Hanbo

Chapter 242 I'm Really Sorry to Receive This Great Gift (Please Subscribe)
"Lord!"

After the Qiang cavalry entered the fork, it didn't take long for Sun Shang to catch up with his soldiers and horses from behind.

Huo Shan glanced at him, then shouted:

"go!"

More than 100 people followed Huo Shan closely, following the footsteps of the Qiang cavalry.

Huo Shan picked up the cloth bag hanging on the champion, took out his own steel crossbow and assembled it, and after the assembly was completed, Huo Shan took out a spiked crossbow and held it in his hand.

After a while, Huo Shan came to the entrance of the small basin with the shooting sound.

He looked at the panicked Qiang people in the small basin, who had no formation at all. After they came in, they scattered scattered and ran around, and ordered lightly:
"Sun Shang, lead a hundred people to guard this entrance for me."

"The last general takes orders!"

Then Huo Shan ordered to the herald:
"All troops attack!"

With the sound of a loud and clear horn, the shooting soldiers scattered around began to slowly come down from the mountainside, and gathered towards the scattered Qiang people in the center.

Huo Shan also rode a horse, and took twenty cavalry to the Qiang people. Huo Guang and Zhang Anshi stayed with Sun Shang.

"Free attack!"

Accompanied by the sound of the herald's horn, Huo Shan's order was issued, and the surrounding shooting soldiers raised their crossbows and loaded the crossbows with arrows.

The other soldiers who were not equipped with the divine arm crossbow picked up their own strong bows and followed the divine arm crossbow to blend in.

"Forward pressure!"

The shooting soldiers cheered up one by one, and as they pressed forward, the Qiang people who were running ahead one by one had already entered the range of the shooting.

There was a sound of "clank" bowstrings, accompanied by screams, and the Qiang people fell off their horses one by one.

In fact, from the sound of the horn and the Shesheng began to come down from the mountain to take action, the Qiang people had already discovered the Shesheng, but they had nothing to do.

Because the horses were startled, they are now under the control of horses, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of infantry.

Moreover, even if the horses are fine, with the range of the God Arm Crossbow and the complicated terrain, they will not be able to reach the Shesheng for a while.

And if the cavalry can't reach the enemy, it's useless.

Not to mention that what they were facing was the shooting sound. Huo Shan said that they were special forces, which was not bragging at all.

If it is said that the Han army is riding against each other, in this special situation, in this special terrain, who is the strongest?
That shooting sound is the strongest existence.

With equal equipment and equal leadership, even if Habayashi Huben came, with twice the manpower of Shesheng, then Habayashi Huben would not be their opponent.

Even Huo Shan was very envious of their superb archery skills.

If it is more accurate than who shoots, then Huo Shan can proudly say that he is the best even among the big guys.

But compared to shooting skills in various situations, Huo Shan felt a little ashamed when facing the sound of shooting.

These people's eyesight is very good, no matter what the situation is, their judgment and control of bows and arrows will not have much influence.

And shooting sound, shooting sound, shooting sound, they naturally have more ears than others.

Others aim with their eyes when shooting arrows, but while shooting sound, they can also use their ears to listen to other places while aiming at this side.

And don't think that they are weak because they are archers.

Among the ancient simple arms, the physical fitness of archers is actually the strongest among all arms.

Don't think that once they are found by the cavalry, they will be over in a wave of charge, but this is because of the restraint of the arms.

The archers are all the strongest in the army. They are tall and big, with thick and long arms, and they don't have enough strength. How can they use their bows and shoot continuously?

And the arms are strong and long enough, which is very advantageous in close combat. Not to mention other things, first of all, the attack range is large.

The length of the arms is the basic standard for archers. If the arms are short, you can't even draw the bow and arrow to a full circle, so there is no lethality.

So for them, in addition to the quality level of one Han and five Hu in this era, without bragging, they fight in close quarters, and one person can easily beat five Qiang people.

And if the distance is far away, if there is no problem with the bow and arrow, even if there are twenty or thirty of you, the shooting sound can kill you before you come over.

As for no matter how much it is, it will not work, no matter how powerful it is, it is still a mortal body, and the arms will lose their strength if they are frequently exerted.

If you are in a forest, at night, you can kill as many Qiang people as you come.

The shots are really strong and very targeted, but nobody uses them.

Huo Shan felt that it was a pity to let them, the top archers in the entire Han Dynasty, lead troops to fight.

He felt that the shooting sound was more suitable for small-scale soldiers and horses to wreak havoc behind the enemy, but now with the magic arm crossbow, it would be even more powerful!

Good training, you can't kill the enemy invisible, and then leave quietly, but it is probably not a problem to kill the enemy's leader in a surprise attack.

And the intricate environment of the Western Regions is just suitable for them to play. If you dare to be disobedient, you will directly kill your king and then destroy your country.

.........

The two commanders, because the horses under their crotches are more elite, after the comfort of the two, the meeting has calmed down.

The two frowned tightly and looked at the sound of shooting that surrounded them one after another in the distance. Although they had a lot of doubts in their hearts, they were sure that these were Han Chinese, which made them breathe a sigh of relief.

But they were very desperate at this time, because they also found that this is a dead end.

"How to do?"

"Wait, there is no other way, I counted, there are less than a thousand people, we have a lot of people, we can rush out when the horses of the sons slow down."

They found that the condition of the horses began to ease, but how could Huo Shan not notice it.

The basin is neither too big nor too small, and only some Qiang people who ran too deep and too far were contacted by the shooting sound in advance. If they are surrounded so slowly, they will not cause much harm to the Qiang people.

So when he saw such a situation, Huo Shan immediately made a decision, he couldn't procrastinate, if he continued to procrastinate, it would be really troublesome for them to slow down and gather together.

Huo Tan looked at the pack of wolves nearby, pulled out his whistle and blew, and the pack of wolves rushed up immediately with low growls.

'You want to procrastinate, but you are not allowed to procrastinate! '

"Command: speed up from all sides."

The messenger blew the horn again, and after hearing the second half of the sound, they immediately put down and raised the crossbow, and accelerated towards the Qiang people. The other half walked slowly, holding the crossbow and sweeping the Qiang people ahead.

After running for nearly a hundred steps, the front half raised the crossbow again to sweep away the Qiang people in front, and the half behind put down the crossbow and began to speed up.

And just as they were on their way, the wolves had already rushed into the large Qiang army in the center.

The horses that the Qiang people had just calmed down immediately boiled again.

Moreover, the method of intimidation by the wolves this time is different from the previous ones. The previous ones just stood around to frighten them, but now they rushed directly into the Qiang cavalry.

One by one, they ran around under the horse's belly, and from time to time they grabbed the horse's leg and bit it, but they ran away without delay, leaving the Qiang people on the horse's back helpless.

Huo Shan ordered them to attack in order to create this scene, but although the result is the same, the way of understanding or thinking is different.

Huo Shan's idea was to make the Qiang people's horses riot again and make them unable to stabilize.

The understanding of the wolves is that it is to panic these foods and cause differentiation, and they will then attack them one by one.

This is a common tactic used by wolves to intimidate the enemy and make the enemy feel threatened at any time, leading to division among the enemy.

Some are afraid of death and shrink back and dare not go forward, while some react more violently and will rush forward and attack actively.

And once the enemy rushes out, they will have a weak point as a large group, and their defense level will drop.

Then there is a step-by-step intimidation, step-by-step differentiation, and when the enemy's willpower is about to collapse, they will directly launch a general attack.

Their thinking and tactics are very army-like, and they are also extremely patient.

So in the absence of Cang Ye, Huo Shan could simply command them to cooperate with him.

Although the starting points of Huo Shan and the wolves are different, the result is the same.

.........

Huo Shan smiled when he saw this scene, he has already won this battle, and it was a complete victory.

Although the horses were controlled by the Qiang people and stopped running around, such panicked and nervous horses had no fighting power at all.

What surprised Huo Shan was that even in this situation, the Qiang people still did not abandon their horses, they were really persistent.

However, Huo Shan could also understand that horses were the second life of these nomadic cavalrymen. From their point of view, they were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered when they got off their horses.

In fact, they abandoned their horses earlier, and they might have caused Huo Shan a little trouble if they were close together, but now, it doesn't matter whether you abandon them or not.

Huo Shan checked the distance with his eyes, and it was almost a hundred steps away from the Qiang people on the edge. Huo Shan stopped and raised his hand, and the two dozen cavalry behind him stopped.

Then Huo Shan blew his whistle, and the wolves began to retreat:
"Keep an eye on me, whoever dares to shoot our retreating baby, kill him!"

"promise."

The 20 people behind them were sitting upright on the horse, holding the god arm crossbow on their shoulders, and responded with a sound while aiming their eyes.

For these soldiers, after getting along for a long time, none of them disliked these wolves.

It's really helpful, really baby!
Huo Shan also raised his god arm crossbow, looking at the one among the Qiang people who kept roaring and dancing the most.

He estimated the distance, then put down the divine arm crossbow, untied the bowstring, and then took out the three-edged arrow to replace the spike arrow on it.

The penetrating power and lethality of the Spike Arrow are not as good as the Triangular Arrow, and the distance is a bit too far. Huo Shan felt that he was not sure of killing him with one blow, so he changed to the Triangular Arrow.

After changing the arrows, Huo Shan raised the god arm crossbow again and put it on his shoulder, aimed at the person who jumped the most, and muttered:
"I hope you are that commander!"

As soon as the words were spoken, an arrow flew over a distance of more than five hundred steps at extreme speed, and pierced the back of the man's disheveled head. The man leaned forward and lay on the horse without moving.

Huo Shan sighed with some regret:

"It was almost missed, but the distance is too far, it didn't penetrate!"

And as this person was shot to death by an arrow, the Qiang people began to panic among themselves, murmuring and shouting for nothing.

Huo Shan turned his head to look at the soldiers behind him:
"Can you understand what they are shouting?"

The twenty soldiers shook their heads again and again. They are all the children of Guanzhong and have never learned a foreign language. How could we understand them.

Huo Shan shrugged and curled his lips:

"I don't understand either."

Huo Shan felt that there was no need to bring guides who knew the way, but it was still necessary to bring some guides who knew foreign languages.

But in fact, he didn't need to understand their words, just by looking at the panic, Huo Shan could be sure that the one he shot to death must be one of the commanders.

"Go around!"

Huo Shan gave an order, and the champion began to circle around these Qiang people, and twenty soldiers followed closely behind Huo Shan to protect him.

The crossbow in Huo Shan's hand fired repeatedly, and he only picked out those who were wearing armor and rich accessories to shoot. As Huo Shan fired arrows repeatedly, one person would fall off the horse or lie on the horse every time.

The Qiang people looked at Huo Shan who was circling around them, and they had no choice but to shoot with bows and arrows, but they couldn't shoot, and chased after them, but horses couldn't do it.

As Huo Shan broke a string, he stopped after shooting all thirty of his arrows. He looked at the sound of shooting that was getting closer and closer, and started to return.

Returning to the entrance and exit, Huo Shan looked down at the battlefield from a high position. When the distance from the Qiang people reached [-] steps, the shooters stopped automatically, and rained arrows from the Han Dynasty on the Qiang people in the middle.

Huo Shan showed a smile, turned his head and said to the soldiers behind him:
"Oh, it's really boring. If you insist on giving me a gift of two thousand cavalry, is there a single casualty in our army?"

The soldiers behind them bowed their hands with admiration in their eyes:
"The governor is mighty!"

Huo Shan raised his eyebrows and smiled triumphantly, then turned his head and shouted:

"Sun Shang!"

"The end is here!"

Sun Shang, who was guarding the main road in the distance, heard the shout and quickly responded.

Huo Shan waved at him:
"come over!"

Sun Shang ran over on horseback, and Huo Shan pointed to the battlefield:
"Keep an eye on it."

"promise."

Huo Shan returned to Huo Guang and the others, smiled and asked Sima Qian:
"How do you feel?"

Sima Qian smacked his mouth, and said:
"It's really simple. No one in our army was injured, and the two thousand Qiang cavalry did not pose any threat to us."

Huo Shan moved his arm, and made a face to Zhang Anshi and the others.

Zhang Anshi: "Who made them cavalry? They have to run into unfamiliar mountainous areas!"

Huo Guang: "Who told them not to let go of their useless horses? They are living targets!"

Tian Qianqiu frowned, you are all finished, what should I say?

"Who let them have a good life? They happened to meet the chief governor."

Huo Shan glanced at Tian Qianqiu, just when Tian Qianqiu thought that Huo Shan was going to say that he was flattering, Huo Shan suddenly showed a smile:
"Well said, don't say it in the future, this Marquis will be proud too!"

The other three rolled their eyes in unison.

(End of this chapter)