Cheng Lian was very surprised why Cao Jun put the sword and shield soldiers in front. Similarly, all the generals of Cao Jun were also curious about this matter.

All of them have been leaders for many years. If they were allowed to direct the battle, they would definitely put the spearmen at the front and fight to the death against the cavalry charge.

Even if the battle is defeated, a large number of spearmen will inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

But now that the sword and shield soldiers are placed in front, they can't figure it out no matter what.

The flexible sword and shield soldiers are vulnerable to the iron hooves of Bingzhou, and even the speed of Bingzhou's iron cavalry will not slow down.

In addition to wasting troops in vain, there is no benefit at all from this.

Everyone looked at the Bingzhou cavalry parked in the distance, cold sweat broke out on their heads, and their hearts became colder and colder.

After a while, Cao Hong couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and cupped his hands to Cao Cao, "My lord, before the Bingzhou cavalry charges, you should quickly move the spearmen to the front, otherwise it will be too late."

When everyone heard these words, they hurriedly turned to look at Cao Cao, their eyes full of expectation.

Although it is a little late to move the spearmen to the front now, it is still hundreds of times better than the current formation.

In front of Bingzhou Tieqi, the soldiers with swords and shields were like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's suggestion and did not answer. He still looked at the Bingzhou cavalry opposite with his bright eyes.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and Cheng Lian finally couldn't bear it any longer. He turned around and yelled at Zhang Liao, "Old Zhang, waiting like this is not an option. Since they are surrounded by sword and shield soldiers in front of them, I will lead my troops and crush them." , let them pretend to be mysterious."

Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Lao Cheng, it's okay to test it out. You sweep the formation from the left and test it with your bow and arrow. You must not charge. Do you understand?"

Although Cheng Lian had a reckless temper, he had cooperated with Zhang Liao in commanding cavalry for many years and knew that he was cautious and would not talk nonsense easily. He nodded and then shouted at the soldiers behind him.

"Brothers, listen to the order, everyone rush together with me."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Lian took the lead and rushed out.

Ta-ta-ta!

Amidst the rumble of horseshoes, countless Bingzhou cavalry immediately chased after them, roaring towards Cao Jun's camp.

Seeing the Bingzhou cavalry rushing over, Cao Jun's generals' expressions changed almost at the same time, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their hearts trembled.

Cheng Lian led his troops and rushed to the front of the formation, and suddenly shouted, "Throw them, let them see how powerful they are."

Following the order, the Bingzhou cavalry, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately pulled their bowstrings and fired towards Cao Jun's camp.

Whoosh!

"Ahhh!"

Bang bang bang!

The arrows fell like dark clouds, and the Cao army's camp suffered little losses, because the front row was full of sword and shield soldiers. When they saw the arrows flying, they all raised their shields to block their heads. The arrows rained down on the shields. It just made a snapping sound and fell to the ground.

At the same time, a loud shout came from Cao Jun’s camp.

"Fire the arrow!"

Whoosh!

"Ahhh!"

The arrows shot from Cao's camp fell like raindrops. Although the Bingzhou cavalry just galloped past, several soldiers were still shot and fell off their horses screaming.

Cheng Lian was furious when he saw this. When the cavalry passed by, he returned again and roared.

"Brothers, rush into the enemy's camp and defeat them."

The soldiers of Bingzhou Cavalry immediately cheered and took the lead in rushing towards Cao Jun's camp.

"Kill!"

"Ahhh!"

The sound of horse hooves is like thunder, shocking and endless.

Seeing that the Bingzhou cavalry had already rushed in front of him, Cao Hong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and shouted, "Lord, I will go to the front to help in the battle!"

Ahead, the Bingzhou cavalry at the forefront had already rushed into the camp of the sword and shield soldiers. With such arrogant speed, they immediately knocked several sword and shield soldiers blocking the front into the air and flew into the air without slowing down.

The broadsword in the knight's hand kept rolling in the air, and every time it fell, there was bound to be a scream.

At this critical moment, Cao Cao suddenly sneered, "Fire Wall Technique."

As the words fell, a wall of fire that was dozens of meters long suddenly appeared a few steps in front of the sword and shield soldiers.

The fire was rolling, thick smoke was everywhere, and the burning flames reached as high as a person.

The charging Bingzhou Cavalry suddenly saw a wall of fire appear in front of them, and was startled.

The soldiers were scared, but it did not affect the overall situation. However, when the horses saw the sudden appearance of the flames, they were so frightened that they stopped, turned around and ran away.

Countless Bingzhou cavalry were caught off guard and fell off their horses, and were soon trampled by the horses behind them.

"Ahhh!"

Some cavalrymen who were close by plunged directly into the wall of fire, immediately smelling a burning smell and screaming in agony.

Countless soldiers of the Bingzhou Cavalry, like moths to a flame, plunged into the wall of fire and were burned to ashes by the raging flames.

A strange burnt smell also began to float in the billowing smoke.

Thanks to the well-trained Bingzhou cavalry, when they saw a wall of fire appearing in front of them, the cavalry behind them hurriedly stopped their horses, and the soldiers on the periphery turned their horses and then slowly evacuated.

But despite this, the Bingzhou Cavalry lost more than 200 soldiers in just this charge.

The total number of Bingzhou cavalrymen was only 1,000, and they lost 200 soldiers, equivalent to a loss of 20%.

Although Cheng Lian was so angry that he screamed, but looking at the blazing flames, he had no choice but to lead his troops back.

Zhang Liao saw Cheng Lian coming back and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Lao Cheng, are you okay?"

Cheng Lian was not injured because he was directing the battle in the middle of the team, but his face was a little ugly.

"Lao Zhang, it's so hateful that you lost so many brothers and it's all my fault!"

Zhang Liao shook his head, "I don't blame you, who knew that Cao Jun would set a fire?"

Having said this, Zhang Liao lowered his voice and asked, "Have you seen how the flames started?"

Hearing the question, Cheng Lian frowned, thought about it carefully, shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "Old Zhang, we have already run that road once, and there was nothing on the road, but suddenly, out of thin air, A flame rose up, how strange is it?"

Zhang Liao nodded. The scene he saw just now was the same as Cheng Lian said, but he couldn't believe his eyes, so he had this question.

"Lao Cheng, things are too strange. Please comfort the brothers first and stop fighting."

Cheng Lian nodded, began to gather the remaining soldiers, and treated the wounds of the injured soldiers.

At this moment, there was silence in Cao Jun's camp. No one dared to speak. They all stared at the blazing flames in front of them with their eyes wide open.

After a long time, the generals suddenly realized and turned to look at Cao Cao, because before the flames rose, they seemed to hear Cao Cao reciting the fire wall technique, and then the flames appeared.

Cao Cao didn't take a fancy to anyone, he just looked at the flames burning in front of the formation, with a somewhat complicated expression in his eyes.

The Fire Wall Technique is really powerful. Even the powerful Bingzhou Cavalry can only retreat in front of the Fire Wall Technique.

But the price made Cao Cao feel extremely distressed.

One hundred thousand gold coins!

In order to purchase the fire wall technique, Cao Cao almost emptied the city of Puyang.

It can be said that in the Puyang City that Yan Liang took over, all the hard work was gone, and there was no longer any property.

In fact, in the game, one hundred thousand gold coins is a lot, but compared with the exchange value, it is not too outrageous.

However, if you use the copper coins of the Eastern Han Dynasty to exchange them, the amount will be astronomical.

Back then, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, spent 500 million copper coins to change his position to a Taiwei.

Now, I only exchanged so many copper coins for a fire wall spell.

Although the fire wall technique is powerful, it can only be used once and is a consumable item.

Others thought Cao Cao was observing the results of the battle, but no one knew that he was actually heartbroken.

After a long time, the flame gradually extinguished and everything returned to its original state.

Wherever the flame appeared, no trace was left, as if the flame had never burned.

Cao Cao suddenly said, "Order the army to retreat. Cao Hong, you come and break the rear."

"The general will obey your orders."

Although everyone had too many questions in their minds, at this critical moment, they did not bother to ask. After all, it was more important to escape now, and it would not be too late to talk once it was safe.

Cheng Lian, who was standing far away, saw Cao Jun retreating and said hurriedly, "Old Zhang, Cao Jun is leaving, let's chase him quickly."

Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "Order everyone to follow behind and not to come forward."

He was very worried. If the cavalry caught up with him and Cao Jun fired another fire, wouldn't he lose a lot of cavalry again?

Among Lu Bu's troops, Zhang Liao knew that what Lu Bu cared about the most was the Bingzhou cavalry. If he lost too much, he might not be satisfied even if he won.

Cheng Lian also tasted the power of the flames just now, and nodded without forcing it, "We'd better send someone to pass the news back and ask Wen Hou to come as soon as possible."

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To be continued...