The last three kingdoms

Chapter 648 I am also dead
In fact, for this Western Expedition, Liu Yin also prepared a secret weapon, that is, the horseshoe.

It is rather strange to say that the application of horseshoes was clearly recorded in Rome as early as the first century BC, that is, more than 300 years ago. In the era when Eastern and Western civilizations intersected through the Silk Road, this item greatly improved the use of horseshoes. It is indeed puzzling that efficient equipment has not been introduced to China.

A horse's hoof is composed of two layers. The layer in contact with the ground is about 2-3 cm thick and hard cutin, and the upper layer is live cutin.When the horseshoe is in contact with the ground, it will fall off quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of accumulated water. The main purpose of nailing the horseshoe is to delay the wear of the horseshoe.The use of horseshoes not only protects the horseshoes, but also makes the horseshoes grip the ground more firmly, which is very beneficial for riding and driving, especially when the horses travel long distances.

In order to prepare for the Western Expedition, Liu Yin prepared a large amount of supplies. After all, considering the journey, this will be a battle spanning five thousand miles, and it will be a great test for the logistics supplies of the Shu army.

In order to ensure the efficiency of the war horses during the long-distance march, Liu Yin specially ordered the iron workshop to make more than two hundred thousand horseshoes, which were nailed into the horseshoes of the war horses.

A horseshoe is just a ring-shaped thin iron sheet with a thickness of only a few minutes. There is no difficulty in manufacturing technology. As long as sufficient raw materials are prepared, the craftsmen of the iron workshop can complete it in a short period of time.

Horseshoes can not only reduce wear and tear on the horseshoes of war horses, but also can effectively increase the speed of war horses. Even if it is only [-]% of the speed, it is already extremely amazing.

It is precisely because of the advantage in speed that the Shu army launched a fierce pursuit of the Xianbei cavalry who had begun to flee, and the tactics adopted by the Shu army were also quite clear, that is, roundabout outflanking and interspersing in depth, dividing the retreating Xianbei cavalry into several part, and then surround and annihilate them.

The bald tree function now has a feeling of powerlessness again. Seeing the Xianbei cavalry being divided and surrounded by the Shu army, which has an advantage in speed, and eating away step by step, his heart is bleeding. The former king of the desert is now reduced to Lost dog, on this battlefield, he has already done nothing.

Now the Xianbei people have completely lost their fighting spirit, and they are scrambling to flee westward. Although the Shu army has the advantage in speed, it is almost impossible for them to eat tens of thousands of people in one go. The Xianbei cavalry who fell behind were mercilessly hunted down, but they undoubtedly created a chance for escape for their fleeing companions.

After the first batch of stragglers were killed, the next batch of stragglers would become the targets of the Shu army. As far as the entire fleeing team was concerned, those who fled at the front naturally had the best chance of finding a way out. So the big rout has become a speed race. If you don’t want to be the bottom, you have to run as fast as you can. As long as your companion is behind you, you are safe. This sentence has become a wise saying.

In this escape game, the quality of the horse determines whether you have a chance to escape from birth, and the leader-level characters such as the bald tree function, including their personal guards, choose the best horse. Yes, during the process of escaping, they have always remained among the leading first group, and those soldiers at the bottom, riding bad horses, will be the first to be eliminated in this death game.

While the senior officials of the Xianbei nobles were still complacent, the situation ahead suddenly plunged their hearts into a dark abyss.

Part van!
The existence that made Xianbei people feel like a nightmare is neatly arranged in front of them at this moment, in the shape of a line, densely arranged. Seen from the direction of Xianbei people, it is completely a tall and wide wooden wall. Extending towards the north and south sides, you can't see the end at a glance.

The bald tree's heart sank, and his eyes went dark. This is the rhythm of Liu Yin's attempt to wipe them out. It turned out that he had already ambushed the van formation on the way back from the Xianbei people. There was interception in front and pursuit in the back. Bing, the Xianbei army is in a desperate situation.

The van formation is enough to chill the hearts of all Xianbei, not to mention the cavalry who were defeated while fleeing, even the well-prepared cavalry can hardly break through the defensive position of the van formation. At this moment, all Xianbei people are desperate up.

The chariot formation was very long, at least three or four miles long by visual inspection. At this time, the cavalry of the Shu army also approached the two ends of the chariot formation tacitly, trapping all the fleeing Xianbei cavalry in the encirclement among.

The speed of the cavalry of the Shu army was superior to that of the Xianbei cavalry, and they had already seized the opportunity. The attempts of the Xianbei to break through from the north and the south were also shattered.

The red-eyed Yao Yikang led the Qiang cavalry to charge frantically, and mercilessly chopped down every Xianbei who stood in front of him. Today is the day of revenge, and the blood of tens of thousands of Qiang people It will never be in vain, Yao Yikang is aiming at the function of the bald tree on the battlefield, if he can't kill the enemy with his own hands, Yao Yikang will never be reconciled.

All the Qiang riders have red eyes and blood. Most of their relatives died under the butcher's knife of the Xianbei people, so every time they see the Xianbei people, they are full of hatred, revenge, and blood. The Qiang people are obsessed with killing the Xianbei people at this moment, they will not be soft at all, no matter whether the Xianbei people still resist or surrender, they chop them down row by row, and their heads fall to the ground, spilling blood on the battlefield.

Seeing the chasing soldiers approaching, there are fewer and fewer capable fighters around him, and the bald tree feels infinite sadness in his heart. Since he was 15 years old, he has been fighting all over the land of Hexi. In the future, killing is useless, and the bald-haired tree's abilities have gradually changed from a hot-blooded boy to the king of the desert.But today, everything is coming to an end. Under the Sanwei Mountain, the function of the bald tree has come to an end. What awaits him is failure and death.

He slowly drew out the knife, looking at this treasured knife that has killed countless enemies for more than ten years, the bald tree can't help but sigh, he never imagined that this treasured knife full of enemy's blood would one day die drink your own blood.

Since it is already impossible to escape, the bald tree mechanism would rather die than be a prisoner, not to mention that the Qiang people's crazy revenge will kill him Ling Chi to pieces, even if he still hopes to live, the bald tree mechanism will not I am willing to end the rest of my life in such a humiliating way. He is a hero on horseback, and he will die on a horse. He is the king of the desert. He would rather be buried in the yellow sand of the desert than die in prison.

For a king, he would rather die with dignity than live in humiliation.

He put the treasured sword across his neck, looked up to the sky and screamed: "Heaven will kill me!"

(End of this chapter)