Looking at the Jizhou army getting closer and closer, Yan Xing raised the steel spear in his hand and pointed forward.

The messenger beat the war drum and issued an order to attack.

"Break!" Sima, the armored cavalry who rushed to the front, put down the armor, flattened the spear, and shouted loudly.

"Break! Break!" The three hundred armored cavalry responded in unison, and the sound of thunder was astonishing as the sound of horse hooves, and rumbling towards the opposite position. Their speed was not fast, but their momentum was extremely intimidating. It was already breathless after more than a hundred steps.

The Yanzhou soldiers who were ordered to set up the formation were stunned when they looked at the armored cavalry running out of the darkness. They never expected that at this time, the armored cavalry would meet at this location. Isn’t it a swamp to the east? It has been raining all the time these days, and there has been a vast ocean and it is impossible to march at all. Where did these armored cavalry come from?

The more than 2,000 Jizhou knights who had crossed the river were also stunned. They had just had a full meal, and their body and mind that had been exhausted for several days were finally comforted. At this moment, they just wanted to sleep peacefully. No one expected to encounter an attack, and it was the Arctic Knight. In a hurry, they all got on the horse and prepared to fight back, but they had no time to line up, and there was no room for acceleration. They watched Arctic Knights rushed out of the darkness and entered the Yanzhou soldiers' battle formation unstoppable.

In a hurry, the Yanzhou army did not have any objects such as resisting horses. The battle formation was composed of swords, shields and spearmen. They might be able to fight hard when facing underestimating the enemy, but they had no resistance when facing these armored cavalry with both men and horses. The crossbowman shot out sporadic rain of arrows, and except for knocking out a little sparks on the cold armor, it did not cause any substantial damage.

The armored cavalry approached, and the spear in the knight's hand stabbed the shield and body of the sword and shield hand. The sword and shield hand was either knocked away by huge force or was empty by the spear hole. Although the spear in the spear stabbed the galloping war horse, it was unstable, and was knocked down by the war horse and stepped on by the horse's hooves.

The hasty position was like a piece of Jizhou paper, and it was torn into pieces in the blink of an eye. The Yanzhou infantry was knocked away one by one like a projectile and was chased and killed. The armored cavalry was almost completely affected and broke through the Yanzhou army's position and rushed to the resting Jizhou cavalry.

The Jizhou cavalry also had no resistance, no formation, no speed, and was just a target of actual combat in front of the charge armored cavalry. The knight was chased and the horse was knocked down, and the people and horses were in a mess, and it was still unable to stop the galloping armored cavalry. After a series of harsh metal clashes, the armored cavalry penetrated the positions of the Jizhou cavalry and rushed towards the Li family army that was standing westward.

Li Dian's face was pale and sweating like rain. He made the most careful arrangements, but he did not expect that the Jiangdong cavalry would emerge from the swamp on the east side, and there would be armored cavalry. In other words, when Zhang He wanted to fight in the Yuzhou situation but could not get it, these Jiangdong cavalry had already quietly entered Yanzhou, and did not alarm anyone, or the people of Yanzhou chose to support them instead of informing the counties. Although this sounded incredible, it was not impossible.

However, all this made no sense. The armored cavalry had dispersed the positions of the Jizhou cavalry and came to him.

The Li family army was still changing its formation. In order to escape, the frightened Jizhou cavalry kept rushing to the position, and it was extremely difficult to change the formation. He was not dispersed by these defeated Jizhou cavalry. He was already qualified to be proud. Without Zhang He's control, these Jizhou cavalry suddenly attacked and were in chaos. They had no courage to face the armored cavalry. They could do anything to escape. More than a dozen Li family army had died at their hands.

Li Dian lamented. The situation is over and there is no way to turn the world back, so escaping is important.

He ordered a retreat, commanding the headquarters to give up the main road and retreat into the wheat fields beside him. The spring plowing ended not long ago, and the soil in the wheat fields was soft. It rained for a few days. If you step in, you can sink to your ankle, which is even more so for war horses. Although it is difficult to walk, it is better than the chance of escaping from the road.

The Li family's troops reacted quickly. Before Li Dian finished speaking, they retreated and ran towards the wheat field on one side. Their feet were sucked by mud and their steps were difficult. Many people lost their balance and were pushed down by their companions behind them. They struggled in the mud, but they could not get up.

Under the protection of two personal guards, Li Dian rushed to Qianmo. He walked very promptly, but the few personal guards behind him were not so lucky. They were knocked away by the armored cavalry that rushed over with a spear and fell into the wheat field, and never got up again.

The Arc cavalry rushed along the official road, chasing the fleeing Yizhou cavalry all the way, then slowly slowed down and gave up the middle avenue. A team of light cavalry flew past them, chasing the Jizhou cavalry who had already lost their souls, expanding their results. The Arc cavalry turned their horses' heads and prepared for a second rush.

Yan Xing commanded two thousand cavalry to take turns to fight, trampling on the position mercilessly, chasing Yanzhou infantry and Jizhou knights. Armored cavalry broke through the formation, underestimating the enemy to chase and kill the defeated soldiers, and did not give the opponent any chance to counterattack.

He has been preparing for this battle for several years, and now he finally has the opportunity to try his skills.

Opposite Yongshui, Zhang He had no time to be sad, and the scout sent the latest news. Chen Daozheng led the cavalry to speed up, and the number was unknown. He did not dare to neglect. The infantry and cavalry on the opposite side were almost completely destroyed. He only had more than a thousand cavalry left, and he could not all be broken here. He immediately got on his horse and retreated west along Yongshui. Although it was possible to meet Man Chong head-on, he had no other choice. On the east side was a swamp, and he did not have the confidence of Yan Xing, and at this time he passed through a swamp with unknown terrain.

Yan Xing looked across the river and saw Zhang He retreating westward, and couldn't help but sneer. In order to encircle Zhang He's team of Jizhou cavalry, they had been preparing for a long time. Man Chong, Qin Mu was waiting for him near Mengcheng. According to the time, it was dawn when Zhang He ran to Mengcheng, and was trapped in the city. It was just a matter of sending Man Chong. Qin Mu was a credit for Yuan Shu's old subordinate and Sun Ce's earliest personal guard cavalry commander. His uncle was Yan Xiang, and his sister was the priest of Nanyang Mu Academy. Qin Luo, the wife of Nanyang Governor Huang Zhong, was better to give him this credit than to others.

Qin Mu failed to wait for this credit. He and Man Chong waited until noon before Zhang He was sent to investigate and found dense horse hoof prints on the west side of Mengze, less than twenty miles east of the position, and finally disappeared into the water. Then a large number of horse hoof prints were issued on the north bank of Yongshui to lead to Jishi.

After leaving Yan Xing's sight, Zhang He used his war horse to swim and escaped from the encirclement. For this reason, he paid a heavy price. At least two hundred people drowned in the water, and the bodies of knights and war horses were everywhere in Mengze.

Qin Mu was so angry that he cursed, and Man Chong couldn't help laughing. Zhang He was really brave. He dared to swim under their noses, and it was night. But it was right. If it were daytime, the scout would have discovered him long ago, so how could he give him this opportunity? Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Ye Se first helped them attack Zhang He and then helped Zhang He escape. It was very fair.

Yan Xing was also surprised when he received the news. He personally rushed to the west side of Mengze to check, and later remembered one thing: when Zhang He entered Yuzhou, he crossed the river from the east side of Mengze. Before that, he was likely to have sent people to reconnaissance the terrain and knew that there were conditions for swimming. Sui River came from the west. After entering Mengze, the water surface widened and the flow rate decreased. As long as you make some appropriate preparations, coupled with the help of war horses, swimming was not a big problem. On the contrary, when the water surface on the east side of Mengze narrowed again, the flow rate increased, and you could only use a boat or a pontoon bridge.

The difficulty of crossing the water on the west side of Mengze is that it is too close to Meng County and is easily discovered by scouts. It is night now, which gives Zhang He a chance.

Man Chong and Qin Mu felt it was reasonable and he also had a little more understanding of Zhang He. It was no accident that this person could become the only Yuan army general who won the victory in Guandu. It was not easy to catch him, and the plan should be made more detailed next time.
Chapter completed!