Just as they were about to approach the floating bridge, a sudden drum sounded in Huang Zhong's camp, followed by dozens of big drums, which shocked the earth and made people's eardrums hurt. In the blink of an eye, a sharp roar sounded, and hundreds of arrows jumped out of the camp and rushed straight to the enemy approaching the floating bridge.

The moment they heard the drum sound, the Nanyang County soldiers who were about to launch an attack subconsciously stopped and raised the shield in their hands, but they were still slowing down. The arrow rain was dense and urgent. Several county soldiers who had been slightly slower were caught and fell to the ground, shouting bitterly, breaking the calm, causing a lot of panic, and the formation that originally covered each other also had some flaws.

"Kill--" A figure jumped out from behind the cart, raised his knife and shouted wildly, and stepped forward and ran.

"Kill--" More than a hundred people responded in unison, rushed out of the battle formation, stepped on the floating bridge, like a tiger going down the mountain, and rushed towards the Nanyang County soldiers who formed formations to defend on the spot.

The soldiers of Nanyang County who were conducting a tentative attack were just attacked by arrow rain and injured several people. Just when they were so nervous that their legs were weak, they suddenly saw their opponents rushing towards him and were confused for a while. Some stood up to fight, some wanted to form a formation to defend, and some turned around and wanted to run away. Qu Junhou, who was in charge of the command, shouted to stop him and opened his eyes wide to check the situation, but his reaction was too slow. Before he could make a decision, the two sides had already contacted.

High and low appear immediately.

The soldiers of Huang Zhong's troops who were the first to rush into the Nanyang County military formation were not indulged in fighting. They waved their swords and cut down several opponents in front of them, then took big steps and rushed towards the crossbowman behind them. Because their companions had already rushed to the front, the crossbowman did not shoot, but just held the bow and arrow, ready to shoot at any time. Suddenly, they saw someone approaching, and they raised their bows but did not shoot.

In the night, they couldn't tell whether the figures were close to each other or friends. It was not until the distance between the two sides was shortened to twenty steps that the strong crossbow captain realized that the situation was not good and issued an order to shoot.

"Swoosh swish swish!" The arrow left the string and arrived in an instant.

The soldiers who rushed to the formation were prepared, and the reinforced shield protected each other. Several people covered each other and rushed down. The arrows shot on the shield, making a sound. After a dense rain of arrows, the sound on the shield stopped, and the dense formation suddenly dispersed, rushing towards the crossbowman who was preparing for the second wave of attack.

After only three shots at the battle, the county soldiers who were counterattacked only shot one shot and were forced to face the enemy who was wielding a knife. The task of the crossbowman was to attack long-rangely. Once the opponent approached, he had almost no power to fight back. Dozens of people were cut off in the blink of an eye. These infantrymen scattered and rushed into the crowd, slashed and killed randomly. Several people rushed forward quickly and grabbed the powerful crossbow captain.

Wen Pin, who was observing the formation, secretly complained that it was not good, and immediately ordered the infantry to step forward to reinforce the crossbowman. The opponent's target was not the sword and shieldman who tentatively attacked, but these crossbowmans. He commanded a thousand soldiers, but only 300 crossbowmans. If they were seriously damaged, the subsequent battle would lose the ability to attack long-rangely.

With the sound of drums, the soldiers of Nanyang County who were about to respond immediately stepped forward. When the soldiers who were chasing the crossbowmen saw it, they shouted, turned around and ran away.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

The soldiers of Nanyang County chased each other, but they were blocked by the crossbowmen who were killed and tilted. They took a step slower and watched their opponent retreat back to the river and retreated along the floating bridge to the formation. After they overturned the floating bridge, they even dragged away the wooden boards on the floating bridge. The soldiers of Nanyang County were so angry that they chased each other, trying to retake the floating bridge.

At this moment, the roar of arrows sounded again from the car formation opposite, and a denser rain of arrows rushed towards him. The formation of the Nanyang County soldiers chasing the river was not strict enough, and they were immediately hit by a head-on attack. Dozens of people were caught in arrows and fell to the ground.

"Form a formation! Form a formation!" Wen Pin was anxious and yelled loudly. The messenger sent the orders out and the drums were also heard, but the soldiers in Nanyang County were still in chaos. They were already stunned by the attacks one after another, and they could not even hear the shouts of Qu Junhou beside them, let alone the sound of war drums far away a hundred steps away. When they realized that half of the people had fallen under the rain of arrows, the remaining people could no longer hold on. Regardless of Qu Junhou's stop, they turned around and ran away.

"Dongdong! Dadongdong!" The drums sounded again in the camp, the dense rain of arrows stopped, and the camp returned to silence, leaving only the injured soldiers of Nanyang County on the other side of the river screamed.

In just one meal, Huang Zhong fought a successful counterattack, killing more than 200 soldiers from Nanyang County, and even destroying most of the crossbowmen under Wen Pin, but the price he paid was very small and could be ignored.

Wen Pin was shocked and sweated in cold sweat. Although he was young, he had experienced many wars. He had seen the Yellow Turban Army, the Northern Army that the imperial court suppressed the rebellion, and even witnessed Sun Jian's troops twice. There was no doubt that Sun Jian's troops had the strongest combat effectiveness not only far surpassed the Yellow Turban Army, but also stronger than the Northern Army led by Zhu Ye, but he had a feeling that the opponent in the dark camp opposite was no less than Sun Jian's troops.

Could it be that I am not facing Sun Ce’s right wing, but Sun Ce’s central army?

Wen Pin did not dare to delay and immediately sent a messenger to report to Lou Gui. The opponent was strong, and my crossbowman had more than half of his casualties. It was difficult to organize an effective attack in a short period of time, and it was even more impossible to break through the opponent's camp.

Lou Gui received the news, although he was a little surprised, he was not worried. He sent Wen Pin to attack, but now his goal has been achieved. Losing two or three hundred people is what he is. It is worthwhile to try out the position of Sun Ce's main force. He immediately ordered Wen Pin from the left to maintain an attack, restrain the opponent, Zong Cheng from the right to form a formation to defend and protect the right wing of the central army, and then ordered a thousand central army to attack Sun Ce's central army.

Before going to fight, Lou Gui had already found out clearly that Sun Ce claimed to have 4,000 people, but the strongest combat power was only Sun Jian who kept him. Since these people were opposite Wenpin, Sun Ce's central army was not afraid. Not only did he have enough military strength, but he also concentrated several divisions with the best equipment and the strongest combat power, and should be able to forcibly break through Sun Ce's defense line.

His only enemy is time. Once dawn, Yuan Shu knew that Sun Ce was attacked and would definitely come to support him. He must end the battle before dawn, otherwise he would have to give up.

"Jun He, it's time for you to send a message to the troops in the manor, ordering them to attack Sun Ce and attack me."

He Xian bowed and bowed. "Abide by Lou Jun's order." After saying that, he turned his horse's head, and under the escort of several corpses, he left Lou Gui's battle formation and ran towards the southeast corner of the manor. The corps raised the torch and shook it hard. It took not long, and torches also lit up on the roof of the manor's viewing building and reacted.

Immediately afterwards, the manor gate opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, hundreds of people rushed across the suspension bridge and rushed towards the stone throwing machine position, and hundreds of people turned north and rushed towards Sun Ce's central army along the Guzhuang River.

"Kill Sun Ce and reward a thousand gold—"

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