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

Cao Cao thought about it.

Recalling the battle in the plains, Liu Bei used the Luoyin Liang Camp as bait to lure Yuan Shangjin to launch a raid with the Yuan family's cavalry.

As a result, in that battle, Yuan Jun's cavalry was severely damaged by Lian Nu and almost the entire army was wiped out.

As Xun Yu reminded, Liu Bei's grain transportation this time was most likely a strategy of Deng Mu, just to induce him to send 20,000 cavalry to rob grain.

If Liu Bei's food guard army really prepared 5,000 repeating crossbows, wouldn't he just hit the muzzle of the gun?

If 20,000 cavalry were lost, it would be equivalent to losing the last trump card.

That's it's really over

"Wen Ruo reminded that this is very similar to Deng Mu's style."

"If it is really a trick, the Yan army will definitely be equipped with repeated crossbows. If the king sends troops to rob food, wouldn't it be playing into Deng Mu's treacherous plan?"

Cao Cao murmured to himself, obviously hesitating.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xun’s concerns are not unreasonable, but what if he guesses wrong?"

"Just because we are afraid of Liu Bei's repeated crossbows, we give up on raiding these 150,000 grains and grasses?"

"So this time we gave up, what about next time?"

"Do we give up on robbing food every time because we are worried about the Yan army's crossbows?"

"Then our strategy of robbing food will just go down the drain and be completely useless?"

Ma Chao asked a series of questions.

Cao Cao was shocked, his brows were condensed deeper, and there was a look of unwillingness in his eyes.

"Meng Qi's concerns are not unreasonable, right?"

"If we give up robbing food this time, the big-eared thieves will see our fear and do the same thing, but what should we do?"

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at Xun Yu.

Xun Yu pondered for a long time, cupped his hands and said:

"The king’s worries are also the minister’s worries"

"If your Majesty insists on robbing these 150,000 bushels of grain and grass, then we have to come up with a comprehensive strategy to prevent the Yan army's repeated crossbows."

This change of thought seemed to open another window for Cao Cao, which made his eyes brighten.

"Yes, why didn’t I think of this?"

"If we could crack the repeating crossbow, wouldn't our army have nothing to worry about?"

Cao Cao stood up and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, thinking hard.

Xun Yu rolled his eyes a few times, and took the lead with a flash of light and asked Ma Chao:

"Meng Qi, how many heavy armored cavalry are there among my 20,000 cavalry?"

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment and then said:

"There were about 800 riders. Why did Prime Minister Xun suddenly ask about this? Xun

Yu turned to Cao Cao and said:

"As far as I know, the advantage of this repeating crossbow is that it can fire ten arrows at a time, shooting out a dense rain of arrows in a short period of time."

"But its flaw is that its lethality is insufficient, that is, its ability to break armor is insufficient."

"From this point of view, this repeating crossbow is more than enough to deal with the ordinary armored cavalry, but it is unable to deal with the heavy armored cavalry wearing iron armor."

"Our army currently has 800 heavy armors. If we collect a few hundred more heavy armors from the arsenal, we should be able to gather more than 1,500 heavy armored cavalry."

"Then when our army rushes into battle to rob food, if we ride with heavy armor in front to clear the way, we can act as a shield wall to withstand the dense rain of arrows from the continuous crossbows."

"As for our main cavalry, we can follow the heavy armored cavalry. Wouldn't we be able to prevent the volley of repeated crossbows?"

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"Wen Ruo's words are reasonable, or Wen Ruo is insightful."

"Why didn't I expect that the repeating crossbow seemed to be extremely powerful, but in fact it had such a weakness!"

"Well, according to what Wen Ruo said, this heavy armored cavalry is indeed a powerful weapon against repeated crossbows!"

After Cao Cao praised him, he looked at Ma Chao:

"Meng Qi, what do you think of the strategy Wen Ruo mentioned?"

Ma Chao was already full of confidence at this time and said with emotion:

"Your Majesty, I think Prime Minister Xun’s plan is feasible!"

"Please give the order, Your Majesty, I will win this battle!"

At this point, in Cao Cao's view, all possibilities of defeat have been blocked.

In this case, how can we miss this God-given opportunity.

Cao Cao returned to the throne in a few steps, his face filled with ambition and determination. Ran shouted:

"According to my king's orders, I mobilized my great Wei cavalry to rob the big-ear bandit's 150,000 pieces of grain and grass for me!"

"In this battle, you can only win, not lose!"

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Five days later, north of Neihuang City.

A large-scale legion was escorting thousands of grain trucks as they marched northward.

Zhao Yun's eyes were cold and alert, always paying attention to the movements around him.

Sudden.

Zhao Yun's eyes gathered together and he focused his gaze towards the northeast.

I saw a sandstorm rising from the horizon and heading towards the food team.

Such a momentum must have come from countless cavalry. (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Cao Cao’s thieves indeed sent cavalry to rob the grain!"

Zhao Yun made a move with his gentian spear and shouted:

"After the order was passed, all the grain trucks stopped and formed a semicircle formation on the spot!"

"Reporting that the Han Dynasty had been promoted to an old general, he ordered his infantry to form an array toward the northeast."

The gong was sounded to warn people, and scouts were running back and forth.

More than a thousand grain trucks immediately stopped advancing, as if they had been rehearsed in advance, and quickly formed a semicircular formation.

Huang Zhong ordered more than 10,000 infantry troops to march The gap in the chariot array was blocked, and they formed an array facing the northeast.

Zhao Yun led 6,000 cavalry, and their troops lined up on the flanks of the array, forming a horn-like momentum.

Dust and mist rolled in, approaching.

Soon, countless cavalry figures appeared. It hit the eyes of the Yan army officers and soldiers.

Boundless!

That was the boundless cavalry.

It was like coming with a violent storm, and it was so powerful that it changed the color of the world.

"The Prime Minister knew what was going on. As expected, Cao Cao sent all his cavalry to rob me of food and fodder!"

"I just don’t know if the little thing built by the Prime Minister can really restrain the enemy’s cavalry!"[]

Zhao Yun murmured to himself and turned his gaze to the car formation.

Inside the vehicle, there were surprisingly several trebuchets towed.

The sharp weapons Deng Mu had given them to defeat cavalry were now equipped with trebuchets and could be launched at any time.

Except for Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, no one among the soldiers knew what was in the trebuchet.

They were even more curious, thinking that they were just protecting food, so why did they have to drag several trebuchets with them?

This thing has some uses in sieges. Can it also be used in field battles?

If you encounter an enemy army, can these trebuchets and a few stone bullets be used to stop the attack of the Wei army's cavalry?

The officers and soldiers of the Yan army were all nervous and uneasy. ahead.

Twenty thousand Cao Wei cavalry were approaching like a torrent of steel.

Three generals, Ma Chao, Wen Chou, and Zhang Yan, commanding the main force of Cao Wei's cavalry, are approaching..