While commanding the whole army to advance slowly, Zhang Yan ordered Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to rush over, and he had a premonition that a big battle might happen today.

So, when he was thinking about it, Zhang Yan sent someone to Lihu again, and asked Bao Xun to lead the 50,000 militiamen disguised as regular soldiers to join him.

Xu Chu led two thousand chain horses forward, in this era dominated by cold weapons, the chain horses were like tanks in later generations, rampage, without scruples.

The road gradually opened up, Xu Chu also changed the original deployment, advancing in a row of 100 people, and the steel torrent composed of 20 rows of iron cable chain horses was like a rolling mountain, and any person or thing blocking the route would be ruthlessly crushed.

Wen Chou suffered a loss, and did not dare to directly confront the chain horse formation, but for a while, he couldn't think of any way, the only thing he could do was to avoid fighting, continue to retreat, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Because, behind the iron chain horse formation, there are thousands of infantry, mostly crossbowmen, even if you want to outflank the iron chain horse formation from the flank, with these crossbowmen to follow, I am afraid that it may not be able to achieve the goal.

In Wen Chou's opinion, Yan Liang must have underestimated the enemy, so he was wiped out by the enemy, so that the whole army was annihilated. He won't be as stupid as Yan Liang, at least not hard-hitting, because he has a pitiful number of soldiers and horses, and he has to wait for the arrival of the army, and then fight Zhang Yan together after the army arrives.

Soon, Wen Chou retreated to Xiancheng, which was a smaller military fortress. Wen Chou did not dare to enter the city. I was afraid that I would be surrounded by enemy troops in the city. Continue to retreat back.

Zhang Yan learned that he had arrived in Xiancheng, so he ordered Xu Chu to lead his army into Xiancheng, his troops were small, in case Yuan Shaozhen led a large army to come and confront him head-on, if there was a fortress, it would be conducive to Zhang Yan to confront him.

So, Xu Chu no longer chased Wen Chou, but entered Xiancheng. Subsequently, Zhang Yan's army entered the city, gathered in Xiancheng, closed the city gates, and began to prepare for defense.

Wen Chou saw that Zhang Yan no longer chased and retreated, but stayed outside Xiancheng, quietly observing every move of Zhang Yan's army, and waiting for Yuan Shao's army to arrive here.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang He led an army of 10,000 to arrive first. exchanged a few words with Wen Chou, and after learning the news of the annihilation of Yan Liang's entire army. It was also a burst of surprise.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao led the generals to arrive one after another, and joined forces with Wen Chou and Zhang He, and the follow-up army also arrived one after another, only two miles away from Xiancheng.

After Wen Chou saw Yuan Shao, he immediately reported to Yuan Shao, saying that Zhang Yan's army had a very powerful cavalry, which locked all the war horses together with iron cables, and the cavalry on horseback was fully armed, and the defensive power of the armor was very strong, the spear could not pierce, the knife could not be cut, and the arrow could not penetrate, Yan Liang was defeated under this battle formation, and he was almost surrounded.

After hearing these words, Yuan Shao's brows furrowed tightly, and he turned his head to Tian Feng and said, "Military advisor, do you have any strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Tian Feng pondered for a moment and said: "Lord, this iron chain chain horse formation, my subordinates have never seen it, and I don't know how powerful he is, why don't you send a team of men and horses to fight under the city of Xiancheng, and fight with the iron chain horse formation for a while, and my subordinates will watch from the side to see if there are any shortcomings in this iron chain chain horse formation, so that it is good to prescribe the right medicine." ”

Yuan Shao immediately said to Wen Chou: "Do you dare to fight against the Iron Rope Horse Formation again?" ”

Wen Chou immediately hugged his fists and said: "The last general is willing to go." It's just that the subordinates of the last general are all elite in the army, and if they go to die at this time, I am afraid that it will damage the strength of our army. ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "What you said also has some truth, this time to fight, it is undoubtedly to send to death, your subordinates are the elite of the Jizhou army, and they are all cavalry, if you go to die, it is too unworthy." So let me give you three thousand infantry, and you will lead them and try it out. You don't have to go into battle, you just command from behind, and if something goes wrong, you can withdraw immediately. ”

"Whoa!" Wen Chou hugged his fists.

As a result, Yuan Shao immediately asked 3,000 infantry to be transferred from the rear army and handed over to Wen Chou's command.

Wen Chou took the 3,000 infantry to the outside of Xiancheng and stopped about 300 steps away from Xiancheng.

The range of bows and arrows in the army is up to 200 paces, and the range of those who have superior strength is only 250 paces when using strong bows and crossbows, and Wen Chou will stay the troops 300 steps away, which can be said to be an extremely safe distance.

The gates of Xiancheng are closed, but the tower is full of people, it is close to dusk at this time, the sky is still layers of haze, there is no sun, there is no afterglow of the sunset, the cold wind howls in the wilderness, blowing people are bitterly cold.

Although it was already the end of the first month, the weather still did not warm up in the slightest, and looking at the overcast sky, it seemed that there would be a heavy snowfall.

Zhang Yan stood on the city tower and looked at the dense army of Yuan Shao outside Xiancheng, tens of thousands of troops stretched for several miles.

Under the city, Wen Chou led 3,000 infantry to fight, and single-handedly held a chain of iron ropes, Zhang Yan sneered, and said lightly: "I can't help myself!" ”

"Lord, let the last general lead the chain of horses to fight, the previous Wen Chou ran too fast, and now the last general will definitely not let him run away again." Tiger General Xu Chu hugged his fists.

Zhang Yan nodded and said to Xu Chu: "You can go, but please remember that your duty is to command the whole army, not to go into battle to kill the enemy, whether Wen Chou lives or dies is all determined by the battlefield, you must not break away from the army and duel with Wen Chou alone." The key to the victory or defeat of the chain horse formation is teamwork, and if you are a single soldier, you can't play its strength at all. ”

"The last general will keep it in mind!" Xu Chu said.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

Although Xu Chu did not belong to the guards and pro-army, but was a general who led an army alone, Zhang Yan once let Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Xu Sheng participate in the training together, and gave them the method of how to command the chain of iron chain horse formations.

Therefore, Xu Chu was able to command the chain of horses so familiarly. Fighting generals are only one word different from famous generals, but there is a world of difference.

Xu Chu is strong in martial arts, likes heads-up, and is also an invincible ruthless character, he is an out-and-out fighting general.

But a real famous general does not depend only on the level of martial arts, but also on the analysis of the battlefield situation and how to command the battle and win the war.

In this way, Xu Chu has no chance with famous generals, but a fighting general like him is an indispensable role in the army, and he will be a soldier, which is the most haode interpretation.

In Zhang Yan's army, there are many generals who are strong in martial arts and good at leading the army to fight, such as Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Zang Ba, Gao Shun and others, these are all famous generals at that time, not only strong in martial arts, but also brilliant in battle.

In contrast, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others can all be called first-class fighting generals, and there are very few opportunities to really lead the army independently, and most of them act as the commanders of the pro-guard army and are responsible for protecting the lord.

Of course, in Zhang Yan's army, there is another person who should not be ignored, that is, Lu Meng, who was promoted to captain, this person is still young and has not yet shown his extraordinary ability, but in the near future, Zhang Yan firmly believes that this young man named Lu Meng will definitely exude his due light.

In addition, there are also many literati who can lead the army to fight alone, and Chen Deng is a typical example. In the official history, Chen Deng served as Guangling Tai Punctuality, once won more with less, and defeated Sun Quan's army twice, which shows his ability to use soldiers, but unfortunately, Chen Deng was not Cao Cao's descendant at that time, nor was he valued by Cao Cao, plus he died young, otherwise, there should be a strong stroke of his history in history.

The city gate of Xiancheng slowly opened, and Xu Chu led the iron cable chain horse Yuguan out of the city, and formed a good formation under the city, with only a thousand people. And behind them were two thousand crossbowmen.

When Wen Chou saw the appearance of the enemy army, he suddenly became cautious, and he looked back at the three thousand soldiers behind him who were eager to try, and a kind of sadness was born in his heart.

These soldiers are undoubtedly going to die, if they know that they are going to die, will they still be so excited?

"Ahead, but the defeated general Wen Chou?" Xu Chu suddenly shouted loudly.

Wen Chou was pulled back to reality by this thunderous voice, turned his head over, and in the steel torrent composed of ironclad cavalry on the opposite side, he didn't know who shouted.

Xu Chu then shouted: "I am Xu Chu, the general of the Great Han Tiger, I chased you to fight before, and you still have the courage to come over and fight?" ”

Wen Chou's heart was also angry, and in front of so many people, he actually said that he was a defeated general. Although he was angry, he also knew how powerful the other party was, not to mention that he came to fight this time to let Tian Feng see the flaws in the iron chain horse formation, even if he was angry, he had to endure it.

Wen Chou said loudly: "Don't talk big there, in the previous battle, I didn't want to fight with you, otherwise, I would teach you to have no bones." I'm going to kill your brother this time! ”

"Don't be ashamed!" Xu Chu sneered, moved the mace in his hand forward, and a hundred ironclad cavalrymen lined up in a row began to move forward slowly, from slow to fast, and gradually rushed forward.

The first row rushed out about thirty paces, the second row followed suit, and the third and fourth rows rushed out.

Seeing this, Wen Chou immediately waved his spear and shouted loudly: "Meritorious service is today, rush!" ”

With Wen Chou's order, the three thousand infantry suddenly howled, let out a burst of shouts, and rushed towards the chain of iron chain horses that rushed over. (To be continued......)