Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 415
The two sides have not yet contacted, and the Huns were surprised first.

When the two armies are fighting, as the eyes and ears of the general, the eyesight of the scouts is generally good, but not much better.For the sake of their own safety, they can only observe the opponent's position from a distance, and distinguish the opponent's strength by the level and number of general flags.

This is how the Huns judged the strength of the Han army. This is also a habit for many years, and the scouts didn't think too much.The generals' evaluation of the strength of the Han army is also based on previous experience.When the two sides approached, they realized that there was a big error in their prediction.

First of all, the number of war horses in the Han army is obviously too much.

The number of cavalry in the Han army is limited, and the equipment for war horses is even worse than that of the Huns.The Huns have abundant war horse resources, and a knight is usually equipped with two or three war horses.If it is a short-distance battle, you don't need to bring too much luggage. Generally, one man and two horses are standard configurations.The Han army has few horses, so it can only be equipped with [-] to [-]% spare horses in addition to one war horse per person.

However, the number of horses in the Han army in front of them is astonishing, and the number of horses prepared is no less than that of the Huns. At a rough glance, it should be a luxurious configuration of three horses for one person.

The large number of prepared horses means that the Han army still has enough horsepower while maintaining a fast march. It is not as exhausted as they imagined, and can be defeated with one blow.

Secondly, the war horses of the Han army were not the Han horses they thought, but almost all Hun horses, and some were even taller and stronger than the Hun horses.

In the many years of Han-Hungarian Wars, the reason why the Huns were able to maintain their superiority in cavalry was of course related to their living habits of all the people as soldiers, but in the final analysis it was because they had a clear advantage in horse resources.Central Plains horses are mainly pack horses, suitable for pulling carts and carrying heavy loads, but not suitable for riding. As war horses, they are far inferior to Xiongnu horses.Even the first-class war horses produced in Bianjun are at best equal to ordinary Hun horses.

But now, the Han army rides all Xiongnu horses, and even the backup horses are Xiongnu horses, and the Huns' advantage in the quality of war horses has disappeared.

In other words, the cavalry of the Han army in front of them are no worse than the Huns in terms of horses, whether in quantity or quality, and even slightly better.Coupled with their advantages in equipment, the overall strength has surpassed the Huns.

This was something the Huns hadn't thought of beforehand.Now they discovered this, but it was too late.

The arrow is on the string, and the Huns have no chance of turning back.Besides, the people who discovered this were only those who rushed to the front. Most people didn't realize this at all, and they were rushing happily and couldn't stop at all.

The sound of horns and war drums rang together, stirring in the sky.

The horses galloped, and the Han army and the Huns quickly approached. The distance between the two sides was 150 steps. The crossbow knight who rushed to the front pulled the crossbow trigger and shot the first wave of arrows.

The three-stone crossbow has a range of 120 steps, and when fired on galloping horseback, the range can be further increased.When the arrow hits the Huns, it still has enough lethality to penetrate the leather armor of the Huns.But the bows of the Huns only had a range of [-] to [-] steps. Facing the first wave of attacks from the crossbow knights, they were not prepared at all. Before they could even raise their shields, they were shot down.

Nearly a hundred knights fell from their horses with arrows, and a flaw appeared in the formation of the Huns.

Before the Huns realized what was going on, the crossbow knight controlled the horse under his crotch, slowed down, and the light cavalry with strong bows rushed to the front.The light cavalry rode and shot, shooting three or four arrows in one breath, and used a denser array of arrows to hit the Huns again, expanding the loopholes.

The distance between the two sides was thirty steps, and the light cavalry also slowed down. The assault cavalry, armed with spears and halberds, rushed to the front and rushed into the formation of the Huns unstoppably.

With a distance of three hundred steps, but in just a few tens of breaths, the knights of the Han army relied on their exquisite coordination to complete a three-stroke combo, giving the Huns a head-on blow.

The Huns who were on the brunt were attacked by strong bows and crossbows one after another. Hundreds of people were shot and fell off their horses.Under such circumstances, when they met the assault cavalry head-on, they immediately turned on their backs and became a mess.Some of them hadn't had time to put away their bows and arrows, and even though some of them drew their sabers and faced the spears and halberds in the hands of the Han army, they had no ability to resist at all, and were stabbed to the ground one after another.

The assault cavalry galloped wildly, wielding spears and halberds, harvesting the lives of the Huns like mowing grass.

Under their cover, the light cavalry and crossbow knights hiding in the formation fired wantonly and suppressed the Huns with all their strength.

The light cavalry drew the bow in their hands and shot at the Huns when they saw the Huns, but the crossbow cavalry carefully selected those valuable targets as much as possible.The crossbow is strong and far away, and it can be aimed at the mountain. The hit rate is much higher than that of ordinary strong bows.Under their shooting, many Hun warriors and officers were shot and killed before seeing their shadows, and lost their combat effectiveness.

The Han army was like a broken bamboo, driving straight in, and quickly wedged into the central army of the Huns.

Regardless of the danger, Gongsun Rongnu stood on the back of a war horse with superb riding skills, shooting arrows and screaming with excitement.He is clear about the adaptation of the cavalry, but this is the first time he has seen the effect of the adaptation.In fact, this is also the first actual combat of the adapted Han cavalry.The effect was so good that Gongsun Rongnu was overjoyed.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sound of war drums became more intense, and the morale of the Han army was like a rainbow, advancing bravely.

Holding up his clairvoyance, Liang Xiao looked at the figure of Gongsun Rongnu standing on horseback in the distance, smiled and shook his head.He couldn't hear what Gongsun Rongnu was calling, but judging from the way he danced and danced, the battle should have gone smoothly.However, this guy is too ostentatious, standing on horseback, isn't he a target for the Huns?
At this time, the two wings also came into contact with the outflanking Huns, and the Han army did not entangle. After shooting a shower of arrows against the Huns, they broke off contact with the Huns, allowing the Huns to encircle them behind them and charge forward with all their strength. .The two groups of Huns joined forces behind the Han army, but found that the situation was not as optimistic as they imagined. The Han army advanced very fast, and they fell five or six hundred steps behind in a blink of an eye.

Not to mention chasing and killing the Han army, it would be nice to be able to catch up.

The two commanders of the Huns felt that something was wrong.They are all veteran generals who have been in battle for a long time, and they did not fight the Han army once or twice. This is the first time they have encountered such a strange situation.

"Is this... a Han Chinese?" one of the commanders asked.

"This... Judging from the flag and armor, it should be correct. But..." Another commander touched his face. "But how can their tactics be faster than our Huns?"

"I think so too."

The two looked at each other in blank dismay, puzzled.

But their little Wang Quqie didn't have time to think about it.Before he was mentally prepared, the Han army had already appeared in front of him, with a ferocious face and bright eyes, and they came to kill like wolves and tigers.Obviously, these Han army knights saw his battle flag and came for him.

He didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered to fight.The guard cavalry beside him drew his bow, raised his saber, uttered a strange scream in his mouth, went up to him, and stood in front of Qu Qie.

"Kill!" Gongsun Rongnu also saw Quqie and gave the order to attack almost at the same time.

The two sides fought together, with swords and spears raised at the same time, and blood spattered everywhere.

Quqie's personal guard battalion is well-equipped, and its combat power is stronger than that of ordinary Hun cavalry. The assault cavalry who rushed all the way also felt the pressure.However, not only were they not discouraged, they were even more excited, roaring in unison, rushing desperately.When the spear was stuck in the enemy's body and could not be pulled out, he drew out the sword.When the horse was wounded and fell to the ground, they dismounted and fought with shields.

For a moment, the sound of horns, drums, shouts of killing, and clashes of swords and shields all merged into one.Arrows flew above their heads, and some people fell to the ground from time to time, but no one bothered to take a look.They roared, rushed forward, and went straight to him.

He was blocked in the way, and there was a chaotic crowd in front of him. The horses were hovering, colliding with each other, neighing, but there was nowhere to go.More and more Han troops surrounded the canal, slashing with knives and shooting with arrows.

Gongsun Rongnu also came up with his personal guard battalion, and the two sides were entangled, fighting like life and death enemies.

Seeing the stagnant battle flag ahead, Liang Xiao smiled helplessly.He knew that Gongsun Rongnu must have seen a valuable goal and forgot his due responsibility.He ordered to adjust the direction, avoid the already chaotic battlefield, maintain speed, and continue to charge.

Cavalry lost speed, worse than infantry.However, in terms of foot battles, how could the Huns be Gongsun Rongnu's opponents.

With the sound of war drums, Liang Xiao led the main force to adjust the direction, passed by Gongsun Rongnu and Qu Qie, and charged towards the rear of the Huns.

He saw Liang Xiao from a distance and was very anxious, but he was entangled by Gongsun Rongnu and couldn't escape.Without a command, his subordinates became even more chaotic, and were completely wiped out by the cavalry of the Han army led by Liang Xiao.

Hearing the sound of horns one after another, he was flustered, and one of them was unprepared, and was shot in the face by a hand crossbow by a guard beside Gongsun Rongnu, and fell to the ground.Gongsun Rongnu was ecstatic, screamed to kill, rushed in front of Quqie, cut off his head with one knife, and then cut down Quqie's battle flag.

Gongsun Rongnu carried Qu Qie's head, jumped onto a saddleless horse, got out of the ring, and galloped away.

"Behead the General—"

A personal guard held Quqiu's battle flag, followed closely behind Gongsun Rongnu's horse, and shouted loudly: "Capture the flag—"

The drums sounded again, and the soldiers of the Han army raised their sabers and cheered in unison, roaring like thunder.

The Huns' morale plummeted.

The two commanders who were struggling to catch up heard the roar of the Han army, and they reined in their horses at the same time, looking around, hesitating.They were all dumbfounded.At first they thought it was an easy victory, but the result was beyond their expectations. The victory was still an easy victory, but the winner was not them, but the Han people.

How is this going?

At this moment, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the west, a large flag rushed out of the horizon, and countless Han army knights rushed towards them like a tide.

The Huns no longer dared to fight, turned their horses and fled in all directions.
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(End of this chapter)