Not long after Yuan Tan led his personal guards out of the camp, hesitated whether to drive Yan Xing away first, to meet Lu Qian, or to surround Sun Ce first, but found a group of defeated soldiers running ahead, one by one, sweating and panting, but there was no weapon in his hand, and some even took off their armor and threw it away.

Yuan Tan was puzzled and thought it was a small group of defeated soldiers, but he soon saw the powerful crossbow captain surrounded by his personal guards, and then he realized that something was wrong. The five thousand people who ambushed Sun Ce were already defeated, and even the powerful crossbow captain escaped in the face of the battle.

Yuan Tan was furious and immediately asked someone to call the lieutenant of the crossbow to be held accountable. Before the lieutenant of the crossbow came to him, Yan Xing's general flag came into view, and the defeated soldiers were overwhelming and even began to attack Yuan Tan's team. Yuan Tan did not bother to think about it and ordered the drums to line up and order all the defeated soldiers to avoid it, otherwise they would be killed.

As soon as the drum sounded, the crossbowmen stepped forward to shoot. Some of the defeated soldiers who were only concerned about escaping were shot down. They luckily avoided the rain of arrows. Those who rushed to the front of the formation were also killed by the personal guards. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining defeated soldiers turned around and avoided Yuan Tan's formation.

After such delay, Yan Xing had already rushed to Yuan Tan. Seeing Yuan Tan's formation from afar, Yan Xing was overjoyed and immediately issued an order to give up pursuing the defeated soldiers and change to besieging Yuan Tan's original formation. Seeing Yuan Tan's battle flag, the knights of the guards were ecstatic and shouted in unison, immediately adjusting the formation, changing from a geese formation to a long longitudinal formation, and starting to run around Yuan Tan's position and shooting.

Yuan Tan had nearly a thousand knights and four thousand infantrymen, but he was intimidated by Sun Ce's record and did not dare to let these personal guards and Yan Xing attack. Wen Chou could not block the attack of two hundred cavalry of Sun Ce, and his entire army was wiped out, and even Wen Chou himself was injured. Why did he defeat these thousand cavalry? When Fang fought with him, these personal guards were killed by more than ten cavalry of Sun Ce and were in a mess. Finally, he watched Sun Ce leave with his strength. His combat power was obvious and he didn't need to take any risks. These personal guards were okay to pursue the defeated soldiers, but they had no chance of winning against Sun Ce's cavalry.

So Yuan Tan chose a more conservative approach, with infantrymen outside and knights standing in the middle, waiting for assistance.

Yuan Tan did not think too much about all this, but was just instinct. In fact, the five thousand elite defeated soldiers who ambushed Sun Ce were not in his plan, which made him nervous than the severance of Lu Qian's troops. Encirclement and annihilation of Sun Ce was the top priority of this plan. These five thousand elite soldiers were an indispensable part, but as soon as the battle began, there was a gap in this link, which was like a blow to him and his mind was a little confused.

He thought urgently and found that there was no remedy for this situation. He could only adapt to the situation.

The most important point is to determine Sun Ce's position, rather than Yan Xing and nearly a thousand knights in front of him. But how can we determine Sun Ce's position in the chaotic battlefield, especially when there are a group of murderous knights in front of us?

Yuan Tan was at a loss and a cold sweat broke out in his forehead.

But he didn't have to worry soon. A personal guard reminded him that Sun Ce was here.

Yuan Tan followed the hand of his guard and saw a group of knights running away. The number was not large, only about two hundred. However, the armor was distinctive and there was a particularly conspicuous battle flag. The battle flag was not big. It was not the kind of huge battle flag, but a small flag used by cavalry. It was a phoenix bird born from the fire on it, which was Sun Ce's unique symbol.

Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, Sun Ce had not escaped yet. Then he took a breath of air conditioning. Is Sun Ce himself here?

"Hurry, hurry up, go to the Central Army to tell Xin Changshi that Sun Ce is here." Yuan Tan made a furious move, suddenly reacted, and said loudly to the personal guard general. The personal guard general also understood and immediately led a team of knights out of the formation and forcibly broke through.

Seeing this, the knights who were siege immediately came up to intercept the attack. The arrows were flying, whizzing, and the war horses were galloping, and the sound was like thunder. In an instant, dozens of Yuan army's personal guards were caught in the arrow, but half of them still rushed out of the encirclement and ran towards the camp. Seeing that the personal guards successfully broke through, Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, kicked the horse back and forth in the formation, held the sword, and announced a reward loudly to boost morale and stabilize the morale of the army.

After all, the guard camp was elite and well-trained. Under Yuan Tan's command, it quickly stabilized its position. The sword and shield hand was in front and the spear hand was behind. The crossbowman held the crossbow and kept fighting back. Even the knights pulled the bow and shot at Yan Xing and others. However, Yan Xing and others were moving all the time, and their hit rate was not very high.

Soon, Sun Ce came to the formation and saw that Yuan Tan's formation was well-behaved and well-behaved. It was not surprising that the children of aristocratic families were well-informed and followed Yuan Shao for a few years and were influenced by them. They still had basic common sense. However, when marching and fighting, formation was only basic skills, and how to dispatch troops was the touchstone of famous generals. Just like martial arts masters, they could not become Huang Feihong by placing a virtual step and illuminating palms. The key was how to deal with moves.

Sun Ce held the reins of the horse in one hand and the overlord killer in the other hand. He slowly came to the front of the formation and set aside outside the arrow.

"Envoy Yuan, are you safe?"

Seeing Sun Ce and others pressing in front of him, from Yuan Tan to every personal guard, they held their breath. Many of them followed Yuan Tan for many years, participated in the Battle of Junyi, and saw Sun Ce with their own eyes. Even if they had never seen him, these people heard a lot from their companions and were not unfamiliar with this legendary young hero. At this moment, when they saw Sun Ce coming to the formation, they were indeed handsome and extraordinary. They were in harmony with the phoenix on the battle flag behind them. While they were nervous, they couldn't help but shout in secret, but no one dared to speak out.

One is that he is nervous and afraid, and the other is that he is afraid that Yuan Tan will get angry.

Yuan Tan was also very nervous. In front of Yuan Shao, he was the opponent of Sun Ce who was both defeated and decided the outcome, but he knew that he was really seriously injured in that battle, but Sun Ce might not have been. He jumped around when he returned to Junyi, and he didn't look like he was seriously injured. After two years, he had no progress, but Sun Ce captured Yangzhou with great momentum. Even if he wanted to reappear the battle outside Xiaohuang City, it depends on whether Sun Ce was willing to cooperate with him.

Although he was so nervous that he was sweating all over, facing Sun Ce's greeting, Yuan Tan still plucked up the courage, came to the front of the formation, and said loudly: "General Sun, I haven't seen him for two years. The general is brilliant and has great military achievements. It's amazing, beyond the reach of the world."

Sun Ce smiled slightly and bowed his hand to worship him. "I am humble. Thanks to the wrong love of the envoy, I ambushed ten thousand people here to deal with Sun. Sun was really flattered. Thanks to God's protection, the soldiers used their lives to escape by chance. The last time I fought with the envoy was too hasty and could not enjoy the fun. Why don't we continue our relationship and decide the outcome?"

Yuan Tan was embarrassed, how could he dare to fight Sun Ce alone. But in front of his subordinates, he could not show weakness. His eyes rolled, and he thought of what Xinpi said, and he smiled generously: "Last time, there was no victory or defeat, this time I took my own self-esteem and it would be difficult to beat you. It would be better to fight wits. I wonder what the general wanted?"

Before Sun Ce could speak, Ma Chao beside him sneered. "You are just your little arms and legs, but you dare not speak out without a chance to win or lose with General Sun? I will let you get rid of you with one hand and empty hand."

The Yicong Knights burst into laughter, one laughed louder than the other, and one was more arrogant than the other, especially Xie Guanglong and Guo Yuan. Guo Yuance immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "General Ma, aren't you bullying him? Let me do it, I don't use a single hand, I can beat him with just one mouth. Who can't brag?"
Chapter completed!