"Enemy attack!"

The long and shrill roar was like a suona sound that suddenly came close and far away.

Stationed on the spot, Zhang He would naturally arrange sentries nearby. When Zhang Liao's troops came to attack, the sentries would immediately issue an early warning.

Without any prelude or any precaution, the thunderous gongs, drums and melodious horns sounded.

This was Zhang Liao's order for the entire army to attack. He was less than two miles away from Zhang He's army.

"Array, array, array!"

Zhang He scolded his mother in his heart, while riding like crazy, leading his guards to drive the soldiers frantically to start forming formations.

The enemy chose to come at the right time. People often feel sleepy after eating a full meal and feel uneasy. Zhang He didn't know the scientific principle, but he knew this truth.

Even when many soldiers heard the sound of enemy attacks, they were lazy or at a loss and did not react in a short period of time!

Under the urging of the three generals Zhang He, Jiang Qi, Mayan, and middle and lower-level officers at all levels, such as Sima, Qujunhou, and captain, the soldiers slowly formed a circular battle formation in units of each department.

At this time, Zhang Liao's army was less than a mile away. Both sides stared, their blood pressure began to rise, adrenaline surged, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense and exciting.

When Zhang Hecai came out of Shalu Mountain before, he did not dare to fight Taishi Ci. It was because his soldiers and horses were tired and sleepy after walking all night on the mountain road, and it was difficult to fight to the death.

But now that he had eaten something and rested for an hour, the soldier had regained some strength and was finally able to fight.

"Archers prepare!"

When the distance between the two sides was less than half a mile, the archers at the rear simultaneously took out arrows from the quiver on their waist.

"Strike the bow!"

Less than a hundred steps later, the messengers on both sides shouted at the same time.

One hundred steps is almost more than 130 meters, the effective killing range of the archer.

"shoot!"

"Boohoo!~~~"

Thousands of arrows were fired, and arrowheads fell like raindrops.

Most of the arrows were blocked by the swordsmen in the front row who raised their shields, but a small number fell into the crowd, causing countless screams.

"kill!"

Before the second wave of arrows came, Zhang He had already taken the lead and killed Zhang Liao's army.

In fact, Zhang He himself is not that brave. If you look closely, he is definitely a young man who will do anything to survive.

The problem is that now it is time to fight tooth and nail. Due to the repeated defeats along the way, his military supplies are very low, including the number of archers and arrows.

He was shooting at Zhang Liaojun who was well-prepared from a hundred meters away. It would be him who would suffer when the time came, so he might as well launch an attack before the second round of bows and arrows!

"retreat!"

When Zhang Liao saw the enemy generals running towards him, with the overwhelming army behind them, like an overwhelming mountain, Zhang Liao immediately ordered the archers in the middle row to retreat back, and the swordsmen and shieldmen on the left and right sides to fill in.

A large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people is not as simple as a chaotic battle involving a few hundred people. The situation on the battlefield often tends to be extremely chaotic. It is difficult for the leader to have the courage of one person to take into account all aspects. It requires grassroots officers to have the ability to adapt to changes.

The Qingzhou Army attaches great importance to the quality of its middle and lower-level officers. Faced with this situation, everyone changed their formations in an orderly manner. The sword and shield players swarmed forward, and the two sides crashed into each other like two terrifying waves, causing waves to splash.

The flags of the generals on both sides were still standing. Zhang Liao only learned one formation, which was the Sky-Covering Formation, the Flying Dragon Formation, and the Flying Bird Formation. He could only use the cone-shaped formation, like a chisel, to lead his guards on a rampage.

Zhang He was more than capable of attacking and defending. After leading his troops and horses to collide with Zhang Liao's army, he positioned himself near the front line of the battlefield, raised a big flag, and killed people everywhere without going deep alone.

In a battle of this scale, people are not crowded together, but each forms several square formations.

Imagine a group fight between dozens and hundreds of people in junior high and high schools near the school. The scene of a sea of ​​people and countless people watching may appear in a real war, but it will never appear in front of two generals with relatively good commanding abilities.

Because once people are crowded together, there will be very few soldiers actually fighting head-on. Most of them rush forward from behind. Firstly, it will cause a stampede. Secondly, out of 10,000 soldiers, only a thousand soldiers in the front row are fighting, leaving the rest

The 9,000 soldiers who fell did not form any combat effectiveness, and they would be finished if they were outflanked.

Therefore, the real battlefields are all dispersed, with each unit of about two to three thousand people forming their own battle formations based on the mid-level officers of Army Sima and Colonel. Zhang Liao personally led more than a thousand personal guards, like a group of wild men.

Rushing into the enemy formation like a wolf.

While the killing was going on, a guard covered in blood pointed not far away and said: "General, over there!"

Zhang Liao had just cut down an enemy who was stabbing him with a spear. He took a moment to glance around and saw General Zhang He's flag not far away. It turned out that he was fighting and was already very close to the center of the battlefield. Zhang He's flag was

The Chinese army rushed out and was within easy reach of Zhang He.

"kill!"

Zhang Liao didn't talk nonsense, he raised his long sword and pointed it in the direction of Zhang He: "Behead the general and seize the flag, who else would you rather me!"

"Behead the general and seize the flag, who else would you rather me!"

The guards around him shouted one after another, and in an instant they became powerful and rushed towards Zhang He like a surging wave.

The personal guards of the two generals collided quickly. Zhang Liao was riding on the horse, his eyes locked on Zhang He who was also riding on the horse. The two looked at each other among the rebels, and they could see the killing intent in each other's eyes.

There was no prelude or any nonsense. The two men spurred their horses at the same time and galloped together in the chaos. In just a few breaths, they collided with each other.

when!

There was a violent clash of weapons and sparks flying. In the meantime, the two men exchanged several moves in succession, and the horses galloped past.

Zhang He's horse turned sideways beautifully to avoid the sword blow, and Ma Shan turned around and stabbed Zhang Liao's heart and lungs while passing by.

But Zhang Liao's reaction speed was not slow. He slashed the air with his sword and immediately turned around and hid in the horse's belly to avoid the stabbing.

The horse was more than four meters long. Zhang He wanted to take advantage of the weapon, but unfortunately Zhang Liao was born on the border of Bingzhou, fought with the Xianbei people all the time, and had extremely good equestrian skills, so he could not succeed.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Turning around again, the two sides turned their horses and fought together again. The weapons were handed over, and there was a constant crackling sound. In the blink of an eye, they had fought for more than ten rounds.

No distinction between top and bottom.

In fact, Zhang He's strength has always been high. Even though he was defeated by Ma Chao in the 20th round and Zhao Yun in the 30th round, he was not at the end of his rope. Only in desperate situations can he display his true strength.

For example, during the Battle of Guandu, he and Gao Lan fought against Zhang Liao and Xu Zhu. Regardless of their superiority or inferiority, it can be seen that his strength is equivalent to Zhang Liao's. It's just that he himself is more tactful, worldly, and unwilling to fight to the death.

But now we are in a desperate situation, and we have to work hard to fight Zhang Liao. But even so, after thirty rounds, he gradually fell into a disadvantage and his physical strength was a little exhausted.

It's not that his strength is poor, but that he didn't sleep last night and his physical strength and energy are not at their peak. Therefore, after a long battle, he is naturally not Zhang Liao's opponent.

Not only him, but also his army of 17,000 or 17,800 men. Even though Zhang Liao only had 10,000 men, they were all powerful and in peak condition. Compared with Zhang He, who had low morale and no physical strength.

Compared with the remnant soldiers who are very different from each other, they are really much stronger.

More than half an hour later, the casualties on both sides had reached thousands. Zhang He's army was struggling to resist, and was teetering on the verge of collapse. If the general's flag hadn't still stood, the army would have probably been defeated.

And at this critical moment, at the end of the distant horizon, a large army came quickly.

The leader was none other than Zhao Rui. Looking from a distance, he saw chaos fighting everywhere on the plain in the distance, with nearly 30,000 people fighting everywhere.

In the middle of winter in December, the snow has not yet melted, the sun is emitting pale light, and the ground that should have been white or mixed with muddy yellow mud is dyed with a dazzling red.

There are densely packed corpses and soldiers who are still fighting fiercely. At this point, what the two sides are fighting for is no longer a battle formation, but willpower. Whoever can fight with willpower to the end will be the final winner.

To be honest, it is really not easy for the soldiers and horses led by Zhang He to last until now. After all, his soldiers and horses are not as strong as the Qingzhou Army, and they have been defeated all the way, and their morale is not very high.

If Zhang He had not fought hard in front and resisted Zhang Liao with all his strength, the Israeli army would have suffered nearly thousands of casualties, which would have been enough to cause the soldiers to collapse.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Rui did not dare to neglect, and immediately commanded the soldiers to march with all their strength and rescue quickly.

"Crossbow ready!"

When they got close to the battlefield, Zhao Rui shouted loudly and ordered the crossbowmen to aim at the supervisory team and reserves of Zhang Liao's rear army who had not yet joined the battlefield.

Fighting requires war teams and reserves as the final force, so these soldiers and horses are just watching from a distance.

Naturally, Zhao Rui would not fire randomly on the entire battlefield, because the entanglement of the two sides would cause casualties to Zhang He's army, so the rear army became the best choice.

"shoot!"

Instead, rows of crossbowmen rushed to the front, and their crossbow arrows flew out, posing a great threat to Zhang Liao's rear army.

In fact, it was not that Li Bo, the leader of the rear army, had not seen them, but at this moment, it was already too late to go to Zhang Liao among the rebels to ask for instructions, so naturally he could only form a defensive formation on the spot.

Countless arrows rained down, and there seemed to be no end to the shooting. Li Bo had to order to retreat to the rear and began to leave towards the edge of the battlefield.

There was no way, unlike Zhang He who abandoned a lot of baggage, Zhao Rui had rear support in Yuancheng and brought a large number of bows and crossbows when he came out.

Many people think that the wars fought at the end of the Han Dynasty were wars with cold weapons. The great thing is that arrows were used, and few crossbows were used. It was not until the time when the world was divided into three parts that there were a large number of historical documents showing the impact of crossbows on wars.

However, in the history of the late Han Dynasty, because the early princes were relatively weak, it was considered good to have tens of thousands of troops, not to mention sophisticated equipment. When fighting, they were often finished with one charge, so everyone would think that the princes who used crossbows were

not much.

But in fact, it was due to the lack of strength of the small and medium-sized princes. It was naturally different for the large princes like Yuan Shao who had great wealth and wealth.

For example, in history, Yuan Shao accepted Han Fu's inheritance, and Han Fu took charge of Zhao Fu. Cheng Huan led 10,000 crossbowmen to garrison Mengjin. In the end, they all became Yuan Shao's troops. Later, Yuan Shao was able to defeat Gongsun Zan because of his powerful crossbows.

The power.

Not only Yuan Shao, but also Liu Bei was smelting steel in Qingzhou and building sophisticated weapons and equipment. Ma Jun also helped research the repeated crossbow and produced a large number of crossbow arrows.

Now in the three main battlefields of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou in the Ping'en, Chuzhang, and Guangping areas, the coalition forces of Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, and others were able to withstand Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000 with 80,000 to 90,000 soldiers and horses. These equipments are indispensable.

"Reinforcements have arrived, our reinforcements have arrived, brothers, kill!"

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Zhang Hejun's soldiers and horses were greatly shaken in morale. It was like a dying man had received a shot in the arm, glowing with new glory. In an instant, he became more and more courageous in the battle, and actually suppressed Zhang Liao's army within a period of time.

"No, leave quickly!"

The battlefield was changing rapidly, and Zhang Liao was very surprised by the sudden scene. He quickly separated from Zhang He, turned around, and rode away.

Zhang He did not pursue him either. In the cold winter months, he was sweating profusely and kept wearing rough clothes.

Ma Chao and Zhang Fei fought for 300 rounds. They fought from noon to midnight, and they had to burn the midnight oil. They fought for a full six hours, with almost fifty rounds each hour, which was about an hour and twenty-five rounds.

But the two of them were in a fair duel, and most of the time they were wrestling with weapons. They spent more time fighting each other's strength, but less time fighting each other's moves.

Zhang He and Zhang Liao fought to the death in the chaos. The two sides either avoided each other's attacks or clashed with each other's swords. Then they separated and immediately started the next move. Therefore, in just over an hour, the two fought.
To be continued...