You can search "The Strongest Overlord of the Three Kingdoms" on Baidu to find the latest chapter!
While Cao Cao was nervously arranging his troops and arranging soldiers to be stationed everywhere, Liu Ke was also not idle.
Now, Liu Ke occupies the southern plateau, and Cao Cao occupies the northern and western plateaus.
Because in the east are two mountains and a river called Harshui.
Therefore, the focus of competition between the two sides can only be in the West Plains.
What is more disadvantageous for Liu Ke is that he needs to cross Jingshui to threaten Xiyuan.
The Jingshui River flows through a river valley with a depth ranging from tens to hundreds of meters.
The two banks of the river are very steep, and they are three miles apart.
It is difficult to build a bridge or cross the river on foot.
Therefore, Liu Ke still needs to spend more brain cells to find a solution.
The counselors under his command also gathered together to make plans and seek countermeasures.
Finally, after discussion by Liu Ke and others, it was decided to adopt a three-line advance.
This method is not difficult. The only requirement is that you must have more troops than the opponent to succeed.
Precisely at this time, Liu Ke had more than twice as many troops as Cao Cao, so there was no problem in using this strategy.
After everything was finalized, we began to prepare our troops and wait with peace of mind for the day of decisive battle.
Time passed very quickly, and the day of decisive battle agreed between Liu Ke and Cao Cao finally arrived.
Early in the morning that day, Liu Ke personally led the army to set off, and finally lined up along the Jingshui River.
Looking around, the entire southern bank of the Jingshui River is actually filled with Liu Ke's army, with huge crowds of people, densely covered with banners, and an astonishing momentum.
Liu Ke was riding a horse and stood proudly at the front. At his feet was the valley where the Jingshui River flowed, and it was making a raging sound at the moment.
And Cao Cao has been waiting on the other side of the river for a long time.
It happens to be across the river from Liu Ke.
Seeing this, Liu finally said, "Ah Hao, what do you think of the momentum of my soldiers?"
Cao Cao hated people calling him by his nickname, so he immediately replied: "Liu Ke, I have told you many times, don't call me by my nickname."
"Okay, Ah Ma, I will pay attention to it in the future."
Liu Ke's indifference made Cao Cao even more angry, but he couldn't do anything to him, so the fire in his heart never vented.
"Ama, if you were able to attend the appointment on time today, it means that you have read the letter I sent last time.
I still want to say that if you surrender now, considering your previous friendship, you will still retain your status as a lord.
?????????????????????? And I promise to put aside all past grudges, and treat you with great care, why must I sacrifice my life in vain for an unrealistic delusion! "
"Hmph! Liu Ke, you are powerful now, I won't argue with you. But it is absolutely impossible for me, Cao Cao, to surrender!
¡°Stop talking nonsense, my army is waiting for you in the west plain. If you have the ability, come over and fight to the death! "
The existence of natural dangers in Jingshui greatly increased Cao Cao's confidence, especially when he saw the dangers here with his own eyes.
Cao Cao is confident that he can definitely kill half of Liu Ke's troops before his army rushes in!
Seeing that Cao Cao was so stubborn, Liu Ke pretended to be furious, and then began to order the entire army to dispatch, cross the river and rush to the western plains to capture Cao Cao alive.
Of course, all this was planned by Liu Ke a long time ago, just to act for Cao Cao.
Immediately, they saw three fierce generals, Dian Wei, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao, each with 20,000 troops and horses, crossing the river from three places to attack.
Cao Cao knew that these three men were among the most courageous generals in Liu Ke's hands.
Now that the three of them are dispatched together, it seems that this is Liu Ke's main team.
So, he immediately ordered his three men, Cao Hong, Shi Huan, and Cao Xiu, to lead an army of 10,000 troops to guard the other side's crossing position.
Although it is ten thousand against twenty thousand, due to the advantage of the terrain, Lu Bu and others will not have the advantage.
When crossing the river, the enemy used thunderbolt chariots, bows and arrows to attack Liu Jun in the valley.
Fortunately, everyone brought a lot of wooden boards to cover when crossing the river, so we didn't suffer heavy losses.
However, after crossing the Jingshui River, you still have to climb a hillside dozens of meters high to reach Cao Jun.
At such a height, it is no less than attacking a fortified city, and the price paid is absolutely huge.
The most important thing is that in the river valley, Liu Kejun's boulder-returning artillery has no use.
On the contrary, the opponent can use the rolling stone at willWood attack.
Therefore, the situation at hand is very unfavorable for Liu Ke's army.
Even though Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao and others are all the best generals in the world, they are still helpless when facing an enemy that is dozens of meters taller than them.
We can only go forward and continue regardless of sacrifice, but we have achieved very little results.
So every time you attack, you have to make a lot of sacrifices. After a few rounds, you can only retreat temporarily.
Cao Cao¡¯s army has repelled several attacks from the opponent, and its confidence is growing.
However, at this moment, news of urgent help came from Xiahou Dun, who was guarding Ma Chao's attack.
It turns out that Ma Chao got the news and knew that today was the day of decisive battle, so he followed Liu Ke's arrangement and raised his troops to go down the river.
Then we met Xiahou Dun who was coming at a place called Niujiaogou.
Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other.
What¡¯s more, Xiahou Dun had just been forced by Ma Chao to swim and escape, and he was in an extremely embarrassed state.
Therefore, Xiahou Dun desperately wanted to avenge his humiliation.
However, this time he adhered to Cao Cao's command and did not dare to go out to fight. Instead, he stationed himself at Niujiaogou for defense.
The ravine here is like a curved horn, narrow and deep, and you will have to pay a huge price to pass it.
However, Xiahou Dun only had 10,000 troops, while Ma Chao had 50,000 troops.
Furthermore, Ma Chao was anxious about the decisive battle ahead and wanted to rush in for support, so as soon as he came up, he would attack with his entire army at all costs.
Xiahou Dun had just persisted for half an hour when he began to be at a disadvantage.
Although we repelled several attacks from the opponent, our losses were equally heavy, with less than 7,000 people.
And Ma Chao also left nearly 10,000 bodies behind.
But most of these were Cao's troops who had just been incorporated into the army, and he didn't feel bad if they lost them.
On the contrary, Xiahou Dun felt a little unbearable when he saw the army he had trained fighting against him.
The constant losses also made Xiahou Dun's guards increasingly stretched, and there was a possibility of falling at any time.
Xiahou Dun is not afraid of death in battle. If he can stop the opponent, he will even die in battle.
But now Xiahou Dun had no choice but to find that with his current situation, even if he tried to annihilate his entire army, he still couldn't stop Ma Chao's army.
"Moreover, even if Ma Chao fights with only 30,000 people left, as long as he rushes through Niujiaogou, he will reach the West Plains immediately.
Under his attack, even if Cao Cao had an army of 100,000, he would still be in a hurry.
At that time, under the cover of Ma Chao, Liu Ke's army can take the opportunity to attack the Western Plains. When the two armies join together, Cao Cao will be in danger. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com