My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

January 3, the seventeenth year of the Qin Dynasty.

The iron hoofs trampled the earth, causing smoke and dust to rise all over the cold and solid ground.

Four hundred thousand Tungus cavalry, 60,000 Gaoyi soldiers and horses, 50,000 Dai soldiers and horses, 30,000 Yan soldiers and horses, 2,000 Jizi infantry, and 800 Zhenfan infantry all crossed the Zhishui River and headed southwest of Lishi City. !

In the middle of the Qin army, after listening to the military report sent back by the scouts, Huang Kuang's hand holding the reins was trembling slightly.

Su Jiao glanced at Huang Kuang and asked calmly: "Captain Huang is scared?"

Huang Kuang smiled dryly and said: "The weather is too cold, and I am not able to adapt to it for a while."

Perhaps he knew that his defense was not convincing, so Huang Kuang said bitterly: "An army of 550,000!"

"According to scouts' reports, the enemy army may be around 550,000!"

"On the other hand, our army only has 35,000 soldiers and horses!"

"Our troops are not even a fraction of the enemy's, how can I not be afraid!"

Huang Kuang really could not have imagined that when he was a bandit leader in the mountains, he felt as if he was facing a powerful enemy when he was surrounded and suppressed by thousands of officers and soldiers. One day, he would have to face 550,000 enemy troops!

But their side only has 35,000 troops!

How to fight this?

Tell me how to fight this!

Su Jiao smiled and said, "It's normal to be afraid."

"Everyone is afraid, it just depends on who is more afraid."

"Since Captain Huang is the most afraid, we will order Captain Huang's troops to be at the forefront later and retreat immediately after a quick battle."

"Jingdu Lieutenant and Xidu Lieutenant are arranged behind and on the left and right of Huang Duwei."

"Let me, the general, lead the soldiers and horses to guard the rear!"

When life is at stake, no one will push you politely at this time.

Huang Kuang quickly handed over his hand, fearing that Su Jiao would regret it: "Wei!"

"Thank you so much, everyone."

Jingpo and Xifeng smiled and shook their heads, and also handed over their hands: "Wei!"

Su Jiao said in a deep voice: "It is impossible for our troops to win this battle."

"But our troops must not be defeated, let alone fire all the crossbow bolts in a moment of panic."

"I hope you will achieve great success!"

With an order, the four soldiers and horses quickly formed a neat and standard formation.

But in front of the rolling smoke and dust, the four soldiers and horses seemed small and weak.

"The man opposite is the legendary number one warrior in the Qin Kingdom?"

In the center of the coalition army, Battelle looked at the flags of the Qin army generals, chuckled and nodded: "If you can face this king and escape without looking at the wind with such a small number of troops, you already have the courage of a warrior."

"But a warrior needs not only courage, but also strength!"

"Pass this king's order!"

"King Zuo Guli's troops move forward to attack!"

"Dadanghu Hugjil, go around westward!"

"Prime Minister Yan's troops will press the formation from the east to cover up the enemy!"

After hearing this order, the generals from all sides had a look of surprise in their eyes.

They thought that Battelle was taking them as cannon fodder, but they never thought that Battelle was using his own troops to pave the way to victory!

Yan Xiang Li Ke bowed his hands and said, "Wei!"

King Erelqin of Zuoguli hit his heart with his right fist: "Follow the order!"

Looking at Li Ke with disdain, Erelqin shouted loudly: "Old soldier, listen to the order!"

"Gather forward!"

Accompanied by the sound of the whistle, an old man over fifty years old rode his horse to gather at the front of the coalition forces, and there were even several old men over seventy years old among them.

The veterans Erelqin talks about are veterans in the true sense, and everyone is definitely old enough!

Erelqin shouted again: "Old soldiers, listen to the order!"

"charge!"

Hundreds of veterans immediately clamped their horses' bellies and urged their horses forward. At the same time, they pulled out short bows from their backs. They stared fiercely at the Qin army's formation like hungry old wolves who had strayed from the pack, and kept making wild calls from their mouths:

"Yohoho~~~"

Although there were only a hundred Donghu veterans charging, Huang Kuang, who was at the front, did not dare to be careless at all.

Keeping an eye on the distance between the enemy and our armies, and placing the hundred Donghu veterans 200 feet in front of the formation, Huang Kuang just gave the order: "One row! The height is two, release!"

Arrows were like rain, flying towards the Donghu veterans!

"Oh, I'm here~~~"

The shouts of the Donghu veterans suddenly changed. More than a dozen veterans immediately accelerated their horses. Another dozen veterans tightly held the neck of the war horse with their right arms. They rolled off the horse's back and hid half of their bodies in the horse's belly. Underneath, there are more than 20 veterans wearing helmets to keep their bodies at the same angle as when the crossbow arrow fell, in order to minimize the area of ​​damage.

They are all subjects at the grassroots level in Donghu, and they will charge forward every time there is a war.

Those who can live to the age of fifty under such conditions may not be proficient in killing enemies, but they are all proficient in saving lives!

Hundreds of veterans showed their special abilities, so much so that one round of crossbow arrows only killed more than 20 veterans. Even though the horses under their legs were dead, there were more than 30 veterans who flexibly landed on the ground and continued to adjust after taking off their strength. Charge forward!

When Huang Kuang saw this, he was dumbfounded: "It's his mother's fault!"

“How can a horse be ridden like this?!”

A round of more than 3,000 crossbow bolts only killed more than 30 lives.

The price/performance ratio is too low!

If we continue to fight according to this cost-effectiveness, Huang Kuang's crossbows may only be able to capture more than 2,000 enemy heads even if all the crossbow arrows are fired.

If the enemy is an infantry, that's fine. At worst, it will be a hand-to-hand fight.

But the enemy is a gangster on horseback!

Once Huang Kuang's crossbow bolts are fired, the next step will be the thieves chasing Huang Kuang's troops and fighting!

Su Jiao immediately ordered upon seeing this: "Send a message to Captain Huang Kuang!"

"The crossbowmen disperse, the spearmen line up behind the crossbowmen, ready to advance and stop the enemy at any time."

"Let the enemy enter within a hundred feet in front of their troops, and shoot the crossbow arrows horizontally!"

A hundred feet is a distance that only takes twenty or so breaths for cavalry to cross.

This strategy is quite risky, but it can greatly improve the accuracy of the crossbow arrows.

Huang Kuang couldn't think of a better way for a while, so he ordered: "The crossbowmen disperse!"

Seeing that Huang Kuang's troops were forced to change their formation, Erleqin smiled softly: "Old soldiers! Charge!"

Before the first batch of veterans were all killed in the battle, the second batch of 200 veterans rode out.

As batch after batch of veterans rushed to their deaths, Huang Kuang's crossbowmen had completely laid down the Qin crossbows, and at the same time, veterans who had dodged the crossbow arrows were scattered in various areas two hundred feet in front of Huang Kuang's troops.

Erleqin immediately ordered: "Danghu Huriheti, charge!"

At the same time, the big Danghu Huugjile also drew his scimitar and pointed at the flank of Huang Kuang's troops, and shouted in a solemn voice: "Forward!"

In an instant, 3,000 cavalrymen of Huriheti rushed to the front of Huang Kuang's troops, and 10,000 cavalrymen of Huugjile rushed to the flank of Huang Kuang's troops. Hundreds of Donghu veterans were scattered within 200 feet in front of Huang Kuang's troops, accelerating the charge.

If Huang Kuang's troops raised the Qin crossbows to diffuse the Huriheti troops, these hundreds of veterans would take advantage of the situation to insert into Huang Kuang's troops, disrupt the formation of Huang Kuang's crossbowmen, and create conditions for the Huriheti troops to charge.

If Huang Kuang's troops continued to shoot horizontally, although they could wipe out the Donghu veterans and block the Huriheti troops' momentum in the shortest possible time, the shorter range and narrow killing area of ​​horizontal shooting made it inevitable that the Huriheti troops would be able to rush directly into Huang Kuang's troops with a relatively intact organization.

As for the Huugjile tribe on the flank? Unless Huang Kuang's troops change their formation, they can't resist at all!

Su Jiao tightened his grip on the reins and ordered without hesitation: "Captain Huang Kuang's troops, a round of diffuse fire from the front!

"After diffuse fire, execute the original military strategy!"

"Captain Jingpo, Captain Xifeng, diffuse fire to stop the enemy!"

Hearing this order, Huang Kuang felt relieved and ordered his crossbowmen to shoot the loaded crossbow arrows and quickly led his troops to the south.

The crossbowmen of Jingpo and Xifeng fired crossbow arrows at the Hu bandits who had already entered the range!

Looking up at the crossbow arrows that were shot down like rain, Bater said in a deep voice: "Retreat!"

"Erileqin and Huugjile's two tribes are fighting!"

"The Yan army is pressing forward to suppress the position of the Qin army! "

The cowhide drum was beaten to a unique rhythm.

Erileqin and Huugjile could not help but smile and ordered at the same time: "Retreat!"

The Donghu cavalry who had just entered the range of the Qin crossbow immediately reined in their horses and retreated, leaving behind dozens of corpses and getting out of the range of the rain of arrows.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen thousand generals led their troops to cruise at the edge of the range limit of the crossbow arrows of the three troops of Sujiao, Jingpo, and Xifeng, while Li Ke's troops held square shields and carefully advanced and contracted in the direction of the Qin army.

For a time, Li Ke's troops became a rising ocean, slowly compressing the living space of the Qin army.

Erileqin, The Huugjile and Huugjile tribes were like wolves staring at their prey, constantly provoking and harassing the Qin army, consuming their physical strength and arrows, but not giving them any chance to fight back.

Once the Qin army and Li Ke's troops went to war, the Donghu soldiers and horses would be able to stab the Qin army with sharp daggers from behind.

Even if the Qin army continued to avoid fighting, once the Qin army's crossbow arrows were exhausted, the Qin army would become lambs to be slaughtered!

Su Jiao slapped the horse's back fiercely and cursed in a low voice: "Cowardly barbarians are like skinny rats in the toilet! ”

Faced with this kind of battle situation, only by using the terrain and battle formation to restrict the Donghu soldiers and horses within a certain area, so that the two armies have the possibility of direct fighting, can the bravery of the Qin army really have room to play.

Otherwise, even if Su Jiao has the courage of ten thousand men, it is meaningless.

Su Jiao's troops, who are not equipped with the three treasures of cavalry and have no large-scale preparations for horses, can't catch up with the enemy at all. How can Su Jiao's personal bravery be displayed!

He was a little unwilling, but Su Jiao made a quick decision and immediately ordered: "Order! The two divisions of Duwei Jingpo and Duwei Xifeng lead the troops to retreat!"

"I will cover you!"

Jingpo and Xifeng did not hesitate and immediately chased Huang Kuang.

Su Jiao stood at the forefront in person, holding the position and ordering his troops to retreat slowly.

Seeing this, Bater sneered: "This is the so-called first warrior of Qin?"

"Catch up with me! ”

Mao Sui hurriedly persuaded: "Commander, the Qin army often fights with Yuezhi and Hu, so they will not be at a loss as to how to deal with knights."

"This time, the Qin army retreated in a hurry without making any achievements. I am afraid it is a trick!"

Is the performance of Su Jiao's troops reasonable?

Of course it is reasonable.

Su Jiao, Jingpo, Xifeng, Huang Kuang, and even the commander of this battle, Ying Chengjiao, had no experience in fighting against the foreign tribes on the grassland. It is natural that they were at a loss.

However, the Qin army, which had won consecutive victories against the Chinese countries, was so unbearable when facing the Donghu.

How can this be reasonable!

Bateer said thoughtfully: "Is it a trick?"

Mao Sui was about to analyze it carefully when he heard Bater say seriously: "Then chase slowly!"

Mao Sui: ???

Mao Sui: Are you sick!