The first day of October is the first day of the last season in the sixth year of Jian'an.

In the afternoon, the north wind gradually picked up, and when the sky was so gloomy that it was about to rain, Sun Ce and his subordinates, who fled south along Huang Ze, finally waited for Tai Shi Ci's belated arrival at the intersection of Qinghe and Huang Ze.

Chasing troops!

This is not ridiculous at all. It really happened. A group of deserters waited very hard for the pursuers.

It is said that while Sun Bo Funan was escaping, he learned that the pontoon bridge that Li Jin had previously guarded had been occupied by Taishi Ci, so both parties were in a dilemma at the same time.

The situation at that time was that Sun Ce was on the inside of Qinghe River and Taishi Ci was on the outside of Qinghe River.

Among them, Taishi Ci's troops and combat power were absolutely dominant... Although in order to maintain the encirclement, Taishi Ziyi detached a full 10,000 troops along the river to guard and deploy defenses. However, when they reached the pontoon bridge in the southern part of the encirclement,

He still has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they are equipped with both cavalry and infantry. This configuration is compared to Sun Ce's army, which also has 10,000 soldiers, including even 3,000 soldiers led by Sun Ce's confidant Dong Xi.

, of course, absolutely dominant. Because Sun Cejun was extremely tired and frightened by now, and Taishi Ci was here to be a hunter.

However, the battlefield depends on terrain and weather. At this moment, Qinghe River, which is famous all over the world because of its downstream Qinghe County, has become a delicate balance between the two.

Of course, Sun Ce did not dare to cross the river. If he dared to cross, no matter where he crossed, Taishi Ci would be able to cross the river halfway and easily end the battle. Correspondingly, Taishi Ziyi also had some trouble crossing the river... because

One thing that is obvious is that Sun Ce himself may have great prestige among the thousands of Jiangdong disciples, so although his troops were tired and frightened, they were far from losing discipline and combat effectiveness.

In other words, Taishi Ci also had to take into account that he would be attacked by Sun Ce's army who was having a hard time returning to the army. He also had to consider whether Sun Ce's army would take the initiative to divide his troops and flee across the river because of his crossing the river. He also had to consider whether Sun Ce's army would be allowed to cross the river.

Waiting for important people to take advantage of the chaos to abscond; and also consider whether the credit will be taken away by Han Dang and Cheng Yu, two important figures who do not need military exploits...

To put it bluntly, although the strength gap between the two sides is obvious, when the war comes to this point, Sun Ce's strategic goals are too low. He can only survive one by one. But from Taishi Ci's point of view, he needs to build the whole world.

Good job!

What a pity, I went to Liaodong to recruit soldiers, but I came back with nothing!

Not to mention that Zhao Yun relied on Pingliang's contribution to become a general, Zhao Zilong's character is unparalleled among his subordinates, and he has a good relationship with Taishi Ziyi. The key is that even Zhang Liao's Cuju overlord can save money in his account

There are a bunch of heads of enemy chiefs, and they are destined to be ennobled after the war... Is Taishi Ci going to be overtaken by that kind of person?

A man is born in this world, and seeing the world turned upside down, he is naturally generous in his heart, and wants to make an immortal contribution to Sanchijian, and by the way, be granted a title or something like that. How can he be so stupid and fall behind others?

Therefore, the best and only way to solve this battle is for him to completely devour Sun Ce's army by himself, and then independently capture or kill the two famous people in the army - Dong Xi and

Sun Ce!

Therefore, under such an asymmetrical mentality, after the two sides had been in a stalemate for a while, especially when the weather started to get gloomy and it was likely to rain soon, considering the cavalry's combat capabilities, they finally had more room to spare.

Taishi Ci chose to take the initiative to march!

He divided his command into two, and most of the infantry, about six to seven thousand people, were handed over to the deputy generals Zhu Ling and Huangfu Jianshou, and asked them to deploy directly outside the junction of Huangze and Qinghe where Sun Ce's army was stationed.

The formation was under surveillance to prevent others from taking the opportunity to escape. Taishi Ziyi himself took almost all the troops on horseback, about four to five thousand people, to cross the river from a pontoon bridge a little further away. It took a long time to complete the preparations, and then

Then he hurried towards Sun Ce's army.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ce's army remained stationary throughout the whole process. He neither took the initiative to attack halfway across the river, nor took the opportunity to cross the river and fight to the death with the Yan army's infantry on the other side of the river. Instead, he quietly waited until Taishi Ci's troops were fully prepared and led thousands of cavalry.

arrival.

The reason is simple - it's going to rain!

"It's going to rain." Sun Ce looked at the clouds above his head that were getting thicker and almost dripping with water, and took a rare breath. "I knew it was going to rain since yesterday, and finally it's come... Yuan Dynasty!"

Dong Xi quickly bowed his head and obeyed the order.

"It's up to you today." Sun Ce lowered his head while the horses' hooves were rumbling, and pressed his arm on the opponent's arm. "Unless it is absolutely necessary, we cannot escape into the marsh. We don't know the road. If the troops enter, they will collapse. There is no way."

You can't take it back... The plan now is to use three thousand soldiers to hold up the opponent's cavalry as much as possible. As soon as the rain falls, the Yan army's cavalry will not be so powerful. If the rain is heavier then, we can't say

We can also take advantage of the chaos to defeat the opponent and flee with the whole army."

"My subordinates know." Dong Xi's eyes were red due to lack of sleep. Hearing the words, his momentum did not diminish. He immediately raised his armor and raised his voice in response. "Then Tai Shi Ci came in a hurry because he knew it was going to rain? Didn't he come here in a hurry?

In order to strive for credit, it has left us a glimmer of hope, and in the end we will receive great favor from the general and will not retreat even one step!"

Sun Ce sighed with emotion when he heard this, but nodded again and again: "In that case, you lead the soldiers to guard the front army, and I will lead the rest of my subordinates to guard the center army. We must go back alive!"

"The situation is critical, as long as the general returns alive!" Dong Yuandai answered simply. "The last general is not worth mentioning!"

After saying this, the Kuaiji brave general turned around and left without waiting for Sun Ce's reply, and went to the front army to meet the enemy.

The sky was getting gloomier and almost dripping with water. Unexpectedly, Taishi Ci, who had been working on the pontoon for a long time, once again wasted the precious window for cavalry to use, and actually started talking in front of the formation.

"I have heard rumors from my subordinates that Sun Bo's symbol is called the Little Overlord of Jiangdong, and he is brave enough to be worthy of all men." Taishi Ci held his halberd in front of the horse and shouted from a distance. Behind him, a group of light cavalry lined up tightly with flags behind them.

"I am not very talented, but even though the Empress Dowager and Duke Yan praised me, I may be able to compare with the little overlord... I wonder if Sun Bofu is interested in elegance. Why don't you go to the battle and talk about it?!"

Taishi Ci's voice was clear and his posture was heroic. Once these words came out, Dong Yuandai naturally had to pass on the words later... Of course, the essence was to delay time. Although Dong Xi was a rough man, he was not a fool.

When the personal guard came back from the message, Sun Ce really had the desire to talk to each other and even come to a duel before the battle. Anyway, the king of heaven is not afraid of his character. The key is that he can delay time significantly. Really.

If it is dragged until it is dripping with rain, then things will become worse.

But then I thought about it, not to mention that he was exhausted at this time. The key point was that the army relied on his own prestige to support him. If he left the formation lightly, it would be bad if the opponent's cavalry rushed around.

As a result, the guard turned back to the front of the formation alone and gave Dong Xi a few words.

Dong Xi understood this, but slowly mounted his horse and went into battle, speaking on behalf of his general: "My general is the hereditary Han Dynasty lord Wuchenghou, who was granted the title of General Polu, and is the Han minister in the same palace as your lord, General Zhao Gong...

What qualifications does a mere minister have to compete with my lord? If you want to discuss military strategy, Dong Xi of Kuaiji is here, and I would like to come and learn from you!"

Upon hearing this, Taishi Ci sneered, first looked back behind him, and then looked up at the dark clouds in the sky. He didn't answer a word, but reined in his horse and returned to the formation.

Dong Xi didn't care when he saw this. He just thought that someone had reminded the opponent of the rain problem, so he reined in his horse and returned to the formation. Then he stood in the center of the front army and ordered the three thousand soldiers in the front line to be alert.

As for the three thousand Kuaiji soldiers, although they had only rested for a while in the west of Neihuang City this morning and around this morning in the past two days and two nights, they were really exhausted, but they still cheered up and prepared after being reminded by their own general who was born in their hometown.

Meet the enemy.

On the other side, within sight, after Taishi Ci returned to the formation, the Qingqiu behind him split into two, separated to the two wings like waves, and seemed to be preparing to circle back and attack from the flanks as expected... However, as the Qingqiu,

They all got out of the way, and after Taishi Ci walked two hundred steps deep into the military formation, Dong Yuandai and the Kuaiji soldiers in the front row only felt confused for a moment.

Because after separating from the light cavalry, a cavalry team appeared in front of them that was strange but ordinary and definitely unusual.

There are not many in number, only about four to five hundred riders, and the queues are clearly defined. Everyone is wearing heavy armor, cowhide gloves, riding boots, and a ferocious face armor. They are all tall horses. There are no bows and arrows yet, but everyone is holding a ten-foot long horse.

A steel spear five to six feet long!

The spear is also a bit strange, because the spear head is extra long and wide, more like a steel horse spear!

So far, although it is shocking, it is still within the scope of cognition. They are nothing more than a group of extremely elite armored cavalry, and who knows the name of Ye's armored cavalry? Although at this time,

There is a big battle ahead, but it is normal to leave a few hundred veterans to look after the country.

For example, there were rumors before that some of the subordinates of Yan Gong who did not have much political capital, that is, those who were promoted to the rank of archers and horses, after reaching a certain age, if they are not willing to go to the local area to serve as county captains,

Liu, you can stay and continue to serve as cavalry and participate in guarding Tongquetai. But at this time, you only enjoy the treatment of Yi Cong but can no longer occupy the establishment of three thousand Yi Cong.

I think it should be these people.

But back to the present, the real problem is, or what makes Dong Yuandai and others confused is that each of these four to five hundred armored cavalry has a full set of horse armor!

Horse armor is not a new thing, but four to five hundred horse armor, paired with a tall horse, a heavy armored knight, and such a long steel spear, is undoubtedly a new thing, and it is enough to put the calf of any experienced battlefield person.

Trembling new things.

Almost instantly, Sun Ce, who was also stunned by the sight of this scene from a distance, understood why Taishi Ci, who was obviously in a hurry, was delayed at the ferry for so long and talked so much nonsense at this time.

?

It’s not that Taishi Ci is too frivolous, it’s that he spent time preparing this thing!

They were probably wearing armor at the ferry before, and they were probably in formation when they talked to me just now!

The light cavalry on the left and right got out of the way, and Taishi Ci stood still in front of the armored knight. As a burst of winter thunder rolled across the sky, Taishi Ziyi no longer hesitated, raised his halberd forward, and ordered a charge!

Horse armor is called armored cavalry, and human armor is called armored cavalry. The name of these five hundred cavalry should be armored cavalry. The five hundred armored cavalry started immediately after being ordered. Although the speed increased extremely slowly, with the extremely shocking

After the mass was driven by the war horse, the horse's hooves rolled across the ground, just like winter thunder rolling across the sky!

At the same time, two thousand light cavalry were separated on the left and right, spreading straight along the two wings. With the armored cavalry in the middle, they spread their wings like an iron eagle and pounced forward!

Sun Bofu, who was far behind, was stunned, while Dong Yuandai, who was the first to bear the brunt, had no time to pay attention to the light cavalry. He could only follow the most basic defensive cavalry method, order the whole army to stabilize, and let the crossbowmen step forward to shoot.

Those armored cavalry coming from the front...

The bows and arrows were like rain, falling into the armored cavalry formation that was rumbling in front and less than a hundred steps away, but it had no effect at all! Instead, it reminded this army... In fact, after being shot, the armored cavalry in the front row

Then they all raised the astonishingly long steel rods in their hands!

The crossbowmen immediately despaired, and almost everyone hurriedly retreated into the formation without waiting for military orders!

The soldiers in the front row were all lost at this time, because this feeling of invulnerability and invincibility was really scary! Not to mention the impact of this pure mass! They could almost imagine... even the soldiers behind them

If there is any chance that the military formation could block this kind of troops, as the front row, they are destined to be crushed to pieces by this troops!

Therefore, almost following the crossbowmen who rushed into the formation, the Kuaiji soldiers in the front row turned around and fled before they even came into contact with the opponent's knights, causing the entire army to waver.

Dong Yuandai, who was standing under the banner of the former army, was furious and immediately wanted to draw his sword to kill people and control the situation. But at this time, Yan Jun's armored cavalry had already rolled into the formation, and just as everyone imagined, it suddenly fell in front of him.

Everything was crushed to pieces!

The former army's military strength collapsed instantly!

If I had to use a word to describe the situation in front of me, it would probably be invincible, right?
To be continued...