Chapter 101 recalled
At this time, the Cao army was in the camp tent of the Western Liang Northern Expedition.
Jiang Wei and Cao Chun led more than 20,000 tigers and leopards to the north together, and finally arrived at the border of Xiliang all the way.
Crossing this border, it is very likely that you will directly encounter the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
When the time comes, a fierce battle will inevitably be inevitable.
And at this time, it is a quarter of an hour without delay.
The faster the delay, the more fully prepared Xiliang will be, and the less likely it will be to break it.
At this time, it is time to go all out and take the lead in hitting Xiliang.
Not to mention much, as long as you can take the lead in taking Xiliang City, it will be equivalent to taking a big step.
In this way, it will actually suppress the morale of the Xiliang tribe, and it is still very practical for the Cao Jun Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, whose morale is not high now.
Soon, the tiger and leopard riders came to the first county town on the Xiliang border.
Before the tiger and leopard could ride close to the city of the county, the forward troops were attacked.
The arrows shot at the tiger and leopard as if they were not going to die.
Fortunately, these soldiers reacted very quickly, and hurriedly raised their shields and kept retreating.
This wave of arrow rain directly made the pace of the tiger and leopard ride stagnate a lot.
But this is not difficult for Jiang Wei and Cao Chun.
Although arrows rained down here, Jiang Wei still found his way and secretly attacked towards the county seat.
And Cao Chun was secretly groping on the other side.
On the front, Cao Chun only left the former soldiers and horses, creating the illusion that he was stopping to attract opponents.
The Xiliang army on the city wall was obviously fooled and was still shooting.
After Jiang Wei approached the city wall, he ordered the soldiers to blow the horn.
20,000 tigers and leopards to ride, charging at the same time!
This directly scared the Xiliang army guarding the city on the city wall stupidly.
Wasn't the tiger and leopard riding still far away?
How did you come under the city wall in such a short time?!
The crossbowmen hurriedly aimed downward.
But it's too late!
The speed of the tiger and leopard cavalry charge far exceeded their imagination.
This speed is much faster than that of Xiliang Tieqi!
Soon, the tiger and leopard riders charged under the city walls.
The soldiers of the Haw Par rode all wore steel helmets.
Under the protection of the forged steel, these arrows could not penetrate their armor at all.
The pain is still there, but it doesn't hurt at all!
Cao Chun and Jiang Wei bore the brunt of the attack, raised the steel sword in their hands, and slashed towards the city gate.
Although the pure wooden gate is very strong, it also depends on the quality of the weapon!
A hundred-forged steel weapon that sharpens iron like mud, and it is even easier to cut through wooden doors, and even the iron bars fixed on them can be easily chopped.
Of course, with only Cao Chun and Jiang Wei, they will definitely not be able to break the city.
With the rush of the tiger and leopard riders, in just a quarter of an hour, the city gate was directly split alive!
Then, with the advantage of heavy armor, the tigers and leopards rode with horses and crashed directly into the city gate!
How could the city gate, which had already been slashed and disfigured, withstand such an impact, and it fell down with a bang after a few impacts!
And the tiger and leopard ride is to take advantage of the trend and directly break through the city gate!
This directly made Xiliang soldiers dumbfounded.
Where have they ever seen such a siege?
Isn't it always a disadvantage for cavalry to attack a city?
At that time, when Ma Chao led the army to attack at night, he also brought siege malls and other facilities, and hundreds of foot soldiers escorted the battering ram in the rear.
Cut the door open, how sharp is this weapon?
However, the current Xiliang soldiers don't have time to think so much!
The tiger and leopard cavalry rushed over, as if it were devastated, and all the soldiers who were blocking the tiger and leopard cavalry in the shadows were annihilated.
Soon, the soldiers of the tiger and leopard rode to the top of the city.
At this time, the Xiliang Army was completely out of line.
Cao Chun sneered, raised the weapon in his hand, and burst into a shout:
"Xiliang Army, listen, surrender and don't kill!"
"If you dare to resist, you will be killed!"
Cao Chun didn't plan to kill all the Xiliang soldiers, which would only affect the speed of the tiger and leopard cavalry.
With this time, Cao Chun might as well continue to attack the city.
The Xiliang soldiers didn't listen to what Cao Chun said at first, but when they fought against the tiger and leopard cavalry head-on, they found that they were not of the same order of magnitude as the tiger and leopard cavalry at all.
In one shot, all the weapons and armor were cut and split, and there was no room to fight back!
Even if the attack works, the slash hits the body of the tiger and leopard rider, and the most that can be done is to make the tiger and leopard rider take a few steps back or shoot down the horse.
If it is more fierce, it will make the armor of the tiger and leopard ride with an extra mark.
The armor of the tiger and leopard ride is almost indestructible!
With this kind of offensive and defensive army, the Xiliang soldiers had no power to fight back at all.
Cao Chun reminded again, lay down your arms, surrender and not kill.
The Xiliang soldiers looked at each other and finally gave up resistance.
The 20,000 soldiers defending the city not only lost the city in less than half an hour, but also captured all of them.
About 5,000 were killed in the battle, and the remaining 15,000 Xiliang soldiers were all captured by the tiger and leopard cavalry.
Cao Chun naturally did not recruit these Xiliang soldiers, so he imprisoned them all in the prison of the city.
At the same time, reinforcements from Hanzhong also arrived one after another.
There were about 10,000 of these reinforcements, and most of them were ordinary cavalry and foot soldiers.
Their role is to guard the city that the tigers and leopards have been beaten down.
Although there were only about 10,000 people, the weapons in their hands were all made of stainless steel, that is, the armor was still the armor of the previous Cao army.
But even that is enough.
The tiger and leopard ride is preparing to continue to advance towards the closer Xiliang City.
"General, do you feel a little strange?"
Jiang Wei asked in a deep voice while eating.
Cao Chun suddenly looked at Jiang Wei with a puzzled expression:
"What's strange?"
"I have sent soldiers to investigate the surrounding area, and there is not a single fish that has slipped through the net around, and this city has been captured."
"Could it be that you have made a new discovery, Beryo?"
Jiang Wei shook his head and said:
"That's why I feel weird."
"Most of the elites of Xiliang are Xiliang iron horses, since Ma Chao came back first, Ma Teng and the others should know that we are going to attack Xiliang."
"But all the people in this city are Xiliang foot soldiers, and they are the city defense army at first glance."
"Why didn't you see Xiliang Tieqi?"
Cao Chun laughed and said:
"Boyo, you're overthinking."
"There is only a night difference between us and Ma Chao, and the speed of the tiger and leopard riding is much faster than that of the Xiliang Iron Ride."
"In this way, I'm afraid that when Ma Teng gets this news, I will already be in the city."
"At this time, of course the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can't arrive."
Having said that, Jiang Wei always felt weird and continued to ponder.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry should be stationed in every city, and it is impossible not to see a single unit of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the border.
With only foot soldiers, the Xiliang soldiers couldn't stop the tiger and leopard riding at all, and it was impossible for Ma Teng not to know about this matter.
Could it be that Ma Teng has already transferred all the Xiliang Iron Riders back?!