Under Cao Ren's orders, Cao's infantry and baggage troops quickly shifted positions.

Cao Ren, who had already been defeated by the cavalry of the Flame Army once, dared to stop at this time, he knew that if he didn't find a high ground to camp on as soon as possible, what was waiting for him and tens of thousands of soldiers was to be wiped out again.

If he was wiped out by Chen Zhi's cavalry for the first time, it was inexperienced, understandable and forgivable, and if he was wiped out again, it would be stupid.

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of an effective way to deal with the cavalry of the Flame Army, and the only way to save my life was to find a position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack as soon as possible, and use the camp to defend it.

This time to transfer the position, Cao Ren didn't dare to let the team be too scattered, or let the soldiers maintain the rudimentary shape of the circular formation, once the cavalry of the Flame Army attacked again, he could let the soldiers quickly tighten the formation and defense.

"Boom ······" In the distance, there was another sound like thunder.

Cao Ren's face changed, "It's not good, the enemy cavalry is here again, and the herald orders everyone to stop advancing and move closer to the middle!" ”

The soldiers of the Cao army were frightened, and one by one they moved closer to the middle position where Cao Ren was, and many of them were pushed down by their companions behind them in the process, trampled under their feet, and trampled to the point of spitting blood.

The whole scene was a mess, fortunately, the Cao army had maintained the form of a circular formation in the process of advancing, but the formation was loose, and now it would be much more agreed to reintegrate the formation, If you change from a long snake formation to a circular formation, I don't know how much time it will take, I am afraid that the formation has not yet been opened, and it will be rushed up and crushed by the cavalry of the Flame Army.

"Whew-" Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, and the cavalry of the Flame Army rushed over, but the more than 8,000 people under his command had also completed the formation of the circular formation.

As the cavalry rushed closer and closer, Cao Ren immediately shouted: "Archers prepare - release arrows!" ”

The 2,000 archers deployed in the formation drew their bows and arrows, aiming at the onrushing enemy cavalry.

Who knew that at this time, the cavalry of the Flame Army was once again divided into two under the command of Qin Feng, the cavalry in front ran back in a circle, and the cavalry behind also turned around, like two long dragons and went back again.

"Whoosh ······" A large number of arrows fired by Cao's archers landed on the ground, and none of them hit.

Cao Ren's face turned gloomy when he saw this scene, this Flame Army cavalry was much more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

Qin Feng and Chen Zhi withdrew with the cavalry, ran for two or three miles, and turned around again to face the Cao army's formation.

"Lord, Cao Ren has made obvious progress compared to last time, just now during the march, he strictly restrained the soldiers to maintain a circular formation, as long as he delayed the work of half a stick of incense just now, we can take advantage of their military formation to crush them!" Chen Zhi said.

Qin Feng smiled, "It's okay, don't set your goals too high, the purpose of our coming this time is not to annihilate Cao Renbu, just hold him back and don't let Xun Yu's plan succeed!" Send a messenger to the city of Xu Du to tell Xu Shu that he can lead the army to retreat, let him quickly withdraw to Nanyang, don't run out of food and grass on the way, then it will be embarrassing! ”

"In addition, I have to send a messenger to see Yuan Shao and tell him that the city wall of Xudu is high and thick, the defenders are desperately defending, our army has been attacking for more than ten days, with more than 10,000 casualties, and I really can't fight anymore, so I plan to withdraw the army, if he is not sure of defeating Cao Cao, he should also withdraw quickly, don't fall into Dongjun and can't escape!"

Chen Zhi hugged his fists and promised: "Obey the order, and my subordinates will arrange the matter of the two messengers later!" ”

So far, the strategic task is almost completed, and it is time to prepare to withdraw, not the time to fight with Cao Cao, now Cao Cao's territory is large, the population under his jurisdiction is large, the vitality is recovered quickly, and the army can be re-recruited if it loses some, and he only has half of the territory of Nanyang, and the sergeant dies one less one, and he can't afford to consume it, not only is the loss of the sergeant difficult to replenish, but he is also overstretched at present.

Cao Ren saw that the cavalry of the Flame Army stayed in the distance and did not move, just monitoring from a distance, he was very anxious in his heart, it must be him who suffered from the confrontation like this, the cavalry of the Flame Army came and went like the wind, and he couldn't, these more than 8,000 people, there were a lot of baggage, the team was huge and bloated, and the movement was slow, if it was dragged by Qin Feng until dark, it would be troublesome, and it was necessary to find a position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack before dark and set up camp.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Ren ordered the team to maintain the formation and retreat slowly, no one was allowed to mess up, not to crowd, and even more disturb the morale of the army, and those who violated the order would be killed.

"The general has an order, keep the formation, retreat slowly, don't mess, don't rob, don't push, don't disturb the morale of the army, violators of the order will be killed!"

With Cao Ren's order issued, the Cao army began to retreat slowly, because to prevent the cavalry of the Flame Army from sneaking up again, the sergeants facing the side of the Flame Army in the circular formation had to retreat, and it was inevitable that there would be bumps and bumps, and many people bumped into the blades of their comrades behind them in the process of retreating.

As soon as Cao Jun's side moved, the Flame Army's side noticed it.

A lieutenant shouted: "Lord, Cao Jun is moving!" ”

"Oh?" Qin Feng heard the shouts and looked in the direction of Cao Jun, and found that Cao Jun was indeed moving slowly.

Want to run? How can it be that easy?

Qin Feng thought for a moment, and immediately said to Chen Zhi: "Take a hundred horsemen as a unit, send out one by one to attack and harass the Cao army, if you see the Cao army release arrows, you must immediately slip away, the soldiers are not wearing armor, once the arrow is hit, casualties will occur, try to avoid being hit by the enemy's bow and arrow!" ”

"My subordinates understand!" Chen Zhi hugged his fists and agreed, and immediately rode his horse to convey Qin Feng's order, and first arranged for two hundred cavalry to rush over to attack the moving Cao army's army formation.

When Cao Jun saw the cavalry of the Flame Army rushing over, some people panicked, and the team immediately began to be a little confused, and the formation could not be maintained.

Cao Ren knew at a glance that it was not good, if the formation could not be maintained, the cavalry of the Flame Army would seize the flaws and rush over, so he had to maintain the formation, he immediately ordered: "Stop retreating, the whole army is ready to meet the enemy!" Archer Preparation - Release the Arrow"

Seeing that the formation of the Cao army stopped, the archers in the formation opened their bows and arrows one after another, and the two hundred cavalry teams that were sent to attack turned around and circled back from a stone's throw away, and a large number of arrows shot by the archers of the Cao army fell on the open ground again, and not a single enemy was missed.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of the Flame Army rushed over one by one to attack and harass, so that all the arrows shot by the archers of the Cao Army missed, and thousands of Cao Jun were so angry that they jumped to their feet and scolded their mothers.