"The crossbowman was just cool, now it's time for us archers!"

"One hundred and twenty steps! Projectile cover! ”

As the teams roared at the same time, the six hundred archers threw a batch of arrows at a small angle in the air, and then slightly adjusted the angle to shoot another batch.

A significant advantage of the bow over the crossbow is that it is more lethal when projectile, can be used to cover enemy forces from a long distance, and can fire several arrows in a short period of time, causing continuous damage to light and unarmored troops.

These two thousand Hun light cavalry had no armor, and they originally followed behind the armored cavalry, waiting for the big kill after breaking the formation, but the result turned out to be the hope of charging into the battle.

When they reached nearly 100 paces, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, knocking down more than 100 cavalrymen.

These overturned cavalry and the previous obstacles tripped dozens of cavalry, causing a chaotic formation, some were rushing, some were stopping, and more people could only ride slowly while carefully avoiding the arrows, and this impact was no longer there.

Those who were still attacking could not increase their speed due to the terrain, and were easily harvested by the crossbows, while the archers were still under the command of each team leader, and released arrows towards the predetermined area that they had already familiarized.

The Hun cavalry, which was still carefully avoiding all kinds of obstacles, was subjected to a total of five rounds of arrows in a short period of time, and more than 3,000 arrows were fired.

Most of these arrows missed the vital point, but they cost the unarmored Hun soldiers dearly.

First of all, it is no longer possible to charge and break through. The path of these cavalry was already muddy, and there were various hidden obstacles. The pile-up of corpses made the roads even more congested, and it was already fortunate that the cavalry could pass slowly, so the charge was completely impossible.

Then, the rain of arrows killed more than 400 people, wounded 5 or 600 people and nearly 1,000 horses. That is, before the two thousand light cavalry could face each other, half of them had already been discarded by the crossbowmen who burst into fire.

On top of that, the Huns had lost their command. In the battle just now, the Prince Xian was put down by the crossbowmen in the front row of the Dreadnoughts, and he was thrown and wounded, and the rest of the attendants were already killed or wounded in battle.

Of course, the Dreadnoughts also paid some costs. In addition to the fact that no more than fifty people in total were killed and wounded by the weak cavalry bows, the most important thing was that the six hundred archers were unable to use a hard bow for a short time because their arms were out of force due to the rapid drawing of their bows several times in a short time.

The Dreadnoughts had already made arrangements for this, and they saw that these six hundred people actually picked up the crossbows thrown by the crossbowmen in the front row, and used the strength of their legs and backs to load the crossbows.

The coordinated operation of the various units of the Dreadnought Army has been perfected, and this division of labor and cooperation with colleagues have ensured the intensity and continuity of long-range strikes, even if the opponent shoots sporadic arrows, it cannot interrupt the spectacular scene of the entire position loading arrows together.

Huang Yu saw that there were still a few hundred Hun soldiers advancing slowly, and he personally led the last platoon of 300 spear-wielding infantry who were on guard to rush directly and kill the enemy.

Most of the remnants of the Xiongnu also dismounted, scattered on foot, and fought with the dreadnought infantry.

The dreadnought army formed a small phalanx in a unit, and in the face of the Hun soldiers, three guns were stabbed together, and then three guns were stabbed out. The rest of the soldiers protected the left and right and temporarily adopted a defensive style of play.

The Huns were mostly scattered and killed, and when they fought each other, it was completely local to fight more with less, and it was often difficult for the front to support two rounds of spears, but the side could not kill the defensive spearmen in such a short time.

There were only one or two phalanxes, surrounded by dense Hun soldiers, and had to defend with all their strength, many were wounded, and the formation was almost scattered.

Seeing this, Huang Yu brandished a broadsword to kill the leader and avoid the besieging Huns. The rest of the phalanx immediately came to their aid, and a platoon of spears thrust, always knocking out four or five enemy soldiers in each assault.

The Prince Youxian, who had led the charge, had already broken his leg, but his ferocity continued to grow, and he roared and took down three or four dreadnoughts. The rest of the phalanx wounded his arms, legs, and feet, but it was difficult to break through his frontal defenses and hurt his vital points.

Huang Yu rushed over and slashed with all his might. It was inconvenient for Prince Naxian to dodge, so he had to use a spear to make a hard connection.

"Bell!" With a loud bang, the two were equal in strength, and neither of them took advantage.

Huang Yu did not hesitate, he played fast and slow, taking advantage of the fact that the opponent was all injured in his hands and feet, and quickly used a set of attacks that focused on speed and skill.

No, Huang Yu cut off Prince Youxian's left hand with a knife, and then kicked it to the ground. The rest of the soldiers stepped forward and held him down, and with the capture of Prince Youxian, the rest of the unarmored Huns were also killed and captured.

Prince Youxian was still unrelenting, and he roared angrily: "You have the ability to fight me alone!" What kind of hero is it to take advantage of my injury! ”

Huang Yuke didn't have time to reprimand this Xiongnu reckless man, and ordered a group of soldiers to take him down and tie him up for post-war disposal.

It was not a question of fairness or injustice that he was fighting like this, but that he had just seen in the rear that the situation was not optimistic, so he had to immediately solve the enemy of the year.

At this moment, the crossbowmen who were loading crossbow arrows also saw the situation, and it turned out that behind this group of Hun light cavalry, more Hun soldiers came up.

There were a total of 4,000 of these Hun soldiers, and after seeing that the cavalry had no room for impact, the king ordered all the men to dismount, leaving 1,000 people to guard the horses, and the rest all followed him forward to fight.

I have to say that although this right-wing general does not have many troops, he still has some brains, and he let the whole army dismount at this time, which can not only replace the maximum combat power, but also curb the chaos and retreat.

Once the cavalry is in disarray, it is very difficult to command, and the soldiers run away if they want to. However, dismounting and foot combat was different, the infantry was more difficult to deal with than alone, and the dense formation was also convenient for the officers to shout left and right and control the situation.

In addition, most of the Huns did not know how to swim, and if they wanted to escape, they had to ride horses or run to the shallows, so all the dismounts were almost the effect of fighting against the water.

With the dismount of the 4,000 soldiers and horses on the side of the right general Wang, this local battle was finally pushed to a new height, and it is precisely because of this that it can be regarded as a battle case worthy of scrutiny and study in the future.

Huang Yu had already seen the situation when they dismounted and lined up, so he felt nervous and excited before.

His strategy was also very clear, that is, to annihilate the second group of cavalry as quickly as possible, and then the six hundred heavy infantry temporarily carried the opposing light infantry, allowing the crossbowmen in the rear to complete the reloading, and then harvesting another wave.

He informed Yang Feng and the 12th Brigade of this plan on the left and right flanks, and suggested that they lead their troops to attack and kill the opponent's flanks at the right time.

The result was just as he planned, when the 4,000 Huns still had a distance of more than 100 steps, the Dreadnought Army had already solved the second batch of Huns, and had enough time to retreat dozens of steps and form a defensive formation to meet the enemy.