The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 346: Five Tigers, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix
When the emperor saw Cao Chun leading the infantry to attack in front of Jinyong City, he thought that Cao Cao had not yet formed the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

After all, without Guanzhong, Liu Xie really couldn't think of where Cao Cao could get war horses to form cavalry.

But the fact is that Cao Cao did sell everything he had to raise a cavalry unit!
Due to the limited number of war horses, Cao Cao's cavalry was very small, only a few hundred.

But when Cao Chunzhen led this cavalry to charge over, its power moved almost all the generals on the battlefield!

Heavy cavalry!
Cao Cao actually assembled a heavy cavalry force of several hundred men!
"Is this Cao Mengde's backup plan?"

Since the Battle of Anyi, the imperial court has made full preparations for the eastward expedition.

There is no reason why both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would remain in the same place.

It was simply that Yuan Shao had been fooled by the emperor and chose to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources to build a defense line on the east side of Taihang Mountain, thinking that the emperor would attack from the east.

So far, Cao Cao's trump card has never been revealed.

Now, seeing those hundreds of heavy cavalry charging towards their own troops, even Liu Bei's close associates began to panic.

"It's over, we're going to lose this battle!"

Liu Bei glanced at the person who spoke.

Dr. Jen.

The fellow villager who followed him out of Youzhou in the past, although he had no special skills and could only be a flag guard officer, he was strong-willed and had been through life and death with Liu Bei for several years. He was a real man.

Even people like this are expressing pessimism, let alone others?
Liu Bei looked around and found that everyone's faces had indeed turned gloomy.

At present, Liu Bei’s army has no means to deal with heavy cavalry.

If Ma Chao's cavalry were still there, they might be able to hold back a few of the enemies, but now... it's difficult!

"Qiang!"

The sword is unsheathed.

Liu Bei pointed his sword at Cao Chun and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under his command.

"If we cannot win, we shall die!"

As long as you haven't laid down your weapons, you haven't failed!

Liu Bei stepped on his horse and headed directly towards the direction where Cao Chun was rushing towards!

As Liu Bei's central army flag slowly began to move forward, the surrounding soldiers all held their breath and concentrated.

Liu Bei actually wanted to use infantry to intercept Cao Chun's heavy cavalry!
Even Cao Cao on the opposite side was shocked when he noticed Liu Bei's actions!
"Such bravery...seeking death!"

The heavy cavalry Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Chun was Cao Cao's ultimate killer move that he had kept hidden until the end.

Even from the very beginning, this cavalry was prepared for Lu Bu, not for Liu Bei.

Now it is impossible for Liu Bei to stop this cavalry!

As Liu Bei's central army camp moved, a figure on a white horse and holding a silver spear rushed to the front at the first moment!

Zhao Yun!

He led more than ten personal soldiers wearing white robes and riding white horses and charged directly into the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that was like a torrent!

Cao Chun was in the middle at the moment and didn't take it seriously at first.

Compared with his old rivals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun undoubtedly seems somewhat "unknown".

Even though he killed several generals under Sun Ce with his spear in the Battle of Yiling, he was not in the Central Plains and was not known to the generals under Cao Cao.

It was not until Zhao Yun charged headfirst into the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and lightly fired his spear, killing more than a dozen of them in just a few breaths, that Cao Chun's eyes suddenly widened!
"Who are you?"

"Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

When Zhao Yun gave his name, he also locked onto Cao Chun's position, and immediately charged forward with his spear, obviously intending to kill the general!
"How brave!"

Cao Chun shouted loudly and raised his spear to stab Zhao Yun!
……

Something is wrong!
This Zhao Yun looks innocent, how could he be so strong?
As soon as he started fighting with Zhao Yun, Cao Chun felt a shock in his palms, and all his internal organs jumped. A warm current surged up from his abdomen, making his throat feel sweet!
"Is this person really Zhao Yun, not Lu Bu?"

Cao Chun did not dare to engage in a fight with Zhao Yun, and immediately ordered the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to keep their distance and go around Zhao Yun from both sides.

Thousands of troops avoid white robes!
Hundreds of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who should have crushed everything suddenly split up and were cut in half by Zhao Yun like flowing water!

When Zhao Yun saw this scene that was enough to make him go down in history, he was not happy at all, but rather a little flustered.

"Go away!"

Zhao Yun led his army here to intercept the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under Cao Chun, making them lose their charging posture and prevent them from directly destroying Liu Bei's central camp.

Now Cao Chun was obviously avoiding the battle. He chose to bypass Zhao Yun and continue charging towards Liu Bei!

"Cao Chun! You are a coward!"

How can this be used as a heavy cavalry?
"Cao Chun! Come over here and fight me in an open battle!"

But Cao Chun pretended not to hear Zhao Yun's shout, and just kept urging the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to continue charging towards Liu Bei!

Yun was furious. He swung the silver spear in his hand and killed several Tiger and Leopard Cavalry around him, but he could not stop the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry from advancing!
"coming!"

Liu Bei stared at the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry's flag, narrowed his eyes, and gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.

"charge!"

Cao Chun saw that he had reached Liu Bei's main camp, and immediately put aside all his thoughts.

"Break that flag!"

At this moment, every Tiger and Leopard Rider seemed to be blown by a strong wind, and they were pressing towards Liu Bei's camp like a real flood and beast!

The originally hard shield was completely useless under this horrific impact.

The scene of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry charging Liu Bei's main camp was like a sharp blade smoothly cutting a piece of tofu, cutting cracks in the originally tight military formation with almost no hindrance!

Crisscross.

However, hundreds of cavalry easily split Liu Bei's army formation, revealing the large banner wrapped in the center -

【Liu】!
Immediately, two knights from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry stepped forward, drew their sharp swords, and chopped hard at the flagpole!

"A bunch of scumbags!"

At the critical moment, Dr. Ren rushed over to block the attack from the man on the left, but was chopped on the arm by the man on the right.

"Damn it!"

Dr. Ren cursed in pain: "You bunch of Cao bastards! I just wanted to live a peaceful life for a few days, but you chased me all the way from Hebei to Jingzhou! You are born by a mother but not raised by her! You all deserve a miserable death!"

Although it hurt, Doctor Ren still used his body to protect Liu Bei's flag and prevent it from falling.

"Damn it! What kind of world is this? I just want a wife and kids to warm my bed, why did I become such a coward..."

Before he could finish his complaint, more Tiger and Leopard Riders rushed up.

This person was holding a big axe. Seeing that Doctor Ren had wrapped his body around Liu Bei's banner, he drew an arc in the air and cut off both Doctor Ren and Liu Bei's banner!
Raid, done!
The moment Liu Bei's banner fell down, there seemed to be a moment of silence on the vast and chaotic battlefield.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and others who were fighting at the front all had surprise and confusion in their eyes.

However, when Cao Cao saw Liu Bei's banner fall, he was ecstatic.

"Good! Good!"

Cao Cao knows this army too well!

Liu Bei is the backbone of these people!

As long as Liu Bei falls, neither Guan Yu nor Zhang Fei will pose any threat!

"I won this battle!"

After a brief period of revelry, Cao Cao felt a little lonely.

Pulling out the Yitian sword from his waist, Cao Cao looked at the sword, looked at the face reflected on the sword, and said goodbye to it.

"Xuan De, have a safe journey!"

At this moment, Cheng Yu and Liu Ye behind him also began to congratulate Cao Cao.

But before he could say anything, there was a commotion in the army ahead.

"What happened?"

Cao Cao thought that he had killed another general of Liu Bei's army, and immediately looked for the flag.

But after taking a look around the formation, Cao Cao discovered that both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's flags were still standing intact among the chaotic army.

It was not until his sight moved back a little that Cao Cao was stunned on the spot.

Cheng Yu and Liu Ye didn't know what was going on, so they looked in the direction Cao Cao was looking.

A slightly tattered banner was once again erected there, trembling—

【Liu】

Although the foundation seemed a little shaky, as if it would be submerged again at any moment, it did stand up again!
……

"Damn, this thing is heavy!"

At this moment, Liu Bei was holding up his own banner with his shoulders, grimacing in pain.

This big banner is really heavy!
Normally, he didn't feel it when it was just erected behind him, but when Liu Bei actually carried it up himself, he found that this big banner was extremely heavy!
Just when Liu Bei was about to give up, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "My Lord! Leave it to me!"

Zhao Yun, who had just gone out to meet the enemy, suddenly came back again and found Liu Bei.

"Zi Long?"

After seeing Zhao Yun, Liu Bei was also extremely happy.

"I knew that Zilong would not abandon me!" As Zhao Yun placed his hand on the big banner, Liu Bei suddenly felt lightened.

But Zhao Yun had actually consumed a lot of physical strength in the chaos at this moment. Even with the two of them supporting the banner, it was still a bit strenuous, causing the banner to shake a little.

"Lord."

"Uncle Emperor."

"General Liu..."

Fortunately, as the big banner was raised again, more and more soldiers gathered around.

They continued to use their bodies to surround the big banner in the center, layer upon layer, with each of them holding hands and shoulder to shoulder, so that the big banner had a base again!
As more and more soldiers gathered around, the big flag that had just been cut off finally stabilized in its original place and took deep roots in the land!
……

"Liu Bei!"

Cao Cao, who was originally feeling somewhat sad, finally exploded completely at this moment!

"Again and again! Again and again! Again and again!"

"Liu Xuande! Can't you just give up honestly and die peacefully?"

Cao Cao swung his sword in the air, as if he was slashing at Liu Bei, or perhaps at his former self!

"Press forward! Press forward! Liu Bei can't hold out for much longer! We must kill him once and for all this time!"

Cao Cao directly pushed forward all his troops!
Cao Cao at this moment was just like what he said about Liu Bei before -

"No effort spared! Admirable! Extremely stupid!"

But it worked.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and others, who were filled with joy after seeing Liu Bei's banner raised again, were completely defeated by Cao Cao's powerful attack and could no longer maintain their formation.

Even if Liu Bei still raises the banner, the final winner will still be Cao Cao!

When Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei's army was on the verge of collapse, he heaved a long sigh of relief, as if to sweep away all the frustration and humiliation he had just felt.

The sword is sheathed.

"Try to capture Yunchang alive! Don't harm his life!"

Cao Cao is now considering his next opponent.

The war drums are beating again!

The sudden noise startled Cao Cao, who immediately shouted angrily, "Whose army is behind us? Why are you beating the drums at this time?"

Cheng Yu swallowed softly at this moment: "My Lord, there is no one behind us!"

no one?

Who is beating the drum?

wrong……

Not the drum sound!

It's the cavalry!
Cao Cao suddenly looked up in fear, and saw dust flying behind him!

【Pang】!
Pang De and Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the battlefield had not yet been settled.

"Caught up!"

When the emperor divided his troops from Luoyang in the past, he sent out two armies.

Lu Bu, Gao Shun and Sima Yi went straight to Chenliu.

Another route was taken by Pang De and Pang Tong, who went south and approached Xu County!
Because Lu Bu captured Chenliu ahead of time, Pang De and Pang Tong stopped advancing and planned to stop and wait for follow-up orders.

Until they heard that Cao Cao had dug up the Yingshui River...

"With Liu Huangshu's personality, he will definitely fight with Cao Mengde!"

Even though he had not received the emperor's order yet, Pang Tong immediately asked Pang De: "General, you should rush to the battlefield immediately! Otherwise, there will be a disaster!"

Pang De hesitated at the time: "But we haven't received the emperor's order. If we mobilize troops privately, I'm afraid the emperor will hold us accountable!"

Moreover, Pang De also knew that Pang Tong was from Jingzhou and he was on good terms with everyone in Jingzhou: "Shi Yuan, war is no joke! How can you use troops arbitrarily just because of personal feelings?"

"General Pang! Please trust me just once!"

Pang Tong had an ugly appearance, but what was rare was that his eyes were extremely bright, as if there was a spirit hidden in his eyes.

"Cao Cao must have dug up the Ying River to deal with Ma Chao's cavalry!"

"Besides, Cao Cao is a man who never leaves any room for maneuver. Now that he has opened up the Yingshui River, he must want to completely defeat Emperor Liu."

"If we go to rescue now, we can stop Cao Cao and prevent the defeat of the war! Personally... General Pang knows that I am friendly with Kong Ming, and I do have a selfish motive to ask the other generals to use their troops! But General Pang was once a subordinate of Ma Teng, and now his son Ma Chao may have fallen into Cao Cao's trap and is in danger! Isn't General Pang willing to save Ma Chao this time to repay Ma Teng's kindness?"

……

Pang De was finally persuaded by Pang Tong and decided to lead his cavalry south quickly!
Now that he had caught up with the war and Liu Bei's army was indeed in danger, Pang De breathed a sigh of relief.

Pang Tong laughed at one side: "Kong Ming! People say that I am not as good as you, but today I saved your life! It can be seen that without me, Pang Shiyuan, you will be alone!"

The cavalry brought by Pang De and Pang Tong undoubtedly completely changed the situation on the battlefield, putting Cao Cao in a dilemma.

Because of his impulsiveness before, Cao Cao also sent his main force forward, leaving the rear empty.

Now seeing Pang De and Pang Tong leading the cavalry arriving, Cao Cao couldn't help but sweat on his forehead, not knowing whether to continue advancing or let the army retreat.

Just as Cao Cao was hesitating, a cloud of dust rose from the south again.

"Whose troops are they? Could they be reinforcements?"

Cao Cao once ordered Man Chong to serve as the prefect of Runan. When he saw people coming from the south, he immediately thought that Man Chong had done the same as Pang De and Pang Tong, and chose to lead troops to support them.

But when the flag from the south rushed to the front of the formation, Cao Cao was immediately shocked!

The banner was not from his own Ru'nan governor Man Chong, but from a person Cao Cao had never dreamed of—

Ma Chao!

At this moment, Ma Chao was covered in mud and had disheveled hair, not looking like "Jin Ma Chao" at all.

He was riding on a warhorse, holding a spear in his right hand, but his left hand was hanging limply at his side, obviously he had been seriously injured!
Even so, Ma Chao still bit the reins with his teeth, and with red eyes, he controlled his horse to rush towards Cao Cao!
Cao thief!

Rebel!

Traitor!

Evil thief!

After Ma Chao was washed downstream by the Yingshui River, he became mentally shaken and apparently lost his will to fight.

When the soldiers found him, Ma Chao was hiding behind a rock, wet and terrified, not daring to see anyone.

Ma Chao's secret dispatch of troops was in itself a way to clear his name as a pillar of the country.

But now, instead of clearing their name, their entire army was annihilated and they became a complete laughing stock of the world!

If it weren't for the sword beside him, I'm afraid Ma Chao would want to commit suicide to apologize!
"Is the General going to abandon us?"

The personal soldiers gathered around Ma Chao and scolded him to wake him up.

"We followed the general on a long journey, but the general doesn't intend to take us back?"

"General, you should know that I used to be a Qiang. Fortunately, I was forgiven by the emperor, so I changed my name to a Chinese name, used Chinese characters, spoke Chinese, and became a Chinese! Even someone like me knows that we can't give up after losing a battle. Don't you know that, General?"

"Mengqi, you and I are of the same clan, both descendants of the former Fubo General Ma Yuan. Do you really intend to continue to be decadent like this and bring shame to your ancestors?"

"..."

A variety of voices rang in his mind, and Ma Chao covered his head in pain.

But suddenly, he seemed to think of——

I had once promised Fa Zheng and Meng Da that we would work together to recover the Western Regions and completely revive the Han Dynasty!

How can we be afraid of death when our oath has not yet been fulfilled?

Besides...

All these disasters were ultimately caused by myself.

Even if I have to die, at least I have to wait until I kill Cao Cao before I die!
Cao Cao...Cao Cao, Cao Cao!

In an instant, Cao Cao became Ma Chao's nightmare!
What Ma Chao has to do now is to make himself Cao Cao’s nightmare!
His teeth were bleeding from the reins, but Ma Chao did not slow down at all!

"Cao thief! Use your life to wash away my blood shame!"

……

Liu Bei had already prepared to fight to the death.

But when Pang Tong and Ma Chao returned to the battlefield one after another, Liu Bei also laughed -

"Cao Mengde! This war has only just begun!"

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong gathered their strength again and pressed back in the direction of Ma Chao's advance.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang also crossed the battlefield, met Pang Tong's eyes, and smiled knowingly.

"Thank you, Shi Yuan!"

Five Tigers, Crouching Dragon, Phoenix Chick...

The stars reunited and attacked Cao Cao from all directions!
Liu Bei also stood under the banner with high spirits, raised his sword and pointed it eastwards: "Today, all of you, follow me to defeat Cao Cao and support the Han Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)