The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 416
Afterwards, the soldiers of the Chu army fired their bows and crossbows and shot a large number of the panicked cavalrymen of Cao army to death. The catapult fired a second round of explosives, and the cavalrymen of Cao army who attacked were completely confused.

Zhuge Liang ordered Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry to rush towards the cavalry of Cao Jun on the right, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to harvest.

It's a pity that the number of cavalry under Zhang Wu's command is too small, so he can only choose to harvest on one side. If there are tens of thousands of cavalry, he will definitely be able to clean up all the [-] cavalry on both sides of the opponent.

Seeing that his own cavalry was in disarray, the morale of Cao Jun's infantry phalanx was even lower, and the soldiers stopped and dared not step forward.

Cao Cao was blinded by Zhang Wu's combination of poisonous smoke, kerosene and gunpowder. Seeing that his 10,000+ army was in chaos and demoralized, he had to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. If he continued to fight, he would be completely defeated.

Of course, Zhuge Liang would not let go of this good opportunity to beat the drowned dog. The only way he could defeat Cao Jun in this battle was to rely on the explosive packs to unexpectedly destroy the opponent's cavalry. Otherwise, if the cavalry rushed into his infantry square, he would fail. On one's own side.

Now that the explosive pack has been exposed, it may not be able to achieve such a good effect next time, so we must take the opportunity to eliminate more Cao troops.

The whole Chu army attacked, and Zhang Fei and Wenpin on the left and right wings rushed towards each other. Zhang Wu personally led Wei Yan and the [-] Wuwei Battalion as arrows to rush towards the opponent, followed by [-] Chu infantry led by Liu Pan and Xing Daorong.

Cao Jun was defeated and fled. Cao Cao and several counselors retreated to the city of Hefei under the protection of Xu Chu, but the Chu army pursued closely, especially the [-] soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion.

Zhang Wu used the newly acquired skill "stealth" to increase the marching speed of the Wuwei battalion, and soon caught up with Cao Cao's central army.

Cao's army was already retreating, and the Yu Jin and Xu Huang's troops on both sides had been overtaken and defeated by the Chu army, and the five thousand cavalry led by Le Jin were mowed down several times by Zhao Yun and Chen Dao with the cavalry, and they were basically wiped out. up.

Although Zhang Liao's [-] cavalry were in a mess, but luckily the Chu army only had the [-] cavalry, so only less than [-] were killed by bombing, and the rest of the cavalry escaped to their lives, but most of the horses had gone mad and fled. up.

When Cao Jun's central army saw that the opponent was chasing up, seeing that the flag was the invincible Zhang Wu coming in person, they were so frightened that they fled in a hurry, not daring to fight.

Finally, after Cao Cao ordered Xu Chu to lead the Tiger Guard camp, Cao Zhen led the cavalry to respond.

With the addition of Zhang Wu's full command attribute, Wuweiying can be regarded as the most powerful army in the world. Zhang Wu is willing to spend money.

As Cao Cao's personal battalion, the Huwei camp has been fighting with Cao Cao for so long, and Xu Chu, a fierce general, is also a first-class powerful army in the world, but it is still not the opponent of the Wuwei camp, especially now that the morale of Cao's army is very low.

Zhang Wu led the Wuwei Battalion to be invincible on the battlefield, and beheaded a large number of Cao Jun soldiers and generals. Cao Jun gradually couldn't stand it anymore. Fortunately, Cao Ren from Hefei City went out to meet him again, and Cao Cao retreated to the city.

Cao's army suffered heavy losses in this battle, with more than 5000 casualties. Although more than [-] of the [-] cavalrymen who went out to fight came back, the horses were frightened and ran away.

Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to guard the city strictly, and the rest of the generals and soldiers relied on the camps and fortifications to defend, and dared not go out of the city to fight again.

The Chu army won a complete victory, not only wiped out a large number of Cao troops, but also captured many horses.Of the [-] cavalrymen that Cao Jun fought, the [-] cavalry led by Le Jin were raided by Zhao Yun and Chen Dao during the chaos. In the end, more than [-] cavalry escaped. Most of the remaining soldiers were killed, but many horses were attacked. After being frightened, he threw the cavalry down and ran away by himself.

Although the [-] cavalry led by Xu Huang were not raided by the cavalry of the Chu army, they also encountered a similar situation. Although many soldiers fled back in the end, they lost a lot of horses.

After the war, Zhang Wu ordered people to clean the battlefield and register prisoners, but the most important thing was to look for Cao Jun's fleeing horses.Although these war horses were frightened, they could continue to ride after a period of training.

Zhao Yun excitedly said to Zhang Wu: "My lord, up to now, we have captured more than 3000 living horses, and more than 2000 of them can go to the battlefield again!"

Zhang Wu was also very happy, these three thousand war horses are a great wealth, and war horses can't be bought with money, and now several horse production areas are occupied by Cao Cao, it is already difficult for Zhang Wu to buy them again. Got the horses.

With these more than 2000 horses that can go to the battlefield, in addition to supplementing the lost horses on his side, Zhang Wu can expand another thousand cavalry.

Three thousand elite cavalry is quite a force. Back then, when Gongsun Zan ran across the Northland, his power was so powerful beyond the Great Wall that he relied on the three thousand elite light cavalry "White Horse Yi Cong".It's a pity that Gongsun Zan didn't reuse Zhao Yun, and let Yan Gang lead Baima Yicong to attack Ju Yi's [-] first camp, but was defeated by thousands of crossbows, Yan Gang was also beheaded by Ju Yi, and Baima Yi never existed again.

With the three thousand elite cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Chen Dao, coupled with advanced and complete equipment, their combat effectiveness must be very powerful. Although it is still behind Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, it is much stronger than Cao Cao's general cavalry.

In Zhang Wu's plan, after Hanzhong was captured, Ma Chao was asked to go to Liangzhou to buy war horses and recruit cavalry.Ma Chao has lived in Xiliang for generations, and his father Ma Teng and himself have a very high influence in Xiliang, especially in the hearts of the Qiang people, Ma Chao is still very powerful.

Although Cao Cao occupied Liangzhou, it took a relatively short period of time, and he had not completely digested it. Now he only occupied some big cities, and the key area to rule was Guanlong, and some places further west could not be controlled at all.

Therefore, with Ma Chao's prestige among the Qiang people, it is no problem to get some horses and recruit some knights. At that time, Zhang Wu will form two cavalry troops.

One is light cavalry, led by Zhao Yun and Chen Dao; the other is heavy cavalry, led by Ma Chao and Pound.

With the cavalry, relying on the prestige of the Ma family in Liangzhou, Liangzhou can be easily captured, and Cao Cao's rule in Guanzhong can be threatened, and the initiative of the war is in Zhang Wu's hands.

Therefore, capturing Hanzhong was of great importance. Zhang Wucai did not hesitate to expose the secret of gunpowder and also wanted to beat Cao Cao on the Huainan battlefield, making him think that Zhang Wu really wanted to capture Huainan, thus attracting all the troops left by Cao's army in Xudu or Yecheng. , Create an opportunity for Xu Shu to launch the Battle of Hanzhong.

Zhang Wu said to Zhao Yun: "With these horses, the cavalry can be expanded. Zilong, you are now selecting soldiers from the whole army and conducting training. Just take advantage of the current battle, and practice combat while training. Try to train as soon as possible. Wait. Let's take Hanzhong, you and Shuzhi will take these cavalry to Hanzhong, you should prepare in advance."

Zhao Yun and Chen Dao were very excited when they heard this. Although there were also battles in Yangzhou, they mainly relied on navy and infantry, and there were very few opportunities for cavalry to play.But after going to Hanzhong, he must attack Liangzhou, where cavalry is the world, and that is the most suitable place for Zhao Yun.

(End of this chapter)