In fact, Zhao Chen always thought that Cao Ren's Eight-door Golden Lock Formation only existed in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and never thought it actually existed in history.
For formations such as the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, the two armies could still be used in a field confrontation, but Cao Ren chose to deploy them in front of the city.
The people in the city only need to hold on and wait until the formation and soldiers are exhausted before leading the troops to fight out. Is there any reason to be invincible?
So when Cao Ren was insulting him outside the city, Zhao Chen had already seen through it and grabbed Zhang Fei who was about to go down and fight Cao Ren.
He had no control over Lu Bu's death, but Zhang Fei must not act recklessly.
It is said that Liu Bei's phalanx advanced steadily and swept Cao Ren.
Cao's army had no resistance and retreated one after another.
Fortunately, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun each led 10,000 soldiers to come to the rescue, and the decadence was stopped.
Guan Yu turned around and rescued Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun rescued Lu Bu. The four gathered more than 2,000 remaining soldiers and returned to Liu Bei's square formation. Only Wei Xusu died in the formation.
Lu Bu was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed loudly: "Child Cao Ren, I will definitely behead you!"
Cao Ren, who had just been rescued, had not yet taken a breath when he heard Lu Bu's insults and cursed back not to be outdone.
The original confrontation between the two sides turned into a war of words.
For a while, neither side was willing to take the initiative.
About an hour later, Cao Cao's 70,000 troops also joined Xia Hou and Cao Ren.
Zhao Chen brought Shi Aye to the front of the battle to see what Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked like.
Chen Gong was left to guard Xiapi City.
At this moment, the two armies were facing each other ten miles outside the west gate of Xiapi City. On one side was Liu Lu's coalition army, with Liu Bei leading Zhao Chen and Guan Yu, and Lu Bu leading Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, totaling 10,000 troops. On the other side was Cao Cao's army, led by Guo Jia, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren and other generals totaled 90,000 troops.
It's another battle with great disparity in strength.
Zhao Chen put his hands on his eyebrows to block the dust and sunlight, and looked at Cao Cao a hundred steps away.
Cao Cao is worthy of being a hero of his generation, with a wise face, red robe and golden crown, standing proudly among the heroes, with tens of thousands of troops standing behind him, which is very majestic.
He rode his horse forward and shouted from afar: "Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao please come forward and speak."
Guo Jia was slightly startled and turned his attention to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao nodded in agreement.
Guo Jia stepped forward and shouted: "Who is looking for me?"
Zhao Chen took a closer look and saw that this was Guo Jia, the most powerful counselor in a certain period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He had a lean face, a small beard, and a bit of vicissitudes of life. His eyes were bright and lively. He was dressed in commoner clothes and showed a scholarly atmosphere.
The combination of the two is indeed more suitable for competing in the Central Plains than Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.
It's just a pity that Guo Jia has outstanding intelligence, but he met Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen shouted from afar: "I am Liu Xuande's military advisor Zhao Chen. I was the one who made Cao Cao cut off his beard and abandon his robe a few days ago."
When Cao Cao's soldiers heard this, they immediately became angry.
"Ignorant boy, you dare to tease your lord in front of the battle. See if I don't kill him!"
"I will go with Yuan Rang!"
Seeing this, Guo Jia quickly advised: "Two generals, please don't be anxious."
Zhao Chen saw a small commotion in Cao's army, smiled slightly, turned to Liu Bei and said: "My lord, the rear army has become the front army. You can retreat quietly to the west gate of Xiapi City. You must be quick to cross the Yishui River."
Liu Bei nodded.
Zhao Chen called Guan Yu to his side and ordered: "Yun Chang quickly led two thousand cavalry from the north and detoured behind Cao Jun. When the rear of Cao Jun was in chaos, he and Tai Shi Ci attacked Cao Jun."
Guan Yu took the order and left.
Later, Zhao Chen shouted from a distance: "Mr. Fengxiao is such a talented person, why do you want to devote yourself to serving as a thief?"
As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao was completely angry.
"That's unreasonable!"
Guo Jia still looked at Zhao Chen calmly, as if he wanted to see through what Zhao Chen wanted.
Suddenly he discovered that Liu Lu's army behind Zhao Chen was slowly retreating.
Guo Jia suddenly realized that Zhao Chen was shouting in front of the formation to give Liu Bei time to evacuate and return to the city.
He immediately suggested: "My lord, Liu Bei's army is returning to the city. It's a good time to attack."
Cao Jun's officers and soldiers heard this and responded one after another.
Cao Cao threw the whip to the ground. He was already angry that Zhao Chen had exposed his shortcomings on the spot, but now he was still insulting him. How could he tolerate it anymore!
"The entire army attacks to capture Zhao Chen and Liu Bei alive!"
Suddenly, Cao Cao's 90,000-strong army attacked Liu Bei's army along the Surabaya River. Everyone was filled with anger and vented it out one after another.
In an instant, the scene was filled with shouts of murder and dust was flying.
Zhao Chen saw this and hurriedly retreated with Shi A.
Liu Bei's army had just crossed the Yishui River when Cao Jun arrived.
The army was in great momentum, and the Yishui Bridge was not large enough to accommodate 90,000 troops crossing the river. In addition, the Yishui River was not deep, so the soldiers waded across the river one after another, and the speed was not fast.
Zhao Chen smiled slightly and asked Liu Bei's army to slow down their march so as not to lose the anger of Cao Jun.
Guo Jia frowned when he saw this. Crossing the river at such a speed, if there was a surprise attack, Cao's army would definitely be in chaos.
He hurriedly told Cao Cao that the front army should speed up to cross the river, and the rear army should change their formation and draw their bows on guard to avoid a surprise attack and be helpless.
This move made Zhao Chen admire him. The battlefield was changing rapidly, and Guo Jia was able to capture all kinds of information. He was truly worthy of being the wisest man in terms of effective response.
It's a pity it's a little late.
I saw Liu Lu's army turning around immediately. Lu Bu, with an angry face like a tiger out of its cage, rushed towards the front of Cao's army with Fang Tian's painted halberd. One person and one horse are like gods of war. Wherever they go, Cao's soldiers fall on their backs.
Xiahou Dun, the former army leader, looked for Lu Bu's position and drove his horses to fight.
How could Xiahou Dun be a match for Lu Bu in his violent state? In just three rounds, Xiahou Dun was defeated.
Xia Houyuan came to help, but unfortunately both of them were no match for Lu Bu.
The front troops who had not yet finished crossing the river suddenly became confused and trampled on each other, causing numerous casualties.
Zhang Fei, who was lying in ambush on Geyi Mountain, saw the signal coming from the south and led his troops to rush down from the mountain.
Cao Cao's front army, which was already in chaos, was unable to stop the overwhelming Zhang Fei.
When the two armies met, it instantly became a slaughterhouse for one side.
Cao's troops retreated one after another and blocked the Yishui River.
At this time, a group of people came upstream of Yishui River, which was Huang Gai's army ambushing upstream.
Huang Gai was best at water warfare. Cao Jun was first forced back by Liu and Lu's coalition forces, and then attacked by Zhang Fei. All the troops were crowded on the edge of the Yishui River, becoming a living target for Huang Gai's army.
Upon seeing this, Cao's troops on the west bank of Yishui River fought back one after another to help the former army cross the river.
But just as they were about to raise their bows and fire arrows, the army suddenly became confused.
Cao Cao climbed up and looked out, and saw a general carrying two halberds, leading the cavalry to attack from left to right.
Cao Cao panicked in his heart: "It's this person again, so elusive, how could he appear behind his back?"
The coming general was none other than Taishi Ci who was ambushing Cao Jun behind.
Cao Ren immediately shouted: "Don't be chaotic, they don't have many troops, form a formation to counterattack."
Taishi Cicai ignored Cao Ren and directly bypassed the infantry array and continued northward.
Wherever the cavalry went, their formations were in chaos, with men and horses trampling on each other, and the army was completely defeated.
Just as Cao Reng was about to change his formation, another general suddenly came from behind, it was Guan Yu.
Cao Ren responded hurriedly, but he was no match for Guan Yu. After only three rounds, he was forced into a desperate situation by Guan Yu.
In the chaos, Yu Jin came to rescue Cao Ren. The two fought against Guan Yu's sword and struggled for several rounds.
Guan Yu swung his sword and left, aiming at Cao Cao not far away.
Seeing that something was going wrong, Cao Cao led Guo Jia and Cheng Yu and evacuated immediately.
After all, the cavalry was fast. Taishi Ci and Guan Yu caught up with Cao Cao and others after three or two attacks.
Without the resistance of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Yu Jin were no match for Guan Yu and Tai Shici. Yu Jin was stabbed in the arm and Cao Ren was forced to retreat.
The soldiers defended Cao Cao life and death. Seeing that there was no chance, Guan Yu turned around and aimed at the civil servants on the side, and immediately captured him alive.
The two of them charged and fought for a while, until Cao Cao and everyone left.
Under Xiapi City, Cao Cao's former army of about 20,000 people was trapped between Yishui River and Geyi Mountain.
Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun struggled to hold on in the battle, but they were still surrounded and strangled by Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Zhang Fei, Huang Gai, and Liu Bei.
Finally finding a breakthrough, the two of them left quickly.
On the way, they were killed by Guan Yu and Tai Shici who came back. When they returned to Cao Cao's camp, there were only more than 2,000 people left.
A river of blood flowed outside Xiapi City, dyeing the Yishui River red.
In this battle, Cao's army lost more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the civil servant Cheng Yu was captured alive.
Guo Jia felt very guilty and helplessly sighed: "In terms of winning by surprise and battlefield layout, Jia is far inferior to Zhao Chen!"
Cao Cao was also discouraged: "No wonder Liu Xuande is invincible and invincible after having this person!"
