Chapter 66: Foot, Ride
In the wilderness, two parallel convoys are moving, and the carriage is very unique, it is a four-wheeled carriage, and the carriage does not know what kind of goods it contains, so that the wheels leave deep ruts in the field.
It was early afternoon, the sun was shining, and there was a river looming on the side ahead, and there was lush green grass on the riverside, although the team did not need to cross the river, but when they got to the river, it was a good time for the cart pullers to rest, drink water, and eat forage.
With this in mind, the convoy slowed down, and many of the accompanying soldiers took buckets from their cars, apparently preparing to fetch water for a while.
At this moment, the sentry riders roaming around the perimeter suddenly blew their horns, and warned the convoy with the terrible sound of their horns: the enemy was approaching.
The convoy, which was originally calm and orderly, instantly became noisy, the generals shouted, and the soldiers were armed, and the convoy soon changed shape, connecting front and rear, forming a circular car formation.
The horses pulling the cart were driven into the circle after the driver untied the hitch, and the reins were tied to the wooden stakes that had just been nailed to the ground, while the soldiers removed many bamboo horses from the carriages, laid them on the periphery of the cart formation, and nailed them firmly to the ground with iron nails.
The movement of the formation proceeded quickly, and when the sentinels who had wandered around the perimeter entered the chariot formation through the specially left gap, the soldiers blocked the gap with their horses, and at this moment, the smoke and dust billowed in front of them, and hundreds of enemy cavalry approached the chariot formation.
The inner compartments of the carriages formed by the formation had been folded down, and the soldiers boarded the carriages, stepped on the baggage loaded in the carriages, and used the outer carriage plates as a barrier, bent their bows and arrows, and prepared to meet the incoming cavalry.
The cavalry, galloping on horseback, slowed down, and finally stopped a hundred paces away from the chariot formation, and saw that the chariot formation was heavily guarded, and did not approach rashly.
This convoy of nearly 1,000 men was the prey of the cavalry who had been watching for several days, and they had been harassing for days, and although they did not find an opportunity to annihilate the other side, they succeeded in slowing down the convoy's movement.
In a few days, the convoy had only advanced forty miles.
The cavalry dealt with the infantry, it was so pleasant, they came and went when they wanted, they attacked the infantry team day and night, forced the opponent to shrink their defense, and after a few days in a row, the infantry would be very tired.
Even if there were wagons loaded with grain, the infantry would sooner or later have to eat up a lot of the food transported, and even if they were lucky enough to reach their destination, most of the food that should have arrived would have been consumed.
One by one, the grain convoy approached the destination, but was constantly harassed by the cavalry, resulting in too little food delivered, which would slowly lead to a lack of food for the garrison, and then the army was discouraged and retreated in embarrassment.
At that time, your main force will have a chance to annihilate it in one fell swoop.
This is the trick of the side with cavalry superiority, dealing with the enemy who lacks cavalry in the plains, and the cavalry who were ordered to attack from Shouchun finally dealt with the army of the Yuwen clan in this way.
The cavalry was on the plain, the attack distance of the day was about 100 miles, the infantry could not catch up, could not escape, once the cavalry was targeted, the infantry would be finished sooner or later without foreign aid, so for this convoy, the cavalry with a strength of nearly 300 cavalry was determined to win.
When the horses were rested, the horsemen moved and approached the chariots, screaming incessantly, and took out their bows and threw arrows at the chariots.
In the middle of the chariot formation, the soldiers who were waiting for the battle couldn't help but sweat their palms when they saw the cavalry rushing towards them, but they couldn't easily release their arrows without receiving orders, so as not to be deceived by the enemy.
This is the cavalry harassment tactic that the instructor repeatedly emphasized during the 'intensive training' in Guangcheng, whoever dares to release arrows without receiving an order, the horsewhip will be drawn according to the person.
The whipping again and again made the guest army from Lingnan far more afraid of the horse whip than the fear of the approaching cavalry, so at this moment, none of the soldiers who bent their bows and arrows fired arrows indiscriminately.
The cavalry approaching the car formation, the riding skills were very skillful, and they happened to circle at a distance of about seventy paces, but they did not deceive an arrow in the direction of the car formation, and after the cavalry tossed for a while, many people simply got off their horses, took off their armor skirts, took off their big mouth pants, and showed their buttocks in the direction of the car formation and laughed and cursed.
Feng Xuan, who was in the car array, looked at the big white butts with a clairvoyant mirror, sneered a few times, and then handed the clairvoyant mirror to others, took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "It's almost time, get ready!" ”
"Yes, Lord Lang!"
The cared crossbow, which had not been used for several days, was lifted and fixed from the carriage by the soldiers, and then the winch was turned to wind the crossbow when the order was given.
The Feng clan soldiers brought by Feng Xuan were used as bait soldiers to attack this time, specifically to lure the enemy cavalry to attack, so on the carriage called the "partial carriage", there was not only a large amount of food, but also many large crossbows and plenty of arrows.
Feng Xuan had read the "Historical Records" and knew that the Han general Li Ling led 5,000 troops to attack the Huns, and spent a long time with the Hun cavalry on the grassland with his chariot formation, killing and wounding countless Hun soldiers, until the arrows were exhausted before he was captured and surrendered.
He didn't dare to compare himself with Li Ling, but this time his convoy was well prepared and there were strong reinforcements outside, so Feng Xuan didn't think that he would have Li Ling's end, and according to the agreement, today was the time to hunt.
The soldiers in the car formation were silently preparing, and the cavalry outside the car formation kept tossing, trying to lure the soldiers in the car formation to attack in various ways, and the two sides were in a stalemate for nearly an hour.
The cavalrymen saw that the other party was not fooled, and was about to get on their horses and evacuate, but they heard a whistling sound in the distance behind them, and turned their heads to see a few sparks blooming in the clear and clear sky.
Something was wrong, the cavalry felt that something was wrong, and at this moment, the sound of bowstrings sounded in the chariot formation, and one after another large crossbows shot stone bullets, which caught the cavalry off guard.
At a distance of less than 100 steps, the stone bullet arrived in an instant, although the accuracy was not very good, but as long as it hit people and horses, it could instantly stir up a blood mist, and the stump and broken arm flew in the fog.
After a round of stone bombings, the outer compartment of the carriage suddenly collapsed, and many soldiers jumped out of the carriage with shouts, and rushed forward on foot in groups of ten people.
Five sword players in front and five spearmen in the back, according to the triangular formation trained in the previous "intensive training", with the archers behind them, bravely challenged the cavalry.
At the same time, there was a lot of dust in the distance, and the cavalry led by Xue Shixiong arrived as agreed, and at the same time, there were also part of the cavalry of the Hulin Army led by Liu Boer.
The total number of cavalry of the two groups is only 200 cavalry, and the strength is less than that of the enemy cavalry, but this is no longer a problem, because the cavalry of Xue Shixiong and Liu Boer, who attacked by sneak attack, has already increased its speed.
A well-planned ambush made the hunters who were ready to hunt the prey, and in the face of the front and rear attacks, the poor prey was caught off guard, first being shot down by a group of people with random arrows, and then being defeated by the sneak cavalry in one fell swoop when the formation was scattered and the speed did not rise.
In the chariot formation, Feng Xuan boarded the carriage of a carriage, drew an armor-piercing arrow and put it on his bow, aiming at an enemy horse galloping past the edge of the chariot array.
The war horses in the Central Plains are much better than the war horses in Lingbiao, they are tall, their limbs are strong and powerful, and they run very fast, Feng Xuan wants to capture a horse with his ability, so he is reluctant to shoot a horse with arrows, but chooses a more difficult shot.
Releasing the bowstring, the arrow departed from the string, striking the target's lower back, and the cavalry shook for a moment, then fell on the horse's back, and without the mount of his master, he continued to run forward, leaving the battlefield.
Feng Xuan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, because there were still many defeated cavalry on the battlefield, he shouted "kill the enemy", drew another armor-piercing arrow, and aimed at the next target.
Steed, I want a steed!