Shu Chen

Chapter 445: Blindfolded
As Li Mangtang expected, Jiang Wei was indeed making preparations to respond.

After getting the report from the cavalry of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he not only sent soldiers to form a crossbow formation on both sides of the pontoon bridge, but also ordered the camp to be dismantled.

In the original plan, the camp was to be leveled when the Han army returned from their strike, but now they want to use local materials to make rafts from the boards of the camp.

Naturally, the raft made hastily must be crude and not strong.

At least a huge and heavy war horse cannot carry it.

But Jiang Wei couldn't care less.

In the Hexi Corridor where there are wild animals, the war horses are abandoned, and they can reproduce in a few years.

But a big man with a small land and few people can hardly bear the loss of too many soldiers.

It's just that he really doesn't have much confidence in how many Han troops these rafts can bring back.

Because the Wei army's entire defense line of Mingsha Mountain-Quwu Mountain, the Han army only occupied this camp. According to common sense, the ambush on the other side has already started, and the camp of Yimingsha Mountain and the surrounding Wei troops should also respond. Come and take back the camp, and completely trap the Han army here.

However, today they are still in the same posture as before.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

The only explanation is that Deng Ai and Fei Yao transferred some of the soldiers who were originally guarding this place to the other side of the river, so that the remaining soldiers could only defend but were unable to attack.

Therefore, Jiang Wei was very anxious.

To set up an ambush against Wei, the number of cavalry alone is nearly [-], plus the infantry transferred back from the defense line, how many cavalry can Zhang Bao bring back?
Do your best and obey the destiny.

Zhang Bao, who had been wantonly tilted arrows by the Southern Huns cavalry along the way, heard the screams of the burnt clan members who fell from their horses from behind him from time to time, looked back and saw Fei Yao's troops struggling to come, and couldn't help sighing quietly in his heart.

Although the Shaodang tribe also began to counterattack with bows and crossbows, it was useless under the huge disadvantage of troops.

But in a short distance of more than ten miles, they lost more than a hundred horses again.

The only gratifying thing is that the morale of these Shaodang people did not collapse, or they rushed out to surrender to the Wei army and beg for work.

Thanks to Wei Guo's many rebellions in Liangzhou in the early years and the killing of the Qiang and Hu tribes many times, they felt that surrender was a dead end, and they might win a chance by following Zhang Bao.

What's more, when they were sent to Han Dynasty by King Mangzhong of Qiang, all their families were resettled by the government to set up houses, divide the land and set aside pastures.

In this way, no one will have other thoughts.

"Ming Di! Send a message!"

When I was young, the galloping horse stretched out in front, and suddenly turned my head to give orders to the guards beside me.

He had vaguely seen the Xiliang iron cavalry half surrounded by the Southern Huns cavalry in front of him, and he also knew that the time had come to decide whether he could go back with his whole body—if he could break through the Southern Hun cavalry surrounding the Xiliang cavalry, he could drive to Dahe On the side of the pontoon bridge, they crossed the river under the support of the Han army's infantry; but if they couldn't kill a bloody road, then they had to die to serve the country.

"Hold the spear!"

"Hold a spear!!"

When the shrill blare resounded through the sky, he held up his horse lance and called the Shaodang tribe to change their spears, and charged away again to the death.

"Woo~heh!"

"Woo~~heh!"

The charge whistle of the Shaodang people arrived as scheduled.

They also knew that the pontoon bridge was ahead, and life and death were at stake here, so the whistle was still full of fearlessness and determination.It is that there are only less than a thousand people left in the ranks, which makes the momentum significantly weaker.

The southern Xiongnu cavalry in front had seen them a long time ago, and had already made preparations for the siege.

In their eyes, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is heavily arrayed, is too elite to fight head-to-head; but the Shaodang tribe, who have been maimed and chased all the way, are like scarred prey in their eyes. The moment to deliver the fatal blow.

And they don't need to worry for the time being, the Xiliang iron cavalry behind will wait for the opportunity to kill them.

For some unknown reason, after hearing the message from Mingdi, Xiliang cavalry drove their horses back to the floating bridge.

With the buffer of distance, they, who are known as the horseback nation, need not be afraid.

Yet again, they picked the wrong moment.

Not long into the army, the burnt clan members are indeed not as elite as the Xiliang iron cavalry, but there is a saying in the art of war, "Don't stop when you return to the teacher"!
In front of Gui Shi, who has the will to die, how can they besiege and kill them who are already holding on to preserving their strength?

"Whoever blocks me, die!"

Zhang Bao was holding a horse in front of him, roaring and crashing into the cavalry of the Southern Huns who came to besiege him.The Shaodang people who followed closely behind were equally vigorous and unstoppable.

After only a few tens of breaths, they broke through the containment.

Gein, the Southern Huns cavalry were turned on their backs, and once again remembered the private exhortations of Zuo Xianwang Liu Bao.

Therefore, when Fei Yao led the Guanzhong Jingqi to arrive, he almost didn't lose his mind and rode his horse to chop off the heads of the commanders of the Southern Huns.
It's several times stronger than the enemy, and it's fine if you can't stop the Xiliang iron cavalry, but even a remnant soldier can't stop it! ?

This is clearly a slack battle!

According to the military law, he should be punished!

But after all, he has been in the army for decades, and he knows that this situation is not the time to pursue it.

In the fight just now, Guanzhong Jingqi also lost more than [-] cavalry. Without the help of these Hulu, he would not be able to kill the Han army here.

At least, let them rely on riding and archery to chase and kill
Quietly giving himself a reason to suppress his anger in his heart, Fei Yao's horse speed did not slow down, but when he passed the Southern Huns cavalry, he roared, "Follow me!"

"kill!"

This time, with the pioneers who fell into the battle, everyone in the Southern Huns cavalry was full of fighting spirit.

But neither they nor Fei Yao had a chance.

However, Li Tangmang, who heard the message from Ming Di and led the crowd back, stopped about a mile away from the pontoon bridge, ordered all three hundred riders to dismount, tore off their war robes, blindfolded the horses and took the reins Three or five horses are tied together.

Afterwards, three hundred cavalrymen walked back across the pontoon bridge.

And he took the remaining [-] riders to drive the empty-saddle horses to speed up. When the speed reached the point where they could charge, he stabbed the horses' butt deeply with spears or halberds, causing the horses to hurt and gallop forward madly. Charge from behind.

Yes, it imitated Tian Dan's Fire Bull to defeat the enemy in the past.

Zhang Bao, who came out through the formation, saw it clearly, Dang even adjusted the horse's head to lead the Shaodang tribe to avoid the cross-flow of war horses.

However, the southern Xiongnu cavalry and the Guanzhong fine cavalry who came from the tail could not avoid it anyway because of the relationship between their sight being blocked and their horse speed being raised to the extreme.

After all, if the galloping cavalry suddenly turned or changed formation, it would be a dead end!
Therefore, the choice they face is either to be knocked down by the blindfolded and frenzied horses and trampled by countless horseshoes, or to fight to the death.

"Shoot the horse!"

"Horse shooting!!"

The generals at all levels in the Wei cavalry formation eagerly shouted orders to let the soldiers shoot the horses to death with arrows.

However, there are [-] war horses galloping madly and they are close in sight, how can they shoot and kill them all in a hurry?
(End of this chapter)