Chapter 113: The Northland (13)

Seeing the more than 100 cavalry waiting on the avenue, although the strength of the Huns was several times larger, they did not collide directly, but began to slow down two or three miles away, and then stopped at a distance of two or three miles.

Chen Cheng looked at the Huns opposite, and a strange feeling was born in his heart. You obviously have an advantage, why don't you come up? In the distance, the Huns' cavalry began to form a formation and began to search on both sides. In particular, those woods and hills were the focus of the Huns' reconnaissance.

The Huns were not brainless, they were carried away by huge victories before, and they suffered a few small losses. After reacting, it is natural to show the qualities that it deserves. They grinded in the distance, and the Rangers on both flanks climbed up and down the heights, moving in and out where there might be ambushes.

Seeing such a situation, Chen Cheng was helpless, and was about to withdraw his troops, when he saw a position on the left of the minimap, a large number of red dots suddenly appeared. He couldn't help but be taken aback, when a large number of cavalry galloped, the sound was like thunder, how could an enemy bully to such a close distance?

Because he doesn't have the skill of "Scouting", he can only spot the enemy when he gets very close. The situation changed suddenly, and Chen Cheng couldn't understand for a while how the enemy quietly appeared on the left flank, but now was not the time to explore the reason. The military situation was urgent, and he immediately called the soldiers to retreat.

However, the Huns on the left flank had already turned out of the woods and began to charge. The distance of more than a mile would take only a minute or two for a cavalry to charge with all its might. Before the cavalry on Chen Cheng's side could raise the speed, they were stopped by the Huns and slashed up.

"Don't fight, retreat immediately!"

Chen Cheng shouted: "Blow the horn and let Zhao Yunbu come and answer!" ”

He shouted loudly as he quickly plucked the bowstring of the three stones, and the arrows shot out like water. The cavalry archers beside him also opened their bows and arrows, and the arrows flew into the battle formation of the Huns, but only a dozen or so enemies were shot. These flanking Huns had better armor and had a strong immunity to arrows. If you hadn't hit the vital point, you wouldn't have died even if you had been hit by a few arrows.

The arrows did not stop the advance of the Huns, who shot arrows and charged at the same time, and let out a beastly howl from their mouths. After the dense array of arrows, the Huns replaced with scimitars and spears, and slammed into the army that had just picked up the speed.

The spear broke in the soldier's chest, and more than 400 Hun cavalry only charged, and together with the arrow shot before, more than 40 soldiers fell off their horses. Nearly half of the Huns broke through the battle formation, and the remaining half were stopped by horses and caught in the melee.

Side attacks are very useful most of the time, and they are very cool when used on enemies, but not so good when they are side-hit. Chen Cheng put away his bow and arrows and urged the horses to run to the side. Gollum crashed into the body of a Hun warhorse, knocking the horse out of the way, along with the cavalry on its back. He patted his mount on the neck and exclaimed, "Good horse! ”

As he spoke, the spear stabbed out at the approach.

The speed of the Huns' horses has been raised, and they have an advantage, and they can use the speed of their horses to cause great damage. But the speed was relative, and a Hun who was galloping over was stabbed by a spear, his body was shocked, and he immediately left his horse, and then fell to the ground.

These Huns are the elite selected from various tribes, not only excellent in martial arts, but also very well equipped. Most of the soldiers were dressed in armor with iron covering their upper bodies. A small number of aristocratic leaders wore iron armor that was rare even in the Han army.

Chen Cheng rose up bravely and killed several people in a row, only to find that the horses of these Hun cavalry were wrapped in silk and cloth on their feet, so they could be deceived very covertly to get closer. It was precisely because their war horses had something wrapped on their feet that their speed could not be increased to the maximum, and they could not completely defeat Chen Cheng and his hundred people.

Just when there was a scuffle here, Zhao Yun had already rushed over from behind the mound with the two hundred people, and the Huns who were pretending to search the two wings in the distance also rushed over. If they joined the battlefield, the balance of victory would be tilted even more in favor of the Huns.

In the final analysis, Chen Cheng and their capital are too small. If it is like Emperor Wu's time, he can pull out 100,000 cavalry at every turn, and the Huns are not a problem at all. In fact, from the time of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the Huns were reluctant to engage in a large-scale decisive battle with the Han army. They always relied on the mobility of the cavalry to form a superiority in local areas, and then fought more and less.

The current Huns are indeed weakened, with less than one-third of the strength in their heyday, but Chen Cheng and they are even more miserable, they are fighting with the Huns with the strength of two counties, not all the strength of the two counties. It is said that there are nearly 40,000 troops, but among them there are more than 10,000 civilians, more than 10,000 infantry, and only about 15,000 cavalry.

If the Huns didn't make a mistake, it would not be easy for such a small number of troops to win.

Seeing that the Huns behind him also rushed up, Chen Cheng knew that the situation was already critical, and while he struggled to kill the enemy, he said loudly: "Charge to the south, don't stop!" ”

Fortunately, they are also cavalry, and they come and go like the wind. When they gained the upper hand, the Huns could quickly withdraw from the battlefield and let them catch up. When they were at a disadvantage, they could also quickly withdraw from the battlefield, leaving the Huns hanging behind.

The last Hun in front of Chen Cheng stabbed over, and he had just changed into a bow and arrow. Behind him, there was a shout, "The general wants to abandon me?" ”

Looking back, it was some soldiers who had been shot down and dismounted, although they were covered in blood and looked very embarrassed, but the iron armor on their bodies saved their lives. After landing, they gathered back to back, using the corpses of men and horses on the ground as a barrier, and continued to fight the Huns.

These people were Chen Cheng's own soldiers, and they were also the most elite warriors under his command, and they used spears, bows and arrows, ring-headed knives and other weapons to kill many enemies in the melee. Around the remaining dozen or so people, there were corpses of Huns and war horses.

Chen Cheng heard the shouts from behind, and immediately put away his bow and arrows, changed back to the spear and shield, and prepared to rush in. As soon as the mount turned its head, the wind howled on the side, and the rider had already rushed back from the side. The knight's spear on horseback stabbed out continuously, knocking several Huns off their horses. When he looked at it, this person was a white horse with a silver gun, majestic, not Zhao Yun, but who was it?

"Haha, Zilong is really full of guts!"

Chen Cheng urged the war horse and went straight to the place where the Huns had the most. Behind him, his own cavalry also turned around and killed. The Huns did not want to engage them, so they spread out to both sides, and then shot with their riding bows.

"Smack", an arrow hit Chen Cheng's helmet, and the arrow cluster sparked on the iron helmet, but it failed to pierce the head after all. Chen Cheng shouted to the soldiers on the ground as if nothing had happened: "Get on your horse!" ”

The soldiers, too, knew that the situation was urgent, and rushed to the nearby horses, and then galloped south. To the north, reinforcements from the Huns had already been killed. Just now, he turned around and came back and rescued more than a dozen soldiers, but he also folded more cavalry in. However, fighting is not simply counting heads, seeing that the Liangzhou army is so brave, the Huns who killed behind did not dare to step forward for a while, but attacked with bows and arrows in the distance.

Chen Cheng put away the spear and shield and switched to a long-range attack mode. The "Sunset Bow" is strong, but the rate of fire is too slow, so Chen Cheng did not use the unparalleled magic weapon, but replaced it with a five-stone strong bow that is common in the shooting camp.

He flicked his fingers continuously, and the bow was like a thunderbolt, and the arrows shot backwards at a rate of once every three seconds. More than a dozen horses chasing the front were shot in the chest, and fell to the ground with a wail, throwing the cavalry on their backs. The horses and cavalry fell to the ground, blocking the Huns behind, but more importantly, Chen Cheng's almost miraculous archery frightened the Huns.

If the two armies are hedged, one or two marksmen will not play a big role, but if it is replaced by a pursuit battle, then the super archer who can shoot back is the embodiment of death.

But not all the Huns were frightened, some warriors who were good at riding and archery beat their horses and came out of the crowd, chasing on horseback, while shooting at Chen Cheng after the break with bows and arrows. Among these warriors, there was even a condor archer. The Condor Archer was extravagantly armoured, wearing armor and wearing a pure gold earring on his ear.

In the melee just now, he had been cruising around the periphery, relying on superhuman archery skills to shoot and kill three Liangzhou Army cavalrymen. At this time, he rushed out, grabbed his strong bow and shot forward. Chen Cheng finished shooting a bag of arrows, and was about to take out another bag of arrows, when he saw a black dot in his eyes quickly enlarged.

The strong wind blew on his face, and the hairs on Chen Cheng's back stood on end, and his head tilted back sharply. The condor archers who were chasing in the rear couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw the arrow nailed to Chen Cheng's head, but they were a little strange: obviously they had already shot the enemy, how could they still ride on the back of the horse and not fall?

Just when he was wondering, Chen Cheng reached out and took off the arrow in his mouth, and shot it back. The bows and arrows used by the two were similar, but the arrows shot by Chen Cheng were much more powerful. The arrow went through the horse's neck, piercing the neck and piercing it into the armor of the Condor Shooter.

Fortunately, the armor was well maintained, and the iron pieces inlaid on it were also tempered thousands of times, which blocked the arrows. However, the horse was killed by an arrow, knocking the condor archer to the ground. He rolled on the ground a few times in a groggy state, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there was nothing big except for the severe pain all over his body.

The Hun cavalry behind followed, and when he saw that he was about to step on it, the knight on horseback gently lifted the reins, and the war horse crossed over. Seeing the Hun Condor Archer on the ground with an expression on his face that had survived the catastrophe, Chen Cheng sighed and said in his heart: This time you are cheaper!

When the two sides were gradually widening the distance, another 400 cavalry from the south rushed over, but it was Xu Rong who saw that there was a battle in the rear, so he rushed over with a fully formed cavalry.

At that moment, the two soldiers and horses converged, and some retreating cavalry joined in, and a total of more than 600 cavalry rushed towards the Huns. Chen Cheng was about to continue to shoot arrows with his horse, but when he saw this, he put on a spear and a big shield, and rushed towards the Huns together.

This time, the strength of the two sides was equal, the whole army of Liangzhou was pressed, and the morale was like a rainbow, and the Huns were hit in succession, and they were afraid of three points before fighting. Not surprisingly, the Huns were scattered. Amid the screams, a large number of Huns scattered and fled, only the elite troops of the Huns held out for a while, but soon suffered more than half of the casualties, had to abandon their wounded, and then evacuated the battlefield.

Seeing the enemy withdrawing, Chen Cheng didn't dare to chase after him, who knows if the Huns sent more troops to intersperse?

The soldiers hurriedly swept the battlefield, stripped the enemy of their armor and gathered up the scattered horses. When they encounter the enemy's wounded, they are basically stabbed to death. At this time, they did not have the time and energy to shelter the wounded in the place, and that was better to kill.

Then, they took their wounded and ran ten miles south, the new battalion was already in sight, and the cavalry of Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu had already withdrawn first. Eight thousand men and 10,000 infantry moved quickly, and after working for most of the day, the camp was already on a rough scale. Antlers and fences have been erected, and enemy towers have been erected near the front and rear gates.

Seeing Chen Cheng return with his troops, Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu greeted him together.

"Chen Yuanjun, the Huns are not easy to deal with!" There were several holes in Cheng Yi's iron armor, which were traces left in the melee, and he said with a solemn expression: "This time the Huns are really playing, and they actually sent all the elites." Don't they have to guard against the Wuhuan people in the east? ”

"This .........", Chen Cheng coughed and said: "The Wuhuan people lost troops in Liaoxi last year, and it is estimated that they will not be able to breathe in a year or two. ”

Cheng Yi was stunned at first, and then understood the reason for the matter, he said a little helplessly: "This is all to blame for the fact that Jun Tai can fight, the battle in Liaoxi has caused heavy losses to the Wuhuan people, and the Huns can free up their hands to fight with us." ”