Xu You wore a scarf and a light silk Confucian uniform. He surrounded a group of soldiers and came to the front of the formation. The breeze blew, the scarf trembled slightly and the silk clothes fluttered. He stroked the sparse beard under his jaw, looked at the military formation three hundred steps away, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The military formation of these three thousand people is indeed very neat and powerful. But no matter how neat it is, what if it is, what if it is majestic? Zhuangzi said that the strength of the thief and the accumulation of the thief, in front of the army behind him, the military formation of these three thousand people is still trampled into powder. Even if it cannot be broken, it will be stepped into the soil and will never be able to turn over again.

Xu You waved his hand and signaled a team of thousands to come forward to test.

The sound of war drums sounded, and a team of thousands walked out of the army with great courage. They held shields, spears, swords, and arranged in neat formations and began to advance.

Behind them, the majestic drums suddenly exploded, with a slow rhythm, which was coordinating with their pace. It is always more difficult for the army to maintain formation than to line up and wait. In order to show the military appearance and overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum, they need to maintain neat formation. The drums are to provide them with rhythm.

Two hundred steps, one hundred steps, Xu You opened his eyes wide, grabbed his fingers with his sharp beard and stopped his movements, and inadvertently held his breath. This was just a test, using one thousand people to test the army of three thousand people, which was enough to show his prudence and respect for his opponent. Although the opponent's general Xu Rong was unknown, Liu Xiu could hand over the important task of attacking Pingyu City to him, and he would probably not be an incompetent person. Thirty thousand people had an absolute advantage, but if the war was ugly, the blow to morale would be very serious, and whether his personal command ability was sufficient will be verified.

This battle was not only a battle to turn defeat into victory, but also for Xu You. Since the ambush of Liu Xiu at Shimen that time, he had been idle under Yuan Shao's tent for several years. If Shen Pei had not recommended him this time, he would not know when such a day would be.

A great opportunity is right in front of you. Just see if he can seize it.

Xu You looked at the army opposite intently. He needed to discover Xu Rong's weakness from this temptation.

One hundred steps should be the time for the opponent's arrow formation to attack. Xu You secretly thought. Liu Xiu's subordinates had masters skilled in equipment. Xu You also heard about the strength of his arrow formation, so he specially prepared a thick large shield. Now, the soldiers moving forward slowly holding those special large shields. They will soon prove whether Xu You's preparation works. If it works, it will give the soldiers more courage in the next battle.

While Xu You was waiting nervously, all a thousand soldiers had entered the range of 100 steps, but there was no arrow on the other side. Xu You was a little puzzled. This situation was not as expected by him. The tradition of the Han army in fighting was to attack with arrow formation first. The fierce arrow formation was the first scene of the attack since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Now this scene has been delayed. It inevitably makes Xu You a little suspicious.

Could it be that Xu Rong will wait for us to get closer before attacking?

The soldiers moving forward were even more uneasy than Xu You. They held their shield handles tightly, tightened their bodies, and waited for breath. Although the sun had not yet displayed their power, their bodies under the battle robe were already full of energy. Half hot and half nervous. According to the scheduled plan, the opponent's arrow formation should start attacking. They would stop and test the protection ability of the large shield at the edge of the opponent's arrow formation. They were mentally prepared, and at the same time they could take a breath and accumulate some strength. Prepare for the next charge. But now the opponent has no response at all and has not shot an arrow. Should they stop as planned or continue moving forward?

After a moment of hesitation, the sound of the war drums behind them was to keep them moving forward. The soldiers gritted their teeth, raised their heavy shields, and continued to move forward.

Eighty steps! Fifty steps! Thirty steps!

Xu Rong had not given an order to attack the arrow formation. The three thousand troops were silent, only the monotonous sound of war drums was knocking slowly. The war horses occasionally wanted to sniff, and used the horse's sole-shoe-shoe-scattered ground.

Twenty steps! Ten steps!

The big shield was getting heavier and heavier. The Yuan army soldiers who could not rest as planned were already struggling at this time. They could not hold on anymore. Some people gritted their teeth and turned their strength to their right arm, and some even raised their shields with both hands. Even so, this made them panting and sweating profusely. Because of the difficulty, they had no time to listen to the sound of war drums behind. Even if they heard it, they did not have enough physical strength to execute. The unified pace had become a luxury, let alone leaving a majestic way. Half of their energy was on the heavy shield, and half on the face of their opponents who were close to each other.

The smile on the opponent's face was clearly visible, which was a sarcastic and contemptuous smile, and seemed to express disdain for their embarrassment.

The Yuan army soldiers were gasping for breath, feeling so frustrated that they vomited blood. In such weather, wearing thick robe and heavy armor was already uncomfortable enough. They had to hold such a heavy shield and walked three hundred steps in one breath. Could it be laughed at if they even took a breath? You can try it, maybe it would be worse than us.

Just as the Yuan army soldiers were cursing in their hearts, Xu Rong suddenly issued an order to attack. The colorful flags fluttered, and the sound of war drums suddenly became as rapid as a sudden rain. The 200 vanguards who had been unable to sit suddenly roared and ran wildly.

It is as quiet as a virgin, and it is as moving as a rabbit.

These 200 studs have been waiting for a long time. In their eyes, the thousand Yuan soldiers who came with strange shields were ridiculously stupid. When they fought, the lighter the weapons, the more conducive they were to preserve their physical strength. The craftsmen of the baggage battalion racked their brains to reduce the weight of weapons while maintaining their effectiveness. Even if they could reduce one or two taels, it was a major improvement and could be rewarded. Now someone is holding a giant shield that is at least five times heavier than an ordinary shield to fight. It is really a laughing moment.

Looking at the Yuan Jun who was so tired that his steps were in chaos, the infantry who stood in front of the formation and saw the clearest was filled with pride and contempt for their opponents. They had already predicted the gap in strength between the two sides, and were waiting for the battle to rush up and beat the dog in the water from the beginning.

As soon as the drum sounded, two hundred straits rushed out. They did not deliberately maintain their formation, but the training over the past few days left them in groups of five, and even in the running wildly, they did not lose their place.

Ten steps are only one or two breaths, and after a moment, both sides have already contacted.

"Kill!" A soldier holding a ring knife and a small shield roared and collided with his body. His force was very coincidental, and he suddenly hit the junction of the two large shields, so that he would not collide with the other side head-on, but to the side of the two Yuan army soldiers at the same time.

The Yuan army soldiers were exhausted. They gritted their teeth and focused all their strength on the front to meet the enemy's impact. However, they were not expected to have enough attacks, and they were unstable in their footholds and gave half a step to the side.

This half step was enough for the soldier to break in. With a smile, he slashed with a ring knife, and suddenly injured Yuan Jun's arm on the right, and then jumped up and hit the next opponent.

Behind him, four teammates separated on the wings, tightly protecting him, knocking down the tilted enemies to the ground. They waved their weapons and attacked their opponents mercilessly, but did not force themselves to kill each enemy, but instead pierced forward at the fastest speed and wedged into the depths of the formation.

Two hundred infantrymen, but they made an attacking formation of two hundred cavalry. They were like mercury, easily tore open the formation of a thousand Yuan soldiers and tore them into several sections. Under their rude and tricky attack, the Yuan army was defeated. They did not have the opponent's abundant physical strength, could not keep up with the opponent's pace, and did not have the opponent's skillful combat skills. They fought each other in close combat and retreated step by step.

Even on the battle formation, no soldiers who did not train for a day fully demonstrated their advantages in physical fitness and combat skills. The armor, shields and ring swords that have gathered the hard work of countless craftsmen, also allowed them to take advantage of the Yuan army soldiers holding bulky shields.

Like pouring soup on snow, hitting eggs with stones!

Before the drum was finished, two hundred sprinters had successfully penetrated the formation of one thousand Yuan's army. They turned around and killed the soldiers of the Yuan army in groups in three or five. With their precise cooperation, the Yuan army soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally. Without support until Xu You sent reinforcements, they were defeated on the front line. A small half were killed in front of the formation. The rest threw down their shields and turned around and ran away.

Xu Rong remained silent, only a cold light flashed through his eyes. He waved his hand, and the messenger behind him understood it. He waved the colorful flags hard and ordered the crossbow to start firing.

With a "boom", the thirty crossbows that had been ready for a long time roared in unison. In an instant, more than 300 arrows roared out of the position and rushed towards the fleeing Yuan soldiers. The first batch of arrows had just flew out of the original formation, and the second batch of arrows also flew out of the crossbows, and then the third batch of arrows also flew out.

Layer layers of arrows surged out like waves.

The fleeing Yuan soldiers were shot down by the speeding feather arrows without having time to react. In a few breaths, ten groups of dense feather arrows shot down a large number of the six or seven hundred fleeing Yuan soldiers without even having time to react. Only dozens of people were very lucky and fled back to the formation, and the rest were all shot in front of the formation.

As thunderous as thunder, in a blink of an eye, the wind and rain stopped. The thirty crossbows that completed a round of attacks did not look at the results in the previous round. They skillfully began to reload the arrow branches, waiting for the start of the next attack.

Xu Rong raised Qianli's eyes to his eyes, looked at the situation in front of the formation, especially looking at the coverage of the arrow formation, waved his hand, and a messenger hurriedly came to him.

"Command, increase the range by twenty steps!"

"Here!" The messenger pressed his knife and rushed to the crossbow chariot formation. He conveyed Xu Rong's order to Jiang Xian, the powerful crossbow commander. Jiang Xian listened carefully and raised his hand and shouted: "Three lines ahead, follow the order! The shooting angle is reduced by three points!"

"Yes!" The three rows of crossbows in front responded... Please give me monthly tickets! Please recommend votes! Please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!!!
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