Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3269 Big Surprise

In fact, after Sima Yi attacked the grain transport convoy, he had achieved certain results and could evacuate.

It's a pity that Sima Yi wanted more, so he tried to use a big yellow crossbow to shoot at Cao's army's granary in the transit camp. As long as half of Cao's army can be successfully burned, or even just one-third, it means that Cao's army will fall into a more embarrassing situation.

Qianzhao seized this opportunity.

Qianzhao hid the cavalry soldiers behind the woods, and sent Cao Ping to pretend to be going south to rescue Zhongtiao Mountain on a large scale, which dispelled Sima Yi's wariness. Therefore, Sima Yi confidently and boldly intercepted and killed the grain team outside the transit camp, and also stopped Get off the horse and assemble the big yellow crossbow.

Another point is that the flames and black smoke of Sima Yi burning the grain and grass obscured the figure of Qianzhao and others who rushed out.

When the vibrations became more and more obvious and the sound of horse hooves could be clearly heard, Qianzhao and others had already increased their speed to the maximum and rushed towards Sima Yi and his party!

Sima Yi noticed some unusual movements, but someone in the big yellow crossbow team on the other side had already assembled and was shooting towards the transit camp.

Under the black smoke, it was not possible to clearly see how many soldiers and horses the other party had come.

This is a sapreis given to Sima Yi by Qianzhao.

A big surprise.

"Come forward! Stop them! 』

Sima Yi ordered. He was not fully aware of the danger at this time and was still thinking of buying some time for Dahuang Nu's team.

A war horse rushed out of the smoke.

The war horse wears a horse coat. The large horse clothes cover the head and neck of the war horse, all the way to the horse's feet and knees, making the entire war horse seem even larger in size, while the cavalry on the war horse is low. He was lying on the horse's back, becoming one with the horse, his shining spear pointed forward.

Immediately afterwards, another war horse rushed out, a cavalryman with the same horse uniform, but the cavalryman held a sword in his hand.

Then more and more war horses rushed out.

These war horses are all wearing riding clothes, and they seem to be wider and thicker than ordinary war horses.

Sima Yi began to feel that something was wrong, and he shouted: "Intercept them!" shooting! 』

Shooting the man before the horse is correct in most cases.

In his desperation, Sima Yi failed to realize that he might be targeted.

There are extremely complex problems of interdependence between the arms. He is not the cunning Sima Yi in history. All his current experience and skills are the summary of his previous experiences.

Sima Yi was undoubtedly smart. He found the most powerful unit to deal with Cao's infantry, the heavy arrow cavalry. Different from the nomadic cavalry shooting with light arrows in the grasslands and deserts, the arrows Sima Yi chose were armor-piercing arrows. The range would be much shorter than the light arrows, but the destructive power was several times stronger than the light arrows.

The reason why Sima Yi was able to establish a group of cavalry archers who were good at shooting on horseback was because the hussars used stirrups on a large scale. This thing allows cavalry on horseback to shoot more flexibly.

Some of Cao's infantry were surrendered by Yuan's army, so the experience of Cao's infantry against cavalry was based on the light cavalry of the grassland nomads, that is, how to deal with light arrows, light armor and light cavalry.

The early infantrymen of Cao's army were more concerned about how to calmly deal with the annoying light-armored or unarmored horse archers running around in front of them while guarding against light arrows. Then under the cover of the stable front maintained by the heavy infantry with shields, Various light infantry shooters are good choices.

However, such tactics were ineffective against Sima Yi's medium-mounted heavy-arrow archers. The arrows of Cao's infantry may not be able to penetrate armored objects. Even if they hit targets that move around a lot, they often miss in front of the cavalry armor, while the infantry battle formation is relatively static. It was extremely difficult to turn, which caused Cao's infantry to suffer a big loss when they first fought against Sima Yi's cavalry.

But in war, there is never the strongest unit, and there is never an invincible strategy. To win the battle, we can only analyze the specific situation and seize the opportunity to make reasonable use of it.

Judging from the preparations before the war, Sima Yi did not make any big mistakes.

The role of the cavalry is to harass the infantry, outflank and contain them, guerrilla behind enemy lines, attack the opponent's grain transportation routes, and contain the opponent's main force. Undoubtedly, Sima Yi made the best choice.

After all, the cavalry archers have the fastest range of movement and speed. In addition, Sima Yi brought two horses, which can ensure long-term mobile combat. For Cao's army, which is mainly infantry, Sima Yi's arrangement is indeed very targeted. of.

Sima Yi evolved the nomadic people's light-armed light-arrow cavalry into the current double-horse heavy-armed horse archers that bully Cao's infantry. They are the trump card in irregular combat or guerrilla warfare. Relying on relatively flat terrain such as plains and grasslands, he can travel more than a hundred miles for reconnaissance, plunder enemy supplies, carry out sabotage, assassination, poison water sources, capture prisoners, etc., making the enemy's operations and logistics difficult. .

His only mistake was that he didn't expect Cao Jun to suddenly take out the sudden knight card from his crotch...

And he still wore a condom!

The relationship between arms is not a simple restraint. It's impossible to switch to archers immediately when you see the opponent drawing spearmen like in the game, and then when the opponent sees the archers here shooting, they immediately draw swords and shields...

This is war.

War is not a sports competition, nor is it a place where both sides are on the same map and start from the same starting line, just having a battle to see who is stronger and who is weaker.

Sima Yi was not prepared to confront the sudden cavalry at all, so the weapons he carried were basically biased toward those used by the bow cavalry.

This is quite embarrassing...

These Cao Cao cavalry led by Qian Zhao were allocated from the camp directly under Cao Cao. To a certain extent, they can be regarded as "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry". After all, they are Cao Cao's Guards Cavalry, but Cao Cao himself is not good at cavalry. Fighting, so the command was temporarily given to Qianzhao.

Qianzhao originally wanted 800, but now he only has less than 500.

Even though Shandong lacks war horses, the horses owned by these cavalrymen under Cao Cao are not much worse than those of Sima Yi and others. After all, they are cavalry battalions directly under Cao Cao. In addition, Qianzhao originally fought in Youbei, and had experience in dealing with nomadic archers, and even had experience fighting Baima Yicong. Therefore, when he asked the cavalry to put on horse clothes, he took advantage of the smoke to rush into Sima Yi's surroundings. , there is already a 30% chance of winning.

And when Qian Zhao and others started to advance, but Sima Yi did not turn around and retreat immediately, but tried to intercept them, the chance of Qian Zhao and others winning increased to 60%!

The long arrow roared and flew towards Qianzhao and the others.

"Raise your shield!" 』

Qianzhao shouted loudly.

Cao Cao's cavalry raised their shields in unison, covering their own heads, necks and facial vital parts, and also covering part of the heads and necks of the horses under their crotches. They accelerated again, and the sound of horses' hooves became more rapid and thunderous.

The rest is just resistance!

"Swish, swish, swish!" 』

The sound of arrows piercing the air was endless, as if they were hail, they hit the bodies of Cao Jun's cavalry such as Qian Zhao.

Cao's cavalry sandwiched in the middle is relatively safe. After all, they are protected by the bodies of their companions at the front, rear, left and right. They only need to protect their heads and faces. The knights on both sides had to withstand more attacks. Almost in the blink of an eye, the cavalry of Cao Jun on both sides seemed to have grown weeds, with many more arrows crisscrossing the branches!

Seeing this, Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment, he realized that something was wrong.

Because Cao Jun's cavalry did not immediately fall over into pieces.

In other words, some fell down, but the number was far different from Sima Yi's original expectation.

Those Cao Jun cavalrymen were still running wildly with arrows hanging on their bodies.

Those horse clothes!

Sima Yi took a closer look and realized that the horse clothes seemed to be thicker than ordinary cloth, and even felt a little bulging, as if there was a sandwich stuffed with something. The arrows hit the horse clothes, but failed to cause much damage. Only a few horses fell down, and more were still attacking quickly.

"Don't shoot the horse!" Shoot people! 』

Sima Yi shouted.

In a cavalry battle, it seems to be an unwritten rule to kill the opponent's horse first.

Fei's "hidden" rules.

But now this rule was seen through by Cao Jun and exploited.

War will change everything.

No one wants to lose, and no one wants to lose.

Sima Yi's hussars also discovered this strangeness. Some of them screamed, and some fired harder, but no matter how hard they tried, Qianzhao and the others still suffered very little damage, and they quickly approached Sima Yi's place as quickly as possible.

At this moment, even the dullest person understood the intention of Qian Zhao, let alone Sima Yi?

"withdraw! 』

Sima Yi immediately turned his horse's head and retreated directly.

Sima Yi's decision was not decisive, but it was still a little late.

The distance of five to six hundred steps is nothing more than the blink of an eye for the galloping horses.

What is needed for pulling a move is this effect.

What?

The archers turn around and shoot?

Yes, the mounted archery of the archers is indeed a sharp skill.

But shooting while riding back will slow down the horse's speed. At the same time, not everyone can have the skills of at least a second-rate general, who can shoot accurately, far and powerfully while running.

The lead is very clear. The reason why Sima Yi dared to bring his cavalry to the rear of Cao Jun's flank to disrupt the sneak attack was of course based on something. He had studied in detail with Cao Cao before and was very clear about Sima Yi's advantages in cavalry. On the contrary, Sima Yi didn't know anything about Qian Zhao and others, so it was naturally impossible for him to make any targeted strategies.

Now Qianzhao gave up all advances and went straight to Sima Yi, forcing Sima Yi to fight him in hand-to-hand combat. In this aspect, Qianzhao undoubtedly had an advantage, but what about Sima Yi's martial arts...

Therefore, Sima Yi saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately retreated without saying a word.

In this world, there are gains and losses.

If Sima Yi's formation was neat and his speed had not slowed down before, he could still compete with Qianzhao to compete with soldiers. But now, Sima Yi's speed is not enough, and his soldiers are relatively scattered, which makes Qianzhao's sudden advance. Sima Yi's counterattack was insufficient and failed to block the lead move or delay its advance.

The ultimate trick to pull a move is Ma Yi.

The horse jacket is not only made of strong fabric, but the inner layer of the horse jacket is also stuffed with grass.

This is the secret weapon used to defend against bows and arrows.

Anyway, the war horse originally had to carry some fodder, and the lead move only turned the fodder into a part of the defense.

Of course, if Sima Yi knew all this earlier, he would have changed it to rockets, and turned these Cao army cavalry into mobile torches, but who could have known it earlier on the real battlefield?

Qian Zhao achieved his goal. His charge disrupted Sima Yi's arrangement and successfully threatened Sima Yi's life, forcing Sima Yi to flee. Sima Yi's escape also forced the other cavalry soldiers to leave with him.

Everything now focused on the distance between Qian Zhao's spear tip and Sima Yi's armor.

Horse hooves flew.

Mud and dust scattered.

Black smoke billowed.

Looking down from the air, Sima Yi's cavalry was in disarray, while Qian Zhao and others were like a sharp sword, cutting through the black smoke and stabbing in Sima Yi's direction.

The loess and the camp became the background wall of this battle, and there was not even time to cheer...

Sima Yi looked back and saw Qian Zhao and others approaching. Although the scattered cavalrymen who tried to intercept them were brave, they did not have an effective formation after all. Even if they occasionally shot down some Cao cavalrymen, they were not able to stop them as a whole.

Moreover, because the Cao cavalrymen were covered with horse clothes, and the length of the horse clothes covered the position below the knees of the war horses, even the trip ropes thrown by the cavalrymen were mostly blocked by the horse clothes.

Seeing Qian Zhao getting closer and closer, Sima was about to become a dead horse at a critical moment. Suddenly, a group of people who were originally preparing to fire at the transit camp turned and fired at the Qian Zhao cavalry formation, which finally saved Sima Yi's life!

Originally, the group that assembled the big yellow crossbow was to shoot at the transit camp and burn the stored food and grass in the camp, but they didn't expect that when they just started the long-range attack, Qian Zhao rushed out and chased Sima Yi like a rabbit!

The soldiers of this group of big yellow crossbows were a little slow. They saw Sima Yi's miserable condition just after they loaded the crossbow arrows. Without thinking too much, they instinctively changed the direction of attack and shot the special crossbow arrows at Qian Zhao and other Cao cavalry!

The crossbow arrows of the big yellow crossbow whistled, cut through the sky, and hit Qian Zhao's team fiercely!

The special big yellow crossbow crossbow arrow hit a Cao cavalry and shattered on the spot!

The kerosene installed in the middle of the crossbow arrows, with fire and oil, splashed everywhere!

Some of those who were lucky enough not to be stained with flames could still run wildly with kerosene, but those Cao cavalry who were stained with kerosene and unfortunately encountered some scattered flames, immediately caught fire!

Under the horse clothes of Cao's war horses were straw bags, which were simply the best fuel depot!

The Cao's cavalry, ignited by the flames, screamed miserably, which was terrifying.

The Cao's war horses, which were originally in a line, became scattered and fled in all directions.

Qian Zhao, who was in the line, was also affected. He was twisted in other directions by several horses running around...

"..." Qian Zhao looked at the back of Sima Yi who had missed the opportunity, was silent for a moment, and finally sighed for a long time, and ordered the troops to withdraw slowly.

Both sides were cavalry. Once the opportunity was missed, the pursuit would be meaningless after the opponent's speed increased.

What's more, the Cao's cavalry wore horse clothes to resist bows and arrows, and the weight was obviously greater than Sima Yi's side. It was okay for short-distance bursts, but if it was a long-distance pursuit, it would definitely be worse than the cavalry. So Qian Zhao wisely gave up the pursuit of Sima Yi, and instead drove away and killed other scattered cavalry soldiers.

However, Qian Zhao's decision not to pursue Sima Yi made Cao Ping, who hurried back, extremely dissatisfied.

'General Qian! You sent me away, could it be that you wanted to let the enemy go? ! ' Cao Ping raised his triangular eyes and stared at Qian Zhao.

Cao Ping was dissatisfied with Qian Zhao at first, but due to Cao Cao's order, he had to obey Qian Zhao's arrangement and took some troops to pretend to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain. As a result, when he came back, he found that the battle was over, and the key was that he was not able to capture and kill Sima Yi!

Although Qian Zhao did catch Sima Yi's weakness and gave Sima Yi a surprise, he did not expect that the big yellow crossbow saved Sima Yi's life and finally let Sima Yi escape from the battlefield.

Did Qian Zhao succeed?

He succeeded. He defeated Sima Yi, which frustrated Sima Yi's original plan to sneak attack the transit camp and lost a lot of troops.

But did he fail?

In Cao Ping's eyes, Qian Zhao had failed. Cao Ping felt that Qian Zhao had failed to complete Cao Cao's task and betrayed Cao Cao's trust.

Therefore, Cao Ping immediately questioned Qian Zhao angrily.

Someone secretly pulled Cao Ping's sleeve, indicating the sword in Qian Zhao's hand.

If that person had not done so, Cao Ping might have been able to endure it a little longer. As a result, when that person reminded him, Cao Ping suddenly remembered the frustrations he had suffered under Qian Zhao's "threat" in the past few days, and he immediately became angry and shouted loudly: "The lord gave him the sword so that he could capture and kill Sima! Now he has failed to complete the lord's entrustment! Now the thieves have arrived, but he let the thieves escape! This is a serious crime of betraying the army! How can he hold the lord's sword and command the entire army? ! Come, take away his sword and military token! Take him to the lord to be punished! '

After Cao Ping said this, the other soldiers looked straight at Qian Zhao.

Although Cao Cao did not explicitly state that Cao Ping was Qian Zhao's military supervisor, as a senior military school of Cao's Central Guard, serving as Qian Zhao's general, more or less has some meaning of "military supervisor". If Qian Zhao won a great victory and captured Sima Yi, then naturally nothing would happen. Now Qian Zhao failed to capture and kill Sima, and fell into Cao Ping's mouth.

Qian Zhao originally wanted to say that he only issued a military order to defeat Sima Yi, and did not say that he must "capture and kill"!

Of course, although he has been shouting "capture and kill", it is more of a slogan he used to motivate soldiers before the war. Now seeing Cao Ping's tense appearance, it seems that he is about to fight if he disagrees with something. Qian Zhao is a little discouraged. He chuckled and stuck the sword and the sheath into the ground, "If this is the case, I will not say much, I will go to the prime minister to apologize! This power to command the army, if Cao's generals want it, there is no need to find these excuses! '

Qian Zhao stood up and stared at Cao Ping, 'For the sake of our colleagues, I remind you... Don't think that everyone in the world is incompetent! '

Qian Zhao did not linger after he finished speaking. He dismissed a few Cao soldiers who had gathered around him after hearing Cao Ping's order, mounted his horse and led a few personal guards to Cao Cao's location.

Cao Ping signaled a few people to follow Qian Zhao and go back to report to Cao Cao. After all, he did not have Cao Cao's full authorization and was not a real military supervisor. It was okay to borrow some power, but it would be a bit presumptuous to really arrest Qian Zhao.

Now that Qian Zhao "voluntarily" gave up his military power, of course there would be no problem...

Legal and compliant.

The most important thing in Shandong is to be "legal and compliant".

Asking people to follow Qian Zhao was just to prevent Qian Zhao from turning the tables.

What Cao Ping really cared about was the sword and military power left by Qian Zhao. He walked forward and reached out to pick up the sword, then stroked the scabbard, patted the mud on it, and gently blew away the dust. Then he drew the sword, put on a self-righteous and heroic posture and said: "Everyone, do you still have the courage to fight? ! 』

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