Cheng Lian wondered why Cao Jun put the sword and shield soldiers in front. Similarly, all the generals of Cao Jun also wondered about this matter.
They were all people who had led the army for many years. If they were allowed to direct the battle, they would definitely put the spearmen at the front and fight to the death against the cavalry charge.
Even if they are defeated, a large number of spearmen will inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
But now that the sword and shield soldiers are placed in front, they can't figure it out no matter what.
The flexible sword and shield soldiers are simply vulnerable to the iron hooves of Bingzhou's iron hoofs, and even the speed of Bingzhou's iron cavalry will not slow down.
Apart from wasting troops, there is no benefit in doing so.
Everyone looked at the Bingzhou cavalry parked in the distance, cold sweat broke out on their heads, and their hearts became colder and colder.
After a while, Cao Hong couldn't help it anymore, turned around and cupped his hands to Cao Cao, "My lord, before the Bingzhou cavalry charges, it's better to move the spearmen to the front quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
When everyone heard these words, they hurriedly turned to look at Cao Cao, their eyes full of expectation.
Although it is a bit late to move the spearmen to the front now, it is still a thousand times better than the current formation.
The soldiers with swords and shields were like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of Bingzhou Tieqi.
Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's suggestion and did not answer. He still looked at the Bingzhou cavalry opposite with his bright eyes.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and Cheng Lian finally couldn't bear it anymore. He turned around and yelled at Zhang Liao, "Old Zhang, waiting like this is not an option. Since there are sword and shield soldiers in front of them, I will lead my troops and crush them." , let them play tricks on themselves."
Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Lao Cheng, it's okay to test it out. You sweep the formation from the left and test it with your bow and arrow. You must not charge. Do you understand?"
Although Cheng Lian had a reckless temper, he had cooperated with Zhang Liao in commanding cavalry for many years and knew that he was cautious and would not talk nonsense easily. He nodded and then shouted at the soldiers behind him.
"Brothers, listen to the order, everyone rush with me."
After finishing speaking, Cheng Lian took the lead and rushed out.
Ta-ta-ta!
Amidst the rumble of horseshoes, countless Bingzhou cavalry immediately chased after them, roaring towards Cao Jun's camp.
Seeing the Bingzhou cavalry rushing over, Cao Jun's generals' expressions changed almost at the same time, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their hearts trembled.
Cheng Lian led his troops and rushed to the front of the formation, and suddenly shouted, "Throw them, show them how powerful they are."
Following the order, the Bingzhou cavalry, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately pulled their bow strings and fired towards Cao Jun's camp.
Whoosh!
"Ahhh!"
Bang bang bang!
Arrows fell like dark clouds, and Cao Jun's camp suffered little loss, because the front row was full of sword and shield soldiers. When they saw the arrows flying, they all raised their shields to block their heads. The arrows raining from the sky fell on the shields. It just made a snapping sound and was knocked to the ground.
At the same time, a loud shout came from Cao Jun's camp.
"Fire the arrow!"
Whoosh!
"Ahhh!"
The arrows shot from Cao's camp fell like raindrops. Although the Bingzhou cavalry just galloped past, several soldiers were still shot and fell off their horses screaming.
Cheng Lian was furious when he saw this. When the cavalry passed by, he returned again and roared.
"Brothers, rush into the enemy camp and defeat them."
The soldiers of Bingzhou Cavalry immediately cheered and took the lead in rushing towards Cao Jun's camp.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
The sound of horse hooves is like thunder, shocking and endless.
Seeing that the Bingzhou cavalry had already rushed in front of him, Cao Hong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and shouted, "Lord, I will go to the front to help in the battle!"
Ahead, the Bingzhou cavalry at the forefront had already rushed into the camp of the sword and shield soldiers. With their arrogant speed, they immediately knocked several sword and shield soldiers in front of them into the air, and their speed continued unabated.
The broadsword in the knight's hand kept rolling in the air, and every time it fell, there was bound to be a scream.
At this critical moment, Cao Cao suddenly sneered, "Fire Wall Technique."
As the words fell, a wall of fire that was dozens of meters long suddenly appeared a few steps in front of the sword and shield soldier.
The fire was rolling, thick smoke was rising, and the burning flames reached as high as a person.
The charging Bingzhou cavalry suddenly saw a wall of fire appearing in front of them and was startled.
The soldiers were scared, but it did not affect the overall situation. However, when the horses under their crotches saw the sudden appearance of the heroic flames, they were so frightened that they stopped and turned around and ran away.
Countless Bingzhou cavalry were caught off guard and fell off their horses, and were soon trampled by the horses behind them.
"Ahhh!"
Some cavalrymen who were close by plunged directly into the wall of fire. A burning smell immediately wafted over them, and they screamed in agony.
Countless soldiers of the Bingzhou Cavalry plunged into the wall of fire like moths to a flame and were burned to ashes by the raging flames.
A strange burnt smell also began to float in the billowing smoke.
Thanks to the well-trained Bingzhou cavalry, when they saw a wall of fire appearing in front of them, the cavalry behind them hurriedly stopped their horses, and the soldiers on the periphery turned their horses and then slowly evacuated.
But despite this, the Bingzhou Cavalry lost more than 200 soldiers in just this charge.
The total number of Bingzhou cavalry was only 1,000, and they lost 200 soldiers, equivalent to a loss of 20%.
Although Cheng Lian was so angry that he screamed, but looking at the blazing flames, he had no choice but to lead his troops back.
Zhang Liao saw Cheng Lian coming back and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Lao Cheng, are you okay?"
Cheng Lian was not injured because he was directing the battle in the middle of the team, but his face was a little ugly.
"Lao Zhang, it's so hateful that you lost so many brothers and it's all my fault!"
Zhang Liao shook his head, "I don't blame you, who knew that Cao Jun would set fire?"
Having said this, Zhang Liao lowered his voice and asked, "Have you seen how the flames started?"
Hearing the question, Cheng Lian frowned, thought about it carefully, shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "Old Zhang, we have already run that road once, and there was nothing on the road, but suddenly, out of thin air, A flame went up, how strange is it?”
Zhang Liao nodded. The scene he saw just now was the same as Cheng Lian said, but he couldn't believe his eyes, so he had this question.
"Lao Cheng, things are too strange. Please comfort the brothers first and stop fighting."
Cheng Lian nodded and began to gather the remaining soldiers and treat the wounds of the injured soldiers.
At this moment, there was silence in Cao Jun's camp. No one dared to speak. They all stared at the blazing flames in front of them with wide eyes.
After a long time, the generals suddenly realized and turned to look at Cao Cao, because before the flames rose, they seemed to hear Cao Cao reciting the Fire Wall Technique, and then the flames appeared.
Cao Cao didn't pay attention to anyone, he just looked at the flames burning in front of the formation, with a somewhat complicated expression in his eyes.
The Fire Wall Technique is indeed powerful. Even the powerful Bingzhou Cavalry can only retreat in front of the Fire Wall Technique.
But the price made Cao Cao feel extremely distressed.
One hundred thousand gold coins!
In order to purchase the Fire Wall Technique, Cao Cao almost emptied Puyang City.
It can be said that in the Puyang City that Yan Liang took over, all the hard work was gone, and there was no longer any property.
In fact, in the game, although one hundred thousand gold coins is a lot, it is not too outrageous compared to the exchange value.
However, if you use the copper coins of the Eastern Han Dynasty to exchange them, the amount will be astronomical.
Back then, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, spent 500 million copper coins to change his position to a Taiwei.
Now, with so many copper coins, I only exchanged for a Fire Wall Technique.
Although the Fire Wall Technique is powerful, it can only be used once and is a consumable item.
Others thought Cao Cao was observing the results of the battle, but no one knew that he was actually heartbroken.
After a long time, the flames gradually extinguished and everything returned to its original state.
Wherever the flame appeared, no trace was left, as if the flame had never burned.
Cao Cao suddenly said, "Order the army to retreat. Cao Hong, you come and break the rear."
"I will obey my orders."
Although everyone had too many questions in their minds, they did not bother to ask at this critical moment. After all, it was more important to escape now, and it would not be too late to say anything once it was safe.
Cheng Lian, who was standing far away, saw Cao Jun retreating and said hurriedly, "Old Zhang, Cao Jun is leaving, let's chase him quickly."
Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "Order everyone to follow behind and not to come forward."
He was very worried. If the cavalry caught up and Cao Jun attacked again, wouldn't he lose a lot of cavalry?
Among Lu Bu's troops, Zhang Liao knew that what Lu Bu cared about the most was the Bingzhou cavalry. If he lost too much, he might not be satisfied even if he won.
Cheng Lian also tasted the power of the flames just now, and nodded without forcing it, "We'd better send someone to pass the news back and ask Wen Hou to come as soon as possible."
…
Lu Bu walked on horseback in the middle of the army, his brows slightly furrowed and his face a little ugly.
He never expected that Yan Liang's real target was Puyang City.
Now, although Cao Cao has been driven away, Puyang City has been occupied by the stronger Yuan Shao. This is very bad news for him.
Cao Cao's strength is equal to his own, and he is somewhat sure that he can defeat him.
But what about Yuan Shao?
Thinking of Yuan Shao's power, Lu Bu shook his head with a wry smile.
Chen Gong on the side saw this and asked hurriedly, "Marquis Wen, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Bu shook his head and said slowly, "Gongtai, Puyang is now occupied by Yan Liang, do you have a way to take it back?"
Chen Gong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's difficult!"
After Chen Gong sighed, he continued, "Yuan Shao's strength is too strong. If we take back Puyang by force, we may be able to do it, but it will definitely annoy Yuan Shao. If he sends out all his troops to attack us, things will not be the same." Wonderful!"
Whether it was Lu Bu or Chen Gong, no one believed that they could defeat Yuan Shao in this situation.
And this is the most worrying thing?
If you want to take Puyang back, you have to offend Yuan Shao.
But if it is not recaptured, Puyang will become the springboard for Yuan Shao to march into Yanzhou, encroaching step by step, and eventually occupy the entire Yanzhou.
Just when Lu Bu was thinking about Puyang, the sound of horse hoofs was heard in the distance. Not long after, a soldier from Bingzhou Tieqi hurriedly came to Lu Bu.
Chen Gong was anxious and asked hurriedly, "How is it? Have you caught up with Cao Mengde?"
"I caught up with him, but let him run away again."
"What?" Lu Bu's expression changed, "What do Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian do? They lead cavalry. How could they let Cao Cao escape?"
Most of the troops led by Cao Cao were infantry, while Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian led cavalry. It would be puzzling if Cao Cao was allowed to run away like this.
The soldier recounted what happened before, and finally said, "If so many flames hadn't suddenly appeared, Cao Jun would not have been able to escape."
After hearing what the soldier said, Chen Gong subconsciously looked at Lu Bu, only to find that the usually calm Lu Bu was now sweating on his forehead.
"Marquis Wen, what's going on?"
Lu Bu shook his head, turned to look at the soldiers, and asked slowly, "You mean those flames suddenly appeared?"
The soldier nodded affirmatively, "Everyone is watching, so many flames suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes."
Speaking of this, the soldier looked a little sad when he thought of his companions who rushed into the flames. "Many brothers rushed directly into the flames because they had no time to turn around and were burned to ashes."
Lu Bu gritted his teeth and asked, "How many people were lost?"
"236 people."
When he heard this number, Lu Bu was furious, "Cao Mengde, you are so cruel!"
These cavalry are Lu Bu's treasures. Even if one of them is lost, it will make him feel distressed. After losing so many this time, it is good that he can not be furious.
Chen Gong was also secretly shocked when he heard this, "Losing so many people?"
Lu Bu took a deep breath and asked slowly, "When these flames rose, there was nothing on the ground, right?"
The soldier nodded hurriedly, raised his hands and said, "There is nothing on the ground. When we were skimming the formation, we passed by there once. The ground was very flat and there was nothing that could burn."
Lu Bu nodded, "These flames suddenly disappeared in the end, didn't they?"
"Yes, these flames appear very strangely and disappear very strangely. Then the blazing flames suddenly disappear, as if they had never burned before."
Hearing the soldier's words, Chen Gong's expression changed, cold sweat gradually broke out on his forehead, and he said in a trembling voice, "Could it be that those legendary things really exist?"
Although Lu Bu was shocked, he did not feel the same fear as Chen Gong, because he knew very well that it must be something Cao Mengde brought out from the game, so it had such an effect.
But what exactly?
He has never seen it or heard of it, so he can only ask about it in the game.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu turned to look at the soldiers and asked slowly, "Now that Cao Mengde is retreating with his troops, what are Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian doing?"
"They didn't dare to attack again, so they kept chasing behind them, hoping to wait for Marquis Wen to make a decision."
Lu Bu nodded, turned to look at Chen Gong, and asked slowly, "Gongtai, what do you think we should do about what happened now?"
After hearing the question, Chen Gong finally reacted. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly sighed and spoke slowly.
"Now that Cao Mengde has such a powerful flame, it may not be that easy for us to eliminate him."
