Chapter 1471 Opportunity to turn the tables (Page 1/1)

The sound of war drums and another rain of arrows shot into the sky, flying over a hundred steps, shooting into the Jizhou military formation.

Two thousand crossbowmen and thirty crossbow chariots were fired continuously, pouring waves of arrow rain into the formation of the Jizhou army. In the Guandu River, forty warships lined up, and each warship had a stone thrower, smashing the burning grass balls and pots filled with stone fat on the head of the Jizhou army. The shadows on the river surface were weaving, and the grass balls and pots were constantly sent to the stone thrower.

In the face of the powerful long-range strike of the Jiangdong Army, the Jizhou Army was in great distress. Zhen Yan originally brought some stone throwing machines, but half of them were destroyed by Sun Jian. The rest were transferred by Yuan Shao to attack Lu Su's position. Zhen Yan's remaining stone throwing machines were taken seriously and were destroyed after a while.

Compared with the Jiangdong Army, the Jizhou Army is far behind whether it is the performance of the stone thrower or the skills of operating the stone thrower.

Without the stone throwing machine, only the strong crossbowman was left, and Zhen Yan could not stand it. The biggest advantage of the Jizhou Army was the strong crossbow, but in front of Sun Jian's crossbow cart and stone throwing machine, the strong crossbow had no advantage at all. After a few days of fighting, the strong crossbowman suffered heavy losses and could no longer compete with Sun Jian. Once the long-range strike force was destroyed and the close contact was entered, the Jizhou soldiers he led were no match for Sun Jian's troops at all.

While Zhen Yan struggled to support, he sent someone to ask Yuan Shao for help, hoping that Yuan Shao would send cavalry to attack. At present, only the cavalry could pose a threat to Sun Jian. It would be even better if Yuan Shao could send a cavalry to assist the soldiers. However, Zhen Yan did not dare to have such a luxury. Yuan Shao had only three hundred cavalry and wanted to attack Sun Ce, so he would not be used to reinforce him.

After all, the younger sister is going to marry only the second son Yuan Xi, not the eldest son Yuan Tan, nor Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao’s favorite son. Speaking of which, the Zhen family has a bad reputation and is not as eyed by Yuan Shao, the third generation of the fourth generation. When he thinks of this, Zhen Yan feels frustrated. The Zhen family is a rebel, how good can the Yuan family be? Yuan Shao is Wang Mang, and he still has the face to look down on the Zhen family that is dependent on Wang Mang?

But these words can only be thought about in my heart, and Zhen Yan dared not show them on his face.

"Hurry, ask for help from the lord." Zhen Yan ordered again that a knight of the personal guards turned over and turned his horse's head, and was about to ride the horse away, but was stopped by Zhen Yan. Zhen Yan put his hand on his forehead and looked at the opposite position in front of the dazzling Chaoyang, and felt ecstatic in his heart. "Tell the lord that Sun Jian has transferred all the crossbows to the front, and the side is empty, and there is a chance to attack."

"Here!" The knight kicked the horse's belly hard and ran away.

Zhen Yan looked at the distant position and could not suppress the joy in his heart and made a sound. In his busy schedule, he actually discovered Sun Jian's flaw. In order to strengthen the power of the frontal assault, Sun Jian transferred all the crossbows deployed on the flanks. The crossbows were a powerful weapon to deal with cavalry, especially the crossbows of the Jiangdong Army, which could both fire giant arrows and cluster arrows, which was a great deterrent to the cavalry. When firing cluster arrows, a crossbows were twenty or thirty powerful crossbows, and when the crossbows were fired at the same time, anyone would be numb when they saw them. Those Hu cavalry were afraid of seeing the crossbows, and they would avoid them even more when they saw it. At most one or two arrows were shot by a powerful crossbow, and injuries were not necessarily fatal. Being shot by a crossbow was not a problem of one or two arrows. Within the coverage range, there was almost no possibility of avoidance.

Zhen Yan was very excited and issued several orders in succession, ordering each unit to cover each other, retreat step by step, and lure Sun Jian forward. When the infantry attacked forward, the crossbowmen, crossbow chariots and stone throwers would temporarily stop shooting and adjust their positions. This was a good opportunity for cavalry to assault. As long as the cavalry could break through the blockade of the flanking infantry and appear behind Sun Jian, the opportunity for this battle to reverse.

After all, Yuan Shao has the advantage of strength, all he lacks is an opportunity.

There are nearly 6,000 Hu cavalry arrays behind him, which is only a few miles away and can be reached in an instant.

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Yuan Shao was about to retreat when he suddenly received news from Zhen Yan, and was both surprised and happy.

Sun Jian is eager to achieve success, and his flanks are empty? This is a good opportunity for a surprise attack. Lu Su has a strong formation, and the armored cavalry cannot be defeated, but Sun Jian is the attacking party, but the formation is relatively loose. Not to mention the powerful armored cavalry, even ordinary cavalry, as long as they seize the opportunity, it will be a crushing victory.

If you can't beat Sun Ce, it's okay to hurt Sun Jian hard, at least you can save some face.

Yuan Shao had almost no hesitation and asked Guo Tu and Ju Su to command the central army infantry to retreat first, rushed to Cross Valley to meet with Xun Yan, defeated Huang Zhong, and advanced westward to Luoyang. He led the central army knights to reinforce Zhen Yan and waited for an opportunity to defeat Sun Jian. The facts of the war in the past few months were too frustrating. He needed a refreshing victory to wash away the shame. Now that the opportunity has appeared, he certainly cannot let it go. Not only do he have to fight, but also go to fight in person.

Guo Tu didn't say much and took the order. Ju Su didn't say anything, but just took care of Zhang He to ensure Yuan Shao's safety. He didn't think that Yuan Shao would be in any danger. Sun Ce was south of Guandu, and as long as the floating bridge was destroyed, Sun Ce would be unable to cross the Guandu River and enter the battlefield in a short time. By the time he arrived at the battlefield, Yuan Shao should have defeated Sun Jian. Even if it was not going well, there would be no problem with retreating.

Yuan Shao had more than 6,000 Hu cavalry and the elliptical soldiers led by Zhang He, and the Sun family's father and son's personal guards totaled only 2,000. If he was worried about Yuan Shao's safety, it would be like saying that Yuan Shao was incompetent and would only arouse Yuan Shao's anger and might fight to the death with the Sun family's father and son.

No one opposed it. Yuan Shao left the central army under the protection of the Arctic Cavalry and the Horoscope and rushed to the battlefield. Tadun, Khanlu and others received an order. They heard that Yuan Shao went to fight in person and boarded the horses. For a while, the people were yelling happily and their morale was high. The Huns suffered a great loss in Yingchuan, and even the Shanyu Yufulu were shot to death. The Xianbei and Wuhuan people were also greatly affected and rolled their eyes after being many soldiers of the Han army. At this moment, they had the opportunity to show their might, and they were all very excited. King Khanlu asked for orders first and led two thousand Wuhuan cavalry to attack the Holy Girl Pond behind Sun Jian.

Man Chong and Xu Sheng led the navy to assist. The vanguard went straight to Guandu and faced Han Xun. They saw Yuan Shao's big flag at the first time. They did not dare to be negligent and immediately notified the scouts on the shore and sent the news to Xichi City. Sun Ce received the news and ordered the crossing of the river. The navy had already prepared to build a floating bridge, and more than two thousand riders crossed the river, and then divided the troops into two groups. Yan Xing led his personal guards to fight. Han Yin lurked on the north bank of the vanguard with the cover of Yuanshui and the Holy Lady Pond, waiting for the opportunity to attack.

Yuan Shao received the news soon. Although he was a little strange about how Yan Xing appeared near Xichi City, he didn't take it seriously. Yan Xing was nominally Sun Ce's personal guard cavalry, but in fact he was no different from a separate cavalry battalion. He had always been inconclusive. Perhaps he was behind Sun Jian's cover and was deployed here. No matter how powerful he was, he was only one thousand cavalry. He had more than seven thousand cavalry and armor cavalry. As long as he was careful, he would never let him take advantage. Maybe he could still avenge Kuo Yi and Shen Pei.

If Sun Jian is killed in this battle, will Sun Ce be eager to take revenge and pursue it relentlessly? If so, it would be great. Let Guo Tu and Xun Yan set up an ambush in the Cross Grotto and beat the Sun family's father and son in one go.

The more Yuan Shao thought about it, the better he felt, so he sent someone to notify Guo Tu, asking him to speed up the marching and rush to the Cross Groove to set up a formation.

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