Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

"Ziyu, what magical weapon do you have that can defeat Cao Wei's cavalry? Liu

Bei asked with joy in his eyes.

"This thing is not a magical weapon, it is just a human gadget."

Deng Mu smiled and said a few instructions to Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang followed the order and left.

After a while, under the curious eyes of everyone, Zhou Cang left and returned, putting something in Deng Mu's hands.

"Your Majesty, this is the thing that I mentioned to defeat the enemy."

Deng Mu said and dedicated the thing to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei took it in his hand, with endless surprise on his face.

The advisers and generals on the left and right also discussed for a while, and they were all full of surprise.

"This is really a little... gadget"

"Can this gadget break Cao Wei's cavalry?"

Liu Bei was holding the thing in his hand, and a long-lost suspicion appeared on his face.

A long-lost suspicion of Deng Mu.

"Your Majesty, don’t underestimate this thing. Although it is small, it is the enemy of cavalry."

"If used properly and spread on a large scale, Cao Cao's 20,000 cavalry can definitely be defeated."

Deng Mu's face was filled with confidence, and his tone was a bit mysterious.

Liu Bei took a breath and looked at the thing in his hand, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Pang Tong and others looked at each other, secretly Discussions are all full of confusion

"Since Ziyu said it would work, he must believe it! Liu

Bei gave up his doubts and said happily:

"Ziyu, just tell me, how to use this thing to defeat Cao Cao's 20,000 cavalry?"

Seeing that Liu Bei was determined, everyone could not doubt it, and all their eyes were focused on Deng Mu.

Deng Mu was not slow and explained his entire plan.

Liu Bei did not hesitate and shouted:

"Huang Hansheng, Zhao Zilong obeys the order"

"This king orders you to lead an army of 10,000 infantry in equal parts and 6,000 cavalry to go south to protect the food supply."

"If Cao Cao's cavalry dares to come to rob the grain, they will be destroyed according to the plan of the Prime Minister."

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun accepted the order with great enthusiasm.

On the same day, 16,000 cavalry went south from Yecheng.

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Three days later, Yecheng.

In the palace, Cao Cao has obtained the latest information on the Yan army's food transportation.

That piece of information claimed that the Yan army had unloaded nearly 150,000 pieces of grain and grass on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Now Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun's 16,000 cavalry are escorting the 150,000 dendrobium grains and grasses northward, heading straight for Yecheng.

"One hundred and fifty thousand bushels of grain and grass!"

"Wen Ruo, do you think this king will be robbed or not?"

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu with excited eyes.

He was indeed very excited. In recent days, although the cavalry commanded by Ma Chao, Wen Chou and others have repeatedly robbed the Yan army's food and grass, and they have achieved great results. But every time they robbed the Yan army's food and grass

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, as many as 350,000 to 50,000 dendrobium, and as low as 10,000 or 20,000 dendrobium.

Although the total amount is considerable, the efficiency is very low, and the loss of the cavalry is also considerable.

Such a calamity method can only add up to a small amount, at least. It will take two or three months to see results.

It is different now.

Liu Bei has to transport 150,000 dendrobium grains and grass northward in one breath.

This is a big deal.

If he can rob these 150,000 dendrobium grains and grasses in one go, It will be a heavy blow to the Yan army's food supplies.

How could Cao Cao not be excited?

"Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are both generals who can be defeated by thousands of people."

"Liu Bei sent these two generals this time to command 16,000 cavalry to protect the grain. This shows that he attaches great importance to this batch of grain and grass."

"If our army wants to rob this batch of food and grass, it will be very difficult."

Xun Yu analyzed the stakes, obviously having some concerns.

Cao Cao frowned slightly and nodded slightly:

"What Wen Ruo said makes sense. The big-eared thief was frightened by me, so he sent out heavy troops to protect the food supply."

"According to detailed intelligence, among these 16,000 soldiers and horses, there are at least 6,000 enemy cavalry."

"This number should be the entire Big Ear Thief Cavalry."

It can be seen that Cao Cao also had concerns.

At this time,

Ma Chao stood up and said with emotion:

"Your Majesty, if these 150,000 grains and grass are transported to Yecheng for Liu Bei, it will be able to sustain him for half a month longer."

"I asked the king to give an order to assemble all the cavalry and rob the Yan army of this batch of food and grass!"(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

The Wei army's cavalry was divided into separate groups, commanded by generals such as Ma Chao, Wen Chou, and Zhang Yan.

Ma Chao came back to replenish the loss of horses, so he is here now. Yecheng

"Meng Qi's words are reasonable, and the big-eared thieves cannot be allowed to successfully obtain the 150,000 dendrobium grains and grasses."

Cao Cao nodded heavily and immediately asked:

"Meng Qi, if you gather all the cavalry, are you sure you can defeat Liu Bei's food guard army?"

Ma Chao had a look of pride on his face and said boldly:

"If Liu Bei sends 40,000 to 50,000 troops to protect food, it will be difficult for us to defeat him."

"But he only sent more than 16,000 men, including only 6,000 cavalry. He wanted to stop our 20,000 cavalry. It was really wishful thinking."

"~I am absolutely sure that I can defeat the Yan army!"

Cao Cao's spirit perked up, and he was suddenly awakened by Ma Chao's heroic words.

If he wanted to restrain the cavalry, he would either use cavalry to control cavalry, or he would use strong bows and crossbows to suppress them.

Needless to say, the former was because Liu Bei only had 6,000 cavalry, and it was impossible to use cavalry to control them. Cavalry.

As for the latter.

If you want to suppress 20,000 cavalry, you will need at least 10,000 to 20,000 crossbowmen, and the infantry to protect the crossbowmen will also need at least 20,000.

In other words, the Yan army must send at least 40,000 Only with the remaining heavy troops can we hope to suppress his 20,000 cavalry.[]

But Liu Bei only sent more than 10,000 infantry troops, of which there could not be more than 5,000 crossbowmen.

How could five thousand crossbowmen suppress his 20,000 cavalry?

Cao Cao was so good at using troops. After making this calculation in his mind, he quickly figured out that Ma Chao was not boasting about Haikou.

Their chances of winning are indeed great.

Think about this.

Cao Cao's face was filled with confidence, and (Qian Haohao) said happily:

"In this case, I will give the order for all the cavalry to assemble together."

"You will send your troops south and attack Yan's army transporting grain! Ma

Chao was overjoyed and said with emotion:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, your ministers will not live up to Your Majesty's expectations!"

"In this battle, we will burn Liu Bei's 150,000 grain and grass and defeat his 15,000 grain guard army!"

Looking at Ma Chao, who was determined to win, Cao Cao was full of joy.

At this time,

Xun Yu, who had been silent, reminded him:

"Although the Yan Army's food protection infantry only has more than 10,000 people, please don't forget, Your Majesty, the Yan Army has magical weapons such as the serial crossbow."

"Even though the Yan army only has 5,000 crossbowmen, if they are all equipped with repeating crossbows, they can equal 50,000 crossbowmen."

"I'm worried that this is Deng Mu's plan to lure the enemy. He wants to use 150,000 grains and grass as bait to lure my 20,000 cavalry. How painful!"

Cao Cao shuddered violently.