The Dong brothers were relatively speechless.

Lu Yi has no record of war, and his ability is unknown, but his identity cannot be ignored: Sun Ce's attendant. Lu Meng, Jiang Qin is ahead, Zhu Ran is behind, and coupled with the influence of Zhuge Liang's promotion of newspapers in Runan last year, Sun Ce's attendant's identity has become a legend, and no one dares to ignore. Since Lu Fan dared to hand over Jun Yi to Lu Yi, it is enough to show that Lu Yi is unlikely to be an exception.

"Brother..." Dong Fang hesitated for a while, but still couldn't help asking: "How did Sun Ce do it? How did he..."

Dong Zhao looked at Dong Jie and smiled faintly, "For most people, they are all learning and knowing it. Whether it is literature or martial arts, the more they see, the more they experience, the more they naturally have, and their knowledge is getting stronger. However, in the past, these knowledge were privately transmitted, either father and son, or teachers and students, with neither broad knowledge nor much experience, and their knowledge is naturally limited." He took a sip of water and said, "If the father and teacher keep another hand, it would be even less worth discussing. Sun Ce had no distinction in teaching, and he selected young people, taught carefully, and supplemented with a large number of war examples. He could naturally produce talents."

Dong Je nodded. This is the truth, and for this reason, family background and teachers are very important. It is not only a matter of connections, but also the key to whether you can learn real skills. Sun Ce is not only a good teacher, but also has enough practical opportunities, so it is not surprising that he has more talents.

"However, this may not be a good thing." Dong Zhao held the water cup and laughed, showing a little sarcastic.

Dong Jie was puzzled. "Why did your brother say this?"

"The army is hard and the battlefield is dangerous, not everyone can bear it. Therefore, most people have always abandoned martial arts and literature, and few have joined the army. Sun Ce and his son are both famous generals, but some of his brothers do not love martial arts. It is really a problem whether any of his descendants can inherit their father's business in the future. At that time, these long-standing generals will become threats, either one by one, such as Han Xin, Peng Yue, or heroes will deceive their masters, such as Zhou Bo and Chen Ping."

Dong Jie laughed. "That's right, I think the sister of Yuan is much better than Empress Lü, and it will be very lively at that time."

"If there really is one day, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it." Dong Zhao raised his head, drank the water in the cup, and then slapped the cup heavily on the table.

"Uh..." Dong Fang scratched his head, looking embarrassed. "Brother, what should we do?"

"Take one step, count one step." Dong Zhao sighed. "Since Yuan Shao, who is the fourth generation and the three dukes, will he be defeated, how can he know that Sun Ce will not pass by like a tyrant? His rise is so intense and his death is so sudden. Sometimes it may not take several generations, and it may stop at the same time." He raised his head and looked at the brilliant sunset in the west, with some regret in his eyes. "After all, he is still too young, and he doesn't know the principle that hasteness will not be achieved."

"Brother, are you saying that Sun Ce may fail to succeed and collapse?"

Dong Zhao nodded. "He walked too fast, made too many enemies, and setbacks are inevitable. Will it collapse... It is hard to say. The kingly way is to cultivate virtue as a scripture, and he is domineering and helping others with power. This is the norm of governance. I don't know whether he will act the opposite way. Whether he will be pedantic or confident. But I know that once he changes his course and abandons the kingly way, he may be better than to be domineering from the beginning. The last person who did this was Wang Mang. What is the result? It is obvious to all the world." Dong Zhao laughed twice and shook his head. "It is difficult for women and villains to raise. He is a good thing. Young, too young, and lofty ambitions are certainly a good thing, but he will inevitably suffer a little."

Dong Jen agreed deeply and nodded repeatedly in agreement. "What should we do now?"

"If you can win, you win; if you can't win, you will defend; if you can hold Man Chong, you will be a meritorious, and the rest... are worried about it." Dong Zhao raised his head. "Gongming, you will lead the cavalry back to Yongqiu and monitor Junyi City. Don't let Lu Jie leave the city. In addition, contact the Chenliu family, raise as much food as possible, and then send a cavalry into Yingchuan, Chen State, and force the counties to prevent them from acting rashly."

"Here." Dong Fang bowed and agreed.

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The next day, Dong Zhao did not attack, but sent scouts and cavalry to inquire. Man Chong did not take the initiative to attack. He didn't even send scouts, so he trained in the camp with peace of mind, but only reduced the intensity to avoid affecting the soldiers' physical strength.

After receiving the news, Dong Zhao knew that Man Chong was competing with him for patience. He didn't care how long he would take, but he couldn't do anything. He had to prove that he had done his best. So he announced the reward, enjoyed the soldiers, and showed the aura of fighting against Man Chong to the death.

Early on the third morning, Dong Zhao left 5,000 people to guard the camp, and personally led 25,000 people out of the camp and rushed to the Huating. He didn't walk fast, and he walked for nearly an hour ten miles and arrived at the Huating at noon. He lined up slowly and observed Man Chong's reaction.

It is impossible for more than 20,000 troops to gather together, and it takes a lot of time to arrange troops. Dong Zhao set up three large formations on the front of Man Chong, each with 5,000 people, and sent 3,000 people upstream, holding 7,000 elite troops in his hand to respond. The Jizhou Army also has crossbows, which are also equipped with ten stone crossbows, which is more than Man Chong. At this moment, it is pushed to the front of the formation and opposite Man Chong's car array. If it weren't for the red brown paint on it, it would be almost the same as the Yuzhou Army's car array, like a twin brother.

The soldiers of Yuzhou saw it clearly and couldn't help but scold the people of Jizhou for being shameless and stealing their stance in Yuzhou. In recent years, Nanyang, Runan was the first to lead the world. Most of the novel products were invented and created by Nanyang, Runan, and Yanzhou and Jizhou immediately followed the trend to imitate them, from sheets of paper to carriages to armies, and almost copied them all. However, they couldn't find it to their homes. The best ones were always produced in Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and marketing the world, Yanzhou, Jizhou - especially Jizhou - after all, they were just clumsy imitators and could only be sold locally.

Man Chong saw it clearly and picked out some loud curses. More than a dozen soldiers held thick shields and boarded the crossbow, opened their voices and cursed. From the time Yuan Shao was a concubine's son, he led Yuan Shao into the house, burned the palace, fled to the Bohai Sea, claimed to be the leader of the alliance, and then invaded Jizhou and blamed others. The destruction of Guandu was said one by one, and the filthy words were endless, but they were true, and the scolding made the soldiers in Jizhou furious and ashamed.

Although Dong Zhao was calm, he could not sit idly by the heart of the army. While sending people to curse, he sent a powerful crossbowman shooter. However, the other party brought heavy shields. Apart from the ten-stone crossbow on the crossbow, the four-stone crossbow and the six-stone crossbow in the hands of the powerful crossbowman could not shoot them at all. However, the ten-stone crossbow used to deal with several cursing formations was unsatisfied and difficult to hit.

While cursing, the two sides shot at each other with gōng    nǔ. At about three o'clock, Dong Zhao launched an attack, and the three large formations rushed towards Man Chong's battle formation from the left, center and right direction. The sound of war drums sounded, and the crossbow chariot pushed forward. The wall of the car inlaid with iron plates had been opened in advance, covering the soldiers behind, and slowly pushed forward.

When the range was entered, the atmosphere became more and more tense. The Jizhou army walked slower, for fear that the opponent would suddenly launch an attack. Although the person pushing the cart was sweating profusely, the crossbowmen who held a strong crossbow and followed him were so nervous that they could not breathe. The range of the Ten Stone Crossbow exceeded 400 steps, and within 200 steps, even the wall of the crossbow carriage inlaid with iron plates may not guarantee their safety. Once they accidentally walked out of the protection range of the crossbow carriage, they were even more shot and killed.

The two sides were separated by one hundred and fifty steps, and the soldiers of Jizhou Army stopped moving forward and fixed the crossbow chariots on the spot to prepare for the battle. They were the attacking side and needed to leave room for the attacking infantry to advance. There was a distance of three or five steps between the two crossbow chariots. The powerful crossbow chariots hid behind the crossbow chariots to launch, providing cover for the infantry. While they were busy, the Yuzhou army opposite remained silent, not even shooting a few arrows, but it showed indescribable pressure.

The sword and shield hands of the Jizhou Army and the spear hands stepped forward and formed a formation behind the crossbow cart. Once the crossbow cart is fixed, the strong crossbow carts will start shooting and suppressing the arrow formation on the opposite side. They will start to attack the attack formation. This is the most tense time. The battle is about to break out, and the overwhelming arrow formation may be shot at any time. No one dares to be careless. They hold the shields in their hands and raise them to block them as soon as they hear the sound.

Just when the soldiers of Jizhou Army were worried, a war drum sounded from the Yuzhou Army formation. A crossbow arrow with a whistle was shot out from the crossbow cart. It flew by a distance of 150 steps almost instantly and shot on the wall of a crossbow cart that was spread like wings.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the entire crossbow shaking suddenly, and the hinge connecting the car wall was torn by huge force. The moving car wall flew out, smashing the powerful crossbow hiding behind the crossbow stumbled. Although the formation of the powerful crossbow stumbled, the sword and shield hands behind also lost the most reliable cover and were exposed to the opponent's powerful crossbow.

Almost at the same time, a rain of arrows hit the heads of the infantrymen in Jizhou. Although many people raised their shields in time, more people were still caught in arrows and fell to the ground with screams.

"Bangbangbangbang!" The Yuzhou Army's crossbow carts shot continuously, and each time they shot on the wall of the Jizhou Army's crossbow cart. Although they could not directly break the wall, they could easily destroy the hinge connecting the wall and pull the entire wall off the crossbow cart. No matter how bad it is, they could still shake the support of the wall, making the wall shaking, and the unstable crossbow carts were even directly distorted, making it messy.

Losing the protection of the crossbow chariot, the powerful crossbowman was immediately exposed to the attack of the powerful crossbow on the opposite side. Flashes of arrows shot out from the Yuzhou military positions, mercilessly reaping the lives of the powerful crossbowman in Jizhou. Although the sword, shield and hand rushed forward to cover, many people still fell in a pool of blood.

The crossbows of the Jizhou Army also began to shoot, trying to fight back, but they soon discovered that this was almost impossible to complete. The spear-like crossbows could only shoot the opponent's crossbows, but could not destroy the walls of the car, let alone injuring the soldiers in Yuzhou behind them.

Both of them have almost no essential difference in appearance, but the Yuzhou crossbows have obvious advantages in attack power and defensive performance. When both sides shot at each other, they only saw the crossbows of the Jizhou army being shot one by one, and the soldiers behind the crossbows were shot with heavy casualties. However, there was almost no similar situation on the other side. Under the cover of the crossbows, the soldiers of the Yuzhou army shot continuously in an orderly manner, without even cheering.

Dong Zhao saw it from afar, sighed secretly, called his personal guards, and asked him to send orders in front of the formation. The second batch of crossbows came forward to respond, and controlled the distance to 250 steps. Although the extra 100 steps would increase the attacking infantry, the quality of the crossbows on both sides was very different, so he could only save the crossbows first. Without the cover of the crossbows, the casualties of the soldiers would be even greater.
Chapter completed!