Regarding the strategy of using black beans to stop cavalry, Zhiyu learns from the example of Bi Zaiyu, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, who defeated the Jin cavalry. Bi Zaiyu was afraid of the strength of the Jin cavalry and first dragged down the opponent with a tired military strategy.

Then, the black beans cooked with spices were secretly spread on the position and attracted the Jin cavalry to chase after them. After smelling the smell of beans, the hungry Jin soldiers and horses were scrambling to eat them, allowing you to whip them with a whip, and refused to move forward.

Bi Zaiyu mobilized all the teams and surrounded them from all sides, killing the Jin soldiers over and over the horses and corpses everywhere. ————For details, see the Thirty-Six Strategies. Introduction to the battle examples of the series of strategies.

In addition: trained war horses should still be tempted by food when they are hungry. The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom must also be strictly trained.

This strategy may indeed have flaws. Please forgive me, thank you!

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After Ma Chao retreated north in a panic, I did not dispatch troops to continue chasing. The retreat speed of the cavalry was far beyond the speed of the infantry. In addition, I had to be wary of Ma Chao, who was unwilling to fail, and I was afraid that Ma Chao would kill the horse and shoot back.

The biggest reason why we can win this battle is to be arranged in the battlefield completely according to our army's intentions. Once we lose this favorable condition, we will pursue the troops and horses in the wilderness and then fight Ma Chao's Iron Cavalry, and the outcome will be unpredictable.

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After the battlefield was cleared, more than 2,700 Ma Chao cavalrymen were killed, more than 1,100 injured soldiers were captured, 1,800 war horses were killed, and 1,500 injured horses were captured. More than 700 of them were seriously injured and could not be treated. They could only be slaughtered. Another 800 horses were injured relatively mildly, and there was still a possibility of rescue. For our army, which lacked war horses, these injured horses were also treasures.

Under my order, the accompanying doctors in the army urgently treated these war horses.

In contrast, the losses of our army are almost negligible——No one was killed or injured in battle. Only a dozen powerful crossbowmen were stretched because of the frequent crossbows, but they only needed to recuperate for a few days to recover.

Speaking of which, the real loss lies in the loss of arrows. In order to kill these nearly 4,000 iron cavalry, our army paid more than 100,000 feather arrows, and on average, each cavalry had to pay nearly 30 arrows. Fortunately, more than half of the arrows can still be recycled.

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In this battle, Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who was dominant in the world, failed to fall into the sand and was defeated in Jiangling. The reason was that it was not that our army's combat power exceeded that of the Iron Cavalry, but that Ma Chao was too arrogant——— He looked too high at his wisdom, too high at his martial arts, too high at his combat power, too low at the opponent...

With the right time, place, and peace of mind, no matter how brave Ma Chao is, he will never escape defeat.

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"Congratulations to General, congratulations to General!" Pang Tong rode his horse out of Jiangling City, and under the escort of four personal soldiers, he passed by the soldiers cleaning the battlefield and rushed to my side.

He congratulated loudly, "The general is invincible, and his command is determined, and he will defeat the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. In the future, the name of this battle will be retained!" Because I was worried that the plan might be deviated, I did not let Pang Tong go to the battle with the army, but left him in Jiangling City.

Once Ma Chao's Iron Cavalry succeeds in the battle, I am not sure that I can protect Pang Tong, a weak man. A defeat may not be a big deal, but if a top-class military advisor is lost, this "buying" will be a big loss.

"It's all up to the Shiyuan strategy to win this battle!" I smiled and said sincerely.

"Planning and planning is only one of the duties of the General. If there is no general and his soldiers bravely show their power, how can we accomplish this?" Pang Tong was full of energy and laughed.

"After this battle, Ma Chao's spirit has been mostly eliminated and he can do nothing." Pang Jie stroked his short beard under his chin, and a light of interest flashed in his wise eyes, and he said with a smile. "Next.

As long as we can support our army, we can deal with Ma Chao's remaining troops and restore Jingbei, it will only be a matter of time."

"Yeah..." I nodded. I raised my eyes and looked north, "I don't know what happened to Dingguo and the others?"

"General can rest assured. After Ma Chao was defeated, he must go north to Xiangyang to seek reinforcements. Dangyang is the key to Xiangyang, and Changban is even more choking. The Changban terrain is not as flat as Jiangling, and there are many hills nearby.

Wudang Feijun is best at mountain warfare and forest warfare. In addition, when Ma Chao sees our army Chen Yu Jiangling, it is hard to expect that the Feijun has sneaked to the longboard.

With the intention of calculating that he was not prepared, and with the advantage of the terrain, the Captain Guan had to let Ma Chao take off the next layer of skin!" Pang Tong analyzed confidently.

Pang Tong is best at designing chain schemes, and he often closely linked one plan and is linked together. This is why people are more unpredictable. This time he also did not intend to let Ma Chao go easily.

Pang Tong firmly believed that Ma Chao's decisive battle with the coalition forces would eventually end in failure, so he specially proposed that Guan Ping lead the Wudang Fei Army, under the guidance of his guide, sneak into the Changban area of ​​Dangyang County, waiting for an opportunity to ambush Ma Chao.

"And..." Pang Tong suddenly smiled badly at the corner of his mouth and said, "The army of Junhou may have conquered Xiangyang at this moment, and Ma Chao will even be cut off the reinforcements!"

"What Pang Sima said seriously?" Gan Ning said in a little surprised after hearing Pang Tong's words.

"If Kong Ming could not help Junhou to attack Xiangyang until now, it would disappoint Tong..." Pang Tong was full of confidence in his speech, and at the same time he also implied his absolute trust in Zhuge Liang's abilities.

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"Zhang Pingnan!" Kuai Yue was surrounded by Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, and Wenpin generals, and rode his horse to approach me.

"Duke Kuai!" I greeted Kuai Yue with a smile, and then nodded to Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and others.

"The more I heard that Zhang Ping's tiger power was invincible, the more I thought about it.

But until today, I saw the battlefield in person, and I realized that the rumors were still weak. Even compared with Sun, Wu and Zhang Pingnan, it was not much inferior!" Kuai Yue looked happy and said in amazement, "Ma Chao, this thief, was the thief, and the iron cavalry under Ce were circulating in Yong and the two states, sweeping Cao Cao, and Han Sui's hundreds of thousands of troops were hard to meet. Today, he suffered consecutive setbacks in Zhang Pingnan.

Zhang Pingnan deserves the title of No. 1 general in the world!"

"Duo Kuai is so serious!" I shook my head and said loudly, "Zhang is just a martial artist, how dare I compare with the Saint of War and the Two Sons of Wu. This battle was able to defeat Ma Chao's Iron Cavalry. The first contribution of the Danggui Shiyuan was.

If Shi Yuan had not planned the plan, it would be difficult to achieve his full achievements today. Zhang and the soldiers under the command of Superintendent Kuai fought to the death, which would have been able to severely defeated Ma Chao's Iron Cavalry, and the contribution was also great.

In comparison, what Zhang did is really not worth mentioning! The so-called number one general in the world is even more abusing Zhang!" Kuai Yue praised me like this, and he was obviously suspected of being praised and be afraid of being a little uneasy.

Hearing my words, Kuai Yue did not react strangely, and nodded and said, "What Zhang Pingnan said is so much. How can we forget the achievements of Shiyuan and our two soldiers?"

"General Zhang, after this battle, Wen Pin was completely convinced by you!" Wen Pin immediately bowed and bowed to me, and said sincerely, "Whether it is martial arts or military command.

Wen thought he was out of reach, so he would like to ask General Zhang for advice in the future!”

Wen Pin is a very straightforward and cheerful person. Such a person with true temperament is worthy of close friendship. I smiled and raised my hand and said, "People Wen are young and promising, and their future is unlimited. But there is a need in the future.

You can try to discuss with each other without any 'instructions'!"

Wen Pin nodded with gratitude.

"Ma Chao's defeat in this battle has lost his spirit. If he can take advantage of the victory, he will not be able to catch up. He will only be able to restore Jingbei!" Kuai Yue took the conversation and said to me earnestly: "Zhang Pingnan, when do you see when you will set off to continue north?"

"The army had just experienced the war, and the soldiers were all tired, and it was getting late today..." I pondered for a moment and suggested, "Duke Kuai. Why not have a rest tonight? The army will set off to the north in the morning tomorrow morning, how about it?"

"Okay!" Kuai Yue nodded simply.

"Xingba, send additional scouts to the north to explore the traces of Ma Chao's army. Once you find something, report it immediately!" I turned to Gan Ning and said.

"Yes..." Gan Ning answered the order and left.

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After running for more than 60 miles, Ma Chao ordered the Iron Cavalry to temporarily stop. While counting the casualties, he briefly treated the wounds for the wounded.

At the same time, the scouts were sent to the rear to see if the enemy had sent pursuers.

Half an hour later, the casualties were counted.

After hearing the return from his clan's brother Ma Hua, the cold light flashed in Ma Chao's eyes. He raised his fist and continued to hit the big tree beside him. In less than a moment, he had already 4,50 punches...

Ma Chao, who was increasingly angry, suddenly let out a long roar, and used all his strength to concentrate on his right fist and punched him violently.

"Boom~!" The big tree, which was as thick as a waist, was hit in two pieces by Ma Chao, and the upper half fell to the ground.

"4000 Iron Cavalry..." Regardless of the bloody fists, Ma Chao looked up at Di Haoyue in the night sky and let out a wolfish howl, "Zhang Fei, I am incompatible with you..."

Nearly 4,000 cavalry stayed in the suburbs of Jiangling, and 30% of the subway cavalry were injured. At such a heavy price, they were killed by the other party!! All the lieutenant generals and other lieutenant generals were silent, recalling this nightmare battle with lingering fear in their hearts. Under the storm and endless arrow sweeping, the cavalry soldiers were waiting to die and were tied into porcupines after piercing.

That tragic situation, that helpless feeling, and the terrifying earth arrow formation, the subway knight soldiers must have never forgotten it in their life.

But even more terrified, it was the enemy's elusive trick... If possible, they would never want to fight with such an enemy again!

After venting for a while, Ma Chao barely suppressed his anger and led Ma Hua and others to visit the injured Pang De.

Pang De lay there with a big tree on his back, allowing several soldiers to take care of his wounds.

Among the two arrows that hit Pang De, one happened to be shot by the crossbow. The extremely powerful crossbow arrow not only cut into the flesh, but even penetrated nearly half an inch of Pang De's leg bone.

When drawing arrows, the pain that Pound endured was something that ordinary people could not imagine. There was no such thing as anesthetics, and it was all supported by personal will.

But during the whole process, Pang De bit a small wooden stick with his mouth, and he didn't shout, and even the soldiers who were treating his wounds could not bear to watch it.

After the wound was bandaged, Pang De was as if he had come out of water.

"Ling Ming, how are your injuries?" Ma Chao squatted down and said with a gloomy face.

"It's not intrusive, I can hold on!" Pang De shook his head and tried to keep calm and said, "I've said rudely before, and I'd like to ask the army leader to sue him!" Pang De refers to the fact that he scolded Ma Chao when he retreated.

"I forgot!" Ma Chao shook his hand and said, "What should we do next?"

"Military leader, given the current situation of the brothers, it is really not appropriate to fight with Zhang Fei again..." Pang De endured the severe pain in his legs and advised him, "According to the last general's opinion, it is better to withdraw back to Xiangyang first and defeat Guan Yu's troops.

Zhang Fei and Kuai Yue have no less than 70,000 troops on this side, while Guan Yu has only more than 30,000 troops, and they are probably about to be dragged down by refugees. Retreating Guan Yu first can not only eliminate the enemy troops along the way, but also boost the morale of the army.

After the event is accomplished, the victorious army will fight to the death with Zhang Fei, which may turn the situation around!”

"..." After pondering for a long time, Ma Chao nodded, "Okay, let's follow you..."

Before he finished speaking, a commotion suddenly broke out in the distance.

Ma Chao frowned and was about to get angry, but he saw a staggering soldier who was supported by two other cavalrymen.

When he saw Ma Chao, the soldier who was being held up immediately cried and said, "Military Master, the big thing is not good. The 30,000 infantry led by General Ma Dai was defeated by the enemy's cavalry!"

"What?" Ma Chao grabbed the soldier's lichen collar and yelled angrily, "What did you say?"

"Military...Military Master!" The soldier trembled all over when he saw Ma Chao's angry and terrifying appearance, and said stammeringly: "General Ma...General Ma Dai... led three...thirty thousand infantrymen in the territory...became defeated by the enemy, and all...scattered!"

Ma Chao used his arms and threw the soldier away more than a meter away. His eyes wandered, and he couldn't help but breathe heavily. After a while, he suddenly looked up at the moon and roared: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

At the warning of Pound, MCA pulled up the soldier who was left far away and helped him over.

"What's going on? Why did General Dai's army be attacked? Who was attacked?" Pang De handed the water bag beside him to the soldier and asked in detail, "Don't panic, say slowly, and say carefully!"

After drinking a few sips of water, the soldier calmed down and started talking.

In order to deal with the coalition forces of Zhang Fei and Kuai Yue, Ma Chao originally used 40,000 troops, including 11,000 iron cavalry and 30,000 infantrymen.

However, because he was eager to arrive in Jiangling to "strike" the enemy, Ma Chao led the Iron Cavalry to take the lead and asked Ma Dai to lead 30,000 infantry to chase after him.

Ma Dai did not dare to neglect it, and tried to lead the infantry to rush to Jiangling as quickly as possible.

The journey was smooth, but when we arrived about 20 miles north of Zhangxiang County, a light cavalry with about 6,000 people suddenly caught up from the right rear.

This light cavalry did not directly attack, but only launched repeated harassment wars against Ma Dai's army through guerrilla, division and devouring, or even shouting. In three hours, Ma Dai's army was dragged down by this light cavalry.

The Jingzhou soldiers, whose morale was already low and whose morale was dispersed, were even more panicked due to the harassment of the enemy. In addition, the other party was bewitched by Ma Chao's words of harming the people of Jingzhou, and finally a large-scale "military shock" occurred. Thousands of infantry scattered in one blast, and Ma Dai led a soldier to retreat south to the death.

"Who did it? Tell me! Who did it?" Ma Chao turned around and shouted angrily.

"It seems that it is General Weibei in Liu Bei's army, called..." The soldier thought for a moment and said anxiously, "Zhao Yun!"
Chapter completed!