Zhuge Liang raised his right hand leisurely, and the continuous sound of the horn immediately stopped abruptly.

And suddenly, in the wilderness ahead, there was a faint sound of drums and horns.

Cao Zhen is here, and the army of Wei has arrived! Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at the sundial on the car, no more than a moment, a lot of time, it was the time of the hour, Cao Zhen was quite punctual, saying that the time of the hour was coming, and sure enough, the time had come!

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In the eastern wilderness, the 80,000 Wei army almost covered the entire wilderness, marching westward.

In the center of the army, the high lookout car was dragged by three hundred lux, slowly moving forward.

Cao Zhen stood on the lookout car and looked forward, backward, left and right in four directions, as far as the eye could see, all the Wei soldiers who were densely packed like ants, and the overlapping and overturned flags were even more like the ocean.

"General, look, the army of Shu thieves!" The guard Zhonglang pointed Sun Li suddenly pointed forward and shouted loudly.

Cao Zhen raised his head when he heard this, and saw that on the big river beach in front of him, the Shu army had been waiting in formation, with many years of experience in battle, Cao Zhen saw through the approximate strength of the Shu army at a glance, there were absolutely no 100,000 people, and from the formation they arranged, the number of the Shu army was between fifty and sixty thousand.

However, it seems that the morale of the Shu army is good, and it actually overwhelms the Wei army.

Xiahou Ba, who was standing behind Cao Zhen, frowned instantly.

The Shu army is clean and ordered, and the general looked down on Zhuge Liang before, but today it seems that he really has a set of people to govern the army. Not to mention anything else, at least on the surface, the Shu army opposite is stronger than the soft-footed shrimp of Eastern Wu, and the Shu army is likely to be a strong opponent of Great Wei.

Cao Zhen didn't look back, but he guessed what Xiahou Ba was thinking, and immediately turned around and asked: "Zhongquan, do you think that the Shu army on the other side is strict and sharp, and it can be a strong enemy of our army?" ”

Xiahou Ba nodded and replied, "At least it's stronger than the Wu Jun that the last general met before." ”

Cao Zhen smiled faintly and said, "Zhongquan, what if the army in front of you is a hundred times stricter, and the armor is a thousand times sharper?" The general still doesn't pay attention to it, no matter how neat and beautiful an army that has not been in battle for a long time is, it is just a fist and embroidered legs after all. In front of the elite of the Great Wei Hundred Battles, I hope they will not be defeated by a single blow! ”

Cao Zhen's tone was very flat, but the strong self-confidence revealed in the plainness made Xiahouba feel it clearly.

Xiahou Ba praised at the right time: "The generals are naturally unmatched. ”

Cao Zhen smiled slightly, and said to Xiahou: "Zhongquan, let's see a certain break the military formation of the Shu army." ”

Xiahou Ba looked at it for a moment, then turned back to Cao Zhen and said: "General, the Shu army is in front, the bow and crossbow are behind, and the cavalry is on both sides, which is a typical formation that also attacks and defends." ”

Cao Zhen bowed his head slightly, "Yes, the enemy's formation is very ordinary, both offensive and defensive, if you want to crack this formation, the key is in the cavalry on both wings, as long as you annihilate the cavalry on both wings of the enemy, this formation can be broken." ”

Xiahou Ba said again: "So, what can be done to annihilate the enemy's cavalry on both wings?" ”

"It's very simple, you can arrange a chariot formation in the Chinese army, reject the horses, and if time permits, you can also dig a horse trap." The essence in Cao Zhen's eyes flashed, and he suddenly turned around and instructed Sun Lidao, the general of the guard: "Order, the Chinese army takes the defensive, entangles the foot soldiers of the Shu army, and the left and right armies take the offensive and storm the two wings of the Shu army!" ”

"Whoa!" Sun Li responded suddenly, and with another wave of his hand, a herald had already taken out a three-color order flag and hung it on the lookout car.

The yellow and black pennant representing the left and right armies is upward, implying an offensive, and the red pennant representing the Chinese army is downward, implying a defensive position.

As soon as the order flag on Cao Zhen's command car came out, the Wei army was launched in an instant, and the chariots and baggage carts of the Chinese army were pushed to the front of the formation, and a team of Dunjia began to fill the gap between the chariots and the baggage workshop, followed by the halberd hand, and then the crossbowman.

The left and right armies were a different scene, and in the sound of war drums one after another, a group of halberders defended by shield armor soldiers began to stride forward, and at the same time, the cavalry in the Wei army formation also began to stir their horses' heads, ready to attack.

On the south bank of the Great River, the Han army is in its own position.

Zhuge Liang looked calm, but no one noticed that on the back of his hands holding the guardrail of the car, he had inadvertently raised earthworm-like green tendons, facing Cao Zhen, the most prestigious general in the world, and facing the entire 80,000 Wei army, this is not an easy Nanban to clean up, and it is definitely impossible not to be nervous.

In the sound of heavy footsteps, Fu Kuang had already boarded the lookout car.

Zhuge Liang let go of his hands gripping the guardrail, and said without looking back: "General Fu Kuang, are you here?" ”

Fu Kuang slowly walked behind Zhuge Liang and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, Cao Zhen's army has moved. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Cao Zhen takes the initiative with offense, let's wait and see what happens, and hit him with a backhand." ”

After that, Zhuge Liang turned around and instructed Hu Jidao, the captain of the Hubu Left Battalion: "Order: The left and right armies retreat, and let the two wings of the Wei army come in!" ”

"Whoa!" As Zhuge Liang's pro-military captain, Hu Ji responded suddenly, and strode to the guardrail behind the lookout car, and then took the "blue" and "orange" two-color flags from the hands of the soldiers and hung them on the flagpole of the lookout car.

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On the right flank of the Han army, in front of the cavalry formation.

Zhao Yun straddled the war horse, with the horizontal knife in the sheath, and was standing proudly in front of the cavalry formation.

Suddenly, a fast horse holding a pennant flag flew in, and people arrived before they arrived: "The prime minister has an order: the left and right armies retreat, and let the two wings of the Wei army come in!" The prime minister has an order: the left and right armies retreat, and let the two wings of the Wei army come in! ”

"The last will be ordered!" Zhao Yun hugged his fists at the towering chariot of the Chinese army, and rode his horse slowly in front of the cavalry formation, raised his horizontal sword and roared sharply: "The Han army is mighty!" ”

"Han Army!"

"Han Army!"

"Han Army!"

The cavalry officers and soldiers warmly echoed.

"The Han army will win!" Zhao Yun's face was full of energy, and he roared again.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

The five thousand cavalry roared in unison, like a storm crashing on the shore.

In the sound of the tsunami, Zhao Yun slowly turned the horse's head, and gently drew his sword towards the rear of the Han army, and then gently urged the war horse, and the mount shook off its four hooves and moved forward gently, and the next moment, the horizontal knife in Zhao Yun's hand fell fiercely, and shouted again: "According to the Prime Minister's military order, retreat!" ”

As soon as Zhao Yun gave the order, the five thousand cavalry immediately turned their horses, urging the war horses to follow Zhao Yun and retreat, and lined up again in the back.

Almost at the same time, the 5,000 cavalry on the left flank of the Han army also withdrew and retreated under the leadership of the Xinghan general Wu Ban, and the two cavalry armies were like inverted cotton, one left and one right to contain the left and right armies that entered the Wei army.