Cao Xiu, who was wearing fine armor, waved his right hand at the same time to show his resistance to accept this matter when he refuted Zhao Yan's report.

And because of the disbelief in Cao Xiu's heart, the amplitude of his swinging right hand was a little large.

This strong action caused Cao Xiu's body armor to whirring.

Zhao Yan saw that Cao Xiu had such a strong reaction after learning about this, and he, who had never commanded the cavalry, of course couldn't pay attention to Cao Xiu's reaction.

But as a military advisor personally appointed to Cao Xiu by Cao Pi, Zhao Yan had the obligation to let Cao Xiu accept the reality.

Zhao Yan bowed to Cao Xiu again and said, "If the general doesn't believe it, you can see it from a look at the city."

When he heard Zhao Yan say this, a trace of resistance appeared on Cao Xiu's suspicious face.

But after he saw Zhao Yan's sworn appearance, he finally took Zhao Yan towards the city wall.

Cao Xiu had commanded the tiger and leopard cavalry for many years, and among the Cao Wei generals, he knew no less about the cavalry than any of them.

Maybe Zhao Yan will be deceived by Guan Yu's tricks, but as long as Cao Xiu, a general who knows the reality of his cavalry, goes to the city to take a look.

So about the authenticity of Zhao Yan's report, there is naturally a judgment.

Because he was eager to debunk Guan Yu's trick in his heart, Cao Xiu immediately rode his horse and rushed towards the city after leaving the general's mansion.

Under the gallop of horses, Cao Xiu and Zhao Yan arrived at the north city of Fancheng after a while.

After arriving at the bottom of the city, Cao Xiu took three steps and made two steps, and quickly walked towards the city wall.

When Cao Xiu arrived at the northern city of Fancheng, he found that although the Wei troops on the city wall were standing at their respective posts, many of them had panicked on their faces.

Perhaps in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the importance of cavalry was not fully reflected.

But since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty counterattacked the Xiongnu, under the leadership of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, the cavalry has become a new trump card in the entire Han army.

In those wars that attracted countless praises from later generations, it was the Han cavalry army established with the strong support of Emperor Xiaowu who beat the Xiongnu who dominated the world.

Since then and hundreds of years later, the cavalry has established his irreplaceable trump card status in the Chinese armed forces with countless glorious battles.

Of course, because the current equipment of the cavalry is not perfect, the Wei soldiers who can become cavalry soldiers at present can almost be regarded as the elite soldiers in the entire army of the Great Wei.

This point is a consensus in the Great Wei.

Cao Xiu knew that if everything Zhao Yan said was true, then thousands of comrades who were praised as elite soldiers in the past were now corpses and displayed under Fancheng.

This kind of tragic fact must have had a great impact on the Wei army in Fancheng.

And after the impact, the morale of the Wei army in Fancheng will definitely be greatly affected.

Because he understood this, Cao Xiu was in a hurry to go up the city wall to expose "Guan Yu's lies."

But when he went to the city to see this scene, a sense of uneasy speculation instantly permeated his heart.

At the beginning, tens of thousands of Wei troops unexpectedly appeared outside the city, which was a pressure for the Han army, but it was an encouragement for the Wei army defending the city.

On that day, almost all the Wei soldiers on the city wall saw the costumes of the Wei cavalry.

Although it may not be true because of the distance, I still know the general costume.

So now the performance of the Wei soldiers on the city wall is self-evident.

It's just that Cao Xiu is not a withdrawn character, although he already has a bad guess in his heart, he still strides forward.

When the Wei army on the city wall noticed Cao Xiu's arrival, the panic in their hearts eased.

It's just that the Wei army near Cao Xiu subconsciously looked at Cao Xiu.

As the backbone of the tens of thousands of Wei troops in Fancheng, Cao Xiu's reaction for a while will greatly affect the morale of the Wei army on the city wall.

When Cao Xiu walked briskly to the city wall, facing down

When Fang looked at it, the scene in front of him almost made him a little unsteady.

Below Fancheng, there are thousands of corpses of Wei soldiers wearing fine armor, which are being displayed there in an orderly manner.

Because of the condescending angle, Cao Xiu, who had excellent eyesight, could even see the wounds on the corpses of the Wei army.

Shriveled but bloody.

The corpses of the thousands of Wei cavalry soldiers have become bloody corpses.

This extremely impactful scene, Rao is a battle-hardened general like Cao Xiu, and he felt a little unacceptable.

When Cao Xiu, who was proficient in cavalry tactics, saw the wounds on those Wei cavalry, he almost immediately roughly judged what kind of tragedy these thousands of Wei cavalry had experienced during their lifetime.

And at this glance, Cao Xiu judged that the thousands of corpses displayed under the city wall were undoubtedly the cavalry of the Great Wei.

For the fine armor worn on the corpses and the horse armor arranged together are enough to prove this.

Those fine armor and horse armor, whether it is the specification or style, are all the same as those in Cao Xiu's memory.

And these are Guan Yu's army, and there is no way to fake them.

With the load-bearing capacity of the southern war horse, it is even more impossible for Liu Bei or Sun Quan to waste a lot of manpower and material resources to create a horse armor specially worn by the war horse.

Although the many horse armors that appear under the city at present cannot be compared with the heavy armor worn by the tiger and leopard riders, the style is also very different.

But despite this, it was also one of the horseback armor of the Proper Horse.

With the current smelting technology in the south, it is absolutely impossible to forge it.

So when he saw these horse armors that were extremely familiar, and even participated in the design of himself, Cao Xiu's heart was full of grief.

The cavalry that can be clothed in horse armor must be the elite of their own side.

But now these elite cavalry soldiers have become a miserable corpse and have been placed under the city by the enemy.

This scene full of sadness made Cao Xiu can't help but close his eyes.

The scene in front of him stung his eyes deeply.

Cao Xiu's hands pressed on the city unconsciously clenched hard, because of the force, the green tendons on Cao Xiu's hands began to slowly reveal.

From this, it can be seen how deep the grief and anger in Cao Xiu's heart are at this time.

At this time, Zhao Yan had also come behind Cao Xiu, because he was close, so Cao Xiu's performance was seen by him.

Just when Zhao Yan thought that Cao Xiu would burst out the grief and anger in his heart, just a moment later, Cao Xiu slowly opened his eyes.

He reluctantly squeezed out some smiles on his face, looked at Zhao Yan behind him and said, "Boran, Guan Yu has no way to do anything, and he actually set up this scam to deceive our army."

"Our army has not yet engaged the thief army, and besides, our cavalry is all elite, coming and going like the wind, how can they lose so much under the attack of the infantry army?"

"I think it must be Guan Yu's puppet who wants to disturb the morale of our army, so he resorted to this kind of bombing plan."

Cao Xiu's voice was very loud, as if he was deliberately trying to ensure that his words would be heard by the surrounding Wei army.

And after Zhao Yan heard Cao Xiu's words, although a little stunned appeared on his face subconsciously, he was naturally anxious and wise to be Cao Xiu's military advisor.

So Zhao Yan reacted immediately, and he responded loudly to Cao Xiu: "The general is wise, and he can see through Guan Yu's tricks at a glance."

Under the singing and harmony of Cao Xiu and Zhao Yan, most of the unknown Wei troops on the city wall showed a sudden look on their faces.

They are not Cao Xiu, and they don't know much about their own side and the enemy.

Even they were born in peasant families, but they didn't know the importance of horse armor in their hearts.

They didn't even know that with the current national strength of the south, it was impossible for them to come up with so many horse armor and fine armor to deceive.

As for where the corpses under the city came from, it is also easy to understand.

Just kill the good.

This kind of thing has not been done by the Wei army in the past,

It is reasonable for them to infer that the Han army would do so.

Looking at Cao Xiu's words at present, it makes sense on the surface.

As for the Wei generals on the city wall who knew a lot of insiders, after seeing Cao Xiu's reaction, even if some people couldn't guess the deep meaning of Cao Xiu's actions, no one would be stupid enough to debunk Cao Xiu's words in person.

Therefore, because of the thousands of corpses of the Wei cavalry under the city, the morale of the Wei soldiers began to fall, and their morale began to slowly rise.

After saying that sentence to Zhao Yan, Cao Xiu pretended not to care and walked down the city.

His expression was a little happy at this time, as if he had seen through Guan Yu's tricks.

But what he actually thinks in his heart, Zhao Yan knows very well.

So when Cao Xiu went down the city tower, Zhao Yan quickly followed behind Cao Xiu.

And after Cao Xiu walked down the city wall to a remote place, he realized that Cao Xiu, who was following Zhao Yan, and immediately turned around and grabbed Zhao Yan's arm.

At this time, there was no joy on Cao Xiu's face, only monstrous anger.

He couldn't figure out who Cao Pi sent to be the commander of the cavalry, and he could be killed and injured by Guan Yu with the infantry army.

If you can't beat it, won't you run?

But what Cao Xiu didn't know was that it was because one of his relatives wanted to run away that he indirectly caused this tragedy that he couldn't accept.

But now is not the time to hold accountable, the most important thing now is how to minimize the impact of this incident on Fan Chengzhong.

Cao Xiu held Zhao Yan's arm and solemnly commanded:

"Next, if any soldier on the city wall dares to turn his head and ear, he will be beheaded!"

Cao Xiu knew that although his performance just now might temporarily calm the emotions of most of the Wei army.

But the soldiers on the walls were not fools, let alone blind.

Although many of the Wei troops on the city wall were infantry troops, there was no detailed understanding of the cavalry dress of their own army.

But before that, tens of thousands of cavalry troops appeared outside the city, but it was not long ago.

Cao Xiu could use his prestige and the ignorance of most of the Wei soldiers to weave a lie like "wishing to quench his thirst" for a short time, but this lie would not last long.

As long as Guan Yu does not remove the corpses of those Wei cavalry soldiers for a day, then as time goes by, the Wei army on the city wall will become more and more aware of the truth of the matter.

At that time, the decline in the morale of the army in the city will no longer be avoidable.

All Cao Xiu can do now is to let this result come as late as possible.

Hearing Cao Xiu's instructions, Zhao Yan also realized the seriousness of the matter, so he nodded at Cao Xiu, indicating that he would focus on this point next.

And after instructing this matter, Cao Xiu finally said in a heavy tone:

"I hope that this time, Your Majesty can send a good fighter to rescue Fancheng in the future, otherwise it will ......."

Cao Xiu didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Zhao Yan understood what Cao Xiu meant.

From the thousands of corpses of the Wei cavalry, it can be seen that they must have been part of the tens of thousands of reinforcements that appeared outside the city in the first place.

Tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers were killed and wounded, so this support army could no longer play the role of supporting Fancheng.

And when this news reached the ears of Cao Pi in Wancheng, even if Cao Pi didn't know how to fight, he would know how much damage it would deal to the morale of the Wei army in Fancheng after the news spread.

The lonely city is trapped, and the most taboo is to lose hope without seeing reinforcements.

At that time, Cao Ren was besieged by Zhou Yu's army in Jiangling City, and judging from the fact that he was able to lead the army to break through the siege, there must have been many Wei troops under his command at that time.

But the reason why Cao Ren chose to abandon the city and flee in the end was because Guan Yu was too ruthless in the north and made the Wei army in Jiangling City unable to see reinforcements, which led to more and more demoralization?

It is precisely because of this lesson that during the battle of Xiangfan last year, even if he was mobilizing new troops, Cao Cao had to send some reinforcements outside Fancheng first, and he prevented this.

With this kind of past, if Cao Pi wants not to lose Fancheng, he will definitely send reinforcements again.

Cao Xiu knew this very well, and now he only hoped that the reinforcement general sent by Cao Pi could be an exciting general.

This can at least ensure that the reinforcements of Great Wei will not be defeated by Guan Yu again.

But until now, Cao Xiu still can't understand how tens of thousands of Wei Tieqi can be defeated like this.

Could it be that this is Guan Yu's ability?

Make the impossible possible.

...

As Cao Xiu expected, when a group of Wei generals who were defeated by the Han army on the bank of the Han River fled back to Wancheng, Cao Pi, who learned the news, was angry and wanted to kill.

At this moment, the cultivation of the Confucian Son of Heaven and the demeanor of the Great Wei Son of Heaven were all thrown away by Cao Pi.

At this moment, he was like the disbelief and anger he showed when he learned that Cao Cao was going to make Cao Zhi the crown prince.

In Wancheng's Che Cavalry General's Mansion, Cao Pi looked at Cao Tai and the others who had just escaped from kneeling in front of him with anger in his eyes.

Because he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, Cao Pi got up from the throne suddenly.

"20,000 Great Wei Elite Cavalry against 2,000 captive army foot soldiers, thousands of casualties, and countless escapees, Cao Tai, are you joking with me?"

Cao Pi's words were ostensibly inquiring, but from his current tone, you could hear how annoyed he was now.

Annoyed that he no longer wanted to show any brotherly affection and call Cao Tai's cousin, but called him by his first name.

When Cao Pi finished saying this, he had already come to Cao Tai's side, and then he leaned down and looked at Cao Tai with dangerous eyes.

Now Cao Pi really needs Cao Tai to give him an explanation that can keep him sane.