The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 421 Calling Formation?

"General Qi, the enemy army has set up camp ten miles outside the city, roaming around, and has no intention of attacking."

After the defeat, Cao Hong, who had fled into Shangdang City, learned of Chen Ziming's movements, with a serious expression on his face, secretly thinking about Chen Ziming's intentions.

"General, why bother to think alone." Before Cao Hong could figure it out, military advisor Mao Jie walked in.Mao Jie is very grateful to Cao Hong now. If Cao Hong hadn't discovered the crisis and let Mao Jie immediately, Mao Jie might have died in the charge of heavy cavalry by now.

"The military adviser came at the right time." Cao Hong immediately told Mao Jie about the current situation and asked Mao Jie to share his worries.

"Chen Ziming is truly a god-man, and he has trained such a strong army in the territory." Mao Jie saw Cao Hong's army formation being wiped out by Zhang Fei's heavy cavalry charge on the edge of the battlefield, and felt lingering fear in his heart. At the same time, he also felt the terror of the heavy cavalry.

"However, it is not difficult to destroy this army. If we fight again, we can destroy it." As a top strategist, he soon discovered the weakness of the heavy cavalry, and Mao Jie had already started planning a battle to wipe out the heavy cavalry in his heart.

"Chen Ziming set up camp outside the city. It's not because he doesn't want to attack the city, but because he is powerless." Mao Jie pointed out the current situation of Chen Ziming bluntly, and continued: "Chen Ziming sent troops this time, but only [-] cavalry, and he had no luggage. How to attack the city?" city."

Although Cao Hong was defeated, nearly [-] people fled back. In addition to the [-] soldiers who originally guarded Shangdang City, now the number of defenders in Shangdang City has reached nearly [-], and their strength is still higher than that of Chen Ziming. As the defender of the city, he was not afraid of Chen Ziming at all.

"I'm not in a hurry, as long as we stick to Shangdang, Liu Bei's army will not be able to support Jingyang, and the prime minister's plan can be achieved." Mao Jie said firmly: "You should report this matter to the prime minister quickly. Chen Ziming's troops are all cavalry. The party, go straight to Jingyang, the prime minister needs to be careful."

"If he dares to throw the cavalry and go to Jingyang, I will lead the troops to follow and attack the prime minister on both sides to get rid of this harm." Cao Hong's eyes flickered with murderous intent, and Chen Ziming had long been Cao Cao's confidant. If it weren't for Chen Ziming, mere Liu Bei would be where he is today.

"No." Mao Jie shook his head and objected: "Chen Ziming is good at using troops. If he pretends to send out troops, subdue them halfway, wait for the general's troops to be defeated, and then attack Shangdang, which has no soldiers to defend, the prime minister's plan will be in danger."

Hearing Mao Jie's words, Cao Hong began to ponder, this is not impossible, Li Feng did not lead his troops to chase Chen Ziming because of this trick, and then Chen Ziming lured him into the trick, almost annihilating his entire army.

"This is a positive plan..." Cao Hong was also helpless, he also wanted to block Chen Ziming, but after seeing the horror of the cavalry in Chen Ziming's hands, he no longer had any hope of holding Chen Ziming back.

However, he had already sent someone to Jingyang to tell Cao Cao the situation here. With the speed of messengers, before Chen Ziming's cavalry showed up, Cao Cao had already sent a large army to stop Chen Ziming.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are not comparable to those of Cao Hong. There are only [-] cavalry, and Cao Cao has ways to deal with them. Moreover, Cao Hong also brought the situation of the terrifying cavalry around Chen Ziming to Cao Cao. Cao Cao should be able to think of a way to deal with it.

"Come here, pass on the general's order, and send out servants to closely monitor the movement of Chen Ziming's soldiers and horses." Cao Hong had already made a decision in his heart, as long as he defended Shangdang City and prevented Liu Bei's army from going to Jingyang, it would be fine. What's the use, just 2 people, throwing them on the frontal battlefield will not have much effect at all.

As the commander in charge of one side, according to today's battle, he also grasped some shortcomings of the heavy cavalry that Zhang Fei dropped. He didn't think that all the heavy cavalry brought by Chen Ziming were so powerful, and maybe even the five thousand was already the limit.

I have to say that Cao Hong was right. The heavy cavalry is indeed only [-], but Cao Hong treated the other cavalry as ordinary cavalry. It would be a big mistake. You must know that the cavalry brought by Chen Ziming is definitely the top in Liu Bei's camp. combat effectiveness.

Whether it is the Xiliang cavalry brought by Ma Chao or the five thousand cavalry brought by Zhang Liao, they are all the elite among the elite, and they are all carefully selected. The most important thing is the imperial guard cavalry brought by Dian Wei. The combat power is even higher than that of Zhang Fei's heavy cavalry, which is not comparable to that of ordinary cavalry.

Chen Ziming made all the cavalry uniformly dressed in order to confuse the enemy and make Cao Cao and others underestimate the enemy. Now it seems that the effect is good.

"Report!"

"General Qi, the enemy general Ma Chao is calling for battle outside the city."

As soon as Cao Hong had finished discussing with Mao Jie, Ma Chao led people to call for battle, which made Cao Hong take his people to the tower to check without taking a break.

"Too deceiving!"

Seeing outside the city, Ma Chao brought a dozen people to call for battle, making Cao Hong furious and furious.

"The general should not move lightly, I'm afraid it's Chen Ziming's plan." Mao Jie hastily dissuaded Cao Hong, fearing that Cao Hong would get dizzy and fight easily.

"Humph!"

Cao Hong snorted coldly, and did not object to Mao Jie's words. As Cao Cao's most important general, how could he act on his own will, and Ma Chao was so abnormal.

"But going on like this is not the way to go. The best policy is to win for a while." Seeing the low morale of the left and right soldiers, Cao Hong felt uneasy. You must know that morale is very important to any army. Once the morale of an army is low, the combat effectiveness will be reduced It will be reduced a lot, and even flee without fighting. In this era, deserters are not so easy to catch.

"Back when Ma Chao attacked Chang'an, the prime minister personally led the army to repel him, and then defended Hanzhong, preventing the prime minister's army from advancing an inch. He is really a tiger general. He can fight on a par with the fierce general Lu Bu. It is difficult to repel this man." Mao Jie was also very helpless. Ma Chao was not an unknown person, but a man with outstanding achievements, who made Cao Cao suffer many times.

It is true that Cao Hong's martial arts are superb, but Mao Jie doesn't think Cao Hong can beat Ma Chao, because Ma Chao's record is there. Lu Bu, who can be called the best in the world, can't beat Ma Chao, let alone Cao Hong, Mao Jie's meaning is also obvious, You, Cao Hong, don't look uncomfortable, if you lose in front of the battle, their morale will drop to what extent.

"Come here, hang up the exemption card. When the general's injury improves, I will personally take Ma Chao's son on top of him." Cao Hong rarely saw Ma Chao showing off his power outside, so he had to leave a word of some momentum, and went back to rest.

"As the prime minister expected, Cao Hong did not dare to fight." Seeing that no one was fighting, Ma Chao came back to report.

"Hehe, it's hard work for Mengqi." Chen Ziming smiled slightly, and immediately said: "General Pang De has led his troops, Meng Qi hastened to join him and act according to plan."

"promise!"

Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and he obeyed the order loudly. What he was waiting for was this opportunity, an opportunity to show himself, and he could make great achievements, so he was of course excited.

"Third Brother, it's time for you to act. See if you can scold Cao Hong." Chen Ziming turned to look at Zhang Fei who was doing nothing.

(End of this chapter)