diff --git a/src/raft.rs b/src/raft.rs
index 2d9ad310..67c03cb1 100644
--- a/src/raft.rs
+++ b/src/raft.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use std::cmp;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 use crate::eraftpb::{
@@ -997,16 +998,131 @@ impl<T: Storage> Raft<T> {
         self.r.send_append_aggressively(to, pr, &mut self.msgs)
     }
 
+    fn select_agent_for_bcast_group(&self, group: &[usize], msgs: &[Message]) -> Option<usize> {
+        let mut agent_idx: Option<usize> = None;
+        for idx in group {
+            let peer_id = msgs[*idx].to;
+            let is_voter = self.prs().conf().voters().contains(peer_id);
+            // Agent must be voter and recently active.
+            if !is_voter || !self.is_recent_active(peer_id) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            agent_idx = Some(*idx);
+        }
+        agent_idx
+    }
+
+    fn merge_append_group(&self, group: &[usize], msgs: &mut [Message], skip: &mut [bool]) {
+        // Do not need to merge if group size is less than two.
+        if group.len() < 2 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let agent_idx = self.select_agent_for_bcast_group(group, msgs);
+        // Return if no appropriate agent
+        if agent_idx.is_none() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Record forward information
+        let mut forwards: Vec<Forward> = Vec::default();
+        for idx in group {
+            if *idx == agent_idx.unwrap() {
+                // MsgAppend sent to the agent is changed to MsgGroupBroadcast.
+                let msg = &mut msgs[*idx];
+                msg.set_msg_type(MessageType::MsgGroupBroadcast);
+            } else {
+                // MsgAppend sent to other peers in this group only reserve basic
+                // forward information.
+                let msg = &msgs[*idx];
+                let forward = Forward {
+                    to: msg.to,
+                    log_term: msg.log_term,
+                    index: msg.index,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                };
+                forwards.push(forward);
+                // Mark and skip this message later.
+                skip[*idx] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        // Attach forward information to MsgGroupbroadcast
+        let agent_msg = &mut msgs[agent_idx.unwrap()];
+        agent_msg.set_forwards(forwards.into());
+    }
+
     /// Sends RPC, with entries to all peers that are not up-to-date
     /// according to the progress recorded in r.prs().
     pub fn bcast_append(&mut self) {
         let self_id = self.id;
-        let core = &mut self.r;
-        let msgs = &mut self.msgs;
-        self.prs
-            .iter_mut()
-            .filter(|&(id, _)| *id != self_id)
-            .for_each(|(id, pr)| core.send_append(*id, pr, msgs));
+        let mut msgs: Vec<Message> = Vec::default();
+        {
+            // Messages are stored in a vector temporarily.
+            // They will be pushed to message queue later.
+            let core = &mut self.r;
+            self.prs
+                .iter_mut()
+                .filter(|&(id, _)| *id != self_id)
+                .for_each(|(id, pr)| core.send_append(*id, pr, &mut msgs));
+        }
+
+        // Use leader replication if follower replication is disabled or
+        // the broadcast group id of leader is unknown. Broadcast MsgAppend
+        // as normal.
+        let leader_group_id = self
+            .prs()
+            .get(self_id)
+            .map_or(0, |pr| pr.broadcast_group_id);
+        if !self.follower_replication() || leader_group_id != 0 {
+            self.msgs.append(&mut msgs);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If follower replication is enabled, MsgAppends sent to the same broadcast group
+        // will be merge into a MsgGroupBroadcast.
+        //
+        // Record message that should be discarded after merging.
+        let mut skip = vec![false; msgs.len()];
+        // Message group:
+        // broadcast group id -> {index of messages in msgs}
+        let mut msg_group: HashMap<u64, Vec<usize>> = HashMap::default();
+
+        // Iterate messages generated by leader.
+        // Filter out messages that should be sent by follower replication,
+        // and group them by broadcast group id.
+        for (pos, msg) in msgs.iter().enumerate() {
+            // Only reserve MsgAppend sent to peers in replicating state
+            if msg.get_msg_type() != MessageType::MsgAppend || !self.is_replicating(msg.to) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Get the broadcast group id of target peer.
+            let group_id = self.prs().get(msg.to).map_or(0, |pr| pr.broadcast_group_id);
+            // Do not need merge if broadcast group id is unknown or in the same
+            // group with leader. Valid broadcast group id should be greater than 0.
+            if group_id == 0 || group_id != leader_group_id {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Group messages
+            if let Some(group) = msg_group.get_mut(&group_id) {
+                group.push(pos);
+            } else {
+                msg_group.insert(group_id, vec![pos]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Merge MsgAppend in broadcast groups.
+        for (_, group) in msg_group {
+            self.merge_append_group(&group, &mut msgs, &mut skip);
+        }
+
+        let mut idx: usize = 0;
+        for msg in msgs {
+            if !skip[idx] {
+                continue;
+            }
+            self.msgs.push(msg);
+            idx += 1
+        }
     }
 
     /// Forwards an append RPC from the leader to the given peer.