The two cavalry forces were menacing, but they did not immediately collide with each other, but presented a strange scene of chasing each other.

The Han cavalry, led by Li Guang, marched through the enemy line like the tip of a spear.

However, the Hun cavalry seemed to collapse at the touch of a button, and did not face the Han cavalry at all, but used the circle formation to keep a distance and give full play to the advantage of cavalry and archery.

This is the essential difference between the Han army and the Hun cavalry.

The Huns were born on horseback, and they could bend their bows to shoot steppe rats when they could walk, and war horses and horse bows were their second life.

When it comes to riding archers, the Huns are definitely the current number one in the world!

The Han army was the opposite, even the border people, it was difficult to match the Huns in cavalry shooting.

At the beginning, the Han army chose to practice cavalry and archery hard, but the results were not ideal.

Later, the innovation of cavalry tactics represented by Wei Qing appeared, completely abandoning the traditional kite flying tactics of the cavalry, and choosing to give full play to the physical advantages of the Han people and fight with the Huns face to face!

i.e. cavalry melee!

The terrain of the valley was long and narrow, and neither cavalry could fully deploy it.

It was difficult for the Huns to give full play to their dexterity, and they could only deal with the Han army within a limited range, and they had to be careful not to enter the killing range of the large crossbow array.

Due to the limited terrain, the Han army was unable to impact the overwhelming momentum, and it was also necessary to pay attention not to be accidentally injured by fellow crossbowmen.

But because the number of people is already at a disadvantage, there is no need to be tied up in the fight.

The two sides were on the relatively flat grass on the east side of the valley, and soon fell into a bloody battle face to face!

"It's weird." Zhao Ponu thought to himself, "In the Han army, there is only one team of cavalry and a small number of foot soldiers left, and the rest are all pressed down?" ”

On the premise that the opponent still had 3,000 elite cavalry as reserves, the Han army actually sent out all the elites of its own side?

Crazy!

Even if that magical burst crossbow was very powerful, it was impossible to swallow the tens of thousands of extremely vicious cavalry in an instant!

In the current battle, although the cavalry of the vassal tribes on the frontal battlefield suffered heavy losses, the distance was still steadily decreasing.

This also means that the Han army's bow and crossbow array is firmly contained and cannot be dispatched!

The cavalry of the Han army was also entangled by the elite of the headquarters twice as large as themselves, and even if they could fight back and forth, they could no longer go around to support the crossbowmen.

"What the hell are the Han people going to do?"

Zhao Ponu stared at the Chinese army flag opposite, his face uncertain.

In the eyes of his subordinates, it was Wanhu who was nervous about the stagnant war situation.

"There are only a few people left around, and you don't seem to have been discovered." Tang Qi put down the binoculars and smiled lightly, "As long as you can rush out of speed, there will be no suspense about the outcome of this battle." ”

Huo Quzhi laughed: "From such a distance, unless the eyes of the Huns are as sharp as the telescope you made, how can you see clearly!" ”

As early as after the 500 Yulin cavalry got the Mingguang armor and horse armor, under Huo Quai's order, they all painted them into a dark color.

The lance also leaned on the ground, leaving only a thick long pole in his hand.

From a distance, it looks like it is not much different from the standard armor of the Han cavalry, it is just a little more sophisticated.

This cavalry is small in number, and it surrounds the main general, and at first glance it is a personal guard.

Isn't it a matter of course that the Guards are better equipped?

In fact, Zhao Ponu did discover this group of cavalry, but as Tang Qi and Huo Qubing expected, he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Sons, come with me!"

The fighter plane was fleeting, and Huo Qubing did not hesitate, and directly took 500 heavy cavalry disguised as ordinary cavalry and slowly moved to the west.

The terrain on the west side is not a smooth road, but some bumps and curves, and some scattered shrubs.

It is not a terrain suitable for cavalry attacks, but it can help them camouflage well.

Tang Qi was also tightly surrounded by hundreds of sword and shield men, and he was the personal guard in place of the Yulin cavalry.

Zhao Ponu also noticed the movement of the Han army, but he still didn't care.

Even if I found that the appearance of the cavalry was a little strange, the weapons in my hands were very unfamiliar, and the armor was a little too sophisticated, and even the war horses seemed to be of the same color.

But again, the distance is too far, and the curved terrain slightly hinders the observation.

Plus the concept of heavy cavalry has not yet appeared.

Neither Zhao Ponu himself nor other Xiongnu generals took this transfer seriously, only that the Han army was preventing a surprise attack on the western side.

However, out of caution, Zhao Ponu still sent some scouts over.

But soon, his attention was drawn to the changes in the frontal battlefield.

The first batch of fifty crossbows, which turned out to be repeaters, was finally finished, and the crossbowmen in the second half of the formation had stopped firing and were rewound under the cover of their comrades.

The pressure on the front is greatly reduced.

The morale of the Wuhuan and other cavalry, who were originally overwhelmed, was greatly boosted, and the Wuhuan leader waved his saber and rushed to the front first.

"Rush over and kill them all!!"

"Roaring ——!"

The distance between the two sides was rapidly shortened, and under the impact of the cavalry of the vassal tribe at the cost of their lives, the large array of bows and crossbows that had not moved at all finally appeared a little commotion.

Then there was a chain reaction on the battlefield to the east, and the Han cavalry seemed to be eager to bypass the elite of the Xiongnu headquarters and attack the flanks of the vassal tribal cavalry to support the front.

From a distance, there was also a faint instability.

The situation on the battlefield is about to be reversed.

The Hun generals in this formation keenly smelled the opportunity and were eager to try.

"Wanhu, let the children go up!"

"Not allowed!" Zhao Ponu poured cold water on his head, "Look at it again, the Han people shouldn't have been defeated so easily. ”

The generals pursed their lips and had to continue to watch from afar.

Only Zhao Ponu's Han personal guard leader, the former Han army captive, glanced at him with a thoughtful expression.

"Not fooled, but forget it, it doesn't matter!"

Huo Quzhi raised the horse lance, shook the reins of the horse, and burst out from his chest with an earth-shattering roar: "Sons, follow this will kill Hu!" ”

It was the first to rush over!

"Kill the !!"

The 500 Yulin cavalry was already impatient, and they followed closely behind Huo Qu's sick horse, and plunged into the edge of the battlefield that was still fighting in the shape of a cone.

The impact of a few hundred people is logically impossible to shake the battlefield of tens of thousands of people.

The Hun Qianhu, who was responsible for defending the right flank, didn't even have the desire to report the military situation, so he directly summoned his headquarters and more than 2,000 warriors attached to him, and met him head-on!

The rain of arrows continued to fall on the heads of this cavalry that dared to charge with hundreds of men and horses.

"Jingle Bell!"

Bone arrows and a small number of iron arrows fell, and at such a close distance, there were no casualties among a single person or horse!

Only then did the thousand households realize that something was wrong, this cavalry, even the people with the horses were heavily armored, and ordinary horse bows could not penetrate at all!

However, it was too late.

"Boom ——!"

The black heavy cavalry scuttled into the Huns, like an iron hammer striking a stone, and a single shot was shattered!