Chapter 1468 What does it have to do with me (Page 1/1)

Yuan Shao had seven or eight thousand cavalry composed of the Hu people, and Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son had only less than two thousand. Sun Jian had only three hundred personal guards, and in addition to being the guards, they also acted as scouts. The more than a thousand cavalry led by Yan Xing played a relatively large role, not only maintaining the connection between Sun Jian and Sun Ce, but also shining in the three battles of Fenqiu, Longyuan and Huangshui, all of which played a key role.

This depends on one factor: the Han army knights have obvious advantages in hand-to-hand combat. The Central Plains terrain is not as big as the grassland, and there is not as large space for Hu cavalry and guerrilla cavalry to shoot. Most of them are close-range hand-to-hand combat. The Han army knights who are well-equipped, strict training, dare to fight and fight have the upper hand. In addition, Yan Xing's outstanding personal ability, Sun Ce's personal guard cavalry has repeatedly won the most with fewer and made outstanding contributions.

It is said that it is a personal guard cavalry, but Yan Xing is used as an independent cavalry battalion most of the time, and he is not often around Sun Ce. Out of fear of Yan Xing and the more than a thousand knights he led, Yuan Shao concentrated on using Hu cavalry and did not give Yan Xing the chance to defeat each one. Even if Yan Xing is good at fighting, he has no chance to face Hu cavalry several times his.

Hu Qi set up a formation in Guandu River North, less than ten miles away from both battlefields. It was within a short moment. Zhen Yan was in danger and they could reinforce Zhen Yan. Gao Lan broke through Lu Su's position, and they could follow and cover and kill, without delay. Therefore, although Ju Su did not agree with Yuan Shao's mentality, he did not insist on opposing it.

In fact, they set up a formation here without attacking, which posed enough threats. I heard that Hu cavalry gathered behind Zhen Yan, and Sun Jian, who was attacking Zhen Yan's position, immediately called out to withdraw his troops, reorganized the formation, strengthened the protection of the right wing, and prevented Hu cavalry from assaulting. Although these Hu cavalry in simple leather armor could not directly attack like armor cavalry, once they were surrounded by them or behind them, the threat was still very great.

When he received the news, Ju Su could only smile bitterly. Guo Tu was a smart man, but he was too smart and liked to do tricks. The two armies fought, and they were always keeping a hand. As for the current situation, since Yuan Shao refused to go west to Luoyang directly and wanted to defeat Sun Ce and then leave, he should concentrate his troops to attack fiercely, strive to break through Lu Su's position as quickly as possible and confront Sun Ce. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to divide the troops at this time?

Maybe Guo Tu knew something but didn't tell me? Ju Su stood by the Guandu River, looked at the south, and smiled bitterly. He and Guo Tu were both strategists, but Guo Tu was Yuan Shao's confidant. He was responsible for intelligence and had a lot of first-hand information, and he could only hear what Yuan Shao was willing to let him hear.

The situation of the entire battlefield is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The south side of Guandu River is Daze, the west side of Zhongmu is the vast Putianze, and the east side is the much smaller Zhongmuze, with lush reeds. Lusu's position stands on a sand dune, like a city wall, blocking Sun Ce's camp behind him. From here, you can only see the watchtower standing on the Central Army.

There is Sun Ce's flag on the watchtower, and there are several figures under the banner, which should be Sun Ce, Guo Jia and others. They are watching the battle like Yuan Shao and Guo Tu. When they think of Guo Tu, Guo Jia's uncle and nephew who are in the two sides, and they can both become the confidants of their respective lords, Ju Su was a little envious.

Even if you have a lot of strategies, what's the use of not getting the trust of your lord? This is a showdown between Henan people, a showdown between Guo Tu's uncle and nephew. Even Sun Ce has the shadow of Yuan Shu. After all, it is just a showdown between the Yuan brothers, so what does it have to do with me?

Ju Su lowered his head. A servant set up a sun-shading tent on the sand pile, laying seats and tables, and asking Ju Su to take his seat. Ju Su sat down, slowly savored the wine, watched the craftsmen's construction and strengthening the floating bridge, and fell asleep unknowingly.

When Yuan Shao learned that Sun Jian slowed down the offensive and Zhen Yan's pressure was relieved, he was relieved and ordered Gao Lan to increase the offensive efforts and fill in the trench in front of Lu Su formation as soon as possible to create opportunities for the Arctic Cavalry assault. At the same time, he ordered Arctic Cavalry to prepare for the attack. Once the fighter plane appeared, attack immediately, even if there was any loss.

Gao Lan received the order and ordered the infantry to launch an attack. He arranged for the powerful crossbowman to come forward to cover the situation. Under the cover of the sword, shield and spearman, the infantry rushed to the front of the formation to build the trench dug in front of the Lu Su formation. The southeast wind blew, and the ashes on the battlefield rushed straight to the face of the Jizhou army, making them unable to open their eyes. Even Gao Lan himself had to block it with his hands. While they were filling the ditch with the arrow rain of the Jiangdong army, they cursed Guo Tu and returned to Yingchuan people. I wondered if the southeast wind would blow at this time? Fortunately, the grass ball had been burned, otherwise they would definitely burn themselves.

Facing the Jizhou army that was pressing in front of the formation, the Jiangdong army shot with all their might under the command of Lu Su, Dong Xi and Quan Rou. It was just a ditch, without a crossbow chariot, and the ordinary four-stone crossbow masters were very threatened, especially the crossbows controlled by those A-level shooters. They were simply shot in every single stroke, and every string sounded a blood flower. The soldiers of the Jizhou army were so painful that they were shot. After a while, a scream was like a drum beat, shaking in everyone's hearts, accumulating, getting tighter and tighter, constantly squeezing their nerves.

Seeing that the southeast wind became more and more fierce, Lu Su ordered people to raise ashes in front of the formation. The sand mixed with ashes flew towards the opposite Jizhou army position under the southeast wind. The Jizhou army was so confused that they didn't dare to open their mouths. One mouth was a mouth of dirt, and they could only curse in their hearts. The mouth could not be opened, but the eyes could not be opened. Many people were confused and could not see clearly the situation ahead. The protection between each other was not tight enough. Frequent flaws gave the shooters more opportunities to shoot.

After half an hour of hard fighting, hundreds of soldiers were shot in front of the formation, but the progress of filling the trench was not satisfactory. Seeing this, Gao Lan ordered people to take sacks of food from the baggage battalion, load the soil in the rear, and then the soldiers carried it to the front of the trench and threw it directly into the trench. This time, the speed of filling the trench increased greatly. Although Lu Su ordered the crossbowmen to shoot with all their strength, he still could not stop the soldiers of Jizhou from running forward with the earthblocks. The Jizhou army put the earthblocks on their heads and acted as shields, which was even better than the shields.

Seeing that the shooting effect was not good, Lu Su immediately changed his tactics and ordered people to get more than a hundred clay pots filled with stone fat for later use.

The trench was filled, Gao Lan breathed a sigh of relief and sent someone to notify Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was overjoyed and sent the armored cavalry to attack again. The horn sounded and a hundred armored cavalry rushed out of the camp, passed through Gao Lan's position, lined up in front of the formation, and formed a horizontal formation.

"Jiashi, break" Jiaqi Du Bo raised the spear in his hand, shook it, and shouted loudly.

"Break! Break! Break!" The ten armored soldiers on the far left released their horse's hooves, laid their spears, formed a sagittal assault array, and rushed towards Lu Su's position.

Lu Su stood on the sand dune and waved his hand. "Prepare the crossbow! Prepare the stone lime bullet!"

"Here!" Xie Kuan, the strong crossbow captain, shouted loudly. The crossbow chariot began to hang the strings and arrows. More than a hundred infantrymen rushed to the trench with the pottery jars, tied the pottery jars with the prepared ropes, swung the ropes, and began to accumulate momentum.

The armored cavalry was getting closer and closer, one hundred steps, fifty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps, until the soldiers in front of the formation could already feel the wind coming from the armored cavalry, Lu Su waved his hand gently.

"Shi!" Xie Kuan shouted loudly, and the crossbows roared at the same time, and ten giant arrows roared out.
Chapter completed!