Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 72 The Soul of the Han Chinese
In the howling north wind, two thousand Xiliang cavalry quickly assembled at the front.

At this moment, a black line appeared on the endless wasteland in front of him, and it quickly approached here.

Luo Zheng gazed into the distance, and said in a concentrated voice: "I never heard that there are horse thieves with a scale of more than a thousand riders in Wuwei. This place is only more than two hundred miles away from Xiu Tuze. Could it be that this cavalry is the Hun cavalry who crossed the Great Wall and came to plunder? "

Xu Chu was puzzled, "It's freezing cold, how could the Huns come so far to plunder?"

"Whether it is or not, you will know when you go and have a look."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and greeted him with two thousand cavalry.

At this time, Xun Yu had already rushed to the front of the battle on horseback, and was guarded by more than a dozen cavalrymen.

The north wind howled, and the iron hooves rolled.

On the withered yellow wasteland, two cavalrymen approached at an astonishing speed.

As they got closer, the two parties could already clearly see each other's attire.

Luo Zheng guessed right, this cavalry was indeed the Huns, at least no less than a thousand.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, the famous generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu. The once powerful Xiongnu Empire turned from prosperity to decline, and many people went south to join the Han.Xiutu Ze was originally the territory of King Xiutu and King Hunxie, and was under the control of King Youxian of the Huns.

After Huo Qubing defeated King Xiutu and Queen Hunxie, the Han court placed Xiu Tuze under the rule of Wuwei County.

After hundreds of schools, the Huns surrendered and surrendered, and the big Han frontier fortress was never peaceful.

However, since Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, the national strength of the Han Dynasty has gradually declined. In the face of repeated Huns, although several large-scale northern expeditions were organized several times, due to various reasons, all of them were abandoned halfway, and the disaster of the Huns was not completely resolved.

The Xiongnu nomadic in the Xiutuze area are also called Xiutuhu. They have a population of [-] and no less than [-] people who control strings.

Of course, the point of this control is the number of people who can mount a horse and fight.

All nomads are soldiers, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, even women can mount horses to fight.

In a tribe of 10 people, there are at most [-] real young men.

"It's the Han cavalry!"

In front of the Huns cavalry formation, a strong and tall Hun saw the approach of the cavalry on the opposite side, his eyes flashed like a wolf, and he said sharply: "Boys, the damn Han took away our fertile grassland!" Heniuyang, now that the Han court is incompetent, the glory that belongs to us Huns is coming, kill with Lao Tzu, and destroy this group of damned Han people."

"Kill kill kill..."

Thousands of Huns howled in response, and their fighting spirit was instantly ignited.

In front of the Xiliang army.

Luo Zheng rode like flying, and there was a cold murderous intent at the corner of his mouth.

The two thousand cavalry behind them were all murderous, desperately urging their horses to run fast.

These cavalry include Han people and Qiang people, the only ones who don't have it are fear.

The Han people in this era are strong, not because of their bodies, but because of their souls and beliefs.

In the face of nomadic peoples, the Han people have always believed that they are the noblest and most powerful nation. This sense of national superiority has been deeply rooted in the bones of every Han baby when it is born.

As long as you are a Han, regardless of high or low, you will have a strong sense of superiority when facing nomads.

It is this inherent strength and superiority that created the fundamental strength of the Han people, allowing the Han army to have an unparalleled belief in victory when facing foreign enemies, and created legendary heroes and myths.

Famous generals such as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing of the former Han Dynasty defeated the once powerful Xiongnu Empire.

Another example is Ma Yuan, the famous founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who conquered the Qiang people who had been in trouble for hundreds of years in the Western Frontier.

All these brilliance and glory are based on the strong soul and faith of the Han people, so that the imperial armies of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty often defeated many with fewer troops, and the nomadic peoples outside the Great Wall who fought with weak troops were defeated.

Unlike the later Song Dynasty, the blood and national integrity of the Han people had long been lost under the castration of Confucian culture. Every Han person was planted with the idea that nomads are invincible and invincible from birth, so that they became weak. Unbearable, the Northern Song Dynasty raised millions of soldiers, but when facing the minority with only tens of thousands of troops, they were defeated in every battle, lost power and humiliated the country, and lost all face.

Although it is unfortunate to be born in this troubled world, as a Han Chinese, I am very proud.

"Zhao Yun!"

Luo Zheng raised his hand and shouted.

"The end is here!"

Zhao Yun urged his horse to catch up and rode forward.

Luo Zheng shouted loudly: "Lead five hundred horses into the formation and break the front formation of the Huns."

"As ordered."

Zhao Yun responded loudly, and immediately led [-] cavalry to break away from the main formation, formed a cone formation and went straight to the Xiongnu cavalry formation.

The desolate cow horn sounded like gold and stones cracking the sky, soaring into the sky.

On the wasteland, Xiliang cavalry and Hun cavalry approached at an alarming speed.

The five hundred cavalry kept clamping the horse's belly with their legs, and the horse's running speed had reached its limit.

The Xiongnu cavalry was still a stone's throw away, and in front of the triangular cavalry formation, Zhao Yun had already pulled back the five-stone horned bow, put five thick, spiked iron arrows on the string, and shot the bow in one go.

Amidst the piercing sound of bowstrings, five spiked iron arrows turned into five cold stars and flew across the sky.

In front of the Huns cavalry formation, the big Hun man galloping his horse at the forefront changed his expression when he heard his voice, and a black glow shot towards him. Before he had time to think about it, he swung his knife upwards with all his strength, and the knife flew away. Spike arrows to the throat.

The muffled sound of the sharp knife piercing into the flesh and the muffled hum sounded at the same time.

What frightened him even more was that although the Spike Iron Arrow avoided the vital point of his throat, it pierced through his shoulder blade.

When did the Han people have such a good archer?

Before the Hun had time to think about it, he heard four screams at the same time.

Looking back in shock, I saw four Hun cavalrymen shot through their throats and fell downside down from their horses.

The face of the big Hun changed suddenly. Although the knife with all his strength just now knocked away Zhao Yun's wolf-fanged iron arrow shot with a five-stone ox-horn bow, his arms were numb from the shock, and he could hardly hold the saber.

What kind of archery is this, one bow with five arrows, and all of them hit the throat.

Even the most powerful sharpshooter on the grassland absolutely does not have such archery skills.

If it wasn't for his extraordinary courage and quick response, he would never have been spared from that arrow just now.

What's more terrible is that the archery man shot five arrows at five different people.

If all five iron arrows were shot at him, would he survive?

The more the Xiongnu man thought about it, the more frightened he became, but before he could figure it out, the sound of bowstrings sounded again, and the five spiked iron arrows all rushed towards the Xiongnu man this time. Rolled off the horse.

At this moment, the five hundred Xiliang cavalry led by Zhao Yun collided with the surging Hun cavalry.

Blood burst out, and the screams and screams instantly tore through the sky.

Five hundred cavalry formed a triangular assault formation, and with Zhao Yun as an arrow, they slammed into the Xiongnu cavalry formation.

Zhao Yun rode his horse in the lead, with a long spear flying into the air like a dragon, but with a fierce murderous intent in its splendor, it instantly picked up five Hun cavalrymen from their horses, and killed the big Hun who had just snatched a horse with a single shot.

The Xiongnu cavalry, which had no formation at all, was in chaos in an instant, and a big hole was dug in the middle.

At this moment, the [-] Xiliang cavalry led by Luo Zheng then killed, and once again rushed the chaotic Hun cavalry to pieces, fighting on their own, unable to organize effective resistance at all.

"Zhao Yun and Xu Chu each led [-] cavalry to encircle from the left and right flanks."

Luo Zheng looked at the six roads, seeing the chaos of the Huns cavalry, and immediately issued a military order loudly.

"As ordered."

Zhao Yun and Xu Chu responded loudly, and immediately each led [-] cavalry to divide and outflank the two flanks.

Under the leadership of these two god-killing gods, the Xiliang cavalry met the gods and killed the gods, and the Buddha blocked and killed the Buddha. Soon, the chaotic Xiongnu cavalry was divided into more than a dozen pieces, and Luo Zheng led a thousand cavalry to kill them one by one.

In less than two quarters of an hour, more than half of the Qianqi Hun cavalry died in the battle, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

The remaining Hun cavalry were frightened by being killed, and immediately scattered and fled with a cry.

"Kill and leave none."

Luo Zheng yelled loudly, there was nothing merciful to these Huns.

Without saying a word, Xu Chu and Zhao Yun each led five hundred cavalry to pursue and kill them separately.

Luo Zheng also divided a thousand cavalry into ten teams, with a hundred people as a team, chasing and killing the fleeing Hun cavalry.

In the distance, in front of the army.

After witnessing this short confrontation, Xun Yu was shivering from the cold, but the blood in his bones was inexplicably boiling. He praised Luo Zhengdi for his determination and ruthlessness, and his blood surged for the bravery of the Xiliang cavalry.

It was Zhao Yun and Xu Chuzhiyong who impressed this gentleman even more.

This is an era that respects heroes. Heroes only ask about strength, regardless of origin.

The literati and bureaucrats would only admire and admire the military generals with superior force, and would not be like the later Song Dynasty. The literati and bureaucrats simply looked down on the warriors, denouncing the warriors as the bravery of ordinary people, and castrated the blood of the Han people alive.

Even a literati like Xun Yu was amazed by Zhao Yun's unparalleled archery skills.

(End of this chapter)