After conquering Yuyang, I simply cleaned up the battlefield and continued to march westward, time is precious.

Zhang Liao sighed that the materials were consumed too quickly, although the crossbow was easy to use, the crossbow arrows were also consumed quickly.

Although the used bolts are recycled and re-polished and installed by the maintenance workers of the engineer battalion, many of them are still consumed.

This is the disadvantage of not being able to obtain logistical supplies in operations on the outside line, and it has a greater impact on an army like the Central Army, which relies heavily on logistical supplies.

It was because of this that Lu Bu insisted on not eliminating the longbow, just in case.

Zhang Liao planned to take Yuxian County to the west, so that he could have more choice, but unfortunately this was just Zhang Liao's wishful thinking.

The scouts quickly reported to him that there was a Jingzhou army blocking the way between Anzhong and Suixian in front, with 5,000 cavalry, and the banner was "Wei".

In addition, there is also a Jingzhou army coming on the official road from Wancheng to Yuxian, with about 5,000 infantry.

In addition, there is also a horn sound in the county seat of Qixian, and it seems that the defenders in the city will also fight.

Zhang Liao ordered the formation to be deployed, with the second division in the center and the cavalry distributed on both flanks.

The cavalry that stopped in front of Zhang Liao was the Jingzhou cavalry led by Wei Yan, and he came so quickly that he all relied on Kuai Yue in Wancheng.

Before Kuai Yue received Yuyang's letter for help, he had already sent a message to Wei Yan, asking him to go to Sui County and block the perimeter of the encirclement.

After receiving Yuyang's request for help, he sent another 5,000 infantry, and did not let them go to the rescue of Yuyang, but drove to Anding.

He concluded that Yuyang must not be defended, and Zhang Liao would definitely continue to advance westward, and at the same time he also sent a letter to Li Yan, asking him to lead his army to Yuyang and cut off Zhang Liao's back road.

Wei Yan saw that Zhang Liao's army really appeared from the east as Kuai Yue had deduced, and he was also very impressed in his heart.

Although Zhang Liao's army was several times larger than his, Wei Yan knew that his reinforcements were constantly coming, and as long as he entangled Zhang Liao for a few hours, he could close the net.

Guo Jia's little white face is really like a god, Zhang Liao really attacked Xiangyang, but in fact, he wants to go from Nanyang to Yuzhou, and he will give priority to going north to block Yang.

Now that the encirclement has been formed, let's see what waves he Zhang Liao can make.

Zhang Liao decided to fight with Wei Yan's cavalry to see if he could defeat the other party in a single battle and bypass the county directly.

He ordered the 19th and 20th Brigades of the 7th Cavalry Division to attack from the left and right flanks at the same time, flanking Wei Yan, and the 2nd Division slowly crushed from the front.

Wei Yan saw the two cavalry of the Central Army, attacking from the left and right flanks, and the front of the center was left for the infantry.

After a little thought, he ordered the whole army to charge, and rushed to the right flank cavalry of the Central Army in unison.

The cavalry on both sides was a standard cavalry wearing armor, and the Jingzhou cavalry also had hard crossbows, and the training was also very good.

Soon the two sides approached the distance of hand-to-hand combat, and the Jingzhou cavalry was also equipped with halberds, and their fighting skills and strength were not inferior at all.

Wei Yan led the army not to fight with the Central Army, but to stagger through, so that the cavalry of the Central Army attacking on both flanks was left behind by him.

Wei Yan did not rush towards the infantry phalanx of the Central Army, but bypassed it far away, detouring in the direction behind Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao couldn't figure out Wei Yan's intentions, so he didn't send the last cavalry brigade in his hands.

A strange scene appeared on the battlefield, Wei Yan's cavalry circled around the infantry phalanx of the Central Army, and the two cavalry of the Central Army turned into a follow-up pursuit, one forming an arc from the other direction to intercept.

When this big circle came down, the infantry from Yuxian and the infantry from Wancheng also arrived at the battlefield.

After Wei Yan and the head-on interceptor and his Central Army cavalry staggered again, both sides paid a heavy price.

Wei Yan's cavalry still had more than 3,000 cavalry left, and the casualties of the cavalry of the Central Army were nearly 1,000, and the casualty ratio was 1 to 2.

In the past records of the Central Army, this is already a high proportion of casualties between the enemy and the enemy.

Wei Yan's cavalry can definitely be regarded as an elite, the elite of the Jingzhou army.

After Wei Yan returned to the front, he joined forces with the infantry of Sui County, still blocking the front of Zhang Liao.

At this time, the scouts reported that a Jingzhou army with 10,000 infantry had been chased from the direction of Yuyang.

In this way, the Jingzhou army on the battlefield also reached more than 20,000 people, and Zhang Liao believed that more and more enemies were gathering here.

Zhang Liao decisively ordered the whole army to turn north and attack the incoming enemy in the direction of Wancheng.

The 21st Cavalry Brigade, which did not participate in the battle just now, faced Wei Yan and did a good job of vigilance.

While Wei Yan sent someone to inform the infantry from Wancheng to hold on to their positions, he led the army around him to chase after Zhang Liao's army.

The reinforcements from Wancheng, the general who led the army was Liu Biao's nephew, named Zhang Yun, and Kuai Yue sent the most elite 5,000 infantry in Wancheng to him.

Although the number of people is small, the hoplites, crossbowmen are readily available, and the equipment is also very complete, such as large shields, chain mail, and hard crossbows, which are already the best equipment of the Jingzhou army at the moment.

The cavalry of the Central Army attacked first, but did not fight hard, but maintained the cavalry tactics and swept past the Jingzhou army.

The long-range strike of the two cavalry brigades was not obvious, and the large shield and chain armor of the Jingzhou army played a good protective role.

Zhang Liao frowned, it seemed that he could only send out the infantry to fight hard, hoping that the advantage in numbers could help him fight quickly, and the large number of casualties that he had been avoiding seemed to be impossible to dodge.

But now for me, time is more precious, and the casualties are larger, so I can't take care of it.

Huo Jun's regiment was at the forefront of the Fourth Brigade and became the initiator of the first wave of attacks.

This time, because of the emphasis on rapid mobility, the ballistae equipped with each battalion were left at Wuguan.

When facing the large shields of the hoplites, the most effective means was missing, and the number of large shields destroyed by the spearmen alone was only a handful, and in the end they could only rely on hand-to-hand combat between the hoplites.

Wei Yan was excited to see that Zhang Yun's infantry had successfully blocked Zhang Liao's army, and urged his cavalry and infantry to rush towards the 21st Brigade behind the Central Army.

Zhang Liao saw the 4th and 5th Brigades, and the infantry of the two brigades failed to defeat the Jingzhou infantry in front, and the tenacity of these Jingzhou troops was somewhat beyond Zhang Liao's imagination.

He ordered two cavalry brigades to go around behind the enemy and outflank the rear troops attacking them.

Zhang Yun also knew that he still had Li Yan's 20,000 army behind him, and he would be able to arrive soon, so despite adversity, he was still full of fighting spirit and was not afraid of the Central Army, which was several times his own.

Seeing the cavalry outflanked, he converted the formation into a defensive circle, like a hedgehog, shrunk into a ball, so that you can't speak.

The Central Army did not have the tradition of driving war horses to ram into spears, but could only surround the circle formation of the Jingzhou army and constantly wander, using crossbows and halberds to greet the enemy, halberds were much longer than spears, and they were still very threatening to the infantry.

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