Chapter 950 Suddenly

boom!

The two wings of the Euphorbia warriors were attacked by the Liaodong cavalry at the same time. Under Gongsun Kang's order, the Liaodong cavalry attacked from the left and right. Even the Euphorbia warriors felt that they were unable to support a single tree, like duckweeds in the water, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Although the Euphorbias were well-equipped, their numbers were too small after all, and they naturally suffered heavy casualties under the successive attacks of the Liaodong cavalry.

"Father, Euphorbia seems to be unable to hold on any longer. What should I do?" Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shao with a somewhat anxious expression.

"Order the archers to reinforce the Euphorbia warriors." Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.

In the battle that determined the ownership of Hebei, that is, the Battle of Jieqiao between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan had much more cavalry than the Liaodong cavalry. The white horse Yi Cong, who were famous all over the world and were unparalleled in cavalry and shooting, had thousands of them. , plus other Youzhou Xiaoqi, there are as many as ten thousand people!

But Qu Yi only set up eight hundred soldiers to die first, so he defeated Gongsun Zan and broke the myth of Baima Yizong.

Because of this, Yuan Shao attached great importance to the construction of archers, after all, they were the nemesis of cavalry. Although Qu Yi was later killed, and the soldiers who died first around him naturally dispersed, there are still a large number of archers in Yuan Shao's army to this day.

As Yuan Shao issued the order, more than two thousand archers immediately stepped forward, aimed at the Liaodong cavalry entangled with the Euphorbia warriors, and drew their bows and arrows.

Whoosh whoosh!

More than two thousand arrows fell from the sky, but the Euphorbia warriors were not affected much because they were wearing thick full-body armor, with only one face exposed, and the area affected by the attack was very small.

But the Liaodong cavalry was different. They were very large even with men and horses. Even if the arrows did not hit the people, they could always hit the horses. Suddenly, many horses were hit by arrows and hissed several times.

"Ah!" An arrow hit a knight in the chest. He screamed and fell off his horse!

"Roar!" The war horse, which was running at high speed, was suddenly hit by an arrow in the head. Naturally, it went crazy under the severe pain, thrashed around on the spot, and threw the owner off its back.

"Put it back!"

Whoosh whoosh!

Another round of arrow rain was shot out, and more than two hundred riders fell off their horses. With the support of the archers, the pressure on the Euphorbia was greatly reduced, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The Euphorbia warriors withstood the fierce attack of the Liaodong cavalry in front, forcibly containing the charging formation of the Liaodong cavalry, while the Yuan Army archers took advantage of the situation and stepped forward. The Liaodong cavalry were all light cavalry and were large in size. Naturally, they suffered heavy casualties in the face of the rain of arrows from Yuan Jun's archers.

"Hahaha, my father is really clever. This kid Gongsun Du doesn't even think about it. Even the white horse Yi Cong is in our hands. What do his thousands of people mean?" Yuan Shang laughed.

Yuan Shao also smiled, obviously being very impressed by Yuan Shang's praise.

"But, I'm afraid that after today's battle, the Euphorbia soldiers will be severely damaged." Yuan Xi sighed.

"What are you afraid of, second brother? Anyway, the armor of the dead Euphorbia can still be taken off and used again." Yuan Shang said nonchalantly.

"Third brother, what are you saying? Who doesn't have parents? It's a pity that so many elite soldiers died in battle." Yuan Xi shook his head.

Among the three brothers of the Yuan family, Yuan Tan is the eldest son, while Yuan Shang is favored by Yuan Shao. Therefore, both of them have the intention of inheriting Yuan Shao's family business. After Yuan Shao's death, the two split apart and started fighting against each other's brother Ni Qiang. , Yuan Tan even formed an alliance with Cao Cao, the enemy who killed his father, hoping to use Cao Cao's hand to deal with Yuan Shang.

Yuan Xi's character, on the other hand, is softer and more benevolent, and he doesn't think much about lust for power. When Cao Cao attacked Hebei, Yuan Xi was the governor of Youzhou, but his general Jiao Chu betrayed him and threatened Youzhou officials to surrender. Those who did not surrender would be killed. As a result, Han Heng, who was not driving in Youzhou, said: "I will protect Yuan's father and son's kindness and will not surrender."

"Xi'er, how can a woman be kind enough to conquer the world? I'll just give you more pension later." Yuan Shao frowned.

Yuan Xi nodded helplessly: "Yes, father, the child knows."

Although the Liaodong Cavalry suffered heavy casualties under the dense rain of arrows from Yuan's army, nearly half of the 500 Euphorbia soldiers had been killed or injured at this time. Jiang Yiqu had no choice but to order to shrink the formation and continue to resist the siege of the Liaodong Cavalry.

"No, I can't die, I don't want to die."

A Liaodong cavalry suddenly stopped and looked at the dead people and dead horses everywhere around him. His arms couldn't help but tremble. On the other side, countless arrows were shot in a steady stream. If this continued, they would die sooner or later.

"Go, go!"

He patted the war horse on his crotch. The war horse naturally understood what its owner meant, turned around and walked away, away from the place of right and wrong.

The Liaodong cavalry has lost nearly a thousand cavalry! This is 30% damage. Even an elite army has reached the limit of casualties at this moment. However, it only disabled the Euphorbia soldiers and was far from being able to break into Yuan Shao's army. Naturally, these Liaodong cavalry were in their hearts. Terrified, they all retreated.

"Damn it, don't run away!" Gongsun Kang couldn't help but became furious when he saw the cavalry under his command running away one after another. But between life and death, how could these cavalry care about Gongsun Kang?

"Young Master! Our army has suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid we won't be able to capture and kill Yuan Shao for a while. Otherwise, should our army retreat temporarily?" the captain of the soldiers on the side advised.

"Retreat? This"

Gongsun Kang was in a dilemma. Because his younger brother was a heavenly eunuch and sterile, Gongsun Du made it clear that he would be his heir. But Gongsun Kang was also a little afraid of his father's character. If it was okay to lead the troops and make great achievements this time, but just to retreat in despair, then what's the point?

"Eldest Young Master, if you keep the green hills here, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. If all the cavalry are folded here, the Eldest Young Master will not be able to represent the master." The captain of the personal soldiers advised again.

"Withdraw troops!" Gongsun Kang said through gritted teeth.

"The eldest son has given an order to retreat the entire army, quickly!"

Hearing these words, many Liaodong cavalrymen felt that the rain was coming after a long drought. They hurriedly followed Gongsun Kang and retreated one after another.

"Let's go, let's go!" The remaining nearly two thousand Liaodong cavalry hurriedly turned around and left. After all, Yuan Shaojun's arrows were still coming in a steady stream. It would be tragic to be shot to death at this time.

Nearly two thousand Liaodong cavalry turned around and left. Yuan Shang couldn't help but said happily: "Father, the enemy has retreated."

"good!"

Yuan Shao's spirit was lifted: "Order the entire army to press forward. We must not let the enemy go. This time we must defeat Gongsun Du in one go!"

"Kill!"

The nearly ten thousand Chinese troops surrounding Yuan Shao immediately shouted and pressed towards Wen Chou and Yang Yi's troops who were fighting.

"Soldiers! Our reinforcements have arrived. Kill the enemy without leaving a single piece behind!"

Wen Chou and Jiang Qi shouted loudly, and Yuan Shaojun immediately had high morale and prepared to counterattack.