Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1305 Leaping Horse Yinshan

  This is Yinshan Mountain. The two sides fought at the beginning, and the soldiers were different from usual. At the beginning of the battle, they were all Huns. If the Xiongnu went south to fight in the usual way, the Han people who looted all over the place should be used as death camps, driven forward, and used as one-time consumables, but now there are no other populations around, and it is also an internal strife. So when the battle started, all the blood was the Huns' own.

  Even in the era of cold weapons, the two sides fought each other in front of each other, facing each other, and such a life-for-life hand-to-hand fight was not the mainstream of a battle. For this sake, it is often ready to make a final decision. The reason is not complicated. In the formation, there is no space to move around, nor dodge and retreat. You can only move forward or fall down. This kind of hand-to-hand combat is not a well-selected warrior in any era, or has undergone rigorous training. It is very difficult for soldiers to do so.

   Especially cavalry.

For troops like the Xiongnu, which generally belong to the ranks of light cavalry, the best strategy is to harass a large number of light cavalry to compress the opponent's room for movement. It is best to compress the opponent tightly within the camp. It was close to victory. At the same time, the scope of cavalry activities can continue to expand based on the above advantages, and even consider cutting off the opponent's food road...

  If you can’t limit the opponent, then consider other means to gain the initiative. Either attack the enemy and save them, lure the opponent out of the solid camp and fortress, and make a surprise attack during the march, or just show the enemy's weakness and induce the opponent to divide his troops and attack in search of gaps. When you can neither restrict nor mobilize your opponents, find no flaws, and find no advantages, then as a qualified coach, you will most likely choose not to fight, or choose deep trenches and high bases, or simply attract troops. Avoid it and wait for a better opportunity.

Most of the time, the battle between the two armies is basically a deep ditch and a high fortress. After all, they were still reluctant to attack the camp by force, or they were not sure that they would be able to attack.

  However, at this moment, the Great Elder may have been dazzled by hatred, or he felt that he could definitely conquer this hillside, so he urged his soldiers to charge up regardless!

   As a result, the first wave of attacks that came hastily was defeated by Fu Luo's unkind laughter. The speed of the war horse's upward attack itself is limited, and those small traps that are the size of a bowl and occasionally trap people are really hard to guard against.

  War Horse is actually a tsundere girl with deep myopia. She loves beauty and never wears glasses. There are pits on the ground that are really invisible. She holds her head high and steps on it with one foot...

   What will happen to the cavalry who lost their speed and sprained their feet?

   As a last resort, the Great Elder could only order the soldiers to dismount, and the cavalry changed into infantry to forcefully attack upwards.

At the beginning, Yu Fuluo's subordinates still had the advantage of being commanding, and took advantage of it. The first wave of killings was full of corpses and blood, but as more and more people came up , Yu Fuluo's soldiers gradually fell into a bitter battle.

  On the front lines of both sides, there were layers of corpses, and blood seeped into the ground, dyeing the grass in this piece of red. There was so much blood that the ground could no longer absorb it, and if you stepped on it with leather boots or bare feet, mud mixed with red water splashed up. Hundreds of Huns were rushing back and forth in this **** quagmire, desperately trying their best. fight.

Although Yu Fuluo's stomach was trembling at the beginning, but after seeing the blood, he was still a bachelor, especially after seeing the protective power of the Han Chinese heavy armored soldiers, his courage rose a lot. Under the protection of more than a dozen confidant guards, standing behind the front line, from time to time, he saw the opportunity to stab and slash, in order to boost morale and maintain the stability of the front line.

  Wei Du was wearing heavy armor, and he took turns letting his soldiers come forward. If the relatives and Huns brought by Yu Fuluo are like a net, then these heavily armored soldiers under Wei Du are the stakes on the net, maintaining the stability of each node. A group of three, one person holding a shield, two people holding a long knife, chopping and stabbing, will be invincible. At the same time, when the strength drops and needs to be replaced, the big shield covered with oil vines is enough to make the attacker lose the chase. any ideas.

Maybe it's because of the fat on his body, or maybe it's because of his age, Yu Fuluo's movements are not very agile, but after all, he has been in battle for many years, and his physical strength can't keep up. With the help of skills, he can still kill. The Xiongnu soldier wanted to die.

Seeing a stout soldier under the banner of the Great Elder brandishing a saber, shaking the line of cutting, another soldier from Fuluo stabbed at him with a spear, and he was also caught by his arm and held under his arm, revealing a gap, so Fu Luo looked at it cheaply, grabbed it with one step, and stabbed out fiercely.

The soldier screamed loudly, Yu Fuluo pierced his neck and shoulders with a knife, he couldn't help but dropped the weapon and grabbed the long knife with his bare hands. up. Yu Fuluo pushed forward and then stirred, and immediately cut off the soldier's fingers, and the blood sprayed out like a sword, staining the blood color of the surrounding soldiers a few more times, and the soldier grabbed it again. Unable to keep the long knife, he let go and fell backwards.

The soldier fell backwards, Yu Fuluo was not greedy, he immediately shrank back without hesitation, and retreated into the shield protection range of Zhengxi's heavy armored soldiers around him, dodging an unstoppable attack. Knowing where the cold arrow shot out from below, the feathered arrow picked up the strong wind, hit the shield with a bang and was bounced off, flashing a little bit of fire.

Yu Fuluo breathed out, adrenaline was secreted wildly, and he couldn't help shouting towards the slope: "You old man, if you have the guts, come up, see if I don't knock off your limbs, and send you and your son to work together!" companion!"

Although Yu Fuluo's mouth is still quite tough, but in fact, when he looked around, because of the disadvantage of the number of people, the defensive circle was gradually compressed, and the soldiers of the Great Elder began to spread to the two wings, gradually Formed a semi-encircled situation.

  Where the lines intersect, there are many corpses, especially in the front of Yu Fuluo.

  However, these criss-crossed limbs helped Yufuluo's defense to a certain extent. From time to time, some corpses rolled down the **** under the blood and trample, and some people would be tripped, hindering the smooth attack.

  The soldiers of the Great Elder kept rushing forward, or fell down, or were dragged down with wounds and left behind, moaning and screaming. The Ufulo defenders at the top of the grass **** seemed to be submerged at any time, but they never collapsed. With those heavily armored soldiers as support points, they supported the entire front and fought desperately in waves of offensives like tides!

It's not that the Great Elder doesn't want to send more people, but it's just like the real-time strategy game reflects that no matter how many people fight in the cold weapon era, only the front line of the battle is fighting, no matter how many people are sent , Those behind who can't join the battle, at most, just use some long-range assistance, they belong to the type of shouting that they can't reach and can't get up.

  So it can only be a wave of attacks like a tide.

  However, in such a **** tide, the ones who can stand upright are Zhengxi's heavily armored soldiers on the grassy slope.

These heavy armored soldiers are really formidable. From such a distance, it is already clear that the armor of these heavy armored soldiers is already covered with blood, but each of them is like a rock on the top of a mountain. Shaken, some people even carried a feathered arrow on their bodies, and some were stabbed and chopped, but never fell down. After reaching the back, the soldiers of the Great Elder even subconsciously began to avoid these heavy armored soldiers, not daring to fight with them. Fight head-on.

  The Great Elder stared at Yu Fuluo with blood-red eyes, muttering to himself, but he didn't know what he was talking about. But Subdelkin looked at the heavy armored soldiers who were like the mainstay in the fighting field, and suddenly frowned and said, "Are these people Han Chinese? Are they soldiers of General Zhengxi?"

Subdelkin has basically been in Gaonu for a long time. He has neither participated in the Battle of Yinshan with Feiqian nor been to Guanzhong, and he has not even met Feiqian, the general who conquered the west, a few times. Know the situation of the soldiers under Zhengxi's command.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Subdelkin actually didn't want to continue to attack. Although the one who died was not his own, but the Huns were not good at positional warfare. Such a battle is actually not very beneficial, but the problem is that Most of the soldiers under his command are members of the Great Elder's clan and related vassal tribes, so they may not be able to listen to his own words. Secondly, killing Yu Fuluo is indeed tempting to him.

The Great Elder gritted his teeth and said: "It's not Zhengxi's people, how can this damned Yu Fuluo have the courage to resist? But these soldiers in Zhengxi are still human! It's the time when people have to run out of energy! Yu Fuluo This **** thinks that I won't dare to fight with these soldiers who conquer the west, but I want to fight! Let's see how long these soldiers who conquer the west can last!"

Hearing what the great elder said, Subdelkin frowned dissatisfiedly and said, "How long will the fight last? We have been entangled with these people on the top of the mountain for so long, and these soldiers who conquered the west can't take it down. If other Han people come from How do we defend against attacks from the outside?"

"What? You haven't fought much yet, are you timid?" The elder's blood-red eyes turned to Subdelkin, "Look at the heavy armor of the Han people, of course they are not very afraid of knives and guns Zha, but let him run and try? We really want to go, can they catch up? Wearing such a heavy armor and wielding a weapon, huh! At most another hour, no, another half an hour , These guys will definitely lose their strength! So what if the soldiers from Zhengxi come? Could it be that you, the new Chanyu, don’t even have the guts to do so?”

Subdelkin also snorted, and glanced around for a week with his eyes, but he didn't see any movement, and then said slowly: "Okay, just follow what you said, and attack for another half an hour! If you attack again at that time not coming down..."

  The Great Elder waved his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense! We will definitely be able to attack! Come on, and send three more centurions up!"

  Subdelkin stopped arguing with the Great Elder, but sent some people to go around this small grassy slope, and survey the surrounding area, especially the east, to prevent the raiders from the west.

  Fei Qian, the general of the Western Expedition, was indeed preparing for a surprise attack, but it was not in the east where Subdierkin focused on surveying, but in the north, in a direction that Subdierkin and others thought was unlikely to appear.

  Because the north side is washed by the river, there is a gravel land.

Just when Subdelkin and the Great Elder were attacking the grassy slope, Fei Qian and Zhao Yun had already led the horses around and approached from the side and rear wings. Not only did he not let go of the speed of running, but he also wrapped a layer of thick sackcloth on the horse's hoof.

  This layer of thick linen is not only to protect the horseshoe, but also to cover up the existence of the horseshoe.

Marching on the prairie, especially along the wet river, the dust raised is much smaller than that of the yellow mud, and because of the erosion of the river, there are some finely broken stones, either round or sharp, which are actually not It is suitable for riding horses, but with the existence of horseshoes, as long as the speed is not fast, it is actually similar to ordinary roads.

This time, it is difficult for the Xiongnu to basically not be disabled. In this way, no matter how ambitious Yu Fuluo is, he has no capital to turn around. At least in one or two generations, it is impossible to accumulate a sufficient population. Coupled with the follow-up enlightenment policy, it might become the first Hu tribe to be completely sinicized...

As for Longyou, the existence of Li Ru has reduced the threat of the whole Longyou accordingly. If one day Longyou can be completely pacified, then two of the three great racecourses in the Han Dynasty will be in the hands of Fei Qian, while Jizhou Youzhou is fighting again, and it is not too much to say that Fei Qian currently controls most of the horse resources.

  So at this stage, when Fei Qian takes out the horseshoes for use, in addition to the secrecy of Huang's craftsmen, the monopoly of resources will also protect such technological advancement for a long time.

   Besides war horses, Fei Qian also has another important resource, which is these skilled cavalry veterans.

  The ones who followed Fei Qian all the way this time, in addition to the elites who have fought in the South and North over the years, there are also cavalry trained in the Yinshan generation. They are more or less half locals, so they naturally know how to use the terrain here.

Under Zhengxi's command, Fei Qian has worked hard these years, deployed everywhere, fought south and north, and slowly accumulated a lot of elite cavalry. In addition, there are excellent cavalry generals such as Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Ganfeng as commanders. , it can be said that the weather is completely different from that of the Northern Frontier Army during the Han Lingdi period.

Originally in the north, most of them are Mongolian warhorses called by later generations. The individuals are relatively small, with long hair, cold resistance, heavy resistance, good endurance, and can be used in battle and farming. However, the disadvantages are small explosive power and low load. lack of ability. And now after adding a batch of Longxi war horses, it can just make up for the shortcomings of Mongolian horses. Although Longxi war horses need to eat better and their endurance is not as good as Mongolian horses, they are big, heavy in tonnage, and high in load-bearing. Deals high damage for a short period of time. After all, if you fight against the highly mobile barbarians, if you can't seize the opportunity to fight a wave, maybe you will disperse immediately like loose sand, and there will be no chance for a second wave.

There are more than 2,000 Longxi war horses and more than 2,000 Bingzhou horses. The combined number of cavalry is close to 5,000, and they are all still pawns. They can be directly thrown into the battle on the battlefield. The cavalry unit can already be called a luxurious lineup. Even when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he only had 3,000 cavalry, which suppressed the Central Guards from acting rashly. In Bingzhou during the Dingyuan period, there were not even 3,000 cavalry.

   Raising a cavalry is very expensive, and this may only be possible for Fei Qian, who started his business.

   Horses are like dragons, people are like tigers, even the equipment is almost armed to the teeth.

In terms of classification, most of General Zhengxi's cavalry, except for those heavy cavalry of Gan Feng, the rest can probably be grouped into the category of light cavalry, but they have an extra leather lining than ordinary light cavalry. Put another layer of sleeve armor, and some sergeants also have an extra cavalry round steel shield, which is a circle smaller than ordinary cavalry shields, but because it is small, it is made of steel, and it can be made thinner and also has great strength. Therefore, it is thinner and lighter than wooden riding shields. With the addition of a main weapon and a pair of two-handed weapons, every soldier, regardless of his origin in Bingzhou or Longyou, has an enhanced version of the weapon, like It's the heavy cavalry directly under Longyou, and they even have a finely crafted horse lance. Some big dogs, like Gan Feng, even have a spare.

As for the high-quality beheading knives produced in Huang's workshop, they are equipped by everyone, not to mention strong bows and crossbows. Feather arrows and arrows are all high-quality goods, and it is not easy to drift even if you choose long-distance shooting. It is more than a thousand times better than the bone arrows commonly used by Hu people. With such a complete set of equipment, it can fully support a dozen or twenty ordinary infantry.

  This is only cavalry, if you add horses...

Under Zhengxi's command, even war horses have thick linen as a harness. Several layers of linen and wool are combined into one layer, and a layer of waterproof oilcloth is added on the outside, which can not only keep out cold and moisture, but also have a certain protective ability. War can be used as a vest The horse cover can also be used as a bedding and felt blanket during normal marches, which is very convenient, but the cost is enormous, and it was only gradually equipped in the past two years.

With such a level of equipment, it can blind the krypton gold dog eyes of anyone in the contemporary era. Even Habayashiro in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was probably on the same level, and emperors like Emperor Han Heng and Emperor Han Ling who are in decline can only be stared at. Afterwards, such an army could not be supported at all.

In addition, the cavalry has sufficient food and fodder. In wartime, ordinary soldiers are allotted fine fried wheat flour pieces mixed with dried meat, which are compacted and packed in bamboo tubes. When there is water, they are boiled and added. Some wild vegetables can be eaten directly when there is not enough water. And all the horses are fried broad beans with salt and sugar.

Such a troop spends almost the same amount of money as running water, but it also buys an extreme loyalty and sense of belonging to General Zhengxi. Among other things, in such troubled times, who can be like Fei Qian? Tilting the resources to the soldiers' heads, can such soldiers be allotted and such food rationed?

  —Thanks to De Fei Qian who is very good at collecting money, and is quite willing to spend money.

  Of course, the result of this is that the scale of the cavalry in Zhengxi has always been limited. Even if it has developed to the present, all the cavalry on the entire Zhengxi site is added together, that is, about 10,000. At present, there are 5,000 gathered here in Yinshan, 1,000 in Pingyang, 1,000 in Shangdang Taiyuan, and 3,000 in Longyou Guanzhong. The terrain in Hanzhong is relatively special, and there are only a few hundred.

It was not Subdelkin, who had surveyed the wrong direction, but Yufulo and others who were the first to discover that the reinforcements from Feiqian had come. When the northern side of the battlefield appeared, he shouted in uncontrollable ecstasy, which was tantamount to notifying Subdelkin and the Great Elder...

Too lazy to pay attention to pig teammates like Yu Fuluo, Fei Qian looked at Zhao Yun and saw Zhao Yun's eager eyes, then nodded, pulled out the Zhongxing sword, pointed forward, and shouted in a deep voice: "Come on!" ! This battle will bring peace to the Yin Mountains for twenty years!"

Zhao Yun took the order, rode his horse forward, and when he rushed to the front of the formation, he stood up behind his spear, his legs clamped the horse's belly fiercely, and at the same time, he lowered his waist and lowered his crotch to restrain the horse. His white war horse couldn't run away, it just raised its hoofs high in a hurry, stood up in front of the battle, and neighed like thunder.

  As the horse's hooves fell heavily, Zhao Yun raised his gun and roared: "Left and right wings! Spread out! Line up the front arrows! Follow someone to charge! Today we will break through the royal court!"

Nearly a hundred cavalry soldiers from the front army immediately followed Zhao Yun and yelled in unison, and then the other soldiers who were left behind also passed on the order one after another, and at the same time automatically followed the grassroots officers around them to adjust their positions, a murderous aura soared into the sky. rise!

For thousands of years, Meng Tian Hu Ben, champion hussars, and Wei Gong Erlang, who were able to drive the Huns like bereaved dogs in the barren and impoverished territory beside the Han family, are now facing mere Huns rebels, even if they are in numbers So many? Even if it is doubled, it will still be killed!

  Amidst the shouts, Zhao Yun let go of the reins fiercely, and the white mount hissed long before hitting the ground with its heels, and flew into the air in the next instant, jumping straight to the direction where the king's banner of the Xiongnu rebel army was!

  (end of this chapter)