Cao Cao, Jiang Ji, and Xu Huang waited for half an hour, set up a high platform, Cao Cao and Jiang Ji climbed the height to observe the formation, and couldn't help but be surprised, only Cao Zhen's cavalry and a few scattered cavalry were still resisting in the formation.

Jiang Ji hurriedly said: "It's not good, king, I'm afraid Zidan is going to suffer!" ”

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said, "It's my negligence that wants to annihilate these thieves." Why haven't Cao Ren and Cao Hong taken down the two wings, pass the order, and if they can't take it again, they will be held responsible!

Xu Huang, you immediately lead the infantry to attack on the periphery, divide the momentum of the thieves, and support Cao Zhen to stand out. Fast! Put up a big flag to show Cao Zhen the direction, quickly! Mingjin! Let Cao Zhen retreat! Xu Huang took the order.

Xu Huang led the infantry to attack, and as soon as Cao's army approached, these iron chariot soldiers had formations in advance and retreat, closely connected, and the left and right bows and crossbows were fired together. Cao Jun braved the arrows to break the red curtain, but was stabbed by the iron chariot soldiers standing on the iron cart.

The iron chariot was as tall as a cavalryman, and the iron chariot was as tall as a low earthen wall.

The iron chariot soldiers in front blocked the Cao army who wanted to break through. In addition to encircling and annihilating the Cao army's iron chariot soldiers, the rest of the iron chariot soldiers began to support with bows and crossbows and shot at Cao Jun.

Cao Jun refused to suffer a loss, and fought back with a bow and arrows. The red curtain in the iron car formation blocked the view, and Cao Jun couldn't see the target clearly when shooting arrows, so he could only return fire in the direction of the arrows he fired.

The iron chariot soldiers also realized that Cao Jun had no target, and after shooting a few arrows, he left his original position and changed places to shoot again, and the loss was minimal. Xu Huang's attack was a little difficult, and his progress was slow despite huge casualties.

Cao Cao watched Cao Zhen in the formation from the high platform, and Xu Huang's attack outside was blocked, and he said a little anxiously: "Zitong, how about sending cavalry to meet Cao Zhen again?" ”

Jiang Jidao: "King, is it worth 10,000 cavalry for these iron cars?" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Jiang Ji and said, "If the cavalry loses like this, it's not worth it here!" ”

Jiang Ji said: "King, Cao Zhen has lost 3,000 cavalry, and Xu Huang has lost 2,000 before. Zhang He's cavalry went back to reinforce, and we only had 15,000 cavalry left to add the king's tiger and leopard cavalry. If we put in cavalry, then our cavalry advantage will be gone. I doubt that Liu Bei deliberately wanted to use the iron cart to wipe out our cavalry! ”

Cao Cao said: "Without cavalry, he Liu Bei can continue to defend!" Keep dragging! Good calculation! The order was given to the infantry to attack regardless of casualties. Be sure to answer Cao Zhen! ”

Cao Zhen was a little tired from fighting for a long time in the battle, and he felt that he couldn't kill. There were fewer and fewer cavalry around, and the space left between the iron carts for horses to gallop was also decreasing.

The soldiers on the left and right persuaded: "General, hurry up and break through!" ”

Cao Zhen heard it and said: "I know that there is something strange in this formation, and I should break through." But I don't know if there are still our people in the array, and once I stand out, it will be tantamount to abandoning them.

Besides, the king wants to fight with us inside and outside, and we must not give up halfway! It will be beneficial for us to wait for General Cao to take down the two wings! Rush with me! Everyone couldn't, so they had to follow Cao Zhen and collide.

Cao Zhen didn't know that the rest of the divided soldiers and horses had been annihilated! Cao Zhen's ability to survive until now is mainly due to his own courage and strong combat effectiveness.

Suddenly, the sound of gold from all sides came to mind, Cao Zhen heard it carefully, and heard that this was the sound of the cavalry retreating, it seemed that Cao Cao asked him to withdraw, and the big banner erected outside, and immediately understood that this was pointing out the direction of the breakthrough.

It's just how this layer of iron cars stands out. Cao Ren said to the cavalry behind him: "Two people on a horse." Quick, get rid of the extra horses! His men hurriedly complied.

After separating the horses, Cao Ren decisively whipped the horses and drove them in one direction, crashing straight into the iron cart in front. The war horse led by the iron chariot general was stabbed down, and the people behind were still driven to rush forward, and for a while the iron chariot soldier had no time to pull out his spear, and the war horse knocked over several iron carts.

Cao Zhen shouted: "Keep up!" After speaking, he held a sharp blade in his hand, jumped on the iron chariot and slashed with the iron chariot soldiers, taking advantage of this brief confusion to break through in the direction of the banner.

The iron chariot soldiers reacted and pressed from all sides, Cao Zhen was very brave, and he rushed out in one direction, and he didn't care about the back, taking advantage of the chaos to cut open the red curtain, overturn the iron car, and kill through the six layers.

The Cao army behind followed Cao Zhen to break through with brute force, and those who couldn't keep up were surrounded and killed by the iron chariot soldiers on all sides.

After a fight, Xu Huang outside noticed that there was chaos in the iron chariot soldiers, and immediately rushed in according to the direction of chaos, met the two, and took Cao Zhen out, Cao Zhen only led dozens of people to stand out, and walked to meet Xu Huang outside.

After Cao Cao saw Cao Zhen break through, he couldn't help but wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Cao Zhen went to Cao Cao to plead guilty. Cao Cao picked up Cao Zhen and said, "It's none of your business." I'm going to attack it, it's good that you can rush out, it's good! Now give me the lead and get ready to fight again! "Cao Zhen thanked him.

Zhang Renquan immediately began to organize a retreat after annihilating Cao's army.

The Han army on both sides had been defeated by Cao Ren and Cao Hong, and began to retreat step by step, the pikemen in front were entangled with the Cao army, and the crossbowmen retreated into the iron chariot formation.

After annihilating the pikemen, Cao Ren and Cao Hong occupied the two wings, and Cao Cao transferred 10,000 crossbowmen to shoot the iron chariot soldiers on the left and right. The crossbowmen boarded the iron cart and released the repeaters, successfully suppressing the Cao crossbowmen on both sides.

Cao Cao frowned and said, "When did Liu Bei have such a sharp weapon?" ”

Jiang Ji said: "It seems that Liu Bei's battle is certain!" Do we choose another fight! ”

Cao Cao said: "When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins." As soon as we retreated, Liu Bei would not fight again when the goal of stabilizing the morale of the army was achieved. ”

Jiang Ji hesitated: "But the king, from now on, our attack has been frustrated, and our sharpness has been slightly reduced. Forcing the march may be counterproductive! ”

Cao Cao said: "Liu Bei just took a clever instrument, which is not enough to worry about." Where are Cao Hong and Cao Zhen? "The two generals promised.

Cao Cao said: "Divide you two with 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry." Entangled in the Iron Cart. The Iron Car Formation completely abandons flexibility, the defense is difficult to break, and the attack is useless. It's a great achievement for the two of you to entangle the Iron Rider here! "The two generals promised.

Jiang Ji hurriedly said: "If the king wants to enter the army, don't put this Liu Bei army here!" ”

Cao Cao said: "It's okay, my troops are far superior to Liu Bei, and I ordered to bypass the iron chariot soldiers and attack Liu Bei's camp directly." If Liu Bei doesn't fight, I will besiege this iron chariot soldier. If I go to war, I will definitely kill Liu Bei and defeat miserably. ”

Jiang Ji said: "King, fifteen thousand soldiers and horses are too few. Moreover, Liu Bei will never give up this elite army of soldiers and horses. There must be a back hand, or be careful to take precautions. ”

Cao Cao said: "As soon as there is a situation, I can turn around and attack the iron chariot soldiers." Dragging these soldiers and horses, Liu Bei's battalion has fewer soldiers who can fight. Maybe this is the chance!

In addition, Yu Ban, who was guarding the camp, was ordered to be ready to support Cao Hong at any time. There are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the forbidden camp, and his support is enough! ”

Yan Yu shouted: "The whole army is forced into the camp of the thief army, and the force is engaged, those who dare to retreat, kill!" The generals agreed and marched separately.

Jiang Ji said again: "The king might as well send scouts to test Liu Bei's truth first. ”

Cao Cao said, "What did the scouts sent out before?" ”

Jiang Ji said: "The scout reported that Liu Bei had no movement. ”

Cao Cao said: "There is no need to probe any more. I can't find anything, our army's strength is far superior to Liu Bei, even if Liu Bei has treacherous schemes, it is more than enough to resist separately.

Today, I am going to force Liu Bei out to fight, and it will only be beneficial to Liu Bei if it drags on any longer. I don't want to give up Nanyang, and I don't want to give up Longyou. Fighting is the best policy! On the battlefield, improvisation is enough to be invincible, needless to say! ”

When Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao's 80,000 soldiers and horses were directly pressed, Liu Bei's heart jumped, unexpectedly. On the surface, his face was as usual, and he smiled slightly: "Cao Cao seems to be really anxious!" ”

Fa Zheng frowned slightly and said: "Cao Cao is suspicious, how could he enter the army like this, could it be that Zhang Ren was annihilated!" ”

Liu Bei said: "I'm afraid not, the Wuxi volunteers led by Ma Liang did not act. If Zhang Ren's situation is urgent, how could Ma Liang not go to support!

It seems that Cao Cao didn't want to abandon Nanyang and Longyou, and came to me to play with his life, and the whole army came, leaving no back.

That's it! Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, I was originally going to fight with Cao Cao, although there is a difference between our plan, just be cautious. Ling Ming, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to take the lead. Pound agreed.

Liu Bei also ordered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and other points to prepare for battle. The generals promised.

Liu Bei said: "Don't rush to battle when you're ready, wait for Cao Jun's sharpness to slack off before going into battle." In addition, second brother, you have 20,000 soldiers and horses. Ten thousand people with two pieces of wood as thick as their wrists, and more than eight feet high. Another 10,000 people brought hemp ropes. The rest of the soldiers each carried a handful of semi-wet straw. And the generals agreed, and went and prepared each of them.