Chapter 535: Changing Formations

Gongsun Chan saw Yuan Shao's battle flag and decided to put the main direction of attack on Yuan Shao. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 As long as he defeats Yuan Shao, or even kills Yuan Shao in battle, this battle will not have to be fought again, he will win. As for the rest of the pawns, he didn't need to bother with it at all. If Yuan Shao died, even if they had made meritorious contributions, who would reward them?

Gongsun Chan gathered the remaining dozen or so white horse Yi from the elite around him, and the good steel should be used on the blade. Raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, not at this time, and when?

Gongsun Chan raised the iron spear, let out a long roar, and rushed out of the battle formation in the first place, and the white horse followed closely behind, they were like sharpened spear tips, stabbing directly into the cavalry battle formation of the Yuan army, and Gongsun Chan was the sharpest point in front. Behind him, there were only less than two thousand guards left to gallop their horses.

The sound of hooves is like thunder, and the spears are like forests, and they are unstoppable.

Yuan Shao was also a little enthusiastic, and was about to kick the stirrup and rush forward, Tian Feng didn't know where to come out, he tightly grabbed Yuan Shao's reins, and shouted loudly: "The general bears the weight of the world, so why is he brave?" ”

Yuan Shao was a little impatient, he knew that Gongsun Chan was very brave, and the possibility of him defeating Gongsun Chan was very small, but now could he retreat? As soon as he retreated, the entire army would collapse. If he loses this battle, he will not only lose Hejian, but also probably lose the hearts of the entire Jizhou.

He had to fight Gongsun Chan to the death.

"General, look!" Tian Fengyi pointed to the phalanx of foot soldiers behind him. Yuan Shao followed his fingers and looked back, first in a cold sweat, and then in ecstasy.

Yan Liang's phalanx had thousands of extra crossbowmen. But the direction in which they stood was not pointing forward, but pointing at them. This formation frightened Yuan Shao, he thought that these people were going to rebel, but when he saw that the bows and crossbows in the hands of those people were pointing to the ground, he came back to his senses.

He understood what Tian Feng meant.

"Please retreat quickly, General." Tian Feng saw Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, and knew that there was no need to explain anymore, so he immediately motioned for the cavalry to retreat. Gongsun Chan had already begun to accelerate his charge. If you don't retreat, it's too late.

Still, the knight, who was about to charge forward and suddenly wanted to retreat, was a little flustered. I was at a loss for a while. Fortunately, Tian Feng had already prepared, only to see Yan Liang waving the battle flag in his hand, and a team of soldiers wearing two-layer battle armor pushed a baggage cart through the middle of the infantry phalanx. Rushing to the front of the formation, they overturned the baggage cart twenty paces in front of the formation, then drew their swords and lay down behind the cart.

As soon as they were ambushed, Gongsun Zhan's cavalry rushed in, and when they saw these baggage carts, they took the reins of their horses without thinking, and controlled the war horses to jump over easily. There were not many baggage carts, and the depth was not enough, and most of the horses jumped over.

But. They forgot about the warriors who were crouching behind the baggage wagons.

The warriors suddenly stood up and raised their swords in the face of the horses flying over the baggage carts.

The war horse cut the belly of the war horse, fell to the ground with a terrible neigh, and threw the warrior on his back to the ground. Those people haven't figured out what's going on yet. was knocked down by the war horse that jumped after him and trampled to death. And those knights were also a little unexpected, they subconsciously avoided it, and where could they avoid it in their eagerness, which caused more knights to fall.

The cavalry formation, which had not yet touched the spear formation of the Yuan army, was in chaos, and the smooth formation suddenly stagnated.

Gongsun Chan saw the sudden change. Without thinking, he raised his hand and waved it to the right front, and the herald hurriedly beat the war drum, and the knight behind him adjusted the direction closely with Gongsun Zhan and galloped towards the hillside on the right. They bypassed these baggage trucks, drew an arc, and continued to gallop towards Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao seized the time to retreat at this time. After a moment of panic, the well-trained guards showed their good qualities, and some of them rushed forward, some of them turned their horses' heads and retreated sharply.

Among the retreating knights, Yuan Shao lowered his armor and was surrounded by elite guards.

The hundreds of knights who rushed up to meet the battle came into contact with Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Zhan saw Yuan Shao retreating, and couldn't help sneering, the battle began, but he retreated, in the end, he didn't have the courage, how could such a master be convincing? And retreating at this time, the left flank of Yuan's army was exposed in front of his iron cavalry, and it was crushed as soon as it rushed.

It's providential. Gongsun Chan laughed secretly and accelerated again.

He repeated his old trick, shot a Ming Di, shot down an arrow from the Yuan army Qu Junhou who rushed to the front, and then crashed into the Yuan army formation, and the two iron spears flew up and down, stabbing down several people one after another. The white horse under the crotch passed through the battle formation of the Yuan army knights and faced Yuan Shao again.

The surging White Horse Yi surged upwards and engulfed the hundreds of Yuan Army knights in an instant, they only slowed down slightly, and then accelerated again, rushing towards Yuan Shao, who was still retreating, with a more ferocious attitude.

At this moment, Gongsun Zhan discovered the abnormality of Yuan's battle array, and he saw those crossbowmen hidden in the phalanx, and his forehead suddenly jumped.

He knew Yuan Shao's intentions.

Yuan Shao's temporary change of formation seemed to show weakness, but in fact it laid a trap for him. Now, if he continued to charge forward against Yuan Shao, his left flank would be exposed to the fire of the crossbowmen of the phalanx, and at such a close distance, the losses would be very heavy. And if he turns around and attacks the phalanx, not to mention whether he can get his wish in a hurry, Yuan Shao over there may also start to accelerate, rushing headlong into his right flank, cutting off his formation, and finally it will evolve into a melee of foot soldiers.

If that's the case, then his advantage of having more cavalry will no longer be able to be brought into play, and I believe that Yuan Shao will not give him a chance to charge again. 10,000 cavalry will become 10,000 foot soldiers, fighting with Yuan Shao's more than 10,000 foot soldiers.

It's a lose-lose situation.

Time does not allow Gongsun Chan to think too much. He quickly sent out the order, ordering the guards to divide their troops to meet the enemy, and at the same time ordered Gongsun Yue, who was on standby, to immediately start attacking Yan Liang's phalanx, focusing on clearing out those hidden crossbowmen.

The sound of war drums sounded, and although Gongsun Yue did not understand what was happening, he immediately ordered the army to go out. At the same time, Gongsun Zhan's two thousand personal guards were divided into two, one part turned to the left and smashed into the left flank of Yan Liang's phalanx, while the other part accelerated towards Yuan Shao under the leadership of Gongsun Zhan.

Yuan Shao looked at the eager reaction of the Youzhou Iron Horse, and secretly admired it, when the two sides were already engaged in battle, Gongsun Zhan could still make such a reaction, and the Youzhou Iron Horse could still carry out his orders to such a point, which was really breathtaking. He believed that not only could the more than 5,000 guards around him make such tactical moves, but even Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riders might not be able to do it.

However, in this way, he only faced more than 1,000 horsemen led by Gongsun Zhan, and he had a great advantage in terms of troops.

Yuan Shao made a quick decision and ordered to start accelerating the charge. At the command, more than a hundred guards in front of him began to charge, in order to increase the speed as much as possible in the shortest distance, they no longer cherished their horses, they kicked their horses fiercely, and some even drew their swords and slashed at the horse's hips.

Hundreds of war horses, enraged by the pain, neighed, raised their heads and hooves, and greeted Gongsun Zhan.

Yuan Shao kicked the Xiliang horse under his crotch, drew his sword and roared, and began to gallop under the protection of the guards.

Although Gongsun Chan knew that his number was seriously insufficient, there was no way out at this time. He kicked the horse hard, pushing his speed to the limit. The horse was foaming at the mouth, and its four hooves were almost in the air, and it ran wildly with all its strength.

Both sides contact.

Although Bai Ma Yicong was small in number, they accelerated first, and with Gongsun Zan and others as the front, they attacked sharply, and suddenly wedged deeply into the formation of the Yuan army, and continued to penetrate the battle formation of the Yuan army. However, there were more than 5,000 Yuan Shao's personal guards in front of them, although these people could not be compared with the white horse Yicong, the horse speed did not reach the best, and they fell off their horses in the collision, but the thick formation was ruthlessly consuming the speed of the white horse Yicong.

Gongsun Zhan didn't care about it, and used an iron spear to slam the horse's buttocks, and the war horse was in pain, neighed, and accelerated again. Gongsun Chan stared at Yuan Shao deadly, his buttocks had left the saddle, like a fierce tiger about to pounce.

Yuan Shao felt Gongsun Zhan's murderous aura, shouted loudly, and greeted him. Before the people arrived, the guards raised their crossbows and fired a rain of arrows.

Gongsun Chan hid behind the horse's neck and raised his arm shield. Most of the crossbow arrows shot into the neck of the war horse, and the war horse, which had reached its limit, could no longer support it, and fell to the ground all at once. Gongsun Chan flew up from the horse, shouted loudly in mid-air, shook his spear, and stabbed Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's two guards were shocked and instinctively drew their knives to cut, but Gongsun Zhan rushed up too fast with the help of his horse. Before their swords could be raised, Gongsun Zhan's iron spear arrived. Left and right, the whip was on their cheeks, and the power contained in the spear handle broke their necks, and the sharp spear cut their faces, with two beads of blood, and snatched Yuan Shao behind them.

Yuan Shao had already prepared, and the Hundred Refining Clear Steel Ring Knife in his hand roared down, slashing at Gongsun Zhan's spearhead. With a crisp sound of "dang", sparks shot everywhere, the spearhead was cut in the wrong direction, and Gongsun Chan fell to the ground, but he did not give up, and the iron spear hidden under his elbow shot out horizontally, heading straight for Yuan Shao's throat.

Yuan Shao heard Yan Liang talk about the process of being injured, and knew that Gongsun Zhan's iron spear was double-headed, so he had already taken precautions, but he still didn't expect Gongsun Zhan's iron spear to be used like this, and in his eagerness, he only had time to turn sideways.

It was this little side that saved his life, and the iron spearhead swept less than three inches from his neck, picking off his helmet and slamming the hilt of the spear on his left shoulder. Yuan Shao felt a tightness in his chest, half of his body lost consciousness, his left hand couldn't hold the reins of the horse, he shook it twice, and almost carried it off the horse's back.

Although Yuan Shao was so painful that his tears were about to fall, he knew that his safety was very critical at this time. He endured the severe pain, stepped on the stirrups with both feet, raised his knife and shouted: "Kill! ”

Gongsun Chan glanced back, secretly screamed pity, ran a few steps, flew onto the mount of a white horse Yizun, jumped on an ownerless war horse, and continued to rush forward.