Before Zhang Xiu's words fell, Jia Xu said: "Lord, I think that our army can take Xiangcheng in this battle."

Zhang Xiu heard it and said strangely: "Xiangcheng?."

Jia Xu continued: "That's right, Xiangcheng belongs to Chongzhou, next to Songshan Mountain. Now the Yellow Turban in Chongzhou is in turmoil, Liu Dai is the assassin of Chongzhou, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, welcomes Cao Cao as the pastor of Chongzhou. Although Chongzhou is now controlled by Cao Cao, Xiangchengchi is located at the junction of Nanyang County and Chongzhou, and it is still occupied by the Yellow Turban. As long as our army builds Xiangcheng into a strong city, then it will be difficult for the army of the Kwantung princes to enter Nanyang County.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu first showed a happy look, and then said distressedly: "Although what the military advisor said is reasonable, our army wants to attack Yuan Shu urgently, if we divide our troops to attack Xiangcheng, I am afraid it will delay a lot of time." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "It's okay, just let Hu Lian lead 5,000 elites to attack Xiangcheng, and leave thousands of elites when the main highway passes through Wancheng, and then only lead 30,000 troops out."

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "In this way, according to the words of the military advisor, everyone will go down and prepare, and the army will come out in two hours." After that, Zhang Xiu immediately wrote a handwritten letter to let people send it to Wancheng Hu to lose.

The army here was prepared very quickly, Zhang Xiu only left hundreds of men and horses to stay in that county, and the army went out by boat, along the way Zhang Shu ordered people to burn the ferry, in case Yuan Shu's army would cross the river north and attack. After resting in Wancheng for a night, Zhang Xiu left Pei Yuanshao and more than 4,000 elites to garrison Wancheng, while he led Huaxiong, Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang and 30,000 elites to continue north.

Five days later, Zhang Xiu's army had passed through Xinye County, and at this time, Zhang Xiu was cautious and constantly sent scouts to kill the infested Yuan Shujun scouts and inquire about Yuan Shujun's news.

The army marched all the way, and it was very ashamed that a scout came to report: "General, there are two large armies fighting in front, and the banners look like Yuan Shujun and Liu Biaojun." ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, glanced at Jia Xu, and then said to the scout: "After probing again, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu: "What does the military advisor think?" ”

Jia Xu didn't answer immediately, just thought about it and asked: "It seems that Fang Zirou is already in the Jingzhou military camp, and this Jingzhou army attack should be led by Fang Zirou, I don't know how many arrows the army brings?" ”

Zhang Xiu replied: "Thirty feather arrows per person."

Jia Xu heard it and said, "That's very good. The lord first shot Yuan Shu with an arrow array, even if Yuan Shu ambushed the army, as long as our army was not entangled by Yuan Shu's army, it would be easy to get out of the ambush circle. Moreover, each person had thirty feather arrows, a total of 900,000 arrows, and in the face of such an arrow array, even if Yuan Shu's army did not immediately defeat it, there were not many remnants left. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, smiled bitterly and said: "The military advisor said lightly, these arrows are embroidered for several years, and this time I am afraid that they will be squandered all at once." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "After this battle, the lord will have a place to stand, and he will no longer rely on people's snorts, and it will only take a few months for 900,000 arrows to be made. ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "The military division should not act with the army, after Xiu sent someone to protect the military division, Zhang Xiu arranged for Zhou Cang to protect Jia Xu closely."

After letting Huaxiong and Hu Che'er each lead 10,000 troops, Zhang Xiu immediately led the army to the place where the two armies were fighting. Previously, Zhang Xiu and Li Biao had agreed to attack Yuan Shu together in this place five days later, but Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu were both cautious people, so they set a strategy of shooting Yuan Shujun with an arrow array first.

30,000 iron horsemen galloped on the ground, making the sound of "boom" and "boom", and the galloping momentum of 10,000 horses made Yuan Shujun, who was fighting with the Jingzhou army, frightened.

Yuan Shu was commanding the Chinese army, and suddenly heard the sound of "rumbling" and "rumbling" from behind, many of the soldiers were soldiers who survived the last battle in front of the county, and they were already familiar with the sound of the cavalry galloping on the earth, and they heard such a voice from behind again, knowing that it was Zhang Xiu's army that killed, many soldiers seemed flustered.

Yuan Shu naturally saw all this in the Chinese army, and said secretly: "After the temporarily recruited soldiers really didn't work, they immediately ordered: "Let the generals resist, as long as Zhang Xiu's army rushes into battle, our army can win this battle if the ambush soldiers are killed." ”

I don't know if it's Yuan Shu's order or the reason why the generals who led the army below, after a while, the somewhat panicked Yuan Shu army has stabilized, except for the rear army preparing to meet Zhang Xiu's army from behind, the rest of the front army and the Chinese army are constantly fighting with the Jingzhou army forward.

Zhang Xiu led the troops to arrive, and when he saw Yuan Shu's rear army waiting in formation, he said secretly: "Sure enough, there is something strange, so I control the dew to lower the degree, and then take the big bow from behind and pull the bow and arrow into the sky." The flag officer behind Zhang Xiu saw Zhang Xiu's actions and immediately shook the order flag.

The command of the cavalry is not like the infantry, and you can use the password to give orders to the flag officer, and the sound of the galloping horses is probably only like Zhang's big voice can let the flag officer hear the order in all kinds of situations, so the woman can only use her body to show that Zhang Xiu lowers the degree of the war horse, and as a soldier, she naturally cannot cross the officer, so that the degree of the army's march can be gradually reduced. Zhang Xiu pulled his bow and arrows, and the flag officer naturally understood when he saw it, and immediately shook the command flag to notify the generals behind.

When the generals saw the shaking of the banner, they immediately took out their big bows and drew their bows and arrows to the sky. This series of actions was not completed quickly, but this was due to the fact that the training of the army was not enough, but Zhang Xiu had expected it, so he made a command after fighting a lot.

When the 30,000 troops had all pulled up the big bows and put on the arrows, the army was already very close to Yuan Shu's rear army, Zhang Xiu no longer hesitated, and immediately tightened the hand that pulled the bowstring, and the feather arrow flew out immediately. The soldiers next to Zhang Xiu saw it, and immediately released arrows, but in this case, it was the best order, and there was no need for the flag officer to shake the flag, and the army behind him released arrows one after another.

After releasing the arrows, Zhang Xiu didn't look at the results of the battle, and immediately led the army to the side, and did not crash into Yuan Shu's rear army, but bypassed from the side.

Nearly 30,000 feather arrows flew out, and then fell from the sky into Yuan Shu's military array, and the thugs suddenly Yuan Shujun screamed again and again, and the rear army was in chaos.

Yuan Shu, who commanded in the center, actually paid attention to Zhang Xiu's side, and when he saw Zhang Xiu's army releasing arrows at a gallop, Yuan Shu lost his voice and said: "Running shooting" turned out to be running shooting, and Zhang Xiu's 30,000 army of Zhang Xiu, who only knew the tactics of the northern Hu people, actually understood, and he "How did he practice?" ”

It is no wonder that Yuan Shu was surprised, archery when the war horse was galloping, which was originally the strongest trick in riding and archery tactics, and this method of warfare was only understood by the northern Hu people who lived on horseback since childhood. It is necessary to clamp the two thighs of the war horse and release the arrow with both hands, which is almost impossible for ordinary soldiers to complete. Only a general can do it.

But now that Zhang Xiu's 30,000 troops have done it, no wonder Yuan Shu will scream, after all, having such a cavalry can be described as an absolute weapon in war.

In fact, most of Zhang Xiu's 30,000 cavalry can successfully use the gallop shooting, the most indispensable is naturally the bilateral stirrup, with this little thing, for the soldiers who have adapted to the cavalry battle, riding on the horse can be completed with only two legs, no need to use one hand to assist, the remaining two hands to pull, the bow to shoot, naturally can basically be completed.

Of course, only 10,000 of Zhang Xiu's 30,000 cavalry were equipped with bilateral stirrups, and the other 20,000 were only wrapped with hemp rope to make a simple stirrup look like a pity for the soldiers, so many of the 30,000 cavalry could not shoot. However, most of them can complete this action, and the effect is already okay.

I saw that after Zhang Xiu led the troops to complete a run, he immediately turned a corner, bypassed Yuan Shu's army, walked a distance and then turned the horse's head again, and rushed towards the direction of Yuan Shu's army. This arrow followed the order to attack, and more than 20,000 feather arrows were shot out, although it was not very neat, but more than 20,000 feather arrows fell like a torrential rain, and Yuan Shu's soldiers were shot on their backs for a while.

Yuan Shu saw that Zhang Xiu was coming to shoot again, and he already clearly knew that Zhang Xiu's army had indeed mastered this martial art, Yuan Shu no longer hesitated, and immediately said: "Let Sun Ce's ambush soldiers kill out, drag Zhang Xiu's army, and the front army block the Jingzhou army, and then retreat to the dense forest in the east." ”

Yuan Shu gave orders one after another, first Sun Ce, who was ambushed in the dense forest, ambushed the soldiers, Zhang Xiu had already guessed that Yuan Shu might have ambushed the army after hearing Jia Xu's words, but at this time Sun Cejun's task had been transformed into covering the retreat of Yuan Shu's army.

Seeing Sun Ce's army out of the dense forest to meet Yuan Shu's army, Zhang Xiu saw it, so he led an army of 30,000 to snipe Yuan Shu's Chinese army non-stop, ignoring Sun Ce's response troops. I saw Zhang Xiu holding his bow and arrows again, shooting towards Yuan Shu's Chinese army, the flag fell in response, and Zhang Xiu's army behind cheered, followed by Zhang Xiu and shot a wave of arrows to attack Yuan Shu's Chinese army. Although Yuan Shu's banner fell, Zhang Xiu also saw Yuan Shu holding a sword on his horse and commanding the army to fight, and those feather arrows that attacked Yuan Shu were all pushed away or blocked by his personal guards. Seeing this, Zhang Xiu sneered, pulled his bow and shot directly at Yuan Shu, the feather arrow flew away, and when he was about to shoot Yuan Shu's face door, he didn't expect a personal guard to pounce and block the arrow with his body. Zhang Xiu said secretly: "It's a pity." At this time, Sun Ce led the army to catch Yuan Shu's Chinese army, and he and the three generals of Cheng Pu tightly protected Yuan Shu, and no matter how the arrow rain attacked Yuan Shu, they were all pushed away by the four of them.

Yuan Shu's army gradually retreated, and Zhang Xiu led the army out of four waves of arrow rain attacks one after another, although he shot and killed many of Yuan Shu's men and horses, but Yuan Shu also successfully retreated into the dense forest.