On the high wall temporarily erected by Guandu, every two or three steps, there was a heavily armed soldier of the Cao Army standing straight.

On the inside of the high wall, a team of Cao Jun also ran back and forth, doing pre-battle adjustments.

Outside the high wall, the 50,000 Yuan army led by Zhang He had already lined up in a neat array, confronting the Cao army on the high wall.

Zhang He did not order an attack on Cao's defensive lines.

There are only 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command, but within the high walls, there are 60,000 or 70,000 Cao troops.

There is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and Zhang He, who has many years of experience in leading the army, also knows that if the soldiers are forcibly urged to attack the city, the casualties of the attackers will be very large.

"Monitor the movements of Cao's army and build a high wall immediately!" Looking at the wall that Cao Jun had already erected, Zhang He instructed the officer beside him: "We are ready to confront Cao Jun for a long time!" ”

"No!" The officer answered and turned to leave.

It's just a cup of tea, and countless soldiers ran out of Yuan's camp.

Many of these soldiers carried shovels and ran to the open space dozens of steps in front of the array, and the Yuan army carrying the shovel dug the foundation on the ground, while those empty-handed Yuan Jun looked around for materials that could be used to build walls.

Standing on the high wall, looking at the busy soldiers of the Yuan army, Cao Cao's brows tightened.

"Ming Gong! Yuan Jun seems to be going to confront our army for a long time! Standing behind Cao Cao, Guo Jia also looked at Yuan Jun and said to Cao Cao.

Having seen Yuan Jun's intentions, Cao Cao nodded, the expression on his face became more and more solemn, and said to Guo Jia: "Zhang He is really a general who has been fighting in the territory all year round, if he leads the army to attack our army, we can break it within ten months!" But once they build a high wall and confront our army for a long time, it will not be a good thing for our army! ”

"Before Yuan Shao sent his troops, he had made sufficient preparations, Yuan's army had abundant food and grass, and he was not afraid of a long-term confrontation, but our army was in a hurry, although there were fewer soldiers and horses than Yuan Shao, the grain and grass were even worse!" Looking at Yuan Jun, who was busy in the distance, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Why didn't the Ming Duke harass the Yuan army so that they couldn't build the high wall?" ”

Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, Cao Cao's brows were tightly locked, and finally he nodded and shouted behind him: "Xiahou Yuan!" ”

The place where Xiahou Yuan was standing was very close to Cao Cao and Guo Jia, and when he heard Cao Cao call him, he hurriedly walked behind Cao Cao, bowed with his fists in his fists, and waited for Cao Cao to give an order.

"Immediately lead two thousand cavalry and go to harass Yuan's army!" Raising his hand and pointing at Yuan Jun, who was busy, Cao Cao instructed Xiahou Yuan: "Whether or not Yuan Jun can be killed, just make them unable to build a high wall!" ”

"No!" Clenching his fists and bowing, Xiahou Yuan answered, turned around and ran down the high wall.

After a while, the gate in front of the high wall slowly opened, and Xiahou Yuan rushed out from the main gate with a big sword in his hand, leading two thousand cavalry of the Cao Army.

In the camp of the Yuan army, Zhang He saw that the main gate of the high wall of Cao Jun was open, so he raised his hand and shouted behind him: "Archer, prepare!" ”

With Zhang He's order, countless archers with longbows immediately ran out of the Yuan army's barracks.

Running out of the barracks, these archers put their arrows on the bowstring one by one and aimed at the two thousand Cao cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan.

One arrow after another pointed diagonally upward, and the archers of the Yuan army pulled their longbows full and aimed at the cavalry of the Cao army, who were galloping on their horses.

The cavalry of the Cao army got closer and closer to the Yuan army, which was digging a long foundation, and when they rushed to a place only fifty or sixty paces away from the Yuan army, those Yuan soldiers threw their shovels on the ground one after another, turned around and ran back towards the barracks.

Cao Cao's order was to drive the Yuan army away, and it was not necessary to kill too many people, and when the Yuan soldiers dropped their shovels and fled, Xiahou Yuan restrained his horse and raised his arm to stop the advance of the cavalry behind him.

They all reined in their horses, and the cavalry of the Cao army looked at the Yuan army who fled to the barracks from a distance, and did not chase after them.

Annoyingly, they stopped the charge, but the soldiers of the Yuan army also stopped, and when they looked back at them for a while, to make sure that they would not chase after them, they turned around and turned back towards the place where they had just dropped their shovels.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Yuan army had turned back to the foundation they were digging, Xiahou Yuan was suddenly full of depression.

These Yuan Jun don't give face!

If you want to run, you can't run back to the barracks, but after finding out that they have no intention of chasing, you turn back!

Standing on the high wall, looking at the two thousand cavalry led out by Xiahou Yuan, when Cao Cao saw the soldiers of the Yuan army turning back after fleeing, he immediately shouted, "Not good!" ”

Before he could order Xiahou Yuan's leading army to retreat, Xiahou Yuan, who was so angry by the soldiers of the Yuan army, pointed the big knife in his hand forward, and shouted to the Cao cavalry behind him: "Kill this general!" ”

The cavalry of the Cao army, who had already reined in their horses, heard Xiahou Yuan's shout, and they all clamped their legs towards the belly of the horse, and rode their horses to rush towards the Yuan army who had just returned to the foundation.

The Cao army charged again, and those Yuan troops dropped their shovels again and ran towards the barracks.

Looking at the two thousand cavalry of the Cao Army led by Xiahou Yuan, the corners of Zhang He's mouth were smiling indifferently.

Outside the Yuan army's barracks, the longbowmen lined up in the phalanx opened their bowstrings one by one, and just waited for the Cao cavalry to enter the firing range, and then shot feather arrows at them.

Knowing that once the pursuit was stopped, the Yuan army would definitely turn back again, and this time, Xiahou Yuan did not give the order to stop the Cao army's cavalry, but accelerated the urging of the war horse, carrying a big knife, and rushed towards the Yuan army who were fleeing.

The cavalry of the Cao army led by Xiahou Yuan was getting closer and closer, and the archers of the Yuan army who opened their longbows were all nervous and their palms were covered with beads of sweat.

The cavalry of the Cao army was getting closer and closer, and seeing that they were about to rush to the place where the soldiers of the Yuan army were digging the foundation just now, the officer standing on the side of the Yuan army's archer array, raised his arms high, and when Xiahou Yuan's war horse crossed the shallow foundation that had just been dug up, the officer pressed his hand down sharply and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

As soon as the officer gave the order, the archers of the Yuan Army, who had already been prepared, let go of their hands pulling the bowstring.

With the sound of a bowstring trembling lightly, one arrow after another flew towards the Cao cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan.

The arrows flew into the air, like thick clouds, almost obscuring half of the sky.

The cavalry of the Cao army, who were charging on horseback, hurriedly raised the round shield in their hands to block the arrows flying towards them.

The arrows like raindrops covered the Cao cavalry, and the Cao cavalry on horseback, although they raised their shields in the case of rushing horses, it was impossible to cover all the people and horses.

Pieces of arrows covered Cao Jun's head and face, and many arrows landed on the shield held by Cao Jun, making a crisp sound of "crackling".

There were also some arrows, due to the tricky angles, which directly hit the Cao soldiers who charged on horseback.

Cao Jun, who was shot by the arrow, fell off his horse one by one, and soon disappeared in the dust and smoke from the horse's hooves.

Compared with the soldiers of the Cao army on horseback, the war horse is large and more susceptible to arrows.

One by one, the horses were shot by feathered arrows, and their two front hooves suddenly weakened, and in the gallop, they fell forward.

The cavalry of the Cao army riding on these horses didn't even have time to jump off the horse, but they were thrown away by the tumbling horses and fell heavily on the dust.

Yuan Jun's arrows flew towards Cao Jun in pieces, and Xiahou Yuan held the long handle of the big knife in both hands, stirring the big knife like a fan, and throwing the arrows flying towards him to the ground one after another.

Just when the cavalry of the Cao army led by Xiahoudun was about to catch up with the fleeing Yuan army, the rear of the Yuan army's large array suddenly walked out of the black pressure and suppressed a piece of cavalry.

The cavalry of the Yuan army, which had just walked out, appeared behind the archer array in a neat phalanx, and one by one they only waited for Zhang He's order, and then rode their horses to charge the group of Cao troops led by Xiahou Yuan.

The cavalry of the Yuan army suddenly appeared, but the Cao army led by Xiahou Yuan had no way to retreat.

At this time, the archers of the Yuan army fired arrows at them from behind, and I am afraid that most of them will not have time to evacuate the battlefield, and they will be shot and killed on the spot by the Yuan army.

Hard-headed, Xiahou Yuan shouted while brandishing the big knife: "Kill!" ”

The cavalry of the Cao army was already stunned by the arrows of the Yuan army, and Xiahou Yuan's shout was undoubtedly a shot of heartache when their morale was about to fall to the bottom.

All the Cao troops held shields and charged forward, followed by Xiahou Yuan's cry of killing.

Braving the arrows shot by the Yuan army, the Cao army got closer and closer to the Yuan army's longbow array, and just when they rushed to a place only thirty or forty steps away from the Yuan army's bow and arrow array, the Yuan army's bow and arrow array suddenly retreated, and the cavalry behind followed closely.

"Kill!" Facing the Cao army, the cavalry officer of the Yuan army at the front pointed the short spear in his hand forward, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards the Cao army.

The cavalry of the Yuan army, which was far more numerous than the heavy cavalry of the Cao army, also let out a shout at the same time as the officers rushed out, urging their horses and rushing towards the Cao army.

The distance between the two cavalry was already very close, and when the Cao army charged, the speed had already increased, but the Yuan army had just come out of the ranks, and the war horses were only urging up, and the speed had not yet increased, and they had already collided with the Cao army.

The cavalry of the Cao army collided with the cavalry of the Yuan army, and with the neighing of the war horse and the sound of the huge flesh impact, the soldiers of both sides who rushed to the front one by one were knocked into the air under the powerful impact of the war horse.

The soldiers of the two sides in front collided in one place, and the cavalry behind followed closely behind.

Xiahou Yuan brandished the broadsword, picked up the broadsword, and slashed over a cavalry of the Yuan army who rushed towards him, but his eyes drifted to Zhang He, who was stationed in the middle of the Yuan army.

Watching Xiahou Yuan crisscross among a group of Yuan cavalry, Zhang He did not urge the war horse to come forward to fight, but just watched the battle not far from the Chinese army from a distance.