Chapter Twenty-Eight: Scuffle
The battle on Qincheng's side was hard, and the situation in several other directions was also not optimistic.
Behind the Hun cavalry formation, more than 1,000 Han infantry soldiers who had rushed out before finally ushered in the counterattack of the Hun cavalry after several rounds of volleys. Before the Hun cavalry approached, the Han army foot soldiers, who had just left the mountains and forests, immediately turned around and retreated to the mountains and forests. Although these Han soldiers were very close to the mountains and forests, they were only a turn away. But it was at this turning distance that the bows and arrows of the Hun cavalry left dozens of Han soldiers. These Han soldiers were shot by the Hun cavalry, and their bodies fell down at once, and they could never rush back to the mountains and forests. The Hun cavalry who pounced fiercely could not chase into the mountains and forests, so they ravaged these Han soldiers.
The Han army foot soldiers who rushed back into the mountains and forests, of course, did not forget to turn around under the cover of the woods, and bent their bows and arrows at the Hun cavalry outside the mountains and forests. The Hun cavalry knew that they could not catch these Han soldiers who were familiar with the mountains and forests when they rushed into the mountains and forests on foot, so they had no intention of taking advantage of the victory to pursue. Under the order of the commander, they returned to their horses, and after all, they had to keep a stone's throw away from the mountains and forests. These Hun cavalry, when chasing over, the Han army foot soldiers retreated into the mountains and forests, and when they retreated, the Han army foot soldiers had to rush out again. In desperation, these Hun cavalry could only line up outside the land of a stone's throw, and the arrows were wound, coldly facing the mountains and forests, never allowing the Han army foot soldiers to have another chance to rush out of the mountains and forests. Otherwise, there will be a loss of hundreds of people on your side!
These Han army foot soldiers, the previous rounds of salvo fire have caused great damage to the Hun cavalry, because the Hun cavalry formation is not very scattered, a covering volley, not to mention four or five hundred Hun cavalry arrows, this time and successfully contain a part of the Hun cavalry, coupled with the previous ambush in the mountains and forests, such a record, can indeed be called a miracle soldier!
Unlike the confrontation between the Xiongnu and the Han army here, the Han reinforcements in the left rear of the Xiongnu army formation started a bloody battle with the Hun cavalry who came to block it.
The Han cavalry who rushed from the end of the post road did not have time to break away from the narrow post road and enter the open space in front of the city, when they were blocked by the thousands of cavalry of the Huns rushing quickly. As a result, the Han cavalry, which had already rushed out of the post road, began to engage with the Hun cavalry in close combat, trying to break through a bloody road. The Hun cavalry who came to block the attack made up their minds not to let the Han reinforcements rush over, so the formation was very tight, biting the post road entrance to the death, so that the Han reinforcements would not have the opportunity to rush through the Hun cavalry!
At the beginning of the contact, the forwards of the two sides who were charging rapidly collided together, and the heads of many war horses collided directly and exploded, and the soldiers on the horses were thrown into the air by the huge inertia, and collided with the opposing sergeant in mid-air! At this time, many shrewd soldiers, while being thrown out, stabbed the long knife fiercely, as long as the luck is a little, the long knife will directly stab into the body of the flying enemy!
If you draw a straight line at a distance of thirty or fifty zhang, you will find that the cavalry on both sides of the cavalry rushed to this straight line at the same time, and the dense formation made the horses head to horse, and the soldiers flew to the soldiers and slammed together! As soon as the cavalry of the previous wave collided and a group of people flew over, the cavalry of the next wave immediately collided with each other, repeating the scene just now. After that, the third wave of cavalry could not directly collide together because of the barrier of the corpses of the first two waves of cavalry horses, so the Han cavalry, who was eager to open up the passage, simply got off the war horse under the order of the general, and fought with the long knife in his hand and the few halberds and the Hun cavalry on foot!
After the battle lasted for a while, within a distance of three or five zhang on both sides of the straight line, the Xiongnu sergeant and the Han sergeant stepped on the war horses and the corpses of the soldiers, and began hand-to-hand combat. And behind these infantry sergeants were the cavalry of both sides! Countless iron arrows flew in an arc above the heads of the infantry sergeants, and fiercely plunged into the opposing cavalry camp!
People turn on their backs, and blood flows!
At this point, the battle began to stalemate!
There were about three or four thousand Han cavalry who rushed in, but they were blocked in the open space at the post road entrance and couldn't get out, and the Hun cavalry who rushed to block them felt a huge pressure, because in this battle mode, their equestrian and archery skills were not at all cheap!
There were not many Hun cavalry who came to block it, only about 2,000, and at this time, in the face of twice the cavalry of the Han army, how could they not suffer?
Previously, more than 1,500 Han infantry soldiers rushed out of the mountains and forests first killed and wounded about 1,000 Hun cavalry, and then successfully dragged nearly 1,000 Hun cavalry. The remaining more than 1,000 Hun cavalry, some of them were crowded at the gate of Qiansang, and some of them were 200 cavalry who followed King Zuo Xian against the Han army!
Previously, after the Han cavalry rushed out of the Qiansang city gate, they rushed out two hundred heavy infantry, and as soon as these heavy infantry rushed out, two hundred light infantry began to retreat into the city! Two hundred heavy infantry with shields as walls, halberds as thorns, with a semi-circular military formation to shake the charge of the Xiongnu's right bone Duhou, after paying a certain price, the heavy infantry who had rushed out of the city gate a few steps, finally stepped into the city gate. At this time, the light infantry that had previously retreated into the city gate launched a projectile at the Hun cavalry charging outside the city gate behind the heavy infantry to relieve the pressure of the heavy infantry!
Not only that, the four gates of Qiansang City, east, west and south urgently dispatched 250 defenders, and finally rushed to the north gate at this time, under the personal command of Li Guang, they used the city defense equipment to launch a counterattack on the city tower against the Hun cavalry charging in front of the city gate. All of a sudden, iron arrows, stones and wood rained down on the heads of the Hun cavalry!
After the 1,500 foot soldiers who ambushed King Zuo Xian left the city, there were only 1,000 defenders left in the entire Qiansang City, and after rushing out of 200 cavalry, 200 light infantry, and 200 heavy infantry, only 400 people remained. These 400 people are still scattered in the east, west and south gates of Qiansang City, and it stands to reason that Li Guang, the only remaining 400 people, cannot be withdrawn from his original post, and in the art of war, this little remaining strength is the last guarantee for each city gate to deal with emergencies. But now, Li Guang has transferred two hundred and fifty of them over, and it is really the North Gate that urgently needs these troops! Li Guang also believed that the east, west and south gates would not be attacked by the Hun cavalry at this time, because the Hun cavalry all fell at the north gate!
The right bone of the Xiongnu received the order of King Zuoxian, vowing to seize the city gate, even if it is at a certain price! I never thought that the desperate resistance of the two hundred heavy infantry made them lose the best opportunity, and now they were under the triple blow of the Han army, a group of cavalry close to the city gate had been killed, and the cavalry who did not approach the city gate could not get close to the city gate in an instant. But it was this instantaneous time that allowed the Han heavy infantry who got the gap to close the city gate!
Outside the city gate, the bones were geometric, and the blood flowed like a river.
After the heavy infantry closed the city gates, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The light infantry did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, according to Li Guang's order, after successfully closing the city gate, they were to return to the city tower and prepare to receive the two hundred cavalry who rescued the Han prisoners!
Li Guang stood on the city tower, but his hands were not idle, at this time, like an ordinary defender, he attacked the Hun cavalry under the city that broke into the range of his bow and arrow! The battle has continued until now, and the number of Hun cavalry killed at his hands has reached double digits!
While Li Guang was bending his bow and arrows at the Hun cavalry under the city, his eyes glanced at Qin Cheng and the others who were fighting bloodily in the field!
When King Zuo Xian placed the Han prisoners, he deliberately deviated them far from the Qiansang city gate, which was also to prevent the Han army from easily saving these prisoners. I have to admit that this move of King Zuo Xian has created a lot of difficulty for Qin Cheng and the others' rescue operations!
Qin Cheng didn't see the opponent in front of him clearly when he just rushed out of the city gate, and after the hand-to-hand encounter, how could he not recognize that the opponent who was fighting to the death with him was King Zuo Xian?
Recognizing the other party, Qin Cheng worked even harder. Riding skills are not as good as others, and war horses are not as good as others, so he plays the style of fighting for his life. King Zuo Xian already had an arrow wound in his body, and under Qin Cheng's sacrificial attack, he gradually felt that his strength was weak, but with his superb riding skills, he would not be defeated for a while!
More than 100 cavalry on the Qincheng side protected the nearly 100 Han army prisoners in the middle, and carried the impact of the Hun cavalry with a small large semicircle, and the casualties were thousands of miles a day, and they were about to be unable to bear it. At this time, a small part of the cavalry responsible for rescuing the Han prisoners finally hung all the Han prisoners on the war horses, one or two Han prisoners were hung on a war horse, and the remaining Han prisoners were slightly injured, so they spread their feet and followed the cavalry and galloped, and the cavalry turned their horses' heads one by one, not running to the city gate, but running towards the city wall in a straight line!
This is also Li Guang's arrangement, he knows that the front of the city gate must be blocked by the Hun cavalry, the Han cavalry cannot withdraw from the city gate, even if the city gate is not blocked, the two hundred cavalry must pay a heavy price if they want to run to the city gate with the wounded of the Han army, or they can't do it at all! Therefore, Li Guang decided to find another way and let the cavalry bring the wounded close to the nearest city wall, so that not only would the difficulty be greatly reduced, but once these Han troops approached the city wall, the nearly 500 archers on the city wall could also give them cover. As long as these Han troops were reduced to a regiment, with cavalry to protect the perimeter, and archers to cover them, they could hold out for a long time. That way, when the reinforcements break through the obstacles, they will be able to come and respond!
Nearly 200 cavalry defended the wounded of the Han army, only a few rounds, and most of the casualties have passed, but those Han wounded are acting quickly, and they also know that in such a situation, they can't afford to delay, and a hesitation will not only kill themselves, but also nearly 200 cavalry will die! After half a ring, the remaining thirty or fifty Han cavalry finally escorted these wounded to a place a stone's throw away from the city wall, and at this time, nearly 500 light infantry archers on the city tower launched the first volley at the Hun cavalry biting the Han cavalry!
The Hun cavalry turned over on their backs, and several Han cavalry were also injured by their own archers, but in order to ensure the safety of their large troops, there was no way to do it.
Sure enough, with this round of volleys, dozens of Han cavalry immediately felt the pressure decrease, and slashed the Hun cavalry in front of them, and it was easy to protect the wounded of the Han army and retreat for a long distance!
The city wall is already close at hand!
And at this time, the second salvo of the archers of the Han army on the city wall began!