Because, this cavalry corps of 15,000 people bypassed the defense line of Hanshui and rushed straight to Xinye City.

Zhang Liao's original plan was somewhat disrupted.

He was faintly alarmed.

This is outrageous.

This cavalry is outrageous.

That Guan Lin is outrageous!

"General Wenyuan doesn't need to panic." It just so happened that Zhao Yan, the military advisor of Fancheng, was also there, and he was also thinking about this matter while looking at the map.

After a moment's silence, he tried to analyze, "Maybe it's a coincidence?" Did Guan Lin realize that our defense was based on the Baihe River, so he avoided the edge and chose to bypass the Han River from the Tang River, and then turn to the Baihe River to attack upward? Then... Go to the rescue of the Guan family soldiers in Xinye City! ”

Zhao Yan's seemingly somewhat reliable analysis somewhat dissipated the panic in Zhang Liao's heart.

Call...

With a long exhale, Zhang Liao did not reply, but continued to look at the map, imagining the current position of this cavalry, the distance from Xinye City.

Zhao Yan continued, "From the Tang River to the Baihe River to Xinye City, even if it is a cavalry, it has to travel for a day and a night, but General Wenyuan has soldiers and horses in Chaoyang City and the 'Quewei Slope' behind Xinye, which is just in case... Now it's just right to use these two troops. ”

"When this cavalry is killed in Xinye City, these two soldiers and horses can be killed... Cut off the road! This is also the siege reinforcement originally planned by General Wen Yuan. ”

Zhao Yan's words always carry a magic power, which can relax the nervous mood of the main general.

Zhang Liao said softly: "I know that this siege is for reinforcements, but this Guan Jia Shilang can avoid our army's defense line in Hanshui, and can take this road with the least ambush of our army, which is really evil..."

Zhang Liao is still afraid of Guan Lin's "inexplicable" and "incredible" intelligence ability.

At this time, Zhao Yan walked two steps quickly, walked through the map, and walked to the sand table two steps away from the map, he pointed to several of the ambushes, "General Wenyuan can mobilize these ambushes, let them transfer the ambush, occupy the main point, and intercept this Jingzhou cavalry!" ”

While speaking, Zhao Yan pointed to three places: "In my opinion, these three places... can set up an ambush, and there is time to do it, even if you can't defeat this cavalry, but every ambush can take off a layer of its skin, and when you get to Xinye City, how many people can this cavalry have? When it enters Xinye City, it only needs General Pang De to unite the defenders of 'Chaoyang City' and 'Queweipo' to besiege this cavalry together. ”

The more Zhao Yan spoke, the more his tone became heavier, as if he had the whole situation in the palm of his hand.

Of course, as a strategist, Zhao Yan can only give advice, and the final decision is still Zhang Liao.

At this moment, Zhang Liao contemplated with his eyebrows, and after pondering for a long time, he made the final decision, "Da Wei has suffered too much loss from this Guan Lin, and you must not despise this Guan Lin." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao changed the deployment of the Wei army on the sand table and ordered: "Mr. Zhao's proposal is very good, I will immediately order to set up three ambushes along the way, first peel off a layer of skin from this cavalry, and in addition... I will send out the flying pigeons, so that General Pound can take Xinye Castle by force, and avoid long nights and dreams..."

Zhao Yan nodded, "Xinye City is just a remnant of the Guan family, the military rations have been cut off, I think they have been hungry for two days, what strength can they have?" And the outer city is already crumbling, and it will be easy to break through Xinye City..."

"That's right, if you capture Xinye City, you can also set up an ambush and put all your forces into this ambush."

Having said that, Zhang Liao still felt that this cavalry was a little evil, and he didn't dare to be careless, "But, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, General Ben will send General Xu Huang to lead 20,000 troops from his headquarters to help General Pang De..."

This...

Zhao Yan was taken aback.

He didn't expect that under the coordinated deployment of three ambushes, three armies, and more than 30,000 people, General Zhang Liao was still not at ease, and he would increase his troops over there.

- "How jealous General Wenyuan is of this cavalry... Nope...'

- "General Wenyuan is afraid of Guan Jia Shiro behind this cavalry, right?"

Zhao Yan's eyes rolled, and he immediately asked, "General Wenyuan, if you transfer General Xu Huang's 20,000 soldiers?" That... There were only 10,000 soldiers left in the protection of the Yancheng, and there were no reliable generals left. ”

Zhang Liao had already expected Zhao Yan to ask this, and replied without thinking: "So, I will give you another 10,000 recruits... You go and besiege the city. ”

"Ahh Zhao Yan was taken aback, he didn't expect the burden of a thousand catties to fall on him all of a sudden, he hesitated, "I'm worried, if Guan Yu is attacking Yancheng at this time..."

"No!" Zhang Liao waved his hand, "That Guan Jiashilang is evil, but Guan Yu doesn't have long eyes, how would he know that this company camp is an ambush of more than 100,000 people, how can he know that there are only 20,000 people in Yancheng?" What's more..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao's eyes narrowed, "Hehe, Yun Chang... I know him, if he doesn't attack this Guan family camp first, then he won't be Guan Yunchang. ”

Listening to Zhang Liao's sworn words...

Zhao Yan gritted his teeth slightly, I don't know why, the more determined General Zhang Liao was, the more worried he became.

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The White River in the Tangbai River.

This one originates from Baihe Town, and flows through Songshan, Nanzhaocheng, Fangcheng, Wancheng, Wollongong... Finally, there is the river of Shinno Prefecture.

This mother river in the mouth of the people of Nanyang...

It has been famous for its many tributaries since ancient times.

Counting carefully, the entire tributary reached a terrifying twenty-nine.

And this also provided the most secret and safe environment for Huang Zhong's cavalry to go north.

Of course, this security is also relative...

Because of Zhang Liao's deployment, the road is now full of thorns, dark arrows, knives and guns...

"Boom, boom—"

The hooves of more than 10,000 horses resounded, like thunder, like a tiger's roar...

Each knight was dressed in armor, armed with spears and halberds, and crossed the longbow on his back, majestic and magnificent.

Speaking of which, this cavalry team of more than 15,000 people, the war horses in it are all the horses that Guan Lin can take out.

I don't know how many battle trophies there are!

How many "blood is not wet" were sold, and the war horses were exchanged from the north.

But Huang Zhong is the only one...

His horse was a little different from the horses of ordinary armorers, not horses, to be precise... Instead, Huang Zhong stepped on a pair of "iron stirrups" under his feet.

Because of the entire cavalry team of 15,000 people, only Huang Zhong stepped on this iron stirrup, and because it was inconspicuous, for a while, the army galloped... No one pays special attention.

Of course, this is also because stirrups have actually appeared in the Han Dynasty, such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu, they will use unilateral stirrups, which are used for stepping on horses.

But the bilateral stirrups that Huang Zhong stepped on were the first time in this era that they were used on the battlefield.

As for... The origin of this bilateral stirrup was given to Huang Zhong by Guan Lin before leaving.

Huang Zhongyou remembers that just in the morning... He ordered the troops, and before leaving, he was about to turn over and get on his horse.

Guan Lin's corporal, Martial God, mysteriously handed this over to him...

He was told that it was called a "stirrup", and briefly explained how to use it.

Of course, this iron stirrup ... From the moment Huang Zhong stepped on it, he understood what this thing was for.

As Shiwu mentioned, he originally rode and shot on horseback... You need to clamp the horse's belly between your legs, and the whole body only has the butt as a support point, so it's hard to borrow strength, and it's hard to shoot far...

Balance and stability are also not guaranteed when riding.

But...

With this iron stirrup, it's completely different.

Huang Zhong didn't feel anything at first, but after rushing all the way and gradually getting used to the stirrups, he would have a feeling...

How much more is this riding than a thousand miles a day?

In the past, you needed to stand on the ground in 100 steps, but now... It seems that it can be done right away.

This is tantamount to greatly enhancing the flexibility of long-range shots!

At this moment, Huang Zhong, while feeling the iron stirrup, he especially recalled... The moment he stepped on the iron stirrup for the first time, he whispered to Shiwu, "With such good things, why don't you give each of the soldiers a pair!" Wouldn't this be multiplied in terms of combat effectiveness? ”

Shi Wu smiled when he heard this, "After I saw this iron stirrup for the first time, I also asked the prince of Yunqi..."

"What did he say?" Huang Zhong was curious.

Shiwu said patiently: "Yunqi said that this iron stirrup is simple to make, as long as you have snooped on, you can know the method... But there are more than 100,000 cavalry in the north, and how many cavalry are there in Jingzhou, if it is used on a large scale, then it will be learned by Cao Wei, wouldn't it help Cao Wei's cavalry? Although this iron stirrup is good, it is now revealed, and there are many harms but no benefits. According to Yunqi Gongzi, at least Jingzhou must have 50,000 cavalry before it can be equipped and used on the battlefield! ”

As Guan Lin mentioned...

The biggest role of the iron stirrup, in addition to the balance and stability brought by the increase of one support point to three support points when riding, is more important for riding and shooting.

Before there were iron stirrups, mounted archery was exclusive to the Hu people, and among the Han people, who could be proficient in riding and archery, only the white horse was righteous... This is also an extremely rare type of military among the Han Chinese.

Even there are not many generals who can ride and shoot in history - Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Cao Ren, Lu Bu, Cao Zhang, Huang Zhong, Lu Su......

In total, there are no more than twenty.

However, with the iron stirrup is different, any cavalry stepping on the stirrup can do horse shooting.

The increase in combat effectiveness here is simply not measurable.

In particular, the improvement of the combat effectiveness of Cao Wei's cavalry made Guan Lin jealous.

Therefore, this is also the reason why the "Iron Stirrups" have long been built in the Shuishui Villa, but it has always existed on Guan Lin's side and has never come out.

This... If it weren't for the special task and the dangerous task, Guan Lin would never have taken it out and handed it over to Huang Zhong.

At this moment, Huang Zhong once again recalled the conversation with Shiwu before leaving, and couldn't help but sigh:

"This kid... Ability, knowledge, not ordinary! ”

On this side, Huang Zhong on land is still sighing, Guan Lin's simple but not simple invention.

Over there, Liu Ye and Zhuge Ke were in the rattan basket on the sky, each holding a "Qianliwang" observing the enemy troops along the way...

"Huh? How can there be an ambush there? ”

Zhuge Ke exclaimed, he had a very strong memory, and he clearly remembered... In the defense map drawn last night, there was no ambush in this place, and even the nearest ambush was a hill fifty miles away from this place.

"Sure enough, there is an ambush..."Liu Ye also noticed this ambush, "It seems that it is the same as the ambush in Fang Cai, it was the Wei army that got the news and changed the location of the ambush..."

Hearing this, Zhuge Ke immediately put down his Qianli Wang, and threw the two forged red silk tied in the rattan basket down.

For a while, the two linked red silks floated in the wind, appearing high in the sky.

Of course, this is the signal...

The red ribbon represents an ambush, and the two sections of red silk of different sizes represent due north.

Huang Zhong also noticed the hint given by the hot air balloon.

He reacted quickly and ordered directly, "Go east, cross the White River to the other side, and go around the woods in front,"

As soon as the order was issued, there was a messenger to pass on the military order.

"Exploring the horse..."Huang Zhong ordered again, "Go and investigate in the direction of due north..."

"Whoa!"

The three fast horses quickly broke away from the large group and headed north alone, towards the ambush of the enemy.

At this time, three more fast horses caught up with the team, "General... I have investigated the last stone hill, and sure enough, there is an ambush... If you pass from the direction of the stone hill on the short road, the crossbowmen on both sides will fire ten thousand arrows in unison, and our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses! ”

As soon as these words came out, Huang Zhong subconsciously blurted out: "It's really... God? ”

He couldn't help but look up at the sky.

He didn't say anything more, but his heart was turbulent.

- "Huang has fought a battle all his life, and this battle is unheard of and unseen..."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Guan Lin and Huang Chengyan of the same clan.

His heart was even more shocked.

- "This kid from the Guan family is a god!"

- "This old boy, this water villa is also divine!"

Speaking of this, he stepped heavily on the iron stirrup under his feet, feeling the "sense of strength" that the stirrup responded to him, and the inexplicable Huang Zhong had two words in his heart - steadfast.

He couldn't help but stretch out his free hand to touch the big bow on his back...

Right now...

The magic of this iron stirrup, he Huang Zhong has already felt;

The magic of the hot air balloon, he Huang Zhong benefited a lot;

It's just this weapon that Guan Lin calls the "Mongolian compound bow", hehe... Ping Suri said that people shoot gods, that is a hundred steps through Yang, but if this bow is "a hundred steps through Yang", it is a bit low-key!

Feel the north wind today...

Although Huang Zhong is now a headwind, he can find the right angle, or he can follow the wind...

"Five hundred steps through Yang? Can you today?'

As soon as this idea was born, Huang Zhong once again felt the response of the iron stirrups, and he looked up at the sky again, the ball flying high was a huge sense of security!

"Hehe..." At this moment, Huang Zhong smiled, and the question sentence in Fang Cai's heart instantly turned into an affirmative sentence. Five hundred steps through Yang? It will be done today—"

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At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, there were no clouds today, and the sun's rays shone on the earth.

In such an ordinary weather, no soldier of the Wei army would be stupid enough to raise his eyes to observe the sun, and no soldier could lie lazily on the ground to bask in the sun.

In such a battlefield, in the absence of the concept of the Air Force, hot air balloons ... It's not easy to notice.

Of course, even if someone looks up...

The hot air balloon high in the sky is nothing more than a dot, an inexplicably moving circular sphere.

Perhaps such a sphere would be reminiscent of a god... There are those who pray, those who bow, and those who prostrate... But no one will associate this with Jingzhou and this battle.

Today's wind is in the right direction, but it is blowing from the north... This eliminates the need for a simple air blower device in a hot air balloon, and there is no need to deliberately adjust the direction.

"Sit down... It has already flown over Fancheng and is going to descend some. ”

Don't look at Huang Chengyan's age, he is very skilled in operating hot air balloons at this moment, and he looks extraordinarily professional.

In addition to him, there are also Xu Shu and Huang Yueying in the rattan basket.

Xu Shu came on a mission to find Guan Yu, while Huang Yueying was worried about her father, and more importantly, after she flew once, she wanted to try again.

This feeling of flying in the sky is amazing.

In the past, I had only heard that Lu Ban made a "flying kite", which can fly manned, but Huang Yueying tried for many years, but failed to reshape Lu Ban's invention... Flying has also become an unattainable dream.

But now...

Fly, fly at any time.

Xu Shu was a little dizzy, he didn't think it in the past, but now he finds that he is a little afraid of heights... This looks down from the sky, and everything is a dot.

But inexplicably, Xu Shu was worried... What if I fall?

Seeing Xu Shu's appearance, Huang Chengyan smiled and said: "Shan Fu, you have killed people in the past, you should be very bold?" Why... He is so timid in this heaven. ”

"Students are not guts... Timid..."Xu Shu shuddered all over, "The student is just worried, worried..."

"What is Senior Brother Xu worried about?" Huang Yueying is much more courageous than him.

Xu Shu only felt tinnitus, he swallowed and foamed, "The student is worried... What if we fall? ”

But inexplicably, he found that when he swallowed a mouthful of spit, the feeling of tinnitus disappeared.

"This thing... As long as it flies, even the arrows can't shoot through, there's nothing to be afraid of, as long as it's not out of fuel, it can't fall. Huang Seungyan was still comforting his students, "I remember... When you came to study with me, the students in the dormitory all disliked you for being a thief before, and they didn't go with you in everything, but you got up the earliest every day, cleaned alone, asked for other people's opinions on everything, and studied carefully... By the way, I remember that you have the best relationship with Shi Tao in the same county, like glue... He's also an official in the north, right? ”

Huang Chengyan's words made Xu Shu relax a lot at once.

Recalling the eventful years of the past, it was still mentioned by the teacher... Anyone will have a reverie...

Xu Shu, who was originally curled up, stood up, and while looking outside the rattan basket, he sighed: "Yes, at that time, there were Shi Tao, Kong Ming, Cui Zhouping, Shi Guangyuan, Meng Gongwei, Mr. Huang, Mr. Shuijing... Now that I think about it..."

Unconsciously, Xu Shu was not as scared as before.

With a "poof", Huang Yueying smiled...

Xu Shu came back to his senses, and it turned out that the master had taught him another lesson and taught him how to transfer the fear in his heart.

Immediately, Xu Shu gave up his hand: "The student has been taught again..."

It was Huang Chengyan, who was going to continue to enlighten Xu Shu, but suddenly saw something.

"What's that? Why is it so big a piece of red? ”

At this time, Huang Yueying followed her father's words, picked up Qianli and looked over there, "It's the Guan family... Those are the Guan family soldiers in red armor... Why so many people? ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Shu also hurriedly picked up Qianli and looked at the ground, completely forgetting that he was flying in the sky, and he was no longer worried about falling.

Really...

Over there... The Guanjia army, which had five or six thousand men, was hurrying north.

"That red horse is like a red rabbit, and most of the people who ride him are Yun Chang, right?"

Xu Shu opened his mouth.

"Not good!" Then... Huang Yueying snorted, and she seemed to suddenly recall something.

Be... It's the arming map from last night's investigation...

"How?" Huang Chengyan asked his daughter.

For a while, Huang Yueying gritted her teeth, "Oh no, the direction in which General Guan took the Guan family army in a hurry is... Is it the center of the Guanjia Army's 100-mile joint venture? ”

"Could it be..."Xu Shu suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help frowning.

Huang Yueying's words came out one after another, "What I saw last night, the center of the 100-mile joint venture... There must be 100,000 soldiers in ambush, right? If... If General Guan is attacking there, then... That must be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger! ”

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