The clouds in the sky were like pegasus horses and swallows, hitting Yuan Xi's face with sunny and cloudy sunshine for a while. The wind blows on your cheeks.

"It's a headwind today, it's terrible......"

In ancient times, the weather was so important that a simple wind direction could determine the difference between your range and the enemy's range.

Xu beside him said with big eyes: "It doesn't matter, we are all strong crossbows." We can shoot the cavalry before they can shoot us. ”

Yuan Xi looked at the heads of people beside him. He was in the center of the entire phalanx, surrounded by Xu Dayan and other small friends. Zhao Yun was also going to come, but he refused. It would be a waste for someone with such good marksmanship to use in an infantry phalanx.

He checked the shield in his hand, and it was only a piece of iron that was filled with some wood, so it wasn't too heavy. He raised his short knife again, and struck it on the shield with all his might, making a sonorous sound, and the whole phalanx fell silent for a moment.

"Have you written all your letters?"

"It's written!"

Last night, the 800 people he personally selected were all voluntary. Ko Yi's pro-soldier team was transferred to the strong crossbow array, so the people here are all from Jizhou, mainly Xu Dayan and other soldiers who used to train with him. Everyone made a blood alliance and drank the last glass of wine, and then he asked Lu Fang and the other three to write down everyone's "last wishes".

Only Xu Dayan grinned and said, "I don't have a family, so I don't need to write." ”

"From now on, I will be your family, and my family will be your family."

"Is your wife my wife?"

"you, think beautiful!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Yuan Xi's voice suddenly changed.

"After I came to this world, I didn't have any friends...... he thought to himself: Zhen Ji and Yuan Fu are close people, Yuan Shao always wants to kill me, doesn't count, Yuan Shang...... As soon as he thought of this brother, he felt sick, and the dead should stay away.

“…… Only by being with you can I make some friends. If today is the last day in this world, it is good to be with you. ”

Li Ping said: "Woo...... You're so scared to be said. ”

Yuan Xi said: "Don't laugh, it's a very serious topic." ”

Li Ping said: "Lao Tzu didn't laugh! Lao Tzu looks like this, can you control it? ”

Yuan Xi didn't pay attention to him, at this time, he could laugh if he wanted to.

"I'm scared too...... I've never been to battle, and I have a beautiful wife at home...... But I'm afraid it's useless, there is always someone who has to come forward. You ask me why I'm here because I'm in charge of the grain and grass in the back, isn't it? If you want to ask, the people behind you will want to ask too......"

Behind them stood nearly thirty or forty thousand Yuan Shaozhong's army, densely packed, each soldier wearing shining armor, holding sharp swords, majestic and high-spirited. Comparatively speaking, it is much more powerful than the 800 soldiers who died in the camp first. However, the eight hundred of them stood straight at the front of the whole group, facing the huge enemy.

"To survive, you have to win. The wine bags and rice bags in the back look very spirited, but let's go to the camp first to be the elite. As soon as we fall, five hundred horsemen will be able to kill them in a matter of minutes, and then our wives and children will become other people's slaves, and our grain, cattle and sheep will become other people's property......"

Gongsun Zhan divided the soldiers into two symmetrical phalanxes, using a fish scale array, each phalanx had a narrow passage two people wide, and between the two large phalanxes, there was his elite cavalry, the white horse Yicong. The procession of five hundred horsemen was lined up in a column, the left and right were silent, not even the horses gave a snort, the forage was already sufficient, everyone was in good spirits, and sharpened their sabers.

"Those miscellaneous soldiers can fall, we can't fall, we have to fight until the last moment. Not for whom, but for ...... Myself! ”

On both sides of Gongsun Zhan's large phalanx, there were thousands of mobile light cavalry, ready to outflank the two wings at any time. The light cavalry all carried bows and quivers, and were only covered in leather clothes, with a solemn face. They formed a strange loose formation, looking at the poor phalanx from afar, like vicious dogs looking at a piece of meat.

"Remember, when the opponent shoots an arrow, look at it and block again, the shield should be raised from the bottom up, everyone is the same, and the shield and shield are a little tighter......"

"Remember, don't hold back, listen to instructions, and don't move anyone without instructions...... If you move, you will die, not only yourself, but also your companions. ”

"Remember ......"

A gust of wind blew over their heads and straight behind the army. Yuan Shao built a high platform here, and Tian Feng and other strategists sat on the high platform. He squinted his eyes for a while and said, "How did I see that there is a person in the phalanx of the first camp who looks like Xianyi." ”

Frustratedly said: "That must be wrong, the second son is still in the grain and grass camp behind." ”

Yuan Shao said "um", and he didn't put this matter at ease.

Tian Feng said: "Lord, isn't it too big to hang the camp first?" In case ......"

Yuan Shao said: "Hmph, what's wrong? Isn't he known to be able to fight? I gave him a chance, now he can give it a go and go all out to deal with the white horse Yicong, I want to see how he fights! ”

Tian Feng wiped his sweat and said, "This ...... Although it is powerful to go to camp first, you can't deal with so many people in one go, right? There were two phalanxes on the opposite side, but there were 30,000 people. ”

Yuan Shao said: "Okay, now that they are all set up, there is no time to adjust if they want to." In the unlikely event that the first camp is defeated, I will let the people behind me go up. At that time, there will still be two armies on the left and right, and the troops of Lu Xiang and Guo Yuan will not be vegetarians. ”

"Knock knock—"

Gongsun Chan began to beat the drum in the array. Immediately, Yuan Shao's camp also began to beat the drums. The sound of the drums shook like thunder in the soldiers' chests. Yuan Xi calmed down, but the blood in his body was almost bursting out, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl before he could vent it.

Gongsun Zhan sat on the horse, his silver armor was very eye-catching, his horsewhip pointed at the enemy formation, and suddenly said, "What are the small groups of people in front of them doing?" ”

Next to him, Tian Yu said: "It's Koji's first camp." ”

Gongsun Chan said: "How many people are there?" Do you really think you are a god? ”

Tian Yu said: "It looks like there are eight hundred people. ”

"Oh, eight hundred!" Gongsun Chan said angrily: "Is this looking down on me? Hussars on the left and right flanks! Copy it up and test it. ”

"Eight hundred people were proposed by me and the general......" Yuan Xi raised his head and said: "Only in this way will Gongsun Chan take it lightly." Listen, let's not move, let's not rush forward, just here, sit down, huddle in a ball, and block each other's bows and arrows. ”

Xu Dayan asked, "What if their cavalry crushes over?" Are we not trodden on the ground? ”

Yuan Xi said: "Bet! Bet they won't come......"

“……”

Boom, hooves thundering.

The light cavalry on the left and right flanks were unarmoured, and the knights held bows and arrows in their hands, fanning Yuan Xi's eight hundred men on both sides, and carefully avoiding Yuan Shao's army behind them.

These cavalrymen were skillful in arching and horses, and they staggered far in front of Yuan Xi and the others, and the bowstring sounded, and they shot an arrow in the sky. Dense bows and arrows covered the sky like locusts, reaching the highest point and then pouring down. Raining down.

"Raise your shield!"

With Yuan Xi's roar, the eight hundred warriors sat down on the ground, each leaning against the bent legs of their comrades behind them, leaning on the strong knees of the other party, and then tilting the shield up forty-five degrees to block in front of them. Although it is impossible for the shields to fit tightly, they can use the angles to stagger each other, and they can completely cover their huddled body. The shields are staggered, like fish scales, and can block every dead end.

"Puff puff—" There was a dull sound from the shield, like a bean-sized raindrop hitting the glass window, and then falling to the ground one after another.

After a rain of arrows, Gongsun Zhan's left and right light cavalry also returned to their positions, the original cavalry on the left returned to the right, and the cavalry on the right returned to the left, there was no chaos at all, and no cavalry collided head-on with the other, it was really a perfect formation control.

"Yay—"

Yuan Xi's eight hundred warriors also cheered, the first round of arrow rain was so dense, but not a single one was injured. The shield was so tightly fitting that not a single arrow was put in.

"It's so easy!"

"Haha, this is the White Horse Yicong?"

Xu Dayan and the others were very happy.

Yuan Xi shouted: "Cheer up, don't relax!" Look ahead. ”

They shook off the arrows that were still in their shields, and then stood up again, and saw that Gongsun Chan was beating the drums again.