Chapter 528: If duels don't work, then group fights

The coalition came excitedly,

But unexpectedly, in the first battle of duels, Liu Bei's army gave them a head-on blow!

The coalition generals returned to the temporary camp dejectedly.

Cao Cao laughed loudly when he saw this.

"Gentlemen, Liu Bei's generals are valiant, but their troops are only half of ours. Our army only needs to defeat them with a dignified and upright army!"

Once everyone thought about it, it was indeed the case. Your Liu Bei's duels are powerful? Then we'll have a group fight!

Cao Cao looked at the sky, cloudless.

"Tomorrow morning, our army will take advantage of the sun shining to the west to challenge Liu Bei's army; the power of his strong crossbows will be at least halved."

Everyone's eyes lit up. Mengde is indeed resourceful, even considering the factor of sunlight.

Historically, Cao Cao used sunlight to pit several warlords.

Zhou Gongjin was secretly vigilant. This Cao Cao is indeed resourceful; the days of confrontation between Jiangdong and Cao Cao's Xuzhou will not be few in the future.

Cao Cao let everyone build the camp well and rest in batches at night to prevent night raids.

At night, Cao Cao sent someone to send a battle letter to Liu Bei, arranging a great battle for tomorrow morning!

Liu Bei replied that he couldn't get up so early in the morning, so why not arrange it for after lunch.

Cao Cao naturally cursed loudly. After lunch, and then dragging it for another hour, the sunlight would shine to the east, and their crossbowmen would be at a disadvantage!

"This Liu Bei is cunning; what I thought of, he also thought of!"

The two sides sent envoys to each other, and they didn't agree on a time, so they decided to rest for a day tomorrow!

Liu Bei didn't care; the longer the coalition consumes with him, the greater the consumption!

"It's best if everyone lies flat in the camp for a hundred days, and when your coalition grain is exhausted, I'll follow and kill you!"

Cao Cao naturally didn't want to drag it on, but the great army had just arrived, and resting for a few days was also fine, as long as the decisive battle could win against Liu Bei, he could gain the initiative.

Finally, three days later, the weather turned cloudy.

Neither side had any advantage, so they sent troops again.

Amidst the clanging of weapons and armor, Liu Bei led his troops out of the camp.

This time, he dispatched one hundred thousand troops, leaving fifty thousand to garrison the camp.

He looked toward the opposite side, where there were at least two hundred thousand troops, surging out from each camp gate like black clouds, lining up.

The sound of war drums was impassioned, the sound of horns was long, and the two sides finally had to have a great battle.

Liu Bei looked at the strategists beside him.

"What do you think?"

Guo Fengxiao narrowed his eyes and observed carefully.

"My lord, the coalition is divided into three distinct parties. In the middle are Yuan Shao's Hebei elite soldiers, with chariots, great halberd soldiers, long spear soldiers, and large shield crossbows as elites."

Liu Bei nodded. Long spears stood like a forest on the opposite side; the long spear soldiers were there to restrain his cavalry.

The great halberd soldiers were each equipped with great halberds and heavy armor, but were not equipped with shields and crossbows, mainly used for infantry battles, covering the crossbows.

The most dazzling were the hundreds or thousands of chariots in the front row, with spearheads and sharp knives fixed on both sides of the axle, shining with cold light.

Guo Fengxiao also said.

"My lord, Yuan Shao intends to use chariots to tear open our infantry defense line."

Liu Bei laughed.

"Such clumsy things as chariots are only suitable for charges on plains; they should have been eliminated long ago. This battle will make chariots disappear from the battlefield!"

Guo Fengxiao pointed to the other side.

"My lord, on the left flank are Cao Cao's elites, elite infantry, crossbowmen, and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, with close infantry-cavalry cooperation. Only the Sun Guan and Zang Ba Taishan bandit lineup is not neat, not the direct line."

Liu Bei nodded. Guo Fengxiao saw the weakness of this Cao army at a glance.

Cao Cao came out in full force, afraid that these troops who had just surrendered from Xuzhou would rebel against him, so he naturally brought them along.

Pang Shiyuan looked at Sun Ce's troops on the right flank.

"My lord, Sun Ce is mainly infantry, with Danyang soldiers and Lujiang soldiers as elites, and very few cavalry."

In fact, everyone had already calculated these many times.

Liu Bei's side began to mobilize troops and generals.

He was in a weak position and only needed to defend and counterattack; the charge was also the coalition's charge.

"Guan Yu and Zhang Wenyuan, lead troops to fight against Sun Ce's troops on the right flank!"

"Understood!"

"Gao Shun, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong, lead your respective troops to face Cao Cao!"

"Understood!"

"Ju Yi, Xu Huang, Pang De, and E Huan, follow me in the center to fight Yuan Shao!"