The camp was built quickly, and at the same time, a certain amount of grain and grass was asked from the Yanzhou army - unfortunately the amount was not much, after all, not every place had a continuous harvest like the surroundings of Chang'an, and Yanzhou could only be regarded as average under Liu Dai's governance, although the food did not starve to death, but it was not rich enough to leave countless stocks of grain for any family.

Even the ones that were carried, although the priority supply of military rations was limited, and the Yanzhou army was not enough for its own use, let alone for these imperial court troops who were not considered all the way at all?

It's just that the performance of the tiger and leopard rider just now was too shocking, and these people hid in the camp and watched the whole battle...... Although I only saw some rough and couldn't see the detailed process at all, after the battle, the corpses of the yellow turban thieves piled up like a mountain could not be faked, and what was even more shocking was that the tiger and leopard riders only killed a few people.

"Six, if we want to fight a tough battle with that group of crazy people, I'm afraid that more than six thousand will die!"

At this time, all the Yanzhou soldiers couldn't say what it was, but there was one feeling that was very clear, that is, the fear of these black-armored cavalry soldiers who easily defeated the Yellow Turban Thief Army, but were almost undamaged.

Therefore, when the tiger and leopard rode to ask for food, even though the Yanzhou army was unwilling, they did not dare not agree, and sent part of their already small military rations.

Of course, Cao Chun saw the predicament of the Yanzhou army, so he left a sentence: "When the army arrives, it will naturally be compensated!" It's just that these words were taken as coping words by the Yanzhou army generals, and they were not taken seriously at all.

But Cao Chun doesn't want to care about these things, anyway, after the army arrives, these handsome soldiers have to be resettled, whether it is reorganized or disbanded to go back to farming, in short, there will be an arrangement, and at the same time, the imperial court will also allocate relief grain and grass to solve some difficulties, so Cao Chun's words are really not to deal with.

When he returned to the camp and told Cao Ren that the grain and grass were coming, Cao Ren was sitting on the top and talking to Zhang Fei.

Don't look at Cao Ren, Zhang Fei is not pleasing to the eye, but when he is doing business, he will not mix his personal feelings into it, ask Zhang Fei in detail, how did Zhang Fei catch up, where did he meet the Yellow Turban general he killed, how many soldiers and horses did he carry with him, which way did he flee after being defeated by him, and the most important point.

"When Captain Zhang fought with the Yellow Turban Bandits, were those thieves crazy?"

"Huh?" Zhang Fei was stunned, as if he didn't expect Cao Ren to ask so many questions in one breath, and was thinking about it in his head and then preparing to answer it, but when he heard the last question, he was suddenly stunned.

"How does General Cao know?"

Cao Ren is now a Haw Par general, and it is naturally right to call him a general.

"Before Captain Zhang came, my tiger and leopard cavalry had just fought a battle with the Yellow Turban Bandit Army, in this battle, my Tiger and Leopard Cavalry annihilated more than 5,000 enemies before the other side began to rout, and before that, no matter how bad the battle situation was, the Yellow Turban Thief Army never took a step back, just rushed up frantically to fight with our army. ”

Roughly told Zhang Fei about the battle between the tiger and leopard riders and the Yellow Turban thieves, but saw Zhang Fei slap his thigh fiercely, and even the armor on his body sounded: "I still think those Yellow Turban thieves are loyal to the Lord to fight with me so desperately, it turns out that there is such a play!"

After speaking, Cao Ren looked curious, just lowered his head and thought for a while before muttering: "As soon as I said this, I remembered that when I fought with the Yellow Turban Thief, these guys rushed up frantically without fear of death, until I cut the Yellow Turban Thief into two spears before suddenly screaming and running." ”

"At that time, the Taoist master killed the thief soldier and had no intention of fighting, and at this time, the vision of the yellow turban thief soldier's crazy fight must be involved with the yellow turban thief!"

He didn't specifically talk to Cao Ren, but Zhang Fei's voice, even if he was talking to himself, the soldiers outside the tent could hear it clearly, not to mention Cao Ren who was sitting nearby?

However, as soon as these words were finished, Cao Ren became more and more sure of his guess.

"In this way, the time when Captain Zhang and the Yellow Turban Thief General met should be at the same time as the battle between our army and the Yellow Turban Army, and the thief general killed by Captain Zhang is the commander of this Yellow Turban Thief Army. ”

If it weren't for Zhang Fei who happened to bump into the Yellow Turban thief, maybe this battle would really have to kill all the 10,000 Yellow Turban Thieves.

Zhang Fei naturally thought of this. He is a little reckless, and sometimes he has a big mouth, but his brain is not stupid, although Cao Ren did not directly say it clearly, but the information revealed from the beginning of the meeting was enough for Zhang Fei to analyze the truth.

As soon as the two of them understood, they were speechless, the silence in this big tent was a little weird, and Cao Hong was stunned when he came in, and was startled by the stern looks of these two people.

"What's wrong?" strode forward, his relationship with Cao Ren was there, so he could naturally click casually: "Could it be that something big happened?"

Cao Ren sighed: "It's indeed a big deal!"

After that, he took out the pen and ink and other things, and wrote the letter directly. Zhang Fei and Cao Hong did not speak, and waited for Cao Ren to finish writing, then put it aside to dry, and ordered the soldiers to send the horses to Cao Cāo quickly, before he said to the two: "The situation is different from what I guessed at the beginning. ”

After speaking, he asked Zhang Fei on the side: "How many soldiers did Captain Zhang take this time?"

He had seen Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses just now, and it seemed that there were less than a thousand, and he didn't know if Zhang Fei had suffered large casualties in the battle with the Yellow Turban Bandits, so it was better to ask Zhang Fei's men about the situation first.

Zhang Fei naturally knew these things, and said directly: "My trick is limited, and I can only bring a thousand soldiers and horses at most! Although I didn't suffer much damage when I fought against the Yellow Turban Thief Army, that trick had side effects, and if I wanted my thousand soldiers and horses to fight, I was afraid that I would have to let them rest for two or three days first." ”

Cao Ren nodded, he had already noticed the move that Zhang Fei said, 'forced marching', and he guessed in his heart that this kind of trick that could speed up the march of the troops, and even allow some ordinary soldiers to catch up with his tiger and leopard cavalry with strong mounts, there must be some restrictions.

Now it seems that although the forced march can increase the speed of the march, the physical strength and mental state of the soldiers are at a low point after the forced march, and they need to rest well to recover

This is similar to a normal forced march, except that the effect is even stronger when this trick is used.

At the same time, it can also be known from Zhang Fei's words that this trick cannot be applied to too many soldiers, and it cannot exceed 1,000 at most.

In fact, Zhang Fei's move to force the march was not so simple to calculate.

How effective it is, how many people it can bring, and how long it will take to regain combat effectiveness after the fact depends on the distance of the forced march.

The longer the distance, the fewer soldiers Zhang Fei could lead, and the longer it would take to recover after a forced march.

For example, this time, after carefully estimating the distance and the speed that needed to be reached by the forced march, he brought a thousand soldiers and horses with him - in fact, although the heavy snow caused an obstacle, it was a greater obstacle to the cavalry, which gave Zhang Fei a chance to catch up.

Otherwise, even if Zhang Fei was allowed to march forcibly and vomited blood, he would not be able to catch up with the tiger and leopard.

Cao Cāo will let the tiger and leopard rider rush over first, and can really reach the destination within the required time, all because the tiger and leopard rider itself is stronger than the forbidden soldiers, and they can keep moving forward in such bad road conditions, and the speed is really not very fast.

In short, the trick of forcibly marching is indeed very useful, but it is not so strong that it is against the sky, otherwise Liu Xuan would not have to worry about mobility, and he would not even have to bother with the means of transportation to let all the commanders and generals master the 'forced march, it is enough.

For the commanders of the army, this trick is indeed a practical ability, and Cao Ren is also thinking that he should grope and explore in this area - he knows that these tricks, abilities and everything are already included in the huge cultivation method, it all depends on whether he can comprehend it. He didn't know it before, but now that he has a direction, as long as it takes a certain amount of time, he believes that he will be able to master it.

It's a pity that now is not the right time, Cao Ren directly issued an order after having a plan in his heart: "The tiger and leopard cavalry take turns to reconnoiter around, Captain Zhang's soldiers and horses will rest in the camp for three days, and after three days, I need your soldiers and horses to rush up and set up camp when they enter Yanzhou, and don't let the Yellow Turban Thieves Army step into Yanzhou for half a step!"

When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately patted the armor on his chest and promised: "As long as I let my soldiers and horses rest well for three days, I will definitely not let those thieves cross into Yanzhou." ”

He definitely has this confidence, especially after fighting with the Yellow Turban Thieves, he already knows that these Yellow Turban Thieves are crazy enough, and their strength is still at the level of ordinary people.

What's more, in a few days, his second brother's soldiers and horses will also arrive, and when the two brothers join forces, the Yellow Turban thieves will not come.

"No matter how crazy you are, I don't believe that the Yellow Turban Thieves can't kill all the soldiers and horses?"

After speaking, he said goodbye with Cao Ren and Cao Hong, and left the big tent to rectify his soldiers and horses, and in the next few days, the Yellow Turban Thief Army seemed to be greatly injured because of the previous battle.

In the past few days, Guan Yu also led the soldiers and horses to arrive, and after coming, he didn't talk nonsense, he directly joined forces with Zhang Fei, camped at the choke point, and waited for the Yellow Turban thieves to attack.

Cao Ren was not idle during this time, and kept sending the tiger and leopard cavalry out to run around, scouting the surrounding terrain by the way, and finally summing it up, just waiting for Cao Cāo to arrive, and handing over all the information he had collected directly to Cao Cāo, so that Cao Cāo could better command this war.

As the days passed, the weather gradually improved, the snow melted, the ground gradually became less muddy, and the Yellow Turban Army began to gather troops and horses without concealment, obviously preparing for an attack. (To be continued.)

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