Chapter 228: Falling for the Han Army's treacherous scheme
"It looks like it's only going to be a night raid." Li Wenhou said secretly.
At the first watch, the Qiang cavalry was ready to go, and 2,000 cavalry obeyed Li Wenhou's orders and quietly went to the Han army camp.
Looking at the Han army camp not far away, Li Wenhou was inexplicably excited, this is the most effective way to recover the field from Zhao Yun's body, and it is best to kill Zhao Yun on the battlefield, which will help him improve the reputation of the Qiang tribe.
Just when the Qiang soldiers cleared the obstacles outside the Han army camp, a warning sounded in the camp, Li Wenhou waved his spear in his hand, and the Qiang cavalry launched a stormy charge towards the Han army camp.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves shook the sky, muffling the noise in the Han army camp.
Although many soldiers of the Han army were prepared in advance, they were still pale in the face of the impact of cavalry of this scale, and the cavalry was the natural enemy of the foot soldiers, as long as the cavalry killed, they were the object of slaughter.
"Archer prepare!" Zhou Shen, who was dressed in military uniform, put his right hand on the saber, and his expression was serious.
The sergeants were a little flustered, and there was a certain gap in the execution of orders compared to before.
In the dark night, most of the Han soldiers couldn't see the things around them clearly, and the panicked shouts in the camp deliberately made the soldiers who were waiting for the battle beat drums in their hearts.
Zhou Shen frowned slightly when he saw the reaction of the sergeant.
The Qiang cavalry rushed into the camp, and the gate seemed so fragile, after all, it was only a temporary preparation.
"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing the Qiang cavalry pouring in from the walled gate, Zhou Shen ordered.
Dense arrows, towards the gate of the wall, rushed to kill the Qiang cavalry that came in, people turned on their horses, they obviously did not expect that the Han army suffered such a surprise attack, and it could still attack.
Zhou Shen smiled, there were more than ten Qiang cavalry shot and killed, and the Qiang cavalry that fell off the horse would have a certain degree of impact on the cavalry that rushed in later.
More and more cavalry entered the camp, and the response of the archers alone could no longer form an effective block, and the pikemen were ordered to charge the cavalry.
This kind of charge, even the soldiers who have experienced the cruel war are still apprehensive, they are facing cavalry, pikemen can pose a threat to the cavalry to a certain extent, but such a threat is very small, most pikemen even have only one chance to strike.
Swords and spears were waving, shouting to kill the heavens, and the pikemen were being slaughtered by the Qiang cavalry.
The cavalry attacking the Han army camp, after attacking the camp, scattered in all directions, and they wanted to inflict the greatest casualties on the Han soldiers when they did not react.
Li Wenhou did not take the lead in entering the Han army camp, learning of the situation in the Han army, Li Wenhou was a little depressed, although there were cavalry in the Han army, but the number was too small, from the news from the scouts, the cavalry in the Han army, but there were nearly 3,000 people.
In the face of a surprise attack, the Han army may be difficult to react for a while, but the resistance of these cavalry will also be very strong.
"General, it is simply difficult for the Han army to stop the attack of our army." A general rode his horse and said excitedly.
"Kill the Han army as much as you can." Li Wenhou ordered.
As soon as the words fell, Li Wenhou felt that the ground was trembling slightly.
Li Wenhou, who had experienced a hundred battles, his face changed slightly, this kind of momentum was unique to the cavalry charge, and judging from the direction from which the sound came, there were cavalry coming towards the Han army camp.
Hidden near Qishan, there is only Li Wenhou's cavalry, it is impossible to say that there are other Qiang cavalry rushing to him, he doesn't know, among the Qiang people, Li Wenhou still has a prominent position.
"It's not good, it may have fallen for the tricks of the Han army." Li Wenhou suddenly came to his senses.
"Order the cavalry, retreat immediately, and don't fall in for battle." Li Wenhou shouted.
At this time, Zhao Yun led the cavalry to launch an attack, which was already felt by many Qiang cavalry, although they had some doubts in their hearts, they did not take it too seriously, and the combat method adopted this time was a surprise attack, which was nine out of ten.
It is not a simple matter to launch a surprise attack in the dark of night, and to pass the order to the army in a timely manner, especially after entering the camp and killing the red-eyed Qiang cavalry.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the charge of the Han cavalry was amazing.
The shadows of the fire were everywhere, and at the forefront of the Han cavalry, a general was holding a bright silver spear, and the night jade lion was shining under him, majestic and majestic.
"Kill!" As soon as the bright silver spear was raised, Zhao Yun lightly kicked the war horse under him, and the whole person was like an arrow from the string, killing towards the Qiang cavalry.
The sudden appearance of the Han cavalry immediately plunged the Qiang cavalry into chaos, and the side that was originally the hunter became the prey again.
In the darkness, it was not clear how many Han cavalry there were, and the shouts of killing around made the Qiang cavalry fall into a brief chaos.
More than 2,000 cavalrymen, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, were like tigers descending from the mountains and slaughtering into the Qiang army, and everywhere they passed, the Qiang ranks became more and more chaotic.
Zhou Shen, who was struggling to support himself in the camp, after hearing the movement on the periphery, his face showed excitement, "It was General Zhao who led the cavalry to kill, killed all these Qiang people, and General Zhao led reinforcements to come." ”
When the army planned such a thing, the ordinary soldiers must not have known, but now that they learned that reinforcements were coming, their morale increased sharply, although the cavalry could inflict a lot of casualties on them, but the infantry in the camp made some preparations for fighting the cavalry.
This is also an important reason why Zhou Shenneng led his infantry to resist the Qiang cavalry until now.
The effect of the morale boost is extremely obvious, and the foot soldiers in the army no longer see the hope of victory, but now it is different.
The impact of the cavalry brought the greatest casualties to the Qiang people, especially when the Qiang cavalry was not the slightest defense.
Zhao Yun, who was in the cavalry of the Qiang people, waved the bright silver spear one after another, and everywhere he passed, the Qiang people gave the head, and under such a fierce power, the Qiang people became more and more afraid of Zhao Yun, and they followed Li Wenhou to fight, thinking that it was a sure thing, and they didn't want such an accident to happen.
Li Wenhou didn't want to admit defeat, even if he retreated, he had to avoid a lot of losses as much as possible, but the situation on the battlefield was beyond his expectations, and the strong combat effectiveness shown by the cavalry led by Zhao Yun made it difficult for the Qiang cavalry to stop.
"Retreat!" Li Wenhou reluctantly gave the order.
In fact, it was also difficult for Li Wenhou's orders to be accurately transmitted to the Qiang cavalry, and in such a chaotic situation, the Qiang people fought separately and it was difficult to receive orders.
There is no doubt about the bravery of the Qiang people, but under the impact of the cavalry of Zhao County, they have changed from raiding the Han army camp to fighting on their own.
(End of chapter)