Chapter Seventy-Four: Grassland Raiders
There is no suspense in an encounter.
In this era without stirrups, the power of mounted archery was not as good as that of foot archery, because when riding and shooting, it was necessary to use the strength of both legs to control the war horse.
Those who can ride and shoot are the elite of the cavalry, and in this regard, the Han people are inferior to these peoples who grew up on horseback. But the advent of the repeater changed that.
In particular, the repeating crossbow brought by Lin Yang can shoot two hundred steps, which is not weaker than a strong bow, and it is not very laborious, and it can exert its original power in both foot and cavalry combat.
After a series of shots, no less than 100 Xianbei cavalry people fell off their horses, and the screams of people and the neighing of horses rose to the sky, and a group of people turned over on their backs.
The leader of the tribe, Wolf Pry, died on the spot under the rain of arrows.
Zhang Fei took the lead and led the elite cavalry to rush in, and there was no enemy in the place where he passed, and with a sweep of the Zhangba snake spear, several Xianbei cavalry were directly swept out! Then point, stab, split, teasing, each time the Zhangba snake spear is struck, where the hand starts, there is a person who falls off the horse.
More than 1,000 Xianbei cavalry, more than half of the dead and wounded, and the remaining hundreds of cavalry scattered and fled.
When Lin Yang led the elite cavalry to arrive, he saw only a group of dead and wounded Xianbei cavalry, as well as chariots and horses, livestock, money and grain, and captured Han slaves.
After the death of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, Yuyang County had gone down without a fight, and Lin Yang led the army out of the pass of Yuyang County, and it didn't take long for him to find traces of the enemy.
Zhang Fei asked for orders to lead the army to pursue, Lin Yang did not object, but he didn't expect an encounter to be fought so quickly, and when he arrived, the winner had already been decided.
The Han slaves who were captured by foreign tribes knelt on the ground, and they didn't know whether they were grateful or frightened.
Also kneeling, there were also Xianbei people who had just been captured, as well as some maimed people, who were only tied hand and foot, and these things were originally tied to Han slaves.
"Big brother, what about these Xianbei people?" Zhang Fei's whole body was stained red with blood, like a killing god.
Lin Yang said lightly: "Xianbei people invaded my Han, burned, killed and looted, the crime is unforgivable, and it should be beheaded." ”
As soon as these words came out, except for Zhang Feihun who didn't care, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, as well as the surrounding guards, were all shocked, but they didn't expect that the approachable lord in the past would give such a bloodthirsty order.
The order has been given, Zhang Fei waved his hand, and a hundred elite horsemen turned over and dismounted, picked up a saber one after another, and rushed into the bound Xianbei crowd with hulala, each holding down the neck of a Xianbei person, the saber slashed down, and the heads rolled to the ground, and the blood stained the ground red in an instant.
Sighing imperceptibly, Lin Yang led the army to attack the grassland, one is to avenge the attack of the alien race, and the other is to take revenge on the Han people plundered by the alien race, how can there be any effort to manage these Xianbei captives?
Moreover, they had already committed a capital crime!
After guiding the captured Han people and transporting the chariots, horses, money, grain, and livestock back to Yuyang County, Lin Yang led three thousand elite horsemen to the grassland.
………
More than half a month later.
Lin Yang gently drank the war horse, Xu Chu and Dian Wei were like two fierce gods, protecting the left and right, Dian Wei inserted two large iron halberds obliquely behind his shoulders, Xu Chu held a big knife, and the armor of the two was almost dyed dark red.
In the continuous sound of war horses, two thousand elite horsemen stood behind Lin Yang, and the armor on their bodies was also dyed scarlet, exuding a suffocating coldness.
The two thousand elite horsemen stood still, and there was a Xianbei tribe in the distance ahead.
Zhang Fei had already led a thousand elite horsemen to drive straight in, into the dense group of felt bags, and fought with the Xianbei people.
This is a small and medium-sized tribe of Xianbei, the population is not large, and after the defeat of Helian's conquest of the Han Dynasty, the population is even less pitiful.
A thousand elite horsemen entered, divided into small teams, and killed one felt bag after another, while Zhang Fei led more than a hundred elite cavalry and went straight to the magnificent cowhide tent in the center, which was obviously the leader of the tribe.
Dozens of Xianbei warriors guarding outside the tent waved their weapons and met them fearlessly.
Zhang Fei laughed, swiped his right arm, and swept the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, sweeping out the three Xianbei guards who rushed to the front, and then the Zhangba Snake Spear stabbed, and the chest of one of the Xianbei guards was directly concave, his eyes suddenly bulged, staring at Zhang Fei deadly, and his eyes gradually lost his vitality.
At the same time, more than 100 elite horsemen who followed Zhang Fei arrived and killed dozens of guards.
This kind of scene has been seen dozens of times after Lin Yang entered the grassland, or Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, or Xu Chu led the army to attack, that is to say, there are dozens of large and small tribes that have fallen into his hands.
From the Wuhuan tribe at the beginning, to the Xianbei tribe today.
However, the three thousand elite cavalry led by him were rarely injured, not to mention the armor, and there were stab-proof suits on their bodies, even if they were injured, they also had the injury medicine prepared by Lin Yang, and they could get it after a shuttle.
However, the war was not as smooth as it seemed, as it went deep into the grassland, to the hinterland of Xianbei, Lin Yang knew the strength of Xianbei, according to the prisoner's confession, Xianbei has Murong, Tuoba, Qujin, Dugu, Qutu and other departments, more than ten cities, with a population of more than 300,000!
Even if He Lian led more than 100,000 young and strong people, a big defeat in Youzhou caused a lot of damage, and there were women and children, and after a few years, the Xianbei tribe would be able to recover their vitality.
Faced with this situation, Lin Yang had no choice, after all, his three thousand elite cavalry could not attack the city, but could only attack small and medium-sized tribes.
Even so, the reputation of Youzhou Iron Cavalry has spread, from the original Wuhuan tribe to today's Xianbei tribe!
Many of the captured Han slaves had been rescued, and they had been allowed to return to Youzhou on their own with food and livestock, and Lin Yang already had plans to return to the army.
It is no wonder that there is a tragedy in history of the Wuhu Chaohua, just looking at the Xianbei of one of the Wuhu, it is now so strong, which can be seen. Historically, the population of the Han people at the end of the Han Dynasty decreased sharply, and the internal conquest lasted for many years, from the initial population of tens of millions, to only 7 million people left in the end, with countless casualties, in stark contrast to the powerful Wuhu.
Just when Lin Yang was wandering the world and felt that he needed to do something for this era, the scout came to report.
"Report to the Lord! A nearby Xianbei tribe led an army to kill, with more than a thousand horsemen! ”
Lin Yang nodded, he was no stranger to this situation, since he entered the hinterland of Xianbei and attacked several Xianbei tribes, he had fought several encounters with the Xianbei cavalry.
Under the powerful repeater, the encounters are invincible, so that the prairie boys who are all string controllers have no use.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei on the left and right all showed a bloodthirsty look on their faces, Lin Yang smiled, and ordered: "Order Xu Chu to lead a thousand iron cavalry to meet the enemy army!" ”
"No!" ――
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Brief introduction:
"To fight a war is to cheat, abduct, cheat, and fight." Ji Ping said: "Playing fifth. ”