While speaking, Cao Hong led the infantry to arrive, and arrows fell like rain.

Under the protection of more than a thousand spearmen and swords and shields, five or six hundred crossbowmen shot with all their strength.

Cao Cao was afraid that Cao Hong was not Sun Ce's opponent, so he sent Qin Shao to lead a hundred crossbowmen to reinforce. He wanted to send everyone over and kill Sun Ce with one breath, but the smoke and dust from afar made him dare not take it lightly, so he had to arrange two thousand infantrymen to set up a formation under the hillside to prevent Yuan Shu from coming, but he did not have time to change the formation.

Although he had heavy armor, heavy armor was useless in the face of close-range shooting of strong crossbows. Yi, who was standing on the periphery, fell to the ground from the arrows one after another. Sun Ce realized that the situation was dangerous. Cao Cao was very smart and saw through his weakness at a glance. If he was trapped in the stone formation, these elite warriors with many choices would sooner or later be shot and killed by the powerful crossbows one by one.

Sun Ce gritted his teeth. "General, stay here and don't move."

"You are busy with yours, Nai Gong will not die." Although Yuan Shu was so painful that he was sweating and his face was pale, he still gritted his teeth and refused to give in. "Nai Gong often chopped people when he was in Luoyang, and he was often chopped. This little injury... is a little bit."

Sun Ce nodded and called Dian Wei, Beidou Feng and Lin Feng, three commanders, and assigned a combat formation. One person stayed behind and the two attacked, with two main purposes: one was to grab a large shield for infantrymen. Only such a large shield could block the close-range shooting of the powerful crossbow; the other was to kill the powerful crossbow. As long as you kill the opponent's powerful crossbow, destroy the powerful crossbow with strong strength, you could reduce the casualties of the previous side.

The three of them understood and answered in unison.

"General, I'll go first." Beidoufeng's eyes were so excited that his eyes shone. It didn't seem like he was going to fight, but it seemed like he was going to watch a big show.

"That's right, Beidou and I are on the way first. Zigu has worked hard to follow the general to fight. Let's take a rest." Lin Feng looked concerned, but he couldn't hide the cunning in his eyes. Dian Wei didn't say anything, but just slowly raised Qianjun Po. Lin Feng immediately closed his mouth and looked at him without squinting.

Sun Ce smiled. "This first battle is up to Zigu and I. We have golden silk and brocade armor, which is more safe and secure. If we can succeed in the battle and shake the opponent's formation, you can immediately follow."

Beidou Feng and Lin Feng exchanged helpless eyes and had to nod their heads to agree. Although they were both Yisong Commander and Dian Wei, in terms of strength, they were not a little worse than Dian Wei. Dian Wei followed Sun Ce to fight the formation, which was obviously the safest tactic.

After making arrangements, Sun Ce picked up two small shields, stacked them together, protected the door and heart, and rushed out of the position first. Dian Wei picked up more than a dozen long swords and halberds, took big steps, and rushed in front of Sun Ce. While running, he picked up the long swords and halberds and threw them. His strength was amazing. The long swords and halberds were as light as nothing in his hands, and they could easily fly out seventy or eighty steps, with a range comparable to ordinary bows and arrows.

The crossbowman on the opposite side caught him off guard and injured several people in an instant. When the formation was chaotic, the arrow formation slowed down for a while. Seizing this opportunity, Sun Ce and others rushed to the front of Cao's position, waved thousands of troops to break through, and forcibly broke through.

Dian Wei threw out the last few long swords, lifted out the two halberds on his back, danced like a windmill, and roared into the formation like a tiger. Just as the spearman was at the rush, the sword and shield hand was so scared that his face was pale. Although he used all his strength and held the weapon in his hand, he still couldn't stop him. Wherever the two halberds went, the shield was broken, the sword was broken, the spear was broken, and the person was killed.

The formation was impacted and was shaking.

"If you retreat, kill!" Cao Hong roared loudly, waved his long sword, and slashed two retreating spearmen in a row, barely suppressing the formation.

"Zigu, kill him!" Sun Ce shouted loudly, reminding Dian Wei. Dian Wei looked at Cao Hong and threw out the iron halberd in his hand. The iron halberd was spinning and flew towards Cao Hong with a whirring sound of wind. Seeing this, Cao Hong's personal guards raised their shields and rushed up to protect Cao Hong. The iron halberd hit a shield, making a dull sound. The personal guards' chest sweetened, spurted out blood, and their legs became weak, and they fell to the ground.

Dian Wei then threw out another halberd, forcing Cao Hong to hide behind the guards and dare not go forward. Without his suppression, the spearman and the sword and shield hands retreated again, and the formation was loose. Dian Wei took advantage of the situation and did not need to break through the army. He stretched out his big hand and grabbed the Cao soldiers, picked them up and threw them, and smashed them continuously at Cao Hong, like a human-shaped stone thrower. Although the range was only ten steps away, far from the most ordinary stone thrower, his momentum was even more terrifying. Many Cao soldiers jumped sharply and turned to escape.

Sun Ce took advantage of the situation to rush in, break through the spearman and the sword and shield, rushed to the crossbowman, and slashed and killed.

The crossbowmen screamed and fled in scattered.

"Hold on, hold on!" Cao Hong was anxious and ordered repeatedly to mobilize more soldiers to besiege Sun Ce.

Sun Ce killed more than ten crossbowmen in one breath. Seeing that more and more Cao's soldiers were around him, he would be in danger of being separated and surrounded if he didn't leave. He dared not fight and ordered his retreat. Yi Cong covered each other, fought and retreated, retreated back to the rock circle, and brought back more than a dozen large shields.

Seeing Sun Ce retreating, Cao Hong had just breathed a sigh of relief and reorganized the team. Beidou Feng killed him again and rushed to the flanks of Cao Hong's formation. Taking advantage of Cao Hong's formation not being strict enough, he killed the formation in one breath and killed the crossbowmen who had just assembled. Cao Hong was in a hurry and commanded people to besiege Beidou Feng again. Beidou Feng retreated quickly. Before Cao Hong could figure out what was going on, Lin Feng quickly retreated.

After several attacks, Cao Hong was overwhelmed. When he realized that the powerful crossbowman had been killed and more than half of the casualties, Sun Ce also grabbed enough infantry shields and built a round formation. Cao Hong was furious, but he did not dare to act rashly, so he could only beat the drum to ask Cao Cao for help.

Cao Cao looked at the south anxiously, looking at the vague smoke and dust, hesitating.

He had an ominous premonition that he might have been fooled. Yuan Shu's number of war horses was limited, and almost all the cavalry could come, and the rest were mainly infantry. The marching speed of infantry was limited, and even if it was a marching urgently, it would take half a day. It was impossible to arrive now. At this moment, all infantry were pressed up and attacked at all costs. There was still a front-line opportunity to break Sun Ce's defensive position and kill him and Yuan Shu here.

But he didn't dare, what if there were really reinforcements? He would be attacked inside and outside, and he would die without a place to die. With the two thousand Xiahou Dun blocking him, he would at least have a chance to retreat.

He wants to wait for the result of Cao Ren's reconnaissance.

Hearing Cao Hong's request for help, he was anxious and then realized that he had made a mistake. Cao Hong's loyalty was unquestionable, but he was not a person who was good at catching fighter jets. It was no problem to let him act according to the plan, and it was a bit difficult for him to adjust his tactics according to the battlefield situation. Such close combat and face-to-face hand-to-hand combat were a huge challenge to his courage. Two thousand people besieged three or four hundred people, and even if Sun Ce's troops were well-equipped and had a combat power far exceeding ordinary soldiers, they would not ask for help.

"Yuan Rang, you hold the position, I'll go to Zilian's side to take a look."

"Here."
Chapter completed!