Zhang Ren put out the iron car formation, braking quietly, and seeing Xu Huang and Cao Zhen stop attacking, he understood that the two would not take the initiative to attack the iron car formation. He ordered the iron cart to begin to move back and move to an open place to take over. The iron car is clumsy and moves slowly.

Xu Huang and Cao Zhen couldn't help but be anxious when they saw this situation, and they were going to run.

Cao Zhen said: "Gongming, it's better for me to lead troops to entangle this iron chariot soldier so that it doesn't escape." ”

Xu Huang looked at it and said, "Zidan, don't worry, the iron car is clumsy, and the speed is far less dexterous than ours." The Prime Minister will arrive first! Attack now, the Han troops on both sides are also a threat to us, wait patiently! ”

Zhang Ren slowly moved back. As Xu Huang said, after receiving the news that Liu Bei took the initiative to attack the front camp, Cao Cao was suspicious in the dark night, and he was afraid that there was fraud. After daybreak, the army gathered in pursuit.

Cao Cao's army will meet with Xu Huang and Cao Zhen. Xu Huang stepped forward to explain the matter, and Cao Cao said: "Well done, Liu Bei must be trapped by our cavalry if he dares to fight, and he wants to stabilize the army's morale through a battle."

We must fight and defeat Liu Bei. If we miss an opportunity, we will be reactive. Hehe, Liu Xuande really thought that he would win against me Cao Cao! ”

Xu Huang said: "King, this array is weird! ”

Cao Cao said: "Don't get in the way." Cao Ren and Cao Hong led the infantry to attack the crossbowmen on both wings. When the two wings of the thieves are knocked down, we occupy a high place and can shoot down the thieves.

Cao Zhen when the time comes, you will lead the cavalry to attack these iron carts for me, the iron carts are clumsy, the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, you use speed to gallop back and forth in the formation, so that the thieves constantly adjust the iron carts, which will cause chaos, and the internal and external attacks will be broken!

Gongming, you lead the infantry later, you pick up Zidan, and flank the iron chariot soldiers. Send someone to find out if Liu Bei has any reinforcements! ”

Xu Huang said: "The king is properly deployed, but the iron car is already retreating. ”

Cao Cao saw that he was moving slowly and said: "It seems that the thieves don't know well, they can't hold the two wings, and they want to withdraw from this place to an open place." Cao Zhen, once the two wings are engaged, you immediately lead the cavalry to charge and entangle the iron chariot.

and so on to take down the two wings, and cooperate with Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xu Huang to attack. ”

Cao Zhen took the order. Jiang Ji said: "King, is this too dangerous!" ”

Cao Cao said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, thousands of people can be exchanged for tens of thousands of enemies, and there is no risk in the battlefield." ”

After that, he ordered the army to attack from all sides. Cao Zhen led 3,000 elite cavalry to attack in three teams. The iron chariot soldiers relied on the iron chariot to engage the Cao soldiers, and the Cao soldiers attacked hard, but the iron chariot soldiers did not exert their strength, resisted a little, and let the Cao army in.

Zhang Ren commanded the soldiers and horses to stop moving, and sneered: "Cao Mengde, you really dare to come in, let you see the power of the iron car." ”

Seeing that the Cao army was attacking, Zhang Ren commanded the iron chariot soldiers to put in the Cao army cavalry, and then the iron chariot soldiers blocked the retreat.

Cao Cao was originally watching Cao Zhen enter the center of the formation, but after not wanting Cao Jun to enter completely, the Han army took out a red curtain to cover the surroundings.

Cao Cao ordered the fire to be burned, not wanting the red mantle to be tight and strong, not easy to burn. The Han army was also prepared. Soon, Cao Cao couldn't see the situation in the formation.

Jiang Ji vaguely saw that the Han army was constantly blocking the retreat of the Cao army's cavalry, and then he couldn't see it and said: "King, it's not good, although the iron chariot is clumsy, it can hinder the cavalry impact, once the cavalry stops, it will be attacked by the infantry." We can't see it clearly now, so let's take it as soon as possible! ”

Cao Cao was also a little worried, but said: "Don't worry, I also took it into account, Cao Zidan attacked in stages, just to let the iron car continue to be deployed, the iron car is too clumsy, after several deployments, it will inevitably be chaotic, and when the time comes, Gongming will lead troops to break its iron car inside and outside, and the victory or defeat is unknown."

Ordered Cao Ren and Cao Hong to take down the two wings of the thief army as soon as possible. He also ordered the erection of the platform, so as to watch the situation in the formation.

Cao Zhen began to fight into the formation, unimpeded, and after entering the middle, the iron car began to move to block.

Cao Zhen let out a loud shout, waved the halberd in his hand and fought with the Han army on all sides. Cao Jun was ordered to hit the wheels of the iron car, causing the iron car to lose its ability to move, and more than ten vehicles were lost in a row.

Cao Zhen laughed, and rushed straight at the scattered infantry in all directions, the infantry in the formation was slightly flustered, Zhang Ren waved the order flag, and commanded the iron chariot soldiers to line up in formation. The halberd soldier is below, the spear is on top, and the bow and crossbow are behind, and the iron cart is slowly shrinking.

The cavalry led by Cao Zhen, proficient in cavalry archery, stretched out his bow and arrows, and shot at the iron chariot soldiers, who were caught off guard by the adjustment and fell nearly 100 people at once.

The charioteers hurriedly erected their shields, which were made of double layers of vines, and were so light that arrows could not penetrate them.

Cao Zhen took advantage of the adjustment of the iron chariot soldiers to pounce and engage the iron chariot soldiers in short combat. The cavalry led by Cao Zhen was unstoppable, causing trouble to Zhang Ren, but he didn't care about the cavalry behind, completely unaware that the reason why Zhang Ren didn't fight back was to constantly divide the cavalry of Cao's army, when Cao Zhen realized that there were only three hundred cavalry left around him.

The rest of the cavalry was not as good at command as Cao Zhen, brave and good at fighting, and soon fell into passivity.

The outer iron chariot soldiers blocked the way out, from the outside to the inside, the layers gradually became clear, although the formation was noisy, the chaos just now was gone, due to the red curtain blocking, Cao Cao and the others could not see the inside clearly, and it was not easy to make the next move.

Cao Zhen was in the array, fighting on all sides, and he didn't know the essentials. The cavalry of the Cao army was moved to the left and right by the iron cart, separated from each other, and each was broken.

Cao Zhen in the formation quickly rushed to the pressure, the iron car was wide, and it was difficult for the horses to cross. At first, Cao Zhen didn't feel it with his bravery, he just felt that moving around seemed to cause chaos!

After a long time, the obstruction of the iron chariots made it impossible for the cavalry to charge.

After Zhang Ren finished commanding the arrangement, the iron chariot soldiers began to attack, the bows and crossbows were fired in unison, the iron chariot soldiers hid in the iron chariots, and the cavalry impact was slowed down.

The iron chariot soldiers stood on the iron chariots, about the same height as the cavalry, and the halberds cut and assassinated the horses, the spears stabbed the Cao soldiers on the horses, the archers shot the Cao soldiers who slipped through the net, and the sword and shield soldiers who drove the cars cut and killed the fish that slipped through the net.

Cooperate with each other to annihilate the cavalry of the Cao army with high efficiency. After three or four rounds, the cavalry of the Cao army was suppressed, and the cavalry completely lost its impact and was flanked by the front and rear, suffering heavy casualties.

Cao Zhen killed more than 20 people in a row, but he could not prevent the overall defeat of Cao's army. Cao Zhen collided, and there were less than two hundred cavalry left around him.

The remaining 2,500 elite horsemen, because the red curtain blocked the view, could hear the sound, but could not see the people, and could not cooperate with each other.

In the narrow space, the cavalry of the Cao army collided with each other, and there were many casualties when they fell off their horses and trampled on them.

Cao Zhen couldn't help but be at a loss, and there was nothing he could do. Several times rushed in, the iron chariot soldiers were hindered to slow down the impact of the cavalry, and the stopped cavalry was immediately pulled off their horses and hacked to death, and was killed by arrows.

Cao Cao really underestimated this iron car array, this is exactly Zhuge Liang's two years of training to restrain the cavalry into elite soldiers, even the soldiers and horses are personally selected by Zhuge Liang and Zhang Ren, they are all Bashu children who have been in the army for more than two years, and they are strong tenacity, which can be said to be the essence of Bashu soldiers and horses.

Zhang Ren couldn't help but sigh at Liu Bei's mind, such an elite soldier dared to be handed over to himself, the strongest person who resisted Liu Bei.