Chapter Eighty-Six: Victory in the First Battle
The sound of horses' hooves resounded across the earth like rolling thunder, and in an instant it rushed in front of the crowd.
It's just that the greedy king didn't see the picture he expected, and the team in front of him was not panicked because of the sudden attack, but was very calm.
They quickly drew their swords from their luggage and formed a phalanx. And those men with weapons suddenly appeared on the forks, and quickly put the carriages together, forming a wall in front of the formation.
"It's not good, it's the Han army! We've been tricked! The greedy king yelled, he was shocked and angry, he didn't expect that he was actually fooled.
Before they could hit the wall, all the cavalry stopped twenty paces in front of the Han formation.
Although the greedy king looked at the Han army array of less than 5,000 people in front of him, and his heart was extremely eager to defeat them, reason told him that there must be much more to this place than these people.
The main force of the Han army must have set up an ambush here, and if it is entangled with the Han army in front of him, it will be troublesome when he is surrounded.
"Withdraw, withdraw!" The greedy king blew his whistle again, and the Wuhuan cavalry turned around.
It's just that at this time, on the way they came, there was a thunderous sound, and after a few breaths, the comer had already appeared in front of them, it was the cavalry of the Han army.
The greedy king could already faintly hear their shouts of killing, and he immediately ordered: "Retreat south!" ”
"Father, there are also Han troops in the south!" Son Toli suddenly shouted loudly.
The greedy king looked intently and found that there was indeed a flying snow in the south, and there must be a large Han army approaching here.
"North, north, too!" The cavalry shouted in horror.
They were really surrounded, and the greedy king secretly hated himself for being too greedy, and knew that he should just give up this place and attack elsewhere.
Now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing is to break out of the encirclement.
Seeing that there were infantry phalanxes of the Han army on three sides, the speed of approaching his side was relatively slow, but if he attacked the infantry phalanx by himself, he would not be able to break through in a short time, but would delay time.
And the cavalry to the west, judging by the sound. Its number is less than half of its own, and if the cavalry hedges, it can directly break through.
"Wolf cubs, in front of the cavalry of the Han army, the Han Dynasty people have a saying called one Han when five hu, I don't believe it, it was hundreds of years ago. We are the ones who grew up on horseback, let's teach the Han Dynasty what a real cavalryman is, kill! ”
"Kill!" The Wuhuan cavalry followed the figure of their lord and attacked the Han cavalry.
It's just that just now the greedy king panicked and didn't choose the way, because of the direction, the Han cavalry had already reached their place less than a hundred steps. With a little distance, the Wuhuan cavalry could not reach the optimal impact speed at all.
Less than 100 steps is just a snap of a finger for the cavalry who hedge against each other, but the speed of the Han cavalry far exceeds that of the Wuhuan cavalry, and under the head-on impact, the cavalry in the front row was directly knocked away. The two sides blended together in an instant.
The reason why the Han army can be called a Han and a Wuhu is not only because of its well-trained training and coordinated cooperation, but also because of its equipment that far surpasses that of the Hu people of different races in the same era. This is not comparable to those Hu people of the alien race who advocate personal bravery and are backwardly equipped.
When they came into contact with the Wuhuan cavalry, the Han cavalry, which was fully equipped with iron weapons, directly cut off their poorly made weapons as if they were chopping melons and vegetables.
But after all, the number of Wuhuan cavalry was twice as high. After this shock passed, the greedy king glanced back at the corpse on the ground, and his face turned blue at this glance. Most of them are their own, and Han is riding less than half of his own.
To be precise, the Wuhuan cavalry lost nearly 300 people, while the Han cavalry had less than 100 people. Although it can't achieve the result of being a man and a five-hu, it is also very terrifying to be a three-hu.
However, what annoyed the greedy king the most was not his own battle damage, but the fact that there was a human wall composed of Han troops in front of him.
Now that he could no longer hesitate, the greedy king directly blew the sound of the charge and attacked towards the Han army's formation.
But he did this, just as Zhang Hao and others expected.
After they determined the strategy of inducing the Wuhuan cavalry to take the initiative to attack, they always believed that the Wuhuan cavalry would take the initiative to attack their own cavalry after knowing that they were surrounded.
So Zhang Hao placed the most elite troops under his command behind the cavalry, in order to be able to attack the Wuhuan cavalry when they had no choice, these veterans who followed him in the bloody battlefield could resist their attacks.
Although the greedy king took advantage of the momentum just now to rush directly to the Han army in front of him, the result was not as he expected, he could break through strongly. On the contrary, because they failed to break up the formation of the Han army, all the members were forced to stop.
The two sides immediately fought together, and the Wuhuan cavalry that stopped in place suddenly had no advantage as cavalry, and were stabbed down by Han soldiers with spears and spears. As soon as they dismounted, they were slashed to death by the soldiers who surrounded them.
The greedy king became frightened from his previous anger, and if he continued like this, he would not be able to leave. He also wanted to give an order to let the people and horses who had no contact with the Han army turn their heads around, but they saw the scene of his own soul
The cavalry of the Han army just now killed him again, and now he had no time to charge.
The Han cavalry rushed into the Wuhuan cavalry again, and scattered them in one fell swoop. And the surrounding Han army slowly surrounded it, and these Wuhuan cavalry couldn't go at all.
Zhang Hao, who was standing behind the military formation, looked at this scene, and put down a big stone in his heart, as long as this hidden danger was eliminated, then he would go north with peace of mind, and he would have no worries.
"Pass the order, leave no prisoners, and kill these inhuman beasts!" Zhang Hao said to the herald.
At this time, Yan Zhong on the side stopped him and said, "General, if a killing order is issued, it will inevitably cause stubborn resistance from these Wuhuan people, which will cause us to suffer unnecessary losses." ”
Then he came to Zhang Hao's side and said softly: "Besides, these Wuhuan people are good at salvo shooting, if they can be used by the general, it will also help the general's great cause in the future." ”
Zhang Hao looked at Yan Zhong meaningfully, although he had misseen Huangfu Song before, his eyesight was even more powerful than before.
"What kind of great cause are you doing when you join the army?" Zhang Hao perfunctorily past, "But it does make sense to join the army, the top priority now is to go north to meet the main force of Wuhuan, we shouldn't lose too many troops here and waste too much time." ”
He said to Zheng Meng on the side, "Cousin, do you see the person wearing the golden crown?" ”
"The most conspicuous one, I've seen it a long time ago." Zheng Meng smiled and said, "Do you want me to solve him?" ”
Zhang Hao laughed, this cousin seemed to be getting smarter and smarter, "That's right, you go and get rid of him for me." ”
"It's so close, I don't have to go there myself." Zheng Meng smiled and took off the hard bow on the left, opened the bow and set up the arrow, and with a whoosh, the arrow went away like lightning.
Thorly had been by his father's side, and he was so engrossed in it that he immediately sensed the danger coming.
"Father, be careful!" Toli desperately squeezed away the Han army besieging him and stood in front of the greedy king. He appeared just in time to block this cold arrow for the greedy king.
The arrow pierced his entire chest, knocking him to the ground. The Han soldiers on the side immediately surrounded him and hacked to death Toli with a knife that still had one breath left.
"Wu'er!" The greedy king watched his favorite son die tragically in front of him, and he was immediately grief-stricken. He dismounted, slashed several soldiers in a row, came to his son's body, picked him up, and wept his old tears, calling his son's name incessantly.
It's just that Toli has long since died of anger and can't respond to his father's call.
"Ahh The greedy king looked up to the sky and roared, and his voice was extremely sad.
He regretted that he had buried his son and the most elite knight in his headquarters because of his greed, and even if he could return alive in this battle, the tribe would not be able to avoid the fate of being annexed by others.
However, as a tribal chieftain, King Greedy quickly let go of the sadness in his heart, his son was dead, and now what he had to do was to work hard to survive, and not let his son's sacrifice be in vain.
The people on the grassland are like this, due to the lack of materials, they are facing death every day, and they have long been accustomed to seeing life and death. The dead are dead, and the living should live well.
Because of the death of his son, the greedy king was furious, and he suddenly burst out with amazing combat power, and slashed and killed several Han soldiers in a row. And the Wuhuan cavalry also turned grief and anger into strength because of the death of the young master, and simply dismounted and fought with the Han army.
The Wuhuan people, who became mourning soldiers, were ferocious, and for a time they suppressed the attack of the Han army.
Zhang Hao squinted at Zheng Meng, embarrassed to see him. He touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "I didn't expect it, someone else blocked him, so I'll go and get his head." With that, one man and one rode into the battlefield.
As soon as he made contact, Zheng Meng killed two people in a row, and he didn't know if the greedy king who was a few steps away could understand it, so he mocked him loudly: "Old thing." The arrow just now was shot crooked, I wanted to shoot you, come on, come on, since someone is blocking it for you, I will personally come to take your dog's life! ”
As the chief of the tribe, the greedy king could certainly understand what Zheng Meng was saying. Seeing that the killer enemy in front of him was so arrogantly provocative, he naturally couldn't bear it, and his blood-red eyes widened and he killed him.
It's just that when people are finally strong and poor, the greedy king has been fighting for a long time, and now it is all supported by anger. With his life-fighting style, he will naturally not be Zheng Meng's opponent.
The greedy king didn't survive a few rounds, but he was slashed by Zheng Meng and the saber in his hand was slashed, and then split in half.
The greedy king died, and the Wuhuan people under his command were suddenly in chaos. If the so-called mourning soldiers are unguided and turn grief and anger into strength, then the sadness in the heart will naturally turn into fear.
And in the wave after wave of persuasion of the Han army to surrender, gradually some Wuhuan people put down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.
Seeing that the enemy had surrendered, Zhang Hao was also relieved, and the battle was really over here.
After the battle, the Han army lost a total of nearly 2,000 people, including 300 cavalry, more than 1,500 recruits, and nearly 1,000 wounded, but fortunately, they were basically slightly injured and did not affect the battle.
The original 8,000 Wuhuan cavalry lost nearly 3,000 killed, 500 seriously wounded, and the remaining 4,000 were captured.
Of course, these don't matter, what makes Zhang Hao happiest is this battle, he got more than 6,000 war horses that can be used. This allowed his cavalry to be expanded by nearly 10,000 at once.
Now he can be regarded as having a cavalry that can compete with the main force of Wuhuan.