Inside the canyon, the Cao army and the Tao Shang army were engaged in a fierce confrontation.

Compared with the Jinling army, the biggest advantage of the Cao army is that they have a strong cavalry group, while in contrast, the Jinling army is composed of infantry as the main body, and in this regard, Cao Cao's army does have the upper hand.

There are very few examples of unifying the world from the south to the north in history, only a few people such as Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the important reasons is that the scale of the southern cavalry before the Middle Ages was completely unsystematic compared with the north.

However, the potter used his strengths and avoided his weaknesses at the moment, and he used the terrain to effectively curb the play of Cao Jun.

The second is the bow and crossbow.

The Jinling Army is located in Yangzhou, and the southern waterways are staggered, whether it is an infantry or a naval army, they must learn the bow and crossbow and make good use of the bow and crossbow.

Therefore, the bow and crossbow battalion led by Gan Ning, with the assistance of this favorable terrain, could also effectively suppress the momentum of Cao's cavalry from the flank and turn the tide of the battle in favor of the Jinling army.

The potter was in the camp behind, calmly observing the battle ahead, his expression seemed very natural, and the horsewhip held in his right hand was flicked in his hand, looking very calm.

But this kind of relaxation is only on the surface, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, in fact, the hearts of the potters are also very nervous.

Because of the limitations of the canyon terrain, the scale of this fierce battle is not very huge on the surface, but the intensity of it is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In particular, almost all the famous generals in the Jinling Army and Cao Cao's Army went into battle this time, and all the heroes showed their strengths, using the elite troops in the two armies to adopt a variety of coordination tactics, and the tactics and formations were also changed at any time, varied, and powerful people felt frightened.

And in the two armies, the conflict between the middle and upper generals of the various departments of the two armies also unfolded.

In the fierce battle between the two sides, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, two reckless men, met unexpectedly in the battle array, and their battle was the most eye-catching.

In the last battle between Cao and Tao to fight against Lu Bu, Xu Chu and Dian Wei had already competed in the competition, and at that time, both of them were bare-handed, beating each other, picking their eyes, spitting and digging their noses.

But this time, the nature of the battle was completely different from the last time, and it was a real bloody battle.

The moves are all aimed at taking the other party's life.

Dian Wei brandished a pair of large iron halberds, leading the lion and tiger army under Cao Cao to fight in the formation, the lion and tiger army belongs to the elite of Cao Cao's infantry, different from ordinary infantry, half of the spear and round shield, the other half of the forging knife, distant and close attack, each other, combat power is quite strong...... It's not the same as the Tiger Guard's Pu Dao.

The strongest infantry of these two sides will be rampant in the military formation unless they encounter cavalry.

At the same time that these two strong infantry troops collided, Xu Chu and Dian Wei were already eyeing each other.

These two big men don't have any politeness, those nonsense without nutrition is not for them, they just have to think about how to kill each other.

Xu Chu and Dian Wei, both of them commanded the Tiger Guard Army and the Lion Tiger Army at the same time to rush towards each other.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The two strong infantry lined up in a row at the same time, stabbing fiercely into the opponent's formation at the same time, and shouting loudly at the same time.

Blood was shed all over the place in an instant, and its severity far exceeded that of the rest of the battlefield.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu, the two main generals, were also in front of the battle, and the two stared at each other and began to fight!

The twin iron halberds and the tiger-headed knives struck back and forth in the air, hitting "bang", and the speed at which the two of them wielded their weapons was not very fast, but they were victorious.

Every time the weapons of the two sides collided together, almost the two people who could shock each other leaned back slightly at the same time, but these two people were dead-eyed, and they didn't want to die when they fought hard, not only did not one of them temporarily avoid the opponent's edge, but they continued to attack each other more vigorously, and if they were ordinary people, they might have fainted with this strong shock.

One can chase the tiger across the stream, and the other can pull the oxtail upside down, although the battle between the two giants is not fancy and beautiful, but it is enough to make others look at the trembling mood.

It's like two big bears and blind men fighting.

In addition to Xu Chu and Dian Wei, other generals also began to exert their skills.

In order to avenge his missed capture, Xiahou Yuan fought with extra hard work in this battle.

Xiahou Yuan's headquarters soldiers and horses are all lightly armed and simple, and they are the best at fighting quickly, if they are replaced by ordinary generals, they will definitely not be able to stop his offensive.

Unfortunately, he ran into Xu Huang, who was also good at arranging troops as him.

Xiahou Yuan was captured by Zhao Yun and Tai Shici last time, at least half of the reason was because of Xu Huang's insistence, so it seems that these two can be regarded as blood feuds.

Seeing Xu Huang's banner, Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to wave anymore, and gathered his troops and horses to fight cautiously.

After the last battle, Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to take Xu Huang lightly, he gave up the fast attack tactics, and commanded his subordinates to fight with Xu Huang steadily, not allowing the other party to take advantage of it.

When it comes to the art of war and the arrangement of troops, Xiahou Yuan is also the master of the world, and Xu Huang is calm, and the two parties suddenly fell into a stalemate.

Tai Shi Ci and Zhou Tai clashed with Xiahou and Cao Hong, respectively.

These two people are one of the eight tiger horsemen of Cao Wei in history, and their military exploits are impressive, especially Xiahou Dun's ability to control the army, which is extremely good, and he and Cao Ren can be said to be the mainstay of Cao Cao's army in Xiahou Zhucao.

When it comes to his own bravery and good fighting, Xiahoudun may not be as good as Tai Shici, but his ability to use troops is by no means beyond the reach of ordinary people, and Xiahoudun's character is not irritable, on the contrary, he himself is very calm and careful.

Tai Shi Ci held a halberd in his hand and rushed back and forth at the front of the partial division he led, driving the morale of the soldiers under his command.

Xiahoudun saw at a glance that Tai Shici was extraordinary, he was a fierce general, and he would suffer a loss if he fought against such a person.

So he was not in a hurry to fight hard with Tai Shi Ci, Xiahou ordered the giant shield soldiers under his command to line up in the tortoiseshell array, divided into pieces and pieces, and took the halberd soldiers as the center, so that the shield soldiers lined up in front of the formation to wrap them tightly, and slowly moved forward.

Tai Shi Ci and the Taishan army behind him could not break through Xiahou Dun's line for a while, so they were also on standby to form a defense, while Tai Shi Ci led a small number of elites to outflank the opponent and disrupt their formation, and the two sides began to fight a protracted battle in spirit and endurance.

Unlike Xiahoudun, Cao Hong's temperament is violent, impulsive and irritable, his confrontation with Zhou Tai is almost step by step, without any roundabout way, Zhou Tai is born in Shuikou, and he is not a fuel-efficient lamp in character, and his violent spirit is not inferior to Cao Hong, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides are under the command of the main general, and they are simply hard-hitting, and the confrontation between Xu Chu and Dian Wei is almost the same.

In the face of the tiger and leopard cavalry camp led by Cao Chun, although the Jinling army used strong bows and crossbows and strong shields as defensive formations.

But despite this, it still needs elite soldiers and horses that are head-on with the tiger and leopard cavalry - and Zhao Yun, who has fought with the tiger and leopard cavalry, is duty-bound.

Although the Haw Par Battalion was newly established, this initial construction refers to the initial establishment of its battalion, not that the cavalry in this camp are all new soldiers.

The cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion are all formed by Cao Cao from Liu Dai's Yanzhou veterans, Qiao Mao's Dongjun soldiers, Bao Xin's Taishan Juping Army, Yellow Turban Liukou's Qingzhou Army, and Xiliang Army, including the most combative cavalry warriors selected by Cao Cao from the soldiers who fought with millions of Yellow Turbans and Dong Zhuo in the past.

In the previous battle to quell the rebellion of the Yanzhou Shi clan, after the tiger and leopard cavalry clashed with Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, these soldiers sharpened their cooperation experience with each other, and now they have become the ace cavalry of the Cao army.

Zhao Yun commanded the cavalry he led, and under the support of the long lance soldiers and the crossbow army, he caught the battle of the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Zhao Yun knew that it was impossible to defeat the tiger and leopard rider head-on at the moment...... Stabilizing the formation of his troops and not being defeated by the tiger and leopard cavalry is what he should really do now.

So, boosting morale is what he really has to do.

Zhao Yun stayed this time, Gongsun Zhan's five hundred white horse Yicong had not yet been taken away by Tian Yu, and now he was also in the Tao Shang army, Zhao Yun took these five hundred white horse Yicong as the main force, galloping back and forth, using the horse bow flying as a deterrent, and launched an interceptive attack on the tiger and leopard horse.

In the short shots of 500 white horse followers, from time to time the opponent's cavalry fell off their horses.

When it comes to combat experience, Bai Ma Yi has been fighting against the Xianbei Hu people all the year round, and has more experience, so he can be called the first light cavalry in the late Han Dynasty.

But Bai Ma Yicong's light cavalry has a shortcoming in terms of overall combat strength, that is, they are too light.

Youzhou's products are not abundant, iron equipment is insufficient, and the Xianbei cavalry is also relatively scattered on the grassland, so the tactics of the white horse Yicong are mostly based on horse bows on the grassland, and their offensive is more scattered, and they do not pay attention to the formation, and the protective armor is mostly leather goods.

The cavalry of the central army of the Han Dynasty has been above the rest of the provinces since Liu Che, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, defeated the Northern Xiongnu.

At that time, Liu Che set up a large number of horse gardens, and the number of official horses in the center of the Han Dynasty reached 450,000, of which the number of cavalry on the right track reached 150,000.

Due to such a large-scale base of war horses, the cavalry coordination and overall tactics in the interior of the Han Dynasty had been ahead of the Xianbei and other Hu tribes in the north many years ago, and left a wealth of cavalry training materials for future generations.

Cao Chun has been fond of this way since he was a child, and with the help of the tactics left by his ancestors, he has become a leader in cavalry tactics.

The Haw Par Battalion has been trained by him, like a tiger with wings.

But in the face of a fierce general like Zhao Yun, Cao Chun's martial arts were not as good as Zhao Yun's, so he tried not to face the enemy personally, but in the precursor of the tiger and leopard cavalry, there were other young generals who blocked Zhao Yun's offensive.

A young general with a long knife took the initiative to gallop on his horse and came to compete with Zhao Yun.

With a knife and a shot, the two sides suddenly exchanged hands, and Zhao Yun's galloping posture in the two phalanxes was suddenly suffocated.

He glanced at the general in surprise, pulled the reins of the horse that sat down, and said coldly: "You, who is it?" ”

"Nanan Pound!"

The general was also very young, and he seemed to be a few years younger than Zhao Yun, but through a one-shot fight, Zhao Yun already knew that the other party was already among the top first-line martial artists.

Pang De had just joined the army under Ma Teng, and although he was young, he also fought a few tough battles in Xiqiang with Ma Teng, performed well, and was exceptionally promoted to lieutenant.

In the first battle of Chang'an, Pang De wanted to take the opportunity to establish meritorious deeds and set aside a background under Ma Teng, but he didn't want Ma Teng and Han Sui's intelligence to be bruised, and he couldn't change the habit of rebellious thieves.

Because Pang De was a newly promoted captain, after Yan Xing, who was also a newly promoted captain in Han Sui's army, was killed, he didn't want to be this moment, but he let Cao Cao catch the treasure.

Pang De and Yan Xing fought bravely, fighting Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Dian Wei Wubu, still happy and fearless, brave and unretreating, and the performance of the two deeply shocked Cao Cao.

Then Cao Cao designed to capture the two of them, and gave them a salute, and surrendered in a variety of ways......

Zhao Yun saw that Pang De was so brave, and the heart of competition also rose.

As a martial artist, it is a great blessing in life to be able to meet a strong enough opponent.

Pang De shook his spirits and fought with Zhao Yun in one place, and the two of them galloped back and forth, setting off an overwhelming cloud of sand and dust in one part of the battlefield.

In the rear of Cao's army, Cao Cao had already led the Chinese army to the front of the battle at this moment, he squinted at the battle in the distance, and was silent for a long time, but suddenly sighed.

"I want to fight Dong Zhuo's kid back then, and there are no more than 5,000 soldiers under his command, and there will be no more than Xu Chu...... Now that he has so many elite soldiers and fierce generals, Cao wants to level the southeast, but he is afraid that he will not be able to attack it. ”

Cheng Yu stood behind Cao Cao, suddenly looked up at the sky, and said, "Sikong, it's going to rain heavily." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Mingjin!" Order the three armies to withdraw from this valley. ”

Cheng Yu was shocked when he heard this, and said: "Sikong, although the generals of Jinling are brave, they may not be invincible, we have caught up here, and we retreated rashly, I am afraid that the army is not in a good position." ”

Cao Cao stroked the small handful of short beards and said with a smile: "It's okay, the Jinling army is fighting with our army by virtue of the terrain, and its momentum is on the defensive...... At most, it's a feint from afar, and it's just a matter of following Cao Mou, hehe, don't look at this son as young, but he is also well versed in the art of war, after all, is he a student of Huangfu Gong...... He also knew that if he followed Cao's soldiers to the plains at this time, it would definitely be unfavorable to him. ”

Cheng Yu was puzzled.

In this way, Cao Cao really did not have the intention of destroying the potters in a war, and he was not capable of doing so.

So what is Cao Cao working hard to drive his troops here for? Isn't it just to test the combat power of the Jinling Army?

If this is the case, Cao Cao's goal has been achieved, and the strength of the Jinling army is indeed extremely strong.

The hundred-faced golden cymbals in the rear of Cao Jun were knocked up at the same time.

After hearing this loud voice, the soldiers and horses of the various units of the Cao army continued to fight with the Tao Shang army on the one hand, and on the other hand, they tried their best to gather the troops and horses of the various units to return to the formation and take a defensive position.

Behind the Jinling Army, Xu Rong, who had been in charge of the Chinese army, sent people back to ask the potters in the rear, saying that Cao Cao wanted to withdraw his troops and whether he would pursue them.

The potter then asked for the opinions of the two conspirators beside him.

To chase or not to chase?

Guo Jia immediately admonished: "Cao Jun retreated without showing defeat, I am afraid that there is deceit, Taifu can rush slowly, make a show, don't go out of this valley, and see what tricks Cao Cao is playing." ”