Arrows are like locusts, covering the sky and the earth.
Thousands of Yuezhi cavalry rushed towards the Qin army's chariot formation. They did not expect that the chariot shields were also filled with crossbowmen with ready strings. There was no way to take any precautions.
Under the volley of thousands of arrows, the Yuezhi cavalry who rushed at the front were shot over.
The man was thrown onto his back, and the horse's neighing was intertwined with the screams of the man.
What's even more frightening is that the cavalry in front was shot over, and the cavalry behind who were not shot could not slow down enough, and directly trampled on their compatriots and overturned horses, or fell to the ground, or the horses jumped over The obstacle that fell to the ground rushed towards the car wall again.
From the gaps in the car wall, spears poked out one after another, like a forest of guns.
The iron-headed cavalry bumped into it, causing the wall of the carriage to shudder, and then he was pierced with a spear.
More horses neighed in fright and stopped, not daring to break through.
The Yuezhi people on horseback fired a symbolic arrow at the wall of the Qin army's chariot. The arrow with the bone cluster was blocked by the large shield and was of no use.
The Yueshi cavalrymen cheered quickly, pulled their horses, turned their horses' heads and walked back.
At this time, the crossbowmen behind the chariot shield who had missed their arrows had long been replaced. The new Qin army crossbowmen, holding the strung crossbow machine, once again fired at the fleeing Yuezhi cavalry.
This time, the Yuezhi cavalry had their backs turned to them, and they were even less protective. In the blink of an eye, they were shot over again.
"fear!"
The Yuezhi people surrounding the Qin army's chariot formation all looked horrified.
In the limited knowledge of most Yuezhi people, they have never seen such a strange fighting method.
The Qin people gathered their chariots into a fortress, with spears horizontally placed outside, and archers and crossbowmen lurking behind the shield wall. They were not afraid of fighting from far or near.
It looks like a hedgehog covered in spikes, with its soft body curled up in the middle, and all the exposed spikes are piercing spikes. How can they, the hunting wolves, bite?
In just one test, there were hundreds of casualties.
"Qin people are so bad!"
Guishuang Jihou's face was distorted and he cursed fiercely.
He had already seen that the Qin army had deliberately shown weakness and tempted the Yuezhi people to launch a large-scale test, causing them considerable losses.
"Father, the car formation is difficult to break. We might as well retreat and look for opportunities to attack later."
Sujatha was admonishing from the side. She felt her eyelids twitching just by looking at the Qin army's car formation. She felt that this thing was really not easy to mess with.
The face of Guishuang Jihou was uncertain.
The Yueshi have similar customs to the Xiongnu. When they lose a battle, they are not ashamed to run away. If they see that they cannot defeat them, they just evacuate.
But Guishuang Xihou was very unwilling.
He came here in good spirits, is he going to return in disgrace?
At this time, a war horse ran from the front line. The knight on it was Lajia Gu, the eldest son of the Marquis of Guishuang.
Just now it was Lajiagu who commanded the Yuezhi cavalry to test the Qin army's chariot formation. Now he was coming over to discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy with the Marquis of Guishuang. When he got closer, he heard Sujiasha's words.
Lajia Gu growled: "Can't retreat!"
He said to the Guishan Jihou: "Father, this battle plan with the Qin army was made by our Kushan tribe, and the two Xihous also obeyed their father's orders. The reason why they cooperated is because they believed that their father could Defeating the Qin Army's grain transport team and winning the final victory will allow Shuangmi and Xiumi to obtain a large number of slaves, soldiers, and supplies."
"The current situation is the same as the previous plan. The main force of the Qin army has been lured away, and the remaining civilians transporting food are surrounded by my Yuezhi army of 70,000. This is the best opportunity."
"If we can't even defeat the civilians transporting food for the Qin army, can my father still be able to defend this lush pasture? Can he still command Shuangmi and Xiumi?"
"Father, you are the Marquis of Guishuang! You are a man who wants to be a king!"
Lajiagu said the last words very low, and only Kushan Jihou and Sujiasha could hear them.
The body of Guishuang Jihou trembled, his eyes bulged slightly, and there was a ferocious expression on his face.
"You're right, we can't retreat!"
The Marquis of Guishuang turned his head to look at the Qin army's chariot base not far away. What he saw in his eyes was no longer the Qin people's grain transport team, but the stairs leading to the throne.
The Guishan tribe is the strongest among the five tribes below the Yuezhi royal court.
The strength of his tribe is only slightly weaker than that of the Yuezhi King, or even about the same. Therefore, the Guishuang Jihou of all dynasties had the ambition to "replace him".
However, because the Yuezhi King also had the support of several other Xihous, the Guishang tribe had ambitions but did not dare to implement them.
The Yuezhi King knew this very well, and suppressed the Kushan tribe overtly and covertly, making their life in Hexi very unsatisfactory, and there was discord between the two sides.
Therefore, when the Xihou of Guishuang heard that the Xiongnu Chanyu was severely injured by the Qin people, which caused chaos within the Xiongnu and left Henan empty, he took the opportunity to invite the Xihou of Xumi to invade this lush pasture.
First, their Kushan tribe could get rid of the suppression of the Yuezhi King and occupy a better pasture to multiply their tribes.
Secondly, he took the opportunity to form an alliance with Marquis Xiumi and brought the other party into his camp.
As the Qin people sent a large army to invade Henan, they wanted to seize this pasture.
While feeling threatened, the Marquis of Guishuang also discovered a great opportunity.
He lured Shuangmixi Marquis by offering to divide the pastures and share Qin slaves, equipment and supplies after victory, thus winning himself a new ally.
In the plan of Guishan Jihou, as long as they defeat the Qin army, not only can they obtain a large number of Qin slaves, weapons and equipment, which will greatly increase the strength of the tribe, but also through interests and marriages, they can completely combine the two tribes of Xiumi and Shuangmi. Become your own crowd.
At that time, he only needs to use the reputation of defeating the Qin army and use some of the benefits to win over the remaining two princes.
By joining forces with all the Xihous, the Yuezhi can change their families and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Guishuang Xihous to replace them with the king.
He has longed for this, and even often imagined that if he could become the king of the Yuezhi, he would remove the name of the Yuezhi, change it to the name of Kushan, and build a large Kushan empire.
But now, the Qin Army's grain transport team formed a vehicle formation full of spikes, making it difficult for him to get off.
Just like his son said, once he retreats, it means that he can't stand up in front of Shuangmi Xihou and Xumi Xihou.
It was he who made the battle plan, and it was he who said that the Qin Army's grain transport team was all unarmed farmers and easy to fight.
Now the main force of the Qin army was led away by Shuangmi Xihou, giving him and Xumi Xihou a perfect opportunity to attack the Qin army's grain transport team with 70,000 cavalry. In this case, if you fail to charge in one round and retreat directly, what else can you do to convince others?
Why should people listen to him? After returning, Marquis Shuangmixi may have run away with his people.
On the grassland, the strong are worshiped and the weak are despised. The loser is not worthy of being the king!
"Father, I have just seen it. Although the Qin army's chariot formation has long-distance crossbows and spear attacks, there will be a short gap after the crossbows are fired, and our warriors can also use bows and arrows to suppress them. Our warriors only need After one round of shooting, you can rush to the front of the car formation."
"The Qin army's shield wall is made of vehicles, which can be knocked away by horses. At worst, we can break through their vehicle array even if we pay more casualties."
Lajia Gu growled: "As long as we can break through the Qin army's chariot array, which is filled with unarmored crossbowmen and farmers, we will still be able to kill them until they bleed into rivers and burn their food." Everything is clean. The Qin army has several chariot formations. Even if we only break through one and then retreat, it is better than retreating directly."
Lajiagu offered his advice faithfully.
He is the eldest son of Guishuang Jihou. Once his father becomes the new king of Yuezhi, he will naturally have the opportunity to succeed as king. So Lajiagu didn't want to retreat, he just wanted to defeat the Qin army's chariot formation in front of him, so that he would have a chance to become the king.
The Marquis of Guishuang was already moved by the eldest son's words. At this moment, the Marquis of Xiumi on the other side also felt that the Qin army's chariot formation was difficult to deal with, so he sent someone to ask what to do.
"Hit! Don't be frightened by these wooden frames of the Qin army. As long as you break through their car wall, they are full of cowardly farmers. We Yuezhi warriors can kill ten of them!"
The Marquis of Guishuang roared at the messenger, and at the same time issued an attack order to his troops.
"We have 70,000 warriors. One person and one arrow can crush them until they can't lift their heads. If we rush over, we can break through their car formation. There is no need to be afraid."
"The first warrior to rush into the Qin army's chariot formation will be rewarded with a hundred cattle and sheep and ten women!"
As the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
Coupled with the encouragement of the leaders of various ministries, the tens of thousands of Yuezhi cavalry surrounding the Qin Army's chariot formation immediately stepped forward, raised their bows and arrows, and fired at the Qin Army's chariot formation.
Tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the Qin army's chariot formation.
At the same time, a Yuezhi warrior was full of enthusiasm, and with red eyes, he rode forward on his horse, and charged towards the Qin army's chariot formation under the cover of bows and arrows.
Rush through the car formation and kill.
"Go, go, go!"
The Marquis of Guishuang roared, it doesn't matter if the Qin army's chariot formation looks difficult to chew, he has 70,000 cavalry.
"Charge them to death!"
(End of chapter)
