It was already galloping rapidly, and Pang Tong was still giving orders to speed up!
This cavalry was led by Pang Tong himself and assisted by Chen Dao. The knight was only equipped with a sword and carried a repeating crossbow on his back!
"kill!"
"Pfft..."
"Bang!"
Cao's army became more and more fierce in killing, and Xiahou Dun even personally led his guards to fight!
"withstand!"
"Pfft!"
"ah!"
One of Liu Jun's subordinates was still taking command when he was pierced by a sudden arrow!
On the shaft of the carriage, Xun You put away his bow and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "I haven't practiced for a long time, but fortunately I'm not rusty."
"Herod!"
…
"I……"
"What's going on!"
Not long after the tiger and leopard cavalry charged to the two wings of Liu Jun, the war horse suddenly fell to the ground for some unknown reason!
And it’s not just a person. Almost every time he moves forward, a horse falls down!
Cao Chun raised his sword and shouted, "Stop!"
All the scattered tiger and leopard cavalry teams stopped moving in place!
"Ouch!" Cao Chun dismounted and walked, but suddenly he tripped!
After touching the ground, Cao Chun's expression changed, "Bring me the torch!"
The soldiers brought a torch, and when Cao Chun shined it on the ground, the look on his face was no longer ugly, but panicked!
There are potholes as thick as an arm everywhere on the ground! They are so densely packed that there are several within three or two steps!
Cao Chun took a few steps with the torch and stretched out his arm to dig into the pit. It was not deep, just up to his elbow.
But this little depth is an insurmountable chasm for cavalry, no, for war horses!
As long as the horse's hoof steps in, the horse's leg will definitely be broken!
"All troops dismount!"
"Lead the horse and help it avoid these potholes!"
Xia Houyuan on the other side is facing the same situation as Cao Chun!
Xia Houyuan was more persistent. He only ordered the troops to dismount when he could no longer move forward.
After walking a few steps, Cao Chun stopped again. He suddenly had a very bad feeling, "Speed up and join Xiahou Dun's army!"
Suddenly Cao Chun stopped again, "Stop!"
After everyone stopped again, Cao Chun's expression changed drastically. Not only him, but all the officers and soldiers of Cao's army were panicked!
"Why is the ground shaking?"
"There are cavalry approaching!"
"what to do?"
Cao Chun got on his horse and shouted to the surrounding soldiers, "Don't panic! We can't gallop, and neither can the enemy!"
"They can't get through either! Don't panic!"
Chen Dao on the other side pursued Xia Houyuan's troops. He led the entire army to dismount and walk! As he walked, he remembered Pang Tong's instructions to him when he separated from Pang Tong.
"After encountering Cao's army, the general can use the war horse as a shield, use the repeating crossbow and the tiger and leopard cavalry to engage in long-distance combat!"
He was a little amazed at Pang Tong's ruthlessness. You must know that Jingchu has always been short of war horses. If there are too many war horses, Jingchu will not be able to replace them.
But he suddenly figured it out again. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is Cao Cao's most elite army. It is said that you can fight on horseback when mounted, and on foot when dismounted. If you can exchange a mere war horse for the opportunity to annihilate the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, then the deal will be worth it.
Got it!
"accelerate!"
"promise!"
In this kind of terrain, the man and three horses riding by the tiger and leopard became a burden.
How can a person walk fast when he is leading three horses and must always pay attention to each horse's movements to prevent them from stepping into pits?
But Liu Jun is not like that. They dug the hole. They know how to get there, and they only have to take care of one horse. It is much easier than Cao Jun!
It didn't look like they were fighting at all. Cao Liu's cavalry soldiers were all holding torches in one hand and holding reins in the other, pulling their horses one after another and marching!
"General, they are catching up!"
"Damn it, speed up!"
"call out!"
…
Liu Jun's arrows could almost reach Cao Jun!
Xia Houyuan was originally riding a horse and was pulled forward by his soldiers, but now he had to dismount and walk.
"call out!"
"Pfft!"
…
Arrows kept coming, and people or horses had already been shot!
Xia Houyuan looked at Liu Jun who was getting closer and closer behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "The whole army obeys the order! Give up the other two horses and take only one horse with you."
"General! No! The horses mounted by tigers and leopards are the best. If we leave so many horses, Liu Jun..."
"If you don't give up the war horses, we will have to stay here as well. Think for yourself whether this is true." The deputy general was interrupted by Xia Houyuan before he could finish his words.
"Then why doesn't the general kill the horse? The red knife goes in and the white knife comes out. Isn't it very time-consuming?"
Xia Houyuan looked sideways at the deputy general, "You idiot, if I kill the horse and Liu Jun continues to pursue, will we be able to escape? If we keep fighting with them, who will rescue them?"
"Use war horses to seduce Liu Jun so that we can retreat calmly!"
"Abandon the horse! Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law!"
"promise!"
By the time Chen Dao caught up, more than 16,000 war horses were already spinning in the same place!
"Haha, now I'm rich!"
Part of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was damaged due to the deep pit. Despite this, the quality and quantity of these horses are considered to be of the highest quality!
Pang Tong's army also caught up with Cao Chun's troops. Cao Chun wanted to kill the horse, but was shot wildly by a serial crossbow. As a last resort, Cao Chun had to abandon his horse and retreat quickly.
When Pang Tong arrived, he captured less than 8,000 horses.
Despite this, Pang Tong was very satisfied. He patted the horse in front of him and said to the deputy general with a smile, "Send the order to withdraw! Send the order to Zhou Yu, maintain the formation, and retreat slowly! Don't get entangled with Cao's army!"
"promise!"
The two teams actually retreated in opposite directions.
"General, the military advisor has ordered us to withdraw our troops!"
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Pang Shiyuan, you really have a lot of clever ideas."
Amid the incomprehension and confusion of the generals, Zhou Yu waved the order flag and said, "Send the order! The entire army retreats slowly!"
"promise!"
"The general has an order! Withdraw troops!"
Liu's soldiers who were fighting in front of the formation suddenly retreated. Although Xiahou Dun was confused, he did not pursue him, but ordered his troops to withdraw.
The hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides actually stopped fighting. Under the orders of their respective commanders, both sides slowly retreated!
After marching twenty miles west, Xiahou Dun ordered the entire army to repair.
"alert!"
Feeling the vibration on the ground, Xiahou Dun frowned and said, "Listening to the sound, the enemy army definitely does not have more than 10,000 horses. These should be Jingchu cavalry."
How could there be only this little movement when a tiger and leopard ride one person and three horses?
"The shield bearers are forward, the pikemen are behind, and the archers are ready to fire arrows!"
Cao's army quickly formed a formation, waiting for the enemy to arrive in the dark night!
"Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"Herod..."
"Pfft..."
After waiting for a long time, no enemy troops were seen coming. Xiahou Dun was a little confused, "Why didn't they fight back?"
"Don't fire arrows! We are the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under General Xiahou Yuan!"
"Don't fire arrows! We are the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under General Xiahou Yuan!"
A knight came on horseback despite the rain of arrows, and shouted loudly at the same time!
Because Xiahou Dun lacked an eye, his other senses were more sensitive. He heard the knight's cry clearly, "Stop shooting arrows, stop shooting arrows quickly!"