The big man is on the run

Chapter 222
The distance between the two armies drew closer, and the soldiers on both sides had already seen each other clearly. In Yuan Shao's army, countless people's eyes were fixed on the officers and soldiers in front, and the murderous intent on their faces became more and more intense.

After crossing the river, the officers and soldiers changed formation and divided into three parts from the left, middle and right to meet the enemy. Naturally, Zhu Jun was in the middle commanding, and each of the three parts from the left, center and right was also assigned an experienced general as command. It is also basically an orderly distribution.

The left wing commander of the official army is Duan Yan, with Yan Yan, Huang Zhong, Zhang Wei, Yang Feng, Zhang Xiu and other generals under his command, mainly infantry; the right wing commander is Ma Teng, with Ma Chao, Pang De, Yan Xing, Cheng Cheng Silver, mainly cavalry pawns; Xu Huang, the commander of the Chinese army, under his command Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and other generals, both on foot and on cavalry.

Each of the three divisions has 2 soldiers each, with a total of [-] soldiers. The artillery chariots and iron stupas live behind the Chinese army.

Facing Yuan Shaojun, Zhang He led the left wing with generals such as Lu Xiang and Jiang Qi, Qu Yi led the central army with generals Sui Yuanjin, Han Juzi, and Zhao Rui, and Gao Lan led the right wing with generals such as Ma Yan and Zhang Nan.

Yuan Shao's army was slightly larger than the official army, with an advantage of more than [-] troops. At the same time, Yuan Shao held the two most elite euphorbia soldiers and the Xiandengying battalion in his hands to determine the winner.

However, as soon as the battle started, Yuan Shaojun who was in front of him was somewhat shocked by the fighting desire and marching speed of the officers and soldiers.

You know, the formation of the two armies is as wide as eighteen or nine miles. Even so, within one mile, there are still three to four thousand people spread out. In other words, the density of troops on both sides is still high. scary!

Of course, the battle between the two armies was not a face-to-face encounter. Both sides unanimously tilted their cavalry to the east, that is, the right wing of the official army and the left wing of Yuan Shao's army.

This is because there are hills on the west side of Yishui, while the east side is relatively flat.

At this time, the large groups of infantry on both sides on the west side were grabbing hills and hills from each other, while the cavalry on the east side collided head-on.

Commanded by the right wing of the officers and soldiers, Minister of the Ministry of War, Wei Wei, General Zhengxi, Huailihou Ma Teng, stood under the banner of "horse" at this time, surrounded by Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Pang De, Yan Xing, Cheng Yin and others.

"Grandfather, my child is willing to be a pioneer!"

Ma Chao boldly went out to fight. Ma Chao, a tall and burly man, was full of iron and blood, holding a long spear, and the red tassel on the side of the spear tip hung down, as if dripping blood stained the ground.

At this moment, Ma Chao looked like a god of war crawling out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. He exuded a terrifying evil spirit, which made people look pale.

Ma Chao's pleading immediately attracted the surrounding soldiers to second their opinions.

"Grandpa, let me lead someone to charge this time, my child will definitely bring you a beautiful victory!"

Ma Dai looked at Ma Chao, gritted his teeth and begged for his life.

"You boy, don't join in the fun!"

As soon as Ma Dai's words fell, Pang De grabbed the skirt of his clothes and slipped aside.

But it was Pound, who was Ma Teng's general, who knew very well that Ma Teng actually loved Ma Dai more than Ma Chao, and Ma Chao's martial arts were also better than Ma Dai's. Ma Chao was the most suitable pioneer for both public and private purposes.

Ma Dai couldn't struggle with Pound, so he gave him a bitter look, stopped arguing, and turned to look at Ma Teng, hoping that Ma Teng would give him a happy word.

Ma Teng glanced at his two sons, and said: "Mengqi, let's go, my son dares to be the first in the world, so don't let my name of Ma's prestige fall."

Hearing this, Ma Chao hurriedly cupped his fists and bowed to Ma Teng, thanking him: "Thank you, Grandpa, for making this happen!"

After finishing speaking, Ma Chao jumped on his horse, led his cavalry, and galloped towards the left flank of Yuan Shao's army on the opposite side.

Seeing Ma Chao leading his troops out, Pang De also led his troops to follow closely behind, both as a cover and as a backup.

The cavalry led by Ma Chao has a total strength of [-] troops. In addition to his own troops and horses, this is also the total strength of Pound's subordinates.

Under the leadership of Ma Chao, they rushed all the way and collided head-on with Yuan Shaojun Zhang Yun's troops on the left. As soon as the two armies fought, the elite Qiang cavalry led by Ma Chao immediately showed an overwhelming advantage, almost collapsed at the first touch. In an instant, the formation at the forefront of the enemy was torn into pieces, and it was in chaos.

But Yuan Shaojun is not stupid, he has already made preparations.

At this time, the archers under Zhang Yun had already aimed at Ma Chao's brigade, ready to deal a fatal blow at any time.

Ma Chao opened the way on the enemy's left flank, and Ma Teng led the army, followed closely behind, ready to get in through the hole Ma Chao tore to continue to expand the results of the battle.

Although the military strength of the official army is not as good as that of Yuan Shao's army on the opposite side, the victory lies in the fact that the cavalry has a higher proportion and is well equipped, so the two sides can't fight for a while.

Ma Chao took the lead in breaking through the opponent's formation. On Yuan Shao's left flank, Ma Chao, Pang De, Yan Xing, Cheng Yin and other generals all led their troops to charge forward.

On Yuan Shao's left flank, there was no lack of elite soldiers, but the arrows were continuous, and behind the cavalry, there were infantry cover.

Under the strong attack of the official army, the first defense on the left wing of Yuan Shao's army was quickly penetrated, and the official army took advantage of the situation to pursue and take it down in one fell swoop.

Then, on the handover line of the second line of defense on the left wing, they fought fiercely with Yuan Shaojun.

On these two lines of defense, Zhang He lost nearly [-] soldiers and horses in a short period of time.

Although the number of cavalry led by Ma Chao was not large, Yuan Shao's soldiers were quite afraid of Ma Chao's bravery and did not dare to attack rashly.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yun, who was cautious, did not dare to act rashly. He just dispatched an elite light cavalry force to go around behind the defense line on the left wing to intercept and kill the light cavalry force of the official army.

These Hebei cavalry charged like flying, invincible.

Seeing this, Pang De, who was behind Ma Chao, couldn't help being furious, and immediately mobilized his troops to kill him.

But generally speaking, the Ma Teng Department on the right wing of the official army, which was sharply offensive, was still blocked here by Zhang Xi's army, preventing it from going any further.

The right wing of the officers and soldiers was severely blocked and could not move forward. The two armies fought all the way, and a stalemate formed between the two.

At this time, Yuan Shao also received battle reports from the right wing (the left wing of the official army). The two sides began to compete for hills one by one in the hilly area, and the battle was extremely fierce.

"The right wing must be ordered to block the opponent's left wing, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

Yuan Shao knew that if the right wing fell, his central army would definitely be harassed by the opponent. At that time, if the enemy's left wing infantry attacked the central army from a high position, the central army would be attacked by the enemy, and the situation would be even more difficult.

Yuan Shao looked at Qu Yi. As the commander of the whole army, Qu Yi just shook his head. It's not time to use the euphorbia soldiers and go to the camp first.

"Gao Lan is a veteran general, my lord, don't worry, there will be no problem with the right wing."

(End of this chapter)