Shu Chen

Chapter 444
When crossing the river earlier, the Han army spent a lot of time.

The pontoon bridge, which can only accommodate three cavalry walking side by side, is too narrow for the cavalry!

Li Tangmang could only delay the time as much as possible so that the cavalry could cross over in batches, and it would also take time for the Han army in the camp on the opposite bank to prepare for the response.

It is impossible to widen the pontoon bridge in a hurry without a boat.

However, Jiang Wei and others could form a crossbow formation on both sides of the pontoon bridge on the other side of the river with infantry to prevent the Wei army from approaching the pontoon bridge to guard the cavalry from crossing the river.

As for using [-] Xiliang iron cavalry to contain nearly [-] Southern Xiongnu light cavalry, would it be too much?
As the leader of the horse bandits who ran rampant in the Hexi Corridor in the past, he didn't think it was a difficult task.

Horse combat is very different from foot combat.

In chasing horse shooting, the arrows of both sides will become obvious because of the non-stop galloping horses.

When the arrows thrown by the cavalry of the Southern Huns in pursuit were drawn through the air by the bow force, the cavalry of the Han army were no longer in their previous positions; It's the same as welcoming him with his chest.

Especially the famous Xiliang iron cavalry who is also proficient in riding and shooting is the only cavalry in the Han Dynasty that is fully equipped with a bow and a crossbow.

The seven-dou horse-riding bow throws, and the one-stone horse-riding crossbow that can be wound up with one hand can be shot directly.

It made the Southern Huns' cavalry impossible to defend against.

The leather armor on the cavalry in the front row could not resist the piercing of the crossbow at all, and the cavalry in the rear row could not take care of the horse because their bodies rose and fell with the horse, and the small round shield could only protect the vital points and could not take care of the horse.

After only chasing for about three miles, more than [-] of them fell off their horses, and there were many incidents where the front row of horses fell to the ground and the rear Paoze couldn't avoid being tripped.

This made them extremely ashamed.

An ambush that has the upper hand, but still faces wanton killing without the power to fight back?

Immediately, two commanders each led their subordinates to part ways, desperately urging the horses to speed up, trying to flank the Han army from the rear.

To bully the few with more, it is natural to outflank.

But what they didn't know was that what Li Tangmang was waiting for was their division of troops!

Facing the enemy's [-] cavalry, it is not advisable for him to charge with [-] cavalry, but in the formation of a thousand cavalry, a mere Hu Luan can be as sharp as Xiliang's iron cavalry!
"Change the divination halberd!"

"Burst!"

When he hung up the strong bow in his hand, he shouted orders to the guards beside him, raised his legs, picked up the spear and held it high, and the horse rushed to the Southern Huns cavalry on the right first.

"Burst!"

"Burst!"

Accompanied by the shouts of the personal guards, the Xiliang iron cavalry, who were originally scattered in a fan shape, turned their horses' heads to gather together, and adjusted the formation by controlling the speed of the horses with superb equestrian skills.I saw many cavalry pawns holding divination halberds gathered in the front row, followed by those holding spears, followed by those holding rings and first knives, twisting their bodies and rushing sideways like a long snake.

The commander of the Southern Huns cavalry on the right was shocked when he saw this.

His original intention was to outflank and attack, but he had no intention of fighting hand-to-hand with the Han army.

But now that he has left the battle, the galloping horse can't give him another chance to turn around and go back.

If he continues to accelerate forward, then his cavalry will face being pierced by the Han army; if he turns the horse's head to the right to avoid it, the tail will be bitten by the Han army, exposing his back to the crossbow.

Because of this, his eyes quickly flooded with countless bloodshot eyes.

"kill!"

He also raised his spear high, mobilized the horse's head and led his subordinates to meet the Han army head-on.

Because he saw the commander who was originally on the left side and the cavalry in the original formation, and after seeing the change of direction of the Han army, he urged his subordinates to speed up, intending to attack and defeat the Han cavalry here.

If he can slightly block the speed of the Han army.

It's just a little obstruction, and the loss of more than half of the tribe should be enough, right?
With this in mind, determination flashed in the eyes of the commander on the right, and the command to charge roared out from his mouth again.

"kill!"

"Kill! Kill!"

The Southern Huns cavalry on the right echoed loudly.

The powerful horseshoes of the war horse fell fiercely, digging through the thin layer of snow, filling the air with withered grass and dust, demonstrating their determination to defeat the Han army.

But when the two armies came into contact head-on, they knew they had overestimated themselves.

The Xiliang iron cavalry in the front row, holding divination halberds and spears, is as unstoppable as an arrow that has been drinking the long wind.

With little effort, they tore apart their formation, allowing the cavalry behind them to rush in with ring-headed knives.

They held the ring head knife horizontally and backwards, and with the inertia of the high-speed galloping horses, they slashed across the waists and necks of the Southern Huns cavalry, recklessly reaping human lives.And when they were fighting, they did not forget to expand to the sides and enrich the two wings, so that the original piercing tactic of a long dragon formation gradually became a wild goose that took advantage of the chaos to sweep through the enemy's formation.

The sound of hooves is rapid, and the sword is sharp!
Amidst the blood splattering wantonly, the red and black banners of the Han Dynasty were invincible, and kept rushing forward without hindrance.

It took less than half a quarter for the Xiliang iron cavalry from contacting to defeating the formation of the Southern Huns cavalry on the right.

The commander who thought he could stop the Han army had turned into a puddle of minced meat on the ground, while the cavalry under his command turned their horses' heads with howls, and kicked the horse's belly desperately to let the horse leave the battlefield.

"Pooh!"

Li Mangtang, who had already defeated the enemy, wiped the blood on his face with his hands, and spat out the ends of his hair that had been blown into his mouth by the wind. Then he pulled the reins to turn the horse, and shouted.

"Turn around! Detour!"

"roundabout!"

He did not lead the army to chase down the rout, but planned to take advantage of his vigor and return to face the enemy behind.

However, when they completed the detour and wanted the horse to trot to speed up and charge again, they found that it was unnecessary.

After witnessing the tragedy just now, the two southern Xiongnu cavalry who were chasing after them all unanimously shifted their horses again to distance themselves from the Han army.

They are not soldiers of Wei State.

When he came to join the war, Liu Bao, the virtuous king of Zuo, privately told him that there was no need for the Southern Huns to die for Wei.

Because if the tribal people lost too much, even if he got the canonization of the Great Chanyu, he would be nothing more than a weakling who was preyed on by other tribes according to the law of the grassland.

However, they didn't leave either.

It was just wandering around a stone's throw away, waiting for Fei Yao and other clansmen to come and fight again.

Anyway, for a while, it is impossible for the Han army to cross the pontoon bridge.

Seeing this, Li Mangtang led the iron cavalry from Xiliang to return to the pontoon bridge slowly, but every half a quarter of an hour, he dispatched a hundred cavalry to speed up to cross the river.

Restricted by the narrowness of the pontoon bridge, the Han army could only cross over in batches.

And he is not worried that after the division of troops one after another, he will be surrounded and strangled by the cavalry of the Southern Huns.

Calculating the time, by the time he divides his troops for the third time, Zhang Bao, who is leading the Shaodang clan, should have arrived, and Jiang Wei and others on the other side should have set up a crossbow array to respond.

(End of this chapter)