The three brothers Liu Bei were truly veterans who fought along the way. Although they are not very good at strategy, their courage in combat is not inferior to others at all.

The plan was decided, and the entire county town of Ancheng immediately started to move. For a moment, people shouted and neighed, which was full of murderous intent.

Outside the city of Ancheng, more than 20,000 soldiers that Liu Bei had finally saved up rushed out of the barracks in groups, rushing onto the main road, and heading north.

Two days later, less than 60 miles from Shangcai Nan, the two armies finally met and tested it for a little while. More than 10,000 Cao's army on one side and more than 20,000 Liu Bei's army on the west bank of the Rushui River, each set up camps ten miles apart.

At this time, the troops led by Li Zhe had also quietly dispatched.

This army is composed of three parts. One is the original guard team, with about one thousand people, which is the main force of the battle; the other is the personal military camp, which has now expanded to a scale of one hundred and fifty people; and the end is a baggage army composed of two hundred "god chariots". Yujiabao is patrolled by equipped armed men.

These baggage soldiers, each large cart was equipped with six rafts, and were towed in three wheels. Everyone threw the things they brought, rations and equipment, onto the cart, and could go up and rest for a while. The marching speed increased a lot, about seven or eight miles a day. However, in one day, they arrived in Shangcai and bypassed from the far outside the city.

But when he continued to move forward, he was discovered by scouts in Cao's army. The gate of Shangcai City was opened, and Cao's soldiers who chased out hundreds of people from behind rushed up.

Faced with such a formation, Li Zhe's army did not dispatch, but all the personal soldiers were on the battlefield. First, they had two rounds of crossbow arrows, then they charged with steel knives, and shot and chopped over more than 100 more than 100 other soldiers, and the rest were withdrawn back to the city. This small episode gave Li Zhe more than 100 sets of old cowhide armor, which were ragged and decisive. However, the soldiers immediately put on happily. In the eyes of these soldiers, the famous Kevra bulletproof vest was not as real as this!

That's it. When the Cao and Liu armies fought decisively, Li Zhejun was about to enter the battlefield.

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The war is about to begin, and the air is full of solemnity. The Cao and Liu armies are about to fight to the decisive battle.

The so-called "Ten Thousand People" is boundless and unbounded. The formations of Cao and Liu's armies are spread out, spreading over ten miles by the river, with a distance of only three or four miles between them. It is like two giants staring at each other facing each other!

The Liu Bei's army's army was obviously much larger, and it seemed relatively messy. It was just a few divisions slightly, and each of them was led by their respective generals, arranged in two batches, and arrayed against Cao's army.

Among them, the soldiers were obviously insufficient. Except for the personal army of Liu Bei's three brothers, there were no other armor and there were all kinds of weapons in their hands. Only the five thousand central army led by Liu Bei's three brothers were better, and they could still be equipped with some swords and guns. The others were hoes and sticks.

On the other hand, the Cao army's army had to be much more neat, and it was arranged in a fish scale formation, divided into five parts, one in the left, middle, front, right and the central army, which were clearly divided between each other. The soldiers were all armored and armored, and the swords and guns were also complete. The two thousand left troops on the river bank were mainly archers.

This made Liu Bei's heart suddenly feel a little chilled.

He knew that the soldiers, who were mainly refugees, were most afraid of two things: one was the rushing of a large scale, and the other was the coverage of archers.

In fact, the lethality of archers is not very strong. In a cold weapon battle, less than 10% of the people died of bows and arrows in the end, and most of them were injured. What's more, long-range weapons in the Three Kingdoms historical period were far from developing to mature stage. However, for refugees, it is the most scary that they are injured without death. Moreover, refugees in the battle formation have no armor and can only watch the bows and arrows fall. The helpless psychological pressure is the most deadly thing, which can easily cause the formation to collapse.

However, the archers are difficult to train, and the arrows are expensive and have always been very small in the army. This time, the Cao army actually had two thousand archers, and this battle was a bit of a bad fortune.

When he thought of this, the other two were not slow, Zhang Fei rode his horse and said:

"Brother, in this situation, I can't fight with Cao's army and consume it! I must find an opportunity to break in and disrupt Cao's left army first!"

Liu Bei nodded, and at this moment, Guan Yu also came to ask for advice. After hearing what the two said, he said in his heart:

"It's okay! Although the Cao army is well-armed, Cao Zixiao is a timid boy. After a while, I led everyone to resist head-on. Third brother, you led all your personal troops and went straight to defeat the enemy's left army. Then, you and I worked together to penetrate the central army and captured the boy in one fell swoop. As for the eldest brother, just keep the rear army steady and how to cheer for me and my third brother?"

Liu Bei's mother-in-law is usually a mother-in-law, but he is not long-winded at this time, and only holds two hands:

"That's it. Brother is here to scoop up the two brothers and watch them triumphantly!" The three of them looked at each other, knew each other's own will, laughed twice, and prepared their own troops.

These three are brothers of life and death, and they have no grudges between each other. They have never distinguished between the primary and secondary in combat, and they fight together. The stronger the enemy, the stronger the morale will be.

At this time, at a disadvantage, he decided the major events of rise and fall in just a few words, and did not care about life and death. Such a heroic spirit is really disappointing.

At this time, Cao Ren looked at Liu Bei's army and immediately laughed:

"Liu Bei, just leading a group of farmers like this, dares to fight against our army. It is indeed a pawn seller! I don't know how to live or die!"

Xiahou Yuan smiled at this scene: "Did Liu Bei think this is during the Guangxi period of Zhongping, and he brought a group of farmers to the scholars to march and fight. It was useless to pay attention to him so much! But it was unsightly!"

But he didn't know that when Liu Bei started his business, he was with his bloody courage to emerge in the Yellow Turban Rebellion and appeared in such a huge reputation.

For a moment, the two armies faced each other in a circle, beating drums, and the front army began to emerge, just as the soldiers met.

Report!———

A long order came from the rear army. A cavalry appeared when he heard the sound, rode his horse and ran straight to Cao Ren's central army tent. When he got closer, he turned over and dismounted, and reported:

"An emergency military newspaper came from Shangcai. An army came from Dingying's direction, defeating our Shangcai Liu's defending army and came straight like this direction."

Cao Ren frowned,

"Who is coming? How many soldiers are there?"

The school replied: "The people who came did not use the banner, and they didn't know where the soldiers were, but there were two or three thousand people, and there were hundreds of big cars following them."

Oh? Who is this? Cao Ren thought about it secretly, but then he thought, and felt relieved. There were not many people coming, and since there were hundreds of large cars, the marching speed would not be fast. I am afraid that I would not be able to reach here during the decisive battle today.

PS: Thank you to Ye Zuo Yubinie for the reward. Today’s task is completed!
Chapter completed!