Chapter 57: Three Trenches (1st Update)

Suddenly, he commanded 10,000 Xianbei cavalry, and chased after him in the first formation, with a wound in the buttocks, and he almost stood on his horse and commanded the battle. Of the 10,000 people, there are 2,000 elites.

Ten thousand horses galloped, the momentum was much higher than the five thousand horses just now, and because there were too many people invested, and the lesson of dense people and horses was learned, this time the formation was very open, two thousand horses in a row, and five rows in front and back.

In this way, the front of the charge was seven or eight miles wide, just facing the middle and left flank defensive areas of the Han army, a distance of ten miles, and at the beginning you could not exert force, you could only jog, and finally five miles could sprint at full speed.

In fact, the nomads of the steppe are not good at this kind of cavalry attacking infantry positions, just as cavalry cannot attack cities, and war horses cannot directly rush to the enemy's camp.

However, he suddenly had the same red eyes as Bu Dugen, how could he take care of these, he only felt that the camp of the Han army only had a gentle hillside and a two-zhang high wall.

What is it in front of 10,000 Xianbei Iron Riders? Even if you use a war horse to collide, you will also crash away, and there are war horses on the grassland, what is the death of a few horses? Slave? It's not worth as much as a war horse. "Bump it for me, bump into it and get a reward, whoever dares to retreat, I will split him."

The Xianbei cavalry desperately beat their horses and rushed up the hillside, and the timid slave who cowered was cut down by the elite cavalry behind him, and the rest could only rush up.

After entering the camp, the Han army was silent. The Xianbei people who charged were not hindered in any way, and they were about to rush into the last few tens of zhang distance.

Suddenly, the cavalry who rushed to the front suddenly reined in their horses and wanted to retreat, but the Xianbei people who rushed behind them, where could they stop it, and they collided directly together. The cavalry in front was rammed directly forward, and then... He fell into the ditch.

The Xianbei cavalry finally let out a miserable scream: "Don't rush, there is a trench, there is a trench!" ”

But the speed of the charge was so fast, and the slope was not steep, where could it be stopped. The first row of cavalry was squeezed into the trench by the latecomers, and the pointed wooden stakes at the bottom of the ditch immediately pierced the men and horses who fell into the ditch.

The men and horses screamed together, and the cavalry behind finally began to slow down, and the crowd was huddled in front of the trench, and suddenly scolded angrily in the back, and personally beat the horses forward.

At this moment, the horns on the wall of the Han army camp sounded in unison, and rows of Han soldiers suddenly appeared on the wall.

Some people held longbows, some held repeaters, and some people set up a large crossbow, and the crossbow arrows fired turned out to be the throwing guns that the Han army had equipped before, and it was a five-shot repeater crossbow, which was named "Lianzhu Cannon" by Lu Bu.

This large repeater could be used to defend the city, or it could be mounted on a chariot and charged with the cavalry, with a range of up to 150 zhang.

If it is installed on the wall, at such a close distance, it is almost an arrow out, and it can penetrate two or three Xianbei cavalry.

Suddenly, while dodging the crossbow arrows, he drove the cannon fodder to continue the charge, because he found that the trench was only two people deep, and the men and horses who fell in front of him would soon fill the trench, and it was less than three zhang wide, and he had to fill it with human lives.

Lai Su and his elite desperately drove the slaves and old and weak in front of them to rush up with bows and crossbows, and after paying 5,000 casualties, they finally filled the trench and could move on.

But before they had climbed far up the hill, the cavalry in front of them shouted in despair: "My lord, there is a trench ahead, deeper and wider than the one just now, and it cannot be crossed." ”

Suddenly it collapsed, just now a trench was filled with 5,000 cavalry, and another ditch came, and I left these people, and there were 2,000 elites in it, and the elite filled the ditch? The chief can kill him alive.

There was no way, so he could only lead the remaining Xianbei cavalry and retreat down the slope, leaving less than 5,000 people, most of whom were wounded.

Budugen was so angry that he whipped him a few times. The leader is also dripping blood, just like this for a while, 10,000 cavalry are gone, although most of them are cannon fodder, but the war horses are real.

looked at the direction of Helian, and saw that there was still a flag to continue the attack, so he could only grit his teeth, "Budugen, this wave of attack, you take people up, and the rest of the people just now plus your fifteen thousand people, go up together." “

"Even if you fill it with horses, you have to fill in the trench, as long as you can get to the wall, I will lead 10,000 elites to make the final blow, I don't believe that I can't open such a big battalion."

Budugen led the order to go down, drove Lai Su to the front, followed closely behind, commanded an army of 20,000, and continued the attack.

Soon they had crossed the first trench, and Budugen had seen the terrible state of the corpses of men and horses all over the trench, and the blood was overflowing and flowing into a stream.

With a ruthless heart, Bu Dugen ordered to continue to advance, and after entering the firing range, the bows and crossbows of the Han army were fired in unison, and all kinds of arrows came one after another.

The cannon fodder in front of them had no iron armor protection, and they had already fallen before they even touched the edge of the ditch. Half of the 20,000 men were elite cavalry, and they had the simple protection of iron helmets and iron armor, and they held out for a while longer than the cannon fodder.

They struggled to push the dead horses and human corpses outside the ditch, and finally filled in a few passages that were enough for the cavalry to advance.

Suddenly, he led thousands of elites to rush over, only to find in despair that there was a trench between the wall and them, the last one, the widest and deepest.

Budugen was still very decisive, he ordered everyone else to dismount, and then five thousand men shot arrows, desperately suppressing the Han army on the wall, because the last trench and between the wall finally entered the range of the Xianbei people's horn bow.

The Xianbei elites who had been aggrieved for a long time raised their bows to fight back. Although the Han army on the wall is condescending and has a breast wall as a cover, there are still people who are constantly hit by accurate arrows, after all, the Xianbei people's riding and archery skills are not fake.

However, most of the soldiers of the Han army who were shot were Bingzhou infantry and Youzhou infantry, and the soldiers trapped in the camp were well-trained, their armor protection was better than that of friendly troops, and they were more flexible in dodging.

Even so, the casualties of the Han army were gradually increasing, but the casualties of the Xianbei people were even more, they did not have the protection of the breastwork, and they fired from their backs, and suffered heavy casualties. However, how many pages affected the interference of the Han army with the ditch fillers, and finally in the third trench a few passages were filled again with the corpses of men and horses.

Budugen saw that the passage was filled, and hurriedly signaled to the bottom of the slope. After receiving the signal, the impatient leader who had been waiting for a long time immediately led the last 10,000 elites to charge. Budugen led the remaining nearly 10,000 Xianbei warriors who had no horses to turn into infantry, desperately shooting arrows at the wall to cover the leader's charge.

10,000 Xianbei elite cavalry with helmets and armor rushed up the hillside like a whirlwind, rushed through the three trenches, and rushed directly under the wall.

Stormy arrows could not stop their charge. Rushing to the bottom of the wall, some people chopped the wooden wall with an axe, some people went directly to the wall from their horses, and more people set up their human bodies and climbed up.

Finally, a nimble Xianbei man jumped onto the wall and fought against the Han army.

However, Gao Shun had already moved the spearmen to the wall, and a Xianbei man often had to face three or four spears, and he was often thrown into the air by the spears and thrown off the wall.

The more daring Han army leaned out and stabbed the Xianbei people under the wall with a spear, and the infantry spears were generally one zhang long, but they could also stab people, and there were also unlucky people who were dragged by the Xianbei people and pulled under the wall.

Some people poured the prepared hot oil on it, and I don't know how many Xianbei people were cooked, and the aroma of barbecue began to fill the air.

Others threw down bottles and cans filled with oil and a few more torches, and the wall immediately became a sea of fire. The layer of yellow mud on the wooden wall that has not yet dried successfully isolated the impact of the fire on the wall.

After all, the Xianbei people are still cavalry, and they are really not suitable for attacking the city, and the heart of the leader is not dripping blood, I am afraid that it has already flowed into a river. After a little more fighting, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out.

At this time, the horn of withdrawal finally sounded in the direction of the Helian battalion. The leader immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, and the Xianbei army, which had about 15,000 people left, left corpses all over the place and retreated in a hurry.