Chapter 13 The big man also has an iron cavalry, and all the soldiers charge with me!
Cao's army has been stationed at Dunqiu for several days.
After Yu Du and others conquered Dongwuyang, they seemed to be in no rush to attack Puyang. They stayed in Dongwuyang without much movement.
After discussion, Cao Cao, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu decided that
The biggest factor causing the Yellow Turban Army's slow movement should still be the weather.
It's already December now,
The weather has reached its coldest period.
The yellow scarf rises again,
First, because the world is in chaos, the wise people in the Yellow Turbans also want to take advantage of this opportunity to try again.
Another reason is because winter is here, the Yellow Turban population is too large, and there is no food!
If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, they wouldn't be willing to fight with the officers and soldiers in the winter.
Moreover, there were only a few people who wanted to overthrow the rule of the Han Dynasty. Most people joined the Yellow Turbans just for a bite of food and to survive.
After conquering Dongwuyang, the Yellow Turbans obtained a lot of food supplies.
It's just that the indigenous people have suffered so much that the Yellow Turbans can survive, but they can't...
Since Dongwuyang has been defeated, Cao Cao is beyond his reach and can only wait and see what happens.
Cao Cao brought 25,000 soldiers from Chenliu. In the previous battle with Bai Rao, nearly a thousand people were killed and injured.
But together with the 7,000 soldiers recruited from Dongjun,
At this moment, there are nearly 30,000 troops stationed in Dunqiu.
Dunqiu is the junction area between Dongjun, Weijun and Neihuang.
It is the only way for the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans to return to Wei County. Cao's army stationed here is equivalent to cutting off the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans' retreat.
But now that the Yellow Turban is in no hurry,
Of course Cao Cao was not in a hurry, he was even happy to delay it for a while longer.
Because he can take advantage of this time to relocate more people,
He could even take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to deal with the Xiongnu who had been lingering in Liyang City for a long time!
Yes,
You read that right,
It’s the Huns!
This is a group of Southern Huns who have been lingering in the territory of the Han Dynasty for a long time. Their leader is named Yu Fuluo.
Yufuluo was the son of Shan Yuqiangqu of the Southern Xiongnu and the brother of Huchuquan.
At that time, the Han Dynasty borrowed troops from the Xiongnu in order to conquer Xianbei.
So Yufuluo led thousands of southern Xiongnu cavalry to obey the orders of the Han Dynasty and rush to support the Han army to conquer Xianbei.
But then there was a coup in the Southern Huns,
Yufuluo's father, Qiangqu, was killed, and Xubu Guduhou was established as a chanyu. Yufuluo lost the support and contact from the southern Xiongnu, and became a lonely army unable to return to the southern Xiongnu. In the end, he simply stayed in the Han Dynasty
The land remained.
After all, the Xiongnu were foreigners and were incompatible with the customs of the Central Plains.
Although Yuvluo once sought refuge with Yuan Shao, he ran away because of incompatibility, and finally went around and occupied Liyang City.
Neihuang is located in a plain, which is suitable for cavalry warfare. The Xiongnu are all cavalry, so most of them are stationed in Neihuang outside Liyang City.
The news that Cao Cao came to Dongjun to garrison Dunqiu also spread to the Xiongnu.
Although he was a little worried about whether Cao Cao would take advantage of them, Yuvrou was still very confident in his Hun cavalry.
He even said to his generals:
"Whether they are Xianbei or Han people, have we ever been afraid of the Xiongnu cavalry? Although Yuan Shao's men are very powerful, didn't we also escape?
Not to mention how much worse Cao Cao is than Yuan Shao,
Just say that Neihuang is located in a plain suitable for cavalry warfare. If Cao Cao dares to come, our son-in-law can definitely kill him without leaving a trace!"
Yuvluo didn't pay much attention to Cao Cao who was stationed in Dunqiu.
He neither escaped nor prepared for war, but sent out his cavalry every day to monitor the movements of Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao now has cavalry,
Moreover, they were elite cavalry who had gone through the test of almost death in the battle against Dong. Later, after being replenished, their number reached 10,000.
Cao Cao's cavalry are now all under the command of Zhao Yun.
One is naturally because of Zhao Yun’s martial prowess.
The second one is because Zhao Yun once commanded Baima Yicong,
Although he is only a centurion,
But he is a serious man who has had many battle experiences with foreign cavalry and is proficient in cavalry tactics.
Cao Cao was also idle at Dunqiu.
When Xun Yumou was busy directing the people to migrate,
Cheng Yu was discussing with Cao Cao how to capture the southern Xiongnu as quickly as possible and eliminate a potential disaster in Dongjun.
Cao Cao is very serious and takes it seriously.
But Humphrey and his knights were careless.
They didn't even discover that Cao Cao had an elite cavalry force of nearly ten thousand men!
then,
Just when Yuvluo thought that Cao Cao was nothing more than that and started to take it lightly,
Ten thousand troops led by Zhao Yun suddenly appeared in front of them like divine soldiers descending from the sky!
Zhao Yun's men were all light cavalry.
Influenced by Zhao Yun and Baima Yicong,
There are nearly 500 people in this cavalry who can shoot bows and arrows on horses, which is commonly known as mounted archery.
When the rumble of horse hooves sounds,
When a wave of arrows fell from the sky, Huvroud and his Hun cavalry were stunned...
"What...what's going on?"
"It's Cao Cao's cavalry. Cao Cao's cavalry is coming to kill us!"
"Nonsense! How can the Han cavalry be able to shoot like our prairie cavalry?"
"Look, the cavalry in front of them are all white horses, and everyone can shoot bows and arrows right away!"
"Damn it, it must be Baima Yicong!"
...
Gongsun Zan had only a thousand white horse followers.
But this special force with only a thousand people killed the Hu people with fear.
Different from the northern nomadic people’s fighting habits of fighting independently,
Baima Yicong not only has good organizational discipline, but in most cases they dare to risk their lives and are extremely bloody.
Not only is he good at impact and close combat, but he has also learned how to ride and shoot from barbarians...
If you can't do it remotely and can't win in melee, what should you do?
The barbarians from the north tell you: "What else can you do? Run!"
Just when the Huns were wondering,
Zhao Yun bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at Yuvluo!
If the general beside Yuvluo hadn't been clever and saved Yuvluo at the critical moment, Zhao Yun's arrow would not have hit his hat, but his brain!
Humphrey was startled, and immediately said angrily: "Don't panic, there are only a few dozen horses from the White Horse Yi Cong, please cheer up and charge me!"
The Huns are indeed a famous fighting people on horseback.
Although they were attacked by Zhao Yun's cavalry for a while, they quickly woke up from the chaos.
Under the command of their respective generals, they quickly gathered and charged towards Zhao Yun's cavalry.
Zhao Yun raised his troops to attack once, and was now making a detour to prepare for the second charge.
Yu Fuluo was almost sent to see his father by Zhao Yun Shenlai's arrow just now.
He was so angry that he no longer cared about the cavalry formation.
Directly, an order was shouted for the whole army to charge!
Zhao Yun saw that the other party rushed towards him without any plan.
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised,
He snorted softly and said:
"Hmph! Today, I want to show you that a big man also has a cavalry!"
Zhao Yun put away the long bow in his hand and took off the gentian bright silver spear hanging on the Yezhao Jade Lion.
The jade lion stands upright in the night light,
Zhao Yun pointed the tip of his spear diagonally toward the sky!
"Soldiers, charge with me!!"
“Xilulu!!!”
Cao Jun’s knights knew Zhao Yun’s bravery very well.
Following this kind of general who is said to be invincible in the world, they suddenly became fearless and eager to kill.
With Zhao Yun's encouragement,
Ten thousand cavalrymen of Cao's army roared in unison!
"charge!!"
Humphrey was deeply moved by this uniform and thundering "charge".
The thought of turning around and running away came to mind.
"Kill the enemy!!"
"Kill the enemy!!"
"Kill the enemy!!"
Yu Fuluo was not the only one who was frightened by Cao Jun's momentum;
Most of the Xiongnu cavalry were shaken by Cao Jun's momentum. It is considered good to be able to exert 70 to 80% of their abilities.
Zhao Yun seized the opportunity,
He and his deputy Yue Jin led five thousand cavalry respectively and suddenly separated. Not only did they avoid the most powerful arrow point for the Huns to raise troops, they also drew a beautiful line and then penetrated straight into the enemy's waist!
Yuvluo watched Cao's cavalry cut off, divide and annihilate his army. His eyes were red!