Zhang Yan's five thousand elite thieves were all foot soldiers, and even Zhang Yan himself did not ride a war horse.

It's not that he is unwilling, it's not that Lu Bu is unwilling to give him a war horse for riding, but he can't ride a horse, so even if he is very envious in his heart, he can't ride a tall horse like Gao Ran, and lead a group of subordinates majestically.

Gao Ran was on his horse, only a few dozen steps away from Zhang Yanzhong's army, and the situation he saw in Zhang Yan's army made him shocked, and he subconsciously stopped his horse urgently.

Because in Zhang Yan's Chinese army, mixed with thieves, there was a row of about 100 people, all armed with strong crossbows, the arrows were dark, simple and dull, and they were still inconspicuous under the sun.

At this time, Gao Ran didn't have time to think about it at all, just hoping to escape such a catastrophe when the war stopped.

It's just that, with Zhang Yan's order, the sneering sound is endless, and it is the sound of these hundreds of foot soldiers holding strong crossbows shooting crossbow arrows.

At such a critical juncture, what Gao Ran was thinking about was Zhang Yan, a hundred or so crossbowmen, who obviously lacked sufficient training, so that under the order, the reactions and movements were inconsistent, if it was under the Lu Yi tent, the eight hundred strong crossbowmen could do an order, and fire arrows at the same time, so that outsiders heard a loud sound of bows and crossbows.

The distance of dozens of steps is the distance where the strong crossbow can exert its most power, the war horse has just raised its front legs, and before it has fully stood up, a hundred crossbow arrows have arrived, and the puff is endless, piercing into the neck of the war horse, so that it can not even neigh into a mournful roar, and it will collapse.

Gao Ran was crying bitterly at this time, the big axe in his hand just swung and smashed an unknown number of crossbow arrows, and several sharp pains came from the calves on both sides of the saddle, and he was hit by several arrows at the same time. It hurt him to jump back immediately from the battle, but he was more than willing to do it.

"Damn it!"

Gao Ran scolded Zhang Yan in his heart, where did he think that Zhang Yan actually had a strong crossbow in his army, and he was so extravagant that he only shot at him alone!

Between the calcium carbide firelight, the war horse fell to the ground, and the big axe in Gao Ran's hand, although still held in his hand, did not play any role at this time.

"Gao Ran is dead, kill!"

When Gao Yan has not yet fallen to the ground. Hearing Zhang Yan shouting, the five thousand thieves did not swarm up, but still lined up in a not neat queue, shouting: "Gao Ran is dead, kill!" ”

Such a change. The soldiers and horses under Gao Ran's command were shocked, and their own commander Gao Ran was fired by a volley of thieves in front of the battle. Even the horses fell to the ground. This is what many people have seen with their own eyes, and as for whether he is dead or still alive, no one knows, so in the hearts of three thousand soldiers. Immediately, it was covered with a rich shadow, and the original momentum was like a rainbow, but it also quietly weakened at this time, and it no longer regained its momentum.

There are only a group of guards from Gao Ran. At this time, they were still riding their horses and galloping, intending to rescue the boss before Zhang Yan and the thieves.

Zhang Yan rushed to the forefront at this time, and at a distance of dozens of steps, he still couldn't grab the guards under Gao Lan's tent, but when he was only a few dozen steps away, he suddenly shouted: "Shoot!" ”

At the same time, he lowered his body, almost lying on the ground, and behind him, another team of strong crossbowmen of a hundred or so people, hearing the order to release arrows.

Only this time, they were all flat-ended crossbows, shooting towards the thirty or so horsemen galloping towards them.

The crossbow arrows sneered and flew by, rushing to the front of the number of horses, immediately hit the arrows and fell, in a hurry, the cavalry that followed could not retract the momentum, they were tripped and fell, for a time, the war horse screamed and fell to the ground, the cavalry was thrown in the air, a mess.

When the remaining twenty horsemen crossed this chaotic area, what they heard in their ears was another soul-inducing sneer, and under the horror, the chaotic and tragic scene of Fang Cai was staged again.

After this time, there were less than ten surviving horsemen, and although they were only less than ten paces away from the place where the boss had fallen to the ground, they had lost the courage they had before, and they all bowed their bodies, turned their horses' heads, and galloped backwards, and fled into the wilderness.

They all know that although the strong crossbow has been shot once, it needs to be wounded again before it can be fired again, and now three waves of crossbow arrows have been fired, which means that even if the thieves on the opposite side have only so many strong crossbows, the first wave of crossbowmen who shot the commander Gao Ran, even if it is not good, it is time to reload the crossbow arrows, open the crossbow strings, and prepare to release the arrows again.

At this time, if you rush forward, isn't that looking for death?

In fact, how did they know that Zhang Yan's subordinates only had such a mere five hundred strong crossbows, and they all got them from Lu Bu after leaving Lugu Mountain.

However, these remnants of Gao Ran's relatives did not know this, they had been frightened by the three waves of crossbow arrows they saw, and they no longer had the courage to rush forward to kill, but when they were galloping on their horses, they were glad in their hearts, and they couldn't help but wonder why the thieves had not released their arrows for so long.

Their desertion and flight have once again seriously dampened the morale of the 3,000 soldiers, and now not to mention that the morale is not as good as before, and even whether to continue to rush forward and kill, many people have hesitated, and the entire army array, originally under the command of Gao Ran, was orderly, solemn, and murderous, but at this time, it has become a little hesitant and uneven.

Even the generals and colonels at all levels in the formation were also a little hesitant at this time, although they could see that the commander Gao Ran was not dead, but as his personal guards fled in the desert, it was difficult to rescue the commander Gao Ran from the hands of the thieves who were closer to each other.

In the compartment over there, the five thousand thieves led by Zhang Yan were as imposing as a rainbow, shouting all the way, following Zhang Yan, running to the place where Gao Lan fell from the horse, before stopping.

The bizarre thing is that the three thousand soldiers of Jizhou on the opposite side also stopped in their tracks, all looking at Zhang Yan, and Gao Ran, who was constantly trying to break free from the ground.

Gao Ran's legs were pressed by the war horse, and both legs were also hit by arrows, for a while, both legs couldn't use strength, and Liliang, who only relied on his upper body and hands, couldn't pull his legs out from the weight of the war horse.

Zhang Yan was carrying an iron long stick, Shi Shiran approached, jumped lightly and skillfully, and dodged an axe cut by Gao Ran, the big axe snorted, and slashed deeply into the back of the war horse, Gao Ran's bent upper body was exhausted, and the big axe couldn't be pulled out for a while.

Click!

Zhang Yan's long stick was already wrapped in the whirring wind, and it was smashing on Gao Ran's arm, so painful that Gao Ran shouted loudly, and his arm was cracked.

"Gao Ran, didn't you want to kill me, I didn't expect that now I will kill you......"

Zhang Yan, under Gao Lan's frightened eyes, in the miserable scream, while smiling, talking non-stop, leaned over to hold Gao Lan's big axe, and pulled it out from the horse's back with great effort, if Lu Bu was here, he would definitely scold him: "You girl, how can you talk so much nonsense!" ”

Fortunately, Zhang Yan didn't keep talking, but suddenly roared, raised Gao Yan's big axe, and chopped it down with an axe!

The big axe flashed with cold light, and it fell with an irresistible momentum, and Gao Ran couldn't dodge, and immediately ended up in a different place.

Then, Zhang Yan took the head of Gao Ran handed over by his subordinates, raised his left hand high, held the iron long stick in one hand with his right hand, and shouted angrily towards the three thousand soldiers opposite: "Kill!" ”

At this moment, Zhang Yan had the boundless pleasure of being possessed by the god of war, and he felt that he had been in the Lugut Mountain for several years, and now he could finally raise his eyebrows.

It's just that I pity Gao Lan, the original Hebei Siting Pillar, but now it is accidentally folded in the hands of such a thief as Zhang Yan.

When he led the army out of Yecheng, he was full of confidence in the defeat of the Black Mountain thieves, and rode his horse out of the battle to scold the battle, seeing that Zhang Yan only dared to shrink in front of the battle, and did not dare to fight, he was even more proud in his heart, how could he never have thought that Zhang Yan had a strong crossbow in the army, otherwise, no matter how angry he was, he would not be arrogant enough to dare to ride a horse alone to kill.

The 5,000 thieves were like a rainbow, shouting loudly, descending from the mountain like a fierce tiger, and killing the 3,000 Jizhou troops who had no morale.

This is not an evenly matched battle at all, before the battle, the three thousand Jizhou army has already begun to retreat, zuihou, I don't know who shouted, the three thousand soldiers scattered in a hurry, all of them wished that their father and mother had two more feet, so that they could escape faster.

Even Zhang Yan categorically didn't expect that this battle would end like this.

He waved his army and pursued all the way along Zhangshui, and many Jizhou soldiers panicked and jumped into Zhangshui, trying to swim and escape for their lives in such a cold and snowy place, but the result can be imagined, before they swam halfway, they couldn't move in the icy and biting river.

Chased and killed the remnants all the way, until a few miles away from Yecheng, from Yecheng, a group of men and horses galloped out again, Zhang Yan restrained the soldiers and waited in formation.

Three thousand remnants of soldiers, at this time, there are fleeing in all directions, and those who can finally return to Yecheng may only be half, maybe not so much, Zhang Yan did not think about this problem at this time, but stared closely at the soldiers and horses coming out of the city, thinking about whether he could lure the enemy general to be radical like Fang Cai, and then shoot him with a strong crossbow by surprise.

However, when he saw the soldiers behind the other general, he immediately understood that it was impossible to do this.

Because in the opponent's army array, there are nearly thirty percent of soldiers, all of whom are holding bows and crossbows larger than their own crossbows, and carrying crossbow arrows on their backs, they know at a glance that they are soldiers who are good at crossbow shooting.

"Oh, who's coming, report your life to Lao Tzu!"

Zhang Yan's expectations were shattered in an instant, and he pointed at the iron long stick and shouted loudly.

The general on the opposite side rode out slowly, but he was not too far away from the formation, and what he was holding in his hand was an iron gun, pointing at Zhang Yan, and shouting: "Okay, you black mountain thief Zhang Yan, when you see your grandfather Lu Yi, don't you quickly kneel on the ground and ask for surrender!" ”

"Haha......"

Zhang Yan and a group of cronies and thieves behind him raised their heads one after another, as if they had heard the most ridiculous words in the world.

It's just that before the words fell, Lu Yi had already raised the iron spear and ordered in a cold voice: "Go to the camp first, kill!" (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to the "bubbling old 113925" for the tip, xiexie!