Guan Yu suddenly came out of the smoke, regardless of Zhang Fei, who was entangled with the infantry and cavalry of the Cao army, and looked straight at the Cao army who blocked the door.

When Xu Shu of the large camp saw it, he gathered thousands of soldiers and horses guarding the camp and prepared to cooperate with Guan Yu.

Guan Yu led the troops straight to the Cao army, the general of the Cao army was Zhu Ling, and the partial generals Wang Wu and Guo Hua. Zhu Ling formed a dense defense, and ordered the partial generals Wang Wu and Guo Hua to supervise the army separately.

Guan Yu saw it from afar and knew that there were capable people in Cao's army, so he said to Guan Ping: "Ping'er, you will lead the troops to fight General Cao head-on in a while." I led my troops to look for flaws and flank them. Governor Zhao Lei led his troops to form a formation to guard against Xu Huang's cavalry support. "Guan Ping and Zhao Lei promised. Each led his troops away.

Guan Ping bumped into Zhu Ling head-on. Zhu Ling's bow and crossbow fired in unison and shot towards Guan Ping.

Guan Ping did not flinch and attacked desperately. Kill to the front, hand-to-hand combat.

Guan Yu went around to the flank, rushed into battle, Cao General Wang Wujiu heard Guan Yu's prestige, saw Guan Yu carrying a knife on his horse, and killed in front of him in a blink of an eye, taking in Guan Yu's aura, he was actually timid.

Guan Yu showed no mercy, taking advantage of the fact that Wang Wu's command was a little abnormal, he broke into the Cao army's formation, killed three former military captains in a row, and killed Wang Wu's banner.

Wang Wu just cleaned up his mood, although he was afraid, because of Cao Jun's strict military orders, he commanded all the generals to surround Guan Yu, Guan Yu shouted, and his aura overshadowed everyone.

Guan Yu had been on the battlefield for a long time and saw that Wang Wu was timid, so he went straight to Wang Wu and killed Wang Wu with one sword. Cao Jun's generals and colonels left in shock. Xu Shu also sent people out of the camp to attack and disperse Cao's army.

Cao Cao was furious when he saw that the Cao army was defeated and said, "How can Zhu Ling be so useless as a general. In the blink of an eye, he was defeated. ”

Jiang Ji said: "King, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses have regathered, I'm afraid he wants to withdraw to the camp." ”

Cao Cao said angrily: "Don't let Liu Bei go, after ordering Xu Huang's cavalry to follow the infantry, attack Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, and make Liu Bei chaotic!" "Order, go to herald.

Xu Huang reported: "Zhang Fei's cavalry was defeated, lost more than half, and withdrew into the formation. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "There is finally good news." Liu Bei's cavalry is all in Zhang Fei's hands, and now more than half of it has been lost, and our cavalry has a greater advantage! ”

Soon, the thatch of the Han army burned out and the smoke dispersed. Liu Bei stood in the middle army, and the formation was almost finished, and the layers were clear.

Cao Cao said: "The order is to fight again, and you must not slack off." Whoever beheads Liu Bei, the marquis of thousands of households, kills. ”

Cao Cao left only 3,000 tigers and leopards and 5,000 infantry to defend him, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all thrown into the battlefield.

Liu Bei formed a dense formation and moved towards the camp. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Pang De each performed their duties and resisted Cao's army separately. Fight and walk. Xu Huang approached several times, but was forced to retreat by the crossbowmen commanded by Huang Zhong.

Liu Bei slowly retreated to the bottom of the camp, and formed a dense formation with his back to the camp.

Cao's army surrounded Liu Bei from three sides. When Cao Cao saw this, he didn't speak for a long time, and Jiang Ji whispered.

Cao Cao suddenly said, "Retreat!" Don't take advantage of it! ”

Jiang Ji asked, "The king's intention is to retreat!" ”

Cao Cao said: "Yes, Zitong, you see Liu Bei's back to the camp, constantly shrinking in." The camp was full of crossbowmen, and if we were to storm it, the crossbowmen would shoot arrows from above.

We engage in front, and we will be hit by a dense stream of arrows in the back, so we can't connect. The final formation will be chaotic! Under the hard fight, both sides lose and there is no benefit. Fall back! Let's see if Liu Bei chases after him, if he chases him out, he is looking for an opportunity to break him! ”

Cao Cao left Cao Ren after the break. The large armies retreated in turn.

Liu Bei saw that Cao Cao began to retreat separately, and Liu Bei sent scouts to investigate, and got the exact news that Cao Cao did retreat in the direction of the camp.

Liu Bei said to everyone: "Cao Cao's retreat proves that his sharpness is exhausted. We can follow along. Let's see if we can pick up Zhang Ren back. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Even so, Cao Cao has many soldiers and horses after all. Cao Cao had a slight upper hand. ”

Liu Bei said: "That's right, then send the general to the vanguard to test whether Cao Cao is cheating." ”

Ordered Pang De to lead 15,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard, and led his troops behind and slowly advanced.

After Cao Ren led the troops to break off, Pang De followed behind and hung far away. Cao Ren ignored it and slowly retreated. Pang De also remembered Liu Bei's instructions, and did not chase deeply.

Cao Cao had to report that Liu Bei led his troops and said with a smile: "Liu Bei is here to answer Zhang Ren!" ”

Jiang Jidao: "Our army fought for a day, and the soldiers were tired. It's better to retreat! ”

Cao Cao said: "It's okay, since Liu Bei is chasing, we always need to break him for a while, so that we can retreat safely." ”

He reined in his horse and said, "Zitong, do you know why I stopped here?" ”

Jiang Ji said: "The terrain here is still open, the ups and downs are gentle, the road is flat, and the cavalry will be successful." ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Yes, it's just that Liu Bei is very cautious and may not chase after him." In another hour it will be dark. At that time, I couldn't fight if I wanted to!

I remembered that Liu Bei dared to order Pang De to lead 30,000 attacks and beat me just now, which was unexpected. Why don't I try it! The herald ordered Xu Huang to lead all the cavalry to entangle Pang De and attack regardless of casualties.

Xiahou Shang and Han Hao led 30,000 troops and horses, and then attacked Pang De's army. ”

Jiang Ji exclaimed: "King, our army is already a veteran of the division, and we can't take advantage of it if we fight again!" Pound is also prepared, and will retreat when he sees us attacking.

We are too far away from Liu Bei to bite Pound's. If you want to hold off Pound, you have to use cavalry, so the cavalry losses are too great! ”

Cao Cao said: "By surprise, Liu Bei would not have expected that I would take all the cavalry to fight with him." As for not losing, it may not be, we have far more soldiers and horses than Liu Bei.

We also had the advantage in the battle just now. Don't forget, the king's tiger and leopard cavalry are also cavalry. Entangled Pang De, Liu Bei will come to the rescue. When the time comes, our cavalry can always hold on for a while, and then they can fight Liu Bei.

Call Xu Huanglai, this king has something to explain. Ordered Han Hao to select 7,000 elite infantry! Zitong, this king has a good idea! ”

Xu Huang came to listen to the order under the banner of King Cao Cao. Cao Cao said: "Gongming, your cavalry still has 7,000 capable warriors, right?" I command your cavalry, one infantry each, to strike swiftly and entangle Pound. Force Liu Bei out! ”

Xu Huang was surprised at first, and then he understood: "The king is to let the infantry entangle, and I will block Liu Bei's reinforcements." The king is good to lead the army to fight back! ”

Cao Cao said: "Yes, it's just that it's not easy to open the gap by relying on the infantry alone, and Pang De can't stop it by retreating in formation!" You divide the cavalry and break through the formation, and the infantry follows! Do you understand? Xu Huang promised loudly. Cao Cao ordered the generals to march in.

Pound marched forward in formation, sending scouts to listen to the news. Xu Huang led 7,000 cavalry plus horses with infantry galloping and attacked Pound. Pound was quickly reciprocated. Form a defensive formation and move closer to Liu Bei's army behind.

Xu Huang led the cavalry to kill, and did not stop, directly divided 3,000 cavalry to charge the formation, and the infantry quickly assembled and followed. Xu Huang led the rest of the cavalry to block Pang De's retreat.

Pound's face was fearless, and he calmly commanded the soldiers and horses to fire bows and crossbows in unison, shooting at the Cao cavalry. The mighty soldier pushed his spear to the ground. The outermost soldiers and horses hung their swords around their waists, held shields in both hands, and pressed their bodies forward against their shields.

Cao's cavalry rushed straight forward and collided with the spear and iron shield, only to see the spear piercing the flesh and blood, and the bones were broken and flesh dancing. Xu Huang saw that he had bumpered into the gap and commanded the soldiers and horses to enter through the gap.

Pang Dejiu has been in Xiliang for a long time, and he is familiar with the method of cavalry attack, so he is naturally handy for defending cavalry! Several layers of iron shield spears had already been laid out. The cavalry of the Cao army broke through the first layer, and there were the second and third layers.

Xu Huang received an order to hold Pang De so that he could not retreat. The cavalry of the Cao army could only rush hard, and under the impact of the powerful cavalry, Pang De's formation could not remain intact. The infantry of the Cao army entered the short battle with the Han army and killed a group.

Pound responded in time, and ordered the soldiers and horses in the middle to stop fighting, put them in, and put them on top of their own flags, except for the gap, the rest of the soldiers and horses on all sides were still arranged according to the spear and iron shield, and were not allowed to move lightly. After that, the pikemen first surrounded the incoming cavalry, and led their own troops to attack the Cao infantry.

Xu Huang originally saw that although there were obstacles at the beginning, after the breakthrough, it was quite smooth, and there was simply no obstacle.

Xu Huangxin said: "No matter how bad the Han army is, it shouldn't be so weak in resistance, according to the past, it should start fighting from all sides and force our army out, which is like putting it inside!" ”

Xu Huang woke up suddenly, shouting badly. I saw that as most of Cao's army entered the battle, the Han troops on both sides moved from both sides to outflank them.

Xu Huang deserves to be a famous general, indeed, after Pang De heard the news of Xu Huang's arrival, he asked how far this Cao army was from Cao Cao's main force.

Seeing that Cao Jun engaged himself regardless of casualties at the beginning, this was to drag himself down. And Cao's army was inferior to his own, and Xu Huang's cavalry did not all participate in the battle, thinking that he wanted to entangle Liu Bei.

Pang De will come up with the idea of luring the Cao army into the formation to surround it, Liu Bei is not far from himself, as long as the support is fast, he will annihilate the Cao army before Cao Cao arrives.

After the cavalry lost its impact, the cavalry and infantry were constantly put in, and the original defensive formation was strictly ordered to be maintained everywhere, forcing them to enter from only one place through the gap, and after all of them were put into the formation, they used the advantage of strength to encircle and annihilate Cao's army.

Xu Huang also didn't care about hindering Liu Bei, who was coming to support at any time, and led the cavalry to attack the gap that had not yet been completely surrounded, opened the gap, and ordered the Cao army that was trapped in the formation to withdraw.

Xu Huang suddenly joined the battle, and Pang De said: "Xu Huang can see what I think." ”

He ordered to abandon the encirclement and change the encirclement to a rush. Xu Huang ordered to retreat, and the Cao army, which was trapped in the formation, began to move out. Pang De commanded the left and right soldiers and horses who were in contact with Cao's army to press in, shorten the space of Cao's army, and let them mess up.

For a time, Cao's army collided left and right, retreated, and the battle was chaotic. Xu Huang was anxious but couldn't stop it.

Send cavalry around to the other side of Pound and burst in, trying to disturb Pound's arrangement. Pang De personally led people to fight against Xu Huang, Xu Huang really rushed regardless of casualties this time, and Xu Huang personally took the lead in slashing and killing the Han army.

Pang De was also armed with a broadsword, constantly encouraging the Han infantry to engage in battle and stop Xu Huang. When the two were inseparable, Liu Bei took the lead in sending Zhang Fei to lead Liu Bei's remaining 3,000 cavalry to arrive.

For the first time, Xu Huang experienced the taste of defeat, fighting on the battlefield, and the enemy will not act according to your plan.

Xu Huang made a quick decision, gave up the attack, and moved to a distance to fight Zhang Fei. All the infantry in Pound's formation gave up. Without Xu Huang's interruption, Pang De concentrated on the 7,000 infantry plus the cavalry of the Cao army, which had lost its shock.

Although the 7,000 elite infantry of the Cao army could not be wiped out in a short period of time, they could not escape!