The simple wooden bridge of Gongsun Zan's army was actually a long piece of wood, fixed on two wheels, and four strong soldiers pushed it. The soldiers standing by the trench heard the strong men pushing the cart behind him shouting a trumpet, and quickly made way for them. The strong men pushed the wooden bridge into the trench and immediately retracted the back of the shield.

As one simple wooden bridge after another pushed the trench, Gongsun Zan's soldiers shouted, stepping on the long woods on both sides of the trench and rushed towards the camp opposite.

When Yuan Shao's camp was built, the soil dug was piled up on one side of the camp, building a half-person-high earth wall. The wooden fence was built on it. When the soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army crossed the bridge, if they wanted to rush into the village, they had to climb up the earth wall and lift the wooden fence down. However, the Yuan family, who was hiding behind the wooden fence, were not vegetarian. When they saw soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army climbing the earth wall, they immediately stabbed at the other side with several long spears.

The soldiers who were shot screamed and fell into the trench behind them. Many soldiers died when they fell into the pit; and the injured but undead soldiers were not much better. Before they could get up, the newly falling wounded soldiers or corpses pressed heavily on them.

Since it was a close-range confrontation, neither archers nor powerful crossbow soldiers were sent for anything. In order to prevent them from accidentally hurting their own people, they stopped shooting archery, quietly retreated to the end of the team, and gave their position to the spearmen. The spearmen hid behind the sword and shield soldiers, stabbed out from the gaps in the shield, and stabbed the enemy on the opposite side.

Because Yuan Shao's army was a defensive side, someone immediately removed the soldiers who were shot or fell down by a knife; and as the attacking side, every soldier who was shot or fell down by a knife, fell directly into the trench behind him. The battle took two incense sticks, and the originally wide trench was filled with corpses and wounded soldiers. The attacking Gongsun Zan's soldiers no longer crossed the trench from the wooden bridge, but stepped on the corpses of their own robes.

Gongsun Zan, who was supervising the battle behind, saw that his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but only cut down the wooden fences in some areas and could not rush into the village. He couldn't help but frown and muttered, "Yuan Shao's soldiers are really tenacious."

Shan Jing suffered heavy casualties in his troops, but did not achieve any results. He hurried to Gongsun Zan and begged: "Lord, Yuan Jun's camp is too tight, and our troops have suffered more than a thousand casualties, but they still cannot enter the opponent's village. We should call the gold first and withdraw the troops before attacking after reorganizing the team?"

Hearing Dan Jing's request, Gongsun Zan shook his head like a rattle: "No, I can't retreat. If we retreat now, so many of our soldiers will die in vain."

Seeing that Gongsun Zan refused to agree to his request, Shan Jing sighed, turned around and went back to supervise the battle.

From Chenshi to Wushi, the soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army attacked the camp one after another. Although they rushed into the camp several times, they were all driven out by Yan Liang and Wenchou.

After Yan Liang drove Gongsun Zan's army out of the camp for the third time, he came to Yuan Shao's tent with a big knife that was still dripping blood, and knelt on one knee and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, Gongsun Zan has many soldiers. If we continue to accept this, the camp will sooner or later be broken. It is better to let the last general fight out and disrupt their formation."

Yuan Shao frowned and asked, "Yan Liang, what are the casualties between Gongsun Zan's army and our army?"

"Report to the lord, after a morning of fierce fighting, our army suffered more than 1,000 casualties," Yan Liang replied: "The casualties of Gongsun Zan's army are about 4,000."

"General Yan Liang," Ju Su said to Yan Liang: "Gongsun Zan's cavalry is good at field battles, but not good at siege cities. If you lead troops to attack, even if he only sends a single general to lead troops to face the enemy, you are in danger of the destruction of the entire army. With the view of teaching, it is better to stick to it."

"Your Mahjong is right." Yuan Shao expressed his support for what Ju Su said, "We should continue to stick to it. When Gongsun Zan's army is exhausted, it will not be too late for us to attack again."

Gongsun Zan's army, who was driven out of the village by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, was already on the verge of collapse, but because he did not hear the sound of gold behind, the soldiers could only continue to wave their weapons and fight with Yuan Jun.

Liu Bei, who had always been by Gongsun Zan, felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the heavy casualties and quickly persuaded Gongsun Zan: "Brother, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. It is better to withdraw them first and wait for the rest and fight."

Gongsun Zan glanced at Liu Bei and then shouted: "Where is Tian Kai?"

Tian Kai, who was beside him, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "I will be here!"

"I'll give you five thousand infantrymen and go and place orders." Gongsun Zan emphasized when assigning tasks to him: "If you can't capture this village before dark, you don't have to come back alive to see me."

When Tian Kai heard Gongsun Zan say this, the muscles on his face twitched violently for a few times, and then replied in an extremely tragic way: "I will obey the order! If you cannot take this village before dark, you will never live a life of silence."

In front of Yuan Shao's camp, seeing his subordinates suffering heavy casualties, Shan Jing was already numb, suddenly he heard someone calling him behind him. When he turned his head, he saw Tian Kai coming to him. He was secretly happy and asked quickly: "My lord is going to let me withdraw my troops?"

"Thank you for your hard work," Tian Kai said with a wry smile: "I came to replace you on the order of my lord. You should take your subordinates and retreat quickly."

Seeing that Gongsun Zan was stubborn and refused to withdraw his troops, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh, sued Gongsun Zan, and drove his horse back to his camp.

Seeing Liu Bei return to the camp, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei quickly came up and asked with concern: "Brother, what's the situation? Did General Gongsun break Yuan Shao's village?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Although he rushed to attack several times, he did not have a firm foothold and was driven out of the village by others."

"Don't worry, envoy Liu," just as Liu Bei was depressed, Xun You said from the side: "This is a good time to break the village."

"Why did Gongda say this?" Liu Bei looked at Xun You and said, "My brother has been unable to break the village since the battle of Chen Shi. Now he has sent a team of new forces forward, and the situation is probably not optimistic."

"According to Xun's analysis, the main forces of Yuan Shao's army should be concentrated on the east side of the camp." Xun You said to Liu Bei with a smile: "The envoy only needs to send Guan and Zhang to attack from the north and south sides of the camp, and he will probably be able to break the camp."

When Guan Yu heard Xun You say this, his eyes lit up and he quickly said to Liu Bei: "Brother, Mr. Xun is very honest. Give me a bunch of troops and I go to attack the north of the village. I believe I will definitely be able to break the village."

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, second brother, I will give you a thousand soldiers and attack from the north of the village."
Chapter completed!