After more than 20 days of confrontation, the Han army launched a siege battle against Qian County, for Cao Ren, he had no choice, if he retreated, he would be blocked by the Han army, and he would be defeated.

And if the confrontation continues, the food in his army will face the dilemma of insufficient, the Han army cut off the grain route, and more importantly, once the Han army captures Qian County, not only the 30,000 Cao troops in the county will be wiped out, but he will not be able to surrender to Wei.

To fight or not to fight, Cao Ren had no choice, he had no choice but to accept the challenge of the Han army and fight to the death with the Han army in Qian County.

When 80,000 Cao troops appeared ten miles away from Qiaoxian County, the Han army, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately met the battle, and the two Han armies in the north and south quickly converged in the east of the city, with a total of 100,000 elite Han troops facing 80,000 Cao troops.

The wind was blowing strongly, the flags were unfurled, there was a burst of flying sand and rocks in the wilderness, and the dust filled the air, and the 80,000 Cao troops had already established their positions, and the archers, crossbowmen, spearmen, jumping soldiers, and the left and right cavalry were lined up in turn.

The five sharpest tiger and leopard cavalry were the Chinese army, and Cao Ren was surrounded in the middle of the team, and Cao Ren was immediately under a big flag, looking at a black line in the distance with complicated eyes.

The 80,000 Cao troops did not attack immediately, but stopped ten miles away, and they marched all night, and the soldiers and horses were very tired, and immediately entered the battle to their detriment.

The soldiers of the Cao army took advantage of this moment to sit on the ground and rest, and the cavalry dismounted one after another, gave the horses water and fodder, and hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of dry food to fill their stomachs.

At this time, the sound of drums faintly sounded from the position of the Han army in the distance, and a lookout soldier on a high platform shouted: "Dudu, the enemy army has come to us!" ”

Cao Ren stared into the distance, it was morning, a few rays of sunlight came out of the dense dark clouds, illuminating the wilderness and highlands in the distance, only to see the army led by Liu Jing, the king of Han, was moving towards this side step by step, they also seemed to see that Cao's army was tired, and began to take the initiative to attack.

Cao Ren immediately coldly ordered: "The army is ready for battle immediately!" ”

"Whew-"

The low sound of trumpets blew over the Han army, the rumbling war drums sounded, the soldiers of the Cao army got up to prepare for battle, the cavalry got on their horses, tightened the reins, opened their bows and arrows, and slowly raised their spears.

The dark clouds closed again, the sunlight disappeared, and under the gloomy dark clouds, the 100,000 Han troops had stopped three miles away, and they formed a triangular formation, with flags fluttering, black armor, spears forming a sharp forest, and the gloomy heaven and earth were full of murderous aura, which was enough to make any opponent dare not underestimate the enemy.

At this time, Liu Jing was also looking at the Cao army opposite, only to see that the width of the Cao army stretched for ten miles, and the eight thousand crossbowmen were lined up in three rows, waiting for the battle, and they expected the Han army to attack first, so that their bows and arrows could exert their power.

Liu Jing waved his hand, "Don't attack lightly!" ”

Without Liu Jing's order, the Han army did not attack, and both sides seemed to be waiting, at this time, Li Tong, the commander of the left wing of the Cao army, whispered to Yang Dian, the general beside him: "Have you seen it?" The Han army had no intention of attacking at all, and it is estimated that the Dadu Governor's plan to suppress the other party with crossbowmen has failed. ”

Yang Dian sighed slightly: "The Han army has been fighting with us for many years, who doesn't know the other party's routines?" ”

Time is passing little by little, the two sides are facing each other, and neither of them takes the initiative to attack, as if they are testing perseverance and endurance to see who can't hold on first.

At this time, an lookout soldier suddenly pointed to the opponent's camp and said loudly to the strategist: "Manchu military division, the other party seems to be moving!" ”

Man Zhong looked into the distance, only to see that the position of the Han army began to change, and a Han cavalry of about 7,000 men left the main formation, and ran diagonally to the right side two miles away from Cao's army, obviously to attack the flank of the crossbowmen.

This is a huge threat to the crossbowmen, if the Cao army does not change the formation, the crossbowmen will be fatally impacted, and the main general Cao Ren looks solemn, still holding his troops still.

But Man Chong found that the bow and crossbow army had changed formation, and the three thousand Cao army cavalry rushed from behind, just against the Han cavalry on the flank, covering the bow and crossbow army, and Man Chong's heart was slightly lowered, Cao Ren was really experienced, and he would not change the formation lightly.

But Man Chong was still a little worried, he looked up at the sky, the clouds were thick, the thunder was faintly beating in the clouds, the weather was extremely hot, and he saw that a downpour was coming.

In front of the Han army, Liu Jing was doing the final war mobilization, the tall bear horse galloped in the wind, and the Wenhou war halberd in his hand collided on the spear of the soldiers, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of the Han army, follow me in a hundred battles, today will be our decisive battle to capture the Central Plains, we must use our lives and blood to prove that we are the strongest army in the world, sons, follow me to fight bravely to kill the enemy!" ”

"I am willing to serve the king of Han to the death!"

The soldiers of the Han army shouted, and their voices were like undulating thunder: "Long live the King of Han!" ”

Liu Jing looked up at the sky, at this time the sky began to rain, and gradually it became heavier and heavier, Liu Jing gave Pang Tong a thumbs up in admiration, and the weather that Pang Tong expected was not bad at all.

"Left and right wings, arc attack!"

Liu Jing gave an order, the war drums rumbled, and the red and blue flags danced on the command platform, which was the order for the arc attack, and the Han army suddenly launched, only to see the two bottom corners of the triangular formation separate to both sides, forming two arcs, just like the two horns of argali.

The army of 60,000 formed two black surging frenzy, each of which was several miles wide, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, the main general of the left wing, and Wen Ping, the main general of the right wing, killed the left and right wings of the Cao army, the spears and knives were dense like a forest, and the soldiers held their shields high and ran hard in the face of the heavy rain, the momentum was tragic and surging, and the heaven and earth were also discolored.

At the same time, the muffled horn of the Han army sounded, and the 7,000 cavalry deployed on the left flank of the Cao army, led by the general Pang De, also launched a sudden attack, and they rushed to the flank of the crossbowmen.

Heavy rain suddenly fell in the sky, which made Cao Ren's face change greatly, the bow and crossbow could not be used in the rain, and the bow and crossbow array discharged by him was ineffective, Cao Ren was in a hurry, and hurriedly ordered: "General Li meets the enemy cavalry on the flank, and the bow and crossbow army retreats!" ”

A 30,000-strong Cao army spearmen divided into two ways, of which 10,000 people, led by the general Yang Dian, went to meet the Han cavalry who killed from the side, the two sides were getting closer and closer, the spear tips were shining, the momentum was galloping, and Pang De shouted, "Divide the troops!" ”

He galloped northward, and two thousand cavalry followed him around the advance of the Cao army, and quickly killed the retreating crossbow army, the cavalry advantage was vividly displayed at this moment, and they galloped at a gallop, with a devastating momentum, rushed into the retreating Cao army's bow and crossbow army.

Hundreds of Cao army archers rolled to the ground under the powerful impact of the cavalry, and in an instant, the heads were rolling, blood was splashing, the wailing sounded, the knives and spears were stabbed, the war horses collided, the war horses galloped wildly in the crowd, the crossbow army could not use bows and arrows in the rain, they could not resist this extremely sharp Han cavalry, and the formation of the eight thousand bow and crossbow army was torn apart.

The other 5,000 Han cavalry collided with the 10,000 spear army led by Yang Dian under the leadership of the general Xu Sheng.

At this time, the 40,000 main forces of the left flank of the Han army led by Zhao Yun arrived, and rushed towards the Cao army overwhelmingly. ”

After all, Cao's army is also one of the strongest armies in the world, well-trained, 20,000 pikemen and 4,000 cavalry formed a large array of spearmen supplemented by infantry and cavalry, and under the leadership of Li Tong, the general of the right wing, they met the 20,000 Han infantry who were killed.

Heavy rain from the sky disrupted Cao Ren's deployment of the bow and crossbow army, so that the 40,000 infantry on the left flank of the Han army could be unimpeded and killed without hindrance, and the 40,000 spearmen were like a surging wave, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, launched a stormy attack on the spearmen from all directions.

The spearmen array was a sharp weapon that Cao Ren trained to deal with the Wuhuan cavalry, a bit similar to the Macedonian legion in the West, mainly using the collective strength to use two-zhang long spears against the cavalry, and the flanks were their weak point, so there were two thousand cavalry guards on each side.

Zhao Yun saw the weakness of Cao Jun, and hurriedly ordered: "Concentrate on attacking the cavalry on the left!" ”

The 10,000 Han spearmen attacked like a tide, launching a fierce, stormy offensive, attacking the left guard cavalry one after another.

The summer of June was mostly showers, and after a short period of heavy rain, the rain cleared and the sun shone on the earth again.

The 30,000 right-wing infantry led by Wen Ping was blocked by the 5,000 crossbow army sent by Cao Ren, and the Han army shouted that the killing was shocking, and they bravely marched forward and swept towards the Cao army, holding their shields in one hand and spears in the other, and fiercely charged the enemy positions in the face of the dense rain of arrows.

One hundred and twenty paces, Cao Ren's crossbow army began to release arrows, and the overwhelming rain of arrows shot head-on at the Han soldiers, and the Han soldiers were shot over, but the rolling army was still like a black tide, surging, and came towards Cao Jun.

In the-for-tat, Wen Ping also sent 5,000 Han crossbowmen to shoot at the enemy position, they used a special chain box crossbow, that is, a wooden box was installed on the crossbow, a box of twelve arrows, after one shot, it could automatically load the arrows, and the soldiers pulled the strings to shoot arrows, and the speed was extremely fast.

A burst of crossbow arrows shot towards the enemy like locusts, and a large number of Cao soldiers were also shot over, at this time, the right-wing Han army of Wen Ping finally rushed to the front of the Cao army, and the Cao army crossbowmen put down their bows and arrows one after another, and ran backwards, and Han Zheng, the main general of the left wing of the Cao army, led 20,000 troops to meet the battle, followed by 5,000 sword and shield troops, and fought together from the side.

'Boom! There was a loud bang on the ground, and the two armies collided like two mighty waves, and in an instant the murderous aura confused people's eyes, the soldiers struck each other, the armor collided, and there was a sonorous sound, and the two armies fought fiercely together, shouting and screaming, and the heads fell to the ground, and the blood flowed like rivers, and the war was so cruel that the lives of the soldiers were as humble as grass at this moment.

A Han soldier screamed, his head was split in half by an axe, blood and brains were splashed, two burly soldiers fell to the ground together, the Han soldier held the other party down, grabbed an arrow from the ground, aimed at his forehead and eyes and poked it with an arrow, the other party choked and died on the ground.

But no matter how fierce the battle between the left and right flanks was, Cao Ren's Chinese army remained unmoved, Liu Jing still had 30,000 elite troops to fight, and 50,000 reinforcements led by Huang Zhong would not be dispatched lightly.

At this time, the military advisor Pang Tong smiled slightly, he had already seen that the strength of the Han army was slightly better than the Cao army, and it was still a 150,000 army against an 80,000 army, no matter what, they would definitely win this battle.

Liu Jing was silent, looking at the fierce battle between the two armies from a distance, both sides went all out, the fight was fierce, the time for Huang Zhong to attack had come, he turned around and ordered: "Let Huang Zhong's troops attack!" ”