Cao Aman: How Are We Supposed to Fight This Battle?

And so, after three whole months, Cao Aman finally arrived at the border of Xu Province with his main army. Then... his mentality collapsed.

A huge black-and-white phantom shrouded the entirety of Xu Province. Guo Jia said, "Duke Cao, this may be a Daoist formation. That phantom probably has astonishing defensive power. Judging by this, it seems that Lu Bu really does have help from someone in Daoism."

Cao Aman nodded and said, "Since that's the case, what should we do?"

Guo Jia stroked his chin and said, "I have a plan. Let's test the power of this formation first. You should know that all defensive Daoist formations have an upper limit to how much they can withstand. We have quite a few mighty generals in our army, so we can give it a try. Generals like Dian Wei and Xu Chu possess extraordinary strength. Perhaps they can rely on their sheer courage and force their way through the opposing formation."

After hearing this, Cao Aman pondered for a while. Seeing that there was no other way, he agreed. However, he was still rather clever. He did not let his own mighty generals handle this task, instead handing it over to Liu the Big Ear and his brothers.

Although this joint expedition against Lu Bu was supposedly an allied campaign, Liu the Big Ear had very few soldiers under his command—no more than eight thousand troops and no more than five generals. In terms of status, he was also a level below Cao Aman. With no other choice, he could only lead his brothers as the vanguard and attempt to attack the Grand Array before them.

Inside Lu Bu's central command tent, Xuanxiao said, "All right, let's watch the show. With just Guan Yu and the others, trying to break