Yan Xing's task didn't seem complicated. Harassing Yuan Tan at night, cutting off the contact between Lu Qian and Yuan Tan during the day, there are no more requirements other than that, in Guo Jia's words, you can do it yourself.

This method of warfare gave Yan Xing an unprecedented degree of freedom. A thousand strict training but has been overwhelmed by the righteous cavalry, waiting for meritorious service every day but never waiting for the opportunity to make meritorious service, the knight who is screaming, refining armor, new weapons, and the luxurious configuration of one war horse and one reserve horse per person, made him a new wonder soldier after Sun Ce was besieged by heavy troops, wandering around the battlefield, waiting for the opportunity to shine.

It was not difficult to cut off the communication between Lü Qian and Yuan Tan, Lü Qian only had more than a hundred horsemen, and even if he sent all these people out, he would not be able to pass through Yan Xing's defense line. Yan Xing sent a team of light horsemen who were good at riding and archery to chase Lu Qian's messenger into a haunted mouse, suffering heavy casualties, and the rest of the people could only wait patiently.

So Yan Xing naturally sent a part of the cavalry to monitor the ambush position of the Yuan army that was close at hand. Xie Guanglong and others attacked the camp, and as soon as the war drums of Yuan's counterattack sounded, Yan Xing received the news, and immediately gathered men and horses to rush. But he was still a step slower, the soldiers of the Yuan army were far from being as strong as they imagined, and when they heard Yan Xing's horn and saw that more cavalry were coming, the strong crossbow captain jumped on his war horse and ran.

Seeing the moving battle flag from a distance, Yan Xing secretly sighed, blew the trumpet again, and ordered to change the charging formation to cover the kill. A thousand cavalry slowed down, changed from a sagittal formation to a wild goose marching formation, and adjusted the direction with Yan Xing, following to cover the defeated Yuan soldiers.

It was still not difficult for a thousand cavalry to cover up five thousand defeated foot soldiers, even if most of them were strong crossbowmen. Without the cover of the formation, without the protection of the sword and shield bearers and spearmen, it is difficult for the strong crossbow to exert its true power, seeing that the companions are running, few crossbowmen have the courage to stop and try to fight back, but many people feel that the crossbow and arrows affect their escape, and they have thrown away the crossbow and quiver and go into battle lightly.

Most of these knights from Guanzhong and Xiliang saw this scene, and they scolded the unfree lord, full of the superiority of the Kansai people.

"Kanto is cowardly, and it really lives up to its reputation."

"No wonder Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops were killed by Dong Zhuo, it turned out that they were all like this."

Ma Chao was not mentally prepared for the rapid rout of Yuan's army, he hadn't even finished a charge, why did these people withdraw? The limit distance of the war horse's full-speed charge was five or six hundred steps, barely enough for him to rush and kill a round trip. If a single charge fails to crush the opponent, they must withdraw from the battlefield, distance themselves and wait for the next opportunity, otherwise they will run out of strength and easily lose speed and become the target of the infantry siege.

It was precisely because he was worried that he would not be able to complete the task that Ma Chao decided to ask Yan Xing for help, knowing that these Yuan Jun were so unbeaten, why should he give this opportunity to Yan Xing, and owe him a favor in vain.

"It's all my fault, overestimating these Kanto'er, so that Yan clearly picked up the cheap." Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, picked up his armor, took off his pants, took out the prepared cloth and medicine, cut his thigh with a slapper, and slowly pulled out the arrow that pierced his thigh. Blood gushed out, hurting his heart and lungs, but Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said nothing. It's not that it doesn't hurt, but you can't cry out that it hurts, and you lose face. Pulling out the arrow and throwing it aside, the guards quickly smeared the wound with medicine and wrapped it tightly with a cloth.

Ma Chao broke out in a cold sweat, but let out a long breath, secretly rejoicing. The blood was bright red, and there was no poison on the arrows. Although the pants were stained red with blood, the area was limited, and there was no feeling of dizziness under the eyes, indicating that there was not much blood loss. Although his thigh hurts, his strength does not decrease, and he can still fight on horseback, which is the greatest luck. A big battle with more than 100,000 troops on both sides is not something that can be encountered casually, and it would be too weak to miss the battle due to injuries at the beginning.

Sun Ce rushed over, although Ma Chao was quick and put the leg armor as soon as possible, but the arrow eyes on the leg armor still couldn't hide Sun Ce's eyes.

"Hurt?"

"Minor injuries, out of the way." Ma Chao deliberately patted the leg armor hard. "This armor is solid, and it doesn't shoot through."

Sun Ce swept his gaze, saw the broken arrow on the ground on the side, and crooked his mouth. Ma Chao was in a hurry, and rushed to Sun Ce with an arrow step, holding Sun Ce's arm tightly. "General, I'm really fine, I didn't hurt my bones, it didn't affect the horse, you must not take it to heart."

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, you have your own number, don't be too forced. Have the casualties been counted? ”

"Ling Ming is counting." Ma Chao was faintly uneasy in his heart. Although the specific numbers have not yet come out, the casualties will not be less, and the heralds around him have all been shot dead. The herald and the flag bearer are the most important roles in the army, second only to the main general, so they are all around the main general, and they are uniformly protected by the guard battalion, and they are shot, which shows that the casualties of the personal guard are not small, and there are loopholes in the protection. Ma Chao himself was also hit by two arrows, but he had fine armor on the outside and gold silk brocade armor on the inside, and he was not seriously injured. The thigh was so badly injured because the golden silk brocade armor only protected the chest and abdomen, not the thigh.

Sun Ce turned his head and looked at it, feeling very distressed. Although Xie Guanglong came up with the idea of attacking, although the equipment and combat power of these knights are very good, and Ma Chao's command ability is impeccable, the lethality of the strong crossbow is still too great, and at a cursory glance, at least thirty knights are missing, and the light ones are not counted. If Xie Guanglong hadn't come up with a sneak attack, the casualties would have increased exponentially.

The lethality of the three-stone crossbow and the four-stone crossbow at close range is too strong, almost a god blocks and kills the god, and the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha, no wonder the Han army can beat the Huns to move west.

In the distance, the alarm horn sounded again, and Sun Ce followed the horn to look south, only to see a knight galloping towards him, and only then did he restrain his mount when he arrived in front of him.

"General, Yuan Tan has led the guards to ride out of the camp, and Captain Yan has already led the guards to meet them."

Sun Ce was surprised and delighted. Yuan Tan is out of the camp? This is a good opportunity for decapitation. "How many are there?"

"There are 5,000 cavalry, and the number of cavalry is not much, about 1,000."

"Got it, let Captain Yan entangle him first, and I'll come right away."

"Whoa." The knight turned his horse's head and galloped away. Sun Ce immediately ordered the knights to mount their horses, leave the seriously injured behind, and hurry up to bandage the lightly injured. Ma Chao was afraid that Sun Ce would not take him again, so he turned over and got on the horse first. "General, I'll take the lead for you."

Sun Ce glared at him and jumped on his horse. Ma Chao was in a hurry, and begged again and again. Sun Ce was so angry and funny that he had to nod his head in agreement. Ma Chao was overjoyed and called out to Pound. Pound rushed over, and Ma Chao gave Pound a look again and again. Pound thought he was in a hurry to know the casualties and immediately reported the number.

"General, twenty-five killed, eleven seriously wounded, and three lightly wounded."

Sun Ce gasped, it was very painful. Thirty-six people were lost in the First World War, which was too ruthless. Ma Chao said uneasily: "General, that's it for the charge, if there is an outfit, the casualties will be much smaller." ”

Sun Ce widened his eyes and shouted: "What nonsense, where did you get the equipment without money?" Kill Yuan Tan for me, pick his bottoms, and copy his house. ”

The horse was overjoyed, kicked the war horse, and galloped forward.