Chapter 2799 Five Sons and Good Generals VS Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry (Part 1)
Chapter 2796: Five Sons and Good Generals VS Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry (Part 1)
"Good, Cao Mengde is so courageous."
Seeing the fire gradually rising in the direction of Guandu, Zhang Dingbian couldn''t help but sigh: "Guandu is not only a portal, but also a granary and armory. He even burned it if he said it."
Qin Wu on the side heard this and said, "How can Cao Cao retreat safely without burning Guandu? Only when the fire in Guandu can we stop our pursuers. If our army still wants to pursue, we can only take a long way."
"That''s right, but if you just retreat, the price will be too high."
Zhang Dingbian still felt that Guandu was of great significance and gave up Guandu just to retreat. It was obviously not worth the loss, but he didn''t know the profound meaning behind giving up Guandu.
"Look, the Governor sent someone to put out the fire."
Qin Wu pointed to Guandu and saw tens of thousands of Qin soldiers fully armed, some holding buckets and some carrying sandbags, rushing towards Guandu in multiple directions, obviously to put out the fire.
"There are a lot of good things in Guandu. It''s a pity to just burn it like this. I hope I can save something."
Zhang Dingbian said in a deep voice, then waited quietly for the pursuit order, but waited left and right, but did not wait for Zhang Liao''s order.
"What is Wen Yuan doing? You must know that soldiers are so quick."
Zhang Dingbian said anxiously, but the Grand Governor did not issue a pursuit order, and he did not dare to lead the army to pursue him without authorization, so he could only send people to urge him, but no one came back after sending several waves of urging guards.
"It''s wrong, it''s too wrong. Did Wen Yuan and the military advisor have any private plans?"
Zhang Dingbian said to himself with confusion. No matter how stupid he was, he could tell that the waves of guards sent out had not returned. It was obvious that Zhang Liao deliberately did not order him to pursue him.
After waiting for about half an hour, Zhang Liao''s pursuit order was slowly conveyed to Zhang Dingbian, and Zhang Dingbian and Qin Wu immediately led 5,000 infantry and cavalry to pursue.
The pursuit process was not smooth either, and there were a large number of traps dug by the Wei army in advance on the road.
If the Qin army had not been very experienced in digging traps and could see through most of them by just experience, it would have been a lot of time to crack the traps.
"Damn Xiahou Yuan, it''s really possible to run away. For the first time, I encountered an army that was faster than us." Zhang Dingbian couldn''t help but curse.
"General, the footprints on the ground were only left not long ago. We are not far from the Wei army."
After hearing what his subordinates said, Zhang Dingbian took out the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, scanned the surrounding terrain, pointed to Dongfang and asked, "Where is going forward?"
"I report to the general, Wuchao is ahead."
"Okay, speed up the marching and strive to catch up with the Wei army in Wuchao."
Soon, Zhang Dingbian rushed to Wuchao and caught up with Cao Wei''s troops with the cut off the rear.
Xiahou Yuan Cao Chun led 10,000 infantry and cavalry to stand in Wuchao, and blocked the Qin army''s road to Fengqiu.
Zhang Dingbian was very excited when he saw this and immediately prepared to start a war, but after seeing the opponent''s general lineup, he was so scared that he was afraid to start a war.
After all, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Dan Tai Yu and Jiaju Tu are all there. Is Cao Cao going to cut off the rear? Still need a decisive battle?
Although Zhang Dingbian defeated Xiahou Dun and Jia Jutu before, and tied with Dan Tai Yu who came to rescue, he was still very clear about the actual situation.
It is a fact that he defeated Xiahou Dun and Jia Gutu, but there was a lot of water when he tied with Dan Tai Yu. After all, Dan Tai Yu came to rescue him. He took the initiative to retreat after fighting with him for twenty rounds, which allowed him to get a draw.
If you do a real battle, Zhang Dingbian would not be sure to defeat the second strong general of Cao Wei, Dan Tai Yu, let alone the three generals Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and Jiajutu were also there.
In this case, if Zhang Dingbian rushed forward, he suspected that he could not hold on for a round and would be killed instantly by the four opponents.
Zhang Dingbian is not stupid, so he naturally will not give the other party a chance to beat him up. Although he can order the army to attack and avoid direct contact with the opponent''s generals, the problem is that the four powerful generals of the opponent are too strong. If no one stops them and rages in the army, it will obviously cause major casualties to his side, and may even use this to defeat his own army, so he rationally did not order the attack.
"How long will it take for General Qin Wu to arrive?" Zhang Dingbian asked left and right.
"There is probably half a stick of incense stick."
"Get out first and talk about it after General Qin Wu arrives."
"No."
On the other side, Xiahou Yuan and his group, who were in charge of the rear, also discovered Zhang Dingbian''s troops who were catching up with him.
Cao Chun said when he saw this: "It seems that Zhang Dingbian does not intend to start a war immediately, but is preparing to wait for reinforcements from the rear."
"Why don''t we take the initiative to attack and defeat Zhang Dingbian one by one, and then fight back the Qin army that was catching up." Jia Jutu said.
Logically speaking, as a surrendered general in Japan, Kagutu should be suspected by the senior officials of Cao Wei. After all, most of Japan was occupied by the Great Qin, and even Shintoism surrendered. Kagutu, as the guardian of Shintoism, should be more focused on the Great Qin.
However, the fact is that not only did not be suspicious, but also had a very high status in Cao Wei. The reason is naturally the national integration policy implemented by the Qin Dynasty in Japan.
The Qin Dynasty directly burned all books and historical materials, forcing all Japanese people to change their surnames, learn Chinese characters, intermarriage between Han and Japan, and other policies to fundamentally completely destroy Japanese civilization.
If this continues, in just a few decades, Japanese people will forget history and their nation, and thus fully integrate into China.
Nationalists like Kazuto naturally find it difficult to accept that Japan was completely assimilated, so in his eyes, Himehu, Susano, etc. were all Japanese traitors.
After knowing this, Cao Cao painted cakes to Jiajutu and promised that as long as he could defeat the Qin army, the coalition forces would conquer Yingzhou in the future, he would allow the Japanese to rule by autonomy, and thus gained the sincere loyalty of Jiajutu.
Jia Jutu''s proactive statement made the generals present very moved. After all, Zhang Dingbian now has only 5,000 people, but they have 10,000, which also has an absolute advantage in the general lineup. If the war starts, he will win. After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said, "Zhang Dingbian is not sure that he will not go to war with our army. Once I take the initiative to attack, he will definitely retreat. Will our army chase or not?
If you chase, no matter whether you can catch up or not, the Qin army coming from behind can catch up with the main force that has not yet arrived in Fengqiu.
You must know that our mission is out of reach. ”
Hearing this, the generals nodded in disappointment. It is indeed not appropriate to take the initiative now. Their mission is to cut off the back, so there is no need to pull with Zhang Dingbian.
Soon, Qin Wu led 5,000 pursuing troops to arrive, and the Qin army''s pursuit troops reached 10,000.
But when he learned that Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Dan Tai Yu, and Jiajutu were all among the 10,000 troops of Cao Wei''s rear-end, Qin Wu, who was originally excited, was silent in an instant.
"Brother Qin, your military rank is higher than mine. Let''s make a decision. Will you fight?" Zhang Dingbian asked in a deep voice.
Qin Wu looked at Zhang Dingbian speechlessly. He thought this man was quite honest, but he didn''t expect that he was also a cunning master. At this time, he asked him to make a decision. If he couldn''t win the battle, wouldn''t it all his?
Qin Wu hesitated and asked, "Brother Zhang, tell me honestly, if the war starts, are you sure to block Dan Tai Yu?"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Dingbian shook his head and said, "Although he is unwilling to admit it, Dan Tai Yu''s strength is indeed above me. Brother Qin, why don''t Dan Tai Yu leave it to you? I''ll deal with Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan brothers?"
“…”
Qin Wu didn''t know what to say. After all, the strongest person in the Wei army was Dan Tai Yu. If even Zhang Dingbian couldn''t beat him, he would definitely not be his opponent. Isn''t it a question of death if he asked him to go alone?
After comparing the strength of the enemy and me, Qin Wu really didn''t have much confidence to start a war, so he said, "Wait a minute, we are not only pursuing troops, and it is not too late to start a war with the Wei army when Xu Huang and Gao Shun arrive."
"good."
Zhang Dingbian immediately agreed. After all, although he was eager to make contributions, he would not fight unsure of the war, so it was safest to wait for the rear army.
On the other hand, the Wei army saw that Qin reinforcements were coming again, but they still did not go to war with them, and some generals could not sit still.
After all, if you wait any longer, the number of Qin army will only increase, but neither Xiahou Yuan nor Cao Chun agree to take the initiative, because the significance of ties with the Qin army is not very important, and it will consume the Wei army''s physical strength.
"It''s better to let me challenge it first and see if I can take the initiative to lead the Qin army to attack." Xiahou Dun said.
After pondering for a while, Xiahou Yuan nodded and agreed. After all, if Dan Tai Yu had gone, Zhang Dingbian might not have dared to fight, but if Xiahou Dun was the defeated general, Zhang Dingbian would not have had so many concerns.
Xiahou Dun was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he jumped to the two armies alone and shouted, "Zhang Dingbian, how dare you fight with your Grandpa Xiahou Dun?"
Although Xiahou Dun lost to Zhang Dingbian before, he felt that it was caused by his breakthrough in the battle and was not familiar with the surge in power. Now he has mastered it. If he faces Zhang Dingbian again, he will not lose easily even if he can''t win.
Zhang Dingbian ignored Xiahou Dun''s provocation at all. After all, Xiahou Dun, who had just broken through to the God of War, was the weakest among the God of War in Cao Wei, and even Kagutu was not as good as Jiagutu. He really didn''t have much sense of accomplishment to defeat him.
Seeing that Zhang Dingbian was not going to fight, Xiahou Dun cursed and wanted to incite Zhang Dingbian to fight. His level of verbal war was indeed good. He really made Zhang Dingbian angry, but Qin Wu stopped Zhang Dingbian from fighting.
Xiahou Dun scolded until Gao Shun led his army to arrive, but he failed to incite Zhang Dingbian to fight, so he had to return in disappointment.
Although Gao Shun''s arrival added 5,000 troops to the Qin army, the increase in the Qin army was limited because it was not a camp.
Among Zhang Liao''s army, there are four elite troops, including the Pojun Camp, the Crane Camp, the Horoscope, and the Flying Tiger Army.
The Flying Tiger Army was taken to the Dongjun battlefield by Li Cunxiao. The three elite troops, Pojun Camp, Crane Camp, and the Horoscope, were either heavy cavalry or heavy infantry, and were not suitable for pursuit, so they were not sent by Zhang Liao.
After seeing Cao Wei''s lineup of the rear, Gao Shun was also shocked. After all, more than half of the Wei generals in Cao Cao''s Wei army were here. In addition to Cao Chun''s five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, it''s no wonder Zhang Dingbian and Qin Wu dared not go to war directly. This is really unsure of winning.
"The most difficult thing is Cao Chun''s Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. With just 15,000 people now, we may not be able to beat the 5,000 tiger and Leopard Cavalry." Gao Shun said seriously.
You still need to say this. Qin Wu and Zhang Dingbian complained in their hearts,
The combat power of ordinary Wei army is naturally weaker than that of Qin army, but the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry selected from the 300,000 Wei army are the top elite troops even in the Qin army.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry have performed outstandingly in the three Central Plains Wars, and in the previous battles with the Qin army, they also caused considerable trouble to the Qin army. They are an elite army that truly withstood the test of actual combat.
Gao Shun knew the power of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and couldn''t help but sigh: "The formation practiced by the Cang Formation Restrains the cavalry, but unfortunately the Cang Formation is not there. Otherwise, under such a terrain, he would definitely be able to kill the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry without leaving any armor."
"If you don''t have it, you''re just talking nonsense."
Qin Wu said with an angry look on his face.
Zhang Dingbian nodded in agreement, and then asked helplessly: "What should I do now?"
"Stay waiting." Qin Wu and Gao Shun said in unison.
"That''s all we can do." Zhang Dingbian sighed.
One hour later, Li Dingguo, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Lu Junyi, Guan Sheng and other generals led their troops one after another, and the pursuing Qin army reached 30,000.
(This chapter ends)