"Sir, not long after they died, it seems that there was fierce resistance, there should be a lot of people on the other side, there are many footprints on the ground, and a large number of horseshoe prints, it is estimated that there are at least a hundred and ten people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After Xu Zeng entered the village to inspect for a while, he found some information.

"Who did that? Can you tell? ”

Liu Zhi heard that the number of the other party was not very large, so he started the idea of pursuit, not long after the other party left, they were all cavalry, if they chased them immediately, it would not take long to catch them.

"It should have been done by the Yellow Turban thieves, the wounds on the villagers' bodies are different, and it is obvious that the weapons in the hands of the perpetrators are not the same, which can rule out the possibility that they are officials and soldiers."

Liu Zhi glanced at the Jiangdong soldiers and saw that they were all horizontal knives and spears in their hands, and their equipment was very neat, so he nodded.

"And everything in the village has been swept away, all the pots and pans have been looted, this situation can only be because they occupy a hill, but the utensils and utensils in their hands are very scarce, so they came out to loot, but they didn't want the villagers to report to the state government, so they killed all the villagers."

"So their lair must be around here, chase, we must kill all these beasts and avenge these people!"

Liu Zhi changed into a horse and followed the guards to pursue along the hoof prints left by the Yellow Turbans.

The group chased for more than 20 miles, and sure enough, they found a mountain, camped on the mountain, and a broken yellow flag stood high, Liu Zhi glanced at it from a distance, and there was a big "yellow" character written on it, obviously these people were undoubtedly the Yellow Turban Army.

"Sir, you see, there are quite a few Yellow Turban thieves here, there are more than 20 people at the foot of the mountain, and there are people stationed along the way up the mountain, and the general estimates that their number should be no less than 300, and maybe even more."

Three hundred, Liu Zhi looked back at the army that Sun Jian gave him, the number was only fifty, could fifty people beat three hundred?

Liu Zhi and his entourage came on horseback, although there were not many people in fifty, but the sound of the war horse stepping on the ground was still far away, the Yellow Turban Army had already heard their voice, at first they only saw the sound of the horse and did not see the people, so they all seemed a little panicked, but after they found out that there were only fifty people, the Yellow Turban Army was relieved, although they were not an elite army, but they had the advantage of numbers, and there were mountains behind them, they were not afraid of cavalry at all, so, The Yellow Turbans, led by their little leader, walked to the foot of the mountain and began to form a formation.

Xu Zeng saw that the other party was preparing to form a battle to fight, so he said to Liu Zhi: "Sir, let's retreat first, there are many enemy soldiers, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to take care of Mr. when we fight, please be careful, sir." ”

After saying that, he left a group of soldiers to protect Liu Zhi, and he rushed forward with the rest of the soldiers to prepare for the battle.

The Yellow Turban Army numbered more than they had estimated, more than 300 men formed at the foot of the hill alone, and more than 40 cavalry looked lonely in front of them.

Although Xu Zeng is only a tooth general, he has very rich combat experience, and there are no war horses in Jiangdong, so the cavalry of the Jiangdong Army was bought from the north by Sun Jian at great expense, so the requirements for the soldiers who enter the cavalry unit are very strict, and the cavalry troops are fully equipped and the training is more rigorous, so even if they met Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army outside the Tiger Prison Pass, they still do not fall behind, which is inseparable from their usual training.

There are few people on their side, and there are many people on the other side, but they are all cavalry, and the cavalry is the nemesis of the infantry, which is known to the world, although the opponent is numerous, but lacks training, and the weapons and equipment are also very simple, except for some spears and spears, there are no other effective weapons against the cavalry, the Yellow Turban Army does not even have a crossbow arrow in their hands, and some bows and arrows also look like simple horn bows, the range is not far, and the lethality is not strong.

So Xu Zeng immediately thought of a countermeasure in his heart, and the three hundred people he dealt with were all in formation, obviously not wanting to give the cavalry room to charge, but in this way, there would be a certain distance between the two sides, since the cavalry could not rush through, then use other tactics instead.

Xu Zeng ordered the flag to wave, more than 40 cavalry rushed forward quickly, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army raised their shields one after another, formed a shield wall in front, and inserted dozens of spears and spears in the gap of the shield to stop the charge of the enemy cavalry.

Generally speaking, spears are simpler to make than spears, and the length of spears is longer than that of spears, so when dealing with cavalry, spears are used more to form formations, but the Yellow Turban Army is currently short of equipment, and all kinds of equipment are mixed together, and it is too demanding to ask them all to use one weapon to form a formation.

Three hundred steps! Two hundred steps! One hundred steps!

The cavalry of the Jiangdong Army was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army began to lie forward and hide behind their shields, holding their weapons tightly in both hands, ready to meet the impact, while behind the pikemen, dozens of archers were already aiming in the direction of the enemy army at this time, ready to wait until they were in their range before launching arrows to attack.

Xu Zeng maintained the speed of the war horse on horseback, while paying attention to the formation of the two sides, and when the distance between the two sides had just reached eighty steps, he shouted, and the soldiers suddenly reined in the war horse, and ran parallel to the formation of the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army did not know why, the soldiers were at a loss, not knowing what the enemy was going to do, and this distance was just the limit range of their archers, their bows and arrows were relatively rough, and the range was far inferior to the strong bows and crossbows used by the officers and soldiers, and the range would only be more than 80 steps, so the archers looked at the main general, not knowing whether they would release arrows.

Xu Zeng sneered in his heart, the other party really didn't release the arrow, since you didn't make a move, then don't blame us for making the first move.

"Crossbowmen ready to release their arrows!"

He shouted, and sent the side of the war horse to take out the bow and crossbow for the cavalry, this kind of crossbow arrow is smaller than the hard crossbow used by the infantry, and the range and power are slightly inferior, it is mainly used to deal with the enemy's cavalry, and this kind of crossbow arrow on horseback cannot be loaded with arrows, so it can only be shot once after being ready, and then the war horse can only be wound after stopping, but Xu Zeng is not worried about this at all, they have time to load the arrow.

More than forty cavalrymen took out their crossbow arrows together and fired a field of feathered arrows aimed in the direction of the Yellow Turban Army.

Compared with bows and arrows, the power of crossbow arrows is obviously much greater, although the crossbow arrows used by the cavalry of the Jiangdong Army are not as powerful as the crossbow arrows used by the infantry, but the shields in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army are also simple shields made by themselves, which are not as good as the shields used by the official army.

As soon as the crossbow arrows of the Jiangdong Army were shot, there was a miserable cry from the opponent's formation, and it was obvious that many Yellow Turban soldiers were hit by arrows.