"Dong dong dong dong!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

On the plain, a large-scale battle took place between the coalition forces led by Li Dian and Guan Yu and the coalition forces of Li Jin and Zang Ba.

This was the first round of large-scale battle between the northern and southern armies since Cao Cao arrived in Runan.

Originally, the ministries on both sides were relatively cautious. Although there were many confrontations and testing of each other, this was the first time since Cao Cao arrived in Runan that such a direct and head-on fight occurred.

And no one thought that the person who initiated this battle would be Li Jin, a wealthy man from Yanzhou who was not considered a core figure in Cao's army.

If it were anyone else, he might have been moved to death by Li Jin's actions. After all, most of the soldiers led by Li Jin were the retainers and privates accumulated by the Li family of the Cheng family over the years, and they were attached to... He died.

Everyone has almost nothing to do with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and all losses must be borne by himself.

But Cao Cao would not accept Li Jin's love because he knew Li Jin's character better than anyone else.

Li Jin is a brave man and extremely conceited. He will not give sincerely to anyone. Since he wants to fight, there must be a reason for him to fight.

He won't fight for Cao Cao, let alone Yuan Shao. His purpose of doing this is just for himself.

…

"put!"

As Li Dian's voice fell, the messengers behind him began to wave the flags in their hands, and then the shield soldiers in the main formation of the Chinese army dispersed to the left and right to make way for the crossbowmen behind them.

Jingzhou's crossbowmen are now famous throughout the Han Dynasty.

After improvements in equipment and tactics, Jingzhou's crossbowmen were no longer stationed in place and waited for the enemy to enter range before launching a sudden attack on the opponent. Now they had more freedom to take the initiative in war.

Since the number of loaded rifles for the repeating crossbows has been increased, the mobility of Jingzhou's crossbowmen has also been greatly improved.

The sword and shield soldiers were on both sides of the crossbowmen's camp, guarding them and moving forward quickly with them. The Jingzhou crossbowmen tried their best to maintain a neat queue, stepping on the square formation, moving quickly towards the front.

"stop!"

Following Sima Gongqiu's loud shout, the company's crossbowmen quickly stationed themselves in place. Then they looked at the enemy soldiers on the opposite side who had entered their shooting range. They quickly raised their sharp weapons and began to shoot at the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.

The enemy launches a sudden attack.

The Jingzhou Army's repeating crossbows have gone through countless tests and improvements, and the latest batch of repeating crossbows produced in Nanyang County are far superior to the original ones in terms of number of loaded chambers, accuracy, including range.

Even the crossbow has made great progress.

Crossbows are now produced by Nanyang County. Due to the increase in the number of loaded chambers, the accuracy of Wangshan, the enhanced distance, and the stability of the bow, the crossbowmen can form long-range fire suppression while marching, making the opponent's troops unable to carry them.

Get started.

Although the Li family of the Cheng family has many disciples and many private soldiers who can be used, it is not a regular army after all. It is not a regular army, and it generally has two disadvantages.

First, an army that has not undergone formal training and training can easily be confused by the opponent's formation and various tactics on the battlefield, and lose its own scale and formation.

In the age of cold weapons, the formation of a team was very important. The formation was related to the life and death of an army. It was like carnivores catching herbivores on the grassland. They were usually separated from the team by the carnivores.

Herbivores, no matter whether they are zebras or antelopes, even buffaloes will end up dead.

The second disadvantage is that although Li's disciples have many disciples, their equipment is definitely inferior to that of the regular army of the imperial court. It can even be said to be much inferior.

Liu Qi's army was supported by more than half of the Han Dynasty and all the states. Their equipment was fundamentally different from that of the army supported by the powerful.

One side's bows and crossbows are powerful, while the other side's equipment is weak. After the Jingzhou Army's powerful crossbows were fired for several rounds, the result can be imagined.

Seeing his own soldiers falling in large swaths on the field, Li Jin's face turned the color of pig liver with anger.

Li Dian, who was in the opposite formation, waved his riding whip leisurely and looked at the opposite formation with a smile.

Although he didn't know where Li Jin was, he knew that Li Jin must be watching him somewhere.

Li Dian felt extremely comfortable when he thought of Li Jin's expression at this moment.

He just had to hum two tunes on the battlefield.

"Brother Jinxian, what is the strength of our army? Please advise!" Li Dian said to himself proudly.

Of course, what he said was just for himself.

However, although the equipment of the Liennu Army was exquisite, once all the crossbow arrows were fired, there would be a vacuum period when the crossbows were loaded. This period was the best opportunity for Li Jin to attack.

Of course, before Li Dian's crossbowmen began to move on the battlefield, Li Jin had already sent his elite cavalry to attack the enemy's crossbowmen from the side.

No matter how well-equipped the crossbowmen of the Jingzhou Army are, if they are charged by cavalry for a while, they will definitely die without a burial place.

But the problem is, whatever Li Jin can think of, the other party can also think of.

Guan Yu dispatched his own elite cavalry to intercept Li Jin's cavalry team and prevent them from harassing the Liennu Army during their break.

And the most important thing is that this time Guan Yu will personally lead the troops into battle!

Guan Yu's reputation is indeed not as high as it was at its peak in history, but his abilities are indeed there.

Whether he was arranging troops in formation or personally leading troops to charge into battle, Guan Yu was considered a good player throughout the Han Dynasty.

Now that he personally directs the cavalry in battle, the situation of the battle can be imagined.

The advantage of the Jingzhou Army is extremely obvious.

At the same time, Zang Ba from the Taishan Army finally came from the other direction. Although he was angry with Li Jin for not following his strategy, they were on the same front after all. If Li Jin collapsed across the board, he would not suffer the consequences.

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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zang Ba had no choice but to cooperate with Li Jin to launch a general attack.

After Li Dian took advantage with his repeated crossbows, he also began to command the three armies to engage in actual confrontations with the opponent.

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The running horses' hooves shook the air, and the earth seemed to be trembling and roaring for today's war.

Under the bright red sunlight, the flags were flying, and the two armies were fighting in the open field. The wind blew through the dark green cloak, and the long beard was swayed by the wind. On the cold tip of the Qinglong Yanyue knife, drops of blood were dripping into it.

In the soil.

A headless corpse lay not far away. The ownerless horses were running around in panic. A group of Taishan sergeants with weapons were looking at Guan Yu who was shining like a god in the sun. They were all horrified and inexplicable.

Just then, their school captain Wu Dun, who was one of the former Taishan bandits, Qu Shuai, was beheaded by Guan Yu with a sword. He didn't even have time to report his name and fell under his horse.

A figure rushed through the crowd on horseback, ran out with a spear, and shouted loudly: "Where are you from, how dare you kill my brother!"

The visitor is Yin Li, one of the Taishan thieves.

The horse's hooves galloped rapidly, approaching the figure standing still on horseback. The moment the spear thrust past, there was a 'bang' sound. The Qinglong Yanyue Sword swung up fiercely, cutting off the spear shaft. It passed by with a 'bang' sound.

Hit Yin Li on the head.

His pocket cracked and flew apart, and his body flew off the horse and rolled to the ground.

The corpse's eyes were wide open, and red and white viscous liquid came out of its nostrils and ears, as if it couldn't believe what was happening in front of it.

"Alas, no one in the Northern Army is good at fighting." Guan Yu sighed helplessly.

Step, step, step!

At this time, not far away, the sound of riding horses slowly reached where Guan Yu was.

Guan Yu swung the Qinglong Sword behind him and turned to look...

"Red-faced thief, you are so arrogant!"

The man who caught his eye was tall and burly. Just looking at his figure, he was on the same level as Dian Wei Xu Chu. The war horse under his crotch was also unusually powerful and tall, a full head taller than an ordinary war horse. Of course, that was all.

Only a good horse can carry such a giant man.

Just from this meeting, Guan Yu knew that this person was definitely not a casual visitor.

It seems that a good opponent has finally appeared.

"Who are you?"

"Chengshi Li Jin, have you heard of him?"

Guan Yu's red eyes slowly narrowed, and he stroked his long beard with his hand, speeding up unknowingly.

"Are you Li Jin? Haha, that's great."
Chapter completed!