Any army, the most elite troops are in the hands of the chief general, that is, the central army, and the cavalry are the same.

Yuan Xi had more than 2,000 cavalry, but he had no armored cavalry and was blocked in the camp. He could only watch Chen Dao and others running back and forth outside the camp. They had seen the power of armored cavalry, and some of them even surrendered to Yuan Shao in that battle, and later became Yuan Xi's subordinates. Seeing this scene, he naturally remembered the scene of the battle between Longcui, and was even more unwilling to go out to fight desperately.

One fights hard, ten people are hard to be beaten. They surrendered to Yuan Shao to survive, not to fight for his life, and they are even more unwilling to fight with the fully armed armored cavalry.

More than 20,000 Yuan army infantry and cavalry were scattered among more than ten large camps, each with his own thoughts. He watched Chen Dao and more than 100 cavalry rush back and forth, and watched the baggage camp burning with thick smoke. It was not until he was determined that Chen Dao had only more than 100 cavalry and had no other consequences that Feng Ji decided to deploy the encirclement.

Hearing the sound of drums, Chen Dao no longer wanted to fight and ordered a retreat. The Arc Cavalry had a strong impact, but it could not last long. If he delayed it, he would be exhausted without the enemy's attack. From the perspective of time, even if Yuan Xi's baggage camp was rescued, the losses would not be small. His tactical goals had been achieved, so there was no need to take risks anymore.

With the order of Chen Dao, one hundred and fifty knights withdrew from the Yuan army camp in an orderly manner and left.

Yuan Xi, Feng Ji knew that he had reacted slowly and was exploited by the other party, but he had no choice but to do anything about it. Now that things have come to this point, regret cannot solve the problem. The most urgent task is to figure out how much losses there are and adjust the combat plan.

Chen Dao and Sun Qian met, but they didn't have time to remove the horse armor, but they just asked the soldiers to ride on the pack horse and retreated to a safe distance. Sun Qian saw the fire in Yuan Xi's camp from afar, and knew that the great achievements had been achieved, and he was happy. At this moment, he counted the number of people again and found that there were only a hundred and fifty riders, and only a dozen knights were shot. He was slightly injured and was even more excited.

Chen Dao was in a good mood. He knew that it was a good thing when he saw the Arctic Rider, but without actual combat, he would never know how strong the Arctic Rider was. Although he did not compete with Yuan Xi in a dignified formation this time, he only attacked Yuan Xi's scattered soldiers and had a personal experience of the Arctic Rider's combat power. When he thought that Sun Ce had practiced Arctic Rider and he had no use, he gave it to him first, he felt grateful and felt that the waiting in Danyang for the past two years was not wasted.

When he came, Chen Da detoured to Hanting. Now he returned to his master. Chen Da did not take a detour and went straight to Fuzeng Mountain along the official road.

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Confirmed that the enemy had left, Yuan Xi and Feng Ji sent someone to inform Yan Liang while asking him to be careful of these armored cavalry and not to be careless, while counting the losses. The soldiers' losses were not large, with more than 200 people killed and more than 600 minor injuries, but the losses of food and grass were very serious. Two of the three large baggage camps burned, and the losses reached more than half. Especially the necessary straws for war horses were almost burned.

"Damn it!" Yuan Xi stood in the messy baggage camp, so angry that he stamped his feet and cursed.

Feng Ji stood beside him, his face darker than the food that had been too hot. A few days ago, he was confident that he would defeat Shen You and become famous. As a result, before he even saw Shen You's battle flag, he was attacked by his cavalry first. The baggage battalion was burned and he was hit by a stick. He felt so depressed.

"Yuantu, most of the baggage has been destroyed. What should we do next? We can only support the remaining food and grass for half a month at most."

Feng Ji was silent and quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

Without straw, you can only feed your horses with all your food, which will greatly increase the consumption of food. Since the Yellow Turbans, Qingzhou has been fighting for more than ten years, with severe population losses, and a large amount of land was abandoned. Grain and straw were not easy to collect, especially in Beihai and Donglai. There were only 30,000 to 50,000 households left. Tian Kai had no ability to manage the political people and restore production. The situation in the area he controlled was even worse, making it difficult to collect grain and straw.

"Eunuch, I think I can continue to march. If I can defeat Tian Kai's troops before Shen You arrive, or even capture Tian Kai, then fight quickly. If not, then stop fighting and let Tian Kai leave to avoid Yan Liang's mistakes. Then, with Fu Zong Mountain as the boundary, confront Shen You and defend instead of attack. The east of Fu Zong Mountain is vast and sparsely populated, and a large mountainous area is not enough to support Shen You's troops. Shen You cannot stick to it, so he must take the initiative to attack. In this way, Yan Liang sticks to Fu Zong Mountain and confronts Shen You, and the envoy can contact the families of Beihai, with enough soldiers and food."

Yuan Xi felt it was reasonable and nodded repeatedly. Being able to get the support of the aristocratic family was his greatest advantage. He could use this advantage to drag Shen You to death. Sun Ce had a big battle last year, but then suffered a major epidemic, so he could not stand it. Yan Liangshan fought and had the terrain advantage of Fu Zongshan. It should be no problem to block Shen You's attack. Using defense instead of attack can reduce consumption and stabilize the situation.

"Just according to Yuantu." Yuan Xi was silent for a moment. "Is this... supposed to notify my father?"

"Of course I have to notify you." Feng Ji did not think about it. "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. It is more shameful to deceive the king than to lose the battle. And..." Feng Ji paused. "Since Shen You's partial army has armored cavalry, it is impossible for Sun Ce to have no main force. If the lord didn't realize it for a moment and fell into Sun Ce's trick, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Yuan Xi reacted and was so scared that she was sweating coldly.

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In the afternoon, the sun was just west, and Chen met with Tian Kai when he arrived.

As soon as they met, Sun Qian told Tian Kai about Chen Dao's attack on Yuan Xi's camp and burning Yuan Xi's baggage. Tian Kai was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about now was that Yuan Xi came, with Yan Liang blocking the way in front and Yuan Xi chasing behind, and he was almost bound to lose. Now that Yuan Xi's baggage has been destroyed, he should not be rushing to chase him.

But Chen Dao had different opinions. Although he burned Yuan Xi's baggage, it was impossible to burn it all. Yuan Xi delayed at most one or two days, and he might chase him and collect food and grass from nearby counties to replenish food. With Yuan Xi's camp as the center, there were three counties of Duchang, Pingshou and Yingling within a hundred miles. With Yuan Xi's influence, it was not a problem to collect some food and grass.

Tian Kai's crisis has not been completely eliminated. If he is careless, he may even suffer greater losses.

Tian Kai was very embarrassed. If Chen Dao had not won the battle and was kind to him, he would have almost shyled his face. If Shen You said this, that would be fine. You, a cavalry general, dared to talk to me like this, but do you still know the ranks and inferiors?

Seeing that Tian Kai's face was unnatural, Chen Dao immediately realized that he had made a mistake. Tian Kai was not Sun Ce, so he could speak out bluntly. Although he was a cowardly governor of Qingzhou, he was also a general entrusted by Gongsun Zan with important tasks. He had been the prefect of Danyang, but Tian Kai might not know that in Tian Kai's eyes, he was Shen You's personal guard cavalry general, with only two hundred cavalry, and a Qu Junhou, an inconspicuous subordinate officer.

Chen Dao winked at Sun Gan and asked him to relax his cheeks. Sun Gan understood, changed the subject and asked about Shen You's location. Tian Kai's face slowly calmed down and said that Shen You were coming. The news I received yesterday said that he had arrived in Chunyu County and should be able to reach Fuzeng Shandong today. However, Yan Liang occupied the favorable terrain, and it was not easy for Shen You to pass through Fuzeng Mountain.
Chapter completed!