"Yang Changshi, the enemy's formation is quite unusual, and the enemy may have killed their soldiers first. The morale of our army has been weakened, and we should not force another battle."

Sun Ce was quite talented in military strategy, and he seemed to have figured out that the reason why Yuan Fang dared to call for war was because he was secretly relying on it.

Yang Hong's face darkened and he said angrily: "As soon as our army withdraws, won't we allow that boy Yuan Fang to land smoothly? If the lord is blamed for the failure of this first battle, who will bear the responsibility?"

Yang Hong moved Yuan Shu out, and Sun Ce was speechless. He snorted in displeasure and rode out.

Looking at the immobile enemy formation, Sun Ce gritted his teeth, raised his gun and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to bypass the enemy formation and defeat the enemy thieves."

With a loud roar, Sun Ce rode out and led the remaining 10,000 Huainan troops to attack from the side.

Yang Hong, who continued to plunder the formation, stroked his beard and snorted coldly: "Yuan Fang, I don't care if you get the dead first. I don't believe that a mere thousand of you can withstand the impact of our 20,000-strong army."

The trumpet sound rose into the sky again, and the 10,000-strong Huainan Army rushed in crazily.

On the south bank, when Zhuge Liang saw this scene, his heart immediately rose to his throat, and he said worriedly: "Master, the Huainan Army has indeed attacked General Ju's rear. The situation is not good."

However, Yuan Fang was not worried at all and just said calmly: "A Liang, open your eyes and take a good look. Are the sides and rear of Ju Yi's formation so easy to be attacked?"

Zhuge Liang's rhetorical question made Zhuge Liang tremble. He stared at Ju Yi's first deceased soldier again, his big dark eyes rolling around, his thoughts rolling like a tide.

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly opened wide, bursting with surprise.

Because under Yuan Fang's reminder, Zhuge Liang had already seen the beauty of the formation formed by Ju Yi.

In normal battles, even if it is a last-ditch battle, the troops will be arrayed dozens of steps offshore, in the most common square formation to meet the enemy.

The formation formed by Yuan Fangliang ordered Ju Yi to form a semicircle with its back to the Huai River and the moon at both ends.

With such a semicircular formation, the Huai River is at the rear, so the enemy cannot make a detour and attack the rear of the formation.

As for the sides, the semicircular formation is not like the square formation, which must change its formation to meet the enemy. The crossbowmen located in the formation can fire in all directions. The sides are strong and are actually no different from the center.

Yuan Fang is familiar with history, and knows that there is a method of fighting in the history of the Que Yue Formation, which is most suitable for forming a formation with a small number of troops behind the water, luring a strong enemy to attack, and taking the opportunity to cause heavy damage to the enemy.

Now that the Huainan Army was blocked on the south bank, Yuan Fang had an idea and thought of using the super crossbow shooting ability of the dead men who climbed first to form a moon-quenching formation to seize the landing point on the south bank for him.

"Master, it turns out you..." Zhuge Liang was so excited as he suddenly understood. He didn't know how to describe his admiration in words.

Yuan Fang looked far away and said coldly: "Yuan Shu is arrogant and does not take me seriously. I will let him be like Yuan Shao and experience the consequences of despising me!"

Xun Xun's murderous intention burned all over Yuan Fang, and he boldly ordered the drums to be beaten across the bank to cheer for the first to die in the bloody battle.

Boom, boom, boom!

The thunderous sound of drums resounded across both sides of the Huai River. The blood of the soldiers who came first boiled like flames, and the arrows in their hands once again aimed ruthlessly at the enemy who was charging up.

They want to prove themselves and prove that they are worthy of being the most elite crossbowmen in the world. Whether they are in the north or the south, they can scare the enemy!

Amidst the rumbling of war drums, the 10,000 Huainan Army commanded by Sun Ce charged from the west along the river bank.

Ju Yi stood proudly in the formation, facing the enemy troops rushing diagonally. He showed no fear and shouted: "Crossbowmen, listen to the order, go southwest!"

In the formation, the six hundred soldiers who climbed up first quickly turned half a circle on the spot, without even moving their feet. The dense arrows were like the eyes of the god of death, aiming at the charging Sun Cejun.

"Cum for me!" Ju Yi pointed his gun vigorously.

Whoosh whoosh!

The arrows were like locusts, forming a net of blades and overwhelmingly pushing towards Sun Ce's army.

In an instant, the falling arrows knocked down a large area of ​​the enemy, blood spattered, and miserable howls were heard.

The men and horses in the front team fell to the ground, which not only shocked the fighting spirit of the soldiers behind them, but also slowed down their steps. Sun Cejun's charging speed suddenly slowed down.

Then, they suffered the same tragic experience as Ji Lingjun.

The endless rain of arrows, ten rounds of wild shooting, the elite crossbowmen who took the first step, fired in an almost mechanical flow, shot 10,000 Sun Ce's troops to the point where they fell on their backs, and howls were heard everywhere. Every step forward required a heavy pay.

price.

A quarter of an hour later, Sun Cejun was also forced to stop his advance.

"The first to climb the dead soldiers, yes, they must be the first to climb the dead soldiers, otherwise how could they have such powerful crossbows? I didn't expect that Yuan Fang actually has such powerful elites under his command!"

Sun Ce was convinced of his guess and was shocked by the terrifying arrow rain from the dead soldiers first.

The locust-like rain of arrows came, and the war spear in Sun Ce's hand danced into an iron curtain. The rain of arrows flew in all directions, but none of them could reach him.

Sun Ce was very strong in martial arts, and a few sharp arrows could hardly hurt him, but his soldiers could not escape their bad luck, falling in pieces beside him.

"Damn it, why doesn't that guy Yang Hong pay the gold? If he continues like this, he will only lose his soldiers." Sun Ce gritted his teeth and thought to himself.

Behind the formation, Yang Hong had a look of astonishment on his face.

He never expected that his 20,000-strong army, charging from all directions, would not be able to break through the enemy's 1,000-strong army.

At the cost of thousands of casualties, their Huainan Army could not even touch the opponent's shield array.

Yang Hong suddenly understood. No wonder Yuan Fang was not afraid of him attacking him half-crossed. It turned out that there was actually a weapon with a killer weapon like Xiandenshishi.

Seeing that the plan was foiled and his own army was at a disadvantage, Yang Hong became furious but refused to order the withdrawal of troops.

He still held on to his last glimmer of hope, fearing that he would withdraw his troops and lose face.

But Yuan Fang no longer gave him a chance.

Seeing that Ju Yi had arrived at the camp first and had established a foothold on the south bank, Yuan Fang pointed his skull-crushing stick and shouted: "Send out the whole army and kill me on the south bank."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of the Qingzhou Army's war drums shattered the sky and reached an unprecedented high pitch.

Amidst the deafening sound of war drums, hundreds of boats and rafts moved hand in hand, carrying thousands of Qingzhou Army officers and soldiers, and sailed towards the south bank.

In a short time, Taishi Ci led 4,000 elite troops to the river beach landing site set up by the Xianden camp.

Ships and rafts rushed onto the river beach one after another, and a large number of Qingzhou troops came ashore continuously and formed an orderly formation. Once the formation was formed, they would launch a fatal counterattack against the enemy.

When Sun Ce saw this, his sword eyebrows deepened, knowing that the situation was serious and if he continued like this, his entire army would be in danger of being annihilated.

With this in mind, Sun Ce could not control much, so he led his troops to retreat first without waiting for Yang Hong to send the gold.

As soon as Sun Ce retreated like this, the arrows that had reached the camp first could be concentrated on Ji Ling. The arrows intensified again and soon overwhelmed Ji Ling's army, making it difficult to breathe.

"Damn it, this guy Sun Ce actually retreated before the battle!"

Ji Ling was very angry. Seeing that Sun Ce had retreated and it was difficult for him to stand alone, he had no choice but to order a retreat.

The two Huainan armies rushed to retreat from the battlefield before Yuan Fang's army landed and launched a counterattack, leaving only nearly 3,000 lying corpses.

In the afternoon, Yuan Fang's 25,000 troops all boarded the south bank of the Huai River.

Looking at the enemy troops retreating hastily from a distance, Yuan Fang sneered: "Sun Ce is indeed a good soldier and knows how to advance and retreat. It seems that I have to learn from him."

Yuan Fang immediately ordered the entire army to camp on the south bank, dig trenches, set up antlers, and completely establish a foothold on the south bank.

The retreating Huainan army did not withdraw directly to Xutai City. Instead, it was five miles away from Yuan Fang's army and also set up camp on the south bank of the Huai River, forming a confrontation.

After setting up camp, Yuan Fang sent an envoy to the Huainan military camp and invited Sun Ce to stand in front of the formation for a while.

"Master, Sun Ce is only one of Yuan Shu's generals. As a master, why should I meet with him?" Zhuge Liang was puzzled by Yuan Fang's intentions.

Yuan Fang did not explain, but looked at Guo Jia with a smile to see if Guo Jia could understand his intention.

Guo Jia shook the wine gourd in his hand and said with a smile: "Sun Jian was originally a guest general of Yuan Shu. After the death of Jingzhou, Yuan Shu annexed his tribe. Sun Ce asked Yuan Shu for his father's tribe several times, but Yuan Shu repeatedly refused with various excuses.

,but

Instead, he treated Sun Ce as a spearman. This shows that Yuan Shu does not trust Sun Ce, and Sun Ce must also be dissatisfied with Yuan Shu. Now the lord invites Sun Ce to the formation. A Liang, what do you think the lord’s intention is?

?”

Yuan Fang nodded and smiled, knowing in his heart that I, Yuan Fang, must be Guo Jia.

Zhuge Liang suddenly realized it and blurted out: "It turns out that master wants to drive a wedge between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu. Oh my god, why didn't I think of that?"

"Sun Ce is the strongest general under Yuan Shu. It would be best if we can drive a wedge between Yuan Shu and make him use Sun Ce. No matter what, I heard that Sun Ce has a heroic spirit, and I really want to do it for a while."

As the saying goes, a hero begets a hero. Yuan Fang is a young hero in trouble, so he naturally has some fascination for Sun Ce, who is similar in age to himself and has the same heroic spirit.

At that moment, a messenger on horseback galloped away, heading straight for the enemy camp five miles away.

Huainan camp, Chinese army tent.

The atmosphere of failure filled the big tent with heaviness.

"No wonder Yuan Fang was able to defeat Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in succession, killing Tao Qian to the point of death from fright, and Liu Bei cowering in Xiapi and not daring to leave the city. In today's battle, he really has some skills."

Sun Ce was not depressed by the defeat, and still maintained a calm demeanor. In his words, he actually showed some respect for Yuan Fang, his enemy.

Yang Hong frowned and said in a deep voice: "I said Sun Bofu, we just fought and I didn't pay the gold. Why did you retreat, causing our army to lose and retreat?"

When Sun Ce heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he said coldly: "I was just about to ask you, if you haven't raised the gold for a long time, if the enemy troops land in large numbers and launch a counterattack, wouldn't our army be in danger of being wiped out? Why?

We had to retreat to protect the army. Before I asked you, you asked me, Yang Changshi, do you know the art of war?"

"Sun Bofu, you——"
Chapter completed!