Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"The feudal marquis and general will be today!"

"Li Yi, under the guise of the emperor's order, promotes the unrighteous teacher, the son of Jizhou, guards the border and protects the land, and would rather die than retreat!"

"My lord is very kind, and a strong man should repay it with death!"

Three hundred steps, 250 steps, two hundred steps

Amidst the constant drums and shouts, the military formations of the two sides continued to draw closer. Jiang Qi finally saw clearly the crossbowmen in the opposing military formation. He roughly estimated that there were as many as a thousand people. He was horrified and immediately ordered: "The cavalry retreated and pressed down, waiting for orders!"

Before Jiang Qi thought that Wei Yan defeated his cavalry with the help of fire, but now it seems that even if there is no fire blocking the road, his cavalry will not be able to please, because there are too many Liannu on the opposite side.

"Charge, charge!"

Seeing that Jiang Qi had withdrawn the cavalry, Wei Yan immediately ordered the formation to speed up, intending to take advantage of the change in the formation on the opposite side to pull in the distance and let the opponent's soldiers and horses enter the range of the Liannu.

"Fire arrows!"

Naturally, Jiang Qi would not just watch Wei Yan approaching. After judging the distance, he immediately asked the archers who had been prepared to release arrows, trying to suppress the speed of the opposing army, and strived to shoot three to five rounds before engaging in battle. Arrows, to expand the advantage in strength.

Jiang Qi's judgment was not wrong, but his number of archers was limited, less than 1000 in total, and a thousand arrows at a time. After one round, Wei Yan's front row was covered by a large shield, basically No injuries.

Some of the elite dry soldiers who came with Wei Yan in the formation were shot to the ground. They were all unlucky and directly hit the vitals. The armor, as well as the four layers of silk barrier inside and outside, can be injured, but it is not unbearable. Many soldiers don't even look at it, just continue to charge forward with arrows.

"Fire the arrow, keep shooting the arrow!"

This scene made Jiang Qi's eyes widen. Originally, seeing that the opponent did not have heavy armor, he thought that the archer could make meritorious deeds, but the fact was that it was very different from what he imagined.

But the matter has come to this point, Jiang Qi has no other choice except to continue shooting arrows.

Soon, after two rounds of arrow rain, Wei Yan brought the distance between the two sides to 200 steps at the cost of less than [-] people. Wei Yan himself was shot because he charged too far, but he was Hun didn't care, pointed at the long sword, and shouted: "Stop in the front row, Liannu, let go!"

Then, the scene that made Jiang Qi desperate happened. Following Wei Yan's command, first the bowstring buzzed across the city, and then there was a whirring sound. Tens of thousands of densely packed arrows, like locusts, shot at Jiang Qi. The army array fell to the ground.

The already dark sky seemed to have completely fallen into darkness at this time.

This is a real volley of arrows, and it takes 3000 archers to achieve the effect. Today they have seen it, but what they are facing is only more than [-] people.

In an instant, the expressions on everyone's faces were replaced by panic.

"General be careful!"

The personal guard pulled Jiang Qi off the horse recklessly, and used his shield and his body to shield Jiang Qi from the arrows.

However, the personal guards were unable to block Jiang Qi from the continuous sound of arrows tearing flesh, as well as the screams of the soldiers who were stabbed by the arrows.

Jiang Qi was lucky not to be hit by the arrow, but he felt as if his heart had been pierced by thousands of arrows, and his heart ached badly.

After finally waiting for the sound of the arrow to stop, Jiang Qi pushed away the bodyguard who had lost his voice, and stood up a little shaky. He had no time to look at this loyal subordinate. Looking around the battlefield, Jiang Qi was horrified to find that it was just a round of arrows. In the rain, the casualties were close to one-fifth, there were wounded soldiers who fell to the ground everywhere, and some people even started to escape from the rear.

Jiang Qi couldn't believe it, he had never thought about it, just a round of arrows, and his soldiers were defeated.

However, what made Jiang Qi even more desperate was that Wei Yan's voice came from the opposite side again: "Change the crossbow, let the arrow go!"

Chapter 765

"Quick, quick, everyone gathers out of the camp!"

"One stick of incense time, set off after eating, and those who delay will be punished severely!"

"Cheer up, with the eldest son here, we will surely win!"

In the early hours of the morning, Pingyuan County, which had already fallen asleep, suddenly woke up because of Jiang Qi's plea for help.

Wei Yan led an army to raid Pingyuanjin, and the pier of Pingyuanjin fell. Jiang Qi suspected that there might be a large army following up. In order to prevent things from getting out of hand, Jiang Qi asked Yuan Tan to send troops to support overnight.

This news was like a bolt from the blue to Yuan Tan. Before he had time to put on his clothes, he directly ordered the troops in the city to rectify and prepare to support Pingyuanjin.

Then, Yuan Tan summoned Chun Yuqiong, Hua Yan, Kong Shun and others to inform them of Pingyuanjin's military situation and discuss sending troops to support them.

Chunyuqiong and the others were naturally shocked when they heard the words. For more than half a year, Wei Yan gave them the feeling of giving up on themselves, and even Yuan Tan didn't care about recruiting Wei Yan later, but what he said now, Wei Yan actually brought people to beat Pingyuanjin up?

Are all the beacon towers along the way blind?

The soldiers and horses at the ferry, as well as Jiang Qi's [-] defenders, are they all trash?

Although their hearts were full of confusion and anger, they did not dare to neglect. No one had any objection to Yuan Tan's order to mobilize troops in advance. Everyone knew the importance of Pingyuanjin. If it was taken by Li Yi, the Yellow River's natural danger would be gone. Li Yi's soldiers and material resources were continuously transported over due to obstacles, and then they would be finished.

As a result, everyone quickly reached a consensus, at least on the surface everyone agreed with Yuan Tan's decision to send troops overnight.

However, before the specific tasks were arranged, the second emergency came.

Jiang Qi believed that most of the beacon towers on the south bank of the Yellow River were lost, and Li Yi's army should not be far from Wei Yan's vanguard. He repeatedly begged Yuan Tan to send troops as soon as possible, otherwise Li Yi's army would land, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Yuan Tan and Chun Yuqiong had already guessed about Beacon Tower and Li Yi's main forces, but after Jiang Qi's speculation and confirmation, their pressure still increased sharply.

Faced with this critical situation, Chun Yuqiong, the famous drunken general? Finally showed the demeanor that the eighth captain of Xiyuan should have? few.

Even Chun Yuqiong said that Li Yi's sneak attack on Pingyuanjin was already the limit, and there could be no other secret hands, so he wanted to go with Yuan Tan to support Pingyuanjin, and he would not let Li Yi go ashore at all costs.

Yuan Tan was naturally very happy about this. Although he also understood military affairs, he was not as good as Chun Yuqiong and Jiang Qi in terms of specific command and dispatch.

On the city tower in Pingyuan County? Yuan Tan looked at the soldiers and horses constantly gathering outside the city gate, as well as the busy Chunyu Qiong, and felt a little relieved.

In the past six months, he has naturally been fishing in the plains, running the people's livelihood, running the army and training? He has done a lot of things, especially in terms of training. An urgent dispatch of troops in the middle of the night like today, I am afraid that it will take until dawn to march.

Speed ​​is the most important thing? Yuan Tan clenched his fist. He felt that with the speed of his response, this time, although it was a crisis, it was also an opportunity. It might not be possible for Li Yi to suffer a disastrous defeat in Pingyuanjin, and even change the situation between the North and the South.

While secretly cheering himself up, Yuan Tan did not forget his two confidants, Hua Yan and Kong Shun.

Although these two people were trusted by Yuan Tan before and regarded them as confidantes, Yuan Tan knew in his heart that although these two people could do things and always make him happy, they didn't have any great skills, and it was difficult to achieve great things. They have also used their own names to make money, and they even have problems with their personal morality.

It's just that the Yuan family's father and son have always been kind to their own people, Yuan Tan kept turning a blind eye, pretending he didn't know.

Therefore, although Hua Yan and Kong Shun hold a relatively high position in Yuan Tan's heart, they are not irreplaceable. In the last battle of Qingzhou, if Yan Liang and Han Meng hadn't had accidents, it would have been impossible for these two people to intervene in military power.

Facts have proved that Hua Yan and Kong Shun are really overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility, and they have made Yuan Tan miserable, and Yuan Tan is still kept in the dark.

However, the last time the city was broken, Yuan Tan fled overnight and was hunted down by Xu Kun. In the end, Guan Tong died bravely in battle. Seeing that Yuan Tan was about to become a prisoner, it was Hua Yan and Kong Shun who disregarded their personal lives and escaped. Back to Hebei.

After that, Yuan Tan's impression of the two of them changed drastically. What's the point of a small loss of personal virtue? The key is that they are loyal to him and can let him use them at ease. This is no better than those talented people who don't want to be used by him. ?

Therefore, this time, Yuan Tan and Chun Yuqiong decided to lead troops to support Pingyuanjin, and the defense of the rear city was naturally handed over to Hua Yan and Kong Shun, and Yuan Tan could not trust the others.

"Don't worry, Eldest Young Master, we will never damage the plain while the city is alive!"

Hua Yan and Kong Shun expressed their loyalty to Yuan Tan in unison, but when they bowed, their eyes met, and they quickly moved away after communicating silently.

In this brief moment, they simultaneously came up with a very bold idea.