System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

Guo Yuan nodded and said confidently.

"Where are Gongsun Zan's troops pursuing us?"

Yuan Shao did not respond, but asked again.

"Gongsun Zan sent his cavalry ahead, and they are now less than thirty miles away from our rear."

"Within half an hour, they will be able to catch up with our army."

Zhu Ling, who was in charge of this matter, immediately responded.

"Half an hour..."

"What cavalry?"

Yuan Shao glanced at Zhu Ling.

"My lord, although the cavalry is as swift as the wind, the horses lack endurance and need to rest after running for a while."

"If they chase us all at once, they might be fast, but by the time they get close to us, the horse will have lost its strength and become a sitting duck."

Zhu Ling thought Yuan Shao didn't understand, so he quickly explained.

"Don't I understand?"

"I just despise the cavalry."

"Gongsun Zan raised so many cavalrymen, while I couldn't even muster two thousand cavalrymen. Yet, he still couldn't defeat me."

"Don't think the cavalry is so powerful, right, Qu Yi?"

"Hahaha!"

Yuan Shao rolled his eyes at Zhu Ling in annoyance, then laughed out loud.

Qu Yi, who was asked, nodded and echoed, "Cavalry is nothing. Last year at Jie Bridge, I only had 800 men to wipe out Gongsun Zan's 10,000 cavalry!"

"boast."

Yan Liang, who was far away, secretly complained in his heart.

Although Qu Yi made great contributions in the Battle of Jie Bridge, to say that only 800 people could destroy 10,000 cavalrymen was simply flattering himself.

Yan Liang was also present in the battle last year, so he naturally experienced it personally.

Therefore, he was very disdainful of Qu Yi's bragging.

It was obvious that they had made great contributions in that battle, but Qu Yi kept bragging about it every day.

...

"Grass!"

"drive!"

"Cou, Cou, Cou!"

Five thousand light cavalry swept in like a whirlwind.

"Yuan's army is right in front of us. Don't let them get away. Chase them!"

Gongsun Fan and Shan Jing rode their horses with their spears drawn, and could see the enemy's flags as far as they could see.

The sound of horse hooves rolled away like thunder.

It was precisely because the enemy was so close that the two men, eager to make a contribution, slightly neglected the low hill on the east side.

The warhorse galloped at full speed at an extremely fast speed.

Light cavalry, because they had less weight to bear, could move as fast as the wind.

When they were about to approach Yuan's army, the cavalry led by Gongsun Fan had already drawn their bows and loaded arrows, ready to launch an attack at any time.

"Enemy attack!"

"The rear troops will become the front troops, shield soldiers will form a battle formation, and archers will prepare!"

The brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, who were still mid-level generals, immediately ordered their soldiers to form a battle array to resist the enemy.

"late!"

"Fire arrows!"

Gongsun Fan sneered and immediately waved the weapon in his hand.

shhhhh--

Arrows were fired at once, falling into the enemy camp like a swarm of locusts.

There were clanging sounds, and most of the arrows were blocked by the shields.

Although some of the remaining arrows hit Yuan’s soldiers, many also missed.

"Retreat, fight and retreat!"

The two commanded the rear army, holding up shields to continue defending against the enemy while slowly retreating to the rear.

"Hold on tight, no need to move forward, just harass with arrows!"

Gongsun Fan was not too arrogant and continued to command the cavalry as Gongsun Zan instructed.

After all, after the battle of Jie Bridge, Gongsun Zan fully realized that light cavalry was just a bunch of fragile targets.

The ADC doesn't have any tanky builds, so you ask him to fight a group of warriors in melee. Isn't that courting death?

The Lu brothers looked at the other side's army, which was closely following their own and maintaining a very ambiguous distance, and suddenly felt a little panicked.

You can look down on Gongsun Zan's character, but you cannot doubt his military ability.

In the battle of Jie Bridge, 70% of the cavalry were killed. However, after recovering their strength, these 5,000 cavalry were still able to perform horse riding and archery.

You know, nowadays stirrups don’t have double sides.

"fight back!"

Lu Kuang and others were naturally not sitting ducks, and sparse arrows were shot out from the army formation.

However, due to the shields blocking their vision, these archers were unable to aim at all and could only shoot in the corresponding direction according to the general's instructions.