.I leaned comfortably on the chair, drinking tea while admiring the firelight in the sky. Whether in my previous life or in this life, I have never seen such a big fire. Half of the sky seems to be burning. Be good! How many things are there for firewood! My only concept is that they are enough for one million people. By the way, there are still tens of thousands of war horses that have eaten more than half a year of food and grass and were lit! Alas... it's a waste! How much can it be sold if it is transported to a place with shortage of food!

Just when I sighed that waste is the biggest crime in the world, the war drum and horn sounded at the same time, and it came! Yuan Shao's army had already begun to attack us.

I jumped from the chair and ran into the tent of the General Staff. As soon as I entered, I saw Jia Xu Chen pondering in front of the sand table that occupied one-third of the size of the entire tent. Seven or eight staff members were inserting small flags representing the military strength of both sides on the sand table based on the news from the horse. I looked carefully and saw that the Yuan army attacked from the front was about 60,000, and there were 30,000 to 40,000 troops divided into two teams to protect the two wings. About seven or eight miles away from the first Yuan army, a large number of troops were coming quickly. In terms of scale, it should be at least 150,000.

Jia Xu seemed to have thought of something, and he said to the messenger beside him: "Tell General Xiahou Dun of the Left Army and General Cao Ren of the Right Army, and tell them to implement the original plan. No matter what happens to the Central Army, no attack will be allowed without military orders." After that, he set his eyes on the sand table.

I walked to Jia Xu and asked, "Wenhe, did you find anything wrong?"

Jia Xu said: "General Cao Ren brought 50,000 troops to defend the front, and the Yuan army attacked with 100,000. If the Yuan army charges without regard to casualties, it will definitely be a tough battle. I am afraid that the left and right armies will be dispatched in advance to the crisis of the Central Army. If this happens when the second group of Yuan troops arrives, our army will be in danger."

I was wondering! When I watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the past, Cao's army should have won easily in this battle, but now it has become a tough battle? It seems that the generals sent by Yuan Shao to attack Cao's camp are definitely talented. I have to figure out who is so fierce! It makes Jia Xu feel tricky, and I asked: "Who is Yuan Jun leading the army?"

Jia Xu said: "According to the return of the horse detective, it was Zhang He, the general of the Central Army of Ningguo."

One of the five good generals! They may not be very good at planning, but the one who commands the battle is good. However, no matter how powerful you Zhang He is, you should not be able to attack. So I said, "Wenhe doesn't have to worry too much. Although it is a hard battle, Cao Hong will definitely be able to defend it."

Jia Xu is also an adventurer. He nodded and said, "As long as the central army can restrain Zhang He, after Yuan Shao comes to reinforce and join the battle, our army will be ambushed together. Then use the tiger and leopard cavalry to launch an attack on their weak areas, and you will be able to win."

Just as Jia Xu and I were discussing military affairs, someone suddenly snorted coldly beside us. This sound was full of arrogance and three-point disdain, which shocked people's ears buzzing. I think it was because I had used my energy to squeeze the breath out of my nose and eyes to make such a big noise. Damn! Who is this? Since I came to this era, except for my wife, no one has dared to hum me like this! Besides! It's so happy that my wife hums! Why are you a big man humming! It's so ugly! I want to see who is not afraid of death!

Jia Xu and I looked back at the same time, but the source of the sound was Xu You!

Xun You, who came with Xu You, secretly blamed himself for being troublesome. He was originally kind enough to bring Xu You, who had just arrived, to get familiar with the situation, so he brought him to visit.

But just visit, you can visit. People are discussing military affairs, just listen to it next to you. What's there to hum! These two are not easy to mess with. Guo Jia is the lord's most trusted strategist, and Jia Xu is not too short of that. Don't look at them, one is lazy and smiling all day long, and the other always has an expression of not having to worry about himself. But all the civil and military officials in the Cao army knew about it. It was obvious that they took advantage of the chaos to kill the queen, destroy the imperial concubine, and burn the father-in-law a few years ago. They were all cruel and vicious masters, and it would be better to offend them less if they were not satisfied.

Seeing that Jia Xu and I looked wrong, Xun You hurriedly smoothed out and said, "I haven't had a rest since I came here, and I've been in the wind for a long time. I wonder if I have suffered from the cold, or should I go and see the doctor first." After that, he pulled Xu You up and ran out.

Honest people are honest people. Even the reasons for making up are so bad, I shook my head and ignored them anymore but continued to discuss military information with Jia Xu.

Xu You was very dissatisfied with Xun You's forced pull to the outside tent. After breaking away from Xun You's hand, he said, "Why do you need this? There are many inappropriate things about them, so why don't I point them out in person?"

Xun You said: "Ziyuan doesn't know anything. The lord's command is talking about how to plan his politics in his position, and civil officials and military generals have their own division of labor and their own responsibilities. They must not be surpassed at all."

"Is this Guo Jia's idea?" After getting Xun You's approval, Xu You sneered: "Have I already violated the taboo of this Sikong Priest Master Jiu?"

I heard something in Xu You's words. Xun You said seriously: "Zi Yuan misunderstood. It is said that Taoism has specialties and expertise, and each has its own responsibilities and does not surpass each other. It is to give full play to each other's strengths, not to exclude others. Zi Yuan is good at strategy, and it is a matter of making plans for the lord, not to be considered a matter of transcendence. But today is different. Yesterday was before the war, and now is the time for war. According to the regulations of the lord, no one can propose to the lord before the war.

The Military Commission shall establish a strategy based on the situation, and then the General Staff of the Military Commission shall cooperate with the main generals to formulate specific action plans. However, when the war is at the same time, except for the leading generals who command according to the situation, the General Staff shall be unified in the coordination and command between the various departments. Wen He is the head of the General Staff, and Feng Xiao is the main person in charge of the Military Commission, so today's battle is fully in charge of the strategic command. It is difficult for you and I to talk about it."

Xu You said angrily: "Does the plan they have made not be pointed out if there is any problem with it?"

Xun You said: "Ziyuan didn't know them when he first came. Wenhe was like a god, and worshiping filial piety was a perfect plan. Many situations seemed to be loopholes in others' eyes, but when they were in their hands, they were unpredictable plans to trap the enemy."

Xu You smiled unanimously and stopped talking, but he sneered in his heart. He just heard Guo Jia and Jia Xu discuss it. It was nothing more than the strength of the cavalry. No matter how powerful the tiger and leopard cavalry is, it is at most comparable to Gongsun Zan's white horse cavalry. In the Battle of Jieqiao that day, Yuan Shao used less than 20,000 infantrymen, and killed the 10,000 white horse cavalry that Gongsun Zan was proud of. Although Queyi, who was commanding these infantry at Jieqiao, was arrogant and killed by Yuan Shao because of his merits, those infantry are still there. It's fine! Anyway, this battle cannot be won completely, but with the courage of Cao's army, Yuan Shao could not attack in any case. Let you and the two of you suffer. When Cao Gong comes back, I will show my methods.

At this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and outside Cao's camp, the drums and roars were ringing, and the sound of killing sounds shook the sky. Zhang He stood on the high slope and directed his subordinates like a rushing flood. He launched a wave of attacks on the Cao army, who was waiting for battle.

Taking advantage of the darkest period before dawn, Yuan and local soldiers pushed their powerful crossbows to touch the front of Cao's army.

Although many stones were smashed by Cao's throwing cart, many powerful crossbows reached the launch position when they were unclear in sight. After shooting out the crossbow, Yuan Jun rushed straight to the first line of defense of Cao's army. With the help of Qiangnu's tearing, Yuan Jun rushed in without hesitation. Cao Jun and Yuan Jun stirred together like mud and sand in the mixer, and the throwing cart immediately lost its function. Archers from both sides came in handy at this time, tirelessly rigged their bows and shot arrows. There was no need to aim at it at all, because there were enemies everywhere.

Zhang He, who was standing on the high slope, breathed a sigh of relief. With the help of Chenxi, he clearly saw that Cao's thunder chariot was not far behind the first line of defense. As long as he could break through the first line of defense of Cao's army and destroy these catapults, the battle behind would be easy to fight. Without the thunder chariot, he could send the follow-up troops to attack the second line of defense with confidence. Unfortunately, in order to break through the first line of defense of Cao's army as soon as possible, he used all the crossbows during the first charge. If there were hundreds of cars now, no... even if there were only dozens of crossbows to destroy Cao's army, it would not be difficult. Now I hope Gao Lan can catch up as soon as possible.

Many of the shield soldiers on the front line of Cao's army were stabbed to the ground by crossbow arrows as thick as babies' arms, and some small gaps appeared. Facing Yuan Bing who had come in from the gap, Cao's spearmen under the cover of huge shields calmly stabbed one after another and stabbed Yuan Jun who was rushing over to the ground, and used his body to support the shield, Cao's spearmen also drew out his waist knife to cooperate with the spearmen to defend. Yuan Bing rushed to the front was not willing or unwilling to be pushed into the gap by the people behind him. Facing the fierce spears, they had no choice but to dance the weapons in their hands to fight for life and death. The strong bodies fell down. The number of people killed and injured on both sides increased rapidly. In just a dozen minutes, the bright red blood had begun to spread on the ground, and hundreds of meters of defense line gathered into a shallow stream.

Cao's army fought very hard. According to the plan formulated by the General Staff, the first line of defense was to delay time as much as possible after consuming the opponent's strong crossbow, so they did not allocate too many troops, and the archers behind them were only 7,000. It was very difficult to face the 20,000 elite Yuan Jun carefully selected by Zhang He. If it weren't for the advantages of equipment and the combat effectiveness he trained hard on weekdays, I was afraid that the first line of defense would have been lost long ago. The wounded soldiers who lost their combat effectiveness were rescued as much as possible by their comrades around them. The stretcher team transporting the wounded was running quickly on a certain route like an ants carrying food.

Under the consequences of 20,000 Yuan soldiers, one thousand shield soldiers and four thousand spearmen began to retreat step by step after only a cup of tea. Most of the shields blocking the first row were overturned to the ground, and the few shield soldiers retreated to the back under the cover of the spearmen. About 90% of the archers shot out the remaining few arrows and threw away the bows that were no longer available and quickly took off the light armor on their bodies. Grab the half-body armor beside them and put them on their bodies, then picked up the weapons and joined the battle group in an orderly manner. The remaining part quickly collected the bows and light armor discarded on the ground at a speed faster than the chicken pecking rice, and then left shakingly. In this era, many princes still asked the peasant soldiers to bring their own armor, and only the Cao army had such luxurious equipment.

Since occupying the wealthy Xuzhou, calls for expanding the scale of the army have gradually increased. Thinking about it, even though he was attacked from three sides, he had the ability to support 500,000 troops, but the number of troops has always been controlled at about 200,000. In the past, it was because there was only one state to raise 200,000 troops, but since it had obtained the wealth and large population of Xuzhou, it was natural to mention the daily routine of the Sikong Military Commission's discussions. At that time, no one expected that Guo Jia, who was far away in Xuzhou, would remotely control Cao Ang to oppose this matter. What was even more unexpected was that he not only disagrees with expanding the army, but instead proposed to screen out the nearly 100,000 troops obtained by the captive Lu Bu and Liu Bei's coalition forces to 30,000, except for a small number of people converted to local city defense forces, the rest were all sent home.

Although such a suggestion would not have caused many generals to object, it also caused quite a stir. However, this proposal was finally passed by Guo Jia's prestige in the hearts of all the generals over the years. However, the resolution was passed, but the subsequent measures were even more incredible. Under Guo Jia's suggestion, not only did the treatment of each Cao Cao soldier be greatly improved, but a lot of gold and silver were thrown into the equipment. The armor worn by an ordinary Cao soldier was almost comparable to the centurion under the command of other princes.

Only Cao's archers can enjoy the treatment of being equipped with two sets of armor for different purposes.

Cao Hong was calm and commanding the battle behind him. Although the first line of defense was about to collapse, everything was still under control. He could command such a large-scale battle so easily. He didn't dare to expect it in the past. It seemed that a few years ago, out of blind trust in Mr. Fengxiao and against his own wishes, it was correct to agree that the decision to not expand the size of the army after owning Xuzhou was correct. These soldiers, known as professional soldiers, not only had super combat power, but also commanded like an arm.

When he saw that the archers responsible for collecting equipment had retreated to the second line of defense, Cao Hong ordered the trumpet of two long and three short.

Hearing the signal of retreat, Cao Bing, who was fighting bloody and all Cao Jun, who were waiting for the battle, shouted in a loud voice as the sound of the horn fell and the sound of the war drums rose again, "Kill!... Kill!... Kill!" The first word killing exit, all Cao soldiers who could still fight on the first line of defense rushed towards the enemy closest to him, the second word killing exit, Yuan Jun, who was several times more powerful than him, had been killed several steps back, and the third word killing exit, all Cao soldiers decisively escaped from the enemy and retreated. Yuan Jun saw Cao Jun, who had just fallen down the mountain, retreated for no reason, and was a little at a loss. He waited for Cao Jun to run out dozens of meters before he woke up like a dream.

Zhang He's heart leaped three times with the word "kill" of Cao's army. Looking at the momentum of the enemy, he almost thought that Cao's army would fight back on the whole line. If so, the 20,000 vanguards he sent out would be wiped out. When he found that Cao's army was so powerful that it was just to make the defeated army retreat, he couldn't help but admire Cao's army so much. But Zhang He was Zhang He after all. He looked around and saw that Gao Lan's reinforcements had arrived in the rear and had already begun to adjust the formation according to the prior agreement. After the Cao army retreated in front, he

The more than a hundred thunderbolt chariots were exposed within their attack range. This was an opportunity. As long as they could quickly defeat the enemy's central army, regardless of whether there were ambushes on both wings, Cao's army was doomed to fail with Gao Lan's support. Although Cao's army was well-equipped and brave in combat, they looked at it. Zhang He knew the number of troops deployed by Cao's army head-on, and he had a lot of chance of winning with 100,000 attacks with 50,000. Therefore, Zhang He decisively ordered the entire army to attack, and the 80,000 army rushed towards the Cao's defense line like Mount Tai.

Without any psychological burden, Ma Chao, who watched the battle between Cao Hong, was shocked by the three words "kill" of Cao's army. Ma Chao, who had trained many soldiers, knew very well that the 50,000 army could make such a uniform sound under such circumstances, which was definitely not something that could be trained in one or two months.

Gao Lan, who caught up from behind, noticed that Zhang He's flag had begun to move forward. He knew that the war was going well. In order to avoid accidents, Gao Lan immediately ordered the 100,000 troops that had already arrived to start advancing and encircle the two wings of Cao's army, while the rest of the troops accelerated the reorganization.

Yuan Jun, who rushed through the first line of defense of Cao's army, quickly arrived near the catapult cart. Several Yuan Jun generals who rushed in the front laughed when they saw the catapult cart abandoned by Cao's army.
Chapter completed!