Chapter 218

"The elite of the Guandong feudal lords?"

"Indeed, in the great battle during the day, that large army first used crossbows for long-range shooting, and in just a few dozen breaths, shot out no less than two hundred thousand crossbow arrows."

"After that, the two armies fought. The main generals were all Gang Refining martial artists, and at the same time, their soldiers had a very high armor-wearing rate, almost everyone wore battle armor."

"This is probably no worse than the Imperial Guard of the imperial court."

"I don't know which side's army this is, to have such financial resources?"

Xu Rong saw the deep essence through the appearance, that is, the power behind this army, not to mention anything else, the financial resources were extremely astonishing.

Their Xiliang large army robbed the treasury of Luoyang, but they didn't equip the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang large armies with battle armor, but this group, he observed in secret, almost all fought in armor.

This was different.

He knew very well that the difference between having armor and not having armor was still very large.

After the great battle today, he asked some low-level officers who returned, and the news they answered made his heart sink even more.

The ability of the enemy soldiers to fight was not bad, and because they had armor to protect their bodies, besides experience being a bit worse, everything else was more powerful than their soldiers.

So when the two armies met in close combat, in a short time, they lost two thousand troops, while the other side's combat loss was less than five hundred.

Xu Rong said all these, and Niu Fu's face also condensed.

"Really?"

Niu Fu asked again, and this Deputy General Li nodded frantically. Eighty heavy boards, with his physique, although there was no danger to his life, it was probably a period of time before he could get out of bed.

Then the great battle had nothing to do with him, which was something he could not accept.

"So powerful?"

Niu Fu, although his ability to lead troops was not very strong, also understood what Xu Rong's words meant.

If the other side was really so powerful, they probably couldn't easily send troops. After all, they never had an advantage in numbers.

"The Guandong feudal lords, after all, occupy the Central Plains. The army behind this army is likely from a top-tier noble family. Those noble families have deep foundations, and thousands of years of accumulation, their wealth must be terrifying."

"So the equipment accumulated is definitely not bad."

"It's much harder to deal with than the likes of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang."

Xu Rong said with a heavy expression.

"Then what do you think we should do now?"

Niu Fu, hearing this, looked at Xu Rong. Although he was the commander-in-chief appointed by the Prime Minister, he also knew that he could reach this position, not because of his ability, but because of his identity.

Xu Rong's ability was above him, especially the ability to command battles, far exceeding him.

Before, dealing with the likes of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang, he could crush them and didn't need Xu Rong, but now, he had to change his thinking.

"General, first we must figure out which route of troops this army is, and how many elites they have."

"If there are many people, then we will defend the camp. If there are not many, we can use cavalry to swallow this group."

Xu Rong, hearing this, thought for a while before saying slowly.

"In addition, the enemy army is numerous, and in terms of grain and grass, it must be very troublesome. The General can first send scouts to find their grain transport team, and then take the opportunity to attack and kill."

They relied on the Heyang Jin water, with countless military ships, transporting grain and grass, and there was no problem in terms of grain. They could slowly consume the other side.

If it really didn't work, they would retreat and return to the other side of the river.

Xu Rong, although he feared the elites that appeared today, did not fear them. After all, they had ten thousand Xiliang iron cavalry here. This ten thousand Xiliang iron cavalry was even more powerful than ten thousand elites.

Cavalry itself was the king of the army, and the Xiliang iron cavalry was a hundred-battle veteran who had fought for many years. They had already condensed military aura, and even under his command, they could condense military aura and manifest military divine abilities, making their combat power even more terrifying.

On the other side, in Su Fan's military camp, Tao Qian brought Kong Zhou to visit, congratulating Su Fan. The first great battle had already achieved military merit.

In the previous days, Zhang Yang and the others were losing troops and generals, but today, Dong Zhuo's large army was defeated, losing thousands of troops.

Although the number was not large, it was a great boost to the morale of their route of the large army.

"Ning'an, I really didn't misjudge you. Today's battle gave Xiliang a warning, letting them know that our Xuzhou troops are not to be trifled with."

Tao Qian was very happy and raised his glass frequently.

"However, Ning'an, you can't favor one over the other. My ten thousand Xuzhou troops are handed over to you. You must also let them make some contributions on the battlefield, so that this old man can also follow and get some light."

"Of course, since Tao Gong has ordered, Ning'an will naturally do so."

"It's just that today was only a probe. Dong Zhuo's large army is indeed not simple."

Su Fan smiled and responded: "In the future, if the Xuzhou army has losses, Tao Gong, you must not feel distressed and turn around to blame me."

"Haha! In war, how can there be no death?"

Tao Qian said indifferently, "As long as Niu Fu, this son-in-law of Dong Zhuo, can be taken down, even if all my 150,000 large armies are folded in, it is worth it."

Su Fan naturally would not take Tao Qian's words seriously. Whether the other party was sincere or not, he could not treat Tao Qian's troops, especially those Danyang soldiers, as cannon fodder.

However, Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers were indeed good, and could be considered rare elites in the coalition.

Among the alliance large armies, not all were wine bags and rice sacks. Some feudal lords also had a part of elites under their command.

After all, most of these feudal lords were top-tier, and their families had power and influence. Raising some troops was no problem.

Just like Cao Cao and Sun Jian, the clan children soldiers they brought were a small part of them, which were quite elite, wearing armor and having fine weapons.

It was just that the quantity was not large.

Tao Qian, as the Inspector of Xuzhou, and not a puppet of those noble families in Xuzhou, could mobilize quite a lot of wealth and power.

Raising an army was not too difficult.

Just like the Inspector of Jizhou, he brought hundreds of thousands of large armies. In Su Fan's eyes, there were tens of thousands of large armies, which were considered elite soldiers.

As for the Yuan brothers, it went without saying.

Su Fan and the others were celebrating late at night, while on the other side, Zhang Yang and the small group had a very bad atmosphere.

After all, they had fought for more than half a month, not to mention losing troops and generals, but also retreating repeatedly, while Su Fan and the others defeated Dong Zhuo's vanguard army on the first day, losing thousands of troops.

There was no harm without comparison.

They fought for more than half a month, losing sixty or seventy thousand troops, to cause such losses to Xiliang, while the latter only lost hundreds of soldiers.

It was difficult or shameful.

Of course, more was jealousy or hatred. You have such strong strength, why don't you come forward, but watch our jokes from behind.

This was roughly the idea of Zhang Yang and the others in the small group.

Su Fan didn't know the thoughts of these people. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care, because these people couldn't threaten them at all.