Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 103

What Wang Li didn't say was that although the battle was going from north to south, it was just doing their best and obeying the destiny.

It would be best if you can meet Motun, otherwise, the landmarks in the wasteland will be destroyed, so that the Huns will never find a way to the salt lake from the north side of the wasteland!
Afterwards, the population was migrated and a city was built around the salt lake, which completely cut off the Huns' access to salt!
Wang Li drew out the long sword at his waist, which was passed down to him by his father Wang Ben when he passed away, and it is said that it was used by his father when he destroyed Chu.

Seeing the cold glint of the sword blade flashing in the sun, Wang Li sighed deeply:

A careless move caused the title that the eldest father risked his life for to be lost!If you can't regain the title, what face do you have to meet your ancestors!
Just when the Qin armies in the two places were calling each other's trumpets and preparing to attack at the same time.

The Huns are also quickly adjusting their formation.

They replaced some of the diminutive pack horses into the formation, and then another vigorous war horse after a long empty run.

In the dust raised by the horses trampling on the ground, Mo Dun and some elite Xiongnu soldiers quietly moved from the front to the middle of the formation.

"Not good! That bastard Modun wants to run away!" Huyan Punu, who was also familiar with the tactics of the Xiongnu, roared, then snatched the horn from Shejian's hand, and blew it hard!
beep!
The low sound of the horn echoed in the wilderness, and the horns of the whole army began to respond in an instant, interweaving into a magnificent symphony.

Immediately, the thunderous shouts and the deafening horns swept towards the Huns like thunder and lightning!

kill!

Wang Li held up his long sword, and the horseman under his crotch stood up, and then led the whole army to charge.

On the other side, the bearded Shejian gave Huyan Punu a blank look, and immediately led the charge.

"Good time! You bastards, just wait!" Mo Dun gritted his teeth and cursed, and then stabbed a pack horse's ass with the inner arc knife in his hand.

The Hun warriors around him followed suit.

In an instant, the nauseous horse with blood dripping from its buttocks neighed and rushed towards the Qin cavalry.

Wang Li opened his eyes wide, and his heart turned like an electric shock: In the past, the people of Qi had the formation of fire bulls, but today the Huns actually have formations of galloping horses!

"Let everyone get together!" A Hun eagle shooter yelled loudly in broken Qin dialect.

Although Wang Li didn't know why he did this, he recalled the experience of the last time he attacked the Huns in the north, so he ordered the horn to be sounded, and the whole army changed from a scattered formation to a circular formation, and the crossbowmen in the front row shot and killed the rushing Huns with their powerful crossbows. The startled horse came.

Sure enough, after some of the leading horses were shot, the horses that rushed after saw many people and horses gathered together like a wall, so they subconsciously began to circle around.

Occasionally, a few horses galloped around with their heads depressed, and then they were shot into hedgehogs by a shower of arrows, and fell down with a crash.

After the galloping horses passed, Wang Li led the team to charge forward again, only to find that the Huns had already fled, and only a few thousands of people were stopped by Hu Qi on the two wings, and they fought together.

"Cowardless bastard!" Wang Li was surprisingly angry. After all, seeing the title he got fly away, anyone would do the same.

But there is no way, this is the usual tactics of the Huns.

If it is profitable, they will swarm up, and if they lose the battle, they will scatter like birds and beasts...

Wang Li was helpless, and after reuniting with Shejian, he only separated a small part of the cavalry to chase after him, and he himself led the brigade to join in the encirclement and suppression of the Huns.

"In this battle, no prisoners will be left!"

With the desire to beheaded to win the title, usually a Hun cavalry fled in front, followed closely by more than a dozen Qin cavalry.

Although the Huns in this period also had the tactics of galloping and shooting, it was called Mangu's tactics in later generations.

However, they did not have stirrups and high bridge saddles, which led to the fact that although they could draw bows and set arrows on galloping horses, only God knows where the arrows fly when they shoot out...

If you want to aim and shoot and draw the bow to the full, you have to slow down the speed of the horse and let yourself stretch out on the horse's back, so you will be stabbed to the ground by the speeding Qin Qi.

In addition, most of the Huns used arrow clusters made of bone or stone, and their armor-piercing ability was too poor. Usually, one or two unlucky Qin Qi got hit by an arrow, but it was only a skin trauma, which belonged to the wounded body after the battle. If you don't take the initiative to bandage, it will heal on its own.

Therefore, in this era, and for a long period of time in later generations, shock cavalry beat cavalry archers violently...

Soon, under the strong crossbows of the Qin army and the siege and interception, the Huns cavalry were killed and injured. Although the remaining small part surrendered on their knees, they were still pressed to the ground and beheaded.

According to the laws of Qin, a large army must beheaded more than two thousand in a field battle to be considered a big victory, and all soldiers participating in the battle can be promoted to the first rank!
Therefore, every head of the Hun cavalry is very precious, and some of the heads that have been trampled by horseshoes are carefully put together.

When Meng Tian led the cavalry and drove the shepherd slaves and the flock of sheep, what he saw was a group of soldiers of the Qin army who were patching together on the wasteland.

"General, two thousand and seventeen levels were beheaded in this battle, and countless horses from the Huns were captured!" Wang Li stepped forward to salute, and reported his results loudly.

He has not yet counted the number of horses, because many stray horses are being driven back.

Meng Tian stroked his short beard and nodded slightly. After this battle, it will take at least three or four years for the Huns to recover.

Wei has been established, and the next step is to wait until the grassland thaws, send envoys to negotiate peace with the Huns, and discuss border exchanges.

"Well, when your majesty is rewarded with victory, you need to apply for a batch of cement, build a fortress around the salt lake, and use the salt collected in the salt lake to trade with the Huns."

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The one who had the same idea as Meng Tian was Zhang Han who returned from inspections around Qinghai Lake.

Since the Longxi Army led by the Xianling Qiang surrendered troops and wiped out the Shaodang Qiang here one by one, it was necessary to send out cavalry to patrol around Qinghai Lake on a daily basis to prevent the Qiang people or the Yuezhi people from secretly collecting the brine precipitated by the lake. .

Zhang Han looked at the rugs in the barracks in the distance, and felt that they were a bit out of harmony.

If it weren't for the flags of the Qin army flying everywhere, I'm afraid at a glance, I would think this is some Qiang camp!

The yurt is built according to the style of the yurt in later generations. Although it looks small, it can accommodate ten soldiers.

Zhang Han entered Li Xin's tent, and immediately saw a tense situation.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Han asked Li Qian who was also in the commander's tent.

"When the army attacked and burned Dang Qiang before, the Yuezhi people also sent troops to attack, and many Qiang people who fled north became their captives..." Li Qian whispered, pointing to a humbly bowed head. The man said: "Look, that is the envoy of the Yuezhi, they are only willing to return some livestock..."

Before Li Qian finished speaking, Li Xin sneered and said, "Return the Qiang captives, cattle and sheep within ten days, and King Yuezhi will personally come to our army to answer, otherwise, in ten days, we will send troops to destroy the country!"

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