Chapter 752: Old friends after many years
When a group of cavalry confronts infantry who have lost their formation and are running in all directions, it is a massacre for the infantry. The cavalry will easily drive away individual soldiers who are trying to resist, using the speed and weight of the horses and the use of swords. Harvest life easily.
But the same thing is that the cavalry, which has lost its speed and is clustered together, is the best target for archers and crossbowmen. It was more than a thousand years later that the West truly realized the lethality of bows and arrows, especially armor-piercing weapons such as longbows and heavy crossbows, against heavy cavalry. Of course, even so, there are still many people who are superstitious about the power of heavy cavalry. As a result, the big roosters of Gaul died one after another on the road of charge.
What''s more, in his eagerness to win, Zha Tiansheng actually let the Hu cavalry catch up and block the entrance of the camp. The strong camp and the relatively small entrance of the camp did not allow the Hu cavalry to launch a full-scale offensive. We can only queue up at the entrance of the camp to check in tickets.
?Now Hu Qi’s hard waiting has finally been rewarded with rich rewards. They no longer have to struggle in this dirty and painful world. Tickets from the world of Death are being distributed for free...
At this moment, the more durable effectiveness of crossbowmen than archers is gradually revealed. As long as the crossbow machine is not damaged and the number of crossbow bolts is sufficient, the crossbowmen can continue to fire crossbow bolts stably for a long time. On the contrary, the archers fire at high frequency. However, it is easy for the bow string to cut the wrist or fingers due to lack of physical strength, and the accuracy and power of shooting will be reduced.
But even if their fingers were cut with blood from the bow strings, many archers on the wall still persisted, standing with the crossbowmen, cursing, and shooting arrows, as if this would add freshness to their arrows. The curse was released, adding some inexplicable power.
For a time, "Guapi" and "Shuizhen" flew together, and "Shinibei" and "Niang Lebi" were in the same color...
?Zada Sheng was really confused.
Even many Huqi were the same. The sudden change almost refreshed their three views, just like the soldiers who lined up to shoot each other encountered the Maxin machine gun during World War I.
How is this possible?
With more than a thousand cavalry, even if we have to fight, it will take a while. Even if we can’t fight, most of them should be able to escape!
The gate of the Han army''s camp was like a devil''s big mouth. It swallowed more than a thousand Huqi in one gulp, seemingly effortlessly, and even licked its tongue unsatisfied, revealing its greedier lips, tongue and teeth...
How long did it take for more than a thousand Hu cavalry to rush into the camp until the whole army was annihilated? !
?Zada Sheng couldn’t believe his eyes.
It has been too long since the Hu people encountered such a dense crossbow attack from the Han army. Since Emperor Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty, perhaps due to the decline in national power, the cumbersome casting of crossbow machines, or some other reasons, crossbows have gradually withdrawn from the battlefield. Naturally, it disappeared from the sight of the Hu people. But now, half a century later, when Qiannu once again stepped onto the stage of war, the Hu people once again proved with their lives that Qiannu''s figure is still so coquettish. And enchanting.
?Zha Tiansheng was confused, but Zhang Ji was not.
When the scouts reported that there were a large number of Hu cavalry traces, Zhang Ji, under Fei Qian''s arrangement, took the cavalry behind a woods about ten miles south of the Yulin camp.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark little by little, Zhang Ji waited and waited without waiting for a signal. He sent many scouts to take turns spying. When he heard that Hu Qi had defeated Yong''an Camp and began to charge into the camp, he couldn''t sit still at all. I asked the scouts over and over again if they had seen the Double Rabbit Flag, and also checked again and again if it was the weather that prevented the scouts from seeing clearly...
The scout swore that there were torches on the central high platform that he could see. He also saw other flags raised, but he did not see the Double Rabbit Flag... Zhang Ji had personally seen the Xiliang cavalry attack the Feiqian position. The result was tragic, so to say that Hu Qi was able to break through the camp so easily did surprise Zhang Ji. However, the scout made it clear that there were other flags operating, and there were no double rabbit flags, which meant that the central command was still there. Operation, and the central high platform can still conduct stable command, which shows that the situation is not as bad as it seems...
?But this is not certain!
Zhang Ji, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, had no choice but to send scouts to check again and again, while he kicked the small tree next to him to relieve the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart.
??While Zhang Ji poisoned the third small tree, a scout rushed over and shouted from a distance: "Flag! The flag has been set up! The flying bird flag and the double rabbit flag have been set up!"
“The land is great!” Zhang Ji shouted loudly to the Xiliang cavalry beside him, “Boys, get on your horses! Get into the ditch!”
??The surrounding Xiliang cavalry responded with a bang, checking once again whether the leather armor on their horses and their own armor were securely fastened, then got on their horses and followed Zhang Ji out of the woods and ran towards the Yulin camp.
The Xiliang cavalry had just joined Fei Qian''s command not long ago. Although they had met each other on the battlefield before, for ordinary soldiers, there was not much boring hatred between them either before or now. Being a soldier is a job where you are ready to lose your head at any time, not to mention that soldiers just follow orders.
The horses of the cavalry directly commanded by Zhang Ji are all original Xiliang horses. These war horses are about a head taller than the Bingzhou horses. They have long body and long legs and are very explosive. The distance of ten miles is just enough to warm up, and the riders are all They are comrades who have been cooperating with each other for a long time. After the initial chaos, they gradually stepped on the same pace. The intensive sound of horse hoofbeats almost hit the same moment. More than 500 Xiliang cavalrymen Like a whole body, under the cover of the gradually darkening sky, a front line formation was formed, while the remaining more than 800 Hu Qi, who had been recruited in Pingyang, followed behind to form a loose fan. Follow the road and come straight to the side and rear of Zada ??Sheng!
??The sky effectively obscured the towering smoke caused by the high-speed running of the cavalry. It was not until the Hu cavalry on the outskirts of Zha Tian Sheng noticed the tremor of the earth that they discovered Zhang Ji''s cavalry rushing from the side and rear.
??The bull horn sounded hastily. Zha Tian Sheng tried to order the cavalry in the rear to turn, but it was already too late. Zhang Ji led the Xiliang cavalry without even stopping for a moment, and ran directly into the loose formation of Zha Tian Sheng''s cavalry!
The impact of the heavy cavalry was once again perfectly demonstrated. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, both men and horses wearing armor, collided arrogantly like small tanks. Knocking the shield open may endanger himself or the horse''s attack. In his right hand, he holds the saber horizontally. He doesn''t even use it to swing it. He just lets the high-speed horse drive the sharp ring-headed knife to cut through everything that dares to block the road. of all objects.
The tall horses rolled over like mountains. Facing the Xiliang cavalry that was rushing towards them at a rapid pace, Zha Tiansheng’s cavalrymen subconsciously evaded to both sides, unable to resist at all...
During the long-term confrontation between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, the strong crossbow was once the main long-range strike force on the battlefield...
Both Li Guang and Li Ling were besieged by the Xiongnu army and resisted with chariot formations and powerful crossbows. However, the Xiongnu siege could not be broken. In the end, the defeat was due to the lack of food and grass and the exhaustion of weapons...
But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was indeed too spendy, so in the later period, the poor and jingling Han Dynasty gradually chose bows and arrows which were relatively cheaper...
(End of this chapter)