Chapter 180 Cao Ying’s heavy cavalry has broken into the city [Subscribe]

Xu Hou was a scout under Zhang Xiu.

The Liangzhou Army mostly fought in the northwest, and a common defensive method used by scouts was to dig holes on the ground, hide in them, and set up hidden sentries.

Cover the surface with a covering.

Xu Hou hid in a sentry pit outside Wancheng, observing the movements around him.

The night is dark.

Xu Hou suddenly felt a slight vibration. He listened carefully and it seemed to be the sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground.

There are cavalry... As soon as this thought came to his mind, his pupils shrank.

Xu Hou hid under the cover and saw a team of soldiers that seemed to have emerged from the darkness, hazy and vague.

What kind of military tactic is this... Xu Hou was shocked and wanted to send a message to warn the enemy that there was an enemy attack!
But before he could sound the alarm, a cold light like lightning came towards him.

But it was in front of Cao's army. Dian Wei threw a short flying spear through the air, which landed accurately and with great force.

Several secret sentries in the surrounding area, including Xu Hou, were killed instantly.

The Yanzhou army, which had revealed its whereabouts, was faced with nineteen tiger riders, or heavy cavalry.

Their horses are tall and majestic, with muscles as thick as snakes.

The war horses alone give people a ferocious and vicious feeling.

These horses also had a layer of armor hanging on their shoulders, hanging down and covering their bodies.

The nineteen horses connected together were like a steel wall pushing forward.

The nineteen riders on horseback were all wearing heavy armor that was completely airtight. They had raised armor spikes on their knees, elbows and other joints, and they held huge spears in their hands.

When nineteen men pointed their lances forward together, the chilling murderous aura was enough to make one's heart tremble with fear!

Cao Cao ordered an attack on Wancheng, and the entire army suddenly moved from darkness to light.

The light cavalry on both wings rushed forward like an eagle spreading its wings.

The moment the team appeared, they started firing bows and crossbows, and engaged in a fierce battle with the scouts under Zhang Xiu who were deployed outside the city.

The nineteen cavalrymen rode their horses forward, the sound of their hooves like heavy drums.

The horses of this team need to be raised using secret techniques.

Even the horseshoes are engraved with Mohist patterns.

Once the horse starts running, the spell patterns on the horseshoes are activated, forming an array-like connection with each other, which can help reduce the weight on the horse.

So even though it is a heavy cavalry, its running speed is actually close to that of a light cavalry.

The location where Cao's army appeared was not far from Wancheng.

The nineteen riders rode their horses at full speed and suddenly approached the city gate.

During the gallop, the nineteen people were divided into two columns, one on the left and one on the right.

Both rows were in a small goose-wing formation, with the person at the front being the 'leader goose'. The two formations ran parallel, like two sharp arrows piercing the city gate!

The nineteen riders urged their military training at the same time, and then worked together.

You have to know that the battle formation engraved on their armor was derived from Dong Zhuo's iron armored guards back then. Together they form a military formation that can gather strength.

When their power was transmitted, the battle formation diagram lit up on the armor, evolving into a military formation, with concentrated power bursting out.

The strength of the nineteen people was gathered on the cavalryman in front of their respective ranks.

Their movements were in unison. They crouched low, moved their lances backward, accumulated strength, and then thrust forward.

boom!
In front of the two leading heavy cavalrymen, the void seemed to be distorted where the giant spears were pointing.

The armor-piercing spear stabbed against the city gate with a bang.

The iron mortise and tenon on the city gate broke directly.

The seven or eight-inch thick door was pierced by the armor-piercing spear, and wood chips flew everywhere.

In an instant, the heavy cavalry drew back their spears and stabbed six times in a row, but all that was heard was a single earth-shattering roar.

The city gate is cracked.

Then the crack was enlarged by the impact.

In a few breaths, the city gate was broken.

Nineteen heavy cavalrymen rushed into the city brazenly.

At this time, the light cavalry also moved like rabbits, following the heavy cavalry and charging into the city.

Dong Zhao followed Cao Cao and watched from a distance, dumbfounded: "These heavily armored cavalrymen of my Yanzhou are truly tiger warriors."

"Gong Ren, do you know how much it costs to maintain a heavy armor?" Cao Cao asked.

"From what I can see, this cavalry is extraordinary. I would like to ask the governor to explain my doubts to me," said Dong Zhao.

Cao Cao was very interested and said:
"The cost of maintaining a light cavalry is more than ten times that of an ordinary infantryman.

The cost of maintaining a heavy cavalry is roughly ten times that of an ordinary light cavalry."

"But later, Wang from Taiyuan sent us the secret technique of raising horses, which can stimulate the potential of qi and blood in horses and improve their ability to run with loads. They asked us to add corresponding medicinal herbs to their meals, and the cost increased several times before we were able to raise these tall and strong horses."

"The secret patterns on the heavy cavalry armor that can transmit power have been engraved, and their use has increased again."

"I have devoted all my efforts in Yanzhou to forge more than 20 pieces of heavy armor and raise 41 special horses. Adding them all together, raising a tiger cavalry is about 20 times more expensive than an ordinary light cavalry. The more you raise, the more expensive it becomes."

Cao Cao also felt the pain.

Those tiger cavalrymen were piled up with gold and silver that were almost as high as their weight, and the cost was huge.

Fortunately, it is very powerful and has become the ace among aces in Cao’s camp.

There are not many cavalrymen in the entire history of war who can directly break through the city gates.

Dong Zhao secretly calculated that the cost of building 20 times more than that of light cavalry. The cost of these 19 heavy cavalry was almost the same as that of 400 light cavalry, plus 10 times that of ordinary infantry.

If you calculate it this way, it seems like a loss to train heavy cavalry.

If nineteen cavalrymen fight against four hundred light cavalrymen, can they win?
What about fighting against four thousand infantrymen?

Dong Zhao didn't know yet that Zhao Yun wanted to form such a heavy cavalry of 2,000 men.

Cao Cao felt horrified just thinking about it.

Let’s not worry about whether we can get all the people together.

The cost of two thousand cavalry alone would require a powerful empire to sustain.

At this time, there were cries of killing everywhere inside and outside the city.

The troops under Zhang Xiu's command reacted quickly.

Cao's army attacked the city as swiftly as thunder, but some of his troops were still able to respond in time, which shows how elite the old soldiers of Liangzhou were.

laugh!
Amid the sharp sound, Dong Zhao whispered:

"Be careful, Governor."

However, a defender appeared on the top of the city wall. He was tall and strong, with a fierce look on his face. He threw a javelin from the air, which flew towards Cao Cao who was riding forward with great force.

However, the javelin suddenly stopped in the air and Xu Chu rushed forward and grabbed it with his arm.

"I will go to the top of the city and surrender the enemy general." Xu Chu requested.

On the other side, Wang Yue's disciple Shi A said, "I have been serving the governor for a long time, but I have not done anything. Let me go." Cao Cao agreed, and Shi A immediately stepped out of the crowd, tapped the ground lightly with his feet, and drifted towards the city like a ghost.

Clang!
He stabbed the city wall with his scabbard, used the force to leap up and climb onto the top of the city wall.

Two of the general's bodyguards rushed up to the general who threw the spear.

Instantly, a burst of cold fireworks seemed to burst out from the top of the city.

The sword light was as illusory as lightning and passed by in a flash.

When the two soldiers fell to the ground, Shi A had already appeared in front of the general.

The sword's edge was trembling, and it was hard to tell whether it was real or fake. In the simple horizontal thrust, there were many mysterious subsequent moves hidden.

As soon as the general met his opponent, he was put at a disadvantage.

"Governor, the brave general on the city wall is Hu Che'er, a soldier under Zhang Xiu who is the bravest among his soldiers." Dong Zhao said.

Cao Cao nodded, rode his horse to the city gate and entered the city under the protection of his personal troops.

Dong Zhao took a special look at the city gate.

The heavy city gate was badly damaged after the heavy cavalry charged, and the ground was littered with broken wood.

A few feet after entering the city, corpses and blood began to be seen.

Dong Zhao followed Cao Cao as he passed by the corpses. He leaned over and looked down, and saw that the breastplate of each corpse was pierced through from front to back.

That was the armor-piercing lance of the heavy cavalry, which pierced into the chest of the enemy blocking the road and exited from the back.

The ground was thick with blood.

After Cao Cao and others entered the city, they advanced quickly.

At this time, the situation in the city was chaotic, with enemy and friendly troops running and fighting everywhere.

Dong Zhao soon discovered something strange.

On his other side was Jia Xu, who was also following Cao Cao.

Jia Xu calmly adjusted his position and hid behind Cao Cao, in an area most heavily guarded by everyone. He kept his body as low as possible, lying on his horse to reduce the area that might be attacked.

The enemy and I fought, and arrows flew everywhere.

Jia Xu's eyes were always full of vigilance, as if he was always on guard against stray arrows.

Is it really necessary? Why is Jia Wenhe so... cautious?
Dong Zhao was a little surprised.

He glanced at the several good fighters around Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and others who were protecting him on the side. Not to mention stray arrows, even a breeze would be blocked on the periphery.

As they moved forward, some enemy troops tried to attack and approach Cao Cao, but they were immediately dealt with by the light cavalry accompanying him on the periphery!
With such tight protection, could Jia Xu be scared like this?
Cao's cavalry entered the city and had a clear advantage.

They followed in with little hindrance.

It can be seen that the heavy cavalry in front has defeated all the obstructing enemy troops.

After Dong Zhuo's fall, the Liangzhou army hastily retreated to Liangzhou, and then was suppressed in all aspects by Wang Yun and others.

The Liangzhou Army had long been out of stock with high-end weapons such as bows and crossbows.

In the street fighting within the city, they were naturally far inferior to the Yanzhou Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who were shot at by crossbows.

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Cao and others approached the center of Wancheng.

In front of us, on the bluestone ground, there were giant hoof prints the size of a human head, blood red in color.

Those were the hoof prints left by the heavy cavalry that attacked first.

On the street, the heavy cavalry were divided into two rows, one in front and the other behind, taking turns to rush forward and defeat the enemy.

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Zhang Xiu stood up from the couch at the moment when the heavy cavalry broke into the city.

"Someone come charge the city and find out!"

As he walked out, he gave orders to his guards at the door.

Zhang Xiu went straight to a room in the backyard: "Aunt!"

The bedroom where Zou lived was empty.

Zhang Xiu rushed into the inner room and touched the bed.

The couch was still warm, and the blankets were uncovered, but not messy. Zou must have left on her own?

Where is aunt?
Zhang Xiu shouted loudly, but received no response.

Outside the gate, a personal soldier came in: "General, there are soldiers outside rushing to the city, breaking open the gate and breaking into the city."

"General, please go out and command the troops to fight the enemy!"

When the Liangzhou army attacked Chang'an, the emperor issued edicts many times, saying that he was willing to reward them and ask them to withdraw their troops.

Zhang Ji was given the honorary title of General of the Central Army.

After his death, Zhang Xiu also inherited the title, and his subordinates were all called General of the Central Army.

As life and death were at stake, Zhang Xiu did not bother to look for Zou Shi anymore. He called out to his subordinates and went out to lead the troops himself.

At this time, there was a sound of killing in Wancheng.

Zhang Xiu held a big spear in his hand and led more than a hundred personal soldiers. After leaving the palace, he encountered Cao's heavy cavalry head-on.

The heavy cavalry pushed forward like tanks, charging recklessly. When they encountered someone blocking their way, they swung their horse lances and stabbed them through the heart.

The armor of the light cavalry has very limited protective power against the giant spear.

Zhang Xiu's personal army and heavy cavalry came face to face in a head-on engagement. In just over ten breaths, his personal soldiers fell one after another, and half of them were lost.

Zhang Xiu was secretly frightened.

He hadn't figured out who these devilishly heavily armored soldiers belonged to before his personal soldiers, numbering over a hundred, were rushed and defeated.

Zhang Xiu gestured, indicating to retreat.

He was unclear about the enemy's strength and weakness, and based on his experience, he planned to retreat first and then gather strength to fight again.

He led his men to fight and retreat, returned to the gate of the government office, reunited with his family, and then retreated to the west gate in the opposite direction of the attack by Cao's army.

While he was fighting and retreating, with heavy cavalry pursuing him, Cao Cao's troops caught up from behind.

Saw Zhang Xiu being pursued by heavy cavalry.

Cao Cao suddenly heard Dian Wei using secret language to ask for battle: "Provincial Governor, I will go and capture and kill Zhang Xiu!"

Why use secret language to communicate when we are so close?

Cao Cao glanced at Dian Wei and nodded slightly, then heard Xu Chu rushing to ask for orders: "Governor, let me go and kill Zhang Xiu. In the past, Dian Wei always rushed ahead of me, let me go first this time."

Before Xu Chu could finish his words, he found Dian Wei had already rushed out amidst loud laughter.

He leaped onto the top of a building and ran like thunder, tiles flying everywhere, passing the soldiers blocking the way and heading straight towards Zhang Xiu.

Cao Cao was speechless.

Dian Wei first used secret language to ask for a fight. It turned out that he was guarding against Xu Chu and snatching it from him, so he passed the message secretly to stay one step ahead.

The donkey meat was not eaten in vain, I have learned to be more careful... Cao Cao thought.

Xu Chu roared, chased after Dian Wei, and rushed towards Zhang Xiu.

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