Chapter 302

Although Yue Jin shouted loudly and the military judge beheaded dozens of soldiers who turned to flee,

however, the feeling of fear did not dissipate, but spread further and further!

Soon, the infantry facing the rattan armor began to rout!

Zhang Fei roared and led some rattan-armored soldiers to attack Yue Jin's elite infantry from the flank, tearing open another gap!

The Cao army was attacked from both sides, and their pressure increased instantly; even the elite infantry began to waver in their hearts!

Cao Cao in the distance was dumbfounded!

"Rattan-armored soldiers? It's actually the rattan-armored soldiers from Nanzhong. Liu Bei never brought them out!"

He suddenly realized that he had been in Liu Bei's trap all along.

Stalling for time!

Heavy rain?

The Rattan Army fears fire!

Everything turned out to be not only what he wanted, but also what Liu Bei wanted!

He had unknowingly been deep in Liu Bei's trap, with steps designed in a chain, just waiting for him to drill into it!

Cao Cao couldn't help but curse,

"The big-eared thief is treacherous!"

When he was calculating others, others were also calculating him back!

On the battlefield, as the rattan-armored soldiers exerted their power, Yue Jin's elite infantry finally couldn't hold on, and their formation became chaotic, their military morale wavering!

Gao Shun and Ju Yi discovered the opportunity, the drums sounded loudly, the morale of the crowd was greatly boosted, and they slaughtered the Cao army until they were in disarray!

The fields were full of Cao Cao's routing infantry!

Rumble!

Zhang Zhang Liao and Guan Yu led the cavalry to start harvesting!

Cao Cao quickly calmed down; he had no time to curse at this moment!

"Xia Hou Dun, you lead men to cover the rear, other soldiers withdraw to the camp in an orderly manner!"

"Understood!"

Xu You looked at Liu Bei's side and cursed in his heart,

"I thought Cao Aman was treacherous enough, but Liu Bei is treacherous in loyalty, even worse than Cao Aman!"

He had already started worrying for Ding Yuan Shao; compared to the two, Ding Yuan Shao could almost be a model of loyalty.

However, loyalty cannot conquer the world; only by being more cunning than the enemy can one reach the end!

The heavy rain was still falling,

but at this moment, Cao Cao no longer had the joy of seeing the heavy rain for the first time, but instead felt that this rain was a ruthless mockery of himself.

The Cao army left behind more than ten thousand corpses, as well as more than twenty thousand wounded and surrendered soldiers, and finally retreated to the camp!

Liu Bei also led his troops back to the camp; the first thing he did was to let the soldiers who had fought drink a bowl of hot ginger soup and change into dry clothes.

Everyone had won a great victory this time and was naturally jubilant; the morale of the soldiers was rising higher and higher!

In the Allied camp,

Cao Cao also suffered a major blow in this battle; he was soaked, and his head was splitting with pain!

Cheng Yu hurriedly let the soldiers help Cao Cao change into dry clothes.

"My Lord, your health is important!"

Cao Cao muttered,

"Liu Bei is treacherous, he actually kept a hand!"

Thinking of how he had been looking for things to talk about with Liu Bei just now, and how he had successfully stalled for time,

in fact, he had walked into Liu Bei's trap, and he was still proud of himself. Thinking about it made him feel ashamed, and Cao Cao's head hurt even more.

"Big-eared thief, I will not stand with you!"

"Liar, big liar!"

The live stream exploded.

"Even Boss Cao was fooled by the big-eared thief!"

"Big liar!"

"Look at how aggrieved my Brother Cao is, the big-eared thief is too bad!"

"Haha, let me laugh for a while. Those who deceive others will always be deceived. Let's see who can deceive my Brother Bei!"

Ding Yuan Shao came to visit, and seeing Cao Cao's miserable state, he felt a bit refreshed, and also a bit sympathetic.

"Meng De, don't think so much. Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war. No one expected that in the last decisive battle, Liu Bei could endure not letting the rattan-armored soldiers fight."

Cao Cao was very depressed; not only was he tricked, but the elite heavy infantry he had carefully trained were also almost wiped out.

He quickly adjusted his emotions.

"My Allied forces still outnumber Liu Bei. As long as we fight steadily, we will not fail."

Ding Yuan Shao also nodded.

"Meng De is right. Maybe Tong Pass has been broken by us."

Cao Cao, however, said,

"Brother Benchu, we can't afford to drag it out; the pressure of supply is very great. I will rest for a while tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow I will start fighting Liu Bei's army continuously. I don't believe I can't drag him to death!"

Ding Yuan Shao nodded.

"Good, we will take turns looking for Liu Bei, you one day, I one day!"

After Liu Bei's great victory, he instead avoided fighting; his goal was achieved, and his morale was high, so he didn't fight a war of attrition with Ding Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

The opinions of Liu Bei's strategists were surprisingly consistent, which was to hold the camp steadily and drag the opposite side to death!

Pang Tong cupped his hands.

"My Lord, our supply is convenient, and our numbers are small, while the Allied forces' supply line is extremely long, and there are so many laborers who also need to eat; the pressure every day is very great."

Xun You also said,

"My Lord, it's time for Gan Ning and Zhang Ren's navy to build merit."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Calculating the time, they should be here soon."

He looked around.

"In the next few days, everyone should train the soldiers in the camp and prioritize holding the ground!"

"Understood!"

Ding Yuan Shao and Cao Cao still wanted to fight Liu Bei, but they didn't expect Liu Bei to start lying flat!

Liu Bei's army hung up the "no-war" sign.

No matter how Ding Yuan Shao and Cao Cao challenged them outside, they just wouldn't fight.

This made Cao Cao and Ding Yuan Shao so angry that their livers exploded!

The two found many ruffians to curse in the street,

but Liu Bei, Huang Zhong, and Taishi Ci, several archery experts, sniped many ruffians who were cursing filthily. The remaining ruffians were far away from the camp, and no matter how loud their voices were, everyone couldn't hear clearly.

Everyone just dragged it out like this.

Soon,

Ding Yuan Shao received news that his supply line was being harassed by Liu Bei's navy.

An important grain storage point near Maojin Ferry was burned to the ground, and the Allied forces' food supply was suddenly a bit difficult!

The route of crossing the Yellow River from Luoyang to deliver supplies was basically cut off by Gan Ning and Zhang Ren!

Ding Yuan Shao could only transport grain from Jizhou via Henei Commandery.

The Black Mountain bandits in the mountains who had a grudge against Ding Yuan Shao came out of the mountains one after another to rob Ding Yuan Shao's grain transport team, making a fortune. They had grain for the winter this year!

The Black Mountain bandits thanked Alliance Leader Ding Yuan for his gift one after another, making Ding Yuan Shao jump with anger.

Gan Ning and Zhang Ren also often touched the shore to attack the rear of the Allied forces.

All this made Ding Yuan Shao and Cao Cao miserable.

Fortunately, Cao Cao deeply understood the importance of grain and fodder and sent heavy troops to guard the main grain storage areas. Gan Ning and Zhang Ren failed several sneak attacks.

The battle situation remained at a stalemate just like that.