Cao Thief

Chapter 702 Tigers and Leopards Like the Wind
Leopard rides like the wind!

This is Cao Cao's evaluation after watching the tiger and leopard riding performance.And the other sentence is "Tiger Riding Pai Shan", which means that when the Tiger Riding launches a charge, it is as overwhelming as climbing mountains and seas.This is also in line with the nature of leopard rides and tiger rides.Fundamentally speaking, at the beginning of the establishment of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, there was no clear distinction, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was basically a whole.

This has a great relationship with the environment Cao Cao was in at that time.

At that time, Cao Cao didn't have much capital in his hands, especially at the beginning of Jian'an, the supplies were extremely scarce, and he was unable to carry out systematic training at all.

Even if the farms were farmed everywhere, the situation could not be improved.Until Lu Bu was eliminated, Xuzhou ushered in a stage of great development and great leap.After several years of painstaking efforts, it has formed the current situation of Daxi.Even during the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao did not make a deliberate distinction between tiger and leopard cavalry.Among them, there are very special historical reasons.According to the current classification, tiger cavalry is heavy cavalry, while leopard cavalry is light cavalry. There is a big difference between the two.When the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was established, it still followed the cavalry training model since the Han Dynasty.The armored riding equipment necessary for heavy cavalry has not yet appeared, and most of them are based on horse armor.

Horse armor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, also known as 'Dangxiong'.

It's made of leather and relatively crude.Even so, horse armor is extremely precious.Even during the Battle of Guandu, there were only ten horse armors in Cao Cao's army, which shows how precious they are.At that time, Yuan Shao had tens of thousands of soldiers, but there were only [-] complete horse armors.It is precisely because of this reason that the heavy cavalry cannot appear, and it is still an ordinary training mode to practice tiger and leopard cavalry.

Until Cao Peng returned from Liangzhou for his guilt, he was three years old in Xingyang.

It was also by chance that he talked with Cao Zhen about the armored riding equipment, and suggested that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry should be divided into a Leopard Cavalry and a Tiger Cavalry.

Driven by Cao Peng, at the beginning of the [-]th year of Jian'an, Heyi Workshop produced the first set of armored riding gear.

According to the memory of his previous life, Cao Peng divided the armored riding equipment into six parts: the face curtain, the chicken neck, the chest, the horse body armor, the back and the parasite.Through Cao Zhen's relationship, Cao Peng suggested to Cao Chun that the tiger cavalry be formed into a heavy cavalry.After Cao Chun considered the suggestion, he inspected the armored riding gear made by the Guohe No. [-] Workshop, and he readily agreed, and at the same time officially reported it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao immediately began to separate the tiger and leopard cavalry for different training.

In addition, Cao Peng opened the Hexi trade route, together with horse-producing areas such as the Western Regions and Mobei.In particular, the establishment of Shandan Ranch made Cao Cao no longer need to worry about horses.In this way, with the constant flow of war horses from Hexi into the Central Plains, the environment under Cao Cao’s rule has also undergone tremendous changes. A brand-new unit, the heavy cavalry, was born in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty 200 years earlier...

Lu's Han Kingdom was attached to him, and Cao Peng went to Xudu to die.

After observing the performance of the tiger and leopard cavalry, he suggested to Cao Chun to change the training mode of the leopard cavalry.

The previous leopard riders mostly focused on riding and shooting.Today, saddles, stirrups and horseshoes are all available, and with light armor, more fighting methods are derived.For example, leopard cavalry still maintains the tradition of cavalry and archery, and at the same time it is equipped with a special saber, which has the embryonic form of later generations of light cavalry.

The saber is made by covering the soil and burning the blade.

In terms of shape design, it slightly refers to the shape of the later Damascus machete, which has stronger lethality.

The knife is 90 cm long, 4 cm wide, and has a short handle.

Cao Peng called it a hand knife.Once the Leopard Cavalry is in close contact with the opponent, the hand knife can produce huge lethality.

The tiger and leopard cavalry began to be remodeled in the tenth year of Jian'an, and the elite soldiers from all over the country were rushed to conduct separate training.

The charge of tiger riders, the riding and shooting of leopard riders, after nearly two years, the brand-new tiger and leopard riders finally entered the stage of history in Jingzhou.Before that, even during the Battle of Youzhou, Cao Cao used the original tiger and leopard cavalry.But this time in Jingzhou, Cao Cao sent this reorganized tiger and leopard cavalry, with an undisguised intention of shocking and intimidating, in order to promote Wuwei.

Yinshi let go, the sky was dark.

Liu Bei's army is in the most relaxed state.

The soldiers were already exhausted after running around in the cold wind and rain all night.At this time, most people are sleeping soundly.A few people barely cheered up during Zhao Yun's inspection just now.But as soon as Zhao Yun left, these soldiers immediately changed back to their original appearance.

In the dark wilderness, there was the sound of rumbling hooves.

Many soldiers widened their ignorant eyes and looked into the distance suspiciously.

But most people failed to react.It wasn't until groups of cavalry rushed out of the darkness and quickly approached that no one saw the situation clearly.Those cavalry soldiers were all tall horses with pawn chests and face curtains.A knight on a horse, with a black helmet and black armor, and a black leopard-print mask.Seeing them rushing forward, bending their bows and setting arrows on their horses with ease, the arrows rained like rain...

"An enemy attack, an enemy attack!"

Only then did the soldiers come to their senses and let out shrill shouts.

Cao Gong's arrow made of three-edged arrowheads roared towards him.Several soldiers were instantly shot like hedgehogs and fell in a pool of blood.

"Jun Cao is here!"

The rear army suddenly became chaotic.

Seeing the leopard cavalry roaring towards them, just as they were about to charge into the formation, they suddenly spread out to both sides, and a heavy black armored cavalry that many people had never seen before appeared in sight.Tiger riding Paishan!Cao Peng took the lead and led the heavily armed tiger cavalry to launch a swift attack.

"Tiger rider, set up a gun."

Following his order, the two thousand tiger riders were divided into four teams, set up sharp spears, and charged into the chaotic army roaring.The nearly four-meter-long spear pierced fiercely into the enemy's chest and flew out.Many soldiers were caught off guard, and were slammed into by the galloping horses, as if they had hit a moving wall, and flew out immediately, breaking their bones and tendons.

Heavy cavalry is definitely a first-class killer in this era.

Many of the soldiers in Liu Bei's army were temporarily recruited farmers... Before this, they had never even been on the battlefield, let alone such a terrifying army.As the tiger riders broke into the enemy army, Liu Bei's camp suddenly became chaotic... After the leopard riders dispersed, there was no chaos.Instead, under the leadership of Pound, he accompanied the tiger riders into the chaos.After such a charge by Tiger Cavalry, the soldiers were already in chaos.The leopard rider took the opportunity to put away his bow and arrow, took out two fuel tanks filled with tung oil from his horse's pocket, and smashed them out.Cans of kerosene fell to the ground, and then a torch flew down and burned immediately.

Some fire oil cans fell directly into the bonfire lit by Liu Bei's soldiers and exploded immediately.

The splashed pottery shards blasted the people around the bonfire into bruises all over their bodies, and they fell to the ground screaming...

In less than a stick of incense, the flames on the slope of Changban burst into the sky, and the shouts of killing could be heard endlessly.Liu Bei's trilogy was unable to organize effective resistance at all, and under the overwhelming charge of tigers, he was quickly defeated and fled in all directions.Those ordinary people who came with them were even more frightened.Seeing groups of devil-like knights rushing over, they let out a series of screams.

Cao Peng, take the lead.

The painting pole halberd danced, rolling up heavy halberd clouds.

Several enemy generals came on horseback, but they couldn't last two or three rounds, so they were cut off by Cao Peng.

"Ling Ming, follow the orders."

After Cao Peng picked and killed one of the enemy generals, he met Pang De who was on the way.

In the flames, Pang De was full of murderous aura, and the Tiger Roaring Saber was like a post from the king of Hades, killing the enemy's blood into rivers.Hearing Cao Peng's yell, Pang De was startled and immediately reacted.He remembered Cao Peng's advice to him before, quickly agreed, turned his horse's head and left.

In the distance, a group of enemy troops came roaring.

In the light of the fire, there was a military general in the lead, about forty years old, but his temples were already grey.I saw him wearing armor and holding a long sword in his hand. Under the light of the fire, he waved the sword and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, don't panic... I am Zhonglang General Mi Zhu. I stop them."

Mozhu?

Cao Peng's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth under the mask turned up slightly, revealing a stern coldness.

"Tiger rider, charge!"

He roared, and the ligers under his crotch neighed like dragons and tigers, and rushed towards Mizhu with Cao Peng on his back.Under Mi Zhu's command, the archers who had gathered hastily opened their bows and released their arrows.However, facing Cao Peng whose whole body was covered in iron armor, the roaring arrows had no effect at all.Cao Pengwu animated the halberd, like a sharp arrow off the string, rushing towards the enemy.

There is a saying that will be the courage of the soldiers.

The master will take the lead, how can those rigorously trained tiger riders be left behind.

Their mounts are all good horses from the Western Region Dawan sent from Shandan Racecourse.Although it was not comparable to Cao Peng's liger, its explosive power far exceeded that of ordinary cavalry.Just imagine, Cao Cao concentrated all his strength to train three thousand tiger riders.

One thousand of them are now staying with Cao Cao.

The remaining [-] tiger riders were concentrated on this small Changban slope.

Tiger Cavalry is divided into four teams, each team has only 500 people.There was only one team of tiger knights who accompanied Cao Peng to charge.But these five hundred riders made many people feel inexplicable fear.The whistling approach, as if the sky was falling apart, caused many soldiers to scream in fright, throw away their weapons, turn around and leave.Arrows can't hurt the opponent, once they charge over, they will definitely die.

Mi Zhu didn't know where this strange cavalry army came from.

Everyone was wearing masks, and the general who was the first made Mi Zhu feel an extremely absurd feeling.

Wearing a golden crown with trident hair on his head, wearing a treasure armor of Tang Dynasty, a lion belt around his waist, a black cloak, and a painting pole halberd in his palm... except that the horse is a little different, it seems to be the rebirth of the tiger.Mi Zhu was in Xuzhou back then, but he often confronted Lu Bu.Lu Bu's outfit is so familiar!The countless vicious battles made Mi Zhu feel a deep sense of fear towards Lu Bu.

Lu Bu, alive again?

Mi Zhu was also taken aback by Cao Peng who rushed over first.

Fortunately, he was quite courageous, and he was not scared out of his wits... He drew his sword and shouted sharply: "Who will take the head of the enemy general with me?"

"Mi Zhonglang, a certain family is willing to go."

Before Mi Zhu finished speaking, a general rushed out from behind.

This person jumped off the horse and was about seven feet six inches tall. He got off the horse and was shot in the palm of his hand. He rushed towards Cao Peng like the wind.Mi Zhu recognized the man, his name was Gou An, from Nanyang County.He was originally a subordinate of the gangster Zhang Wu, but later defected to Liu Bei, and offered Zhang Wu's mount, Lu Ma.

This Gou An can also be considered to be highly skilled in martial arts, but he has never had the chance to show it.

Now at Mi Zhu's order, Gou An leaped out with his gun on his horse.He buckled the stirrups with his feet, and his body was slightly bent on the horse, like a big bow.Seeing that he was about to rush in front of Cao Peng, Gou An suddenly roared and stood up, shaking the big gun in his hand, and stabbing straight at Cao Peng.This shot can be said to have condensed the power of the Gou Security Department, as fast as lightning, and as fast as thunder.

Unexpectedly, Cao Peng didn't even look at it, the halberd drew a strange arc in mid-air, and struck Gou An's spear with a clang.A huge force came from the big gun, which only shook Gou An's body to numb, and the tiger's mouth burst open, dripping with blood.Gou An yelled that it was not good, dropped his gun and rode away.But you have already delivered it to me, so how can you leave as you wish?Cao Peng's halberd disintegrated Gou An's weapon, but with his other hand, he took out an iron meteor from his crotch pocket, raised his hand and sent it out, flying towards Gou An with a swish.

As soon as the iron meteor came out, Mi Zhuke recognized Cao Peng.

He yelled, "Gou An, be careful!"

Gou An was urging his horse to gallop, when he suddenly heard the sound of the golden wind behind his head, and heard Mi Zhu's cry, he subconsciously looked back...

The Iron Meteor was right in front of him, Gou An couldn't dodge, and was hit by the Iron Meteor.The Iron Meteor in Cao Peng's hands now is very different from the Iron Meteor he used back then.First of all, the weight has become a lot heavier... Cao Peng's Iron Meteor was only about one catty when he was in Liangzhou, but now it weighs a full two catties.The volume has not changed, but the weight has increased a lot.

And Cao Peng, after three years of ghost salary in Xingyang, has become a master of martial arts.

This iron meteor flew out, carrying nearly a hundred catties of strength.With a bang, the iron meteor slammed hard on Gou An's face, smashing Gou An's face into a dent.Gou An screamed and fell from his horse into the dust.The liger came roaring, its iron hooves trampled on Gou An's chest, crushing Gou An's breastbone to pieces.Afterwards, five hundred tiger riders roared past, leaving only a pool of rotten meat on the ground.

Gou An was killed with one move, and the soldiers who were already panicked suddenly became even more panicked.

Although Mi Zhu desperately summoned the soldiers, seeing the tiger riders getting closer, the soldiers shouted in unison, turned their heads and left...

"Mi Zhonglang, the general situation is over, let's go quickly."

Several entourages shouted loudly, Mi Zhu helplessly looked at Cao Peng who was getting closer, shouted, pulled his horse and left.

His departure also made the situation even more chaotic.Four thousand tiger and leopard riders, plus Cao Peng's eight hundred entourage, were less than 5000 people, but Changbanpo, where more than ten thousand people gathered, was turned upside down.Mi Zhu hugged the horse's neck and walked away in embarrassment. The sound of killing behind him became more and more indistinct.

Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the danger was over, he suddenly heard the ringing of the horse hanging bell in front of him...

Mi Zhu was so frightened that Lingling shuddered, and immediately looked up!

(End of this chapter)