Not long after Yuan Tan led his guards out of the camp, he was hesitating whether to drive away Yan Xing first, answer Lu Qian, or besiege Sun Ce first, but found that a group of routs were running in front of him, sweating profusely and panting, but they didn't have any weapons in their hands, and some even took off their armor and threw it away.

Yuan Tan was puzzled, thinking that it was a small group of routs, but he soon saw the strong crossbow captain surrounded by his own guards, and then he knew that something was wrong. The 5,000 men who ambushed Sun Ce had already been defeated, and even the strong crossbow captain had escaped.

Yuan Tan was furious, and immediately asked people to call the strong crossbow captain over, ready to be held accountable. Before the strong crossbow captain walked up to him, Yan Xing's general flag came into view, and the rout was even overwhelming, and even began to attack Yuan Tan's team. Yuan Tan didn't think much about it, and ordered the drums to be lined up, and ordered all the routs to avoid, otherwise they would be killed.

As soon as the drum sounded, the crossbowmen stepped forward to shoot, and some of the routs who only cared about fleeing for their lives were shot down, and they were lucky enough to avoid the rain of arrows, and they were also killed by the guards who rushed to the front of the formation, and the rest of the rout soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and they turned around one after another, avoiding Yuan Tan's formation.

With such a delay, Yan Xing had already rushed in front of Yuan Tan. Seeing Yuan Tan defending in array from a distance, Yan Xing was overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to give up the pursuit of the rout and besiege Yuan Tan's main formation instead. Seeing Yuan Tan's battle flag, the guards were overjoyed, shouted in unison, and immediately adjusted their formation, changed from a goose-shaped formation to a longitudinal long formation, and began to run and shoot around Yuan Tan's position.

Yuan Tan had nearly 1,000 knights and 4,000 foot soldiers, but he was intimidated by Sun Ce's achievements and did not dare to let these guards and cavalry attack Yan Xing. Wen Chou's 2,000 horsemen failed to block Sun Ce's 200 cavalry's attack, and the entire army was annihilated, and even Wen Chou himself was injured. And on what basis did he defeat the thousand horsemen? During the battle with Fang, these guards were killed by more than ten cavalry by Sun Ce, and finally watched Sun Ce go away, judging the strength of the battle, and there was no need to take any more risks. These guards and cavalry chased after the routed soldiers, and they had no chance of winning against Sun Ce's cavalry.

So Yuan Tan chose a more conservative approach, with the foot soldiers outside, the knights in the middle, and stubbornly waiting for help.

Yuan Tan didn't think much about all this, just out of instinct. In fact, the 5,000 elite rout soldiers who ambushed Sun Ce were not in his plan, which made him even more nervous than the cutting off of contact with Lu Qian's troops. Encircling and annihilating Sun Ce is the top priority of this plan, and these five thousand elites are an indispensable link, but as soon as the battle began, there was a gap in this link, which was tantamount to a blow to him, and his brain was a little messy.

He thought about it urgently, and realized that there was no remedy for the situation. He can only react on the fly now.

The most important point is to determine Sun Ce's location, not Yan Xing and the nearly a thousand knights in front of him. But how could Sun Ce's position be determined on the chaotic battlefield, especially when there was a group of murderous knights in front of him?

Yuan Tan was at a loss, and a layer of cold sweat broke out in his head.

But he soon won't have to hurry. A personal guard reminded him that Sun Ce was coming.

Yuan Tan looked at the hand of the guard, and saw a group of knights running from afar, the number was not much, only about two hundred, but the armor was distinct, and one of the colorful battle flags was particularly conspicuous, the battle flag was not big, it was not the kind of huge battle flag, it was a small flag for cavalry, and on it was a phoenix bird born from the fire, which was Sun Ce's unique symbol.

Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, Sun Ce hadn't gotten out yet. Then he gasped again, Sun Ce himself came?

"Quick, quick, go to the Chinese army and tell Xin Changshi that Sun Ce is here." Yuan Tan snorted, suddenly reacted, and said loudly to the guards. The guards also understood, and immediately rushed out of the formation with a team of knights and forcibly broke through.

Seeing this, the besieging knights immediately met and volleyed. The arrows galloped and swished, and the horses galloped like thunder. In an instant, dozens of Yuan's personal guard knights fell from their horses, but half of them still broke out of the encirclement and rushed in the direction of the camp. Seeing the successful breakthrough of the guards, Yuan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, kicked the horse back and forth in the formation, held the sword, and loudly announced the reward, boosting morale and stabilizing the morale of the army.

After all, the guard battalion was elite and well-trained, and under the command of Yuan Tan, it quickly stabilized its position. The sword and shield bearers were in front, the spearmen were behind, and the crossbowmen were holding their bows and crossbows, constantly counterattacking, and even the knights pulled their bows and shot at Yan Xing and the others. It's just that Yan Xing and the others are always moving, and their hit rate is not very high.

Soon, Sun Ce came to the front of the formation, and it was not surprising to see that Yuan Tan's formation was in a decent manner. The children of the family are well-informed, and they have been with Yuan Shaozheng for a few years, and they are familiar with it, and they still have basic common sense. However, marching and fighting, arranging the formation is only the basic skill, how to dispatch troops is the touchstone of a famous general, just like a martial arts master, it is not that he can become Huang Feihong with a virtual step, how to see the move is the key.

Sun Ce held the reins of the horse in one hand and the overlord in the other, slowly came to the front of the formation, and stood up outside the arrow range.

"Yuan Yuanjun, don't come to harm?"

Seeing Sun Ce and the others approaching him, everyone from Yuan Tan to every guard held their breath. Many of them have followed Yuan Tan for many years, participated in the Battle of Junyi, and have seen Sun Ce with their own eyes, even if they haven't seen it, these people have heard a lot from their companions, and they are no strangers to this legendary young hero. At this moment, seeing Sun Ce coming to the front of the formation, he was really dignified and extraordinary, complementing the flaming phoenix on the battle flag behind him, and while he was nervous, he couldn't help but secretly cheer, but no one dared to make a sound.

One is nervous and afraid, and the other is afraid that Yuan Tan will be angry.

Yuan Tan was also very nervous. In front of Yuan Shao, he was an opponent who was defeated and injured with Sun Ce, but he knew in his heart that he was really seriously injured in that battle, but Sun Ce was not necessarily, he was alive and kicking when he returned to Junyi, and he didn't look like he was seriously injured. After two years, he has not made much progress, but Sun Ce has captured Yangzhou like a bamboo, even if he wants to reproduce the battle outside Xiaohuang City, it depends on whether Sun Ce is willing to cooperate with him.

Although he was so nervous that he was covered in sweat, in the face of Sun Ce's greetings, Yuan Tan still mustered up his courage, rode his horse to the front of the battle, and said loudly: "General Sun, I haven't seen you for two years, the general is radiant and has great achievements, it is really amazing, and it is beyond reach." ”

Sun Ce smiled slightly and returned the favor. "He humbled you. Thanks to the wrong love, 10,000 people were ambushed here to deal with Sun, and Sun was really flattered. Thanks to God's protection, the soldiers used their lives and got away with it. The last battle with the envoy was too hasty and didn't have a good time, why don't we continue the front edge and fight it out? ”

Yuan Tan was very embarrassed, where did he dare to go head-to-head with Sun Ce. But in front of his subordinates, he can't show weakness. He rolled his eyes, remembered what Xin Bi had said, and said with a generous smile: "Last time, it was not a matter of winning or losing, and this time it is difficult for me to win against you, it is better to fight with wits, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

Before Sun Ce could speak, Ma Chao beside him sneered. "With your little arms and legs, you still dare to speak out and be ashamed of General Sun? Lao Tzu let you have one hand, and you can be knocked over empty-handed. ”

The righteous knights laughed loudly, one laughing louder than the other, and one more arrogant than the other, especially Xie Guanglong and Guo Yuan. Guo Yuance immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "General Ma, aren't you bullying him, let me come, I don't use one hand, I can win him with just one mouth." Bragging rights, who wouldn't? ”