Chapter 273: Powerless
"Woo——" the horn sounded.
Dense arrows flew out, targeting the cavalry who were riding around and shooting first.
Soon, the soldiers fired the loaded crossbow arrows and faced the Hun infantry coming from the front.
How can the light cavalry have any decent armor? A piece of leather armor would be great, let alone iron armor!
Therefore, the impact caused by the crossbow is very impressive.
Just now, the soldiers of Caifu fired one round of individual crossbows, and the silver spear soldiers fired three rounds of bows. Not only did they drive away the mounted archers, but they also shot seven Hun soldiers who were dismounted and fighting on foot. Bits and pieces.
After shooting the crossbows, most of the people picked up spears, heavy swords, large shields, ring-headed knives, long-handled axes, wooden poles and other equipment, and stood solemnly behind the antlers and baggage carts.
Only a small number of soldiers with outstanding arm strength are still holding their bows, preparing to wait for the enemy to get closer and shoot arrows in a more labor-saving way.
The first wave of Hun soldiers have already rushed over, and they can even be seen clearly.
Some have braided hair, some have their hair tied, and some even have their hair braided—obviously, not all of them are true Huns, or most of them have mixed beards.
The battle begins immediately.
Wu Changji put away the hook and sickle spear that hooked the horse's legs, and directly hooked the enemy soldier's head over. Commander Zhao Huai raised the knife and dropped it, and his head fell to his feet with a "bang".
A spear came from the opposite side, but the shield could not protect it, and it passed by Zhao Huai's ear.
Beside him, Paoze immediately stabbed the enemy in the throat.
Unexpectedly, a man with infinite strength came from the opposite side. With the sound of roaring wind, the wooden raft directly swept down the two people and hit the third man on the head. The man fell down without saying a word. .
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew and hit the strong man right in the face.
Hercules screamed in pain and stretched out his hand to pull the arrow shaft. A ring-headed knife next to him struck his arm directly, almost breaking it at the elbow.
Another spear came from the Huns side, which was covered by a large shield.
A long Ke ax fell from the sky and directly knocked down the person who stabbed the spear.
Inside and outside the antlers, scenes of hand-to-hand combat occurred one after another, and it was very bloody.
People on both sides continued to fall down, their blood pooled together, and their feet made a clicking sound when they stepped on it.
Jin San held up a heavy rifle, first swept across it, and directly swung away three or four spears. The two people on the left and right stepped forward quickly, and then drew back the spears with one thrust, and then thrust them again.
In a few breaths, four people were stabbed to death.
A heavily armored Huns roared in, completely ignoring the open door in front of his chest. He only waved a heavy halberd, knocking down one person in an instant, and then trampled on him again, sharp The blade of his halberd slashed the throat of a silver spear soldier, and blood spurted out.
"Ah!" Just as he continued to rush forward, he was shot once on the instep and knee, and fell to his knees in pain.
"Huh!" Chang Ke's ax swept across and cut off almost half of his neck.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew in a cunning way. The old soldier of the Silver Spear Army who was wielding his Chang Ke ax just now was hit by the arrow and fell to the ground on his back.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The archers of the Silver Spear Army quickly discovered the person who suddenly shot the cold arrow, and shot him to death instantly with their bows and arrows on the left and right.
After the five hundred soldiers fired another round of crossbows, the Xiongnu cavalry archers could not withstand the casualties and fled away one after another.
Chang Can didn't hesitate at all, ordered to abandon the crossbow and use his sword, crossed the antlers, and surrounded him from the left and right wings.
There were still about two thousand Huns who rushed forward, and they were extremely crowded.
The people in front of me kept falling down, and the people behind me stepped forward bravely, looking crazy.
This battle is a complete waste for them. Even if they trade a few people for the other side's life, it is still worth it.
And they had no way to retreat. Two hundred steps away from the rear, there were 3,000 authentic Xiongnu cavalry from the five divisions arrayed to supervise the battle. If they retreat without fighting, these people really dare to charge directly.
The soldiers who were outflanking from the left and right mainly used the word "quick". After rushing into the crowd, they slashed and swept with their heavy swords without stopping.
And their actions finally made the Huns infantry calm down from their madness.
The people in front were at a loss and were still killing each other with the Silver Spear Army, but the people behind had already begun to retreat and fled backwards.
The government soldiers did not care about the fleeing enemy troops, they only surrounded the rear and attacked front and back with the Silver Spear Army, killing the Huns who could not escape one by one.
The Huns cavalry made some movement and slowly began to accelerate.
But in the end, they saved a hand and did not really rush to kill the defeated troops. Instead, they bypassed the two sides and rushed towards the Jin army.
But after such a delay, it was already too late to catch the soldiers who were jumping out of the formation.
They withdrew from the gap, and the archers of the Silver Spear Army came forward and fired a volley.
The Huns cavalry threw dozens of corpses angrily and retreated.
The venue became quiet again.
In a short distance of two hundred steps, countless corpses of men and horses lay scattered.
On the two wings of the antlers formation, there were two to three hundred corpses of Hun horse archers lying on each side. No one cleaned them from morning to noon.
The wind howled and sobbed, as if singing an elegy for the victims on both sides.
Liu Li, the king of Anyang of the Han Dynasty, stood in Ma Gaopo and looked at everything in front of him speechlessly.
It’s no use!
It's really useless!
Three thousand light cavalry dismounted and fought on foot, and were smashed into pieces.
He could see clearly that there were only more than two thousand soldiers on the opposite side. They were capable of long-range shooting and close combat. They were all wearing armor and cooperated tacitly.
Not to mention three thousand people, even if it were doubled, six thousand people would not be able to break through - unless this is six thousand well-trained heavy armored infantry.
But where will all these heavy armored infantry come from?
The Han Dynasty does have elite infantry who are good at fighting, but they are Yu Lin and Huben soldiers who protect the emperor. They should still be under Da Sikong Hu Yanyi's tent at this time. It is not known whether they have left Dayang. The only infantrymen near Luoyang were Zhao Gu and Wang Mi.
The former is a strong man from Wubao, and his combat power is not strong to begin with.
The latter was defeated three times in two years. After finally training a few people, they were immediately killed and their bodies were everywhere. When will they grow into elite soldiers?
Infantry is not good, only cavalry, that is walking on one leg, really not good.
Fortunately, the Jin army also walked on one leg, and their cavalry could not.
If he had to choose, Liu Li would choose cavalry. He would fight when he wanted to fight and leave when he didn't want to fight. He was very proactive.
Unfortunately, Liu Li's cavalry has now lost the initiative. They must fight and cannot leave.
The third round of attack began...
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On the west bank of Jianshui, the battle ended very early.
The moment the armored cavalry rushed out, the Huns' light cavalry decisively gave up the charge and scattered in all directions, trying to use their speed to kill the Jin's armored cavalry.
The Qingqi led by Duan Xiong did not give them this chance. A fierce charge directly scattered the Huns' Qingqi who tried to gather.
The armored cavalry turned around and ravaged the Xiongnu troops, just like a dump truck crashing into the crowd. Wherever it passed, corpses were strewn across the field, which was too horrible to see.
They attacked twice repeatedly, until a group of Huns' light cavalry made a large circle and tried to encircle them, then they quickly retreated to the camp, under the protection of infantry and crossbows.
After a while, Duan Xiong also returned with the light cavalry.
The battle is in fact over.
The less than 4,000 light cavalry on the west bank of Jianshui, plus the 4,000 to 5,000 to 5,000 Zhao Gubu infantry temporarily transferred, were completely unable to defeat the thousands of Jin troops in the camp.
How can we continue to fight this battle?
In the afternoon, Wang Mi also climbed to a high slope, overlooking the battlefield.
He just arrived.
After receiving the order, they selected more than 3,000 infantrymen who could ride horses and traveled through the starry night to the west bank of Jianshui.
When he heard that Shao Xun's troops were to be surrounded and annihilated by more than 10,000 troops, he was both excited and a little scared.
After hearing about the composition of the troops, I immediately gave up.
He is really not jealous of Zhao Gu.
The Huns now grant high positions to every Jin general and scholar who is willing to surrender. Even Wubao commander like Zhao Gu can become a high-ranking general. Can he be jealous?
The quality of Zhao Gu's soldiers and horses reminded Wang Mi of himself in May last year, which was really not good.
Allowing them to attack the veteran camp that has been in the battle for a long time is simply seeking death.
To be honest, this is a siege, and we can make do with exchanging the lives of our own people for the lives of the other party's veterans. If it were a field battle, they would be beaten to a pulp without losing much of the opponent's life.
The reason why Shao Thief was unwilling to fight in the field was entirely because he was worried about the presence of the Huns cavalry, or he was eager to cross the river and did not want to risk entangled with them on the west bank.
Otherwise, Zhao Gu’s thousands of people would have been left in this field today.
I won’t fight this battle!
The total number of soldiers is less than 20,000. If there are thousands of casualties and casualties, the capital will be even less, what the hell!
A new round of offensive started on the other side of the river.
Wang Mishi looked at it with joy.
After this great battle, the imperial court should understand the importance of the infantry, right? Should infantry training be strengthened?
The opportunity might come, hehe.
The general Wang Mi did not move, and the generals Cao Yi, Xu Miao, Gao Liang and others understood and knew that the servant wanted to conserve his strength, so they talked and laughed and watched the other side hit the deer antlers and the cart for the second time. The Huns, who were badly beaten and bloody, did not regard them as friendly forces at all.
Not long after, Liu Rui, the coach on the west bank of Jianshui River and the king of Xichang, sent people to urge them to fight.
"How harsh is the envoy?" Wang Mi did not say anything. Cao Ni observed his words and shied away: "Our army traveled day and night and arrived this morning. We are not strong enough and have no energy. Why did we go to battle?"< br>
"Zhao Anbei's troops have already attacked two formations, but you are just sitting here and watching. Is it okay?" The envoy pointed at the strong men of Wubao who were trying their best to attack the Jin army's camp, and asked: "King Chu. The king's servant came here not only to watch the battle."
Wang Mi still didn't speak, only looking at the fighting Jin and Han armies.
Zhao Gu’s main force is not here. I don’t know which Wubao commander was sent here. This can be regarded as the second attack. Reluctantly reaching the vicinity of the camp, both sides fought with spears, halberds, powerful crossbows, and hard bridges and hard horses for a while. The castle guards could no longer hold on anymore, leaving hundreds of corpses behind and retreated in a hurry.
The Jin cavalry attacked again, and even the infantry rushed out of the camp, shouting for a fierce battle.
"No, the army has been defeated. Pass on my military order to retreat five miles to regroup." Wang Mi "was shocked" and ordered.
Cao Yi and others understood and immediately went to deliver the order.
The messenger was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he cursed loudly. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he could only leave angrily.
Almost at the same time, the Huns army on the other side of the river also collapsed, leaving hundreds of corpses again.
At this point, they have lost nearly 3,000 troops, and their morale can hardly be maintained.
The sun gradually moved westward. Wang Mi, who was retreating, turned his head and took a look. The Jin army had begun to collect soldiers, equipment, chariots and horses, and began to cross the river in a swaggering manner.
There were nearly 20,000 Huns on foot in Jianshui. They just looked at them stupidly, helpless.
When the sun completely set in the west, the Jin army had all gathered and marched into the ancient city of Han Henan.
The Huns' cavalry dispersed in a flurry and disappeared into the night.
(End of this chapter)