Liu Bei was drowsy, his eyelids were as heavy as a grinding plate, and he kept falling.

He kept reminding himself to stay awake, pinching his thigh several times for this, but he still couldn't stand the boredom. It was obviously a vicious battle, but it had nothing to do with him, he was like a passerby, watching Sun Ce constantly issue orders, explaining his tactical intentions to the various military marquis who came over, but it had nothing to do with him.

I don't know if it was intentional or habitual, Sun Ce spoke in a low voice, and surrounded by the military marquis, almost whispering. When he spoke, he would also write and draw on the ground, which was blocked by the bodies of the military marquis, Liu Bei couldn't see what he was writing, but judging from the reactions of the military marquis, it should be how to cooperate and how to mobilize tactical arrangements. He wanted to lean over to look, but he couldn't pull his face, so he had to prick up his ears to listen.

Zhang Fei was also called over twice, and then left in a hurry, as if he had gained some benefit from his brisk walking. Then Zhang Fei led his troops to attack twice, and he won a lot. Because the timing of the attack was well grasped and the battalions were closely coordinated, there were few casualties, and there were only a few people at a time.

After fighting in the middle of the night, in addition to the two pro-guards and righteous servants around Sun Ce, the five-song pro-guards plus Zhang Fei led a group of foot soldiers to attack in turn, in an orderly manner, although there were only dozens of people each time, but the small amount added up, there were at least 2,000 corpses lying under the hillside, and more were injured and evacuated to the rear camp. There were soldiers and soldiers, and there were people who lay in all directions under the scattered sparks. Among them, the record of the strong crossbowmen is the most amazing, 100 strong crossbowmen have taken most of the kills, and at least seventy percent of the records are created by them.

But none of this has anything to do with Liu Bei. At first, he was a little excited or frightened, but after a long time, he was already a little numb, always feeling that he was an outsider, and he just wanted to sleep well at the moment.

He hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and although he had slept for an hour the night before, he had been having nightmares. He dreamed that Sun Ce had robbed his wife, and it was later confirmed that it was indeed a nightmare, Sun Ce did not rob his wife, his wife had already died in the swamp west of Xiao County, and Sun Ce couldn't rob him if he wanted to. Sun Ce robbed his camp.

When Liu Bei woke up from his drowsiness again, the sky was already getting brighter, and he could vaguely see the figure opposite. The bonfire had gradually been extinguished, and Sun Ce shook his arms and walked back and forth, greeting and laughing with the soldiers from time to time, the laughter was a little hoarse, but full of energy. The soldiers fought all night, but their spirits were still very strong, and they couldn't hear a little tiredness.

Liu Bei was very envious. He has been fighting for several years and has seen countless elites. Before that, he envied Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteousness, and felt that he was unparalleled in the world, and now that he looked at it, even the white horse righteousness might not be able to be more capable and powerful than Sun Ce's pro-Wei righteousness. The Bai Yu Shi led by Chen Zhi were not inferior to the White Horse Yicong, and the two foot soldiers led by Dian Wei and Xu Chu were even better.

Although they are all from humble backgrounds, Sun Ce's starting point is still much higher than him.

Sun Ce turned around in each qu position, came to Zhang Fei's face, crossed his waist, and laughed: "Yide, are you tired?" ”

"Not tired." Zhang Fei patted his chest and smiled very happily. After fighting all night, he has become accustomed to the identity of the military marquis under Sun Ce, and his performance at this moment is no different from that of other Qu military marquis. "It's just not fun, I can only hit a hundred and ten steps at a time, and I have to go back just a little bit."

"Then attack later, go straight to the Chinese army, and you will follow?"

"Really?"

"There is no joke in the army." Sun Ce pressed Zhang Fei's shoulder with one hand and pointed down the slope with the other. "Don't you want good horses? The good horses are all in Jiang Qi's Chinese army, as long as you have the ability to grab them. ”

Zhang Fei nodded repeatedly, rubbed his hands, and turned to look at Liu Bei. Seeing that Liu Bei woke up, he strode over. "Xuande, I'll charge with the general later, and the foot soldiers will be commanded by you."

Liu Bei pulled Zhang Fei and said in a low voice: "After fighting all night, you better take a rest." Haven't you already made meritorious deeds and have horses? Why risk it any more, in case there is a slip-up ......"

"No, it won't." Zhang Fei shook his head again and again, but before he could speak, a smile bloomed from the corner of his eye. "This time it was a cavalry assault, directly smashing Jiang Qi's Chinese army, which was different from the previous small knocks." Seeing that Liu Bei was displeased, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "I have learned about their infantry tactics, and I want to know some of their cavalry tactics. ”

Liu Bei also felt reasonable. Zhang Fei lost dozens of men in his first sortie, and later when he attacked again, he lost less than 10 men each time, and sometimes even returned with the whole army, and the progress was obvious. It would also be beneficial for him to follow Sun Ce to break through and learn about their cavalry tactics. But he still felt a little uneasy, Zhang Fei's word general was too natural.

"Be careful, safety first."

"Whoa." Zhang Fei nodded.

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Jiang Qi's face was gloomy, darker than the dark circles under his eyes.

After a bitter battle in the middle of the night, he still failed to attack the hillside after all, but the casualties he paid were difficult for him to accept. Even if you don't count the people, the casualties exceeded 2,000, and both main attack battalions were disabled. Counting the previous two battalions of Zhangnan and Jiao Touch, in addition to the Chinese army, the four main battalions have been hit hard.

The most tricky thing is the opponent's strong crossbowmen, eighty percent of the casualties are caused by crossbow arrows, judging from those arrows, these people should be strong crossbowmen trained by Chen Wang Liu Pet. Jiang Qi couldn't say that the scout was arranged by himself, and it was clear that King Chen went to Xiaohuang and didn't go with Sun Ce, God knows why there were skilled marksmen among Sun Ce's subordinates.

One hundred and twenty paces away, with only the light of the fire, the hit rate is still above seventy percent, which is by no means possible for ordinary crossbowmen, they use at least four-stone crossbows, and possibly even six-stone crossbows. Because some soldiers were shot dozens of steps away from the position, the two lieutenants were killed, which directly caused a short gap in command, and Sun Ce seized the opportunity to make a surprise attack, with hundreds of casualties. Junior officers such as military marquis and tun commanders suffered even greater casualties, and some were shot and killed before they could get acquainted with the situation.

These junior officers who rushed to the front line suffered a large number of casualties, which caused great damage to combat effectiveness and a very obvious bruise to morale. No matter how he gave the order to press, no matter how the captains of the battalions and Sima gave orders, they never managed to attack the hillside. After fighting all night, in the end, I still didn't know what Sun Ce's formation looked like.

There was a sense of frustration throughout the camp, and morale was so low that people wanted to cry.

This midnight battle was nothing short of a nightmare.

Fortunately...... It's almost dawn.

Jiang Qi raised his head and looked at the white belly of the fish on the eastern horizon, with mixed feelings. The day was about to dawn, but the battle was not over, on the contrary, the real battle had just begun. In one night, Xiao Huang is likely to have been conquered, if Sun Ce wants to break through, who can stop him?

Simbi rode over on a horse, followed by dozens of armoured and halberded guards. "General, Yuan Envoy Jun is coming, less than ten miles away. You must hold Sun Ce back, at all costs. ”

"I'll do my best." Jiang Qi said in a hoarse voice, shaking his head as he spoke.

"Will be the head of an army. With such a low mood in the general, how can he boost his morale? Xin Bi shouted: "Please patrol the camp, reward and punish the merits, give breakfast food, boost morale, and keep this last hour to achieve full success." ”

Jiang Qi was shocked, raised his head suddenly, and bowed to Xin Bishen. "Thanks for the reminder."