Chapter 600: War and Gamblers
The power of the crossbow is vividly displayed at this moment!
The sound of the sharp crossbow bolt piercing the flesh and blood was like stabbing through the rubber water bag with the tip of a sharp knife, and in the weird popping sound, the charging Xianbei cavalry was as if it was hit by a small iron hammer thrown out of the handle, and the speed of high-speed movement was immediately choked, and then collapsed!
A row of crossbow arrows shot out, and the Xianbei cavalry who rushed to the front seemed to be swept away by an invisible giant hand, and the people turned on their backs!
Then the second row!
The Xianbei Qianqi cavalry commander did not bring many people in a hurry, so the test was less than a hundred, and there was no way to break through the suppression of the crossbowmen with such a small number......
Later generations of crossbows could even be used to hunt black bears and wild boars, but neither the strong muscles of black bears nor the thick mud armor of wild boars were immune to the piercing damage of crossbow arrows, let alone ordinary people and horses.
Although the crossbows of the Han Dynasty cannot be completely compared with the crossbows of later generations, the lethality is still the best among all individual ranged weapons.
The trained soldiers did not shoot at the Xianbei cavalry that rushed to the front, but each aimed at the Xianbei cavalry in front of them, and after one shot, they retreated in order, and then let the soldiers behind them shoot the second shot, and then the third person, at this time, he also opened the crossbow string with a string opener, pressed the crossbow arrow, and then came to the forefront again, aiming at the Xianbei cavalry in front of him, and slowly deducted the suspension knife of the crossbow machine......
One hundred and fifty strong crossbows, fifty crossbows each time, three people in one round, and the second round has not been finished, as a tentative attack of the Xianbei cavalry, there is no longer any horse galloping......
Those who were shot in the vital were already dead, and some of the guys who didn't know if they were lucky or unlucky were lying on the ground and wailing......
Hit by a crossbow arrow, within a hundred steps, everyone and horses are down!
Although it was not so clear in the night, the miserable howl of the men and horses could be heard clearly, and the Xianbei Qian cavalry commander gasped, this seemed to be just a few blinks of an eye, although the hundred cavalry commanders who tried to charge were not a hundred people, but the speed of this killing ......
A remnant impression resurfaced in the mind of the Xianbei Commander, who seemed to have heard the old man in the tribe talk about the previous Han army, which was powerful and powerful, but he had never encountered it himself, but he didn't expect to meet it here now.
Although the cavalry shock foot soldier occupies a certain advantage, but this advantage is not completely certain, if the foot soldier has some preparations, just like the most commonly used car formation of the Han army, it is not that the cavalry can be broken in an instant, and having an advantage does not mean that there are no casualties, if it is like the damage of Fang Cai, this is indeed unacceptable.
Xianbei Qian Cavalry Commander looked at the tragic situation in front of him, and then looked at the torches in the distance, and finally looked at the shadowy figures in the dark, in the dark night, even the opposite Han army did not reject the horse, whether there were any traps can not be seen clearly, so after all, he did not dare to move, but he was reluctant to retreat, so he had to hurriedly send people to report to the big danghu on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent some reconnaissance cavalry to the two sides, and then he took people to confront Huang Cheng from afar......
The best way to deal with the Han army's phalanx was not to attack head-on, but to outflank it from the flanks, or even to the rear of the Han army. It was already the second half of the night, and in another hour or two it might be dawn, and then as long as the vision could be clear, the cavalry advantage would return to his hands.
Therefore, the Xianbei Qianqi Commander waited quietly, like a pack of wolves on the grassland, staring closely at his opponent, waiting for the opportunity to come......
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After the herald finished talking about the whole situation, the big pawn nodded, indicating that he understood, and then let the herald go down first, while he thought about it.
In fact, war and gambling are somewhat similar to a certain extent, just like those gamblers who are in a hurry to lose, often even their own lives are at risk of betting on the table, and now the big investors are also facing such a choice, whether to continue to put all their capital on the gamble, or wait.
The class rule of the Xianbei people was not like the model of Han society, but more like a system of alliances between tribes. The big tribes control the small tribes, but once the big tribes show signs of decay, other tribes take their place, which is very similar to the pattern of wolves on the grasslands.
Originally, Xianbei wanted to use Pingding County as a meeting point, one was to use the victory of Pingding County, for other Hu races, such as the Qiang, Xiongnu and Wuhuan, etc., to declare their strong force, and like the previous year, waiting for other Hu races to come up and fight together, but now an inexplicable riot has caused the original plan to be shattered.
Da Danghu pondered that if he waited in Pingding County any longer, he estimated that he would become a joke.
The fact that the envoys have been sent for many days, but the Qiang and Xiongnu who have not been seen for a long time shows that the two wall grasses are now shaky, although they do not have the courage to take the initiative to attack Xianbei, but looking at the current situation, most of them will not do anything with the Han people. And the Wuhuan people, who would basically participate, seem to have close contacts with a Han person in Jizhou this year, so they only supported it nominally, but in fact they didn't move......
In previous years, Xianbei went south as the main force of the center, and there were Qiang, Xiongnu, and Wuhuan shuttling and cruising around the left and right, which involved the Han people to take care of one thing and lose the other, and they were anxious.
Now it seems that he is in a hurry, but he has become a big boss himself......
What's next?
The big man turned his head and asked, "How many of our horses have been recovered now?" ”
After the horses in the camp ran wildly for a while, they found that they were not hurt, and they would slowly calm down, and when they heard the call of the people in the familiar tribe, they would gradually gather, which was the characteristic of the horses on the grassland, and there was never too much worry about the horses scattering......
The subordinates immediately went to count it, and then said: "I probably came back for more than 5,000, and some may have run away......"
Yes, it is possible that he ran away and was not found for a while, but it is also possible that he was abducted by the Han Chinese!
As long as the horses in front do not stop, the horses behind will subconsciously follow, which is also the characteristic of the grassland horses......
This time, it's a shame!
If you don't do it, it's a small thing to become a joke in the tribe, but if you make your tribe a joke in the grassland, then ......
The big pawn grinded his teeth, and there were five thousand horses, which was enough!
Although the Han people this time seem to be different from what they have encountered before, it is not the custom of the Xianbei people to stay alone in the city! The materials of the Han people are not something that can be defended by defending the city, but by relying on war horses and swords!
Da Danghu looked at the sky, and then said in a deep voice: "All the leaders immediately go back to straighten out their soldiers and horses, make fires and cook, and set off in an hour after having war horses!" Those who don't have a war horse stay here for the time being to guard the supplies and continue to search for the lost horses! ”
Since you have lost face on the battlefield, you naturally have to get it back on the battlefield!