Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 328 Great Victory
  The next day, Cao Jun advanced another five miles.

Set up camp to the west of Hengshui River, facing Yuan Shao's army across the river.

Recruit more skilled craftsmen to build bridges at six narrow openings in the upper reaches.

He also ordered his generals to take turns guarding with bows and crossbows.

Although there was resistance from Yuan's army during this period, the two armies were just shooting at each other across the river, which did not cause much trouble to the bridge construction.

Just when the pontoon bridge was about to be extended to the other side, Zhang Wu took the lead and leapt across, killing Yuan's army several times.

With a lot of money, the craftsmen built the bridge very quickly. It took three days to complete the construction of six pontoon bridges, totaling more than eighty. Cao's army took another day to cross the river.

On the fourth day, there was no longer any natural obstacle between Cao and Yuan's armies.

North of Hengshui, on the vast plain,
  The dust was flying, the drums were beating loudly, and the flags were covering the sky. The black and red armies prepared themselves and waited for the three-tone drum to sound before they all pressed in.

At the front of the military formation, Zhang Wu's armor was polished again, shining brightly in the sunlight.

Chi Ji turned back two steps and joined the chariot: "Father-in-law, the people who set up Yuan's army are really mediocre. Looking at their formation, they are disorganized and disorganized. Fighting like this is like delivering food. I don't know what Yuan Benchu ​​is doing." Come and have the courage to fight us."

It's not that Yuan Jun's formation is not good, it's just that there have been too many deserters in recent days, and a large number of military governors have been placed in the military formation to deter deserters. This creates a messy look.

"The decisive battle is about to begin. Don't underestimate the enemy. After this battle, go with Gu Grassland for a trip."

He kept saying not to be careless and underestimate the enemy, but in fact, before the battle was over, Boss Cao had already begun to look forward to the future.

It's not that he was careless and underestimated the enemy, it was just that Yuan Jun's soldiers were sluggish and the war drums couldn't beat loudly, so how could they possibly compete with Cao Jun.

In this situation, Cao Cao really didn't know how to lose.

Zhang Wu smiled and patted his breastplate: "Okay, put it on me. Yunhui belongs to you!"

"Here!~"

With a wave of his war spear, Zhang Wu shouted: "Follow me to attack the enemy's army, seize the flag, kill the general, and capture Yuan Shao!"

Since it is a decisive battle, we must be straightforward. It would be pointless to steal Yuan Jun's flank.

What's more, any general who has dealt with Zhang Wu will dig horse pits and set up horse fences on the flanks of the army as a precaution.

There is no such concern at all when charging from the front.

As soon as Zhang Wu came out, other generals naturally couldn't sit still.

Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Xiahou Dun successively requested a battle, but Cao Cao responded to every request.

The three generals were all cavalry generals. Thousands of horses galloped out of the formation, and in the blink of an eye they encountered the shield soldiers in front.

Cao Xiu heard the clatter of horse hooves behind him and hurriedly reminded him: "General, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Yi Cong and the Flying Bear Cavalry have all moved. I'm afraid they are trying to compete with me, Yunhui!"

"What's the point of fighting for merit but not merit? There are nearly one hundred thousand Yuan troops. How can I kill them all with four thousand Yunhui? Stop talking nonsense and concentrate on killing the enemy!" Zhang Wu responded like this, but his movements were not slow at all.

He turned his hand and picked up the Overlord Spear, smashed more than a dozen large shields horizontally, and then rushed into the army formation.

As soon as the mouth was opened, Yunhui rushed in like bloodthirsty wolves, frantically slaughtering the surrounding 'little sheep'.

Behind him, Lu Bu showed no sign of weakness and followed suit, driving the red rabbit to speed up. Taking advantage of the horse's momentum, he wielded the Square Heavenly Halberd to cut through the iron shield and lure the flying bear in.

This flying bear was brought out by Zhang Wu. Its elite level is such that almost no cavalry can compete with it.

Even the Yunhui that Zhang Wu spent a lot of money to build at the moment cannot be said to be completely victorious due to the short time it has been established as an army. It can only be said that its foundation is better than it.

For now, the Flying Bears were more numerous and soon overwhelmed Yuan Jun's front army, causing a one-sided massacre. Zhao Yun's white horse righteousness is much more subtle.

He didn't bother with the shield soldiers in the front line at all, he just followed Lu Bu's flying bear to harvest the mess.

Zhao Yun has never lacked self-awareness. Among the four cavalry, Fei Xiong is the strongest and Baima Yicong is the weakest. Rushing for credit may very well ruin the cavalry he raised.

On the other side, Xiahou Dun was obviously a little distracted.

Following Zhang Wu and Lu Bu's tactics, he raised his iron spear and smashed it at the iron shield.

The iron shields of the former army were originally used to protect against crossbows and war cavalry. Each shield is nearly a person tall, and there are usually five or six strong men behind it to support it.

Without unparalleled divine power, how could one knock it open?

Although Xiahou Dun was born with divine power, he might be an unparalleled person, but no one without divine power could break the tower shield.

It can only be said that he is a bit naive.

A spear hit him and the shield moved back a few inches. Xiahou Dun, because his horse was too fast, hit the shield with his head and fell to pieces. It was Xiahou Yuan who guarded the left and right, and killed the surrounding Yuan army, and helped Xiahou Dun to start again. Mount your horse.

"Brother, go in through the gap behind the flying bear. Why bother smashing the shield with Xue Ziqian? You are not that material either."

Xiahou Dun blushed at being said, and said angrily: "Fart, I obviously wanted to work with you to break the formation, but I didn't know you were charging so slowly! Okay, stop being so long and just charge with me!"

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry changed directions and launched the charge again, this time it was much smoother.

This was originally a cavalry force that Cao Cao had high hopes for, but it was overshadowed by the presence of the Flying Bear first and then the Yunhui. In terms of strength, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are not weak, and even more so due to their strict military discipline.

The four armies advanced together and fought bravely all the way. The gap between Yuan Shao's front army was completely torn open. Even Zhang Wu, the fastest, had led Yunhui's cavalry to charge vertically for more than ten miles. Corpses were scattered all over the field, and countless people fled in all directions.

In the end, even the warlords who were holding the battle from behind began to flee, not to mention the ordinary soldiers who were rushing to kill them.

After watching for a while, Cao Cao raised his sword and stepped on the chariot shaft. He looked first at Yuan Jun and then at his own army, and he suddenly felt heroic:
  "Dian Wei, send the order to the lonely army, the whole army is coming!"

"Order!"

Woo! ~
  A long and clear bugle sounded, and all the infantry moved forward.

Roar! ~Hoo! ~Hoo! ~
  There are no inscrutable formations, no fancy conspiracies, just a head-on collision of strengths.

This is one of the few cases where Cao Cao has been upright and upright since he commanded the army, and he used his military strength to overthrow him.

It's like the last straw that breaks the camel's back,
  Yuan Jun, who had been frightened by the cavalry, could no longer resist, and was defeated in an instant.

"Lord, retreat, we can't resist anymore."

On the last chariot of Yuan Jun, Yuan Shao could already see the flying eagle flag with the word "Zhang".

The reason why he did not take command of the central army was that Cao Wei's cavalry was too elite and could penetrate the army formation.

Now it seems that I made a wise decision.

Yuan Shao said expressionlessly: "Give us the order to retreat."

At dusk, Yuan Shao fought and retreated. After retreating for ten miles, Cao Cao finally stopped.

There is no need to fight to the last soldier at all, the victory or defeat is already decided.

(End of this chapter)