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The five hundred and eleventh chapter surprise attack Fancheng (3)

Zhao Yun took hundreds of his subordinates to the path of Yangyan, and went straight toward the same direction as the one in the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and also headed towards Fancheng. Zhao Yun and his men and two horses were lightly equipped, while Liu Bei's army behind them were all heavily armored cavalry, so their speed was naturally not as fast as Zhao Yun.

‘Where are we going!’ Zhao Yun stretched out his hand and asked a Baima Congyi soldier under his command. He was very familiar with the generation of Fancheng. When Baima Congyi entered Nanyang County, Zhao Yun sent a scout to observe the entire area of ​​Nanyang County, just to give Baima Congyi a space for mobilization. Baima Congyi himself is good at flexibility, and his flexibility is his greatest combat power. If this is blocked by the enemy in a dead end, then it will be over.

‘Report to the general, we will enter the territory of Jingzhou in another fifty miles!’ The scout soldier said to Zhao Yun.

‘Fifty miles!’ Zhao Yun looked ahead and seemed to be able to hear the roar of the Yangtze River. The original barrier to the west of Jingzhou was Nanyang County, but after Nanyang County was given to Zhang Xiu by Liu Biao, Fancheng could be regarded as a major town on the border of Jingzhou. Once you arrive in Jingzhou, you will reach Fancheng.

‘Where is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry!’ Zhao Yun and the others set out early, so naturally they should go early with heavy armored cavalry. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry was behind them, but Zhao Yun still sent out a scout to closely monitor the movements of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

‘Rest thirty miles behind us!’ Xiliang Iron Cavalry is no better than the white horse Congyi. The white horse Congyi has two horses, and two war horses are transferred on the turn. It can be said that hundreds of miles a day is not a problem. People can ride on the war horses and eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

But the Western Liang Iron Cavalry is different. The Western Liang Iron Cavalry is heavy armored cavalry. Even if the war horses can hold on, the soldiers can't hold on. The heavy armor on their bodies is forty or fifty kilograms, so the heavy armored cavalry is mainly used to become a weapon that can tear apart the enemy's large forces, and long-distance raids can only be regarded as part-time jobs.

‘It’s still thirty miles away?’ Zhao Yun frowned. If he waited to Fancheng again, it would be brighter. These Xiliang cavalry were dispatched overnight to catch Fancheng off guard. It was really difficult to see the night march. The moonlit night was very good. It can also be used to guide the way. This is how Zhao Yun and the others came, but there will be variables once dawn.

Just as Zhao Yun was hesitating, the scouts there suddenly came to report that "the general has a cavalry coming here!"

‘Caval?!’ Zhao Yun was stunned and then waved his hand, ‘Enter the secret order and pay attention to concealing!’

Soon, two cavalrymen drove war horses towards Zhao Yun and others, looking at their clothes and armor. This was not Liu Bei's Western Liang Iron Cavalry, but the clothes of the Jingzhou Army worn by Liu Biao of Jingzhou.

‘Jingzhou Army?!’ Zhao Yun looked at the Jingzhou cavalry who was about to pass by them. He really underestimated this Liu Biao and Liu Jingzhou! ‘Looking at the rapid appearance of these two Jingzhou cavalry, they should be the scouts of the Jingzhou soldiers, and they came from the direction of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. There was a hundred miles of Fancheng, and there were still talented people in the Jingzhou army. Scouts were set up a hundred miles away. Looking at the appearance of these scouts, this was not a temporary setting, but a regular army. Scouts a hundred miles away should be to guard against being attacked by people thousands of miles away!

Zhao Yun guessed that the Jingzhou scout was really arranged by the Jingzhou army. Ten miles into one land, thirty miles into one trough, and there were quite a lot of open and hidden sentries in the 50 miles of range. The ones riding war horses even provided them with limited war horses to monitor the direction of Nanyang County. You should know that when Zhang Xiu was the lord of Nanyang, his 30,000 Xiliang cavalry under his command made Liu Biao unable to sleep. These scouts were used to monitor Zhang Xiu. After Zhang Xiu died, although these scouts reduced their range of movement.

‘Stop them!’ Zhao Yun looked at the two Jingzhou scouts who were about to pass by and ordered from Yimen to his subordinate Baima.

‘Yes!’ Baima Congyi immediately moved several cavalry under his command. ‘The cavalry in front stopped!’

‘Who!’ The two scouts of Jingzhou ignored Bai Ma Congyi’s talk and rushed over. They were not too long, but they were stopped by the bow and arrows of Bai Ma Congyi’s hand. Bai Ma Congyi has been training to ride and shoot. With stirrups, they don’t need to shoot on the war horses. The ethnic minorities who have lived on the horse’s back since childhood were intercepted. They were all intercepted. The two scouts of Jingzhou became alert, and one shouted to the other, "You go first, I will cover it!"

‘We are the white horses under the command of His Highness of the King of Shu in Yangzhou!’

‘It turns out that it is the white horse that follows the righteousness!’

‘Yangzhou Army!’ These two scouts immediately let go of their vigilance. The Yangzhou Army is now connected with their Jingzhou and has become an ally.

‘No, why did your Yangzhou army appear here?’ One of the older ones shouted in doubt.

‘Why are you here?’ Zhao Yun was able to go up and asked the two scouts from Jingzhou.

‘We are the soldiers from Jingzhou, and we naturally discovered the whereabouts of the enemy. We are about to go to Fancheng to report the news!’

‘We are the same! Our white horse Congyi has always been in Nanyang County, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's dispatch cannot hide us at all! It was because of the discovery of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's movement that I went to Fancheng to remind you!’

‘That’s it?!’

‘Of course, we are allies, aren’t we?’ Zhao Yun said to the two scouts with a smile.

'This is great! Our war horses are not strong enough. I thought I could find a bad horse when I came to the village ahead! Now that I meet you, I can go to Fancheng with us!'Their war horses have been running for a long distance, and naturally the horses are not strong enough. The horses are running with all their strength, and there is foam on the corners of their mouths. If they run, the war horses will die suddenly.

‘The person who came to replace our two heroes with war horses!’ Although Zhao Yun had only a hundred cavalry under him, the war horses were doubled, and the two war horses were immediately taken out.

‘General, our horse?!’ The white horse Congyi on the side has changed a little. You should know that the white horse Congyi’s war horse has never been shown to others. Because there is a secret from Yangzhou above. The white horse Congyi can die. The secret of the war horse cannot be lost.

Even if you want to inform the Jingzhou Alliance and ask them to rescue them directly, how can you give this war horse?

‘It’s okay, isn’t it just two war horses!’

‘Thank you, the general!’ The two of them clasped their fists at Zhao Yun and thanked him.

‘No need to do this, you and I are all ally. The matter of Jingzhou is our Yangzhou!’ Zhao Yun was very generous and waved.

‘Yi!’ A scout from Jingzhou Army suddenly screamed when he rode a white horse Congyi’s war horse, ‘This, this!’

‘What’s wrong?!’ Another older man looked at the young scout in confusion and asked.

‘Head, look at this war horse!’ The scout from Jingzhou shouted to the old man.

‘What’s wrong with the war horse?’ This old Jingzhou scout paid attention to it. He couldn’t help but exclaimed that he was really a good horse. The horse was strong in shape and its strength was on the legs and not on the body of the horse. If it was on the body of the horse, it would be fat, not on the body of the horse. Look at the war horses that were tributed to the palace were like this. They had been fattened in the Royal Horse Prison every day, and good horses would be turned into bad horses.

However, the war horses of the Yangzhou friendly army are truly good horses. Not only does they have no fat on their bodies, but they are also strong and powerful on their limbs. Only such war horses can go to the battlefield.

‘It’s not looking at the war horses, but looking at the side!’ The young Jingzhou scout was anxious and pulled the old scout and shouted.

‘At the side?!’ The scouts over the years discovered the friendly army in Yangzhou. The white horse Congyi’s war horse had two more things than ordinary war horses. They could not find these two suspenders-like objects, but they saw that the other white horse Congyi placed their feet on it. The young scout also learned to put their feet on it. After putting it on, they felt that this thing was amazing.

‘Head, look!’ This young scout rode on the war horse and suddenly let go of his head with both hands.

‘What are you doing!’ The Jingzhou scouts this year will be scolded, because it is easy to fall off the horse’s back. If they are stepped on by war horses, they may be ruined in this life.

But suddenly he was stunned because the young scout was standing on the horse, and he was standing on the back.

‘This, this, this!’ With such a fixed shape, the young Jingzhou scout put himself down and sat on the carriage without having to hold the war horse tightly with his feet, and his hands were empty, but he was steady on the war horse.

The old scout thought about it more, and his expression was first thoughtful and then his eyes lit up.

Why can the Han people only take out a few elite troops to fight against foreign cavalry? That is because the Han people are not trying to make a living on horseback. They are not as good as those barbarians in war horses. The famous tribes on horseback can ride and shoot directly on war horses. This is a skill of the foreign tribe to restrain the Central Plains tribe.

Because the Han people who were riding and shooting at the Han people died on the bows and arrows, the only ones who could compete with the foreign tribes were the soldiers and horses in the border areas, such as the White Horse Congyi, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. However, the Central Plains were in a melee, and such troops could be regarded as the barrier of the Central Plains, and all the troops that were blocked and fought a civil war in the Central Plains.

That's why foreign tribes invaded after the chaos in the world. Liu Mang's cheap father-in-law, Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian, was in Bingzhou. When the group of Wuhuans saw a big banner of Lu Zi, they could retreat for a hundred miles. These were all caused by Lu Bu. The legend of Lu Bu's wolf god made those foreign tribes frightened in the desert.

There are also iron-blooded generals Gongsun Zan and Dong Butcher. Even though these characters lost in the civil war in the Central Plains, these individuals are all heroes and they are the ones who will stabilize the Han Dynasty. On the original trajectory, Lao Cao also played a drama of facing Jieshi to watch the vast ocean. Thousands of tiger and leopard cavalry made the foreign tribes cry and call their parents.

However, in the later battle between the Three Kingdoms, the three kingdoms fought and defeated the foundation of the Central Plains. Even if the three families returned to Jin, it would be difficult for elite troops to come to compete with the foreign races to cause the war of the Five Barbarians invading China.

It's gone far away! These two things hanging on the belly of the war horse, although small, can make the Han soldiers and horses no less inferior to those of the cavalry of the outside tribe. With these two things, the old scout couldn't help it. When he got on the war horse, he also let go of the reins of the horse, holding a long sword in his hand, and stepping on the two pendants with both feet as if it was flat ground, pulling a bow and arrow on the flat bottom?

Riding and shooting! This thing that takes years of training to succeed can be completed. With just two small pendants, it can be completed.

The old scout was a little stunned.

‘Is this general equipped by the Yangzhou army?’ The old scout asked Zhao Yun.

‘Yes!’ Zhao Yun didn’t hide it either. These two scouts were so brave. Zhao Yun looked at these two people with some appreciation, but it was a pity.

‘Head. And this!’ The young scout screamed again, because when he was driving the war horse, the sound of the war horse walking was the crisp sound of steel, which made him lower his head. Then he saw that it was really steel. The limbs of the war horse were all made of iron, so he could move.

Just like wearing iron shoes on a war horse, there are three things that the war horse fears most at the moment. The first is death on the battlefield, the second is the aging of the war horse, and the other is the loss of the horse's hooves.

The first two losses were very small. The biggest loss was the loss of the horse's hooves, which could be considered part of the body of the war horse. When the war horse was over-consuming, the horse's hooves were damaged very much. Once the horse's hooves were worn out, the war horse would be abandoned for a long time and could only go and treat it as a meat horse. With such a pair of iron shoes, the ones that were worn out when running were run were only iron shoes. I didn't see that the horse's hooves were all bright, and these were all worn out.

In this way, the losses of the war horses will be greatly reduced. If such a good thing is in Jingzhou? The scouts' eyes shining over the past year, this is a great contribution. If you inform your boss, then promotion and wealth will be at your fingertips. There is also the matter of notifying Fancheng this time, it can be said that promotion and wealth cannot be avoided.

‘This general doesn’t know!’ The old scout started to make the horseshoe and stirrup.

‘When I arrived in Fancheng, I was sent to the general!’ Zhao Yun was very generous. When he heard Zhao Yun’s words, the scouts over the past year quickly thanked him. He couldn’t help but feel more favorable to Zhao Yun and his trust was higher.

‘The most urgent task now is to notify Fancheng!’ Zhao Yun reminded.

‘Yes, yes, yes!’ The scouts over the past year were confused by the horseshoes and stirrups, and hurriedly nodded and said yes.

‘This general from Jingzhou, look at our troops being divided into two groups. We will go to Fancheng to report the news, and we will also go to various posts near Fancheng to light up the wolf smoke! This can be done without any mistakes!’

‘Yes!’ The scouts of this year patted their heads. In this way, Fancheng would soon get news of the enemy's attack.

‘If the general believes in our Yangzhou army, then I will ask my subordinates to go to each of them to send some notices, and the army and I will go to Fancheng with the general!’ Zhao Yun continued to speak again.

'The general is so serious! I naturally believe in the general!' The scouts over the past year are a little embarrassed. I was wary of Zhao Yun at that time because it was not Zhao Yun's identity. But now I think that not only did they tell you this stirrup and horseshoe that can be regarded as a great contribution, but they also wanted to go to Fancheng with you. If it were the enemy, I would have killed them long ago, so no one would have informed Fancheng, right? So the old scouts now have extremely trust in Zhao Yun.

Soon, Zhao Yun had a map of the Jingzhou Army's post near Fancheng.

‘The person came, took this map and went to various posts to let the Jingzhou army brothers at the posts ignite the beacon!’ Zhao Yun sneered in his heart and gave the map in his hand to another white horse Congyi. There was also a note handed over.

‘Yes!’ Zhao Yun’s men took the order and left with their thirty cavalry.

'This Jingzhou General, let's go without further ado, the enemy behind him will catch up!' Zhao Yun interrupted the Jingzhou scout's thoughts and said.

‘Well, thank you general!’ The scout from Jingzhou clasped his fists at Zhao Yun.

‘Thank you again when I arrive in Fancheng!’ Zhao Yun said strangely. The scout from Jingzhou didn’t think much, and soon the two small teams went their separate ways. (To be continued...)
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