Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 221 Li Court Sweeping Acupuncture ([-])

north bank of wuhuan river

"Dismount and fight!"

After a rapid march without rest, Wang Bian finally arrived here, but her cavalry army was exhausted.

People can barely hold on, but the horses are no longer able to do so, so they have to dismount and fight.

The Han cavalry dismounted and stood by the river, holding strong crossbows and shooting at the rushing Wuhuan cavalry, preventing them from crossing the river.

The upper reaches of the prairie rivers are too shallow for ferrying, and the lower reaches can only be used for ferrying.

The Wuhuan cavalry can cross the river directly by stepping on the river, so it is meaningless to put up a moon formation here.

"Double Dragon Formation!"

Wang Bian had been training these Han soldiers in her self-created "Double Dragon Formation" for the previous three years.

This [Double Dragon Formation] is her improvement based on Wei Qing's [Chariot Formation].

The [chariot formation] created by Wei Qing is circular, with the outer circle surrounded by chariots, the inner circle with pikemen blocking the gap, the third layer with crossbowmen shooting grassland cavalry, and the innermost are elite cavalry, ready to fight at any time. Go around and fight back against the prairie people.

The advantage of [Chariot Formation (also called Round Vehicle Formation)] is that it is more suitable for defensive counterattacks in the open grassland, and there are no dead spots for defense. The disadvantage is that if the enemy doesn't attack you at all and runs away directly, it will be difficult for you to catch up to the opponent Yes, this army array is a little bulky.

The [Double Dragon Formation] improved by Wang Bian, although slightly weakened in defense capability, has increased mobility, and is more suitable for dealing with grassland enemies that are not so strong, and can pursue the enemy at any time.

[Double Dragon Formation] is to arrange the chariots in two rows, and then the two gaps are defended by foot pikemen, forming a rectangle, with crossbowmen inside the rectangle, and many war horses are stuffed in the innermost part.

There are many gaps in this army formation, and the firepower of the crossbow is not concentrated. If you encounter the Xiongnu army in its heyday, it is easy to lose your head, but the advantage is that you can march while fighting. The army formation can be moved, so that the enemy will not escape. Very effective when weak.

"Arrowers prepare!"

"Pikemen ready!"

"put!"

shhhhhh!
Whoosh!
It was also the first time for a large number of Wuhuan people to see this formation, and a large number of them were shot to death by strong crossbows the moment they rushed up.

"what--"

puff!
boom!
Naturally, it is impossible for them to fly kites with cavalry and archery, because the range of cavalry and archery is very short, and they cannot shoot against infantry crossbows.

"Ignore them, go to another place to cross the river!" Wuhuan Shanyu ordered to his clansmen.

There are many places to cross the river, and there is no need to smash the Han army's "Double Dragon Formation", so tens of thousands of Wuhuan cavalry went upstream along the river, wanting to cross the river somewhere upstream.

The reason why they didn't go downstream was because the downstream river was relatively deep and the cavalry might not be able to get through.

However, the upper reaches of the Wuhuan River happened to be where the main force of the Han Army's West Road Cavalry came.

"As long as we cross the river before the Han cavalry on the west road joins the group of Han cavalry on the river bank, everything will be safe," Wuhuan Shanyu said.

There are many gaps in the upper reaches of the river, and the main force of the Han army on the west road has not yet arrived. Wuhuan Shanyu wanted to use this time gap to lead his tribe to escape.

however……

"Intercept along the river, don't let them cross the river!"

pong!pong!pong! ——

Boom! ——

clang! ——

Wang Bian conveyed the military orders to the generals and soldiers of the Han army in the center of the army formation. The flag bearers waved the military flags to convey the general orders, and many lower-level officers beat gongs and drums to convey the latest news of the coach Wang Bian to their soldiers through the sound of various musical instruments. military order.

A standard-bearer pointed his flag up the river, signaling to the crowd to march upward.

The entire Han army formation was as lively as a vegetable market, but they marched along the river bank in an orderly manner.

The Wuhuan people went upstream along the river, and the Han army also went upstream along the river. The two sides competed with each other across the river.

"attack!"

The Wuhuan people suddenly stopped from time to time and forcibly crossed the river to attack the Han army's formation. Because when the Han army was marching, there were more gaps in the army formation than when it was standing still, and the defense was weaker, so he wanted to take advantage of the Han army's marching. Defeat the Han army.

However, Wang Bian knew that his [Double Dragon Formation] had this fatal flaw, so he reserved some horses not to ride, to save the energy of these horses, and used them as a reserve team to protect the entire army formation when it moved.

"Reserve team! Attack!"

pong! ——

clang!clang!clang!
tread!tread!tread!
"Prepare the crossbowmen!"

"Pikemen ready!"

It was another process of conveying military orders. As the reserve team, the generals of the Han army quickly mounted their horses and charged directly at the rushing Wuhuan cavalry to delay time. Afterwards, the strong crossbowmen of the Han army also quickly loaded their arrows and prepared to shoot. The Wuhuan cavalry who forcibly crossed the river, and the spearmen of the Han army also quickly lined up to block the gap, preventing the Wuhuan cavalry from rushing in from the gap to slaughter the Han army soldiers.

After some hedging, the cavalry reserve team of the Han army was defeated quickly because the number of cavalry was much smaller than that of the Wuhuan cavalry, but this is not important.

They were originally used as a reserve team to delay time. What really prevented the cavalry from crossing the river were the crossbowmen in the army formation. It took time for them to load arrows.

As the Han cavalry retreated to the north bank in defeat, thousands of Wuhuan cavalry began to forcibly cross the river.

however……

"put!"

shhhhhh!
Whoosh!
The crossbowmen had already loaded their arrows, and round after round of arrows knocked down a large number of Wuhuan cavalrymen.

Even heavy armor will be penetrated when facing a strong crossbow, but it can protect the person who is shot by the crossbow from being injured instead of being directly pierced by the crossbow to death.

If it is light armor, or even no armor, facing a crossbow arrow, it is basically a shot that will kill you.

There are only a small number of Wuhuan elites wearing light armor, and most of them have no armor, so they are powerless to fight back against the Han army's crossbows.

"what!--"

Snapped!
The Wuhuan cavalrymen wailed and fell into the river, staining the river red.

"Continue to follow the river and go upstream to cross the river!" Wuhuan Shanyu couldn't help but look ugly when he saw that the Han army was so disciplined, and they could calmly form an army formation to defend against the overwhelming enemy, and then led the clansmen. Continue to go upstream along the river.

However, he was not worried that he would not be able to cross the river because of the interception of the army, because every time he marched for a certain distance, he would try to cross the river by force.

The Han army had to stop and intercept him, then end the chaos and continue marching. During this period, it would take a lot of time to communicate the military orders.

Therefore, every time a surprise attack is made, the Han army will lag behind Wuhuan by a little distance. As long as there are a few more surprise attacks while marching, the Han army will either be left behind or die from exhaustion. At that time, the Wuhuan people will completely surround the Han army. , The moment when this group of Han troops were wiped out.

The only thing he was worried about was when the main force of the Han army from the west would arrive. If the Han army from the west had already arrived before he completely exhausted the Han army from the north, then the two Han armies would join forces to attack him. Wuhuan will definitely lose.

"It doesn't matter how many ways you come, I will only go all the way, first use the superior force to wipe out the Han army on our North Road!"

Wuhuan Shanyu's tactics were naturally correct. To deal with the Han army's multi-pronged encirclement and suppression, he could only fight in this way. It all depended on the coordination and cooperation of the Han army in terms of time and space.

If the coordination is good, the multiple armies will jointly destroy Wuhuan, making it difficult for Wuhuan to fly, but if the coordination is not good, then the multiple Han armies will be defeated by Wuhuan one by one, turning into gourd babies to save Grandpa.

(End of this chapter)