Ji Han Liu Zhang

'Go forward a little further and withdraw your troops. '

At present, Xiaoqushuai Shaoji of the Shaodang tribe was in a dilemma. He led hundreds of cavalry to approach the Han army's formation, which was a hundred steps away and within two hundred steps. He thought he could rely on the momentum of the cavalry. Intimidate the Han army into chaos without fighting, and then they can take advantage of the scattered and chaotic Shu army to kill and get the battle off to a good start.

But the development of things did not go as planned. When their group of elite cavalry rushed to a distance of a hundred steps from the Han army, which was within the striking range of the Han army's bows, arrows and crossbows, the Han army still stood still. It is motionless, like a rock rooted in the ground.

The expected results were not achieved, and the current situation put Xiaoqushuai Roast Chicken in a difficult position.

Now he has two choices. One is to rush forward and rush to a distance of fifty or sixty steps from the Han army to see if the Han army will become restless and turbulent at such a close distance. , the dense formation therefore has loopholes.

Another is to act more safely and cautiously. Before reaching the range of the Han army's arrows, turn the direction of the charge and sweep parallel to the front of the Han army's formation.

When hundreds of cavalry gather together and charge at full speed, turning the horse's head suddenly may be an extremely difficult thing for ordinary riders, but Xiaoqu Shuai Shaoji is confident that the cavalry under his command are basically They all grew up on horses. They have excellent riding skills and are unparalleled in riding skills. It is not difficult to turn sideways in an instant.

At the moment when Xiaoqushuai Shaoji was thinking, their group of knights approached the position of a hundred steps away from the Han army. With the momentum of the galloping, they might rush to the position within a hundred steps away from the Han army in the next moment. Location.

The situation did not allow Xiaoqu Shuai Shaoji to think too much about whether to advance or retreat. He had to make a decision in an instant and convey it to the Qiang and Hu cavalry under his command.

March?

retreat?
In an instant, Xiaoqushuai Shaoji made a decision. He saw that the front row of the Han army were all spearmen holding spears, and from behind the first row of spearmen, more spears stretched out in an orderly manner. Spears, a wall of spears was stacked in front of the military formation as a way to resist cavalry.

Even if the spearmen are in front, the archers and crossbowmen must be behind. Xiaoqushuai Shaoji took it for granted that the distance between the Han army's archers and crossbowmen to his group was smaller than the distance from the Han army's formation. The distance ahead is longer.

Then if they charge forward, the possibility of being hit by a rain of arrows is not very high. Even if the Han army throws arrows from behind the spearmen, the power of the bows will be smaller as the distance is further. The wounds suffered were not serious.

I charged forward again. If I retreat like this, I'm afraid my tribe will laugh at me. Xiaoqushuai made up his mind about roasting chicken. He stretched out his hand to signal to the Qiang and Hu knights surrounding him, and continued towards the Han army's formation. charge.

After receiving Xiao Qushuai's order to roast chicken, hundreds of Qiang and Hu knights followed the roast chicken away from Qushuai Shao'er's head in the rear. They pressed their legs together to urge the horses to sit down, and rushed forward.

Of course, the Qiang and Hu knights who have been under Xiaoqushuai Shaoji for a long time also know the true meaning of Xiaoqushuai Shaoji's order. It is not that they really intend to collide with the Han army's formation, but just to move forward a few more lines. In ten steps, he tried to use the fierce power of the cavalry to frighten the Han army and make the Han army collapse without a fight.

After all, it is really not a good idea to rush into the strict military formation set up by the Han army's infantry. If the Han army's infantry is brave enough to delay the momentum of the horse's charge, it will even block them. In the formation of the Han army's infantry, by that time, they were just a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, completely losing the advantage of the cavalry's galloping riding and shooting.

Therefore, these hundreds of people clamped their legs to urge the good horse to sit down, and at the same time stretched out their hands to hold the horse's reins, exerting slight force, preparing to pull the horse when they rushed to a distance of more than fifty steps from the Han army's formation. He turned his head sideways and flew away from the front of the Han army's formation.

However, Xiaoqushuai Rooster and the Qiang Hu knights did not completely think about turning their horses and turning away. If the Han army here was frightened by their charge, and the battle formation collapsed and the soldiers were scattered, then they would naturally want to ride on their horses. The Han army covered and killed them for a while.

'So brave. ’ Captain Xu Meng, who was standing in the middle and rear position of the military formation, saw the Qiang and Hu knights approaching within a hundred steps of the military formation. He sighed in his heart, and then a sense of joy overflowed in his words.

Originally, he used infantry to fight against the cavalry. Xu Meng could only stand in a tight formation and could not let his infantry chase the cavalry. That would be something only a fool would do.

As for whether the two sides will fight and whether the soldiers will fight, the decision lies in the hands of the Qiang and Hu Qushuai on the opposite side. Because the cavalry is light, the infantry is difficult to catch up.

At the moment, the opponent's cavalry is about to charge into the battle, which is a good thing for Xu Meng, who is waiting for the battle. He is eager to fight with the Qiang and Hu people on the opposite side who are causing trouble, and to spread a wave of resentment from his exile.

Not to mention that the Qiang and Hu people actually planned to rush into the crane wing formation he had set up. The strict and dense crane wing formation, the military manual said, do not attack the majestic formation without the flag of righteousness, but the Qiang and Hu did not read, it seems that Forced on purpose.

'Well come. '

A ray of light flashed across Xu Meng's eyes, and he ordered the flag bearer to raise the flag according to his order, thereby giving orders to the soldiers in the front line.

The flag bearer received the order and immediately put up two flags. The two flags fell into the eyes of the Qiang and Hu, and they were naturally puzzled and looked confused. However, the commander of the Han army in the front line and the commander of the camp knew at a glance that their commander was the general. What Xu Meng meant.

In just a moment, the commander of the front line of the Han army and the commander of the camp immediately started to move, shouting and commanding the soldiers under their command to start changing formations.

'Um? 'The changes in the Han army's front line fell into the eyes of Xiaoqu Shuai Shaoji. He soon showed an ecstatic expression. He took it for granted that the Han army was frightened by him approaching within a hundred steps. It was the old army's formation. There were signs of wavering.

But soon, Xiaoqushuai Shaoji discovered something was wrong, that is, the changes in the Han army did not seem to be chaotic, but orderly. However, when he saw the spearmen who were originally in a dense formation, they suddenly The formation was closed, revealing passages, and the passages were quickly filled by groups of Han troops.

'Oops, oops...'

Xiaoqu Shuai Shaoji only glanced at the Han troops filling the passage of the spearmen's queue, and extremely bad emotions piled up in his heart. An unexplained chill instantly lingered around his body, causing him to feel cold in midsummer. It's like falling into an ice cave.

Without him, the Han troops who emerged from Gain were crossbowmen holding powerful crossbows. For the Qiang and Hu, the powerful crossbows in the hands of the Han people were undoubtedly weapons that they were extremely afraid of.

Roast Chicken didn't think anything of it, he immediately said hello, and ordered his cavalry to turn their horses sideways, then passed by the Han army's formation, and then galloped away. The Qiang and Hu men, who were extremely skilled in riding skills, heard the order to roast chicken. They naturally turned their hands that had already held the horse's reins and exerted force sideways to change the direction of the seated horses and no longer charge towards the Han army's formation.

Just when the Qiang and Hu were about to turn around and leave, the Han crossbowmen, who had already loaded their crossbows when the Qiang and Hu were still hundreds of steps away, now fired the arrows without any surprise. Open the crossbow in your hand.

As the tense crossbow was released, shorter crossbow arrows flew out from the crossbow in an instant, like a black lightning, running towards the Qiang Hu knight who was changing direction.

Different from the whooshing sound when the bow and arrow are fired, when the crossbow is fired, there is a pleasant sound of water slurry bursting out of the silver bottle. When many crossbows gather together to fire the crossbow arrows, the neat pronunciation is so beautiful that Xu Meng can't help but I feel happy about it.

But when this sweet color fell in the ears of Qianghu and Xiaoqushuai's roasted chicken, it was a note of urgency, urging, driving, and pushing them on the road to Jiuquan.

The crossbow engine collapsed, and the earth collapsed and the mountains were destroyed.

After the crossbow arrow spontaneously fired, within a moment, it landed on the Qiang Hu knight who was more than fifty or sixty steps away from the Han army's formation. It was Xiaoqu Shuai Shaoji Tuoda who stepped into the attack range of the Han army's bow and arrow. At the same time, they entered the range where the Han army's crossbows had the greatest lethality.

As Qianghu knights, they naturally do not have the armor that the Han army is accustomed to wearing. What they wear is nothing more than a piece of smelly leather armor with low defense. The most fatal thing is that they do not have pockets, and the brain of the Lord of Man is clearly exposed. With.

The powerful crossbow with huge destructive power faced the Qiang Hu knight with almost no defense, and the result was self-evident.

In just an instant, the Qiang and Hu knights who were facing the Han army fell on their backs. Many Qiang and Hu knights were hit by crossbow arrows and could not sit still on their horses, so they fell to the ground. Some of the Qiang and Hu knights in the front row were more clever. He hid sideways and behind the horse, avoiding the crossbow's piercing damage.

But if the man is fine, the horse will be fine.

After being shot in the body or neck by crossbow arrows, the usually calm horses lost their composure due to pain and the feeling of imminent death. They first overturned the owner on the horse. , then galloped and jumped on the spot, trampling under his hooves the master he served in the past.

Cries and wailings suddenly reached the ears of the Han army crossbowmen from the front, but the Han army crossbowmen turned a deaf ear. They only followed their previous training and fired the crossbow arrows in their hands in a staggered manner, continuously aiming at the Qiang Hu. The knight shot away.

Most of the soldiers under Xu Meng's command were from Guanzhong. Although it is often said that Qiang chaos occurred in Liangzhou, the Qiang chaos was not limited to Liangzhou. When the Qiang chaos was at its most intense, the Sanfu area was also plagued by Qiang and Hu scourges.

This is the story of Xu Meng, whose attitude towards the Qiang Hu is that only a dead Qiang Hu can be a good Qiang Hu.

Therefore, the Qiang and Hu screamed like a dying person, but Xu Meng and his tribe did not feel pity or sympathy. They only felt that the Qiang and Hu were noisy.

Under the continuous fire from the crossbowmen of the Han army, the formation of hundreds of Qiang and Hu knights who attacked the Han army was in chaos. The Qiang and Hu knights who should have turned their horses sideways and turned around were now in chaos. , difficult to tidy up, messy and jagged, like a mess, difficult to untie for a while, and difficult to escape.

If Xiaoqu Shuai Shaoji still has any thoughts in his mind now, there is only one word, and that is 'escape', to escape from the current predicament and find a way out.

But Roast Chicken, who was surrounded by personal guards and surrounded by hundreds of Qiang and Hu knights, searched everywhere, but it was difficult to find a way to retreat. He had to wait for the surrounding Qiang and Hu knights to run away and disperse. It was his turn to escape.

There were many Qiang and Hu knights here who heard the wails of their companions and the extremely chaotic situation. They panicked and didn't know where to go. Instead, they squeezed towards the middle of the roasted chicken, allowing the roasted chickens who wanted to escape to escape. The chicken was blocked in its path and could not break free for a while.

Seeing the chaos among the Qiang and Hu, Xu Meng showed a charming smile. With the idea of ​​killing you while you were sick, he issued an order for the front line to stop firing crossbows and instead push the spearmen and The sword and shield hand went to kill the Qiang and Hu, intending to take advantage of the chaos of the Qiang and Hu to kill them happily.

At the same time, the effectiveness of the Crane Wing Formation was revealed at this time. Xu Meng called to the soldiers on the left and right wings, separated a group of people, and surrounded the Qiang Hu on both sides.

Considering that there was a Qiang and Hu Qushuai Shao'er leader leading hundreds of Qiang and Hu knights more than a thousand steps away, Xu Meng did not put all his strength into it, but just let more than a thousand infantry surround and kill him, leading to chaos in front of him. The Qiang and Hu soldiers left the central army and most of the troops on the left and right wings, more than 2,000 people, to stabilize the formation in case the Qiang and Hu Qushuai burned their heads and led their cavalry to kill them.

Be undefeated first, then win.

As a pioneer and one of the first generals to arrive in Guanzhong, Xu Meng maintained a cautious attitude. Although he was determined to make achievements, he did not want to be greedy for merit and cause a small setback in the first battle, which would lower the morale of the army and affect the future. The progress of the public attack on Guanzhong.

"The chicken is incompetent." The Qiang and Hu Qushuai Shao'otou who was raiding the rear saw the hundreds of cavalry he sent. He was first hit by crossbows in front of the Han army's formation, and then fell into a chaotic situation. Among them, when he saw that he was about to be surrounded and attacked by the Han army's front army and the other armies on the left and right wings, he immediately cursed Xiaoqushuai's roast chicken.

Shao'otou was particularly angry. He was angry that Xiaoqushuai Shaoji didn't understand the current affairs. The Shaoji in front should have led the army to retreat when he was approaching the Han army a hundred steps away and saw the Han army's formation. Greedy for merit, he approached the Han army's front line fifty or sixty steps, and was shot by the Han army's powerful crossbows, causing heavy casualties.

But he was annoyed. Shao'otou knew that the urgent task at the moment was to rescue hundreds of Qiang and Hu knights who were surrounded by the Han army. These people were all brave men of his clan, otherwise he would not have arranged it. These people went to test the formation. If most of them were lost here, and he returned to Liangzhou in the future, I'm afraid Qu Shuai's position would not be guaranteed.

However, Shao'otou, as a man who knows the military, saw that the Han army only sent out more than a thousand people to encircle and suppress the front army he sent. Most of the Han army still maintained the same formation. If he rushed forward at this moment, he would not be able to do anything. If you get rid of the soldiers under your command, you might even fall into the formation yourself.

Shao Ertou hesitated and regretted. He should not have spoken so boldly before asking Li Jue and Guo Bang to investigate the Han army. Nor should he show his desire to make contributions and send Shao Ji and hundreds of cavalry to overwhelm the Han army. .

After hesitating for a few moments, Shao'otou gritted his teeth and led his cavalry forward. He considered only harassing the Han army on the periphery, so as not to let the Han army concentrate on attacking Shaoji and others, and to save some members of the clan. (End of chapter)