In the windless morning, Zhang Liao stood on the wall of Xia Cai, holding the battlements with both hands, and looked down at the army under the city that was marching out of the city.

The battle flags of the Qin army planted on the battlements hung weakly, and without the wind blowing, they looked much calmer and more peaceful.

The soldiers of the Qin army, who were standing on the city wall like Zhang Liao, looked at the army that was leaving the city, and their faces showed envy that could not be concealed.

The Qin army on the city wall knew that this army, led by Lu Bu and heading towards the outside of the city, was going to find Cao Ren's main force to fight.

The Cao army is getting closer and closer to Xia Cai, and every Qin army in Xia Cai City is eager to fight with Cao Jun's real sword and gun.

If the Qin army out of the city wins, the Cao army will retreat to Shouchun, and the Qin army defending the city will probably not even see the appearance of the enemy.

The soldiers of the Qin army on the city wall, most people don't know, the night before, another army took advantage of the darkest sky to leave Xia Cai.

The Qin army, who knew about it, all received a strict order from Zhang Liao, forbidding them to mention it to anyone.

The army that went out of the city at night was the team led by Tai Shici to force Shouchun.

Since the attack on Shouchun was to be carried out secretly, Tai Shici had to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses, take advantage of the darkness of the night to leave Xia Cai, drill into the nearby Xiangling, and march along the mountain road to Shouchun.

Leading 20,000 Qin troops out of the city, Lu Bu sent countless scouts along the way, and almost every time he took more than 100 steps forward, a scout who was spying on the military in front would turn back and report to him what he had discovered.

As had been reported earlier, Cao Ren's army was still marching slowly, and by noon it had already settled down on the main road leading from Xia Cai to Shouchun.

In order to avoid being ambushed by the Cao army again, Lu Bu sent many scouts before leaving the city, and ordered these scouts to be sure to find out if there were Cao army ambushes between the mountains on both sides.

Since leaving the city, it has been getting closer and closer to Cao Ren's army, and the scouts who are responsible for exploring the mountains on both sides have sent back a lot of news, but there has been no submission of Cao's army setting up an ambush in the mountains.

There were no ambushes by the Cao army in the mountains on both sides, but Lu Bu did not dare to be careless, and when he led the Qin army forward, he had already let the sword and shield men walk on both sides of the team, so that in case they were ambushed by the Cao army, they could quickly deploy a formation and defend it.

Lü Bu's army advanced towards Cao Ren's army, but Cao Ren led the army to set up a position at the garrison at this time, and only waited for the arrival of the Qin army to start a decisive battle on the spot.

From the scouts who probed the movements of the Qin army, Cao Ren learned that there was only one Qin army out of the city, Lu Bu, and the number of Qin troops was only 20,000, which was really much thinner compared to his 70,000 army.

"General, the Qin army is here!" Commanding Cao Jun to line up in formation, Cao Ren stood in the middle of the Chinese army, looking at the direction where the Qin army would appear from a distance, and when he saw a bright red line appear at the end of the horizon, one of his own soldiers behind him raised his hand and pointed forward, and said to him.

Looking at the front with an expressionless face, Cao Ren did not speak, until the soldiers at the front of the Qin army had already shown their outlines, and he said to the soldiers who spoke just now: "Order the grain transport officer, be sure to ensure that the military rations are well prepared!" ”

"No!" The soldiers behind Cao Ren answered, clamped their legs towards the belly of the horse, and ran towards the rear of the large array lined up by the army.

"General, the Qin army is menacing, I'm afraid it's not good!" Looking at the Qin army that appeared in front of him, a partial general beside Cao Ren whispered: "Why don't you attack him first for a while and frustrate their spirit!" ”

"Frustrate the Qin army's spirit?" As soon as the general's words fell, Cao Ren shook his head and said: "Shouchun was defeated, but it was regarded as a shame by the Qin army. Although there are few Qin soldiers, our army must not be negligent! ”

When Cao Ren spoke, although his tone was very calm, he mentioned that he was going to lead the army to charge and kill, but he heard a little blame from his words, so he stopped speaking, stood aside, and looked at the Qin army that was getting closer and closer.

The Qin army led by Lu Bu was getting closer and closer in the eyes of Cao Jun, and the red armor of the Qin army was like a cluster of dancing flames, connected into pieces like a continuous mountain fire that was about to swallow a qiē.

Looking at the array of the Qin army that was getting clearer and clearer in their field of vision, the soldiers of the Cao army tightened their blades one by one, and some of them even held their breath nervously.

Leading 20,000 Qin troops, when he saw the Cao army's large array from afar, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed.

It was the army in front that made him taste defeat in Shouchun, and now he encountered this army again, Lu Bu had only one thought in his heart, that is, to completely defeat this army and avenge the defeat of Shouchun that day.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and when the army marched to a place that was no more than two hundred paces away from the main formation of Cao's army, Lü Bu raised his arm and restrained the war horse.

The Qin army, who was following him, raised his arm and stopped his steps.

This Qin army did not have many cavalry, and all the cavalry added up to only more than 2,000 people, and the role of cavalry was to find an opportunity to total Cao's army grain and grass in the interval between battles, so when Lu Bu was marching, he intentionally or unintentionally placed the cavalry at the end of the formation.

Looking at the array of the Qin army, the corners of Cao Ren's mouth pulled up a contemptuous smile, as if talking to himself: "The Qin army is calculated by the military division every step of the way, and the military division expected them to attack our army's grain and grass, and now it seems that it is indeed true!" ”

When Cao Ren said this, several generals on the side turned their heads to look at him, although no one asked, but the faces of those generals were full of puzzles.

Finding that the generals were looking at him, Cao Ren raised his hand and pointed towards the main formation of the Qin army, and said to them: "In order to ensure the speed of the cavalry, the cavalry will be deployed on both sides of the large array, but Lu Bu will arrange the cavalry at the end of the formation, and there will only be one purpose, that is, to preserve the cavalry for future reuse!" ”

"General!" Cao Ren made this explanation, although most of the partial generals did not understand very well, but they did not dare to ask more, only one partial general clasped his hands into fists and arched towards him and said: "Lu Bu saved the cavalry, perhaps in order to fight with our army, use the cavalry as a surprise soldier and attack the main formation of our army......"

"No!" Before the general's words were finished, Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "Not to mention whether Lu Bu has such wisdom, even if he has, he will definitely not covet the main formation of our army at this time." He has only one purpose, that is, the grain and grass behind the formation of our army! ”

"Our army is more numerous than the Qin army, and it seems that the cavalry of the Qin army is only one or two thousand, and with one or two thousand people, the number of heavy infantry is dozens of times greater than theirs. It's not that Lu Bu hasn't led soldiers, and he knows how impossible it is! With a sneer, Cao Ren said to the generals beside him: "To fight with the Qin army, you only need to send twice as many soldiers and horses as them, and our army can stabilize the battle situation, and more soldiers will hold the Chinese army, don't let the Qin cavalry break through!" ”

"No!" Cao Ren gave the order to hold the Chinese army, and all the generals present clenched their fists and responded in unison.

led the army to confront the Cao army, and Lu Bu's face turned pale.

He also led the army to fight in the Year of the Rat, and Lu Bu knew how to arrange the big array.

Cao Ren unfolded the large array, the two wings were relatively weak, but the Chinese army was a strong pervert, this kind of large array, in order to prevent the enemy from rushing into the formation, really fighting, the impact and the power of the flanks were insufficient.

Cao Jun put out such an array, obviously making a decision to fight a protracted tug-of-war with the Qin army here.

Although it was the Cao army that attacked Xia Cai this time, the main intention of the Cao army was not to occupy Xia Cai, but to hide their true purpose.

Relatively speaking, for this battle, the pressure on the Qin army was much greater.

Defeating the Cao army seemed to the Qin army to be imperative, but Lu Bu knew that the key to whether Tai Shici could succeed in capturing Shouchun was whether the Qin army he led could burn the grain and grass of the Cao army.

If Cao Jun's food and grass are safe, Tai Shici will have no excuse for people to pretend to be Cao Junhui Shouchun to raise food.

Although the Shouchun garrison is not many, with Taishi Ci's only 20,000 people and no engineering equipment, it is completely impossible to take the city.

The array put forward by Cao Ren on the opposite side made it clear that it was Lu Bu, and the grain and grass of the Cao army were behind the large army formation, but if he did not break the Chinese army and wanted to burn the grain and grass, it was impossible at all.

Just looking at the formation of Cao Jun, Lu Bu already knew that although there was no possibility of leaking out the plan they implemented this time, Cao Jun still had precautions.

"Great Array Advance!" Staring at Cao Jun opposite, Lu Bu finally raised his arm and shouted.

With Lu Bu's order, the Qin army's large array immediately moved forward.

Walking at the front of the array were the Pak Dao soldiers holding shields and Pak knives, and behind the array of Pak Dao soldiers were a group of strong crossbowmen who had taken the strong crossbows from behind them.

And at the end of the entire array, there was a large array of Mo knives with Mo knives in both hands.

The Qin army array slowly advanced forward, but the Cao army array that confronted it did not move at all.

Cao Ren's face sank like water, looking at the array of the Qin army advancing forward, and waited until the Qin army advanced thirty or forty steps before shouting, the left flank advances!

The Cao army on the left flank was the weakest in the entire sequence of the Cao army, and the entire large array was composed of large shield soldiers and longbow soldiers.

The left flank of the Cao army, which received Cao Ren's order, immediately unfolded the array, and put out a mixed sequence of large shield soldiers and longbow soldiers.

In the middle of every two large shieldmen, there is a longbowmen, and similarly, between every two longbowmen, there is also a large shieldmen.

Such an array, although there will be a slight gap in the formation defense, but the large shield soldiers can provide cover for the longbowmen, and it can be regarded as a fairly effective confrontation formation.

The two large formations advanced in opposite directions, and at a distance of only seventy or eighty paces, they stopped.

Watching the Qin army continue to advance, Cao Ren did not frown slightly, and always felt that the Qin army's tactics were a little abnormal this time.