Cao's army had many soldiers, and they formed a crane wing formation to try to wrap up Lu Bu's army.

Among them, Yu Ban and Lu Qian led their respective divisions as the tips of the crane's wings, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan led the cavalry and reserves behind, ready to carry out the key blow.

Lu Bu had few troops, and he actually used a clumsy circle formation to meet the enemy.

The three generals Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Cao Xing were also crowded in the center, as if they would not fight, but unfortunately the opposite was true.

Gao Shun said to Zhang Liao: "The other party is five miles apart, so the formation will be expanded, which is just convenient for us to see and dismantle the move." Wen Yuan thinks, how can we break the enemy? ”

Zhang Liao looked at Cao Jun's formation again and said:

"The opponent's crane wings are offensive weapons, but they are also weak ribs. Although these Tuntian troops were slightly better trained and equipped than the county soldiers, it was difficult for them to quickly break through the front of our army. So we just need to use the main force for a point, and then attack behind it to win the strong duel. ”

Gao Shun said: "Wenyuan, I will open the gap for you in a while, and the winner will be handed over to you." ”

Zhang Liao replied with a smile: "Haha! After a while, I will go deep into the enemy circle, which will definitely cause a lot of impact, and the winner will still be on the side of the senior brother at that time. ”

Gao Shun also laughed, the two of them took care of each other, dared to give each other's lives, and fought this battle with all their might.

Cao's army had a large advantage in strength and launched an attack first. The Tuntian army pressed on the front, and the commanders and team leaders in the army had followed Cao Cao for several years, they were once called moth thieves, but now they are military officials who can eat well and have families.

With such a change, how could they not serve Cao Cao?

In addition, Xiahou Yuan, who commanded this battle, won the hearts of the army, Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban were the top generals in Cao Ying, and Lu Qian was also a strong man in Yanzhou, and most of his subordinates were good at fighting and shooting.

After a short period of shooting, Xiahoudun's Tuntian army quickly met the county soldiers on Gaoshun's side.

With all-round superiority in morale, equipment, training, and numbers, the Tuntian Army quickly achieved an exchange ratio of about 2 to 1. If it weren't for Gao Shun's order for the Tuntian army to form a dense formation, I'm afraid it would have been crumbling.

Yu Ban and Lü Qian led their troops to the two flanks of Lü Bu's army, which were well-armed and well-trained. They were not in a hurry to rush up to fight, but fired arrows from afar, consuming Gao Shun's troops from the side. The Tuntian Army was also able to form two long and narrow wings, completing the semi-encirclement posture.

However, at this time, it also happened to show the characteristics of the private soldiers, that is, the characteristics of collecting strength when fighting and greedy for merit when breaking the game.

Taking this situation as an example, although Yu Ban and Lu Qian could achieve effective damage by shooting arrows from the side, they could not win the battle as quickly as they did in close combat.

They didn't step forward immediately, in addition to not wanting to lose too much, there was also a reason why they thought that this battle would be won, so why not keep some physical strength and chase and kill to expand the results after breaking through the big array?

Therefore, the situation at this time was that the Tuntian army was facing each other head-on and gaining a certain advantage.

Yu Ban and Lu Qian, who circled to the two wings, fired arrows at a distance of 100 paces to consume the other party, and were ready to step forward again to grab the head when Gao Shun was defeated.

Of course, Zhang Liao had 2,000 cavalry as a reserve, so they were also vigilant against this cavalry, after all, the most famous thing about Lu Bu's army was not the limited number of trapped camps, but the famous wolf cavalry of Bingzhou.

Xiahoudun also stared at Zhang Liao's cavalry, which might have been used to fill the gap in the battle line, or to break the formation from a point when the infantry was fighting.

He knew in his heart that when the Tuntian army was stationary and arrayed, he was not too afraid of the wolf cavalry, but when he was fighting with the other party, he would definitely not be able to withstand the cavalry surprise attack.

And he and Xiahou Yuan had 4,000 cavalry around them, no matter whether Zhang Liao filled the gap or focused on breaking through, they could come from behind and annihilate the biggest threat to this battle.

Xiahoudun was already a good commander, and he knew very well the skills of capturing the enemy's threat in battle, as well as the rational use of reserve forces. Now, just wait for Zhang Liao's cavalry to be dispatched, and he can end this battle.

At this time, Gao Shun ordered the Chinese army to beat drums and cheer, and ordered the trapped camp and part of the infantry of the state army to kill the crane wing position of the Tuntian army behind the forbidden side. However, Zhang Liao's 2,000 cavalry didn't move!

"The will to fall into battle, never give up!"

There were more than 400 people in the trapping camp at this time, and they immediately turned into sharp knives and slaughtered towards the area in the center of the forbidden department and the large array. They actually rushed directly to the Cao army who was fighting in a melee with a formation that was not very stable.

"Poof!"

Rows of spears in the trap camp directly penetrated the Cao army in the front row, and the strong inertia not only killed the first row of enemies, but also continued to knock down the enemies in the back row.

Wearing heavy armor, they didn't even make any protective moves, and rushed directly with guns in a dense formation, and a single assault tore a hundred-person-wide hole from the Cao Army's crane wing array.

These spearmen, after breaking through the first layer, formed a phalanx of spears to guard the open breach. The camp was followed by the other heavy infantry, and immediately cooperated and rubbed up, slashing the enemy who was left behind.

The surrounding Cao troops saw that the battle line had been broken through a point, and they were also wary of their flanks, so they had to slow down the frontal offensive. Fortunately, they had enough troops to stabilize the battle line and ensure that they would not be killed or injured on their flanks by such a small amount of heavy infantry.

At this time, a dense horse whistle sounded in Lu Bu's army. Trapping the camp and other infantry, immediately stormed the Cao army on both sides of the gap as if they were not killed.

The Cao army in this section of the battle line are all Tuntian troops, most of them are wearing two-gear armor, holding shield spears or ring-headed knives, if the formation is disrupted and the fighting is chaotic, it is estimated that they will not lose to the professional soldiers of the Lu Bu army.

However, the current heavy infantry of the Lu Bu army attacked in a formation and desperately, and they had to retreat more than ten steps.

In this way, the crane wing formation of the Cao army, one of the two wings, had been killed out of a space two hundred steps wide, and with the heavy infantry such as the trap camp, killing the two wings respectively, this passage was given way.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan found that the battle line had been punched out of an obvious gap, they didn't expect that there were more troops and they should have an advantage in theory, how could they be beaten like this.

Xiahou Yuan hurriedly said, "Brother! Let me bring three thousand men. ”

Xiahoudun said, "Okay! You take 3,000 cavalry, first close the gap in the battle line, and then keep an eye on the opposing cavalry, and choose the opportunity to complete a roundabout flank attack. ”

Suddenly, rows and rows of cavalry rushed out of the gap, and the leading general was Zhang Liao!

Xiahou Yuan immediately led the 3,000 cavalry who pressed the formation to rush head-on, and Zhang Liao also roared angrily and rushed towards Xiahou Yuan.

In the chaotic army, the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou outnumbered the cavalry of the Cao army, and because the two cavalry fought behind the battle line of the Cao army, the chaotic situation hindered the vision and command of the Cao army.