Soldiers come to the world

Qiao County spans Huaibei and Yuan, and is the longest county in the north-south direction in the original area. The Weishui flows through the whole territory from north to south, which also makes both sides of the Weishui the most important grain-producing area in Qiao County.

This morning, a group of [-] cavalry came quickly from a small path, directly up a low hill, and looked to the south. This cavalry was exactly a dozen scouts sent by the Han army. One of them belongs to the most elite Eagle Strike Army of the Han Army.

All the scouts received the same task, to find Cao Jun who was heading north from the Jianghuai River. This scout team ran southward along the canal for more than [-] miles, but there was still no trace of Cao Jun.

Even though the canal water is a big river parallel to the vortex, it also flows into the Huaihe River, but it is not as wide as the vortex, and the water volume is not abundant enough, but it is very good for irrigation, so there are also large farmlands on both sides of the canal.

"Tun Commander, we have already walked south for more than three hundred miles, and we will reach the Huaihe River a few hundred miles further south. It is impossible for Cao Jun to be still in the south!" A soldier finally couldn't bear it and put forward his own idea.

The head of this scout team is named Jiang Zhong, a Han Chinese with rich experience in scouting. He pondered for a moment and said: "So far, we haven't seen any signs of Cao Jun going north. There are only two possibilities, or Cao Jun didn't go our way." To investigate the route, either Cao Jun is still in the south, if Cao Jun is on another route, he will be discovered by another scout team, but our task is to continue going south."

"Follow me!"

The head of the village, Jiang Zhong, urged his horse to charge south, followed by [-] cavalry from the Han army.

Going further south, the large tracts of farmland gradually disappeared, and they entered a low and gentle hilly area with a radius of a hundred miles. The mountains were covered with endless forests, and there were fork valleys everywhere. Along the canal, the direction will not be wrong.

The scout team slowed down and went all the way south. Just after walking for more than [-] miles, they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in front of them at the turn of a valley. Jiang Zhong immediately made a decision. With a wave of his hand, everyone rushed into the nearby woods.

Not long after, two messenger soldiers from Cao's army were galloping forward on horseback. Jiang Zhong whispered to the crowd, "Shoot the horse and catch him alive!"

Everyone understood and raised their crossbows together. Just as two cavalry cavalrymen of Cao army passed by like lightning, twenty crossbow arrows shot out from the woods together. Going out, one of the cavalry rolled into the canal.

The scouts of the Han army rushed out of the woods and captured one of the Cao cavalrymen. Several scouts jumped into the ditch and dragged the other cavalry ashore. Move into the dense forest.

After a while, the scout cavalry of the Han army continued to run south again, but this time, they no longer took the official road, but took a small road to detour ahead. They got the news from the captives that the [-] Cao troops who had gone north were just [-] ahead. inside.

In a valley just [-] miles away, more than [-] Cao soldiers were burying pots and cooking. After marching all night, the soldiers were exhausted.

The road from Xiacai County to Qiao County is far away, almost going through the entire Qiao County. Even so, it is much closer from Xiacai County to Qiao County than from Xuzhou to Qiao County. The [-] troops quickly withdrew to Qiao County and participated in the defense of Qiao County.

Just as Sima Yi judged, the Cao army divided its forces from two lines and marched northward, the Xiacai Cao army marched northward from the west road, the Yicheng Cao army marched northward from the east line, and the main force of the Huaibei Cao army was mainly in Xiacai County, and there were more than [-] Cao troops marching northward from the west line People, led by General Yu Jin.

On a mountain ridge not far from Cao Jun, Jiang Zhong led several scouts to observe Cao Jun in the valley. They had rich experience and quickly judged the number, equipment, and food and grass situation of Cao Jun.

It can be seen that Cao Jun did not bring much food, there were not many tents to store food, and there were not many livestock to transport. This was an army of light soldiers going north, and they did not bring luggage, which showed that they were marching extremely fast.

Jiang Zhong immediately wrote a report, rolled it into a wooden tube, and tied it to the leg of a letter eagle. They threw the letter eagle high, and the letter eagle spread its wings and flew to the north...

After the soldiers rested for an hour, Yu Jin continued on his way. This time, Yu Jin discarded all his luggage when he went north. Each soldier only brought three buckets of rice, which was a light march. The Han army intercepted.

But if it was intercepted by the Han army in Chengfu County, he would not care, he could fight, but he was very afraid of being intercepted by the main force of the Han army. Yu Jin also knew that Xuchang had fallen, and the next step for the Han army would be to march eastward to Qiao County.

The problem now is the lack of intelligence, Cao Jun's intelligence is too weak, they don't even know where the Han Army is now?Yu Jin could only place a bet that they could reach Qiao County before the Han army entered Qiao County.

"Boost!"

Yu Jin kept urging the soldiers to march faster. He knew that the speed of march was the key to the success of their northward march. The [-] Cao troops continued to speed up their march and marched northward on the vast plain.

In the afternoon of the next day, Cao Jun had already left Xiacai County for about [-] miles, and was about to reach Qiao County with more than [-] miles. After a day and night of forced marching, the soldiers were exhausted. Bypass: "General, brothers are exhausted, can you rest for a while?"

Yu Jin looked at the map. They were only about [-] miles away from Chengfu County. If the Han army in Chengfu County wanted to intercept them, it should be at this time. The soldiers must maintain a certain amount of physical strength. Yu Jin read the head, "Just Rest for an hour!"

They happened to be located in a farmland, surrounded by endless wheat seedlings, like a green ocean, and there was a small forest one mile away. Perhaps because of the arrival of the army, the farmers who had been working in the fields hid in the woods one after another. , Some people were poking their heads at the edge of the woods.

Cao Jun's soldiers were already exhausted, and they all sat down to rest on the spot. The soldiers took out water and dry food, but at this moment, many people showed surprise, looked around, and many soldiers stood up.

Yu Jin also stood up. He felt the ground shaking, and a feeling of extreme uneasiness emerged spontaneously, but he only hesitated a little, but there was a sound of exclamation and screams from the rear army. Yu Jin suddenly understood that this must be It was the cavalry of the Han army who came to kill him. He was very anxious and shouted: "Form up and fight immediately!"

Yu Jin has rich experience. He knows that he can't run away from the cavalry, and if he escapes, he will only be chased by his tail, and he will be defeated. If there are not many cavalry in the Han army, there may be a glimmer of hope for them to welcome them.

The army led by Yu Jin can also be regarded as an elite Cao army. It was originally Xu Huang's army. After the battle in Hefei, Xu Huang was transferred from Hefei by Cao Pi. Very well trained.

Under Yu Jin's order, the [-] former troops quickly lined up. They rushed into the wheat field and formed a square formation of spears to deal with the cavalry.

But at this time, the wheat field has become insignificant in the face of the war. The two armies broke out in a fierce battle in the wheat field covering an area of ​​tens of hectares. The army is relatively weak. When the rear army is no match for the cavalry and starts to rout, it will trigger a snowball effect. The rear army wraps the front army, and eventually the entire army is defeated.

Sure enough, Cao Jun's rear army couldn't withstand the impact of the seven thousand Guanlong cavalry. In just a moment, they were defeated across the board. The Han cavalry followed and killed Cao Jun's corpses. The opponent had assembled the former army phalanx, he took out the horn, raised his head and blew vigorously, "Woo—" the low-pitched sound of the horn blew in the field.

The Han army also began to line up quickly, forming a team of a hundred people, and attacked Cao Jun's spear phalanx from all directions.

Although Cao Jun was very exhausted, they were well-equipped and well-trained, especially all of them were fearless and did not run away in panic. When the cavalry of the Han army were getting closer and closer, the soldiers in the first row suddenly stepped aside and showed themselves behind them. In the formation of crossbowmen, two thousand crossbowmen swiped their crossbow arrows on the ground, aiming at the cavalry rushing a hundred paces away.

Pang De led [-] Guan Long cavalry to gallop in the wheat field. Pound was not afraid, and he swung his knife and shouted: "Kill them, defeat them!"

General Zhao Chong found out that the opponent had already set up a crossbow array, so he caught up with Pang De and said anxiously: "General, the opponent has a crossbow, so don't force it!"

Pound stared deeply at the enemy army in the distant wheat field, bit his lip tightly, and resolutely shouted: "Kill me!"

The horses of the [-] Guan Long cavalry galloped across the field. Under the sun, a black storm rolled up like a flat ground, and swept towards the [-] cavalry Cao's infantry on the official road with a force of destruction.

"shoot!"

With an order from Jin, there was a sound of crossbow machine crashing, and two thousand crossbow bolts flew into the air, like a black net flying in the air, overwhelmingly shooting at the cavalry who had rushed eighty steps away.

The cavalry raised their shields to meet them, and the dense rain of arrows roared into the cavalry group. There was a scream, and about two hundred cavalry arrows rolled and fell to the ground. Then the second round of arrows arrived, and cavalry arrows kept falling down. The cavalry was galloping like lightning, and they rushed thirty paces away in no time. ． ． ． ．

Yu Jin saw that the opponent's attack was too fierce and they had no way to retreat, so he made up his mind and raised his knife and shouted: "Let the spear formation fight!"

This infantry was trained by Xu Huang. They were all strong men selected from various places in Yuzhou. After years of training and several battles, they became more skilled in combat and had extremely strong combat effectiveness.

At this time, they all knew that they had no way out, and the wildness in their bones suddenly broke out. They raised their spears, screamed and rushed towards the cavalry.

The Guanlong cavalry was the first cavalry unit established by the Han army. In order to fight against Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, the soldiers were selected from hundreds of thousands of troops. They were all strong and burly, with strong armor and sharp swords.

The war horses they rode were also one of the best horses in a hundred, with strong and powerful limbs, and their murderous intentions also broke out. Wielding swords and spears, they rushed into the enemy group like a storm, and the screams suddenly sounded. ． ． ． ． ．

The two armies fought bloody battles on the plain thirty miles southeast of Chengfu County. The cavalry slashed with swords and charged with spears. Blood and flesh splattered and human heads rolled. The official road and surrounding wheat fields were stained red with blood, and sticky blood pooled together There were streams of dead bodies and severed limbs everywhere.

Pang De personally led three thousand cavalry to charge towards the most densely populated enemy group. His long knife flew and slashed, and he was unstoppable. Wherever he passed, there were many corpses and blood mist. He was so frightened that his legs trembled, he turned and fled, followed by his three hundred cavalry guards, charging all the way, invincible.

The cavalry has an absolute advantage over the infantry. Although these cavalry infantry are all fearless and well-trained, they are gradually unable to support under the impact of the powerful cavalry.

In particular, the long-distance march exhausted a lot of physical strength. Their physical strength was severely overdrawn, and they were unable to fight with the cavalry of the Han army for a long time. Cao's soldiers were divided and surrounded by the cavalry and eliminated one by one.

At this moment, another army appeared in the northeast direction. It was the general Wei Yan who led [-] troops. They cut off Cao Jun's retreat from the north.

Seeing that the general situation was over, General Cao sighed, drew his sword and wanted to kill himself, but was hugged by his own soldiers and shouted: "The king of Han wants to treat the general well, why does the general want to die?"

Yu Jin had nowhere to go, and he really didn't want to commit suicide. Under the persuasion of his own soldiers, he had no choice but to throw down his sword and order: "The whole army surrenders, don't resist!"

The general ordered to surrender, and the more than [-] Cao troops finally collapsed. They knelt down and surrendered, begging for mercy. Pang De ordered to stop the killing, and the remaining Cao troops were all captured alive. and go.

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