Outside the gate of Shouchun City.

Cao Cao stood at the front of the crowd, while Cao Shuo and Cao Pi were on his left and right sides.

Behind them were the staff and generals who accompanied Cao Cao to Shouchun and out of the city to greet them.

Chen Zhi and Cao Chun each led their soldiers to line up with each other.

The dragon pattern rider and the tiger and leopard rider are the elite under Cao Shuo and Cao Cao.

Every dragon pattern cavalry soldier was carefully selected by Chen Zhi at the beginning.

And the tiger and leopard cavalry, although they have not been put into the battlefield in an organized manner, but every one of them is an official rank above the rank of captain under Cao Cao.

These people have been on the battlefield before, and they have all made war exploits on the battlefield.

It was precisely because he had killed the enemy on the battlefield that Chen Zhi's provocative words made the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers very unhappy to hear it.

The soldiers on both sides stared at each other, and the atmosphere was actually very heavy, as if they were really on the battlefield.

"Will it hurt a lot of people?" Cao Cao asked Cao Shuo on the side.

"The shields of the dragon-patterned knights are all polished into thin blades around the perimeter." Cao Shuo said: "On the battlefield, they can kill people with their shields. At this time, they were replaced with wooden shields wrapped in soft linen cloth and weapons without blades, so even if they hurt someone, they would not kill them. ”

"You often let your soldiers practice like this?" Cao Cao asked.

"That's how all the soldiers under my command practice." Cao Shuo said: "Although many people will be injured during the exercise, but when they arrive on the battlefield, they are more familiar with the battlefield and are more aware of the risks on the battlefield. After the usual training, almost all the soldiers have become veterans, the military appearance is more neat, and the advance and retreat are more moderate. ”

"It's a good idea." Cao Cao said to Cao Ren and other generals on the side: "Write down Zirong's words, and after returning to Xudu, I will also use this method to train soldiers." ”

Cao Ren and others responded one after another.

Cao Pi asked Cao Shuo: "Eldest brother, just training soldiers like this, even if they are familiar with the battlefield, they are just stragglers. There should be other things to pay attention to. ”

"Zihuan has really grown up." Cao Shuo grinned at him: "Military discipline, the most important thing is military discipline." A chaotic team with no military discipline, no matter how strong the individual combat ability is, is just a group of lambs that can only be slaughtered on the battlefield. Fierce generals are like tigers, strong men are like wolves, and the army is a group of wolves that need to cooperate to hunt. Without cooperation, they will also become prey. ”

Cao Pi nodded thoughtfully, but after thinking about it carefully, although Cao Shuo said it was very reasonable, he didn't point out how to restrain military discipline at all, and he still couldn't learn even the slightest experience from it.

"That's a good point." Cao Cao said approvingly: "It has not been a few years since you led the troops, and it is not easy for you to comprehend these." ”

"Thank you father for the compliment." Cao Shuo thanked him.

He then asked Cao Cao, "Father, the dragon pattern ride and the tiger and leopard ride are ready, can you start?" ”

"Let them start." Cao Cao said: "But I want to tell the two generals to save some hands when fighting, I don't want to see the soldiers break their muscles and bones on such an occasion." ”

Cao Shuo responded and instructed Cai Ji: "Please start with the two generals." ”

Cai Ji rode his horse and galloped towards the two opposing groups of men and horses, and while galloping, he also shouted: "Gong Cao has an order, the two generals can start drilling!" ”

The order was given, and Cao Chun picked up the wooden long sword that had just been issued and pointed forward.

Eight hundred tigers and leopards rushed out.

At the same time, Deng Zhan, who was beside Chen, asked, "General, shoot with a bow or charge head-on?" ”

"They've never done a drill like we did." Chen Zhi said: "Even if you are shot by a bow and arrow, you will not stop consciously. It's better to rush up and kill for a while, I want to convince Cao Chun to lose! ”

"General Deng, you take twenty people to stay, and when we entangle Cao Chun, you can make a detour to the flank and kill." Seeing that the tiger and leopard were getting closer and closer, Chen Zhi instructed Deng Zhan: "Gongzi once said that the thief captures the king first, as long as Cao Chun is captured, they will lose." ”

Deng Zhan didn't seem to be worried about the lack of manpower under Chen Zhi at all, so he just responded and beckoned the twenty dragon pattern riders to take two steps back.

Chen pointed in front of the wooden sword and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, give it to me!" ”

The two cavalry rushed out in front of each other, and the momentum was like a real battlefield.

Cao Cao, who was watching the battle from a distance, frowned, and asked Cao Shuo: "The cavalry charges, if they collide together, won't many people be injured?" ”

"Someone is going to get hurt." Cao Shuo said: "This kind of drill cannot be avoided, there is no bloodshed in peacetime, and you will lose your life on the battlefield in wartime." ”

glanced at Cao Shuo, Cao Cao didn't say anything more, but his face was not particularly good-looking.

The two cavalry that were charging in opposite directions quickly collided.

The tiger and leopard cavalry was the elite under Cao Cao, and all the war horses were also purchased from the north.

The war horses ridden by the dragon pattern were carefully selected by Cao Shuo from the northern war horses purchased, and the ones with the largest skeletons and the strongest physique were selected and distributed to the soldiers.

In contrast, the war horse ridden by the dragon pattern is still better than the upper half of the domain.

The cavalry collided with each other, and some of the soldiers at the front who were hit were thrown off their horses.

The soldiers who dropped their horses were immediately left from the battlefield by the infantry soldiers who were watching the battle.

Those who are forced to leave are, of course, considered dead.

With both sides in one place, the tiger and leopard riders soon discovered a situation that was very unfavorable to them.

Under the feet of the dragon-patterned cavalry, there is a place to kick their feet, but their war horses are not equipped.

Stirrups, Cao Shuo had long been equipped with cavalry under his command.

When fighting in front of Cao Cao, Cao Shuo rarely used cavalry, and even if the cavalry attacked, it was always flanking or sweeping the battlefield, which did not reflect the advantage of stirrups.

The dragon pattern rider and the tiger and leopard rider fought together, and one by one the tiger and leopard rider was unstable because there was no stirrup to ride, and the dragon pattern rider picked off the war horse.

But the tiger and leopard cavalry is not an ordinary cavalry after all, although it is at a disadvantage in the first battle, it still quickly stabilizes its position, and forms a momentum of parity with the dragon pattern cavalry.

At the same time that the two sides were in a stalemate, Deng Zhan took twenty dragon pattern horses around the flank.

Finding that Deng Zhan led people to rush out, Cao Cao asked Cao Shuo: "The dragon pattern rider dispatched so many people, is it possible that he still wants to use them to thwart the tiger and leopard rider?" ”

"Back to my father." Cao Shuo said: "In fact, General Chen has long known that they are at a disadvantage in numbers, and it is impossible for them to win. The only way to win is to launch a surprise attack with these twenty people and capture General Cao. ”

"Zihe can't be caught if he wants to." Cao Cao smiled slightly: "I'm afraid General Chen's plan is going to fall through this time." ”

"Not necessarily." Cao Shuo said: "After all, the leader of these twenty cavalry is Deng Zhan, who has traveled all over the world and is also quite famous as a chivalrous warrior. ”

(End of chapter)