Zhao Yun, who was standing at the head of the city, watched Yuan Jun's movements coldly, raised his right hand without saying a word, and then fell heavily. The hundreds of ballista men who had been waiting by the red-clothed ballista immediately lifted the red cloth and revealed the red-clothed ballista full of strength. After a short period of adjustment, the ballistae pulled the tips of the red-clothed ballistas, and fifty powerful crossbows roared out, bringing bursts of whistling, shooting towards the last echelon of the Yuan army like lightning.

The range of ordinary bows and crossbows is only dozens of steps, even if the arm strength is super strong, they can only barely shoot the crossbow arrows to about 100 steps, and only those first-class generals can accurately shoot the enemy one hundred and fifty steps away. Therefore, in the queue of the Yuan army, the phalanx of archers at the back of the line was far from entering their own range, and they did not expect that the Youzhou army on the city wall would be able to form an effective shot at their phalanx, and they were not psychologically prepared at all. It was only when fifty powerful crossbows pierced through the space and crossed a distance of hundreds of paces in an instant, reaching the top of their phalanx, that they realized that something was wrong.

Not to mention the thin leather armor on the crossbowmen of the Yuan Army, even the iron armor that rushed on the first-echelon sword and axe hands could not block the piercing of the red-clothed ballista at all! Death began to appear in the queue of Yuan Jun's crossbowmen, and what made Gao Ran and Yuan Xi dumbfounded was that only fifty crossbows had caused hundreds of kills and injuries to his subordinate crossbowmen!

The powerful crossbow burst through the air, and after hundreds of paces, it still retains great lethality. Javelin-type crossbows can often pierce through more than a dozen Yuan Army archers with thin armor one after another; Even those sword-sized crossbows could pierce the bodies of at least five Yuan Jun! In a large amount of blood splattered into the air. Then scattered into blood flowers and fell at the same time, the archers of the Yuan army let out a miserable scream, and many of them even had no time to scream, they had already been pierced through their hearts or throats, and they could no longer make any sound. There are also a large number of crossbowmen, without being shot by the crossbow, witnessing the comrades around them being pierced one after another, and can't help but let out a palpitating cry for help, holding their heads and squatting in place, just crying for help. Never to take a step forward.

The power of the redcoat ballista. In this round of volleys, its greatest power is not to kill the enemy, but to shock the enemy's courage! Let the enemy lose the courage to fight under the roar of the crossbow! When all fifty crossbows stopped moving. Yuan Jun in the array. Hundreds of dead or wounded crossbowmen. Having lost the ability to fight, some of them who were lucky enough not to be pierced let out a faint moan. Struggling on the ground in pain, more blood erupted from the bowl-sized wound as they struggled, and even if they could be healed in time, they might not be able to save their lives.

And those crossbowmen who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, because of their sight, did not know that the crossbow had stopped, and they still wailed incessantly, eager to stick their heads into the crotch of their pants to avoid the crossbow's shot. Seeing that these people were not angry, Gao Ran hurriedly shouted: "The crossbow has stopped!" Move quickly and keep up with the siege troops ahead! Some of the crossbowmen obeyed Gao Ran's call, stood up, and trembled and continued to move forward, but many more bowmen turned a deaf ear to Gao Ran's words, clasped their hands on their heads, and refused to stand up for anything.

From this detail, it can be seen that Zhao Yun accurately judged the form of the battlefield. Zhao Yun ordered the ballista gunners to bombard the Yuan army's bow and crossbow phalanx, not only to kill and deter the enemy, but to consciously want to cut off the four echelons of the Yuan army, causing a disconnect between the various battle formations of the Yuan army.

"Keep shooting, the goal remains the same!" Zhao Yun calmly commanded the ballistas. Hundreds of ballista gunners quickly switched positions, and the man who had just shot pulled back and went to prepare a new crossbow; And the person who had been waiting for a long time, holding a crossbow in his hand, stepped forward and took over the operation of the red-coated ballista. A new round of crossbows, under the operation of another group of ballistae, burst out, continuing to bring casualties and panic to the Yuan army's bow and crossbow phalanx.

After two rounds of salvos, Yuan Xi's face was already as pale as paper, he would never have imagined that Ao Lie's command would be able to research this kind of battlefield killing weapon, especially when used to defend the city, the power was simply too terrifying, if the ballistae on Hejian City were not ten, but hundreds, then the 30,000 vanguard troops he brought, I am afraid that no one would survive.

Looking at Yuan Xi's face, Gao Ran knew that he couldn't count on him in this battle, this outright battlefield junior brother had been knocked down by great fear. Urging the war horse to take a few steps forward, overtaking Yuan Xi, Gao Ran took over the command of the army, and shouted loudly: "Divide five thousand cavalry and dismount, raise shields to protect the crossbowmen!" After all the infantry had been sent out and there was no possibility of retracting it, Gao Ran decisively dismounted half of the cavalry around him to act as infantry. Gao Ran has been on the battlefield for a long time, and when he knew that the crossbowmen were much more important than the cavalry, Gao Ran couldn't take care of the high cost of training cavalry at the moment, and began to let the cavalry cover the crossbowmen.

According to common sense, Gao Ran's decision was correct, but he ignored one point, his opponent was not strictly speaking Zhao Yun in Hejian City, but Ao Lie, who knew the art of war better than Zhao Yun. The faint sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the direction behind them, and in an instant, the sound of horses' hooves became clear and audible, and after a moment it had turned into a thunderous kick!

Gao Ran looked at the rear worriedly, he was waiting for the cavalry that suddenly came behind him, he wanted to see clearly, the cavalry coming from behind was Yuan Jun or Ao Lie's Youzhou Army! If it was the Youzhou army, Gao Ran could only order to abandon the siege and retreat from the flanks. Gao Ran did not give the order to retreat immediately, because he knew that if he retreated rashly in the siege battle, it would be tantamount to completely giving up the troops invested in the early stage, except for the crossbowmen and 5,000 dismounted cavalry, the three phalanxes in front of him would be subjected to the ruthless long-range bow and arrow attacks of the defenders on the city walls, in which case, the casualties would inevitably be very heavy.

It didn't take long for Gao Ran to see the outfit of the cavalry behind him. With a white feather on his head, a sturdy Mingguang armor on his body, and a heavy horse chopping knife in his hand, this is Ao Lie's world-famous bloody army! At this moment, Gao Ran's heart instantly sank to the bottom. Similarly, Yuan Xi also saw the outfit of this group of cavalry clearly, and on his already miserable face, he could no longer see a trace of blood, and shouted in horror: "Blood kill!" It's bloodkill! Ao Lie...... Ao Lie is here. General Gao. We...... Let's withdraw quickly......" The excessive panic has already made Yuan Xi, a pampered son, unable to even speak.

Gao Ran glanced at Yuan Xi with some disdain, and was quite dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's anticlimactic tail in his heart! If it weren't for Yuan Xishi, he would have been very resolute in attacking the city. How could he fall into the trap that Ao Lie had set up in advance?! Now I know that the road is dangerous. He didn't care about the lives of the soldiers in front of him. Is this what a general should be? But no matter what, Yuan Xi is Yuan Shao's son after all, and he is still a very favored son. Gao Ran couldn't let Yuan Xi throw his life on the battlefield, otherwise Yuan Shao would definitely cut himself off! At this moment, Gao Ran suddenly had a disdain for Yuan's father and son. Sighing helplessly, Gao Ran waved his gun and pointed to the side, shouting: "All the soldiers of the army, retreat in that direction!" Fast! ”

Ao Lie is not Yuan Shao, just when Yuan Shao was still engaging in those false courtesies in order to save face, Ao Lie had already led the army to rush and reached Yi County. After hearing the report of the sergeant stationed in Yi County, and learning that Zhao Yun had led his troops to Hejian, Ao Lie immediately decided to divide his troops and threw the army to Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang.

When Ao Lie arrived near Hejian, it happened that a shadow member sent a message that they had already inquired about the movements of Yuan's army, and 30,000 vanguard troops came straight to Hejian, and set up camp more than ten miles away from Hejian, and then only a few sergeants and local county soldiers were left to guard the village, and the main army was under the leadership of Gao Ran and Yuan Xi, ready to launch a fierce attack on Hejian City.

When he heard the news, Ao Lie almost didn't laugh out loud. After a long journey, without even a basic rest, he rashly launched a tough battle, such a command is simply idiotic to the extreme! And Ao Lie also accurately deduced that this must be Yuan Xi's straw bale idea.

Therefore, Ao Lie did not rush into Hejian City, but let Ma Chao and Dian Wei take five thousand tiger troops around the battlefield and set up an ambush behind the Yuan army, Ao Lie himself wanted to take Xu Chu and five thousand blood to kill the army, with momentum and killing, to drive the Yuan army into the ambush circle of Ma Chao and Dian Wei, and then in the flanking attack on the Yuan army, Ao Lie believed that Zhao Yun in Hejian City would never miss the opportunity, after seeing his banner, Zhao Yun would definitely lead the men and horses in the city to kill out, and form a three-sided encirclement and suppression of the Yuan army.

The moment he saw Ao Lie's banner, Gao Ran was already fooled. According to Ao Lie's plan, withdraw the army in the direction where Ma Chao had already ambushed Haolu. On the city between the rivers, Zhao Yun did not disappoint Ao Lie, although he did not get any orders from Ao Lie in advance, but Zhao Yun's accurate analysis of the form of the battlefield still made him make a correct judgment, leaving 10,000 people on the city wall to shoot crossbows at the three siege troops of the Yuan army, Zhao Yun himself took five thousand blood to kill the army, rushed out of the city, and perfectly filled a gap in Ao Lie's strategic territory.

Because the retreat was too urgent, most of the Yuan army could not keep up with Gao Ran's footsteps, only nearly 10,000 cavalry and some crossbowmen followed, and the rest of the people, who were followed by the pursuing Ao Lie Department and the Zhao Yun Department who went out of the city to face the battle, killed the people who turned on their horses, and they had completely separated from Gao Ran's department.

Gao Ran slammed the reins and shouted: "Protect the second son and go first, and then break it!" Yuan Xi heard Gao Lan's shout, and instead of thanking, Yuan Xi said tremblingly: "Gao ...... General Gao, give Ben ...... This son, leave more people and horses......" Yuan Xi's words almost didn't make Gao Ran vomit blood angrily, Gao Ran already had the belief that he would die, and volunteered to stay to cover Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi even asked to leave more soldiers and horses for him! In the world, there are still such people who don't know what to do!

Without time to fight with Yuan Xi, Gao Ran returned to the battlefield with two thousand cavalry. It was also Gao Ran's fate that was not very good, and the first enemy he encountered after returning to the battlefield was Ao Lie of the White Horse Golden Armor! The speed of the snow dragon horse in the night is extremely fast, so Ao Lie rushed all the way over, and he didn't delay much time, Ao Lie didn't have the heart to fight with which shrimp soldiers and crabs, his goal was very clear, he must capture Yuan Xi and slap Yuan Shao's face fiercely!

Without waiting for Gao Ran's name to be on the newspaper, Ao Lie urged the horse to rush over and shouted, "Ben Hou doesn't have time to play with you!" With Ao Lie's roar, his overlord spear stabbed unstoppably towards Gao Randang's chest. Gao Ran raised his spear and scrambled towards Ao Lie's Overlord Spear.

After the loud bang, Gao Ran and his horse were shocked back three or four paces, and looked at Ao Lie with a shocked expression. The world says that the little overlord Ao Lie is brave and unmatched, until today, Gao Ran can be regarded as a knowledgeable Taoist, and the rumors of the world are not exaggerated! One shot failed to fly Gao Ran, Ao Lie's heart was also a little surprised, he could block his full shot, presumably the person in front of him should be Gao Ran. Ao Lie raised his eyes and looked behind Gao Lan, and saw that Yuan Xi had already run nearly a hundred steps away, and had just entered Ma Chao's encirclement, and Ma Chao was chasing and intercepting him. Worried that Yuan Xi would take advantage of the chaos to escape, Ao Lie's subordinates no longer had the slightest reservation, and the Breaking Formation Overlord Spear suddenly used, with the invincible Wuji Jiuyang Gong, and drew a shot towards Gao Ran.

After another loud bang, Gao Ran barely blocked Ao Lie's second shot, and the seven orifices had been shocked by the dark energy of Wuji Jiuyang Gong and bleed at the same time, and the tiger mouths of his hands were also cracked, but Gao Ran still did not fall, raised his spear weakly, and pointed at Ao Lie tremblingly. Although he was dissatisfied with Yuan's father and son, Gao Ran still showed his loyalty at a critical moment!

Gao Ran's actions made Ao Lie feel admiration, and he said: "Ben Hou is Ao Lie!" Are you a famous general in Hebei? Gao Ran had no strength to speak, so he could only nod slightly, indicating that what Ao Lie said was right. After saying his name to show his respect for Gao Ran, Ao Lie once again instigated his war horse to rush towards Gao Ran, this time, Gao Ran failed to make any moves, but only used his own flesh and blood to block Ao Lie's path.

Poof—Ao's Overlord Spear easily pierces Gao Ran's shoulder, knocking him off his horse. Out of respect for Gao Ran, Ao Lie did not kill him, his purpose was just to let Gao Ran fall off his horse and lose his ability to stop him. After Ao Lie solved Gao Lan, Xu Chu took dozens of cavalry and killed the elite of the bloody killing army, and shouted to Ao Lie: "The lord will go and capture Yuan Xi, these small fish and shrimp will be handed over to me!" ”

Ao Lie nodded to Xu Chu, then patted the night and rushed forward. All the cavalry of the Yuan army who tried to block Ao Lie along the way were either picked off the horse by Ao Lie's shot, or they were kicked off the leg of the horse sitting down by the night.

As if entering the encirclement of no man's land, Ao Lie soon came behind Yuan Xi, at this moment Yuan Xi was no different from the deranged patient, and shouted frantically: "Protect this son!" Back in Yecheng, this son has a lot of rewards! Everyone can worship the marquis! Come and protect Ben Gongzi! ”

Obviously, in front of the bravery of Ma Chao, Dian Wei and the five thousand tiger army, Yuan Xi has been frightened, even if he is not really insane, I am afraid that he will leave a huge psychological shadow in the future. Ao Lie did not intend to let Yuan Xi live in the shadows, and decided to help Yuan Xi completely and forever get rid of fear. So, Ao Lie quietly approached Yuan Xi, and the heavy and sharp overlord gun stabbed into Yuan Xi's heart, making Yuan Xi scream frantically and stop abruptly. (To be continued......)