Just as Han Zhan took Zhang He's army, joined forces with Dian Wei and Guo Jia, and marched towards Guangping City, the 30,000 cavalry led by Yan Gang finally arrived at the boundary bridge. And the Koji tribe that sticks to this place has only 3,000 people. Hearing that Gongsun Zhan's 30,000 cavalry was only twenty miles away from the boundary bridge, Lu Yi's subordinates were immediately confused.

The thought of blocking ten times as many cavalry as infantry was impossible for any normal person. Therefore, one of the military commanders in the tent came out of the column and pleaded with him: "General, we only have 3,000 people, and we can't stop Gongsun Zhan's cavalry at all, so let's withdraw quickly!" ”

After hearing this, Lu Yi asked Jun Sima with an expressionless face: "Tell me, where should we retreat?" ”

"Guangzong City is just to the southwest, only five miles away." Jun Sima hurriedly replied: "We can withdraw there and defend the city." Gongsun Chan is a cavalryman, and he can't attack the city, so our army can be safe. ”

"If we retreat to Guangzong and hold out, we will let Gongsun Zhan's army go straight to Jizhou City?" After his gaze swept over every subordinate in the tent, he asked lightly, "Who still thinks the same thing?" ”

Seeing that Lu Yi did not reproach the military Sima who asked for the retreat, the rest of his subordinates also came out one after another, saying that they also agreed with the retreat, although Guangzong City was dilapidated, but Gongsun Zan was a cavalryman, and it was not easy to break through.

Lu Yi grinned, then drew the saber at his waist, and slashed the military Sima to the ground with a single sword. Then he stepped forward to make up for a sword, cut off the head of General Sima, raised it high, and said sharply: "If anyone resigns to retreat, he will be your fate." ”

After saying that, he threw his head to the ground and instructed the soldiers who had entered the account: "Hang his head on the flagpole for public display!" ”

The crossbowmen asked tremblingly, "Dare to ask the general, how do you plan to meet Gongsun Zhan's cavalry?" ”

"Set up a formation a hundred paces west of the boundary bridge," said Lu Yi, pointing to the map hanging in the corner of the tent, and said to his men: "Cloth goose-shaped formation, with sword and shield soldiers in the front row, pikemen in the second row, and strong crossbowmen in the third row. When Gongsun Zhan's cavalry came into range, the strong crossbowmen carried their crossbows and shot them, killing and wounding their cavalry with crossbow arrows. The sword, shield and pikemen were responsible for dealing with the scattered cavalry that stared at the crossbow arrows and rushed to the front of our army. ”

"General, why is our army arrayed to the west of the boundary bridge?" Another subordinate asked puzzledly, "We can rely on the stone bridge to set up a formation and block Gongsun Zhan's cavalry on the east side of the bridge." ”

"The cavalry relied on the force of impact, and if we were to position ourselves on the east side of the bridge, their powerful cavalry would be able to crush our goose-shaped array by virtue of their numerical superiority and impact speed." Seeing that his subordinates did not understand his deployment, Lu Yi hurriedly explained to them: "When Gongsun Zhan's cavalry crossed the bridge, they had to slow down in order to prevent a collision. If the formation is placed on the west side of the bridge, it can take advantage of the favorable opportunity for their cavalry to leave the bridge and have not had time to increase their speed, and fire crossbows at them. When the time comes, no matter how many of their cavalry there are, they will be a flock of lambs to the slaughter in front of our geese-shaped formation. ”

"The general is wise." As soon as Lu Yi's words were finished, a flattering voice immediately sounded in the tent: "In this way, we will definitely defeat Gongsun Zhan's cavalry." ”

As soon as the 3,000 men and horses of Lu Yi had finished arranging on the west bank of the boundary bridge, the 30,000 cavalry commanded by Yan Gang appeared in the distance. The scene of thousands of horses galloping still made Lu Yi's subordinates frightened, if it weren't for Lu Yi arranging a team of more than 100 people in the back, there must have been many frightened soldiers who turned around and fled.

Despite the spaciousness of the bridge, it could only accommodate six horses at most, so that the cavalry, after approaching the bridge, had to slow down and pass over the deck.

Yan Gang, who was standing on the east bank of the river, saw the army on the west bank that was waiting for him, and found that the number was only a few thousand at best, so he couldn't help but sneer, and said to one of his subordinates beside him: "After crossing the bridge later, let the brothers put away all the weapons in their hands." ”

Hearing Yan Gang say this, his subordinates couldn't help but be stunned, and asked puzzledly: "General, if the brothers put away their weapons, how can they still fight?" ”

"Fool, you idiot." Yan Gang pointed to his subordinates and asked, "Didn't you see that the other side only had a few thousand infantry?" Later, order all the cavalry to ride forward, and even if they don't use weapons, they can be trampled into meat sauce. ”

The subordinates hurriedly flattered: "The general is still wise, and the little one will pass on your general order immediately." ”

The cavalry who crossed the bridge couldn't help but laugh when they saw the infantry in front of them, and said that these people were simply mantis arms as a car, and they didn't care about waiting for the troops behind, so they brandished the sabers and spears in their hands and rushed over.

Seeing the cavalry crossing the bridge rushing towards him, Lu Yi raised his right hand high, and at the same time silently recited the distance of the cavalry from him: "One hundred steps, eighty steps, sixty steps!" When the cavalry was only fifty paces away from the front army, he shouted with great majesty: "Strong crossbow, shoot ~!" At the same time, the arm swung downward.

With his order, a thousand strong crossbowmen raised their crossbows and fired at the same time, and thousands of crossbow arrows fell into the ranks of the rushing cavalry like a swarm of locusts. The dozens of cavalrymen who rushed to the front were immediately hit by more than a dozen crossbow arrows, dismounted on their backs, and were immediately trampled under the hooves of the horses behind them.

Then the second and third rounds of crossbow arrows were fired one after another, and for a while, the battlefield was filled with the mournful screams of war horses and the screams of wounded soldiers. In just a few minutes, the cavalry suffered nearly 1,000 casualties.

Seeing his subordinates fall under the opponent's crossbow arrows in pieces, Yan Gang, who was still on the east bank, was suddenly taken aback. However, instead of ordering the cavalry to be temporarily withdrawn and reorganized, he erroneously gave the order to continue the attack. Following his orders, the cavalry behind rushed towards death like moths to a fire.

Because the ground was littered with dead horses and the corpses of cavalrymen, the speed of the cavalry behind them could not be raised at all, and they could only become the target of the strong crossbowmen under Lu Yi. Occasionally, a few horsemen rushed to the front of the battle, and the legs of their horses were cut off by the sword and shield men, and as soon as they fell off their horses, they were stabbed to death by the spearmen behind them.

Someone was frightened when he saw the tragic situation in Qiaoxi, and hurriedly asked Yan Gang: "General, first withdraw the soldiers and horses, and if we continue to fight like this, our people will soon die." Unexpectedly, Yan Gang didn't listen to it at all, he not only ordered the troops to continue to rush to the west of the bridge, but also personally rushed over with a team of men and horses.