Ji Han Liu Zhang

Hedong, Anyi.

After a period of tentative fighting, Gao Gan made a decision. He planned to send out all his troops to settle the matter with Ma Chao, the Fu Bo Zhonglang General. The victory and defeat would be decided today.

The weather is good today, the sun is shining brightly, there are no clouds to block the sun, and a breeze blows by occasionally, bringing a breath of fresh air. It is a day suitable for a big battle.

Gao Gan had a total of 12,000 infantry and cavalry under his command, plus the 3,000 troops under the command of Qubei, the Right Wise King of the Southern Xiongnu, so his total force was about 15,000.

As for Ma Chao's troops, who were stationed opposite Gao Gan, he had a total of 9,000 infantry and cavalry under his command, plus 3,000 Hedong troops led by Hedong Lieutenant General Fan Xiandu, a total of 12,000 infantry and cavalry.

At this time, Gao Gan was riding a good horse and stopped on a high ground formed by a mound. He used this mound as the center of the army. As for the reason, it was because the mound was neither too high nor too low. Looking up and down from the mound, the enemy and our situation was clear at a glance, and the low mound allowed for quick response so as not to be trapped on the high ground.

In order to ensure today's battle is foolproof, Gao Gan emptied out his family fortune. At this moment, Yuan's army was wearing helmets and armor, holding sharp spears or ring-handled swords that shone with cold light.

In the central army, there is Gao Gan's secret weapon - more than 800 elite armored knights, each of whom is a brave man selected by Gao Gan from among the soldiers, capable of serving as a commander of ten people.

As for the safety of the left and right flanks, Gao Gan handed the left side to Qu Bei and the right side to Guo Yuan. The two of them each commanded their own troops to guard the safety of his central army.

"Send a team of troops forward first." Gao Gan waved his hand and issued a military order. He planned to first test whether the Shu army's formation was stable to see if he could find an opportunity.

At Gao Gan's command, the command flag rolled first, and then the flag bearer of the front army saw the flag order and immediately took corresponding measures. A team of 200 people broke away from the front army and marched towards the Shu army without haste.

Of course, it was very dangerous for more than 200 soldiers to leave the formation without the protection of the formation. Therefore, at the same time when these 200 soldiers left the formation, Gao Gan's front army pressed forward slightly and took measures to hold the formation together.

As Yuan's army showed signs of movement, Shu's army would naturally not sit idly by. As the commander-in-chief, Ma Chao did not stand on the front line today, but stayed with the military advisor Fa Zheng to command the army's advance and retreat.

Seeing a group of Yuan army leaving the battle formation, Ma Chao was unwilling to be outdone. He waved his hand, and a small group of more than 200 people stepped out of the Shu army's camp.

After sending this small team to deal with Yuan's army, Ma Chao was unwilling to fall behind, so he called out to Pang De: "Ling Ming, you will lead more than a hundred cavalrymen to break through the formation to boost our army's momentum."

"Yes." Pang De, wearing a helmet and armor and a tight suit, bowed and agreed. He jumped on his horse, and then called out more than a hundred cavalrymen to go with him, and galloped out from the gaps in the formation.

Next, the infantry sent out by the Shu army and the Yuan army started fighting. Spears were the first choice when fighting. So, the Shu army and the Yuan army stabbed forward with spears in the hope of killing or injuring an enemy soldier.

The spears collided with each other, making crisp wooden pole sounds. Although the spear tips were made of fine iron, the spear shafts were made of hard wood. After all, except for a few people with natural supernatural powers, few people could wield a spear made of pure iron.

Since both sides sent out elite soldiers, the Shu army and the Yuan army were in a tie for a while. People on both sides fell and were injured, but the casualties were roughly the same, and there was no crushing situation.

At this moment, Pang De rushed out from the camp, leading more than a hundred elite cavalrymen and charging towards Yuan's army regardless of anything. The ground between the two armies resonated due to the trampling of more than a hundred horses, and a rumbling sound was heard, like thunder.

The sound of thunder reached the ears of the front row of Yuan's army. Facing the Shu army riding elite cavalry and rushing towards them, Yuan's soldiers hurriedly drew out their long arrows, put them on their bows, and shot at the Shu army's elite cavalry in a disorderly manner.

"Who is the leader of the front team? Why is the arrow shooting so chaotically?" Gao Gan looked down from the mound and saw the chaos in the front line facing the approaching elite cavalry of the Shu army. He shouted angrily.

Soon someone echoed the senior official: "It's Li Fei."

"You are so bad, Li Fei." After Gao Gan learned the name of the captain of the previous team, he shouted angrily. He was very angry about the undisciplined behavior of Li Fei's troops.

After all, when two armies are fighting, even the smallest loophole may be controlled by the enemy and cause the army to be defeated. Therefore, the senior official was quite angry with Li Fei.

The front-line troops of Yuan's army were unable to move in a coordinated manner, and the arrows they fired flew randomly, dense in some places and sparse in others, and they were shot at the more than a hundred elite cavalry led by General Pang De.

"Charge." Pang De did not dodge or evade. Relying on the fine armor on his body and the helmet on his head, he leaned forward and rushed straight towards the front line of Yuan's army.

As for the more than one hundred elite cavalrymen that Pang De brought with him, these hundred men were all brave and sharp soldiers trained by Pang De himself. They had the same temperament as Pang De, and were all fierce and unstoppable, not afraid of arrows in battle.

Braving the sporadic rain of arrows, Pang De fearlessly rushed to a place thirty steps away from the front line of Yuan's army. Thirty steps was a distance that could be reached in an instant for the cavalry.

This put great pressure on the front line of Yuan's army. At this time, Li Fei, the commander of the front line of Yuan's army, shouted repeatedly, asking the archers to retreat and the spearmen to move forward, almost begging the soldiers to quickly complete the change of formation.

But the more urgent the situation, the more difficult it was to change the formation. Under Li Fei's incompetent command, coupled with the pressure from Pang De's more than a hundred elite cavalry, there was considerable chaos in the front of Yuan's army.

At this moment, Pang De, who was twenty steps away from the front line of Yuan's army, had a gleam in his eyes. He caught a glimpse of an opportunity - an opportunity to break through the front line of Yuan's army in one fell swoop.

Pang De squeezed his legs together and squeezed the horse under him. The horse, which had been riding for a long time, understood his intention and suddenly increased its speed. Its hooves flew like an eagle soaring in the sky. It rushed in front of the front line of Yuan's army in an instant and trampled on them with its iron hooves.

"Follow me and kill." Pang De shouted, and he rushed into the front line of Yuan army. The long sword in his hand flew left and right, tearing a hole in the front line of Yuan army.

Pang De was not willing to stop there. Like a wild bull, he rushed towards the depths of Yuan's front line regardless of anything, in order to disrupt Yuan's front line to the greatest extent possible.

At this time, the hundred or so elite cavalrymen who followed Pang De also followed Pang De's tracks and caught up. These hundred or so elite cavalrymen used cavalry to catch up with infantry, and the front line of Yuan's army was in disorder, so they naturally followed Pang De and happily started to kill in the front line of Yuan's army.

On the mound, Gao Gan could not hide the anger in his eyes when he saw the chaos in front of him. He silently made a decision. If he won this battle, Li Fei would be demoted to a commoner. If he lost this battle, Li Fei would be beheaded in public.

"Let Li Fei's left and right teams go to support Li Fei." Gao Gan issued an order helplessly. He could not let Li Fei's troops be killed by the Shu Army cavalry. He had to maintain the stability of Li Fei's square formation, otherwise the formation would be flawed. Gao Gan gave an order, and the flags and drums used to issue orders were heard and heard by Li Fei. Hearing the signal for rescue, Li Fei became bold. He shouted left and right, intending to reorganize the formation that was broken up by the Shu Army cavalry, so as to entangle the Shu Army and delay until the infantry of the left and right square formations arrived, and then surrounded the Shu Army cavalry and swallowed up the more than 100 Shu Army cavalry in one bite.

Just as Li Fei was giving orders, he suddenly felt an unfriendly gaze locked on him. He looked up and met the eyes of the Shu general who was riding high on his horse. He felt the strong murderous intent in the Shu general's eyes.

Li Fei's forehead was slightly sweaty, and sweat also appeared on his back. Perhaps it was because of the heat from fighting in armor, or because of the extremely vicious murderous intent of the Shu general.

"Go to Nai Gong." Li Fei shouted loudly, urging his soldiers to go forward and surround this inexplicably brave Shu general.

However, this Shu general was very brave, and no one could match him with his sword. He cut a bloody path and rushed straight to Li Fei. Li Fei turned around, but he was of course no match for this Shu general, so he decided to use all the thirty-six strategies and decided that running away was the best option.

There was nothing the Shu general could do about it. The hooves of the fine horse under his mount rose and fell. Within two turns, Li Fei could hear the horse's panting and a piercing gust of wind behind him.

"call."

After a gust of wind, Li Fei's head was chopped off by Pang De's long knife. He rolled forward several times and then fell to the ground. With Li Fei's death, this group of Yuan army's troops suddenly became chaotic, even more chaotic than before.

This group of Yuan's troops charged left and right, even disrupting the formation of the neighboring army. Pang De had already achieved considerable success in the battle so far, but he did not retreat but advanced instead, leading more than a hundred cavalrymen to continue fighting in the front line of Yuan's army.

Ma Chao looked at the front of Yuan's army from afar. After a moment, he exchanged a glance with Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng understood and took the flag and seal commanding the entire army from Ma Chao.

Then Ma Chao led his cavalry out, and the front line of the Shu army pressed forward under the command of Fa Zheng. This caused considerable chaos in the front line of the Yuan army, and this was the opportunity for the Shu army.

While Fa Zheng was ordering the front line of the central army to push forward, he also issued orders to Lou Fa and Fan Xian on the left and right wings. The sound of drums signaling the entire army to attack resounded throughout the Shu army's positions.

"We can defeat Yuan's army in one fell swoop." Fa Zheng half-closed his eyes, looking at the fierce battle, and muttered to himself.

As the entire army pressed forward, a troop of more than a thousand elite Shu army infantry and cavalry stood in the formation, motionless in the same place, as if they had not felt the inspiring drum beats and sounds of fighting at the moment.

This is because this team of troops is Fa Zheng's backup, or his trump card. Next, no matter where in the left, middle or right places there are signs of defeat, these more than a thousand elite soldiers will rush forward to stabilize the situation.

"Alas." Gao Gan saw that the chaos in the front was not resolved, but became more chaotic. At the same time, the sound of drums and gongs from the Shu army shook the sky, which was a sign that the army was about to go out in full force. He was extremely anxious and simply sighed.

At the same time, Gao Gan was unwilling to fall behind, so he shouted and ordered: "The entire army, move forward, and fight to the death with the Shu army." Gao Gan developed a spirit of not wanting to admit defeat. Although the front army suffered a setback at the moment, he had more troops than the Shu army, and he would not necessarily lose to the Shu army.

The two armies clashed and fought together. The central army where Gao Gan was located also moved forward slightly so that he could control the situation more quickly. It was also beneficial for Gao Gan to call on his backup force - 800 elite cavalry, to press forward when the situation was critical.

Fa Zheng, who replaced Ma Chao and commanded the central army, kept his sharp eyes on the battle situation at all times. He would send out flags from time to time and mobilize the Shu army in order to gain a greater advantage.

The battle was in full swing, the sounds of fighting shook the heavens and the earth. Ma Chao, as the commander-in-chief, personally led his soldiers to charge into the front, and together with Pang De, they broke through the enemy's formation without hesitation.

For a time, in the central army, the Shu army overwhelmed the arrogance of the Yuan army, while on the left and right wings of the Yuan army, the Right Wise King Qu Bei and the Central Army General Guo Yuan were also engaged in bitter battles.

Qubei was facing Loufa, whose troops had very strict discipline and many archers. After a battle, many centurions and decapitations under Qubei were shot and killed by Loufa's archers. Without the middle-level commanders such as centurions and decapitations, the Huns fell into considerable chaos.

Guo Yuan was facing Fan Xian, the General of the Central Army of Hedong. For a while, the two were evenly matched and the battle became tense.

The sun continued to rise, and when it reached the middle of the sky, the outcome of the battle became clear. Under the fierce attacks of Ma Chao and Pang De, the central army where Gao Gan was located began to waver. Even though Gao Gan sent 800 elite cavalry as a backup, it was of no avail.

In addition, the Xiongnu cavalry of Qubei's troops were struggling against Loufa's troops, which were like a turtle. Apart from losing a few teeth, there was no progress.

So, in a moment, Yuan's army showed signs of retreat, and this subtle sign was grasped by Ma Chao. He led his elite cavalry and broke through Yuan's army's formation in one wave, breaking Gao Gan's fighting spirit.

The winner is decided.

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Hanoi County, Mengjin.

Governor Zhang Yang was extremely anxious at the moment. He learned from spies that his good friend, Marquis Wen Lu Bu, was besieged in Xia Pi by Cao Cao. The situation was critical and the city might be captured at any time.

However, he was blocked by Cao Ren in Mengjin and could not cross the river. Although the river was winding and there were many ferry crossings, they were all guarded by Cao Ren's soldiers. For a time, Zhang Yang had to be blocked in Henei and could not cross the river to set foot in Henan.

At this moment, Zhang Yang heard a commotion outside the tent. He was upset and walked out of the tent, cursing angrily, "Why are you panicking?"

When Zhang Yang lifted the curtain, he saw his subordinate Yang Chou, who was leading a group of men and horses and surrounding his central military tent tightly. Yang Chou was holding a sharp ring-handled sword in his hand and staring at him with unfriendly eyes.

After Zhang Yang took a quick look, he guessed something. He swallowed his saliva and pretended to be calm before asking Yang Chou, "General Yang, what's going on?"

Yang Chou smiled and said, "Your Excellency wants to rescue Lü Bu and fight against Cao Sikong. How foolish you are... Now I would like to borrow your head and the land of Henei and offer them to Cao Sikong to seek wealth and honor. I hope you will not be stingy."

"You traitor..." (End of this chapter)