Xuchang, Cao Cao's mansion.

Cheng Yu, who was in charge of intelligence, said: "My lord, according to the news sent back by Xizuo, the Yellow Turban Gao Shun is leading 20,000 infantry to Wuguan, and the 5,000 cavalry led by Zhang Jun is also heading south. ”

"20,000 infantry plus 5,000 cavalry?" Cao Cao said coldly, "For a small Nanyang County, 25,000 troops were dispatched, Zhang Baoke really looks up to his true appearance, Fengxiao, in addition to the remaining troops of each county, how many troops can our army transfer to the Nanyang battlefield at most?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Up to 10,000 people." ”

"Ten thousand?" Cao Cao said helplessly, "Even if we add the strength of the forbidden guards, our army is at a disadvantage, and both Gao Shun and Zhang Jun can be called generals, this battle is very risky!"

"Prime Minister, there's something very puzzling." Cheng Yu continued, "This Yellow Turban military operation did not deliberately hide the traces, Zhang Bao used the soldiers to deceive, before the hand-to-hand encounter, it is generally difficult to find out his true intentions, let alone know his troop layout, but this battle of Nanyang is not the same, according to the current posture, Zhang Bao is deliberately revealing the traces of the march!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "This is not good news for our army, this shows that Zhang Bao's style of using troops has changed, so we are even more uncertain about the style of this old opponent~"

"yes." Guo Jia continued, "Before that, before that, Zhang Bao's good use of strange soldiers was both his strength and weakness, but now that Qi is complementary, there is no weakness here." It's hard to beat him again! However, in any case, our army must face the battle of Nanyang, and not only that, but also rub the sharp spirit of the Yellow Turban Thief Army~"

"What Feng Xiao said is extremely true." Cao Cao thought deeply and said, "Li Dian finally captured the Tiger Prison Pass and choked the throat of the thief army east out of Luoyang, if Zhang Bao is allowed to seize Nanyang County again, wouldn't it be to expose Xuchang to the front of the thief army?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Therefore, our army must win this battle!" ”

Xun You said: "If the Liangzhou army captures Nanyang County, the consequences will be more serious than the loss of Hangu Pass, from Nanyang County, the Liangzhou army can not only go north to attack Luoyang, but even swing eastward, directly threatening Xudu!" The threat from Nanyang is much greater than that from the Yellow River. ”

"My lord." Xun Yu, who had never spoken, suddenly said, "There is also the backlash of the people's hearts that is particularly worrying." ”

"In the past few years, Guanzhong, Liangzhou, Beidi, Bingzhou and even Youzhou, Hebei Prefecture, the situation is calm, there are few wars, but under the rule of our army is frequent wars, from our army to the Yellow Turban rule of the people are more and more, although our army has set up cards at all levels, but still can not prevent the people from migrating to Youzhou and even Guanzhong. In the long run, the population under Zhang Bao's rule will be more and more, and the population under the rule of our army will be less and less. ”

"Alas~" Cao Cao sighed, "I also want to recuperate, politics and people's livelihood, but neither Zhang Bao nor Yuan Shao will give me a chance~"

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In July of the thirteenth year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Gao Shun, the general of the Yellow Turban, led 20,000 infantry and Zhang Jun led 5,000 cavalry out of Wuguan, and captured Nanxiang, an important town in the north of Nanyang County, with lightning speed, which officially opened the prelude to the attack on Nanyang. In the same month, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, personally raised 10,000 troops to the west of Shunyang, encamped and looked at the Yellow Turban camp from afar, and Zhang Bao, the general of the Yellow Turban Digong, heard that Cao Cao personally went to battle, and was afraid that Gao Shun would lose, so he galloped to help the war in the starry night.

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"Kill~"

"Kill~"

"Kill~"

The remnant sun was like blood, the armor was shining, and the two thousand Yellow Turban hoplites were like a rolling iron stream, surging forward, and the three thousand spearmen followed closely behind, and the sharp spears flashed with this fierce killing machine, forming a dense forest of death!

Another 3,000 lightly armored archers were already ready to go, and the sharp wolf's teeth and arrows were already on the strings, but when ordered, these cold-blooded killers who regarded killing as nothing would immediately draw their bows and arrows, and pour cold death on the heads of the enemy soldiers without hesitation.

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

At the same time, the five thousand Cao soldiers frantically slapped their shields with the weapons in their hands, or beat their chests with their fists, roaring in response, and the huge waves of sound were stirring and rolling between the heavens and the earth, and they continued for a long time, accompanied by wave after wave of roars, the morale of the five thousand Cao soldiers rose to the peak.

Yu Ban, who was wearing heavy armor, suddenly sneered cruelly at the corner of his mouth, and then pulled the spear in his hand forward, and roared sharply: "Sons, kill~"

"Kill, kill, kill~~"

The five thousand Cao troops responded frantically, following Yu Zhi's back and swept away towards the iron stream rolling in front of him.

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Zhang Bao was dressed in dark iron armor, pressed his sword to stand in the middle of the army, and said coldly: "Do you want to attack?" Then let them fill it with their lives! Gao Shun, strangle this Cao army! ”

"Yes!"

Gao Shun clenched his fists in response, and immediately stepped forward, roaring fiercely: "Attack!" ”

"Woo~~Woo~Woo~"

The horn sound of the Chinese army's big array changed suddenly, and the distant and desolate horn sound seemed to be able to pierce the clouds and go straight into the sky~

The hoplites who were rolling forward quickly stopped advancing, and slammed the shield in their hands on the cold ground, and suddenly let out three huge sounds, shattering the silent sky, and in an instant, the three impregnable shield walls had already taken shape! The spearmen who followed closely behind the hoplites quickly formed a defensive formation, and pierced the spears in their hands through the gaps in the shields, so that the whole army was like an ironclad beast with fangs on the front, and the follow-up archers suddenly sounded the crunch of the bowstrings, and the yellow turban longbowmen who were waiting for the battle quickly pulled their bows and arrows, and the sharp wolf's tooth arrows were ready to go, and the cold arrow clusters were like hideous fangs, flashing with the cold flame of death.

"Kill~"

"Kill~"

"Kill~"

Five thousand Cao soldiers rushed forward with a howl, and the canopy of death, unaware of it, was weaving densely above their heads!

At this moment, the steel gun in Gao Shun's hand swung forward fiercely.

"Boom!"

The sound of the trumpets abruptly stopped, replaced by a suffocating drum. The shirtless drummer puffed out the knotted muscles on his shoulders and slammed the arm-thick drumstick on the marching drum that was more than one person high, and a thunderous bang suddenly sounded in the sky.

"Huh~"

"Huh~"

"Huh~"

The remnants of the drums still stirred through the heavens and the earth, and the Yellow Turban archers had already loosened their bowstrings, and the sharp arrows swept into the sky in an instant, intertwining into a black rain of arrows in the sky, flying towards Cao Jun's head, and then carrying the scream of death and viciously accumulated.

"Poof!"

A surging Cao soldier was shot through the throat by a volley of wolf tooth arrows, and he fell down without even snorting.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

In an instant, dozens of Cao soldiers who were surging forward fell to the ground with wails, and the overwhelming wolf tooth arrows completely sealed the path of Cao Jun's advance!

Yu Ban car's eyes were split, and he howled through the sky with a terrible howl: "Raise the shield, raise the shield to defend!" ”

"Whoa~"

Cao Jun, who was not injured, hurriedly raised the big shield in his hand above his head and connected it into an impermeable shield wall, firmly protecting the dense Cao army. As for Cao Bing, who was injured and fell to the ground, he could only ask for more blessings~

"Woo Woo Woo ~ "

"Tuk Tuk Tuk~"

Another wave of raindrop-like arrows roared down, but the sharp wolf's tooth arrows were only coldly pierced on the thick giant shield, and there was an endless muffled sound in an instant, but the surging Cao army was not seriously affected, and continued to crush towards the Yellow Turban Army formation.

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The two armies were close to each other, far more brutal than the long-range attacks of archers.

"Kill~"

Gao Shun shouted, took the lead, and went straight to Yu Ban, with a steel gun in his hand carrying a fierce and unparalleled might, and swept viciously, slashing directly at the forbidden waist, and his eyebrows were full of cold and violent atmosphere!

"Huh?"

Yu Ban's eyes froze, and the steel gun in his hand sank, which was worthy of Gao Shun's steel gun.

"When~"

"Sigh Rhythm ~~"

In the deafening symphony, the mount under Gao Shun's crotch could not withstand such a violent devastation, raised his head and let out a mournful hiss, and his front hooves fell to the ground weakly, and Gao Shun on the horseback was immediately slammed down. However, Yu Ban was not much better, he was swept away by Gao Shun on horseback, tumbling and tumbling out of more than ten steps, and fell heavily into the grass, and suddenly made a gray face.

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"Kill~"

A grim-looking Yellow Turban soldier slashed at the neck of a Cao soldier with a steel knife in his hand, and a large head rose into the air, and hot blood was marked from the neck of the Cao soldier like a fountain, splashing five steps away.

However, before the Yellow Turban soldier could be complacent, a sharp steel knife flew from his right, and in a flicker of cold light, the steel knife coldly opened his lower abdomen through the armor.

"Poof~"

The blood spurted, and the abdomen of the Yellow Turban soldier immediately burst open, and the hot intestines, blood, and internal organs dripped down and dragged them to the ground.

"Uh~~"

Looking down at his cracked abdomen, the Yellow Turban soldier howled miserably~

"Poof~"

Another cold slash slashed at the Yellow Turban's head, rolling down like a ball not far away.

The Yellow Turban soldier looked unwilling, and his empty eyes looked straight at the body that once belonged to him lying quietly on the ground~

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Cao Jun's main formation.

The ghost genius Guo Jia said in a condensed voice: "Lord, General Yu Ban is about to lose it!" It's not good~ It's a trick! ”

"Huh?"

Cao Cao's expression changed when he heard this, and his slightly narrowed eyes widened.

At this moment, the sound of rolling horses' hooves gradually rose from the north, Cao Cao looked back in shock, and the iron horse was rolling towards the front of Cao Jun, and the terrible thought swept through Cao Cao's mind in an instant, if there was no action, Yu Ban was afraid that he would be surrounded and annihilated!

"The Yellow Turban soldiers on the left and right flanks are spreading to both sides, ready to outflank our army!"

"Lord, order the withdrawal of troops~"

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The Yellow Turban Chinese Army is in large array.

Jia Xu's eyes showed a gloomy color, and he said in a gloomy voice: "Lord, Cao Cao is ready to withdraw his troops!" ”

"Withdrawing troops?" Zhang Bao smiled coldly, "It's easy to say, he Cao Cao can fight if he wants, and withdraw if he wants to?" There are no doors! Ordered Zhang Jun to seal the retreat of Cao Jun, and be sure to encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”

More than a dozen horsemen roared and rode their horses away.

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"Boom!"

"Woo woo~~"

The blood-boiling drums rang out at the end, then abruptly stopped, and the desolate trumpets sounded again, and the archers threw their horns high in an aimless scatter ahead.

The hoplites and pikemen restarted the formation under the scolding of their respective commanders, and in less than a moment, the formation that seemed scattered due to rapid advance had regained its rigor, and the hoplites in the first three rows slammed the shields on their shoulders to the ground and relined them into three rows of impregnable shield walls.

Horses with their heads rushing and iron hooves galloping.

Zhang Jun's two thousand iron horsemen howled and cut across from the place where an arrow was in front of the Cao army's formation, and the archers of the Cao army could only helplessly watch this cavalry roar past, and then the two thousand yellow turban iron horsemen shot through hundreds of infantry under the command of Yu Ban on the battlefield, and the spears pierced were the hoplites, the backbone of the defensive force!

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"Damn~" Cao Cao said hatefully, "The cavalry cut off Wen Ze's back road, and then pressed in with heavy troops, he Zhang Bao wants Wen Ze's life!" Someone came~ ordered Cao Hong to attack the enemy's flank and rescue Wen Ze! ”

"Lord!" Guo Jia said urgently, "Don't do it, you can't fight." This is Zhang Bao's trick, deliberately luring our army, the lord must not be fooled. ”

"Bonghyo!" Cao Cao's narrow little eyes revealed a thick murderous intent, and he said in a gloomy whisper, "Zhang Bao is a yang conspiracy, in front of the soldiers of the three armies, Ben Xiang has no choice, even if he accompanies Ben Xiang's life, he must come back to Wen Ze!" Otherwise, the prestige of the prime minister will be lost, and the soldiers will be detached from morality! ”

Guo Jia was silent, Cao Cao was right, Zhang Bao was indeed a conspiracy, the so-called conspiracy is that you know that this is a trap, but you have no choice but to step into it with one foot in it!

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Hong, Cao Ang listen to orders!" ”

Cao Hong and Cao Ang immediately stepped forward and said sharply: "The last general (child) is here!" ”

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said in a condensed voice: "You and the two of you each led their own troops and horses, attacked the left and right wings of the thief army respectively, and attracted the attention of the thief army. ”

"Yes!"

Cao Hong and Cao Ang immediately clenched their fists and led their respective headquarters to attack the left and right flanks of the Yellow Turban Army.

Cao Cao looked at the backs of Cao Hong and Cao Ang galloping away, raised the horsewhip in his hand, and said sharply: "Everyone obeys the order, the army presses in, and eradicates the thief's first treasure in one fell swoop!" ”

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

The soldiers of the Cao army howled loudly, and more than 10,000 soldiers and infantry of the Cao army were in front and pikemen in the back, holding the determination to die, and slowly pressed towards the blazing battlefield~

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Yellow Turban Chinese Army.

"The Cao army actually let the heavy infantry protect the two wings, directly with the pikemen as the vanguard, and the archers as the backbone of the attack!" Jia Xu's eyes froze, and he whispered to Zhang Bao, "Lord, Cao Cao is going to fight with our army!" ”

"Hmph~" An inexplicable chill flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes, and he said coldly, "Cao Cao is already difficult to ride a tiger, but it is also expected by this general, all the princes in the world have such courage, Cao Cao should be the first person!" ”

Jia Xu bowed his head lightly and said: "Therefore, the lord is doing everything possible to restrain Cao Cao, and only Cao Cao is worthy of becoming the lord's fierce rival!" ”

"锵~~"

In the piercing sound of gold and iron grinding, Zhang Bao did not speak, but slowly drew out his sword and raised it high above the top, and then swung it fiercely forward~