Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 239: Change of Commander
Taishi Ci patted the stunned Ni Heng, and when he saw that he did not react, he went to the medical school first.
At this time, there were already signs of guests leaving the General's Mansion, and Taishi Ci didn't want to be discovered injured...
As for why Ni Heng was stunned?
Just now, Ni Heng's tongue-sword combo completely "broke" the shackles on the woodcutter...that is, Zhao Yun.
Of course, the "shackles" are only a manifestation in the mental vision, and actually represent Zhao Yun's psychological barriers.
After he was suspected by Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Xu died, Zhao Yun's thinking fell into a vicious circle and he began to think that everything he did was meaningless.
Although it is easy to explain the reason in a debate, Zhao Yun is already in a complete psychological and mental deadlock, just like a person who is so depressed that he wants to commit suicide. He cannot be stopped by just reasoning with him.
This made him throw away his military command, and he was unwilling to fight on the battlefield again, or even do nothing at all.
When the plague broke out, it was his most basic compassion and empathy that led him to go to Shouchun and lend a hand, which also left a crack in his psychological shackles...
However, Zhao Yun's heart was still troubled and struggling, and he would feel a little relieved when he chopped wood. When he was a child, before he became an apprentice, Zhao Yun often chopped wood for his family. This was the best way to calm him down, as if he had returned to a time when he did not need to shoulder too many responsibilities or think about too many other things.
However, not long ago, Ni Heng used his "tongue sword" to continuously weaken Zhao Yun's mental strength, thereby reducing his thinking and reaction ability, and at the same time... it also made his knotted brain begin to loosen.
Although it was just an old saying, but... at this moment, even if what Ni Heng said was unpleasant to the ear, Zhao Yun was able to listen to it and was no longer constrained by his previous chaotic emotions!
Just after Ni Heng used his tongue sword combo on Zhao Yun for the last time, the mist around Zhao Yun dissipated with the sound of shackles breaking, revealing seven vivid white snakes, coiling around Zhao Yun, ready to attack...
"Mr. Ni." Zhao Yun spoke in a hoarse voice, as if he had not drunk water for several days, but his eyes and tone were very firm.
"Hmm...Hmm?" Ni Heng broke out in cold sweat.
From his perspective at this moment, the white snake around Zhao Yun was as big as one of Bai Tu...'s tentacle!
It was said that the mental power of military commanders is weaker than that of counselors, but is only more solid and less likely to be shaken?
"Thank you for your advice." Zhao Yun said with a bow, then turned and left... in the direction of the general's mansion!
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In the end, Zhao Yun led his army to Yiyang, and on the way... he also brought along the elite soldiers trained in Xunyang - a total of three hundred generals, each with five Ji-zao soldiers, a full pit, a total of eighteen hundred "people".
Because the infantry troops were marching slowly, it took a month to reach the battlefield in northern Jing. During this time, Zhao Yun familiarized himself with the fighting and command methods of this new army.
For this purpose, he did not hesitate to ask for advice from the lieutenant general in charge of this new army, even though Lieutenant General Ding Feng was younger than Zhao Yun and looked like just a young boy.
Zhao Yun was amazed at some of these theories, and was even more looking forward to their future clash with the halberd warriors.
During this period, the Northern Army did not forcefully attack the three passes again, but it was a pipe dream for them to counterattack the occupied Ming County seat with only 800 halberd soldiers.
Qu Yi was only good at training soldiers and forming military formations, but in terms of tactics and strategy, he was only suitable to be an executor. As for Wen Chou... he was just a brave man.
Besides, Qu Yi and Wen Chou’s goal was not to help Yuan Yao defeat the army of the General’s Mansion.
Even though Yuan Yao is their lord's nephew, but... their purpose of appearing here now is only to hinder Bai Tu's speed of advancing westwards.
As long as Bai Tu had not conquered Jingzhou when Cao Cao and Liu Bei were defeated, then the scattered Jing and Yang, which were even at war, could be easily swallowed up by Yuan Shao!
By then, the unification of the world will be just around the corner.
Therefore, with strong self-confidence, Yuan Shao even sent Qu Yi to Jingbei while he was at war with Cao Cao...
Qu Yi was "very moved" by the great trust. After all, Qu Yi came to Jingbei under the banner of Yuan Shao. Maybe he could become a local lord himself. Even if he would not have much development, at least he could gain Zhang Xiu's previous status and wait for the right price.
But... before Qu Yi could finish being moved, Yuan Shao did not forget to send his loyal follower Wen Chou along.
Well, although he knew that this was actually the military supervisor, Qu Yi was still "quite touched".
At the same time, Zhang Xiu was in Wancheng. With the support of Bai Tu, he easily turned the tables, cut off his ties with Liu Biao, and completely controlled the northern part of Nanyang.
However, when they marched eastward to attack the remaining troops of Yuan Shu led by Yuan Yao, they were blocked by the Tongbai Dafu Mountain, which is the mountain range running north and south of the Tongbai Mountains, including the Baiyun Mountain, Taibai Peak and Wufeng Mountain in later generations.
The main force under Zhang Xiu was the "heavy cavalry" derived from the Western Liang Iron Cavalry - of course, in Bai Tu's opinion, the degree of "heavy" was not actually considered heavy cavalry.
Although Zhang Xiu did not understand what "medium-sized cavalry" meant, he had no objection to the General's Office classifying his cavalry as medium-sized cavalry.
Compared with the White Horse Volunteers and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry had heavier armor, but it was not as heavy as the infantry armor, and the war horses did not wear additional armor.
Their charging speed and flexibility are weaker than those of light cavalry, but they are better at breaking through the enemy's formation head-on!
If Chen Dao had been in Mingyan before, leading the medium-armored cavalry, he would not have been so severely restrained by the halberd soldiers. Even if he could not break through, both sides should have suffered losses.
This configuration of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry also benefited from the good relationship between Dong Zhuo and the Qiang leaders.
When he was in Xiliang, Dong Zhuo's enemies were mainly the Xianbei who invaded the border and the rebellious Xiongnu. At the same time, there were several tribes of the Qiang people who could be said to be Dong Zhuo's supporters.
Generally speaking, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry only needs to be used as a frontal charge force, and the two wings will have Qiang cavalry close to Dong Zhuo to assist in raiding the formation... In fact, it is the prototype of mixed combat of light and heavy cavalry.
However, there are not so many war horses now, and if Zhang Xiu is given an additional light cavalry raiding formation, the advantage of the medium-armored cavalry will naturally be weakened.
And their "colleagues", the part of the Western Liang Cavalry recruited by Lu Bu, has now been reduced to 500 people.
New armor is being gradually deployed, and is also in the replacement sequence that the Ministry of Industry pays special attention to...
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry's full body armor weighs only 20 to 30 kilograms. It is difficult for Bai Tu to admit that he is a heavy cavalry... It can only be said that his thinking tends to be heavy cavalry, but his equipment has not kept up.
Only this kind of people and horses are covered with heavy armor, and ordinary horses can't carry them at all...
In the world of Cheng Ji, when a warhorse is in low gear, it is simply unable to carry fully armed cavalry forward. Normally, if it wants to move in low gear, it must use a cart to carry its equipment. After being fully armed, only the highest gear, which is the gear corresponding to a real warhorse, can run!
This is heavy cavalry.
Of course, although the medium-armored cavalry led by Zhang Xiu lacked the support of light cavalry, they were still no match for the remaining troops of Yuan Shu under Yuan Yao in field battles.
However, because they were not good at attacking strongholds, they were blocked to the west of Dafu Mountain and could not form a pincer attack with Chen Dao.
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A month later, Zhao Yun arrived in Min County with less than two thousand new soldiers.
It is said that changing the commander in the middle of a battle is a taboo in military strategy.
However, Zhao Yun was originally half of Chen Dao's teacher, and most of the other remaining generals of the White Horse Army also knew and admired Zhao Yun. Therefore, the change of commander did not bring any turmoil, but instead made Chen Dao and others more excited!
The attack on the three passes was once again on the agenda...
Seeing Chen Dao's dejected look, Zhao Yun punched him as soon as they met: "Why are you crying so sadly? Haven't you ever lost a battle?"
"General, I am sorry for the trust of my lord and Marquis Wen!" Chen Dao said, his eyes turning red.
"Then fight for it with your life! He's just a halberd warrior. Let's settle all the old and new accounts with him!" Zhao Yun's voice was specifically heard by other generals around him.
Being defeated many times by the halberd warriors had left them with some psychological trauma. Although Zhao Yun did not catch up in the last two times, but... after the battle of Jie Bridge, Zhao Yun had been as "depressed" as they were, so he could understand it a little.
Zhao Yun also became more and more determined to defeat the Halberd Soldiers head-on once. Otherwise, these White Horse Generals would be afraid when they met the Halberd Soldiers in the future, and their morale would be lost in vain.
In the military tent, although it was the first meeting and the commander had just been changed, Zhao Yun sitting in the main seat did not seem abrupt, nor was there any awkward atmosphere. Instead, he looked more energetic than before.
Zhao Yun took the initiative to say to Jia Xu: "Military Advisor Jia, please help me send a declaration of war. Tomorrow we will attack through the Mingyan Pass openly." His words were quite polite.
In fact, Zhao Yun and Jia Xu are not suitable in terms of personality, but neither of them is the kind of person who would throw tantrums over such things.
"General, you don't have to be polite. Just give me orders if I have any." Jia Xu said with his eyes half open and half closed.
"If I make any mistakes in the future, please give me your advice, military advisor." Zhao Yun also added.
Zhao Yun would not make things difficult for Jia Xu or deliberately leave him idle just because of their personality incompatibility or because of some of Jia Xu's strategies that he didn't like. And Jia Xu... would not have any bad thoughts just because the commander looked down on him - he was not a person who was eager for quick success.
If he were under Zhao Yun, Jia Xu would never have made the kind of suggestion that he had previously sent a private message to Bai Tu - to some extent, this meant that Jia Xu didn't actually trust Bai Tu's character, which was really regrettable.
If Jia Xu didn't know in his heart that Bai Tu was aware of his abilities, he would even choose "invisible mode". Unless Zhao Yun could be defeated to the point where his life was in danger, he would not say much.
But think about the white picture...
Jia Xu felt that it would be better for him not to be too lazy and he still had to make some normal suggestions.
As for writing a declaration of war, Jia Xu had no objection. After all... with the terrain of Mingyan Aidao, whether or not a declaration of war was written, there was no way of launching a sneak attack. It would be better to write a declaration of war to show strength!
