"Zhicai, how do you think this battle should be fought?"

Guo Peng looked at Xi Zhong who joined the battle as a military staff officer.

Xi Zhong understood Xu Rong's army at Sourzao, and now he observed it from afar and had a clear understanding of it.

"Our army is not inferior to Xu Rong's troops in all aspects. Xu Rong is good at using cavalry, and Ming Gong is also good at using cavalry. Our cavalry is not weaker than Xu Rong's, and the number is also comparable. In terms of infantry, our army is slightly weak, and the infantry under Xu Rong's troops may not be so elite.

In short, the two sides have similar forces and equal strengths. Ming Gong, this is a strong battle with even strength. Our army has no other way except to use the commanding troops to defeat the enemy.

If this battle is won, our army can advance to Arc destiny, enter the pass, threaten Luoyang, force Dong Zhuo, and also motivate the coalition forces to fight Dong's great cause. If it is defeated, everything will be over."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Yes, evenly matched, you must fight with the right force to defeat the enemy. There is no other way. Zhicai, do you think it is better for our army to take the initiative to attack or take the initiative to defend?"

Guo Peng asked again.

"Take an active attack to show our army's determination to defeat the enemy! We will do our best to win and never give up until we win!"

Xi Zhong's suggestion without hesitation.

"good."

Guo Peng agreed with this view.

So the battle began with Guo Peng first ordering Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's army to attack Xu Rong's troops.

The war drums rumbled and the horns blew. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led their respective military formations to start attacking forward.

During the battle against the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, Guo Peng paid great attention to training Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's ability to command troops. During several confrontations, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were able to lead their subordinates to attack forward and defeat the Yellow Turban Army, showing their outstanding ability to command troops.

It was precisely because of this that Guo Peng chose Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to bring them to the battlefield as generals, giving them the opportunity to show their abilities and let them defend the fierce soldiers of Bingzhou, Liangzhou, head-on.

At the same time, the cavalry of Zhao Yun, Guo Lie and Gongsun brothers also began to attack, detouring from both wings, and challenging Xu Rong's cavalry with classic cavalry tactics.

Seeing that Guo Peng took the initiative to attack, Xu Rong was not willing to be outdone and immediately ordered the infantry formation and cavalry to face him head-on, and to fight with the elite army under Guo Peng.

In Xu Rong's view, as long as Guo Peng's army was killed, the Kwantung coalition army would naturally be scared. Guo Peng was the only person among the Kwantung coalition army who was regarded as a major concern by Dong Zhuo. He believed that only Guo Peng had the ability to lead his army to threaten Luoyang, and the others were all scumbags.

Xu Rong was very cautious and never left the Central Army formation. Instead, he chose hills to climb up, looked at the battlefield from a high place, issued orders at any time, and gave instructions to the army.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army to advance together. Facing the oncoming stern military formation, they also knew that they had met an opponent. This was not the weak chickens of the Yellow Turban Army, but the elite, the real elite who had experienced the battle formation.

Not easy to deal with.

but.

This makes sense!

The sound of war drums that advanced came to an abrupt end.

"Shoot the arrow!!!"

After many cooperation, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were in tune with each other and advanced to a certain position. The two of them ordered the army to stop advancing. The crossbowman immediately bent his bow and arrow and shot towards the enemy opposite.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army to shoot the arrow first, and Xu Rongjun on the opposite side immediately raised up a large shield to defend, and the crossbowman was ready for it.

The rain of arrows fell in response to the sound, slamming on the shield, some bounced away, and some hit the soldiers. Many soldiers were shot and wailed.

Being beaten was not their style. After a rain of arrows, Xu Rongjun immediately started to fight back, with the big shield separated, and the crossbowman immediately shot an arrow and fought back.

"Risk a shield!!"

Zhang Fei's loud voice seemed particularly loud, and the sound of war drums rang out, and the military formation completed its defensive state. Like the opposite side, some arrows were bounced away, while others were hit by the soldiers.

Both sides were coming and going, and the arrow rain greeted him, but with both sides being tightly formed military formations, such shooting brought limited damage.

While they were shooting each other continuously, the military formations of both sides were also getting closer. They approached a certain range, and shooting was meaningless. When the spearman reached the front, the sound of war drums suddenly became rapid, and the distance between the two sides was constantly getting closer and closer.

"prick!!!"

Zhang Fei's voice was still so loud, and at this moment, the first spear pierced out of Zhang Fei's formation, penetrated into the gap between the two large shields on the opposite side, and pierced straight into the chest of a soldier on the opposite side.

"ah!!!"

A scream.

With this as the beginning, the violent collision between the two military formations began, and blood flowers bloomed one by one, and the spear pierced into the flesh, then pulled out hard, taking away one fresh life after another.

Someone was pressing the other side, and somebody was pressing the other side.

The spearmen on both sides were stinging desperately. As long as they were not stabbed, they would keep stabbing.

While stabbing, he roared loudly, using violent roars to increase courage, strength, and the opportunity to kill the other party.

The infantry of both sides collided with each other and fought against each other in the long front, and the battle was extremely tragic.

On the other hand, the cavalry of the two armies also officially began to confront each other.

Both sides are good at riding and shooting. Whether it is the cavalry under Guo Peng or the cavalry under Gongsun Zan, they are all good at riding and shooting, wandering around and shooting each other. In the battle between cavalry, Xu Rong's army could not take any advantage.

Since that's the case, just give up riding and shooting and charge directly.

Xu Rong looked over from a distance and felt that it was meaningless to keep riding and shooting, so he immediately ordered the cavalry to enter a hand-to-hand combat state and attack Guo Peng's cavalry in the way they were good at.

"Ming Gong! Xu Rong asked the cavalry to fight with hand-to-hand!"

Xi Zhong looked from a distance and saw Xu Rong's cavalrymen pulling out their ring-headed swords, picking up their spears, and rushing towards Guo Peng's cavalry with an unyielding momentum.

Guo Peng was not surprised by this.

"Both sides can ride and shoot, that's the time to compete for quantity and courage. Whoever can defeat the opponent's cavalry first will gain an advantage, and the opponent will lose his way out and no one dares to lose."

Seeing that the opponent used hand-to-hand combat, the cavalry of Guo Peng's troops also entered hand-to-hand combat.

Before the two sides officially fought, the cavalry of Guo Peng's troops suddenly pulled out their equipped hand axes or hammers and threw them directly towards the opposite side, catching the other party off guard.

Xu Rong's cavalry fell over and took advantage of this opportunity, Guo Peng's cavalry broke in in one fell swoop, causing a bloody storm.

Head-on battle, Zhao Yun, Guo Lie, Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Yue four generals galloped on the battlefield, and the situation was extremely tragic.

"Guo Zifeng is worthy of being a famous general."

Seeing Guo Peng's cavalry fighting with his cavalry without showing any weakness, Xu Rong frowned and remembered the instructions that Dong Zhuo personally sent to him before sending the troops, asking him to be careful of Guo Peng.

He is not only brave, but also good at using troops. He is an extremely difficult opponent. His elite soldiers are good at fighting. He must not treat him in the way of treating the princes of Guandong. Otherwise, once he is defeated, Luoyang will be in danger.

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was in a stalemate, Guo Peng had more troops than him, and he had no use for the rear army. Once his main force and his main force were exhausted to the limit, Guo Peng would suppress the rear army and he would have to retreat.

Retreat is equivalent to defeat in the war, and giving up the initiative in the war.

Xu Rong didn't dare to take this risk.

We must defeat Guo Peng's main force as soon as possible, so that this battle will be sure to win.

"Li Meng."

"exist!"

"You personally lead the troops to suppress them, go forward to supervise the battle, and urge the infantry to defeat Guo Peng's infantry as soon as possible."

"yes!"

Xu Rong sent his deputy general Li Meng to lead people forward in an attempt to defeat Guo Peng's infantry as soon as possible. Once the infantry disintegrates, no matter how great the cavalry achieves, it will not be able to consolidate.

If Guo Peng thought he could only use cavalry to fight, he would be too underestimated.

Xu Rong saw that Guo Peng's cavalry was more good at fighting and more fierce, while the infantry was a little difficult to fight, and they were only 55% of the infantry on his side.

Xu Rong and some of the elite infantry in the central army did not enter the battlefield. He was always preparing to seize the opportunity to enter the battlefield. He crushed Guo Peng's infantry head-on. The infantry was dispersed. No matter how good his cavalry was to fight, it was useless.

However, Xu Rong really admired Guo Peng. He actually brought such a brave and good cavalry. It seems that he did not delay the years he had been guarding the border in the northern border and was worthy of being a famous general.
Chapter completed!