality of the soldiers of the forbidden army is far inferior to that of the tiger and leopard cavalry, not to mention that we can come so fast all because of these strong war horses, how can ordinary forbidden troops keep up?"

Cao Chun smiled bitterly: "Then it can only be the soldiers and horses of those two." ”

Cao Ren was stunned for a moment, and then thought of who it was: "Zihe is saying, the vanguard of the brothers?"

"That's the only way to do it!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's three thousand pioneers set off earlier than the brigade, and if you really want to talk about it, it is the soldiers and horses of these two people who are most likely to catch up.

"Anyway, let's go to the spleen first!"

Cao Ren turned over his horse, and then met him with a thousand heavy horses. The 1,000 heavy cavalry under his command not only had the best horses among the tiger and leopard cavalry, but also the best soldiers, and in the battle just now, not only did not one of these 1,000 people die, but they were not even injured.

At this time, although they had just gone through a big battle, none of them showed any tiredness, and they immediately clenched the weapons in their hands, as long as Cao Ren gave an order, they could immediately kill for another while.

But this time there was no need to do it, the formation on this side was just opened, and Cao Ren had already relied on his extraordinary eyesight to see who was on the other side.

The person in front of him, with a leopard's head and eyes, a snake spear in his hand, gold armor and red robes on his body, sitting on a horse and majestic, isn't it who Zhang Fei is?

Although Cao Ren didn't like Zhang Fei, he had to admit that this Zhang Fei was indeed majestic and imposing when he sat on a horse with a spear in his hand, and he was a rare general at a glance.

And on the other hand, this Zhang Fei's voice is far beyond ordinary people, these two parties are still far away, and it is the weather of wind and snow, this thing can talk to Cao Ren effortlessly.

"Hahaha! Cao Ren, what's the use of running so fast? I haven't let Lao Zhang take the first gong!"

While talking, Zhang Fei pulled out something from behind him, although Cao Ren was not close, he could clearly see that it was a human head and a human head was not uncommon, so many yellow turban thieves were hacked to death in the period just now, and I don't know how many died directly by the head.

However, Zhang Fei can hang the head on his horse so solemnly, which means that the weight of this head is not ordinary, combined with the yellow scarf tied to this head, you can know that this is the head of a yellow turban thief general.

"Yellow Turban Thief?"

Cao Ren led a large number of people to kill for a while just now, killing more than 5,000 enemies, but he really didn't catch the Yellow Turban thief general, he just ran away in the rout - wasn't he picked up by this Zhang Fei?

Just guessing that the military horses of the two sides had already reconciled, Cao Chun looked at it and immediately said to Cao Ren: "This army has just fought a battle, and it has been damaged, and it should not be the Yellow Turban thief army that we defeated." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fei had already come closer: "This wind and snow is really not very comfortable, do you have wine and meat hot soup in your camp?"

Cao Ren listened, so he had to say helplessly: "The camp has not been built yet, and I am afraid that this hot meal will have to wait for a while before it can be eaten." ”

Zhang Fei was surprised when he heard this: "You have just arrived, I didn't expect our trick to force the army, the effect is really good!" (to be continued)