Among the tens of thousands of troops led by Cao Pi this time, there were more than 10,000 cavalry troops in the Luoyang Chinese army.

The composition of the North and South arms is very different.

First of all, the infantry army is the main arm of both sides, which is beyond doubt.

However, because Cao Wei was almost entirely based in the north, the difference between them and the south in their arms was that the proportion of cavalry was very high.

Just like the south, the infantry army is a naval army, and many of the infantry troops in the north are from the common people of the border counties, and the Wei army, which has lived in the border of the north since childhood, has not bad riding skills.

When Cao Cao was alive, he had long been obedient to the northern alien races, and with the tribute of the northern alien races and Cao Wei's own horse breeding ground, Cao Wei's war horses were not lacking, or it could be said to be endless.

The only thing that limited the size of Cao Wei's cavalry was the production of corn.

Corn is the concentrate feed eaten by the Northland war horses.

The tens of thousands of cavalry brought by Cao Pi this time were originally intended to be used against Mi Yang.

Because judging from Sima Yi's previous report, the Han army, which was all infantry troops, had no way to deal with the cavalry on the plain.

Therefore, the cavalry was regarded by Cao Pi as a winning weapon against Mi Yang at first.

But from Jia Xu's advice, Cao Pi knew that Fancheng was the place he should be most worried about now.

So he immediately sent tens of thousands of cavalry troops he had brought from Luoyang to support Fancheng.

And Cao Pi's dispatch of cavalry to support Cao Xiu was also deliberate.

The first reason is that the speed of the cavalry is fast enough, and in the case of one person and two horses, the cavalry does not have to worry about logistics in a short time.

Under such circumstances, even if Guan Yu launched an attack on Fancheng early, they could still rush to the outside of Fancheng in time to support Cao Xiu with the advantage of cavalry.

The second reason is that Cao Pi and Cao Wei's ministers were afraid of Guan Yu's field combat ability.

In the impression of the minister of Cao Wei, there are roughly two examples of Guan Yu that they are afraid of, one is the battle of Xiangfan, needless to say, and the other is the battle of the North Road that Guan Yu was responsible for when Zhou Yu besieged Cao Ren in Jiangling.

The Battle of Jiangling lasted for a year, and Cao Ren, who was besieged by Zhou Yu's army during that year, received very few reinforcements.

This is not because Cao Cao did not send reinforcements, nor is it that the guards in Xiangyang, Jiangxia, Runan and other places did not save Cao Ren when he saw death, but a large number of northern reinforcements were stopped by Guan Yu and the lone army.

In that battle, which was praised by later generations as the "Absolute North Road", from the limited historical records, most of Guan Yu was the defeated side.

However, no matter how Guan Yu was "defeated", the reinforcements of famous generals such as Wen Ping, Li Tong, and Le Jin were never able to enter the Jiangling territory to support Cao Ren, which created excellent conditions for Zhou Yu to finally take Jiangling.

Moreover, in the battle of Jiangling, Liu Bei not only sent Guan Yu as the general to intercept the northern reinforcements, but he also sent Zhang Fei to follow Zhou Yu to help him resist the assault of Cao Cao's generals.

It can be said that Zhou Yu's siege of Jiangling that year, Liu Bei's side contributed a lot to it.

In a certain way, Liu Bei's contribution is no less than that of Zhou Yu.

This is the direct reason why Zhou Yu later divided a part of the territory to Liu Bei after he took Nanjun.

Zhou Yu is not a charity, but a recognition of Liu Bei's efforts, and that part of the realm was originally what Liu Bei deserved.

Compared with Sun Quan, Zhou Lang is still very disciplined.

Different from the "historical facts" recorded in historical records, the ministers of Cao Wei, who were the people of the world, knew very well what the real achievements of Guan Yu's more than 10,000 partial troops were in the Battle of the Absolute North Road, which lasted for nearly a year.

Jiangling is located in the hinterland of Jingzhou, with convenient transportation, and most of Cao Wei's reinforcements were intercepted by Guan Yu's more than 10,000 partial troops for a whole year!

Cao Pi and Cao Wei's ministers all knew how amazing Guan Yu's field combat ability was at that time.

A single flooding of the Seventh Army was not enough to trigger the effect of "Megatron China", and Guan Yu's exploits were not limited to that battle.

Long before the Battle of Xiangfan, in the Battle of Jubei Dao, Guan Yu's performance had already made many Cao

General Wei was surprised.

Therefore, after the flooding of the Seventh Army, the glorious results completely aroused a number of famous generals of Cao Wei, who had long been afraid and even afraid of Guan Yu in their hearts, so that Guan Yu achieved the effect of shocking China.

Because of the fear and fear in his heart, when Cao Xiu set out from Luoyang to come to Fancheng, he took with him an army of 20,000 recruited from various border counties in the Central Plains.

If you just talk about defending the city, or even in the face of a famous general like Mi Yang, the soldiers in Cao Xiu's hands are completely sufficient.

But facing Guan Yu is not enough.

Now Cao Pi and the ministers of Cao Wei are worried that Guan Yu will plan to lure Cao Xiu's army out of the city to fight.

Because he was worried about this, Cao Pi sent more than 10,000 cavalry troops he brought to Fancheng to support Cao Xiu.

In this way, even if Cao Xiu wants to go out of the city to fight Guan Yu in the field, with the help of more than 10,000 cavalry, Cao Xiu's chances of victory will be greatly increased.

If Cao Xiu does not go out of the city to fight with Guan Yu, then the more than 10,000 cavalry troops can also be turned into a sharp knife, always in the heart of tens of thousands of Han troops, so that Guan Yu will not be able to attack the city with all his strength.

But what Cao Tai, who led the more than 10,000 cavalry troops, didn't expect was that when he led the cavalry to reach the outside of Fancheng, what he saw was the most helpless scene for him.

Guan Yu seemed to be an unpredictable prophet, and in a short period of time, he built many barriers.

This made him not know what to do for a while.

In desperation, Cao Tai could only lead more than 10,000 cavalry troops to the high ground to station.

The lesson between Yu Ban and Pang De was too tragic, outside Fancheng, in front of Guan Yu, even a fool knew not to go to the low-lying area to garrison.

However, when Cao Tai arrived at a high ground in Fanbei, he sensed that the reinforcements had arrived and was stationed in Yancheng, and immediately sent a letter to Cao Tai.

In this letter, Sun Li informed Cao Tai of the plan he had offered to Cao Xiu that day and that Cao Xiu had agreed to.

When Cao Tai received this letter and knew Cao Xiu's intentions, he immediately summoned Sima Yi and Jiang Ji on the high ground and asked their opinions.

The enemy is Guan Yu, and Cao Pi naturally will not only send Cao Tai as the main general to rescue Cao Xiu.

When Cao Pi handed over more than 10,000 cavalry troops to Cao Tai, he specially sent Sima Yi and Jiang Ji, two think tanks, to Cao Tai and asked them to plan military opportunities for Cao Tai.

In terms of personal ability, Cao Tai may not be as good as his father Cao Ren.

But Cao Tai's personality is much better than Cao Ren's, and he is good at listening to advice.

After Sima Yi and Jiang Ji learned about Cao Xiu's plan, the two of them thought about it for a while and felt that this method was feasible.

Now that Fancheng has been surrounded by the Han army's barriers, thinking that the Han army is hiding in the barriers, it will not be easy to come out to fight with them, since this is the case, it is better to act according to Cao Xiu's plan.

Moreover, Cao Tai is only a general of Annan, and Cao Xiu is a general of Zhennan, and Cao Tai has to obey Cao Xiu's orders in terms of military position.

Seeing that Sima Yi and Jiang Ji had no objections, Cao Tai led more than 10,000 cavalry troops towards the lower reaches of the Han River on the second day after arriving in Fancheng.

And Sun Li, who was in Yancheng, breathed a heavy sigh of relief in his heart after learning the news.

It seems that the siege of Fancheng will be lifted in a few days.

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Because of the high mobility of the cavalry, as long as the more than 10,000 cavalry troops did not attack the Han army's barriers, their actions could not be stopped by the Han army.

As early as the moment when more than 10,000 Wei cavalry troops arrived outside Fancheng, Guan Yu already knew the news.

After knowing the news, Guan Yu just ordered martial law for the whole army, and after giving this order, Guan Yu didn't even appear outside the main tent.

Because in Guan Yu's mind, he had already guessed that the Wei army would send a large number of cavalry troops to help.

The Battle of the Absolute North Road of that year made Guan Yu already very familiar with the combat methods of the Wei army.

Just as Guan Yu likes to use water troops, the Wei army likes to combine infantry and cavalry whenever he fights.

And when it comes to support, the Wei army will decisively send cavalry to the rescue.

The high mobility of the cavalry has always been favored by many famous generals of Cao Wei.

Because of understanding, Guan Yu will step up the construction of barriers to prevent this.

Because of his understanding, Guan Yu was very surprised by the arrival of more than 10,000 cavalry troops of the Wei army.

During the days when the Han army built the barrier, Guan Yu had been staying in the main tent.

In addition to convening the generals on a daily basis, he rarely appeared in front of the generals.

This is very different from the previous Guan Yu.

In the past, because Guan Yu loved soldiers like children, every time there was a big war, Guan Yu would inspect the camps to appease people's hearts.

The generals didn't know why Guan Yu had such a change, maybe Ma Liang guessed some reasons, but in order not to affect the morale of the army, Ma Liang did not show worry in front of everyone.

He just came to Guan Yu's main tent by reporting the military situation.

What Ma Liang reported was that more than 10,000 Wei cavalry troops suddenly went downstream.

When Ma Liang entered Guan Yu's main tent, Ma Liang saw Guan Yu sitting on the main seat, looking intently at a painting on the table.

What was painted on that painting, Ma Liang couldn't see it for the time being.

But the coughing sound that came from Guan Yu's mouth from time to time grabbed Ma Liang's heart like a pair of big hands.

When Ma Liang first followed Guan Yu, it can be traced back to the sixteenth year of Jian'an.

It's been 10 years since I think about it.

In Ma Liang's impression, Guan Yu in the past was coughing, even if he was seriously injured, he could recover quickly.

But ten years have passed, and Guan Yu, who is sixty years old, has more and more gray hairs on his head, and his body has gradually shown the reactions of many old people.

When Ma Liang came in, Guan Yu, who was immersed in something, didn't realize Ma Liang's arrival.

Listening to Guan Yu's coughing sound from time to time, Ma Liang walked forward quickly with a worried face, came to Guan Yu's side, bowed to Guan Yu and said:

"General, take care of yourself!"

Guan Yu, who heard Ma Liang's caring voice, put his thoughts away from the table, and then he looked at Ma Liang with a pair of tired eyes.

Ma Liang's caring voice made Guan Yu's face smile slightly, and he waved his hand at Ma Liang and said, "It's okay."

And when Guan Yu raised his head, Ma Liang only noticed Guan Yu's face at this time.

Tired.

Ma Liang remembered that when he passed by Guan Yu's main tent a few nights ago, he saw that even in the middle of the night, Guan Yu's main tent was still brightly lit.

And after questioning Guan Yu's guards outside the tent, he knew that this situation had been going on for several days.

After learning about this, Ma Liang's worries became deeper and deeper.

Everyone in the world knows that Guan Yu's style of using troops advocates the royal way, but what the world doesn't know is that this style of using troops is the most consuming.

The royal way is the right way.

Often before fighting a battle, Guan Yu has to spend countless minds to consider everything that may happen and make all preparations, so as to ensure the chance of victory in a head-to-head duel.

Guan Yu's character is that even if he can have an extra chance of winning in a head-to-head duel, then for this chance of winning, Guan Yu is willing to spend twelve points of his mind.

When the Seventh Army was flooded, the eyes of the world were focused on the glory that Guan Yu had achieved after completing this feat.

But what the world didn't expect was how much effort he put in before Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army.

Surveying the terrain, planning the amount of water, supervising the construction of weirs, and considering the enemy's retreat......

All kinds of meticulous preparations, careful planning everywhere, and the blessing of many days, can finally gather a great victory that shakes the world.

But such pre-war preparations, for an old man, the burden is too heavy.

In addition, Guan Yu has been in the army for many years, and he has suffered countless injuries.

It's like that scraping the bones to heal the wounds, although the superb doctors of the healers

Under the operation, Guan Yu was removed from the toxins in his bones, but Guan Yu shed a lot of blood during that operation.

After the operation, Guan Yu did not let his body rest well.

Even the reason why he had that operation in the first place was to not delay his battle to kill the enemy.

Under such circumstances, how could Guan Yu not have other roots left in his body?

In the past, Ma Liang may have ignored these things under the light of Guan Yu's dazzling celebrities.

How can a god-man be like a mortal?

But recently, after Ma Liang saw that Guan Yu's body began to feel unwell, the things he had ignored in the past suddenly came to his heart, making him more and more worried.

No matter how much the general is worshipped, his body is still in the realm of mortal flesh.

Because of the worry in his heart, Ma Liang did not let go of his heart after listening to the word "okay" said by Guan Yu.

Ma Liang said to Guan Yu in a more worried tone: "The millions of saints in Jingzhou are entrusted to the general, and I hope that the general will not be too tired!"

Regarding Ma Liang's second exhortation, Guan Yu's face still had a look of disapproval.

It's just a little cough, and it's not a big deal.

Guan Yu looked at Ma Liang, he guessed that Ma Liang must have something important to report when he suddenly came to him, so he asked Ma Liang, "What is Ji Chang's report?"

In the face of Guan Yu's inquiry, although Ma Liang still wanted to persuade again, the military situation still had to be reported.

So Ma Liang informed Guan Yu of the fact that more than 10,000 Wei cavalry troops were going downstream.

After Guan Yu knew about this, he understood Wei Jun's intentions after a little silence.

He let out a chuckle from his mouth and smiled at Ma Liang:

"Thief, if you want to cut off food."

Now that he had guessed the enemy's intentions, Guan Yu had thought about countermeasures almost instantly.

Guan Yu said to Ma Liangyan:

"Let out the news, I will repair the weir again!"