Mi Han

Chapter 265 Cao Xiu expects Cao Pi to question
Wearing fine armor, Cao Xiu, while refuting Zhao Yan's report, waved his right hand at the same time to show his resistance to accept this matter.

And because Cao Xiu couldn't believe it in his heart, he swung his right hand a little too much.

This strong movement caused the armor on Cao Xiu's body to whimper.

Zhao Yan saw Cao Xiu's strong reaction after learning about this incident. He had never commanded a cavalry army before, so of course he couldn't understand Cao Xiu's reaction.

However, as the military advisor Cao Pi personally appointed to Cao Xiu, Zhao Yan was obliged to let Cao Xiu accept the reality.

Zhao Yan bowed to Cao Xiu again and said, "General, if you don't believe me, you can tell by looking at the city."

After hearing what Zhao Yan said, a trace of resistance appeared on Cao Xiu's suspicious face.

But after seeing Zhao Yan's swearing look, he finally led Zhao Yan towards the city wall.

Cao Xiu had commanded the tiger and leopard cavalry for many years. Among the generals of Cao Wei, he knew as much about the cavalry as anyone else.

Maybe Zhao Yan will be deceived by Guan Yu's blindfold, but as long as Cao Xiu, a general who knows the reality of his own cavalry, goes to the top of the city to have a look.

Then there are naturally conclusions about the authenticity of what Zhao Yan reported.

Because he was eager to expose Guan Yu's tricks in his heart, Cao Xiu immediately rode his horse and rushed towards the city after leaving the general's mansion.

Under the galloping horses, Cao Xiu and Zhao Yan arrived at the northern city of Fancheng in a short time.

After arriving at the city wall, Cao Xiu took three steps in parallel and quickly moved towards the city wall.

When Cao Xiu arrived at the north wall of Fancheng, he found that although the Wei soldiers on the city wall were standing at their respective posts, panic had already appeared on the faces of many of them.

Perhaps in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the importance of cavalry had not been fully reflected.

However, since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty began to counterattack the Xiongnu, under the leadership of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the imperial pair, the cavalry has become a new trump card in the Han army.

In those wars that attracted countless praises from later generations, it was the Great Han Cavalry Army established with the strong support of Emperor Xiaowu who beat the Huns, who dominated the world, to the point of crying and howling.

Since then and hundreds of years later, the cavalry has used countless brilliant battles to establish its irreplaceable ace position among the Chinese arms.

Of course, because the current equipment of the cavalry is not perfect, the soldiers of the Wei army who can currently become the cavalry can almost be regarded as elite soldiers in the whole army of Wei.

This point is a consensus among Da Wei.

Cao Xiu knew that if what Zhao Yan said was true, then thousands of comrades who had been praised as elite soldiers in the past would now be displayed as corpses under Fancheng.

This tragic fact must have had a great impact on Wei Jun in Fancheng.

After the impact, the morale of the Wei army in Fancheng will definitely be greatly affected.

Because he understood this, Cao Xiu rushed to the city wall to expose "Guan Yu's lies."

But when he went to the city and saw this scene, a sense of uneasy speculation instantly filled his heart.

At the beginning, tens of thousands of Wei troops unexpectedly appeared outside the city, which was a kind of pressure for the Han army, but it was an encouragement for the Wei army defending the city.

Almost all the infantry of the Wei Army on the city wall that day saw the costumes of the Wei Army cavalry.

Although it may not be seen clearly because of the distance, but the general appearance is still known.

So it is self-evident what the behavior of Wei Jun soldiers on the city wall represents.

It's just that Cao Xiu is not a shrinking character. Although he already had a bad guess in his heart, he still strode forward.

When Wei Jun on the city wall noticed Cao Xiu's arrival, their panic eased.

It's just that Wei Jun who was near Cao Xiu subconsciously looked at Cao Xiu.

As the backbone of the tens of thousands of Wei troops currently in Fancheng, Cao Xiu's reaction for a while will greatly affect the morale of the Wei troops on the city wall.

When Cao Xiu walked quickly to the city wall and looked down, the scene in front of him almost made him a little unsteady.

Below Fancheng, thousands of corpses of Wei soldiers in fine armor were displayed there in an orderly manner.

Because of the condescending angle, Cao Xiu, who has excellent eyesight, could even see the wounds on the corpses of Wei Jun.

Dry and bloody.

The corpses of the thousands of cavalrymen of the Wei army have become blood corpses.

Even Cao Xiu, a veteran general like Cao Xiu, felt that this extremely impactful scene was a bit unacceptable.

When Cao Xiu, who was proficient in cavalry tactics, saw the wounds on the cavalry of the Wei army, he roughly judged almost immediately what kind of tragedy the thousands of cavalry of the Wei army had experienced before their deaths.

And just at this glance, Cao Xiu judged that the thousands of corpses displayed under the city wall were undoubtedly the cavalry of the Great Wei.

Because the fine armor worn on those corpses and the horse armor arranged together are enough to prove this point.

Those fine armors and horse armors were the same as what Cao Xiu remembered in terms of specifications and styles.

And these are Guan Yu's army, there is no way to fake them.

With the load-bearing capacity of the southern war horses, it is even more impossible for Liu Bei or Sun Quan to waste a lot of manpower and material resources to build horse armor specially for the war horses.

Although the many horse armors currently appearing in the city are incomparable with the heavy armor worn by the tiger and leopard cavalry, the styles are also very different.

But despite this, it is also one of the most serious cavalry horse armor.

With the current smelting technology in the south, it is absolutely impossible to forge it.

So Cao Xiu was filled with grief when he saw these horse armors that he was so familiar with and even participated in the design of.

A cavalry army that can be worn in horse armor must be the elite of its own side.

But now these elite cavalry troops have turned into miserable corpses laid across the city by the enemy.

Cao Xiu couldn't help closing his eyes at this sad scene.

The scene in front of him deeply hurt his eyes.

Cao Xiu's hands pressing on the top of the wall unconsciously clenched tightly. Because of the great force, the blue veins on Cao Xiu's hands began to show slowly.

It can be seen from this how deep the grief and anger in Cao Xiu's heart at this time.

At this time, Zhao Yan had also come behind Cao Xiu, and because he was close, Cao Xiu's performance was seen by him.

Just when Zhao Yan thought that Cao Xiu would burst out the grief and anger in his heart, a moment later, Cao Xiu slowly opened his eyes.

He forced a smile on his face, looked at Zhao Yan behind him and said, "Boran, Guan Yu has nothing to do, and even set up this trick to deceive our army."

"Our army has not yet fought against the bandits, and our cavalry are all elite, coming and going like the wind. How could they lose so much under the attack of the infantry?"

"Presumably, Guan Yu must have resorted to this kind of bombing plan because he wanted to disturb the morale of our army."

Cao Xiu's voice was very loud, as if deliberately ensuring that his words could be heard by the surrounding Wei Jun.

After Zhao Yan heard Cao Xiu's words, although he subconsciously showed some astonishment, he was naturally quick-witted as Cao Xiu's military adviser.

So Zhao Yan came to his senses immediately, and he responded loudly to Cao Xiu: "The general is wise, and he saw through Guan Yu's tricks at a glance."

Under the chorus of Cao Xiu and Zhao Yan, Wei Jun, who was mostly unknown on the city wall, showed a sudden look on his face.

They are not Cao Xiu, and they don't know much about their own side and the enemy's.

Even they, who were originally farmers, didn't know the importance of horse armor in their hearts.

They don't even know that with the current national strength of the south, it is impossible to use so many horse armor and fine armor to deceive.

As for where the corpses under the city came from, that's easy to understand.

Just kill good.

It's not that the Wei army has never done this kind of thing in the past. It is reasonable for them to infer that the Han army would do this.

Looking at Cao Xiu's words at present, it is very reasonable on the surface.

As for those Wei army generals on the city wall who knew a lot of inside stories, after seeing Cao Xiu's reaction, even if some of them couldn't guess the deep meaning of Cao Xiu's actions, no one would be stupid enough to expose Cao Xiu's words face to face.

Therefore, the morale of the soldiers of the Wei Army who had begun to drop because of the thousands of Wei Army cavalry corpses under the city began to slowly rise.

After saying that to Zhao Yan, Cao Xiu pretended to be indifferent and walked down the wall.

He looked a little happy at this moment, as if he had seen through Guan Yu's trick.

But what he actually thinks in his heart, Zhao Yan is very clear.

So when Cao Xiu went down the tower, Zhao Yan quickly followed behind Cao Xiu.

After Cao Xiu walked down the city wall and came to a remote place, Cao Xiu, who realized that Zhao Yan was following him, immediately turned around and grabbed Zhao Yan's arm.

At this time, there was no joy on Cao Xiu's face, but only monstrous anger.

He couldn't figure out who Cao Pi sent to be the commander of the cavalry army, and Guan Yu could kill and injure thousands of people with infantry.

If you can't beat it, can't you run?

But what Cao Xiu didn't know was that it was because one of his relatives wanted to run away that indirectly caused this unacceptable tragedy.

But now is not the time to pursue responsibility. The most important thing now is how to minimize the impact of this incident on Fancheng.

Cao Xiu held Zhao Yan's arm and solemnly ordered:

"Next, if there are any soldiers on the city wall who dare to whisper to each other, they will all be killed!"

Cao Xiu knew that although his performance just now might temporarily appease the emotions of most Wei Jun.

But the soldiers on the city wall are not fools, let alone blind.

Although many Wei troops on the city wall were infantry, they did not have a detailed understanding of the cavalry outfits of their own troops.

But before tens of thousands of cavalry troops appeared outside the city, it was not long ago.

Cao Xiu could use his prestige and the ignorance of most Wei soldiers to weave a short lie like "seeking plums to quench thirst", but this kind of lie will not last long.

As long as Guan Yu doesn't remove the corpses of the Wei Jun cavalry for a day, then as time goes by, the Wei Jun on the city wall will become more and more aware of the truth of the matter.

At that time, the decline of the army's morale in the city will no longer be inevitable.

What Cao Xiu can do now is to let this result come as late as possible.

Hearing Cao Xiu's order, Zhao Yan also realized the seriousness of the matter, so he nodded to Cao Xiu, indicating that he would focus on this point in the future.

After giving this order, Cao Xiu finally said in a heavy tone:
"I hope that His Majesty will send someone who is good at fighting to rescue Fancheng this time, otherwise."

Cao Xiu didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Zhao Yan understood Cao Xiu's meaning.

From the thousands of corpses of the cavalry of the Wei army, it can be seen that they must be part of the tens of thousands of reinforcements that appeared outside the city.

Tens of thousands of cavalry troops were killed and injured, so the support army could no longer play a role in supporting Fancheng.

And when the news reached Cao Pi in Wancheng, even if Cao Pi didn't know about soldiers, he would know how much the morale of the Wei army in Fancheng would be hit after the news spread.

The isolated city is trapped, and it is most taboo to lose hope because no reinforcements can be seen.

When Cao Ren was besieged by Zhou Yu's army in Jiangling City, judging from the fact that he was able to lead the army to break out of the siege, he must have had many Wei troops under his command at that time.

But the reason why Cao Ren chose to abandon the city and flee in the end was not because Guan Yu was so ruthless that the Wei army in Jiangling City could not see the reinforcements and the morale became more and more depressed?

Because of this lesson, during the battle of Xiangfan last year, even if recruits were mobilized, Cao Cao had to send some reinforcements to appear outside Fancheng first. This is what he prevented.

With all these past events, Cao Pi will definitely send reinforcements if he wants not to lose Fancheng.

Cao Xiu is very clear about this, and now he only hopes that the reinforcements sent by Cao Pi will be an exciting general.

This can at least ensure that Wei's reinforcements will not be defeated by Guan Yu again.

But until now, Cao Xiu still couldn't understand how the tens of thousands of great Wei cavalry could be defeated like this.

Could this be Guan Yu's ability?
Make the impossible possible.

Just as Cao Xiu expected, when a group of generals of the Wei army who were defeated by the Han army on the bank of the Han River fled back to Wancheng, Cao Pi, who learned the news, was so angry that he wanted to kill.

At this moment, Cao Pi put aside the self-cultivation of the Confucian emperor and the demeanor of the great Wei emperor.

At this moment, he was as disbelieving and angry as he was when he learned that Cao Cao was going to make Cao Zhi the crown prince.

In Wancheng's Chaqi General's Mansion, Cao Pi looked at Cao Tai and others who had just escaped and knelt in front of him with anger in his eyes.

Unable to suppress the anger in his heart, Cao Pi suddenly got up from the throne.

"[-] Wei Jingqi against [-] captive infantry, thousands of casualties, countless escapees, Cao Tai, are you kidding me?"

On the surface, Cao Pi's words were asking, but from his current tone, it can be heard how annoyed he is now.

He was so annoyed that he no longer wanted to show any brotherly love, and called Cao Tai by his nickname, but by his first name.

When Cao Pi finished speaking, he had already come to Cao Tai, and then he bent down and looked at Cao Tai with dangerous eyes.

Now Cao Pi really needs Cao Tai to give him an explanation that can keep him rational.

　Also, update overnight tonight.

　　Under the vigil, day and night have turned upside down.

　　Maybe I'm about to enter the circle too, before that, I have to cheer up.

　　Read the rest of the chapters, readers, the next morning, don't stay up late!

　　
　
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