Chapter 72 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Unparalleled in the World!
Cao Ren and Cao Chun rushed out of Xinye and did not dare to stop for a moment. They did not stop to count the number of people until they were sure that there were no pursuers, more than thirty miles away from Xinye.
There were less than 3,000 men, even though they were elite tiger and leopard cavalry, they were ambushed by Zhuge Liang, and more than 2,000 people were lost.
Cao Ren took off his helmet and sweated profusely. He wiped the sweat and said, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for Zixiao, we might all have stayed in Xinye today."
Cao Chun didn't know what to say at this time; he could only comfort him by saying, "When the prime minister leads the army south, Zhuge Liang will have nothing to worry about."
Just as Cao Ren was about to reply, the ground gradually began to shake!
"There is an ambush, mount your horse quickly!" Cao Ren shouted and took the lead in mounting his horse.
"Form up and prepare!" Cao Chun immediately ordered.
"Listen to the sound, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of cavalry!" Cao Ren's eyes were a little horrified.
It is impossible for Liu Bei to have so many cavalry, so Liu Cong can only send troops.
Cao Chun looked around and said, "There are woods behind us. If we retreat into the woods, we may be able to escape, but the advantages of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will not be used!"
"You mean cavalry and shooting?" The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has been commanded by Cao Chun all year round. Cao Ren didn't know much about the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry's combat effectiveness.
"That's right, the tiger and leopard cavalry are all elites who have fought in many battles. They have one man and two horses. The cavalry of Jingchu will definitely be incomparable!" Cao Chun was a little proud.
Mounted archery is a means of striking the enemy with a bow and an arrow while the horse is galloping fast. However, in the late Han Dynasty when the horse stirrup was not invented, those who could reach this level were probably the only ones who grew up on the grassland.
The barbarians on horseback. Then there are the elite cavalry and tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao's army. Maybe the elite of Xiliang's army can also do it.
Now, Cao Ren and Cao Chun must either retreat into the forest and flee, or use these three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to fight against the Jingchu cavalry.
After Cao Ren thought about it, he asked, "But we just had a big battle in Xinye and have traveled for dozens of miles. Will the soldiers be exhausted?"
Cao Chun seemed to be insulted, his face looked a little ugly, "Zixiao, don't underestimate the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!"
Cao Ren smiled bitterly and said, "Damn it, I've been underestimated by you, so go ahead and do whatever you want."
"It's simple, you and I each command half of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and we just have to sprint in a roundabout way."
While the two were talking, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, and the banner with Chinese characters and Liu characters came into view!
"Then charge!" Cao Ren said as he looked at the galloping Jingxiang cavalry.
"Tiger and leopard cavalry, unparalleled in the world!" At this moment, Cao Chun was not at all embarrassed as before!
Behind him, the tiger and leopard cavalry who heard Cao Chun's shouting seemed to have awakened, waving their spears and shouting wildly, "The tiger and leopard cavalry are unparalleled in the world!"
"Let Jing Manzi see what real cavalry means! Charge." Cao Ren gave the order, and the tiger and leopard cavalry advanced instead of retreating!
"General Wen, the enemy troops are coming towards us!" Liu Pan shouted to Wen Pin beside him while controlling his horse.
Wenpin's eyes were full of horror, "It's just the remaining defeated generals. Rush over and capture the enemy general!"
Both armies were charging with cavalry. In less than a moment, the distance was less than 500 meters!
"Divide into two armies!" Cao Chun waved his long sword, and the three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry followed the command and divided into two parts.
If seen from the sky, Wenpin's cavalry regiment hit nothing. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were divided into two parts and detoured from both sides of the charging Jingxiang Cavalry.
The corners of Cao Chun's mouth gradually rose, this is the fighting style of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!
Take out the big bow hanging on the horse's back, bend the bow, and nock an arrow!
"Whoosh!" As Cao Chun shot out an arrow, everyone on the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry shot out their arrows!
The charging Jingxiang cavalry fell to pieces!
When the cavalry is sprinting, they have no brakes and can only slow down slowly. It's okay if the knight in front is shot off the horse, but the horse will be affected by the group and continue to gallop. If the horse is shot, the knight behind will be shot.
I stumbled over something.
On both sides of the Wenpin Legion, Jingxiang soldiers fell off their horses visibly to the naked eye. With the whine of the horses, more knights fell off their horses!
The entire formation was divided into three. In the front were Wenpin and Liu Pan who rushed to the end and slowly stopped. In the middle were the knights and war horses who were shot by the tiger and leopard cavalry, and kept tripping up the friendly troops behind them. At the end were the
The rest reacted and reined in the cavalry team.
Cao Ren and Cao Chun each led their cavalry and gathered at the place where Wenpin had just charged.
In just one wave of attacks, the Jingxiang cavalry lost nearly 4,000 people! However, the Tiger and Leopard cavalry did not lose a single person!
After sprinting for less than a moment, the tiger and leopard cavalry almost fired all the arrows in their quivers! If they were not on horseback, the shooting rate was too low, and the casualties caused to the Jingxiang cavalry would have been more than four thousand!
"Mounted shooting! It's actually mounted shooting!" Wenpin was a little shocked.
Liu Pan beside him was frightened beyond description, "General Wen, nearly half of our army has been killed or injured!"
Jing Xiang's cavalry failed to maintain their formation when sprinting. The sprint together gave the Cao brothers a chance and made the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry once again famous!
Cao Ren wiped his sweat and said, "Zihe, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are really elite. Shall we go and kill them again?"
Cao Chun shook his head. If it were normal times, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry would have done everything they could to make a roundabout way, shoot, and then rush to kill. Today, they had traveled too many distances. Each person had just shot an average of five to eight arrows. Even the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were already exhausted.
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"The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are also human beings. They are also tired. Moreover, they have run out of arrows. Zixiao, let's retreat."
When Cao Ren heard this, he looked at the tiger and leopard knights around him. They were all sweating profusely and panting.
"Then retreat. We lost first and then won, so we have made up for our merits." Cao Ren was a little regretful. If there was another cavalry shooting, Jing Xiang's cavalry would have been wiped out!
"General Wen, they have withdrawn." Liu Pan looked at the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry team that was changing direction in the distance, a little anxiously.
Wenpin smiled bitterly and said, "Stop chasing. The morale of our soldiers has been hit to the bottom. I am the one to blame for the defeat in this battle."
"Why did General Wen say that?" Liu Pan was a little confused.
"My lord has equipped our cavalry with stirrups and horseshoes. We can also ride and shoot. I underestimated the enemy. I thought it was just a remnant of the defeated general. I only wanted to capture the enemy's general. This gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. This is the crime of this battle.
, Wenpin underestimated the enemy and harmed the soldiers." At this point, Wenpin had tears in his eyes.
Looking at the neighing horses and the wounded and wailing soldiers on the battlefield, Wenpin felt deeply ashamed of his trust in Liu Cong and Pang Tong's entrustment to these soldiers.
The stirrups and horseshoes made by Liu Cong in Jiangling were distributed to the Jingxiang cavalry at the end of last year. Perhaps it was because these 10,000 cavalrymen were stationed in Fancheng, and Fancheng did not have a good cavalry commander. Wenpin was a famous general, but he
He is not a qualified cavalry commander.
In the final analysis, the defeat this time was caused by the Jingzhou general's insufficient use of cavalry.
There is also a slight coincidence. The Cao brothers command the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!
They were ambushed in Xinye City, and due to the terrain, they could not take advantage of it, but in the wild, they were like a pack of wolves! They were worthy of the name tiger and leopard!
"Clean the battlefield and chop off the legs of all the war horses that can't walk!" The purpose of chopping off the horses' legs is to keep the secret of the stirrups.
With the disappointment of defeat, Wenpin led the army back to Fancheng.