In the Hanshui War, Chang'an defeated the strong with the weak, leaving a deeper haze in Cao Jun's heart. Fear, trembling.

In this battle, Cao's army lost 60,000 casualties, of which nearly 50,000 were elite Qingzhou soldiers who were fearless of death, and almost all of the Qingzhou soldiers who went south with the army were killed, and they could no longer be the main offensive force of Cao's army on the southern front.

Xu Huang and Zhang Jaw were killed, and the elite Euphorbia soldiers of Zhang Jaw were all wiped out, and the method of training Euphorbia soldiers to farm disappeared with the death of Zhang Jaw.

In the entire southbound army, only the Hebei miscellaneous soldiers who are good at shouting and cheering are left. Since the battle, plus the defeated soldiers of Yan Liangwen Chou, the battle has lost 100,000 generals.

Although Lü Bu's army won, the casualties were unprecedentedly heavy. Combined with the loss of troops that could not support the inner countryside in time, a total of 70,000 men. Among them, Shangyong, who escaped from the battle and was executed by Gao Shun, surrendered 10,000 people. The elite soldiers brought from Hanzhong were close to 20,000. The rest of the battle-damaged soldiers were all Shangyong, Fangling, and Cao's soldiers.

However, Lü Bu's overall strength was far inferior to Cao Cao's, with only 40,000 elites in his hands. Coupled with the recruitment of new soldiers from above, there are still 150,000 troops. There is still a fight to fight.

By the time Cao Cao arrived with his troops, the battle was nearing its end. On the other side, Lu Bu's army was busy cleaning up the battlefield, salvaging the weapons of the Qingzhou soldiers in the river, peeling off their leather armor, and piling up the corpses of the Qingzhou soldiers in the mountains. On the other side, Lu Bu worked hard for half a day, and equipped forty or fifty thousand new soldiers with the same sophisticated equipment as the Qingzhou soldiers, and Cao Cao was so angry that he jumped like thunder. Looking at Lu Bu, Cao Cao's temples were beating, and his brain ached faintly.

The two armies began to shout and curse wildly. The two armies camped along the river, drawing the Han River as a danger and guarding against each other.

On both sides of the Han River, there are hundreds of miles of camps and thousands of beacons. Early the next morning, before Lu Bu sent his troops, the boats on the river were connected, like flat ground. On the boat, a column of Cao troops with drums crossed the river, lined up in formation, and a young general went out to fight.

Once Cao's army was ineffective, dozens of corpses were left behind, and on the viewing platform of Cao Ying on the other side, 'Cao Cao' personally retreated.

This is the case for two days in a row, a challenge in the morning, a battle in the afternoon, when Cao's army loses dozens of soldiers, 'Cao Cao' will personally withdraw from the army.

"My lord, there must be deception in this." Xu Shu looked at Cao Cao, who was beating the golden drum in the distance, and said: "Cao Cao is strong in the south and weak in the north, the advantage is to fight quickly, no matter how bad it is, he will try his best to attack the camp of our army, put pressure on the lord as much as possible, and force the lord to transfer troops from Chang'an to rescue, which has relieved the pressure on his rear." ”

Hearing this, his body shook, and he said in horror: "Cao Cao will not be in the army!" ”

"How so?" Lu Bu asked.

Fu Zhu said solemnly: "Cao Cao has always been scheming and good at creating momentum. In the past two days, there has only been a little friction between the two armies, why did Cao Cao personally attack the retreating troops? This is Cao Cao sending a signal to our army, that is, to tell our army that he is on the other side, so that our army will not fortify him. The general told me that with the general's eyesight, can I see the facial features of this person on the other side who looks as tall as Cao Cao? ”

Lu Bu looked intently, and from a distance, the people on the other side behaved like Cao Cao, but because the distance was too far, they couldn't see it really, and who was it if it wasn't Cao Cao?

"I can't see clearly." Lu Bu and Huang Zhong, who had good eyesight, said at the same time.

"And where is Cao Cao?" Lu Bu asked.

Fu Zhu hurriedly rushed into Lu Bu's big tent and unfolded the map to check it.

"There are two places where Cao Cao may appear." Fu Zhu pointed to Shangyong and Zancheng on the map and said: "The first place, cross the river from the east of Zancheng, and take our army by surprise. The second place is to use troops to the west, sneak attack Shangyong, completely trap our army in Fangling, and even cut off the retreat back to Hanzhong. ”

"Attack the mediocrity? Not really. In the same way, once our army sees through it and counterattacks the camp of Cao's inner countryside, Cao Cao will be completely trapped in Shangyong. Cooperate with the Hanzhong army in the west of our army to attack, Cao Cao is ninety-one. Lu Meng said suddenly.

Lu Bu couldn't bear it and said: "Wealth is in danger." If Cao Cao succeeds in one fell swoop, our army will not be able to escape, and if it is me who uses soldiers, I will choose to take a risk. Of course, the use of troops from Zancheng is dignified and upright, and he will not put himself to death. ”

Lu Xun interjected: "Perhaps, Cao Cao has a third marching route. Cao Cao didn't leave the camp on the other side of the river at all, and waited for work, the purpose was to let our army see through his 'tricks' and send them to kill him. ”

The strategists had different opinions, and Lu Bu suddenly felt confused and couldn't see through Cao Cao's specific strategy. At this point, it is up to him, the Lord, to make the final decision. The strategists analyzed the possible situations one by one, Lu Bu couldn't let his subordinates feel his incompetence, he had to do something.

"No matter where Cao Cao uses his troops, our army cannot be led by Cao Cao. The ultimate goal of our army is to capture Jingzhou, and no matter how Cao Cao uses his troops, we cannot change our purpose. Lu Bu's fingers tapped lightly on the map on the table: "Lu Meng, Yan Yan is the vanguard, leading the army of 40,000 to the south of the Han River, conquering Fancheng and threatening Xiangyang!" Gao Shun sat in Fangling and strengthened the defense of Shangyong. The mediocrity must not be lost. ”

"Whoa." All three will respond at the same time.

"The last general will be the vanguard." Lu Lingqi suddenly came out and scrambled.

When he goes to Fancheng, he is likely to encounter the scheming Cao Cao's army, Lu Bu does not want his daughter to fight against Cao Jun, Cao Cao is scheming, and it is effortless to kill her. So he promised: "If you hit Xiangyang, you will be allowed to go first." ”

"It's a deal!"

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Cao Cao led the elite of the main battalion to return to Zancheng, took the tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao Hong's department, and the elite foot soldiers of Taishan, crossed the Han River to Fangling to kill. As Fu Zhu said, Cao Cao did attack the source of Lu Bu's grain and grass, Shangyong. It's just that once the matter is revealed, Cao Cao's ending is that if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent person, and there will be no place to die. With the victory in hand, how could he do this strategy of death, and the soldiers were in danger. In the end, he gave up the fatal blow to Lu Budi, and chose to attack and retreat in the direction of Zancheng.

"Newspaper. Thirty miles away, I found that the Chang'an army (Cao Jun) was approaching. Meet in two hours! "Cao Cao, the scouts sent by Yan Yan discovered the other party's whereabouts at the same time, and at the same time transmitted the news back to the headquarters army. The two marched very carefully, and were full of scouts, fearing that they would be ambushed by each other.

"Forward! Revisit! Cao Cao didn't expect that Lu Bu still saw through his strategy and sent an army to intercept him. In order to prevent Lü Bu from increasing his troops, Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to abandon their cumbersome baggage, rush lightly, and eat the vanguard first.

"Stand in line and be wary of the enemy. Revisit! "This is an order from Lu Meng. Lü Bu and Cao Cao attacked each other for decades, and even Lü Bu was afraid of Cao Cao, and Lü Meng did not dare to act rashly, so he ordered to assemble in situ and quickly transmit the military information back to Lü Bu of the rear army.

It was expected that they would meet more than an hour later, and in only half an hour, a column of spears like forest banners, a stream of cavalry, and an infantry formation like an iron plate moved slowly, slowly appearing in Lu Mengdi's field of vision.

"Arrays, shield arrays, tripping horses, rejecting horses, thistles." Lu Meng galloped at the forefront of the large array, inspecting the traps laid out. Yan Yan dropped the big knife, held a heavily wrapped iron shield in both hands, and stood on the front line.

The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, and the first is the cavalry of the Cao army, after the cavalry of the Cao army, it is the elite tiger and leopard cavalry, and after the tiger and leopard cavalry, it is the elite Taishan infantry. After that, there are Cao Jun's miscellaneous soldiers. Cao Cao's layout was very simple and violent, that is, to use the elite to break the enemy formation, inspire the fighting spirit of the rear formation, and lay the final victory by this undetermined miscellaneous army.

The distance between the two armies was two miles, and Cao Cao pulled out his sword and stabbed it in the sky: "I am ordered to punish the thief." ”

Cao Hong, Xu Chu, Li Dian, Le Jin, and Yan Xing stood up in response from all over the long Cao army's array: "The king will win." Kill! ”

"The king will win!" Cao Bing shouted in unison, and the cheers were embarrassed.

When had this mediocre recruit under Lu Meng's command seen such a powerful enemy army, they all changed color, they were all frightened, and they took a step backwards. Yan Yan hurriedly shouted.

As soon as the word "kill" fell, Xu Chu led the heavy armored cavalry, the three cavalry connected to the chain heavy armored cavalry took the lead, the 10,000 Youzhou cavalry led by Yan Xing followed, and the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Hong rushed to the Chang'an battle array.

Thundered. The ground shook and the mountains shook, and the faces of the Lu Meng soldiers at the head of the charge were like earth.

Cao's escort cavalry pulled out the rejecting horses and suicidally smashed the stumbling ropes along the way, clearing the way for the chain of heavy cavalry to charge. The subway tribulus terrestris on the ground could not pierce the horseshoe of Cao Jundi, Cao Cao had been Lu Bu for a long time, and he had studied the horseshoe early with his wisdom. Tribulus terrestris cannot stab horses' hooves.

The chain horse is the Cao army's carefully trained troops, the cost is extremely high, each horse is dressed in heavy armor, three horses are connected, and the impact force is like Mount Tai pressing the top.

Bang!

Before the two armies clashed, Xu Zhu, who led the chain of cavalry, took the lead in hitting the battle wall, and the people were covered with iron shields on the high ground, and they were torn apart. Several shield-wielding giants flew into the air and smashed into the crowd, knocking down a field of pikemen.

Xu Zhu's big knife passed, all of them were slashed, and between the bull-leg-like arms, several Chang'an soldiers were stopped and cut in two.

Yan Yan threw down his shield, snatched a two-battle long bayonet from the soldier's hand, and killed Xu Zhu to intercept it.

The rumbling sound was endless, and Xu Zhu's rear chain of cavalry crashed into the shield array on all fronts. The wall of the Lu Mengjun ground was like an egg hit by a stone, and as soon as the confrontation began, the shield array collapsed on all fronts.

"Bayonet, strike!"

Lu Mengdi's voice trembled slightly, and a weak fear suddenly rose in his heart. In the face of the enemy's chain of heavy cavalry charges, not a single city wall could resist it.

The chain of horses is inexplicably existent. When one rider is injured, two horses are injured, even if all three horses are injured, they drag each other and charge, and they do not fall to the ground, and the collision force is full. Rushed and trampled in the center of the Lü Meng array.

Spearmen, archers, and sharp shield-bearers, like papier-mâché under the hooves of a chain of war horses, slammed into the horns of the horses, hung with minced flesh, and sharply slammed into the horns, and the flesh was blurred.