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King Wu was not just talking casually when he said that five thousand soldiers would be sent out. Although King Wu's army only had 4,500 troops when he sent out troops, after capturing the two cities of Qiao County and Chen State, King Wu had already recruited more than 10,000 surrendered troops.

With five thousand men, it would be easy to send out five thousand troops by combining old and new troops - of course, but the combat effectiveness of the new troops is not very reliable, and they can only be used to carry and transport grain and baggage.

After Chen Guocheng was handed over to Xu Sheng for guarding, Tao Ying led Lu Su, Sun Guan and others on the journey. The army consisted of one thousand gentlemen's troops and four thousand infantry. The gentleman's army was led by Tao Ying himself, and all the infantry were

It was handed over to Sun Guan. Different from the previous expeditions of the Gentleman Army, this time there was no longer the gentleman's banner fluttering in the wind, the banner of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, trust, gentleness, courtesy, thrift and humiliation. It was also not allowed to recite the Book of Songs or recite the Analects of Confucius.

This made everyone in the Junzi Army very uncomfortable, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Completely different from the Junzi Army, the 4,000 infantrymen led by Sun Guan felt quite at home. Along the way, they talked nonsense and slanderous words in an endless stream, trampled on the fields and bullied the rural people who had no time to escape, dug graves, robbed tombs and shot birds.

Tao Ying tried to do anything, but Tao Ying stopped him. Sun Guan explained plausibly that he was not like a yellow turban thief if he didn't do this. Tao Ying was choked and had nothing to say. Considering that this was not Xuzhou land, Sun Guan just let Sun Guan do it.

No matter how troublesome it is, we are just trying hard to restrain the noble army that is a life-saving asset, and not allow the gentlemen army to be led astray by Sun Guan's Taishan bandit team.

After walking along the official road for a day, Tao Ying's army unknowingly entered the territory of Runan and arrived at the county seat of Ruyang County, Runan County. However, Ruyang County had been completely destroyed in the war, and there was not even a ghost in the city.

There was no shadow, only a few incomplete rammed-earth city walls, and the streets in the city that had been burned into ruins. Not even a slightly complete shabby thatched house could be found. Then I learned from the guide that the surrounding areas

Nandun, Zhengqiang, Xihua, Zhaoling and other places are all like this. Although Deputy Director Tao is not a good man and woman who eats fast and chants Buddha, he inevitably feels a little uncomfortable in his heart. God damn Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, why didn't you do it earlier?

Surrender to me and end this troubled world as soon as possible?

After sighing and resting for another night, Tao Ying's army continued to march westward. Although this area was full of plains and wilderness suitable for the movement of gentlemen's troops, considering that they were going further and further into enemy-occupied areas, Tao Ying and Lu Su still had a cautious mind.

A large number of scouts and Qingqi were sent to explore around to prevent enemy ambushes. Tao Ying and Lu Su's caution finally paid off handsomely. Just after noon, the scouts and Qingqi Pegasus sent to the front came back to report that they were fifteen years ahead.

Inside and outside, a patrol team wearing officer uniforms was discovered. There may be a large group of enemies ahead.

Upon receiving the warning, Tao Ying quickly ordered the entire army to stop advancing, and asked the chief scout carefully: "What's the flag of that group of enemy scouts? Infantry or cavalry? What equipment? Have they found any trace of you?"

The scout belonging to the Gentleman's Army held his fists and replied in an orderly manner: "Reporting to the young master, the enemy scouts are flying a white flag with a black edge. They are wearing black armor. They are all cavalry. The soldiers are wearing black with white stripes inlaid with iron.

He wears fish-scale iron armor and an iron helmet. His weapons are iron spears and spears, and he carries an iron knife with a ring on his shoulder. He is equipped with a crossbow. The villain is an enemy scout hiding in the woods and discovered with a telescope. He should not have been discovered.

The enemy notices."

The white background and black edged tooth flag is the special flag of Cao Cao's army. In conjunction with the news that Cao's soldiers went south to suppress Huangshao in Chenliu County, it is not surprising that Cao's army appears here, but several other details suddenly made Tao Ying, Lu Su and Sun

The audience pricked up their ears, "They are all cavalry? The soldiers wear leather armor inlaid with iron plates? Are they all wearing fish-scale armor? Are they all wearing iron helmets?"

"How is it possible? How can the officers and soldiers of Chenliu County have such good equipment?" Sun Guan, who is experienced in the battlefield, was the first to say in surprise: "This is just a scout team. If it is the main force, how good is the equipment?"

Tao Ying and Lu Su were equally astonished. You must know that fish-scale iron armor made of two to three thousand fish-scale or leaf-shaped armor pieces is extremely expensive. In the Xuzhou army, most of them are Yamen generals.

Only generals above the rank can equip it, but not even one of the enemy commanders in front of them wore such armor. The equipment of this enemy team was too good, right? In surprise, Tao Ying couldn't help but joked: "Commander, what if we

If the scouts read it correctly, we might have encountered Cao Ah Man's tiger and leopard cavalry."

"Young master, you are joking. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the most elite soldiers under Cao Cao. How could they appear here?" Lu Su smiled and said: "Sir, no matter what the origin of the enemy team in front of you is, it looks like it is definitely not simple.

, Young Master, please be careful and use caution in your troops."

"That's right." Tao Ying nodded. After thinking for a moment, Tao Ying turned to Sun Guan and said, "General Sun, your infantry team has formed a formation on the spot, forming a square and circular formation to prevent the enemy from raiding, and wait for news. I will personally lead the gentleman's army first.

, go and see what happens.”

"No." Sun Guan was not interested in fighting such a well-equipped enemy force, so he agreed immediately, but also warned uneasily: "Sir, please be careful. If the situation goes wrong, please retreat here immediately. The general will do his best to cover you."

Young Master retreats."

"Of course." Tao Ying nodded and also warned: "But General Sun must remember that before receiving orders, you are not allowed to move forward or move at will. You must stay where you are. The tactics of the Junzi Army are different from other armies. It is difficult for infantry to

If you cooperate, it will easily hinder the Junzi Army."

Sun Guan had heard about the Junzi Army's tactics, so he naturally didn't think that Tao Ying was looking down on him, and he agreed. At that moment, Tao Ying and Sun Guan acted separately. Sun Guan led the infantry to set up a square and circular formation on the spot, and the generals and mobile troops were located at the same location.

In the center of the formation, the outer troops were deployed layer by layer, with spears and bows and arrows outside, and baggage vehicles connected in a chain to form a mobile fortress, which did not give the enemy a chance to attack. Tao Ying and Lu Su brought enough arrows and led the army of gentlemen to advance for several miles.

Later, they put on wooden stirrups and divided the army of more than a thousand gentlemen into five horizontal formations. Two teams of heavy cavalry wearing leather armor inlaid with iron plates were at the front, and three teams of light cavalry wearing light leather armor were at the back. They formed a standard battle formation.

Pull forward.

After walking for more than twenty miles in this way, they passed the abandoned Zhengqiang County and were about to approach the also abandoned Zhaoling County. In front of the Junzi Army under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, an enemy group under the banner of Cao Army appeared in front of them.

What shocked Tao Ying and Lu Su was that the enemy group appearing in front turned out to be all cavalry just like the Junzi Army!

You must know that the reason why the Junzi Army is equipped with all war horses is entirely because Tao Ying's father Tao Qian is rich and has Gongsun Zan, an ally with many cavalry. He spent a lot of money to buy war horses from his ally Gongsun Zan. However, Cao's army's economic situation is not at all as good as

Xuzhou Army - Boss Cao even had to earn military salary by setting up Mojin Xiaowei and General Faqiu Zhonglang to rob tombs. In addition, Boss Cao's die-hard ally Yuan Shao was not as good as Gongsun Zan in terms of war horses, so Cao's army actually had better war horses than Xuzhou's army.

Young Master, this was the first time Tao Ying and Lu Su saw a whole Cao Jun team equipped with war horses.

The two phases were approaching, and as the distance got closer, Tao Ying and Lu Su also discovered in the original telescopes that they were even more stunned. The cavalry of the Cao army in front was actually better equipped than they imagined. Not only were all the generals with more than a hundred generals

Wearing fish scale armor, most of them are more expensive fish scale steel armor. Ordinary soldiers all wear leather armor inlaid with iron plates. They hold iron guns and spears in their hands, and iron knives around their waists and hips. Some soldiers are also equipped with hard crossbows.

The strong bow was so well equipped! But at this moment, Tao Ji, who was also holding a primitive telescope in his hand, suddenly howled like a pig, "How is that possible? Second brother, look, they also have stirrups!"

"There are stirrups too?" Tao Ying was almost frightened and fell off his horse. When he took a closer look, Tao Ying was slightly relieved. It turned out that the cavalry in front was only equipped with leather and cloth covers similar to stirrups - some

Similar to the rope-hook stirrups used by Deputy Director Tao to fool Sun Ce and Liu Bei, they are safer than rope-hook stirrups, but they are only one-sided equipment for the saddle. This not only makes it easier to get on and off the horse, but also helps the cavalry stabilize their bodies when fighting on horseback. But even

Even so, Tao Ying was still extremely confused, "Which army is that in front?"

"Which army is that in front?"

Also extremely confused was Cao Chun, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry on the opposite side, because Cao Chun was also extremely shocked to discover that although the yellow turban cavalry team that appeared in front had tattered clothes and a tattered yellow turban on their heads, the armor behind the tattered clothes was also made of relatively cheap leather.

Armor, but the weapons are very sophisticated. The soldiers are uniformly equipped with the ring-headed iron sword specially used by the army. Everyone carries the short bow of the cavalry favored by the Huns in the north. There are plenty of arrows in the quiver, and every cavalryman has a rotating war horse!

——For Cao Jun, who was short of horses, this was simply a lavish extravagance that he could not even dream of!

What surprised and puzzled Deputy Director Tao and General Cao Chun even more was what was happening later. As the two armies got closer and closer, Deputy Director Tao and General Cao Chun both discovered with horror that the enemy's formation on the opposite side was exaggeratedly strict and could completely defeat them.

The ace cavalry that I have trained over many years are comparable to each other. They are all arranged in five horizontal formations. On one side, the cavalry is very close to each other for intensive charging, and on the other side, the cavalry is far away from each other for easy maneuvering. However, the distance between the soldiers of the two teams is very different.

The distances were all as neat as a ruler, with almost no clutter! The sky-high murderous aura was also exuding from these two teams who didn’t know each other’s details!

"Where did the enemy on the other side come from?"

With the same question, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Gentleman Army reined in their horses at the same time, two arrows away. In order to test the enemy's carefulness and stealth, Deputy Director Tao waved his hand, and a Gentleman Army commander rushed out of the formation and rushed to the formation.

He stepped forward to fight, brandishing a wooden snake spear and shouting: "I am a Yan man, Zhang Fei, so I can spread my wings! That bastard, dares to fight me for three hundred rounds?"

The Junzi Army's tried-and-tested tactics of luring the enemy finally failed. Although Cao Chun, who has a calm personality, was very shocked as to why the famous Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide appeared here, Cao Chun did not send generals to fight, nor did he personally send out fighting generals. He just calmly

Riding his horse to the front of the formation, he shouted loudly to Zhang Fei Zhang: "Don't waste your energy. Tigers and leopards ride into battle and never fight against generals! Where are you from? Ask your coach to come out and answer."

"Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?!" Tao Ying and Lu Su in the Gentleman Army almost dropped their chins to the ground. They thought to themselves that it is impossible? We are so lucky that we met the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry when we went out? Cao A didn't hide the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

The first elite? Why did you come here to Zhaoling, Runan County? Could it be that Cao Cao is here too?

After the shock, Lu Su first calmed down and immediately whispered advice to Tao Ying: "Master, this is a rare opportunity. Although the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers are well-equipped, they are generally too heavy, and there is no rotation of horses, so it is difficult to attack for a long time.

Our army's cavalry and archery are their nemesis! The young master did not go out to answer the question, not only testing the enemy's situation, but also trying to anger the enemy, and then repeated his old tricks to severely injure them and cut off one of Cao Cao's arms!"

Tao Ying nodded, touched the thick fake beard on his face, and rode out of the battle with his legs folded. Zhang Fei, who was unable to fight over there, spread his wings and retreated obediently, while Tao Ying shouted harshly in front of the battle.

: "I am the Demon King Wu Tiande and King Wu. Where is this little thief from? Want to talk to me?"

"I think I've seen him there?" Cao Chun, who had seen Tao Ying once outside Xuzhou City, was confused, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this bearded man with a yellow scarf on his head, so he didn't bother to recall it.

, just handed over to Tao Ying and replied: "It turns out that this is King Wu Tiande, whose name I have admired for a long time. I am Cao Chun, a general under the command of General Cao Mengde of Zhendong."

"Cao Mengde? Is he that bastard named Cao Cao?" Tao Ying asked grandly: "He is here too? When I was under the command of General Di Gong, I met him and fought against him, but I was not lucky.

Let him run away? There he is, ask him to answer the question, I haven't seen him for several years, and I still miss him a little bit."

"My lord is killing thieves in Dingling. King Wu will definitely have a chance to see him." Cao Chun said loudly: "King Wu, since you have heard of my lord's illustrious reputation and have had the honor to fight with him, then you must

I know that my lord, Duke Cao, is a god with his troops and is invincible in every battle. To fight against our army is just like hitting a stone with an egg! In that case, why don’t you, your lord, lead your army to surrender to my lord and exchange for glory, wealth, and a wife and son? My lord, Duke Cao,

But the famous love is like fate!"

"This is true. If Boss Cao hadn't loved his talents as much as his life, my head would have been gone a long time ago." Tao Ying muttered in his heart, and was secretly frightened - Boss Cao was actually in Zhaoling? Could it be that he was also interested in the same thing?

He stole the money and food from the Yellow Turban thieves in Yuzhou? Oh, now that I think about it, it seems that there was such an incident. In order to solve the problem of food shortage, Boss Cao attacked the Yellow Turban thieves in Runan!

Thinking quickly in his mind, Tao Ying burst out laughing, waving the sword in his hand and shouting: "How dare that old man Cao A'hao ask me to surrender? Has he forgotten how he did it when he was in Jizhou before?

You were beaten to pieces by me? If you want me to surrender, you can! As long as you can survive ten rounds without dying under my sword, I will lead everyone in surrender!"

"I have already said that the tiger and leopard cavalry cannot fight against generals. Fighting generals is just something that fools like." Cao Chun shook his head and answered loudly, then suddenly changed his language and shouted with a whip: "The tiger and leopard cavalry are only good at one tactic, and that is

,Assault! Kill——!”

"Kill——!" The more than a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry behind Cao Chun roared in unison, like a thunder on the ground. They all raised the flat ends of their iron spears and launched a charge in unison, like a moving iron wall and a forest of spears, fast and fierce.

They pounced on Tao Ying and Jun Zijun, their heavy horse hooves shaking even the earth slightly, the sound was astonishing and unusual.

"Is this coming?" Tao Ying, who always liked sneak attacks, was caught off guard. He almost got pecked in the eyes by wild geese while hunting geese all day long. Fortunately, the Junzi Army was also well-trained and responded quickly. Behind him, there were more than 200 light cavalrymen of the Junzi Army led by Tao Ji.

, it is almost like a conditioned reflex to charge the horse, draw the bow and throw the arrow out, with the sound of arrowheads piercing the air, the arrows whistling and falling on the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers. Although the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry generals and soldiers are well equipped, they can't kill many enemies.

But it also hit a dozen Tiger and Leopard Cavalry soldiers in the face, causing them to scream and fall off their horses, slightly slowing down the charging speed of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

Silently reciting sentences from the Analects, two light cavalry teams of the Gentleman Army, Nian Bin and Gao Chong, ran out in unison one after another. They drew their bows and arrows and fired arrows. They also shot twenty or thirty tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers off their horses. However, the light cavalry of the Gentleman Army ran out.

There was only this opportunity to charge and fire arrows. Even if the well-equipped and well-trained Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was hit by arrows continuously, they still continued to charge. In the blink of an eye, they had already rushed into the place less than half an arrow away from the Gentlemen's Army.
To be continued...