"Uuuuuuu——!"

On the plains, the shrill sound of horns resounded across the sky.

Both sides sent dozens of elite knights. These knights galloped back and forth on the plains, constantly shooting arrows towards the opposite side, and calculating the distance between the two armies.

Before a battle begins, the two armies usually take positions with each other, and then send people back and forth to continuously measure the distance. This process alone may take several times.

Finally, after calculating the distance, the cavalrymen from both sides began to return to formation, while the main forces of both sides stopped and stood at the arrow mark left by the cavalry.

Liu Qi did not ride in a car today. He rode Lu, wearing heavy armor, and rode up to the front of the two armies' formations, then carefully watched the enemy formations in the distance.

Behind him, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, two giant strong men, escorted him.

Liu Qi ran his horse back and forth between the fields. After about three laps, he suddenly pulled the reins of the horse.

"Err, eh, eh, eh!"

The war horse suddenly raised its two front hooves and neighed loudly.

The eyes of all the officers and soldiers of both armies turned to Liu Qi.

"Where is Cao Cao? How dare you come out to see me!"

Liu Qi shouted loudly in the audience.

However, it was too far away for the two armies to gather together. When Liu Qi shouted like this, the sound could only be vaguely heard from the other side.

However, Liu Jun was well prepared and saw a whole row of soldiers running out of the formation neatly. All of them were wide and fat, and extremely burly.

Just by looking at them, you can tell that they are all people with loud voices.

These strong men raised their voices and shouted Liu Qi's words neatly to the opposite side. For a moment, the sound shook the surrounding areas and almost reached the sky.

Cao Cao, who was in the Chinese army formation, felt quite angry when he saw Liu Qi on the opposite side being so arrogant.

At this moment, in front of the soldiers of the three armies, if he dare not go out into battle, it means that he is really afraid of Liu Qi, which is really not Cao Cao's personality, and this will also reduce the momentum of the soldiers of the three armies.

Cao Cao flicked his horse whip and shouted: "Let the front line open a passage."

Yuan Tan, who was following Cao Cao, said: "Uncle, I'm afraid there is a scam!"

Cao Cao, however, waved his hand indifferently and said: "It doesn't matter, the distance between the two sides has been carefully calculated by Cao's scouts. No matter how powerful the enemy's crossbows are, they will never be able to shoot here.

, Liu Qi also knew it in his heart, so he dared to shout so arrogantly in front of the battle. If Cao doesn't respond, he will be laughed at by the world!"

After saying that, seeing that Cao Cao was no longer hesitant, he summoned Le Jin and Cao Chun and followed him to the front of the formation. Following the same standard as Liu Qi, he had all the soldiers shout loudly towards the opposite side.

"Liu Qi, someone Cao is here!"

Liu Qi looked at Cao Cao opposite him coldly and said loudly: "I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, respected by all the people. Why do you call me by my name? It is so rude!"

Cao Cao laughed and said: "As an emperor, your name is not justified, and the death of the late emperor is inseparable from you. If Cao calls you by your name, it can be regarded as a compliment to you."

Liu Qi secretly sighed in his heart, the emperor obviously died because of Cao Cao, but now he is holding this basin of dirty water on his own head. This shameless energy is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

"Cao Mengde, all three-year-old children in all the counties of the Han Dynasty know that when the late emperor was in Luoyang, you led your troops to seize Luoyang by force, causing the late emperor to die in the chaos! Now you have slandered me. Liu Zhuan, the king of the East China Sea, has lived in the East China Sea for a long time.

On the shore of the river, you kidnapped me to Yecheng, made you a false emperor, divided the world, and caused all the people to suffer from water and fire. Now you have come to slander me. Your sin is so great that all people want to live and eat their flesh!"

"I was ordered by heaven, and the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty supported me as emperor in accordance with the ancestral system. I asked for my resignation three times, but in the end I had no choice but to ascend the throne as emperor. How can I be slandered by you?"

"Today I raise an army to fight against the thieves. One is to unify the world and save the people from the fire and water. The other is to kill you, the evil thief, and cut you into pieces with a thousand knives to comfort the late emperor's spirit in heaven!"

Cao Cao was robbed by Liu Qi and felt quite upset.

It's not that he doesn't want to talk back, it's that he can't speak to Liu Qi, and of course it's not that Liu Qi can speak better than him. It's because the other party has taken over the argument and he can't argue.

First of all, what Liu Qi said is indeed true and everyone in the world knows it. Secondly, the Jingzhou Army has really controlled the world's public opinion.

In recent years, the world's political trends have basically been controlled by the Jingzhou Army. This cannot be refuted by Cao Cao's words alone.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Qi in the distance coldly, hating him so much that he took a deep breath and kept comforting himself.

"This little thief is just arrogant for a moment. Don't worry about him. Later, when the two sides fight and his backyard catches fire, let's see how arrogant he is. By then, we won't know who killed whom!"

Thinking of this, Cao Cao stopped talking to Liu Qi and slowly retreated into the formation.

Then, the thundering sound of "dong dong dong dong!" was heard from Cao Cao's camp.

On December 15th of the fifth year of Jiankang of the Han Dynasty, the head-on confrontation between Liu Qi and Cao Cao finally began!

The weather today is very gloomy, with dark clouds spreading across thousands of miles in the sky, one after another weighing on people's hearts, making them feel breathless.

Black clouds were billowing over the entire wilderness. Although it was already a cold winter, there was no snow in the land of Suiyang. There was only a strong wind blowing on people's faces, which was extremely biting. There was a bleak and solemn atmosphere between the sky and the earth.

Makes you extremely sober.

At this moment, Cao Cao's army could only hear the sound of roaring war drums, but no Cao troops were seen rushing out.

Just like 50,000 ferocious beasts patiently waiting for their prey, although they are eager to try, they are calm and waiting.

Liu Qi also returned to his camp at this moment. He dismounted and stepped onto the high cart. Looking at the opponent's camp in the distance, he couldn't help but frown.

He looked around from atop the chariot. Hundreds of steps away, the densely packed Cao army soldiers occupying almost half of the plain space were like a flood that was ready to strike, but they refused to move even half a step easily.

Let the noise fill the sky.

Liu Qi's left hand tightly grasped the long sword at his waist, and his fingertips were turning white from the exertion.

Cao Cao's battle was indeed very stable, surprisingly stable.

On the surface, he seemed to be mad because of the deaths of Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, but in fact he was not.

Beating drums but not moving troops is to accumulate anger points for one's own side, and it also creates a sense of depression for one's own side and disturbs the mental state of one's own soldiers.

It must be said that this was a brilliant move, even though Liu Qi had made many plans before, which had greatly tilted the balance of victory to his side.

But no matter any magical calculation can infinitely increase the probability of victory, the final victory still has to be won with real swords, real guns, and flesh and blood.

Liu Qi is nervous at the moment, but he will not be afraid, because he is responsible for the fate of tens of millions of people in the Han Dynasty. From the day he inherited the throne of emperor, he has no way out.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

The fate of the Chinese people in the next hundred or hundreds of years will be determined by the Northern Expedition, which he devoted all his strength to, but the key to this Northern Expedition may be today's battle!
Chapter completed!