"Hmph, this Huangfu Song actually wants to use the same old trick again?"

Gazing at the Han army's formation ahead, Sun Sheng couldn't help but snort coldly, then turned to look at the messenger beside him.

"By my order, the army will be divided into three routes: one of 40,000 men will charge straight at the enemy's crossbow formation; another of 30,000 men will flank around and charge straight at the enemy's rear; and the third of 18,000 men will guard the city's defenders!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The messenger received the order and left.

Soon, the nearly 88,000 rebels split into three groups and charged toward their respective targets. It must be said that the number 88,000 is quite auspicious.

"This Sun Sheng does know a little about military strategy, but unfortunately, he doesn't know much!"

Seeing the rebels' actions, Huangfu Gui, who was stationed at the rear, couldn't help but smile.

Immediately, Huangfu Gui turned to the messenger beside him and said, "Proceed according to the original plan!"

"Understood!"

The messenger responded loudly and then rode away.

Soon, the 20,000 infantrymen of Chang'an Camp formed a circular square formation and slowly retreated.

Although it still appears scattered on the surface, it is actually composed of groups of one hundred people each, with two hundred smaller groups intertwined and responding to each other.

At the same time, the rebel army's 40,000 soldiers were the first to rush into the firing range of the 7,000 crossbowmen.

With two volleys of arrows fired by the crossbowmen, more than 5,000 rebel soldiers were killed.

"The enemy is running low on arrows. Follow me and charge! Kill them!"

Seeing that the Han army had finished firing two volleys, a junior officer, in an effort to boost morale, shouted and charged forward.

The other rebel soldiers, seeing this, also believed it to be true and followed suit.

Just as the minor leader had run a dozen or so steps, a dense rain of arrows came again.

In an instant, hundreds of arrows struck the leader simultaneously, and he fell straight down like a porcupine.

The dense rain of arrows was blocked by the leader, leaving a human-shaped gap that allowed the arrows to whistle towards the rebels behind.

Screams rang out again as nearly three thousand rebel soldiers following the leader fell to the ground, struck by arrows.

Upon seeing this, the remaining rebel soldiers immediately stopped in their tracks, too afraid to move, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at their fallen comrades in pools of blood and the Han soldiers carrying crossbows.

Didn't they say the Han army didn't have many arrows? Then where did these arrows come from?

Seeing the Han soldiers still loading arrows, the rebel soldiers responsible for charging the crossbow formation were utterly terrified and retreated in unison.

At this point, no one dared to speak again...

Seeing his 40,000-strong charge against the crossbow formation fail, Sun Sheng was furious but helpless, and could only pin his hopes on another route.

In Sun Sheng's view, another 30,000 men had already rushed up to the Han infantry.

"Kill!"

With a shout from a rebel leader, 30,000 rebels surged towards the Han soldiers like the Gan River flowing nearby.

"Disperse!!"

Seeing the rebels charging towards them, the centurions of the various units at the front roared and led their soldiers to retreat to the sides.

The original circular formation had a huge opening, creating a passage for the rebels. At the end of this passage was a large banner, and Huangfu Gui was positioned on a temporary high platform below the banner.

"Haha~, the Han army is scared! Brothers, follow me and charge! Capture Huangfu Gui alive!"

When the rebel leader saw that the Han army dared not fight, he laughed loudly and, without thinking, led his men through the passage cleared by the Han army.

Standing in the center of the army formation, Huangfu Gui couldn't help but smile slightly, and then waved the command flag in his hand.

Soon, two thousand soldiers, armed with large shields, formed a circular shield wall, surrounding Huangfu Gui in the middle. Another two thousand spearmen hid behind the shield wall, while the remaining soldiers continued to retreat to the sides, giving the rebel soldiers more space.

From the sky, the Han army's formation resembled a wheel, with Huangfu Gui and the shield formation in the center as the axle, the soldiers spreading out to the rear as the wheels, and the rebel soldiers positioned between the axle and the wheels.

Soon, the rebel soldiers at the forefront reached the shield wall and rammed into it, trying to break through it with their bodies.

The sound of "bang bang" could be heard incessantly as the rebel soldiers pounded against the shield wall wave after wave.

Unfortunately, those shield-bearing soldiers were the strongest soldiers, specially trained to withstand cavalry charges. Even warhorses had difficulty breaking through them, let alone the rebels in front of them.

Despite the rebels' onslaught, the shield wall stood firm like a rock amidst the waves.

"kill!!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind the shield formation. The spearmen hiding behind it thrust their spears out through the gaps in the shield formation.

In an instant, the rebel soldiers surrounding the shield formation let out miserable groans and lay on the ground.

In an instant, a vacuum appeared within two meters of the shield array.

"Go again!!"

Seeing this, the leader of the judgment ordered his soldiers to continue their assault on the shield formation.

Huangfu Gui is right in front of us, victory is right in front of us, we must not give up no matter what.

The attack lasted less than 15 minutes, and the rebels lost nearly 2,000 men but still failed to break through a gap.

At the same time, Huangfu Gui, standing in the center of the shield formation, saw that all 30,000 rebel soldiers had rushed into the formation, and then waved the command flag in his hand again.

"Knock knock knock~!"

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