"attack!"
With Jinachuan's consent, Borg sneered and waved his hand, and the Hun cavalry who had been preparing for the attack immediately rushed forward.
Compared with those slaves, the Hun cavalry's offensive was obviously much more fierce.
And this time, they obviously learned well. Each of them was equipped with a thick shield, and even the war horses were covered with two layers of rawhide.
Compared with the shields used by slaves, the quality of their shields is indeed much better.
However, it was actually just two layers of water-soaked rawhide nailed onto an ordinary wooden shield.
Although this thing may be crude, I have to say that this thing is much better than the junk they used before.
At least, under the two rounds of arrow rain from the Han army, these Huns cavalry did not suffer too many casualties!
This indeed put a lot of psychological pressure on the soldiers of the Shenwu Army. After all, once the Huns got close, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
"Hahahaha, blocked! Sure enough, blocked!"
Seeing that the Huns cavalry finally safely entered within thirty steps of the Han army's chariot formation, even Yi Zhixie was secretly happy.
"Congratulations to the Great Chanyu!"
The Shenwu Army's attack methods have always given the Huns a headache. This time, they finally found a solution.
"It turns out it's just two layers of rawhide, hahahaha, Shenwu Army? I want to see how good you are?"
As long as the power of the crossbows can be blocked, the lethality of the Shenwu Army can almost be ignored.
After all, the Huns are all cavalry. In the previous series of battles, the Huns almost always suffered from this.
This turn of events was really beyond Liu Deng's expectation. Unexpectedly, the benefits they received from the Western Regions this time were so great that they were beyond Liu Deng's imagination.
"Prepare fire and thunder!"
However, this did not trouble Liu Deng. Seeing that the Hun cavalry was approaching thirty steps from the chariot, Liu Deng waved his hand lightly.
Behind Liu Deng, several ordering soldiers immediately waved the order flags in their hands.
"Prepare fire and thunder!"
After seeing the order flag, Li Guang gave the order, and a group of soldiers immediately rushed out of the Shenwu Army, each with a strange belt tied around their waist.
Each belt is stuffed with seven or eight large homemade grenades. Of course, this thing now has a famous name, Fire Thunder!
Although the work of this thing is still very rough, its appearance looks very close to the grenades of later generations.
The soldiers who rushed out held torches in one hand and hand grenades with blueprints in the other. After lighting the fuses, they threw their arms and threw them out of the car formation.
With the speed of these Hun cavalry, the distance of thirty steps came in an instant. Almost in the blink of an eye, the Hun cavalry had rushed directly into the explosion range of the grenade.
Three thousand soldiers equaled three thousand grenades, although each grenade contained only about two kilograms of black powder.
But these black powders are all granular gunpowder that can definitely reach military grade.
"boom--"
Those Hun cavalrymen who were unaware of what was going on had already flown into the sky together with their horses before they realized what was going on.
This huge sound directly caused a commotion among the Huns cavalry.
The Hun cavalry at the center of the explosion were naturally gutted and torn.
The injuries of those affected nearby were obviously much lighter, but the most powerful thing about this thing was not actually its lethality.
On the contrary, the huge sound made the Huns unable to cope with it, and the movements of their hands went out of shape inadvertently.
Not only the Huns cavalry, but also the war horses were affected.
These Huns cavalry were not prepared at all. Besides, even if they were prepared, there was nothing they could do with this thing.
Almost in the blink of an eye, hundreds of horses in the Huns' queue were directly frightened and began to rush around randomly.
When the cavalry charges, this is what they fear most.
The cavalry in front became a mess, and those behind had to slow down their charge.
But as soon as the speed dropped, the entire battlefield turned into a mess.
They were in chaos, but the Han army did not miss the opportunity to beat the drowned dog.
The bows and arrows of the Shenwu Army were still firing, and the arrows from the sky kept falling like rain.
Borg, who was originally sitting on the horse with the old god around, almost fell off the horse when he saw this scene.
"That damn thing again?"
Borg's eyes widened.
"Damn it, find a way to get them back!"
Jinachuan's reaction was obviously much faster. He originally planned to let the Huns cavalry approach the Han army's chariot formation and use the lasso to drag the chariots away from the chariot formation.
But now that something like this has happened, those people who rush over now are simply risking their lives.
These cavalrymen were the last asset for them to settle down and live. If all these people were to die, they would probably have no choice but to surrender and kill them.
"Woo-wu-wu-"
Accompanied by a low horn sound, the Huns cavalry who were in chaos began to retreat quickly.
But in such a short time, at least thousands of Huns cavalry died under the crossbows of the Han army.
The total number of cavalry in their hands was only 80,000. In such a short time, nearly one-tenth of them were killed or wounded.
This result was really hard for Borg to accept.
"Want to leave? It's not that easy!"
Seeing that the Huns were about to flee, Li Guang gave an order and all the Shenwu Army soldiers began to fire with all their strength.
The shield was still useful when they were charging, but now it's a bit cumbersome.
In addition, their queue has fallen into chaos, and it is very difficult to rush out from the crowd at this time.
Especially those war horses that were frightened and lost their masters, bumping around like headless flies.
This gave the cavalry even more headaches.
The rain of arrows from the Han army continued to fall. In this chaos, it was really an unachievable task to protect one's whole body with a thin shield.
When the last Hun cavalry left the battlefield alive, the original team of 80,000 people suddenly became much thinner.
Borg was so distressed that his whole body was trembling. Although he did not count the specific number of people, his heart was broken when he looked at the dense layer of corpses outside the Han army's vehicle array.
"Damn Liu Deng!"
Borg's fist rattled mine, but anger could not solve any problem...
