I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 239 Confrontation (Two in One)

When Xia Houying and Zhou Bo each returned to their own army formation.

Zhou Bo had just arranged his soldiers according to the formation, and was just about to get off from the cart used to watch the enemy in the distance, when he saw billowing smoke and dust at the end of his field of vision.

There is hostility!
Even more than a thousand cavalry could not stir up such a thick dust, and the momentum of the comers must be at least ten thousand.

Zhou Bo sped up his movements and quickly climbed down from the observation car with both hands and feet.

Then he ordered his personal guards in an orderly manner: "Use the command flag to convey the news that the traces of the Huns have appeared, the infantry put on armor and hold shields, the archers prepare arrows, adjust the bowstring tightness, the cavalry mount their horses, and check the saddles and stirrups.

By the way, other parts of our army may not be able to see the news of the Huns coming, and you will let the standard bearer inform the friendly side. "

The Huns came faster than most Han generals expected.

Most people didn't break away from the combat thinking of the infantry, and didn't realize how fast the cavalry would advance. Fortunately, Han Xin had already arranged their tasks properly, and the early warning was timely, so the formation of the Han army was a little messed up. After ten breaths, they returned to their original state, and even after they entered the fighting state, their cooperation became even tighter.

Half an hour passed.

The cavalry of the Huns had appeared before their eyes.

There are more than [-] people, and the ground reaches the sky.

Nearly 12 cavalry from the Xiongnu side galloped over. Even if Han Xin was standing on a higher hillside somewhere in the army formation, he still couldn't see the end of them at a glance.

However, the number of the Han army is also quite large, with more than 15 infantry and [-] cavalry hiding in the formation. They are displayed in front of the Mianman River, and their momentum is not inferior to that of the Xiongnu cavalry.

What's more, each military formation on the Han army's side seems to be formed independently, but they are faintly related.

This is so that under the impact of the Xiongnu, they can make up for the flaws exposed by their own side at the first time, so as not to let the loopholes in the formation expand, and eventually lead to an overall defeat.

Of course, this is not something that can be done simply.

First of all, it needs the reasonable arrangement of the army commander. Talking about the army on paper is absolutely impossible. The terrain around the battlefield is different, and the formations put out are very different.

Secondly, in this kind of large army battle, even if the commander has to do everything himself, it is also impossible to perfectly grasp the movements of all the soldiers. Therefore, it is very important that the generals under him have enough prestige to perfectly execute the commander's orders.

Finally, even with top commanders and generals, elite soldiers are still indispensable.

No matter how much a war is planned, in the final analysis, soldiers are still needed to fight.

If the army is full of veterans who pretend to run to the end, new recruits who are afraid of blood, and starving pawns who are too hungry to lift their weapons, then it will be very difficult for the army to be able to fight, let alone who will be in command. Talk about a complex formation.

However, the above three points are now available in the Han army.

When the Xiongnu army came to the front of the Han army, they did not charge immediately.

They kept changing their positions, and the densely packed cavalry half surrounded the Han army, and the Huns actually formed a rather special formation.

Eastern cavalry are all green dragon horses (that is, horses with white foreheads); northern cavalry are all black horses; southern cavalry are all red and yellow war horses.

The west of the Han army was the Mianman River. There were no Huns cavalry in this direction, but Shan Yu led the team in the front, all white horses.

This is the unique "horse formation" of the Huns.

There is a certain superstition behind it, which originated from the "four colors match the four directions" in Shamanism, that is, "blue dominates the east, white dominates the west, black dominates the north, and red dominates the south".

According to this statement, the Huns cavalry in all directions rode horses of different colors.

It is not a problem to say that this horse formation is superstitious and very unscientific.

It would be wrong to say that it doesn't work.

Simply imagine that when the Huns cavalry charged, they were faced with a row of red and yellow horses overwhelmingly pressing down on them, and the sense of oppression was directly full.

The solid-color horse formations in four directions charged at the same time, and the sense of oppression was more than four times superimposed.

What's more, when the Huns charged in one direction, it was easy to distinguish the enemy from the color of the horses alone.

As the Huns' horse formation gradually took shape, the atmosphere along the Mianman River became more tense and anxious.

Although neither side acted rashly, they all knew in their hearts that this was a test. If anyone did not suppress the field and let the other party find a loophole, it would be the time when this war would start in full swing.

Among the Xiongnu army, Shan Yu waved his hand and took the lead in sending cavalry with red and yellow horses from the south to harass the east side of the Han army, wanting to test the quality of the Han army.

At the same time, Xia Houying was not used to seeing the Xiongnu cavalry appearing near him to harass him.

Some time ago, he wiped out a small group of Xiongnu elites in South Korea, which allowed him to accumulate a lot of experience in related combat.

So Xia Houying sent his chariot soldiers to attack the Huns cavalry.

If it is in the Great Plains, the chariot soldiers are too cumbersome, and they are just targets in the eyes of the Huns cavalry. They can shoot arrows and pull them from a distance.

In tight and rough terrain, that makes all the difference!
Those chariot soldiers lined up and stretched out a long line to hit the Hun cavalry, which compressed the range of activities of the Hun cavalry to the extreme.

If the Huns cavalry wanted to withdraw, they could escape the attack range of the chariot by moving faster, but behind them were Shan Yu and the kings of the Huns. Among these people who were sent to lead the battle, which one didn't want to show their faces more?

So the Huns cavalry chose to head-to-head with the chariot soldiers of the Han army.

The moment they confronted each other, hundreds of Hun cavalry were turned on their backs, and were swept down by the soldiers on the chariot with long daggers, or were directly knocked out by the chariot.

On the side of the Han army, many coachmen were also shot by arrows and fell to the ground. The out-of-control carriage had a chain reaction and knocked over another chariot that was driving normally.

At the end of the round, both sides suffered losses, but after the two armies crossed, the soldiers on the chariot quickly turned around, half-kneeled on the chariot, and shot cold arrows at the back of the Huns cavalry.

Soldiers never tire of cheating, this unexpected sneak attack almost doubled the opponent's losses in an instant.

Originally, they wanted to rush back to kill the Huns vanguard in the second round, but it was difficult to condense enough strength, so after collecting the remnants, they ran back to the headquarters in despair.

Seeing the failure of the cavalry sent out for the first time, Mo Dun didn't show a look of embarrassment on his face, he just squinted and observed the chariots rushing out of the Han army formation, and continued to analyze them.

He waved again.

Immediately, another small group of cavalry rushed out, this time their horses were black, and they came from the north to harass the Han army.

Mao Dun was testing the army formation in front of him.

After he entered the Han area, he fought against the troops of Dai, Yan, and local counties and counties more than a dozen times, but he never personally fought a real elite Han army.

Seeing these hundreds of thousands of pawns lined up against the water now, he did not give an order to attack quickly.

Because his intuition told him that these Han troops were not as easy to deal with as he imagined.

Originally, his plan was to march quickly. Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Han army, a wave of attacks would destroy them and win the victory in a devastating manner.

But when he rushed to the battlefield, he found that the Han army had already formed and was fully prepared to wait for him.

Under such circumstances, if he sends troops to press on, if he falls into the Han army formation, then he will need to continuously increase his troops in the future.

The cavalry who did not smash through the Han army, but was surrounded by the army formation, was equivalent to a traveler who fell into the quagmire of the swamp. His mouth and nose were gradually blocked by muddy water, and he died slowly.

Therefore, he is now constantly sending small groups of troops to test, trying to find out where the formation of the Han army is relatively weak.

Even the hardest shields can easily be pierced with a spear after a flaw has been found.

Will the Han army in front of us have no flaws?
Mo Dun looked at the second Hun army sent to test the Han army, with a calm face and a strange light in his eyes.

After a while.

In that Han army, a group of cavalry also charged out and charged towards the Huns.

This is the army led by Liu Bi. With the personal guards he brought from Daiguo as the core, and the elite selected from the [-] South Korean soldiers, this thousand-man cavalry is formed.

Because he was responsible for escorting food and supplies before he was in the army, it happened that the saddles and stirrups made by South Korea in the rear were sent to the front.

As the first transfer, I secretly made a lot of preparations for this cavalry.

Feeling the sound of the wind whistling past his ears, but his body was sitting firmly on the horseback, Liu Bi laughed out loud.

These researches by Yang Xiahou are really good things!
"Kill the enemy and expel the barbarian dogs!" He let go of the reins with both hands, drew his bow and shot an arrow, and killed a Hun who was on the way.

The rest of the soldiers who came out to charge followed suit and shot and killed the Huns on the opposite side one after another. The effect was comparable to the backstab of the chariot soldiers.

The Huns who were facing each other were all shocked.

The Han people's riding skills are so good, can they be compared to the first-class riders on the grassland?
It is not easy to be able to draw a bow and shoot an arrow on a horse. This requires a very good sense of balance so that you will not fall off the horse's back after your hands leave the rein.

Most of the Huns cavalry can do this.

But what the hell are these Han Chinese?

They shot after shot, continuing to regain balance without pausing in the middle.

It's not over!
In the eyes of the Huns, this is something only a first-class rider on the grassland can do. After shooting an arrow, he can continue to shoot the second arrow without adjusting his posture.

If both arrows hit [-]% of the time, and you can shoot four arrows in the time it takes someone else to shoot one arrow, then unless the other party's luck is against the sky, you must be the last one sitting on the horseback.

Before the two armies officially collided, the number of Huns who fell from the arrows far exceeded that of the Han.

But this is just the beginning!
The more obvious difference appeared at the moment when they met hand to hand.

The weapons in the hands of countless Huns were knocked off and broken. They screamed and fell off their horses and fell to the ground.

The two sides fought in the open space for a quarter of an hour, but the battle was not intense. Even though the Han army could not be said to be crushing the Huns, they were basically hammering their opponents.

In terms of numbers alone, there are still at least 700 people alive on the side of the Han army, and less than 400 people left on the side of the Huns.

Judgment was made, and the Huns were completely defeated.

To be defeated on horseback was a disgrace to the proud Hun cavalry.

Even if there is a chance to withdraw alive now, no one is willing to live with contempt and ridicule!

"The sun and the moon protect us!" The Huns cavalry barely gathered together, roared and charged again.

"Big man, repel the enemy!" Liu Bi yelled, he didn't expect that these Huns not only didn't run away, but dared to fight back against him, which made him angry likewise.

The two cavalry collided fiercely and fought for a while, only the cry of "big man, drive the enemy" remained on the field.

Liu Bi stared at the Xiongnu headquarters in the distance with red eyes, and cursed, "Hu Gouer, climb back to the grassland!"

This caused the remaining soldiers to laugh heartily.

Leading the crowd back to the army formation, counting the number of people, Liu Bi, who had calmed down, felt bitter.

Half of the [-] cavalry led by him were lost, and there were only a hundred cronies brought out from Daiguo.

These are the cornerstones of my career.

Without them, it would be very difficult for him to get the chance to become king again.

"Damn Hu Dog!" Liu Bi cursed, but he still didn't regret taking the initiative to invite Ying to fight this time. After all, in the army in the north, his 1000 men were the most suitable for fighting back.

After all, those Huns have a concept of honor and disgrace, so could I be worse than them.

at the same time.

The Xiongnu's side was the opposite of the morale-inspiring Han army, and fell into dead silence.

These two temptations can be said to have ended in failure, and they were beaten and defeated.

But Zuo Gudu turned his head tremblingly, and found that Mao Dun did not show a gloomy expression.

"What exactly are those Han people sitting on their crotches and stepping on their feet?" Mo Dun had a little doubt in his eyes, but he didn't care about the results of these two trials.

After all, after the two armies officially start fighting, the chariots will be crowded together, and the advantages they have will disappear.

However, the cavalry of the Han army was not as proficient in arching horses as the Huns, but they were able to win. Obviously it was the credit of those two "foreign objects", which attracted his attention.

"Return...Report to Shan Yu, I...I don't know." You Guduhou stammered, apparently he didn't expect Shan Yu to ask such a question.

Mo Dun didn't expect to get an answer from him at first, so he turned his head away, pondered for a moment and said, "After the war starts, send someone to get two sets of this thing, and I'll take it back to the grassland for research."

Then, he stared at the Han army in the distance.

I haven't been able to discover the obvious weakness of the Han army, but it can be seen that the number of elite cavalry in the Han army is definitely not too many, and the advantages of chariot soldiers are not there...

"I am the King of Great Xia who is protected by the sun and the moon, obey my will and kill all those Han people!" Mao Dun took a deep breath and conveyed the command to charge.

The Xiongnu's horse formation turned from stillness, and slammed into the Han's army formation.

(End of this chapter)