Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Not to mention that Cao Cao, with Cao Chun as his general and Cheng Yu as his military adviser, commanded [-] troops in Yuzhou to rescue Runan and resist Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu has a strong army and a strong horse, and Cao Cao dare not underestimate him at this time.

The disadvantage of being located in the Central Plains is fully revealed at this moment. You can expand your territory in any direction, but you can be easily attacked in any direction.

The scouts detected one of Cao Cao's troops, headed for Yongqiu, turned back when they were about to arrive, and immediately reported the news to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang felt that something was wrong, so he ordered more scouts to find out the news, and found that the last Cao army left the camp and went east. He guessed that Yuan Shu and Tao Qian might have started to act.

One person counts the short, and the two count the long. He immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals, told the people the information and guesses in his heart, and ordered them to analyze.

Fazheng thought for a moment, then said: "Master, Cao Cao has 10 people in Chenliu, 2 of them have gone to Kaocheng, and now another 4 are going to the east, and his camp has only [-] troops. Although our army is divided, But there are [-] soldiers available, and we can invite them to fight a decisive battle."

Liu Zhang lowered his head and thought, thinking that with [-] against [-], he could fight a dozen.

Seeing that Liu Ye had no intention of speaking, he wrote a letter in hand, ordering Yitun to deliver the letter to Cao Cao's camp.

Soldiers patrolling outside Cao Jun's camp found General Liu Zhang, Wen Wenming came to escort him to Cao Cao.

"Prime Minister, this man was sneaking around outside and was captured by us. He claimed to be Liu Zhang's envoy."

Cao Cao waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to retreat.

"You are Liu Zhang's envoy?"

"Exactly!" Tun Jiang replied without humility.

"Liu Zhang sent you here, why?"

"Send a letter of war, I wonder if Prime Minister Cao would dare to accept it?"

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed a couple of times, but thought this little aggressive method was very interesting, "Why don't you dare, present it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dian Wei, who was waiting beside Cao Cao, strode forward and took back the bamboo slips in Liu Zhangtun's hand, checked them before handing them to Cao Cao.

"The prime minister is expanding his territory in Xuzhou recently, and Yuan Shao and I will go hunting in Bingzhou. We are all safe and sound, but we don't want the prime minister to come here. Ji Yu is not very happy. He is willing to entertain [-] elite soldiers. Two days later, we will be outside the camp early in the morning. Twenty miles away, I still hope that the prime minister will come to the appointment!"

This is a typical battle letter, or a field battle letter. It is very elegantly written, and Cao Cao can understand it.

He thought for a while, and said: "I accept Liu Zhoumu's letter of war, and you go back and report to me. In two days, I will keep my promise!"

"Let's leave, villain!" General Liu Zhangtun saw that he had completed his mission, so he didn't dare to wait any longer, so he rode back immediately.

After he left, Cao Cao said to everyone: "Liu Zhang asked me to fight a decisive battle twenty miles outside the camp in two days."

After finishing speaking, he asked Dian Wei to pass the letter of war to Guo Jia, Xun You and others for circulation.

Xun You said: "Prime Minister, Liu Zhang is obviously bluffing. According to reports from spies, Liu Zhang has about 33 soldiers and horses. He has sent 15 people to Bingzhou. Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Yizhou still need troops to guard. If Chen Liu has ten troops Wan, Liangzhou will be in chaos!"

"That's right, if he had [-] troops, he would have attacked a long time ago. Why didn't he move at all when our army captured Xiangyi!"

Cao Cao also knew that Liu Zhang definitely did not have as many troops as himself, otherwise he would not be on the defensive, so after discussing, he immediately began to dispatch troops.

Two days later, before dawn, in Cao Jun's camp and Liu Jun's camp, which were far apart, the Huotou army was busy preparing breakfast. This meal must be full, because dinner can only be eaten when the troops return to the camp in the evening. .

Once the breakfast was ready, all the soldiers ate in an orderly manner under the command of their respective generals.

Soon, when it was five o'clock in the morning, they started to line up in the battalion, and then set off for the decisive battle site.

Although Liu Zhang brought 5 people east to Luoyang, he divided his troops to guard the key areas. At the moment, only 4 people can be used, and some people should be left in the camp to guard, but 8000 people are enough.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were only 6 people in Cao Cao's battalion, and beat him hard.

On Cao Cao's side, the soldiers were arranging his armor.

"Have Cao Hong and General Le Jin set off yet?"

"They have been notified a long time ago, and they just hurried back to the camp, saying that they had already left last night!"

Kao City, where Cao Hong and Le Jin are located, is hundreds of miles away from here, and it cannot be felt in a few hours. Cao Cao must make sure that they can appear on the battlefield when they are fighting today.

Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and the others have almost reached Runan. As long as they hold out for ten days, they will be able to come back to help. Today's battle will definitely hurt Liu Zhang's vitality.

"set off!"

Before nine o'clock in the morning, two armies stood on the flat ground twenty miles outside Cao Cao's camp, stretching ten miles.

The densely covered banners are fluttering in the wind, and the moving heads are looking forward.

On Liu Zhang's side, the Han Iron Wall Shield Guards, the Han Sunset Archers, the Han Tiger Riflemen, the Han Gale Shield Guards, the Han Huwei Qingqi, and the Han Longxiang Heavy Cavalry have already arrived at the designated positions according to the plan.

In the military formation, in order to save the physical strength of the soldiers, a lot of equipment is placed on the wooden carts in the formation, and the soldiers only need a few things.

In such a big battlefield, no one is stupid enough to propose a single-handed generals, and Liu Zhang did not talk to Cao Cao first like in the last war.

Liu Zhang boarded the high platform and found that Cao's army was densely packed and covered a vast area. With so many years of experience, he knew that the opponent's strength was almost [-].

now it's right.

Liu Zhang knew Cao Cao's strength, and Cao Cao knew his strength.

Before the start of the fight, the top players thought they could win, so they would fight.

"Pass our military order, the central army defends, and the left flank attacks!" Liu Zhang began to issue the military order.

The messenger, riding on a horse, quickly passed on the orders of the Chinese army.

Three thousand big Han iron wall shield guards began to move forward, inserting large shields into the ground to form several lines of defense, and tiger riflemen stuck tightly behind the iron wall shield guards.

When they attack and defend, they complement each other.

Behind them, there are two thousand crossbowmen, ready for long-distance support at any time.

On the left wing, General Zhu Ling led [-] infantrymen and began to slowly approach Cao Jun's right wing, with sword and shield soldiers in front and spearmen behind.

Behind Zhu Ling, there is Wu Ban, but Wu Ban has only 2000 people. He has to wait for the results of Zhu Ling's battle on the front line before making a decision.

The decisive battle is definitely not a one-time event where all the troops are thrown into the battlefield.

In such a battle, the winner cannot be determined in a few hours, so it is very important to preserve the physical strength of the soldiers and make reasonable use of the coordination of arms.

Watching the soldiers start to move, Liu Zhang fixed his eyes on the front, paying attention to the whole battlefield, not daring to relax.