Xiliang Iron Cavalry

"What about you? How did you choose?" Patriarch Yu looked at the other three families with not as good-looking expressions as before.

"I, I don't agree with such an approach, and I am willing to withdraw, but you can rest assured that I will definitely not inform you."

"Hmph." Patriarch Yu snorted dissatisfiedly.

The three Patriarchs who disagreed were naturally imprisoned. Before the matter was settled, no one could get out of this room. Even if Patriarch Yu agreed, the others would definitely not agree. Rebellion is not a child's play. Home, after Liu Bei and Liu Pan learned about it, the first thing he did was to lead the soldiers to clean up.

"Cao Jun will meet outside the city at that time, we are like this..." Patriarch Yu slowly said the plan that he had already thought up, and the other Patriarchs in the field saw that there was nothing missing, and nodded in agreement.

In the middle of the night, Jiangling City was extremely quiet. The first thing Liu Pan did after he entered the city was to impose a curfew. After dark, everyone had to go home immediately, but anyone who walked on the street would be shot to death.

During the battle, it is normal to use this method. The people in the city did not have the mood to resist at first, but as time went on, not only the merchants were not happy, but the people also disagreed. Many people in the city relied on their own craftsmanship or It is to do odd jobs for businessmen to earn money for their families. With such a closure of the city, people have no surplus food in their homes, and businessmen have lost many consumers. Naturally, there is a lot of resistance, but these are all in secret. The choice of the common people has always been to accept it when it is no longer possible to survive.

It is useless to rely on verbal resistance. The defenders in the city are swaying with swords and guns. Whoever dares to speak out against them can only talk about it behind their backs and enjoy their mouthful.

The night was as dark as ink, and three hundred men in black came out of Patriarch Yu's mansion, and under the cover of night, they walked slowly towards the city gate.

I have to say about Patriarch Yu's methods. He is already very familiar with the patrolling soldiers from Yu's house to the city gate. The soldiers were not alerted.

Not only was it as simple as three hundred black-clothed men sneaking into the city gate, but in order to be safe, Patriarch Yu asked several other patriarchs to dispatch dead soldiers in the family to continuously create chaos in the city and provide opportunities for the most elite black-clothed men.

Ordinarily, such a strategy can be described as flawless, but there is a problem with the generals guarding the city. The guard at the east gate is a general in Liu Bei's army. He was alert and immediately ordered the soldiers to report to Liu Bei.

The man in black is the dead man of the family. The training he usually undergoes is how he is not afraid of death. After arriving at the city gate, he did not speak too much, and immediately fought. One side is a well-trained soldier, and the other is Soldiers who are not afraid of death, the battlefield is heating up rapidly.

At the same time when the men in black attacked the city gate, chaos appeared everywhere in the city. The private soldiers of the aristocratic family were not afraid of patrolling soldiers in the city. Generally, there were three or five soldiers on patrol, at most ten people. In the team of more than a hundred people, only a few dared to draw their swords directly, and most of them rushed to report the news here.

"Sir, there is chaos in the east, west, south, and north of the city, and patrol soldiers are constantly being attacked." Liu Bei frowned, feeling extremely anxious. All his family assets are in Jiangling, so he naturally didn't want any mistakes in Jiangling.

After Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, he said in surprise: "My lord, it's not good. I'm afraid the aristocratic family in the city is colluding with Cao Jun and wants to open the city gates, so quickly send soldiers to the various city gates." The matter was critical, and Zhuge Liang also lost his usual demeanor. look like.

"Send an order to let General Zhang and General Guan come to the big tent as soon as possible." Liu Bei ordered.

The defenders at the East City Gate resisted very tenaciously. These soldiers have followed Liu Bei for many years and traveled to various places. They have never seen such a scene. Although there are only fifty or sixty soldiers in their hands, the gatekeepers still have sufficient confidence to repel these men in black. , After a short fight, the gatekeeper was a little disapproving of the fighting power of the man in black. With such a force, he even tried to attack the city gate in delusion, but he was just a bloody dead soldier.

Fifty or sixty soldiers became an insurmountable gap in the eyes of the man in black. No matter how hoarse Patriarch Yu yelled at the rear, he could never break through.

There are fewer and fewer defenders. No matter how the men in black don't know how to cooperate, they have an advantage that the defenders don't have, that is, they are not afraid of death. No matter how critical it is, no one retreats.

After losing more than 100 people, there are only more than 20 defenders. It only takes a single effort to seize control of the city gate. Patriarch Yu looked joyful and continued to direct the men in black to come forward.

"kill!"

"Kill all these traitors."

Patriarch Yu was startled, "Zhang Fei?" People in the city were no strangers to this signboard roar. Even if Zhang Fei was in the east of the city, people in the west of the city could hear it.

Under the leadership of Zhang Fei, more than a hundred cavalry rushed into the men in black, and within a short while, they killed the men in black's team.

The fire in the city was extinguished by the defenders, and the boiling Jiangling gradually calmed down.

Cao Jun, who had been lurking outside the city for a long time, saw that the noise in the city was getting smaller and smaller. Cao Cao's face was very ugly. Jiangling was a matter of great importance. seize.

"My lord, could it be that Patriarch Yu didn't do things closely enough and was discovered by the defenders in the city?" Xi Zhicai stepped forward and asked.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Impossible. Judging from the strategy passed by the head of the Yu family, there are no omissions, and the Yu family is quite powerful in the city. The chances of winning with other aristocratic families are great. Let's wait and see."

"My lord, the city gate is open, the city gate is open." Xun Yu stood outside the tent, and after receiving the latest news from the soldiers in front, he hurried into the big tent, dancing with hands and feet, which is not what Wang Zuozhi should have. style.

"Decree that the tiger and leopard cavalry enter the city immediately, and the three armies are ready to attack Jiangling." Cao Cao ordered, the opportunity to seize Jiangling is fleeting and must not be let go.

The city gate was wide open, and torches were constantly waving on the city. It was not until the sound of rumbling horseshoes that the darkness gradually returned.

Xia Houdun frowned. At this time, Jiangling City was like a flood beast with its mouth wide open. He felt a little uneasy, and led the soldiers to kill the city gate without hesitation.

Five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry had just broken into the city gate, and they were greeted by a dense rain of arrows. Unprepared, the cavalry lost dozens of people.

Every soldier of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was selected as strictly as the Xiliang Army, and the intensity of training was also very high. In order to capture Jiangling, Cao Cao directly sent the most elite troops in the general.

"It's a trick." Xia Houdun, who had been in the battlefield for a long time, immediately realized that something was wrong, and shouted: "The whole army retreats."

It's just that compared to the five hundred tiger and leopard riders at the city gate, turning around is a bit more difficult. In the chaos, the cavalry were crowded and trampled on each other, and the number of those who fell off the horse was unknown.

Fighting desperately to get out of the city, there were only more than 100 tiger and leopard cavalry around Xiahoudun, and more than 300 elite cavalry were buried in Jiangling City.

"My lord, our army has been tricked. Jingzhou soldiers were ambushed at the city gate, and more than 300 tiger and leopard riders were lost." Xia Houdun said dejectedly.

Liu Bei appeared on the city gate, looked at Cao Jun who was waiting outside the city, laughed and said, "Son Cao Cao, it's not that easy to sneak attack on the city gate."

After speaking, something was thrown from the city.

"My lord, this is Patriarch Yu's head." A general in charge of contacting Patriarch Yu stepped forward and said.

Cao Cao's complexion keeps changing, he doesn't care about the loss of Patriarch Yu and the family in the city, but the more than 300 tiger and leopard cavalry are the heart of Cao Jun's painstaking efforts. After so many years of forming cavalry, Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry only has 2000 people, and they belong to Cao Jun. The killer's mace has been used with great reluctance, but he did not expect to die under such a trick.

"Liu Bei, I will take your life in the future, and pay homage to the dead soldiers." Cao Cao pointed at Liu Bei with a horse whip in his hand and shouted.

Cao Jun retreated in despair, and Liu Bei was in a good mood.

"Sir's strategy is really ingenious, and Cao Jun lost more than 300 cavalry." Liu Bei turned around and said.

Zhuge Liang also woke up from the initial panic, and said calmly: "After this battle, the morale of the defenders has been greatly boosted. It will be more difficult for Cao Cao to capture Jiangling. Maybe he will retreat because of this. Then the danger in Jiangling can be resolved."

Liu Bei nodded slightly. Since Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, the strategies he has given to Liu Bei's army are all very good. Take Cao Jun as an example, he has suffered a lot from Zhuge Liang.

The equipment of more than 300 tiger and leopard riders all fell into the hands of Liu Bei. These weapons were basically purchased by Cao Cao from the Xiliang Army at a large price, and now Liu Bei is cheap for nothing.

After Cao Cao returned to the army, his face was not at ease. The tiger and leopard cavalry were the most elite soldiers in the army. Unexpectedly, Jiangling City was not only not captured, but lost soldiers and generals. is the most heart-wrenching.

At this time, Cao Cao also had the idea of ​​​​retiring the army. The grain and grass in Jiangling City were enough for three months, but during these three months, the grain and grass that Cao Jun needed to consume were countless. The food and drink expenses for escorting food and grass soldiers are all money, and the road from Yanzhou to Xuzhou is not very easy, and a large number of people are needed to escort them.

"My lord, if our army retreats, we should leave heavy troops to guard Nanyang County in order to attack Jingzhou again in the future."

After Cao Cao had this idea, the counselor should be the one who made a plan.