Chapter 134: Pro-Army Rivalry Dragon and Tiger Opposite
Seeing that Zhang Liao said that there was a strategy to break the enemy, Cao Cao was instantly interested.
He led the army outside the city of Fan for almost a month.
From the first day he led his troops outside Fancheng, he ordered his army to force his way across the Han River and launch a fierce attack on the Han army on the south bank.
Although he has countless good generals, his soldiers have the disadvantage of not being good at water warfare.
Even if his offensive was extremely fierce, when Guan Yu used the Jingzhou water army to prevent his army from crossing the river, his army was never able to cross the Han River during this period of time.
It's just that Pingbai left many corpses of soldiers in Hanshui.
Although he personally guarded it, the morale of the Wei army was quite stable.
But Cao Cao, who was well versed in the art of war, knew that it would be extremely detrimental to him if it continued for so long.
Now that Zhang Liao has a plan to help him break the enemy, Cao Cao is naturally happy.
Cao Cao asked Zhang Liaodao, "What is Wenyuan's plan, just come here."
Under Cao Cao's inquiry, Zhang Liao said what he had in mind: "The minister has been patrolling the shore to observe the situation of the Han River in recent days."
"Under observation, the minister found that during this period of time, it was winter, and the flow in the Han water had become less and less."
"Not only is the water level in the Han River declining rapidly, but even the river channel is narrowing a lot."
"The most important thing is that under the decrease in the amount of Han water, many continents and Zhu have appeared in the lower reaches of the Han River."
"The minister once personally stepped on those Zhouzhu and found that although those Zhouzhu came out of the Han water, there were many stones on them, and the ground was hard, which was conducive to the advance of the army."
"And the sediment accumulation downstream is serious, and the tidal flats are increasing, which is not conducive to the movement of enemy warships."
"Therefore, the minister thought that the minister could lead an elite cavalry army to cross the continent and step on Zhu, wade through shallow waters, and cross the Han River from the place where the sediment has accumulated downstream."
"In this way, the power of the enemy's naval forces cannot be used, and our army can take advantage of the cavalry attack."
"After the minister led the cavalry across the Han River, the king ordered our infantry to follow."
"The minister led the cavalry on the south bank of the Han River, if the enemy army does not arrive, I can probe the enemy for the foot soldiers behind me."
"If the enemy discovers the sights of our army and attacks me with a large army, I will fight them with cavalry."
"With the cavalry in front of the cover, the infantry army can build a camp on the south bank after crossing the Han River one after another, thinking that it will be fortified."
"In this way, the enemy's Hanshui defense line should be broken."
"There is a camp, and most of our army can camp everywhere on the south bank in the future.
If the army crosses the Han River and travels to the south bank, without the cover of the Han River, the bravery of our army can be fully exerted, and it will not be difficult to break through the pass."
After listening to Zhang Liao's strategy, a contemplative look appeared on Cao Cao's face.
After thinking carefully about Zhang Liao's strategy, Cao Cao smiled and said, "This plan is feasible."
For a long time, what plagued Cao Cao and prevented his army from advancing was the Han Shui in front of him.
And now, if he follows Zhang Liao's plan, it is possible to break through the Hanshui defense line that Guan Yu relied on.
And as long as Guan Yu's Hanshui defense line can be broken, with the strength of the Wei army now, it is indeed not difficult to break Guan Yu head-on.
Seeing a piece of heart disease that bothered him, he was removed by Zhang Liao's plan.
Cao Cao, who had never seen a smile on his face for several days, rarely showed a smile to Zhang Liao today.
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He praised Zhang Liao and said: "Wenyuan's military force is both powerful and strategic, how can the famous generals of the ancient times be compared!"
Cao Cao, who was in a good mood, waved his hand to let Zhang Liao approach, and he asked Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan, what kind of iron cavalry do you want to lead there?"
After Cao Cao unified the north, there were many cavalry in his army, although the number was small, but each of them was elite.
After all, most of the generals under Cao Cao's command came from the north, and they had a good set of training cavalry.
Before and after Zhang Liao came to Cao Cao, he replied
"Among the many cavalry armies in our army, only the tiger and leopard are the most sophisticated."
"Crossing the river is unpredictable, and only with the tiger and leopard in hand can the odds of victory be greatly increased."
When Zhang Liao proposed to lead the tiger and leopard to ride there, Cao Cao was stunned.
Under Cao Cao's reformed military system, his army was broadly divided into three categories.
They are the Central Army, the Local Army, and the Tuntian Army. Among them, the local army is the defender of the state and county, and the tuntian army is the border army.
The Central Army was divided into two armies, the inner and the outer armies, which were stationed outside but under the direct command of Cao Cao.
The Chinese army, known as the Wuwei Battalion, was Cao Cao's Praetorian Guard, and his direct troops numbered about 100,000 at its peak.
And the most elite in the Chinese army is the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
"The tiger and leopard ride are all sharp in the world, or they will be made up for by a hundred people."
As Cao Cao's most elite pro-army, some of the tiger and leopard cavalry often followed Cao Cao on expeditions, and some stayed in the palace all year round.
Most of the leaders of the tiger and leopard cavalry were led by Cao Cao's relatives, and Cao Ren and Cao Chun were both leading generals of the tiger and leopard cavalry.
Even the generals surnamed Xiahou are not qualified to lead this elite.
Now seeing that Zhang Liao directly asked him for the most elite tiger and leopard to ride, Cao Cao couldn't help but hesitate.
But after only a moment's hesitation, Cao Cao immediately agreed to Zhang Liao: "Yes."
Seeing that Cao Cao agreed to what he wanted, Zhang Liao was overjoyed, with a tiger and leopard riding in his hand, he couldn't help but have a little more confidence in his actions this time.
And Cao Cao is willing to hand over the tiger and leopard ride to himself, which is a great trust in him.
After the death of the leading general Cao Chun, the generals elected a new general, but Cao Cao said: "The ratio of purity, how can it be restored! Am I not the only one who is evil in the war?"
In order not to let the tiger and leopard ride fall into the hands of people who do not trust, Cao Cao preferred to personally command this army of his trump card.
Cao Cao ordered Xu Chu to take the talisman of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and he personally handed the talisman into Zhang Liao's hands.
"Haw Par is elite and good at tackling tough problems.
And whenever Wen Yuan is attacked, he is often the commander, fighting hard and breaking through, and he is invincible, and the soldiers and generals are together."
"Wan Wangwenyuan, don't disappoint Lonely."
Zhang Liao knelt down from Cao Cao's hands and took this talisman with a heavy mission.
He paused and said, "Don't worry, the king will serve the enemy to the death to repay the king's kindness."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Liao left Cao Cao's big tent and went to order troops.
After Zhang Liao left, Cao Cao asked Xu Chu, "Zhong Kang, do you think Wen Yuan can do it if he goes here?"
Faced with Cao Cao's inquiry, Xu Chu, who had been guarding behind Cao Cao, said without thinking:
"Haw Par has never been defeated, and it should be possible."
Xu Chu has always been concise and to the point.
Xu Chu was able to make this answer because of the self-confidence given to him by the numerous exploits made by the Tiger and Par Cavalry since they became an army.
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But in the face of Xu Chu's answer, Cao Cao was silent.
The Haw Par Rider was undefeated, but he drew with a unit.
The elite soldiers of Bai Yu have no retreat in battle.
The slogan full of heroism, Cao Cao is still impressed when he thinks about it now.
Thinking of the lifelong enemy, Cao Cao couldn't help but look at the West from afar:
Xuande, coming.
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Zhang Liao was in the camp of the Wei army, and quickly passed the talisman and ordered two thousand tigers and leopards to ride.
Cao Zhen, the current commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, although he doubted that Zhang Liao could get the command of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, after confirming the authenticity of the military talisman, he still handed over the ownership of the two thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to Zhang Liao.
But after handing over the tiger and leopard cavalry to Zhang Liao, Cao Zhen reminded Zhang Liao that the tiger and leopard cavalry had suffered heavy losses in the previous battle of Hanzhong, and many of them had just been replenished.
After knowing that most of the two thousand tigers and leopards in front of him were newly replenished, Zhang Liao was not worried in his heart.
He looked at the bears and tigers riding on tall horses in front of him, and his heart was full of confidence.
Today is not the first time that Zhang Liao has commanded the tiger and leopard ride.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went on an expedition against the Yuan brothers and Wuhuan.
At that time, Cao Cao personally led the vanguard troops to climb the White Wolf Mountain, and suddenly encountered the enemy soldiers. There were many enemies, and the generals who followed Cao Cao were terrified and wanted to retreat.
In the atmosphere of Cao's army, which was "feared from both the left and right", it was Zhang Liao who overrode public opinion and tried his best to persuade Cao Cao to take advantage of Hulu's disarray and immediately engage in battle, instead of waiting for backup.
At that time, Zhang Liao's persuasion was excited, and Cao Cao agreed to Zhang Liao's suggestion.
Cao Cao personally granted his own command to Zhang Liao for temporary use.
Because of Cao Cao's command, Zhang Liao was actually the commander at that time.
And the tiger and leopard cavalry, which was the main force of the raid at that time, was under his command.
At that time, there were many Wuhuan people, and the Wuhuan leader was unusually strong.
But under the command of Zhang Liao, the Cao army was as fast as the wind, and the Wuhuan captives collapsed, and Zhang Liao personally cut off the head of the collapsed Dun.
In that battle, more than 200,000 Hu and Han surrendered.
This battle made Zhang Liao famous.
Because of this experience, Zhang Liao is full of confidence in the face of leading the tiger and leopard ride again today.
After ordering the tiger and leopard to ride, Zhang Liao immediately led the two thousand tiger and leopard riders behind him towards the location he had just liked.
The tiger and leopard rode like the wind and galloped like thunder, and under the leadership of Zhang Liao, they soon came to a place downstream of the Han River.
And after coming here, Zhang Liao unexpectedly saw a variable.
He saw that on the other side, at this time, there were about 3,000 Han soldiers patrolling the coast.
The three thousand Han soldiers were all dressed in heavy armor and wore white feather helmets, and they looked like the strong soldiers that Zhang Liao had heard of.
Liu Bei's pro-army - Bai Yu soldiers!
Before Zhang Liao saw the three thousand white soldiers on the opposite side, a general with a white horse and silver spear was looking at him, and Zhang Liao secretly thought in his heart:
Could it be that person is Zhao Zilong of Dangyang back then?
The tiger and leopard behind Zhang Liao rode the old man, and after seeing the familiar enemy uniform, a heavy feeling also appeared in his heart.
At this time, Zhao Yun, who was inspecting the weak points of defense on the shore, also saw the two thousand elite horsemen who appeared on the opposite bank.
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After seeing the two thousand elite horses, Zhao Yun's eyes froze.
Haw Par Ride!
Facing Cao Cao's pro-army, Zhao Yun couldn't be more familiar.
His white soldiers suffered heavy losses, wasn't it thanks to the elite of the world in front of him?
After seeing the tiger and leopard ride appear, Zhao Yun did not hesitate at all.
He is too familiar with the tactics of the tiger and leopard horseman, and the tiger and leopard horse is the best at attacking to break the enemy quickly.
Zhao Yun issued an order to order the white soldiers behind him to line up, with spears in front as repellents, and bows and crossbows in the back ready to shoot the enemy.
The Bai Yu Soldiers were an elite army that Liu Bei began to form when he was in Xinye.
Because Liu Bei lacked war horses at that time, Liu Bei had no way to transform his pro-army into a cavalry army like a tiger and leopard horseman.
And Liu Bei, who regarded Cao Cao as his lifelong enemy, in order to restrain the tiger and leopard cavalry, he specially turned his pro-army Bai Yu soldiers into heavy infantry.
Although the Bai Yu soldiers were formed by Liu Bei, it was Guan Yu and others who trained them in the past.
The training standard of the white soldiers is that each soldier wears heavy armor, which can protect the cavalry from missing arrows to a certain extent.
And each of them can shoot a strong crossbow, and carry fifty crossbows, all of them are armed with spears, and their belts are tied to the sword.
Because of the high physical requirements for Bai Yu's soldiers, Liu Bei was extremely strict with Bai Yu's personnel selection.
Among Liu Bei's troops, the benefits enjoyed by Bai Yu's soldiers were the most superior.
Therefore, the white soldiers are all strong elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness can be said to be second to none.
When Cao Cao went south, he personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry to pursue Liu Bei, if it weren't for the desperate protection of the white soldiers, Liu Bei's life and death would be unpredictable.
And with Liu Bei's mastery of Jingzhou, the source of Bai Yu's soldiers has been greatly replenished, and it has completely become a strong army.
Zhao Yun's reaction
Quickly, Zhang Liao's reaction was not slow.
Almost as soon as he saw Zhao Yun, he waved his banner and ordered the tiger and leopard behind him to ride towards Zhao Yun.
After Zhang Liao wielded his command, he took the lead, holding a long knife, and killed the enemy like lightning.
Since you meet the enemy, then fight.
After Zhang Liao rushed out, the two thousand tiger and leopard riders behind him also brandished the big knives in their hands, and they all screamed and killed the Bai Yu soldiers.
Since it is named after the tiger and leopard, then since the day they formed the army, it is not like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to use guerrilla as a means of attack.
What they want to do is to tear apart all the enemies in front of them like tigers and leopards with unparalleled force.
For example, they followed Cao Chun to attack Nanpi, and they followed Zhang Liao to break Wuhuan.
To increase their lethality, the riders are armed with modified broadswords.
Each of the tigers and leopards is a hundred generals in the army, and this specially modified broadsword can be wielded completely with their strength.
And once this kind of broadsword is cut on a person's body, unless it is heavy armor, the enemy will die if he touches it.
More than 2,000 horsemen straddling tall horses, howling like 2,000 long-hungry tigers and leopards, quickly pounced on their prey.
More than 2,000 horses galloping at full speed caused a roar on the waterlogged tidal flats.
At this moment, in this small area, it seemed that the heavens and the earth were shaking because of the roaring hooves of horses.
The stagnant water on the ground was carried up by the horses' hooves, and the water splashed into the air, turning into a mist that filled the eyes of the two sergeants.
And the white soldiers who had already lined up looked at the terrifying, boiling tiger and leopard riding towards them.
Those veterans were okay, and the hands of those recruits were all sweating because of nervousness in this cold weather.
Because this river is narrow, it will be regarded as a breakthrough by Zhang Liao.
The narrow river was crossed by the gallop of the Northland horses.
Looking at the tiger and leopard riding closer and closer to him, Zhao Yun always remained calm.
When the tiger and leopard rode in front of him, just when Zhang Liao, who was rushing to the front, his horse's head almost touched the spear in the front row of the Bai Yu soldiers, Zhao Yuncai shouted and ordered the soldiers behind him to release their arrows.
All of the White Soldiers carry a strong crossbow, and the arrows fired from the crossbow are extremely lethal, especially at close range.
Although there are many new recruits in the Bai Yu soldiers, they are well-trained in peacetime, and Zhao Yun is deeply popular.
Therefore, under Zhao Yun's order, thousands of whistling crossbow arrows shot towards the tiger and leopard riders not far away.
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