Duan Xuan's complexion changed greatly, and he ordered loudly: "Capture this person!" ”

More than ten Xiliang knights kicked their horses fiercely and stepped forward to besiege Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong was not in a hurry, raised his bow, and shot several arrows in a row, and the arrows were not in vain, and he shot down several people one after another. Seeing this, the knights of Xiliang were shocked, and they reined in their mounts one after another, either raising their shields to block them, or raising their bows to shoot back. Huang Zhong turned his horse away, turned and shot as he ran, relying on his strong bow power and superhuman accuracy, shooting several people and walking away.

Duan Xuan was furious, pulled out his long knife and roared: "Attack!" ”

The horn sounded, the Xiliang cavalry on both wings shouted, and the horses rushed towards the two wings of Sun Ce's battle array, and hundreds of people drew their bows and shot a rain of arrows.

The sound of horses' hooves and the galloping arrows made the battle suddenly begin.

Zhang Liao, who was fighting with Sun Ce, was taken aback when he heard the sound of war drums, turned his head to look, and saw that the Xiliang cavalry on both wings had launched an attack, and the foot soldiers in front were also approaching, and they would soon be behind him, and it was impossible for him to duel with Sun Ce. He turned around and was about to talk to Sun Ce, but found that Sun Ce had already run into the big formation, and the foot soldiers on both wings closed together, quickly connecting the huge Wugang chariot together and driving a strong crossbow.

Zhang Liao didn't dare to be careless, no matter how fierce he was, he would hang up when he encountered a strong crossbow shot, and hurriedly retreated. As soon as he left, five hundred Xiliang foot soldiers rushed to the front of the formation, the war drums were urgent, mixed with a long whistle, hundreds of crossbows fired in a volley, a rain of arrows shot from Wu Gang's car, and instantly arrived in front of the Xiliang foot soldiers, the sharp arrows easily pierced the wooden shields of the Xiliang foot soldiers, pierced their simple leather armor, pierced their bodies, and the foot soldiers who rushed to the front were shot down like weeds, blood splattered, and screams abounded.

Zhang Liao reined in his mount and looked at the Wugang car that was still roaring and trembling, and his heart was shocked.

When he saw these carts, he knew that they were used to block the cavalry, which was equivalent to a large shield with strong protection, which could not only deal with the cavalry used by the knights, but even ordinary three-stone crossbows might not be able to shoot through, but he didn't expect that these Wugang cars were still ballistae, which were both offensive and defensive. The crossbow has a longer range than a bow and is stronger than a bow, so it is also heavier than a bow and difficult to maneuver, so loading it on a cart is indeed a solution. It is convenient to move and transport, carry a large number of arrows, and have the protection of the car wall, so the crossbowman can hide behind the car and shoot unscrupulously.

But the cost is high, the ballista is by no means comparable to ordinary cars, only the crossbow itself is more expensive than ordinary cars, and it is possible to increase the cost several times.

For the people of Bingzhou and Liangzhou, this is definitely a weapon piled up with money, and they dare not think about it.

At the moment when Zhang Liao was surprised, the two hundred ballistas in front of the large array had already shot two arrows, knocking down a large number of attacking Xiliang foot soldiers. In front of these crossbows, the poorly equipped Xiliang infantry had no ability to resist at all, so they could only rush forward in the rain of arrows.

But Zhang Liao then asked him an even more unsettling question, these ballistae shot faster than ordinary crossbows, which was not at all possible with crossbows of this size. The Xiliang infantry rushed out of a distance of one hundred and ten paces, and the ballista that had just been fired once began to fire a second time. Another group of Xiliang foot soldiers fell. This time, they got closer, and the crossbows were more lethal, and many crossbow arrows shot through the body of a Xiliang foot soldier, and then shot down the people behind.

Xiliang's infantry suffered heavy losses, and most of the five hundred forwards were shot down in the blink of an eye.

The horn sounded again in the distance, and Duan Xuan was about to launch a second attack.

Zhang Liao suddenly woke up and immediately turned his horse and galloped towards Duan Xuan's Chinese army. Duan Xuan was too far away from the front formation, and he didn't know the power of these ballistas, and rashly ordering the infantry to attack would only cause more casualties. There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and it is in Sun Ce's arms to fight like this.

"General!" Zhang Liao ran in front of Duan Xuan, reined in his mount, the war horse stopped suddenly, the person stood up, his two front hooves stepped in the air, and the soil was thrown on Duan Xuan's face. Duan Xuan was furious: "Zhang Liao, what do you want to do?" ”

"General, you can't attack, Sun Ce's ballista is powerful-"

"Zhang Liao, you have all cut off your robes and broken righteousness, do you still want to speak for Sun Ce?" Duan Xuan sneered. Yang Cheng was shot to death by Huang Zhong before he finished speaking, but he had already heard a few words, and he had also seen Sun Ce's move of cutting off the corners of his robe, and the truth was about to come out, where was he still in the mood to listen to Zhang Liao's explanation. While scolding Zhang Liao, he quietly gestured to the guards and knights, signaling them to outflank Zhang Liao.

As soon as Duan Xuan's personal guard knight moved, Zhang Liao knew what they were going to do, he was in a hurry, and while turning his horse's head, he shouted: "General, don't fall for Sun Ce's tricks, I don't know him, he is trying to separate us." General, Sun Ce—"

Duan Xuan was furious. "Take it for me!"

The knights of the guards stepped forward, some raised their spears and stabbed at Zhang Liao, and some raised their bows and arrows to shoot at Zhang Liao, and in a blink of an eye, Zhang Liao was surrounded and hit by several arrows. Zhang Liao was in a hurry, waved his halberd, stabbed the two of them, opened a gap, broke out of the encirclement, and rushed away. A knight rode a horse to chase after him, and was killed by Zhang Liao, so he was a little scared, and he didn't dare to chase anymore, and watched Zhang Liao escape.

Duan Xuan scolded. "And the state is all a person of faith. If you don't kill all the people in the state, Dong Taishi will follow in the footsteps of Ding Yuan, and I will have no place to bury the people of Liangzhou. ”

Zhang Liao fought his way out of the encirclement and rushed out of his position, although he didn't hear Duan Xuan's curses, he also knew that the misunderstanding was deep, and he couldn't explain it. He glanced at the battlefield in the distance, thought about the powerful ballistas, and then looked at the familiar faces around him, and gritted his teeth.

"Withdraw!"

Although Zhang Pan and the others were surprised, they did not hesitate to carry out Zhang Liao's order, and more than 1,000 Hezhou infantry cavalry quickly withdrew from the battlefield. When Duan Xuan received the news, he was even more angry and scolded. At this time, a scout came to report that Wen Ping led 2,000 people out of the city, and there was a tendency to attack Sun Ce. Duan Xuan also panicked, did not dare to fight, and ordered a retreat.

With the sound of the horn, the Xiliang cavalry retreated first and quickly broke away from the battle formation. Immediately afterwards, the frontal attacking infantry also began to retreat. They suffered heavy losses from the ballistas, suffered heavy casualties, and had no fighting spirit, and when they heard the order to retreat, they immediately broke up, regardless of the formation at all, and did not cover each other, scrambling, turning around and running, completely a rabble.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong gave the order to counterattack in time. Under the command of the strong crossbow commander, the crossbowmen began to extend their shooting and expand their damage, and the commander Tian Hongcheng led the Benqu infantry fish through the Wugang car battle array, running while raising his sword and howling.

"A thousand armies—"

Five hundred soldiers lined up in a strict formation, with momentum like a rainbow, shouting in response.

"Broken! Break! Break! ”

In the Chinese army, Qin Mu led the guards to rush out of the battle formation, staring at Duan Xuan's battle flag and chasing after him. Hearing the thunderous shouts behind him, Duan Xuan didn't dare to stay, and ran away under the protection of the personal guard knight.

The defeat was like a mountain, and the Xiliang soldiers lost their armor and were defeated.

Lou Gui stood on the city wall, watching the Xiliang soldiers run west like frightened rabbits, dumbfounded.