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After more than twenty days of confrontation, the Han army launched a siege against Qiao County. For Cao Ren, he had no choice. If he retreated, he would be blocked by the Han army and pursued him, and he would undoubtedly be defeated.

If the confrontation continues, his army will face the dilemma of insufficient food. The Han army cut off the food route. More importantly, once the Han army captures Qiao County, not only will the entire army be wiped out in the county, but he will not be able to communicate to Wei Gong.

If he did not fight, Cao Ren could no longer help. He had no choice but to accept the challenge of the Han army and fight to the death with the Han army in Qiao County.

When 80,000 Cao troops appeared ten miles away from Qiao County, the Han army, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately fought. The two Han armies in the north and south quickly gathered in the east of the city, with a total of 100,000 elite Han troops fighting against 80,000 Cao troops.

The strong wind blew, the flags were waving, and a wave of sand and stones flew in the wilderness, and dust filled the air. The eighty thousand Cao troops had already established their positions, including bows, crossbows, spearmen, jumping soldiers and left and right cavalry.

The five thousand most sharp tiger and leopard cavalry were the central army, surrounded Cao Ren in the middle of the team. Cao Ren immediately looked under a big flag and looked at a black line in the distance with complex eyes.

The eighty thousand Cao troops did not attack immediately, but stopped ten miles away. They marched overnight, and the soldiers and horses were very tired, and it was not good for them to enter the battle immediately.

The Cao army soldiers took this moment to sit and rest. The cavalry dismounted and drank water for the war horses, fed the fodder, and hurriedly ate a few bites of dry food to fill their stomachs.

At this time, drums came faintly from the Han army's position in the distance, and a lookout soldier on the high platform shouted: "Governor, the enemy has come to us!"

Cao Ren stared into the distance. It was morning, and several rays of sunlight shone out from the dense dark clouds, illuminating the wilderness highlands in the distance. The army led by King Liu Jing of Han was moving towards this side step by step. They seemed to see that Cao's army was exhausted and began to take the initiative.

Cao Ren immediately ordered coldly: "The army is ready for battle immediately!"

"Woo--"

The low trumpet sounded over the Han army, and the rumbling drums sounded. The Cao army soldiers stood up to prepare for war. The cavalry boarded their horses, tightened the reins, posed bows and arrows, and slowly raised their spears.

The dark clouds closed again, the sun disappeared, and under the gloomy dark clouds, hundreds of thousands of Han troops had stopped inside and outside. They formed a horn army formation, with flags floating, armor black, and spears formed a sharp forest. The gloomy heaven and earth were full of murderous aura, which was enough to prevent any opponent from underestimating the enemy.

At this time, Liu Jing was also watching the Cao army opposite. He saw that the Cao army stretched ten miles wide, with eight thousand crossbowmen in a row, waiting for the battle. They were looking forward to the Han army launching the attack first so that their bows and arrows could exert their power.

Liu Jing waved his hand, "Don't attack easily!"

Without Liu Jing's order, the Han army did not launch an attack, and both sides seemed to be waiting. At this time, the left wing general of Cao's army, Li Tong, whispered to Yang Dian, the general beside him: "Did you see it? The Han army has no intention of attacking at all. I guess the Grand Governor's plan to suppress the other party with a crossbowman was lost."

Yang Dian sighed slightly: "The Han army has been fighting with us for many years, who doesn't know the other party's trap?"

Time passes by little by little, and both sides confront each other, and neither of them takes the initiative to attack, just as if they are testing perseverance and endurance, and it depends on who can't hold on first.

At this time, a soldier who looked at the other side's camp suddenly pointed at the other side's camp and whispered loudly to the counselor Man Chong: "Military, the other side seems to be moving!"

Man Chong looked into the distance and saw that the Han army's formation began to change. A Han army cavalry of about 7,000 people left the main formation and ran diagonally to the right side two miles away from Cao's army. It was obvious that they were going to attack the wings of the crossbowman.

This is a huge threat to the crossbowman. If the Cao army does not change its formation, the crossbowman will be hit by a fatal impact. Man Chong suddenly turned around and looked at the main formation of the Cao army. He saw that the main general Cao Ren looked solemn and still remained unmoved.

But Man Chong found that the crossbow army had changed its formation. The cavalry of the Qian Cao army rushed from behind and happened to face the Han cavalry on the side to cover the crossbow army. Man Chong felt a little relieved. Cao Ren was indeed experienced and would not change the formation easily.

But Man Chong was still a little worried. He looked up at the sky. There were dark clouds and muffled thunder faintly in the clouds. The weather was particularly stuffy and hot. He saw a downpour of rain coming.

In front of the Han army, Liu Jing was making the final war mobilization. Gao Daxiong Jun got his horse and galloped in the wind. The Wenhou halberd collided on the soldiers' spears and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of the Han army, the men who followed me to defeat me, will be the decisive battle for us to conquer the Central Plains. We must use our lives and blood to prove that we are the most powerful army in the world. Men, follow me to fight the enemy bravely!"

"I wish to die for the King of Han!"

The Han soldiers shouted, and their voices were like undulating thunder: "Long live the King of Han!"

Liu Jing looked up at the sky. At this time, it started to rain, and it gradually became heavier and heavier. Liu Jing gave Pang Tong a thumbs up in admiration, which was exactly the same as Pang Tong expected.

"The left and right wings, attack in an arc!"

With Liu Jing's order, the war drums rumbled, and the red and blue flags danced on the command platform. This was the order for arc attack. The Han army suddenly launched, and the two bottom corners of the horn formation separated to both sides, forming two arcs, just like the two horns of argali.

The 60,000 army formed two black surging crazes, each of which was several miles wide. Under the leadership of the left wing chief Zhao Yun and the right wing chief general, they went to the left and right wing runs to Cao's army. The spears and swords were densely packed like a forest. The soldiers held their shields high and ran hard in the heavy rain. The momentum was tragic and surging, which made the heaven and earth change color.

At the same time, the sound of the Han army's low horn sounded, and the seven thousand cavalry deployed on the left wing of Cao's army suddenly launched an attack under the leadership of the general Pang De, and they rushed towards the crossbowman's side.

Suddenly it rained heavily in the sky, causing Cao Ren's face to change greatly. The crossbows could not be used in the rain. The crossbow formation he had discharged actually failed. Cao Ren was very anxious and quickly ordered: "General Li fought against the enemy cavalry on the flanks, and the crossbows army retreated!"

A 10,000 Cao army's spearmen were divided into two, and 10,000 of them were led by the general Yang Dian to fight against the Han cavalry that came from the side. Both sides were getting closer and closer, the spear tips were shining and the momentum was booming. Pang De shouted, "Divide the troops!"

He rode northward, and two thousand cavalry followed him around the Cao army's vanguard and rushed towards the retreating crossbow army. The cavalry's advantage was fully displayed at this moment. They galloped at lightning, and rushed into the retreating Cao army's crossbow army with a devastating momentum.

Several Cao army crossbowmen rolled to the ground under the powerful impact of the cavalry. In an instant, people's heads rolled, blood splashed, and wailed in a circle. Knife slashed spears, war horses collided, war horses galloped in the crowd, crossbow army could not use bows and arrows in the rain, and they could not resist this extremely sharp Han cavalry. The formation of the eight thousand crossbowmen was torn apart.

The other five thousand Han cavalry, led by general Xu Sheng, collided with the 10,000 spear troops led by Yang Dian, and the spear rods hit each other and the swords killed each other. The two families fought fiercely.

At this time, the 40,000 main forces of the Han army led by Zhao Yun arrived and rushed towards Cao's army overwhelmingly. Cao Ren was prepared and said coldly: "The right wing will fight!"

After all, the Cao army was also one of the strongest troops in the world. It was well-trained. 20,000 spear infantry and 4,000 cavalry formed a large formation of snatchers that complemented the infantry and cavalry. Under the leadership of the right-wing general Li Tong, he fought against the 20,000 Han infantry who came to fight.

Heavy rain fell from the sky, destroying Cao Ren's deployment of the crossbow army, and allowing the 40,000 infantrymen on the left wing of the Han army to be unimpeded and killed without any obstacles. The 40,000 spear soldiers were like surging waves. Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, the large spearmen formation launched a storm-like attack from all directions.

The large spear formation was a powerful weapon trained by Cao Ren to deal with the Wuhuan cavalry. It was somewhat similar to the Macedonian legion in the West. It mainly used collective strength to use a two-meter-long spear to deal with the cavalry. The flanks were their weakness, so there were two thousand cavalry guards on both sides.

Zhao Yun saw the weakness of Cao's army and ordered urgently: "Concentrate on attacking the left cavalry!"

The ten thousand Han spear army attacked like a tide and launched a fierce, stormy offensive, followed by a wave of attacks on the left guards.

Most of the summer in June are showers. After a brief heavy rain, the rain clears the clouds, and the sun shines on the earth again. The Cao army's crossbow soldiers changed their strings one after another, and the crossbow soldiers showed their power again.

The Wanyou-wing infantry led by Pin was blocked by the 5,000 crossbow troops sent by Cao Ren. The Han army shouted and killed the sky. They bravely moved forward and swept towards the Cao army. They held shields with one hand and spears with the other, and rushed violently towards the enemy's positions in the face of the dense rain of arrows.

At 10 or 20 steps, Cao Ren's crossbow army began to shoot arrows, and the overwhelming rain of arrows shot towards the Han soldiers. The Han soldiers were shot overturned, but the rolling army was still like a black tide, surging and surging towards the Cao army.

Tit-for-tat, Pin also sent five thousand Han crossbow soldiers to shoot at the enemy's formation. They used a special series of crossbows, that is, a wooden box, a box of twelve arrows, and after one was shot, it could automatically load arrows. The soldiers pulled the strings and shot arrows at a fast speed.

The crossbow arrows shot towards the enemy formation like locusts, and a large number of Cao army soldiers were also shot over. At this time, the right-wing Han army recruited finally rushed to the front of Cao army formation. The Cao army's crossbowmen put down their bows and arrows and ran back. Han Zheng, the commander of the left wing of Cao army, led 20,000 troops to fight, followed by the 5,000 swords and shield army, and fought together from the side.

‘Boom!’ There was a loud noise from the ground, and the two armies collided like two surging waves. In an instant, the murderous aura was confusing to the eyes, soldiers and swords fought each other, armor collided, and the two armies fought fiercely together, shouting and screaming, the heads fell to the ground, and blood flowed into a river. The war was so cruel that the soldiers' lives were as humble as grass at this moment.

A Chinese soldier screamed, his head was chopped in half by an axe, and blood and brain plasma splattered everywhere. Two burly soldiers met each other and fell to the ground together. The Chinese soldier held the other party tightly, grabbed an arrow from the ground, pointed it at his forehead and eyes, and poked it down with one arrow. The other party choked and died tragically on the ground.

But no matter how fierce the left and right wings fought fiercely, Cao Ren's central army remained unmoved, Liu Jing still had tens of thousands of elite troops not to fight, and the 50,000 reinforcements led by Huang Zhong would not be easily dispatched.

At this time, military advisor Pang Tong stroked his beard and laughed slightly. He had already seen that the Han army was slightly better than Cao's army, and that it was a 150,000 army against 80,000 troops. In any case, they would definitely win this battle.
Chapter completed!