After Li Dian's order was issued, the thousands of men and horses of the front army slowly retreated.

A gap is revealed in the middle.

In this way, the entire formation of the Cao army became a concave character.

The reason for this was that it was not people who rushed into battle at the front of Yuan's army, but a large number of equipment.

It's obviously not worth it to fight with equipment with human life, so it's natural to avoid the edge for the time being.

The Cao military camp itself was built on the ruins of the Pucheng area.

On the left and right sides, there are some temporary walled walls, earth mountains, and arrow towers.

Therefore, if the opposite Yuan army directly charges, it can counterattack with a large number of bows and arrows.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer at this time, and if you look at it from the sky, you will see that there are countless black dots on both sides.

And the Yuan army, which had more black spots, was overwhelming all over the mountains and fields, like a surging tide.

But in Cao Jun's eyes, they only saw the boundless tide surging like waves.

Although the sun was shining brightly at this time, the two armies were too far apart at first to see anything clearly.

As the shaking of the earth drew nearer, the distant wilderness was densely covered with black edges.

The black edge immediately divided into a few thin black lines, which meander down the earthworm slope and spread out horizontally on the dirt beach below the slope.

In the front row are hundreds of rushing cars, nest cars and other objects used to charge the formation, which are now not used to attack the Cao camp, but have become field positions used to attack the Cao army.

But this kind of thing itself is suitable for impacting cities and camps, because it is relatively heavy, and it is good to use it for impacting cities and camps that can't run, but it is very reluctant to rush into battle, for example, it may not be able to rush in now.

The Yuan army in the distance was slightly reorganized, and with a few long horns, more than a dozen irregular black tides of different sizes slowly surged towards the Cao army's large array like waves chasing the shore.

Columns of rushing chariots and nest chariots were piled up in front of the formation, the gloomy and bleak horn sound was mixed with intermittent people shouting and neighing, and the cavalry of the Yuan army on the left and right flanks held their blades and bound the horses to the front line, and slowly pressed up like a floodplain.

The spear is like a dense forest, the knife is like a snowstorm, the flag is full of murderous spirit, the spear tip is shining in the sun, and even the warm spring breeze has become cold and solemn in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Yuan's army was advancing unhurriedly, Li Dian under Daxu still stood still, riding on a dirt slope.

At the age of about thirty, he showed an extremely stable psychological quality at this time, and his long face with clear lines seemed to be cast in iron, without the slightest expression of movement.

Several lieutenants inspecting the military affairs of the school went back and forth like a marquee, and loudly reported the latest military situation one after another: "Report! On the right flank of the enemy were three groups of cavalry, numbering about seven hundred! ”

"Report! The left flank of the enemy was about a thousand people. ”

"Report! More than 300 vehicles on the opposite side have been inspected, rushing towards the front army. ”

"Newspaper"

In the midst of the military intelligence report, Li Dian slowly raised his right hand.

The hillside, which had become extremely tense due to the incoming news, suddenly fell silent, and the heralds and flag bearers who were always ready focused their eyes on the palm.

In ancient times, wars were fought not by shouting, but by drums, cymbals, gongs, trumpets, flags, and even whistles, and any command at such times meant to convey a certain message.

If you choose to take the initiative to attack, then all kinds of drums and horns will run wildly. If you choose to retreat, then the golden cymbals and gongs will have to be beaten to the death.

Any kind of information represents the direction of the war, so countless soldiers must always pay attention to Li Dian's orders.

The silence under the banner of the Banner immediately infected several phalanxes around him, whether it was a recruit with a bitter mouth and a dry throat or a veteran with a blade in his arms and closed his eyes to recuperate, all of them couldn't help but twist their faces and focus their eyes on the banner that was swaying slightly in the breeze.

This silence spread like a silent order, spreading like a wave, and in an instant it spread throughout the entire formation of Cao's army, and everyone under the shadow of the dazzling sun held their breath and held their heads up to wait for what kind of order Li Dian would issue.

"Let the sword and shield bearers in front, and the crossbowmen all gather on the earth mountain and the arrow tower, and let the people of the camp push the stone cart to the earth mountain."

"Moo one by one"

The nine soldiers, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately blew the horn in their hands.

Three horns crossed, and a short and boring order sounded from far and near, and Cao Jun, who was originally silent, immediately moved like a pot of boiling water.

Groups of soldiers followed the officer's command or advanced or retreated, moved horizontally or juxtaposed, and in an instant the evacuation formation became tight, according to the formation of the Woosh sentry camp, rows of archers, shields, spearmen, swords, axes, and axes were arranged in a staggered manner.

Hordes of sword and shield men began to crowd forward, lining up their shields in front of the formation, and groups of archers began to climb up. The stone carts and bed crossbows arranged in the right camp also began to be carried outside the camp.

The formations of the two sides are getting closer and closer.

Although Yuan Shang's army was only the front army of Yuan Shao's army, he also had a vanguard of his own, and he sent the overseer Ma Yan as the vanguard general and led 5,000 men to a tentative attack.

The front army of Mayan pushed more than 300 rushing chariots, with 700 to 1,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks, and 3,000 foot soldiers in the center.

The horn of the attack first came from under the banner of the commander of the Mayan Division, and then the rolling wheels surged.

Rushing to the chariot and rushing towards Cao Jun under the impetus of thousands of soldiers.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The generals on the left and right of Cao's army gave orders one after another.

Suddenly, the arrows rained down like an overwhelming sweep towards Yuan Jun's chariot array, some snorted into the flesh, some clanged into the shield, and some nailed to the wood of the vehicle, and their wings buzzed.

Yuan Jun actually didn't expect that Cao Jun would dare to go out of the camp to fight them, and thought that it was to attack the camp, but he miscalculated, and used a vehicle to take the lead, and was repelled by the rain of arrows.

Ma Yan roared angrily and continued to give the order to attack, but under the dense rain of arrows, Yuan Jun was discouraged and suffered heavy casualties.

"Rush into battle and break those dirt mountain arrow towers!"

Seeing this, Yuan Shang in the rear asked the rest of the troops to rush from the left and right flanks in the direction of the Tushan Arrow Towers on the left and right flanks of the Cao army.

But Li Dian had already arranged sword and shield hands in the front row, and the two sides quickly fought together, and they fought each other in close combat.

This time, it went directly from the fight of thousands of people to tens of thousands.

The sound of horns, the roar of drums, the shouts of fighting, the sound of ping-pong weapons fighting, and the muffled humming and hissing of people when knives and guns enter the flesh filled the entire battlefield.

The bows and arrows on both sides were constantly waved, and the soldiers charged one after another, often the people in front rushed too quickly and just fell, and the people behind were already coming one after another.

In less than half an hour, the casualties of Yuan Cao's soldiers at the forefront were already as high as thousands, and countless corpses fell in front of the two armies, bleeding and drifting, broken arrows, blades, armor, and fragments of human body limbs everywhere, and even internal organs could be seen everywhere.

When the war was at a fever pitch, a sudden horn whistle appeared on the left side of Yuan's army, which was also on the right side of Cao's army. In the wilderness to the east, behind a tall and undulating steep hill in the distance, three thousand Cao troops suddenly appeared.

These Cao troops, led by Zhang Liao, launched a fierce attack on the left flank of Yuan's army at a gallop. There was a shout of killing like the wind and lightning, and the enemy's banner on the opposite side changed immediately, and the low and desolate sound of the bull's horn rolled over the grass like thunder.

The cavalry on both flanks of the Yuan army spread out to the left and right, and the black-helmeted and black-armored tent soldiers in the middle phalanx, guided by several orange flags, slowly pressed down like a dark cloud on the top of their horses.

The shouts and fighting of the wilderness were suddenly silenced; Immediately after that, there was an even more violent shouting of killing......

After about two quarters of an hour, the shouts of killing gradually subsided.

The clanging sound of gold resounded through the wilderness, and the Yuan army, which was still fighting in front, began to retreat one after another, leaving behind the corpses of his comrades who were still fighting with Cao Jun and his comrades on the ground, and retreated to the rear like a tide.

Li Dian immediately ordered a pursuit and responded to Zhang Liao.

After the two sides fought again, Yuan's army withdrew four or five miles away.

Yuan Shang obviously didn't expect that Cao Jun would dare to arrange ambushes in the field when the number was small.

Zhang Liao suddenly attacked his left flank, broke the army formation on the left flank, and killed the generals, causing a small area of the army to be scattered, and it was almost recoiled by the rout.

Under this circumstance, Yuan Shang ordered the front army to suspend the offensive, and at the same time asked people to relieve the siege, and after barely repelling Zhang Liao, he began to retreat.

After another quarter of an hour, Cao's army finally retreated with the golden cymbals, and the wilderness was densely packed with countless corpses, all kinds of weapons, flags, shields, and clothes were scattered and piled up, and blood soaked the entire wilderness.

Li Dian sent someone to pick up Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao came back covered in blood, the clothes on his body were torn in the east and in the west, because he had to raid at close range, he couldn't wear the general's big armor, but he wore a small armor to protect his upper body, causing him to still suffer a little minor injury.

However, this injury is not a problem, he raised his head and looked at the sky, it was already the end of the afternoon, and it was only an hour before it was dark, so he said to Li Dian: "Arrange carefully first, Yuan Shao's army is still behind, it may attack at night, or it may temporarily camp and attack again tomorrow, it is not a big mistake to be careful." ”

"I know."

Li Dian said in a deep voice: "The general will go back to the camp to rest first, and I will arrange for a shift immediately." ”

"Okay."

Zhang Liao nodded, the hardest thing in this battle was him and the former soldiers on the left and right flanks in front of the formation.

As long as this kind of large-scale war is not the kind of fight to the last soldier, then to a large extent, only the front row will fight in close quarters, and even if the soldiers in the back have casualties, it is often caused by arrows.

So if nothing else, under normal circumstances, as long as there is no large-scale collapse on both sides, it often takes a long time to fight to determine the winner and loser, and it is normal to fight for a day.

But today he made arrangements in advance, and he personally led people to the east to ambush, and suddenly attacked at the most critical moment, even if the enemy detected it, it was difficult to defend in a short time, so it was still difficult to repel Yuan Shang.

However, this can only be regarded as an appetizer, and the real large-scale operation is yet to come. The two didn't dare to take it lightly, Zhang Liao went back to rest first, and let Li Dian stay in place to defend.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the day, boundless black edges appeared on the distant earth again, and the entire Cao army suddenly became nervous.

Because the black border this time is really boundless.

Yuan Shangjun was 30,000 before, and it was impossible to spread them all, and there were thousands of people in the front row at most, and it seemed that it might only be two or three miles left and right, so it was not so terrible to look at.

Now, as if there is no end in sight, looking east, stretching beyond the horizon. To the west, it also extends beyond the horizon.

Cao Jun, who had been in a state of rest in various positions, almost instinctively stood up and began to rearrange the ranks without any instructions, and the melodious sound of trumpets spread throughout the wilderness.

A huge carriage pulled by more than a dozen horses slowly appeared on the battlefield, and the configuration of this carriage will definitely make everyone only rise two words - luxury.

The carriage has eight wheels, and the lower board alone covers an area of more than 20 square meters, and a huge carriage is made of delicate nanmu.

It's like a small moving house, where not only can you sleep, but even food, clothing, housing and transportation are done in the carriage.

Yuan Shao was lying in the carriage of the carriage with a very pale face at this time.

He used to ride horses when he traveled.

At that time, he was still in good health, even on horseback, and he was not afraid of the bumpy road.

But now, since the serious illness last year, my body is getting thinner and thinner, and sometimes I can cough up occasional cough and even cough up blood.

Everything is telling Yuan Benchu that his life may not last long.

So before dying.

Yuan Shao had only one wish - to eliminate Cao Cao and occupy the entire north.

At least before he dies, he will lay a foundation for his son, and lay the foundation for their Yuan clan to seize the Han dynasty in the future!

The carriage was full of aroma, all kinds of fluffy blankets and bedding were spread in the carriage, and there was no wind outside, which made people feel very dull and a little out of breath on this hot summer day.

"Ming Gong, Cao Ying is ahead."

Frustrated, now reused, called softly from the window of the carriage next to him.

"Help me out and have a look."

Yuan Shao spoke.

There were several servants in the carriage who were waiting at any time, and they immediately helped Yuan Shao out.

By this time the carriage had stopped.

Yuan Shao was helped to stand on the carriage in front of the carriage, looking from afar.

In just five years after the Battle of Guandu, his hair was already gray, and his entire face was visibly covered with wrinkles and age spots.

Yuan Shao is only fifty-five this year, but he seems to be ten years old, like an old man of sixty-five.

Historically, he should have died three years ago.

But he lived another three years.

That bit of spirit has already been almost consumed.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the south, thirty or forty miles from the Wating area, the majestic army slowly advanced, arrived in the afternoon, Yuan Shang's army withdrew after the battle, and he pressed the formation in the rear.

Now after Yuan Shang was defeated and retreated, Yuan Shao came to see the situation of Cao Jun.

"Ming Gong, the people of Cao Ying have transferred most of the soldiers from the west to the east camp and the main camp, and now half of their men are lined up outside the camp, and the other half are in the camp."

He reported to Yuan Shao the information he had just obtained.

Yuan Shao licked his dry lips and asked, "What if I let people cut off the flow of Pushui, and when the water flows, then attack the left camp of the Cao army, and attack their main camp and right camp from the left and right at the same time?" ”

"Naturally, it was a big defeat."

He replied, "But after the flood, the soil becomes soft, and the horses cannot pass, nor can the wheels." Even if a person passes with two feet, the speed of travel will be extremely slow, and as long as Cao Jun ranks a few people to hold the earthen mountain arrow tower of the camp, it will be difficult for us to kill it. ”

"Then what is the use of me storing water for more than a month and submerging Cao Ying?"

Yuan Shao frowned.

This formed a dead knot, in history, Cao Cao's flooding of Pi and Yecheng was not to submerge the enemy by floods, but to achieve certain strategic significance.

When the water flooded Pi, it made Lu Bu's army disheartened and disintegrated the enemy from the inside.

The flooding of Yecheng was to prevent the army from uniting inside and outside the city, and it was also to cut off the grain and grass of Yecheng, and force the defenders of the city to surrender out of the city.

And now Tian Feng's flooding of Cao Ying obviously did not achieve these two strategic goals.

The arrangement of Cao Ying was staggered and orderly, some were flooded and some were not, the grain and grass were sufficient, and the grain road in the rear was not broken.

After all, Yuan Shao did not have the extra troops to cut off Cao Cao's grain route again, causing Cao Jun to have the strength to continue to confront him.

So obviously, this flooding of Cao Ying seems to have no effect.

However, Tian Feng on the side said in a deep voice: "After the water flooded Cao Ying, isn't Ming Gong already half of the victory?" ”

"What's the explanation?"

Yuan Shao asked.

Tian Feng pointed to the Cao camp in the south and said: "The Cao army has transferred a large number of soldiers to the right battalion, the right battalion originally only stationed 10,000 or 20,000 people, but now there are 30,000 or 40,000, the camp will inevitably be crowded, once the Ming Duke attacks on a large scale, it is easier to be confused." ”

"You mean, raiding the camp at night?"

Yuan Shao's brows were still tightly locked, and the attack camp was the attack camp, but the problem was that it was impossible to send a large force to attack the camp in a night battle, and it was no different from a strong attack.

If a small group of troops attacked the camp, they were afraid that it would be difficult to shake the Cao army and give full play to their advantage of being numerous.

"Yes, the enemy will definitely be on guard, but they are too crowded now, and even if they are on guard, we will attack in turn day and night, and they will always have a time of chaos."

Tian Feng nodded: "Once the Cao army makes a mistake, we can immediately find a flaw and rush in, then the Cao army will be defeated, and our army will inevitably win." ”

"That's a nice thing to say."

Guo Tu on the other side sneered: "Cao Jun has countless earth mountains and arrow towers inside and outside the camp, will people give us the opportunity to attack at night?" ”

Tian Feng said: "We can attack it with fire, all we have to do is to exhaust the enemy and create chaos. At night, we can send a large number of rushing carts, nest carts, and wooden curtains, with dry firewood on them, and spread fish paste and grease, even if we only burn a few camps in Cao Ying, and let them make a mess, preferably a camp roar. ”

"What Brother Yuan Hao said is reasonable, Ming Gong, the right battalion of the Cao army, which could only live in one or two hundred thousand people, is now living in thirty or forty thousand, and the number of people is crowded.

Fu Zhu also agreed to Tian Feng's proposal.

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "Well, okay, just do what you say, retreat first and then set up camp, and then continue to attack Cao's army tomorrow." ”

"Yui!"

The strategists should give up.

They are not only strategists, but also overseers, able to lead the army alone.

So immediately they went to the battalions to make arrangements.

Soon Yuan's army retreated like a tide, and first set up camp seven or eight miles away from Cao Ying.

Everyone knows that tomorrow the war will really come!

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