Sun Ce might not have reached his prime yet, but he was still a favored child of heaven, and although Yan Yan was experienced, he wasn't like Huang Zhong, who became fiercer with age—a super valiant general. Even though he might overpower Sun Ce in martial force, it wasn't a certainty that he could win by merely saying so.
In the beginning, Sun Ce had a hard time gaining the upper hand against Yan Yan's forceful and powerful great spear, but as the battle dragged on, he seemed to grow stronger and gradually turned the situation around.
The two had a fierce fight, changed horses midway, and met in battle again. Yan Yan, after all, couldn't match the youthful vitality of a monster like Sun Ce. When the tide began to turn in Sun Ce's favor, Yan Yan decisively pressed forward with his main force. The two sides engaged in a chaotic battle that left more than a hundred corpses before the armies disengaged.
