Chapter 50: The First Battle

Cao Ren waved his hand, patted the snow off his shoulders, and then quietly watched his riders go to the camp in front of him to report.

Taking advantage of this, he was also looking at the camp on the opposite side and the surrounding terrain.

In fact, he had already understood the situation around him through the map, but after all, it was not as good as what he saw with his own eyes, after all, the map of this era was very rough, and many details could not be seen at all, and when fighting, some small details were likely to determine the outcome of a battle.

"Zixiao, our tiger and leopard cavalry are all cavalry, and we can't rely on the camp to defend it!"

In terms of rank, Cao Hong is only Cao Ren's deputy, and he is only a lieutenant. However, the two are brothers of the same clan, and there are not so many rules between each other, and they will naturally be called generals in front of outsiders, but in this tiger and leopard ride that is completely controlled by the Cao brothers, there is no need for that.

Especially before this expedition, Cao Cāo transferred Xiahou Han away from the tiger and leopard cavalry, and let Cao Ren's own brother Cao Chun take over, this tiger and leopard riding is really no outsiders.

Cao Ren snorted: "With the strength of our tiger mink cavalry, do you still rely on the camp to defend to the death? This time we are here to take the initiative to attack and repel all the Yellow Turban thieves who came to attack." ”

It's not that he's arrogant, it's that he has full confidence in himself and the strength of the tiger and leopard riders.

The imperial court spent a lot of time and material resources, and the elite soldiers and horses that Cao Cāo spent countless energy to form and train single-handedly, if even a group of rabble who are not even militia can be defeated, then don't talk about any court elites, quickly take off their armor and send a hoe to farm.

Especially after last year, the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry have begun to cultivate, although at present, these soldiers are not considered monks, but compared to ordinary people, they are much stronger in strength, reaction and agility, such an army of soldiers, who in the world can be opposed?

Even, it was because the tiger and leopard cavalry was stronger than ordinary people, and it was difficult for the brigade of soldiers and horses to advance quickly and arrive at the front line in time, that Cao Cāo had to let Cao Ren take the tiger and leopard cavalry to march to the front line first, so as to avoid the rout of the garrison Yanzhou army, making the original plan and strategy impossible to implement.

"The only thing that can be compared to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is the Tiger Army, so how can the Yellow Turban Thief Army resist the impact of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry? That black face may have some ability, but after all, his subordinates are just ordinary forbidden soldiers!"

This expedition, what made Cao Ren most unhappy was that the position of pioneer officer actually fell into the hands of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, originally these two brothers were also capable, and Cao Ren also knew it.

It's just that Zhang Fei's big mouth is too annoying, and when he went out on the expedition, he shouted without hindrance, saying that there are two of them, General Cao just walks slowly in the back and doesn't need to worry, he will definitely defeat the Yellow Turban Thief Army before the army arrives.

Cao Cāo didn't take it too seriously, just laughed it off, but Cao Ren was very dissatisfied, and only felt that Zhang Fei was too arrogant and didn't take others in his eyes at all.

This time, the road was difficult to travel due to heavy snow, which gave Cao Ren the most direct opportunity to slap his face.

"When the black face arrives, I see that the Taiping thief army has retreated, I don't know what the expression will be!"

Cao Hong didn't like Zhang Fei either, and felt that this person was too arrogant -- wasn't there a sworn brother who was the emperor's uncle today? What's there? So Cao Hong was also holding back his strength to fight a beautiful victory.

Cao Chun on the side didn't speak from beginning to end, as if he had no interest in these things. Cao Ren also knew that his younger brother had such a temperament, but he didn't say anything about his strength, so he attached great importance to his advice in business: "Zihe thinks, should we start another camp, or do we directly enter here?"

Cao Chun squinted slightly and looked at the layout of the camp opposite, in fact, he had been doing this kind of thing since he arrived here, and at this time he just wanted to take a closer look.

And since Liu Xuan smashed out the stirrups, the Tiger Army, the Tiger and Leopard Rider and the Yulin Rider have all been prioritized for equipment, and the corresponding horseshoe has not been left behind.

"The layout of this camp is not suitable for us to ride, so it is better to build a new camp. ”

Cao Ren nodded, and then waved his hand to let some soldiers follow Cao Hong, he also felt that a new camp should be established, and he had already chosen the most suitable camp site, and heard Cao Chun say the same, then there was no need to hesitate.

Naturally, you can ask these local garrisons for what you need, and the tiger and leopard riders don't have to worry about it. When they were busy here, they didn't know that there were soldiers in the camp on the other side who were already looking this way.

Two of the soldiers standing on the watchtower were talking about the sudden appearance of the soldiers and horses, holding their arms.

"Alas, look at the armor, the war horse! Tsk, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are just different!"

The tiger and leopard cavalry had already sent someone in to greet them, so these sentries knew that this cavalry army was a reinforcement sent by the imperial court, and this is why they had the heart to chat here.

"Hey, what if you're dressed so brightly? You don't necessarily have any better than us buddies when you really fight! When they know how crazy the yellow turban thief is, they won't have a place to cry if they want to.

If it weren't for the heavy snowfall, they didn't think they would be able to continue to defend these key points, and they would definitely have been swept away by the Yellow Turban Bandit Army and rushed straight to the key points of the major counties.

"If you want to say that we haven't encountered this yellow turban thief before, why are you so crazy this time?" The soldier on the other side seemed to think of something terrible, and he was full of energy: "The last time I fought with them, those thieves had red eyes, and they were scary to look at. ”

"Don't say it, anyway, it has nothing to do with us in the future, Liu Tingshi invited the imperial court soldiers and horses, and in the future, let's see these guys and those crazy people working desperately!"

As the two spoke, they looked at the group of people outside, but the more they looked, the more envious they felt, because this group of cavalry not only had bright armor, but also ordinary soldiers wore armor and armor, and if it weren't for the work that these people did most of the most ordinary soldiers, I am afraid they would have thought that those people were all generals who led the army.

"Bah, we are fighting to the death here, and we can't even eat a full meal, but they are happy to eat and wear, hum!

While thinking maliciously in his heart, a fierce flower in his sight seemed to see something.

"Alas...... Look over there, what do you see?" because there were snowflakes blocking his view, and more importantly, he needed someone to help him make sure, so he pushed his companion next to him.

But after pushing twice, there was no movement at all, and as soon as I turned my head, I saw the partner next to me with a frightened face, and his mouth trembled: "Huang ...... Yellow...... Yellow Turban Thief!"

When this man heard this, he understood that he was not dazzled, and immediately began to shout a warning to the people below--just like that, and several watchtowers around him also warned one after another, proving that the two of them were not wrong.

"How is it possible? In such a cold weather, those thieves don't even have warm clothes, and they will attack?"

It was the veteran who pushed him: "What are you still doing in a daze, go down and prepare!" As for what to prepare, only this person himself knows.

As he was pushing, he suddenly saw his companion next to him suddenly exclaim, "Alas, what do you think those people are going to do?"

Hearing this, he turned his head and saw that the soldiers and horses from the court had not stopped their work, and were still building the camp in an orderly manner.

"Huh? Why are they still encamping when they don't line up to meet the enemy? Could it be that they don't know that the enemy is coming?"

I know it's impossible with my ass, as soon as the yellow turban thief came, the camp here was noisy, and how could I not know if I wasn't deaf over there?

What's more, there are already people from their own side who have gone over to inform those cavalry that there is an enemy coming.

But this group of cavalrymen in black armor actually made an incomprehensible move - they continued to work after camping, while the rest of the people slowly adjusted their formation, and finally aimed at the direction of the Yellow Turban Bandit Army, waiting quietly.

"They...... Want to fight the Yellow Turban Thieves like this?"

The more he thought about it, the more incredible he felt, and he even wondered if the commander of this army of soldiers and horses in the imperial court had a bad brain? Could it be that his brain was broken after being pampered for a long time?

And just when he couldn't figure it out, the group of cavalry actually began to run forward slowly-this posture was obviously the cavalry preparing to charge.

Cao Ren took the lead with a spear in his hand, but he was secretly happy in his heart: "I have the credit for sending it to the door so soon!"

Behind him is a thousand heavily armored tiger and leopard horses, this part is the elite of the tiger and leopard horses, this whole year can be enough to make up enough for a thousand, under the direct command of him, the tiger general.

The sentry didn't notice that the thousand cavalry were wrapped in ordinary tiger and leopard knights, so it didn't reveal the fact that even the horses were armoured.

On both sides are ordinary armored cavalry, and although the war horses are not armored, they are covered with a layer of blankets, which can also play a little defensive effect.

As soon as such cavalry runs, although it is only three thousand, there are hundreds of thousands of troops charging forward together, especially after the speed slowly increases and the weapons are completely rushed, the kind of rumbling sound will even make people suspect that they are under thousands of thunders, and they may be torn apart by countless thunders at any time.

Ordinary people don't say that in the face of this kind of charge, even if they watch it from a distance, they will be shocked, and the idea of not daring to fight against it will arise, Cao Ren has always been very proud of this, and only feels that no one under his command dares to face it.

To his surprise, although the group of Yellow Turban thieves on the opposite side were in tatters, many of them were just holding a rudimentary weapon, and after advancing to a certain distance, they actually rushed forward without fear.

However, there was no time to pay attention to such a little vision, and as the speed of the sprint gradually accelerated, the Yellow Turban Thief Army on the opposite side actually shouted in a swarm, and rushed towards the tiger and leopard

Viewed from the sky, a black torrent collided with another turbid current, and then bloomed in patches of vivid colors. (To be continued)