Chapter 103: The Northland (3)

When approaching Lian County, you can already see several villages burned to the ground. In the ruins of the village, wild dogs are infested, and they are not afraid to see people. Just staring at people with red eyes. Yang Hu said that it would be dangerous to go any further, and it was right to say that it was right, and it was not right to say that it was wrong. Because you don't have to go forward, it's already dangerous.

Chen Cheng said: "I've gone so far, why don't you have to go and see how Lian County is doing?" ”

Yang Hu hurriedly said: "I know that Hou Ye is conceited and brave, but the tiger can't stand the wolves, Lian County has not heard from him for several days, even if it has not been breached, can Hou Ye kill the Huns alone?" ”

Chen Cheng said: "I heard that there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Lian County..........

Yang Hu said loudly: "There are 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Lian County, and there are still 100,000 people in Lingzhou, is it true that Hou Ye only focuses on those 10,000 people, and does not take the 100,000 people in Lingzhou to heart?" ”

Chen Cheng said "hey" and didn't speak.

Seeing this, Yang Hu continued: "If Hou Ye really wants to rescue Lian County, he should lead thousands of tigers and defeat the Huns in a dignified manner, how can he learn from those rangers and waste his life?" ”

He was also in a hurry, so he said so much in one breath. After finishing speaking, I couldn't help but feel worried in my heart. The generals in the army often whipped the soldiers at will. He peeked at Chen Cheng, and his heart went up and down, only hoping that this good-looking giant deer marquis would not be so cruel.

After Chen Cheng listened to Yang Hu's words, he fell silent, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something. After a while. His brows furrowed, he let out a long breath of turbidity, and said, "What you said makes sense, since you have seen the military appearance of the Huns, then let's go back first." ”

Perhaps because they were not part of the heart, the Huns they saw drinking horses by the Yellow River were poorly equipped and poorly disciplined, and looked like herdsmen more than soldiers. Moreover, those Huns looked very tired, and most of the horses were very thin, if they fought head-on, two hundred cavalry of the Northern Army could defeat one thousand such Hun cavalry.

The Huns used to be the overlords of the steppe, but they were beaten down by the Han Dynasty very early. When the Xianbei people rose more than ten years ago, if it weren't for the protection of the imperial court, the Huns would have died long ago, and there would have been no scum left.

Later, Tanshi Huai died, and the empire of the Xianbei people collapsed in a very short time, and many of the Xianbei tribes in central China were transformed into Xiongnu again. That's how it is on the grassland, today it's the Huns, tomorrow it's Wuhuan, the day after tomorrow it's Xianbei, Rouran, Mongolia or something, in fact, it's still the same group of people.

In the last ten years, the Huns have swelled up again by eating the corpses of Xianbei. However, they had to fight with the Qiang people in the north, and the Wuhuan people rose in the east, and after the previous Xiongnu were killed by their subordinates, some of the Xiongnu went south to defect to the Han Dynasty, so their strength was not even one-third of the strongest time.

This time, the Huns made a big move, basically hollowing out the mobile forces. The Huns were not capable of arming such a large army, and the elite equipment of the various departments was fine, and the rest of the people, that is, a horse, a bow, and many of them were even using arrows made of stones. This kind of armament is not much better than the Wuhuan people.

Seeing that Chen Cheng decided to retreat, Yang Hu relieved himself, what he was most afraid of was that this Hou Ye would not listen to the dissuasion at all, and he had to move forward. But then, his face changed dramatically, and he blurted out, "Oops! ”

When they saw the Huns, the Huns, who were drinking horses by the river, also noticed this small group dressed very differently from the Huns. The Huns by the river were in an uproar, and then jumped on their horses with shouts and screams, and rushed towards Chen Cheng and them.

These Huns were poorly equipped and had very low reviews of technical warfare, but they were first-class equestrians, otherwise they would not have been able to resurrect and occupy large territories. Seeing the Huns rushing over, Yang Hule turned his horse's head and shouted: "Master Hou, we have been discovered!" ”

Chen Chengxin said: Nonsense! It's a person who knows we've been discovered.

However, he did not say it, but ordered: "Prepare your weapons, follow my speed, and retreat slowly." ”

Yang Hu forcibly endured the fear in his heart and shouted, "Still retreating slowly? Master Hou, you won't be stupid, right? ”

Before Chen Cheng could speak, Yan Xing on the side was furious and shouted: "If you are afraid, you can flee on your own, and then dare to speak disrespectfully, believe it or not, I will kill you?" ”

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "If we retreat slowly, the enemy will suspect that there is an ambush behind us and dare not pursue it with all our might." If we were to gallop now, they would have pounced like wolves. Besides, those Huns look very tired, even if there are thousands of troops, in my opinion, they are just inserting bids and selling heads! ”

Yang Hu had no choice but to kick the war horse lightly and let the mount slowly advance in the queue.

The Huns were all lightly armed cavalry, and although they were not in good shape, they still moved very fast. It didn't take long to chase within a mile. For the cavalry in the charge, such a distance is a matter of minutes.

Yang Hu said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, the Huns are about to catch up, you said that they don't dare to pursue with all their might, it's not like ah!" ”

Yan Xing also said: "General, while the enemy is still some distance, let's hurry up and run." ”

As he spoke, the Huns chased closer. Looking back, the eyebrows on the faces of the pursuers at the front could be seen clearly.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "I heard that a Han can be a five-hundred, and you are all the elite of the army, and all of you can be ten with one, that is, you can be as low as fifty Huns." We have thirteen horsemen, that is, six hundred Hun cavalry. Although there were many Huns later, they looked like there were only 800 of them, which was not much different from us. ”

Yang Hu secretly scolded in his heart, "one man is a five-hu" is true, but when did that happen? If you return thirteen of us, you can be six hundred Hun cavalry......... You're so powerful, why don't you go to heaven?

Behind him, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the Huns were closer. Thousands of horseshoe bridges thundered on the land by the river. Chen Chengle turned his horse's head and ran out sideways. He grabbed his bow and shot at the pursuers at the front.

"Buzz", the bowstring vibrated and arrows flew past the enemy's cheeks. As the arrows fly through the air, they burst through the atmosphere and make a sharp sound. Both sides are on horseback at high speed, and the relative distance is constantly changing, and it is normal for them to miss. Undeterred, Chen Cheng drew another arrow from his quiver, this time placing his crosshairs on the left half of the enemy's body.

As soon as the finger loosened, the arrow shot out of the string.

At the forefront is the most prestigious warrior of this Xiongnu tribe, both in riding and martial arts, they are first-class good players, even if they are placed in Changshui Hu Cavalry, they are also outstanding. Just now, an arrow flew past his cheek, and the strong wind that stirred up made his hairy face painful, startling him.

He also bent his bow and arrows, ready to shoot back, but he is also a good hand with excellent martial arts, and now the distance between the two sides is sixty or seventy paces, with the performance of riding a bow in his hand, not to mention that he can't shoot at all, even if he shoots, it is impossible to cause any damage to the opponent at such a distance.

Just as he was about to put down his bow and arrow, another arrow broke through the air. This time, as soon as he stretched out his awareness to dodge, the arrow had already hit his face, and his eyes went black, and the whole world was plunged into darkness.

Chen Cheng ran diagonally to the left, relying on the strength of his bow and arrows, and shot several people in a row with the pursuers behind him.

The cavalry of this era did not have a mature Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups like their counterparts in later generations, and they did not even have horseshoes, so if the cavalry wanted to shoot arrows on horseback, they first had to clamp the horse's belly tightly with their legs, and they had to make sure that they would not fall down before they could make other moves.

Therefore, although the cavalry of this era was inherently stronger than the infantry, it did not occupy an absolute advantage. Archery on horseback requires not only superb skills, but also strong thighs, and then whether you can shoot it depends on your face. Like Chen Cheng, ten arrows killed six people, which was already a shocking archery skill.

The Sunset Bow has a long body and is suitable for foot shooting, and when used on horseback, the rate of fire decreases further. However, the proficiency of Chen Cheng's "bow and arrow" was high enough, and he barely made up for the shortcomings of the rate of fire.

After being shot several people in succession, the Huns could not hold their breath and opened their bows and arrows to shoot at the enemy. However, the distance was still far away, and the bow was too weak, and the arrows shot fell to the ground halfway before they could reach the enemy.

Chen Cheng took a good time and turned around again and again to shoot arrows unhurriedly.

Being beaten and not being able to fight back was the most demoralizing, and the Huns lost their temper when they were shot, so they strangled their mounts, slowed down, and then distanced themselves from Chen Cheng and them. They chased the enemy for some distance, slower and slower, and finally watched the enemy fly away, and could not help but be demoralized.

Chen Cheng ran out of a distance with a small army, and when he saw that the Huns had been thrown off and could not see their figures, he slowed down his horse and said to Yang Hu and the others: "How is it?" I'll just say that the Huns were vulnerable! ”

Yang Huxin said: Where are the Huns vulnerable? It's clear that you're too good at archery!

He said sincerely: "Hou Ye Divine Shooting, I have never seen it in my life, and probably only the Fei General of the Martial Emperor Dynasty can be compared." ”

Of course, Li Guang did not appear in the time of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, and he had already shown his skills in the "Rebellion of the Seven Kings of Wu and Chu" in the era of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, but because of his later things, people will still associate him with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Yan Xing naturally knew who the "Flying General" was, and he said to Chen Cheng: "The general is really the flying general today!" ”

On the way back, I passed by the burned fields and villages. Chen Cheng stopped his horse and looked at the wild dogs that haunted the ruins and the crows staring at people on the branches, and he looked at it for a long time, and the excitement and satisfaction brought by killing the enemy gradually subsided.

Chen Cheng sighed and said, "If Lingzhou is attacked by the Huns again, I'm afraid that the entire northern land will become like this, right?" ”