Chapter 448: Cavalry Battle
In other places, the lower reaches of the oil river are a paradise for animals, where all kinds of waterfowl, deer and sheep drink and frolic here. Today, however, they are migrating in the opposite direction in terror, with deer and sheep fleeing on their slender legs, and mallards with green heads and yellow backs chirping and flying everywhere.
The entire estuary became a battlefield for the Qin and Xiongnu, and the atmosphere in the battlefield was depressing, and no living creatures were tolerated.
Only in the extremely high position, there is an eagle still flying leisurely, as if it does not care about the upcoming battle below.
Ulan the Condor Archer sat on the back of his old horse, his hand gently caressing his thick mane to keep it calm in front of the thousands of horses, while glancing enviously at the eagle in the heights.
If he had the height and eyesight of an eagle, he would be able to count how many enemies there were in the dense Qin array on the opposite side. But now, his sights are limited to the corner of the battlefield.
When the big battle came, the Hun rider next to him was inevitably a little nervous, but in Ulan's heart, he was silently counting another more important number......
"Five tens, one nine......"
Fifty-nine, this is the number of Qin people he has killed!
Counting, this is a skill that Ulan learned when he grew to the height of a wheel, and he was a lowly shepherd boy who tended horses and sheep for the tribal ruler.
At that time, his eyes were still bright, standing on the grassland, looking at the eternal sky in a daze, the sun burned his face red, the wind blew his skin rough, and his snot stretched long.
The work of the shepherd boy is not difficult, with a stone in his hand, he keeps throwing it out so that the stupid sheep do not wander around. Every day before sunset, the sheep must be counted, and if one is missing, he must find a way to find it, and if he can't find it, what awaits him is a cruel whipping.
At that time, Ulan thought that his life would be spent like this, living with the sheep all day long, and even when he was sleeping, he would have a dream of counting cattle and sheep, for fear of losing one.
But when he reached the age of riding a sheep and shooting birds and mice with a bow, he showed his talent for archery, a little longer, and he could shoot foxes and rabbits with a hard bow, and he gained a lot. So he changed from a shepherd to a specialized hunter, and after three days and three nights of tracking, he touched a golden eagle's nest and shot it, and offered his beautiful feathers to the big household, thus gaining the prestige of "the eagle shooter".
Everyone admired him in Helan Mountain, he married the most beautiful girl of the neighboring tribes, her eyes were as bright as the moon, the mare's milk wine was sweet and sour, and he bore him four children, although three of them died, but the young son was still strong, and he also grew up to the age of counting sheep.
Later, although Ulan was blind in one eye, he could still get prey, and when the tribe migrated to the royal court, he occasionally went with the big pawn to plunder the people hiding in the earthen walls, shot the Yan and Zhao people who farmed, and seized their wealth......
Until the banner embroidered with the word "Li", it suddenly appeared, and reported to the Xiongnu themselves with the customs of the Huns. The entire riverside tribe south of Qingshan Gorge turned into a sea of fire, Wulan's mother and wife died, his son was also cut out of his eyes, and a group of people were tied to ropes, groping all the way to Helan Mountain, and finally died in his arms.
The tears of the Condor Archer were dried at that moment, and Ulan's heart was dead at that moment, and the only thing that sustained the daily struggle of this body was revenge.
He tightened his bowstring, carved blood lines on his forehead, and swore to the heavens that if a hundred people in the tribe died unexpectedly, he would kill a hundred Qin people to avenge them!
Since the start of the battle for Huamachi last year, Ulan has shot and killed fifty-nine Qin people, the most among the Huns.
Among the Qin people killed by him, there were rangers who suddenly encountered them, scouts who were ambushed by him, Shangjun chariots who were outnumbered, and even Qin people who were trapped in Baiyang Mountain.
There is a puddle not far from the bottom of Baiyang Mountain, and Ulan suggested that Da Danyu deliberately let go of the encirclement there, and every night, there are always Qin people who can't bear their thirst and want to secretly go to draw water. Ulan took advantage of the moon at night and shot them to death at the water's edge, and after a few days, there were at least twenty or thirty Qin people who died there.
Ulan actively participates in every battle, using his arrows to harvest lives.
Although he did not know the overall situation of the battle, he knew that this battle at the mouth of the river would be a decisive battle.
It's also the best chance to fulfill your long-cherished wish for revenge! Because the Qin generals who slaughtered his tribe were on the other side!
Seeing that the tribes in the front row had galloped out and rushed towards the Qin army on the opposite side, Ulan could only hold back his impulse and carefully observe the battle with a sharp one-eye.
Qin will be stupid, hiding behind the barricade, the Huns can hardly help them, sooner or later they will retreat. But they suddenly moved and tore through the defense line themselves, but the most stupid thing was to place thousands of cavalry on the right flank, which was an attempt to fight the Huns head-on!
"No one can fight against the Xiongnu on the grassland, not the Yue, not the Donghu, and even more so the Qin." Before leaving, the Guduhou next to him said confidently.
"Yes, from the moment the Qin people urge the war horse, they should be ready to die under the horse's hooves." Ulan agreed with his words.
Ulan has seen the cavalry of the Qin people, and it can be seen that they are well-equipped, but there is a gap between the cavalry and the Huns.
At present, the Huns are more than 10,000 cavalry, against the Qin army's five or six thousand cavalry, and they will defeat the Qin army's infantry and Shan Yu's main force before they can divide the victory, and then outflank the infantry from the side, then the battle will be won.
But the big boss was still a little worried, and for the first time, he only let Guduhou take a thousand horses to test.
The method of large-scale combat of the cavalry on the steppe is different from the chaotic battle encountered by the hundred horsemen. Generally, it is to organize 100 people as a batch, take turns to impact and shoot, the front team moves laterally after shooting a round, gives up the position, and the second team rushes again. If the enemy is routed by arrows, they will rush in and end the battle with swords and spears. If the enemy is not in disarray, they will shoot repeatedly, and at the same time try to surround them, dismount and shoot.
In the past, the Yueshi and Donghu, who were enemies with the Huns, were also in this way of warfare, and the Shangjun cavalry encountered some time ago was divided and eliminated by the Xiongnu before they had time to reveal their tactics.
But today, it was different, the Hun cavalry, which was the first to roar out and fight against the Qin cavalry, was inexplicably defeated......
Ulan only saw that the banner embroidered with the symbol "Li" of the Qin army on the opposite side waved gently, and more than 1,000 horsemen were dispatched, and they also charged up to meet the Hun cavalry. But they didn't shoot back and forth not far away, and when they reached a hundred paces or so, instead of slowing down, they accelerated forward!
Its speed is unimaginable, and it reached the front of the Huns in an instant, the cold spear was flattened, and countless sharp blades were instantly inserted into the front row of the Hun cavalry, making the Huns who only had time to shoot two rounds of arrows turn on their backs.
The Qin cavalry who took the lead in the attack also had many people killed and injured in the impact, but they quickly withdrew, and behind them, there were hundreds of Qin soldiers urging the war horses, and a new wave of impact began......
In this way, the Qin cavalry teams repeatedly attacked, and the Huns were caught off guard and could only counterattack with bows and arrows. However, their bone cluster stone arrows shot at Qin Qi's armor, which did not cause much damage, and the short blade in their hands could not touch the enemy. And the iron spears and bronze swords of the Qin army are extremely sharp, as long as they are touched a little, they can make the Huns' skin break and bleed, and even directly stab through the chest!
The Qin cavalry advanced like this, and the thousand Huns were like crushed weeds, with no room for resistance, and they were quickly divided, scattered and withdrawn, screaming everywhere, and the horses that had lost their masters ran everywhere......
The Marquis of Gudu returned with the remnants of the defeated army in disarray, the big boss was furious, and Ulan noticed a detail.
"When did the Qin people's riding skills become so superb that they could manipulate the blade while urging the war horse?"
You must know that in the past, Qin cavalry had to stop the horse before they could shoot a bow and crossbow, and some of them had poor riding skills and even had to hug the horse's neck tightly so as not to fall off when galloping.
"The people who survived Tiger Mountain didn't lie."
Da Danghu's face was pale: "The harness of the Qin people is really a little weird!" ”
Although he couldn't figure out that Qin Qi had those horse harnesses, coupled with this new tactic of ignoring and hedging, he suddenly became so powerful, but on the battlefield, the big boss didn't care about it, because Tou Mandan Yu had already sent people to urge the battle several times.
Right now, the Qin army's infantry is constantly advancing outward, and Tou Manshan Yu also launched 10,000 people to gallop forward, but he still can't easily break through his chariot array spear formation, he needs to defeat the Qin cavalry and cooperate with the attack from the side!
"Ulan, do you see that flag?"
Da Danghu pointed to the banner of the enemy that Ulan had been staring at for a long time, the big red characters on the bottom of the Xuan, in the previous battle, it had been waving gently, and the scout with the small flag on its back passed the news back and forth, dispatching this killing poke.
"The people around Shan Yu said that it was the banner of General Qin Li Xin, and he was under that flag!"
Ulan understood what the big boss meant, and the only way at the moment was to let more than 10,000 Hun cavalry rush up and fight with the Qin cavalry, while Ulan, with the most warlike warriors, rushed over in the gap between the various divisions and shot the enemy general!
In each herd of wild horses, there is a head horse, the head horse is there, the horse is still able to fight back against the wolves in an organized way, evade the pursuit, if the head horse dies, they will scatter in all directions.
"How? Condor shooter, do you dare to hunt that eagle for me? ”
Ulan looked into the distance, and the Qin cavalry who had returned to the position retreated to the rear to rest, replaced by a new group of cavalry, who calmly stopped in place, standing like an iron wall, and behind the iron wall, there was a large banner with the character of Li held high......
This is the toughest hunt ever since the Condor Archer held a bow and arrow!
The blood streaks engraved on his forehead were faintly painful, as if he was about to reopen the scar and let the hot blood full of hatred flow out again.
Without saying a word, Ulan got off his horse, picked up the white mud on the ground, and smeared three white lines on both sides of his cheeks.
It's a sign of no return!
Ulan pointed to the flag and said loudly:
"Thank you to the big boss for giving Ulan of Helan Mountain a chance to kill the enemy with his own hands! I will shoot down this tall eagle with my own hands, cut off its head, break its wings, and take its most beautiful feathers and sacrifice it to the horse! ”