Chapter 477 Unexpected

Hearing Qiao Rui's order, the 15,000 troops galloped out immediately, rushed out indomitably, and surrounded the 3,000 Zhangja troops like a crab claw, with a menacing aura.

He rode his horse with his jaws open and stood motionless under the general flag, like a stone statue.

"The whole army sticks to it, and it is not allowed to attack without the order of the general!"

Hearing Zhang Jaw's order, the 3,000 soldiers and horses remained motionless, tightly clustered around the general flag, and turned a blind eye to the five times as many enemies.

It's a joke, I've seen a hundred thousand Qiang riders and a million yellow scarves, isn't this a drizzle of horses?

"The enemy army is within range, crossbowmen prepare!"

Although Zhang Jai only brought three thousand soldiers and horses, although the sparrows were small, they had all five internal organs. The archers in the formation immediately grasped their bows and crossbows tightly. Bow and arrows.

Whoosh whoosh!

The arrows shot out suddenly and fell into Yuan Shujun's charge formation. Although there were not many arrows, due to the dense formation of Yuan Shujun's formation, many people were wounded and killed.

Seeing that there were many casualties, Qiao Rui frowned: "Scatter the charge, don't give the enemy archers a chance."

The 15,000 army dispersed, and the three consecutive rounds of arrow rain probably killed and wounded nearly a thousand people, which was far from a serious injury to the 15,000 army.

After three rounds of arrow rain, more than 10,000 troops had rushed within thirty steps.

"The crossbowman backs off, the spearman with the sword and shield cooperates!"

Zhang Jai issued an order in time, and the crossbowmen immediately retreated into the formation, while a row of saber and shield fighters erected a large shield, and a row of spears behind them rested on the large shield.

"Push!"

As the first row of Yuan Shujun's infantry rushed up, the spear mounted on the large shield suddenly stabbed out, piercing through Yuan Shujun's thin armor, and came out from behind.

Pooh!

Yuan Shujun rushed up one after another, while Zhang Jai's spearmen kept their expressions unchanged, only knowing that they kept stretching out their spears and then retracting them again, their whole body was splattered with blood, which quickly piled up outside the shield formation. The body of Yuan Shujun on the first floor.

Although the number of troops under Qiao Rui's command was five times that of Zhang Jai's army, most of Yuan Shu's troops were conscripted by strong men from Yuzhou and Yangzhou, so their combat effectiveness was not strong.

Although there are only 3,000 people under Zhang Jai's command, they are all strong and strong. They are at the age of dragons and tigers, and they have gone through dozens of battles with Zhang Jai, so they can be called elites.

Therefore, the 3,000 men of the Zhangja Army formed a formation, like a rock, resisting the continuous attacks of Qiao Rui's army.

The sound of shouting and killing was loud, but Qiao Rui frowned.

"No, the casualties are too high." Qiao Rui said to Chen Ji: "Old Chen, don't wait any longer, let County Lieutenant Li lead the army to enter from behind Zhang Jaw, otherwise the number of casualties in our army will increase dramatically."

Chen Ji nodded, and ordered to the soldiers beside him: "Shoot the arrow!"

The soldier shouted "No", and took out an arrow that looked quite different from the others from the quiver on his back, put it on the bowstring, and shot it out with a whoosh.

The arrow flew out, making a loud sound in the air.

At the same time, the gate of Shangcai city opened slowly, and a small group of people rushed out, it was the five hundred people led by county lieutenant Li Yan.

"kill!"

Li Yan took the lead, followed by 500 troops. Although they were only soldiers from the county, they were full of energy under Li Yan's training, and had a lot of combat effectiveness.

Li Yan led five hundred men and horses out of the city, and led his army straight to the two armies of Qiaorui and Zhangja who were fighting.

Qiao Rui raised his arms and shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived, and the soldiers are fighting the enemy bravely!"

"Oh! Kill!"

Hearing the news of the reinforcements, the morale of the more than 10,000 Yuan Shu troops was immediately boosted, and the offensive became more violent.

However, at this moment, Li Yan suddenly turned around.

"Follow me, kill Qiaorui!"

What no one expected happened suddenly, only the five hundred soldiers of Li Yan's army turned around, and instead of leading the army into Zhang Jaw's rear army, they charged into Qiao Rui's army like a sharp knife middle.

Li Yan was brave, but it was naturally impossible to penetrate the formation of more than 10,000 Yuan Shu's army with just 500 soldiers. But no one under Qiao Rui's command thought that Li Yan, who was originally on his side, would kill his own people?

Qiao Rui was taken aback for a moment, and then she became furious: "Li Zhengfang, are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy!"

Li Yan was drenched in blood, looked around, and shouted: "Soldiers! Yuan Shu went against the grain and proclaimed himself emperor without authorization. The heaven and the earth will not tolerate it. Now it is the age of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shu will be the second Wang Mang. Do you want to sacrifice your life for a traitor? ?”

Qiao Rui's army, which was originally attacked by Li Yan's army, was about to organize a counterattack when they heard Li Yan's words and were stunned.

"I was forced to come in by others, otherwise who would want to fight?"

"That's right, the later general proclaiming himself emperor is an act of disobedience. Haven't we become usurpers?"

Li Yan's words are no less than a nuclear weapon. You must know that four hundred years have passed since the founding of the Han Dynasty by the great ancestor Liu Bang. It is said that the concept of the Han Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so Xun Yu discouraged Cao Cao from being promoted to Duke Wei.

Zhang Jaw shouted: "Put down your weapon, you can forget the past, if you resist in the corner, don't blame the general for being ruthless!"

Qiao Rui was furious, and killed a wandering soldier with a sword, and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze? Kill me!"

The situation was quite chaotic for a while, some Yuan Shujun was still fighting with Zhang Jai Army and Li Yan Army, some soldiers and horses were at a loss, they didn't want to lose their lives in vain, but they didn't dare to run away, and some people looked around , simply dropped the weapon and ran away.

What are you kidding? Originally, he was forced to come here, and his wife, children, and children are still waiting hard, why don't you take advantage of this moment to run for your life, what are you doing in a daze?

Li Yan, on the other hand, buried his head in the kill, aimed at Qiao Rui's general flag and rushed away. The scene became a mess for a while, and Zhang Jai immediately shouted: "Change the circular formation into a conical formation, target the enemy!" Commander's flag, onslaught!"

The 3,000 Zhangja troops who had been suffocated for a long time heard Zhang Jaw's order, and immediately shouted angrily, and instantly turned from defense to offense, and rushed towards Qiao Rui's army like a raging wave.

"kill!"

"Yuan Shu acted in the opposite direction, and there will be no good end. If you are sensible, surrender!"

Under the two-sided attack of Zhang Jai's army and Li Yan's army, Yuan Shu's army, who had been in the upper hand, fell into a downward trend and retreated steadily for a while.

The 15,000 army was immediately defeated under the attack from two sides. Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Qiao Rui and Chen Ji led hundreds of soldiers and fled.