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 the Cao 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 be in a more embarrassing situation.

 And 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.

One more thing, the flames and black smoke from Sima Yi's burning of the grain and grass obscured the figure of Qianzhao and others who rushed out.

By the time the vibrations became more and more obvious and the sound of horse hooves could be clearly heard, Qianzhao and the 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 shroud of black smoke, it was not possible to clearly see how many soldiers and horses the other party had come.

This is the sapreis that Qianzhao gave to Sima Yi.

 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 burst 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. It was a cavalryman with the same horse uniform, but the cavalryman was holding 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! 』

 It is correct to shoot the man first and the horse first in most cases.

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

 There is an extremely complex problem of mutual 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 Jun’s infantry were surrendered by Yuan Jun. Therefore, the experience of Cao Jun’s infantry against cavalry archers 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.

 But such tactics were ineffective in the face of 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 hussar 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 method of warfare. To win the battle, we can only analyze the specific situation and seize the opportunity to make rational 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 light-armed light-arrow cavalry of the nomadic people into the two-horse heavy-arrow medium-armed horse archers that currently 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 roam and conduct reconnaissance within a range of more than a hundred miles, plunder enemy supplies, carry out sabotage, assassinations, 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 one of restraint. It is impossible to switch to archers immediately when the opponent sees the spearman, as in the game, and then when the opponent sees the archer here shooting, they immediately draw the sword and shield...

 This is war.

 War is not a sports competition, nor is it a place where both sides are circled 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 fight against 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 Jun 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 Qianzhao and others began to advance, but Sima Yi did not turn around and retreat immediately, but tried to intercept them, the chance of Qianzhao and others' winning increased to 60%!

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

　　『Raise your shield! 』

 Hold Qianzhao loudly.

 Cao Jun'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.

 Others are just resistance!

　　　　嗖嗖嗖! 』

The sound of arrows piercing the air was heard endlessly, as if they were hailstones hitting the bodies of Cao Jun's cavalry such as Qianzhao.

 The cavalry of Cao's army sandwiched in the middle are 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's army on both sides seemed to have grown weeds, with many more arrows crisscrossing the branches!

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

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

 In other words, some fell down, but the number was far from what Sima Yi originally expected.

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

Those horse clothes!

Sima Yi took a closer look and found 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 charging rapidly.

　　　『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.

  Fee's "hidden" rules.

 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 understands the intention of Qian Zhao, let alone Sima Yi?

　　『Withdraw! 』

Sima Yi immediately turned his horse around 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 the move is this effect.

What?

 The archers turn around and shoot?

 That's right, horse archery is indeed a sharp skill.

 But shooting from behind will reduce the speed of the horse. At the same time, not everyone can have skills similar to that 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's army 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 abandons all advances and goes straight to Sima Yi, forcing Sima Yi to engage in hand-to-hand combat with him. In this aspect, Qianzhao undoubtedly has the 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 now compete with Qian Zhao to fight against each other. But now, Sima Yi's speed is not enough, and his soldiers are relatively scattered, which makes Qian Zhao's sudden advance. Sima Yi's counterattack was insufficient and failed to block the lead move or delay its advance.

 The ultimate trick for holding a move is Ma Yi.

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

 This is the secret weapon used to resist bows and arrows.

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

Of course, if Sima Yi had known all this, he could have turned these Cao Jun cavalry into moving torches by changing them to rockets. But who on the real battlefield could "know it in advance"?

The move achieved its goal. His sudden advance disrupted Sima Yi's arrangement and successfully threatened Sima Yi's life, forcing Sima Yi to flee. Sima Yi's escape also forced other hussar soldiers to leave with him.

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

Horse hooves flying.

 The mud and dust are scattered.

 Black smoke billows.

Looking down from the air, Sima Yi's cavalry were scattered, while Qianzhao and others were like sharp swords, cutting through the black smoke and piercing Sima Yi's direction.

 The loess and the camp became the background wall of this battle, and there was no time to cheer or cheer...

Sima Yi looked back and saw Qian Zhao and others getting closer and closer. Although the scattered hussars trying to intercept them were brave, they did not have an effective array. Even if they occasionally shot down individual Cao Jun cavalry, overall they were not able to defeat them. These Cao Jun cavalry stopped them.

And because Cao’s cavalry were all covered with horse clothing, and the length of the horse clothing covered the horse’s legs below the knees, most of the stumbling ropes thrown by the hussars were blocked by the horse clothing.

Seeing that Qian Zhao was getting closer and closer, Sima was about to become a dead horse at the critical moment. The big yellow crossbow that was originally going to be fired at the transit camp suddenly turned and fired towards the Qian Zhao cavalry array, finally saving Sima Yi. A crucial blow to life!

Originally, the group that assembled the big yellow crossbow was to shoot at the transit camp and burn the camp to store food and grass. However, they didn't expect that when they started to carry out long-range attacks, they rushed out and chased Sima Yi like a rabbit. The same chase!

The soldiers of this group of big yellow crossbows moved a little slower. As soon as they loaded the crossbow arrows, they saw Sima Yi's miserable state. Without having time to think about it, they instinctively changed the direction of the attack and shot the special weapon towards Qianzhao and other Cao's cavalry. The crossbow arrow!

The arrows of the big yellow crossbow roared, piercing the sky, and slammed into the formation!

The specially made big yellow crossbow bolt hit a Cao Jun cavalry and shattered on the spot!

 The fire oil loaded in the middle of the crossbow bolt suddenly sprayed fire and oil in all directions!

Some of the cavalrymen who were lucky enough not to be contaminated by the flames could still run wildly with the kerosene, but those Cao Jun cavalry who were contaminated by the kerosene and unfortunately encountered some scattered flames immediately burst into flames!

The cavalry of Cao Jun's horses are covered with straw bags, which are simply the best fuel depots!

Cao's cavalry were ignited by the flames, and both men and horses let out shrill screams, which was frightening.

The originally formed formation of Cao Jun's war horses became disorganized by instinct and fled in all directions.

The lead in the queue was also affected, and was twisted in other directions by a few scurrying war horses...

Qianzhao looked at the missing Sima Yi’s back and was silent for a moment. Finally, he let out a long sigh and ordered to withdraw his troops slowly.

 Both sides are cavalry. Once the opportunity is missed, the pursuit will be meaningless once the opponent's speed increases.

What's more, the cavalry side of Cao's army wore horse clothes to resist bows and arrows. The load was obviously heavier than that of Sima Yi's side. Short-distance bursts were fine, but in long-distance pursuits and endurance competitions, they would definitely be worse than the hussars. Therefore, Qianzhao wisely gave up the pursuit of Sima Yi, and instead drove and killed the other scattered hussar soldiers.

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

　　　Lead the general! Could it be that you sent me away to deliberately indulge the enemy? ! ” Cao Ping raised his triangular eyes and stared at Qianzhao.

Cao Pingyuan was dissatisfied with Qianzhao at first. However, due to Cao Cao's orders, he had to obey Qianzhao's arrangements and took some troops to pretend to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain. However, when he came back, he found that the battle was over. After the fight, the key point is that Sima Yi was not able to be captured!

Although Qianzhao did catch Sima Yi's painful foot once and then gave Sima Yi a surprise, he did not expect that the big yellow crossbow saved Sima Yi's life and finally allowed Sima Yi to escape from the battlefield.

 Was the move successful?

 Succeeded, he defeated Sima Yi, which frustrated Sima Yi's original plan to attack the transit camp and lost a lot of men.

 But did he fail?

In Cao Ping's eyes, Qianzhao failed. Cao Ping felt that Qianzhao failed to complete Cao Cao's mission and betrayed Cao Cao's trust.

Hence, Cao Ping immediately started asking questions aggressively.

Someone secretly tugged on Cao Ping's sleeve and gestured for the sword in his hand.

If that person didn't do this, Cao Ping might have been able to endure it a little longer, but when the person reminded him, Cao Ping suddenly thought of the aggrievements he had suffered under the "threat" of Qianzhao in the past few days, and he suddenly became angry and shouted loudly. : "The Lord gave him the sword so that he could capture and kill Sima!" Now he failed to complete the master's entrustment! Now the thief has arrived, but the thief has escaped! This is a serious crime of betraying the army! How can I hold the Lord's sword and command the whole army again? ! Someone, come and take away his sword and military talisman from me! Take him to the Lord for questioning! 』

When Cao Ping said this, the other soldiers looked at Qianzhao.

Although Cao Cao did not explicitly state that Cao Ping was leading the recruitment and supervising the army, as the senior military academy of Cao's Central Guard Army, he served as the general who led the recruitment, which more or less meant "supervising the army". If Qianzhao had won a complete victory, beheaded Sima Yi, or captured Sima, then naturally everything would be fine. Now that Qianzhao failed to capture and kill him, he fell into Cao Ping's trap.

Qianzhao originally wanted to express that he only issued a military order to defeat Sima Yi, but did not say that he must "capture and kill" him!

Of course, although he kept shouting "capture", it was more of a slogan he used to motivate the soldiers before the war. Now looking at Cao Ping's tense appearance, he seemed to be ready to take action if he disagreed. Qianzhao felt a little discouraged, hehehe, and thrust the sword into the ground with its scabbard, "If this is the case, so-and-so will not Too much to say, just go to the Prime Minister and apologize! General Cao wants this power to command troops, and there is no need to make these excuses! 』

Qianzhao stood up and stared at Cao Ping, "For the sake of my colleagues, I would like to remind you... don't think that everyone in the world is incompetent!" 』

After Qianzhao finished speaking, he stopped lingering. He chased away a few Cao soldiers who had gathered around after Cao Ping's order. He mounted his horse and took a few personal guards with him, and headed for Cao Cao's location.

Cao Ping motioned for several people to follow Qianzhao and go back together to report to Cao Cao. After all, he did not have full authorization from Cao Cao, and he was not really supervising the army. It was okay to borrow a little power, but if he really wanted to subdue his superiors and seize the leader, it would be a bit overstepping.

Now, if Zhao Zhao "voluntarily" gives up military power, of course there will be no problem...

 Legal compliance.

 The most important thing in Shandong is "legality and compliance".

Let people follow the lead move, but it is just a rake to prevent the lead move.

What Cao Ping really cares about is the sword and military power left by Qianzhao. He stepped forward and reached out to pick up the sword, then rubbed the scabbard, patted the mud on it, and gently blew the dust on it a few times. Then he pulled out the sword and put on a posture that he thought was heroic. He said with a posture: "Everyone, do you still have the courage to fight?" ! 』

 (End of this chapter)