Chapter 56: Five Thousand to Zero (II)

The Xianbei cavalry saw the Han army on the opposite side, changed to crossbows, and squatted down in the front row, puzzled one by one. According to the usual practice and the words and deeds of the fathers, when the Han infantry encountered the steppe cavalry, the formation was the first row of shield soldiers, followed by spearmen and crossbowmen.

But today, the infantry of the Han army just shot two waves of bows and arrows, but now they have all replaced them with crossbow arrows, and there is neither a shield to protect nor a spear like a forest, which is really incomprehensible.

Xu Huang didn't care what the enemies thought, he was more concerned about the fear instinct of the infantry in the face of thousands of troops rushing towards him. The previous formation, with a row of large shields in front of it, was now facing the onslaught of cavalry.

Although during the training, the comrades-in-arms of the cavalry brigade were also invited to simulate the attack, but after all, this was a real battle. When I trained, I knew that the other party would eventually show mercy, but now it is a battle of life and death, and people will instinctively feel fear.

This fear must be overcome, Xu Huang could only shout loudly: "Steady, don't panic, just train again, steady!" ”

Officers at all levels also shouted: "Steady! Don't worry, hold steady and listen to the order to shoot. However, although they shouted in their mouths to hold on, they were actually bottomless in their hearts.

Finally, the Xianbei cavalry rushed into the range of sixty zhang, and the strict training and iron military discipline finally allowed the soldiers in the camp to withstand the fear brought by the Xianbei cavalry.

The Xianbei cavalry was very happy, and if they charged another twenty zhang, they could use their bows and arrows to pay tribute to these damned southern barbarians, but unfortunately these twenty zhang became a distance that most of them would never be able to overcome.

"First row, aim, shoot, shoot them all." Xu Huang shouted hoarsely: "Quick, shoot back and reload, second row, take two steps forward, continue to shoot, third row, take a step forward, squat, get ready." ”

Xu Huang's order was faithfully conveyed by the heralds. The maximum effective killing distance of the repeater is about sixty to eighty zhang, so Xu Huang waited until sixty zhang before giving the order to shoot.

A box of ten arrows, the first row, three regiments are nine hundred crossbows, nine thousand crossbow arrows, shot at the dense Xianbei cavalry, three-edged arrows with blood grooves, made of steel, even the thin iron armor on the Xianbei elite can't resist, not to mention those cannon fodder who don't have iron armor, oh, and poor war horses.

The stormy crossbow arrows rushed to the face, and the Xianbei cavalry had no resistance at all, even if the person was not hit by the arrow, but the target as big as the war horse, how to dodge it?

For a while, people turned on their backs, and the Xianbei people who were running in the front fell one after another, and even people and horses were hit by more than a dozen arrows. More cavalry were blocked from sight and continued to charge, and when it suddenly became clear in front of them, they were met with deadly crossbow arrows.

The soldiers who fell into the camp, seeing the huge power of the crossbow, were also deeply shocked by the bloody slaughter scene, and were afraid that they had long been forgotten, and they were left to numbly carry out the order.

"After the second row finishes shooting, retreat, the third row continues to shoot, and after the first row changes the arrow magazine, keep up and get ready." Xu Huang was stimulated by this undreaming killing scene, bloodthirsty emotions were breeding, and he gave orders feverishly, and sure enough, every man had a little beast in his heart.

The Xianbei cavalry charged forward one after another, and the cavalry in the back had to leap with difficulty over the fallen compatriots and their horses in front of them, and then they themselves were cut down in rows like leeks.

Finally, after the soldiers of the Han army shot the second cycle and shot 54,000 crossbow arrows, there was no longer a single Xianbei cavalry on the battlefield who could stand. The five thousand Xianbei cavalry and their horses all fell in a pool of blood and fell on the way of the charge.

The farthest one was still fifty zhang away from the phalanx of the Han army, and it did not reach the effective range of the horn bow until death.

The tragedy of the grassland people's fearlessness can only reflect the strength of the Han army. The first battlefield appearance of the crossbow was so terrifying, whether it was Jia Xu, Gao Shun, or He Lian who were watching the battle, Ke Bineng was speechless for a long time.

Xu Huang's hand holding the saber had already hung down, but it was still trembling secretly, such a bloody picture may not be forgotten for the rest of his life. knew the power of the repeater, but when the results of his careful planning appeared, he was a little at a loss.

Or the old comrade-in-arms Fang Yue came over and comforted: "Gongming, how can there be immortals in war?" Either you die or I die, if we don't shoot them, they will hack us to death, and you are not doing anything wrong. ”

The leader and the step of the big rear were already frightened by this tragic picture, they never thought that the cavalry charge would be such an ending. It's too embarrassing to die, too wretched. From beginning to end, not a single arrow was fired, not a single enemy was killed, and they were all dead.

Budugen's eyes were red, "Brother, fight with them, I don't believe they have many crossbow arrows." ”

The head was still thinking back to the picture just now, how could the crossbow of the Han people fire so many arrows? I didn't see them pulling strings and loading arrows, and the Han people's hand crossbows themselves had also been used.

Hearing Bu Dugen's shout, he was about to persuade his younger brother to calm down, but he heard the horn of attack coming from the direction of Helian. An iron guard of the royal court also rushed over to convey Helian's message.

"How can a warrior with a head be intimidated by the Han army? Continue to attack, anyway, not all of you are the elite, attack, avenge the dead warriors, you must understand the Han army's camp defense intelligence clearly, and don't forget your duty as a vanguard. ”

How did the leader not know that He Lian was killing people with a knife, and he also knew that He Lian had seen through his trick of hiding his strength. He is a pioneer, and he lost for a while last night, according to the military regulations of the Xianbei people, his subordinates are dead, and they can't cower. That's it, it's out, anyway, I only brought 25,000 elites, and I'm done.

The leader nodded in agreement with Budugen's suggestion, transferred another 10,000 elites from his camp, and ordered people to blow the horn and prepare for the whole army to attack. The 35,000 Xianbei cavalry began to line up in a charging formation, and 12,000 of them were the real elite.

In the end, the Xianbei cavalry was divided into three phalanxes, and they suddenly went into battle with wounds and commanded the first phalanx.

Xu Huang and Fang Yue ordered the whole army to retreat as early as when they saw the whole army moving, and it was too late to clean up the battlefield. Only a dozen officers and men of the brigade were wounded by the arrows of the Xianbei people who struggled at the end, and none of them were killed.

Once again, the myth of the history of the trapped camp war was written, with a ratio of 5,000 to 0 killed. I'm afraid it's also a record in the entire Han army's war history.

After the third regiment, the first regiment and the second regiment withdrew first. The strict training of the queue in the camp in peacetime, and the military regulations of obeying the command in all actions, were vividly reflected at this time, and within a few minutes, the three regiments were in an orderly manner, withdrawing up the hillside and withdrawing to the main camp.