Xuchang city.

Cao Xiu said to Cao Cao excitedly: "Lord (known as lord in front of others and uncle in the future), General Jiang Qi has broken through the wall of Liang army!"

"Um."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, but there was no trace of joy on his face, and even a hint of haze flashed through his eyes.

Although with the suppression of Cao's archers, the resistance of the Liang army would become difficult, but it would not be impossible to resist. Jiang Qi's success was much easier than Cao Cao expected. Cao Cao thought that if he wanted to tear the Liang army's wall, Jiang Qi's five thousand heavy armor would be very few, even if he could succeed.

But now, Jiang Qi not only tore open a gap of twenty feet wide, but also only suffered 2,000 soldiers. This extraordinary success cannot help but worry Cao Cao.

It is obvious that the Liang army did not do their best, and they seemed to intend to indulge Jiang Qi to tear the village wall.

"Lord." Xun You leaned over quietly and said to Cao Cao, "Liang's actions are a bit abnormal."

Cheng Yu took Xun You's conversation and said, "Is this a trap?"

"Even if we know it is a trap, our army will have to bend in our hearts." Xun Yu said in a heavy tone, "The so-called "there is no turning back" arrow. Since the breakout battle has begun, it is impossible to stop halfway. Otherwise, the morale of the soldiers of the three armies will be even more impossible to break out! Now our army can only make a decision and fight the Liang army to the end!"

"Well, the so-called brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road. Now it depends on who can hold on to the end!" Cao Cao nodded and said to Cao Xiu, "Wen Lie, immediately order Jiang Qi and Han Meng to seize the position in the open space opposite the trench. No matter how fierce the Western Liang Iron Cavalry attacked, no matter how large the casualties were, they must be nailed to the spot like a nail, and they must not take a step back! Let Lu Qian lead the remaining archers to press forward, and assist the heavy armored infantry to resist the counterattack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry! Then let the Tibetan battalion's light troops speed up to fill the trench and flatten the passage for Zhang He's cavalry to advance. As long as Zhang He's cavalry team can pass, the breakthrough will be half successful!"

[The five thousand old troops under Cao Cao's tent have all been killed in battle, and nearly 50,000 surrendered troops in Jizhou are all equipped with force: Zhang He, 5,000 cavalry, Jiang Qi, and Han Meng each lead 5,000 heavy armored infantry, Lu Qian leads 10,000 archers, Yin Li, Sun Guan, and Song Xian each leads 5,000 light troops to feint attacks at the three gates of the north, east and west. Finally, there are eight,000 light troops led by Zangba. The eight,000 light troops of Zangba have suffered more than 2,000 casualties in order to clear the antlers in the trench.]

After saying this, Cao Cao continued, "I ordered Yin Li, Sun Guan, and Song Xian to give up the three gates and come to the south gate to meet immediately."

"Affect the order."

Cao Xiu took the order and left in a hurry.

After the initial panic and helplessness, the Liang army finally began to counterattack.

Amid the sound of trumpets, teams of Xiliang Iron Cavalry came out from the front and sides, launching a tide-like attack on the infantry formation formed by Jiang Qi and Han Meng. However, the number of Xiliang Iron Cavalry was not large, and all of them were only more than 2,000 cavalry, which could not pose a fatal threat to the infantry formation of Cao's army.

Under the rows of spearheaded cavalry of Xiliang, although Cao's army suffered heavy casualties, with its strong military advantage, it still withstood the counterattack of Xiliang's cavalry again and again.

Half an hour later, Lu Qian's archers finally came up, and the Western Liang cavalry was forced to retreat, and Cao's army finally stabilized its position outside the trench!

Without the harassment of the Xiliang archers, the light troops led by the Tibetan Ba ​​were much faster to fill the trench. By noon, a passage for cavalry was finally filled. At this time, the 15,000 light troops led by Yin Li, Sun Guan and Song Xian had all gathered outside the south gate of Xuchang. At this point, all 40,000 troops under Cao Cao had gathered outside the south gate of Xuchang.

Amid the intense sound of war drums, Cao Cao appeared outside the South Gate wearing bronze armor of ordinary Hebei cavalry, surrounded by Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Jia Kui and others. Everyone was also wearing bronze armor of cavalry. The clan general Cao Xiu led the last three hundred cavalry, tiger and leopard cavalry closely behind Cao Cao.

Surprisingly, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also removed the iron armor and put on the bronze armor of the Hebei cavalry. Obviously, the cunning Cao Cao had reserved a retreat and disguised himself and his important counselors as ordinary cavalry among the five thousand Hebei cavalry. In an emergency, such camouflage can often play an unexpected role.

Outside the south gate, Zhang He's five thousand elite cavalry had already gathered to stand by, and under the scorching sun in winter, a golden light reflected, like a heavenly soldier and general, with a magnificent momentum.

Zhang He and Zhang Liao stood in front of the formation in parallel.

Suddenly, Zhang He slammed the reins of the horse. The war horse under his crotch suddenly stood up with a long neigh, kicking the front hooves in the air, and then he stepped heavily, making a dull sound. The eyes of the five thousand soldiers immediately focused on Zhang He. Zhang He slowly pressed down the iron spear in his hand, pointed at the passage that had just been filled in front with the tip of the spear, and shouted sternly: "Soldiers of the three armies, have you seen the road ahead? It is a bloody road, a bloody road paved by infantrymen with their lives and corpses!"

There was a dead silence up and down the city gate, only Zhang He's loud voice echoed the north wind calling, stirring endlessly between heaven and earth.

"More than 10,000 infantry soldiers, in order to pave this way, they died alive under the arrows of the Liang army!" Zhang He's eyes suddenly turned red, and he roared, "The blood of these infantry soldiers must not be vain, and their lives must not be vain! The children of Hejian County (these five thousand elite cavalry were the old subordinates brought out by Zhang He from Hejian County) must be repaid with blood. Use the sabers in your hands to find the Liangzhou coyotes opposite to take revenge!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

Five thousand elite cavalry responded with three shouts, and the momentum was shocking. As the cavalry roared at the top of their lungs, Cao's morale also rose to its peak, and the final moment of decisive battle finally arrived.

Liang Army camp.

A faint smile flashed across Gao Shun's face, and he looked back at Li Su and said, "It's worthy of being Cao Cao. In such an unfavorable adversity, there is a way to make a surrendered army that has just surrendered to fight for his life, and it is really not easy to stimulate such a high morale."

Li Su's eyes showed a hint of worry and said to Gao Shun: "General, should you shrink the formation before the Cao army launched an attack? After all, the formation of the car is too scattered now, and it is easy for the Cao army cavalry to pass through the gap in the middle! Moreover, the Cao army has too many troops, almost twice that of our army. Even if the formation of the car can be closed in time and blocked the Cao army in the middle, with its strong military advantage, the Cao army may not be unable to break through our army's formation."

"No." Gao Shun shook his head and said, "Now the moving vehicle array will expose the target. Once Cao Cao sees through and changes the direction of the attack, the arrangements of the lord and military advisor will be wasted!"

Li Su said: "But the cavalry of Cao's army..."

Gao Shun said: "Even if the cavalry of Cao's army can break through the formation of chariots, there are still general's wolf cavalry waiting for him. They may not be able to break through the interception of the wolf cavalry. If you take a step back, even if the cavalry of Cao's army can break through the blockade of the wolf cavalry, you will not be able to reverse the overall situation! Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops are already finished!"

Gao Shun's tone showed a firm confidence, so Li Su stopped persuading each other.

In front of Cao's army.

"General Yin Li's troops have been arranged."

"General Sun Guan's troops have been arranged."

"General Song Xian's troops have been arranged."

Cao Xiu passed the mobilization of various units of the Cao army to Cao Cao like water. The breakthrough was about to be fought, but Cao Cao felt vaguely uneasy.

It was so abnormal, everything was so abnormal. The Liang army was waiting for Cao's army to set up a formation, but did not launch a large-scale counterattack while Cao's army was not yet firm in its foothold! Trap, this must be a trap! However, as Xun Yu said, even though he knew it was a trap, Cao Cao could only make up his mind to jump in.

Now it’s either Cao Cao’s fish dies or horse butcher’s net is broken, everything can only be left to fate!

God has helped the butcher Ma escape from death three times. Will he help the butcher Ma escape from death for the fourth time this time? Or will Cao Cao go on a journey and finally get the mercy of God and escape from death?

"Lord." The strategist Xun Yu rode his horse up and suggested to Cao Cao, "When you break through later, your ceremonial guards can break through with the infantry, and your lord himself would be better off with General Zhang He's cavalry team. After all, the cavalry moves fast and the chance of breaking through is greater."

"Um."

Cao Cao focused on the key points.

Xun Yu was only half of his words, but Cao Cao was a smart person, so of course he could hear what Xun Yu meant.

In fact, Xun Yu was reminding Cao Cao that when necessary, Cao Cao directly abandoned the infantry and only brought the cavalry to break through. Without the drag of the infantry, the speed of the cavalry to break through will greatly increase. After all, the trench blocking the Cao army no longer exists. From here to the outer periphery of the Liang army camp, there is a flat ground, and the speed of the cavalry running is far beyond that of the infantry.

“Annang…”

When Cao Cao was about to order an attack, an extremely excited horn suddenly sounded in front of him.

Accompanied by the horns, the dense Liang army camp tents on both sides and in front suddenly burst into pieces. However, it is surprising that under the cracked camp tents, there were not dense Liang army soldiers, but chariots! Each chariot is two meters high and four meters wide, and the body of the car is made of crisscrossing wooden nails.

The front of the cart is a flat panel, with rows of wooden stakes standing on the panel. The tops of the wooden stakes are sharpened, and the white and sharp emitting a heart-wrenching cold color under the setting sun.

"What?" Cao Cao suddenly took a breath of air conditioning and hissed, "What the hell is this?"

"It seems to be a vehicle made of wood nails." Liu Ye said sternly, "When the butcher Ma was still the captain of the Wuhuan, his adviser Guo Tu once used this vehicle to defeat Kebineng's Xianbei cavalry."

"Not good!" As soon as Liu Ye finished speaking, Xun Yu shouted, "Lord, these vehicles are moving!"

"Well, it can still move!?"

Cao Cao was shocked again and looked forward with a quick look. Sure enough, he saw these bulky vehicles moving slowly. They were originally crisscrossed and placed on the plain in a mess. However, in less than a moment, these vehicles were slowly connected to form a whole between advance and retreat. The flat front instantly formed a solid wall that was about two meters high and hundreds of steps wide.

What is particularly hopeless is that this hard wall is covered with sharp antlers and cannot be climbed at all!

"Oh my God, the vehicles on both sides are moving too!" When Cao Cao was shocked, Cheng Yu also shouted, "And he was crushing towards our army from three directions!"

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

As Cheng Yu finished speaking, the neat and loud horns of Liang soldiers sounded at the left and right and front at the same time. The movement speed of the three hard walls gradually began to accelerate. The gap between the two hard walls on the left and right and the original village walls quickly disappeared, and the distance between them and the front wall gradually approached. Without a meal, the three hard walls could be completely closed.

At that time, the way Cao's army will be completely blocked. If Cao's army cannot break through these three hard walls, then the fate waiting for them will be to retreat in panic. However, there is only one passage to retreat. In order to escape, Cao's army will definitely trample on each other. Even if they escape back to Xuchang City, these remnants will only be dead.

In other words, from this moment on, Cao's army had only two choices, either through the gap before the three hard walls closed, or launch a strong attack after the solid walls closed, breaking the three hard walls from the front, and then breaking through calmly, and there is no third choice.

If you choose to break through first, Cao Cao must ruthlessly abandon all the infantry!

Only the cavalry's movement speed can pass through the gap before the three blocks are firmly closed.

"I understand!" Cao Cao finally understood Liang's intention and said sternly, "This is the Ma Butcher's good plan! However, with these three wooden walls, Ma Butcher wanted to block the 40,000 army of orphans. Isn't this a little too big, right?"

"Lord!" Xun Yu, a strategist, said anxiously, "You should not underestimate the horse butcher's carriage formation! Lord, take advantage of the three walls that have not yet been closed, and follow General Zhang He's cavalry to break through!"

"Please break through first!"

"Please break through first!"

"Please break through first!"

Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and others all turned over and dismounted and knelt down.

When Cao Cao was hesitating, Xun Yu said anxiously: "There is no time, Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, where is the Tibetan tyrant?"

Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, and Zangba rushed forward and clasped their fists and replied, "The last one will be here."

Xun Yu said: "Immediately lead the lords and Gongda, Zhongde and Ziyang to General Zhang He's army and break through with the cavalry team!"

Seeing that Xun Yu had already taken the initiative without authorization, Cao Cao no longer insisted on staying, but just shouted, "What about Wen Ruo you?"

Xun Yu smiled and said loudly: "The army's main formation cannot be without one. The military advisor who is the lord should stay and command the various units to break through. Don't worry, lord. Although the Liang army's chariot formation is powerful, it may not be able to trap our army's 40,000 heavy troops. It is still unknown who will win."

"Wen Ruo." Cao Cao's expression became dark, and he immediately rode his horse and turned his head and raised his whip and shouted, "Go!"

The iron hooves rolled, Cao Cao and his party quickly left, Xun Yu straightened his clothes and bowed to the direction where Cao Cao was leaving, lord... take care of it!

Liang Army’s rear formation, watchtower.

Li Su suddenly shouted: "Look at General, Cao's cavalry has indeed broken through first!"

"Um."

Gao Shun nodded and looked down from a high place. Sure enough, he saw that the five thousand Cao army cavalry had already divided into two strands and rushed straight into the gap between the three walls. The intention of Cao army cavalry was self-evident. He wanted to take advantage of the three walls to close and detour behind the Liang army's chariot formation and assist the infantry in front and behind to attack the Liang army.

"General Jutu." Gao Shun turned around and shouted to Jutu, "It's up to you to see your wolf cavalry now."
Chapter completed!