Ningyang.

"The sword and shield hand, the spear hand, the dense formation. The crossbow hand holds but does not send out, waiting for the order." Taishici held the strong bow in his hand and walked slowly in the formation.

Three thousand soldiers formed a circular formation, shoulder to shoulder, shields were side by side, and were densely ventilated. The triple spear formation was densely packed, which was daunting.

Cheng Yu sat upright and looked at the circular formation not far away, his face turned pale.

He was ordered by Yuan Tan to gather more than 10,000 people from Jibei and Dongping, and was about to go south to support Cao Ang. As soon as he arrived in Schicuki, he heard that more than 30,000 Taishan bandits entered Dongping Kingdom. In the blink of an eye, Xiaqiu and Ningyang counties were looted. He did not dare to be negligent, so he advanced quickly, fought and won consecutive victories, defeated several bandits, beheaded more than a thousand, and then met Taishi Ci.

Cheng Yu knew that the culprit was Taishi Ci in front of him. Only he was Sun Ce's subordinate, and only he had the motivation to support Sun Ce. As long as he could kill him, Ji Ling, Zang Ba and others would be defeated. However, Taishi Ci was different from the Taishan bandits he had encountered before. Although there were only 3,000 people, it was a real hard bone. Facing the attack of more than 10,000 people, Taishi Ci was calm and quickly lined up to defend.

Cheng Yu had heard of Taishi Ci's name before and knew that he had caused great trouble to Yuan Xi, but he felt that it was just Yuan Xi's incompetence, and it was not necessarily that Taishi Ci was capable. Now after seeing Taishi Ci's speed of forming the formation, he realized that he had encountered an opponent. These three thousand people were not comparable to those Taishan bandits, they were well-trained elites.

Facing such a formation, it is unlikely to win quickly. The best way is to surround and not attack. When Taishi Ci reveals his flaws. Taishi Ci comes from afar, and the baggage is limited and it cannot be supported for too long. At most two days, he will collapse without fighting. But this is definitely not the result Cheng Yu is willing to see. Once he is restrained by Taishi Ci, no one can stop other Taishan bandits. They will swallow Dongping Kingdom like locusts passing through the border and will not survive.

The only way at the moment is to rely on the advantage of military strength to fight quickly, let the army surround him, first use the arrow formation to shoot together, and then send infantry to force breakthroughs. He has defeated several opponents in succession with this tactic and is very skillful.

Cheng Yu raised his hand and issued an order to attack.

The sound of war drums sounded, and the crossbowmen first stepped forward to form the array. The rain of arrows poured down and shot towards Taishici and others in the circular array. Cheng Yu stared at Taishici tightly to see how he dealt with it. He had more than 16,000 people, more than five times that of Taishici, and had sufficient arrow reserves. If Taishici shot against him, he would not be able to ask for it.

However, Taishici did not order the crossbowman to shoot. He asked the crossbowman to squat down, hid behind the shieldman and spearman, and gave up shooting. Only Taishici raised his bow and fought back under the cover of several shields, obviously relying on his archery technique to counter-suppress.

It seems ridiculous to fight thousands of crossbowmen with one's own strength, but Cheng Yu couldn't feel at all. He ordered the generals of various divisions to pay attention to safety, especially those who rushed forward and were responsible for the front line of command, so as not to be targeted by Taishi Ci. In this case, the lethality of a magical archer is still amazing.

Cheng Yu said it in time. The powerful crossbow commander and others were prepared for it and did not become Taishi Ci's targets. However, the crossbowmen who were shooting were not so lucky. Several crossbowmen who were outstanding in shooting skills and also undertaking sniper missions were first aimed by Taishi Ci. Even with special shield guards, they were still unable to escape completely and were shot one after another. As for those ordinary crossbowmen, they were even worse. They could only pray that they were not very good and would not be aimed by Taishi Ci. Anyone who aimed was basically shot and killed by Taishi Ci.

In just one drum, Taishici shot a pot of arrows, killing seventeen people, and seriously injuring eleven people, only two arrows fell into vain.

Such a record is simply heartbreaking.

Although Cheng Yu did not get the precise statistical results, he had already guessed from Taishi Ci's momentum. He could still shoot calmly under the cover of arrows and choose valuable targets with ease. This man's heart was terrifyingly calm. He did not want to delay any longer and ordered the suicide squad to attack.

Without the blocking of the arrow formation, the soldiers who were responsible for the assault mission successfully rushed to the front of the formation, but in the face of the intensive defense of Taishi Ci's army, they had no means to break the formation. Although they were brave in fighting and were sacrificing their lives, they were quickly killed in front of the formation. Cheng Yu was unmoved and ordered to continue attacking. No matter how elite soldiers were, they would be tired. There were so many people in Taishi Ci, and they would not be replaced. If they were to attack continuously, they would always be tired.

Team after team of soldiers launched a charge, and the battle lasted for half a day. Thousands of corpses were added in front of Taishi Ci's formation, and blood was flowing, but Cheng Yu never saw the opportunity to break the formation. He was a little anxious and a little uneasy. Taishi Ci's subordinates' strength exceeded his expectations, and the battle situation could be out of control.

Just as Cheng Yu was considering whether to continue attacking or temporarily retreating, Taishici issued a counterattack order. The stern circular formation suddenly dispersed and quickly changed into an attack formation. Hearing the intense sound of war drums, Cheng Yu was delighted, and then he was frightened again. Taishici launched a counterattack at this time, and he must have relied on something. Before he could figure it out, he heard the horn of the alarm calling from a distance.

Cheng Yu stretched his neck and looked into the distance as much as possible. When he saw the smoke and dust pressing down on the horizon, he knew that trouble was coming.

There are enemies approaching and there are a large number of people.

Under normal circumstances, he didn't have to worry, but the situation is different now. He fought hard for half a day without success and his morale was low. Taishi Ci launched a counterattack again. When he was attacked at this time, he would suffer a significant loss. Cheng Yu did not say anything, and immediately ordered a change of formation and retreat.

His response was fine, but Taishi Ci refused to give him such a chance. Taishi Ci rushed to the front with his personal guards and rushed straight to Cheng Yu's formation. He easily broke the blockade and killed Cheng Yu, and shot out one feather arrow after another, knocking down one military marquis and trunk to the ground. Although Cheng Yu was protected by his personal guards, he still felt the murderous aura coming to his face. Seeing that the intercepted personal guard camp could not stop Taishi Ci's assault step forward, Cheng Yu sighed and ordered to retreat.

The harsh gong sounded, and Cheng Yu's subordinates looked at the central army. When they saw the central army's general flag moving, they panicked and could no longer care about Taishi Ci, and led their troops to retreat.

Ji Ling, Zang Ba and others came from all directions and chased after him.

Cheng Yu tried to save the defeat, control the situation, and led the rear of the Kaiwei Camp to repeatedly rush. However, facing Taishi Ci's strong attack, he was unable to turn the tide in the end, but instead was trapped in a heavy siege several times. In desperation, he had to leave the others behind and lead the Kaiwei Camp to break through.

As soon as Cheng Yu left, his subordinates completely collapsed. No one was willing to fight anymore. He just wanted to escape. He could not escape and simply knelt down and surrendered. Only more than 2,000 people followed Cheng Yu to Dongpinglu.
Chapter completed!