Cao Zhang saw that Zhang Baiqi was blocking the road and calling for a formation, but instead retreated into the formation and ordered the spearmen to line up in front to prevent the cavalry from charging into formation. Cao Zhang's behavior was not because he was afraid of going head-to-head with Zhang Baiqi, but because he was ordered by Li Ru not to fight with the generals under Nan Ye's command. Li Ru has an advantage in troops, and fighting generals are weaknesses, one Lu Bu can beat all the generals of the Cao army, of course Li Ru will not be stupid enough to go head-to-head with the generals of Nanye.

Zhang Baiqi was not afraid of the dense gun array of Cao soldiers, raised the gun in his hand, and led the cavalry to rush forward. Cao Zhang in the formation looked stupid, Zhang Baicai's cavalry was only five hundred, which was not enough for Cao Jun's teeth, Cao Zhang didn't understand why Zhang Baiqi dared to be so bold. Cao Zhang didn't give an order either, just like to see what secret weapon Zhang Baiqi had to deal with his own gun array.

The actions of the Jiaozhou cavalry were completely unexpected by Cao Zhang, they did not rush straight into the gun formation, but stopped a section forward, and then hung up their scimitars one by one, took out their bows and arrows, and fired at a 45-degree angle. The hit rate of the upward shot is not high, but the range is long, and the Jiaozhou cavalry is in the upper hand, and hundreds of arrows take advantage of the wind to penetrate the Cao army's gun array.

"Spearmen back off! Sword and shield soldiers step forward! Crossbowmen return fire! Although Cao Zhang reacted at the first time and gave the order, the Cao army's spearmen had no time to dodge the first round of arrow rain.

Although the hit rate of the back shot was limited, Cao Jun's formation was too dense, and they were all crowded on the narrow road, and they couldn't dodge if they wanted to. One-third of the 500 arrows hit the target, dozens of Cao soldiers were killed on the spot, and more than 100 others were injured.

Compared with the forward team of 30,000 people, the casualties of more than 100 people are not much, but the blow to Cao's army is very huge. 30,000 against 500, no matter who looks at it, it should be the side of 30,000 people who has the advantage, but the side of 500 people took the lead in making contributions without any casualties, how did Cao Jun accept it?

Without waiting for Cao Zhang's change of formation to be completed, the second round of arrow rain of the Jiaozhou cavalry had already been shot, and hundreds of Cao troops were hit by arrows. After the third round of arrow rain of the Jiaozhou cavalry was fired, Cao Jun's sword and shield soldiers replaced the spearmen, and the crossbowmen also began to return fire. It's a pity that the attack distance of the Jiaozhou cavalry was very perfect, and the Cao army crossbowmen who shot arrows against the wind could not shoot the Jiaozhou cavalry at all.

The arrogant Cao Zhang was almost vomited blood by Zhang Baiqi, and after the sword and shield soldiers stepped forward, the Jiaozhou cavalry also stopped shooting, but they did not leave, so they spent it with Cao Jun, and it was clear that they were delaying time. Cao Zhang didn't dare to let the sword and shield soldiers charge forward to fight with the cavalry, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he had to ask Li Ru for advice.

After listening to what Cao Zhang said, Li Ru said: "Order the sword and shield soldiers to line up and move forward, and the crossbowmen to follow, and if the enemy charges into battle, shoot them with bows and crossbows." ”

Cao Zhang said: "Forming in formation must be slow, wouldn't it fall into Nanye's plan to delay." Why don't you let me lead my cavalry forward and kill him? ”

Li Ru's main task in Xuchang was to defend the city, and there were not too many cavalry under his command, but there were thousands of people, so of course it would not be a problem to deal with five hundred cavalry. However, Li Ru was afraid of Nan Ye's plan to lure the enemy, so he said to Cao Zhang: "There are not many cavalry in the army, if you rush forward and be trapped by Nan Ye, it will not be beautiful, you can walk slowly." Nanye's grain and grass are limited, and when his grain is exhausted, he will definitely be able to win a battle with his cavalry. ”

Cao Zhangde ordered the soldiers to move slowly, and Zhang Bai's 500 cavalry has been lingering in front, as long as the Cao army is a little lax, it will be a round of arrow rain, and the Cao army will be scared, so he can only move forward slowly.

After the army marched for half a day, Zhang Baicai led the Jiaozhou cavalry to retreat suddenly, which made Cao Zhang breathe a sigh of relief and ordered the soldiers to bury the pot and make rice. The sword and shield soldiers in front of the battle were nervous for a long time and could finally rest, and they all sat down on the ground tired and refused to get up. Cao Zhang didn't force it, so he ordered the spearmen and crossbowmen to be responsible for fetching water and cooking rice, anyway, their journey was similar to walking, and they didn't consume any physical strength.

Just when Cao's army was relaxed, five hundred cavalry rushed in front of the road, and without saying a word, there was a rain of arrows. Cao's army, which had no time to get up and raise his shield, was killed and wounded more than 100 people again. After the rain of arrows, a female general in the Jiaozhou cavalry fought a horse and debuted: "Cao Zhangxiaoer, do you dare to fight with me Ma Yunluo?" ”

Cao Zhang was so angry that he smoked, but he didn't expect the soldiers under Nan Ye's command to be so unstoppable. However, he still strictly adhered to the military order, and did not come forward to fight, but only ordered the sword and shield soldiers to deploy defenses. However, this time Cao Zhang also learned well, he saw that Nan Ye's intention was to order his generals to take turns to lead the troops to kill the sharp energy of his soldiers, so he also learned from Nan Ye, and divided the sword and shield soldiers into several teams to take turns to defend in front of the formation, and the other soldiers took turns to rest.

Ma Yunluo led Cao Jun to travel for another half day in front of the battle, during which there were many forks on both sides of the road. But with Ma Yunluo leading the way, Cao Zhang didn't bother to pay attention to the fork in the road, but just ordered the probe horse to take a brief look, and continued to move forward without finding the ambush.

The sky gradually darkened, and Hua Bei replaced Ma Yunluo again. Cao Zhang was accustomed to it, and Cao Jun was also on guard, but this time he didn't lose any men.

Li Ru saw that it was getting late, so he ordered to set up camp, with Nan Ye's wife leading the way in front, Li Ru believed that Nan Ye would not be able to run. However, Li Ru still ordered Cao Zhang to take precautions to prevent Nanye from robbing the camp.

Cao Jun began to set up camp, Hua Bei smiled when she saw it, and also ordered a group of horsemen to dismount and rest and eat dry food, just waiting for a big trouble at night.

Cao Jun, who had been on guard everywhere for a day on the march, was already physically and mentally exhausted, except for some soldiers who were on duty at night, and the rest of the soldiers returned to the camp to rest after eating, and snoring as soon as their heads touched their pillows. Cao Zhang was also tired enough this day, so he fell asleep after leaving his cronies to keep the account.

Hua Bei saw that the lights in Cao's camp were gradually extinguished, and the herald said: "Take out the gong pot, and let Cao Jun know the power of the National Teacher's Divine Comedy tonight!" ”

The Jiaozhou cavalry burst into laughter when they heard this, and took down the copper gongs and pots from their horses one by one. The gong pot here does not refer to a hunchback, but a kind of ringer in the army, which cooks during the day and reports at night, and is used for both gong and pot. The sound of this gong pot is no less than that of a war drum, and the key is that it is easy to carry, which is very suitable for disturbing the people.

The soldiers took out the gong and struck it one after another, singing as they tweed: "Ah~oh! Ah~ oh eh! ......Ahh

Cao Zhang and most of the Cao army were awakened by nightmares, they hadn't heard the war songs of the Jiaozhou army, but they had never heard such a devastating tune, if there was one word to describe the movement outside the camp, it would only be a ghost crying and howling.

Not to mention that Cao Zhang and Cao Jun didn't know what they were singing outside the camp tent, even Hua Bei and the Jiaozhou cavalry didn't know what they were singing. They just learned a rough tune from Nan Ye, and then they played freely. Because even Nan Ye couldn't perfectly interpret the Divine Comedy that he couldn't learn after listening to it ten thousand times.

Hua Bei once curiously asked Nan Ye what this song meant, Nan Ye thought for a while and said: "This song vividly describes the scene of a small rural couple releasing their desires in nature, but it is difficult to break through the traditional shackles in their hearts. ”