Chapter 1018 pressing step by step
When Zhu Huan launched an attack on Lu Qian's position, Yan Xing also launched an action, moving from the west side of Yuan Tan's camp to the north side of the camp, and heading straight to Yuan Tan's camp. Seeing the cavalry breaking into the camp, the generals of the Yuan Tan army's battalions strictly abide by Yuan Tan's orders, and insisted on not leaving, and did not give Yan Xing a chance to attack. After the Battle of Xia Ting and Fang Yu's battle, no one dared to doubt the combat effectiveness of Sun Ce's cavalry.
But they didn't know that neither the Battle of Xia Ting or the Battle of Fang Yu, the knights of these personal guards actually did not participate.
The soldiers in the camp could be defended by the camp, but the contact between Lu Qian's troops and the central army was cut off. Lu Qian could not receive Yuan Tan's order and could not send the latest battle situation to the central army. He was obviously less than ten miles away from the camp, but he became an isolated army. Although the war had just started and the outcome had not yet been decided, Lu Qian was psychologically hit. Seeing the cavalry gathering and running in his rear and the left wing, he had to transfer some of the powerful crossbowmen and spearmen to reinforce. As a result, the frontal formation immediately became much thinner.
As soon as the two armies were fighting, reinforcements came from the other side, and their side had to adjust their formation. For those tired, hungry and terrified Yuan soldiers, it was like a bolt from the blue. They didn't know what happened, and no one could explain it to them, so they could only guess randomly.
The morale of Yuan's soldiers was once again frustrated.
On the contrary, seeing Yan Xing coming to reinforce, the opponent's formation was unstable, Zhu Huan's morale was like a rainbow, and the four-qu soldiers' offensive became even stronger. They quickly passed the blockade of the arrow formation and began to attack Lu Qian's vanguard position. The two songs broke through head-on, and the two songs attacked the two wings.
There were two thousand people in the front army, but they were beaten by eight hundred people. The formation was shaking. As they were about to break the formation, Lu Qian complained secretly. He had known that there was a gap in combat power between the two sides and had made sufficient preparations, but he was still at a disadvantage in the face of the opponent's sharp offensive. Judging from this situation, it was difficult for him to complete the task assigned by Yuan Tan. Not to mention eating Zhu Huan's troops, whether he could stop him is a question.
Seeing the cavalry intercepted, the messenger was unable to reach the central army camp and could not contact the troops who ambushed Sun Ce behind him. Lu Qian had no choice but to order people to beat the war drum, warn the central army and ask for help.
The moment the drum sounded for help, Zhu Huan personally took the sword and launched a fatal blow to Lu Qian's front army. His three hundred divisions were better equipped, and his combat power was still above these Jiangdong soldiers, and he quickly broke through the opponent's defense line.
After the three-way drum, Zhu Huan broke through the blockade of the front army and immediately launched an attack on Lu Qian's central army.
Guo Jia led two thousand personal guards to press forward and pressed forward step by step.
Yan Xing led his personal guards to get closer and closer, and he was eager to try. Some knights began to try to attack Lu Qian's position. They rode their horses and rushed to the front of the formation, shot one or two arrows, and then floated away. Their arrows were shot accurately, and each shot could hit, but what made these Yuan soldiers even more nervous was the oppression brought by the galloping war horses. When the sound of horse hooves became closer and closer, the body of the war horses became bigger and bigger, and they were almost about to rush in front of them, the sense of oppression caused a great shock to these infantrymen. Every time it was a test of life and death, and they could be broken through at any time.
The lieutenants who were commanding the front line and the commanders carried swords and roared back and forth in the formation to boost morale and stabilize the morale of the army. Their voices soon became hoarse, exuding indescribable anxiety, which instead amplified the panic.
Lu Qian was anxious and ordered the drums to ring the war and ask for help from the Central Army.
——
Yuan Tan rushed to the camp on the north side, climbed to the general's platform, and looked into the battlefield from afar.
He could only see the figures of the cavalry running, but could not see Lu Qian's position. Ten miles away, he could only see a vague outline. Lu Qian's general was like a black dot. He could not see the flag on it or hear the sound of war drums.
Their liaison has been cut off by the cavalry.
This is a bit different from the situation they deduced before. Sun Ce was trapped, but Zhu Huan did not come to reinforce immediately. He came late, but it made Lu Qian worry all night, his morale was frustrated, and his physical strength was consumed even more than expected. Now he sent cavalry to cut off Lu Qian's contact with the Central Army camp, turning Lu Qian into an isolated army. It didn't look like breaking through Lu Qian's blockade. To respond to Sun Ce, it seemed like he was going to eat Lu Qian's troops.
This made Yuan Tan feel indescribable. Did we really surround Sun Ce? Why did it look like Sun Ce restrained our ten thousand elites and created a chance for Zhu Huan to fight back and kill Lu Qian?
The more Yuan Tan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He jumped onto the horse, hurried back to the central army, found Xin Pi, and expressed his concerns.
Xinbi held his forehead, frowned, and pondered for a while. "Is there any difference? The ten thousand elite soldiers have tightened the encirclement and are about to launch a strong attack on Sun Ce. Zhu Huan only has three or four thousand people, and even if these thousand cavalrymen are added, it will be difficult to quickly break through Lu Qian's blockade. As long as Sun Ce is killed, even if Lu Qian's troops are wiped out, what does it matter?"
Yuan Tan didn't know how to answer. He knew that Xinpi's statement was reasonable. Judging from the comparison of troops, Xinpi's plan was very stable. Ten thousand elite soldiers and six thousand powerful crossbows were like Mount Tai, and Sun Ce could not hold on for long. After killing Sun Ce, he turned around and supported Lu Qian and ate Zhu Huan's troops.
Yuan Tan thought about it. "George, I think Lu Qian is too dangerous. I should send someone to reinforce him to ensure that everything is foolproof. Lu Qian is a useful person. It would be a pity if he leaves it here."
Xinpi smiled and calmly. "Okay, then send another 10,000 people to reinforce, but you have to go around behind Zhu Huan to make sure that Zhu Huan cannot escape. Guo Jia should be there too. If he can catch him, it would be even better."
Yuan Tan frowned and couldn't help reminding him: "George, you are a wise man in your battle with Guo Jia. If Sun Ce is defeated, you are the winner. It doesn't matter whether you catch Guo Jia or not. There are less than 30,000 people left in the central army. If 10,000 people are sent out, not only will the central army be sent out, but also some former soldiers will be drawn. If Sun Jian attacks, won't we be attacked from both sides?"
Xin Pi raised his eyelids and looked at Yuan Tan, a little embarrassed. He put away his smile and bowed to his greeting. "The envoy is right. I am too anxious and forgot the primary and secondary. Then let this be. Let Li Qian lead 3,000 people to reinforce Lu Qian, force the cavalry to retreat, strengthen the formation, stop Zhu Huan, and let him and Guo Jia watch Sun Ce trapped to death. The envoy led 5,000 infantry and cavalry in his personal guards to besiege Sun Ce, leaving 20,000 people for Zhu Ling, which was enough to stop Sun Jian."
For a moment, Xinpi wanted to ask Yuan Tan to order Cao Ang to go out to help and increase his chances of winning. But then he thought about it, no matter which battlefield, his side had an absolute advantage in military strength, and it seemed that there was no need to give Cao Ang a chance to make meritorious service. The overall situation was decided, and it didn't matter whether Cao Ang took the attack. Perhaps before the order was sent to the city, Yuan Tan had already killed Sun Ce.
Let Chen Gong watch it on the wall and see how I kill Sun Ce.
Yuan Tan nodded, calmed down, and sent someone to Li Gan's camp to pass on the order.
Chapter completed!