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According to the division of labor, Li Dian was responsible for the Eastern and Northern lines, and Zhang Liao was also responsible for the Southern and Western lines. Li Dian led a thousand soldiers to the northeast corner. In the pale moonlight, he saw countless tall soldiers wearing heavy armor fighting fiercely with his subordinates.

The enemy was extremely fierce. Wherever the blade passed, blood was bursting and flesh flew everywhere. Around them were the broken limbs and broken arms of Cao's soldiers, which were bloody and tragic. Fortunately, the enemy was unable to move and was blocked by many large baggage vehicles.

Li Dian was so shocked that his scalp was blown up. He knew that this must be the most famous heavily armored infantry in the Han army.

At this time, behind him, Cao's soldiers shouted: "General, several enemy troops have entered the hinterland."

Li Dian turned his head and saw fires in the middle of the hills and flames soaring into the sky. It was the location of the tent of the forage. There were running mules, horses and other livestock everywhere, and it was in chaos. Just when Li Dian felt at a loss, a cavalry rushed over and shouted: "General Li, General Zhang, please block the enemy's entrance, and he will deal with the enemy in the hinterland."

Li Dian suddenly relaxed his heart, waved his gun and shouted: "Brothers, block the enemy with me."

At this time, the 1,500 Cao troops in the northeast corner had been killed, and only a few were fighting fiercely with each other. Li Dian was shocked and angry, and roared. He waved his spear and rushed forward. The Qian Cao troops followed him like an ant colony, blocking the passage of heavy-armored infantry.

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The Cao army had more than 20,000 people, and the Han army was also 20,000 people. The two sides were balanced in terms of military strength. Although the Cao army had a slight advantage in using the terrain, the Cao army was on the defensive after all, while the Han army attacked and the initiative was in the hands of the Han army, so the two sides were actually evenly matched.

However, the appearance of a thousand heavy armored infantry broke this balance. The strong combat power of the heavy armored infantry quickly tore open the defensive front of Cao's army, leaving Cao's army in a passive state on the whole line. Zhang Liao also received news that the defensive line was broken, which made him anxious. He personally led thousands of soldiers to the fire in the center of the hill.

At this time, under the leadership of Liu Hu, nearly five soldiers of the Han army had entered the hinterland of the hill from the gap in the northeast corner, and a large number of Han troops were continuously attacking this gap.

But Liu Hu also made a mistake. After leading his army into the hinterland, he did not immediately support other Han troops who were attacking the defensive line, but instead focused his main energy on attacking the hinterland of Cao's army, including destroying the cattle and horse pennants, burning the forage tent, and cutting off the main battle flag of Cao's army.

Of course, destroying the cattle and horse pendant is very beneficial to disrupt Cao's army's defense. Cutting off the battle flag can also impact the morale of the enemy. Liu Hu's approach is nothing wrong, but everything has priorities. At this critical moment, destroying the cattle and horse pendant is nothing different from destroying the battle flag.

At this time, Zhang Liao led a thousand people to kill. They cut arrows and shot, blocked the attack, and tried to divide and annihilate the five-armored infantry. Liu Hu also realized that he had made a mistake. He felt regretful, and his brave fighting spirit broke out and shouted: "Brothers line up."

Liu Hu swung his long sword as he slashed his horse and flew like snowflakes, and instantly slashed the heads of the Cao army soldiers. The five-armored infantry quickly gathered. Although the Cao army tried hard to divide, it was difficult to stop the gathering of the heavy-armored infantry. Zhang Liao was also shocked by the strong combat power of the heavy-armored infantry.

At this time, a gust of wind sounded behind him. Zhang Liao knew something was wrong and lowered his head and rolled out. A cold light slashed over his head. He saw a tall and burly infantry soldier holding a sabre in his hand and slashing the air with one knife.

The tooth general shouted again, pounced towards Zhang Liao from the side, slashing the knife, and the knife was extremely sharp. He went from high to bottom, like an eagle rabbit, but Zhang Liao dodged and avoided the tragic knife, picked up a long spear, swung the spear against the spear, and stabbed the spear. The tip of the spear penetrated the eye hole on the heavy armored infantry helmet, and a shot pierced the other party's head. With a tragic hiss, the tooth general's huge body was lifted high. Zhang Liao threw the spear and threw the other party's body more than a foot away.

The death of the general made the five-armored infantry red eyes. They roared in unison, formed a wall, cut horses and long swords out, killing Cao's soldiers to retreat step by step.

Zhang Liao commanded his soldiers to surround the heavily armored infantry with combat vehicles, and barely resisted the opponent's attack. Seeing that the enemy was large in number, Liu Hu also ordered to stop the attack, temporarily retreated to the cattle and horse pendant to recover his strength, and confront the enemy.

The sound of the Han army's war drums rumbled again, and a Han army of more than 10,000 people quickly fought from the western front and continued to attack the most unstable southwest corner defense line of Cao's army.

At this time, the situation of Cao's army was already very unfavorable, but Pin was not in a hurry to defeat Cao's army. He changed the rhythm of the attack again and ordered Cai Jin to lead the second batch of Han troops to attack the Western Front, with a total of 10,000 troops.

Although there were heavy casualties under the dense arrow formation of Cao's army, an army had already broken through the southwest defense line, while the other 8,000 Han troops were eyeing outside the army and were ready to push forward at any time.

At this time, a soldier rushed to Zhang Liao to report: "General, the southwest corner has been broken, we can't support it, General Sun asks for help."

Zhang Liao had just stabilized the southwest corner and handed over the heavy defense to his general Sun Tai. He led his army to block the heavy armored infantry in the hinterland. Unexpectedly, just after he left, the southwest corner was broken again. Zhang Liao was furious and said, "Go and tell him that if you don't block the gap within a quarter of an hour, I want his head."

Although he hated, Zhang Liao had to worry about it. He ordered another 2,000 Cao's army from the northern line to reinforce the southwest corner. More than 1,000 Cao's army in the southwest corner had died or injured, and less than eight people resisted hard under the command of the captain Sun Tai.

In the night, Cao's army's archery lost its lethality, its morale was sluggish, and it was even more difficult to resist the attack of the Han army. If it were not for the recruitment of the Han army and the army was sent to attack the Cao army's defense line in turn, Cao's army would have already failed at this time.

Standing at a high place, he still looked at the battle of the high ground with a calm expression. From time to time, he turned around and looked north. He had just received the order from Liu Jing that the cavalry of Cao might go south to aid the rear army, but he asked him to fight according to his plan and not be affected by the cavalry.

I understand what Liu Jing means, that is, there has been deployment in the north.

At this time, a military marquis rushed over on a horse and immediately bowed: "We can already break through the enemy's defense on the western front. General Cai asked for instructions, can we attack the entire line?"

Teng asked: "How is the situation of General Tiger?"

"General Tiger is confronting the enemy, and there is no fierce battle between the two sides for the time being."

Pin nodded and said, "Tell me my order to General Cai, wait patiently for a while, wait for my order."

"Zhou Ling" the military marquis urged the horse to run away, and Pin's eyes turned to the north again. He had to cooperate with Liu Jing's overall layout. Defeating the enemy too early would affect the ambushing cavalry operations. He needed to wait and see the battle situation in the north before making a decision.

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In the dark night, a cavalry of 5,000 people, led by the general Cao Xiu, was moving south quickly. Cao Xiu was Cao Hong's nephew. He was tall, powerful, skilled, and brave and good at fighting. Together with Cao Zhen, he was known as the second tiger horse of the Cao family and became the leader of the younger generation of the Cao family.

Cao Xiu was not only brave but also very strategic. He was valued by Cao Cao and appointed as the commander of the cavalry of the Suwei by Cao Cao and was captain of Zhenyong. He originally followed Cao Chun to the north, but received urgent news from Cao Cao and ordered him to lead 5,000 cavalry to rescue Zhang Liao's troops in the rear army.

Five thousand cavalrymen rushed forward. Under the bleak moonlight, they saw yellow dust rolling on the official road, and cavalrymen who were about a few miles long were marching in a row on the official road towards the south.

This is the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army. Most of the soldiers were not Han people, but Wuhuan Hu people. They were superb riding skills, good at riding and shooting, and had strong personal abilities. After rigorous and regular training, they became a daunting elite cavalry.

Although these cavalry were skilled in riding, the speed of marching at night was still not the same as during the day, and they could not ride on horseback, which made Cao Xiu quite anxious. After two hours, he had only walked for more than fifty miles, and he was worried that the rear army could no longer resist it.

The army had passed Hekou Town, only more than ten miles away from Bailonggang where the rear army was besieged. So far, no defeated soldiers of the rear army were seen, which shows that Zhang Liao's army had not failed and was still supporting. Then Cao Xiu relaxed a little. He immediately ordered the army to slow down the horses and try to let the war horses rest. At the same time, he sent several scouts to the front to inquire about the situation.

At this time, Cao Xiu looked at the surrounding terrain. Most of the area was plains, but you could still see some abrupt hilly and mountain shadows in the distance. Large wheat fields were distributed on both sides of the official road, and the earing period was already reached. However, due to the lack of management, the wheat fields did not grow well, and the large areas were trampled by the army.

In addition to the wheat fields, there were also dense wood belts, and there was no people. There was silence around. Cao Xiu did not see any signs of ambushing troops, and his eyes turned to the front. At this time, the scout rushed over with a Zhang Liao's messenger.

The informant soldier held the arrow in his hand and said on his fist: "Report to General Cao, we were surrounded by 20,000 Han troops in Bailonggang, with nearly 40% of the casualties and were eagerly looking forward to the general's assistance."

"I understand, let's hurry up now."

Cao Xiu shouted loudly: "Tell me my order and marches quickly."

The cavalry of Cao's army accelerated again, and the horse's hooves hit the ground, making a dull sound like thunder. Soon, the army walked for several miles. There was a lush forest ahead. The Investigator had inspected the woods and found no abnormalities. Cao Xiu no longer suspected and ordered the army to go quickly.

But there was a time difference between the inspection and the arrival of the army, about a cup of tea. In the interval of this time difference, ten thousand Han soldiers led by Pang De and Wei Yan had quickly rushed into the woods from afar, stopped more than 60 steps away, and carefully ambushed. They hid in the grass or in the big trees, quietly watching the cavalry passing by in the distance.

The Cao army's cavalry lasted for several miles and had to fight the middle of the cavalry to achieve the greatest effect. Ten thousand Han soldiers were distributed in the two-mile-long woods. They had quietly raised military crossbows and aimed at the cavalry on the official road, waiting for the order to appear.
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