Cao Jun, who was originally in a neat formation and was slowly pressing, was already a little chaotic at this time.

There is no way, the bed crossbow of the New Han Army is indeed too powerful, indiscriminate attack, it can shoot directly on the ground within an area of about two miles, even if the remaining momentum is exhausted, it can slide out of a distance, and it can also form a certain threat to Cao Bing within a distance of more than two miles.

I can't penetrate them, but I always hurt them, right? Especially if you are injured in the foot, it is equivalent to losing your combat effectiveness, and you have to withdraw from this battlefield.

Therefore, after Cao Cao saw that there was no way to set up his bed crossbow at all, and heard the advice of the strategist beside him, he had to order the sergeant to retreat a mile first to avoid the threat of the bed crossbow of the New Han army.

Of course, Cao Cao could actually ignore the casualties of the sergeants and order the whole army to overwhelm them. In this way, it is really possible to kill in front of the military formation of the New Han Army. But so what?

Although there were not many bed crossbows of the New Han Army, it was difficult to suppress the defense line of the Cao army that was several miles long, but those crossbow arrows were fired in a fan shape, which greatly expanded the area that could be hit, which would form a big blow to the Cao army. Especially with such a dense formation of the Cao army, if you really want to rush over, then the Cao army will be more damaged.

What's more, according to Cao Jun's current understanding of the tactics of the New Han Army, when they enter about a mile, they will also be hit by the trebuchets in the New Han Army's array, and then when they enter a distance of about two hundred steps, there will be a blow from the New Han Army's bow and arrow array. Even if they are close to killing, the spear array can give them great damage. In general, against the New Han Army, from the time when the two armies were more than two miles apart, they had to constantly bear the blows and casualties of the New Han Army. If you can't afford these casualties, then don't fight the New Han Army like this. Find another way, make use of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, and find the weaknesses of the New Han Army, so that you can have a chance to win.

In this way, it was originally a plan to defeat this new Han army in one go. Naturally, it was a failure. When he retreated, Cao Jun's military formation was slightly chaotic. If at this time, the New Han Army had enough troops to charge the Cao army, I am afraid that the Cao army would have to be defeated.

Cao Cao ordered the division of troops, and his own military horses went around and surrounded the barracks of the New Han Army from afar.

Merely. When Cao's army formed an encirclement of the New Han army's barracks, the sky had begun to slowly darken. But to Liu Yi's surprise, Cao Cao did not seem to have stopped fighting because of the sky, and actually planned to start the battle overnight, Cao's army only rested for a while, and after the sergeant had dinner, he gathered his military horses and put on an offensive formation.

Liu Yi miscalculated. Because the scouts of the Cao army were also scattered. The situation of the other military horses of the New Han Army is also very clear. According to the information sent back by the scouts, Cao Cao estimated that the rest of the military horses of the New Han army might be killed tomorrow. In this way, the strength of the New Han Army will be greatly increased, and when the time comes. Its strength will not be much weaker than its own. In this case, Cao Cao really did not have the confidence that the New Han Army, which was about the same strength as the troops, would be able to fight and win.

Therefore, Cao Cao, who is already red-eyed, is extremely unwilling in his heart. decided that no matter what, it was necessary to defeat the more than 300,000 New Han army in front of him.

Only by defeating the new Han army in front of him can he turn defeat into victory and reverse the situation in the world.

If you fight at night, it will indeed pose a great threat to the New Han Army.

Especially on the flanks and behind the barracks, due to the lack of baggage transported with the army, there were no bed crossbows to suppress the attack of Cao's army. Of course, like the front of the barracks, even if there is a bed crossbow, it is estimated that it will be difficult to play a normal role. Because it couldn't be seen, it was difficult to estimate the distance from Cao's army at night, so it suddenly put the Xinhan army in a more dangerous situation.

What annoyed Liu Yi the most was that the sky was pretty good during the day, although the sky was not cloudless, but the blue sky could be seen from between the white clouds. Who would have thought that at night, after the sky was dark, dark clouds would rise, so that the sky would be devoid of stars and moons, and the earth would be dark.

And the Cao army obviously noticed the situation that there was no star and moon in the sky, so their military horses only lit torches in the distance and advanced to the barracks of the New Han Army, and they actually extinguished the torches, and the Cao army on all sides advanced in the dark.

In this way, it was difficult for the New Han Army to see clearly the direction of the Cao army's main attack, the number of troops dispatched by the Cao army, and the real arrangement of the Cao army.

From the afternoon to the evening, although the New Han Army had destroyed most of the bed crossbows of the Cao army, who knew if there would be more bed crossbows among the Cao army? At least, the crossbows and oxbows and trebuchets in Cao's army were not destroyed. If Cao Jun was allowed to push these weapons closer to the camp in the dark, it would be an unbearable blow to the New Han Army.

In fact, there is no need to guess, from the darkness, the squeaky sound heard and the occasional sound of mules and horses can be known that the Cao army, which is approaching the camp of the New Han Army in the dark, must be mixed with such long-range killing weapons.

But what can the New Han Army do if they know about it? You can't shoot a bed crossbow in the dark, right? What's more, even if it is launched, it is only the front of the barracks that has a bed crossbow, and the other three sides of the barracks do not have a bed crossbow to suppress the Cao army.

Not only Liu Yi, but even the scheming and thoughtful Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and other strategists, they did not expect that Cao Jun would attack the camp of the New Han Army overnight.

During the day, the New Han Army only thought about establishing a foothold here first, even if they had already thought that they might be besieged by the Cao army, but they all considered that as long as they fought with the Cao army until dark, the Cao army would stop attacking. By dawn tomorrow, the various armies of the New Han Army will be killed, so that they can fight a head-on battle with the Cao army.

However, this negligence actually put the 300,000 New Han troops in a dangerous situation. No one expected that Cao Jun would attack the camp of the Xinhan Army in the dark.

However, there is danger, but Liu Yi and other generals will naturally not be helpless against the situation in front of them.

As the saying goes, one person counts short, and two people count long. Under the current fixed situation, in the big tent of the Chinese army. Liu Yi summoned a group of generals and ministers to discuss, and after a while, there was a plan to deal with it.

The summed up response plan, first of all, since Cao Jun wants to fight at night, he has to advance in the dark, then. The large camp of the New Han Army, which was roughly built, was also like the Cao Army, extinguishing all the fires. In this way, the surrounding Cao Jun also lost a clear target for attack.

Of course, it is estimated that Cao Jun has already estimated the distance between their military horses and the barracks of the New Han Army, and even if there is no fire, the outline of the camp of the New Han Army can still be vaguely seen. It doesn't seem to make much sense to do that. But in reality, it is absolutely necessary to do so.

According to popular estimates. The surrounding Cao army must have calculated the distance between them and their camp, so the crossbow and oxbow mixed with their army will definitely be erected to attack the camp of the New Han army after advancing a certain distance. And according to the distance between his battalion and the surrounding Cao army, I am afraid it will be very fast. Cao's crossbow and ox bow can be used to fire arrows at the battalion of his own army.

So. Extinguishing the fire in the camp is for the next step.

The large camp of the New Han Army will not move, but the people and horses in the camp can move.

So, secondly. All the advisers suggested that their military horses should stay in the camp to withstand the attack of Cao's crossbows and bullbows, so it was better to put out the fire and let the whole army out of the camp and hide in the open space outside the camp. So. According to the fixed range of those crossbow bull bows of the Cao army, when the time comes, their arrows will definitely be shot into the camp, so that the soldiers of the New Han Army outside the camp will not be hit by the crossbow bull bows of the Cao army.

Of course, although the Cao army advanced in the dark, they could not do a surprise attack, and in the same way, the Xinhan army was extremely dangerous when it came out of the barracks, and it would be noticed by the Cao army at any time.

Because, both sides will have rockets, which can shoot rockets forward, and the light of the rockets can see the distance between the military horses of the two sides.

Therefore, if the New Han army wanted to hide outside the camp, avoid the killing of the Cao army's crossbow and bull bow. Then it is necessary to require the officers and men of the whole army to be able to be silent and silent, and to be able to hide their figures anytime and anywhere.

That, more than 300,000 Xinhan troops, all went out of the camp in the dark, and every soldier could do it without making a sound, and they could also hide at any time to avoid reconnaissance by the rockets fired by Cao's army. This, if it were an ordinary military horse, would definitely not be able to do it, but compared to the New Han Army, it was not too much of a problem.

In the usual training, every soldier of the New Han Army had a certain amount of training in the march and lurking.

It's summer time, and although this area is a wasteland and plain, the ground is also overgrown with weeds and a lot of miscellaneous trees. When the order is given, the soldiers of the New Han Army will think about how they can better avoid the reconnaissance of the enemy soldiers in the dark night.

In fact, it is very simple, every sergeant can make some weeds or miscellaneous branches and leaves, make a circle and wear them on his head like a hat, and even directly insert some grass on his head and hang some branches and leaves on his body. In this way, in the wasteland, you only need to crawl on the ground, and in this dark night, it is difficult for the enemy to find it. Even if a whole group of soldiers were lying on the ground, it was difficult to see whether it was a person or a tree from a distance.

What's more, more than 300,000 horses are distributed around the periphery of the camp, and in one direction, the soldiers are only tens of thousands of horses.

Also, if that's the case, it's not okay. Liu Yi naturally didn't think about it, so he let his sergeant avoid the attack of Cao's army safely. What's more, Liu Yi didn't want to avoid it, since Cao Jun was going to fight at night, he would fight with them.

Such an action was just to avoid the blow of Cao Jun's more powerful crossbow and bullbow.

In fact, after deliberation, the New Han Army will have a series of measures against Cao's army.

The whole army quietly found out of the barracks and lurked in the field outside the barracks at a distance from the barracks. Then, send a group of men and horses to continue to sneak forward.

According to everyone's estimates, Cao Jun should have wanted to advance their crossbow and oxbow to a distance where they could attack the camp of the New Han Army. And only after the Cao army's crossbow and oxbow attacked the camp of the New Han Army, it was possible for the military horses of the Cao army to continue to advance into the camp of the New Han Army. Then, that is to say, according to the killing distance of the crossbow and the ox bow, it is about one and a half miles, that is, the Cao army will only advance to a place about a mile away from the barracks of the New Han army at most, and it will stop first. After setting up their crossbows and bows to attack, they will let Cao's military horses continue to attack.

At this time, a distance of about a mile outside the Xinhan military camp was a safe area, at least, before the enemy's crossbow bow and arrows were fired, it was an absolutely safe area.

And the New Han Army sent a group of men and horses to continue to sneak in, so that they could sneak between half a mile and one mile away from their military camp and scatter the thistle terrestris they had carried on the ground. The area between half a mile and one mile outside the barracks of the New Han Army formed a dark array made of thistles clothed by thistles.

It is conceivable that Cao Jun must have probed earlier, and before the New Han Army camp, the New Han Army had no time to set traps, and they did not even use the iron thistle terrestris to set up a formation to block their attack. In the hearts of the soldiers of the Cao army, they must have felt that they were safe on the way to the camp of the New Han Army, and there would be no danger to them. Then, when the crossbow and oxbow of the Cao army ravaged the barracks of the New Han Army, they felt that it was almost the same, stopped and released their arrows, and the Cao army launched a charge attack on the camp of the New Han Army. Those little thistles will be bad news for these charging Cao Jun.

It is estimated that it will definitely make the unwitting Cao army lose a large number of soldiers.

Similarly, with such a large array of thistles blocking the way, Cao Jun must at least clean up these thistles before attacking and killing, right?

However, with such a small thistle, it is impossible for the soldiers of the Cao army to clean it in the dark, right? When the time came, Cao Jun was forced to light torches to sweep away those thistles.

And when Cao Jun lit the torches, it was tantamount to exposing the traces of their military horses.

Then, the Cao army, which has been lurking not far from them and is already within the killing range of the archers of the New Han Army, will become the rake of these New Han Army soldiers.

The devil is in the details. This barracks of the New Han Army seems to be besieged by the Cao army, and it is full of crises, and there is a possibility that the whole army will be wiped out at any time. However, if you can calm down and use your wisdom, you will still have the opportunity to win in the face of danger.

The officers and men of the New Han Army, after receiving the order, immediately went into action. (To be continued.) )