Just as Yuan Tan and others were watching, Guan Yu ordered the array.

The army walked for a day, and when it was getting late, it was not camping for rest, but it was directly arranged to launch an attack. It seemed reckless, but in fact it was a choice to choose the least. Camping was a time-consuming thing, and camping at the same time meant resting, and resting meant a waste of time. Guan Yu chose to launch an attack directly, neither allowing himself to rest nor allowing Yuan Tan to rest. After he rushed for a day, Yuan Tan also set up a formation for a day. Although his physical energy was less consumed, he was not completely waiting for his leisure. In this case, the battle was not only about physical strength, but also about will.

This is even more a silent declaration: I came here to defeat you.

Seeing Guan Yu in line up and the battle was about to begin, Yuan army soldiers felt great pressure. Yuan Tan on the hillside was also a little nervous, especially when he saw the dense cavalry. Guan Yu only had 10,000 infantry, but there were 5,000 cavalry. When the night fell, these cavalry disappeared between the night and could turn into sharp arrows at any time. Once his position had a flaw, he might be hit by a fatal blow. Infantry, who had lost the protection of the formation, had no ability to resist in front of the charging cavalry.

This kind of worry alone is enough to drive crazy.

Yuan Tan didn't talk much at first, and now he was even more silent, watching the two armies prepare for the battle. Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Xun Yan, and the three generals whom he can entrusted with important tasks are here. For him, this is a real battle against the water. If he is defeated and suffers a major loss, he will not only lose Zhuo County, but also the entire Jizhou.

Ju Su was also silent and seemed a little nervous, although he covered it up very well. He lit a torch beside him, and the torch was whistling under the night wind, and the fire was swaying, which made Ju Su's face dark and dark.

Yuan Tan walked behind Ju Su and gently pressed his hand on Ju Su's shoulder. "Please relax, please." [      Fast update]

Ju Shu moved his eyelids slightly, turned his face and nodded slightly. "Here."

The sound of war drums was still ringing slowly, and all the generals maintained order in their own formation and made their final preparations before the battle. This was especially true for Yan Liang, who was at the verge of attack. He led his personal guards to patrol the formation, laughed loudly with the soldiers, soothe their emotions, and let them eat something and accumulate energy. Especially the crossbowmen, who will fight later, are the key force to block.

During the garrison, Guan Yu finished the array and beat the war drums, preparing to attack Yan Liang's position. Taishi Ci, Gongsun Xu, and Yan Rou scattered on both sides, hiding into the darkness, covering Guan Yu's wings. Zhao Yun arranged an array behind Guan Yu to guard the rear for Guan Yu to avoid being raided by the opponent's cavalry. The battlefield was chosen by Yuan Tan, and it would be normal to say that he had hidden some ambush.

Taishici got off the horse, sat on the ground, spread out the drawn battlefield sketches on the ground, marking the positions of both sides on it. Gongsun Xu sat opposite him, eating dry food while watching him smearing on the picture, with a clear and slack expression. The knights were scattered around, and except for some people cruising back and forth to maintain surveillance of the battlefield, most of them got off the horse, ate and drank water, replenished their energy, and allowed the war horses to eat and rest.

"General, can Guan Yu win?" Gongsun Xu swallowed a piece of half-chewed dried meat into his mouth, took another sip of water, wiped his mouth and asked.

"I can only say that he shouldn't lose. I don't know whether he can win." Taishi Ci said slowly: "After all, the gap in strength is huge, and he will attack fiercely unless he is willing to take advantage of both sides at any cost." He raised his head, looked at the battlefield illuminated by fire in the distance, and narrowed his eyes. "If Liu Bei led his troops to arrive, the chances of victory might be greater."

"Liu Bei?" Gongsun Xu sneered: "Why do I think Liu Bei was deliberately trying to kill Guan Yu?"

"This probably won't be the case. He might be worried about Zhuo County."

Gongsun Xu snorted, without saying anything, took out a piece of dry food, broke it half and handed it to Taishi Ci, and started chewing it himself. He didn't care about Liu Bei and Guan Yu's life and death, it would be better if he died. He didn't care about the gains and losses of Zhuo County. It was still Yuan Tan who occupied it. For him, his current task was to fight with Taishi Ci, accumulate experience, and lead the army alone in the future. When he was with Sun Ce, although there were few opportunities to go into battle, he had experienced many pre-war meetings. He knew that Sun Ce would carefully analyze the battlefield situation and formulate plans before the battle, and benefited a lot, but he had never had the opportunity to practice it. Now he finally had the opportunity to go into battle, and he was following a famous general like Taishi Ci, so of course he could not be lazy.

This is the opportunity Sun Ce gave him.

The sound of war drums suddenly became fierce, and Guan Yu launched an attack. Gongsun Xu stood up and looked into the distance on tiptoe, but could not see anything. It was too far away, and at night, all he saw was the battle flag whistled by the night wind. However, he saw the arrow formation and saw the arrows intertwined in the air. Against the background of the fire, they looked like two groups of locusts.

"Arrow shot!"

"Whose arrow formation is more dense?" Taishi Ci said slowly while chewing dry food.

“It looks almost the same.”

Taishi Ci didn't ask again. Guan Yu had 10,000 invaders, Yan Liang had equal strength, and the number of crossbowmen was similar, so no one could form a suppressive advantage. If Guan Yu wanted to break the formation, it seemed that it would depend on a forced breakthrough. I heard that Guan Yu had personally charged in the battle, but I wonder if he would do this today. As a general who commanded ten thousand people, it was not a thing worthy of praise to take action. This was a fighter, not a general.

After a while, a knight came to report the situation. Guan Yu sent two infantry to test it. He did not fight in person, but he was in front of him, and the most elite sword and shield hand was also deployed in the front line and could attack at any time. Yan Liang defended his position to the death without sign of a counterattack.

Taishici drew two lines on the map.

"It seems that Guan Yu is not that reckless." Gongsun Xu said with a smile.

"It is not reckless or stupid to go on the battlefield as soon as the war begins." Taishi Ci twisted his fingers, recalling his repeated fights with Yan Liang, and analyzing his advantages and disadvantages with Guan Yu. The two are of equal strength, martial arts and command abilities, but Yan Liangsheng is rich in experience. He has always been Yuan Xi's vanguard general in Qingzhou these years. In comparison, Guan Yu has relatively less experience in the battlefield, and it is the first time to command ten thousand people to fight. The last time he fought with Yi in Zhuo County, he had only three or four thousand people under his command. He acted as a side general, not the main general who commanded the overall situation. Strictly speaking, this is his first time as a main general, and his opponent is Yan Liang, who is experienced. It is hard to say whether he can win the championship.

The sound of horse hooves sounded, and another knight rushed over to report the latest battle situation: the two infantrymen who went out to fight rushed to Yan Liang's battle formation, and the two sides fought each other in close combat, and there was no chance of winning or losing. From the scene, Guan Yu's subordinates were stronger, almost suppressing Yan Liang's subordinates.

Taishici nodded, closed his eyes, and listened carefully. The place where the battle was very far away, and no one could hear the sound of people, only the faint sound of war drums. The war drums used by both sides were different, and the sounds of drums were also subtle, and the distance was even more different. It was possible to tell that Guan Yu was attacking fiercely and his momentum was slightly better.

Taishici listened for a moment and opened his eyes. "Bosi, you will take Baima Yicong to the Bozhen later. Buy some time for Guan Yu."

"Okay." Gongsun Xu agreed, swallowed the dry food in his stomach in a few bites, and stood up.

"Be careful, don't force yourself too much, just let Yan Liang not rest."

"General, don't worry, I won't work hard for Liu Bei." Gongsun Xu patted his chest, and his breastplate was pounding. "I have the brocade armor given by the Marquis of Wu to protect his body, so there will be no problem."

Taishi Ci nodded and said nothing. Gongsun Xu's protection was very careful. The white horse Yicong beside him was an elite soldier who had been fighting with Gongsun Zan for many years. There should be no problem with such a simple matter as Bo Array. At this time, letting him go into battle was not only a helping Guan Yu, but also aiding experience and reputation for Gongsun Xu.

Gongsun Xu turned over his horse and came to the front of the formation with more than 200 knights. It was just right that Guan Yu's first attack was basically over. The two soldiers who rushed to the formation failed and retreated back to the formation. Guan Yu was about to launch a second attack. Hearing the sound of the cavalry's attack, he couldn't help but caress his beard and smiled with relief.

Taishi Ci is so powerful, and her cooperation is perfect. With such a famous general as his deputy, it is simply unreasonable to be unable to win this time.

Guan Yu ordered people to attack again, and with one's life, he beat the war drum to respond to Gongsun Xu. Amid the sound of the war drum, Gongsun Xu kicked the horse and accelerated, and whistled out of the darkness with more than 200 cavalry, rushing straight to Yan Liang's front. Before the person arrived, more than a hundred arrows left the string, flew over dozens of steps, and shot into the reorganized battle formation. The shooting skills of these white horses were originally good, and recently they had strengthened their training for a while, and they became more and more accurate, shooting dozens of people at once.

Yan Liang's subordinates had just experienced a fierce battle. They finally repelled the enemy's attack and were reorganizing the battle formation and preparing to face the next attack. Unexpectedly, a team of knights rushed out of the darkness. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they were a little panicked and were shot down. They were even more nervous, and the battle formation appeared and shook.

Gongsun Xu rushed over and controlled the war horse with his legs, whistling past Yuan Jun's formation. At the closest time, he was only more than meter away from the spear in Yuan Jun's hand. The soil kicked by the horse's hooves splashed on the shield, making a "slap" sound, and the sound was astonishing as the sound of the horse's hooves.

"Stop! Keep!" Yan Liang roared in the distance, ordered the drums and ordered the crossbowman to shoot.

Gongsun Xu and others shot a rain of arrows, then rode their horses away, leaving behind the arrows that Yuan Jun shot behind. His purpose was to oppress Yuan Tan's battle formation so that he could not easily adjust and had no intention of breaking the formation. Even if Yan Liang's position really had a flaw, he would not enter rashly.

Seeing the knight floating away, Guan Yu's infantry rushed over again, Yan Liang complained secretly. The crossbowman was too nervous. The sudden shooting just now consumed a lot of strength and arrows, but did not obtain any meaningful killing. In the face of Guan Yu's attack, the long-range strike power they could provide would be damaged, and the infantry would be under greater pressure.

Taishi Ziyi, you really care about me.
Chapter completed!