Chapter 100: Pacifying Xianbei and Fighting the Grassland (7)
The next morning, after the combined forces of Zhao Xu and Ma Teng had breakfast, they prepared their own formations, lined up their formations, and waited for the Xianbei army to come.
Zhao Xu stood outside the gate, faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves, the ground began to tremble, knowing that the Xianbei army was coming, he shouted: "Brothers, the Xianbei army is coming, what should we do?" ”
"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Those who commit strong crimes will be punished even if they are far away! ”
"Lord Shan Yu, listen, what do the Han people seem to be shouting over there?" Although the Xianbei army is still a few miles away from Zhao Xu's camp, but this is a grassland, the sound barrier in the air is much smaller than that of the Central Plains, as soon as the wind arrives, the Tuoba wolf shows his ears and is clever, and he is the first to hear the shouts from Zhao Xu's camp, and he can't help but be taken aback. "The Mo Fei Han people have reinforcements," Tuoba Wolf was puzzled and hurriedly said to Xiu Wulu.
As soon as Tuoba Wolf said this, Xiu Wulu faintly heard a burst of shouts in front of him, and said, "Don't worry about so much, go over first!" ”
When the Xianbei army arrived about a mile or two away from the coalition camp, the shouting was like thunder, and the trembling ears ached faintly, "What are they shouting?" Xiu Wulu exclaimed.
"They...... It seems to be shouting something, 'The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road', 'Those who commit strong crimes will be punished even if they are far away!'" 'What, Lord Shan Yu, listening to this shout, the morale of the Han army seems to be very high, but think about it, the Han people have won consecutive victories, and it is difficult not to have high morale. Belch...... To tell the truth, in contrast, although the number of our army is numerous, it has suffered continuous defeats, and its morale is far lower than that of the Han people, so this battle is not easy to fight! Yue Ji said mercilessly. In fact, Yue Ji is worried, but he has no culture, and he has always spoken straightforwardly, not intentionally.
"I don't need you to say this, I naturally know it." Xiu Wulu said with a little anger. I also felt a little uneasy in my heart, the morale of the enemy army is so high, and my own morale is indeed as Yue Ji said, far inferior, can this still beat the Han army with high morale? Although the strength of the enemy army is nearly three times, but his side against Zhao Xu, Guan Yu and other armies, but has never been defeated, this has never been such a fiasco before, although his own number is more than the other party, but Xiu Wulu still has lingering feelings about Zhao Xu and other troops, and his clenched fists are already sweating!
"The current form is compelling, success or failure is here, and we have to fight against the water," Xiu Wulu said with a slight trembling. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, Xiu Wu Lu and the others looked in the direction of Zhao Xu's coalition camp in disbelief, and Xiu Wu Lu said in disbelief: "What a strong murderous aura!" This battle wants to ......" Xiu Wulu suddenly stopped, and he suddenly realized that he couldn't be afraid, once he was afraid, this hundreds of thousands of troops might collapse. Shaking his spirits, he shouted: "No, we are three times the number of the enemy in this battle, and we will win this battle, this battle is a bet on the dignity of our Xianbei people!" ”
Originally, when those fierce generals and many soldiers saw such a strong murderous aura and morale, their anger suddenly vented, and they couldn't help but feel afraid; At this time, I suddenly heard Xiu Wulu drink it, and his morale suddenly soared. Oh, yes! This battle has gambled on the dignity of our Xianbei clan, and this battle can only be successful!
"How is that possible?" Yue Ji couldn't help but murmur, "What kind of army is this, and it has such a strong morale?!" I've fought for half my life, and I've never seen such courage. ”
Yue Ji glanced at Xiu Wu Lu, and saw that although Xiu Wu Lu was aggressive, there was still deep fear hidden in his shrunken pupils, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This... This battle is not easy to fight, is it? We don't sell our lives! ……”
How to fight this battle? The other party is like a wolf and a tiger, murderous. How can we defeat such an army, if we lose this battle, then there will be no chance to turn over, and we will lose everything. Tuoba Wolf thought about it, couldn't help but shake his head, and said tentatively to Xiu Wulu: "Lord Shan, the morale of the enemy army is extremely strong, we might as well not fight a decisive battle for the time being, and avoid its sharp spirit first." Now instead of fighting, there will be many losses, it is better to wait until the afternoon, when the morale of the enemy army has weakened, and then the decisive battle will be held! ”
"Bold, how can my army retreat easily!?" Xiuwu Lu shouted angrily, looked ahead again, and said, "If we retreat first, wouldn't we have to let the Han people underestimate us." Besides, if the enemy reinforcements arrive in the afternoon, then the general trend is really gone! It's better to strike first, Xianbei boys! Settle an old score! Kill! ”
"Kill!"
Zhao Xu stood at the Yuanmen, Zhao Yun and the others lined up in turn, and Ma Teng stood on the Yuanmen and watched. All the soldiers sweated in their palms. Zhao Xu saw Xianbei charging, let out a long laugh, watched the Xianbei cavalry get closer and closer, and laughed deeply: "It's finally here!" Hum! ”
The Xianbei cavalry saw that they were about to arrive at the Yuanmen, and the Xianbei vanguard saw Zhao Xu and several people standing at the Yuanmen, and they all had the intention to make meritorious contributions, and they quickly increased their horses, and suddenly felt that the ground was sinking, and even the people and horses fell into the horse trap that had been prepared for a long time, and some people in the back suddenly saw the people in front of them planting, and they were surprised, but they didn't have time to stop, and they also fell down; Zhao Xu prepared a forty-centimeter ground rhombic nail in the trap pit, and as soon as the war horse and the person fell, they were immediately pierced to the heart, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
In this way, the screams of the horses and men continued to rise and fall, and it took nearly ten minutes before they stopped; The Xianbei cavalry barely held their ground, and they were so frightened that they were frightened when they looked at the tragic scene in the horse pit that had turned into a pool of flesh and blood.
Zhao Xu looked at this tragic scene and couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Looking at the somewhat demented Xianbei cavalry in front of him, he hesitated for a while, waved his hand, and said, "Crossbowmen prepare!" ”
In an instant, more than 100,000 crossbow arrows and bows and arrows flew out like a large dark cloud, completely obscuring all the sunlight on the heads of the Xianbei cavalry in front of them, as if it was raining heavily towards the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry.
Xiu Wulu heard the sudden disappearance of the people and horses in front of him before, and the screams were repeated, and he felt bad when he landed, and suddenly saw the rain of arrows flying, and his eyes flashed with extreme horror, and he shouted loudly: "What... What the? ”
Before his words fell, all that remained on the battlefield for a moment was the sound of arrows shooting into flesh and blood, and the sound of screams, horses' hooves, horses' neighings, and cavalry's screams all came together, which shocked the soldiers on both sides.
War horses are constantly being shot down by crossbow arrows or bows and arrows, and war horses are still like this, how can people's thin bodies resist? Suddenly, the scene in front of the soldiers was only Xianbei people or Qiang people who were nailed to the ground with crossbow arrows or bows and arrows.
Originally, the power of this arrow may not be so great, but the Xianbei cavalry was in the midst of the charge, and they simply expanded the power of the crossbow arrow by one-third.
In this charge alone, more than 60,000 people died under the rain of arrows and in the pits of horses. This tragic scene not only shocked the Xianbei and Qiang people, but also deeply shocked the Han people, Zhao Xue and Ma Yunlu, these female generals saw it from afar, and they were suddenly deeply shocked, closed their eyes, and a disgusting feeling rose from their stomachs, and the two of them vomited.
Xiu Wulu's heart was dripping blood, and he regretted that he should not have listened to the words of Tuoba Wolf, and despised the Han army so much, and now, he has never even touched the corner of the enemy's clothes, but he ......
At this time, Yue Ji saw it, and instantly reached the realm of anger from the boiling blood, and the green muscles burst out, and shouted: "How can this be ......, the iron chariot soldiers come out and take revenge!" ”
The Qiang people are accustomed to using bows, crossbows, guns, tribulus terrestris, flying hammers and other weapons; And there were chariots, which were nailed with iron leaves, and loaded with grain, weapons, and other things, or driven by camels, or by mules and horses, and were called "iron chariot soldiers." This class of troops can make Ma Teng, Han Sui and others who are guarding Xiliang distressed for a while.
Zhao Xu was still in shock at this time, and was still muttering: "War! This is war! ”
Ma Teng and Han Sui suddenly shouted, "General Zhao, be careful, this is the Qiang people's iron chariot soldiers!" ”
In the Qiang soldier array, Yue Ji held an iron hammer in his hand, hung a treasure carving bow on his waist, and the prancing horse came out bravely. Although Zhao Xu's side was full of horse pits, the middle path was only blocked by a horse fence, and the cavalry could not pass. Suddenly, the iron cart was released from the Xianbei array, like a tide, and the horse fence was crushed by the iron car, although the pace was slow, but it was still unstoppable.
Zhao Xu was taken aback, and said in his heart: Oh no, I didn't expect this experience, I forgot that the Qiang people still have an iron car. In a hurry, I didn't know how to deal with it.
Ma Teng exclaimed, "This is terrible, hurry! Prepare the rocket! ”
Zhao Xu was suddenly woken up and shouted, "Thank you!" Fast! Get ready to set fire to the prairie fire! ”