Fang Zhiwen's cavalry appeared in Gao Lan's sight earlier than Gao Ran expected, it was obvious that his actions had already been leaked to Fang Zhiwen, no way, who called Liuxian is someone's territory, and the detectives in it must be indispensable

Gao Ran arranged the troops in a very strong defensive formation, the periphery was a baggage, the expansion was relatively open, and the inner side was protected by sword and shield soldiers, and the heavy crossbowmen were mixed in the period, if Fang Zhiwen only relied on crossbow arrows to attack, it would be difficult to pose a threat to Gao Lan's troops, and if Fang Zhiwen rushed too close and wanted to attack the inside of the formation, he would be hit by the crossbowmen around him

Gao Ran's 20,000 cavalry roamed around the periphery, of course, avoiding Fang Zhiwen's cavalry, but if Fang Zhiwen rushed closer, the cavalry would be able to attack Fang Zhiwen's troops

However, there will be a trouble with any formation, that is, when it is stationary and when it is moving, it is completely two different concepts, if this formation is stationary, it is indeed difficult for Fang Zhiwen to bargain for anything, but if this formation is moving, Fang Zhiwen will have a way to deal with them

"Free fire, the target is the pack horse pulling the carriage on the periphery, execute"

Fang Zhiwen's horse team rumbled away from the 400 paces of Gaoran's marching formation, but their heavy crossbows could accurately attack the pack horses on the periphery of Gaoran's troops, and Gaoran's troops had no ability to fight back at all

Gao Ran immediately discovered the defects of his formation, and immediately ordered to defend in situ, and a series of orders were passed down, Gao Ran's army immediately stopped, and began to shout and get busy with horses, and the auxiliaries unloaded the pack horses and pulled them into the inner circle of the formation, and the cavalry on the periphery was also forced to run to avoid Fang Zhiwen's cavalry

Fang Zhiwen saw that Gao Ran unloaded the pack horse at the risk of loss, and he was not in a hurry to defend in place, so he let Gao Ran take the pack horse away, and Fang Zhiwen gave the order

"Fire Bolt Preparation, Drum Baggage Truck"

"Shoot freely to put out the enemy fire"

The sound of horses' hooves rumbling back and forth, the dust in the sky flew up, mixed with the smoke after the heavy weight caught fire, slowly enveloping the entire battlefield, Fang Zhiwen is a cavalry, can run to the upper wind to avoid the smoke, but the Gao Lan army in the formation does not have this power, can only cover the mouth and nose with a cloth dipped in water, but the eyes are unlucky

At the same time, the billowing smoke here also attracted a lot of player troops, but when the players saw the number of troops invested in this battlefield, they all honestly hid on the periphery to watch the battle

Gao Ran was a little numb, the current situation is really bad, the baggage trucks have been ignited one after another, although the number of burned ones is relatively small, but if he is so passive in defense, sooner or later Fang Zhiwen will burn all the baggage Rather than this, it is better to make up your mind now, at least you don't have to stay here stupidly and let the smoke burn

"The order was given, the infantry formed a shield formation to move forward, and the cavalry tried to drive away the enemy by storming, carrying their rations, and giving up all their baggage"

"No"

Fang Zhiwen couldn't help but be a little amused when he looked at the shield formation that came out of the smoke in a row, Gao Ran didn't plan to line up in this formation and go all the way to Peixian, there were still twenty or thirty miles

Immediately, Gao Ran's cavalry also began to charge from one side Fang Zhiwen immediately led the troops to the periphery, it seems that Gao Ran wants to sacrifice cavalry to protect the infantry, it is said that the value of cavalry is five to ten times that of infantry, and most people will choose to protect the cavalry and sacrifice the infantry, but Gao Ran at this time is sacrificing cavalry to protect the infantry, obviously he made the decision out of the defense requirements of Pei County for a period of time in the future, which shows that Gao Ran is basically a qualified general

"Retention, free return"

However, when Fang Zhiwen shot back, these cavalry slowed down one after another, and withdrew out of Fang Zhiwen's range, Fang Zhiwen shook his head helplessly, and Gao Ran finally thought of the best way to deal with Fang Zhiwen

Sure enough, when Fang Zhiwen turned around to chase Gao Lan's cavalry, these cavalry quickly turned around and sank into the infantry formation, and when Fang Zhiwen began to attack the infantry formation, these cavalry ran out from another direction, trying to impact Fang Zhiwen's flank, Fang Zhiwen had to stay away again, readjust the direction to force Gao Lan's cavalry back, and then repeat the process just now

After tossing twice like this, Gao Lan's troops finally advanced smoothly for nearly ten miles, Gao Ran gradually breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although there were still losses, but at least it would not hurt his muscles and bones, if this was maintained until Pei County, it should still be acceptable

It's a pity that this is completely wishful thinking on the part of Gao Lan, when Gao Lan's cavalry rushed towards Fang Zhiwen from the side for the fourth time, Fang Zhiwen did not turn away, but suddenly turned to rush towards Gao Lan's cavalry, did he want to rush into battle?

Gao Ran was happy in his heart, as long as his cavalry could trap it, and the infantry was swarming up, with Fang Zhiwen's little strength, he couldn't say that he could still get a big victory, then if it came, the whole outcome of the Pengguo Battle would be different, so Gao Ran, who was greedy in his heart, gave an order for the cavalry to hedge with Fang Zhiwen

"Scattered"

Fang Zhiwen shouted, and the neat arrow array suddenly exploded like a burst of fireworks, and the dense cavalry formation just now suddenly spread out like frightened bees, quickly letting go of the front passage, and then strangely appeared on the periphery of the Gao Lan cavalry, and at the same time kept shooting in the direction of the center, whether it was crossbow arrows or skills

The long-range weapon of Gao Lan's light armored cavalry is a short crossbow, with a range of no more than fifty paces, but the enemy army brushes them by a hundred paces away, followed by arrows and skills from all directions, not to mention the use of shields to defend, the length of three heads and six arms is about the same

Gao Ran painfully found that he had nothing to do about this change of formation, because the enemy's change of formation was very fast, and it became so scattered, did he have to disperse the troops to deal with it, once the troops were scattered, it was estimated that the enemy army would soon join the formation, and then violently kill and wound his own cavalry and then escape, and his scattered cavalry would block the way of the infantry

But if he didn't change the formation, his cavalry would only be beaten in vain, seeing that his cavalry kept falling from his horse, Gao Ran waved his hand painfully: "Order the cavalry to withdraw"

Fang Zhiwen did not entangle, and let the remnants of the other party's cavalry retreat, in fact, this scattered flower array Fang Zhiwen is not very good now, but when the number is small, it can barely be used, the scattered flower array is very useful when dealing with the enemy's light and heavy cavalry, and the effect is average against the archers, fortunately, Gao Ran's cavalry is not an archer

Gao Lan's cavalry no longer attacked, and Fang Zhiwen slowly followed Gao Lan's infantry side with peace of mind, destroying Gao Lan's infantry shield array one by one, Gao Lan could only watch in pain, watching his infantry shield array being destroyed one by one, and then shooting clean, or scattering to the inside of the formation

Gao Lanjia was worried about the morale of his troops, for fear that the morale of his troops would collapse before they arrived in Peixian, and it would be completely over

"Everyone insists, it's less than ten miles away from Pei County"

"If you can't stop, if you stop, you will die, even if you die, you must fight for a hope of life for your companions"

"Inspire"

Fang Zhiwen was actually not as relaxed and happy as Gao Ran imagined, because his arrows were about to run out, and the continuous battle obviously consumed energy and horsepower, and there was not much internal force left, I originally hoped to completely crush the morale of Gao Lan's troops, but I didn't expect Gao Lan's army style to be so tenacious, and they actually survived until now, although they also relied on constantly stimulating paper talismans to maintain morale, the result was that they still did not collapse, and Fang Zhiwen had run out of ammunition and food

Looking up at the sky, Fang Zhiwen ordered the division of troops, Zhen Xiang took some people back to clean up the battlefield, in order to get some supplies, and by the way, he could also repair the horsepower and the energy of the soldiers

Soon, Gao Ran also discovered this problem, and immediately loudly conveyed the good news to the whole army, the enemy's arrows are insufficient, the most dangerous moment has passed, everyone can enter Pei County as long as they hold on a little longer

Gao Ran didn't know whether to be happy or ashamed, his seventy or eighty thousand troops, including 20,000 cavalry, were stunned by the opponent's cavalry of more than 10,000 points, if it weren't for the relatively short distance, and the other party was fighting behind enemy lines and lacked supplies, he might have been so embarrassed by Fang Zhiwen on the road

This is also the low level of Fang Zhiwen's bullying of Gao Lan, if he is replaced by Yan Liang, or even by a sixth-order general, he will not be bullied like this by Fang Zhiwen

This example tells you that when fighting in the field, the importance of the rank of the general is very important, and it also tells you that the archers, especially the heavy crossbow cavalry, are definitely a nightmare, if there is no heavy infantry or heavy cavalry, it is best not to provoke the heavy crossbow cavalry in the field

By the time Gao Ran rushed into Pei County, the sky had completely darkened, Gao Ran counted the loss at all, and almost spit out a mouthful of blood, just like this, Gao Ran lost all his baggage and 5,000 auxiliaries, including pack horses and carriages, cavalry casualties of more than 5,000 casualties, infantry casualties of more than 10,000, this is definitely a big defeat and loss

Moreover, now this unlucky Fang Zhiwen is still wandering outside the city, I believe that after the county is lost and recovered, Fang Zhiwen's logistics line will soon be opened to the north, Fang Zhiwen has no logistics worries, but Gao Ran has the worry of extinction

In Gao Ran's pain and worry, a peaceful night passed, after all, Fang Zhiwen's troops were not iron-clad, and the next day Fang Zhiwen really started harassing and attacking Pei County again, but in the afternoon, Fang Zhiwen's troops stopped the offensive, and immediately, Gao Ran received the news that Yan Liang's troops were not far away