What moved faster than the Huns were the arrows fired by the Qin army.
Just when the Xiongnu cavalry surrounded the Qin army's chariot formation and prepared to shoot a wave of bows and arrows, the Qin army, which had been prepared for a long time, had already acted preemptively under the order of General Wang Li.
Thousands of arrows were thrown and fell into the 20,000-person Huns cavalry, causing a commotion immediately.
In particular, some of the thick arrows had very strong range and power. They were able to hit the Huns' rear formation and drive the cavalry directly off their mounts, causing shouts of surprise.
Behind the 20,000 Huns, there was a small raised hill with flat terrain for men and horses to stand on.
Touman Shanyu led his men up here to overlook the battlefield. His eagle flag fluttered over the hills, bringing courage and confidence to the Hun warriors below.
"Qin Jun can actually shoot arrows with his feet!"
Touman Shanyu looked a little surprised.
From his high position, he could see that behind the Qin Army's vehicle formation, a group of Qin Army crossbowmen were sitting on the ground, shooting arrows with their legs.
Raise the crossbow!
The arrows fired by this powerful crossbow are very powerful and have an extremely long range, surpassing the small bows in the hands of the Huns. It is a weapon beyond the imagination of the grassland people.
However, after being surprised, Touman Shanyu quickly regained his composure.
Because in his opinion, no matter how good the Qin army's weapons and equipment were, they only had a few thousand people crossing the river, and their number was limited, so they were no match for the Xiongnu army.
"Wuluxu and Xubu will deal with these Qin people."
"After eating this Qin army, what do I think of Zhao Tuo?"
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Wuluxu and Xubutang, the two Guli kings of the Xiongnu, were being disgraced by the rain of arrows from the Qin army.
They didn't expect Qin's crossbow to have such a long range, especially when Xu Bu's seated war horse was hit by an arrow from the Qin man, screamed and jumped up, almost throwing him off.
Xu Budang held the horse's neck tightly with both hands, and the guard next to him quickly came up and held the horse tightly for him.
Xu Bu stood on his horse, raised his head and screamed: "Rush up and shoot an arrow, shoot through these damn Qin people!"
Wu Luxu was also angered by the rain of arrows from the Qin army. He had almost been hit by an arrow just now and hurriedly gave the order to attack.
The Xiongnu cavalry responded. Although the Qin people's arrows were fierce, they were not numerous, and the damage caused by one round of shooting was not serious.
At this moment, under the orders of the two kings, 20,000 Huns warriors rode forward. After entering the bow and arrow range, they took up the small short bows in their hands and fired at the Qin army in the car formation.
Nearly 20,000 Xiongnu cavalry fired together. The arrow rain was dense and dense, far more powerful than what the Qin people had just shot.
"The arrow is coming!"
In the car formation, Wang Ling shouted and rushed towards the shield behind Wu Gang's car first, using the tall shield wall as cover.
When Xi Juan, Wang Hui and other soldiers heard Wang Ling's roar, they fell to the ground to protect their vital parts. Or if there is a soldier holding a shield, he immediately raises the shield in his hand to cover it.
There was a clanging sound, and tens of thousands of arrows flew over.
There were muffled sounds in the car formation.
"What tattered arrow, is this it?"
Xi Juan was hit by an arrow in the shoulder. He thought he was going to be seriously injured, but he didn't know that the Huns' arrow was made of bone and had limited power. It hit the thick leather armor on his body, but it didn't penetrate him. .
"Bah, not as good as Yueshi."
Xi Juan spat disdainfully.
He looked back and saw that except for some unlucky guys in the car formation who happened to be shot in the face or neck, most of the Qin soldiers were basically fine because they were wearing hoods and thick leather armor. That is to say, the arrow penetrated the armor and penetrated into the flesh without damaging the muscles and bones.
Xi Juan even saw a Qin soldier with twenty or thirty bone arrows stuck in his back, still jumping around lively.
This round of shooting by the Huns not only did not dampen the morale of the Qin army, but made the Qin people more confident.
As brave men who seized the river bank, each of them was fully armored and had a strong defense against the Huns' bone clusters and stone clusters.
"Fight back!"
After the order was issued, the Qin army's crossbow arrows shot into the Xiongnu crowd again. This time, the hit rate and power of the Qin army's arrows were enhanced because of the approach of the Xiongnu cavalry.
In addition, the Huns had no armor, so they wore a layer of leather clothes and felt hats on their heads. When they were shot by the Qin people's metal arrows, they immediately fell over and screamed.
Two rounds of shooting by the Qin army caused hundreds of casualties to the Huns.
The archers and infantry crossbowmen exchanged fire, and the victory was decided.
This time the two Guli kings couldn't bear it any longer.
"The Qin people have powerful crossbows. We can't shoot them. It's better to let the warriors charge and directly crush the Qin army's chariot formation." Wu Luxu shouted.
Xu Butang had already changed his horse and responded: "Then charge and break through the Qin people's chariot formation!"
As the orders of the two Hun kings were issued, the desolate horns began to sound.
One after another, they resounded on this grassland and spread in all directions.
Wulu raised his arms and shouted: "Prairie warriors, crush the Qin army!"
"kill!"
Countless Huns howled in response. Amidst the sound of horns, each of the Huns' cavalrymen, with red eyes, rushed towards the Qin army's chariot formation.
In their opinion, the so-called chariot formation of the Qin people was just a wooden frame and could not stop the charge of the Xiongnu army at all.
With just one sprint, they could crash through those wooden carts, rush into the Qin people behind the wooden carts, kill them, and even drive the Qin people into the river and drown them alive.
Amidst the sound of the horn, the trampling of horse hooves caused the earth beside the North River to tremble.
Thousands of horses are galloping, as if they want to crush all enemies that stand in their way.
At this moment, on the bank of Beihe River, the half-moon-shaped battle formation composed of hundreds of Wugang vehicles of the Qin Army seemed a bit small and weak.
On the south bank of the river, the faces of many senior Qin army officials who were watching the battle changed slightly.
Chen Ping, who lacked battle experience, couldn't help but said: "General, the Huns cavalry are fierce. It's better to let the boat division come back and transport the soldiers to support General Wang."
"No need for now, I trust General Wang."
Zhao Tuo shook his head. Since he wanted to defeat the enemy with Queyue Formation, he naturally could not transport too many troops there. Otherwise, once the number of Qin troops increased, Touman Shanyu would most likely withdraw, leaving this formation The results were greatly reduced.
When to transport troops and when to cross a river in large numbers, timing must be paid attention to in battle.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Wang Li's 5,000 men can block the Xiongnu's 20,000 cavalry attack.
"No problem."
Zhao Tuo's voice was low. He had confidence in the army under his command and also in the Huns.
Zhao Tuo picked up the telescope again, his eyes swept across the fierce battlefield, looked at the hills on the other side, and fell on Touman Shanyu, who was laughing.
On the hills, the eagle flag flutters.
Touman Shanyu laughed happily: "Hahaha, this charge is enough to crush thousands of Qin troops. I want to make Zhao Tuo regret coming to the grassland!"
He looked back at Sujatha who was standing next to him and grinned: "But this Zhao Tuo has some abilities. This time I can defeat the Qin army and drive them away from the grassland. In the future, your son and I will be called 'Tuo'." '."
Sujatha's eyes widened and she was stunned.
There is a special custom popular among some tribes on the grassland. When a powerful enemy is defeated, the victor will use the enemy's name as the name of his son.
Today's Touman Shanyu is actually daydreaming about what will happen after he defeats the Qin army.
The corner of Sugatha's mouth twitched slightly, and she forced a smile to Touman Shanyu.
The right general standing not far away felt his scalp numb.
Only Hu Yanzi and others responded with a smile.
But their laughter only lasted for a moment, and then died in their throats.
Because they saw the battlefield situation in the distance was not what they imagined at all. The Xiongnu cavalry charged and crushed the Qin army into mud, and drove the Qin people in the chariot formation into the river.
Facing the charge of the Huns, the Qin army in the car formation seemed to have been prepared. They had hundreds of large crossbows set up, and then used special short spears as arrows.
In an instant, it was like thunder and wind.
The short spears flew, knocking over the Hun cavalry who rushed to the front of the formation, and fell off their horses with screams.
What's more, a short spear can penetrate several Huns in a row, and some are directly inserted into the bodies of war horses, causing both men and horses to roll to the ground.
The cavalry charged in a large scale. When the cavalry in the front row rolled to the ground, many people and horses behind them stepped on them, trampling the people and horses rolling on the ground to death. The horses in the rear were tripped and fell, and they fell together with the knights on their backs. Next, become the new downtrodden.
In such chaos, behind the Wugang chariot formation, Qin soldiers held spears one foot long and placed them side by side in the gap between the Wugang chariots.
The shining spear points were facing the Hun cavalry who had rushed through the rain of arrows and short spears...
Reference example:
"Zi Zhi Tong Jian": Yu sent Ding Haoshuai, leader of Bai Zhi's team, with 700 soldiers and 100 chariots to cross the north bank and go to the water for more than 100 steps to form a moon formation, embracing the river at both ends, and placing seven soldiers in the chariots. After finishing the work, he erected a white grate. The Wei people did not understand its meaning and did not move. Yuxian ordered Ningshuo General Zhu Chao to enforce martial law. After the white grates were raised, Chao Shi's commander, two thousand men, galloped towards it, armed with hundreds of large crossbows, twenty men per car, and arranged in a row on the shaft. When the Wei people saw that the camp was established, they moved to encircle it. The eldest son Songshuai supported him with 30,000 horsemen. He was weak on all sides and attacked the camp, and could not control it with crossbows. At that time, there were more than a thousand pieces of Chao Shi with a sledgehammer. The broken pieces were three or four feet long, and they were broken with hammers. One piece of stone often made holes for three or four people. Wei's troops were unable to resist, they were instantly defeated, and the dead were piled up.
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