"I'll go south." After saying hello, Topstone also rode south.

Cao Chun was left with 5,000 tigers and leopards and 10,000 Xianbei soldiers to stay in front of the city gate of Luxian County. "Prepare to attack." After throwing down a sentence, Cao Chun also held the spear in his hand.

Before Lu County, a full 85,000 people began to surround Zhang Chao's 43,000 people, and after that, the clouds moved in all directions, looking from the sky, and the encirclement began.

"Guard." After Zhang Chao saw the other party's movement, he loudly conveyed the order, "The Dragon and Tiger Legion guards the rear army, 10,000 light cavalry guards the left flank, 10,000 light cavalry guards the right flank, and Zhang's heavy cavalry guards the front." ”

For a while, he couldn't see how many enemies there were, so Zhang Chao was cautious and decided to defend it first.

It took an hour to complete the encirclement on all sides. During this period, the Celestial Empire sergeants did not act rashly, and it was obvious that blind assault was not a good idea until they figured out how many enemies there were.

Before Lu County, Cao Chun looked at all this with a sneering smile on his face, and said: "It's quite cautious, but no matter how powerful you are, I will kill you this time." Come, notify it, let the four armies get ready, and start attacking in unison after a pillar of incense. ”

Cao Chun's order was issued through the military flag in his hand, and the east, north, and south were all ready.

"It looks like the other party is about to start attacking, pass the order, the shield soldier is in front, the bow and arrow are shot in the back, and the defense will be carried out first." Zhang Chao was still riding on the white crane horse, and said majestically to the five generals in front of him.

The five generals were Zhang Dao, Zhang Jian, Zhang Gun, Zhang Feng and Zhang Shou.

Among them, Zhang Dao, Zhang Jian and Zhang Gun are the generals of the Zhang family's light cavalry; Zhang Feng and Zhang Shou were the leading generals of the Zhang family's heavy cavalry. They are all from the earliest Zhang Jiajun, and they are also orphans taken in during the Chen Liu's period.

Time flies, time flies, after these years, the teenagers at that time are now at the age of the strong, and they have all grown up, and now the best of these people have become the leaders of the first army, such as Zhang Dao and other five people, and they are the first among the outstanding ones, which has become the trump card of the trump card, the general of the Zhang family's army.

Maybe the number of soldiers they lead is only a few thousand, but it cannot be denied that their identity is on par with some division commanders who lead tens of thousands of soldiers in other legions, if you have to compare, they are even more than that, because their work, including life, is handled by Zhang Chao, and even if they get married and have children, they can also get the blessing of the First Emperor, with this, it is not comparable to other generals.

And as generals in the Zhang family's army, they have always been very mysterious. When training, they are not with other regiments, and there are special standards for food, housing and transportation, so that family members can also receive the best care.

The reason why they have such favorable conditions is because they are the most powerful generals in the Zhang family's army.

In normal times, they only need to bury their heads in training, and they don't need to think about anything else at all, because these Zhang Chao will plan for them early, such an army that only knows how to train soldiers, such an army that is never affected by external forces, you can imagine how powerful it will be.

For example, when he needed to train troops in the battle with the Rus Kingdom this time, Zhang Chao did not let them go into battle. This is not because they are reluctant to do so, for fear of damage, but because they don't need it at all, because their own comprehensive strength has long surpassed that of other legions.

It's just that because they are well protected, most people don't know their combat power. After all, as Zhang Chao's power grows bigger and bigger, there are fewer and fewer times when they are needed. But today, Zhang Chao was surrounded, and this hidden sword was finally about to be unsheathed.

It is conceivable that as soon as the sword comes out, it must be sharp.

Compared with the powerful Zhang Jiajun, the five generals of Zhang Dao standing in front of him are the generals that Zhang Chao believes in and relies on the most.

At this moment, Zhang Dao and the other five people were also very excited. When it comes to ability, only they know best. However, as a soldier, he can always not go to the battlefield, but can only watch others make meritorious contributions and prestige there, and it feels bad in the end. But now, they finally have the opportunity to show their skills, and it is conceivable that they are naturally very excited in their hearts.

"Please rest assured, as long as I am here, I will not let the enemy get closer." Zhang Dao and the five of them clasped their fists together and said to Zhang Chao, their voices thundering, expressing the confidence in their hearts.

"I believe in you, but please also remember that the pride of your Celestial Empire is also the pride of me, you eat the best, wear the best, use the best, and the equipment is the best, every time you sacrifice, I will feel extremely distressed, for this reason, I ask you to destroy the enemy to the greatest extent with the least loss, understand?" Zhang Chao looked at the five generals in front of him, all of whom had a tiger spirit, and said earnestly.

The five generals took the order and left, Zhang Chao watched them leave, he was also full of confidence, and said in his heart, "Let me see what you are really good at, you dare to draw a knife from me, then you must have the consciousness of being injured and leaving your life." ”

Under the order, the outermost row of the Celestial Empire army placed enough shields, and behind the shields were strong bows and crossbows.

As soon as the arrangements were made, I heard the war drum thunder, which was the horn of the enemy's charge.

"Kill..."

A burst of shouts and kills sounded from far and near, and then the sounds of shouting and killing sounded in the east, south, west, and north all sides.

Under the shouting of killing, the soldiers of the Zhuzhang Alliance Army formed by Cao Chun could be described as a great morale shock, and they rushed forward step by step with a roar.

Zhang Chao had already taken out a single telescope and looked at it from a distance. "There are cavalry and infantry, the shock formation is chaotic, and the rabble."

Through the telescope, Zhang Chao quickly gave such an evaluation.

It is said that with Zhang Jiajun on his side, Zhang Chao has long been full of confidence, Mo said that it was Cao Chun, even if Cao Cao came in person, he would not be afraid. It's just that the other party has been waiting here for a long time, so who knows if they have any other preparations? Before he saw the enemy's hole cards, he suppressed the agitation in his heart, otherwise, I am afraid that he would have led the army to attack from the front.

It was precisely because he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd that Zhang Chao was cautious. But now seeing that the opponent's impact on the formation was so unbearable, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious, did Cao Chun really want to rely on these stragglers to kill himself? Is that too much to look down on themselves, or is there any secret weapon they haven't shown?

When Zhang Chao was suspicious, Xu Chu, the chief of the guard, strode to his side, "Your Majesty, it doesn't seem that the other party is very powerful, so do you want us to fight back?" ”

Xu Chu followed Zhang Chao's side, although there were not many opportunities to go to the battlefield, but he had also experienced countless battles and battles, and now seeing that the enemy's impact level was average, he couldn't help but be a little eager to try.

"There's no hurry, I'll see." Zhang Chao really shook his head, looking unhurried.

Now that he is not threatened, why should he be in a hurry to fight back? Wait and see, it's not a loss.

Zhang Chao did not give the order to counterattack, and all the soldiers waited in the camp, waiting for the enemy to approach, waiting for them to come to the front and shoot with bows and arrows.

While waiting, the sound of shouting and killing was getting closer and closer, and finally the enemy army entered the range of fire, and some generals also hurriedly turned around to look at the Chinese army, looking at the military flag flying high, waiting for the latest order.

"Bow and arrow raid." Zhang Chao, who raised his arm and put down the telescope, said to the flag soldier on the side.

"Shhh After hearing Zhang Chao's order, the flag soldier standing on a three-meter-high platform quickly waved the red and black military flag in his hand.

"Bow and arrow ready—release!" The surrounding generals of the Celestial Empire, seeing that the emperor had given an order, also conveyed them one by one, and then shouted loudly when the enemy approached the range of two hundred and fifty steps.

"Xiu Xiu Xiu..." was originally silent in the air, but suddenly there was a salvo of bows and arrows, and then ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, shooting towards the Cao Chun coalition army that rushed towards it.

Under the bow and arrows flying, the arrows came out far away, and when they fell into the enemy's camp, there was a scream for a while, and it was only a moment of work, and I don't know how many soldiers were killed by arrows.

"Take out the shield and continue to attack." Feeling the sharpness of the bow and arrow, the generals of the Cao Chun Alliance Army hurriedly ordered the soldiers to make a defensive posture, and at the same time, their archers also began to draw the bow and reflex, and the competition for bows and arrows began for a while.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding..." was filled with the sound of bows and arrows hitting the shields, and the exchange of bows and arrows began.

With both sides prepared and long-range bow firing, no effective progress was made in this round of bow and arrow shooting, and a quarter of an hour passed, and there were no major casualties on either side.

"Withdraw." Just after several waves of bows and arrows were released, it was found that such an attack seemed to be useless in the overall situation, and Cao Chun's alliance army suddenly began to retreat.

The momentum came violently, and it did suddenly retreat like a tide, which made the archers of the Celestial Empire army not know what to do for a while. Shoot arrows? It's too far away to reach.

Zhang Chao naturally had already seen everything in his eyes, and after seeing that the enemy army was just a wave of feints, he retreated, his suspicion was even heavier, he didn't believe that he had been preparing for so long for convenience, just for this wave of impact that seemed to be a performance.

"Your Majesty, there are several generals who ask for battle and ask to take advantage of the other party's retreat to countercharge." Xu Chu came to Zhang Chao again and asked for instructions.