As he spoke, Cao Hong led his foot soldiers to arrive, and arrows rained down.

Under the protection of more than a thousand spearmen, sword and shield men, five or six hundred crossbowmen fired with all their might.

Cao Cao was afraid that Cao Hong was not Sun Ce's opponent, so he sent Qin Shao to lead a hundred strong crossbowmen to reinforce him. He wanted to send everyone over and kill Sun Ce in one go, but the smoke and dust rising in the distance made him not dare to take it lightly, so he had to arrange two thousand foot soldiers to stand up at the foot of the hillside, so as not to have more reinforcements from Yuan Shu, but he didn't have time to change the formation.

Although he was heavily armoured, he was useless in the face of a strong crossbow shot at close range, and Yi Cong, who was standing on the periphery, fell to the ground with arrows one after another, and Sun Ce realized that the situation was dangerous. Cao Cao was very clever and could see through his weaknesses at a glance, if he was trapped in the stone formation, these elite warriors who had been chosen by thousands of choices would sooner or later be shot by the strong crossbowmen one by one.

Sun Ce gritted his teeth. "General, stay here and don't move."

"You're busy with you, but you can't die." Although Yuan Shu was sweating in pain and his face was pale, he still gritted his teeth and refused to give in. "When Naigong was in Luoyang, he often cut people, and he was also cut by others, which hurt ...... Mere trifle. ”

Sun Ce nodded, and called the three captains of Dian Wei, Beidou Feng and Lin Feng to assign the battle phalanx. One person stays behind and two people attack, with two main purposes: one is to grab the large shield used by the foot soldiers, only such a large shield can block the close-range shooting of the strong crossbow; The second is to kill strong crossbowmen, as long as a large number of strong crossbowmen of the opponent are killed and injured, and the strong crossbows are destroyed, the casualties of the side can be reduced.

The three of them understood and responded in unison.

"General, I'll go first." Beidou Feng's eyes lit up with excitement, not like he was going to fight, but like he was going to watch a big show.

"That's right, Beidou and I went first, Zigu just followed the general to charge the battle, so rest for a while." Lin Feng looked concerned, but he couldn't hide the cunning in his eyes. Dian Wei didn't speak, but slowly raised the thousand armies. Lin Feng immediately closed his mouth and did not squint.

Sun Ce smiled. "This first formation is still rushed by me and Zigu, we have golden silk brocade armor, and the safety is more secure. If you can succeed in the battle and shake the opponent's position, you will immediately follow. ”

Beidou Feng and Lin Feng exchanged a helpless look, and had to nod in agreement. Although they are the same righteous lieutenants as Dian Wei, in terms of strength, they are not a little worse than Dian Wei. Charging into battle with Sun Ce by Dian Wei is obviously the safest tactic.

After the arrangements were made, Sun Ce picked up two small shields, stacked them on top of each other, protected the door and heart, and rushed out of the position first. Dian Wei picked up more than a dozen long knives and halberds, took a big stride, and grabbed ahead of Sun Ce, picking up the long knives and halberds and throwing them as he ran. His strength was astonishing, and his long knife and halberd were as light as nothing in his hands, and he could easily fly seventy or eighty paces away, and his range was comparable to that of an ordinary bow and arrow.

The crossbowmen on the opposite side were caught off guard, and several people were injured at once, and as soon as the formation was chaotic, the arrow array slowed down for a moment. Seizing this opportunity, Sun Ce and the others sprinted with all their might, grabbed the front of Cao's position, waved a thousand troops to break through, and forcibly broke through.

Dian Wei threw out the last few long knives, pulled out the double halberds on his back, danced like a windmill, roared into the formation, and was like a fierce tiger. The spearmen and sword and shield hands who were on the brink turned pale with fright, and although they used all their strength to clench the weapons in their hands, they still couldn't stop him. Wherever the halberds went, shields shattered, knives broke, spears broke, and people died.

The formation was shocked and crumbling.

"Retreat from the latter, slash!" Cao Hong roared, swung his long knife, and slashed two retreating spearmen in succession, barely suppressing the formation.

"Zigu, kill him!" Sun Ce shouted and reminded Dian Wei. Dian Wei looked at Cao Hong and threw out the iron halberd in his hand. The iron halberd swirled, with the sound of the whirring wind, and flew towards Cao Hong. Seeing this, Cao Hong's personal guards raised their shields and pounced on them to protect Cao Hong. The iron halberd struck a shield with a dull loud noise, and the guard's chest was sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his legs went limp, and he fell to his knees.

Dian Wei then threw out another halberd, forcing Cao Hong to hide behind the guards and not dare to step forward. Without his suppression, the spearmen, sword and shield hands retreated again, the formation was loosened, Dian Wei took advantage of the situation to rush in, and he didn't need to break the army, stretched out his big hand, grabbed those Cao soldiers, and threw them when he lifted them, and smashed them at Cao Hong continuously, like a human-shaped stone thrower. Although the range was only about ten paces away, far less than the most ordinary stone thrower, the momentum was even more terrifying, and many Cao soldiers jumped in fright and turned to flee.

Sun Ce took advantage of the situation to rush in, broke through the interception of spearmen and sword and shield hands, rushed to the crossbowmen, and slashed and killed.

The crossbowmen screamed and fled.

"Resist, resist!" Cao Hong was so anxious that he ordered again and again to mobilize more soldiers to besiege Sun Ce.

Sun Ce killed more than a dozen crossbowmen in one go, and seeing that there were more and more Cao soldiers around him, and if he didn't leave, he would be in danger of being separated and surrounded, so he didn't dare to fight, so he ordered to retreat. The righteous servants covered each other, fought and retreated, retreated to the stone circle, and brought back more than a dozen large shields.

Seeing Sun Ce retreating, Cao Hong just breathed a sigh of relief and regrouped his formation. Beidou Feng killed again, rushed straight to the flank of Cao Hong's formation, and took advantage of Cao Hong's formation to be not strict enough, killing through the formation in one go, and killing the crossbowmen who had just assembled. Cao Hong was in a hurry and once again commanded people to besiege Beidou Feng. Beidou Feng quickly retreated again. Without waiting for Cao Hong to figure out what was going on, Lin Feng quickly withdrew again.

After several rounds of impacts, Cao Hong was overwhelmed, and when he reacted, the crossbowmen had already been killed and killed by more than half of the casualties, and Sun Ce had also grabbed enough foot guards to build a circle array. Cao Hong was angry, but he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only beat the drum and ask Cao Cao for help.

Cao Cao looked anxiously at the south, at the faint smoke and dust, and hesitated.

He had a sense of foreboding that he might have been deceived. The number of Yuan Shu's war horses is limited, and almost all the cavalry who can come should come, and the rest are mainly foot soldiers. The speed of the foot soldiers' march is limited, even if it is a rapid march, it will take half a day, and it is impossible to arrive now. At this moment, press all the foot soldiers up, attack at any cost, and have a chance to break through Sun Ce's defensive position and kill him and Yuan Shu here.

But he didn't dare, what if there were really reinforcements? Caught between inside and outside, he will die without a place to be buried. With Xiahoudun's 2,000 people in the way, he at least has a chance to retreat.

He had to wait for the results of Cao Ren's reconnaissance.

Hearing Cao Hong's cry for help, he was anxious, and then realized that he had made a mistake. Cao Hong's loyalty is unquestionable, but he is not a man who is good at capturing fighters. It's okay to let him follow the plan, but it's a bit difficult for him to adjust his tactics according to the situation on the battlefield. This kind of hand-to-hand, face-to-face white-knuckle combat is a huge challenge to his courage. Two thousand people besieged three or four hundred people, even if Sun Ce's troops were well-equipped and their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers, they would not ask for reinforcements.

"Yuan Rang, you hold your position, I'll go to Zilian's side to have a look."

"Whoa."