On the second day, Cao Cao and Lü Bu fought again at noon. The two sides sent full troops and horses to fight with the whole army between the camps of the two counties.

This time, Cao Cao seemed to have learned a lesson, and put the sword and shield soldiers in the front, the spearmen behind, and the archers in the second, and the whole army met the charge of Lu Bu's iron cavalry.

Looking at Cao Cao's seemingly mighty and orderly formation, Lu Bu smiled disdainfully: "Cao Meng's skills are poor, I really think that this will be able to block the power of my and state iron cavalry." ”

After saying that, he led the army to charge again, and the six strong generals under his command followed one after another to kill, for fear that they would not be able to gain military merit if the speed was slow. Under the charge of more than 10,000 iron cavalry, the sword and shield soldiers could not stop it, and after a little resistance, they were broken through the formation by the elite Bingzhou iron cavalry and entered the interior.

Although the pikemen's damage to the cavalry is not small, the elite of the iron cavalry is far from being comparable to these soldiers, but it has increased a little loss, and it still quickly stepped through the formation and rushed straight to the crossbow array in the rear.

Just when Lu Bu and the others were fighting, two soldiers and horses suddenly came out of the woods on both sides, led by Li Dian and Cao Hong under Cao Cao, respectively, and attacked Lu Bu from both sides.

But at this time, Lu Bu, who relied on the strength of the iron cavalry of Bingzhou to gain the upper hand, did not panic, and directly led a partial division to kill a horse gun, directly defeated Cao Hong's army, and then inserted into the battlefield again and killed Li Dian.

Under such stirring, the whole battlefield was in chaos. Lu Bu waved the 20,000 iron cavalry under his command and rushed left and right in the battlefield, constantly rescuing the soldiers who fell into the disadvantage, and gradually stabilized the situation.

The two sides fought fiercely for two hours, and finally Cao Cao saw that the damage was too great, and the soldiers were already exhausted, so he had to frown and order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The soldiers under Lü Bu's command were also exhausted, and Lü Bu did not pursue Cao Cao when he saw this, and also withdrew his troops back to the camp.

After this battle, Lü Bu lost more than 3,000 soldiers, including hundreds of cavalry charging into battle, and Cao Cao's losses were even worse, more than 7,000, more than twice that of Lü Bu. The army under his command could not stop the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry led by Lu Bu at all, and after the formation was disrupted, it fell into disadvantage.

Although Lu Bu was close to a complete victory, he also completely let go of the caution in his heart. In his opinion, Cao Cao's "exhaustion of means" is nothing more than that, and there is still nothing to fear. However, he didn't know that Cao Cao's army on the right had already split into a team, led by Zang Ba, and quietly killed him behind his back. Similarly, Xiahou Yuan in the Left Route Army also led a cavalry to secretly kill him, and he had slowly formed an encirclement of him.

I have to say that Chen Deng's spiritual talent really played a big role in such a large-scale battle. False and real, real and false, people can't figure out the layout of troops, and even cautious people like Chen Gong have not been able to find out the cat.

Chen Gong had been trying his best to guard against Cao Cao's possible tactics at this time. Whether it is the trap that Cao Cao may have laid on Lu Bujun, or the hands and feet that Cao Cao may have done to Beihai Drama County. In the absence of knowing Cao Cao's back, he could only try his best to arrange and avoid mistakes.

For the next three days, Cao Cao's army had been avoiding the battle in the camp, and the war-free card hanging on the door made Lu Bu return with hatred. The cavalry under his command was not good at attacking cities, but Cao Cao's camp was built very large, with many of them being organs, and the surrounding area was also full of horse rejections, horse traps, and deer rocks. No matter how arrogant Lu Bu is, he will not use cavalry to attack the city, so he has to scold outside the camp every day. But in Chen Gong's hands, letters came one after another.

"Lord, the two armies of Cao Cao's East Road and West Road bypassed us and went straight to Ju County, and it is expected to arrive in less than three days, we can't delay any longer." Chen Gong reported to Lu Bu after summarizing the information that had been sorted out.

"Huh? How many people are on the other side? Lu Bu asked.

"According to the report from the spies, it is estimated that it will be about 70,000 people, and I am afraid that the main forces of Cao Cao's two armies are all gathered here." Chen Gong said.

"The county must not be lost, we will withdraw our troops tomorrow." Lu Bu said anxiously. You know, his family members are all in Drama County. Thinking about his wife and children at home, Lu Bu felt worried in his heart.

Chen Gong frowned slightly at this time: "Don't worry, my lord, there is Li Feng Xue Lan stationed in Xixian County, and there are 40,000 troops, so there will be no problems for a while." We must not be too hasty in withdrawing our troops, otherwise Cao Cao will be in danger once we take advantage of our army's unpreparedness to attack or set up an ambush on both sides. I suspect that the opponent's attack on Xixian this time is just a sound attack from the east to the west, and the target may not be Xixian County, but our army. ”

"But the drama county must be defended, if the drama county is lost, what can we do with this lone army? We need to get back soon. Lu Bu said uneasily.

Because of Lu Bu's poor reputation, coupled with Yuan Shao, who has a far-reaching reputation among the fourth and third dukes, Cao Cao, who values the poor family for meritocracy, and Liu Bei, who is known as a descendant of the famous Han family, there are few scholars under his command who are really loyal to him, and he relies on the local wealthy gentlemen to manage Qingzhou on weekdays.

These wealthy gentlemen are not kind-hearted people, and they only help Lu Bu manage Qingzhou for profit. Out of their reliance on them, Lu Bu and Chen Gong turned a blind eye to some of the illegal actions of these gentry and let them sit big.

Chen Gong knew that this was not a long-term solution, but at this time, Lu Bu, who was sandwiched between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, did not have many conditions to recruit talented scholars to take refuge, but there were many ordinary people and rangers who came to join the army.

At this time, Chen Gong suffered the consequences of not having enough loyal ministers to manage his command for himself, and Cao Cao's three-way army was able to go down to more than a dozen cities in ten days, and these local gentry did not contribute less. In their eyes, no matter how good Lu Bu is to them, he is still a mud leg, and they don't look down on them at all, let alone be loyal to them.

Although Cao Cao's status is low compared to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were born in the Yuan family, he is also a descendant of the Han family, and his father and grandfather are also famous people, who are accepted by these wealthy gentry.

What's more, Cao Cao is now powerful, occupying the land of Yan and Xu, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and the entry of the army is not guilty of the local family gentry. Therefore, the local gentry in Qingzhou basically did not have much resistance, and some even welcomed the arrival of Cao Jun.

"Lord, you must calm down, this is the time when our army is most likely to make mistakes, and it is also the time when Cao Mengde is looking forward to it the most." Chen Gong looked directly at Lu Bu and said in a solemn tone: "Tomorrow the lord will go to scold again, and our army will be ready." If Cao Mengde fights, then we will directly eat Cao Mengde's army, and once Cao Mengde is defeated by our army, the armies of the two roads will naturally retreat. And if Cao Mengde is still not ready to fight, we will withdraw our troops after noon. ”

Lu Bu was shocked by the news of Juxian for a while, and at this time, Chen Gongyi said that he suddenly sobered up: "I will first ask Cao Xing to send a team to the rear to reconnoitre, beware of Cao Xing's ambush on the way back of our army." ”

"Well, Cao is careful, so good." Chen Gong nodded.