"The Qin army has begun to cross the river!"
"The Qin people's ships have docked!"
"Thousands of people got off the Qin army's ship, and they pushed the wooden chariot with their hands!"
One piece of information after another was transmitted by the Huns cavalry back to a wilderness ten miles away from the shore, and reached the ears of Touman Chanyu and many nobles.
"The Qin people pushed the cart? Didn't they use horses?"
The Huns nobles were surprised.
The chariots of the people of the Crown Belt are a type of weapon that can fight with nomadic people like them on the grassland, but if there are no horses, how can they be used?
While these Xiongnu nobles were astonished, Sugatha and Yaguda Yuemueshi shuddered and looked at each other, recalling some not-so-good memories.
The Qin army's chariot without horses was a pain in the hearts of the Yuezhi people.
But at this time, they wouldn't say much.
Touman Shanyu didn't pay much attention to this matter. In his view, with absolute strength, there was no need to consider some unexplained small details.
He turned to look at the general on the right and praised: "You are right. The Qin army used ships to transport soldiers across the river, transporting thousands of people at a time. Their large troops can only stay on the other side. This is our opportunity. Taking advantage of the river's obstruction and preventing them from reaching each other, they could swallow up thousands of people in one and a half crossing."
The right general smiled and added: "As long as I come here a few more times, I will kill many of the Qin people's troops. I will definitely frighten their courage and make them never dare to cross the river again and covet our grassland."
Touman Chanyu nodded with satisfaction and began to scan the nobles under the tent. He was about to send troops.
His eyes fell on the heads of Sugatha and the leader of Yaguda Yuezuenzhi, and they turned their heads to avoid them.
Touman Shanyu frowned slightly and said to himself: "These Yuezhi people seem to have been frightened by the Qin army. Even if they are sent here, they probably won't be of much use. We have to show them how my Xiongnu warriors defeated the Qin people." , allowing them to regain their courage so that they can exert their fighting power."
He turned his head and looked at the few Hun nobles who were following him.
"Wuluxu and Xubutang, each of you send 10,000 people to capture this Qin army."
The expressions of the two Guli kings on the left and right changed slightly.
Although the Qin army was small in number, it had strong armor and sharp swords, and was still very powerful in combat. Naturally, ten thousand of them were unwilling to let their own people fight against the Qin army.
Touman Shanyu saw through their thoughts and said calmly: "The Qin army crossing the river only has a few thousand people. Each of your two armies can send ten thousand people to capture them. When the battle is won, all the slaves captured will belong to you. You also take most of the weapons and equipment of the Qin army."
Upon hearing this, Wu Luxu and Xu Budang's expressions relaxed.
The weapons and equipment of the Qin army are good things on the grassland. A good Qin sword is enough to exchange for several cattle and sheep.
The Huns feared that there would be no profit in war. As long as there was profit to be gained, they were still willing to fight.
Now that the Great Chanyu had made his promise, the two kings of Guli began to mobilize their clan troops.
A moment later, 20,000 Xiongnu cavalry galloped straight towards the Qin army that had just crossed the river several miles away.
And Touman Chanyu did not wait here.
Chanyu's eagle flag moves forward.
He will lead the tens of thousands of Xiongnu and Yuezhi cavalry behind him to watch the Qin people being trampled by the Huns' cavalry, inspiring the confidence of all the grassland people to defeat the Qin army.
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"Quick, quick, push the cart into formation!"
"The middle is protruding, the two wings are close to the river, and the chariots are in front and the soldiers are behind."
"Cring the crossbow! Level the spear array!"
"Ready the crossbow and short spear!"
On the wide flat land next to Beihe, calls kept ringing out.
Under the shouts of military officials at all levels, the Qin soldiers who had just come off the boat division methodically pushed the Wugang cart to the corresponding position according to the positions they had held during the training two days ago. The Qin soldiers behind were ready to string their bows and crossbows. to cope with dangers that may come at any time.
"Brother, do you think the Huns will really come? If they don't come, our work will be in vain."
"I don't know how many Huns will come. We only have 5,000 people here. Can we stop them?"
Xi Juan, Wang Sui and Tongshi's Paoze arranged the Wugang cart, and then looked nervously at the tomb of the chief king.
Since the Qin army defeated the Yuezhi on the grassland, the three rangers from Peixian County relied on their merits in killing the enemy. Xi Juan and Wang Hui were promoted to public servants, and Wang Ling himself received the title of Shangzao.
This time the general wanted to cross the river and land with his elite troops. They were selected for their bravery. After a short training, they followed General Wang Li to participate in this mission. I felt a little nervous.
Wang Ling held the spear in his hand and looked at the grassland in the distance through the gap between Wugang's carts.
He encouraged his two younger brothers: "Since the general was born, I have never heard of him having a defeat, so we will definitely win this time! When the Huns come over later, we will work hard to kill the enemy and strive to be promoted to another level." If I go back with two levels of nobility, I will be able to get a job as a Qin official when I return to Pei County."
Hearing Wang Ling's words, Xi Juan and Wang Sui became less nervous.
Yes, the general never loses any battle he fights, so they don’t need to be afraid at all!
Just then, they felt the ground begin to tremble.
Through the gap in Wugang's car, they could see a large black shadow appearing on the grassland in the distance, running towards their direction at an extremely fast speed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Trampled by horse hooves, 20,000 Huns cavalry galloped on the plain grassland, sending up smoke and dust all over the sky.
"Everyone is in position, and the crossbowmen are ready!"
Wang Li stood on a carriage by the river bank, using his tall stature to look at the entire battlefield situation and make corresponding orders at any time.
Relying on his previous experience of commanding a chariot formation to resist the Yuezhi cavalry, he was selected as the battlefield commander for this assault across the river, and was responsible for an important mission.
Therefore, Wang Li's face was serious, his whole face was tense, and his eyes were fixed on the Huns cavalry appearing in the distance.
As expected by the general, these barbaric Huns really had an ambush and wanted to attack the Qin army halfway across the border.
"The Huns are cunning, but everything is according to the general's plan."
"General, you are really good at predicting things!"
Wang Li sighed softly, feeling the gap between himself and the man again.
He recalled that back then, he had the idea of taking Zhao Tuo as his confidant.
Looking at it now, he is really young and frivolous.
While sighing, Wang Li's eyes were still fixed on the approaching Xiongnu army.
Although the number of Xiongnu cavalry was several times that of the Qin army crossing the river, Wang Li was still full of confidence.
Because the formation set up by the Qin army on the river bank was made by the general himself.
Hundreds of Wugang chariots were used to set up an arc-shaped chariot array, hugging the river at both ends, with the river bank as a crescent moon.
This formation is called "Que Yue"!
At this time, Wang Li saw the Xiongnu army approaching at a gallop. He did not immediately attack the Qin Army's chariot formation. Instead, he slowed down and stopped a few hundred meters away from the Qin Army's chariot formation.
"There are so many carts. Do the Qin people want to use these wooden carts to resist our warriors?"
Wulu Xu rode forward and stared at the Qin army in the distance who had set up a formation near the river bank.
Xu Budang rode over, spat in the direction of the Qin army, and said with some disdain: "Haha, the cowardly Qin people, facing our Huns warriors, can only hide behind the chariot and tremble. No wonder they never They are really a bunch of despicable cowards who dare to fight the warriors of our grasslands and can only rely on deception and night attacks."
Although the Xiongnu were defeated by the Qin army twice in a row, both times they were defeated by the Qin army relying on night attacks.
From the beginning to the end, the Xiongnu did not really open up a fight with the Qin army. Therefore, they had limited knowledge of the Qin army's fighting methods. They only believed that this chariot formation was a sign of the Qin people's cowardice.
Wu Luxu frowned slightly. He stared at the Qin army's chariot formation and the Qin soldiers waiting in the gaps between the chariot formations. He always had a strange feeling.
Xu Butang said: "Stop looking at Wu Luxu and order our people to shoot arrows at the Qin people. The arrows fired by 20,000 Xiongnu warriors are enough to engulf the Qin people."
Wu Luxu nodded. Regardless of whether the Qin army was on guard or not, they now had 20,000 cavalry and thousands of Qin soldiers in the cavalry formation.
Using more to beat less, can't we still win such a simple arithmetic problem?
"Fire the arrow!"
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