The winter morning was not as beautiful as expected, and even in the tent, there was a biting cold brewing in the air, and people were reluctant to leave the warm bedding no matter what.

However, no one in the army will understand everyone's feelings, military orders are like mountains, drums and horns together, not to mention small soldiers, even generals, they must enter the combat state as soon as possible, otherwise, the price paid is likely to be life.

"Woo ......"

As the horn suddenly exploded, it seemed like a roar, at first it was as high-pitched as a cloud, and the next moment, it became endless, revealing not so much a high-spirited battle spirit as an unforgettable panic.

The continuous barracks, like a giant beast awakened from its slumber, trembled suddenly, and then opened its teeth and claws, showing its might to unknown dangers and enemies.

Everywhere there were people running, everywhere there was the sound of clanging armor, swords and guns, long and short orders, one after another.

"Quick, get to the wall, the enemy is coming from the east!" The sentry shouted loudly, pointing his comrades in the direction of the enemy.

"Grab your weapons, keep up, keep up!" Barely put on the armor, far less neat than usual, it seems that some of the generals are shouting and running briskly. Behind them were even more embarrassed soldiers, with panicked expressions on their faces, which on the surface looked like a group of routs.

"General! The general is coming! The next moment, the general's flag was raised in the wind and began to move eastward, and the military spirit finally settled down.

"Where is this enemy?" The panic calmed for a moment, and the soldiers asked each other about the details.

The enemy in the east should still be a hundred miles away, and it is impossible to arrive in front of him overnight, but except for this enemy army, there should be no one in Hebei who dares to be the enemy of General Yuan.

"Who else could it be, isn't it the Qingzhou Army, why did it come so quickly? It's not simple, look, it's all cavalry, can it not be fast? ”

The sentinel warned because he saw smoke and dust, and there was no detailed information. Although there were some open posts and secret posts on the periphery, the enemy came too fast, far exceeding the speed of intelligence feedback. As the enemy approached quickly, the defenders saw the enemy's military appearance clearly, and it was all cavalry coming, so the speed was so fast, like thunder and lightning, which caught people off guard.

"Mother, is this really going to start? Can we win? ”

"Can't win, can you? General Cao and his brigade can't win the battle against Wang Pengju, we are just a partial division, what can we do? It is more appropriate to let the people of Jizhou take the lead. ”

"What's going on! From Liaocheng to Leping, there have been so many games, you haven't seen what kind of virtue Jizhou people are? It's a school of soft-footed shrimp! Let them stand in front, and they must not be crushed by a single blow? Won't they all be unlucky when the time comes? ”

"That's right...... Huh, this is coming? It's coming, it's coming! Before they could talk a few words, the little leisure of the soldiers was gone, and the remaining sleepiness was swept away, their eyes were wide and their mouths were wide open.

I saw that where the smoke and dust were high, the horses were as vigorous as dragons, and countless cavalry galloped across the country, coming head-on! They have no intention of stopping at all, how do they look at it, how do they look like they are going to charge directly!

The sound ......of the horn became more and more urgent, and the flags kept changing, and military orders flowed from the Chinese army.

"Spearman, take three steps forward, line up in a horizontal formation, and defend the wall!"

"Crossbowmen, prepare where you are, wait for orders!"

"Cavalry, get out of the camp immediately, make a detour behind the enemy, and find out how the enemy is coming!"

Seeing that the defensive formation had been arranged, Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, it was indeed desirable for many people to be alone, but the pressure it brought was extraordinary, especially in the face of such an opponent.

"I didn't expect that I could be caught off guard like this, Wang Yu used soldiers, and it was really unexpected."

Raising his hand to wipe the cold sweat that didn't exist, Cao Ren exhaled a breath of white air, and smiled at the deputy general Shi Jian beside him: "Hehe, Gong Liu, this time you were wrong, you think Wang Yu will not save Qingyuan, but he is here, and he is coming quickly!" If it wasn't someone who besieged Dongcheng, maybe he would really be able to succeed! ”

"The general's art of war is exquisite, the troops are well-trained, and there is no risk of being attacked by surprise." Shi Lian replied respectfully: "However, Wang Yu may not be going all out when he is here......

"Of course I won't be deceived by him, a hundred miles in one night? He can't fly. Cao Ren pursed his lips, with a disapproving face, raised his horsewhip, pointed to the east, and said proudly: "It's just hundreds of light horsemen who come, if it is the two brothers of the Lu family, maybe they will really be trampled on by them, now, heh, either they will retreat by themselves, or they will come to meet and break the blood!" ”

Although there were only a few hundred cavalry, these cavalrymen had two or even three horses, and the movement was very great. Thousands of horses' hooves struck on the frozen soil, stirring up smoke and dust in the sky, covering the sky and the sun like a yellow dragon, completely blocking the sight of Dongwang, and no one knew whether there was any murderous motive hidden behind the smoke.

"That's what the general said, but ......" Shi Lian stopped talking.

"But what? Gong Liu, it's not about you, your caution is really annoying. Although Liu Dai was put on the throne, but in addition, Wang Yu didn't take much advantage, and the lord's resourcefulness was still a little spicier than him. Otherwise, how could he not have calculated that Qingyuan City would be surrounded by us? ”

Cao Ren said proudly: "The current situation is also expected by the lord. Thinking that Wang Yu is arrogant and thinks very highly of himself, in addition to the lord, how can he put the heroes of the world in his eyes? For the sake of fame, for the sake of anger, this Qingyuan, he has to be saved! ”

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth moved, and a trace of contempt escaped: "Presumably he also knows very well that when the whole division comes, he will only be entangled by our army, so he sent light cavalry to raid, trying to fight inside and outside, and rescue the trapped Liu Bei." It's a pity that he didn't see through the mystery at all, but the lord guessed Liu Bei's thoughts. Hmph, think beautifully! ”

Shi Jian turned around and looked at Qingyuan City, only to see that the banners at the head of the city were messy, and the figures were mixed, and at first glance, the quality of the troops was too poor, and in a hurry, not only could not organize in order, but fell into chaos.

At least, on the surface, there is nothing to blame.

But if you get to the bottom of it, Shi Jian doesn't dare to guarantee it, he clearly remembers the secret order of the lord before dividing the troops. One of the most critical is the analysis of Liu Bei, as well as the relationship between Qing and You.

The process of analysis is quite shocking, and the results of the analysis are equally eye-opening and refreshing.

It turned out that the eyes of the world were focused on Wang Yu and Gongsun Zhan, who would have thought that the seemingly inconspicuous Liu Bei could also play such a key role?

This is not accidental, just look at the calmness shown by Liu Bei after being surrounded, you know that the evaluation of the lord is indeed true, from the subjective factors alone, this is a hero who is not inferior to the lord!

When Wang Yu came to the rescue, he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, advancing and retreating freely;

If Wang Yu doesn't come to the rescue, he can open the city and surrender under the banner of thinking about the safety of the people. He hesitated to withdraw his troops under the same pretext, which not only preserved his strength, but also did not damage his reputation.

If Wang Yu divided his troops to rescue, it would be like this now, and he began to pretend that he didn't react, and when the besieging army was ready, he would have more sufficient reasons not to go out of the city to respond.

Such a scheming is really frightening, fortunately this person does not belong to his own camp, otherwise, I am afraid that people will always have thorns in their backs, it will be difficult to swallow, and it will be difficult to sleep peacefully.

"Two hundred steps!" What interrupted Shi Lian's thinking was a sharp warning sound, the speed of the cavalry charging into battle was extremely fast, and in a moment of his trance, the Qingzhou light cavalry had already entered the firing range!

"Lift!" Cao Ren gave an order, and hundreds of longbows were raised, and the archers took a shooting pose.

The most labor-intensive part of archery is the process of drawing the bow to the full length and maintaining it, so there will be no general who will command the archer to draw the bow round and then aim, but aim first and then release the bow, which is the most reasonable and labor-saving way.

At the same time, the spearmen in the front row were also in formation, and the rows of spears were densely covered together, poking out of the gaps in the wall, like a jungle of thorns generated out of thin air.

There are bows in the distance, spears in the distance, and strong crossbows in the arrow towers of the walled walls, a killing array against the cavalry is instantly formed!

Taking advantage of the interval between the orders, Shi Jian cautiously reminded softly: "General, do you want to set up another shield array?" ”

"Shield? Is it necessary? Cao Ren was a little impatient.

Whether he didn't like Shi Lian's troubles, or was it purely out of dissatisfaction with Cao Cao's arrangement

, he himself can't tell. Anyway, he felt that the deputy general arranged by Cao Cao was not at ease with his own meaning.

Cautious, steady? Is it necessary?

When he led his troops to Huai and Si and became famous all over the world, this deputy general was just a nobody in the army, but now he came to counsel him for military affairs, and from time to time he still wanted to control his own plans, which is really unreasonable.

Of course, Shi Jian felt Cao Ren's unhappiness, but thinking of the lord's kindness, he had to perform his duties hard: "The paper armor of the Qingzhou Army is very good......

"You mean ......," Cao Ren frowned.

He didn't believe in the existence of paper armor, in his opinion, it was an excuse that the good-faced Yuan Shao made after losing the battle. Paper, how can it be made into nails? If it's really so easy to use, his own army and Wang Yu fought from Liaocheng to Leping, and they haven't seen each other take it out?

Paper armor, which only appeared once in the Battle of Ryuminato, has always maintained a rather mysterious color. There was no seizure, and there was no relevant information, although Cao Cao tried his best to investigate, but there was still not much effect, and Cao Ren naturally had no way of knowing.

"It's too late, let's explore the truth first." After a few words, the Qingzhou army rushed closer again, and the distance of a hundred steps passed in a blink of an eye, and Cao Ren could already see the outfit on the other party's body clearly.

It is indeed armor, not the legendary gold, but silvery-white. Under the morning sun, a silvery brilliance, like flowing mercury, shone with waves, flowed over.

It's too late to change the way of defense, is it really something, or is it a bluff, you can only use real knives and real guns to speak! Cao Ren raised his right arm high and fell suddenly.

"Wind!" The half-open bowstring was quickly tightened, rounded, and then bounced off, transmitting a huge kinetic energy to the arrows, and a black cloud flickered with cold light and soared away, accurately falling towards the rushing cavalry ranks.

The cavalrymen raised the riding shields in their hands unhurriedly, and the area of the riding shields was not large, but Cao Ren noticed that the cavalrymen did not lean over and hide behind their horses, but only raised their shields diagonally, protecting their heads, faces and horses, and completely handed over the defense of other parts to the silver-white armor on their bodies.

His heart tightened. Wang Yu and his Qingzhou army are already difficult to entangle, if the legend of this paper armor is true, wouldn't it be like a tiger? If this paper armor is really a killer weapon that Wang Yu hid and prepared to apply at a critical moment, can he still entangle the main force of Qingzhou as he wishes?

As the clouds of arrows fell, his faith began to waver;

When the arrow cloud landed in the queue of the Qingzhou cavalry and combed through the queue, but did not get any results, his heart was even more 'groaning', and it was cold in an instant.

Is it really that amazing?

Cao Ren was stunned, Cao Jun was frightened from top to bottom, the cavalry on the opposite side galloped at the same speed as light cavalry, but the outfit and defense were as exaggerated as the mounted iron cavalry.

Considering the morale of the military, before accurate information, no one will publicize paper armor in the army, and what you don't understand will always be the most terrifying. The fact that the long-range attack did not receive results shocked everyone, so much so that the long-range attack lost its due continuity.

"Shoot the arrow, release it again! Nothing to fear, focus on shooting, don't give them a respite! Shi Jian didn't have time to remind, so he could only give orders on his behalf. The enemy rider was drawing his bow and was clearly about to start shooting.

Without waiting for the Cao army to organize a second round of attacks, I saw that the queue of the Qingzhou cavalry suddenly separated, and the dense formation that seemed to be a charging formation suddenly became loose, and at a distance of about eighty paces, it stopped continuing to advance, but split into two and galloped parallel to the wall.

This is not the first time they have fought against an enemy who is good at riding and shooting, but the difference is that the opponent has strict protection, which makes the battle strategy consumed by the archery come to naught, and they don't know how to deal with it.

Cao Bing was stunned, the Qingzhou army had no intention of stopping, and in the teachings they had been given, there was no such thing as leaving a respite for the enemy. They skillfully turned their horses, loosened the reins, stretched their bows and arrows, and continuously shot arrows into Cao's camp.

Screams!

It has become a spear array for decoration, and it has become the best target. In order to defend against the cavalry charge, the spearmen formed an extremely tight formation, crowded in front of the wall, impermeable.

If the Qingzhou cavalry really bumped into it, not to mention that it was paper armor on its body, even if it was the most sophisticated fish scale armor, it would hit the head and break the bloodstream, but since they didn't bump into it, but greeted them with bows and arrows, it would be Cao Bing's turn to be unlucky.

A round of galloping down, almost no arrows. It's not that the cavalry are all excellent in archery, it's just that Cao Bing's human wall is too concentrated, as long as the arrow is shot through the wall, he can hit the target. If it weren't for the relatively limited power of riding a bow, it would not be impossible to stage a good show of killing two birds with one stone.

"Shoot back, shoot back!" Cao Ren was furious and roared loudly: "The front retreats, the layers retreat, the crossbowmen stand still, continue to fight back, don't mess around, you can survive by obeying orders!" After passing the order, he turned around again and instructed Shi Lian: "Gong Liu, you go to the rear army to suppress the formation, don't let Liu Bei find an opportunity to take advantage of it and come out to pick up cheap ......"

Shi Jian asked in surprise: "General, what do you want to ......?"

Cao Ren snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "Hmph! Cloth eight gates of golden lock formation, lure them over, gather and annihilate them! ”

“…… Here! Seeing Cao Ren's fierce expression and murderous in his eyes, Shi Lian didn't dare to persuade him anymore and went as ordered, but he always felt that he was not very down-to-earth.

The Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is one of the high-end changes of the Xuanxiang Array, and among the many phantom arrays, it can be regarded as second to none. Cao Ren has been fighting on the battlefield for many years and is familiar with the art of war, so it is not surprising that he can control this battle. In fact, the arrangement of Cao Ying is set up according to the direction of the eight golden locks, and it is very convenient to form a formation.

Cao Ren's bright vision and courage to make decisions on the spot are also remarkable. But the question is, will the enemy cavalry rush in?

Liu Bei had been underestimated before, but now don't underestimate Wang Yu. Liu Bei's conspiracy is certainly very hidden, but Wang Yu is not an ordinary person, even if he doesn't notice it for a while, can he still not detect it all the time? If he had noticed it, would he still have tried his best to save Qing Yuan?

Shi Lian tried to empathize with him, imagining how he would respond if he were faced with such a situation.

There were too many possibilities, and the time was too short, until he walked to the rear army, and he didn't come up with a clue, and at this moment, there was a high-pitched horn sound from the Chinese army, which sounded like ...... Angry?

Looking back in amazement, he saw two streams of smoke and dust moving quickly along the edge of Cao Ying, quickly bypassing Cao Ying, and rushing to the Gao Lan Department besieging the north gate and the Lu Xiang Department at the south gate respectively.

The friendly forces on both sides were originally watching, and Gao Ran once asked if he needed to be rescued. This proposal was naturally rejected by Cao Ren, but no matter what, both armies were ready to defend.

It's a pity that it's useless to just prepare for a long time, and the cavalry and archery tactics after the Qingzhou cavalry have paper armor are not something that can be dealt with casually.

In the face of Gao Ran and Lu Xiang, who were waiting for the battle, the Qingzhou army was not in a hurry, so the trick was repeated, and the Jizhou army that was besieging the city ran away. The screams were incessant, even from hundreds of paces away, they could be heard clearly.

Gao Lan's army is quite strict, although he didn't think of the way to crack it for a while, but the combat method of using a shield array with a bow and crossbow can be regarded as stabilizing the position. But Lu Xiang didn't have this ability, the front army was swept down, and the Chinese army immediately began to waver, but Cao Ren conveyed the instructions to lure the enemy.

As a result, Lu Xiang's order to change the formation was given, and the formation of the Jizhou army was suddenly chaotic. The front wanted to escape, but the back was shouting to steady, colliding with each other, and trampling on each other, which attracted the attention of the Qingzhou Army at once.

I saw that the Qingzhou army adjusted its formation again, and the first general, with a pistol in his left hand and a halberd in his right hand, turned into a hurricane in the sound of violent shouting, and crashed straight into the array of Lu Xiangjun, which immediately completely expanded the chaos.

The lure succeeded, but the results were frustrating.

The sound of the horn became more and more urgent, and the flag dance became more and more urgent, Shi Jian was stunned, just looked at the chaos in the distance, he understood, really understood.

Wang Yu had already seen through Liu Bei's true face, so he would not advance the whole army westward as expected by the lord, he just sent a brigade of light cavalry, and used the strongest and most mysterious tactics to give a surprise attack to the besieging troops.

Now, Lu Xiang's formation is in chaos, if Liu Bei has the heart to break through, it will be the best time. If Liu Bei still doesn't move, then Wang Yu can be regarded as having an explanation, so as not to hurt his relationship with Gongsun Zhan and break his reputation for affection and righteousness.

In the era of heroes, you can't underestimate anyone.