Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 72 Liu Xuande is no longer the same as before

Upon learning that Lu Bu might appear, Liu Bei urgently dispatched the Armored Battalion and the Sonic Battalion for reinforcement.

To deal with cavalry, you must have a crossbow and use it in conjunction with a horse trap.

Liu Bei said: "The most urgent task is to break through Cao Cao's camp within a few days to avoid being trapped here."

"When the armored battalion arrives, attack immediately."

"Yes!" Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun responded.

Shortly after Liu Bei sent the message, a scout suddenly came to report that the Yanzhou camp was counting the soldiers and distributing weapons and armor, as if they were intending to lead their troops out of the camp.

After learning this, Liu Bei was stunned and he and Guo Jia looked at each other.

I immediately went to investigate again and found that it was indeed the case.

Guo Jia laughed and said, "It seems that the morale of the soldiers from Yanzhou is a little low. Cao Mengde wants to appease the army. He can only win a small victory first to let the soldiers know that our army is not invincible."

He bowed and congratulated Liu Bei, saying, "Cao Cao has given us the opportunity to fight. You no longer need to worry about Lu Bu. We have defeated the enemy today."

Liu Bei also smiled and gazed at the Yanzhou camp wall many times. He didn't expect that Meng De was too enthusiastic and did not hide in the wall. Instead, he was eager to meet him. He could not miss his good intentions.

He returned to the camp and summoned all the generals and lieutenants, saying: "Yunchang will lead the army to attack the left, Yide will lead the army to attack the right, and Zilong will lead the cavalry to penetrate the gap between the central army and the rear army of Yanzhou, so as to separate the front and the back.

"Move Guan Hai to the vanguard. In this battle, the big flag will stand upright in the camp and the central army will serve as the vanguard to fight and defeat the enemy!"

"Xianhe and Fengxiao will hold the main camp and provide support at any time. Ziyi will lead his cavalry and I will stay on the side, roaming around to observe the enemy's weak points."

All the generals and captains bowed and accepted the order.

When the drums sounded, the soldiers of the Qingzhou military camp put on their armor with the help of auxiliary soldiers and quickly checked their weapons.

The troops of each camp coordinated and marched forward. Liu Bei observed the battle and found that although the opposing phalanx seemed tight, the coordination between the phalanxes was far less orderly than that of his own soldiers.

Some are about ten steps apart, and some are fifteen or sixteen steps apart. However, being able to train to this level can be considered a "strong army" in Kanto, where rookies are fighting each other.

No wonder Cao Mengde dared to take the initiative to fight, it turned out that he had a strong army at hand.

Liu Bei said to Taishi Ci seriously, "Xu Rong once told Cao Cao that the quality of soldiers should be valued, not their quantity. Today I will teach him another lesson. Soldiers who are recruited without full-time training will only be defeated in battle."

Whether it is the will to fight, the desire to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, or the elimination of the soldiers' worries, whether it is military training or combat experience, the two are not on the same level.

War drums beat, and the soldiers formed a shield formation and advanced forward.

Fortunately, there are not many war horses in Yanzhou, and they have not yet formed a large-scale cavalry. Otherwise, they would have to deploy large shield spear formations and caltrops on the flanks.

After approaching under a hail of arrows, the two armies did not send anyone to conduct preliminary probing, but simply collided on the battlefield.

Cao Cao placed the combat troops of Yanzhou in the front row and the auxiliary soldiers in the back to prevent the front army from being defeated.

Then he chose to charge with most of his forces, and Liu Bei also sent his entire army of more than 6,400 soldiers forward.

In a narrow area forty miles east of Liaocheng, if you look down from the battlefield, Liu Bei's army is still surrounded by the Yanzhou army.

Cao Cao stood on tiptoe on the high platform and looked over. He chuckled and said, "Since ancient times, if an army is surrounded, it must retreat. If it retreats, it will be in chaos. If it is in chaos, it will be defeated. It seems that Liu Bei will be repelled by me."

Cao Chun did not speak, his eyes were on Cao Ren who was leading the charge...

The Qingzhou soldiers marched in unison, charging forward against the enemy's spears and lances, hacking left and right, and charging into the enemy formation with knives and spears.

The Yanzhou soldiers were unable to resist and kept falling down.

From a distance, it seemed that Liu Bei's troops were surrounded, but in fact they were losing soldiers all the time. Cao Ren led his troops to fight hard several times, but they were unable to break up the enemy's formation. He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. And there was another thing that surprised him. The number of armored soldiers of the enemy, several thousand, was equal to their 40,000 people, and almost everyone had iron armor.

Damn it, how can I kill him like this! ?

Cao Ren cursed in his heart.

At the same time, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan's attacks on both wings were also pushed back.

The Yanzhou formation was retreating instead of advancing, and was forced to move backwards by spears, swords and shields.

Standing on a high place, Cao Cao realized that the situation was not good, so he quickly ordered Cao Chun to lead the central army to resist the enemy's attack.

As soon as they set out, they saw the enemy cavalry interspersed and tried to intercept the connection between the central army and the rear army.

He was horrified. Did they want to catch all of them, tens of thousands of them, in one gulp?

When Liu Bei saw the enemy being repelled, he immediately ordered the flag bearer to wave the flag, causing the rhythm of the drums to change abruptly and the atmosphere of murderous intent became more pervasive.

"Dong dong dong..."

When the soldiers heard that the time for the charge had come, they quickened their pace and chased after them.

Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun attacked the armies on both sides, but they were defeated under the fierce attack of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei continued to lead their troops in pursuit, attacking directly the flanks of Cao's vanguard and central army. The Yanzhou army was in danger and the people's morale was unstable.

Seeing that the battle in the front was failing, Cao Hong of the rear army rushed to support, but was blocked between the two armies by Zhao Yun and his cavalry, who intersected them many times and made the soldiers afraid to move forward.

Cao Hong had no choice but to lead his troops forward to encourage the soldiers, but they were unable to get to the front for a while.

Cao Cao watched from the high platform as his soldiers were attacked by the Qingzhou army on the left, right and front sides. It was like they were hit by a sledgehammer and could not take care of the front and back. The military orders were no longer effective and the formation could no longer be maintained. They were cut into pieces.

The noise on the battlefield became louder and louder, and some soldiers began to flee for their lives.

I was lamenting that Liu Bei would fail, but I didn't expect that he would be defeated on the battlefield in just half a moment.

Cao Chun abandoned the central army, returned to the high platform, and ordered his men to carry Cao Cao and prepare to retreat.

Cao Cao pushed away all the soldiers who had surrounded him and shouted to Cao Chun, "Go down and command the troops. Anyone who retreats without permission will be executed. Don't you understand military orders?"

"As long as Zi Lian breaks through the cavalry's blockade, we can turn defeat into victory. How can we retreat at this critical moment? Go down quickly!"

Cao Chun knelt on the ground and said, "Meng De, this matter cannot be saved. We can still preserve our energy if we withdraw now. It will be too late if we withdraw later."

"As long as we are still alive, there is no need to worry about achieving great things in the future. Don't risk your life because of a momentary fit of anger."

Cao Cao roared, drew his sword and chopped the table, chopping the bamboo slips into pieces before he calmed down.

He stood there in silence for a while, then said, "Send the order to retreat. Since we lost the first battle, the main camp can no longer hold out. The people in the counties are in chaos and can no longer defend. We should retreat to Puyang. We can still fight with Chenliu behind us."

Seeing Cao Chun quickly telling Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others to retreat, the soldiers on the high platform also left.

Cao Cao raised his head and smiled bitterly. Is God playing a trick on me, Cao Mengde?

Liu Xuande was not the same as he remembered, and he had trained soldiers who were as fierce as Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou Army.

He replied with a sigh: "Cao Mengde, you must remember that you cannot look at things with the eyes of the past. This time is a lesson for you!"

　Thanks to my book friend My Tracks for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)