Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 621 The Battle Begins

Wen Chou held a gun and rode on a horse to lead the troops forward quickly. He called the generals to pay attention to the enemy's situation, but he felt quite depressed in his heart.

Two thousand soldiers and horses, as a general in Jizhou, he has never fought such a miserable battle!
Although he knew that with such a number of troops, his side would definitely not be the main offensive, and the relative pressure would be much less, Wen Chou still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

As the most powerful of the three remaining four court pillars after Yan Liang's death, Wen Chou felt that he was not chosen as the forward of the regular army, and was obviously looked down upon.

Although the other three routes are equipped with the same number of soldiers and horses, Wen Chou feels that in the final analysis, the fierce tiger still looks down on him. In this case, he will use a hearty victory to prove that the fierce tiger's decision is wrong. !

On the entire battlefield, Wen Chou was the easterly of the two armies on the west route. To the west of Wen Chou, the one in charge of the outermost side was Zhang He.

Zhang He was riding on the horse, silently thinking about what Yuan Xi said to him in private when he left.

If Wen Chou didn't listen to the signal all the way, Jun Yi could act on his own initiative, but if he encounters unexpected factors, he can protect himself first, and I will tell Xianfu afterwards.

Zhang He could vaguely understand the meaning behind this sentence. Yuan Xi's words showed that his trust in himself was far greater than that of Wen Chou.

It also shows that Yuan Xi is very confident about abnormal situations that may occur on the battlefield. No matter what happens, Yuan Xi has a plan to deal with it, and it also shows that he is wooing Zhang He.

The meaning of this is very obvious. Among the four court pillars, Zhang He is good at strategy and slightly inferior to Wen Chou in terms of force. In the Jizhou army with many counselors, his status is inferior to Wen Chou.

But in the past few years, Yuan Xi, from his words to his actions, has shown that he appreciates Zhang He far more than Wen Chou. This attitude gave Zhang He a sense of having met a confidant.

The two military horses on the east road are Taishi Ci in the middle and Xu Huang on the easternmost side.

The two of them led Youzhou soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles. Needless to say, Taishi Ci was the second-ranking general among Yuan Xi's generals. Although he had been in Guangling for a long time, in the battle of Xuzhou and the attack on Yuan Shu, he was in the Youzhou army. Established a high prestige in the company.

The one who is relatively worse is Xu Huang.

He surrendered in the Battle of Hefei. Although he later participated in the battle to attack Shouchun and Cao's army at Zhangshui, after all, the time was still short, and his fighting style was different from that of most generals.

For example, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's style is to use all the first few moves to kill the enemy as quickly as possible. This is extremely effective in stimulating morale and establishing prestige in the army.

But Xu Huang's style is all about stability. He comes up to block the enemy's killer move, and then neutralizes the enemy's last move like a cocoon. Relying on his long and stable endurance, he drags the enemy to the point of exhaustion, and then waits for an opportunity to find a way to win. Opportunity, and finally the final word.

This style of fighting is simple and unpretentious, and it doesn't look amazing, so Xu Huang is far less outstanding in the hearts of soldiers than generals such as Tai Shici.

These four armies marched together, on the plain south of Yecheng, like four long dragons with billowing smoke, and like an invisible giant hand, bending its four fingers, pulling out four deep lines on the ground. Deep ravines, trying to smash everything in front of them that wants to block the road.

Twenty miles to the south of this big hand, there was a stronger and thicker giant hand. In a more arrogant manner, it grabbed the giant hand in the north tit for tat.

This is when Cao Ying's entire army was dispatched. After continuously encircling Yuan's army in counties and counties in Jizhou for reinforcements and bleeding out the forces of the Jizhou army, they had slowly accumulated sufficient strength advantages.

Now they will attack Yecheng with nearly twice the superior force of their opponent, and completely crush another giant hand that overestimates its own strength and tries to stop them!
The generals in Cao's camp are very high-spirited. Although they will pay as much attention to their opponents as possible before the war begins, after the war begins, they put aside all worries. The only thing they have to do now is to completely defeat the enemy!

The Yuan family and the Cao family completely fell out, and the largest battle after Cao's army crossed the Yellow River was also the beginning of a series of battles that followed, and the curtain slowly opened.

Both sides have deployed a lot of back-ups, and they both understand that the other side has a lot of back-ups. Now both sides have an arrow on the string and have to take action. After all, there is no way out.

Half an hour later, the four fingers of the two giant hands collided fiercely at almost the same time.

Wen Chou saw that the infantry and cavalry troops on the opposite side were all ready, with two flags, one for Cao and one for Le. He knew that one of Cao's generals was Le Jin, and the other would only be more difficult to deal with. However, this aroused Wen Chou's ferocity. He roared, clapped his horse and raised his gun, and charged directly. Come over.

When Cao Hong saw it, he led his cavalry to meet him first. Seeing that someone dared to challenge him, Wen Chou laughed loudly and said, "Well done!"

He waved the iron gun around his head, raised it high, and with a shrill sound of wind, he smashed it down on Cao Hong's head.

This move may not seem as threatening as a direct thrust, but the advantage is that it is extremely difficult to dodge. When Cao Hong saw the opponent's gun force covering his entire upper body, he couldn't help but roar and raised his iron gun horizontally, trying to block the opponent's gun barrel.

There was a loud bang, and the barrels of the two iron guns met. The roar was transmitted to Cao Hong's eardrums, making his ears buzz, and even the smell of blood came from the bottom of his teeth.

Cao Hong felt the force coming from the opponent was extremely strong. He raised his arms desperately, but was unable to stop the opponent's momentum of pressing the gun. He only heard a snap, and Wen Chou's gun barrel fell down. Cao Hong tilted his head in the middle of his busy schedule, and the gun tip hit hard Hitting his shoulder, half of Cao Hong's body suddenly felt sore and numb.Cao Hong was shocked. He didn't expect that the opponent would use all his strength when he came up. Seeing that Cao Hong was at a disadvantage with one move, Wen Chou trembled with his spear, retracted it like a poisonous snake, and stabbed Cao Hong in the throat like lightning!

Cao Hong tried his best to avoid it sideways, but Wen Chou's spear tip kept changing its direction. No matter how Cao Hong dodge, the tip of the spear was always pointed at Cao Hong's throat!

Seeing that the tip of the spear had reached one foot in front of Cao Hong, Cao Hong could not avoid it, but Le Jin rushed over, twisted his sword on the tip of the spear, deflected Wen Chou's iron spear, and stabbed out Cao Hong's throat.

When Wen Chou saw this, he laughed and said, "Rat, no matter how much you come, it will be useless!"

He roared, stretched out his iron gun, and the three of them rolled and fought together.

Ten miles to the west of him, Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan encountered Cao Chun.

Among the four armies of Cao Ying, this may be the weakest, because Cao Chun's military force can only be considered average in Cao Ying. Although Xia Houyuan's force is higher, he was wounded by arrows in two battles with Yuan Xi's army. Until now Neither has regained full strength.

Zhang He saw that the opponent's attack was not fierce, but he still had some strength to spare. He took out his gun and thought about it.

How is this going?

Why is the west flank so weak?
Logically speaking, when two armies confront each other, apart from the forward of the Chinese army, the two armies pressing down on the flanks are the strongest. This is to prevent the enemy from breaking through.

Cao Ying placed a weak frontier army on the west road. Is this due to lack of strength or other motives?
If it is the latter, does it mean that they have deployed their troops elsewhere?

With doubts in his heart, Zhang He made a decision while fighting Cao Jun. While fighting, he moved the battlefield and slowly moved the fighting location away from Wen Chou.

More than ten miles east of Wen Chou, Tai Shi Ci encountered Yu Jin Cao Xiu.

After he discovered that two generals were coming from the opposite side, he did not lead his troops into the formation. Instead, he hung his halberd on the saddle, drew the big bow from his back, and shot a barrage of arrows at Yu Jin and Cao Xiu.

Taishi Ci knew that this battle was extremely critical, and it was not a time to act on impulse. The most effective way to kill the enemy at this time was his own bow and arrow. He would definitely use his strengths and avoid weaknesses and give full play to his greatest strengths instead of fighting hand to hand.

When Yu Jin saw an arrow coming from the opposite side, he picked up the big shield behind him and blocked it in front of him. He heard a loud sound and the sharp arrow shot by Taishi Ci broke into two pieces on the shield and fell to the ground.

Taishi Ci saw it from a distance and frowned slightly. Judging from the fact that the arrows were not embedded, the big shield on the opposite side was obviously covered with thick iron sheets. However, in this way, holding the shield on the opposite side was also extremely labor-intensive. He looked at him How long can you lift!

He raised his hand and shot two more arrows, both of which hit the shield. Yu Jin's arms trembled slightly, but he still blocked the arrows steadily.

When Cao Xiu saw this, he took the opportunity to rush over and wanted to fight Taishi Ci in close combat. Yu Jin saw him through the gap in the shield and shouted: "Be careful!"

When Cao Xiu heard the sound, he was stunned for a moment, but saw Taishi Ci change direction and shoot two arrows at Cao Xiu in the blink of an eye!

This shooting method extremely consumes the longbow and strength, and an abnormal red color appeared on Taishi Ci's face. However, under his full force, two arrows were shot at Cao Xiu, one after the other!

Cao Xiu followed Cao Cao when Cao Cao launched an army to attack Dong Zhuo. He was highly appreciated by Cao Cao and was called Qianliju. He was responsible for taking care of Cao Pi and was regarded as his own son by Cao Cao.

Now he serves as a guard in Cao Cao's cavalry. Although his official position is not high, in terms of strength and brains, he ranks very high in Cao Cao's camp.

Now when he saw Taishi Ci shooting an arrow at the ban, he immediately galloped forward on his horse, hoping to seize this opportunity to approach Taishi Ci. However, he did not expect that Taishi Ci had been waiting for him, and two arrows shot him in the chest and crotch of the horse!

Cao Zhang was shocked and quickly turned sideways to deflect an arrow that was shot at his chest. At the same time, he stretched out his long knife to block the arrow that was shot at his horse.

However, it is difficult to block an arrow with a long sword, and Taishi Ci's arrow was very fast, so with a pop, the arrow hit the horse's chest, causing the horse to overturn and knock Cao Xiu off his horse.

Cao Xiu fell to the ground and when he was looking up, Taishi Ci had already fired arrows one after another. Cao Xiu rolled on the spot and hid behind the corpse of the horse, but was suppressed by Taishi Ci's arrows and could not lift his head up.

When Yu Jin saw this, he decisively threw down his iron shield, pulled out his long bow from behind, and shot Tai Shici with an arrow.

Taishi Ci turned sideways to avoid the arrow, and his hand movements were slow. Cao Xiu had already knelt down behind the horse and took out the long bow from his back.

As a result, it became a situation where both sides competed in archery skills!
(End of this chapter)